399: The meaning of the ring
The group went to Feihu Port, and after seeing the prosperity and liveliness of Wanfei Lake Port, they went directly to Feitian City. At the checkpoint at the gate of the city, after easily going through the procedures for entering the city, I came to the Flying City.
This season is indeed the most prosperous time in Feitian City, and the recovery of everything in spring is the annual truce period of the Great Xia Empire, and it is also the best time for a large number of caravans from other empires to flock out of the customs and enter the Great Xia Empire from the Yunhai Customs to sell all kinds of living utensils, food and other goods on the mainland.
Entering the Flying City, the streets are bustling with people, caravans coming and going, and horse-drawn carriages are crowded on the road, although the Violet Principality has just experienced a war, but it has not reduced the enthusiasm of the merchants, Flying City, the largest city on the border of the empire, has become a prosperous commercial city under the management of Aslan.
The streets are busy and crowded, but they are not chaotic, with teams of patrolmen in police uniforms patrolling back and forth in small magic cars called motorcycles. On the huge screen at the gate of the city, the latest decrees and laws of the Duke of Violet are being played.
From the moment they entered the city gate, in the eyes of Princess Lux and her party, the entire Flying City was completely a prosperous scene.
These are all sorts of things. Leave a group of outsiders dumbfounded. And then. Princess Lux's curiosity was resuming, and Cagalli, a 'diplomat' who had been in Skyfield for so long, immediately gave them a shocking answer.
"These signboards were all set up by order of the Duke of Violet, and the banners and the words on these garbage cans are all 'advertisements' as the Duke says, but any merchant who wants to write his own words on them will have to pay money. It is said that every month, you have to go to the administrative office of the governor's palace to participate in the bidding. Now it is said that a banner on this street has been fried for 5,000 gold coins a month, and a garbage can has also been fried for 1,000 gold coins for a month. ”
When Princess Lux heard this, she quickly calculated in her heart, and couldn't help but take a breath, looked at this wide and prosperous street, looked at the banners and garbage cans in the distance, counted the number, and sighed: "God, in this way, isn't it just this street, which can make Duke Violet earn more than 100,000 gold coins every month? Just hang a few pieces of cloth casually, and you can collect at least more than 100,000 gold coins a month!"
"100,000 gold coins, enough to feed an Imperial Standard Infantry Division. Princess Cagalli immediately gave a comparison plan, after all, Lux was a princess who did not know the five grains and the six animals, and the other metaphors made him unable to understand.
"This Duke Violet is a master of wealth accumulation, and he deserves to be the richest man in the empire. ”
Benfica, who had been following behind, couldn't help but sigh at this moment, and whispered to the servants beside him: "Have you seen it, many of the young men walking on the streets here are steady, with strong arms and bright eyes, although they are civilians, they look like people who have undergone military training. These are much stronger than the other empires of the continent we've traveled all the way to. Fear... In the future, once the war starts, this Violet Duke will be able to raise millions of qualified troops at any time. Moreover, this guy seems to be very good at making money, and this money must have been used to feed his army. ”
The servant, with a hint of greed flashing in his eyes, said in a low voice: "Master, since he is the richest man in the Baiyun Empire, there must be a lot of gold and silver treasures, if we hold him hostage..."
looked at Will's fierce face. Benfica smiled lightly, he looked up and looked at the sky. The sunlight is already a little harsh. Benfica stretched out his delicate palm. Blocking the curtain, under the golden sunlight, his pupils actually appeared terrifying vertical pupils.
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking... You'd better remember carefully that now that you are only a servant of my land, sinners should be conscious of sinners. Benfica looked at Will with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.
Will hurriedly lowered his head, and he didn't dare to gasp.
Princess Lux and her party came directly to the residence of a northern chamber of commerce in the city. Lux didn't want to reveal her identity, so naturally she wouldn't live in the mansion that Aslan had prepared for Cagalli. can only use the connections to let the people in the Northern Chamber of Commerce clear a clean, comfortable and spacious courtyard in the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce.
When Princess Lux and her party arrived, the leader of the Chamber of Commerce immediately went out to greet them. He invited them into the courtyard. Cagalli did not reveal the identity of Princess Lux.
Because the head of the Chamber of Commerce has been away all the year round, he has never seen Lux's true face at all, so naturally he will not contact Princess Lux.
Cagalli ordered the knights to live around the courtyard, and she and Lux entered the chamber with the maids they had with them.
The yard is fairly clean and comfortable. It's just a little smaller. The explanation of the head of the Chamber of Commerce is that Flying Sky City is now developing extremely fast. The price of land here is too expensive, almost every inch of land, so it is impossible for its own chamber of commerce to occupy too much land in the first place. The strength of the Northern Chamber of Commerce is quite good, and it can have such a place. It's a rarity in Flying City.
Princess Lux didn't care about the living environment, and immediately sent her confidant and intimate maid to the Red Rose Chamber of Commerce in Flying City in casual clothes to contact the Countess of Steenbergen.
Cagalli, who knew the relationship between Countess Steenbergen and Aslan, could only shake her head helplessly.
He, the imperial sister, is good at everything, but she is too self-centered, and many times, she thinks about problems without thinking about the consequences.
With the relationship between Countess Steenbergen and Aslan now, the Red Rose Chamber of Commerce is simply a front, and the current Countess of Steenbergen basically lives in the Duke's Violet Palace, and the Red Rose Chamber of Commerce can't find anyone at all.
As for Benfica, Princess Lux curiously kept the Elven King. And Benfica, who was originally going to stay here temporarily. I didn't refuse, and stayed here as a guest for the time being. In respect of this mysterious "beauty". Princess Lux ordered that the Monsieur Benfica and his servants be given a separate courtyard.
Benfica happily accepted the princess's offer. Then he made a request, and that was that he wanted to see the jewelers in the Flying City.
The flying jewelry, which is now popular in the mainland, was once sold bundled with perfume, and has now become a must-have for many aristocratic women when they go out, and even some wealthy commoners will choose a ring for each other before getting married.
At that time, the flying jeweler kept saying a line, and even Benfica, who only came to the mainland once in a while, had heard of it.
A ring, also known as a wedding ring, refers to a ring given by the bride and groom to each other at the time of marriage, which is to be worn on the ring finger as a token of the public announcement of the marriage covenant.
The ring is often inlay with gemstones and other ornaments, and it is a ring without gaps, which means that the love between the two parties is pure and flawless, so that others can be drilled seamlessly.