After walking through the upper residential area, workshop buildings with scattered heights continued to appear, and the number of busy and happy young apprentices around them gradually increased, and the buildings on the roadside became low and simple.

The gap between the rich and the poor among the residents in this territory has quietly emerged.

Ordinary houses are built along the street, with brick and stone structure, rectangular shape, and two floors high. Each floor is divided into two longitudinally, resulting in the width of the room being only 20 to 30 feet or narrower. Doors and windows are made of wooden, and wooden window panels are used to close the windows. Due to the excessive wood material and the workshop area is mostly open flame equipment but lacks chimneys, fires should occur frequently.

The houses of merchants in the city are obviously higher than those of ordinary citizens. They are not only spacious and tall, with a solid foundation, but also the main body is made of stone. The other differences are that the glass and lead iron they bring are used for windows and eaves. Some wealthy businessmen's houses are more integrated, with houses built around them, forming a large courtyard.

The neighborhoods in towns have also been divided according to industry, such as Cobbler Street, Armor Street, Restaurant Street, etc. The interior of the neighborhood, such as Restaurant Street, is divided into bread areas, flour areas, meat areas, etc., and there are special areas for sale for residual goods.

The city streets are narrow and rugged, with dust flying in the sky, and it is noisy at night. There are also home-raised poultry and livestock shuttles between vehicles and traveling, and the traffic is in chaos.

In the workshop, those craftsmen who mastered a craft and had independent production workshops were the masters of the real industry in this territory, and had independent means of production to use. They formed the craftsmen association.

The association is an organization of handicraft owners in the same industry. Its purpose is to protect the interests of owners, prevent competition, coordinate prices on weekdays, and communicate with each other. It also has basic functions such as guaranteeing financial lending and adjudicating commercial disputes.

When we turned a street corner, the old man in the floral clothes from the Craftsmen Association appeared in front of us again.

"Dear guest, welcome to our poor workshop area. If you are interested, you can take you to visit one or two."

I replied to him in a muffled voice: "No need, I can walk out of here with the bald man, and I am not interested in visiting your really simple places."

The expression of the old man in flower clothes seemed very awkward. It was neither to move forward nor to retreat when he stood in front of us. He had to bite the bullet and say again: "Then where are you going? I will be honored to guide you..."

During this process, the bald man was embarrassed to pretend to be mute again, so he quickly stood up and whispered to the old man: "Master, Boss Saiwen has his own ideas. If you stop something like this, it will be difficult to guarantee."

The old man in Huahua glared at him, then stepped aside with a look of disappointment, stood on the side of the road and looked at me carefully.

I waved my hand and told the bald man not to talk nonsense.

"Bald, do you think your master is following the orders of the lord to monitor us?"

The bald man blushed and looked at his master in surprise: "Isn't it...isn't it? Otherwise, why did the master keep in front?"

I snorted coldly: "Of course not. Look back, the man in the gray robe who was following in the distance was the eyeliner sent by the lord. He was both an eyeliner and a proof of our identity, so I didn't pinch his head."

Then I glanced at the old man: "And your master, the order you got should be to find out about our tone, right?"

The old man lowered his head and said carefully: "Your Excellency... You are aware of it. I am indeed here to communicate with each other in a friendly way. After all, many things have not been discussed clearly just now. Lord Lord hopes that we will come here to continue to contact..."

With the bald man's incredible eyes, the old man's voice became smaller and smaller.

The bald man lowered his voice and said, "Master, you said your purpose so easily. Are you really not afraid of death!"

In his heart, the old man's task of not completing the inquiries was to die, and he also died if he leaked the orders assigned by the lord. Isn't it a blocked person to reveal his identity so openly?

I stretched out my finger and pointed at the old man, "Have you forgotten? He is our mysterious ally. How could I let him die without a doubt?"

"Ally? What does it mean?" The bald man was completely confused this time.

"Do you still remember the territorial situation I analyzed with you? Now that we have completely offended the armed team, we are natural allies of the craftsmen, there is no doubt that this is something. The lord has seen through this matter for a long time, but he does not think it is a betrayal."

"Isn't this betrayal?" the bald man asked back.

"Of course not." I said firmly, "What is betrayal? Privateers collude with pirates in the Sabershui Bay and sell off their territory's interests is betrayal. The craftsman forces stand on the opposite side of the armed team forces, and are born to represent the soft side of the territory."

"It is hard and easy to break. Only by combining hardness and softness can one be invincible. Therefore, the craftsman association is also an indispensable part of the territory. When the territory developed to this point, it was no longer the era when fighting and killing could solve problems by fighting and killing."

"So at this time, the craftsmen association must come and contact us. This is what the lord means. Can it be considered betrayal? If the craftsmen take weapons to the battlefield and fight desperately, they are considered good residents? I don't know."

Actually, when I talk about this, I still haven't said anything. That is, the erosion of capital's power has far exceeded the imagination of the lord of the loader's collar.

He probably thought that these craftsmen were just a group of tool people he used very easily. Because they could be very useful and the cost of training was relatively high, he had never killed craftsmen at will. He just issued a conscription order to draw strength from it and secretly weakened control.

But in fact, these craftsmen who have reached the late stage have already exceeded the power of the armed forces, and in terms of development potential, they are far superior to their opponents.

People all say that Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Sect Incident, which shows that he was decisive in killing far exceeds Li Jiancheng, and he should be the emperor. But let me ask, if Li Jiancheng was not extremely strong and had no flaws, and had long suppressed Li Shimin's power, would he need to take the risk of being infatuated for thousands of years and killing the whole family if he accidentally left behind?

In the same situation, the privateers took the risk to eradicate Shisongzhuang, which should be to cut off the craftsmen's foreign trade and weaken their development potential. Unfortunately, after such a move, the lord had already doubted them because of an inadvertent behavior.

The Craftsmen Association did nothing, so it weakened the opponent's power and gained the trust of the lord. Trust is all based on comparison. This time the opponent's use of a stupid move means they won another game.

"I know what you need."

Capital itself is weak, but it will put itself in various shells for disguise.
Chapter completed!