No one is watching, Faka can move freely and feels comfortable. wWw. qUAnbEn-xIaosHuo. coM He saw that there were only a few hundred thousand people in this city, but the business was very prosperous. Most of the people who migrated from Phoenix were wealthy nobles and businessmen.
Although the taxes in Metatrin City are complicated, the actual tax rate is very low, and any business can be profitable. And many of the things provided here are difficult to buy in other cities. Even Qin Yin's garrison in Phoenix noticed the existence of Metatrin City.
Because of the acquiescence of Holy Rock City and its remote location, the Phoenix garrison had no plans to attack. Instead, a caravan was sent to purchase magic cores and wood.
After Saleen left, Daniel organized his manpower to hunt at sea, and the supply of magic cores was quite sufficient. He has two battleships. Although the battleship consumes a lot of magic cores for hunting, there are abundant resources in the sea. Every time I go to sea, I make a lot of money. Coupled with the magic core left by Saleen, Metatrin City has become a slightly famous commercial city.
If Faka did not appear from the north of the city, but at the west gate, there would not even be a patrol to question him.
Faka's feet looked unhurried. But he quickly traveled all over Metatrin City. He didn't bother to disturb the core of the city. There are more skeleton soldiers entrenched there. What makes Faka strange is that the people in the city are not afraid of skeleton soldiers. For people like mages, skeleton soldiers are of course a miscellaneous army that can be picked at will. But it's a bit weird that ordinary people are not afraid of skeletons.
He also felt the breath of the three kings, although he was not afraid. However, he did not come to destroy Metatrin City, but had other intentions. So he regarded himself as a second-level magician. Wait patiently in this city for Salin's return.
On this day, Faka saw some carapace of sea monsters in a shop in the east of the city and found it interesting. Want to buy it. This thing wouldn't be of much use to others, after all, the quantity is too small, but Faka has its own refining method that can make small weapons.
While discussing the price with the clerk, a man rushed in from outside the door, with blood on his face and a tattered appearance. This man entered the store and picked up a long sword on the shelf with a ferocious expression. By this time there were dozens of patrolling soldiers blocking the entrance to the store.
Faka could tell at a glance. this. He is already at the level of a junior swordsman. With the long sword in his hand, he has a strong aura. The soldiers outside the door were all swordsmen, and they saw that this man had a weapon. They all took out their crossbows. But I was afraid of hurting the customers and waiters in the store. Didn't rush in immediately.
The guy who was discussing the price with Faka looked calm and retreated into the counter. The fugitive holding the long sword glanced at Faka and was shocked. There is a magician here! He also lost the idea of taking hostages.
"Why are the people outside chasing you?" Faka asked the man calmly. The man was stunned. Apparently he didn't understand what Faka said.
Faka speaks Chinyin with a Skochinian accent. The man obviously didn't understand at all. He was holding a long sword in his hand and looked panicked.
Seeing this man's expression, Faka didn't have any suspicion. He has figured it out now. Within Metatrin City, as long as you are not close to the core area. In fact, it is still very loose, and the people who monitored him have long since withdrawn. Metatrin City is developed as a commercial city. There is no need to test it again for a second-level mage. Otherwise, this city will have a larger floating population in the future. How many secret agents will be needed to complete such a huge surveillance task
"Mr. Master, help me!" The hunted man spoke, and when he spoke, he spoke in weird common language.
The lingua franca though comes from the Meers language. But the difference is also very huge, and it has nothing to do with the ancient Mersi language. Fortunately, Faka is very knowledgeable. Even though this man has a strong accent, he can quickly understand him with his calculation ability. It's just a change in musical scale. Magicians are good at this, let alone magicians who focus on spiritual cultivation.
Faka glanced at the huge glass display window of the store. Outside the display window, more soldiers were gathering. There is even one more magic apprentice. With a dozen skeleton soldiers. Although the combat effectiveness of skeleton soldiers is not strong, it is only for large battlefields. In this arrest operation. "Skeleton soldiers are not afraid of swords" and can control the enemy with their bodies. It's not a big deal if they lose them.
Faka walked out of the shop and waved to the soldier captain, who was a high-level swordsman. Very young, he was originally a private soldier of a noble family. Later, the nobles took refuge with Rex and moved his family to Metatrin City. There was no need to raise so many soldiers. About half of the private soldiers were spent by Rex. Money bought it.
The captain of the soldier was well-trained and did not dare to neglect after seeing what Faka was wearing. He took a few steps forward, saluted Faka and said: "Master Mage, that man is an escaped slave. Please don't do it." Intervene.”
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Faka frowned and said, "I heard that Qin Yin prohibits the slave trade."
Faka was right, the Qin Empire banned the slave trade. Although Metatrin City is not Qin Yin's territory, it is attached to Kushui County. The laws of Kushui County are no different from those of Qin Yin, and slave trading should not occur here. Faka himself also hates the slavery system, because the slaves' beliefs are not pure enough. Once they are freed, they are more likely to betray the gods than ordinary people.
The Holy See allowed the slavery phenomenon in the Tangula Empire, essentially to weaken the Tangula Empire and give the church room to expand. However, without waiting for the slave system to train the slaves, in the long run, the slaves The system must be eliminated, otherwise the Holy See will encounter a development bottleneck and will no longer be able to expand.
In the past two years, the war between the Tanggulas Empire and Qin Yin fully demonstrated this point. Often tens of thousands of slave soldiers would be defeated by a flag regiment of Qin Yin, and even the elite troops commanding these slaves would be implicated. Qin Yin's investment in Jialulan was basically local troops, and their combat effectiveness was far inferior to Qin Yin's Royal Swordsman Battalion. Even so, the battle in Jialulan was still in a stalemate and could not completely open up the situation.
Why did Qin Yin, who was against slavery, have slave trading
"Master Mage, this man is not from Mers." The soldier looked a little ashamed. But he still patiently explained to Faka.
Faka understood immediately. He already knew that Holy Rock City created a war puppet and destroyed the East China Sea Allied Forces. The millions of troops of the East China Sea Alliance could not withstand the front of the Holy Rock City. After several battles, the East China Sea Allied Forces captured more than 200,000 soldiers. According to the laws of the Qin Yin Empire, these prisoners could indeed be bought and sold.
Because they were not from the Myers continent, Qin Yin was very kind to the foreign invaders by not killing them all.
"Master Mage, please save me. I don't want to go mining, I am willing to be your follower!" The East China Sea Alliance prisoner in the shop shouted loudly.
Faka smiled and said, "How much can I pay for this person?"
The soldier looked troubled and said: "Master Mage, I don't have much money, but he escaped and injured several of our soldiers. If you are from Qin Yin, it will be very troublesome to buy it."
"I am a Scotia." Faka said frankly.
"Then a deposit of one thousand gold coins is required. If he does not cause any trouble to our country within a year, we can only refund you five hundred gold coins. It is not cost-effective." The soldier had good intentions. Persuaded Faka. One, a junior swordsman. It is indeed too expensive to buy it with more than a thousand gold coins. Generally speaking. Gold coins are still very important for low-level mages.
"Where can I sign the purchase contract?" Of course Faka didn't care about a thousand gold coins, he just listened to what the swordsman said. I wanted to ask him for details before he could go mining. And he was also interested in learning about the East China Sea Coalition Forces. The Holy See has always had no control over the sea, which in Faka's view was a huge mistake.
If a fleet like Yunliu could be displayed, the Holy See would have expanded to the entire continent.
"Then," Master Mage, please follow me to the city hall.
"This soldier has already tried to persuade him. Seeing that Faka insisted on going his own way, he didn't bother to say anything anymore. Mages are all strange people. Who knows what they are thinking.
Faka successfully bought the swordsman, spending more than 1,200 gold coins, including a deposit of 1,000 gold coins. This deposit is basically difficult to get back.
Faka took the swordsman back to his residence, signed a follower contract with the swordsman, and then asked about it.
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After asking, Faka was a little disappointed. Although this swordsman is an officer of the personal guard of a certain king in the East China Sea, that country is too small and cannot even build its own large ships. But the situation on the East China Sea is what Faka likes very much. Hundreds of countries are scattered on more than 3,000 islands. That kind of place. But it is suitable for preaching.
This expedition severely damaged the vitality of the countries in the East China Sea. If the Holy See can take advantage of the situation, it will definitely gain a large number of believers immediately.
The only trouble is. The countries in the East China Sea also have beliefs. What they believe in is not gods, but a royal family. It is said that they were nobles of the First Dynasty. They migrated to the island countries in the East China Sea and established a unified empire. But the empire did not last long and soon fell apart. Later emperors and kings regarded this family as their spiritual leader in name only.
Descendants of the First Dynasty? Faka thought about it in his mind and felt that it was still feasible. If this. The family is really powerful, how could it lead to the collapse of the dynasty they established.
The matter of mines is quite simple. There are many mines in the land north of Metatrin City. of. People from the Inquisition also came to investigate, but because it was too far away, they didn't pay attention to it for the time being. Metatrin City claimed ownership of these mines, but allowed nobles and merchants to invest and mine them.
Although the nobles of Phoenix fled here, the process of escaping was not urgent. They all brought all their belongings with them, and they were all very wealthy. The only thing lacking is manpower.
Elaine specially organized manpower to purchase a large number of captives in Lianyung City, and then resold them to investors in these mines and sent them to mines further north.
In the absence of large-scale mining machinery, this method is also the fastest way to obtain profits.
After listening to the sword master's description, Faka thought for a while and decided not to kill the sword master. After all, he spent more than a thousand gold coins to buy it, so he might as well stay with him to run errands. This time he came alone to negotiate some deals with Salin, leaving the matter of fighting and killing to the Council of Cardinals and the Inquisition.
Anyway, I'm talking about a huge deal. If the negotiation is successful, there will be no need to be subject to various restrictions in Mels Continent.