Chapter 40 From today onwards, this will be a new paradise
The boiling hall was filled with representatives of various powers in Ortlenburg, which was once the church of the Church, and was founded in Orlando V, 60 years ago. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Sixty years ago, the Church wanted to use Ortronburg as a bridgehead, spreading the Church's teachings to the Byron Empire through the Weimar Corridor, so that the Byron Empire could also be included in the arms of the God of Light. When groups of priests came to Ortlenburg with a pious heart.......
There is no after.
In addition to building a cathedral, they were tormented to death by the crooks, thieves, and robbers here. Not to mention preaching, a few clergymen even questioned their belief in the god of light, shook their faith, and were eventually exiled to the northernmost steppe of the Dawn steppe to fight the barbarians.
When Ortlenburg was called "a place where the sun could not set", the cathedral was abandoned and became a place for refugees, the poor, and those without shelter. Before the city restoration work began, Ortlenburg was the most famous "smelly place", full of human and animal excrement, and inhabited by homeless people and beggars who were covered in fleas and did not bathe for months or even years.
When Wren proposed to renovate the entire city, it was the first thing to change. There is no large place to make a synagogue in the city lord's mansion, but it is very suitable here, and the buildings of the church are often very solemn, so it is particularly suitable for a city auditorium.
At this time, the cathedral still smelled of fish, and because there was no cement, lime, plant ash, and fish gelatin were often used in the construction of houses as composite adhesive materials. Fish gelatin is extracted from a translucent marine fish, and the smell is very fishy, and this fishy smell does not dissipate until the fish gelatin is thoroughly dried.
The lively crowd did not stop because of the fishy smell, and groups of leaders gathered together, and today was a big day.
Both slave licenses and plunder licenses are to be sold today, and it is clear to everyone that whoever gets one of these signs means that a small group will expand rapidly in two years until it becomes a monster in the shape of a giant. Don't underestimate the profits that can be made in two years, the amount involved in the annual slave trade in the entire Bell Province is more than 200,000 gold coins, and everyone knows that the slave trade has almost no capital.
The source of slaves was the black barbarians in the Daxi steppe, as well as various tribes and tribes in the Salmei Mountains. The cost of sending a team to hunt down these barbarians is very low, and the cost of a barbarian is only a few silver coins, but after adjusting the [] sect, it can be sold for ten to hundreds of times the price.
And plundering is even more so, it is a business without capital, and you can make more money by doing more, not to mention that what those big forces really value is not the profits brought by plunder, but having this plunder license, which means that you can have an officially licensed armed force, which is the key. Since the outbreak of civil strife during the reign of Orlando V, the Empire has taken a resolute approach to the elimination of local armed forces, and has suppressed them as soon as they are discovered.
In this era that cannot be called prosperous, force is the foundation of the survival of a family and an organization.
In the chaotic auditorium, people kept leaving their seats to connect with other forces, and everyone's hearts were very bright, if they wanted to get any of these permits, they couldn't do it on their own, and they could only unite other forces and unite to form a new organization, so that it was possible to find food in this pot.
The leaders who were about to start fighting when they met in the past are like good friends at this time, discussing in small groups and distributing benefits in private. Circles gradually formed in the scattered auditorium, and people discussed all the relevant matters fiercely.
When the bell of the auditorium rang, the hustle and bustle came to an end, and countless expectant eyes stared at the awe-inspiring figure on the podium of the auditorium.
Rennes!
The eyes of the people were complicated, who could have imagined that not long ago they were discussing what kind of shameful attitude this young city lord would take to leave the city, but at this moment they had to treat him with care. In the past month or so, the forces that had been standing over Ortlenburg for a long time were uprooted one by one and annihilated. Rennes, who did not move a single soldier and accomplished such a great feat by his own means, has been faintly mythologized in the minds of this group of people.
Wren, dressed in his formal suit, leaned on the handout stand, picked up the gavel and struck it, the dull sound of the bang echoing through the auditorium. He rolled up his five fingers into a fist, put them to his lips and coughed lightly, "The first thing to sell is the slave business license, and before I sell it, I will first give a brief explanation." He scanned the crowd, and no one could look at him for more than three seconds. He nodded with satisfaction, "I will organize an enforcement team to crack down on illegal trade, and all unlicensed slave traders and markets in the entire province of Bell are within our scope to ensure your rights." The initial budget for this enforcement team is 500 people, and perhaps the number will be increased later, and these 500 people will be selected from the local youth of Ortlenburg. ”
There were also a lot of residents gathered outside the auditorium, which was a big deal, and many interested residents gathered around, hoping to know a little bit of information and speculate about the future changes in Ortlenburg. When the people inside spread Wren's words, the people outside suddenly cheered up. Five hundred locals are not a lot of law enforcement teams, but it means that the city lord is indeed working hard to develop the city, as he said. 500 people is just the beginning, 500 families, more than 4,000 people will benefit from this.
Wren faintly heard the call outside the church, he smiled slightly, and continued: "We will crack down on the illegal slave trade from the source, I have decided to set up a black barbarian nature reserve, only organizations with a business license can hunt slaves, and anyone else dares to kill slaves as long as he dares to hunt slaves, I will dare to destroy him!"
"Now the first slave trade licence will be sold, and the one with the highest price will be awarded. Of course, I will leave the professional things to professional people, and we will hire our auctioneers. ”
Wren gave way to the presiding seat, and a professional auctioneer from an auction house in Mirin walked up with a smile, and after saluting Wren, he stood on the presiding seat, while Wren retreated to the stage and sat in the middle of the first row.
Celeste didn't come today, this kind of occasion was not suitable for her to come, and it was Alma sitting next to Wren. Everyone knew that the license of the technician service center was reserved for this woman, so Wren didn't do that kind of knowingly cutscene, and handed it over to her directly.
Alma was really proud at this time, and she was the first to enjoy all the benefits. There were two other companies in Ortrenburg that had previously done this business, and at this time they had been ordered by Wren to leave Ortlenburg or accept Alma's incorporation. At the same time, the just-concluded competition for the garrison, the elected captain of the garrison with the new guards, swept away the large and small dark prostitutes in the city, and Alma's business has been so hot these days that it has to queue up. Many technicians complain that they can't close their mouths at the end of the day. The above is laughing, because the business is so good, every technician earns so much that he can't walk. Below are tired, one after the other, with little time to rest.
She had already seconded some technicians from other cities, but she was still unable to meet the market of the city of nearly 300,000 people, so Harvey also sent a batch of fifty high-quality slave girls over to temporarily maintain Alma's business. Every day, Alma would wake up happy and stared at the piles of money.
Of course, Wren also took 30% of it, 10% is cash, and the other 20% will be used as funds for the development of eyeliner, which will be distributed by Alma. Every account is handled by a special person, and every week's accounts will be signed by Wren and entered into the city lord's mansion.
"Are you satisfied with them, sir?", Alma asked in a whisper, leaning closer.
The corners of Wren's mouth twitched, if Alma hadn't talked about it, he almost forgot that Vonkos had been in the stable for almost half a month. But the thought of that slut working in the stinking stables every day made Wren feel that his 108,000 pores were comfortably open. Vonkos he didn't plan to drive away, because vonkos was still useful, and it was still useful. Whether it is the imperial capital or the capital, there will always be some women who will be obsessed with people like Fontos.
With good use, the role of vonkos is not as good as an army can bring.
He nodded, "It's okay, but it's not an example." ”
Alma smiled lightly and nodded, she really didn't take it to heart, man, don't take it as an example!
With the auctioneer's witty language, the first auction began quickly. Perhaps knowing that Harvey had recently joined the camp of the city lord, everyone had more or less given him a little face, and the first slave business license was finally auctioned for 13,000 gold coins. Harvey smiled and returned to his seat with a delicate gift box, in which was a special order from the city lord on the red velvet cushion, giving him permission to catch and operate slaves, and listing his rights and duties, the bottom was the city lord's seal, Wren's autograph, and the silver seal of the gold thorn.
"I have to thank you, my lord. Harvey sat on Wren's right side, "I know that it is your light to be able to photograph this permit with such a small amount of money, and I won't say anything high-sounding and good, so I ask you to watch my future actions!"
Wren smiled: "Doing things well is the greatest reward for me!"