Chapter 39 Big Changes
On the streets of the main urban area of Fein, Byrne, dressed in black, adjusted his glasses, arranged for the guards and servants to go to dinner, and searched alone for the similarities between this city and the city where he lived in his childhood.
Soon he frowned deeply because he saw garbage everywhere, no one was managing it, and the ground with sewage flowing was even dirtier than Nasir.
People were coming and going in a hurry. The houses on both sides of the street were chaotic and crowded. The surroundings gave Byrne a feeling of suffocation and oppression.
With the emergence of steam engines and factories in recent years, people in rural towns and villages on the east coast have gradually begun to gather in Fein City. The influx of foreign population is mainly concentrated in the suburbs. The overall trend of population explosion in many cities on the Oden continent is inevitable.
He quickly fled towards the city center of Fein City and could see that the surrounding environment was gradually getting better.
The streets in the city center are wide and flat, with clean paved roads and no garbage. Tall and lush trees are planted on both sides. The sunlight shines through the gaps between the branches and forms mottled shadows on the ground.
Byrne could deduce that this street in the city center was where the wealthy lived.
The boy in the hat came over and gave Byrne a shy smile.
"Sir, would you like to buy a newspaper? There is big news about the Seven Stars Alliance today! Oh, this may not be accurate, because there will no longer be a Seven Stars Alliance in the future."
Byrne was slightly stunned. He saw that many people around him who had bought newspapers looked shocked. It was obvious that the boy was not lying and a shocking event had indeed happened.
Although the Seven Stars Alliance is a bit far from Syat, Byrne is still very curious about what happened. He has never read a newspaper in Nasir, but has only heard of such things. He wants to try to buy one today.
"Okay, I'll take one."
So he spent a copper nar to buy a newspaper from the newsboy and read it in his hand. The name of the newspaper was "Syat World".
Byrne was surprised to see that it was filled with knowledge and information from all over the world. It was like a simple paper treasure!
Soon he noticed that the largest page of the newspaper used extremely large fonts to describe the huge changes in the Northern Seven Stars Alliance, and his face changed instantly.
"If this wasn't two pranks, it would be horrible."
The first thing was that the official name of the Seven Stars Alliance was officially changed to the Seven Stars Empire, completely ending the republican system that had existed for many years. A military officer with sub-human status successfully ascended the throne as the emperor of the Seven Stars Empire.
"Miller Cosiga of the Seven Lights Empire comes from an unknown noble family. People today call him the 'God of War'. He is probably one of the most powerful knights in the Oden Continent and even in the world today."
He took a deep breath. If the first thing was just extremely shocking, then the next thing would make people feel that the whole world was inexplicably absurd.
The Church of the Sun among the five orthodox churches openly recognizes the orthodox status of the Recast Order and regards it as the sixth orthodox church!
"This is simply incomprehensible. The Advent of the God of Reforging is the most serious event in the world in the past hundred years."
After the Seven Stars descended, he slaughtered a large number of nobles and extraordinary people overnight, and even the former emperor died.
Byrne still remembered clearly how the various countries and churches viewed the Recasting Order as a scourge. Before seeing today's newspaper, he could not imagine the situation where the Recasting Order was now recognized as a true church.
The Reforge Cult regards "furnace" and "steel" as their symbols. The steam engine, which has become increasingly popular in recent years, is said to be their invention.
"At least these two things won't affect Syat. No matter what happens in the north of the continent, it's too far away from here after all." He muttered to himself.
Siat, one of the four eastern countries, is located in the southeast of Oden Continent, and is still very far away from Qiyao.
The city center was relatively cleaner and the surrounding houses were no longer so depressing, but Byrne did not feel relieved. The content in the newspaper was too shocking.
"The Church of the Sun recognized the status of the Recast Church. Even if it did something so horrible, it would still have a chance to change public opinion?"
He thought back to the many history books he had read, and suddenly felt that in a few decades, the Recast Church might really be different in the hearts of the people.
“If the Recasting Order can become a true church and gain a foothold, one day, Dawn may become the orthodox church in people’s minds.”
A trace of desire arose in his heart, and he clearly felt that this was a huge goal that was almost impossible to achieve. Even the crazy idea of destroying the Meyer family was more practical.
Ten minutes later, Byrne found the bank in Finn City.
Nasir had no idea about the existence of a bank, so he walked into the extremely bright lobby out of curiosity and saw the light of candles from the crystal chandelier reflected on the marble floor.
The Fisher family only had chandeliers with many curved arms and candles. Byrne had never seen a more beautiful crystal chandelier and could not help but look up to take a closer look.
The Fischer family should also have a chandelier like this in the future, he thought silently.
A middle-aged dwarf with a big beard came over. He was wearing loose bright yellow clothes, had kind eyes, and looked very kind and friendly.
"Hello, sir. Hahaha, what do you want to do? You can tell me anything, especially about money!"
The Nodival Bank is a giant joint-stock bank spread all over the continent. It is said that there are a lot of dwarves among their senior management. It is the first time that Byrne has seen this rare and alien race from the East in Syat.
He really had too many "first time" experiences today.
"Loan, I want to borrow money." Byrne said without hesitation.
The dwarf, who was only about one meter tall, narrowed his eyes, and laughed loudly, as if he was a stone pillar with a human face: "Hahahaha! Good, good! I swear I like the word you just said! You can call me Mival, I'm the head of the Nordival branch in Finn City!"
Miwal paused and continued, "However, we are also afraid of bad debts when lending money, so we need you to provide some reliable evidence."
Byrne calmly took out the certificate of knighthood signed by the Duke of Dark Iron himself, and the dwarf Mivar immediately smiled.
"Hahahaha! I see. Since we are all people of status and position, it will be easy to talk!"
After leaving the bank, Byrne's feelings became extremely complicated.
He and Irene had discussed the development of the loan a week ago. They both believed that as long as the Fisher family used the abilities of "pharmacists" to continuously develop and improve new medicines, they would be able to make a lot of money continuously.
But after actually borrowing a full fifty gold coins, Byrne, who was borrowing money for the first time, always felt that the psychological burden was heavy. It would be very troublesome if he couldn't repay it in the end.
Afterwards, he found a local businessman in Finn City according to the address given by the merchant John, and the two sides agreed to meet at each other's home.
Byrne led his servants and guards to the luxurious villa, which was more beautiful than the mayor's house and even comparable to Baron Hoven's house in Nasir. He soon realized that the person he was going to meet was a real big businessman.
According to John, most of the goods he shipped by sea were dumped nearby with the help of Mr. Jin, who had strong capabilities and connections.
Mr. Jin is a Syat man who is two meters tall and weighs at least three hundred pounds. There is not a single hair on his bald head, and his eyes are as ferocious as a butcher.
It is said that his brother-in-law is the lord of Finn City, Viscount Bester.
The interior of Mr. Jin's villa can only be described as magnificent. Deep in Byrne's heart, he had a vague guess that although the other party was an ordinary person, he was very likely to be richer than Baron Hoven, who was an extraordinary nobleman.
While they were eating, they started talking about business.
"You want to sell this thing?"
He was holding a new red potion in his hand, and his deep voice seemed to be aggressive, but Byrne always felt that the other party had no ill intentions and was just confused.
Byrne nodded in preparation and explained calmly:
"This is a powerful antidote that can remove all common toxins and toxins caused by low-level mysterious creatures. The average price on the market is three gold coins, and I only need less than one gold coin."
Mr. Jin thought for a moment and continued to ask: "Shelf life and transportation and storage methods?"
Byrne continued, "The shelf life is three years. After three years, the effect will weaken until it is completely ineffective after five years. Remember not to bump it during transportation and storage."
He was very confident that he could make money because the cost of the new powerful antidote was so low, even only a dozen silver coins, and there was a huge profit margin.
Mr. Jin shook his head and stared at the young man with eyes full of experience and knowledge, as if he was reading his character, and said calmly:
"It's still meaningless. Only a few people are poisoned in the country every day. Ordinary antidotes can handle most cases. The market share is too small. And you probably forgot the costs of storage, transportation and publicity."
Byrne was stunned for a moment and fell into silence for a long time. What Mr. Jin said was not quite right. He had actually considered the cost of those things a long time ago, but he did not expect that Mr. Jin would completely despise the profits.
It turns out that the big businessman backed by the Viscount family doesn't care about small profits at all. The bald man in front of him probably just wants to make big money.
He suddenly smiled, his eyes full of confidence, just like Lucius in the past, and continued casually and easily:
"In fact, our Fischer family is working with a talented alchemist who has strong research and development capabilities in medicine."
Byrne's eyes were full of confidence, as if he had already succeeded, and he smiled:
"As long as you are willing to help, we will be able to come up with other new medicines within a year, and we will give priority to cooperating with you then."
Mr. Jin finally showed a playful smile, nodded and said:
"Well, it sounds interesting now. Then I need to sign an agreement contract with you. If you can't come up with something new within a year, I will ask your Fisher family to compensate you."
The powerful antidote is just one of the results brought about by the "pharmacist" ability. He will definitely be able to create more new types of potions in the future.
Byrne couldn't hide his excitement, clenched his fists slightly, smiled and said, "Okay, I'm willing to sign."
(End of this chapter)
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