Chapter 132: What Idar Territory Has Seen (Please Subscribe!)
Wally Harlin was full of curiosity about the Idar Territory in front of him.
In fact, from the moment he boarded the three-masted warship on the coral island, he began to stare at everything that appeared before him.
As a noble from the Kingdom of Basel and a former pirate captive, Wally Harlin knew very well the strength of the pirates who had been wreaking havoc in Basel's territorial waters for many years.
You know, even the navy of the Kingdom of Basel is helpless against these pirates!
But even so, the Idar people still relied on their strong ships and powerful guns to beat the Coral Island pirates to a pulp in a very short time, and reshuffled the many pirate forces in Basel with a crushing attitude.
He even...supported Captain Jack and made him the new pirate leader of the Coral Island Pirates.
As an eyewitness of the Coral Island Landing Battle, Wally Harlin had many feelings, and this was one of the reasons that prompted him to follow the Idar fleet to the Idar Territory far away in the Norman Empire to visit the Earl.
The three-masted warships "Pioneer" and "Explorer" were quietly anchored in the Idar Navy's naval port. The towering masts seemed to indicate the Idar people's ambitions for the ocean.
Whenever Wally Harlin saw the anchored three-masted warship, a sense of awe for the Idar Navy would gradually rise in his heart.
Because Wally Harlin's father... Viscount Harlin's noble territory was located on the coast of the Kingdom of Basel, but he had never seen such a warship in Viscount Harlin's territory.
The huge size, the graceful curves, and the navy soldiers on the warships who are full of fighting spirit...
During the conversations with the navy soldiers these days, Wally Harlin learned that these Idar soldiers were not the kind of fool knights who wore exquisite armor and only knew how to brag and joke. The training tasks they had to carry out every day almost stunned Wally Harlin.
What surprised him most was that almost all of these Idar soldiers were real civilians, some even serfs!
It’s not that the Lord of Harlin didn’t have an army composed of civilians and serfs, but those civilian troops were mostly cannon fodder used to die. They had bitter faces all day long and huddled in their tents, eating and waiting to die.
Compared with these hard-trained Idar soldiers who go into battle and kill the enemy, there is simply a world of difference.
This also made Wally Harlin more curious about the Idar Territory.
When the three-masted warship docked at the naval port of Idar Territory, Vali Harin set foot on the land of Idar Territory for the first time.
After obtaining permission from Admiral Mal Karen, Vali Harin could walk freely in Idar territory accompanied by two Idar soldiers.
To him, everything in Idar Territory was extremely new.
If you just take a quick look, this place seems to be no different from Harlem.
However, he could not see the genuine sorrow and misery on the faces of the common people and even the serfs in Idar.
On the contrary, here, whether it is civilians or serfs, their faces are filled with the dawn of hope! Although this sounds very abstract, Vali Harin can really feel the vitality that belongs only to Idar Territory...
There are a large number of tents near the port, and it seems that a large-scale project is going to be built here.
Since Wali Harin was always followed by two Idar soldiers, whenever he had any questions, the Idar officials present were happy to answer him.
Therefore, Wally Harin soon learned that the serfs here were all volunteers who came to build the lighthouse for Idar.
voluntary!
When Wally Haring heard this word, he was stunned with shock.
What kind of magic power did Idar have that made these most impoverished serfs rush to sign up to build a lighthouse? You know, just looking at the number of these serfs, you can tell that building a lighthouse is by no means an easy task!
"You're asking why? The serfs who come here to work can have two full meals a day. As long as they are willing to work hard, the Earl will give them enough rewards. If someone works exceptionally well, they may even be released as civilians by the Earl! Therefore, these serfs are naturally very active..." an Idar official explained as a matter of course.
"But... can the serfs get the full amount of food and wages allocated to them? Is there no exploitation in this?" Wally Harlin asked in surprise.
"What?" The Idar official obviously did not expect Vali Harin to ask such a question. He shook his head and argued loudly: "No! Absolutely not! How can you slander someone's innocence like this?"
What a joke! When the first wonder, the Sky Garden, was being built, this phenomenon did happen in Idar Territory.
However, after the Earl personally ordered the deprivation of several responsible officials and assigned them to the Ninth Production Team for labor reform, no one in Idar dared to disobey the Earl's orders, and no one dared to touch the money that did not belong to them.
After all...those officials who were demoted to civilians for labor reform are now working under the supervision of these people.
With such a living example right before our eyes, who would dare to disobey?
When Wally Harlin finally entered the city of Idar, the renovation and reconstruction of the southern city of Idar had been completed by more than half. At least the houses and shops near the main road had been completely renovated and looked completely in order.
There was already a long queue in front of the shop selling Idar liquor. After several months of word of mouth, most of the merchants and travelers who had been to Idar had heard of this liquor that could only be drunk in the city of Idar - vodka.
The spicy and mellow taste attracts countless travelers and makes countless merchants rush to buy it!
Although the Idar people who deal in these spirits have always claimed that these precious vodkas are actually imported from the Kingdom of Basel, the merchants have never tasted such fine wines in the Kingdom of Basel.
Rumors about strong liquor have long been circulated in the streets of Idar. It is said that this strong liquor called vodka was actually brewed by chance by a noble on the eastern coast of the Kingdom of Basel. In order to prevent others from coveting it, it was secretly transported to the Norman Empire for sale.
Although the merchants were skeptical about this statement, it did not affect their passion to buy strong liquor! Wally Harlin also tried a small glass of vodka in the tavern.
But... maybe it was because he had experienced too many things during this period of time. Although he felt as if a red-hot iron was rolling in his throat when he first tasted it, if he savored it carefully, this strong liquor called vodka also left him with an endless aftertaste.
Walking on the wide and solid concrete road of Idar City, watching the caravans from the Kingdom of Basel entering the city in an orderly manner under the command of the Idar people, Wally Harlin suddenly felt a little confused.
Why had he never heard of such a Norman Empire noble territory close to the border of Basel? Located on the border, it was crowded with merchants. Logically, such a noble territory should not have remained unknown...
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