Chapter 178 178. Middle Continent
Lowe was interested in the Thermostats and the Medal of Courage.
The two mysterious items cost a total of 1,600 gold royals.
This is an astronomical figure. Last year, Fulin Castle's total liquidity was less than 1,000 gold royals. It was accumulated over many years, plus the sum of the ore obtained from clearing out the goblins.
This year, I have much more money on hand.
In the warehouse, the gold reserve is as much as 700 to 800 gold dragons. Add more silver reserves and magic stones. It can barely make up the difference.
However, Lowe was still hesitant in his heart. He was not a prodigal like Evelin, who spent money lavishly without making plans for the future. “Let’s go and see what kind of goods you need first.”
The first mate nodded slowly: "Okay."
Everyone came to Fulin Department Store, and Xiqi introduced the store enthusiastically like a shopping guide.
"Paper, sugar, liquor, porcelain, glass, mainly these." After learning the prices, the mate bought out all the goods in one go.
The display of wealth and power is simply astonishing.
Xiqi used an abacus to calculate the total value of the goods. If priced in gold royals, they would have to pay a total of 3,398 gold royals.
“Can I get a discount?”
"I'm sorry, we don't bargain here, but we have gifts for you."
The gift was a box of forty-eight soaps and a life-size mercury mirror, fully demonstrating Fulinbao's sincerity.
The mate nodded in satisfaction, and was particularly fond of the mercury mirror: "I think I can take the initiative to expand your merchandise range."
The Earth Guardian, worth 3,600 gold royals, was a strategic-level magical item in any country. If it were put up for auction, it could be sold for more than double its value.
Lovey made up the difference for Jinlong without hesitation.
Unfortunately, he chose to give up the Constant Temperature Robe and the Medal of Courage.
Compared to the usefulness of the Earth Guardians to the territory, the latter two are merely satisfying their own insignificant selfish desires.
The elemental crystal was waiting for Evelyn to wake up and activate. About three days after the fleet left, she woke up from deep meditation.
"It's winter already?"
"Yes, mother, please help activate the elemental crystal."
"The big rock has no magic power?"
"This is Big Rock No. 2. Someone is charging No. 1 every day."
Lovi described the transaction with the magic fleet a few days later. Evelyn was so angry that she stamped her feet. "Why didn't you wait for me to wake up before discussing it? Three thousand gold royals! You can buy so many good things! You are too young and easy to be deceived! If I were here, I could save at least a few hundred gold royals."
"Other people are very busy and won't wait until you wake up."
The usefulness of the big stone is obvious to all, and Lowe doesn't think there is anything wrong with spending money.
However, charging became a problem. The spellcasting apprentices in the territory could not handle two elemental guards.
Hearing that an elite spellcaster had come under Lordel's command, Lowe had a plan in mind.
As December approaches, the temperature gradually drops to the bottom.
Over the course of one night, the mercury thermometer at the entrance of Fulinbao froze to minus 38 degrees Celsius and lost its measuring effect.
Even though it's cold, it's still much colder than last year.
The indigenous people have nothing to complain about, but most of the immigrants are suffering. Many of them cannot adapt or leave.
The demand for coal has been rising, but the price has not continued to rise. The addition of Dashitou No. 2 has almost doubled the coal production.
The days are getting calmer.
Everyone is hiding at home, hoping that the worst of the cold weather will pass.
Thousands of miles away, the Central Continent is a place where the four seasons are like spring.
Everywhere you look, you can see lush greenery. The mountains and rivers are beautiful, the scenery is green, and the clouds are misty. It's like a fairyland in human imagination. Even in the coldest time of the year, the temperature is above 15 degrees, and the hottest is no more than 30 degrees. The temperature is almost constant all year round. The land is fertile, and the grain yield is extremely high without much effort. Various fruits are of excellent quality, and various mineral resources are abundant. The title of the land given by God has been passed down since ancient times.
There is a popular saying that goes, I would rather be a commoner in the Central Continent than be a noble in the Border Continent.
This is the origin of world civilization. For thousands of years, the inheritance has never been broken. The three major empires of mankind occupy the most fertile areas. They are called the Eternal Kingdom, Zhongchao, and the Magic Empire. The powerful countries after that are such as the Glorious Kingdom and the Emerald Wonderland. Many old kingdoms are standing side by side, like stars surrounding the three sun-like empires.
The vast continent of nearly 150 million square kilometers has hundreds of kingdoms. There are occasional frictions between them, but under the suppression of the three major empires, the situation remains stable.
Few countries have completely collapsed, and few territorial boundaries have changed.
As long as there is enough food, there will be no rebellion from the bottom up and with strong will.
Wars started by ambitious people can easily be controlled by the strong.
In front of the three huge empires with a population of over 10 billion, the population of a kingdom is like the gap between a giant and a baby.
A highly developed civilization of spellcasters that conquered the air and sea.
It has even developed to a level similar to mechanization, mass-producing element crystals. The water element guards are responsible for irrigating farmland and putting out fires, and the earth element guards are responsible for mining, cultivating land, building houses, and digging sewers. The light element guards are responsible for treatment and night lighting. The wind element is bound to the aircraft to control the direction of flight. If you don't see it with your own eyes, no one would have thought how developed the mainstream civilization of this world is. However, only a small number of upper-class people enjoy everything.
The lower class people have not changed much for hundreds and thousands of years. They just have enough food and clothing, and their lives are simple and dull.
In the Central Continent, there is no such thing as a gap between the rich and the poor. The yields from everyone's fields are about the same, so a little more or less grain will have almost no impact.
Only class.
No matter how hard ordinary people try, they cannot cross the threshold to become nobles. Only by becoming a spellcaster can one have a chance to cross the threshold.
Even as an apprentice it is easy to find a job and live a comfortable life.
Becoming a one in a million spellcaster of the official rank will make you welcomed everywhere, a guest of honor for the nobles, and invited by schools.
You can easily get a high salary that ordinary people can't even imagine.
Every year, the kingdoms in the Central Continent recruit spellcasters of official rank from the border continents, promising to grant them at least the status of high-ranking citizens.
The reason is simple.
All kinds of elemental guards need the help of spellcasters to charge, all kinds of gorgeous utensils need spellcasters to refine, and tall buildings need spellcasters to build.
The caster can easily become the best healer, memorizing oral knowledge without paper. If the fields need rain, the caster can call it. If there are ghosts, the caster can banish them.
Spellcasters working together can create unimaginable alchemical creations that can fly into the sky or dive into the depths of the sea.
The prosperity of this world's civilization is built on magic. Magic means miracles and omnipotence.
Perhaps, time is the only thing that cannot be reversed. Many superiors believe that the significance of a country's population growth is simply the emergence of more spellcasters.
The spellcaster is a gifted one, a level that is unattainable for mortals.
Only people without talent would choose to learn martial arts.
(End of this chapter)
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