Chapter 114: The Goddess Arrives! 【Request for Recommendation Votes】
Modo City, Chishui Town. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The land is close to the sea, and when the fish are caught, a large number of red fish swim back, and the nearby river is all red, hence the name.
At this time, it was already August, because the time of town construction was different, and the wheat harvest was early and late, and Chishui Town was the last town to harvest. At this time, most of the grain had been dried and collected, and a man dressed as an official was carrying out the statistics from house to house with his entourage. The city of Modo has its own rules, all grain buying and selling cannot be done privately, and the surplus grain is purchased uniformly, and then the city hall is used to stabilize prices. The price of the grain was set according to the market price, and the harvest went smoothly at first, but there was a little commotion when the second row was received.
"Not for sale."
"My family has a large population, and it consumes a lot of food."
The man who spoke was a man dressed as a wealthy businessman, speaking a northern dialect, and his small eyes were squinting east and west at the moment, as if he was arguing with the official in front of him.
Pete frowned and stared at the man in front of him, his trip to buy grain had been going well, but he didn't expect to run into trouble here. He glanced at the servants behind the other party and said, "How many people does your family have?" What is the food consumption? What is this year's harvest? ”
"Someone."
"Bring me his dossier to register the population."
Soon.
The attendant brought a file from the mayor, and Pete couldn't help but smile after just looking at it, and said, "There are only twelve people in your family, and you can eat so much food?" I heard that you have acquaintances in the port, could it be that you plan to sell grain privately? ”
Speaking of this, Pete's expression suddenly froze.
The rich merchant broke down in a cold sweat when he heard it, he didn't want to sell grain but was just going to hoard it, now the world is gradually chaotic, and the price of grain is rising all the way, if there is a way to transport it out and sell it, it is naturally the best. But this thing can't be said in plain sight, because recently the city of Modo has introduced a new decree, all food is strictly forbidden to be bought and sold privately, otherwise you will go to jail.
Pete has seen a lot of such people along the way, and at this time he also said unceremoniously: "Grain is purchased at market prices, and hoarding and private trading are strictly prohibited." ”
"Violators have their fields confiscated and sent to hard labor."
After saying that, Pete was not polite, and directly ordered people to pull food, and then calculated and threw a bag of silver coins in front of the other party.
"This is the city of Modo."
Pete thought for a while, came to the rich merchant in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "It's not the north, it's not the South China Sea. The first thing to learn here is to follow the rules, otherwise there will definitely be a price. ”
Ever since the city hall demanded a unified management of food, they have had a lot of trouble.
Some people want to hoard food, fearing that prices will rise in the future. Because of this year's bumper harvest and rising grain prices in various places, some people plan to smuggle them out and sell them. The officials of Modo City have always been unreasonable, and there is no reason to speak of it, because the current policy is to control grain, and those who are unwilling to sell grain because they are dissatisfied with the price of Modo City will all be taken into coolies. Sauron's rule has never been blindly benevolent, and there are many obedient and evil people among the officials of Modo, who will follow the rules but use them ruthlessly. This year, the price of grain on the mainland has been rising steadily, and many of the first batch of grain harvesters in Moduo City, whether civilians or wealthy merchants, have the intention of transporting grain to the outside to sell, and in this case, the measure of the Moduo City City Council is compulsory purchase. There is no need to make any sense at this time, because without the city of Mordo, they would not have what they have now, and if they cannot be expected to be grateful, they can only be maintained by law.
Meanwhile.
In the port area of Modo City, ships full of grain are also getting ready to go.
This year, the city of Modo ushered in a bumper harvest, but all the grain was forced to be purchased by the city hall at market prices, and at this time, the ships full of grain were ready to go to sea, and the fleet would be transported all the way to the Wind Spear Hills.
This time, the decree had little impact on ordinary people.
Because prices in Modo have always been stable, it is the merchants who are most affected, who expect to double or even triple the price of private grain sales. However, everything in the city of Mordor is in the service of Sauron, and in the face of the general trend of opening up the Wind Spear Hills, anyone who has their own petty calculations will be crushed.
The Castle Lord's Mansion.
The merchant's dissatisfaction reached Goliath through some channels, but after learning about this matter, Goliath just said lightly: "Grab a few leaders and deal with it." ”
The plans of the Wind Spear Hills could not be interfered with.
Collecting the displaced people means a huge amount of food consumption, and in the future, Modo City will need a steady stream of supplies, for these merchants who just want to make a profit, Goliath doesn't mind catching a few typical ones and killing them.
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One vignette doesn't have much impact.
However, some well-intentioned people still found some signs from the clues, and the city of Modo implemented the law of 'food control', and then other supplies seemed to be restricted to a certain extent. Some smart people have realized that the city of Mordor seems to be going to war, as the city hall is currently stockpiling supplies. The Chamber of Commerce, which was originally a little ready to move, immediately became honest, because in wartime, Modo City has never been soft on killing.
Wind spear hills, borders.
The ragged convoys of refugees were sent to miles of shacks, where they would wait for three days, first to be checked for disease, then to be counted, to register their names, and then to other parts of the Wind Spear Hills.
In just three days, the Wind Spear Hills received nearly 15,000 refugees.
And this number is increasing, because of the news of relief, refugees from all over the south are moving towards it.
More than a hundred priests have been sent from the agricultural churches, as have the goddesses of rivers and sprouts, who are responsible for directing the irrigation of the ditches, and after a brief rest, the refugees are thrown into their busy work.
Ditches were dug, land was reclaimed, roads were repaired, and walls were built.
In order to cope with the onslaught of the Sage Catastrophe, the city of Mordor sent a large number of clay golems to prepare to build walls to the south and north of the Wind Spear Hills, and each of these two places will have a permanent army of more than 10,000 people.
The population under Sauron's command has increased dramatically.
The Wind Spear Hills themselves had a population of more than 100,000, and after receiving a large number of displaced people, the number soon exceeded 200,000.
At this rate, the population of the city of Mordor and the Windspear Hills will soon exceed a million, and the expanding population means a steady stream of faith, and the number of displaced people will quickly expand to more than 30,000, many of whom have abandoned their original beliefs in the gods and joined the command of Sauron and the goddess of agriculture.
The beliefs of ordinary people are inherently not strong, and with a little guidance, it is possible to believe in other gods.
During the period when the Sage Havoc did not break out, the most that the priests in the Church of the Gods did was to fight for faith and expand the influence of the gods.
Sauron's followers have increased by tens of thousands in a short period of time, and they are still increasing, and large-scale agricultural cultivation has also brought benefits to the goddess of agriculture, and her priesthood is closely related to all this, and a little guidance can obtain a large amount of faith.
All the plans are well underway.
Recently, a bank opened by the goddess of wealth has also appeared in Modo City, which currently only accepts deposits, does not charge any fees, and can be exchanged at other temples of wealth on the south coast at any time with the certificate.
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The bottomless abyss, the shadow of the kingdom of God.
In front of a magnificent temple, thousands of demon hunters are ready to wait, and since controlling two-thirds of the land in the kingdom of the gods, the Heroic Spirits of the kingdom of the gods have temporarily slowed down the pace of expansion. A large number of potential conjugators have been transformed into new Demon Hunter forms, and at this time, most of the Heroic Spirits in the Divine Realm have become Demon Hunters, and the number has reached thousands.
Metals from the Forgotten Lands are being sent into the realm of the gods.
These resources were forged into weapons and armor under the day and night of the conjugators, and by this time the battle legions in the kingdom of the gods had expanded to more than 10,000 people.
Unlike the army of Modo City, most of the invokers in the Kingdom of God are mid-to-high-level professionals, and there is almost no cannon fodder among them.
Gurumba Arena Arena.
Since taking refuge in the Evil God, Balor's Flame Demon Zoro seems to have stopped his plans to expand, but he is still gathering demons. Some of them were sent to the mines to dig desperately, while others were thrown into the battle to exterminate the undead, and almost every day the barracks of the Gurumba Arena were sent thousands of cowards, and then 90 percent of them died in battle, and most of those who survived were promoted.
This is an unusually brutal rule of elimination.
In just half a month, tens of thousands of cowardly demons died, but with them came the birth of more middle-level demons.
Now that the worms near the Abyssal Blood Pool have been reduced by half, even the demons transformed into the Abyss Blood Pool have been unable to keep up with the progress of consumption under Zoro's crazy extraction.
At this time, the demon army in the Gurumba Arena had expanded to about 50,000 people, of which the number of mid-level demons accounted for half, and these demons were concentrated in the barracks, and the demon goblins in the magnificent forge were supervising the hard work of the laborers, forging weapons and equipment for them.
The breath of war is coming.
Almost everyone expected the Demon Lord Zoro to prepare for a big battle, but they were never able to determine the target of the attack.
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Little by little, time passed.
Towards the end of August, a large temple was suddenly erected in the city of Modo to serve the goddess of agriculture.
At the same time, a dazzling divine light also rose from the temple, a light that was invisible to mortals, but could be felt by gods and legendary professionals. It is a temple that is favored by the goddess of agriculture, and in the golden light, a beautiful and touching woman also steps into the depths of the temple.
this day.
The goddess of agriculture herself came to the city of Mordor and settled in the great temple that Sauron had prepared for her!
Hundreds of druids and high-ranking priests arrived overnight in the city, ostensibly preparing for the city's greatest harvest celebration, but secretly guarding against any possible attack along with the Temple of Shadows.
It's also this day.
Sauron left the city of Mordor and headed for the Abyss.
According to the content of the True God Covenant, the goddess of agriculture will replace Sauron in the next half a month!
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(PS: First update.) (To be continued.) )