Warhammer in a box

Chapter 417 Suspicious Alchemist
"Let's go, brothers! We've finished the inspection, but you don't have enough of these things... Can you really make a profit? But no matter what, let me treat you well! It's so rare to see compatriots here. I haven't been back for more than ten years. Tell me how the empire is now! I haven't seen any merchants from the empire in the past few years."

Otto was also happy that there was an imperial person here. In any case, this would be of great help to him in understanding Zhendan.

Led by Kingston, they arrived at Shangyang, the nearest major city in China.

After arriving in this city, Otto became more certain of his previous guess.

Zhendan already has a complete standing army system, and he frowned.

However, what he was worried about was not whether the strength of these soldiers would affect the plan of the God-Emperor, but because some soldiers had things that looked like dimensional stones on their weapons and equipment. Otto noticed that the things on these weapons and equipment were actually the dimensional stones that the Skaven loved the most!
Although these dimensional stones no longer have the chaotic magic fluctuations.

With doubts, Otto and others walked into the city. Walking on the prosperous streets with pure oriental characteristics, everything made Otto and others curious.

The bustling markets and clean streets are indeed soothing, compared to which the former imperial cities seemed obviously barbaric and backward.

Soon, everyone stopped in front of an inn.

"Brother Otto, this is my inn. Come on, I'll ask you to park your carriage in the backyard. I've asked someone to prepare food so we can have a good chat!"

Just as everyone was about to enter the door, a group of people galloped on the street without paying any attention to the civilians on the street. All the civilians immediately dodged to the side when they saw this group of people.

Kingston immediately pulled Otto away from the main street, but when the group passed by Otto, he found that the divine symbol began to heat up and flash.

Watching the group of people go away, Otto hurriedly asked Kingston.

“Who are these people in Kingston?”

Kingston was clearly taken aback by Otto!
"Brother Otto, don't get excited! These people are just some alchemists under Lord Zhaoming, and they are very similar to the magicians in our empire. Although they are rare in places governed by other dragon sons of Zhendan, and even illegal, they are still very common under the rule of Lord Zhaoming. Although they are a little overbearing, these people will have privileges wherever they go, don't you think? Okay, don't think about it, let's eat first."

But after sitting down at the dinner table, Otto's thoughts still didn't come back.

"The Divine Seal cannot produce effects without reason. If it is just a small amount of Chaos Energy produced by Dimensional Stone, it would not have such a reaction. The Chaos Corruption in the Empire was also very serious. Just like when it encountered those soldiers wearing weapons and equipment mixed with Dimensional Stone through special forging techniques, the Divine Seal also had no reaction. There is definitely something wrong with these Alchemists!"

Otto further confirmed his guess. It seemed that the chaotic forces hidden in the darkness in Zhendan were more numerous than he had imagined, and had even infiltrated the high-level officials here.

After calming himself down, Otto immediately sent people to send this information to the empire.

He also refocused his energy on the matter at hand.

Kingston asked incessantly about the situation in the empire, and Otto also used Kingston to understand the current situation in Zhendan.

When Kingston heard about the changes in the empire, he was shocked.

"The emperor has changed? The electoral system has been abolished?! The great God-Emperor?! So many things have happened in the empire in the years I was away?"

"Yes, the great God-Emperor has made the empire even more powerful. Everything is developing in a good direction. By the way, how did you come here and stay here for more than ten years?"

"My father and I were originally a minor noble in Styria, but our generation didn't produce any great figures. Funny enough, we squandered all our family fortune. We had no other choice but to use our last fortune to form a caravan.

However, traveling as a trader was much more difficult than we had imagined. We had already lost half of our men before we even reached Zhendan, and only one in ten of our goods remained. If I hadn't used the last bit of goods to hire some ogres, I might have died on the road. Unfortunately, my father died of illness on the way.

When I arrived in Zhendan, I was free from all worries. We had lost everything in the empire, so we might as well develop our career here. Fortunately, my years of socializing with aristocrats taught me how to socialize, and my brain was also pretty good. I learned the language here. It happened that Lord Zhaoming's subordinates also needed people who could speak the imperial language and understand the situation in the empire, so I was able to eat the emperor's food here.

I have saved some money over the years and I have set up a posthouse here to receive people from other countries or the royal court." After hearing this, Otto also knew that Kingston was a poor man who had settled here.

"Kingston, we are not here just to do business. We want to set up a branch of the Chamber of Commerce here. A stable empire will attract more people to come here to expand our business. I wonder if you can introduce us to some officials here and make things easier for us. Don't worry, you won't do it in vain!"

But after hearing what Otto said, Kingston felt troubled.

"Actually, I really want to help you, but the situation here is rather special. It's okay for an outsider to live here, but if he wants to do business... I've tried before, but facing the giant local chamber of commerce, we have no power to resist. Even if they do something illegal to us, no one will come to help us. These big chambers of commerce are profit-making tools for the dragon sons and descendants, so how can they watch their own interests being damaged?

Brother Otto, if there is no one to guide and take care of you here, your Chamber of Commerce will not be able to operate."

Kingston persuaded Otto.

"By the way, Kingston, do you know the He family?"

"The He family? Which He family?"

"I'm not sure, but it should be a merchant family."

"A merchant family. The He family? Do you have a name?"

"He Zhen, have you heard of this name?"

"He Zhen? If it's a merchant family, I know one. What's the matter?"

Then Otto took out a token with the word "He" written on it from his arms.

"How did you get the He family's keepsake?"

"I have had some contact with He Zhen, and he said that he could use this token to ask the He family for some help."

"That's great! With this thing, things will be easy! The He family also has a branch in Shangwu, which is not a small chamber of commerce in Zhendan. Let's finish our meal first, and then I'll take you there. With this thing, things will be easy!"

Kingston was also surprised that Otto, a newcomer, actually had such a thing.

It was already late at night as we drank and chatted.

Kingston was already drunk and slumped over on the table, while Otto walked out the door.

He looked at the guard who was resting in the backyard, and with a glance, the guard immediately came to Aoto's side.

The appearance of this ordinary-looking man suddenly began to squirm, and soon he turned into Mehrindi's appearance.

"Master Mehlindi, I'm going to trouble you next."

"There's no need to say it's troublesome. This is the mission the Emperor has given me."

After saying this, Mehlindi climbed over the wall and disappeared into the darkness.

(End of this chapter)