Scales of Eternal Order

The so-called loyalty is just a disguise used to gain an advantage against a common enemy; the so-called allies, in the case of overwhelming majority, are just to be able to stand against the enemy.

Ques sees clearly about “loyal allies”, so he doesn’t take it seriously.

Accompanied by the “Big-belly” general, the young blue dragon strolled on the streets of Beit City, and at a speed that was neither fast nor slow, he came all the way to settle down. Pasha, who paid homage to the pharaoh, walked away.

On the day of Opat Festival, according to the tradition, the Pharaohs, accompanied by Daweishuer and other ministers, will go around the districts of Beit City to receive the blessings of thousands of urban citizens.

Beit City is known as the “City of Ten Thousand Cities”. Although it is not the size of a real 10,000 city, there are dozens of Nome Cities. Therefore, the monarch of Medici, who relies on “two feet to measure the urban land”, has no time at all today.

Other Pashas who came to report on their duties will mostly arrive tonight and even tomorrow. It’s not uncommon for Ques to take the giant beast giant beast in the air cargo early in the morning, but it is also extremely rare.

However, this also did what the young Blue Dragon wanted.

He had heard of Beit City a long time ago, but he never saw it. Even when Nome hired a construction team to build a “terminal”-a building used to park the Leviathan spawn, on the outskirts of Beit City, he failed to come in person because he was busy navigating the island world.

Without things left or right, Ques made up his mind to take a good tour of the city and experience the fun of walking around the streets.

The road paved with mortar mixed with gravel underfoot, and listening to the wide-trailer car’s “round” sound as the wheels crushed the road surface, the young Lan Long felt a lot of emotion for a while:

The great root of a city lies in the manager; and its great external manifestation lies in the people who live here.

The manager of Beit City, the ministers headed by the Pharaohs and Daweishuer, laid down good rules for the city. The wide roads are intricate, but in order, they connect all corners of the city. Even new buildings like the terminal building are included in the planning of this extremely orderly road network. The transportation is convenient and natural commerce is prosperous.

The residents of Beit City, those urban residents living in the capital of the United States, have long been accustomed to obey the good order established by the manager. They have developed the self-consciousness to maintain this norm. Compared to any city under the jurisdiction of Nome, Spat, or even Ques, the roads of the city are not as clean and tidy as Beit City. This giant dragon Pasha was walking on the road and even saw many pedestrians spontaneously picking up rubbish and cleaning the streets.

“It is worthy of being the capital of the American Emperor Qi,” After feeling it carefully, Ques earnestly said to the “big belly” general who led him: “This is indeed a paradise full of order. “

While “Big belly” was poking his face, ready to say something to cater to the giant dragon Pasha, a burst of horns, drums, and horns appeared on the main road of Beit not far away. The music played by the cymbals-reminding the many city citizens waiting on the street-that the parade of the pharaohs has approached from far away and will pass here soon.

Fucked his eyebrows. It seemed that he was a little unhappy because he was disturbed. The young Blue Dragon instructed everyone who followed him: “Take a path and go to Bazaar in Beit City. I I want to see how the business is here.”

Before the word was over, before the general of Medici ordered his own soldiers, he came with Ques and has now taken refuge in his subordinates.” The brothers “Crooked Mouth” and “One-Eyed” flashed into a street alley.

These two experienced guys are one step ahead, wanting to “sweep” Pasha from the obstacles on the way forward.

They used to hang around in Beit City for a while, but they know that in this beautiful place, there will be some noise that is not so harmonious. In case there are so many people who are not eye-opening, such as street ladies, alley bosses… and other characters, I am afraid it will affect Pasha’s mood again.

“Actually, it’s not necessary.” Walking a step behind Ques, he helped the sickle-blade hilt on his waist, and the General “Bumbelly” muttered quietly: “With me by my side. These good young men will follow, and all kinds of ghosts and monsters will have a strategic withdrawal.”

In the alley they just passed, a trash can was placed by the roadside, which was not covered by a tightly covered lid. Out of an arm. From the weird patterns pierced on the arms, it can be concluded that the person who was knocked out inside was 80% of the “young, talented people” talking in the streets.

It didn’t take long to walk, and after several turns left and right in the streets, everyone came to the largest gate of Bazaar in Beit City.

This bazaar or super market is located on the northeast side of Beit City, adjacent to the city’s sea wall. In Beit Northern Part of City, apart from Medici’s military port, a deep-water seaport dedicated to commercial use is located not far below the sea wall.

In order to facilitate the transportation of goods by merchants, this section of the sea wall is not at all connected, but two high towers are used as porches, forming a huge “city gate” that is open all day.

If a war breaks out, the spell attached to the tower will take effect immediately, and the earth wall will rise, plus a “turning mud into stone” to fill the hole in the sea wall .

Therefore, the Pharaoh of Medici has no problem with this. He only sent a small number of soldiers, plus a black robe mage with an apprentice, stationed in the tower next to the sea wall. .

On the contrary, the number of tax officials is quite astonishing. In order to arrange all-weather duty and collect commercial taxes, the pharaoh specially built a single-storey office townhouse for them on the inner side of the sea wall. A dedicated guard.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with it. After all, this is the largest trading port in Medici, and the throughput of merchant ships from all over is amazing. Looking out from the gap in the sea wall, Ques can see the densely packed merchant ships docking at the port.

Although he used the leviathan giant beast’s spawn as an air transport vehicle, he established the Eternal Order Scales Chamber of Commerce that runs through the major cities of Medici, but those single ships have at least two thousand The barrel ships, the ocean trade they represent, and the “commercial Hegemon” in charge of this trade still cannot be underestimated by the young blue dragon.

“Your Excellency Pasha,” came to the Bazaar earlier, and the Illusion Technique senior and junior brothers have completed preliminary investigations and handed over a piece of papyrus filled with text. “This It was the’purchase and sales guide’ of the day, which was compiled and printed by the manager of the Bazaar and specialists from the taxation office. It recorded yesterday’s commodity sales and made some recommendations for business people’s activities today.”

The crooked mouth beside the one-eyed supplemented his brother’s report, “This piece of paper is worth a silver kate, plus fifteen copper German books. It’s also printed in a limited edition of 600 copies per day. It’s already sold out. It’s just because it’s Opat Day that we have printed twice the quantity before we can buy such a piece of paper.”

nodded, it shows their working attitude and ability Acknowledged, Ques took this high-priced “purchase and sales guide”, and after reading the above, I felt that it was indeed worth the money.

In terms of classification alone, the “Purchase and Sales Guide” is very detailed. The Bazaar hot-selling products listed above almost include goods from Medici and even Ashes World. Such as the “Madman Armor” produced in Nome City, the wine produced in Spat City, and the pink lake salt produced in Daka, all are impressive.

Different from the investigation done by ordinary businessmen, because the tax department of Beit City participated in the compilation of the “purchase and sales guide”-no one knows the specific quantity of goods unloaded from the port every day better than they In addition to the daily sales list of various goods submitted by the manager of the Grand Bazaar, they can make very reasonable judgments on the adjustment of commodity prices.

For both sales and purchasers, these records are undoubtedly very important information, which hides secrets that can increase wealth and reduce risks.

Looking up to the last line one by one, Ques was surprised by a piece of information on the “Buying and Selling Guide”.

“Most recently, fossils and amber specimens have become popular commodities,” the young Blue Dragon asked, but the people around him had similar reactions to him. Obviously, they didn’t know the whole story. Ashes are shipped from all over the world, and due to the centralized purchase of Beit City, the prices of those gadgets have increased by a full 20%?”

I have asked about it, but I must follow it. In order to answer the doubts of giant dragon Pasha, the “Big Belly” general sent his own guards directly, found the manager of the Grand Bazaar, and brought him back.

“Eternal blazing sun, good day, sirs.”

The big bazaar manager, who doesn’t talk to smiley people and knows how to deal with people, sees Ques and the others, He bowed and bowed first, and sent greetings.

The manager of the Grand Bazaar is an official of the Medici Empire, but in fact, he has never received even a Bronze Deben salary from the Pharaoh. He just relies on this power to make a living for himself.

Its source of income consists of two parts. One part is the management fee charged by various businesses in the Grand Bazaar, but most of this money is used for hiring cleaning staff and maintaining order. Will fall into his wallet.

Another part of the income, or the money that is really used to support the family, comes from the joint sales of the “Purchase and Sale Guide” with the Tax Office. Excluding the share with the tax officer, and excluding other costs, he can make a daily profit of about two or three hundred silver Kate.

This is definitely a very profitable business, and he can also be regarded as a successful businessman. As a businessman, it is simply out of instinct to judge the situation.

After hearing the question from the giant dragon Pasha in front of him, he didn’t hesitate to replied: “There is indeed a great character who is buying fossils and amber. The Great Vishul recently built it. A Beit Museum, so this month has been collecting fossils and ambers shipped from all over the world…”