Chapter 155: The Sailor's Journey to Thunder Cliff
The sailors quickly did all the checks, which was not difficult for them. After all, Aruba had already examined them at the beginning, and all those with infectious diseases were excluded, and the tests at this threshold were just routine.
They rested for half a day in the hotel in the camp, and after a lunch, their papers came down. On the square-cut parchment, there are all kinds of bizarre lace that is said to be used for security purposes, and on this document are their names, ages, surnames, some general descriptions of their appearance, and the reasons and reasons for coming to the New Elamite Federation, and finally a seal of the 25th pass west of the New Elamite Federation.
All the information they fill out at this pass will be sent to the nearest city as their entry documents so that they can be checked later if needed. As a result, people who have entered the federation without passing through the border cannot withstand thorough scrutiny, even if they have forged documents. After a certain rest, the sailors, who had obtained their papers, set off on their way.
And after arriving at a village, he got a few carriages, and loaded some disabled people with limited mobility and particularly poor physical strength into the carriages, and the speed of the procession was significantly accelerated. At first they were surprised when they saw the need for a carriage, for it was better to use a carriage than to walk on the rugged mountain roads of Elam.
But soon those who had never been to the New Elamite knew that they were wrong, and that the road they were walking was still rough but smooth, as if a white road covered the entire road. Halfway through their journey, they saw how this different path was made.
Two days away from Thunder Bluff, they saw a group of goblins with various tools in their hands, led by a gray dwarf to repair damaged paths. Patches of fairly flat stone were filled into the holes of the destruction, then filled with a strange-looking gray mud that could not be filled, and finally smoothed out with smooth wooden planks.
On the way to Thunder Bluff, they saw caravans using horse-drawn carriages, more than they had seen anywhere else, and the commercial prosperity of New Elam was unmatched anywhere. When they asked a trader why there were so many traders on the road while resting on the roadside, the information they got could be summed up in three words: low taxes, good roads, and safety.
If you want to get rich, build the road first, the saying is that it is a place, and if you want to make money quickly, the most basic condition, Thunder Cliff has not given up on upgrading the road, at the beginning, only used the gravel and sand collected nearby to level the road, strengthen and widen some dangerous road sections, and cut down some trees that grew out to obstruct the road.
And with the continuous development of Thunder Cliff, all kinds of materials have also been filled. Cement factories were built in various cities, so Thunder Cliff began to use cement and stone to build roads to ensure that the roads were as smooth and fast as possible. At the same time, Thunder Cliff has low taxes on commerce, and every once in a while, there is a monster army to clean up wild monsters near the road.
This made the commerce of the entire New Elam Federation extremely prosperous, and the rapid deployment of various materials could only be imagined by the city lords of other cities. They don't have the same huge funds as Thunder Cliff, and they don't have the technology to produce cement in Thunder Cliff, so they can only sigh at this expensive project.
Soon the sailors were at Thunder Bluff, and in front of the tall and magnificent city gates, two boulders had just been transported, on which many craftsmen were now carving with ropes. Aruba, who led them to Thunder Cliff, had to play the role of a tour guide at this time, explaining to these old sailors who had never been to Thunder Cliff.
The two boulders will be carved into the image of two warriors with swords in their hands. Humans and Grey Dwarves, the two most numerous races in Thundercliff today, are in harmony with the bull heads that were originally built above the city gates. Although the official explanation is that the three races live in harmony, no matter how you look at it, it seems that the other two races are guarding the minotaurs.
On the outskirts of Thunder Bluff are a variety of large factories, the main area of the city where the Salts and Grey Dwarves work, and almost every day the towering chimneys of the factories emit billowing black smoke, and even if you don't enter the factories, you can hear a lot of clanging iron, and the whistles of some large steam engines that have just been installed.
The Minotaur who recently commanded Thunder Cliff is planning to build a satellite city not far from Thunder Cliff and transfer all these noisy and unsightly heavy industries there. Although the various machines are running, it looks like a bunker at first glance, but after a long time, it will get bored.
A short walk away is the Light Industrial Zone, where there are Minotaur factories such as vodka breweries, spider cloth dyeing factories and confectionery factories, as well as some Satyr or grey dwarf workshops, where strange scents mix in the air and drift in the wind. These sailors, who have been drinking alcohol for half their lives, are familiar with the smell of alcohol, and this kind of fine wine that can smell even if you can't see the wine can only be produced by Thunder Bluff.
Continuing along the straight main road, the main living quarters of the Salts and Grey Dwarves are the same, two-story houses mixed with other styles that have just been built, and although the houses issued by Thunder Bluff are very useful, they are not as beautiful as square boxes.
Salts or gray dwarves who don't like that style will mostly choose to rebuild after saving up enough money. It doesn't take long to earn money to build a house, and the salaries of the craftsmen of Thunder Bluff are the highest in all of Elam. As long as you have a job in Eland, it won't take long to become the wealthy group of people in Eland, which is why many people are crowded to come to Thunder Bluff these days.
"This is my favourite area. Aruba led the sailors along the bustling Minotaur Boulevard, pointed to the shops around him that had not yet opened, and said, "This is the entertainment area of Thunder Bluff, and these are taverns that have not yet opened." If you want to drink alcohol you can only come at night, Thunder Bluff has a policy that the tavern is only open at night and does not allow take-out. ”
The Salts and the Grey Dwarves are both good winemakers, and it is not uncommon for them to delay things or have accidents due to alcoholism. So Mo Yan had to order rectification, and issued a decree that ordinary people should not have more than three bottles of liquor in their homes, and no more than a small barrel of low-degree honey wine, and at the beginning violating this decree would be punished with a fine of thirty silver, and those who did not repent of violating it three times would be expelled from Thunder Cliff.
Hearing this made these sailors, who had some small money and immediately ran to the tavern to get drunk, a little disappointed in their hearts, and when it seemed to them that there was nothing to do, there seemed to be nothing else to do but drink. How do you spend your free time? And the introduction of Aruba solved their confusion.
Since it is an entertainment area, of course it can't be just a tavern. In the entire circular area of the Thunder Cliff entertainment area, there are a variety of entertainment facilities, the Fighting Demon Arena is open every day to provide gladiatorial watching, many of the various delicacies are also seen by sailors, various dramas are staged in the large and small drama performance halls, and recently there is also an opera troupe resident in Thunder Cliff to perform some popular operas of the Central Plains. And in the large gymnasium in the entertainment area, a big game will be held from time to time, and Thunder Cliff has entertainment that is not available in the entire continent.
After a brief visit to Thunder Bluff, the sailors were temporarily placed at the hotel, and all the sailors were already full of hope for their future. Although they didn't know what the monsters of Thunder Cliff were looking for them for, this wise leader must have had his own ideas, so they just had to obey the arrangement.
Aruba, who had been tired for more than a month, after settling the sailors, returned to his home to take a little shower and change into clean clothes. went to the White House to report the results to Mo Yan, but when he opened the door of Mo Yan's office, he saw a scene he had never thought of in his life.
In the Minotaur's office, the Minotaur hugged Emily, who was much smaller than the Minotaur's huge body, as if he were holding a large doll. Although in reality, the Minotaur's large mouth does not open, but only touches Emily's lips. And Emily's arms holding the minotaur's neck can be seen that this kiss was an act of the girl's own initiative.
But this was not the case in Aruba's eyes, he ignored all these factors, and the whole world was left with only room for Emily and Minotaur to meet their lips, and everything else was darkness. A seashell artifact he had purchased in a coastal city to give to Emily fell from his hand and shattered to pieces.
This sound alarmed the Minotaur who was shocked in his heart, and he quickly let go of his arm to let Emily down, looking at Aruba standing at the door, feeling a little subtle. Although he can be said to have a clear conscience, and Aruba and Emily are actually brother and sister, he doesn't know what's wrong...... There is a feeling of being discovered by the other party's husband when he steals.
"Brother...... You listen to me. Emily looked at Aruba's flushed face and the bloodshot slowly gathering in her eyes and exclaimed, "Nothing happened to us...... Merely...... It's just a kiss...... I just kissed it! and it's my ....... ”
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(To be continued)