Chapter 44: The Emerald City

Two days later, they met the Emerald City.

Unlike Red Leaf City, which surrounds the entire city with high walls and relies on the special terrain surrounded by water on three sides, the Emerald City does not have the usual walls of other mainland cities, and the open city attracts a lot of people who pursue freedom, adventurers, navigators, merchants, etc., who jointly manage the city, and regularly provide taxes to the city lords, while the management of the entire city is managed by a strange organization called the "Emerald City Management Committee".

It can be said that the lord of the Emerald City is just a large landlord, while the tenants themselves run the Emerald City extremely prosperously. This is also a key to the Emerald City being able to stand out on the East Coast, without the constraints of the aristocracy, capital blooms freely here, and it is a holy place that countless merchants yearn for.

"Hello, is it a friend from Red Leaf City?" Before everyone could wake up from the shock of the sea of countless tents and the sea of people of all colors, a team of more than a dozen Emerald City City administrators equipped with the latest individual armor greeted them.

"Yes, I haven't consulted yet......" Balta naturally took over the conversation, and at the same time had to admire the Emerald City, the character of a small captain could actually understand the meaning of the noble insignia.

Most people can roughly remember the main emblematic features of a family, but a family member with a title like Morey, who has been fiefdomed, already has the right to identify himself on the family coat of arms. For example, Morey had already added a red six-pointed star magic array under the red goat to show his identity.

The proposal to change the insignia of the nobility was approved by the royal capital in less than a week. Now even the captain of the Emerald City can know that this Emerald City does have its inevitable success.

"Colbert, the former first mate of the Golden Horn, is currently the captain of the seventh squad of the second brigade of the Emerald City Management Force." Colbert smiled and held out his hand.

"Balta, Commander of the Red Leaf Guard!" Balta shamelessly promoted himself to an official position.

"Fortunately, fortunately! Captain Balta here. Corbett shook his hand calmly and led the convoy to a place where he was registered.

Morey, who was in the car, looked around and saw that there were a number of other teams similar to Corbett who were guiding the newcomers to the Emerald City to the various check-in points. Everything seems to be very orderly, and it seems that this is the reason why the Emerald City has been able to stand on the east coast for decades.

"Hello, guests of Red Leaf City, there are a total of one hundred and twelve people, twenty-one carriages, according to 1 copper coin per person, 1 silver coin per carriage, you need to pay a total of 22 silver coins and 12 copper coins to enter the city." A very smart-looking girl with short ear-length hair, after taking off the [Eagle Glasses Lens], opened a list of expenses for entering the city to Balta.

However, she wore a black silk shirt with a sleeveless white silk robe, leather sleeves and boots studded with gems, and various gadgets tied with silk ribbons at the hem, which was obviously very luxurious.

"She's the pastor of Waukin." Sandru saw Morey's confusion and opened his mouth to introduce him.

Wauquin is a young and hardworking goddess, full of vigor and energy. She loves wealth not only for its own value, but for its use. She loves the hustle and bustle of the market, as well as the bargaining. She is in charge of all over-the-counter and off-counter transactions, both legitimate and black-market. Although she is interested in reforming, she can sometimes show a stubborn side, which sometimes gets her into trouble. The appearance of the Friend of the Merchant's is a delicate and beautiful woman with long, gorgeous hair of bright blonde. She wore a robe adorned with sparkling gems and precious metal sequins, and her gold-cast boots were studded with large pearls.

The gods are all so luxurious, so the priests who serve her are naturally quite gorgeous.

Since it was for the sake of economic prosperity, it was only natural that the priests of Wauking would come here to collect the city fees.

Morey doesn't have much to dispute about the cost of going into town. The charging standard of one copper coin per person and one silver coin for carriages has almost become the uniform standard for charging fees on the mainland.

But when you encounter the nobles' caravans and dare to charge, you have to admire the managers of the Emerald City, and the nobles' caravans can generally get free passage in most cities.

The entrance fee is not much, but the Emerald City charges the same, so that people can feel the difference of the Emerald City from the moment they enter the city, and it is a place that pays attention to the rules.

Of course, for those powerful beings who can ignore the rules, Emerald City naturally has a softer way to deal with it.

Principled yet flexible, this is the way to survive in the Emerald City.

On the outskirts of the Emerald City is a circle of spontaneous gatherings, and of course, under the organization and management of the management committee, everything is in an orderly manner, arranged horizontally and vertically, without the clutter like other cities that seem to be slums.

After passing through the free trade zone, Morey and his party embarked on a stone road paved with bluestone, which is the real Emerald City.

Compared to the low tents, the stone and wood shops in the city are taller. Straight roads, rain gutters, and eaves that jut out like straight lines of the street make the city look neater and reflect a beauty of order.

"If the Commander of Balta wants to rest, he can go to the food and lodging street in the West District, if he wants to sell goods, he can go to the Chamber of Commerce Alliance in the South District, and if he wants to buy goods, he can go to the trade area of the port, there are many good things that the kingdom does not have, and if you want to pray for blessings, you can go to the temple area in the north, where is the temple of the goddess Waukin......" Colbert carefully introduced the general distribution of Emerald City to Balta.

"Thank you very much Captain Corbett for the introduction, this is a little specialty of our Red Leaf City, I hope to see you next time." Balta handed over a bag, and the contents of the bag still made a crisp sound of metal clashing from time to time.

Colbert didn't refuse, this is not a bribe in the Emerald City, this is a normal service fee, and it is also a legitimate income protected by the Emerald City.

Morey and his party found a hotel called "Merchant's House", to be honest, the name was similar to the "People's Hotel" in the previous life, and seven or eight hotels were called this name at a glance in the food and lodging street of the Emerald City.

If it weren't for the owner of the front desk, a gnome bard, clapping his name on his head and clapping (a traditional dwarf dance) at the door, Morey wouldn't have been drawn to the shop. It seems that choosing the right career will really have a great effect on your career.

"Welcome to the Merchant's House, I'm the owner Yao Mi. Belen, how can I help you? If he hadn't known that the brown-skinned rock gnome was only 3 feet (about 1 meter) tall, Morey would have thought that some subspecies of giants had cast an illusion and disguised himself as a dwarf.

"Hello Boss Yao, we need a place where we can arrange a rest for a team of one hundred and twelve people, I don't know if there is one?" Morey personally stepped forward to inquire with great interest. From the outside, the Merchant's House looks like it has only three floors, but I don't know if there is enough space inside to accommodate the carriages and convoy personnel.

"Boss Yao? Are the guests from the East? The people there are all called like this, although it sounds very imposing, but I still like you to call me happy Yao Mi...... "Dwarfs are all chattering, and there is no difference between stunning the enemy and their own people, so even this Yao Mi. Belém is now starting to stabilize and open the hotel, but the ability to open the wrong way has not been pulled down.

"Okay, so happy Yao Mi, is there a room?" Seeing that the dwarf was about to start with the origin of his surname, Morey immediately interrupted him, otherwise his own people might have to sleep on the streets tonight.

"Of course, Kora looks at it, I'm going to take our guests to see the room!" Yao Mi called out a female dwarf with pigtails from the store and continued to solicit customers, and took Morey to see the room first.

Yao Mi's merchant's house looked like it was only four rooms wide from the outside, but once inside, Morey realized that there was something else inside.

It is as if the arrangement of the courtyard leaves a space in the middle of the courtyard, and a towering tree occupies the middle space. Curiously, although the foliage fills the patio space, the light does not appear dim. If you look closely, you can see that while the leaves are absorbing the light, the leaves themselves are also shining with light.

The glow of these leaves is softer because of the extra layer of filtering. In addition, the different angles formed by the leaves can illuminate more corners than direct light.

"My elf friend gave me the Yuehua Tree, not bad!" Seeing Morey stunned, Yao Mi was obviously accustomed to it, but he still shook his head and introduced the treasure of his hotel with a smile on his face.

"I thought that the Yuehua tree was still a small sapling, and they all thought that I couldn't grow it. But they didn't expect that I had already asked for the druid's holy water from that stupid bear, and for thirty years, I got up every morning and watered it all day without stopping, so that I could feed the moon tree, and see how beautiful it grows now! ...... "Thirty years may be half a lifetime for ordinary humans, but for a dwarf with a lifespan of up to 500 years, it is just a slightly longer training time. Don't look at this dwarf, it looks only middle-aged, but dwarfs are only 40 years old before they reach adulthood.

However, although Morey did not know what the druid holy water he asked for from his companion was, although the Yuehua tree has high temperature requirements and is highly adaptable, once it adapts to the environment, it grows extremely fast, and is the first choice of high-end greening trees in many cities.

Morey roughly estimated that the thirty-year-old Moon Flower Tree was probably as tall as it was now, and it had nothing to do with the druid holy water at all. He had to maliciously guess if it was the druid's teammate who couldn't stand the words, and directly fooled him into giving him a bottle of so-called holy water, and fooled him into watering it every morning.

"I still have a moonflower tree here, a leaf-curling hammock, and it only costs 50 silver coins a night." If it weren't for Yao Mi's strong recommendation, Morey wouldn't have known that the curly leaves hanging on those branches that resemble silkworm chrysalis are leaf rolling hammocks. However, looking at the starlight and sleeping at night, it is quite beautiful to think about, this Boss Yao still has some brains sometimes.

"I've let those bearded (dwarves) dig out three floors of underground space in this underground, and your mounts and horses are fostered in it, not only for a large space and comfortable living, but also for a specially made exquisite grain and grass every day, which will definitely not let your mounts lose weight in the merchant's house." Pointing to the corridor of the horse's mount next to him, Yao Mi then introduced his oversized underground beast pen. The enclosure is built underground, which not only opens up space, but also does not affect the smell of the guests who live on the ground, which is a double win.

Then Yao Mi took Morey to see the bunks and guest rooms. Tongpu is naturally the residence of the city guards, a room can live six people in the bunk bed, the size is also twenty square meters, not spacious but definitely not crowded. The rooms are also divided into double and single rooms, and the furnishings are very simple and look very clean.

"I don't know how much the Merchant's House lodging costs?" Morey saw that this place was also clean and spacious, and he also had a relationship with the boss of Yao Mi, so he wanted to ask about the price, and he lived in it if it was suitable.

"A six-person room is 20 silver dollars a night, and a two-person room is 50 silver dollars a night. Single rooms cost 2 gold per night because they have a separate toiletry system. Guests in the room will be provided with a breakfast worth 3 silver coins, and if they pay an additional 2 silver coins, they can enjoy a fine breakfast of 5 silver coins. The animal pen is a beast shed for 5 horses, if the size is large, you can also have a mount, and the price of a beast shed is 50 silver coins a day. The delicate grain and grass are 10 silver coins per serving, but if you don't ride it, you can last a day. "This horse is actually more expensive than a human to eat, and sure enough, the cavalry is not easy to raise. Thankfully, the carriage

Morey looked back at Balta and saw that he nodded to indicate that the price was right. Since Balta, who traveled south and north, felt that the price was reasonable, Morey naturally would not bargain, so he naturally moved in all of them.

"There are 111 of us, and we need 17 bunks in total. There are four double rooms and three single rooms. "Eric can go back to the soul space to rest, and he doesn't need a guest room. Count the three single rooms at Morey, Vivien Hayley and Sandru. The rest of the men and the two captains of the city guard were exactly four double rooms.

Morey hadn't thought so much, he was so tired today, he couldn't wait to have a good dinner, take a good shower and go to bed.

"Yao Lao, happy Yao Mi, how do you calculate the wine feast here?" Everyone has been on the road for the day, and since they have reached their destination, they should naturally celebrate, and Morey is not a stingy person, so he naturally wants to hold a wine feast to celebrate.

When Yao Mi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. The people who stayed in the hotel were some adventurers or caravans, and the adventurers were okay, and they were very willing to spend money if they were drunk today, but the members of the chamber of commerce were generally people who broke a copper coin in half and spent it, and they had to be careful to eat a piece of cheese, not to mention any wine feast.

"This Red Leaf City's Chamber of Commerce is a bit unusual!" Yao Mi's eyes rolled, and his heart had turned a hundred times, but his mouth was not idle.

"It's right to find Yao Mi for a wine feast, we invited a halfling chef. That's a good cook who can make the roots of the Godot tree into a honeyed yamava......"

After a round of boasting, Yao Mi quoted the price of the wine feast. 10 gold coins per person, if there are less than 10 people, the difference will be compensated. There are eleven people in Morey, so naturally there is no need to make up the difference. As for the city guard, Morey also prepared a sumptuous dinner for them, and there was no shortage of roast, ale and wine, which cost about 10 silver coins.

It's not that Morey is reluctant to spend the extra 1,000 gold coins, which is not comparable to the profit of Morey selling a scorching magic sword. It's just that according to the rules of the mainland, leaders, strong people and leaders naturally have better treatment than ordinary subordinates, and if Morey forcibly holds a wine feast for the city guards, not to mention Sandru and them, even the city guards themselves will not be happy.

The feast is arranged underneath the moonflower tree, and a half-human-tall shrub encloses a round table made of logs, forming an intimate space. On the bonfire that rose next to it, a goat and a pig beast were roasted golden, and on their heads was a moonlight tree like a starlight canopy, and they didn't pay attention to it, thinking that they were really having a bonfire dinner in the wild.

A wine feast was enjoyed by the guests and hosts, and the rest of the people were naturally taken care of by Hyde, so Morey was too lazy to go upstairs to sleep first.