Chapter 384

In June, the northern wasteland is lush and full of vitality. The north town has become more prosperous, and since this month, more caravans have come to the north town. In addition to caravans, there are many nobles from various countries.

"This is the twentieth nobleman," whispered the salesman who was selling goods on the street.

"The 21st one!" added a little shoemaker who was mending his boots.

"Our Lord, there are so many nobles coming to celebrate the founding ceremony." the salesman said excitedly, "I really hope these nobles can come more, so I can make more money."

"Hey, Jack, you've earned almost three silver dinars this month. Don't be greedy." the little shoemaker next to you

"It's like you're making less money, Harry," Jack said, glancing at him.

"Hey, hey!"

"I really want to earn five ginals quickly so that I can have my own land here!" Jack said with emotion.

"Yes, thank our kind Lord, otherwise we want to buy land and don't have to save so much money all our life." Harry said with a smile. "Our Lord will officially establish a principality this month. May the gods protect our Lord and our country!"

As night fell, Jack walked briskly towards the market. At this time of the day, when the trading market was about to close, he would come here to buy some cheap food. The aquatic products in the north of the town were rich and the price was not expensive, and the price would be lower when it was ready to close.

A fish weighing two kilograms only needs eight copper dinars, and when it is ready to close, the price will be lower. If it is a dead fish, it even needs only four copper dinars. Although it is a dead fish, the time of death must not exceed one day. The boy at home is blessed. Now he can eat fish soup every three or five times. It's like he can't eat enough potatoes after an hour, let alone broth. It's really a good time.

Jack's house is in the west of the outer city. It is a small house with two bedrooms and one living room. He lives here with his wife and three children. The house is small and shares a yard with several other families. Outside is the dug drainage ditch. There are three taps in the yard. There are some open spaces for drying clothes in the small yard. There are several chicken cages next to it. Several hens are raised in it. The eggs laid by hens will be accumulated and sold in the market when the quantity is large.

As a civilian who has lived here for almost a year, Jack has his own plan. Unlike some people who wantonly enjoy a good life and live a frugal life. He is ready to make money and buy a few acres of land when the land price in Zhenbei city is low. Then when the two sons grow up, the eldest son will continue to be a salesman, the youngest son will go to farm, and the daughter will help her find a good mother-in-law and send a dowry, so that their family will take root in Zhenbei city.

At the thought of this, Jack's heart was very hot. He was worthy of his three children. You know, when their grandfather and his father died, let alone leave land, even the house was in ruins. It's better to leave a legacy for them than his father.

When he got home, Jack found that the Hansen family, who also lived in the yard, had moved away. Hansen's son, Bernie, successfully joined the army in the north of the town, and their family jumped out of the civilian class.

The army in Zhenbei city is well paid, and the family can have their own house. This is not the house where he lives now, which is only 40 square meters, and five or six families live together, but a real house with an independent courtyard.

Moreover, as long as they become soldiers, their treatment will be very good. They are in charge of food and housing in the army and eat meat every day, which is the envy of countless civilians. Moreover, after becoming soldiers, Zhenbei city will allocate fields. It can be said that as long as they become soldiers, their family will not have to worry about life and food immediately.

However, it is not easy to become a soldier. We need cruel training every day. If we are eliminated in training, we can only become a militia, and the treatment of militia is far from that of soldiers.

Jack once wanted to join the army, but he gave up just after a try. War would kill people. It was his son who shouted that he wanted to join the army, but Jack didn't agree. Now he just wants to live a stable life and make his home better bit by bit.

The north town is under construction every day. Although many places have been completed, many open spaces are still reserved in the city. These open spaces will naturally be constructed in the future. Now the most important thing in the north town is to prepare for the Lord's founding celebration. The whole people in the north town are busy about it.

In order to celebrate the founding of the people's Republic of China, every street in the whole city must be cleaned, and trees and flowers must be planted on both sides of the road. The city is decorated with extraordinary beauty.

Maybe the northern town is not as prosperous as the southern alliance city, nor is it as populous as the king of Florence, but the first feeling of anyone who comes here is solemnity and tidiness, and everything is in order.

The refugees from various countries soon got used to the order of the city. They accepted a new life and soon integrated into it. In just over two years, such a magnificent city appeared on this northern wasteland.

The moist sea breeze from the eastern sea brought plenty of rain to the northern wasteland. The caravan of the kingdom of Florence came to Zhenbei city along the road to the wasteland. A lot of goods were transported to the warehouse by coolies. These are the goods and living materials purchased by Zhenbei city from various countries.

For example, cloth, grease, slaves, seasonings, salt, preserved fruits and magic materials. At present, the number of slaves purchased in Zhenbei city has not decreased. Once, the slave trade was the largest import project in Zhenbei city. Zhenbei city purchased about 2000 slaves every month, so the population of Zhenbei city has been growing rapidly.

Zhenbei city also produces salt now, but the output is average. The salt produced here is rock salt with high impurity content and needs to be filtered. Moreover, the population required for salt production is too large to compare with the large salt lake of others. Therefore, the salt mine has not expanded its production.

A dark cloud came from the southeast. It can be predicted that a heavy rain is coming. Many businessmen are busy packing up. Carriages are stored in special garages, horses are driven into stables, and coolies and porters are shouting to speed up the handling of goods.

The weather in June is changeable. They also know that rainstorms come and go. Merchants say that goods are transported to stores, but the tavern two blocks away is still very busy. Because the trade is prosperous and is located in the northern wasteland, a large number of mercenaries follow the caravan here every year. At the same time, many adventurers use it as a base to explore the northern wasteland.

Many adventurers and mercenaries like to spend their money in a short time. Pubs in Zhenbei city are built one by one. At the same time, some seafood traders who have a keen sense of smell and sell abalone also came here.

Although the drinks and food here are very good, the proportion of men and women in the city is somewhat unbalanced. The proportion of men and women in the city is about June 4th, mainly because Su Lun didn't buy female slaves when he bought slaves. Later, a large number of people were searched in the north, which filled the population in his territory and alleviated the problem of the proportion of men and women to a certain extent, But in this way, there are fewer people engaged in seafood business in the tavern.

Mercenaries and adventurers are willing to spend money. This phenomenon lasted for a month or two, and many seafood merchants came to hear the news. Sulun did not stop this situation. After all, these seafood merchants also maintained social stability to a certain extent. Otherwise, no one can say whether those crazy mercenaries and adventurers will take risks.

There are many civilians in the north town. Some of these civilians are craftsmen. After hearing that the north town has a lot of wealth, they come here to live. These civilians rarely leave again after they come here. Because it only costs a little money to get land here, and life in the north of the town is stable, there are no many exorbitant taxes, and there is no need to worry about being robbed of property by nobles.

Compared with other cities, it is a paradise.

A caravan approached the gate slowly. The tax official who had been at the gate of the city walked quickly with two soldiers.

"Where are you from? What kind of goods are you trafficking in? You need to pay 10% tax for trading here! In addition, all items are not allowed to be traded outside, you must go to the trading market in the city!" the tax official stepped forward and said.

Soon a caravan steward dressed up came to negotiate with the tax official. The tax official recorded the information again and began to check all kinds of materials trafficked and check whether there were contraband.

After a while, the tax official finished the inspection, then took out a special paper and began to record the goods. After confirming the goods, he asked the merchant to sign. After completion, he will give the merchant a token. This is the transaction license voucher. Only those who have a token can trade in the North Town.

The tax official who finished the recording soon left here. The weather will soon rain. Although he is a tax official, he does not collect taxes, but is responsible for recording the goods of the caravan and collecting taxes only when the caravan enters the market.

The caravan moved forward again. At this time, several figures in cloaks separated from the caravan. They nodded to the steward of the caravan, gently knocked on the horse's belly, separated from the caravan and entered the city.

"Is this the north town? As far as the north is concerned, it's really prosperous!"

"See that tall tower? Actually, there are wizards building wizard towers in such places."

"Do you feel it? The element energy concentration here is very high..."