At around ten o'clock on March 8, 1176, Xingyu, after ten days of walking, they finally arrived at their destination, Shixin Trading City.

According to Lei Guqian Yueji, the permanent resident population of Shixin Trading City exceeds 300,000, and the floating population is also as high as about 200,000, which means that Shixin Trading City has a population of nearly 500,000.

And commerce is also very developed. It is said that before the King of Love did not issue an order banning the elves from entering the city, there were as many as four to five thousand merchants from the elves alone; of course, there were more than thirty human chambers of commerce, making it a truly big commercial city for the dwarves.

It is a pity that since the dwarf king ordered the dwarf territory to ban elves from entering, Shixin City's business has suffered great losses. After all, there used to be competition between elves and humans. This has also resulted in the products of Shixin City being much cheaper than other dwarf cities. Many dwarf merchants buy the goods here.

It is sold in other dwarf cities to earn a small price difference.

Through Lei Gu Qian Yue Ji's narration, Yan Tielong learned that the city owner of Shixin Trading City was not the Lei Gu family, but a member of the Dwarf King. However, the Lei Gu family had already vacated the position of city leader. No matter which dwarf became the city leader,

Same.

The Leigu family has forcibly removed the power of the city lord of Shixin Trading City, but their strategy for the city lord of Shixin Trading City is that as long as the city lord does not seek death and touches the core interests of the Leigu family, then the city lord of Shixin Trading City will obey the orders, even for the city lord.

The city owner who cooperates will be given a share of the profits, which also results in many dwarves fighting for it every time the city owner changes.

In fact, Yan Tielong was very curious as to why the Dwarf King was so confident that the Leigu family monopolized the political power of Shixin Trading City; however, Leigu Qian Yueji told Yan Tielong that the reason was that the Leigu family was obedient.

Yan Tielong didn't believe Lei Gu Qian Yueji's words at all. If the Lei Gu family was really obedient, where would the 150,000 elven-style equipment come from?

Lei Guqianyueji continued to tell Yan Tielong that after the Dwarf King ordered the elves not to enter the dwarf city, Shixin Trading City immediately expelled nearly four to five thousand elf merchants, and the Dwarf King ordered the elves to melt away their equipment.

Nearly 300,000 pieces of elf-style equipment have been melted down.

Yan Tielong felt very distressed when he heard that Shixin Trading City had melted down more than 300,000 pieces of Elf-style equipment. After all, 300,000 pieces of Elf-style equipment was a huge fortune.

Entering Shixin Trading City, Yan Tielong felt as if he had entered Shuqi Dixi City of Feilong Kingdom; of course it was not the architectural style, and the atmosphere of art and books in the city was very similar.

Regarding Yan Tielong's inquiry about the atmosphere of art and books in Shixin Trading City, Lei Guqian Yueji felt a little helpless and said that it was not the influence of their earthwalkers, but the taunting of the elves.

After hearing Lei Guqian Yueji's story, Yan Tielong and Shite Aaliya were very curious, so they asked what was going on.

Lei Guqian Yueji began to tell that the art and book culture of Shixin Trading City can be traced back to thousands of years ago. At that time, the elves and dwarves allied to fight against the Balrogs, so the relationship between the top leaders was not bad, but the customs and habits of the people at the bottom caused a lot of problems.

conflict.

And this conflict is that the elves despise the dwarves for their lack of culture and art. As the king of the dwarves, he was of course very unhappy when he learned that the people were despised by the elves, so he recruited knowledgeable and wise men from the tribe to prove that their dwarves also had artistic talents and knowledge.

However, the result was very disappointing to the dwarf king, because at that time, every ordinary elf had a college level equivalent to that of today, but at that time, only one dwarf wise man had a college level, and the others were only at high school and junior high school level.

Facing the blow, the dwarf king at that time asked the landwalker dwarf who had a university level to make any changes so that he would not be despised by the elves. After thinking about it for a month, the landwalker dwarf who agreed to be hit told the dwarf king that they had basic knowledge of dwarves and elves.

The reserve gap was huge, so we had to start from the basics, so Shixin Trade City was born.

Lei Guqianyueji was very proud to tell Yan Tielong that the literacy rate in Shixin Trading Town was at the eighth level, with the rate of mastering the second middle school language as high as 10%, and the mastery of three languages ​​as high as 3%; these data have exceeded the dwarf capital.

On the surface, Yan Tielong strongly admired the achievements of Shixin Trading City, but in his heart he despised the dwarves for procrastinating in promoting knowledge. After all, in one thousand years, the literacy rate in Shixin Trading City was only at the eighth level, while the literacy rate in other dwarf areas was very poor.

However, Yan Tielong still admires the wisdom of the dwarves. After all, it is not easy to build such a large underground city.

Originally, Yan Tielong thought he was asking the Lord of Shixin Trade City to talk about 150,000 pieces of elven-style equipment, but Yan Tielong did not expect that the dwarf who was talking to him about 150,000 pieces of elven-style equipment turned out to be Mr. Lei Gubaishen Mo.

However, Mr. Lei Gubaishen Mo's purpose of looking for Yan Tielong was not about the 100,000 pieces of elven-style equipment. The real reason why he was looking for Yan Tielong was to learn about the dark elves' recent plans for the Earth Flame Demon.

In fact, the reason why Lei Gubai Shenmo wanted to know the dark elves' plans for the Earth Flame Demon was because the dark elves had not sent an envoy to negotiate with the dwarf king since the last time the dwarf king rejected the dark elf envoy alliance.

, and he was worried that the dark elves would not be able to withstand the Balrogs. After all, the dwarf king had cut off all contact with the dark elves, which also made it almost impossible for the dwarves to know the situation of the dark elves.

When asked by Mr. Mo from Lei Gubaishen, Yan Tielong said that he did not know the recent situation of the dark elves. After all, he had not been to the elves' territory yet. However, Yan Tielong also talked about his last experience in the dark elves' territory, especially about the land.

The focus is on the sudden and mysterious disappearance of the Balrog.

After listening to Yan Tielong's story, Mr. Mo from Lei Gubaishen frowned, because Mr. Mo from Leigu Baishen secretly guessed that the Balrogs used magic similar to space teleportation to transfer the Balrogs from the restricted area to the territory of the dark elves.

But Mr. Lei Gubaishen Mo also knew that the Balrogs did know space magic, but the elves and dwarves jointly used a barrier to seal the restricted space thousands of years ago, which meant that the Balrogs could not leave the restricted area unless they broke through the fortress built thousands of years ago.

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Yan Tielong heard Lei Gu Bai Shenmo's talk about the barrier sealing of the area where the Earth Flame Demon was located thousands of years ago. Yan Tielong wondered whether the Earth Flame Demon would summon fire elemental creatures to dig a gap in the barrier, and then the Earth Flame Demon would pass through.

The gap came to the territory of the dark elves.

After hearing Yan Tielong's guess, Mr. Mo from Lei Gubaishen fell into deep thought. After all, the method Yan Tielong said was not impossible.

After pondering for a while, Lei Gubai Shenmo expressed that he really wanted to go to the Dark Elf territory to see the place where the Balrog disappeared for inspection, but now he still considered dealing with the current matter.

Then Mr. Mo from Lei Gubaishen began to describe how the transaction was conducted and the location of the transaction; however, Yan Tielong was very confused because the transaction location was thirty miles outside Shixin Trading City, and the time was actually one o'clock in the morning, so he couldn't help but ask the other party why.

Do you want to arrange it this way?

Faced with Yan Tielong's inquiry, Lei Gubaishenmo said that they were not as bold as the Lord of Jinyang City, and told Yan Tielong that the Lord of Jinyang City simply did not take the Dwarf King's instructions seriously, and was caught by the Dwarf King. Now he not only loses

Money and even your own life are in danger.

Hearing Lei Gubaishenmo's revelation, Yan Tielong immediately felt something was wrong. In his words, ten days ago, he was negotiating with the Lord of Jinyang City about twenty pieces of elf-style equipment. If the Lord of Jinyang City was caught by the Dwarf King,

Then the deal between them cannot be concluded at all.

When Mr. Mo of Leigu Baishen heard Yan Tielong's doubts, he said that the reason why the Lord of Jingyang City was still trading 200,000 elven-style equipment with Yan Tielong was because the dwarf king was short of money.

When Yan Tielong heard Lei Gubai Shenmo's words, he expressed doubts that the dwarves had no currency system and all used barter for goods. How could the dwarf king be short of money?

Yan Tielong didn't notice that when he told the story that the dwarves did not have their own currency system, Lei Gu Baishenmo's eyes flashed with sadness. After all, as an earth traveler, Lei Gu Baishenmo had already noticed that there was no limit to the lack of his own currency system.

Developed by the dwarves.

Lei Gubai Shenmo sighed and said that their dwarf king is a hedonist. During peace, the wealth in the dwarf king's warehouse is no problem, but to boost the morale of the soldiers during war, the materials in the dwarf king's warehouse are not enough;

The dwarf war will affect the status and influence of the dwarf king, so the dwarf king will attach great importance to it, which also leads him to collect various materials to meet the needs of the army.

On the sidelines, Lionte Arya heard Lei Gubai Shenmo's story. She couldn't help but express that it was really good for the dwarf king to break the ban he issued as a king?

When Leigu Baishen, Mr. Mo, heard what Aaliyah said, he said that the dwarf king did not break his own ban, and that only other people, such as the Lord of Jingyang City, etc., really broke the ban.

After listening to Mr. Mo's explanation, Lionte Aaliya already understood that once the elf-style equipment incident came to light, the Lord of Jingyang City would be pushed out by the Dwarf King as a scapegoat.

After chatting about the Lord of Jingyang City and the Dwarf King, Mr. Lei Gubaishen Mo took out several scrolls, and the contents of the scrolls were about the shops in Shixin Trade City.

Seeing that it was a shop in Shixin Trade City, Yan Tielong asked if he could take a look at his own shop now?

In response to Yan Tielong's inquiry, Lei Gubai Shenmo asked one of his disciples, Yan Guluosi, to lead Yan Tielong to the store.

Under the leadership of Yangu Luosi, Yan Tielong and the others came to the store that already belonged to Yan Tielong in the alien area of ​​Shixin Trading City, and the name of the store was the Sacred Pattern Store.

According to Yangu Luosi, the name and internal layout of the Holy Pattern Store are anonymized and decorated according to the Holy Pattern Store in Jieyang City. Of course, there are some subtle differences. After all, the two regions are different.
Chapter completed!