Chapter 451: . The Crisis of the Hard Rock Pass

The northern county leader, Jianshi Pass.
After two months of development, this place has become the most important commercial and trade center in North County. In the short term, the number of people has skyrocketed, and this fortress built in the canyon is full.
Even in the villages outside the pass where the barren land is planted, many people are staying temporarily.
The salt trade from the Naren Desert feeds the fortress.
no way.
The fine white salt produced in the Nalun Desert has seized the entire salt market of the Principality of Lions.
The mineral salt purchased from the remote dwarven tribal premises, even if the quality is not lost to the boiled salt of the Naron Desert, even slightly exceeded, but due to cost issues, it has now completely lost its ability to compete.
Even the human nations along the Reniston River began to circulate the fine white salt of the Naron Desert.
The price is only two-thirds of the dwarf salt.
But the quality is almost the same.
The fine white salt of the Nalun Desert soon became the most popular commodity of the Northern County.
Not to mention the large and small caravans of the entire Lions Principality, even the caravans of other kingdoms coming up from the Risniston River, both intentionally and unintentionally began to explore the news of the Naron Desert and pushed the caravans to all the camps. Here.
In particular, the Hard Rock Pass, which guards the center of the Sunwaya Mountains, is home to more than 300 caravans.
Plus a lot of speculators who came to find opportunities.
Even a spy who is pregnant with ghosts.
Countless business opportunities, gathered labor to find work.
And all kinds of gangsters in the wilderness or borders of the Principality of the Lion.
Including mercenaries, as guards for the merchants, or as security guards for the lords along the way, even in the now wealthy villages, these mercenaries are occasionally hired in order to prevent gangster attacks.
Just after the development of the salt trade in the Nalun Desert, the northern county leader thrived in a weird manner.
Completely dependent on salt trade.
This is an iron item.
Table salt is a complete luxury!
This modern and cheap condiment, in the feudal era, is an important material that can support the taxation of a kingdom, especially the inland areas without the sea, it is comparable to the silver mine!
In some places, salt can even be used as currency, enough to see the value of this material.
Fatis also understood.
He stood at the top of the city wall at Hard Rock Pass.
Beside, the Swadia infantry wearing chain mail were patrolling.
There are also the Vikya Archer and the Swadia Crossbowman holding the battle bow. They stand in majestic garrison in the towering tower and the large tower, and stare at the crowded road outside the city wall with vigilance.
The current Hard Rock Pass is no longer desolate and barren.
Only crowded.
A large number of houses are being renovated, and house prices in the entire pass have tripled.
Wealthy businessmen have bought land, and built a spacious and luxurious office near the original Aikou market, so that the local businessmen of the hard-won Jianshijiao can see what is really decent.
This also led to the upper atmosphere of the entire Jianshi Pass, and began to move towards luxury.
Even civilians put on fabrics from other kingdoms.
As for the traditional coarse linen.
Only the coolie and the poor will wear it, and the civilians are all dressed in fine linen.
As for the knights and squires, as well as the nobles who are more passionate about luxury, they even wore velvet costumes. You know, this was once the lord of Grothenburg, the highest viscount of the entire North County, and the Viscount Wayne. clothing.
But in the huge profits of the salt trade, the big merchants exposed a little oil and water, which made countless people full.
Indirectly promoted economic development.
There are also taxes.
Not to mention all kinds of taxes in Jianshi Pass.
Even from the Hard Rock Pass to Grothenburg and Marshall, the taxes have made these nobles profitable.
There is also the Lion’s Heart City on the River Reistniston. Because of the salt trade, the monthly tax has doubled every month. With the increase of time, more and more businessmen come to the Principality of the Lion, The amount of taxes is also increasing.
According to some scholars' estimates, it is possible to double the tax by 20 times in two years!
but.
Those nobles are not happy.
Even the caravan that has mastered most of the salt trade.
Even the taxes and tolls along the way, so they are full of food.
However, looking at the real gold mine and silver mine in the desert of Nalun, they are still not in their own hands. Each one of them has a coveted and greedy look on his face, rubbing his hands, and slowly gathering to do something. what.
They all wanted to share a slice of soup in the salt mine in the desert.
Instead of just eating some oil and water as now.
they.
If you want to be the master of the salt mine, even if it is one of them!
So, under the auspices and indulgence of some nobles, a group of mercenaries were organized, occupying some hills outside the Lion Mountain, and became a large group of mercenaries.
The number of people is close to 20,000~EbookFREE.me~ There are even mercenaries from outside the Nisniston River and other human countries.
There are nearly 10,000 other noble coalition forces outside.
Headed by Viscount Wayne.
Although he did not indulge directly, he crossed the threshold of Marshall to the southern county.
However, many nobles of the Northern County have begun to test towards the Jianshi Pass.
Even during this period, there were at least a dozen incidents of mercenaries disguised as robbers, and the caravans were intercepted. The impact was very bad. At one time, many caravans avoided the merchants of the North County and chose to go. Near the Death Penalty Hill in the South County.
This is still the news of being stabbed. In the dark, more burning and looting do not know how much.
Mercenaries are not good people.
If a lord hires it, it is a soldier.
No.
That is the gangster.
Even some female mercenaries have to act as barracks.
These guys who can sell their lives for money and sell chastity for money are even simpler.
These are all off-topics. The current Fatis is facing such a coalition led by nobles and headed by mercenaries. It is beginning to draw closer to the Hard Rock Pass, and the atmosphere of war is getting stronger and stronger.
If you are still immersed in the prosperous economic activities of Jianshi Pass, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Fatis understood.
Rolf, who was originally active in the periphery, is back.
Brought an extremely large number of desert robbers, scattered as scout cavalry, defended against many gangsters of light cavalry.
As the days passed, the war became more and more imminent, and there were news from some businessmen. The coalition forces led by the northern counties seemed to open up their actions. The goal is here.
The war is about to begin again, on the territory of the Northern Territory, directly under the jurisdiction of the Principality of the Lions. ()
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