Chapter 71:
In the port behind the Emerald Gate, two people were slowly walking off an expedition ship returning from Lustria.
One person is wearing dark yellow armor, which is covered with various fine runes. Powerful magic waves are restrained in it. The skirt is forged into the shape of wings, just like the wings of a phoenix. There is a sword on the waist. The figure is tall and tall, looking strong. His extremely handsome face was like that of the mythical Kane, making everyone on the dock look sideways, as if wondering how such a handsome person could exist in this world.
The person following him was not like that. He was holding a staff with powerful fluctuations in his hand. He was a bit gaunt and thin, with an ordinary appearance, and his mean and calm eyes were constantly looking at everyone.
"Brother, you go to His Majesty first, and I will take care of other things." Without too much explanation, Teclis, who was standing behind Tyrion, said to his brother as if giving an order.
Tyrion, who is fierce and proud by nature, didn't care about his brother's tone. There was a mysterious connection between the two. When he was a boy, Tigris was seriously ill in bed and was about to die. Tyrion felt his brother's body in his dream. What happened, he endured the pain caused by empathy and rushed to Tigris' room to give him emergency medicine. He was already used to the tone of communication between brothers.
"I'll see you at my grandfather's house tonight, brother." Tyrion directly mounted on the war horse brought by his grandfather's family attendants. He stood up, lightly kicked the horse's belly with his feet, and ran towards the Phoenix King's Court. He looked very skillful. .
Teclis did not ride on horseback like his brothers. The magic potion from the White Tower of Hoth and the Staff of Lilith made his body no longer as weak as before, but such drastic actions were not something he could do. Even though the sword at his waist is so powerful, it more symbolizes his identity as a demon swordsman than his actual ability to fight fiercely with the enemy.
Stepping onto the carriage brought by the attendant, Teclis will handle the affairs left behind by the two brothers who went to Lustria to search for the Sunfire Sword in the past few years. Teclis is more skilled than his brother in this kind of thing.
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In the Dragon Prince's manor, Imric was sitting on a chair in the training ground, holding several report sheets in his hand. Several people were competing on horseback in the training ground, and Bruni challenged eight Dragon Princes alone.
Four days have passed since Davian went to become a disciple. During these four days, the Tai brothers have returned from Lustria. The Eternal Queen rushed to Lothern with Elsa's blessing, causing everyone to empty out.
Something big might happen in Lothern, especially in this much-anticipated duel, so Imric urgently dispatched a fifty-man Dragon Prince force from Tal Kaled to rush there in the name of participating in the celebration. Come.
Minas Nir and Lethamil are also waiting on the mountains near Lothern. Together with the hundred-man troops transferred three months ago and the thirty Dragon Halberd guards accompanying this time, they have two hundred men in their hands. Troops are available for deployment.
Ever since the news about the banquet came out, countless people have been observing the Dragon Prince's manor every day. Every underground casino, business newspaper, dog gambling... are trying to find first-hand information about Bruni from here.
The report in Imrik's hand is the evaluation of this duel by some gossip newspapers. From the family where Bruni was born to the last performance in Nagaryth, step by step calculation, the value of this report is three A gold leaf coin.
The other one belonged to the people of Elion. For the sake of stability, Gilgarion directly revoked the qualifications of those noble princes, and instead found eight silver-helmeted knights from Elion. On paper In terms of strength, Caledo was completely crushed.
Taking a glass of hot milk and taking a slow sip, Alajir, who was sitting next to him, said curiously. The contact over the past few days made him know that as long as the prince's reverse scales were not touched, he was extremely gentle to others, "Prince, you Aren't you worried about people from the Phoenix Court being involved? They don't care about the honor of warriors, they only care about politics." "I know, but this
is an adventure." Prince Long put down the cup and said calmly.
"Calledor needs something to stimulate his energy. Three months since I took over, many people still want to stay in their ancestral manors and fantasize about their ancestors who are far greater than them, instead of thinking about how to obtain the same status as them. The same glory as our ancestors."
I guessed that Fenuba would play tricks in this duel, but it would not be to a particularly exaggerated level. If it was seen as a fake match at a glance, it would have negative consequences for the organizers. Great doubt.
Because the Phoenix King symbolizes Asuyan, and Asuyan, as the creator god who is indifferent to worldly affairs, although indifferent, will treat everyone equally. This is also one of the symbols of the Phoenix King's royal power. Although some people think it is nonsense, those Foolish people won't care. They will only think that the Phoenix King is Asuryan's will in the mortal world and needs to take responsibility. And you can tell a lot by looking at the odds. Yesterday's odds were for Alion to win, 1:2.36, and for Caledo, 1:16.97.
Today, Elion won 1:1.44, Caledo won 1:21.36, and there are more tricks, such as duel time, number of people dismounted, who fell to the ground first, etc. Some people must have leaked some information. That's why the odds are so exaggerated.
"Put all those 50,000 gold leaves into the handicap. In half an hour, Caledor will win." In the past two days, I returned to the Dragon Palace through the teleportation array and took most of the emergency funds. I came here just to make a lot of money from this duel.
Aguilar took the handicap information and calculated it carefully. "Prince, to be on the safe side, I suggest placing your bets in five places. The odds fluctuate a bit, but the difference is not big. If you win in half an hour," he calculated carefully
. After a moment, he was stunned by the huge amount, "There should be 1.47 million gold leaf coins." The
market in Ulthuan is not a real commercial society, but most areas still use barter, because The kingdom's court provides subsidies to each family, and the social atmosphere that suppresses desires makes most people have a low concept of money.
This is also one of the reasons why the Dragon Palace has no money. Most of the Caledonians are always thinking about fighting all day long. In order to ensure that the population is sparse while still having fighting power, the Caledonians spend more time in the military camp every year than The other kingdoms are much longer.
But these people are out of work when training, which requires subsidies. Imrik expects that some people will definitely need to be divided into other industries in the future. Men, women, old and young cannot always be used to fight together to start a world war. .
The most developed areas of commercial society are in Itaien and Ulthuan. The annual income of a farmer is about thirty gold leaf coins. One square meter of silk from faraway Cathay is fifteen gold leaf coins. And the price of a war horse In Lothern, the price is one hundred and fifty gold leaf coins. A good set of militia equipment will cost one hundred gold leaf coins. However, this is only calculated based on the price of Itaien. The actual income and price will be based on the price of each kingdom. Calculate the actual situation.
For example, the price of a war horse will be higher in Yris, but not in Elion. After all, in Elion, even farmers, everyone has two horses.
As for Caledor's armament situation, everyone has several sets of ancestral items at home. From time to time in the Dragon Back Mountains, armor and weapons placed around to worship ancestors are seen. The actual price is 100% lower than in Lothern. Forty or more.
In order to prevent this kind of phenomenon that would disrupt the market order, Etain has formulated extremely strict trade regulations. In addition to the normal demand for goods, if you want to enter the Lothern market, you have to pay extremely high tariffs. .
But there is no such thing as transactions between countries. Just do whatever you want and don't interfere with the prosperity of Lothern.
For example, if Imric sells the 10,000 war horses from Erion in Lothern for one hundred and fifty gold leaves, then he needs to pay for the portion that exceeds the normal trade quantity. Fifty percent of the customs duty, plus the cost of transportation and sales, and an additional theocratic tax named "Preventing Excessive Desire for Trade" was enacted nominally to ensure the purity of Assur. You may even be in debt.
But if you trade with other kingdoms, you will be able to sell them for up to one hundred gold leaves. This price is roughly 40% higher than selling it in Airion itself. Of course, the Airion people will not sell horses on such a large scale. Even the largest horse market in Lothern is not run by Arionites.
Through the trade exploitation of various kingdoms, a phenomenon has emerged in Lothern's prosperous trade, that is, there are not so many gold leaf coins circulating in the market, which has led to the banking industry being extremely popular in Lothern, and Finuba is known as the Phoenix King's Court. Based on its reputation, a voucher was launched specifically for large-scale transactions.
"Find me the kind of market that can pay gold leaf coins, not Fenuba's waste paper."
PS: The author is not good at economics, so he will continue to use this trading system first, and then slowly add it later, and try not to let the financial system collapse.
(End of chapter)