The sound of hurried footsteps echoed in the cave, accompanied by the sound of heavy breathing.
Jin Mo ran fast, staggered a little, her face was very ugly, Manager Chi failed, and even the eyeliner in Sheba City was pulled out by the roots.
"Damn it." Jin Mo gritted his teeth and roared, "That trash, such a good plan, failed."
She felt that if she was allowed to carry out that plan, she would definitely succeed, instead of losing her life if she failed.
"stop!"
With a low shout, a big man stopped in front of Jin Mo. He was at least meters tall, his whole body was muscular, with a huge shield in his hand and a big sword slung across his back.
"Yes!" Jin Mo's complexion changed slightly, and he replied respectfully.
She came to the end of the cave now, in front of it was a big iron gate, and behind it was the place where the leader lived.As for the giant in front of her, she had heard rumors passed around by lowly people, and she didn't know the truth or falsehood.
I heard that this giant is the guardian knight of the leader. It is a giant race, a very rare race. I heard that the entire giant race is only more than 1000 people.
Anyway, Jin Mo has only seen one giant family in front of him, and he has never seen other giants.Even if she was eager to see the leader, she didn't dare to run into the giant knight in front of her. The power of this giant knight was at the top level in the entire Black Iris organization.
Not to mention the force, the giant race is inherently stronger than the human race, the Beastkin race and the elf race, and one giant race knight is stronger than ten Beastkin knights, let alone the human race. The presence.
If it weren't for the lack of giants, I'm afraid that the dominant power in this world would not be the human race, but the giant race has the final say. After all, the innate conditions are a bit too foul.
Jin Mo stayed quietly in the corner of the cave, looking anxiously at the direction of the iron gate. She had just come out of confinement. After all, the plan to seduce the elves failed last time. Confinement was her punishment. If the leader hadn't been lenient, maybe she Still in confinement.
As soon as she came out, she heard that Steward Chi had failed and even lost her life in Sheba City. She was also engraved on a monument to warn them of the Black Iris organization.
She wanted to take the blame and make meritorious service, and asked to be responsible for the human trafficking in that area of Sheba City, and she wanted to capture those elves with her own hands.
"Master Heidao, I want to see the leader." Jin Mo said cautiously, the name of the giant knight is Heidao.
"Wait." Heidao said coldly.
"Yes." Jin Mo replied respectfully.She breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she didn't refuse, it meant that she had the opportunity to meet the leader.
This wait lasted for half an hour, and then the big iron gate opened from the inside.
"Crack..."
The big iron door opened, and a fiery red woman stepped out of it. Her whole body was red, her hair, clothes and eyes were all red.
"I've met Deacon Hong." Jin Mo hurriedly saluted, she couldn't afford to offend the woman in front of her.
"Huh? Isn't this little Jin Mo?" Deacon Hong raised his eyebrows, stepped in front of Jin Mo, pinched her chin with his hand, and said with a faint smile, "I heard that you failed in the mission and lost a lot of knights."
"Yes." Jin Mo didn't dare to move.
"It's really a failure. The leader gave you so many resources, but you still failed. I really want to kill you." The red deacon narrowed his red eyes slightly, and his tone was so serious that Jin Mo was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Subordinate, I know I'm wrong." Jin Mo's pupils tightened, she knew that the woman in front of her was someone who dared to do what she said.
"Go in." Heidao suddenly said, making Deacon Hong slightly stunned.
"I'm joking, you go in." Hong Deacon said lightly, and let go of Jin Mo's chin.
"Yes." Jin Mo replied cautiously, her back was covered in cold sweat, it was true if she was joking.
Deacon Hong waved her hand and walked out of the cave. She received a new task today, which is to be in charge of the new king of the Kingdom of Yingluo, and ask her to secretly help the new king, so as to invest in the fair and aboveboard slave trade organized by Hei Yuan in the future.
Jin Mo watched the red deacon leave, sighed like the rest of his life, saluted the black knife, stepped into the big iron gate, and saw a bright light when he entered.
At the end of this cave is a sinkhole, the so-called tiankeng, which was later ordered by the leader of Black Iris to build her room. It is said that the leader spends most of the year in the cave.
"The leader." Jin Mo shouted respectfully, she lowered her head, not daring to look up at the leader.
"What's the matter?" A charming and melodious voice sounded, the leader of Black Iris turned his back to Jin Mo, and she looked up at the sky above the sinkhole.
"Boss, I want to ask to be responsible for the slave trade in Sheba City." Jin Mo whispered.
"Oh, it seems that you are still worried about what happened last time." The leader of Black Iris said softly.
Jin Mo lowered her head, she was really brooding about the last incident, she failed in that place, and she just wanted to get up in that place.
"The matter of Sheba City is beyond your ability to handle." The leader of the black iris said in a deep voice, and there was a hint of strangeness in the charming and seductive voice.
She didn't expect her plan to fail again. More than 100 people including Steward Chi were all arrested, and the main culprit was all hanged. This made her feel like an opponent and aroused a little interest in her.
"This..." Jin Mo was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.
"I've already asked people to re-plan the Sheba City. Your task is to find good goods as soon as possible. Our big benefactor, I can't wait." The leader of the black iris said calmly.
"Yes." Jin Mo said respectfully, and left with disappointment.
"Crack..." The big iron door closed again.
The leader of the black iris turned around, looking at the door quietly with silver-white eyes, and sighed softly, "The bird in the cage, heh..."
"There are still seven high-class girls short this year. Time is running out." The leader of Black Iris turned around, came to the tiankeng, and looked up at the sky at the top of the tiankeng.
"I don't know if it's right or wrong to do this. After all, I'm still too selfish."
Chapter 0492 Sheeran is here.
"Crash..."
The hull pierced the water, knocking the spray apart like raindrops.
At the port of Sheba City, Niu Wu's fleet came back. There were three medium-sized ships in total, filled with mutton, and one hundred draft horses.
At the bow of the ship, Niu Wu was directing the ship to dock, and standing beside him was Xilan, the daughter of Spencer of Blackwater City, who came to Sheba City to study with the fleet this time.
"Mr. Niu Wu, is the port of Sheba City ahead?" Hilan asked in surprise.
"Yes." Niu Wu nodded affirmatively.
"It's amazing." Sheeran admired, she thought of the port of Blackwater City, well, Blackwater City has no port, only a mud bank, not even a wooden port, let alone a stone port.
Niu Wu smiled slightly. Everyone who came to Sheba City by the Youshui River would praise this cement port. He heard that the young master would divide the port into cargo ports and civilian ports in the future.
Under the skillful operation of the crew, the ship docked quickly, the anchor was dropped, Niu Wu took Xilan off the ship, and the mutton on board would be received by the logistics department.
"Huh..." Sheeran exhaled hot air and glanced around the port. She saw many people working, and a large amount of wood was piled up not far away, as if they were building something.
"Miss Xilan, let's go, I'll take you to see the young master." Niu Wu ordered a reception carriage to be brought over.
The reception carriage, produced by the City Lord's Mansion, is placed at the port to receive distinguished guests. Xilan is the daughter of the Heishui City Lord and the next City Lord, and has a cooperative relationship with Sheba City. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a distinguished guest.
"Okay." Hiran boarded the carriage and looked at the decorations in the carriage in surprise. There was a small table inside with several boxes on it.
"Miss Xilan, the snacks and drinks in the carriage are all edible." Niu Wu's voice came from outside the carriage, and then the carriage started to run.
"Can I eat it?" Sheeran blinked her brown eyes, opened the box curiously, and found a box full of unfamiliar things inside. She picked up a piece and smelled it, and it smelled like wheat.
"Crack..."
"Hmm~~ It's so crispy and fragrant." Xilan said in surprise, her brown eyes sparkled, and it was crunchy to the bite, very fragrant.
She became more curious about the other boxes, and quickly opened another box, which contained three small wooden sticks with a ball at one end.
"What is this?" Xilan was stunned, picked it up and smelled it, there was a faint fragrance, squeezed it with her hands, and found that it was hard inside.
She did recognize the thing wrapped in the small wooden stick, it was something called paper.She tore the paper off, revealing the gray orb inside.
"Is this for food too?" Sheeran hesitated, but still put the ball into her mouth, her eyes opened slightly, and she said in surprise, "It's so sweet."
Xilan was completely fascinated by the boxes on the table, just like a treasure hunt, looking forward to what was in the box, and when she realized it, she heard Niu Wu shouting outside.
"Miss Hiran, the castle is here."
"Huh? So fast?" Sheeran was stunned for a moment, she didn't feel the passage of time at all, and quickly shouted, "Okay, I'm coming down now."
"Ta Tata..."
When Xilan came outside the carriage, he saw the decoration in the castle, which was much better than the castle in Blackwater City. The difference between the two was the same as that of a hut and a noble mansion.
"Miss Xilan, please follow me." Niu Wu calmly said, and took the lead to walk to the middle courtyard of the castle. At this point in time, the young master should be in the study.
"Okay." Hiran hurried to catch up.
"Ta Tata..."
Xilan walked in the castle, and she was very surprised by what she saw and heard. The maids and guards were very polite. She also saw a few female Beastkin maids laughing with human maids, which she had never seen before. passed.
After all, Heishui City is too remote and backward. There are no Beastkin going to Heishui City, just like Sheba City before.
"Boom bang bang..."
Niu Wu knocked on the door of the study, which also attracted Xilan's attention. She quickly straightened her clothes, feeling a little nervous for no reason.
"Come in." A calm voice came from the study.
"Gag!"
Niu Wu pushed the door open, and Xi Lan quickly followed.
"Master..." Niu Wu said respectfully.
"Xilan has met Your Excellency HAD." Xilan pinched the hem of her skirt and gave an aristocratic salute.
"I'm back, thank you for your hard work." HAD put down his pen and said gently, "Welcome Miss Xilan to Sheba City."
"It's my honor to come to Sheba City." Sheeran responded politely, and she carefully looked around.
She saw Miss Mina, whom she met last time, sitting casually on His Excellency HAD's desk with a piece of fried fish in her mouth.
Miss Nicole was looking at her with a smile, and she quickly responded with a smile.There is also a little girl next to her with a pair of fox ears on her head, who is observing her curiously, and she also responds with a polite smile.
HAD nodded lightly, looked at Niu Wu, and asked, "How is the task completed?"
"Master, the Beastkin tribe is willing to trade with us." Niu Wu hurriedly said.
"Very good." HAD nodded in satisfaction, as he had guessed.
"Young master, the mutton has also been brought back." Niu Wu reported, and by the way, told the process of going to the Beastkin tribe.
"Oh? The leader of the Beastkin tribe is a woman, but he didn't see what the other party looked like?" HAD raised his eyebrows, which was unexpected, and asked, "You didn't even announce the name?"
"No." Niu Wu shook his head, and said in a slightly excited tone, "However, the other party is willing to meet and negotiate with you."
"Is it in Heishui City?" HAD raised his mouth slightly.
"Yes, it's in Heishui City. The other party asked us to choose a date." Niu Wu said respectfully.
"That's it." HAD nodded, frowning and thinking, he opened the notepad on the desktop and looked through it.
After a while, he said, "Niu Wu, after you rest for a few days, go to the Beastkin tribe again, buy horses and come back, and tell the leader of the Beastkin tribe, let her book the meeting time. It's our sincerity."
Spring is not far away. After the spring, Sheba City will start a lot of construction. The main force of transportation, the horses, will start to prepare a lot.
"Yes." Niu Wu respectfully replied.
Chapter 0493 is printed.
Niu Wu left, leaving Xilan in the study, HAD gave him three days off, and three days later he would lead the team to the Beastkin tribe.
"Annie, write the order." HAD said lightly.
"Yes." Annie immediately took out the paper and ballpoint pen, her fox ears perked up, waiting for HAD's order.
"Let the logistics Niu San immediately put the mutton into storage, and put % of the mutton into the big market for sale, % to the army, and the remaining % to the processing workshop immediately, and let the workshop process it into canned meat for military use." HAD said indifferently. Dao, this is a policy he formulated before, but the canned meat is % more, which is for future wars.
After all, the storm is coming, and the possibility of being involved in the battle for the throne is too great, so he has to prepare.
"Yes." Annie lowered her head and began to write. After finishing the letter, she handed it to the cat-eared lady. Now the delivery of the letter has been taken over by the Security Department.
Mina took the letter and left the study room. Strategic documents like this were delivered by herself.
"Miss Xilan, who are you here this time?" HAD turned his head to look at Xilan who was staying quietly. He guessed what the Lord of Blackwater wanted his daughter to come over for.Hostage?
"Your Excellency HAD, I am here to study this time." Xilan immediately stood up and said respectfully, "I hope to get your advice."
"Study?" HAD was stunned, what kind of operation is this?
"Yes, the Sheba City managed by His Excellency HAD can be called a miracle. In just a few months, Sheba City has become a prosperous city. These are all things I should learn." Xilan said seriously.
She will definitely continue to be the city lord of Heishui City in the future. With her innocence and her relationship with women, it must be difficult to manage Heishui City. This gave her the idea of coming to Sheba City to study.
Unexpectedly, when she told her father, she got generous support and said that she would prepare luggage for her.Why does she feel that her father is a little impatient.
"Learning..." HAD raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect this. This kind of thinking is very enlightened in this era, and he actually asked other city lords to learn how to be a city lord.
In his layout plan, Blackwater City must be one of the strategic cities, a transit point connecting the Sahara prairie, since there are people who come to learn, he is willing to teach, after all, it can save him a lot of energy.
"Can't you?" Xilan's smiling face gradually disappeared, and she lowered her head a little disappointed. HAD's silence, in Xilan's view, was embarrassing to refuse her.
"No, you want to learn, I have no objection." HAD shook his head and smiled lightly, "But some confidential things may not teach you."
"Ah?" Xilan was stunned for a moment, then a happy smile appeared on his face, and he said quickly, "Just ordinary teaching is fine."
"Then, how do you deal with Nicole's internal affairs first." HAD said with a light smile.
"Yes." Sheeran shouted respectfully.
"Miss Sheeran, hello, we meet again." Nicole greeted softly.
"Hello, Miss Nicole, I will trouble you in the future." Sheeran said quickly.
"Miss Sheeran, you are too polite." Nicole saw that Sheeran was a little nervous, and comforted her, "Just treat this as your own home."
"Okay, okay." Sheeran breathed a sigh of relief. After all, she came to an unfamiliar environment, so it's no wonder she wasn't nervous.
"Gag!"
The study was pushed away, and Mina walked in quickly with Niu Si, holding a wooden box, and put the wooden box in front of HAD.
"This is?" HAD stared in astonishment at the panting Maoerniang and Niu Si who was panting heavily. Did the two come back from a gallop?
"Master, the book has been printed." Mina said seriously. When she sent the letter to the logistics department, she happened to meet Niu Si bringing a box to the castle, so she brought Niu Si directly to the study.
"Oh?" HAD raised his eyebrows, and hastily opened the wooden box, which contained two thin books.
He reached out and took out the book, and flipped through the ten pages in total. He carefully looked at the contents of the pages, and they were all some commonly used words in this era.The content of this book is basically a literacy enlightenment book, and there are some carved patterns on the side.
"Very good, what's the cost price?" HAD put down the enlightenment books. He was most concerned about the cost. He didn't print a lot of books before because the cost was too high.
"Young master, the cost is five copper coins per copy." Niu Si said quickly, he was in charge of the printing of the books.
"Very good." HAD was very satisfied, the price is considered very cheap, and then asked, "Have you found the new ink formula?"
"Yes." Niu Si nodded respectfully, and said in a low voice, "People from the Institute of Movable Type Printing soaked a plant in water and found that the water would become much thicker, and then used a certain proportion of ink, and... Made into the current ink."
"Will it fade?" HAD lamented in his heart that the plants here are so amazing that they have the ability to make water thicker.
"No, it has already been tested." Niu Si said affirmatively, he also knows the temper of the young master now, that is something that has been researched, and there must be no major shortcomings.
"Very good." HAD nodded in satisfaction, turned to Annie and said, "Annie, immediately choose a store in the commercial street as a public library."
"Library?" En Li was stunned, this word was the first time she obeyed.
"It's a place to store books. Common people can borrow books from the library with their ID cards, but they have to pay a deposit..." HAD explained the library's procedures.
He does not sell books as goods for the time being, otherwise those merchants will take them to other cities to sell them, thereby earning a lot of money.
Of course, it is no problem to sell to the people of Sheba City. The library can sell books, but only with an ID card, and each person can only buy one book of the same type.
As for the sale of books in other places, at least his influence must be able to spread to the entire west, and he must sell the books, and the money must be in his own pocket.
The real profit is the newspaper, which is also one of the trump cards to control rumors. Now that the cost of ink is cheap, printing newspapers should also be put on the agenda.
"So that's how it is." Annie suddenly realized that this library is really good.
"I'll leave this matter to you." HAD said gently.
"Okay." Annie said seriously.
Chapter 0494 Sheba City Newspaper Planning.
With the opening of the library, HAD didn't expect that many people would borrow books to read. He prepared it for those who couldn't read books but wanted to read.
"Master, do you want to give this book a name?" Annie flipped through the book of enlightenment and literacy.
"Let's call it the Hundred-Character Book of Annieghtenment." HAD said with a light smile. This ten-page book has more than 100 characters. It's a good name. After all, the module of movable type printing is quite large.
"What about this one?" Enri picked up the second book of the same type.
"Then it's called Annieghtenment Hundred-Character Book Two." HAD's mouth turned up. He had also read this book, and the characters in it would be a little more difficult, that is, there would be more strokes.
"Eh?" Annie's brown eyes slightly opened, is that okay?Hastily said, "Young master, is there another one called three volumes?"
"Yes, for books of the same type, let's name them like this." HAD nodded.
"Master, is this the only book in the library?" Annie held the 'Annieghtenment Hundred-Character Book'.
"Of course not." HAD rolled his eyes, he was already ready.
He opened the drawer and took out a large stack of papers. These were the storybooks he translated from the other side of the earth, and some principles of life.
"Take these to the Institute of Movable Type Printing and let them print them all." HAD handed a large stack of paper to Hu Erniang.
"Yes." Annie quickly took it, and she flipped through it, and found that the characters were very small, twice as small as the printed ones.
She estimated that more than a dozen books could be printed out of this stack of paper, which is simply a fatal temptation for people who like books, such as Viya.
HAD doesn't care about the library. The library is only making money, and the newspaper is what he cares about. Now the literacy rate in Sheba City has reached an astonishing %, which does not exist in other cities.
Newspapers, who should be in charge?HAD mainly thought about this problem. He must be the main person in charge at the beginning, but he must be trained to take over later.
There is one candidate in his mind, and that is the rabbit-eared lady. Viya is the best candidate, but it is a pity that the other party has been arranged by him in the education system.
"Mina, who else in Sheba City can read? The one who can read a lot." HAD turned his head and asked.
People in the newspaper industry must be literate and able to write articles. After all, it is just the beginning, and only one or two people are required to write articles. For other gossip, he will ask the security department to provide it.
But it will definitely not work in the future, so the profession of reporter will appear sooner or later, especially after the development of Sheba City, if there is no division of labor between reporters and editors, then the person in charge of the newspaper industry will be exhausted.
"This..." Mina frowned and thought about it, then shook her head and said, "Young master, we will only find out after investigating."
"Immediately send someone to investigate." HAD ordered, the newspaper must be produced, and with the newspaper, many things can be done.
Not to mention rumors, the newspaper is HAD's mouthpiece, controlling the common people's cognition and guiding their choices.
"Yes." Mina nodded in response. In fact, she had a candidate in mind, but she was not completely sure. She would tell the young master only after she was sure.
HAD thought of the marketing account on the other side of the earth. Many people were controlled by the marketing account. The last second they said that a certain celebrity was good, immediately some people who didn't understand it praised it.
The next second, another marketing account said that a certain star was not good, and immediately many people turned into trolls and started to recklessly gossip, and all of this is what the marketing account likes to see.
Newspapers also have this function, or it is more powerful, such as some authoritative newspapers, that is the real manipulation of people's hearts.And in this era, the effect is multiplied several times.
After all, commoners in this era have very limited knowledge horizons. They will accept what you show them and know. As for the result, it is conceivable.
The core of newspapers is movable type printing, which is also the most important thing. If this technology is known, other newspapers will appear soon.
"The secrecy of movable type printing has been raised to another level." HAD frowned.There are four levels of confidentiality protection measures in Sheba City, namely A, B, C, and D.
The movable type printing technique used to be classified as a Class B secret, but now it has been upgraded to a Class A secret, which is considered the most rigorous type, just like the military workshop.
"Yes." Mina replied seriously, she knows that every Class A secret will have a wide impact and even change an era.
"Commercial Street, next to the Security Department, established Sheba Newspaper." HAD said indifferently.
"Newspaper?" Everyone present was dumbfounded, this is another new term, they had never heard of a newspaper.
"Master, what is a newspaper?" Annie asked curiously, shaking her fox ears.
"It's a very interesting place." The corner of HAD's mouth slightly raised. This is the first time that he has to complete the writing and typesetting of the manuscript, especially the fixed layout.
He found paper to draw and started to design the layout. The name of the first newspaper was Sheba City Newspaper, and it might be expanded in the future to create a Westside Miscellaneous Newspaper, or Yingluo Newspaper, etc.
Annie still wanted to ask, but she saw that the young master was already bowing his head to write, so she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut. She also took out a piece of paper and began to write, planning for the opening of the library. This was what she learned from the young master.
Mina took out a piece of dried fish from the drawer and left with the dried fish in her mouth. She went to investigate the candidate.
"An interesting place?" Nicole tilted her head in thought, then shook her head. Every time the young master does something very novel, maybe this newspaper office is also a novel place.
Nicole stood up and waved to Sheeran, took her outside, and began to deal with the internal affairs of the castle today.
Xilan blinked her brown eyes, took a peek at HAD who was writing with her head down, and then hurriedly followed Nicole out of the study.
No one will bother HAD who is serious about his work. This is the empathy and tacit understanding between Beast Erniang and Nicole.
Chapter 0495 disabled people looking for work?
"Ta Tata..."
"Sister, where are we going?" Nuo Yue's soft voice sounded, she looked at her silent elder sister Gaba in surprise, and when she came back from get off work, she didn't even eat dinner, so she carried her out of the house.
"Take you to a good place." Gaba said softly, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, she is in a good mood today.
"A good place?" Nuo Yue tilted her head, leaned her chin on Gaba's shoulder, and said softly, "What kind of place is it?"
"When we get there, you'll know." Gaba's mouth was doting, which was a pleasant surprise.
"Okay." Nuo Yue pouted, turned her head to observe the surrounding environment, and moved her pretty nose from time to time, smelling the aroma in the air, which made her feel a little hungry.
"Gollum!"
The next second, the sound of hungry belly cries made Nuo Yue's face turn red, and she pressed her face against Gaba's back, which was a bit embarrassing.