Although the laws of the empire are said to cover the entire territory of the empire, the only places that can be restrained in the real sense are the cities, because the cities of the empire have garrisons. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The lord of the city was an elected and appointed official of the empire, who had a great say in the city and was protected by the garrison.

And those adventurer towns, including some natural villages, are less or even less binding on the laws of the empire. In those places, strength is the decisive factor, that is, whoever has a hard fist counts.

When Astor City was still a small town, the four major families were the hardest forces in Astor Town, so many of the rules were formulated by their four major families, and they were also in line with the common interests of the four major families. Later, although the empire established the town of Astor as a city, and sent a garrison. However, due to historical reasons, the city lord has always been produced among the four major families and can represent the common interests of the four major families.

With the emergence of new adventurer towns such as Oar, the status and role of Astor City are becoming more and more obvious, and the interests of the four major families who control the actual power of Astor City will definitely rise in the future. In fact, all this is also the result of the joint efforts of the four major families for more than 100 years.

According to the laws of the empire, the election of the lord of the city was held every five years. Throughout the history of Astor City, the choice of the city lord has always been produced among the four major families.

There is still more than a year to go before the election of the new city lord, and the four major families have become accustomed to this unspoken rule of taking turns to sit in the village. However, the appearance of a branch of the Hunt family in Cox City and the mysterious Quinn family breaks this unspoken rule. No matter how great the interests of Astor City are, they are not enough for the six great families to distribute. This creates a situation where the benefits need to be redistributed, which also makes next year's election of the lord of the city very important, because only by becoming the lord of the city can he justifiably obtain the greatest benefit for himself and take the initiative in the redistribution of the interests of Astor City. Even if you can't become a city lord, you have to show extreme strength to ensure that you don't get knocked out.

Astor City does not have any dominant industry, and all the families make a living by processing and selling Warcraft materials and providing material support to adventurers. And the profit of processing and selling Warcraft materials is very low, and the profit of providing material support to adventurers is not high.

Hearing this, Sun Xiang felt very strange, because in the Divine Immortal Cultivation Realm, the profits from processing and selling demon beast materials were amazing, and forces without some strength didn't want to get involved at all. How can this be the case here? Although there were doubts, Sun Xiang did not rush to raise them, but continued to listen to Bai Zhaoxuan's briefing.

Now what several families are competing for is actually the market share and influence of Astor City, and whoever can occupy a larger share will have more influence and more right to speak. To put it bluntly, it is able to form a kind of monopoly, control Astor City through a monopoly, and take the opportunity to suppress the opponent, or even clean up the opponent.

Sun Xiang understood that this world was still relatively similar to the immortal cultivation world in Shenzhou, not only human nature was complicated, but also strength determined everything. However, because it is "entering the WTO and cultivating", it also has some similarities with the secular world of China, that is, there are still some legal constraints.

Sun Laowei, who has been at the peak of the Shenzhou Continent all year round, will certainly not be confused by all this. He knows that whether it is in China or here, it is always the handful of people who stand at the top of the world who really control everything. These figures are the makers of the law, and any law is void for them. In Shenzhou, I am one of those small group of people, and when I come to this world, I must become one of the small group of people here.

At this time, Sun Laoxie had already set the third goal for himself.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the housekeeper led the people to clean up Sun Xiang's package properly, and made a book by category and grade, which was very clear. According to this booklet, Sun Xiang didn't have to wait to return to the Bai family to understand some of the names of the demonic beasts in this world. This made Sun Xiang look at this housekeeper with admiration.

The results of the cleanup came out, and the contents of the material packages needed in the order were all completed. And this is equivalent to a quarter of the amount in the package, no wonder the old housekeeper looked at Sun Xiang with admiration in his eyes.

After listening to Bai Bin's report and reading it again against the purchase list, Sun Xiang felt a little strange, thinking of the question just now, he looked at Bai Zhaoxuan and asked, "What is the use of these materials for them?" ”

Because Sun Xiang found that the Warcraft materials in the list were all flashy things, and there were not many things that were really valuable to refining weapons and alchemy.

For example, Sun Xiang saw that the list listed the eyeballs of the Horned Python, a fourth-level demon beast, but did not mention the tendons of the Horned Python. In Sun Xiang's eyes, that kind of eyeball is just an ornament, delicate and clear, very beautiful, Sun Xiang was worried that he would not have enough money after he went out, so he left it and was ready to exchange it for some money. Compared to this kind of eyeball, Sun Xiang, the tendon of the horned python, is reluctant to exchange money, because this is a good refining material.

He was puzzled by the fact that the refining tools and alchemy materials in the list were ignored, but they were all flashy things, so he asked Bai Zhaoxuan. has already shown the face of "Xiaobai" in Bai Zhaoxuan, Sun Xiang doesn't mind asking more.

Bai Zhaoxuan already knew that the boss had injured his head during the trial and practice, and he might have forgotten something. So he patiently explained: "Of course, I went back to process and sold it." Those nobles and noblewomen were very fond of ornaments and handicrafts made of Warcraft materials, and if they were processed well, they could be sold for a good price. ”

As if he hadn't heard clearly, Sun Xiang asked again: "Processed into jewelry and handicrafts?" ”

Bai Zhaoxuan nodded suspiciously, and said, "Yes, what else can you do if you don't do this?" ”

Sun Xiang felt that something was wrong, pointed to the equipment on Bai Zhaoxuan's body, and asked more directly this time: "Isn't it more valuable to process these equipment?" ”

Bai Zhaoxuan was a little puzzled, and also pointed to the equipment on his body and said, "These things are only valuable if they are made of metal. And only the destitute mercenaries and adventurers would make something out of Warcraft materials. How can you make money selling to them? ”

Sun Xiang was even more puzzled, and continued to ask, "Could it be that those families in Astor City are doing this?" ”

Bai Zhaoxuan nodded seriously: "Yes, including our Bai family, we all do this." ”

Sun Xiang pondered. He thought that there were many demonic beasts here, but there were not many hunters; When I think of that purchase list, it is all flashy things. Suddenly, he boldly guessed, is it that the martial artists here are still in the initial stage of understanding the materials of the Warcraft? Or is the refining technology here still very primitive, and it can only be built little by little by relying on iron hammers? He wasn't sure of his guesses. So he asked again, "Why don't those adventurers and mercenaries hunt demonic beasts?" ”

Bai Zhaoxuan knew that he still had to popularize some knowledge for the boss and help him recall some common sense things. So he said patiently: "Except for the magic core, the profit from operating Warcraft materials can only be regarded as average, because the purchase price is not high." Compared to the risks of hunting Warcraft, the price of the acquisition is not attractive. Therefore, only those small mercenary groups that are difficult to sustain or some adventurers who specialize in hunting Warcraft for a living will go into the mountains to hunt Warcraft. More adventurers are mainly exploring and hunting for adventures, and if they can find exotic flowers and stones, metal veins, eggs, eggs or cubs of high-level magical beasts, and even ancient ruins in the process, they will immediately become rich overnight. Hunting monsters was just a matter of the moment's worth of their expeditions. And those mercenary groups are more of a mission issued by the mercenary union, and they will only enter the mountain if the mission involves hunting Warcraft. ”

"Of course, there are also some warriors who will go into the mountains to hunt in order to challenge their limits. But they are purely to improve their strength, except for the magic core, they will not take the materials on those demonic beasts, because they are worthless and take up too much space. Bai Zhaoxuan finally added.

Sun Xiang remembered Shenzhou's theory: there is no market without demand; Small demand means small share. It seems that the Warcraft materials here really haven't been developed.

Knowing this, Sun Xiang suddenly had an impulse, he wanted to try whether the alchemy technique in cultivating immortals was also affected by the laws of heaven and earth in this world. Then he suppressed this impulse, because he knew that he had just dispelled Bai Zhaoxuan's doubts, and if he exposed the alchemy technique again, it might shock Bai Zhaoxuan again, and it would be too troublesome to explain at that time.

Seeing that Bai Bin hadn't left, Sun Xiang turned around and asked, "What's the problem?" ”

Bai Bin coughed dryly, and said with some embarrassment: "The materials are all ready, and what is still missing is thirty demon cores, including twenty-five third-level demon cores and five fourth-level demon cores." With that, he scratched his head apologetically. He knew that if he wanted to complete these tasks, he would definitely not be able to rely on the strength of the Bai family, so he could only turn to the young man in front of him for help, but he was embarrassed to speak.

After listening to Bai Bin's words, Sun Xiang slapped his head, handed his magic bag to the old butler, and said, "Oh, that, that magic core is here, I forgot." He now knows that the crystal nucleus he found from the Demon Beast is called the Demon Core here, and it is a more valuable thing on the Demon Beast.

In the past two days, Sun Xiang and Bai Zhaoxuan were talking alone, and the housekeeper and the other guards of the Bai family were on guard from afar. Although they also saw something, the gap in identity made them afraid to move forward. The old housekeeper experienced the "Sun's lightning strike" for the first time, and he was also thundered. Bai Zhaoxuan was amused to seeing it in his eyes, he was used to this "boss" Lei.

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