Papa Paladin

   "Sir, do you need a servant?"

   "Sir, buy a newspaper!"

"gentlemen…"

   Zuo Yi had just stepped out of the isolation fence outside the central tower, and immediately many children surrounded him, recommending themselves or selling goods to him.

  These children are all in their teens. Most of them have curly yellow hair and blue or red eyes. They are obviously descendants of immigrants from the Kingdom of Seles.

  Dragon City Fortress has 50,000 to 60,000 extraordinary people from Daxia, while the number of immigrants exceeds 100,000!

   Except for a few mages, knights, and craftsmen supported by the Seles Kingdom, most of the Seles immigrants are civilians and untouchables. Although their status is low, their role in this city is irreplaceable.

  Workers in the workshop, farmers in the underground farm, cleaners, handymen, waiters, shop assistants, individual craftsmen... Without the hard work of these people, the current Dragon City Fortress would not be able to survive for a day.

Zuo Yi once read an investigation report on the Dragon City Fortress, and believed that these Seles immigrants had in fact become an important bargaining chip for the Seles Kingdom to maintain its influence on the Dragon City Fortress, and their role was even more important than that of the mages and priests sent by the royal family. The knight is bigger!

   And these Seles people who traveled thousands of miles to the Dragon City Fortress to make a living, most of them are shabby and bankrupt households. Most of them chose this city as their new home because they couldn\'t get along in their hometown.

   You must know that the Dragon City Fortress is located on the northwest border of the Seles Kingdom, and is always facing the threat of the orcs.

   Those who can settle down locally, who would want to come here?

It is said that the most attractive thing about the Dragon City Fortress to the common people of Seles is that the class gap in this city is not very big, and the superhumans of Daxia are quite friendly to them, and no nobles are above their heads to kill them. The security situation is far beyond that of most cities in the Kingdom of Seles.

  Of course, if you want to live better in Dragon City Fortress, you must work, even children are no exception.

  Zuo Yi didn’t have a single coin in his pocket, so he ignored the salesmen and reached out to nod a little girl about ten years old who was a job-seeking tour guide: “What’s your name?”

   There are four or five children who want to be Zuo Yi\'s tour guide. She is the only girl, thin and small. Although the clothes are a bit worn out, she is still clean and tidy, unlike the other sloppy ones.

   "Hello, my lord."

  The little girl suppressed the joy in her heart, stepped forward and respectfully saluted Zuo Yi: "My name is Niya, and it is my honor to serve you. I was born in Dragon City, and I am very familiar with this place."

  She speaks very standard Chinese, and basically can\'t hear that awkward accent.

   And Zuo Yi chose her, and the other children scattered away in disappointment, waiting for the next target.

"very good."

  Zuo Yi nodded and said, "Now take me to the bank."

  The currency circulating in Dragon City Fortress is not the Xia yuan of Daxia, but the gold, silver and copper coins of the Kingdom of Seles. Extraordinary people who come from Daxia can take gold to the bank for exchange.

  The bank in the Dragon City Fortress was jointly opened by Daxia and the Seles Kingdom.

If the superhumans of Great Xia want to live in Dragon City Fortress, they must either bring gold to exchange, or accept various tasks issued by the Dragon City Management Committee to get paid, or join the Dragon City Guards and various departments under the Management Committee .

  Zuo Yi didn’t even intend to stay in Dragon City Fortress, and of course he wouldn’t go to work on missions. There are hundreds of tons of gold stored in his space ring, and taking out a random piece is enough for consumption here.

  Nia immediately said: "My lord, please follow me, the bank is just ahead."

   Beep beep!

  At this moment, with the sound of the siren, a black four-wheeled steam car drove past the two of them.

   Zuo Yi couldn\'t help but look a few more times.

  The environment, roads and buildings here, the costumes of pedestrians, and these steam machines driving on the road, a breath of industrial revolution blows.

   "This is the Bison III steam car..."

  Nia introduced: "The latest one produced by the Bison Steam Machinery Factory costs more than a hundred gold coins."

  The metal currency of the Kingdom of Seles, 1 gold = 10 silver = 1,000 copper, and there are also copper horn coins. The purchasing power of 1 copper is roughly equivalent to 1 Xia Yuan, and more than 100 gold is equivalent to more than 100,000 Xia Yuan.

   It’s considered a luxury here.

  Zuo Yi was curious: "Do you know everything about cars?"

  Nia puffed out her chest and said proudly: "My father works in the Bison Steam Machinery Factory!"

  No wonder then.

  Under the leadership of Niya, Zuo Yi soon came to the bank.

  He exchanged a 10Kg gold brick for the gold coins of the Kingdom of Seles, and filled a large bag with more than 3,000 coins.

  Zuo Yi grabbed a few gold coins and gave them to Nia: "I\'ll give you the tour guide fee first."

   "My lord, there are too many."

  Nia blushed immediately, waved her hands repeatedly and said, "One silver coin is enough."

   "Take it if you tell me."

  Zuo Yi stuffed it into her hand, and then put the money bag into the space ring: "Let\'s go."

  Nia\'s eyes were red: "Thank you, sir."

  She dutifully took Zuo Yi around the Dragon City Fortress, and tried her best to answer Zuo Yi\'s questions.

  Zuo Yi understood almost everything. Seeing that it was getting dark, he said, "Okay, let\'s go here. It\'s getting late. You should go home."

  Nia didn\'t expect her task to be completed so quickly. She was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses, then bowed deeply to Zuo Yi, and said gratefully, "Thank you, sir!"

  Zuo Yi gave her a full six gold coins, equivalent to two months\' salary of her father!

  Zuo Yi couldn\'t help reaching out and rubbing her head, and said, "Go."

  Nia let out a "hmm", turned around and ran away, like a rabbit chased by a hound, flustered and timid.

  Zuo Yi laughed dumbfoundedly.

  He stopped a taxi that had just passed by, and asked the driver to take him to the largest and busiest tavern in the city.

  The biggest and busiest tavern in Dragon City Fortress is called Copper Dragon Tavern. When Zuo Yi arrived in a taxi, the tavern was already very lively, with one or two hundred drinkers gathered.

  Many of these drinkers are from Seles, and there are also extraordinary people from Daxia. The waiters who serve drinks in the tavern are all beautiful blonde girls, all of whom are charming, bold and attentive, which is probably the root cause of the thriving business here.

  Different from the guests whose eyes were glued to the tavern girl, Zuo Yi looked for the target in the crowd, and soon found out.

  He ordered a glass of ale at the bar, and walked directly towards the target with the glass in hand.

"Hello, everyone."

  (end of this chapter)