310 Excessive (3k)
This is a world full of extraordinary people, but the prevalence of extraordinary people does not mean that the quality of life of the general public can be improved to a considerable extent.
So even though this world has all kinds of strange abilities and extraordinary items, the living standards of most people are only slightly better than those of people in Mozo's hometown during the first industrial revolution.
But if we talk about a small number of people, not to mention the peak figures like gods and kings, just an ordinary rich person who can afford all kinds of extraordinary creations has a quality of life that cannot be matched by those people at the top of the tower in Mozo's hometown.
After all, the claims of 'curing all diseases' and 'immortality' alone beat all the so-called luxurious lives.
This is an extremely unequal world, and the most terrifying thing is that such inequality has been deeply rooted in people’s hearts!
In this extraordinary pyramid, from the gods and kings to the slaves and the paupers, everyone deeply believes that some people are born noble and some things are naturally so!
The thing that Mozo is most proud of in this world is that, as a stranger who doesn't fit in, he will at least try his best to help those he can when he is able to do so.
Instead of being like the fellow villagers in some literary works, who act as if they are going to kill him for making life easier for the common people.
Although he only took care of a small area, Mozo thought he had done a good job. After all, even if he was a god, he couldn't take care of the rest.
In those places and at those times, even if he just interrupted a little, the utopia that he had worked so hard to build might be turned into ruins.
This world is such a fucked up place.
The bitter cold land that Mozo has arrived at now was once one of the utopias that Mozo was most proud of!
Mozo remembered that when he first arrived at this place, the land was completely frozen for one-third of the year. At this time, not to mention leaving the shelter to avoid the cold, even if you hid in the shelter, people would die from time to time.
There is one-third of the time when people can barely move around but it is covered with snow. Only the remaining one-third of the time is the warm season when everything comes back to life.
Even the so-called warm season is only relatively free of snow on the mountains. In terms of actual temperature and climate, the warm season in the bitter cold land is the winter in other areas.
When Mozo came here for the first time, the moment he opened the door, he knew what he was going to do!
In Mozo's hometown, even if people from all over the world united, it would be difficult to have a good life in such a hellhole.
But for the unreasonable supernatural world, there are many feasible and convenient ways to change the climate and the current situation!
The first thing Mozo did was to unite with the first Emperor Hazel to establish the Hazel Empire, and thus got the opportunity to show his talents.
Mozo has done many things for this, but overall these few things are the most effective!
First, the Mozo United Nations erected countless obelisks with extraordinary power throughout the bitter cold land, and used these obelisks to completely change the deadly climate of this ghost place, turning it from an extremely cold place that even Asians were too lazy to even look at into a normal frigid zone.
At first, Mozo was worried about whether this action would have any impact on areas outside the bitter cold land. After all, he was changing the climate of a region on a large scale, but in the end there was no impact. It can only be said that the climate system of the extraordinary world is really something that Mozo cannot understand.
Of course, Mozo also doubted that the original was lazy, so there was no corresponding climate change.
Secondly, Mozo also laid a floor heating system covering the entire Hazel! After all, the bitter cold of this period has only changed from an extremely cold area to a normal cold zone. It is okay in spring, but people will still die in winter. Therefore, the heating system designed by Mozo, which radiates from large cities to small places, can ensure that everyone can enjoy the rare warmth in winter.
Third, while Mozo was in charge of the logistics of the entire territory, he also greatly improved the medical and education systems. Not only did everyone have sufficient medical resources, but every child also had a complete compulsory education.
But at least Mozo has ensured that every larger town has at least one public hospital and public school!
This is undoubtedly a huge improvement for people in these cold and harsh areas where they could only endure the disease and their children could never learn to read.
It can be said that the earth-shaking changes in the bitter cold land are one of Mozo’s most proud masterpieces!
You know, he not only created everything now, but he also did all this when he was fighting against the Mong Dynasty in the bitter cold land!
Whenever he thought of this, Mozo couldn't help but smile slightly.
After laughing and shaking his head, Mozo patted his cheeks to make himself look less weird.
After all, people who giggle foolishly on the street look weird no matter how you look at them.
But as soon as Mozo left the dock, his brows furrowed slightly.
Although he had felt it on the airship, he was in the air at that time and the airship had its own insulation measures, so Mozo didn't think that the cold was wrong.
But when Mozo came to the ground, he felt an incredible chill!
Mozo looked around and saw a lot of remaining snow scattered on the roofs and roadsides.
"Is it winter?"
Although the climate in this extraordinary world is unpredictable, it generally follows certain basic rules. For example, it is the beginning of winter in the Fog City, while it should be the end of summer here.
"Outsiders?"
Just as Mozo was thinking silently, a voice suddenly interrupted him. Mozo looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was a vendor setting up a stall.
The other party was wearing thick clothes, and there were various utensils on the stall. Mozo could also smell a strong smell of alcohol.
Mozzo doesn't like and doesn't drink, but his experience means he is not unfamiliar with alcohol.
Therefore, Mozo could easily tell the general quality of the wine by smell. Mozo could conclude that the wine sold by this vendor must be of very bad quality, and if the smell was so strong, it must be a very strong liquor!
After smelling something, Mozo couldn't help but frown.
Such low-quality liquor is not just unpalatable and burns the throat, it can actually kill people!
When the vendor saw Mozo's expression, he smiled again:
"Oh, you're an expert! To be honest, my wine is not good. But there's nothing I can do about it."
Mozo walked over to the other side's stall, squatted down and asked:
"What do you mean?"
The other party leaned on his cart and smiled helplessly at Mozo:
"I didn't expect to sell these things to a wealthy person like you. But..."
While the vendor was talking to Mozo, a man carrying something on his back shouted to the vendor:
"Old rules!"
After the vendor smiled apologetically at Mozo, he lifted the cart behind him as if he knew the way, revealing a rather crude wine hot stove.
The peddler looked at the dying charcoal fire in the hot wine stove with a bit of heartache, then hurriedly took out a bottle of warm wine and grabbed a few pieces of charcoal and threw them into the stove without even looking.
Then he trotted over and handed the warm wine to the shouting man.
"As usual, a bottle of Shaodaozi, you come back to pay the price, right?"
The man nodded and quickly took a big gulp of warm wine, then carried a large bag of gifts and walked to a young man who was already a little impatient because of the cold.
After nodding to the other party, he walked behind the young man carrying the large bag of gifts.
The vendor who came back also said to Mozo:
"My business is to serve these porters. Why, you see, it's hard to stay out in this weather without a little liquor."
Mozo nodded silently. After the vendor covered the hot wine stove with thick linen cloth to keep it warm, he squatted down, picked up a bottle of liquor, shook it and said:
"Then, as a small businessman, I can't afford to sell good wine, and the porters can't afford it either. So I can only make something like this. I often hear passers-by say that our wine is so good that if you drink too much, you will die."
"Hey, if you don't drink, you'll probably freeze to death or starve to death first."
Upon hearing this, Mozo forced a smile and nodded.
Then he looked at the vendor and asked:
"Why are you telling me this?"
The vendor smiled embarrassedly and whispered to Mozo:
"I've been setting up a stall here for a few years, and I've seen many people like you. They're all tourists from other places. Not only are they rich, but they're also very curious!"
The vendor rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said to Mozo:
"I'll tell you straight, if you have any questions, just ask. I'll tell you everything I know. Can you please show some appreciation?"
Upon hearing this, Mozo smiled and nodded:
"no problem."
Immediately, Mozo took out a church silver coin from his fingertips like a magic trick. The coin was quite valuable in the Victory Xinfan-controlled area.
Mozo did a lot of homework before coming here. Admittedly, a considerable part of this homework was useless and could not be compared with the local reality.
However, the issue of coin denomination should not be a big problem.
In the areas controlled by major churches, two types of currencies are generally circulated, one is the church currency, and the other is the local government's self-issued currency.
Under normal circumstances, church coins are more valuable.
The same is true in Hazel.
Looking at the church silver coin with the Pope's portrait in Mozo's hand, the vendor smiled and said:
"No problem, just ask me, I will tell you what I know!"
Mozo nodded and asked:
"What season is it?"
"Um?"
This question startled the vendor a little, and he immediately said in surprise:
"It seems that you are a guest from quite far away. Hey, you must be right. It is summer now."
311 A big circle! (3k)
It’s really summer!
Mozo couldn't help but loosen his collar. He remembered that according to his arrangement, if it was summer, people here would not be able to wear cool thin clothes, but it would never come to this.
It now seems that the current situation is only slightly better than when the obelisk was first erected.
After thinking about this, Mozo continued to ask:
"I remember reading in the book that after the Duke of Aragon erected obelisks all over the bitter cold land, the climate here became more normal, didn't it?"
The vendor smiled even more and waved his hand:
"Oh my god, what happened in those years? The Grand Duke of Aragon, well, this Grand Duke is quite good, but how could the things he left behind still be so useful today?"
As he spoke, the vendor stood up and looked around, then pointed in a direction towards Mozo and said:
"Look here, do you see it?"
Mozo looked in the direction the vendor pointed and found a stone tablet. Although it was blocked by trees, a stone tip could still be barely seen.
Outside of this forest, the mountains are covered with snow. Only this forest has retained its original color due to the residual heat of the obelisk.
"Is that the obelisk that the Duke of Aragon set up?"
"Yes, I heard from my grandfather that during the time of my grandfather's grandfather, we had several obelisks besides this one. And at that time, the summer with these obelisks was still considered a summer."
"Then by the time of my grandfather, the obelisks other than this one were demolished because they were completely unusable due to their age. The last one seems to be no better than the previous ones."
"Anyway, I don't know how it's not as big as before. But I think this piece of land can only preserve the appearance of the master's forest. I estimate that when it is intact, it can only include part of our small town!"
Mozo listened with a blank expression on his face, but he couldn't help but twitch in his heart.
The obelisk was created using the extraordinary characteristics of a Sequence One!
Only something like this could permanently change a region's extreme climate.
Extraordinary items of this level are either always effective or completely fail to work.
Is it gradually becoming ineffective due to age
What a joke!
And it only covers one forest? Or is it the master's forest
Haha, Mozo could guess without even looking, that most likely the group of nobles had found some way to lock the effective range of the obelisk, otherwise this small town and the surrounding areas for several kilometers should have a normal climate!
After suppressing his anger, Mozo smiled and nodded and asked:
"What about the heating system that the Grand Duke of Aragon has laid, which is said to cover the entire country?"
"Huh? The heating system?"
The peddler was confused by the words that came out of Mozo's mouth for a long time before he suddenly said:
"Oh, that. I heard my grandfather talk about this. My grandfather said that when he was a child, he heard his grandfather say that a long time ago, it seemed that before the obelisks began to fail, those pipes were largely demolished because of their age."
"By the way, if you go to the woods outside the city, you can see the tunnel that was said to be left behind when the pipeline was removed! Hey, that thing is really deep! After all these years, it's still several times as deep as me!"
Was it demolished on a large scale because of its age