Chapter 188: Trade Point
With tens of thousands of people in the expeditionary force, it is impossible to eat such a large piece of land, which is extremely distressing news for the expeditionary force, but it is an excellent thing for Shepard's side, just when the Makere Kingdom was destroyed, the Ruth tribe came to vote, and pulled a group of people from the Ruth tribe to the Makere Kingdom, cleaned up all the rebels, and maybe added one or two thousand people to the Dawn Kingdom.
A few months later, Freman, who had stabilized the situation, arranged for someone to report to the church, and at the same time waited for the Pope's final arrangements for the place.
The reply from the church city was soon followed by the messenger, and with it, Cardinal Othello.
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The spacious wooden longhouse is very well lit, but there is no decoration inside, and even the furniture is only a few tables and chairs, which are arranged on both sides, which is suitable for a group of people to discuss here, and this is the purpose of this place.
At this time, the chairs in the room were already full of people, and the highest position was naturally the position of Othello and Freeman, although Freeman was already a general who led the army to conquer one side alone, but in terms of the division within the church, it was two levels lower than Othello, who was ranked as a cardinal, plus Othello had a good relationship with Artsa, as the land of Arsa, Freeman had also been instructed by Othello in the study of divine arts.
The long table with a rudimentary map was placed in front of him, and Freeman stepped forward with a long stick in his hand, saluted Othello, who got up and walked with him, and said very politely and calmly: "Your Excellency Cardinal, please look here, except for the one that His Majesty has allowed to accept the Ruth tribe, the entire wilderness north of the central forest has basically fallen into the hands of those aliens, and from Canteco City in the north of Silverwood Town to the north, there are mostly adventurer squads and scouts of those alien continentals, and only the southern line can be regarded as the scope of the diocese. ”
Othello was dressed plainly, even without decoration, although most of the cardinals were young, but they were all the choice of the moment, Othello fled all the way south with his family and villagers to the Dawn Kingdom, and he was trained very mature, and his every move was steady and appropriate, so that Freeman also had no opinion on this old elder, but introduced the environment of the second diocese very seriously.
Othello looked very carefully, and sighed for a long time: "What a large piece of land, according to the algorithm of those people from other continents, this can already establish several or even a dozen kingdoms, fortunately, the number of people from other continents is not much, otherwise if you continue to breed in this land, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”
Freeman shook his head with a smile: "I once heard the teacher mention that His Majesty said that the living environment of the other continent is more than ten times more dangerous than ours, and the same land can only have one percent of our population, so although the population of the kingdom is at a disadvantage at this time, as long as we give us twenty years, it can be doubled, and those people from the other continent are mainly adventurers and soldiers, and it is not easy to reproduce the population." ”
Although Othello was not as optimistic as him, he also smiled and said: "This matter is not as simple as you said, after all, those people from other continents still have a lot of slaves in their hands...... Let's not talk about this matter for a while, His Majesty ordered me to come here to preside over the diocese, and we will cooperate well in the future, I heard that Mandoloni did a good job in the diocese of Olbia, and this time it is also thanks to him that he discovered the actions of the Makere people. ”
Freeman nodded, and suddenly asked, "Your Excellency, I heard that the church and the kingdom have opened a lot of secret trading points in the north to trade with those aliens?" ”
Othello paused for a moment and said frankly, "I don't know where you heard about it, but it's true. ”
Freeman's face was a little dazed, but he didn't have any anger, just said strangely: "But those people from other continents...... And aren't we absolute enemies? ”
Othello smiled: "You have also led the troops for so long, how can you still have such a simple idea?" The population of the kingdom is limited, and His Majesty is very cautious in making decisions on anything that will deplete the population, and our people have sent back information before, many people in the alien continent have been interested in fighting, and just want to make a fortune to retire or stabilize, in order to determine whether this is the case, the kingdom selected people from among those who returned to the alien continent, and together with His Majesty's people, they went to the wilderness to open underground trade points to attract some adventurers. ”
"It is said that this matter is very smooth, and the people who opened the trade points are all skilled, and there are veterans from the Divine Guard to help with the defense, and occasionally there are people from other continents who are not long-sighted and want to use force, and they are all suppressed without exception, and His Majesty personally sets the price of many goods, so as not to lose money on the side of the kingdom in the transaction, and even so, it also attracted many people, so that later it had to add a few places."
Freeman wondered, "What do we have to trade with those aliens?" ”
"It's not about what you trade, it's about the transaction itself." Othello laughed: "Besides, the only forest on the continent of Draenor is in the hands of the kingdom, there is not much woodland in the diocese of Makere, and we have the allies of the elves to help sell the specialties in the forest and some things of the elves to the aliens, and the profits are very amazing, not to mention the aliens, whether it is the slaves in their hands, or the professional manuals that they are accustomed to but have been passed down for a long time, they are all things that the kingdom urgently needs." ”
"Being able to exchange non-essential goods for the needs of the kingdom is much better for us than winning in battle, after all, the stronger the kingdom, the better our chances of victory when the war with the aliens begins!"
Hearing the last sentence, Freeman was a little excited: "Is Your Majesty really going to war with the people of another continent?" ”
Othello said with a smile: "War is inevitable, only by winning on the battlefield can we make those people from other continents truly have a fear of the kingdom, not to mention that even if we don't open it, the god that the people of other continents believe in that has a conflict with the name of my lord will definitely not endure it for long, and now they have not received the message of my lord and the church." ”
Freeman nodded: "In that case, Your Excellency, we must do our best to develop the diocese and make it an important foundation of the kingdom. ”
Othello slowly raised his hand and put his fist to his heart: "Of course, only the light lasts forever!" ”
Freeman also saluted: "We will be invincible!" ”
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In the wilderness, the place that was once established near the Ruth tribe to receive and transfer the population was not only not abandoned after the Ruth tribe abandoned the city of Ruth and gradually moved south, but became more and more low-key and prosperous.
Shepard's third doppelganger walks here in an ordinary adventurer's outfit, which is uncommon in the Dawn Kingdom, but is commonplace here, as it is actually the kingdom's first underground trading point, and the first place where the natives of Draenor and the expeditionary force first interacted.
As a medium divine power, he is able to create a total of four clones, and the extraordinary divine power has also increased to eight, adding [True Strength] (insight into lies, forcing life to tell the truth, the stronger the strength, the lower the success rate), [Extraordinary Radiance] (the holy light of the gods is more powerful), [Regional Divine Power Shield] (individual shield upgrade), [Divine Power Revenant] (Extraordinary Class 2.0), a total of four new extraordinary divine powers, except for one of which has raised the original individual shield to the regional range, the other three are not bad.
The second and fourth functions are that the former makes the Holy Light that Shepard himself can use and bestow more powerful than other gods of the same level, and the latter increases the divine power of the original mortal class, so that his individual attributes are no weaker than some powerful divine power in terms of strength and skill.
Shepard walked to a nearby high platform and looked condescendingly, hurried adventurers had come from all directions, all wearing hooded traveler's robes, after all, on the surface, the expeditionary force was still forbidden to participate in this underground trade, but it could not be stopped.
Speaking of which, the sales of the Traveler's Robes have increased significantly, making many adventurers with some tailoring skills make extra money, and at this moment, there are also many adventurers wearing Traveler's Robes who have set up stalls near the entrance, selling camouflage equipment such as robes and gloves.
This is a natural depression, and the people in charge of the Dawn Kingdom have already dug tunnels to connect with the outside world, so they dare to put the underground market in the valley without fear of being blocked by people.
"Looks like it's doing pretty well." The third doppelganger happily looked at the scene in front of him, his doppelganger did not have any specific arrangements, just walked outside the kingdom and saw the changes in the aborigines and the expeditionary force with his own eyes.
A team of adventurers passed below him, and an eye-shaped mark made of branches and green leaves loomed on the sleeve of the leader, officially one of the two adventurer squads that had encountered the kobold tribe chasing vampire warlocks in the wilderness, Mon Rykel, the captain of [Eye of Nature], a mid-level druid with decent strength.
His team members were questioning their captain at the moment, and their tone was anxious: "Captain, this time the bastards of [Flaming Red Dagger] robbed us of our mission, is that it?" ”
The others also said indignantly: "That's it, captain, this account must be settled with them!" ”
"What's it?!" Mon Ryker's tone was furious, "Why do those bastards of [Flaming Dagger] dare to rob other people's tasks so recklessly? Isn't it because you are leaning on the masochistic church? What's the benefit of turning the other cheek with them over a mission? The guys from the [Timberwolves] have already obtained the development permit and are happily going to be their own knights, do you still want to follow me around the wilderness for a few years?! ”
The teammate was silent for a while, and it took a long time before he said, "Captain, what are you doing here?" Although we have some savings, aren't you stimulated to save money for a new permit! ”
Monrecker snorted and said, "I just got the news not long ago, and I haven't had time to tell you that some time ago, someone found a ruin buried in the ground where that damned demon passed!" Those adventurers dug up a lot of good things in it, including something suspected to be [Oak Seed], because it was difficult to sell, so a large part of it was put here and let those profiteers sell it on their behalf, so I just wanted to see if it was real, even if it was just something similar, it was also a rare treasure for the druids! ”
The team members wondered, "Captain, if you really want to, you can't afford it, right?" ”
Monclair smiled, and was a little cunning: "Who said I was going to buy it?" I can't afford it, but I can sell this news to the Order, it's of little use to anyone else, but if it's true, it's an opportunity to add a new natural lineage! Those old immortal guys have lived for so many years, and there is nothing to pursue on the side. ”
Their voices weren't deliberately muffled, and they didn't care if anyone heard them, because they couldn't afford them anyway, and it was, as Moncreel said, of little use to the unnatural.
But Shepard, who was standing on a high place, listened to everything, and his heart moved, thinking: Although I am useless to this thing, I think the elves need it very much, and when I get it in my hand, I just handed over the crystal scroll that records the inheritance of magic to the elves, and now I am also a medium divine power, but I can rest assured to increase the strength of my allies, after all, there are still many places for them to contribute in the future.
He didn't even need to inquire about the news, he knew where this batch of things would be sold after a little thought, this trade point divided all the goods into three categories, and the things found in this batch of ruins belonged to the antiquities of the strange things.
Glancing in the direction, Shepard jumped off the high platform, landed lightly and delicately on the ground, and hurried to the house where the strange things were sold.
The [Eye of Nature] behind him was startled when he suddenly saw a person falling from the sky, and he was relieved to find that the other party didn't care about them at all, and someone looked up at the height of the high platform above, and said at first glance: "Jump down directly from such a high place?" It's a master among the professionals of the skill department, right? ”
"Why?" As the captain, Monclell naturally has a much sharper eye, and he pointed out to the other team members: "Look at the place where the man fell, there is not even a pit!" This effect is not due to the use of a spell that is difficult to control the movement like the [Feather Fall Technique], it means that it is achieved by personal strength! ”
The team members behind him exclaimed in amazement, and they couldn't imagine how strong a professional could be to do such a job.
Shepard in front of him didn't care about what the adventurers behind him were thinking, he just found the place directly, and it didn't take much effort, as long as he showed the status of this doppelganger in the church, someone would naturally take care of everything, find that kind of child, and hand it over to Shepard.
There have not been any extremely powerful dynasties on the continent of Drano, so everything else is of little value, just antiquities, and only this natural seed may be worshipped as a holy relic, so it can be preserved to this day.