The more than month-long cooling in midsummer caused by changes on the other side of the ocean came and went, but its impact was far-reaching, and some scholars even speculated that it permanently changed the climate throughout Rigal.
Lamanite scholars have always been the best in the human world. Based on the news sent back to Rigar, they believe that the temperature around the world will decrease in the future.
Indelible and irreversible effects are not temporary. Something is quietly changing, and it will never go back to what it was before.
There was frost in the early morning on the outskirts of Parnilla in October.
Except for the relatively cold-resistant daisy, the national flower of the Padrosi Empire, most ornamental flowers were frozen to death and frostbitten, causing heavy losses to flower farmers. And the vegetable farmers who have long been accustomed to farming according to the climate in the empire are not much better off.
Crops in the seedling stage froze to death overnight, causing immeasurable losses in manpower and time.
If it were not for the financial and material subsidies provided by the newly established "People's Protection Association" of the royal family, I am afraid that many families would not be able to survive this winter.
And if the mood of ordinary people is relatively stable despite being somewhat depressed, the mercenaries on the east coast are really having a very difficult time this year.
The new black army established in the name of Constantine grew rapidly during this year and won numerous battles, large and small. Although this army is famous for its tall and fast knights who are covered in black armor, it is actually It is an independent force including infantry, baggage, cavalry and even chariot troops.
In addition to the main force used for foreign campaigns, the new army also has a considerable number of light cavalry and reconnaissance cavalry that march lightly.
They built or received outposts throughout the empire, using these places as strongholds, responsible for patrolling rural mountains, forests and wilderness areas, and promptly reporting the existence of dangerous creatures or bandits - in human terms, they robbed The life of adventurers.
Of course, these cavalrymen who belong directly to the great conquerors who are loved by the people of the empire are far more popular than adventurers. Because they are not only well-trained and extremely efficient in completing tasks, but as long as the public reports, they will definitely get a response in a very short time - and there is no money.
Don’t underestimate the impact of these two “small issues” of response time and money.
To submit a quest request to the guild, you have to wait until there is an adventurer or a group of adventurers willing to take it. The length of this time depends on how much you are willing to pay. If they feel that the deal is not worthwhile, it is common for the task to hang there for half a year. After half a year, the wild beasts or thieves who harmed the farmland may have destroyed all the things that can make Huohuo. At this time, when these adventurers come again, they have nothing to save and they still ask for money, which is like adding salt to the wound.
The vast majority of adventurers are people who don't know how to swing a sword or shoot an arrow. Although the guild provides them with identity documents and stable income, it also takes away half of the reward - this does not mean Not everyone has enough perspective on the overall situation to accept it.
What should I do if I can't accept it?
It is impossible to protest, after all, we still depend on them for food.
So if you can't go up, you can only go down.
——You have completed your mission, you have weapons in your hands, and you are facing unarmed peasants.
The answer is very simple and clear.
In some remote areas, where guild management is relatively loose, "tip more" has become an unspoken rule when villagers hire adventurers.
The thieves who destroyed farmland lost two to three months of income, and the hired adventurers and extortionists lost one and a half months of income. The poor people could only choose the lesser of the two evils. Things like this have been going on for years. When Constantine sent his new army of black light cavalry to patrol the territory of the empire and take away the jobs of adventurers, a large number of people in rural areas almost had to wait in the street to welcome him.
In order to prevent unemployed adventurers from becoming a factor in social unrest, a large number of guilds that "suddenly lost their ability to coordinate for unknown reasons" and their established mercenary groups were converted into regular mercenaries on the spot and became non-staff mercenaries under the royal family.
This kind of official mercenary guild of the empire not only provides better benefits but also has the opportunity to communicate and train with the regular army. Therefore, almost all the top mercenary groups on the east coast with the right to speak and influence have submitted to the official under attractive conditions.
Although officialization is not only beneficial, because behaviors and behaviors represent the face of the empire, so everything they say and do must be more formalized and lose their freedom. But now that the existing mercenary guilds on the east coast are gone, the famous mercenary group with its big family and business actually has no choice. The expenses are set, and if they want to maintain their scale, they must have a stable income.
The remaining low-level mercenaries who were stragglers and illiterate were dissatisfied and wanted to continue living a free life and did not want to be bound by official regulations. However, because they were soft-spoken and unorganized, they failed to make any waves.
This series of reforms was highly praised by imperial scholars, and also shocked our white-haired girls who witnessed and even experienced all this.
Because the original mercenary guilds on the east coast can almost be regarded as a "state within a state" within the empire, the mercenaries listed under the guilds, regardless of their strength, are large enough to destroy a west coast kingdom. Such a large group of armed personnel was easily captured or stripped of their mobility and influence.
"After all, there is no organization anymore. Just having a large number of people means nothing." Our Mr. Sage's judgment on all this is obviously more calm. He understands that since Erica died, all this is the inevitable result. Without a leader, there is no way to cope with the planned targeted measures. Neither the managers nor the mercenaries can even agree on whether to submit to the official empire. The mercenary guild is now dead in name only on the east coast.
And incidentally, the mercenary tag that originally symbolized honor and class also lost its meaning. Those official guilds only recognize the newly released four-level certifications of i, ii, iii and iv specified by Padrosi Empire numbers. Many of the mercenary cards that were originally distinguished by color were even sold off by desperate adventurers and smelted by jewelry craftsmen. It has become a popular unique accessory.
Times have really changed.
When they left the east coast, the daily routine of the sage and the Luoan girl was to arrive at a new place and go to the guild to register. But now not only can they not find a place to register, but they are also stopped by guards when they enter larger cities with weapons. and inform them that their identification has expired.
"Undocumented adventurers' weapons must be surrendered to the guard room. They can only carry daggers for protection or short swords no longer than the forearm. When leaving, you can collect them with a temporary certificate." This sentence was spoken proficiently in standard Laman language. The words showed that this was not the first time that the other party had dealt with such a problem. The changes that had taken place in just a few months had been accurately implemented at the grassroots level across the empire.
Everything was planned and prepared, and was efficiently executed under one person's will.
How much does he know?
Is this what a person with so much information can do sitting in this position?
Our Luoan girl looked at her teacher. Only then did she understand the expectations of the people in the land where he was born and raised.
and disappointment.
Yes, sages who travel around provide wisdom and guide others.
It sounds great and romantic.
But in fact, he has only one sword, and even with a team of partners, what he can do is very limited.
What if he were the emperor of the empire?
Faced with everything that happened in New Moon Continent, if he was not just one person, but had the power of the entire empire under his control, then many disasters would not have happened.
If someone like him sat on the throne of supremacy, leading the entire east coast of Laman, even the Loans, all the people on the west coast, all humans.
If all mankind follows behind him——
What a scene that would be.
She knew she would willingly follow in his footsteps.
She also believes that he will be able to do many things that were beyond the reach of manpower before and change many futures that are doomed to be sad.
So why?
Why choose this path of obscurity.
She couldn't figure it out, and Henry naturally noticed the change in his disciple's expression, but he remained silent.
Just like the change in mentality she is experiencing now, there are some things and truths that cannot be conveyed simply by speaking them out.
Only when the time comes, when the things experienced have accumulated to a sufficient extent and the quantitative change turns into a qualitative change, can we suddenly wake up.
The wandering thoughts returned to the present.
After the license expired and they were unable to carry weapons into the metropolis or accept tasks from the official mercenary guild, the group had to move between rural towns.
Leng Tou Qing, who has experienced many things, wants to return to his hometown. Certain impulses flow in his blood, making him involuntarily want to go back and record everything he sees and hears.
"Some people are suitable for adventure, and some people are more suitable for writing down their adventure stories." This rare and wise-sounding sentence also pointed out the direction for their journey, and together with the two exiles from Crescent Continent The reporter also planned to accompany Leng Touqing to live in the peaceful and stable place he said.
But the journey north cannot be just in and out. They have to find ways to work and make money. Although a small amount of wealth was harvested in Crescent Continent, it was not easy to convert these foreign currencies into spendable imperial gold coins.
It's not that people don't recognize it, but it's because Crescent Continent's silver coins are now too common in the empire.
Since the beginning of the civil war, many Latin American businessmen who originally developed in the Crescent Continent have fled back to Rigal with their family properties. Since the demand in the south has long been saturated and most people cannot survive in the water, they fled to foreign countries. Most of them chose the Padrosi Empire, which had the same cultural roots, for development. Naturally, the large amounts of Crescent Continent currency carried by these people need to be exchanged for imperial gold coins.
The currency of a country that has no official diplomatic relations with the empire can only be collected by those who like rare things at high prices. However, the quantity brought back was too large, and the massive selling caused their prices to fall repeatedly. Finally, when the news of the country’s demise came, the prices of these out-of-print treasures increased slightly, but now in early October, these Crescent Continent’s The currency has been reduced to the point where it can only be used to smelt out precious metals such as gold and silver in exchange for money.
This impact further caused the price of silver in the empire to drop. Many people were wearing silver earrings and rings, but they were haggling over a piece of black bread at the stall, which looked very strange.
This is a small part of the aftermath of the demise of the Big Moon. The shock of the demise of a country of this size is enough to affect the other side of the ocean.
To this day, not to mention Ling and Lulu who were born in New Moon Continent, even Luoan girls still feel unreal.
It was such a prosperous and huge country, its citizens and its capital, everything looked so grand.
But it just disappeared.
——To return to the original point, the process of melting Xinyuezhou silver into silver and selling it is extremely complicated. If you don't want to wait for the coins to melt, you can only sell them directly to merchants at a deducted price. The fee that was deducted by up to half was euphemistically called "smelting fee", but it was obviously taken advantage of by many people who held large amounts of Dayue silver in their hands who were eager to recycle funds. The money that the group of people exchanged in this way accounted for more than half of their wealth, but after half a month of journey, they were already somewhat stretched.
Originally converted based on the prices of goods in Xinyue Continent, these silver coins could almost buy a large house with a yard, but now it cannot withstand the expenditure of a few people on a journey that cannot be called a luxury.
Even the walking horses they bought when they first returned to the east coast were unable to support them because of the rising cost of fodder due to the cold wave, so they had to sell them.
Except for Mira herself who was riding Mithiya, everyone else could only take public carriages as much as possible to save a small amount of money when walking long distances in the countryside.
Talking about the things he encountered along the way, it seems that all of them are people who have experienced great storms, but they unexpectedly fell into this embarrassing situation of having no money to live.
Fortunately, even the changes promoted by Constantine were not so efficient that they were turned upside down in just a few months. I heard the words of other down-and-out adventurers during the trip, and there were still some guilds near Parnilla that maintained independent operations. , and they still recognize the original mercenary listing.
Obviously, due to the influence of the Hong Kong rulers' personal preferences for adventurers, these places have a high reputation and popularity in the hearts of the people. Therefore, the official reforms of the empire have temporarily let them go, so as not to arouse dissatisfaction.
And this became the next stop destination for the group.
After going around and around, in the end we have to return to our original profession as an adventurer.
The next task.
make money.
