Master of Thermodynamics - Chapter 564
Chapter 561 The man who controls the destiny of the
After entering the harvest month, the first turbulence has quietly appeared in the stormy sea area, and the sea tide collar has also begun to prepare for the upcoming storm season. Other sea areas are quiet. Not only does maritime shipping have no trend of decline, but more than ever. All busy.
This is the last window before the route is completely cut off. At this time, every ocean-going merchant ship is desperately galloping over the ocean, trying to use this time to complete as many ocean-going transportation as possible.
Therefore, the sea lanes at this time are full of restlessness.
It also seemed restless, and the entire Thousand Lake Kingdom.
Compared with the fiery red moon, although the average temperature of the harvest month is a bit lower, the cloud of war condensed in the sky over this vast land makes people feel more anxious.
Everyone knows that when the harvest month ends, the flames are rekindling.
This time, the kingdom is no longer facing a small-scale attack by the Black Orcs, but a full-scale attack like mountains and seas.
In other words, this will be a crucial battle related to the fate of the kingdom.
What’s interesting is that on the human side, the person standing in the center of the stage of destiny is not the majesty “Luther IX” who sits on the throne in the Kingdom’s capital, Blue Lake City, but “stealing” a small northern border Foreigners in the town.
Of course, the term “stealing” is only the private opinion of some nobles. No one dares to risk the world’s disgrace, publicly claiming that a certain subordinate should obediently withdraw from the kingdom and hand over the coveted properties of Chaka Town. .
This unknowingly nameless town in the past has become the focus of the entire kingdom. There are more and more caravans in the town of Chaka, and the flow of people going to and from here is not decreasing but increasing.
This also makes Chaka Town present a kind of prosperous fire.
“Oh my god, this is the skull monument…”
“The force under the crown is really amazing…”
An aristocratic teenager wearing silk clothes looked up at the towering stone tablet and the densely packed skulls inlaid on the surface of the stone tablet. He couldn’t help sighing.
His face is quite complicated, with a touch of joy, obvious jealousy, and a strong vigilance.
Today, the Skull Stele has become the most famous attraction in Chaka Town. Anyone who enters the town, the first thing is to go straight to the Skull Stele. There are even a few people from the south of the kingdom, not far away. Come pay tribute to this monument.
The square where the Skull Stele is located originally didn’t even have a name, but now it has a resounding and ghostly name-Skull Square.
During most of the day, the Skull Square was always crowded and crowded.
In consideration of the appearance of the city (preserving face), Renault specially asked the government office of Chaka Town to renovate the square.
The ground of the square was covered with a layer of stone slabs, a circle of green plants was planted around, and the whole square was renovated.
In addition, the Government Affairs Office also excavated a pool of 40 meters in diameter around the skull monument, laid a pipe at the bottom of the pool and buried a magic water pump to build a large artificial fountain.
However, this project did not cost the Government Affairs Office a copper nar.
Numerous chambers of commerce in Chaka town enthusiastically donated money, all of which were raised in just half a day, and there was an extra part.
After all, everyone knows that the skull monument is a symbol of the majesty of the crown, and donating money to the project is actually to please the crown, and fools will be stingy with such a small amount of money.
“His Royal Highness…”
At this time, the servant behind the noble boy suddenly yelled in a low voice, and then the servant suddenly remembered something and hurriedly covered his mouth.
The noble boy suddenly turned his head, stared at the servant fiercely, and reprimanded in a low voice:
“Idiot, don’t call your Highness, call me Master Naif!”
“Brazy, I have already emphasized it to you a long time ago. This is not Blue Lake City, but Chaka Town. We have to conceal our identity…”
The servant called “Brazy” wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded repeatedly.
Naifo glanced at the large pool surrounding the skull monument and the thick layer of coins in the pool, and then dropped a sentence:
“Give me a copper nar…no, silver nar…”
After hearing the instructions of his young master, Blassy quickly took out the bulging purse, grabbed a large amount of shiny silver silver nar from it, and handed it to Naif.
I don’t know when, a strange custom appeared in Skull Square, that is, throwing coins into the pool to pray for blessings or good luck.
The custom started from an unknown guy, and since he threw a few copper nars into the pool, this stupid behavior quickly became popular with a jaw-dropping speed.
Even today, after paying homage to the stele and then throwing money to pray for blessings, it has almost become a fixed process. Every visitor will do this, but the money thrown away is more or less.
Due to the large number of tourists, there are no less than 5,000 blessers every day, and many people behave extremely generously, sprinkling money one after another.
Among them, there are many tourists who throw the silver narrative, and even the high-rollers who throw the kinneral often appear.
Therefore, every 6 or 7 days, a layer of coins will accumulate in the pool, and the town’s government affairs office will send people to clean the pool in the middle of the night, collect the coins, and then-put them into the official pockets.
Renault has always felt that this method of accumulating money is no different from religion. It is through manipulating people’s hearts and making people willingly hand over money.
This method pays very little, and gains a lot, but there are very few sequelae, which can be called the most brilliant way to make money.
Even if some people realize that they have done something stupid, they will never say anything about it. The reason is simple. If you publicize it, doesn’t it mean you admit that you are a stupid?
Because of this, religion has always been banned from time to time throughout the ages. No matter how powerful people fight, there will always be a variety of strange religious stubbles, just like the wheat in the field, no matter how you cut it.
Because religion is essentially a business, especially a profitable business, of course, there are always smart people who will invest in it.
This is not only the case on Earth, but also in other worlds.
In this world, although the Church of the Fathers has been working hard to eliminate other religions and trying to monopolize the “market”, there are still many small religions that persist in some remote corners.
The aristocratic young man took his servant Blasi and four tall guards, squeezed to the side of the pool, and under the eyes of everyone, threw the silver nar into the pool one by one, splashing a lot of water.
Seeing Yinnar falling into the pool, there was a commotion in the crowd, and many people stared at Naif with envy.
After tossing the silver nar, Naifo smacked his lips with some sense, and glanced around triumphantly.
When he was about to leave, he suddenly discovered that many people were clearly holding coins in their hands, but stood still, neither throwing their money nor walking away.
Naif’s heart moved and stopped.
A few minutes later, from the more than 20 fountains surrounding the stele, the water sprayed out of the pool suddenly fluctuated. The sprayed water became less and less, and the height of the water column became lower and lower.
Naifo couldn’t help but wonder what was going on.
The crowd of onlookers suddenly became excited, and the square was noisy.
“coming……”
“It’s about to erupt…”
After a breath, all the sprinklers stopped spraying completely, the water jets disappeared, the crowd became quiet and quiet in an instant, and everyone stared at the pool expectantly.
The next moment, the fountain burst out suddenly.
“……”
More than 20 water jets soared into the sky and sprayed into the sky nearly 20 meters high. At first glance, more than 20 water arrows were erected in the pool, surrounding the skull monument. This scene is really impressive.
“Ah ”
Nearly a thousand people raised their heads uniformly, sighed in unison, their eyes followed the rising water column, everyone’s eyes were full of wonder, this scene is quite spectacular.
After the water column reached the top, it was dragged towards the ground by gravity. During the descending process, due to air resistance, the water column naturally collapsed to the surroundings, turning into a little splash and falling like a light rain.
When sunlight penetrated this rain curtain, the light was scattered by raindrops, and a rainbow appeared faintly in the sky when viewed from the ground.
When the light rain fell into the crowd, no one avoided it. Many people tried their best to squeeze forward, hoping to be drenched by the rain. It seemed that this was not rain, but some kind of blessing from the sky.
Although it is not the first time that many people have seen it, they are still dazzled at this time, and it is difficult to extricate themselves. Not to mention the turtles who have witnessed this scene for the first time.
Although there are artificial fountains in the alien world, they only exist in the noble residences, and the civilians have no chance to see them. In addition, compared with the fountains in the Skull Square, the small fountains in the nobles’ homes can only be regarded as children’s peeing at best. People are dull.
This is just the first eruption of the fountain.
In the next ten seconds, the fountain erupted four more waves.
When the last light rain fell, the entire skull square was a sensation, and everyone shouted with excitement, unanimously taking out coins and throwing them vigorously.
Hundreds of coins slid through the air every moment, smashing into the pool like raindrops, causing a lot of water.
Seeing this astonishing scene, Naifou was suddenly stunned.
No wonder those people are unwilling to lose money, because they are waiting for this time.
Naifo glanced excitedly at the purse in Blasi’s hand, snatched it over, grabbed a handful of coins, raised his right hand and threw it out.
Even the four guards were affected by the fanatical atmosphere, took out their own money bags, and started to throw money in a foolish manner to donate money to a rich crown.
Only Blasi stared at the fast-drying purse with pain on his face, and repeatedly persuaded him:
“Master, see the type of coin before throwing it away, don’t lose the Kinnar… Oh my God, why did you lose the Kinnar…”
“Master, don’t lose it, we won’t have money to eat anymore…”
………………
“Damn it, Blassy, why don’t you stop me?” Naifo grumbled regretfully looking at the empty purse.
Blassy wanted to reply “Can I stop you”, but he didn’t dare to refute, so he had a bitter face and listened to the boy’s reprimand.
Naifo threw the empty purse to the servant, turned his head and looked at the thick layer of coins at the bottom of the pool. The annoyance in his eyes grew thicker. He glanced at Braga and moved his lips, but in the end he said nothing. .
It can be seen that he really wants Blasi to retrieve Kinnar back.
However, it is a pity that the officials of the City Council had long thought of this possibility, so they recruited a group of guards to hold the fountain firmly and prohibit anyone from entering.
Of course, the name used by the Government Affairs Office is not to prevent people from making money, but to avoid the fountain from being destroyed by mobs.
Blassy glanced at the young man’s face and said cautiously:
“Master, maybe we should visit Mianxia earlier, you know, our mission…”
“Shut up!” Naifo habitually reprimanded.
Soon he reacted. This seemed like a good idea. Wouldn’t it be a chance to stay as a guest? No need to spend money?
Although this kind of behavior hurts the nobility’s face, it is better than penniless and living on the street.
Naifo couldn’t hold his face for a while, his mind turned sharply, and he thought of a high-sounding excuse:
“Brassy, I heard that Chaka Town is a very special town. I think it is very necessary to visit the town on the spot. This will help us understand that person.”
Blassy sighed silently.
His Royal Highness, what kind of person is under Renault’s crown, do you need to investigate? His Majesty’s think tank has already analyzed Mian Ma and his Rose Legion countless times…
Your Majesty sent you to act as a messenger and visit the crown in a low-key manner. It is just that you need to use the identity of the prince to win the trust of the other party, not to borrow the pitiful wisdom in your mind. Otherwise, why wouldn’t your Majesty let Earl Bering come?
But Blassy’s face didn’t look the slightest strange, instead, he said with admiration:
“Master, you are right, I neglected this, or you considered it more thoughtful.”
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After only walking around Chaka Town for less than half an hour, Naifo suddenly discovered that this town is very special, and it is different from any town in the kingdom.
“Brasi, why is Chaka town so clean? There is no trash on the street, and there seems to be very little dust on the ground…” Naifo asked curiously, looking at the clean road.
Blasi gave the answer immediately.
He stretched out his right hand and motioned the young man to look at a gray-haired old woman in the distance. She was wearing a strange yellow short coat, pushing a small wooden cart with cleaning tools such as brooms on the wooden cart.
“Master, as far as I know, the town of Chaka has recruited a group of elderly women called’sanitation workers’ to clean up the garbage on the street. What you see now is the sanitation workers.”
“Did you see the clothes on her? This is the uniform of a sanitation worker. The words’Environmental Sanitation’ are printed on the back of the clothes, and there is a number below it. It is said that it is the sanitation worker’s number.”
Then Blasi pointed to the two and a half tall yellow wooden boxes placed on the corner of the street. The surface of the wooden boxes was also numbered with paint.
“Look over there. This is the trash bin specially used for trash. You can see trash bins on every street in Chaka Town. Everyone here is required to throw trash into the trash bin…”
Naifo looked at the trash can and asked with a smirk:
“What if I don’t throw the **** into the trash can, but intentionally throw it on the ground?”
“Master, I advise you not to do this, because we are out of money.” Blasi said lightly.
“No money?” Naifo asked puzzledly, “What does this have to do with money?”
“There is a special inspection team in Chaka Town. Once someone is found throwing trash anywhere, they will be fined 5 copper nars for the first time, doubled for the second time, and more for the third time. If there is no money to pay the fine, then you have to go. Work as a sanitation worker for a few days…”
“So…then it’s better not to throw it around.” The boy shrank his neck and said with a dry smile.
The old woman in the distance seemed to have found the rubbish. She immediately stopped the small wooden cart, picked up the tool and walked quickly across the street, and started cleaning the rubbish.
Naifo saw the number “59” on the back of the old woman. He blinked and asked:
“Does the number 59 mean that there are at least 59 sanitation workers?”
Blassy nodded affirmatively:
“Yes, I heard that there are more than 80 sanitation workers in this small town. They work 10 hours a day and have one day off every half month.”
Naifo watched the old woman dump the garbage into the trolley, pushed the trolley farther and farther, and said softly:
“This is a good way to not only make the town cleaner, but also provide a job for these poor people. I think Blue Lake City can do the same. After I go back, I will suggest to my father…”
Blassy shook his head:
“Blue Lake City is too big. I am afraid that the Department of Finance will not be able to spend so much money to hire enough sanitation workers. The ministers will not hire elderly people with little energy. They are more willing to hire more and faster adult men. ”
“In addition, there are slums in Blue Lake City. I think you should know that it is impossible to clean slums…”
Naifo suddenly thought of something and asked in shock:
“Brazy, do you mean that there are no slums in Chaka? How is this possible?”
“Yes, master!” Blassy’s voice was unquestionable. “There are no slums in Chaka Town, no beggars, no vagrants, and everyone has a job.”
“If you don’t believe me, I can show you…”