Chapter 1 Return of the King!
The wind in the quiet night slowly brushed across the grass on the Taros Plain. There was a red light from the bonfire in the distance, and some voices and horses were faintly heard. Around the bonfire was a circle of horse-drawn carriages, which were filled with heavy carriages. These carriages formed a circular carriage array, surrounding the camping people. The most obvious method of the northern carriages in the southern plains. The trade route they took had to pass a long grassland. The carriages filled with goods could form a carriage array, which could protect the wolves and use them to resist those ill-intentioned grassland robbers.
With the establishment of the Kingdom of Athens, the entire southern plains also flourished.
A large amount of food products made the Kingdom of Athens a powerful country in the world for foreign trade. Human beings also used food to obtain a large amount of precious resources, weapons, equipment, knowledge, etc. from dwarves, elves, and even other races through trade. However, the prosperous trade also brought a problem, that is, more and more robbers began to appear, and they made a living by robbing and attacking caravans, which brought considerable trouble to the trade of the entire southern plain.
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"Where am I?" Murphy was awakened by the hearty laughter outside.
After waking up, he first rubbed his head with his hands and felt a hint of pain and numbness, but then he recalled everything. He observed the surroundings, listened to the lively discussion outside, and whispered: "Have you returned to the southern plain? It seems that the distance of the teleportation has not deviated much."
When summoning to the Carardia plane, Murphy is used as the teleportation coordinate point, so it can perform accurate teleportation.
However, when he returned to the plane where the Kingdom of Athens was located, Murphy could only make a general judgment based on the unique induction ability between the Olympus gods. The auxiliary system of "Total War" is in his body, and his position is the coordinate point of the transmission, so the purpose of his trip was to find a way to establish an accurate plane transmission coordinate in the Kingdom of Athens. After all, he could not stay in the Caladia plane as a bridge for fixed-point transmission between the two planes.
If possible, he will also establish a stable transmission coordinate position in this plane.
"Are you awake?" A big man with a beard walked into the tent. He was holding a bowl of thick soup made of animal bones in his hand. The rich fragrance was filled with thick skin. A big man with a rough face handed the bowl to Murphy and said, "Drink some soup first. You have been unconscious for a whole day."
"Yeah, thank you." Murphy nodded, took the bowl and drank it all.
He himself is a plane teleportation coordinate points, so the troublesome thing is that if he wants to conduct plane teleportation, he cannot be as easy and casual as other summoned people. It would be fine if his body stayed in the plane channel, but once his body entered the plane channel and left the space where the plane is located, the "Total War" auxiliary system naturally left that plane with him, which means that one of the coordinate points was lost between plane teleportation, and then as it is now, he did not directly teleport to the Kingdom of Athens, but had some small deviations.
"Where is this?" Murphy asked after drinking the soup.
The rough-faced man smiled and replied, "This is the Taros Plain. We are the caravans heading to the Eagle Nest Dwarf Fortress. We found you in a coma on the road, so we brought you up."
"Eagle Nest Dwarf? Are you going to Eagle Nest Castle?" Murphy said thoughtfully when he heard this.
The man nodded and said, "Yes. Why are you unconscious here?"
Murphy did not answer, but showed a kind smile and said softly: "Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble."
The big man looked at Murphy for a while after hearing this, then smiled and patted his shoulder∵ out.
At this time, humans on the southern plains were relatively united, especially after the establishment of the Kingdom of Athens, humans, as one of the weak races on this plane, had to be firmly united to grow and grow. Humans like them who dared to go out for trade routes of other races were all good at having a few tricks in their hands. When they encountered other caravans being attacked in the wild, or saw humans in trouble, they would not stand by.
The more people who are in contact with other races, the more they know the importance of unity of one race.
After Murphy walked out of the tent, he found that there were really many people outside, who were probably less than three or four hundred, and they were divided into three small circles. Another large circle of carriages was surrounded by horses and carriages. He could see at a glance that this was a caravan that was united. Generally speaking, it was very dangerous to go to the business alone, and there were also some shortcomings in manpower. Several trustworthy caravans joined together to set off the road, which was the safest and safest way.
"Eagle Nest Castle?" Murphy closed his eyes and thought for a moment, as if he had some impression of this place.
Most of the cities established by the dwarves are named forts, and the Eagle Nest Fort seems to be one of them. However, this Eagle Nest Fort seems to be located near the Salma Basin and has to pass the territory of the Centaur tribe on the way. Before Murphy established the Kingdom of Athens, the caravans that would travel between other races were basically arranged by him, but the people in front of him seemed to be not the caravans used by the Kingdom of Athens.
They are more like a group of wandering merchants who are united in a group, and many of them are like mercenaries and more than merchants.
For example, the rough man who just came in to see Murphy, had a strong mercenary aura on his body. Murphy was probably the first group of mercenary leaders who accumulated wealth and then began to transform like a merchant.
This change has actually been in Murphy's estimate. After all, the mercenaries may not be willing to continue doing this dangerous business after accumulating wealth.
As mercenaries, the one who comes into contact with the most is merchants, and naturally they gradually develop in trade after accumulating wealth. The trade routes within the southern plains have been controlled by the original merchants. These mercenaries who have turned to trade have only targeted other races outside the southern plains. Cross-race trade is more dangerous, but the rewards are also amazing. For these mercenaries who have been bleeding from the knife, this kind of cross-race trading method is more suitable for them, because many races like these straightforward mercenaries more for cunning merchants.
In just a moment, Murphy guessed the recent changes in the southern plains.
In fact, as he had guessed, after the initial booming mercenary industry, a large number of mercenaries began to turn to other aspects after accumulating wealth, and the most obvious of them were caravans. The caravans traveling across the Athenian Kingdom could be said to have seen explosive growth. Some mercenaries originally did escort tasks, and they were naturally very clear about these things. As long as they had the original accumulated funds, they could completely transform into merchants.
It’s just that I used to escort others, but now I am just escorting myself!
"If this continues, the mercenaries in this world may develop into an organization similar to the mercenary city, right?" Murphy looked at the men who ate big pieces of meat and drank with wine, thinking in his heart.
In this joint caravan, at least one or two hundred people have obvious mercenary characteristics, with swords, scars and murderous aura, they are all veterans who have fought.
"I don't know what level of domestic trade in Athens has developed. If the time is right, maybe I can develop the bank first." He looked at the people in front of him and said secretly.
The establishment of a bank has been in Murphy's plan, but there must be a prerequisite, that is, local trade development has reached a critical point, and a large amount of trade has prompted merchants to need a more concise and more comprehensive trading method. There is no need to say much about the benefits of establishing a bank. Even according to Murphy's estimate, according to the world's rules, if the bank's plan can be really promoted, it may not even be able to condense a [wealth] clergy!
After a trip to the Caradia plane, the requirement to establish a bank was much easier for Murphy.
Murphy can completely use the secret marks in the arcane to serve as a bank's confidentiality measure. The unique secret marks can ensure that the bank is far beyond the level of this era. If necessary, Murphy can also use the name of the Kingdom of Athens to unite the Temple and the Mage Academy to establish a national bank to spread the bank's exchange points to major cities in the entire southern plain!
Small amount of gold and silver scrolls, large amount of bank deposits, and using the resources of the Mage Academy, he can use his unique secret marks and corresponding secret vouchers to ensure redemption.
While there are many specific matters in using the fairness of the temple to supervise, Murphy believes that it is not difficult to promote it.
The development of world trade has come to the time to promote gold and silver rolls (silver notes).
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"Tait!"
Murphy, who was thinking, suddenly heard a rushing horse hooves, and then the sound became louder and louder. Soon a large group of fully armed centaurs appeared outside the caravan formation.
The mercenaries in the chariot formation suddenly became nervous. The sound of swords being sheathed, formed a formation one by one, and carefully became alert.
"Damn it! It's the gray-haired half-human clan!" The rough man who had met Murphy before looked at the centaur army that suddenly appeared outside, cursed angrily, and shouted: "It's not our allies coming! Get ready for battle!"
"Prepare for the fight!"
"Prepare for the fight!"
The roars of the mercenaries from various mercenaries rang around, and everyone picked up their weapons and arranged them in the carriage, and quickly prepared for the battle.
At this moment, Murphy frowned and looked at the group of centaurs outside.
"What must have happened when I left!" Murphy stared at the murderous centaur army. When he was still in Athens, the centaur clan had always maintained a good relationship with humans, and would never add up swords, let alone attacking the caravan so blatantly! He said in his heart: "Can you say that something big happened within the centaur clan?"
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Chapter completed!