The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich

The spacious city walls are covered with thick layers of ice. The old city has been repeatedly rebuilt and heightened over the years. Towers, ballista holes, winches, ballistas, and catapults are everywhere. .

With the joint efforts of craftsmen and casters, the entire city wall area has been strengthened by at least 30 meters. When standing on the ground and watching the city wall of more than 100 meters, it is like stepping into the clouds. Earth's first strong city.

Now the city is not threatened by war, the gates are open, and the crowds of people coming and going are very eye-catching before entering the city.

The orcs peddled furs and prey on the street, and bought tobacco, spirits, cotton clothes and other "northern luxuries" in a big way. The undead in black cloaks carefully stayed away from these hot-blooded guys. Buy those shady and legitimate "merchandise" in the little shop everywhere.

On the street facing the gutter alley, the black fireworks of the furnace rose from the dwarves' shop. The dwarves' weapons were bestsellers at any time. Outside the shop, the northern barbarians were showing off their martial arts in the street, hoping to find The employer, on the other hand, was drooling at the spirits and sophisticated weapons and equipment in the shop.

When I first arrived in Diffind, I thought I was in the wrong place. After all, compared to the city of war that was always burning in my memory, this commercial city full of cries and shops made people feel that the style of painting was a bit wrong .

"Compared to eight years ago, the annual transaction volume and business tax have increased by 337 times. It is not wrong to say that it is a hundred times prosperous."

Renee's words were full of pride. I can also understand this emotion. The growth is so outrageous. In addition to the terrible base in the past, it is more about the hard work and hard work of the people of Defende. What is more gratifying and proud than seeing the prosperity of the hometown step by step.

After looking at the map, I found that the market area just used as a trading place was already bigger than the original old town of Diffind.

I looked at the signs on the map. Most of the shops are run by local residents and goblins, and most of the foreigners are tourists and merchants who come here for their reputation. It seems that as the unnamed and real capital of the Lan League, the improvement of its political status has also greatly improved its economic and military status.

As a fortress city, Diffinde is qualified. From the beginning, the location was selected according to the geographical terrain, and the accumulation of construction in the past dynasties of Lan Kingdom has made this city a strong fortress facing the north. As long as it is blocked here, the north Neither the orcs nor the demon abyss of the northeast wind can cross the obstacle.

And as the entire Northland enters a period of peace. When the imaginary enemy turns into an ally, the role of the original strategic point drops sharply. But it does not mean that it has withdrawn from the stage of history. On the contrary, due to the increasingly important status of Lan Kingdom in the new Lan League,

The city of Diffend is also becoming more and more important.

Today's Diffind is no longer an isolated city. There are seven satellite cities within hundreds of kilometers around it. The armory exchange, half of which is the training base for knights and fighters in Lan Kingdom, and the largest barracks in Northland, Difender and its satellite city.

Every day, merchants and diplomatic envoys from all over the world come here with various missions. Young knights and brave men come here with longing for the future. Here, the flow of people has brought prosperity, and the convergence of multiple races and ethnic groups has brought economic and cultural take-off.

As the political, cultural, economic, and military center of the Northland, the more important Lan Nation is, the greater the role of Defende will be. Compared with that year, the central city area has expanded by at least four times. If it is considered a satellite city, it is said to be expanded by dozens of times. That's right, multiple expansions in a short period of time have made the city's streets a bit crowded and chaotic, but from another perspective, countless languages ​​and residents live here mixed together, but it also represents infinite vitality.

Compared with other commercial cities, here has an advantage that other city-states cannot match, and this is also the root of its prosperity.

The holy silver light formed a faint sky, and the invisible eyes seemed to be watching this city of miracles, but the guards of the Lan Kingdom were not the only ones patrolling the streets, but the law priests with the balance emblem And the knight of justice, still the guardian of the city.

The transactions here are very special and fast, even in the eyes of outsiders, they are a bit unbelievable and unmagical.

"I make a promise to the law and the god of the underworld. If my promise in the contract is true, I will fulfill all the requirements and regulations in the agreement on schedule, and deliver the goods to the other party within three months."

"I promise to the gods of the law and Hades that we will deliver the payment within one month of receiving the fur."

The barbarian and the goblin made an oath to the God of Law at the same time, and signed their names on the contract. As a witness, the contract intermediary prayed silently. After a short silver light, the contract has been sleepless by the contract master. Readers behold, no mortal will breach the contract.

Eight years ago, when I returned to the Northland with my legion, the Sleepless One blessed this city, and the magical spell turned it into a Sanctuary of the Sleepless One, a city of innocence without crime , all criminals and cheaters will be marked with a red light representing fraud, and judges and justice knights will appear within five minutes.

And with the soundness and improvement of the priesthood of the God of Contract of the Sleepless, the guarantee of the contract has officially become within the scope of his duties, and what does it mean to be a city where there is no crime, no fraud, and the transaction contract will be fulfilled, I'm afraid every serious businessman will go crazy.

Not to mention that the major transactions of the various countries in the Northland actively choose this place, even the transactions between the kingdoms in the mainland will also choose to be carried out here, and the commission of the contract received by the law priests who supervise the contract is already Astronomical figures.

Even, many people suggested expanding the scope of this contract supervision, praying that Sleepless One not only supervises commercial contracts, but also oversees more important diplomatic and military contracts.

But I think about it. I knew it was a pit.

"Supervising covenants between states" sounds like a big deal. But the state is not a personal existence. There are only pure interests between them. As long as there is a need, it is common to betray the covenant, and once the real supervision is carried out, it is impossible to punish the entire country for breach of the contract, and those who should betray will still betray.

Even if the signer is punished by God, the contract will still be broken. In the long run, the gain outweighs the loss. One failure, two failures, more and more contracts are broken, and the priesthood of the God of Contract is also profaned, which will have a negative impact on the contrary.

Long story short, let’s get down to business, at least half of the sharp increase in business tax that Renee mentioned is the commission of transaction contract tax, and the establishment of a financial exchange for long-distance trading of bulk commodity orders and futures has made Diffin a In the financial center of the Northland, the income of the national treasury has skyrocketed geometrically every year. This is the premise that a large amount of funds are used for military construction.

From the fur trade of hunters and orcs. As large as the arms and material transactions between super empires, the tax rate ranges from 6% to 30%. Just thinking about it is an astronomical income.

It only took less than ten years to go from a place of bitter cold to being extremely rich, which seems unbelievable, but in this world of Ashe, where the true god exists, it is the norm in this world.

The rise of a new god will lead to the rise of a country and a nation. As the first country to make the God of Law of the Sleepless as the state religion, the Lan clan is enjoying the dividends of the gods of the underworld and the rise of the Sleepless. , at least until the gods fall, prosperity is simply inevitable.

But the gaze of the gods also brings out another factor necessary for prosperity - a sense of security.

No matter how profitable the business is, it is impossible to make money but spend it. No one is a fool these days. It is already an open secret who is behind the Beidi Lanmeng. The long-term stability of investment and transactions is not only conventional security and stability, It also includes the "security and stability" of domestic regimes and policies.

In this regard, the newly born gods of Hades are all old-fashioned gods. The Goddess of Wealth, the God of Fate, the Moon God, and the God of Death are at least a group of neutral gods with a good reputation. , is what businessmen most desire.

As for the most important commercial roads and road safety, the airships in the Northland have opened up several regular routes to and from the cities on the mainland, including the capital of Bayer—Diffinde, and the capital of Oran—Diffinde, although The transportation fee is indeed a bit expensive, but compared to the robbers, monsters, and war dangers that may be encountered by land, the expected additional cost is really nothing. At worst, the cost will be passed on to the goods, which is better than people carrying goods. Much better.

Safe, fast, stable, incredible fairness of contract, under the guidance of many factors, there is a vague trend that Difende has become the commercial capital of the mainland, but the remote northern city has embarked on the commercial route. It has the potential to become a super commercial city, and people really don't know how to evaluate it.

Prosperity also brings wealth to Lan people and even all Northlanders. The Northland is not really nothing. The complete fur of a Northland winter wolf is only worth 50 gold coins in the Northland, but it can be sold in the center of the mainland. Thousands of gold coins, it’s not that no one thought about these northern specialties in the past, it’s just that the expensive transportation costs and the danger of the journey made most hunters prefer to take the safe fifty gold coins.

Arms, all kinds of alien crafts, Warcraft materials, alchemy products, engineering products, these are the most common traded items here, and they are even best-sellers.

As for myself, even though I am deeply moved, I always have to wear a thick white cloak, even if I drink water and eat, I dare not take it off.

After all, even if I have always been thick-skinned, seeing statues of myself everywhere, people can't stop talking to the statues, some are grateful and some pray, I really can't stand it, especially...

"It's okay to bless you for promotion and wealth, and bless you for a happy marriage and don't ask me to worship Cavens. I can bear the obvious discrimination. Bless the mother and child, and have many children and grandchildren, but it's nothing to worship me. If you want to worship, you must also worship Sad Feng Like it."

"Don't mention it, there are really worshipers, but it is a cult banned by the mainland. They call themselves the 'Borderless Brotherhood of Love'..."

"...I don't want to know at all."

While blocking Heloise's mouth, I thought of the person who was still in the abyss. He sent me a letter a while ago, saying that it would take some time to get rid of that arrogant bird man, so let me stay calm... …I wanted to ask him at the time, "Who asked you to get rid of that birdman? All I want is epic material, just material. Please don't make big news. A positive image is very important these days..."

But I don’t think it’s useless no matter what I say. It’s useless to use someone who doesn’t suspect anyone. Let him be. Well, it’s definitely not that I plan to draw a line with that bastard when I get the materials, and then throw them out for bounty. Is he so ruthless and unjust, crossing rivers and tearing down bridges?

"You still have the face to say, Amyla, I...you were really kind and righteous back then, do you remember how many bridges you have demolished, but for the sake of world peace, 'that bridge' should be demolished earlier, The whole world will thank you."

While I'm still chatting and drinking tea, Renee's side has a big deal.

"The Principality of Thorne and the Kingdom of Phildias applied to join the Lan League? When did it happen? What are they for?" (To be continued.)

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