When it came to building the craftsman hall, everyone present was a little dumbfounded, although they had all seen it and had entered it more than once, but knowing it was not the same thing as building, so the group had to find Ke Jiaxi, the leader of the technical spirits.

Sure enough, it didn't disappoint everyone, the spirit leader patted his chest and said that there was no problem, and he could provide drawings for the hall of the craftsman who could be upgraded, but the premise was to give him time to draw, which would take about three or four days, and he also hoped that the lord would get him some high-level ballista manufacturing drawings as soon as possible, and he had repeatedly improved the ballista several times during this time, but the effect was not very obvious.

Li Ran naturally has no opinion on this, but Jiaxi has learned that he is naturally cheap. Next, when asked about the materials for Ke Jiaxi's construction of the craftsman's hall, the other party quickly said a lot of things, and Li Ran's mind was confused, and he only remembered a large number of stones, mercury, and sulfur. The attentive Doric took out a small notebook he carried with him and wrote it down.

After letting Kegashi leave, Doric checked the recorded materials with the existing materials in the territory warehouse recorded by Morga, and found that in addition to a large number of stones, there were also some materials that needed to be purchased, so he presented the details to Li Ran.

Li Ran took a look at it and found that there was still a lot of it missing, so he thought about it and said to Doric: "Otherwise, take advantage of this time when there is nothing around the territory, tomorrow the two of us will go to Edoron City, I have long wanted to see this Ethoron City, and by the way, invite some caravans and circuses to come back."

The two naturally had no opinion on Li Ran's decision, and Morga would not stop it at this time, but was a little embarrassed to introduce several acquaintances, all of whom were doing business in Edoron City. If you look for them, you can get cheaper.

And after learning that Li Ran was going to Edoron City, several teammates were also moved. I wanted to take a look, but there were too many things in the territory to drag on, so I had to give up.

Early the next morning. In the spirit of going back quickly, Li Ran, who was riding the moon stone beast, and Doric, who was riding a war horse, rushed to Adoron City, and in addition to the two cavalrymen, the leader of the frost elephant mastiff and his two twelfth-order mutant companions were responsible for protecting Li Ran's safety.

After traveling about hundreds of miles to the southeast, Li Ran and the others entered the official road, and the group rested and began to hurry, until in the afternoon, Li Ran vaguely saw a tall castle standing in the endless wilderness ahead.

Through Doric's introduction. Li Ran knew the scale of the city, and surrounded it with a huge stone wall of nearly ten meters around the castle, forming a city with a radius of dozens of kilometers, which was more than ten times larger than his own territory in terms of area. And from a distance, you can see that there are many tall buildings inside, and its prosperity can be imagined.

Li Ran, who was riding on the moon stone beast, had not yet approached the city, and the first thing he saw was a large area of farmland and pastures, scattered around with many lookouts and outposts, and from time to time one or two teams of guards would come out of it to patrol back and forth, and the rank was about the fourth order.

Walk a few kilometers further on. Li Ran finally saw the gate of the city. After paying a few silver coins to enter, Li Ran looked at the third-order city of the empire. Although it is only a small town, there are all kinds of shops and workshops in the market, and you can see all kinds of people in the small crowd.

Although some races are inherently incompatible. But in the city, they didn't dare to do it indiscriminately, and the guards that appeared at this time were no longer those low-level sentinels outside the city, but standard imperial guards. All of them are extraordinary, and they are not high-level warriors.

Wandered around the city for a while. Li Ran and the others, under the guidance of Doric, came to a tavern and had a full meal. It is eaten by a strange root-like object that resembles a real-life carrot, but has a strange meaty aroma when chewed. I heard Doric say that this is a local specialty of wood lithium meat, and the lord of the city here can make a lot of money from this every year.

And this kind of wood lithium flesh fruit wood lithium fruit, is also another specialty, although not as famous as wood lithium meat, but added to the wine can improve the quality of the wine, and it can also make a lot of money by selling it to other cities every year. This is also one of the main sources of income for this city lord.

Li Ran looked at the people in the tavern, and suddenly asked with some curiosity: "By the way, Lord Doric, do you know the name of the city lord of this city?" ”

Doric looked around, nodded and said softly: "This city lord's name is Anan Sebkis, he is a fortress tribe, that is, we commonly call the swamp clan, his father's clan was stationed in the dark forest, and he saved the Duke of Senles by chance in a mission, which is now one of the three major dukes of the empire, at that time their clan suffered heavy casualties in order to save Senles, so the Duke of Senles felt his kindness and promoted his father to viscount, just when the original city lord of Edoron City died, and no one inherited the position of city lord, so the Duke of Senles gave the city to him and his people, so that his people could multiply, and it was also a life-saving grace, and then the city lord's father died, and this Sebkis, as his first heir, naturally became the city lord."

Li Ran sighed and said: "Look at the development committee here is really good, I think this city lord should also be a wise person now."

Doric smiled and said: "Then you are mistaken, to say that the father of the current city lord is indeed a character, when the duke handed over the city to him, I heard that because the original city lord neglected to manage it in his later years, it was in a semi-abandoned state. It only took a few years for his hands to take on a new look, in addition to the specialty products being sold to various places, the number of troops also increased exponentially, and he appeared in the imperial competition several times."

Li Ran continued to ask, "What about the character of this city lord?" ”

Doric said with some disdain: "After all, he is not a real nobleman, like many hereditary lords, the biggest hobby of this lord now is gold coins and beautiful women, fortunately, under the guidance of his father, some of them are already experts in management, so the city can still be maintained, including the buildings you see, most of them were built by his father at that time, since I came to the territory with Morga, it has been more than ten years, and every time I come here, it is the same."

After listening carefully to Doric, Li Ran chatted with him for a while, got up and left the tavern.

Next, under the leadership of Doric, everyone first came to the market, negotiated several mobile trade convoys, and after paying thousands of gold coins as a deposit in the trading hall, these trade convoys agreed to arrive within the time specified by Li Ran, but asked the other party to provide protection in addition to the official road.

As for the previous deposits, the purpose of the deposit was nothing more than to protect the interests of these mobile trade fleets. After all, they are entrusted to run to other people's territory to do business, and if they are robbed in the territory, these deposits will not be returned, and the trading center will hand over these deposits to the trade team as compensation according to the loss.

And if the mobile trade convoy even causes casualties as a result, the guarantor city as a trading center will also seek justice from the criminal territory, and even attack the criminal territory to punish the criminals.

On the contrary, if the mobile trade convoy goes to the territory to successfully complete the transaction, they will go to the trading center to prove after returning to the city, and the entrusted territory can get back the deposit from the trading center, provided that of course a part of the guarantee fee is paid, generally about 10%.

After talking about the business convoy, Li Ran and the others walked around the nearby shops again, and it took nearly two hours to collect all the materials for the manufacturing craftsman's hall, of course, this does not include stone, and that kind of large items are not sold in the market.

Came to the stone supplier located in the south of the city, and learned that its stone factory was still outside the city, if it needed a large number of goods, it must be ordered, no way Li Ran had to pay a few hundred gold coins as a deposit, but asked the other party to hurry up, and then secretly stuffed a few gold coins to the clerk, the other party was very happy to say that it could be delivered tomorrow afternoon, and would help Li Ran and them contact a cheap and fast transport fleet.

After being busy for a long time, it was getting dark at this time, Li Ran could have gone offline to rest for a while and come back, but considering that there were still Dorrick and his two knights, Li Ran still decided to stay here for one night.

The temporary settlements of non-local residents are all in the southeast of the city, and there are many inns and taverns, and of course more guarded.

By the time Li Ran arrived here, it was already dark, and this time Doric took Li Ran to a dwarven tavern, where the wine sold was brewed with wood lithium fruit, and after Li Ran tasted it, he really felt that it was more special, somewhat similar to a cocktail after blending.

It may be the first time to come to the city on the battle map, Li Ran looked at everything around him curiously, and all he thought about was what he had seen and heard in a day. Although in the previous chat with Doric, Li Ran already knew that the Khan Rock Empire he was in was only a small and medium-sized empire, but the third-level city he saw today was almost the same as the city of the same level on the world map, and there were some buildings unique to the battle map, which was indeed something he did not expect.

I don't know if there are so many taverns and restaurants here, the temporary settlement at night is actually a different kind of prosperity, people of all races appear here to drink and chat, and naturally some of them are the same as Li Ran, they are all from nearby territories, selling some specialties or buying something back.

Just as Li Ran looked curiously at a strange-looking crocodile halfling through the crystal floor-to-ceiling window of the tavern, there was a sudden noise in the distance, only to see that under the expulsion of a group of lizard people, a luxury car pulled by four high-level bulls actually came over, and behind this luxury car, followed by dozens of strange-looking lizard knights. (To be continued......)