Right in this animal market, there was a piece of news that the horse trading area was going to be independent from the market. Someone was going to invest in building a bigger and more advanced horse trading area to cater to the demand of some people in Blackhot City in the future.
In the Norman Empire, besides the army and public transportation, only the gentry could take private cars in public places. Many rich people and businessmen in Blackhot City could only be regarded as commoners. Once the military administration of Blackhot City ended, they could only play with their cars at home.
While some people were sighing and frowning, the owners of the horse farms and the farmers in the surrounding farms all smiled happily.
There were several horse farms in Blackhot City, and their business had been booming these days. Those farmers who could raise, drive and take care of horses also became popular. This meant that many people who could only work in the fields before would have a chance to work in the city in the future. For those wealthy commoners who could only own carriages, if they wanted to own a carriage, they would have to hire at least two people, a coachman and a groom to raise the horses. They would also have to buy at least two strong horses, order a carriage that met the requirements of the Empire, build a stable at home, and spend a sum of money on the feed of the horses every day.
This was much more complicated than driving a car. Therefore, many people who wanted to change to other vehicles complained about it. However, even if they had complaints, they could only keep it inside. They dared not show any dissatisfaction at all. That was the system of the Norman Empire. Not to mention the small businessmen in Blackhot City, even all the businessmen in the Norman Empire dared not oppose it. Even in Blackhot City, some people were unhappy about this change, while more people were happy about it. The number of the latter was far greater than the former.
If you wanted to take a carriage, you had to make enough contributions to the Norman Empire. You had to become a gentry first. If a businessman wanted to become a gentry in the Norman Empire, even the lowest rank among the gentry, he had to pay at least 1600 gold coins in taxes or donations.
The aristocratic families of the Norman Empire were divided into seven ranks. The lowest rank was the parasol leaf aristocratic family, the upper rank was the oak leaf aristocratic family, the upper rank was the maple leaf aristocratic family, and finally the pine leaf aristocratic family. The last three high-ranking landowning families were the Lilac Landowning Family, Rose Landowning Family, and Rose Landowning Family. Each class of gentry had different rights in various aspects.
The leaf-like pieces on Zhang Tie's military officer certificate indicated that he was in the leaf-like aristocratic class in the Norman Empire. This was also the treatment of second lieutenant officers in the army of the Norman Empire. In the Norman Empire, soldiers who risked their lives for the country would always gain more respect than those who only contributed a few gold coins to the country.
And if a merchant who had legally paid taxes or donated money to become a member of the lowest class of the Parasol Leaf Aristocratic Family, if he wanted to be promoted again, he would have to pay taxes and donate money several times more. There were also a few more stringent requirements, such as not having a criminal record, being a role model for society, and not having any obvious blemishes. They had to be enthusiastic about social welfare and help others generously. After meeting these strict requirements, they had to gather at least 300 signatures from the citizens of the Empire. Only by passing the examination of the Empire's Order Review Committee could one become a landowning household like the Leaf.
The oak-leaf gentry had more rights than the parasol leaf gentry.
The lowest-level officials of the Norman Empire had to be selected from the oak-leaf aristocratic class or the lineal descendants of the oak-leaf aristocratic class. Commoners and the leaf-like aristocratic class were not qualified to become officials of the Norman Empire.
The hierarchical system of the Norman Empire was a strict and powerful foundation of the country's ruling. After hundreds of years of practice, the ruling foundation of the Norman Empire had become more powerful and firm.
The book that introduced this hierarchical system was the "Chapter of Order", which was published by the Empire's Order Review Committee of the Norman Empire and introduced the ruling foundation of the Norman Empire. These days, this book was the most discussed book in Blackhot City and was also the most popular book in the bookstore.
When Zhang Tie set up a stall on the ground, some guys beside him who were also selling goods were chattering about this topic. Recently, the most popular topic in Blackhot City was the "Chapter of Order" and the increasingly fierce frictions and wars between the Norman Empire and the Sun Dynasty in Kalur Region.
From their discussion, Zhang Tie learned that the heads of the seven families of the Coal, Steel, and Iron Federation of Blackhot City had all been conferred the title of Rosette Aristocratic Clan of the Norman Empire because they had cooperated with the Norman Empire to "liberate" Blackhot City peacefully. As for Zhang Tie, because he had formed the Iron-Blood hidden strength, he had been enlisted by Colonel Leibniz according to the rules of the Norman Empire and was fortunate enough to become one of the eight aristocratic clans in Blackhot City during the period of military administration. Although it was just a low-level leaf-like aristocratic family, it was still an aristocratic clan.
In front of Zhang Tie's carpet were several small bamboo cages, in which were golden uangs. Zhang Tie had bought them from the kids who had caught golden uangs in the morning. He had over 30 golden uangs, which cost him 12 silver coins.
Golden uangs were very cute beetles. Male uangs had a big horn on their heads, which made them look charmingly naive. When Zhang Tie was young, he had caught this beetle from the trees twice. Although this beetle was not precious, it was not easy for him to catch it. It would take him some time to catch it. However, those 11-12 years old kids who lived in the farmlands outside Blackhot City were very happy about this kind of extra income.
Zhang Tie set up a stall under the shade of a tree and watched the uangs crawling around in the cages in front of him. At the same time, he was waiting for Samira, that bastard.
At this moment, Zhang Tie looked more than 20 years old. He was wearing a common pioneer's costume, which was a bit old-fashioned. After putting it on, he took out several silver coins and threw them to Zhang Tie. He then turned around and left, followed by the two tough guys beside him.
The moment Samira took a few steps, Zhang Tie had caught up with him. "You only gave me eight silver coins, it's not enough. These golden uangs cost at least 16 silver coins... "
Samira and the two tough guys turned around at the same time.
"Brat, don't be so shameless. I'm the only one who buys your golden uangs in Blackhot City. These are just for kids to play with. It's already my honor to give you eight silver coins!" Samira's face turned cold at once.
Zhang Tie threw the eight silver coins to Samira. "Here are your silver coins. Give me back my uangs. There are 23 of them in total. I won't sell them anymore!"
Samira didn't catch the silver coins that Zhang Tie had thrown over. Instead, he glanced at a tough guy beside him. When Zhang Tie stretched out his hand to grab the cage in Samira's hand, that tough guy rudely pushed Zhang Tie a few steps back, causing him to fall onto the ground.
"Brat, if you don't tell me the truth, I won't be polite to you anymore. Take the silver coins and get out of here!" After swearing at Zhang Tie, Samira turned around and walked away. The two tough guys beside him waved their fists towards Zhang Tie to show their strength.
Seeing the dispute, many people in the surroundings surrounded them.
"Brat, forget it. That man works for Master Abyan. You can't afford to offend him. Take the silver coins and get out of here!" A kind-hearted person tried to persuade Zhang Tie.
Sitting on the ground for a few seconds, Zhang Tie looked like he had been greatly wronged. Then, with a loud cry, he jumped up from the ground and chased after Samira. On the way, he had already pulled out a shining dagger from his coat. Seeing this, all the bystanders were startled. They had not imagined that Zhang Tie would be so hot-tempered.
Everything that happened next happened too quickly.
Hearing Zhang Tie's loud cry, Samira turned around and saw Zhang Tie rushing towards him with a dagger in hand. In a split second, Zhang Tie's dagger had pierced into his body, right through his heart. After that, Zhang Tie grabbed the cage which contained the golden uangs from his hand and ran away immediately...
Not until Zhang Tie had run more than ten meters away did the two muscular guys who had been following Samira realize what had happened. Glancing at Samira, who had fallen to the ground in a split second, they chased after Zhang Tie together.
Zhang Tie ran towards the mountain in the wild in the south of Blackhot City. His speed was really too fast. Gritting their teeth, the two tough guys chased after him at their full efforts for less than 50 meters before seeing Zhang Tie's figure getting farther and farther away. Finally, they could not see Zhang Tie anymore...
Finally, the two tough guys drilled into the woods and searched for a while. Finding nothing, they could only dejectedly return to the place where Samira had been stabbed. When they returned, Samira was already dead.
Just now, when the two of them chased after Zhang Tie, all the bystanders in the surroundings realized that someone had been killed. Therefore, they immediately dispersed. Nobody even glanced at Samira, who had fallen to the ground.
Everyone felt that Samira deserved it. When they saw the two burly men who had followed Samira back with dejected expressions, many people in the market even cheered up.
"That bastard Samira should have died long ago!"
"Yeah, that Hua youth ran too fast. He's too hot-tempered …"
"I heard that the Chinese people of the Norman Empire are not easy to deal with?"
"Of course, this time, some bastards will learn to behave!"
Among all the bystanders, only one local bully's face turned pale at the sight of Samira lying on the ground. From the discussions of the bystanders, he had already known that the person who had killed Samira was the Chinese youth who had spent several silver coins to inquire about Samira's whereabouts in the morning. However, at this moment, he would never admit that someone had inquired about Samira's whereabouts from him even if he was beaten to death.
This was a vendetta caused by an unfair transaction. That was it, that was it! I've never even seen that Chinese youth, I've never seen him before! What a pity for such a thing to happen in the market! That man muttered to himself twice inside.
Soon, a sheriff arrived at the market to investigate the crime scene and record the cause of Samira's death. A murder case was a major one, so it took the sheriff more than an hour to finally allow the two muscular men to carry Samira's body away. In the eyes of the magistrates, the murderer was just a 20-odd years old Chinese pioneer. They didn't know his name, where he came from, where he lived, who knew who his partners and friends were. With the help of so many witnesses, even that man's look became strange. Additionally, that man had escaped right after killing that man. Who knew whether he would come back to Blackhot City or not? As for this kind of case, whoever was interested in it would take care of it. After all, they didn't have the time to look for such a person in the wild. The most they could do was to ask their counterparts in Blackhot City to pay attention to whether there was a Chinese pioneer in his twenties in Blackhot City.
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