Chapter 599: Twelve. Conference, dance (29)

"I'm really sorry, because of our reasons, you are actually exposed to this kind of thing."
Lance Luodai, dressed in casual clothes, bowed her head deeply to apologize. The security knight behind him remained alert. The windows on the street were closed to only one gap. Thousands of peeping eyes made Roland almost think he was streaking.
When Roland thought they were about to be thrown back on the boat and returned to La Rochelle, the crowd burst into a scream, and the indignant merchants turned their heads and saw the brigade of knights rushing towards them, and immediately dispersed the birds and beasts. Before they could tell what was going on, the knights surrounded them in a back-to-back gesture and let Lance Luodai enter the circle before they reacted.
To be honest, Lance Luodai's lateness on this matter is indeed a bit outdated. But looking at the frustrated appearance of this knight who is extremely knightly, I am afraid that it is really a major emergency, otherwise it will not be too late for the round table knight to give an apology for the courtesy. The edge may really be swallowed alive.
So, at this time, laugh is enough.
"Sorry to say that we are not aware of the customs of your country. Acting recklessly violates taboos and troubles you."
Roland also nodded and apologized. Anyway, this is also the territory of other countries, and it should be explained to Gloria as early as possible about the customs and life habits that should be noted. Since the matter was made on his own, naturally he did not blame Lance Luodai's position. It is even less likely that, like a child, it is an unreasonable proposition that "you come here early. It will not be so.", and blame all responsibility.
Distinguish between the primary and the secondary, and deal with it with a mature attitude-this is the attitude that adults should have. Roland has always done a good job in this regard, even better than some adults.
Seeing Lance Luodai guilty, he said first:
"Can you find a place to rest first? Because of seasickness, my companion can no longer ride a car or ride a horse."
"It turns out that please follow me."
Lance Luodai nodded deliberately. It is indeed inappropriate to spend precious time here. The round table knight in casual clothes made a "please" gesture towards the city hall. Give the luggage to the security knight. A group of people strolled on the streets of Plymouth.
Roland and their itinerary were notified in advance through the church to Albian. For some special reason, this time, we must use the power of Diana to search for the lost jewelry. There are no reluctance to further expand the situation. Finally, Albion agreed to the entry of Roland and others.
(Maybe. In fact, it's the idea of ​​using us guys who don't know the heights. Throw out the spy who steals jewelry.)
A small abacus for Albion. Roland had already noticed it and was not angry about it. Now that we are determined to prevent the situation from deteriorating, we have long been aware of this fact. Rather than endlessly entangle this part, it is better to think about how to find jewelry.
Just as he screened the information collected so far in his head, a small whisper whispered in his ear.
"Brother Roland, don't you think the street is too quiet?"
"I also noticed that it may have been affected by the sea monsters, so it's a bit depressed."
Roland lowered his voice and Bell nodded.
The prosperity of the port city is benefited from the growth and prosperity of the maritime trade. Once the goods and materials shipped from overseas are no longer available, the backlog of goods cannot be sent out at the terminal warehouse, and the flow of money and materials tends to stagnate, which will naturally affect the city. In addition, this straightening not only brought about direct economic losses, but various delays caused by the slow delivery further worsened the investment environment. The loss of this intangible asset is more deadly than the compensation of real gold and silver. The establishment process is slow and arduous, but it is very easy to destroy. To maintain or rebuild the reputation, you have to pay 10 times or even 100 times.
Because of the lack of customers, the people of Plymouth are full of enthusiasm for each potential customer on the shore and do their best to keep the business environment. On the other hand, due to the recession and the nobility of the nobles of the Order of the Public Order, not only the streets on which Roland walked, but the adjacent streets fell into the same silence.
Even though the "sea monster" is force majeure, the deterioration of the environment is an indisputable fact. It is already a tragic picture at present, and it will be terrible for another three months.
"Not just sea monsters."
Lance Luodai, who was walking in front, whispered, unable to see her expression, and could not tell the difference between her tone and before, but Roland felt that Lance Luodai's mood suddenly became worse.
"Not long ago, the slaves started a riot, and the white elephant and black dwarf slaves in the slave trade market ran out and smashed and burned everywhere. Finally, the army was only squashed. It was also found on the road that the fugitive slaves robbed before delaying. Understand."
Realizing that Lance Luodai was dissatisfied with something, they also fell silent.
Prosperous slave trade market-this is another business card of Plymouth and one of the dark and famous properties of Albion.
Albian’s traditional customary law advocates freedom.
A person who is not proven guilty is innocent;
-His home is his castle;
The personal freedom and power granted by the mother goddess are sacred and cannot be violated;
The above argument can be summed up in one sentence: the Albian people do not recognize slavery.
Hundreds of years ago, the Albion High Court sent members of the United Principality of the Ross United who came to the negotiations to the dock, citing that the furry envoy abused his cat slave, while in Albion, it was a crime behavior. For hundreds of years thereafter, the Albion people proudly declared: "Albion’s air is too pure to be suitable for slave (system) breathing."
However, in the modern era, with the ve company's magnificent industrial revolution, and the reality that the rival Charlieman's national strength is constantly increasing, the Albion people suddenly found that their products can't compete with Charlieman's products regardless of performance and quality~ EbookFREE.me~ With the popularization of assembly line operations and closed factories, even if you jump off the building and vomit blood, you will not be able to compete with those cheap and good commodities. About to be forced into desperation, the of luck looked after them again, and the laborious cottage hand-rolling noodle machine finally succeeded.
For a long time, cotton farmers could only pick 1 pound of cotton seeds a day by hand, while the hand-rolling noodle machine could process 50 pounds of cotton a day, although it was 1000 pounds a day away from the new steam-driven noodle mill of ve company. Very far away, but fortunately there is progress.
At the same time, with the expansion of overseas colonies, Albian has a large area of ​​fertile soil that can be used to grow mountain short-staple cotton. Cotton plantations and the cotton textile industry have sprung up in large numbers, and cotton has become the most important foreign trade profit channel for Albion.
Having said that, it is still very difficult to compete with ve company's advanced machines. The biggest gap is the labor cost. Similarly, hiring a worker, with the technical advantage, ve company's employees can be worth hundreds or even thousands. Albion workers, this advantage alone is enough for Albion to catch up.
The pragmatic Albian people soon noticed this, and soon thought of the solution-to adopt slavery, to plunder cheap labor from overseas, and send all these legged animals to cotton plantations and textiles Go to the factory. (To be continued...)