Thirdly, I actually hope that the desert will be governed by Liyue. That Lord will pay more attention to ordinary people like us, rather than those high-ranking officials.
Of course, there is one last point. Even if Liyue comes to occupy it by force, what can we do?
I don’t want to face the Thousand Rocks Army who are armed to the teeth. Not to mention that if you think Liyue is easy to bully, there will be planes circling over our heads in half a day.”
"Oh, that's right. We can't win again. The desert kingdom has been destroyed, and there's no one who can stand up and speak." Jade also shook her head and threw away some unrealistic ideas.
“In fact, the House of the Order has many vicious plots against us desert people, making it impossible for us to produce leaders who can stand up and speak out.
For example, the group of thirty people who were recruited were the only ones who understood the desert people. They put on a layer of official Xumi skin, but treated the desert people much more cruelly than the Xumi people.
This scheme directly split our desert people into two different groups, which is equivalent to saying that if you want to fight against the House of the Order, you have to get past your own people first.
Another vicious plot is to use scholars to kill a village." Gabriel slowly told his own experience and understanding.
"Scholars dragged down an entire village?" Candice also looked over.
“Yes, I have traveled a lot over the past few decades and have visited many large tribes.
They all have one thing in common: there are quite a few crazy scholars in the tribe.
The idea of knowledge being respected, established by the House of the Lords, leads us to believe that these scholars are superior to others. Wouldn't it be a good thing for the exiled mad scholars to be restored one day?
Under such subtle influence, coupled with the suppression of the Council of Eminence, these crazy scholars sent here could only be fed and well fed, and they had to be found if they got lost, and treated if they were sick.
Killing scholars is a serious crime! They can only be kept alive, not killed. This results in these people not bringing any benefits to the tribe, but eating up the tribe's resources.
The entire Aru Village has less than 1800 people, but how many of them are these crazy scholars? "
"It's approaching the 300 mark. If we subtract the elderly and children, the number of people who can work... could it be..." Candice showed a look of surprise.
"You are right. The Order of the Lords is dragging down the Aru Village. They easily solved the problem of the desert tribes being too powerful by using some crazy scholars they had abandoned.
Giving these tribes hundreds of big mouths will make the tribes, which already have few resources, even poorer. If you think that killing them will solve the problem, then you will face the wanted list of the Order Council.
Once the wanted order is sent to the surrounding tribes, with a huge bounty attached, the fate of the tribe that killed the scholar is doomed. "
"There's not even anyone who can stand up and speak? A series of vicious schemes that are linked together! A group of scattered sand..." Candice murmured.
The future and the road that the shopkeeper talked about, coupled with Gabriel's own knowledge and understanding, directly caused the guardian of Aru Village to fall into a state of shutdown.
Candice was walking in a daze on her routine patrol route when she heard the villagers' conversation.
"I counted the Moras in my pocket. There are only a few left... If this continues, I'm going to have trouble living!"
"Don't worry, look, I just did some handicrafts recently and bought a lot of food for my family."
"So what? Just live one day at a time? What if one day you can't make money from what you make? What will you do?"
"Don't panic, don't panic, I'll think of a way."
"What else can you do? All the jobs that can make a little money are full. There's no room for you to squeeze in."
......
"Are there too many crazy scholars recently? Three more freeloaders have come in."
"That's right. Why send him to the desert? Why not send him to a cell in Xumi City?"
"If we could take in a crazy scholar and get 1000 or 2000 million Mora, that would be fine. It wouldn't be too much of a burden to support him. Now he's a complete burden to the village, and I don't know when he'll stop being crazy."
"If there wasn't a thirty-man group stationed in Aru Village to keep an eye on them, I really wanted to find a cell to lock them all up. A few days ago, a scholar went missing, and the village sent a five-man team to look for him, but only three returned. Alas..."
......
The nails of her clenched fist pierced into her palm, and blood gradually dripped. Candice finally came to the temple where the statue of the Red King was enshrined.
The old guardians looked at her arrival with a little surprise.
"If you are not going to carry out the mission of 'protecting' Aru Village, what are you doing here?" The old guardian in the lead opened his eyes and looked at Candice.
"I want to lead Aru Village onto a new path, and I need that artifact."
"A new path? A divine weapon? You are not qualified to touch these."
"As the heir of Akhmar, my left eye can see the future. I am qualified to lead the desert people forward. Come! Fight!"
The next morning.
Candice walked out of the temple, with a shield in her left hand. Infused with the power of the Red King, the divine shield that could control sand and gravel was revealed. In the desert, possessing this shield was equivalent to being invincible.
Standing on a high place and looking at the desert, the road ahead is destined to be a bloody one, and a road of no return.
[I will not let the people of Aru Village be bound by the 'past' forever. If you cannot move forward, I will lead you all to the 'future' alone! ]
Afterwards, with the assistance of Gabriel and others, he recruited several large tribes nearby.
After the transition from Mora to Liyuan, in March this year, we went out of the desert for the first time to complete trade at the Port of Omos, which was facilitated by Liyue.
If this first trade is successful, it will reassure those who have already joined but are still wavering. If it fails, there will be unpredictable consequences.
The scene at Port Ormos.
"Only 3000 Li Yuan? You..." The trade inspector was stopped by another trade inspector.
The two walked aside.
"Enough is enough. We can't squeeze much out of these desert people. More and more people are watching. The disciplinary officers usually turn a blind eye, but if they go too far, we'll be in trouble."
The trade inspector nodded and returned to the desert people.
"5000 Li Yuan. If you give me 5000 Li Yuan, I won't confiscate your goods. Otherwise, you can go to jail."
Gabriel looked at Jade.
"Jade..."
"I got it, Dad." Seeing her father's pleading eyes, Jade had no choice but to take out some of her own wages.
After collecting 5000 Li Yuan and handing it over to the trade inspector, everyone continued on their way to the port.
The group's original excitement was immediately extinguished.
"Don't be sad. If we can complete the transaction, we can give an explanation to the people in the village." Jessica encouraged everyone.
"Is this what the books say: the most ingenious way to rob?" The young man who was about to rush forward complained.
"Look, it looks like a mountain is moving on the sea!"
Over time.
"Hiss... How on earth was this made? How can it be so big?" The desert bumpkins exclaimed at the ocean-going freighter.
Chapter 322 Chain Reaction (End)
The arrival of ocean-going cargo ships also prompted many traders to drive to its exclusive docking location: the westernmost part of the Port of Ormos.
This exclusive docking area was purchased by Liyue at a huge price. It was a large piece of concrete land that was out of place with the Port of Omos, and was covered with containers.
The place is surrounded by barbed wire to form a circle, and self-disciplined trees and self-disciplined vines that can only be found on the border of Liyue are planted here. There is only one entrance and exit.
It is a helpless choice that led Liyue to have such defense.
At the beginning, there were no barbed wire fences or self-enclosed trees, just some people were arranged to guard them.
But when the Gilded Brigade saw that Liyue had so few garrisons and the place was so large, and the cargo in the containers was priceless, they naturally had evil thoughts.
After nineteen thefts and three bloody clashes, Liyue fenced off the area with barbed wire and self-restraining trees.
Of course, this also caused dissatisfaction on the part of the House of Worship, but they were unable to solve the problem of theft, and the issue was shelved as the two sides argued with each other.
The desert version of the freight vehicles driving through the port of Omos naturally attracted a lot of attention, and also made many gilded brigades eyeing this convoy. Of course, there was also... another wave of trade inspections.
Throughout March, the big trading houses in Xumi were being fleeced by the Ministry of Education, resulting in a significant decrease in trading volume in the Port of Omos.
With less trading volume, the room for these trade monitors to operate will also be reduced, and naturally other small ideas will arise.
After a while, Gabriel frowned as he looked at the trade inspector who was blocking his way.
"Stop the car and undergo inspection!" the leading trade inspector shouted loudly while standing in front of the car.
"Inspector, we paid the fee when we entered the port just now, didn't we?"
"It is my duty. Please open the container and inspect it."
"But..."
"Why? You want to rebel against the Order?"
Seeing this, Gabriel had no choice but to open the container again.
"Great! Smuggled minerals, smuggled drugs, they're all contraband. Come with us!"
Trade inspectors similarly accused Gabriel and his group of smuggling.
"You guys are really going too far. You just took away 5000 Li Yuan and now you want more money?" Jade was furious.
"Do you have any evidence? Where is the receipt for paying the fine?"
"you!!!"
"So, you desert pariahs, why don't you stay in the desert and eat dirt, but run out to Port Omos to learn how to do business? You think that you can have nothing to worry about by relying on Xuanyuan Trading Company? You want to turn things around? Maybe in your next life!" The leading trade inspector said condescendingly.
This sentence immediately set off the people of the tribe. What he didn't know was that the desert people escorting this time were all top-notch warriors in the tribe.
Seeing that they all drew their weapons, the leading trade inspector said with disdain.
"What? You dare to do it? If you are on the wanted list of the Order, not only your family, but also your tribe will be wiped out. Try to touch me if you dare?"
"呲..."
With a wave of the hand and a knife falling, a head rolled to the ground, the eyes on the head were wide open, not knowing what had happened.
The onlookers were all stunned, and then they all gasped. Killing the scholar in the street, this desert man was too brave!
Then the Thirty-man Regiment rushed forward, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides. But soon, due to the huge disparity in combat power, the Thirty-man Regiment left behind the bodies of three scholars and six members and withdrew directly.
After his anger subsided and he regained his composure, Gabriel was thinking about what to do next when a girl's voice came from the side.
"Drive quickly into Liyue's exclusive port. They will shelter you. Don't stay any longer. Only they can save you."
Gabriel looked over and saw a little girl wearing a Lannaro mask, with pink hair and simple clothes, with several servants standing behind her.
"Thank you! Everyone get in the car, let's go."
The news spread quickly. Everyone knew that this was no small matter. These desert people had already driven into the territory of Liyue, and what was going to happen next was no ordinary event.
Gabriel and his group arrived at Liyue’s exclusive docking area.
A special building stands here, called: Trading Building.
There are many freight vehicles from trading companies parked near the gate, waiting for the final inspection before they can be packed and loaded onto the ship.
"Yes, our Feiyun Chamber of Commerce has requested these date palm dried fruits and candied fruits. The taste and sweetness are much better than those in Xumi City." Qiu Wei from Feiyun Trading Company tried the date palm products and praised them.
"I want these holy gold insect powders and sand fat pupae. I'll give you the number." Xiaodong, the head of another business, held up five fingers.
"Can you eat so much by yourself? I'll give you 100 extra glass yuan per kilogram of Holy Gold Bug Powder."
"It's a pity that the Wanxiang Stone is a product designated by the military, and I don't know what it is used for."
......
When Gabriel and the others saw that the goods were sold out at high prices, they were excited and all the previous worries were forgotten. Without the middlemen making a profit, they made nearly 20 yuan in profit after deducting the necessary expenses.
In the past, that would have been unthinkable. That was 2000 million Mora, a huge amount of money that would drive people crazy.
After the transaction was completed, word of what they had done spread here.
A Qianyan soldier arrived and took them to the conference room to discuss the follow-up countermeasures. The person in charge of Liyue here also received an order from the General Affairs Department: protect them.
......
On the other side, Dolly, wearing a mask, was also sitting with a dozen business owners for a meeting, and there were also a few scholars at the end. The content of their discussion was exactly what had just happened.
"To sum up, our chance has come. Liyue will never hand over the murderer.
We have been in the port of Ormos for so many years, and these trade inspectors have taken a lot of money from us. This year's tax will be increased by 20%. If they continue to take this kind of money, how can we continue to do business?
By then, as locals, we won’t even be able to compete with the businesses in Liyue, and our lives will only get harder and harder.” Dolly’s voice rang out.
"Then what should we do now?"
"Don't you think it would be best to kick the Order out of Omos?"
"Hiss... Will this work?" The scholar at the back frowned.
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