The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The Green Emerald area is located in the northern part of the Middle Kingdom, at the end of the Norge Mountains in Norway. It is called this because the most perfect green sequoia flora in the world grows here. This plant is the greenest plant in the world. The word emerald in any language is derived from this plant, so green emerald has become the name of this area.

Because the green emerald area is divided by the green sequoia forest as the boundary, so the green emerald area does not have a unified boundary range, which will change with the expansion and shrinkage of the green sequoia forest. The Emerald region covers almost half of the northern mountains of the Middle Kingdom region, and at its smallest it only occupied a tributary valley.

The land area of ​​the current Green Emerald area is far from being able to compare with the largest area, only about half of that at that time, but the location it occupies is very good, with four river valleys, seven large and small rivers passing through it, the land is extremely Fertile, much better than other areas in the Middle Kingdom.

Now there are three forces occupying this area, all of which are earldoms, and these three earldoms all come from the same family, that is, the original Green Emerald Duke, but because of the internal strife in the family and the division of children, they finally formed different families. The lords, and then through continuous wars and annexation, the large and small lords gradually disappeared, until now they have stabilized into three earldoms, and the power has finally stabilized, and the Green Emerald region has also ushered in a rare period of peace.

Although the three counties in the Green Emerald region did not attack each other, the people in charge of the counties were unwilling to just do nothing and maintain the status quo. They felt that since they could not annex other counties inwardly, they simply attacked the Green Emerald County. The reason for the land outside the Emerald Region is very simple, because when the Green Emerald Region expanded its largest area, the land that was not part of the Green Emerald Region belonged to the Green Emerald Region at that time, so they, as the descendants of the Green Emerald Duke, have the right to control these lands.

In recent years, under the influence of Barbarisa's reputation, the Middle Kingdom has generally been in a state of peace. Only the surrounding areas of the Green Emerald region are still prone to frequent wars. The number of wars that have occurred here almost accounts for the number of wars in the entire Middle Kingdom. more than half of the total.

In more than half of the wars, the war between the Rorothir people and the Earl of West Green Emerald accounted for more than half. It's a feud, and it's the kind that can't be reconciled.

The word Rorothir means a person who wears shackles in the northern language family of the Middle Kingdom, which means that the Rorothir people were originally slaves, slaves of the Green Emerald Nobility.

The green emerald area is rich in products, but it lacks iron ore. However, the nobles of green emerald sent people to find several hidden iron ore mines in the northern mountainous area a long time ago, so every time the nobles of green emerald went out to fight, they would send The captives were brought back and sent to the northern mountains as slave miners, which is where the Lorothir people came from.

Later, there was a civil strife among the green emerald aristocrats, the power was greatly reduced, and they lost control of the mine in the northern mountainous area. The slave miners in the mine rebelled and killed the mine owner and guards, and then built walls and castles on the mountain roads in and out. , and gradually formed the current city of Rollo Hill.

The Green Emerald nobles are naturally unwilling to lose such an important source of resources, so they have always sent people to attack the Rorothir people, or block roads from the outside world to isolate the Rorothirl people from the outside world. From time to time, people will take advantage of their knowledge of the mountainous areas, go out from other hidden mountain paths, and attack the villages and towns in the Green Emerald area. You come and go, making the hatred between the two sides gradually deepen, and finally become the absolutely irreconcilable death. hatred.

After Barbarisa was canonized by the Church of True God, he also hoped to use his own reputation to quell this deadly feud, but in the end he didn't even have time to do it, and he learned that a village of the Lolo Hill people was led by the Earl of West Green Emerald He was massacred, and the way of massacre was extremely cruel, which made him, a Roloshire man, feel extremely angry, so he naturally put down the idea of ​​quelling the death feud, and even secretly, he would use some of his privileges to help The Rorothir people, that's why the conflicts between the Rorothirl people and the Green Emerald nobles always prevailed these years.

The junction of the war between Lolo Hill and West Green Emerald is called Weinan, which is named after a Weinan River that flows through this place. It stands to reason that this place, as the battlefield of the two forces, should be sparsely populated and inaccessible.

However, in fact, there is a red earth city, the most prosperous city in the north of the Middle Kingdom.

The blood-stained land in Weinan is the origin of the city's name, but compared with the official name of Red Earth City, other people who are familiar with the city prefer the city to be Pta City. The word Pta is used locally. It means wild dogs, that is to say, people living in the city are like wild dogs who can't eat anything, and are also as fierce and cruel as wild dogs.

The vast majority of people living in this city are desperadoes and wanted criminals from other Middle Kingdom regions. Even some foreign fugitives will come here to live in seclusion. They are no longer tolerated by the outside world and can only choose to hide in this It is a place outside the law, so even though they often fight each other, they are very unified in the protection of Hongtu City, a place of refuge. Anyone who tries to destroy this city will become their sworn enemy, and they will give up all grievances , kill the deadly enemy first.

It is precisely because the Red Earth City is very united, and there are many desperadoes hiding in the city, some of whom are extraordinary with special abilities, so whether it is Lolo Hill or Green Emerald, no matter how you look at this city, it is an eyesore. And no one would be willing to take the initiative to attack it, and even at some point, they needed to rely on the city's special channels to obtain some items that they continued.

The apparent livelihood of the residents of Red Earth City is to collect the corpses of the people who died on the battlefield for both Roro Hill and Green Jade. Every time the two sides fight, a large number of corpses are left, and they retreat to their respective territories before they can be cleaned up. These corpses Most of them are mutilated, and among them are the corpses of nobles.

Red Earth City will close the city when the two sides start a war, and will not come out to clean up the battlefield until the end of the war. In addition to collecting the corpses, they will also recycle the weapons and equipment on the corpses. The cleaned up corpses will notify both parties to claim them. , will be bought by them to some underground churches, and those churches need a large number of corpses for each ceremony, so their goods are in short supply.

However, these are just livelihoods on the surface. In fact, Hongtu City is the smuggling center of the entire Old Continent, and more than 30% of the smuggling transactions in the entire Old Continent are negotiated here.

The reason for this is that Hongtu City is located right in the center of the Old Continent, and it is a land without owner. Any legal or illegal business can be done here, and because the people who live here have different opinions. Most of them are some wanted criminals and desperadoes from all over the world. They have more or less mastered some resources and channels. After coming here, they did not lose these resources and channels but used them. The scattered channels and resources were combined to form a smuggling and selling network centered on Hongtu City and covering the entire Old Continent.

Although, in the past, countless forces have tried to control this mainland smuggling network, but they all ended in failure, because the most critical step for them to control this smuggling network is to solve the five dark masters who control Hongtu City, and The identities of the five dark lords are very secretive, even the dark lord's subordinates don't know, which makes these forces even if they want to attack, but they can't find the target of the attack, and often they are dead before they do it. In his heavily guarded home.

Therefore, the dark lord of Hongtu City has a good reputation even outside the Middle Kingdom.

Leo arrived in Hongtu City on the third day after leaving Barbarisa's castle, and he entered the city smoothly after paying an entry fee and temporary residence fee like everyone else .

The city is surrounded by a high wall for defense. There are two high walls like this. It can be seen that the city has been expanded twice after the completion of the city. The buildings inside the high wall are neatly divided into Eight districts, and each district is divided into several districts. Standing on the city wall and looking down, one can feel that the whole city is extremely orderly. City.

I don't know why after seeing this city, Leo couldn't help but think of Ceylon City in the Black Forest. Although the scale is far from being comparable to Ceylon City, the overall city layout is so similar to Ceylon City It made him wonder if the people who originally planned the city had ever been to Ceylon.

After entering the city, Leo called a carriage waiting by the city wall, then reported an address, took out the corresponding fee, and sat quietly in the carriage, watching the scenery that kept flashing outside the carriage .

Just like all cities, the hired carriages in Hongtu City will also wait for people to order food. If Leo did not pay the corresponding fee after reporting the address just now, then the driver may charge a huge fee in the end. It is even possible to send you directly somewhere and make you one of the missing persons.

People who have just arrived in Hongtu City will subconsciously think that this is a city belonging to a civilized area from the urban planning and clean streets of Hongtu City, completely forgetting that the people living in this city are all desperadoes, wanted criminals, and kind people. There are only a handful of them in this city. If you can't adjust your mentality in time, it will be a matter of time for the newcomers to be swallowed by this city.

Although the coachman tried to understand Leo's situation through some words on the road, Leo never paid attention to the other party's words, and did not say a word to the other party, which made it impossible for the coachman to judge Leo's situation for a while. He can honestly take Leo to the place he wants to go, and then let Leo leave. In his heart, he may feel that Leo escaped a disaster by luck, but he does not know that the person who escaped the disaster is himself .

The address given by Leo is a blacksmith shop in Redwood District. This blacksmith shop is the largest blacksmith shop in Hongtu City, and its qualifications are also very old. It was already there when Hongtu City was built. Later, after the city expanded, It was moved outside in order to better receive customers, and also to make the blacksmith's shop area larger. Nearly half of the land in the Redwood District now belongs to this blacksmith's shop.

There are many businesses in the blacksmith shop, but the main business is to restore various weapons and equipment found on the battlefield by the corpse collectors, and then buy these weapons and equipment back to their original owners as new ones. Although this kind of business can't make a lot of money, but But it can flow steadily, as long as the war between Lolo Hill and Green Jade does not end, his business will not be cut off.

After entering the blacksmith shop, Leo directly handed the exquisite badge that Barbarisa gave him to the supervisor in charge of receiving him, and asked him to hand over the things to the owner of the blacksmith shop.

The owner of the blacksmith shop is Kit, a Roloshire man. He was sentenced to death for killing his blood relatives, but he was rescued by his men the night before his death, fled to Red Earth City, and became a blacksmith The apprentice of the former master of the shop, he later promoted his position in the blacksmith shop step by step, and finally became the heir of the blacksmith shop. Ten years ago, after the death of the former master of the blacksmith shop, he became the master of the blacksmith shop.

On the surface, the owner of the blacksmith shop, Kit, is one of the many forces in Hongtu City, but in fact he is one of the five secret dark masters of Hongtu City. This is also the secret identity of the former owner of the blacksmith shop. He was inherited together, and besides that, he was also the leader of Barbarisa's spy buried in Hongtu City.

The geographical location of the Red Earth City and the huge benefits hidden behind it not only attracted people from other forces, but even Barbarisa could not ignore it. Although he felt that it was impossible for him to grasp the huge benefits behind the Red Earth City, he also He didn't want such a huge benefit to fall into the hands of others, so he had secretly sent some spies to infiltrate Hongtu City a long time ago. In order to avoid being suspected, all the spies he sent were from other people not under his control Among the cities in the past, none of them have a direct connection with themselves.

However, what he never expected was that one of the spies he sent out unexpectedly became one of the dark lords of Hongtu City. This also made some of his previous thoughts change a little bit, and he began to consider controlling Hongtu City possibility.

But this time Leo needs to enter the Green Emerald Forest and go to Lake Narnia deep in the forest, so he must pass through the Red Earth City, otherwise, he may be blocked and made things difficult from other places. Enter through the normal method, but if you do this, Leo may miss some clues, because it is said that some of the green emerald nobles have also studied Lake Narnia. From the research materials of these people, you may be able to get some useful information. Clues, save Leo's own exploration time.