Abadan City is one of the important towns in the western region of the Gwana Empire. In addition to its strategic importance, there are mines, forests, and a river in the hinterland of Abadan. Simply put, it means that with abundant natural resources and prosperous commerce, no matter what industry is developed, it has an inherent advantage.
Therefore, such a city can easily attract a large number of people. Not only free civilians, but also some landed nobles will come here to look for business opportunities. This is one of the reasons why this city gathers a large number of nobles or members of their families.
And it's not just humans who live here. There are also dwarves, elves, halflings, half-orcs, goblins, etc. Many non-human species of Homo sapiens live in this city. This is also a major feature of the Gwana Empire.
In comparison, other countries and other regions have discrimination problems to some extent, so there are not many species of Homo sapiens other than humans in other places. Unless they have a certain degree of confidence in their own strength, such people would dare to travel around the Lost Continent. Basically, no children of different races will be seen.
The reason for this is that Gwana was founded at the end of the Dark Ages when the demon king Tikal ruled the world. And as the oldest existing country in the surface world of Lost World, Gwana was not an empire at first, but an 'ally of hundreds of races'.
It is different to merge with a so-called ethnic group on the earth. In fact, half of the population in the country is either a slave, a coolie or a criminal. The Gwana Hundred Tribes Allies are a country jointly established by many different Homo sapiens racial groups. All races are equal from the beginning.
Although all the tribes declined and humans became the only ones, the common leader elected in turn became a hereditary emperor system, and the allies turned into empires, the status of each tribe did not lose power. To this day, each ethnic group still maintains its influence on the imperial family and the emperor's succession. This is the only power of Midland, and no other country allows such a thing.
It's not that there aren't humans, and even the succeeding emperor himself wants to change this situation, make human beings the dominant one, and drive out hundreds of other races. But reality is impossible. Because the Ancient One of the World Tree, the wood elf tribe of Yggdrasil, is in the heart of the empire. The sixteen regular legions that the empire was proud of at that time were almost annihilated by the various tribes who retreated to the World Tree.
The surrounding countries also took advantage of the empire's weakness to attack in groups. It can be said that that time was the moment when the Gwana Empire was closest to its demise. In the end, the current emperor abdicated, and the new emperor reiterated the covenant of hundreds of ethnic groups. At the cost of losing a large area of the border, the empire regained stability with the support of the coalition forces of all ethnic groups.
Incidentally, the world tree Yggdrasil is a grand duke in the Gwana Empire, and the scope of the wood elf tribe belongs to the principality and enjoys extraterritoriality, just like the relationship between a suzerain and a subordinate country. But in fact, all these powers and titles were only imposed on World Tree by the Gwana Empire, and the wood elves never fought for the empire.
For Yuctrasil, since he became conscious, the country around him has gone from establishment to glory, and then from prosperity to failure. Who would not claim that he has the power to rule him. As a result, those countries perished one by one, but I still stood tall. So Yggdrasil doesn't care who wants to take advantage of them.
And for those who take refuge under his protection, Yggdrasil treats them equally. Whether they are wood elves or people of other races, everyone must abide by his rules. Violators will only die. And those who cannot keep His commandments usually choose to leave on their own.
In the next few hundred years, the situation in the Gwana Empire was to attack the outside world, with each side winning or losing. Under such external pressure, the empire became more united. It is against this background that Homo sapiens other than humans have a relatively high status and a safe environment in the Gwana Empire.
Among other things, in the airship-related industries in Abadan City, the vast majority of practitioners are from races other than humans, mainly dwarves and halflings. After lunch, Lin asked the goblin Totokani to lead the way to visit the airship shipbuilder he was familiar with.
Wearing the formal attire of a magician, with a golden tassel tied in front of his shawl, Lin brought nothing with him except his money bag and the magic stone containing the design sketch data, including weapons for self-defense. Logically speaking, the appearance of the Hakiri is very deceptive. No matter how you look at it, it looks like an ordinary long sword. As long as you don't speak, no one will recognize it.
But I was afraid that a certain weapon would not be able to stand the loneliness, and I would not be able to talk about it, so I left it in the hotel and did not take it out. Anyway, when you need it, you can summon it at any time and you can get it at any time. And someone didn't know how much trouble Haggiri caused yesterday, so he dared to walk on the street boldly. If he had known, he would have hidden away for a few days to avoid the limelight before going out to do errands.
The craftsmen that the goblins knew were not as unreliable as the goblins. In other words, it should be said that goblin engineers can produce and sell their own products, but if they really want to open their doors for business, the only way is to go bankrupt.
This started from the fact that Totokani planned to use the airship he built to do business, carry passengers or goods, and earn freight. As a result, they got so mixed up that they were chewing tree bark and eating grass roots. They would have starved to death in the Waikato if it hadn't been for a certain lich with Twitch.
In short, anyone who can open a business in Abadan must have some real skills. It's just that people who know how to deal with goblins tend to have the calculative temperament of goblins. Lin wouldn't be too dissatisfied with this, since doing business isn't just that. Those who sell things want to earn more, and those who buy things want to spend less. 99 Chinese
But Lin doesn’t just choose to buy things from whomever Totokani introduces. Because what someone needs is actually made to order, so first of all there is a workshop willing to cooperate.
For those dwarves or halflings who rely on their own crafts and technology, when Lin made a request, they were rejected. He even swore that those things could not be used and that the system they designed must be used. Of course, someone was polite. Decline politely and leave. If business cannot be done with kindness and righteousness, there is no need to speak harshly.
So I asked Totokani to take him with me. I worked hard all afternoon and finally found a workshop to take charge of all the parts designed by someone. However, everyone couldn't start work immediately. They had to make some preparations, including purchasing the required materials. The requirements for someone are not something that can be made out of just some random piece of iron.
To buy materials, the upfront costs are of course not all borne by the craftsmen, and business in Midland has not yet developed as much as on Earth. According to the custom here, the party who orders the item must bear the full cost of the materials.
There are usually two methods. One is that the materials are provided directly by Lin; the other is that the craftsmen find the source of the materials and take them back, but they will not start work until the cost of the materials is paid.
Lin was also unfamiliar with the place in Abadan City. Of course, buying rare materials was not something he could do. Therefore, everything is entrusted to the craftsmen who take over the work.
Of course, scheduling materials also takes time, so Lin had to take advantage of this time to re-draw the design drawings. The three-dimensional imaging of the explosion is a method that can only be achieved using the first coffin. It's better to dismantle the first coffin into several parts and give them to craftsmen belonging to different workshops. Then someone will not be dismantled by the lich.
You have to make several low-level versions specifically for others to use, and you have to worry about this technology being used by others. Someone makes a very clear distinction between what can be promoted and what cannot be promoted.
Distributing some basic things can promote the technological progress of the lost land. However, if some advanced things are spread, they may become a cage that restricts other people's thinking, and may also cause destructive turmoil. This is a situation that Lin wants to avoid.
The former is like a flash technique, and the latter is a real-time communication system that has been kept secret. Of course, sometimes things are too complicated, so being too lazy to teach others is one of the reasons.
It was just that according to the original agreement, the craftsmen would send someone to notify them after they had dispatched the required materials. I just bring the material costs and design drawings, and the follow-up work can begin. The scheduling time is expected to only take two to three days.
But four days have passed, and Lin has not received any notification. Fortunately, I had worked with two apprentices until midnight on the design drawings two days ago, just to make sure people had the drawings available in time. Unexpectedly, what I worked so hard to get out was left idle for two days.
Totokani was also puzzled by this situation. Although Uzov Gantia had gone out to inquire about news in the past few days, of course he also informed everyone of the big scandal that Shakiri had revealed. But there was no news about the problems someone faced while modifying the airship.
So those who didn't want to wait any longer took the goblins with them and went to the several agreed-upon workshops. Check to see if there is a problem with the scheduling of materials and whether it is necessary to find replacement materials.
It doesn't matter if you haven't gone out, but when you go out to inquire, you are always rejected. Even the craftsmen, who had been quite enthusiastic at first, ushered the guests out with embarrassment.
In addition, he visited other workshops that he had not visited before. As long as Totokani revealed his identity as the captain of the airship Sid, he usually got similar results. This is because someone appears as a magician, otherwise Lin is guessing that maybe there is that grumpy one who beats the person out.
Now everyone knows there is something wrong, let alone someone who watches a lot of anime with various conspiracies.
Back at the hotel, after summarizing the matter with everyone, everyone had a vague idea, but they couldn't figure out the whole story. Even Uzov blamed himself for not getting the relevant information.
Lin didn't blame this man for following him, but he actually brought a lot of help to everyone. He said: "This is not your fault. In fact, there is a gap in the focus between a spy and a commercial spy. The matter only spread in workshops related to airships, and did not spread on a larger scale. This means we can only start from this aspect and look for possible clues."
