Abadan was one of the most important cities in the western region of the Guevana Empire. Other than being a strategic location, there were mines, forests, and a river in the hinterland of Abadan. Simply put, it was rich in natural resources and prosperous in trade. No matter what industry it developed, it had an innate advantage.
Therefore, such a city could easily attract a large population. Not only the free civilians, but also some nobles with territories would come here to look for business opportunities. This was also one of the reasons why a large number of nobles and family members gathered in this city.
Moreover, humans were not the only ones living here. There were also dwarves, elves, half-humans, half-orcs, goblins, and so on. Many non-human homo sapiens lived in this city. This was also one of the characteristics of the Guevana Empire.
In comparison, other countries and regions were more or less discriminated against, so there were not many homo sapiens in other places. Unless they had a certain level of confidence in their own strength, only then would they dare to travel around the Maze Continent. Basically, they would not see children of other races.
The reason for this was because Guevana was founded on the end of the Dark Age when Demon King Tikal ruled the world. As the oldest country on the surface of the Maze Continent, Guevana was not an empire at first, but the Hundred Races Alliance.
It was different from a certain race on Earth. In fact, half of the people in the country were either slaves, laborers, or criminals. The Hundred Races Alliance of Guevana was a country jointly built by many different homo sapiens races. All races were equal from the beginning.
Although the hundred races declined and humans became strong, the common ruler became a hereditary emperor, and the alliance became an empire, the status of the various races did not fall because of this. Until today, the various races still maintained their influence on the imperial family and the succession of the emperor. This was a unique power in the Maze Continent. No other country allowed such a thing.
It was not that there were no humans. Even the emperor himself wanted to change this situation and let the humans reign supreme and expel the hundred races. However, it was impossible to do so in reality. Because the Ancient of the World Tree, Yuktrasir's wood elf tribe, was in the heart of the empire. At that time, the sixteen regular armies that the empire was proud of were almost completely wiped out by the various races that retreated to the World Tree.
The surrounding countries also took advantage of the empire's weakness to attack it. It could be said that that was the moment when the Guevana Empire was closest to being destroyed. In the end, the current Emperor abdicated, and the new Emperor brought up the Hundred Races Treaty again. At the cost of losing a large portion of their borders, the Empire stabilized with the support of the allied forces of various races.
It was worth mentioning that the World Tree Yuktrasir was a Grand Duke in the Gewana Empire, and the territory of the Wood Elves belonged to the Dukedom. They enjoyed extraterritorial rights, just like the relationship between a sovereign state and a subordinate state. However, all these authority and titles were only imposed on the World Tree by the Guevana Empire. The Wood Elves had never fought for the Empire.
For Yuktrashil, who had not claimed the right to rule over the kingdoms around him, from their establishment to their glory, and from their prosperity to their ruin, since the days of His consciousness? In the end, those countries were destroyed one by one, while he still stood tall. Therefore, the World Tree did not care who wanted to take advantage of it.
As for those who hid under its protection, Yukthrasher treated them equally. Regardless of whether they were wood elves or other races, everyone had to abide by his rules. Only death awaited those who disobeyed. And those who could not abide by His rules would usually choose to leave on their own.
The situation in the Gewana Empire for the next few hundred years was that they attacked the outside world, with both sides winning and losing. Under such external pressure, the empire became more united. It was also under such circumstances that Homo sapiens other than humans had a relatively high status and a relatively safe environment in the Gewana Empire.
Other things aside, in the airship-related industry in Abadan, most of the workers were from races other than humans, mainly Dwarves and Halflings. After lunch, Lin asked the Goblin Totokani to lead the way to visit the airship builder he was familiar with.
Lin was wearing the formal attire of a Mage, with a golden tassel in front of his cape. Other than the money bag and the Magic Stone with the design data, Lin did not bring anything else, including weapons for self-defense. Logically speaking, the appearance of the Cassette Cutting was extremely deceptive. No matter how one looked at it, it looked just like an ordinary longsword. As long as it did not speak, no one would recognize it.
But he was afraid that a certain weapon that could not stand the loneliness would have a big mouth again, so he left it in the inn and did not bring it out. Anyway, if he needed it, he could summon it at any time and obtain it at any time. Also, Lin Sheng did not know how much trouble the Cassette Cutting had caused yesterday, which was why he dared to walk on the streets so openly. If he knew, he would have at least hidden for a few days to avoid the limelight before going out to do business.
The craftsmen that the Goblin knew were not as unreliable as the Goblin. Or rather, the Goblin engineers could produce and sell their own products, but if they were to open up a business, they would go bankrupt.
This was because Totokani had intended to use the airship he had built to do business, carrying passengers and goods to and fro and earning money from the transportation fees. In the end, they had to gnaw on tree bark and grass roots. If it were not for a certain Lich being crazy, they would have starved to death in Waikato.
In short, those who could open up a business in Abadan had some real skills. It was just that those who dealt with the Goblins more or less had the temperament of the Goblins to be calculative. In this regard, Lin Sheng did not dislike it too much. After all, that was the way to do business. Those who sold things wanted to earn more, and those who bought things wanted to spend less.
However, Lin Sheng did not choose to buy things from whoever Totokani introduced him to. Because what Lin Sheng needed were actually custom-made products, it was important that the workshop was willing to cooperate.
As for the dwarves and halflings who relied on their craftsmanship and technology, Lin Li was rejected as soon as he made a request. They even swore that those things couldn't be used and that they had to use the system that they designed. Of course, Lin Li would politely refuse and leave. Even if the deal did not go through, there was still benevolence, so there was no need to speak ill of them.
So, he let Totokani lead him and busied himself for an entire afternoon. Finally, he found a workshop to be responsible for the various parts that Lin Sheng had designed. However, they could not start work immediately. They had to make some preparations, including buying the required materials. For Lin Sheng's request, it was not something that could be made with just any piece of metal.
To buy materials, of course, the craftsmen would not be responsible for all the initial costs. The business in the mysterious land had not yet reached the level of Earth. According to the custom here, the party who made the custom-made item had to pay for all the materials.
There were usually two ways. One was to provide the materials directly from Lin Sheng. The other was for the craftsmen to find the source of the materials and retrieve them, but they would not start work until the materials were paid.
Lin Sheng was also unfamiliar with Abadan City. Of course, buying rare materials was not something that he could do. So, everything was entrusted to the craftsmen who took over the work.
Of course, it also took time to arrange the materials. Lin Sheng had to take advantage of this time to redraw the design. The three-dimensional image of the explosion could only be made with the Head Coffin. He could not break the Head Coffin into several parts and give them to the craftsmen of different workshops. Lin Sheng would be dismantled by the Lich if he did that.
He had to make several low-level versions for others to use, and he also had to worry about the technology being used by others. A certain someone was very clear about what could be promoted and what couldn't be promoted.
If some basic things were distributed, it could promote the technological progress of the mysterious land. But if some advanced things were distributed, it could become a cage that restricted the thinking of others, and it could also cause destructive turbulence. This was something that Lin Xiang wanted to avoid.
The former was like Blink, while the latter was like a hidden real-time communication system. Of course, sometimes things were too complicated, so one of the reasons was that he was too lazy to teach others.
But according to the original agreement, the craftsmen would send someone to inform him after the materials were allocated. He would bring the materials and the design, and the follow-up work could start. The allocation time was expected to only take two to three days.
But four days had passed, and Lin Sheng did not receive any notice. Two days ago, because of the design, he and his two apprentices worked until the middle of the night, just to make it in time for someone to use the design. He did not expect that the thing that he worked so hard to rush out would be idle for two days.
Totokani was also puzzled by this situation. Although Uzov Gantia had gone out to gather information these days, of course, he also told everyone about the big trouble caused by the Cassette Cutting. But he did not receive any information about the problem that Lin Sheng was facing in modifying the airship.
So, those who did not want to wait in vain brought the Goblins and went to the workshops that they had agreed on. They wanted to see if there was a problem with the allocation of materials, and if there was a need to find replacement materials.
It did not matter if they did not go out, but when they went out to gather information, they were rejected everywhere. Even the craftsmen, who had been quite enthusiastic, had reluctantly asked the guests to go out.
In addition, they went to visit other workshops that they had not visited before. As long as Totokani reported his identity as the captain of the airship Sid, he would usually get a similar result. And this was because Lin Sheng had appeared as a mage. Otherwise, Lin Sheng guessed that there might be someone with a bad temper who would have beaten him out of the workshop.
Now, even a pig would know that there was a problem, let alone a certain someone who had read all kinds of conspiratorial novels and anime.
Back in the inn, the matter was discussed with everyone. Everyone had a vague idea, but they could not figure out the ins and outs of the matter. Even Uzov blamed himself for not getting the relevant information.
Lin Sheng did not blame this man who had shamelessly followed them, but in fact, he had also brought a lot of help to everyone. He said, "This is not your fault. In fact, there is a difference in emphasis between a spy and a commercial spy. The matter only spread in the workshops related to the airship, and not on a larger scale. This means that we can only start from this aspect and look for possible clues. "
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