Chapter 1356: Freedom Comes at a Price
"Welcome to the Kingdom of Freedom!!" The moment the young woman stepped down from the portal, she saw a beautiful and elegant city of light! Those flat roofs are covered with roof vegetation that leads to the bright sun**, which gives the tidy city a vibrant red-green color. The milky white bell tower and tower in the distance are like exquisite works of art carved from a large piece of jade, radiating a rich luster in the ** sun. In addition, the huge blue dragon flying overhead like a violent wind, the huge green-scaled fishman about three people tall on the street, and the spirit-absorbing monster merchant who sat in a large sedan chair and ran in the air. It is a bustling and noisy city full of wealth, glory, peace and art.
"This is a city of peace, a city of fraternity, a great temple of art, and the pinnacle of culture!" The receptionists are all excellent students trained from Kan Rui Maia, and their tones and expressions are full of Kan Rui Maia-style enthusiasm, heroism and self-confidence, which makes the young women who have just set foot on this land feel very comfortable: the palace is suffocated and suffocated. It's good to be here! It's a good thing that guy didn't send a guard with him, otherwise he wouldn't be free. Well, I'm going to have to find a chance to play around this time.
Thinking of this, she felt a deep sense of anxiety again, the Sun King liked the new and hated the old, the palace was by no means a place to stay for a long time, and he didn't know what would change next year, it was really precarious! Soon it was her turn to handle it, in addition to filling in a bunch of personal information, she also had to write down her property status.
This made her a little embarrassed, because although she was deep in the palace and had superior food and clothing, she did not have much savings, except for some jewelry and fine clothes. At first, she wanted to fake, but when she saw the symbols of freedom, justice, power, and responsibility written on the formalities, it was like a holy mountain in a dream that hit her heart: in this city of freedom and fraternity. Don't be so vulgar anymore.
So she estimated the approximate price of the jewelry and filled it in, and couldn't help but ask, "This time we came with the group, but I want to stay for a week or two longer, I don't know what other procedures to go through?" The clerk with a little mermaid blood and white scales on his face bowed his head and said, "Oh." Nothing, just need to review huh??your personal wealth is so little??"
"I'm a rising star in the art world," said the young woman, with her signature sweet smile, "There will be a lot of prospects in the future." Her beautiful big mouth and handsome face make her smile a perfect combination of atmosphere and beauty, and the other party's smile is also standard and precise: "I wish you success in the future." However, according to our regulations, people with too little property are not allowed to stay longer. Unless you pay a deposit. Here is the table of amounts. ”
When the young woman saw the mortgage of 150 gold coins a day, she was disrespectful: "I really just stay for a few days! Can't you tolerate this little request of mine? But the other party, who has mermaid blood, has a stereotypical posture that is completely inconsistent with his bloodline: "Freedom comes at a price." Think about it, if you want to live here, we will open the mysterious locks to protect everyone, so that this place will not be invaded by fire and water, and enjoy the sun forever. This mystery alone is asking for money. I'm sorry, but I'd love to help. But regulations are regulations, and procedural justice is our principle. ”
The young woman was a little disappointed, and casually asked, "What is the price of freedom? Do you want tens of thousands of gold coins?" who knew that the people immediately said: "If you have it, we are very welcome for you to immigrate." You wait – here is the price list for immigration by investment, as long as you invest in our program. We welcome you to the land of freedom and enjoy the atmosphere of fraternity. ”
"50,000 gold coins ?!!" The young woman was taken aback: "These 50,000 gold coins can only enter the country of fraternity? Are you still considered fraternity?
"Yes. The other party reverted to a bureaucratic style, as precise and mechanical as the clerks in Raziraka: "Immigrants without money are illegal and subject to strict punishment by law." If you are in arrears and stay in the country illegally, you will be arrested and deported by the immigration authorities, regardless of what you do. The cells of the immigration office are all between the dry rocks of the island, so I kindly remind you to be careful and not to do anything illegal. ”
The young woman muttered with some annoyance: "Your laws do not have the spirit of freedom and fraternity. I saw a look of contempt in the other party's eyes, and seemed to sneer: "Our laws are to protect the interests of the country." All right. It's time for the next one. We were short on time. ”
When she stepped out of the tall and neat four-story building, she heard the loud voice, "This is the city of peace, the city of fraternity, the great temple of art, the pinnacle of culture!" Just come up with enough money. You can enjoy peace, freedom, and love.
If you don't have money, you don't have anything! The young woman was sad for a while: expensive is not the same as rich, I want to be rich!!
In the evening, the artists and wealthy people who came together went to the amusement park in the center of the city to gamble, make a joke, and have fun. Looking at the bright night sky in the center of the colorful city, the young woman felt even more shy and resentful. In restlessness, I came to the outskirts of the sparsely populated port alone, looking at the many ships and the deep waves of the undulating tide in a daze.
I was bored and entered the palace as deep as the sea, thinking that it was the stars holding the moon, but who expected it to become a lonely canary. I think that many dignitaries and nobles looked at me with blazing eyes back then, but now everyone is scattered to seek happiness. If it weren't for the fact that I cried, made trouble, and hanged myself this time, I wouldn't have had a chance to come. I really went wrong!
She walked like this until it was late at night, the wind was cold, and her stomach was hungry, and she dragged back with a heavy heart. I happened to see a vendor selling fish and scones in the distance, so I beckoned him to come over. Unexpectedly, the peddler hesitated and walked away. She had to take the initiative to chase after her, and after catching up, she became slightly angry: "Aren't you selling things?
The black and thin fishmonger squinted at her, and there was no trace of kindness in his eyes, and after bowing his head and roasting silently for a while, he sold the grilled fish, and then hurried away into the distance, as if he was afraid to see people. It was very strange that there were such strange people in the land of freedom and fraternity? Oh, look at his dark and thin skin, it's an immigrant smuggled in. It's really short-sighted.
The short-sighted fishmonger finally returned to his cramped, filthy hut, and took out a small bronze jar in the damp and musty basement 'room', and in the bloody air he took out one of the bloody pieces of raw meat, put it in his mouth, chewed it fiercely, and recited a strange spell in the mouth full of cold flesh. When a faint divine light rose from the flesh and blood in the tank, his message was also sent: "It has now been confirmed that their cargo has been fully loaded, and the first batch is expected to depart within four days, and the second batch is expected to depart within ten days." ”
Two days later, the organizers of the art event invited wealthy guests from all over the world to participate in the "Modern Impressionist and Abstract Art Auction" organized by the Bifusu Chamber of Commerce, where the latest and most fashionable and high-level artworks will be displayed. High-level artworks and artists from all continents will come together to exchange the most cutting-edge experiences and ideas. What a once-in-a-decade event!
When the colorful sparkling light illuminates the fairytale castle in the evening into a rainbow world, the young woman in an elegant red gown walks on the noisy and lively art carpet accompanied by fellow men, and looks at the dense crowds of all kinds of people, kobolds, lizardmen, and spirit-sucking monsters around her, she can't help but be a little nervous. When I looked at the golden gate of the castle in front of me and the stars inside with the brilliance of diamonds, I shivered a little. Fortunately, the brown-eyed man next to him whispered, "It doesn't matter, just go your own." She was a little relieved.
This man with beautiful brown eyes is one of the Sun King's close courtiers and guards, and his ancestors have always been the family of eunuchs, especially his grandfather is not only a high-ranking official but also a famous high-ranking mage, who has made great contributions in the process of assisting the Sun King to seize power, and has also recommended many talents for the Sun King. They often met in the palace. This time, he was also arguing with his family to see the excitement. Now fortunately, he is by his side and constantly whispers to the young woman, so that the young woman with stiff hands and feet barely made a fool of herself along the way.
Entering the elegant hall that shines like white jade, walking on the smooth patterned floor of the finest marble, you will first be surrounded by statues of different shapes, whether jade or stone, or gold and silver casting or brocade weaving, or simple or high-spirited, abstract or elegant. Of course, there are a lot of weird things, what kind of ceramic melon seeds, what kind of fat people and beasts made of a bunch of jars, and a bunch of unknown avant-garde artworks.
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