Chapter 17: The Empty Shell of the Demon Clan
Qin Zhen didn't understand what Ain was talking about, and finally let him go after forcing Ain to promise that he would have to wear a dress of his own design when he appeared outside in the future.
Because of the lack of Ain, a nurse with a lot of milk, she is a little unfamiliar with the warrior profession and gradually falls into disadvantage in the frequent attacks of the night leopard, and the scene that originally had a slight advantage is a little uncontrollable.
"Lord Ain, please come and help!" Luo Ya, who was fully engaged in the battle, did not notice that Qin Zhen had already reached the leaf realm, and when she saw that the blood volume of the branch had bottomed out, she shouted anxiously without looking back.
Aine looked at Qin Zhen and asked with a questioning look.
"Go help them." Qin Zhen waved his hand to show that he didn't care, "The Sith Empire's mission should arrive in the outer city in the evening, and the elders mean that since I have taken over the affairs of the clan, this reception should also be completed in the castle...... So don't continue at the end of the game, and call the children to clean the castle and prepare the rooms for the guests. ”
Saying goodbye to Ain, Qin Zhen retreated from the Ye Realm.
Before leaving, Mo Sen had said that all the records of the demon clan so far had been kept in the Hall of Elders, including the various financial revenues and expenditures of the demon clan, and he also wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Sith prince had not arrived, so he would first go to the Hall of Elders to sort out the current situation of the demon clan and see how many bargaining chips he had.
As soon as he walked out of the castle, the chief guard and old acquaintance who was temporarily transferred from the Hall of Elders greeted him, since the elders left in the morning, there were many more guards around the castle, in Ain's words, he had twenty or thirty people to be busy protecting in case of danger, and now it's okay, the elders have stuffed more than a dozen people over, is this to increase his workload?
After chatting with Da Mao for a while, Qin Zhen was very optimistic about this big man who didn't know how to soak the crisp noodles in his hands. After learning about Qin Zhen's plan, regardless of his prevarication, Da Mao immediately called a team of people and personally led the team to escort Qin Zhen to the outer city.
There was no means of transportation, they could only rely on a pair of legs to walk over, halfway through, Da Mao, who saw that Qin Zhen's physical fitness was not good, wanted to carry Qin Zhen on his back several times, but Qin Zhen politely refused because of his hypocritical self-esteem, the last time he went to the outer city, Ain used the branches of the body to take him over, this time he had to go around the huge body of Ain's body to get it from the back, and it didn't sound like a long road to bring Qin Zhen full of "surprises".
From time to time, there were a few big stones blocking the way on the uneven road, and after climbing over it with difficulty, it was already past noon when he arrived in the outer city, and Qin Zhen, who was tired into a puddle of mud, was paralyzed at the door of the Hall of Elders and didn't want to move.
Mo Sen hurriedly trotted out of the Hall of Elders under the notification of the guards, and saw Qin Zhen sitting on the stone steps panting with an angry face.
"What's the matter with you guys? As soon as the king arrived in the clan, his body had not yet recovered, so he let the king go so far? Da Mao, I asked you to protect the king, did you protect it like this? ”
Da Mao, who was questioned by Mawson, wanted to explain that he didn't know how to say it, so he blushed and scratched his head but didn't dare to refute.
"Whew, okay, don't blame him, I asked to come over myself." Qin Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and opened his mouth to explain.
Mo Sen's face softened slightly, and when he saw that Qin Zhen was still sitting on the ground, Da Mao and the others stood to the side in a daze: "Why are you standing on the side stupidly?" Don't you see the king sitting on the ground? Why don't you hurry up and help the king into the palace? ”
was scolded by Mo Sen, Da Mao's brain was not stupid, and he quickly stepped forward to help Qin Zhen up.
Qin Zhen blushed a little, he always felt that this body was like a woman's, weaker than his body in the previous life when he had just been ill for a few years, fortunately, the location of the Hall of Elders was remote, and no one passed by at the door.
If you want the people of the demon clan to see the appearance of their king, I am afraid that in the end, four of the five tribes that are still in the demon clan will have to go.
Walking into the hall of elders, a deep sense of poverty came over me, and there was a crumbling table in the huge antechamber, and an old man with fox ears hanging down to the sides sat behind the table and dozed off.
"You're wasting such a lot of space?" Qin Zhen asked with hatred that iron is not made of steel.
"The major clans in the clan are still managed by the patriarchs and elders of each clan, and the Hall of Elders will only intervene and coordinate when there are disputes between the tribes, and it is also our job to have contact with foreign clans, and the construction of the Hall of Elders under the auspices of the Terrans is too big, and we basically don't need the front hall." Mawson explained in detail.
Qin Zhen was powerless to complain, the demon clan was nominally a monarch. The system is actually a federation?
Seeing Qin Zhen's doubts, Mo Sen continued to explain: "Of course, this is the situation before you didn't appear, at that time, no one in the tribes obeyed anyone, so there was no way to form the Hall of Elders, even if it was the person with the highest prestige in each clan, it would be difficult for the five major tribes to be under the management of the Hall of Elders. You're different, as the Beast God's messenger, you're our co-master. Although you have not yet been baptized by the festival, your aura as a king is not too strong, but you have been recognized by Lord Ain and Lord Prophet at the same time, and it is okay to take over the right to be king in advance. ”
"You're a big fool." Qin Zhen had to express his sincere appreciation under the mouth artillery offensive.
The Hall of Elders estimated that he had long been tired of the big and small battles of the various tribes, and he had long wanted to get rid of the burden, but Qin Zhen had been planning in the inner city for a long time, in fact, the elders wanted him to sit in the position of the king of the clan sooner than him.
Mo Sen ignored the teasing in Qin Zhen's tone without blushing, and he led Qin Zhen to the room at the end of the corridor on the second floor of the Hall of Elders.
"Because we don't have a special person in charge of this part, only you just saw that the old guy sitting downstairs has management experience in the human race, and all the income information in the clan is in this room, if you want to have questions, you can ask him, I have already ordered it."
"Alright, you all go get busy, I need a quiet environment."
Sending Da Mao and Mo Sen away, Qin Zhen pushed open the heavy wooden door, the animal skin scrolls scattered on the ground, the dusty rotten bookshelves, and the messy room were all in his expectation, and what he couldn't bear the most was the inferior air mixed with the smell of rancidity.
After opening the door and letting the air circulate for more than ten minutes, Qin Zhen dared to walk in, and found the income and expenditure statements and records of some recent events of the demon clan in the obviously newly put in a pile of scrolls, he found a clean floor and sat down to read it, fortunately, he had already studied most of the lingua franca of the Aoya continent in the Ye Realm.
Looking at it like this, it was half an afternoon, and Qin Zhen's already cold heart fell directly into the ice cave after reading the demon clan's trade, population, economy, and military.
In terms of trade, the demon clan is zero-to-zero, that's right, Qin Zhen is worried about seeing it wrong, and it has been read several times, and it is all "zero".
There is trade with the Terrans and other big clans, but it is more like a one-sided begging transaction, and the usual situation is that the beast skins and beast cores that the demon clan has accumulated for a long time are exchanged for salt, iron tools, weapons and other supplies from the hands of the Terran merchants at a very low exchange ratio. Even the few copper coins that circulated among the demon clans were exchanged for them from the dwarves.
The "animal skin" based financial system is the core of the demon clan now, and in the "gold standard" Aoya continent dominated by gold coins, the demon clan's finances can be said to be red every year. (For details, please refer to the currency war between the US dollar and the euro of the Midi)
In terms of population, the demon clan only has approximate statistics, and the population of more than 200,000 is not more than a main city of the human race, but there is a solution to this, there are at least 500,000 tribes that have separated from the demon clan, gathering the demon people scattered all over the place, and with the encouragement of fertility planning, the next twenty years will be the day of the rise of the demon clan.
The military is still dominated by the hunting teams of various races, and there is no direct army belonging to the demon clan itself, this is not in a hurry, before the human race discovers that the demon clan has developed, there is enough time for Qin Zhen to create an army that can handle it.
After relaxing his waist, Qin Zhen rubbed his numb legs, and suddenly stretched out his hands on Qin Zhen's shoulders.
"I'll go!" Startled by the sudden touch, Qin Zhen took a big step forward, and turned around to find that it was Ain leaning against the wall.
"Done? Hurry up, the Sith Empire and his party have already arrived outside the forest, and there is about an hour to reach the outer city. Wearing a special wedding dress, Aine still looked lazy, although he had seen it many times, Qin Zhen was still picked up by his dress.
"Ahem, how's it going over at the castle? Are the rooms ready? ”
"Seeing that you are concentrating and don't want to disturb you, I have already asked the little girl and the root to organize it."
"Okay, then let's go and wait for our future food stamps!"