Chapter 685: Dry Steel City

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"Here, Dry Steel City!" When turning over a small hill and seeing the tall chimneys and dense houses on the far plains, everyone could not help but cheered, and a smile appeared on the tired face.
Although nothing thrilling happened on the way from Mutong Town to Kugang City, the caravans did not relax their vigilance because they had encountered more than one robber on the road, but these robbers could see this Savile The human caravan is a difficult bone to eat, so they just watched them away from a distance, without any action.
But even so, it was still very nervous to go up and down the caravan. The worst thing was that a small village that the caravan had planned to use as a resting place had been destroyed by unknown forces. There were some still fresh bodies in the village, which seemed to attack It should be within the last four or five days, so they worry that the unknown forces that destroyed the village will target the caravan, so the caravan had to give up the rest and rushed all night, until now came to the outskirts of the dry steel city, everyone's nervousness Just relax a little bit.
Withered Steel City has been the smelting town of the Kingdom of Maris since a thousand years ago. At its most prosperous time, nearly 90% of the steel products of the entire Kingdom of Maris were produced by the Iron and Steel City.
At the beginning, the ruler of the Dry Steel City was the Rockham Family, the most famous and largest hereditary earl family in the Kingdom of Marais. They ruled seven castles including the Dry Steel City, and they were the largest count in the northwest. collar.
Originally according to the family's principles and ability to do things, they should be able to continue the inheritance for hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, but unfortunately they stood on the wrong side in the war led by the king, not only were they deprived of their territory and title, even He was expelled from the Kingdom of Marais and became an exile. So far, he still lives as a stateless guest in Dailyat.
After Kugang City broke away from the control of the Rockham family, the entire city was taken over by the Kingdom, but the Kingdom did not have complete control of the city. They just sent a tax specialist to control all taxes in Kugang City. The city’s municipal administration was handed over to the original city steel joint board of directors. Until today, the government affairs of the dry steel city are still controlled by this board of directors.
In order to place such things as rebellion, so after taking over the steel city, the city wall of the city was demolished by the army of the Kingdom of Marais, and the city was ordered to prohibit the construction of the city wall.
Later, although the Kingdom’s control of Kugang City was greatly weakened, the board of directors of Kugang City did not intend to build a wall, because as the amount of steel produced by Kugang City increased, the entire city became more prosperous and a lot The factory was built. Along with the factory, there were also living quarters for workers, which also led to the continuous expansion of the city.
The total area of ​​Dry Steel City is now six times that of two hundred years ago, and this is only the area of ​​the city. If you count the area of ​​the suburban area, then it is possible to be ten times.
Although Kugang City is the most prosperous city in the northwestern part of the Kingdom of Marais, for ordinary people, Kugang City is the most unsuitable city for human habitation. The dozens of cities in the city look like towers The same chimney emits black smoke all day long, and these black smoke entrenches inside and outside the city for a long time. In such an environment, the residents do not even dare to say that their washed clothes hang outside the house, because then when he takes back the clothes At that time, the clothes may be dirtier than before washing.
According to the recommendation of the medical school, all residents of Dry Steel City must wear a mask when they go out, otherwise long-term breathing of this dust-filled air will cause various fatal diseases, so in Dry Steel City, except for the owners of the steel plants In addition to making money, factories that make masks also make a lot of money.
However, even so, the annual number of deaths due to various cardiopulmonary diseases in Dry Steel City is twice the sum of other places, so it is also called the city of death.
Although Kugang City has various defects, due to its well-developed railway transportation network, Kugang City has become a trade center in the northwest region, and it is also the economic and trade hub of the Kingdom of Marais and the Kingdom of Deliyat .
The first railroad track in the Kingdom of Marais was laid in Kugang City. This track is 17 kilometers long and mainly connects Kugang City to Keller Harbour.
At that time, the steel products of the Dry Steel City needed to be transported to the Port of Keller, then sleep through the Dekar River, enter the Mam River, the mother river of the Kingdom of Marais, and then use the Mam River to penetrate the national water system and transport it to Ma Rees Kingdom.
Because there are ready-made steel materials that can be supplied in large quantities, this railway did not cost much money, but at that time, the construction of the railway was more because the board of directors of the dry steel city was under pressure from the upper kingdom, so it was not possible to pay for the construction of the railway. of.
It's just that the grievances of the board of directors of Kugang City soon disappeared after the railway was repaired, because they found that the convenience that the railway brought to their cargo transportation was far beyond the money paid, and it was less than half a year. All the funds paid for the construction of the railway have been returned.
Because of the convenience of the railway, when the high-level leaders of the Kingdom began to discuss whether to lay the railway to all major cities, Kugang City was an uncharacteristically strong endorsement, and even hesitated to act as a lobbyist for the Royal Government. The construction of the national railway can successfully pass the discussion, and the board of directors of Dry Steel City is indispensable.
Therefore, when the central railway station of the Western Railway Network began to select a site, with the support of the Kingdom, the Dry Steel City became the final winner, and this also brought new vitality to the Dry Steel City.
All commodities in western cities need to be transported to Kugang City in a centralized manner, and then transferred from Kugang City to the national railway network and transported to all parts of the country. Therefore, on the outskirts of Kugang City, there is also a huge railway station, warehouse and trading market .
Now the caravan is going to the trading market, just like all outsiders, the Saviles are also very dissatisfied with the air of the Dry Steel City. They will not enter the urban area unless necessary. The same is true. A community of foreigners and foreigners has formed around the trading market on the outskirts of time.
The Kingdom of Savile set up an office here, and also bought some real estate as a temporary residence for Savile merchants who came here to do business.
After the caravan came to the trading market, it went directly to the office of the Kingdom of Savile, preparing to obtain a relatively cheap camp from there.
Just after entering the trading market area, everyone felt that the atmosphere was not right here. Not only were there many military police and police on the road patrolling, but almost everyone was wearing weapons, and these weapons were put It is even more strange to see the exposure of these weapons in places where they can be obtained at any time. The military police and the police did not even ask about it, as if it was a normal thing.
In a strong doubt, the caravan came to the location of the Kingdom of Savile in their memory, but everything in front of them completely stunned them, because he found that the four-story building of the office was gone, leaving only A pile of ruins and a lot of blood can be seen in the rubble on the ground. Obviously there has been a fierce battle here. The battle has not only returned to the office, even the people in the office have died. Otherwise, even if the office has become a ruin, someone should guard this place.
"Please wait a moment." After returning from the ruins, Gusang, the caravan supervisor, looked around and saw a local man walking in front, immediately chased up, stopped the man, and then was there Watching with vigilant eyes, in the not-too-pure Maris language, he said: "Excuse me, what's going on in this Savile office building? Why is it ruined here? And there are people here What about?"
"Dead! It's all dead!" The man responded impatiently, but when he saw the caravan guards who were following him, he immediately became tense and his tone quickly changed, explaining more patiently: " One night a lot of monsters suddenly appeared in the city, there are also here. Those monsters attacked people everywhere, and many places were destroyed at that time, this place was also destroyed at that time, and later the police inspected and found all the Saviles in the office...Sa The Vil people are dead, and their bodies are still in the morgue. If they are not picked up, they will be sent to the public cemetery and buried together."
Hearing this man's words, the faces of all Saviles on the scene became very ugly, and the locals did not dare to stay for long when they saw this, and ran away quietly.
"What shall we do now?" someone asked.
The caravan principal Gu Sang pondered for a moment and said, "Go to our campsite first. Although the office is gone, the campsite is still there. Let's go there and set up the campsite and the goods. Then you go to contact Deliyat Businessmen came to see the goods. I took people to the police station in the city and asked about the office."
Hearing Gusang's instructions, others thought it was appropriate to handle it, so they drove the caravan of the caravan and walked over to a camp site bought by the Savile Kingdom office.
Because the majority of Savile’s caravans are caravans, the Savile Kingdom’s office did not buy any real estate around the trading market, but bought an open space very close to the trading market. Specially provide Savile caravans with tents and camps.
When the caravan came to the vacant lot, a group of local businessmen seemed to be measuring the land and wanted to occupy the land, because the office of the Kingdom of Savile was gone, and the land seemed to them. Became a land of no ownership.
So when the caravan arrived, these people justified and asked the caravan to leave immediately, but after all the caravan people showed their weapons and showed a murderous look, they all counseled and took a few words. After that, he fled away in disgrace.
Soon the caravans were stationed in the skillful camp, and according to their respective division of labor, moving goods, preparing food, etc., some business-savvy people left the camp and went to the residence of Deliyat to look for previous transactions. businessman.
Gu Sang was originally planning to go to the urban police station to consult the office. By the way, we can see if they can take away the bodies of the people in the office. If they can take these bodies back to the country, the kingdom will definitely also deal with this matter to the caravan. The rewards of the people are equal to the sale without a price.
But before he left, he thought about it a little bit, and came to the place where Leo was in the caravan tent. When he saw Leo coming out of the tent, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Leo, you want to Leave?"
"Not yet, I will stay here for two days before I leave." Leo looked at Gusang and said, "If you should be for those few woodcarvings? Have you enough money?"
Gu Sang's face was a bit ugly. Originally, he was planning to use his relationship with the office. He first borrowed a sum of money from here to buy the wood carving in Leo's hand. But I didn't expect that the office was destroyed and everyone was dead. This made his plan unsuccessful. Now he only hopes that the goods he brought can be sold at a good price, so that he can get the funds to buy wood carving.
So he immediately said: "Not yet, can you wait for me for a few days, wait for me to sell all these goods..."
Leo interrupted him and said, "I think even if all the goods are sold, you can only make up enough money to buy three wood carvings. You use all the capital and profits of this trader to buy Isn’t the wood carving in my hand afraid of your tribe’s blame?"
"It is enough to have three wood carvings." Gu Sang gritted his teeth and said, "As for the tribe, I believe they will understand."
Leo nodded and agreed to Gusang’s request, saying:
In this case, I hope that when I leave, you can get enough money.

Seeing Leo agree to his request, Gu Sang also breathed a sigh of relief, and then took his men, left the camp, went to the urban police station, and handled various matters of the office.
"Mr. Leo~EbookFREE.me~I..." Suns on the side also asked.
Leo interrupted him and asked, "Do you have enough money now?"
"Yes." Sanz hurriedly said that the backpack on his body was removed, and then digged out of the backpack, took out a book, opened the book's folder, and pulled out five very beautiful metal cards from inside.
These five metal cards are all very beautifully crafted. On the front is a large number of patterns composed of thousands, and on the back is the holy emblem of the hill king.
Seeing the metal card, Leo knew what it was, and couldn’t help laughing:
You, a Savile, didn’t even save money in the bank of the Church of the Lord of All Things, but instead of the Church of the King of the Hill, this If known, you might be treated as an apostate."
"It's just that everyone thinks it's impossible, it's really safe, and no one will find the money in my hands." Sance slightly proud, and then asked nervously: "Please ask me..."
"Choose one from the inside!" Leo said a few woodcarvings and spread them out in front of Sens.