Chapter 1556: Coming to Ascatra again (asking for a monthly pass, asking for a subscription, asking for a recommendation) asking for a monthly pass!!
In Ferron, ocean voyages are always fraught with danger, and piracy, storms, and all sorts of worse things can easily kill a shipwload. According to some nautical associations, the accident rate of ocean-going vessels has always been around 16.5 percent. Don't think that this probability is very small, on the contrary, it is already terrifying, because it means that for every 10 voyages, 1.65 ships will have an accident.
And the ships that have accidents tend to have a survival rate of 0! In other words, once something happens, basically the whole ship will die! It's scary.
However, the huge profits of sea transportation still attract successive merchants to take risks, but the danger rate of sea transportation has plummeted recently. First of all, it's October, winter has arrived, and the last wave of the winter monsoon has already blown, which heralds the least stormy period of the year. At the same time, because of the onset of winter, the fish began to go to the deep sea, and those who chased the fish also followed the fish to the deeper and warmer seas, which led to a significant decrease in the number of sea monsters.
Coupled with Solam's blood sacrifice, the entire West Coast of Feren has entered an unprecedented period of security, and this time Coke has spoiled those ocean-going captains, after all, who doesn't like to make money comfortably? In the past, ocean-going vessels needed to maintain speed for their own safety, which meant they had to make compromises on cargo capacity. A very simple truth, the more goods, the deeper the draft, and the speed will naturally slow down.
When a ship loses speed surrounded by all kinds of dangers, it means death. So ocean-going vessels look big, but they don't have a lot of cargo. But now there is a phenomenon of sea ships being loaded at full capacity! One can imagine how much of a maritime environment has been in recent times.
The war on the mainland did not destroy the consumption power of the continent of Feiren, in fact, the economic structure of Feiren is extremely deformed, and the purchasing power of the lower classes of people is frighteningly low, after all, most of these hard-working people follow a self-sufficient lifestyle, and their sources of living materials come from the land. On the contrary, the purchasing power of the wealthy class is frighteningly high, they are rich, very rich, and the war has not made these people lower their living standards, but because of the instability of the environment, they are more willing to exchange all the money they hold in their hands for various materials.
In the current environment, gold doesn't bring them more security. On the contrary, the food, weapons, and all kinds of necessary materials exchanged for gold coins can allow them to recruit soldiers and expand their power. So whether it's for self-preservation or ambition, these people will take out a lot of gold coins to sweep the market, and they basically buy whatever they see now, as long as it's useful, they want it!
As a result, there was a very strange phenomenon in Faerun, where there were wars everywhere, but commerce was developing more vigorously.
Of course, there are many intelligent people who can see that this is a false prosperity, and once the situation on the mainland reaches a critical point, this false prosperity will immediately collapse.
But who cares?
Businessmen just know that now is the best time to make money, and what they need is to speed up efficiency and make more money in less time! As a result, the shipping industry, which had been devastated by the tsunami caused by Solam and Elistra, has recovered quickly in recent years. And this year, the maritime shipping industry has miraculously recovered to its peak, and various port cities along the coast have made a fortune, countless shipyards have been rebuilt from the ruins, countless craftsmen have been attracted, and countless homeless people have become sailors.
Among them, Kalinshan became the biggest winner.
You may not believe it, but when the mainland was in chaos, the country of Kalinshan was magically peaceful, and no one bothered with the idea of the country, and the country seemed to be addicted to business and had little interest in the outside world.
Even the various forces in the country have temporarily given up the dispute and began to make a big profit single-mindedly. Even many inland forces in Kalinshan actually began to organize a large number of mercenaries to go abroad to earn foreign exchange. Not to mention, this business is quite hot, and it makes a lot of money for the tribe that used to eat sand in the desert.
And the guilds of Port Carlin are not willing to be lonely, all kinds of illegal smuggling businesses are flying, at this time period, no one wants to go to war, now time is money, who is impatient to fight, can there be business to make money by fighting? Is there a business to make money by grabbing land? Can killing people make money in business?
In addition to Port Carlin, another one that has received huge dividends is Azkatra. Although the city's recent situation has not been good in recent years, the city has gradually recovered from its original destruction under the stimulus of shipping. Although the people in this city no longer have the same spirit as before, no matter what, it is always good to make money.
By the time Solam's ships docked at Askatra, the harbor of Askatra was already full of ships, and there was no end in sight. Solam had never seen anything like this. (Askatra's pomp and circumstance Soram has indeed never seen it, and when Soram first came, it was just choked by the tsunami)
For some reason, when Soram stood on the roads of the city again, he didn't feel the same feeling as he had when he first came here. The people here were busier than the last time he had visited, but Soram could not see the early days on their faces, but instead felt a numbness and sadness.
Solam didn't know what was going on, it stands to reason that the disaster had been a long time coming, and the people of Ascatra hadn't recovered from it. It's been eight years, and no matter what, people should recover.
It was Nazaire who gave the answer.
Amm is gone......
Here's the answer.
Why were the people of Ascatla proud before? Because this is the capital of Am, it is the freest and most vibrant city on the entire continent, and the people here have been proud of it for thousands of years. Like a joke of the people of Ascatla before, except for Askatra, the rest of the place is a rural place!
This seemingly stupid arrogance is deeply ingrained in the heart of every Askatra. In the past, few Ascathras had moved to other places, even if they did not live well in the city, but they were still reluctant to move.
Because they are Askatras! There have always been people who have longed for Askatra, and no one has ever wanted to leave it. (Just like the natives of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, they naturally have a sense of superiority, which has nothing to do with whether they are rich or not, it is completely a matter of household registration)
But until a few years ago, everything changed, Amm was gone, the people of Ascatra also suffered an unprecedented disaster, the pride of the people of Ascatla was completely shattered, and more importantly, there was a civil war in the city, the inhabitants of the city were divided, although the rebels had been defeated and fled, but this division remained in the city, people began to suspect each other, blame each other, and to this day, this estrangement still exists, and there is a sense of intensification.
The city's suffering is not over......
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