The animal trading market located in the south of Heiyan City has become very popular in the past two days. Compared with the past where it was just a place for selling pets, the horse trading area here has become more lively recently. Many people in Yancheng began to consider arranging carriages. The power of the Norman Empire's hierarchy began to appear and affected everyone's lives at all levels.
In this animal market, news has been circulating recently that the horse trading area is going to be independent from the market, and someone is going to invest in building a larger, higher-end horse trading place to cater to some people in Black Flame City in the future. needs.
In the Norman Empire, except for the army and public transportation, only the gentry could ride in private cars in public. Many wealthy people and businessmen in Black Flame City can only be regarded as civilians. Once the military control of Black Flame City ends, their cars can only be displayed at home for fun.
Some people were frowning and sighing, but the owners of several horse farms in Heiyan City and the farmers in the surrounding farms who raised more horses were all smiling.
There are several horse farms in Black Flame City, and the business of these horse farms has been booming in the past few days. Farmers who can raise, drive and take care of horses have also become in demand, which means that many people who could only work in the fields will get a chance to work in the city in the future. Those wealthy commoners who can only own carriages at home need to hire at least two people, a driver and a groom, and buy at least two horses that are strong enough to own a carriage. Customize a carriage that meets the requirements of the empire, build a stable at home, and spend a daily amount of money on the horse's feed.
This is much more complicated than driving a car, so many people who are preparing to change transportation have some complaints. But even if they have complaints, they can only keep them in their stomachs. I dare not feel dissatisfied at all. This is the system of the empire. Not to mention a few small businessmen in Black Flame City, no one in the entire empire dares to object. Even in Black Flame City, there are some people who are unhappy with this change, and even more people who are happy, and the number of the latter is far greater than the former.
If you want to ride a car, it's simple, you must first make enough contributions to the empire. Let’s talk about becoming a noble. If a businessman wants to become a nobleman of the Norman Empire—even the Tongye nobleman, the lowest rank among the noblemen, the minimum threshold is a tax or donation amount of 1,600 gold coins.
The noble class of the Norman Empire was divided into seven levels - the lowest level was the Sycamore Leaf nobles, the next level up was the Oak Leaf nobles, the next level was the Maple Leaf nobles, and then the Pine Leaf nobles. The next three high-level noble families are the Lilac noble family, the Rose noble family, and the Rose noble family. Each noble class had different rights in various aspects.
The leaf-like leaves on Zhang Tie's officer's certificate indicate that Zhang Tie is currently in a leaf-like noble class in the hierarchy of the Norman Empire. This is also the treatment for officers starting from second lieutenants in the Norman Empire army. In the Norman Empire, soldiers who served their country always received more respect than those who only took out a few gold coins to contribute to the country.
And if a businessman who has become the lowest Wutongye noble clan through legal taxes or donations wants to move up a level, the money paid in taxes and donations will be doubled several times. There are several other more stringent requirements, such as having no criminal record, being a model for society morally, and having no obvious stains. You must be enthusiastic about social welfare and generous in helping others. After meeting these strict quantitative requirements, you must finally collect the signatures of at least 300 imperial civilians. Only those who pass the review of the Imperial Order Review Committee can become a noble like the Leaf.
The oak leaf nobles have more rights than the sycamore leaf nobles.
The lowest officials in the empire must at least be selected from the oak leaf noble class or direct blood descendants of the oak leaf noble class. Ordinary civilians and Wutongye nobles are not qualified to become imperial officials.
The hierarchy of the Norman Empire was a strict and powerful foundation for national governance. After hundreds of years of practice in the Norman Empire, this foundation of rule has become stronger and more solid.
Introducing this set of hierarchical systems is the "Chapter of the Order" - this book is a legal text published by the Norman Empire's Imperial Order Examination Committee to introduce the foundation of the rule of the Norman Empire. This book has been discussed the most in Black Flame City these days and is also the most popular book in bookstores.
While setting up a street stall, several guys selling things next to Zhang Tie were chattering about this topic. The most popular topics in Black Flame City recently are "Chapter of Order" and the other one is "The Empire and the Sun". The friction and war between the divine dynasties in Karur region became increasingly fierce.
It was also from those people's discussions that Zhang Tie learned that the seven families of the Black Flame City Coal and Steel Federation, because they cooperated with the empire to "peacefully liberate" Black Flame City, the heads of the seven families would all obtain the status of the Imperial Rose Clan. The imperial edict, and because he had developed iron-blooded secret strength, he was enlisted by Colonel Leibniz in accordance with the rules and regulations of the empire. He was actually lucky enough to become one of the only eight nobles in Black Flame City during the military control period, although he was only a low-level leaf-like person. A nobleman, but he is still a nobleman after all.
In front of Zhang Tie's carpet are several small bamboo cages. In the bamboo cages are golden unicorns one by one. Zhang Tie bought these from several children who caught golden unicorns when he came in the morning. There are more than thirty golden unicorns on Tie's hand. These golden unicorns cost Zhang Tie twelve silver coins.
The golden unicorn is a kind of beetle that looks very cute. The male unicorn has a big horn on its head and looks cute. Zhang Tie caught this kind of beetle from the tree twice when he was a child and played with it. Beetles are not rare, but catching them is not easy and requires some effort. The eleven or twelve-year-old children living on the farm outside Black Flame City were very happy about making extra money.
Zhang Tie set up a stall under the shade of a tree, watching the unicorns crawling around in the cage in front of him, while waiting for that bastard Samira to arrive.
At this moment, Zhang Tie looked to be in his twenties. He was wearing an ordinary pioneer outfit, which was a bit old-fashioned. He was wearing a straw hat and was leaning lazily under a banyan tree with a grass stem in his mouth. At first glance, one would know that he was a down-and-out young man among the pioneers who had not done well.
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It's almost noon. Samira comes. Following Samira were two strong men who looked like bodyguards.
Samira walked around the market and only received more than thirty golden unicorns in her hands. This number was not enough to complete today's task. Samira was a little anxious. She always bought these living creatures. Some money has been embezzled. As long as the task can be completed, Master Abian does not mind giving himself such a small reward, but if the task cannot be completed. He did not have the guts to face Master Abyan's wrath. Don't let Master Abian feel that he is useless and start to become dissatisfied with himself. This is what Samira fears most.
Just when Samila was a little anxious, he saw the young man in his twenties dressed as Zhang Tie and the golden unicorns in the bamboo cages strung together at Zhang Tie's feet. Samila suddenly felt A big sigh of relief.
When he came to Zhang Tie, he didn't even ask Zhang Tie. He asked a strong man next to him to pick up the cages containing the rhinoceros on the floor of Zhang Tie, then pour out the rhinoceros inside and put them into a unified and larger cage in his hand.
"What are you doing?" Zhang Tie, who spit out the grass stems, asked in a rough voice with an angry look on his face.
"I want these golden unicorns of yours!" Samira glanced at Zhang Tie's attire, and a disdainful expression flashed across her face.
"Take something without asking the price?" Zhang Tie asked.
"Ha!" Samira chuckled and looked at Zhang Tie like a country bumpkin, "Is this your first time here? Do you know who I am?"
"I don't care who you are, if you want what's mine, you have to pay!"
"Of course, I will definitely pay!" Samira said, taking out a few silver coins from her arms. He threw it to Zhang Tie, turned around and left, followed by the two big men beside him.
As soon as Samira took a few steps, Zhang Tie ran after her from behind. "You only gave eight silver coins, which is not enough money. These golden unicorns like me need at least 16 silver coins..."
Samira turned around with the two big men.
"Boy, don't be so shameless. I'm the only one buying your golden unicorn in the whole Black Flame City. It's just a child's thing. Giving you eight silver coins is already a sign of respect for you!" Samira's face suddenly changed. It got cold.
Zhang Tie tossed 8 silver coins to Samira, "This is your silver coin. Give me back my unicorns. There are 23 in total. I won't sell them!"
Samira did not accept the silver coin thrown by Zhang Tie, but glanced at a strong man next to her. When Zhang Tie reached out to grab the cage in Samira's hand, the strong man roughly grabbed Zhang Tie's hand. Tie pushed back a few steps and sat down on the ground.
"Boy, if you don't tell the truth, I won't be polite to you. Take the silver coins on the ground and get out of here!" Samira cursed Zhang Tie, then turned away and walked away. The two strong men beside him protested towards him. Zhang Tie made a gesture with his fist.
Seeing that there was a dispute here, many people gathered around.
"Boy, forget it. That person is working for Master Abian. You can't afford to offend him. Take the few silver coins on the ground and leave quickly!" a kind person advised.
Zhang Tie sat blankly on the ground for a few seconds, as if he had been greatly wronged. Then he jumped up from the ground with a loud cry and chased Samira. Halfway through, he had already taken out a gun from his arms. The people around him were startled by the bright dagger. They didn't expect Zhang Tie's temper to be so strong.
Everything that happened next happened too fast.
Samira stopped until Zhang Tie yelled. As soon as she turned around, she saw Zhang Tie rushing over with a dagger. Zhang Tie's dagger instantly stabbed him in the body, hitting his heart until the handle was gone. Then Zhang Tie snatched the cage with the golden unicorn in his hand and ran away without stopping...
It wasn't until Zhang Tie ran more than ten meters that the two muscular men following Samira realized what had happened. The two of them glanced at Samira, who fell to the ground instantly, and chased Zhang Tie together.
Zhang Tie ran towards the wild mountain south of Black Flame City. Zhang Tie's speed was too fast. The two strong men gritted their teeth and used all their strength to chase after them less than fifty meters away. It came further and further away, and finally got into the woods and could no longer be seen...
In the end, the two strong men went into the woods to search for a while, but couldn't find a single hair. They could only return to the place where Samira was stabbed in frustration. When they came back after all the trouble, Samira was already dead. I can't die anymore.
Just when the two of them were chasing Zhang Tie, the onlookers found out that someone was dead and immediately dispersed. No one even took a look at Samira who fell on the ground.
Everyone felt that Samira deserved it, and many people in the market even became happy when they saw the two big men who followed Samira coming back with frustrated faces.
"That bastard Samira should have died long ago!"
"That's right, that Chinese young man ran too fast and had a strong temper..."
"I heard that the Chinese in the Norman Empire are not easy to deal with?"
"Of course, this will also make some bastards behave better!"
Among all the people, only a local snake in the market turned pale when he saw Samira lying on the ground. From the comments of those around him, he already knew that the person who killed Samira was the one who killed Samira that morning. He gave a few silver coins to the Chinese young man who asked him about Samira. But at this time, even if he was beaten to death, he would not admit that someone asked him about Samira.
This is a vendetta caused by unfair business, that's it, that's it! I have never even seen what that Chinese young man looks like, absolutely never! It’s such a shame that something like this happened in the market! The man said this to himself twice.
At the market, the Sheriff soon came to investigate the scene, and then recorded the cause of Samira's death and what happened. The murder was a major case, and the Sheriffs struggled for more than an hour before finally allowing the two muscular men to take Samila away. Mira's body was taken away. To the sheriffs, the murderer was just a Chinese pioneer in his twenties. He didn’t know his name, where he came from, where he lived, or what partners and friends he had. Under the gossip of a bunch of witnesses around him, even the appearance of that person became all kinds of strange. Moreover, that person ran away after killing people. Who knows if he will return to Black Flame City? For this kind of case, whoever is interested will take care of it. Anyway, they don't have the time to go out to the wild to find such a person. At most, in the past few days, colleagues in Heiyan City should pay attention to whether Heiyan City meets these requirements. They are just Chinese pioneers in their twenties.
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Shortly after Samira's body was moved back to the luxurious manor castle next to the green lake in Black Flame City, Master Abian, who had a high reputation in Black Flame City, learned about Samira's death...