Clash of 400 Generals (1)
"The commercial capital of Zhivadin"
This sentence is undoubtedly the best name for this bustling huge city in front of you,
Countless criss-crossing wide trade routes, centered here, spread like dense spider webs to the invisible sky,
The wheels of the carriages turned merrily on the large stone paved road, and the six huge out-of-town souks, like monsters, kept swallowing the wagons full of goods.
Countless merchants gather here, and the shouts of the traders are mixed chaotically, even from a few miles away, it can be heard, becoming a unique and beautiful scenery.
There are wealthy merchants with large caravans worth millions, and there are also small traders in dilapidated carriages with faces full of joy,
No matter who they are, they look at the city in front of them with a complex, heartfelt respect,
This is different from the flattering respect they express when they are forced to bow down to the nobles and lords.
Here, they were on an equal footing, whether they were nobles, commoners, merchants, or soldiers! They didn't have to bow down to anyone, and they didn't have to smile against their hearts with flattery
There are no more hurdles on the wide roads, and they can move smoothly and cheerfully with their goods without worrying about being unreasonably exploited
Because it is a place of wealth, legendary, incomparable, a true paradise for merchants themselves!
The bustling commercial trade makes the whole city look like a living monster, with incredible vitality and hope.
The silver carriage that attracted the attention of the "creaking" came to a stop on a flat ground outside the city of Zhivadin, and the loud sound of water in the distance attracted the attention of the people in the silver carriage.
A delicate white hand gently rolled up the curtain of the carriage, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes full of curiosity
"This is probably the legendary Zhivading Gate!" In the beautiful voice like a yellow warbler in the valley, with an unconcealable surprise, a beautiful girl looked at the huge buildings on the rushing Satsuma Kuri River not far away,
She was fascinated by the huge project in front of her, a huge water gate, where the rushing Satsuma River was artificially divided into two.
One churning white wave continued to rush down the wide waterway like a dragon, and the other, smaller to each other, led from a relatively gentle artificial waterway at the main turnout into the interior of the huge city.
The huge water gate arch is like a rainbow lying on it, and countless swaying merchant ship masts can be faintly seen inside, shining in the sun.
"Crackling" white waves crashed against the heavy bow of the ship, and from time to time merchant ships loaded with goods turned from this parting fork in the road.
Then, as if held up by an invisible giant hand, it quickly disappeared into the depths of the huge arch
This is the opening and closing water gate built during the third expansion of Zhivadin, which spans the entire rushing Satsuma Kuri River.
In order to expand the increasingly strained river transport lines of Zhivadin,
Taking advantage of last year's cold winter to freeze the Satsuma Kuri River, the fat man mobilized nearly 300,000 people in the Zhiwading Plain to build a huge embankment across the river on the wide Satsuma River to divert the entire river.
Let the branches of the river circulate the inner edge of the city, and then gush out from the outlet of another river,
It's like putting the whole city on a permanent water transport line, of course, this is a very common way of using it in cities now,
But in that era, this grand project undoubtedly made the beautiful girl feel a shock from the heart,
She couldn't imagine that a man could rely on his own power to turn the huge Satsuma Kuri River into a passage into the inner city of the city, and this miraculous project was right in front of his eyes!
All those who come to Zhivading for the first time have had such a shocking experience,
The white tumbling waters of the Satsuma Kuri River collide with each other at the fork, and with this huge resurgence thrust,
Merchant ships laden with goods effortlessly let the current carry the water from the other side, into the waterway that could enter the inner city, and the transportation capacity of the waterway of Zhivading was once again greatly increased.
According to the statistics of the tax collectors of the business alliance located at the docks in the city,
Zhivading had to handle a terrible 5 million tons of cargo every day, and more than 1,000 merchant ships came and went.
The amount of taxes generated also quickly exceeded the original maximum limit of 15,000.
A strong river network and a trade agreement with the kingdom of Rad earlier this year allowed Samar's commercial lines to expand from Kugit in the north to the entire south
The incomparably strong commercial influence is undoubtedly becoming the soul of this huge city with a population of 600,000
"Or!This is what my father wants me to see!" Mao Mona Qing put down the curtain in her hand with a complicated face, and the moisture on her face wet her hair, but she didn't realize it.
From the desolate west to the bustling south of Wikia,
Mao Mona Qing thought that what he saw would be a terrible scene of poor soldiers and people living in poverty.
But I didn't expect that what I saw was a scene of rich life, prosperous business and trade, and people living and working in peace and contentment, which was very different from the Samoor in Mao Monaqing's mind.
Naturally, the princess from a desolate region felt a little lost
"It seems that my father's decision to agree to open up the western trade route is correct!" Mao Mona's beautiful and delicate face showed a little sadness,
With Samore's complete defeat of the Northern Stiennes, Samore has become the co-lord of Vekia, and all that is left is a matter of formalities for him to become a duke
The Maumo family, who were stuck in the west, had decided to agree to Samor's three conditions,
According to the agreement, the west will open trade routes to Samore, and recognize Samore's rule over the whole of Vekia.
Nature also includes becoming the titular master of the West,
Regarding the third question of asking for 1.5 million military spending, the reaction of the Mao Mo family was very strange,
In fact, when the master of the Mamo family, Mamo Dain, saw the first two conditions, his eyebrows were frowning,
It wasn't until he saw the third condition that Zou Chengyi's eyebrows loosened,
Money is not a problem! Although the Maomo family is located in the desolate west, after decades of accumulation and development, 1.5 million gold coins can still be taken out.
The old and refined Mao Moddyne values the deep meaning of the three conditions,
The first two conditions are imaginary,,
The so-called liberalization of trade and the recognition of Samore's rule are nothing more than written promises, and in the eyes of the real powerful, they are nothing more than scraps of paper that can be discarded at any time
Only real things can make the two sincerely linked
When you see the third condition,
A knowing smile appeared at the corner of Mao Modayin's mouth
Samor's little guy obviously guessed that he had been pushing Samore and turning to attack Stian's various layouts,
It was only on this last and most practical and sincere issue that I came up with a problem.
According to the fat man's thoughts, even if he can't help the old fox Mao Modain, it would be good to disgust him.
Sometimes, the fat man's prank psychology is still very strict.
Anyone, when they find that they are secretly calculated, but still have to jump in, will be very depressed, send money or give away, you choose!
It's a pity that the fat man still underestimated the political sophistication of Mao Modhayin, an old fox.
At least from the third condition, Mao Modhayne saw the two weaknesses of the fat man, the first is that this kingdom and military god with great achievements in war is also a lord with seven emotions and six desires, otherwise he would not express such an important agreement in such a funny way
Second, the most powerful young man in the kingdom seems to have some interest in his little daughter!
Mao Mo Dayin is worthy of being a hero who has created the entire western situation by himself, and for the third condition of the fat man's mischief, Mao Mo Dayin just smiled at the corner of his mouth,
Kicked the ball to the fat man again, didn't you want me to choose?
Okay! I sent Mao Mona Qing to personally bet 1.5 million gold coins to Rivadin, whether to choose people or money,
See for yourself!
This is a funny condition, and the Maomo family also gave a funny promise,
History is always full of invisible fog, and no one can fully understand the truth of the facts
No one could have imagined that
This important agreement, which decided the fate of the entire western region, turned out to be just a gambling agreement between two young and old
Could this be the city of Zhivading?" a confused female voice sounded in Mao Monaqing's carriage, "I can't believe it! I remember when I came here, it was just an ordinary small southern town, but now. [wzdff sticker bar hand hit group] [wzdff sticker bar hand hit group] ......"
A beautiful woman with a bit of wildness raised her head from the opposite side of Mao Monaqing, two black and shiny beautiful eyes, looking at the majestic city in the distance with a little disbelief,
There was still a bit of flushing on her face that she had just woken up, making her look as attractive as a ripe apple,
"Oh, could it be that Her Highness Scelis has been here before?" Mao Mona Qing couldn't help but ask curiously when she heard the emotion of the wild beauty,
"Of course, two years ago, I was the liaison officer of the royal court to the south," Celelise sighed with a look of remembrance on her face, as if remembering the embarrassment of the Kugit army at that time
"At that time, Zhivading was completely different from now, with low and ugly gray walls, narrow dirt roads to the south, even a medium-sized city in the north was better than it," the sexy beauty couldn't help but sigh
"I was here to raise food! I didn't expect that in just two years, this place would become like this.
When I heard a lot of businessmen coming and going to Vekia talk about it, I thought they were exaggerating.
Now it seems that this place is far more beautiful and rich than they say, and the stupid fat man who likes to squat still has some ability!
"Squatting stupid fat man!" "Mao Mona Qing was amused by Scelis's strange name, who would dare to use this title to refer to the most powerful person in the kingdom,
Probably only the unrestrained prairie of Scelis dares to call it so, legend, the beauty in front of her, but she has the blood of the Kugit royal family, for this rumor, Mao Mona Qing is also full of curiosity,
This time, in addition to fulfilling the agreement, Mao Mona Qing also had an important mission, accompanying the envoy from Kugit to Zhivadin.
Although the West has recognized Samore as the co-owner of Wikia,
But the Maomo family has a close connection with Kujit, not to mention that this time it was the Kugit royal court who came forward in person, and Maomodayin did not dare to refuse
"It's finally here! I'm going to suffocate me along the way" Looking at the gate of Zhivadine getting closer and closer in the distance, Scelis stood up in the carriage and took out a closed and intact box from under the seat cushion,
"To be honest, if it weren't for secrecy, I would have preferred to ride a horse, and it would have been a pleasure to gallop on such a wide road!