Yin Si Landil frowned: "Do you mean ignoring the decree and letting the clansmen die in a duel, that kid, of course I remember him." ”

"I met Risardiran behind White Hart Castle half a year ago, he seems to be fighting for a human lord, and he is the one who blows the horn in the forest......"

Twilight Knight said with some hesitation.

"He's fighting for a human lord? Looks like he's got the trust of the human lord...... Are you going to ask his lord through Risadiran to find out why humans are invading our forests on a massive scale? ”

Yin Silandiel's mind is obviously very sharp.

"That's right, Your Highness, he may be the only Noldor trusted by the Human Lord...... It's just that I can understand your pain of losing a loved one......"

Twilight Knight hesitated as she spoke—Risadilan had killed Yin Sillandier's nephew in the duel.

To tell the truth, if this were replaced by the irascible Lord of Aldalyan of the An'er family, I am afraid that he would have already broken Risardiran into pieces, and Yin Silandil would have only exiled him, which was already very merciful.

"Alas...... Then go for it...... Try it, we can't go to all-out war with humanity, things have to be settled. ”

After a deep sigh, Yin Silandil nodded in agreement.

"Your Highness, what about this camp?"

Noldor who spoke at first asked with some hesitation.

"You keep an eye on this place with a patrol, and as long as no one enters this camp, you don't care. But if any humans dare to settle here...... Then destroy them! ”

After Yin Randuil finished his order, he led the Twilight Knights into the depths of the forest.

……

Today's Mai Xiang Ling is not the same as it used to be.

In the eyes of many people, the current Mai Xiang Ling is already a part of White Deer Fort, and most of the people in Changhe Town have called Mai Xiang Ling "the Mai Xiang Ling of White Deer Castle".

Most of them knew that Lord Leon was already stationed in White Deer Castle.

Today, this territory, surrounded by wheat fields, is also fully connected to White Deer Fort.

Due to the existence of Changhe Express, whether it is by water or land from Changhe Town, you can quickly reach Mai Xiangling, and it is very convenient to transship goods, so the trade between Bailubao and Changhe Town has gradually transferred to the market of Mai Xiangling.

Wheat Collar became a trading hub for the entire Ayrshire.

The market area that the lord originally planned is now a 'general wholesale market'.

This makes more and more people in Bailubao devote themselves to business activities.

The personnel exchanges between Mai Xiangling and White Deer Fort have become very frequent, especially the merchants of White Deer Fort and the logistical servants of the Knight Domain, and now hundreds of people travel between the two places almost every day.

They would go to the 'Mai Xiang Ling Wholesale Market' to buy goods, and then go to the villages of Bailu Fort to do retail, and also buy some local products or handicrafts from the villages, and sell them to the merchants of Changhe Town in the general market of Mai Xiang Ling.

Many farmers in Bailubao have also opened new shops or engaged in handicraft production, and changed their careers to business.

The increase in the industrial and commercial population is actually a good phenomenon in this era, which will make the area grow rapidly and continue to attract foreign population.

Don't look at the fact that there are only 10,000 people in Bailubao County, but now, there are about 2,000 people who have started to engage in industry and commerce or the tertiary industry, which is actually very suitable for urban development.

It's all about a change in behavior that comes with being easily accessible.

In the past, the transportation was inconvenient, and there was no chance of doing some business, but now it is different, and the road between Mai Xiangling's White Deer Fort has become quite good.

The villagers who were divided into 'production groups' by Leon had their farms scattered on both sides of the road between Bailubao and Maixiangling, and they would consciously maintain the road and ensure the safety of the road when they were fine.

This is not a request from the lord, it is considered a spontaneous act.

Of course, the people weren't so noble, but when they found out that there was a free 'bus' in the territory, they did consciously start to rest the roads.

Since two months ago, at the beginning of June, after the lord returned from the Bacchus Empire, he had opened a special bus line between Mai Xiangling and White Deer Castle.

That is, the wagon made by the lord.

But the horse-drawn carriages in the realm were quite different from the ones sold to Keros, and the buses were quite rudimentary and extremely simple, with no ornamentation other than the large griffin coat of arms on the carriages.

Compared to the wagon, the wheelbase of the wheels was deliberately increased, a roof was added to protect it from the rain, and a few benches were added to the carriage, and a two-horse pull-drawn carriage was used.

If the road is smooth, a horse-drawn carriage can seat a dozen people.

This hundred miles of road, this kind of carriage only needs half a day to arrive, counting the time for the horses to rest fully on the way, each carriage is more than enough to run one round trip a day, so the lord arranged more than twenty carriages.

In this way, you can meet one every half an hour, no matter how you go back and forth.

The leaders of Mai Xiangling and Bailu Fort do not have to rush to work in the morning rush hour, and an average of one carriage passing by every half an hour is enough.

This is the first batch of public transportation that appeared in the Pande continent, the fare is very cheap, from Maixiangling Square to the city of Bailubao, a distance of nearly 100 miles, and each person's fare only needs five large copper coins.

That's 50 fils, which is equivalent to one-twentieth of a dinar.

The currency of the pander is roughly 1 dinar = 10 dirkhan = 1000 fils.

One dinar can buy nearly 100 pounds of wheat at market prices – this means, of course, unprocessed grain. If it's processed into flour or finished products such as bread, the price is different.

50 fils is about the price of five pounds of wheat, or two pounds of bread.

The reason for this pricing is mainly due to the travel habits of people in this era - a distance of hundreds of miles, whether it is a business trip or a knight who goes out to run errands, most of them will be accompanied by two people.

A merchant would bring a mercenary or a hired laborer, while a servant would usually bring an apprentice, because in a vast and sparsely populated place, it was inevitable that there would be difficulties on the road, and there would always be someone to take care of.

Therefore, the fare for two people is just one Dirkhan silver coin.

In this day and age, the price of this fare was quite cheap.

You must know that in other parts of the Pander continent, if you hire a carriage to travel a hundred miles, the cost will be at least in dinars, and the road is full of dangers.

But don't think that this price is not profitable, it seems that a horse-drawn carriage can only carry a dozen people on one trip, but in fact, there will be at least twenty or thirty passengers paying for it on one trip, and there can be dozens of people on one or two trips - which makes each car can earn more than 2 dinars per day.

After deducting the groom's wages and the consumption of pulling horses, each car can net at least 1 dinar per day.

It seems to be very little, but more than 20 cars will have a net income of seven or eight hundred dinars a month, and almost ten thousand dinars a year, which is really a lot.

You must know that this is only the first line, and the total cost of investment is actually dozens of horses, and the cost is about 10,000 dinars, but the net profit can reach 10,000 dinars per year.

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Moreover, on the main road, you can run 200 miles unhurriedly a day, and you can rest for a few hours in between, and there is not much loss for the horse.

Of course, it's not that profitable at the moment.

At present, this cheap ticket price is only for outsiders, such as the vendors of White Deer Fort and the logistics staff of the knights' territory.

Because the residents of Mai Xiangling don't need money at all for the bus - they have monthly passes......

The monthly pass was originally created by the lord in order to mobilize the lords to build roads, but it is actually a piece of parchment stamped with a heraldic imprint, and the month is marked on it.

The first monthly passes were actually given away for free.

The lord issued a monthly pass to each of the lords who lived near the road, and one for each of the soldiers, including a portion of the soldiers of Fort White Hart, mainly for Amy's guards.

On the one hand, the people don't have much money at the moment, so they have to provide some convenience so that they can drive the bus business.

On the other hand, it allows the people to consciously maintain the roads, and at the same time, it also makes it easier for the soldiers to ride at any time while patrolling.

Since this is a horse-drawn carriage, it is not so convenient to do 'beckoning and stopping', and if the road conditions are bad, the driver will not stop - it is difficult to start and brake if the carriage is too heavy, and it may be necessary to let the passengers go down and push it when encountering an uphill slope.

And when the two cars meet, it is really difficult if the road is not wide enough.

Besides, the carriages were rather rough and uncomfortable to sit on, and the slightest pit in the ground would make your buttocks hurt.

Because the lord hasn't had time to get the shock-absorbing steel plate and the yellow ......

Therefore, the lords who have a monthly pass in their hands are of course willing to build the road a little better.

As a result of more than 1,000 people's conscious efforts, in just over a month, this road was built into the best quality highway in the Pande continent, which is five meters wide.

Some of the more clever lords even deliberately filled the roadside flat ground with smooth stone slabs to act as a 'bus stop' to ensure that the carriages would stop at the entrance of their farms.

It's the end of July, and from the beginning of June to now, this bus line has been running continuously for nearly two months.

The second batch of monthly passes in the hands of the people is about to expire, and the buses are already running normally, and are familiar and accepted by the people of the whole Ayr County.

In particular, the small traders who had to travel frequently between the two places and the logisticians of the various knightly lords were quite satisfied with this cheap means of transportation.

Originally, they couldn't run from place to place as often as they could, unless they bought their own horses. But the one-time cost of this is too high, and it costs money to raise horses.

And the advent of buses can actually reduce their overall travel costs.

Although they need to pay a little fare, they can make their travel more efficient, which in turn allows them to save or make more money because there are no middlemen who can make their difference.

The fact that buses can bring ordinary civilians and wealthy businessmen to the same running line is essentially leveling the information gap, and everyone can often go to the wholesale market of Mai Xiangling, and the number of small retail traders will naturally increase significantly.

And those who have the skills to engage in the handicraft industry will also get more sales opportunities for the objects they make.

This also makes the prices of various commodities gradually become stable, large merchants can no longer use the information difference between regions to manipulate the price of goods, wholesale prices and retail prices will always be kept within a reasonable range, and small traders can of course be engaged in retail business for a long time.

This can actually greatly prosper the economy of the entire Ayrshire, and in fact people are gradually starting to move to Ayrshire.

This is the greatest significance of convenient transportation.

In fact, many small traders and people in Bailubao are very greedy for things like monthly passes, and there are even reselling behaviors - Mai Xiangling has many people who really have no travel needs, besides, they can share a monthly pass with their whole family......

The lord was even a little stunned when he found out about this - it seems that the behavior of the whole family using the same senior card will happen in every world......

Therefore, the lord of the monthly pass in August decided not to give it away for free anymore - the road has been repaired well, the freshness of the lords has passed, and the main group of people who travel has become the merchants and the civilians of White Deer Castle.

It would be a bit of a loss to issue a monthly pass for free, and the bus line would be profitable after all, so Leon set a standard price for the monthly pass, 9 dirkhan each.

The reason why the convenient price of one dinar was not used was because the phrase 'less than one dinar' sounded cheaper, and the lord was deliberately collecting silver dirkhans.

But considering that their own people are currently poor, they have no money, and the people of White Deer Fort are not rich, it is difficult to afford to buy them with money.

So the lord issued a decree in the past two days, telling everyone in Ayr that in the future, saltpeter could be exchanged for a monthly pass, and two pounds of qualified saltpeter could be exchanged for a monthly pass.

The purpose is obvious - the whole people do not necessarily have to make a big move, sometimes sending dozens of wagons back and forth can solve the problem, and by the way, they can also carry soldiers to patrol and ensure the security of the territory.

Of course, this policy has just been issued, and the results have not yet been seen.

And new troubles have arrived.

Now Mai Xiang collar has become very crowded.

Originally, all the supplies and troops of Mai Xiangling were transferred to Bailu Fort, and most of the population was scattered to various farms, and there were not many people living in the previously demarcated residential areas.

But just a few days ago, more than 1,300 young people had arrived, and all of a sudden this small place was stuffed again.

Coupled with the constant flow of vendors and horse-drawn carriages, Mai Xiangling, which was originally only two streets away, can actually give people the feeling of a big city.

The business of the merchants settled in the Mai Xiangling comprehensive market has always been very good, even if Bailubao seems to be fighting in the past half a month, it has not affected the business of the wholesale market, and the trading and transshipment of various daily necessities have always been done.

The only impact was that the buses were suspended for two days in order to swindle the plan.

And in the past few days after the battle, Mai Xiangling's business has become even hotter.

Groups of mercenaries of all kinds came to Mai Xiangling at this time.

Many of the mercenaries had come from the north, the same way that the lord had first walked, and had come across the path of Risadiran.

But more than that, they came by boat from Changhe Town.

The general market is full of people, and places like 'Food World' are bustling with people, but most big cities are not so busy.

Most of these consumers are adventurers and mercenaries from other places.

Recently, a large number of mercenary groups have come to the vicinity of Mai Xiangling, and their purpose is also obvious - to capture the Noldor elves.

In the Noldor Forest, this famous native product is the only one that attracts so many mercenaries......

It's just that there are so many mercenaries who have come recently that there are so many that Mai Xiangling can't fit it.

These are all large and small mercenary groups, led by the Ebony Handguard Knights, and the total number of people has exceeded three thousand.

And this is certainly not the final number, as they still haven't fully entered the Noldor Forest and are still waiting, obviously waiting for the follow-up personnel to arrive.

While these mercenaries can indeed increase the sales of merchants, the troubles they bring to the lords today may far outweigh the economic value they bring.

The lord is currently discussing countermeasures with Amy and his men.

This is the lord's hall of White Hart Castle, Leon is seated on the throne, and Amy, Sarah, Roland, Anson and others are all sitting around the round table.

Risadillan did not hide in the dark this time, but also sat down at the round table.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the news I got in Lion City, those mercenaries should have come to capture the Noldor elves, and I'm afraid it was for the Noldor noble girl...... Risa Dilan, tell us what it means to be a noble girl in your clan......"

Leon was anxious now, and motioned to Risadiran to explain the situation within the Noldor tribe.

"We have a total of two races, that is, two noble families, and I belong to the Yin Er family. At present, there are only more than three hundred nobles in the Yin Er family, including me. And there should be only three unmarried girls among the nobles, and I guess the An'er family is about the same—that is, if those mercenaries want to complete their ugly mission, they will inevitably engage in a never-ending war with my people...... Of course, I don't think they'll get anything but die in the forest. ”

Risadilan was nervous, too, but his nervousness didn't seem to be for the safety of the Noldor - he thought the mercenaries would probably be wiped out halfway through.

In fact, Leon thinks so, too.

But both he and Risardiran had another problem in mind at the same time - the employer of these mercenaries was King Ulrique.

They were hired by the king for a large sum of money, not to capture ordinary elves, but to capture Noldor noble maidens.

There aren't many of Noldor in the first place, and noble girls aren't that easy to find.

This means that instead of petty hunting at the edge of the forest, they will go deep into the Noldor Forest and invade the Elves' core territory.

The mercenaries may have killed themselves, and probably no one will sympathize with them.

But they were hired by the king to wage war with Noldor, which was actually a disaster for Whitedeer Castle.

The last time the human armed forces invaded the Noldor Forest on a large scale was more than 300 years ago, and the end of that battle was that the combined army of 30,000 human noble lords was buried in the forest forever.

Yes, very few people can escape.

Since then, the Long River Forest has been known as the Noldor Forest, and the Noldor no longer has any communication with humans, and the two races have become mortal enemies.

The number of Noldor elves is probably not much, but no matter how arrogant people are, they will not ignore the fighting power of Noldor, and no one will easily step into the depths of the Noldor Forest.

For hundreds of years, the Noldor elves have been hiding in the forest and watching humans conquer each other, and when humans don't provoke them, they never leave the forest easily.

But if it's such a large-scale invasion, the Noldor's reaction is obvious - this is a race with great fighting power, they have the ability to fight back, and they will definitely make the invading country pay a heavy price!

Regardless of whether those mercenary groups succeed or whether they will be wiped out completely, the Noldor's anger of revenge on the Lion Kingdom will definitely burn to White Hart Castle.

Who made White Hart Castle belong to the Lion Kingdom, and who made White Hart Castle the closest to the Noldor Forest......

This is a huge crisis.