Warhammer: Return of the Dragon

Chapter 71 Handicap
On the port behind the Emerald Gate, two people were slowly getting off an expedition ship returning from Lustria.

One person was wearing a dark yellow armor covered with various fine runes. Powerful magic fluctuations were restrained in it. The skirt armor was forged into a wing shape, just like the wings of a phoenix. With a sword on his waist, his figure was tall and straight, and he looked strong. The incomparably handsome face resembled Kane in the mythology, causing everyone on the pier to look sideways, as if wondering how such a handsome person existed in this world.

This was not the case for the person following him, holding a staff with powerful fluctuations in his hand, he was a bit thin and thin, with an ordinary appearance, and he kept looking at everyone with mean and calm eyes.

"Brother, you go to His Majesty's first, and I will deal with other matters." Without too much explanation, Teclis, standing behind Tyrion, said to his brother as if giving an order.

Tyrion, who is fierce and proud by nature, didn't care about his brother's tone. There was a mysterious connection between the two. When they were young, Teclis was seriously ill in bed and was about to die. Tyrion felt his brother's body in his dream. What happened, endured the pain caused by empathy, and rushed to Teclis' room to feed the first-aid medicine. He has become accustomed to the tone of communication between brothers.

"Then see you at grandfather's house tonight, brother." Tyrion directly rode on the horse brought by his grandfather's family attendants, straightened up, lightly kicked the horse's abdomen, and ran towards the position of the Phoenix King's Court, looking very skillful .

And Teclis did not ride on horseback like his brother. The potion from the White Tower of Heth and the Lilith rod made his body not as weak as before, but this kind of violent action was not something he could do. Even though the sword at his waist is so powerful, it is more a symbol of his identity as a magic swordsman, rather than that he can really fight fiercely with the enemy.

Stepping into the carriage brought by the attendants, Teclis will deal with the affairs left by the two brothers who went to Lustria to search for the Sun Flame Sword in the past few years. Teclis is more skilled in this kind of thing than his brother.

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In the Dragon Prince's manor, Imrik was sitting on a chair in the training ground, holding several reports in his hands. Several people were riding horses in the training ground, and Bruni challenged eight Dragon Princes by himself.

It has been four days since Davian went to study as a teacher. During these four days, the Tai brothers have returned from Lustria, and the Eternal Queen has rushed to Lothern with Aisha's blessing, causing crowds to empty out.

Something big might happen in Lothern, especially in this much-anticipated duel, so Imrik hastily dispatched a 50-man Dragon Prince troop from Tal Khaled in the name of a celebration .

Minasnier and Lighthamir were also waiting on the mountains near Lothern, together with the hundred-man troop transferred three months ago, and the thirty dragon halberd guards accompanying him this time, he had 200 soldiers in his hands. Troops are available for deployment.

Ever since the news about the banquet came out, countless people were watching the Dragon Prince's manor every day. Every underground casino, business newspaper, gambling dog... was trying to find Bruni's first-hand information from here.

The report in Imrik's hands is the evaluation of some small newspapers on this duel. From the family where Bruni was born to the last performance in Nagareth, step by step, the value of this report is three. gold leaf coin.

The other one belonged to Alion. For the sake of stability, Gilgalion directly revoked the qualifications of those noble sons. Instead, he found eight silver-helmed knights who had experienced many battles from Alion. In terms of strength, Caledo was completely crushed.

Holding a cup of hot milk and taking a sip slowly, Alagir, who was sitting next to him, spoke curiously. The contacts he had made in the past few days let him know that as long as he doesn't touch the prince's back scales, he is extremely peaceful towards others, "Prince, you Aren't you worried about the actions of the Phoenix Royal Court? They don't care about the honor of soldiers, they only care about politics."

"I know, but this is an adventure." Prince Long put down the cup and said lightly.

"Caledo needs something to stimulate his vitality. Since I took the throne for three months, many people still want to stay in the ancestral manor, fantasizing about their ancestors who are far greater than them, instead of thinking about how to get the same The glory of the ancestors."

I guessed that Finnuba would play tricks in this duel, but it would not be to a particularly exaggerated level. If it was seen at a glance that it was a fake match, it would greatly doubt the organizers.

Because the Phoenix King symbolizes Asuryan, and Asuryan, as a creator god who doesn't care about world affairs, is indifferent but treats everyone equally. This is also one of the symbols of the Phoenix King's royal power. Although some people think it is nonsense, those Foolish people don't care, they only think that the Phoenix King is Asuryan's will in the mortal world, and they need to take responsibility.

And looking at the odds, we can also see a lot of things. Yesterday's odds were that Elyon won, 1:2.36, and Caledo won, 1:16.97.

Today, Elion won 1:1.44, Caledo won 1:21.36, and there are more tricks, duel time, number of dismounted, who fell first, etc., some people must have leaked some news, That's why the odds are so exaggerated.

"Put all the [-] gold leaves in the handicap. In half an hour, Caledo will win." Two days ago, I returned to the Dragon Palace through the teleportation array, and took most of the emergency funds. Come here, just want to make a lot of money in this duel.

Aguilar took the handicap information and calculated it carefully, "Prince, just to be on the safe side, I suggest dividing the bet into five places. The odds fluctuate a little, but the difference is not big. If you win all in half an hour."

He calculated it carefully, and was dumbfounded by the huge amount, "There should be 140 million gold leaf coins."

The market in Ulthuan is not a real commercial society, but bartering is still used in most areas, because the royal court will provide subsidies to every family, coupled with the social atmosphere that suppresses desire, so that most people's money The concept is quite low.

This is one of the reasons why the Dragon Palace has no money. Most of the Caledonians always think about fighting all day long. In order to ensure that the population is sparse and at the same time have combat effectiveness, the time Caledonian spends in the barracks every year is longer than Other kingdoms are much longer.

But these people are out of production when they are training, which requires subsidies. Imric expects that some people will need to be differentiated to specialize in other industries in the future, and they can't always use men, women and children to fight together and start a world war. .

The most developed area of ​​the commercial society is in Itain, and in Usuan, the annual income of a farmer is about 150 gold leaf coins, and the silk of a square meter in distant Sinian is [-] gold leaf coins, and the price of a war horse In Lothern, it is [-] gold leaf coins, and a good set of militia equipment will cost [-] gold leaf coins, but this is only calculated based on the price of Itain, and the actual income and price will be determined according to the actual situation of each kingdom calculate.

For example, the price of a war horse will be higher in Iris, but not in Alyon. After all, in Alyon, even farmers, everyone has two horses.

As for Caledor's armament situation, everyone has several sets of ancestral things in their homes. From time to time, in the Dragon's Back Mountains, armor and weapons placed around for sacrificing ancestors will be seen. The actual price will be 40.00% or less than that of Lothern. More.

In order to prevent this kind of phenomenon that would disrupt the market order, Itain formulated extremely strict trade regulations. If products other than the normal demand want to enter the market of Lothern, they have to pay extremely high tariffs .

But there is no such statement in the transactions between countries, just do whatever you like, just don't interfere with the prosperity of Lothern.

For example, if Gilgalion sells the 150 war horses that Imrik got from Alion in Lothern at a price of 50.00 gold leaves, then he needs to pay [-]% of the part that exceeds the normal trade quantity. The customs duty, plus the cost of transportation and sales, and an additional one, a theocratic tax called "preventing excessive desire for trade" formulated in name to ensure the purity of Asur, will even be owed in the end.

However, if you trade with other kingdoms, you will be able to sell a hundred gold leaves at most. This price can be roughly 40.00% higher than that sold in Alion itself. None of the largest horse markets in Thenn are run by Elyonians.

Through the trade exploitation of various kingdoms, a phenomenon appeared in Lothern's prosperous trade, that is, there were not so many gold leaf coins circulating in the market, which led to the extremely popular banking industry in Lothern, and Fenuba used the Phoenix Royal Court Based on the reputation of the company, a voucher has been launched, which is specially used for large-scale transactions.

"Find me the kind of handicap that can pay for gold leaf coins, not Finnuba's waste paper."

　PS: The author is not good at economics, so he will continue to use this trading system first, and then slowly supplement it later, trying not to let the financial system collapse.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)