87 Chapter 87

Just when Lucas was thinking about how to increase city income, a small boat docked at the dock of Sedona City.

"Why does Baron Omar want this poor place?"

The envoy of Lockwood City, Ryan, frowned as he stood on his boat and looked at the broken dock. Some of the wooden platforms had even collapsed.

Ryan wasn't very popular in Baron Omar's territory. He was a quasi-noble, a former knight, and had been made a clerk by Baron Omar. It wasn't because Baron Omar favored him, rather, it was the opposite. Baron Omar had stripped him of his title of a knight and made him a clerk and forced him to deal with the complaining commoners in the territory.

Knights weren't nobles, they were quasi-nobles- above commoners but below nobles. Even so, many commoners aspired to be knights. After all, as long as they made great contributions, they could become a true noble. The other path that people could take was to just buy the title of a noble, like Lucas did. That was pretty much impossible, however, as most of the knights don't really have any savings.

Ryan, for example, only had about a dozen silver coins which took him 20 years of hard work to save up.

The reason that Baron Omar had kicked Ryan to Sedona City was that there were apparently huge changes in Sedona City, and so he was there to see whether or not the information they got was true.

This was a horrible job for Ryan, who was about to get married. "Seems like I won't be able to get back in time for the wedding. I hope that Liza won't blame me." Ryan wasn't in a good mood. No one would be if they got called to go on a business trip before their wedding, and those who would be happy were the ones that went to see their lover on their trip.

He hadn't been able to get into a nobles' social circle and was just an ordinary clerk with a salary. Before Baron Omar came to Lockwood City, he was a famous knight in Lockwood City, and Baron Omar quickly demoted him to the position of a clerk. 'Was it because I reprimanded him for some of his actions?'

"My lord, are you going to enter Sedona City now?" The servant asked who was accompanying him. He didn't know why Ryan was just standing there, but it didn't matter to him. He just knew that Ryan was pretty good to him and that Baron Omar had been continuously making things hard for Ryan. Everyone in Lockwood City knew that Ryan was way too upright and honest.

"Let's go into the city first. This city is so small and remote that even travelers rarely come to this place. And yet they still said that there were big changes in this city." Ryan said, shaking his head. He had no idea who the person spreading this information was thinking, or whether or not it was just Baron Omar trying to make things hard for him and driving him away from Lockwood City.

Hearing the sound of horses, Ryan turned his head to look, and he saw 5 carriages coming over to the dock.

The coachmen stopped the carriages, and Jeffrey jumped down from one of them. He then said, "Guys, help me unload the salt. I will give you each 2 more steel coins."

"Sure." The coachmen hurriedly went to help Jeffrey carry the salt. This was extra income that they could keep for themselves and didn't have to hand over to the City Lord's Mansion.

Ryan dumbfoundedly looked at all of this happening. 'How come he's transporting so much salt away from Sedona City? Could it be that the commoners couldn't even afford to buy salt anymore?'

Curious, Ryan went next to Jeffrey and asked, "Excuse me, why are you transporting all the salt away?"

"You're not from here, are you?" Jeffrey asked with a bitter smile.

"Yes, I just came here today."

"You'll know when you get to Sedona City." Jeffrey said. He didn't want to talk about it.

Confused, Ryan stared at Jeffrey as he was walking away. Ryan then turned his head to look at Sedona City with curiosity. 'Could the noble of Sedona City be so corrupted that even merchants were unwilling to stay?'

"Let's go." Ryan said, walking towards Sedona City, with his servant following him. After walking for about ten minutes, they saw the wheat fields on the sides of the road and couldn't help but nod their heads.

"The wheat is growing very well. It seems like it'll only take about four days before it's ready to be harvested." Ryan said, smiling upon seeing the field full of wheat.

Hearing the sound of horses, Ryan and his servant hurriedly moved to the side of the road, seeing the previous carriages that they had seen carrying salt.

In the distance, one of the coachmen shouted, "Hey! You two visitors. Do you want to take a ride in the carriage?"

Ryan was stunned. 'Are all the people in Sedona City this friendly that they would ask passersby whether or not they want to take a ride in a carriage?'

"We do." Ryan quickly answered. There was still quite a distance to Sedona City.

The coachman stopped the carriage and said, "Because we are traveling from outside of Sedona City to the inside, it will cost 3 steel coins per person. If that's fine with you, then get on."

Lucas had told him that when giving outside visitors a ride, he had to explain things clearly or they would think that he was giving them a ride out of kindness.

"Steel coins? What are those?" Ryan asked, frowning. "Did you say it wrong? Did you mean copper coins?"

"Hey, are you trying to rob us? You want 3 copper coins to carry a person to Sedona City?" The servant was extremely displeased, as his monthly salary was only 60 copper coins, and that was only because he had served Ryan for many years.

"No, you guys are misunderstanding. Steel coins are cheaper than copper coins, and one copper coin can be exchanged for 10 steel coins. It's a new currency invented by our city lord." Saying that, the coachman's head was raised a little. Steel coins were the commoners' favorite thing, as they could be used to buy many things and were very convenient to use.

"That's how it is?" Ryan said, his eyes widening in surprise. He had never expected something like that. He hurriedly took out a copper coin and asked, "Then can we use this to exchange for some steel coins?"

"Of course. Get on first." The coachman said. He still had to go back to make a report and let the horse rest.

Ryan and his servant got up on the carriage. Ryan gave the coachman a copper coin, and the coachman gave Ryan 4 steel coins.

"So this is a steel coin?" Ryan held a steel coin in his hand and began to carefully inspect it. The front of the steel coin had a "1" and the word "Cent". Ryan had seen the number symbol "1" before, but he didn't know the word "cent". The back of the steel coin had something written which he didn't understand. On the back of the coin 'Lucas' was written in English.

Ryan sucked in a breath of cold air. 'This coin-creation technology is already more advanced than the coin-creation technology of the kingdom.' This made him more curious about Sedona City and the city lord of Sedona City, who invented the steel coin.

"Coachman, aren't you afraid that you'll get in trouble if your lord finds out that you're collecting money by giving people rides while on the road?" The servant whispered.

"Why would I be afraid? This is my job," The coachman said, shaking his head in amusement. He had given a ride to a lot of people that had the same question. These people need to see more things and get more experience. They're making too much of a fuss. Even the kids in Sedona City know that you can ride a carriage through Sedona City if you pay 2 steel coins.

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