Chapter 10 Stealing Mine
The caravan will arrive in Linfeng City tomorrow afternoon.
He had to camp out in the wild at night, and when it was approaching the evening, Eden asked the others to find a place to rest, and then called a highlander to instruct: "There are robbers nearby. Take two people to investigate and be careful of the enemy."
The caravan’s men set up a bonfire, and the others set the goods into a simple car array. The merchants of the team hurriedly stopped to take care of the animals. Basically, the animals were full before they started eating. Eden’s daughter took a black thick leather notebook to calculate the supply of goods everywhere, and told the other men to replenish how much water, food and salt after arriving at Linfeng City, which goods should be delivered first tomorrow, and which goods could be later. Basically, no matter how big or small, it was obvious that she was the core of the caravan. Eden herself was just a powerful thug of Kong Wu.
A sharp whistle came from the north forest.
Eden, who was taking care of the camel beast, suddenly changed his face and shouted: "Dixon comes with me! Fla, Nordke, Mark, Vinson...you stay and take care of others!..."
The Along man who had been wiping the hilt lazily suddenly stood up, and his figure followed Eden into the woods like a cheetah. Other caravan guards also dispersed alertly, allowing others to gather behind the vehicle array. Eden's daughter looked a little worried, but soon ordered others to hide behind the truck.
About ten minutes later, Eden and others appeared.
One of the people who went out to investigate was wounded. The Yalong man was covered in blood, but it was all from someone else. He held a corpse in one hand and threw it on the ground like a toy.
One is a man from the north and the other is a man from the dragon.
The Along man named Dixon threw the body on the ground and spitted at the body of the Along man robber on the ground: "Bah! The robber!"
His expression was disdainful, and he seemed to have no good feelings for the robbers, even if it was the same race.
Two guys went over to help bandage the wound. Eden's daughter went up and asked a few words and looked a little relieved, but the other caravan guards were much more alert and basically kept their swords away.
"Stay for a night ahead." Eden wiped the blood on his body and said, "Let's go early tomorrow morning."
Stephen Zhou sat behind the camel beast to observe all this. He needed to have more knowledge about the indigenous people in this world, and even imitate them to a certain extent in order to facilitate his dealings with other indigenous people. Soon, Stephen Zhou was about to begin preparing to restore part of his strength. This process required jewelry, gold, diamonds and other materials, and he would definitely need to deal with merchants in the future. Following the caravan, on the one hand, he did not know where Linfeng City was, and on the other hand, he also collected more information. On the other hand, he hoarded wealth in the hands of the indigenous people in the future, and then used wealth to exchange for more rare materials.
No real wizard has been encountered yet.
Stephen Zhou initially judged that this world is a low-demon civilization. Most intelligent races rely on talent, bloodline and physical fitness to fight, which may be related to the fact that the world has not had a large-scale [Elemental Tide] outbreak. So far, the most dangerous target is the priests who believe in shamanism and voodoo sects in the giant group. In terms of physical fitness, the indigenous people in this world completely crushed other worlds Stephen Zhou had visited. Eden's strength is not yet known, but the sub-dragon man is at least a warrior with a profession level of 12 or above, and he is already a small boss in other indigenous civilizations.
Contact Ms. Bichi whom I met at the beginning, there should be many legendary pros in the warrior side in this world.
A night of peace.
The caravan set off very early the next day and arrived at Linfeng City at about three o'clock in the afternoon.
More than a short day of contact was not enough to make Stephen Zhou have a lot of friendship with this caravan. He just greeted Eden's daughter before leaving. After the others arrived at the place, they went their separate ways. The merchants who were single-minded were busy taking out the goods. Eden was also in a hurry to visit the person they were dealing with, and basically everyone was very busy.
Linfeng City is a large city with a population of nearly 100,000, with hundreds of towns and villages nearby to support it.
Basically, if indigenous civilizations do not have canal transport, it is difficult to have large cities with a population of hundreds of thousands or even millions. The nobles here are all local tyrants because Linfeng City has rich mineral resources, and the minerals here belong to the aristocratic class. The Normans like to use slaves very much, and there are thousands of slave prisoners of war in the mining area of Linfeng City.
The city stands behind the mountain, with a wall of fifteen meters high and has been established for more than three hundred years. The ruler is Count Keaton, a typical Norman nobleman, old-fashioned, mean, conservative, and seriously discriminates against other races.
The architectural style of Linfeng City is more Roman-like, giving people a majestic and solemn feeling. The road is a flat bluestone road with flowers, plants and trees on both sides. There is a fountain in the central square, and marble sculptures more than ten meters high are erected on both sides. The exquisite dome-style houses in the inner city stand like small villas and private gardens. Only Norman nobles are allowed to live here, separated from the outer city by a low wall from the inner city river. The guards of this city are almost all full of armor, burly and tall, and covered with silver-white knights. The Normans have profound metallurgical skills, and they can see their inner pride and pride in their treatment of other races.
After walking so many places, Stephen Zhou had to admit that the Normans did have the confidence to be proud of indigenous civilizations.
Their city is clean and tidy, with complete sewers and elevated canals. The architectural style is majestic and elegant. The Normans love marble buildings very much. Many majestic buildings are completely built with marble.
This city has the heritage of ancient civilization, majestic and magnificent, representing the wisdom of the Normans.
But like all ancient civilizations, the outside of the city was almost a mess, with dirty mud roads, randomly built slums, and prosperous trade allowed caravans to be seen everywhere in the outer city, with all kinds of mules, horses, camels and beasts everywhere, and the smell of animal feces was almost everywhere, and the smell of mixed filthy stinky ditches made people dying. The Normans could only use the method of restricting the entry of animals into the city to maintain tidyness. At the same time, a wall was built outside the slums to maintain the decentness of the city by the invisible method. Almost all Norman nobles would not be close to the scope of the slums.
This city seriously discriminates against races other than humans. Basically, sub-dragons, half-elves, and mixed-race species will be subject to strict inspections if they want to enter the city.
But if you look like a Norman, then enter the city guards and don't even ask.
Although it was just a brief contact, Stephen Zhou could feel that the Normans had a sense of pride and cohesion far beyond other races. If history wanted to build an empire on this land, then there was no doubt that this empire would be established by the Normans.
They had conquered Dragon City, Beifeng County and Yalantiel, and although they discriminated against other races, they still accepted alien intelligent creatures.
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Just by everything I saw on this journey, Stephen Zhou already felt that the rise of the Normans in the North was unstoppable!
However, all this has nothing to do with him. What he has to do now is to dig the Norman corners. Linfeng City has very rich mineral resources, and the mining difficulty is much lower than that in other places and has high reserves. There are more than ten mineral veins of all sizes, large and small, rich in iron ore, copper ore and silver ore. These veins are firmly controlled by the Norman nobles to provide funds for their growth.
What Stephen Zhou has to do is to steal the mine.
This is not the first time he has done this kind of thing. Alchemy requires a huge amount of resources, and the accumulation of primitive funds must be carried out through some unconventional means.
The first step he had to do was to explore the ore veins.
The Normans used heavy troops to guard the silver mine, and gold was also accompanied by it. Earl Keaton attaches great importance to this vein. In addition, the other veins were much looser, and all veins extended from the main vein, and the land was extremely rich in minerals.
Stephen Week is now building an underground security base.
Chapter completed!