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Chapter 302: One-day Tour of Aurora Changyuan

There are a total of 99,900 households in the Liebei Province where Nangao City is located, most of which live in the city.

This city also became the only industrialized city in Zhendan.

There are a total of nine high walls, divided into nine areas, with a terrain similar to that of Nuln in the Empire, and the same weapons and equipment production center.

The materials area, thanks to its proximity to the mountains, is able to obtain first-hand raw materials, and is also the source of one of the foundations of the empire: steel.

Iron ore, coal, nonferrous metals, and timber from all over Aurora are transferred through the materials area.

Of course, everything here is about bulk commodity trading. The traders and merchants are either dragon descendants or gentry. Ordinary merchants cannot interfere or get involved.

In the sorting area, regardless of whether it is because of its vast area and abundant resources, the supplies and materials must be sorted after they are prepared.

There are good and bad coals, good and bad iron ores, and different types of wood.

According to the grade and quality of the materials, basic review and screening are completed in the sorting area, which is full of Aurora supervisors and hard-working sorting personnel. Outsiders will not interfere, and there is no need to interfere.

In the smelting area, after the minerals are selected, they will be transported to the smelting area for smelting.

Although Lord Biaolong Miaoying doesn't like alchemists and alchemists very much, these two types of people still have some chances in the smelting area.

Forging area, there is no need to explain much about this area. The waiter in the teahouse pointed and the place surrounded by black fog was the so-called forging area.

Since they are all used by the imperial court, they will never be sold on the market. Although the quality is strictly selected by the nine clans, no matter how powerful the merchants are, they cannot get the goods inside.

Windlow and Mousse took a sip of the Bamboo Leaf Green Tea. The bitter taste made them feel a little uncomfortable, but the green leaves had a magical fragrance when chewed.

In the foundry area, swords can be shaped through forging, but armor cannot be easily done.

Zhendan used the technique of lacing armor and completely abandoned the plate armor technique. The production process was also very complicated. One patch after another was strung together with leather to form a complete set of armor.

The advantage of ziplock armor is that it can be repaired and replaced. Even if the armor is damaged, it can be reused by replacing the broken patches.

However, the armor's resistance to piercing and blunt damage is too low, there is no fluctuation, and no energy transfer, resulting in the lack of long-range resistance of the Zhendan troops even though their armor looks very good.

Even the Empire's half-body plate armor is superior in this regard, and can provide long-range resistance when dealing with long-range firepower.

The seemingly ordinary Imperial half-body armor can defend against long-range armor-piercing firepower better than the Zhendan armor.

The advantages of armor are that it can be quickly deployed, is cheap, and easy to maintain. It can even allow Zhendan to mobilize a large armored army in just one month.

This thing is destined to not be sold to the empire to make money, because the imperial army does not need this kind of thing. The nobles are willing to pay more for plate armor, but ordinary soldiers will not spend money to buy it.

If you start an armor business, you will definitely suffer huge losses.

The barracks area is just a name for this area. Any outsider who dares to approach the barracks area will be killed by the Aurora soldiers without prior notice.

Dragon Palace area, Biaolong Miaoying's bedroom and office area.

The residential area is different from other cities. The urban area of ​​Nangao City is specially designed, and the workers have their own allocated houses.

Market areas, which are some basic commercial areas, meet the consumption needs and material supply of local people.

From the waiter in the teahouse, Windlow learned the basic situation of the entire city.

Although there are many areas, there are few business opportunities and markets. You can't make much money by staying here. If you want to find opportunities, you have to leave such a city.

It just so happened that a group of Aurora troops were gathering and slowly moving out of the city. Their destination seemed to be Changyuan in the north. This was also an opportunity.

Zhendan should be similar to the empire. The closer to the north, the worse the economy is, and there are fewer and fewer business opportunities.

Seeing that they couldn't make much money, Windlow and Mousse, based on the idea that since they were already here, chose to follow behind the Aurora army, which was equivalent to having free bodyguards along the way.

After all, no matter what kind of bandits they are, they dare not act rashly near the army.

The purpose of following the army is very simple, to go to Changyuan and see how grand the layout is.

After only one day of moving eastward, we arrived at the first fortress in Changyuan.

If the Empire's Hemgate Fortress is based on the Gray Mountains, a road has been opened on the Axe Pass.

This place called Viper Gate Pass relies on the defense formed by Changyuan. It is a huge fortress-shaped city. It is not as prosperous as Hemgate, but its discipline and strictness are far better than the empire.

As a businessman, Wendlow noticed at a glance that something was wrong.

This Zhendan fortress called Viper Gate actually has various commercial buildings and is not a purely military stronghold.

The market area occupies most of the place, selling goods from all over.

"Stop, check!"

The troops at the front had naturally entered the city long ago and completed the change of guard under the command of the local commander Fu Yuanshan.

There are inspections everywhere in Zhendan, and the Changyuan Fortress is so detailed that no detail will be missed.

Not only will they not accept bribes, they will also check everyone's body from head to toe.

After thoroughly confirming the business identities of Windlow and Mousse, additional prohibitions and terms were still given.

"First, no steel or gunpowder may be sold to the North."

"Second, nothing related to magic may be imported from the north."

"Third, no one is allowed to sneak into Aurora."

"Anyone who violates the above three rules will be executed immediately."

The soldiers on duty were no longer the common Zhendan Yuyong soldiers in other cities, but a kind of terrifying soldiers wearing more elite armor and holding halberds and shields.

The murderous aura they revealed made Mousse a little afraid. Only those who had survived a sea of ​​blood and corpses would have such a temperament.

Since this is the local custom, Windlow naturally has to follow it. Merchants cannot change the rules, so they can only abide by them well.

And these three rules are not difficult to understand when combined. They are not meant to make things difficult for merchants, but for the safety of Zhendan itself.

The land in the north is barren and the technology is backward, but what it lacks the most is various bloodthirsty and warlike warriors. If they are given steel and gunpowder, they will inevitably gather a large number of threats to Zhendan.

Secondly, the north is too close to the Chaos Wasteland, and anything related to magic is destined to be more or less corrupted by Chaos.

Spreading Chaos Corruption is a capital crime, no matter where you are.

Needless to say, there are Chaos believers in the north who want to sneak into Zhendan.

Mousse folded his arms across his chest. He had come to Zhendan and seen Changyuan, but there was nothing new and no battles. So he could prepare to go home and return to the empire.

But what she didn't know was that Windlow had already read more important information from the three rules of the Viper Gate Pass of the Aurora Fortress.

That is the power to the north of Zhendan and Changyuan. Since there are commercial restrictions, it means that the two sides must have business dealings!