My Empire War Game

It's June, and the northern wasteland is lush and full of life. Zhenbei City has become more prosperous, and since this month, more caravans have come to Zhenbei City. In addition to the caravans, there are many nobles from various countries.

"This is the twentieth nobleman," whispered the merchant who was selling goods on the street.

"Twenty-one!" added a small shoemaker who was mending his boots.

"Our lord has so many nobles to celebrate the founding of the country this time." The merchant said excitedly: "I really hope these nobles can come more, then I can make more money."

"Hey, Jack, you made almost three silver nars this month, don't be too greedy." The little shoemaker next to him

"Say like you're making less money Harry," Jack said, glancing at him.

"hey-hey!"

"I really want to earn five Jinnars quickly, so that I can have a piece of land of my own here!" Jack said with emotion.

"Yes, thank our kind lord, otherwise we want to buy fields, and we may not save enough money in our lifetime." Harry said with a smile: "This month our lord will officially establish a duchy. , may the gods protect our lord and protect our country!"

When night fell, Jack walked towards the market with brisk steps. Every day at this time when the trading market was about to close, he would come here to buy some cheap food. The aquatic products in Zhenbei City are rich and inexpensive, and they are ready now. Prices were lower at the close.

A two-pound fish only needs eight copper nars, and when the market is ready to close, the price is even lower, and if it is a dead fish, it even only needs four copper nars. Although it is a dead fish, it will never die for more than a day. The boy in the family is considered a blessing. Now he can eat fish and meat soup every now and then. It's not like when he is an hour later, let alone meat soup, he can't eat enough potatoes. It's really a good time to catch up.

Jack's house is in the west of the outer city. It is a small house with two bedrooms and one living room. He lives here with his wife and three children. The house is not big and it shares a yard with several other families. Outside is a dug drainage ditch. There are three water taps in the yard. There are some open spaces for drying clothes in the small yard. There are several chicken coops next to it. There are a few hens in it. If there are more, they will be sold at the market.

As a commoner who has lived here for almost a year, Jack has his own plans. He is not like some people who enjoy a good life and live their lives carefully. He is going to work hard to make money, buy a few acres of land when the price of land in Zhenbei City is low, and then wait for the two sons to grow up, the eldest son will continue to be a businessman, the younger son will go to farm, and the daughter will help her find a good husband. , send a dowry, so that their family will take root in Zhenbei City.

Thinking of this, Jack's heart became hot, and he was worthy of his three children. You must know that when their grandfather died, let alone the land, even the house was dilapidated. It is already much better than his Lao Tzu to be able to leave a legacy to them.

When he got home, Jack discovered that the Hansen family, who also lived in the yard before, had moved away. Hansen's son, Bernie, successfully joined the army of Zhenbei City, and their family had also separated from the civilian class since then. .

The army in Zhenbei City is richly remunerated, and the family members can own a house of their own. This is not the kind of house he lives in now, which is only 40 square meters and five or six families live together, but a real independent courtyard. house.

And as long as they become soldiers, their treatment will be very good. The army is in charge of food and accommodation, and there is meat to eat every day. This is the envy of countless civilians. After becoming a soldier, Zhenbei City will also allocate fields. It can be said that as long as you become a soldier, Immediately, their family didn't have to worry about living and eating.

However, it is not easy to become a soldier, and every day requires brutal training. If you are eliminated in the training, you can only become a militia, and the treatment of the militia is far from that of the soldiers.

Jack once wanted to join the army, but gave up after just trying it. Fighting is killing people, but his son yelled that he wanted to join the army, but Jack didn't agree. Now he just wants to live a stable life and make his home better little by little.

Zhenbei City is under construction every day. Although many places have been completed, there are still many open spaces reserved in the city, and these open spaces will naturally be built in the future. Now the most important thing in Zhenbei City is to prepare for the lord's founding ceremony, and the entire Zhenbei City is busy with this matter.

In order to celebrate the founding of the country, every street in the whole city must be cleaned, and trees and flowers are planted on both sides of the road. The beauty of the dotted city is extraordinary.

Maybe Zhenbei City is not as prosperous as the southern alliance cities, nor as populous as the capital of Florence, but the first impression of anyone who comes here is that it is solemn and tidy, and everything is in order.

Refugees from various countries quickly became accustomed to the city's orderliness, accepted the new life, and quickly integrated into it. In just over two years, such a magnificent city appeared in this northern wasteland.

The moist sea breeze from the eastern sea brought sufficient rain to the northern wasteland. Many caravans from the Kingdom of Florence came to Zhenbei City along the road leading to the wasteland, and trucks of goods were transported to the warehouse by coolies. These are the towns. Goods and daily necessities purchased by Beicheng from various countries.

Such as cloth, such as oil, such as slaves, as well as some seasonings, salt, preserved fruit and magical materials, etc. The number of slaves purchased in Zhenbei City has not decreased. The slave trade used to be the largest import project in Zhenbei City. Zhenbei City buys about 2,000 slaves every month on average, so the population of Zhenbei City has been growing rapidly. .

Zhenbei City also produces salt now, but the output is average. The salt produced here is rock salt with high impurity content and needs to be filtered. Moreover, the production of table salt requires too many people, which is not comparable to that of the big salt lake. Therefore, the salt mine has not expanded. Production.

A dark cloud drifted from the southeast. It is foreseeable that a heavy rain is about to hit, and many merchants are busy packing their things. The carriages are stored in a special garage, the horses are also driven into the stables, and the coolies and porters are shouting chants to speed up the movement of goods.

The weather in June is fickle, and they also know that the rainstorm will come and go. Merchants carry the goods to the store, but the tavern two streets away is still very lively. Because of the prosperous trade, it is located in the northern wasteland. Every year, a large number of mercenaries come here with the caravan. At the same time, there are many adventurers. Here is the base for exploring the northern wasteland.

Many adventurers and mercenaries like to squander the money they earn in a short period of time, and the taverns in Zhenbei City are established one by one. At the same time, some seafood merchants with a keen sense of smell who sell abalone also came here.

Although the drinks and food in Zhenbei City are very good, the ratio of males to females in the city is somewhat imbalanced. The ratio of males to females in the city is around 64, mainly because Su Lun thought it was too expensive when he bought slaves and did not buy female slaves. The large number of people scavenging from the ground has enriched the population in his territory, and alleviated the problem of the ratio of males and females to a certain extent, but in this way, there will be fewer people engaged in seafood business in the tavern.

Mercenaries and adventurers are willing to spend money. This phenomenon lasted for a month or two, and many seafood merchants came to hear the news. For this situation, Su Lun did not stop it. After all, these seafood merchants also maintained social stability to a certain extent. Otherwise, no one can say whether the mad mercenaries and adventurers will take risks.

There are many civilians in Zhenbei City. Some of these civilians are craftsmen. After hearing that Zhenbei City has a lot of wealth, they come to live here. These civilians rarely leave again after coming here. Because it only takes a small amount of money to acquire land, and Zhenbei City lives a stable life, and there are not many extortionate and miscellaneous taxes, so there is no need to worry about the property being seized by the nobles.

Compared to other cities, it is a paradise.

A caravan slowly approached the city gate. The tax officer who had been at the city gate for a long time walked over quickly with two soldiers.

"Where are the caravans you are from, and what kind of goods are you transporting? You need to pay 10% tax for transactions here! In addition, all items are not allowed to be traded outside, and must go to the trading market in the city!" The tax officer stepped forward said.

Soon a person dressed as a caravan steward came to negotiate with the tax officer. The tax officer recorded the information and began to check the various materials being trafficked and whether there were any contraband.

After a while, the tax officer completed the inspection, and then took out a special piece of paper to start recording the goods. After confirming the goods, let the merchant sign, and after completion, the merchant will be given a token. Only those with tokens can be traded in Zhenbei City.

The tax officer who completed the record quickly left here, and the weather is about to rain. Although he is a tax officer, he does not collect taxes, but is responsible for recording caravan materials and other caravans when they enter the market. Tax.

The caravan moved forward again. At this time, several figures in cloaks left the caravan. They nodded at the caravan's steward, then lightly knocked on the horse's belly, leaving the caravan and entering the city.

"Is this Zhenbei City? As far as Northland is concerned, it's really prosperous!"

"See that tower? There are really wizards building wizard towers in places like this."

"Do you feel it? The elemental energy concentration here is high."