Chapter 297 Journey and Awakening

This is a horn-hoofed royal city-state, similar to many other city-states on the northern plateau. It also has no city defense measures such as outer walls and moats, and instead has a natural transition between agriculture, suburbs, and cities;

And where Azra and his party are now located is in its outermost farming area.

The endless fields occupy almost all the areas in sight. Only in the far west, scattered factories can be seen for the first time, as well as the shadow of the city in the core.

Regardless of the factory or the city further away, Azra was dazzled by the fields here alone.

When she was very young, she also experienced the afterglow of the Snake Spirit Clan's heyday, and also saw agricultural areas that were larger than what she saw before;

But no at that time, even the three most powerful agricultural areas in the north today could never compete with this place in some aspects.

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Two cars with dark green shells and bodies filled with the beauty of rhombuses and lines were driving one after another along a smooth and straight road at a not too fast speed.

There were three passengers in the front car, with Alama and Azra sitting in the back seat, while the guide from the headquarters was driving the car in the front seat.

Azra was leaning on the door at this time, looking through the car window to the depths on both sides of the road. There were big guys roaring and driving through the fields.

"What is that? It seems to be harvesting crops?" the snake spirit leader asked.

"The one in the front is a 'harvesting and threshing machine', and the one in the back is a 'transportation machine'" the guide in the front row casually introduced.

"This city-state has almost popularized 'field driving tools'. Now it only requires two or three horned hoof species to complete operations on large areas of farmland in one day."

"The early planting."

"Similarly, most of the processes including planting, irrigation, fertilizing, weeding, pest control, etc. are handled by specialized 'tools', and the same goes for the remaining rough processing and finishing."

Azra felt incredible at this answer. Looking at this place, and then thinking about the difficult production and living conditions in his own camp, he suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart and couldn't control himself.

"Don't worry, Azra. As long as you are willing to come here, the snake spirits in the future will also be qualified to live such a life."

The people inside the car looked out, and the travelers outside the car also looked in. Although everyone knew that there was a sect leader above their heads, they could not often see him because of the problem of quantity and social circle;

"Yes, strictly speaking, this is a subsidiary city-state affiliated with the Republic. It has an independent administrative system and maintains a very high level of autonomy. It is only subject to our supervision and maintenance in terms of law and security. All other matters

All are carried out based on the principle of 'equivalent exchange'."

"It seems different from what I remember."

"That's what you said."

but

"Okay, since he is the distinguished guest of the sect master, the little king will not delay." He patted his chest and bowed. "Samar will leave first. I hope the envoy can have a wonderful journey."

After saying hello, the guide turned to the captain and said,

"We will enter the city directly from now on. Remember to follow closely."

The leader of the warrior team did not get out of the car, but his voice rang in his ears.

"Yes, eating, clothing, playing, and education. These all require resources. Fortunately, they are teenagers as soon as they are born. They don't have to be raised from the infant stage like us back then."

"In the next ten years. No, I can't say it will be twenty or thirty years, or even longer. Grain, fruits, vegetables, meat, woolen silk fabrics, and minerals will all be the supplies that the Republic will purchase twice as much, especially food.

, you can start preparing now.”

"Autonomy? Independent administration? Exchange? What about the elves? What do you get?"

"Understood."

It is true that the first and second-tier powerful families in the north have countless free labor like gravel, and endless food. Who would think about working on magic and machinery?

After all, they themselves almost never engage in such production activities.

After explaining for a long time, Alama finally expressed the concept of "I am a rich man", although there are no poor elves in the black forest.

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"King Boista, although trade volume matters are not within my scope of authority, because of your enthusiasm, I will reveal a little bit of information."

And then look at the backward and inferior tribes

Those in power have no intention of improving it, because the extra food output will not actually change their lives and power;

But real workers have neither the energy nor the knowledge to improve;

In this way, the "immutability" in the north was formed that lasted for countless hundreds or thousands of years.

Perhaps, these guys who call themselves the ‘darlings of the world’ are really suitable to lead the entire continent’s tribes?

While talking, she took out a brick-sized device from her backpack, pressed a few buttons on it, and then motioned Azra to look at the numbers displayed on it.

"Look, I am also a rich elf."

Moreover, what she saw in front of her was the limit of "advancedness" in her imagination. Azra did not think that there would be a more advanced country in the world that belonged entirely to elves.

Therefore, she sighed at this time,

"Let me take a look."

At the moment, Azra subconsciously believed that the so-called "nation" among the elves should be a model of multi-racial living together.

For example, elves with strong individual strength but difficulty in reproducing serve as the absolute ruling class, while races with strong fertility such as horn-hoofed species serve as laborers;

Compared with the north, this is actually a different medicine. At best, it lacks the label of 'slave'. Today's situation is just a false harmony supported by strong productivity. The latter still has to serve the former unconditionally.

Samar glanced at Azra in the car, with a bit of hatred and disdain flashing in his eyes;

As a noble species that has been inherited since the Tulum era, he understands that these snake spirits were not good things back then, and they also had their share of the suffering suffered by the horned hoof species in history.

"And with our funding, Snake Spirit will have a city-state with complete facilities, a large number of auxiliary machinery, and corresponding technologies. Your compatriots' lives will not only be safe, but also extremely wealthy."

"Is this the country of elves? No wonder you call yourself the 'darling of the world'. Your skills are really the envy of snakes."

"That's right, it's a horn-hoofed character." The guide replied.

"However, such a large amount of food cannot be digested by one city-state, so it will sell food to non-agricultural city-states in exchange for its characteristic output;"

"This is a bit complicated to say, so let me explain it to you slowly along the way."

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During the conversation, the large fields gradually disappeared on both sides of the road, replaced by some small factories and several courtyards where various types of 'machinery' were parked.

"By the way, you don't use elf characters, this is a number, this circle represents 0"

After swallowing what he wanted to say involuntarily, Azra flipped up his hair in a covert manner and asked in a low voice again,

"What are they talking about?"

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"Who is that?"

"The farms you see are all run by a horn-hoofed farmer, and those large machines are production tools produced in the elven kingdom;"

"The more workers who have gained income, they also have money to buy daily necessities to support their families;"

In the wind blowing in front of her, the snake spirit smelled the unique smell of the animals and heard the strange roaring sound. So she turned her head and looked outside, saw those houses and courtyards, and saw strange symbols one by one.

"Are those words?"

"The problem is indeed a problem, but the source is good news, so it's painful and happy at the same time."

“Of course no problem”

"Ha, there is no need to mention whether it is a favor or not. After all, this is something that benefits both parties."

"Let's go, let's go now."

"If you think about it, we now have 350,000 citizens, but apart from the 70,000 prime men like you and me who were directly transformed from trolls, there are only 3,000 'physical prime men' in their early years, that is, compatriots over 30 years old.

"

"Isn't it? In the 90th year of the Rune Calendar, there were only six mother trees in Manchuria, and the number of trees increased by only 250,000 every ten years. Among them, No. 4 was produced for the first time the year before last, and 60,000 were produced in one go. No. 5 and No. 6 also

Next year, the year after tomorrow will usher in the first production of each, which is another 90,000 little ones;"

"The former controls a large amount of wealth and physical objects, while the latter gets paid by helping the former work."

"The former is also the strong one, right? The strong one is willing to reward the weak one? Why not use him as a slave?"

Achimsta parked the car helplessly, shook his head, and got out of the car after putting on a gentle enough smile.

"King Boyx, the Ministry of State should have informed you. You don't need to pay attention to us."

But this kind of 'escape' and taking it for granted was interrupted by Alama, who was playing with the pointed tail of a beautiful female snake.

"Haha, you are wrong, this is not our country~"

"Trade? Will the elves buy things in the vassal state? Or is it the kind of transaction that pays a price?"

She knows those upright creatures in the fields

In the past, even when the Snake Spirit Tribe was becoming lonely, there were actually many subsidiary tribes in the territory, among which was this group that the elves called the 'Horned Hooves'.

"Okay, Xiao Wang has taken note of it!"

As she spoke, her eyes inadvertently glanced diagonally ahead, and discovered that at the end of the road, there were more than a dozen gorgeously dressed horned hoof species, led by a taller horned hoof species, who were waiting with their chins gazing.
To be continued...