Chapter 30: Under the Miracle City on Arnus Hill When the young magician Lelai was entangled by a large group of noisy children at the entrance of the village, the old village chief of Gota Village led his horse and walked slowly into the village, trying to find a few familiar faces. , asking about the villagers' current life these days and the arrangements made by the "man in green" for them.
However, after walking around among the rows of neat cement bungalows, the old village chief only saw a group of women and children, but did not find any adult men he knew.
Finally, he looked at Tiandu When things got serious, he had no choice but to find Lena, the wife of his next door neighbor in the village.
At this time, Aunt Lena was sitting under the solar street lamp next to the village whistle post, concentrating on sewing clothes.
It was already dusk.
The street lamp was the brightest in the whole village.
She noticed the village chief approaching and quickly stood up to greet him with a smile, " Oh, it’s you who are back, Mr.
Village Chief.
Will you be happy along the way?
You must have worked hard.
By the way, did you know that the new residence arranged for you by the man in green is the first house on the right at the entrance of the village.
We have already moved all your luggage into it.
But now, let’s burn it again.
It’s too late for dinner, why don’t you come to our house for dinner later?”
"Haha, then I'm not welcome."
The old village chief chuckled, "But where is your husband?
Also, there seem to be a lot fewer people in the village than before.
I just walked around, why didn't I even see a young man?
I didn’t even see a lot of girls.”
"You said that some of them are hunting in the mountains with the men in green, and some are doing business with the goods given by the men in green.
They live in the houses built by others, eat the flour they give, and use the food they give.
Blankets and stoves, how can I get some strength in return?"
Aunt Lena smiled and said, "Although it is not a good season for hunting right now, those green men from another world are not picky and find everything strange when they see it.
Sally's daughter just helped them catch a few."
Slime, my husband was rewarded with a big bag of candies the day before yesterday In the mountains to the north, I helped a group of men in green to hunt down a magic wolf and also captured a litter of wolf cubs alive.
The men in green seemed to be very happy.
After they came back, they rewarded our family with many good things, including a wolf.
Good fabric.
I used it to make a skirt for our daughter.”
She proudly showed the unfinished long skirt in her hand to the old village chief.
The old village chief took a closer look and found that it was a kind of calico made of unknown material, but the texture was very soft and fine, and it was definitely of the best quality. goods.
The golden flower patterns printed on the cloth are even more bright and dazzling, shining with a charming color under the light, just like the blankets given to them by the green-clad people from another world before.
"It is indeed a good piece of fabric, and your craftsmanship is also good.
Your little Lily will look beautiful in it."
The old village chief nodded and praised, "But it's okay for the men in green to ask the people in the village to help them hunt and do business.
Anyway, they just lead the way.
But when it comes to doing business, I'm afraid not many people in our Gota Village can do it, right?"
Not to mention the brainless werewolves and cat people, it’s almost enough to let them become bandits and rob the road.
What’s more, we don’t have many livestock left, so what can we use to carry goods?”
The reason why there is such worry is not that the old village chief is looking down on others, but it is the truth in a certain sense.
The culture and education in this world are extremely backward, and the illiteracy rate is extremely high.
Most country people are neither illiterate, nor good at calculating accounts, and have little knowledge.
They really have no business acumen.
Even if they are sitting at home waiting for merchants to buy furs and mountain goods, they often get deceived and suffer losses, so many villagers generally only dare to do business with a few familiar merchants.
If they are allowed to go to the city to do business by themselves, the risk of being cheated and losing all their money is really high.
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"Actually, it's not really doing business.
I just gave them a few samples and asked them to take them to nearby towns on foot, find those merchants and send a message to them, telling them that these things are for sale in Arnus Hill.
That's it.
There will be caravans from other places coming here to do business. .
And the samples given to them, even if they are the travel expenses and rewards given to everyone by the people in green, the money they get from selling them in the town belongs to them.
The people in green in another world have given us so much food and clothing, and also given us.
After building a house, now we should do something to repay others."
Aunt Lena said with a smile, "My sister followed a few cat people to Tungut with a basket of goods, and the others went to Metabaru, Gremina, and Hebraye."
She reported casually A string of place names, all of which are towns around the Arnus Mountains.
Among them are towns within the empire, as well as commercial ports on the border of the Kingdom of Elbe in the south, but the closest ones are more than a hundred kilometers away, and the farthest ones are from Arnus.
The hills are three hundred kilometers long.
For hikers, this is really a long journey, but this is not where the old village chief is concerned.
"So, what goods did the man in green entrust them to bring as samples when they came over from the door?
Could it be that the dyed blanket they gave us last time is the same kind of calico you have in your hand?"
The old village chief pointed at Lena.
The aunt asked as she held the long calico dress in her hand.
"Ah, I have these two things, but there are also many other things.
Well, I also took one from the man in green and stuffed them all into this basket.
When I finish this skirt, it will probably I’ll also go to the villages to the east for a run.”
Aunt Lena raised her neck and thought for a moment, put away her unfinished dress, and took out a basket from behind, which contained various gadgets: shiny silver stainless steel spoons and dinner plates, all in bright colors.
The satin gauze scarf, the small box of matches and the refined salt in the white porcelain bottle are as gorgeous as treasures.
There are translucent candies made of stone, clean white paper and exquisite small mirrors, colorful and shining hairpins and brooches, and knives with complicated patterns on the handles.
Some of them have been seen by the old village chief, and some have not been seen before. , but they are all good things that once you experience them once, you won’t want to let them go.
"Well, they are all very good products.
They will definitely be very popular in the market."
The old village chief of Gota Village replied with a dry smile, and handed the basket filled with small commodities back to Aunt Lena's hand.
However, he couldn't help but feel vaguely worried about the popularity of these otherworldly commodities.
Naturally, he was completely dissatisfied.
Worried.
It is even certain that after seeing such exquisite and rare goods, merchants from various cities will immediately flock to them and flock to them.
But the problem is that while these foreign goods attract business travelers from all walks of life, they may also attract the attention of horse thieves and bandits.
In addition, once the vassal princes and imperial generals from various places around the Holy Mountain of Arnus saw these coveted exquisite properties, the first thought that popped up in their minds was probably to gather troops and go out to conquer Arnus.
On the hills of Si, we should rob and extort those "fat sheep from another world" instead of using gold coins to trade fairly with visitors from other worlds.
You know, just four months ago, the entire empire was still confidently preparing to go to the other world opposite the "door" to rob homes and make a fortune.
Now, in the eyes of those big shots who don't know the details, this is simply "predetermined robbery" "The fat sheep" took the initiative to deliver it to the door.
As an eyewitness, the old village chief of Gota Village can basically confirm that the other world connected to the "gate" of Arnus Hill in the past is obviously not the same world as the hometown of this group of tough green men.
But those princes and nobles would not know the difference.
Of course, with the strength of these men in green clothes from another world, they will definitely not be afraid of armed invasion by any force.
But the problem is, if it's a small group of thieves, that's all.
In case of a fight with the army of the empire or princes, they may not be able to care about protecting outsiders like themselves.
However, even if he thought about this problem, the old village chief was at his wits' end.
It was impossible for him to let the men in green from another world hide their whereabouts and build such a large city on the Arnus Hill, even if he wanted to hide it; nor did he know how to convince the officers of the men in green, Even the empire's army will never allow civilians and barbarians from subordinate countries to live in a border town casually, so in the end, I can only worry about it alone.
At this moment, a three-wheeled electric vehicle honked its horn and drove into the village where refugees gathered.
It unloaded a pig, two live chickens and a box of Maotai liquor in a colorful porcelain bottle, saying it was to reward the elderly.
A thank you gift from the village chief and Magician Lelai for helping lead the way.
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Pigs and chickens were fine, but that box of twelve bottles of Maotai liquor instantly blinded everyone in the village.
Not to mention the quality of the wine in the bottles, the glaze color of each one was crystal clear and bright.
The Moutai bottles, which are smooth, round, colorfully patterned and have a metallic texture, can already be regarded as family heirlooms in the eyes of the villagers.
And when the old village chief tried to open one of the bottles, the sweet and mellow aroma of the wine gushed out and spread with the wind, making many people greedy and looked back to see so many people in the village biting their fingers and flowing.
The old village chief and Leilai looked at each other with drooling expectant looks, and finally had no choice but to announce that while there was wine and meat, they would hold a bonfire banquet tonight, where everyone would eat, drink, and have a good time, which could be regarded as a celebration of the disaster. end.
In this way, amid the laughter and the aroma of wine and meat, the old village chief temporarily put aside his worries and happily enjoyed the happiness at hand.
At the same time, inside the tall city wall on Arnus Hill, Wang Qiu was also looking at the city that was built in only three days.
Well, according to the gatekeeper's information, and after discussions with the central government, it was decided that in order to reflect the custom of doing as the Romans do when one goes to the countryside, the new city was named "Arnus City".
Just from the perspective of city appearance, this "instant city" born in another world is almost the same as most cities in the southern coastal areas of China: a four-lane main street and a two-lane side road, planted with palm trees and boxwoods.
Wooden green belt, dozens of small high-rise apartments and office buildings, supporting arches There are farmer's markets with shaped ceilings, city squares paved with marble and granite, decorated with musical fountains and animal statues, and public buildings that look like cinemas, libraries, hospitals and gymnasiums.
However, just as imagined, there are absolutely nothing in the city.
Most of the buildings are still empty.
The streets were also empty, with the occasional pedestrians, mostly soldiers wearing camouflage training uniforms.
In addition, what surprised Wang Qiu was that there was already a wireless network signal inside the city wall on Arnus Hill.
Well, he just didn’t know what the mobile phone roaming charges would be in another world.
How can I not calculate it?
Anyway, he is not short of such a small amount of money.
"I didn't see any thermal power plants or hydropower stations along the way, and it's probably not possible to pull cables from Hong Kong on the other side of the door.
As for the power of those wind turbines, it is estimated that they are only enough to light a few street lights at most.
Could it be that in Is there an Ark reactor installed somewhere?”
Sitting on a slow open-top electric sightseeing car, Wang Qiu boredly asked Marikawa Shizuka, who came to greet her and was responsible for driving.
"Yes, there are a total of eight large-scale Ark reactors installed in the city, with enough power to power hundreds of thousands of people.
And if necessary, they can be installed at any time.
Anyway, each reactor is only as big as a public toilet.
You can just find a basement and stuff it in.”
Marikawa Shizuka replied with a smile, "Besides, the construction area of Arnus City is not just the area on the ground.
Just the morning before yesterday, not long after you set out for Italica City, the construction team was in the northeast.
We used explosive basement props on the top of the mountain to create a super large basement.
It is said that if dwarves and dark elves can come to join us in the future, it can be transformed into a fantasy dungeon."
Wang Qiu frowned when he heard this, "It's okay to let the dwarves live in the underground city, but the dark elves here are not the Faerun continent in the DND world.
Although there are indeed dark elves in this world, But the dark elves on Falmat continent also live in the forest on the ground like the high elves, but their skin is dark.
It's just a little bit more flirty.
If you really let them live in a hole in the ground, I'm afraid they will go crazy.
Moreover, the relevant departments spared no effort to make this advanced base in another world so exaggerated.
What is it for?
Is it for this?
To rely on self-reliance and withdraw funds, we actually want to build a tourist city on the Arnus Mountains, and we will not be able to engage in special tourism from another world."
"Ahem, Comrade Xiao Wang, in fact, the central government did have plans to engage in other-world tourism at first.
After all, we were originally going to set up a sanatorium here.
But the problem is, I just browsed the internal news website and found that recently The international situation these days is really not good.”
Political Commissar Guo, who had been looking down at his tablet in the back seat, suddenly raised his head and interrupted, "I hope nothing really happens."
"The crisis of the confrontation in the South China Sea hasn't calmed down yet."
Wang Qiu was shocked when he heard this.
"We really want to have a war between China and the United States."
"It shouldn't be enough to fight, but the situation is really complicated, and it won't be clear for a while.
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So, let's go see the new mayor appointed by the central government first.
This is an acquaintance of yours," Political Commissar Guo said with a smile.
“A very, very familiar acquaintance” oshow7: