From the Island Owner to the King

They presented Chen Rui with food, fruits and flowers.

Many followers who claimed to be gods gave up their status, wealth, family, honor, etc., and swore to follow Chen Rui. Among them were some nobles with extremely high power, scholars with extremely high social status, and big businessmen with great wealth. .

They built wooden huts around the temple by the Enzhuo River, and lived in the spear grass hut.

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Before the temple was built, Chen Rui left here and planned to travel around. He wanted to learn more about the civilization on this land, their culture, the life of the people here, the customs, etc. Get a general understanding of the land through books.

By the way, learn the language of the Phoenicians.

Just do it.

Chen Rui put on an ordinary Phoenician costume and dressed up, pretending to be a wandering knight.

Chen Rui left here and began to travel, one person and one horse.

Chen Rui set off downstream along the bank of the 'Enzhuo' River, took out a camera from the Pregnant Haizhu Space, and started filming along the way like a documentary.

The further down the river, the wider the river, and the turbulent flow of the river, which nourished the land along the river and nurtured the Phoenician civilization.

Along the river, the land is very fertile and there are many farms.

Every farm and nearby forests, rivers, lakes, etc. belonged to a certain noble's fief.

Just like the aristocrats in the middle of the Middle Ages in Europe, they had noble identities, and noble blood flowed in their veins. They paid attention to genealogy, titles, and origins. The noble group is a closed group, and it is difficult for the lower class to become a noble.

The big nobles have a large amount of territory, castles, commercial assets, and merchant fleets, and have accumulated a lot of wealth, while the small nobles own some farms. Manor, as well as some plantations of cash crops and so on.

Nobles have great power in their fiefs, collect taxes, make laws, have great power in politics, economy, etc., and have knights loyal to them. They often decide the fate of many people.

The nobles lived in comfortable manors, enjoyed delicious food carefully prepared by servants, lived an elegant and luxurious life, and usually hunted and attended parties. Talk about life, talk about music, talk about literature, compare your luxurious jewelry, and show off your wealth.

Farmers lived in thatched huts and worked for the nobles in the fields for their enjoyment, while gardeners worked diligently to take care of the nobles' gardens. Servants, maids go to great lengths to serve their masters.

Their fate is determined by the nobility.

Riding a horse about 20 kilometers along the river bank.

He saw the first major tributary of the Endra, the Marne.

The waters of the Marne River originating from Swan Lake are mighty. into the Endro River.

There are many merchant ships on the Marne River.

These merchant ships belonged to certain nobles, or certain merchants.

Merchant ships transported the grain, linen, bronze ore produced on the shore of Swan Lake, as well as wood, grain and other raw materials along the Marne River to Malani, the largest commercial city nearby, for sale. The processed goods are then shipped back to the city on the round trip. For example, bronze utensils. Pottery, oil, alcohol and various handicrafts and other commodities, get high profits.

The shrewd Phoenicians had a very high talent for business.

On the banks of the Marne, there is a simple ferry.

Some rafts are moored on the ferry.

The Phoenicians' talent for making money was ingrained in their bones.

A boatman sits or stands on the raft, waiting for guests who want to cross the river to earn some money.

Seeing Chen Rui coming over, he greeted Chen Rui to sit on his boat with great enthusiasm.

Chen Rui chose a larger raft.

Paid 3 Seth Coins.

2 copper Seth coins for people and 1 copper Seth coins for horses.

1 Copper Seth can buy a piece of black bread.

After crossing the river.

Seeing that it is not too late.

Chen Rui stepped up his way.

Arrived at a farm before dark.

The farm is the fiefdom of a small rural noble named Aster.

In addition to the farm, he also has a manor, a small lake that produces an economic fish called ooli, a forest that produces wood, and a succulent forest that produces sugar, and a grain shop in the city.

These can bring Ast 120 gold mats each year.

very rich.

Aster warmly welcomed Chen Rui and specialised Chen Rui with delicious food.

After all, knights are not only very powerful, but also have a very high status in society. As long as they are willing, they can swear allegiance to a noble, so as to get a knightly fief and a lot of money.

Especially a wandering knight like Chen Rui, who hone himself through experience, is far stronger than ordinary knights.

After Chen Rui easily defeated a dozen people with the knight sword in his hand.

Astor became more enthusiastic, and from time to time he revealed that he wanted to recruit Chen Rui.

As long as Chen Rui swears allegiance to the knight longsword in his hand, he can get a knightly fief of 100 mu and an annual salary of 10 gold matts.

Chen Rui refused.

The next day, Chen Rui left the farm and continued on his way.

In the afternoon, arrive at the nearby city, Malani.

Paid the city tax for 2 copper seths.

Chen Rui took the horse and strolled around the city of Malani.

Malani City is very prosperous and crowded. There are various shops on both sides of the street, selling all kinds of goods, pottery, bronze utensils, wine, olive oil, various handicrafts and so on.

In the east of Malani, there is a trading market.

In the trading market, timber, grain, linen, cane sugar, copper ore, tin ingots from the upper reaches of the Endro River, as well as carpets, gems, textiles, glass vases, waxes and other goods from the lower reaches of the Endro River all meet here.

There are many merchants here, and it is very lively. There are tens of thousands of gold-mat goods traded here every day.

Chen Rui kept the horse outside a trading market.

Approached the trading market and took a casual look.

Suddenly, Chen Rui stopped in front of a booth.

A few pieces of wood were placed on the stall.

Chen Rui picked up a piece of wood and looked at it. The wood was very large, very straight, hard and extremely heavy. The surface was smooth and dense. , like a layered structure of tiles on a tiled house.

Chen Rui picked up the wood and put it in his nose to smell it. It smelled of sandalwood, and the aroma was mellow.

This is sandalwood.

Very fine sandalwood.

The few pieces of sandalwood placed here are just samples, more goods are in the warehouse. (To be continued)