Chapter 204 Meredith Chamber of Commerce

As a war-prepared fortress, Lapzes's architectural style is mainly based on hard stone.

However, after the expansion of Noxus's territory, many cold and hard fortresses specially used for defense were demolished, and replaced by wooden low houses with wide views and soft styles.

Now that Lapzes is no longer needed for war, it is more of a fortress for trade transit and cultural exchange.

Whether it is the barbarians in the north, the sand tribes in the south, or the goods circulating in the western plains, they will be packaged in Lapzes and then shipped to the empire.

And those goods that converge from the north and the south will also gather and rest here and be sent to the western plains.

Therefore, in addition to being called a fortress, Lapzes is also called a "big market", and there are countless rare treasures from all over the world.

As early as more than ten years ago, the transformation from a strategic location to a big market was completed.

"Oh, wow-oh! There are so many good things here!" Bobby walked between the legs of passers-by, looking around with excitement and curiosity.

"Bobby, be careful, don't touch it, you will have to pay if you break it." Annie grabbed the bear with one hand and tried to pull Bobby with the other.

But she was still a step slower, and Bobby had already jumped a few times and ran to the front.

"Hey little guy, watch your hammer, this is top-grade jade." The laborer who was carrying the goods warned.

"Humph, I'm not a little guy, come and compete if you have the guts!" Bobby was unhappy.

"Hahahaha-wait until you grow up a little bit, the hammer will be taller than you." The laborer smiled and walked away with the cargo box.

Taking advantage of her pause, Seraphine and Annie followed her. Poppy puffed up her cheeks, her mouth corners bent down, and looked in the direction where the workers left:

"More than once! They always say 'the hammer is taller than me', what does that mean!"

"Well, I think they mean that this weapon is really good." Seraphine bent down and replied with a smile.

"Of course, this is a symbol of heroism." Poppy raised her head proudly, "Let's go, let's go to the store in front and take a look."

Poppy said without waiting for Seraphine to answer, and ran over with small and rapid steps.

"Sister Seraphine." Annie held the little bear, pulled up half of her mouth corners, and made a headache expression.

Although on the surface, she and Poppy are about the same height, but Annie seems much more indifferent in mentality. Of course, when facing Seraphine, it is an exception.

Seraphine touched Annie's little head and said cheerfully, "Let's go, Annie. There might be something fun ahead, like a little bear."

"Little bear~!" Annie's expression changed immediately when she mentioned the little bear. "I like little bears the most! Let's go."

Seraphine nodded, glanced at Zhao Xin, who was wearing a full set of Trifari armor behind her, smiled at him, and flew forward on the stage.

At this time, Poppy had randomly chosen a lucky store and was attracted by the iron cage placed at the door of the store.

There were several gray mice in the cage, dragging their long tails and running around, making "squeaking" sounds.

"Sir, do you need a glimmer potion? This is the most popular alchemical product in Zaun." The boss came up.

"Glimmer potion? It sounds interesting." Poppy looked at the purple potion bottles on the shelf curiously.

"Of course, this potion can make you extremely powerful in an instant."

"Powerful?" The interest on Poppy's face was reduced by half.

"Don't underestimate it, watch carefully." The boss took out a glass bottle from the outer pocket of his windbreaker. The purple liquid flowing in it was the same as the one displayed on the shelf.

He first caught a mouse from the iron cage. Amid the "squeaking" noise, the mouse was put into a transparent glass box that looked thick and spacious.

Then the boss twisted the lid of the potion and dripped a drop of liquid into it.

"In an instant."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bobby saw that the mouse in the glass box began to change.

Its blood vessels began to turn purple, spreading from the blood vessels to the whole body, and its tiny limbs swelled up exaggeratedly like a balloon.

The mouse began to go crazy and roared wildly. In a very short time, its body became the same size as a house cat. Its tiny teeth protruded outward, extremely sharp and terrifying, and violently hit and bit everything it saw.

"Damn, such a big mouse" Bobby looked at the mutated creature in the cage in surprise.

She finally understood why such a big box was used to hold the rats, and she had no doubt that it would be very painful if she was bitten by the rampaging rats now!

The "squeaking" biting sound suddenly weakened, and the rat's body began to shrink very quickly, as fast as the expansion process just now.

Soon, the screams and the impact sounds in Poppy's ears disappeared together, and the rat in the glass box lay on the ground, lifeless.

"It's dead?" Poppy blinked, obviously not accepting this fact.

"Want a bottle?"

"No, no, it's too scary, uh, I mean thank you."

After Poppy finished speaking, he was entangled in whether to talk about the issue of rat rights, but was soon pulled by Annie and continued to move forward.

"This Chamber of Commerce. Is it real?"

Seraphine, who was shopping, stopped the stage and looked at the three-story Chamber of Commerce in front of her in a daze, and the family emblem that she was extremely familiar with.

The logo is an open book.

Seraphine stood at the door and looked inside. The store was bustling with activity and was one of the most popular in the entire Grand Bazaar.

"Meredis Chamber of Commerce, the chamber of commerce founded by the general. Anything you want to buy can be found in the store." Zhao Xin walked to her to explain.

"It's really a chamber of commerce by the teacher."

Salinni walked subconsciously, and she was curious in her eyes.

Her two teachers spent the sky -high magic materials that spend sky -high prices every day in the floating castle. She thought it was the empire supply, but it didn't seem to be the case.

"Welcome to this shop! Are there any need for a few?"

Several people walked into the store, and a well -dressed man greeted him. His face was very cold, and there were several deep wrinkles and old scars on his forehead and corners of the eyes. The skin was slightly dull. 60 years old.

"Hello, can you introduce me?" Salinni greeted friendlyly.

"This is the Meredis Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce is divided into east and west districts, the Eastern District sells weapons and equipment, and the western district is a variety of debris, which is tolerant."

Men walked ahead to lead everyone, and a serious introduction.

Bobby in the rear was abnormal, and he fell behind his face, reaching out to pat the leg of Zhao Xin, and whispered:

"We have to pay attention, that person was definitely a killer, and he could smell the fierceness of him across the far away."

"His name is Pude, who used to be a captain, and is now the head of the Lapzus branch."

Zhao Xin and Pude looked at each other, and nodded with each other.

When Bobby saw this scene, his face was reddish and complained:

"Seeing ghosts, what do you know?"

"My teacher used to be the boss of General Zhao Xin. This chamber of commerce is a chamber of commerce held by my teacher." Salinni, who was in front, smiled.

"If it wasn't for the general and the leader that year, let us retire, and I would have to kill for a few years."

There is a little nostalgia on Pude's fierce face.

"You are old, and the opportunity is best to leave to young people." Zhao Xin said lightly.

"Fart!" Pude glanced at Zhao Xin, "How old are you younger than me?"

"I'm better than you."

When he heard Zhao Xin's words without emotion, Pude was discouraged at once, and he waved his hand with some interest:

"Forget it, today the old friend brought the general's students, don't say this."

Salinni's smart eyes spin around Zhao Xin and Pude. Although she can't hear Zhao Xin's soul's voice now, through Pude's voice, most of them can infer a lot of information.

Pude is already in his 60s. At this age, his old injuries and the decline of physiological function can make his combat power fade quickly.

In the land of runes, at least there must be heroes to maintain combat power at this age.

Of course, at the master level, no matter how old is the same. Especially walking the Wudao all the way, the older the older.

After the Battle of Price, Swin resigned from the military affairs as the loser and returned to the immortal fortress, while Ryan stayed for a while in the place where he was seal, dismissed some of the left -behind soldiers, and only retained the young and strong part of the part. Essence

Grot, Pude, and many people she knew, were soldiers who retired there for various reasons.

But almost every one she knew, no matter what the reason was retired, it seemed to get a good home.

With walking, Pude led the four to the Western District.

Facing the interior like a hypermarket, Salinni widened his eyes.

The shelves are full of various products. Many people come and go, from time to time, and from time to time, they have said a few words with the shopping guide of the shops. The whole scene is lively.

Pude noticed the expression of several people, and tilted his chest:

"The Maredis Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce in the empire. Everything can be bought in us. It is as large as war equipment, small as small as pots, pans, and tolerance."

"The most people over there are specialty area, which contains ice silkworms produced by Ferlzer, wheat wine in Shurema area, and Poltwaf's technology gadgets. Oh, there are wheat and rice in western plants in the west. "" "

In the end, Pude grinned with contempt in his eyes.

"You, you seem to look down on Demasia?" Bobby stood out and frowned slightly.

"That's it. We can wait for the Demasian now. They are our wealth owners. The strategy of generals and leaders is still unattended." Pude laughed.

"Then why do you?"

Bobby was a little confused. Just now Pude obviously shows the meaning of contempt.

"Come here."

Pude brought them to Demasia's commodity area. There are many things here. There are almost everything from clothes, food to food.

"So cheap."

Salinni watched these daily necessities from Demasia, and could not help but sigh.

A Cui Feligin currency can be exchanged for 50 kg of rice and 5 artificially weaved cloth.

Not only that, a gold coin in Noxus can only buy 1 kg of ordinary animal meat, but in the Demasian commodity area, you can buy 5 kg.

"Yes, their citizens are so pitiful."

Mocile on Pude's face:

There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!

"Since Demasia and Knocks have opened trade, those nobles can't wait to move their family to us to sell them."

"Don't look at most of them here, but they don't buy much. There are not many things they buy. Among them, many people from the nobles from the Demasian nobles have a few cars at a time."

Seraphone nodded, and looked around curiously, focusing on some people for a moment.

Laurent family, Bouvier family, Crown Guard family, Light Shield.

Almost everything, but most of them are people working for the family's side branches.

After all, the direct line of the Xiongdu family does not need to come here.

"Isn't this a good thing? They bring things from all over the world back to sell, and they can also improve the lives of Demacians." Poppy said a little confused.

Before entering this store, they also visited many small stalls.

Many of the small toys caught her attention deeply.

For example, a small flying machine for children, she just fits it.

If her pockets were not empty and she couldn't take out a penny, the flying machine would have been hers long ago.

That's 100 Trifarian gold coins!

When she has money, she must be a Yodel that people look up to!

"Yes, the living standard will definitely improve, and we are also responsible for tailoring some interesting toys for them." Pude smiled.

Hearing his soul's voice, Seraphine was silent.

The dumping of goods has only one consequence, that is, the oppression of civilians by Demacia nobles is even worse.

In order to get enough enjoyment from Noxus and all over the world, their expenditure will inevitably increase.

In this era of trade in Runeland, if they want to maintain their expenditure, they must also increase exports.

And these exports can only be produced by civilians in their territory.

Demacia civilians who used to work only half a day to feed a family of three may now have to work a whole day, or even have to work together with their spouses.

With the character of Demacians, the nobles only need to give certain blessings and provide appropriate incentives to make the civilians grateful.

And these simple methods are written in the books given by the empire to the Demacia nobles. There are many cases of other kingdoms and duchies recorded above. Swain and her teacher evaluated the defects of the slavery methods of those kingdoms and duchies in the book and proposed improvement measures.

All of these may not be taken seriously by the nobles at first, but later, they will inevitably flock to them.

On the surface, the nobles of Demacia enjoyed better life, while the common people worked harder to get a better life. On the other hand, the empire gained real money, resources and labor.

It seemed like a win-win situation for all three parties.

If she had not studied her teacher's theoretical knowledge as a whole, she would not have seen the secret.

As one side gains, the other loses, and the threat of Demacia will be minimized.

Seraphine looked at the goods from Demacia one by one, and saw Poppy praising Noxus for its generosity with satisfaction, and she couldn't help but feel a chill.

The struggle between countries has never been limited to war.

This famous sentence from her teacher, she now understands the meaning a little.

You can really gain a lot by coming out to see it.

With a learning attitude, Seraphine observed the surroundings, taking the entire Chamber of Commerce as a microcosm of the world's disputes, to experience some problems she had never thought about before.

Among all the goods, she summed up some rules.

The goods from Noxus are mostly weapons, or mechanical products with high technical content. These weapons and machines are far superior to those in other regions, and the prices are not too expensive.

On the contrary, the goods from Demacia are mainly for daily necessities, with no technical content and extremely low unit prices, but they win in large quantities.

Often, several tons of rice and wheat can be exchanged for a Hextech gun produced in the Empire.

And that kind of gun is just a practice work of apprentices in the academy.

Seraphine had heard Orianna say that the mechanical production line of low-end Hextech weapons has been completed, and it hardly needs too many people. As long as there are enough raw materials, it can be mass-produced.

As for those raw materials and semi-finished products, she saw a lot of them in the exhibition area of ​​Piltover. They were selling raw materials for manufacturing machinery or some small technological inventions, like the handmade works of independent producers.

In comparison, Zaun is more about alchemical drugs. Victor did not let Zaun go all the way to Hextech because he took over Zaun.

On the contrary, Zaun still maintains the characteristics of its own alchemical drugs, and even integrates with technology to create a number of high-level alchemical potions with low side effects and good effects.

In comparison, the goods in Shurima and Freljord are very simple.

Except for the barbarians who sell some sophisticated cold weapons, from what Seraphine saw, both regions mainly sell natural resources, and basically rely on the weather for their livelihood.

Although there are not many types of goods sold, the unit price is quite high and extremely precious.

In addition to some beautiful flowers and plants, the goods in Ionia are not seen here.

As for that area, Seraphine's understanding is limited to the fact that Ms. Sindra was born there, and her teacher also has a connection with it.

In addition, there are very few records about the local customs and customs there.

In the teacher's notes, there are more records of discoveries during the march, and there are few local history introductions.

After feasting their eyes, almost everyone was extremely satisfied.

Annie bought a fiery red hairpin produced in Piltover, and Poppy borrowed money to buy a few sets of clothes produced in Demacia, saying that she didn't have casual clothes and wanted to try them.

Seraphine didn't buy anything, but what she gained was something far more valuable than the goods.

After leaving the door, she hesitated for a while, and asked Zhao Xin:

"General Zhao Xin. Why didn't you see such a major chamber of commerce in the immortal fortress."

She is familiar with the streets and alleys of the Immortal Fortress, and she is even more familiar to Poltwoff, she grows.

In the immortal fortress, she has never seen such a large trading center, let alone the Meredis Chamber of Commerce.

There is no reason for the business association of my teacher.

Zhao Xin's eyes shook his head with a hint of memories:

"The Immortal Fortune did not have it. At that time, the general did not want to drive the chamber of commerce to Noxus. In fact, except for trading cities, although the rest of the places also had the Meredis Chamber of Commerce, it was not the largest local."

"Why?" Salinni was a little curious.

"This is a strategy set by the leader and the general. The earliest was because Dakwell and the nobles jointly suppressed it that the Chamber of Commerce could not enter the immortal fortress. But later, the general said."

"Even if they are, there is no way to ensure that there will be no things that are similar to business. Although generals will not do it, it is difficult to guarantee that the people below will bring a bad head."

Zhao Xin sighed and continued:

"So simply, the general set up the rules that were not in the Immortal Fortress Chamber of Commerce. Instead, the business union was established to ensure that the immortal fortress's business was completely free."

Since it is not involved in interests, is it more suitable for arbiters?

Salinni nodded and understood his teacher's thoughts.

"The Meredis Chamber of Commerce not only belongs to the general, he is very good for us and those brothers." Zhao Xin suddenly said, "The general accounted for only 40 %, the leader accounted for 20 %. "

"10-4-2, is equal to 4! What about 40 % left?" Bobby asked aside.

"The 4 Chengdu gave the retired veteran, whether or not he had fought side by side with us. However, the people who followed the generals had more divided. And more like Pude would work in the Chamber of Commerce, there would be more." Zhao Xin said.

"Thank you for your explanation. General Zhao Xin has benefited a lot today."

Salinni nodded with a smile and thanked Zhao Xin.

Today she noticed that Zhao Xin's words were much more than in the past. Or can't say that, as long as it is involved in her teacher, there will be a lot of words.

In the words, there is always extremely respect.

She can also feel that the longer the contact, the more she can understand the personality charm of her teacher.

On the battlefield, Ryan was the general of the front line.

In the empire, he was the president of the parliament that prevented the enemy.

In the eyes of the Noxus, he is the trustworthy leader and will bring them a better future.

And in her eyes.

Salinni smiled slightly and did not give an accurate answer, and took the lead in the camp.