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Chapter 1366 Chapter 289. Changes in the Golden City
Everything is over, and life goes on as usual.

However, for the people of Broken Mountains, especially those of Golden City, they were suddenly confused about how to survive.

Everything familiar around him seemed strange. No more domineering nobles in fancy clothes charging around on the streets. Instead, there were elite soldiers holding strange spears.

They looked tough, but surprisingly easy to talk to. Earlier, when Granny Annie on the street fell down after stepping on compacted snow, they carried her to the Fortune Church for treatment. Not only did they not spend a penny, but after learning that Granny Annie had no children, they also sent her a bag of food and coal.

Oh, poor, lucky Granny Anne. If it weren't for those weird soldiers, a penniless, immobile old woman would have been found frozen to death in her bed the next day.

There is also the Golden Palace. In the past, if you looked at it for even a second, you might get beaten up by the soldiers, let alone approach it. It is said that it has now become the office of the adults from the floating city.

The neighbors were talking about their lord becoming a blue dragon. So when they saw a blue dragon, should they continue to call him the noble master or the blue dragon master? Also, the streets were not wide enough, so should they demolish the houses to make it easier for the blue dragon master to crawl around?

The annoying thugs and their gangs that used to hang out on the streets all day are gone, and people on the street are applauding, but it's hard to hate them when they see the elderly people in their homes who are left unattended.

When everyone was worried about their future, the masters of the floating city walked out of the Golden Palace and began to knock on doors from house to house to register their situations.

They would ask how many people there are in the family and whether they have a job. After that, they would give them a wooden plaque and ask them to keep it well and not lose it.

There are several colors of wooden signs. According to the masters, the green wooden sign represents maintaining the status quo, the yellow wooden sign represents a one-year tax reduction, and the red wooden sign, in addition to a one-year tax reduction, will also provide all the resources to get through the winter.

At first everyone was laughing, after all, they had all seen the lies told by the nobles and rich people.

But before long, they really saw a long line of carts appearing on the street, and the soldiers took the sacks off the carts one by one and delivered them to the homes of poor people who had lost their children, or were disabled and would most likely die this winter.

And not only that, they also helped climb onto the roof, repair holes in the house, and unclog the chimney.

Palin also had a wooden sign, but his was yellow - he guessed it was because he had no elderly or children to support and was an adult with all his limbs intact.

As for why it was a yellow card instead of a green card, he guessed it was because he was too poor.

After distributing the supplies, the soldiers began knocking on doors, saying they wanted to find them jobs in the mines.

"I don't! I don't want to go--"

Palin was very resistant, and so were many other residents. They were not stupid, and they knew how deadly the mine was.

Soon, Grandma Annie was invited out. She tried to persuade those who were unwilling to work, saying that Master Blue Dragon would not look down upon their wages, that the Master of the Floating City would make the decision for them, and that the Lady and the Holy Son were watching them in the sky.

With the assurances of Anne's mother-in-law and the accompanying officials, the residents softened their attitude. But when it came to Palin, he still refused.

After closing the door, Grandma Anne's sigh came from outside the window: "Palin's father and brothers died in the mine, so he became like this..."

Palin locked himself in his house and refused to go anywhere.

From the window he saw the men on the street saying goodbye to their families with sad faces, and then returning with excitement before dark.

The second day, the third day...they brought back more and more things.

On the fifth day, Palin went out.

It’s not that I changed my mind, but the coal at home is running out.

He walked to a street shop and asked the clerk how much coal was.

"Two silvers."

Palin looked grim as he repeatedly counted the copper coins in his purse. There were only 103 coins.

"Why... why is it more expensive..." He said in embarrassment, almost curled up. The clerk pointed to the sign outside and said, "Look carefully, it's two silver coins per bag, not per basket."

Palin couldn't believe it: "Only two silver coins for a bag?"

"Yes, there is so much coal in the Broken Mountains, so the problem is that it is sold at a high price." The clerk said, and found that Palin was staring at him, and explained awkwardly: "I...we can't do anything about it. We had to pay almost 90% tax before, and the money was all earned by the overlord..."

Palin didn't pay attention to what the clerk said next. He felt dizzy when he dragged half a bag of coal back.

Palin, who was used to being frugal, did not put in a few more pieces of coal just because it was cheaper. He still managed to keep himself from getting frostbite.

The next day, he went out again, but this time he opened a recruitment office at a fork in the road.

He heard from his neighbors that a freedman leader named Wilson or something like Whiskey was recruiting workers here.

"Protecting our homeland starts with me. If you see a blue dragon doing something illegal, please shout and notify the soldiers immediately—"

Palin stared blankly at the soldiers shouting slogans as they walked down the street and entered the recruitment office.

Because he was afraid of the mines, he only found a job as a cleaner.

Palin was very satisfied. Although the salary was not much, it was enough to keep him from starving or freezing to death.

After working for a few days, Palin found that no matter how early he came, other cleaners would always arrive earlier than him.

He was careful and went out before daybreak, only to find that his colleagues had just arrived. When they saw him coming, they complained that there was one more person to share, then took Palin out of the city and walked into a cave.

When Palin saw a blue dragon lying in the cave, he stood there stupidly in fear.

Colleagues had already skillfully climbed up with the prepared rags and brooms to help Lan Long clean his body.

Palin had long discovered that the blue dragon was not that scary.

They usually just flew over the Golden City, not bothering humans at all, and stayed away from them as if they were afraid of hurting them.

But in any case, cleaning the blue dragon's body was somewhat beyond his imagination.

"What are you doing? Come and work," a colleague urged.

Palin had forgotten how he climbed onto the blue dragon's back to wipe its body. He only remembered that after the wiping, they received the reward paid by the blue dragon - its feces.

The cleaners carried the dragon dung back to the Golden City and walked to the door of the magic shop with ease. They exchanged two sacks of dragon dung for 50 silver coins and then divided them equally.

Palin was given eight silver coins, and they told him that he would be able to earn that much every day in the future.

Palin, who had never made so much money before, was very uneasy at first, but as he spent more time cleaning the blue dragon's body, he gradually became bolder.

The frequent food purchases also let people on the street know that Palin was making money, and introduced him to a woman who had lost her husband.

She was hard-working and big-boned, and Palin was pleased with her.

He had never dared to imagine such a life before.

Palin decided to go to church to pray tomorrow.

Not to the lady, but to the Holy Son.

(End of this chapter)