Chapter 460 [0455] Some Are Happy, some Are Sad

Lux didn't know that Silas, who had set off the prelude to the turmoil in the Demacia capital, had actually gone to the North to cooperate with the Freljord people.

Now, the most important thing for her is how to officially start work in Fosbyro.

Although she is the legitimate Count Laxana and Lord of Fosbyro, according to the preliminary draft of the investigation by Ino and Shivana, the locals of Fosbyro don't seem to be very interested in the noble lords.

There has been no lord here for nearly two hundred years - except for cooperating with the Demacia Third Legion stationed here and fighting against the barbarians in the north, Fosbyro is almost an independent kingdom.

And now, Lux has "come out of nowhere" as a lord, and has brought a large number of demon-stained immigrants. In this case, she must consider the ideas of the locals of Fosbyro.

Fortunately, through the previous trip to Fosbyro and the preliminary investigation report, Lux at least roughly knows what the people of Fosbyro need - compared with other areas of Demacia, Fosbyro's products are not abundant, and most of the food relies on imports. In this case, Lux believes that the promise of "building a road from Fosbyro to Misilver City" should arouse the interest of the locals.

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Lux has his own considerations for entering Fosbyro.

And the reaction of the people of Fosbyro after learning that a lord appeared above their heads is also very interesting.

As mentioned earlier, compared with the economic form, the social structure of Fosbyro is actually relatively simple - for the residents of this northern city, living itself is a difficult thing. Fosbyro people engaged in different professions often need to gather together to keep warm in order to ensure competitiveness, which naturally gave rise to the development of local guilds in Fosbyro.

In fact, due to the lack of investigation methods, Ino speculated in the preliminary investigation report that Fosbyro "may have a large clan power", because here, many people engaged in a certain industry often have the same surname.

It looks very much like a family monopoly.

But in fact, due to the special situation of Fosbyro, the reason why most of the guilds here are people with the same surname is not because of the family's monopoly, but because people in the same industry unite and marry each other, and eventually everyone becomes a family.

The cause and effect relationship is the opposite of other commercially developed areas.

So, when the news of "Count Laxana is about to arrive in Fosbyro" came, unlike what Lux thought, many guilds were even excited about having a lord above them.

For example, the boss of the Chamber of Commerce who had just blown a big business and ultimately failed to get an investment from the "Piltover Investor" was excited when he learned that Fosbyro was about to welcome a lord.

Yes, excited.

People who are not specialized in business have no idea how painful it is to have no one above their heads!

In addition to the annual trade with the Demacia capital, the Fosbyro Chamber of Commerce and other cities will be forced down by local merchants every time they trade with each other - the kind of price reduction to the death.

The main reason for this is that Fosbyro has no lord, and the Fosbyro people are masterless.

In Demacia, nobles and civilians are completely different concepts, and there is almost no time for the two to sit down and have an equal dialogue.

Therefore, even if he is the president of the Fosbyro Chamber of Commerce, the Fosbyro people have no opportunity to discuss trade with the lords of various places.

After all, according to the tradition of Demacia, although the trade of various places is handled by local merchants, the most important tone still needs to be set by the nobles. Fosbyro has no nobles, which means that Fosbyro has no real trade negotiation rights.

In this case, when Fosbyro's goods are sold, they will be frantically forced down by local merchants, and they can sell them at will - although the quality of Fosbyro's fur, blue ochre and various spices and herbs are all top-notch, none of these are necessities, and the sales range is quite limited.

Without the support of the nobles, the people of Fosbyro were unable to build a trade network for the entire Demacia. In addition, the roads in the country were difficult and the transportation costs were extremely high. Even if this was a unique deal, they could not raise the price.

If it were not for the fact that the royal family had been promoting exhibition-style trade in order to enhance its influence in Xiongdu, the price of Fosbyro's products would probably be suppressed even more severely!

Therefore, for the Chamber of Commerce of Fosbyro, Count Laxana, the Lord who "fell from the sky", was their biggest savior.

After hearing that the other party was from the Crown Guard family, the boss of the Chamber of Commerce was the first to stand up and start running around - the "big clearance event" that Shyvana saw when she came to the Chamber of Commerce to inquire about the news was actually a big sale by the Chamber of Commerce to raise funds to show its loyalty.

In his opinion, since this Earl Laxana was born in the Crown Guard family, he must have some connections in the Secret Silver City. If he could ask this Lord to contact the Secret Silver City and build a relationship, and allow the Chamber of Commerce of Fosbyro to transport the goods to the Secret Silver City, and then use the water transportation of the Secret Silver City...

Even if an additional toll is paid, the business profit will increase a lot - in the case of water transportation, the reduction in transportation costs can completely offset the toll and the loyalty to the Earl, and it is more than enough!

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However, not everyone is as excited as the Chamber of Commerce about the addition of a new lord.

In Fosbyro, the hunters had a subtle attitude after hearing that a lord was about to arrive.

If the group of people in Fosbyro did not want a lord to be airborne, it must be these hunters - the reason is very simple, they are the group of people with the closest relationship with the Demacia Third Legion stationed in Fosbyro.

Demacia has always advocated a policy of elite soldiers. Soldiers - even ordinary soldiers - still have a considerable status in Demacia, and are truly "noble reserve forces".

On the one hand, this has greatly strengthened Demacia's armaments, and on the other hand, it has also limited the number of soldiers who can join.

At least until now, Demacia has not had obvious redundant soldiers.

However, because the borders between the north and east of Demacia are too long, relying solely on a few elite soldiers is not enough to support a country's national defense.

In this case, the importance of local militias is reflected.

According to the tradition of Demacia, militia and regular army are complementary.

Militia is "unwoven", but they can also be regularized - legions in various places, especially garrison legions stationed in specific areas, will recruit some elites from local militias. For Demacians, this is a very valuable path to advancement.

Fosbyro is no exception.

As one of the "pillar industries" of Fosbyro, the local fur industry in Fosbyro feeds a large number of hunters.

These hunters are big hunters in normal times, and once winter comes, they will gather in Fosbyro City to help the Third Legion, as militia, to defend against possible barbarians from the north.

For the merchants of the Fosbyro Chamber of Commerce, the fact that Fosbyro has no lord means "no one is exploited above their heads"; but for these hunters, the fact that Fosbyro has no lord means "you can directly establish contact with the Third Legion."

In this way, during the period when Fosbyro had no lord, many hunters in Fosbyro were converted from militia to regular soldiers through the relationship of the Third Legion.

This is also the main reason for the "ambiguous relationship between Fosbyro and the Third Legion of the North" in the investigation results of Ino and Shivana.

Although the hunters' lives are difficult, hunting is difficult and accidents are prone to occur, they are a group of people with a clear path to rise in Fosbyro - and now, Fosbyro is going to have a noble master, which is not a good thing for them.

Now everyone who is capable can be favored by the Third Legion and become a glorious Demacia soldier. When the noble master comes to Fosbyro, can it continue like this?

So, after getting the news, some knowledgeable hunters began to pass the news to each other and tried to do something.

However, unlike the Chamber of Commerce, it is not winter yet, and it is the best time to hunt those prey that have grown fat in autumn. At this time, most hunters are scattered in the complex mountainous areas in the North. The Flying Dragon Ridge Mountains are like the spine of a giant flying dragon, with many large and small "bone spurs" proliferating.

These "bone spurs" form a series of cols, which are the favorite hunting grounds for local hunters. Now is the peak hunting season. Hunters are setting traps in their own hunting grounds and waiting for a good harvest this year.

Under the loose organization, by the time these hunters unite, I am afraid it will be winter!

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In addition to the concerned and encouraging Chamber of Commerce and the nervous hunters, the attitude of the miners and herbalists in Fosbyro towards Count Laxana is more interesting.

In one sentence, it is "none of my business".

As true "technicians", in the eyes of miners and herbalists, it doesn't matter whether there is a lord in Fosbyro, their fellows will not change at all - except for us, even if your lord is very capable, can you find another group of people to pick those herbs and spices that are not easy to find, distinguish and pick for us?

Or can the new lord bring a large number of people to take over the mine directly and pick blue ochre for me?

No way?

Since it can't be done, how can our lives change?

So, these people are the "neutral faction" of Fosbyro, and they don't care much about the arrival of Count Laxana, nor are they very interested.

Just live your own life, what does it matter whether there is a lord?

In this way, when some people are happy, some are sad, and some are indifferent, Laxana, with her Fosbyro private army and a large number of demon-stained, dragged the huge forbidden magic stone colossus together, and finally arrived in Fosbyro officially.

The Fosbyro Chamber of Commerce, which welcomed the Lord, went out of the city to greet him as soon as it received the news.

The merchants and fellows, led by the Chamber of Commerce President, could not help but smile after seeing the imposing Galio.

The Chamber of Commerce would form a caravan in the summer and go to Xiongdu for trade, so many people had seen this forbidden magic stone colossus.

Being able to transport such a symbolic forbidden magic stone colossus to Fosbyro in the north fully demonstrated the identity and status of the new Earl Laxana!

With this big guy's protection, good days will come in the future!

Thinking of this, a group of merchants excitedly got busy.

Galio was too big to be pulled into the city by the ropes on the walls of Fosbyro alone. If he was pulled hard, the walls that served as the fulcrum would probably collapse.

In this case, the best way was to leave Galio outside the city.

In order to avoid misunderstandings, the Chamber of Commerce boss planned to meet the Lord directly, on the one hand to clarify Galio's affairs, and on the other hand to show his loyalty.

With excitement and trepidation, he checked the "loyalty gift list" in his arms, tidied up his appearance, and then smiled and greeted the people who were lining up at the bottom of the slope outside Fosbyro and preparing to enter the city.

For those who followed Lux ​​all the way north, climbed the slope and camped, and finally arrived outside Fosbyro, it seemed that the natural chasm of Fosbyro was right in front of them, which meant that the journey was about to reach its end!

At this moment, whether it was the soldiers or the infected, they were more or less excited, but thanks to the high-intensity training along the way, they quickly completed the formation.

In the eyes of the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Fosbyro, this rapid formation naturally reflects the "good management of the army" of the new lord, Count Laxana, so he couldn't help but speed up his pace and stood still when he came not far from the sentry.

"Sambor, the representative of the local Chamber of Commerce of Fosbyro, welcomes His Excellency the Lord!" He took the initiative to bow in the direction of the team with a very respectful attitude, "The people of Fosbyro have been waiting for you for a long time!"

It seems that because "outsiders have come", the team, which was a little noisy due to excitement before, quieted down at a visible speed - without many commands, the team became neat at an astonishing speed.

With soldiers in front and demons in the back, a huge square formation composed of a large number of small sword formations and shield formations, occupying all the space under the city, was completely deployed.

Then, with a red flag raised, the square formation that received the order separated to the left and right, and Lux ​​riding on a white horse walked out of the formation.

The next moment, the blue flag waved, and the phalanx returned to normal. Lux, who had left the front line, turned over and dismounted neatly.

"Mr. Sambor." Lux showed a standard aristocratic smile on his face and nodded gently, "Long time no see."

Looking at this smiling face, Sambor's mind went blank.

Kalya's small class·Demacia phalanx:

The Demacia phalanx is usually composed of several shield formations and sword formations. It is a formation used by Demacia to show its military appearance. In actual combat, Demacians generally like to use circular formations or cone formations according to different offensive and defensive situations.