Above The Sky (Yin Tianshen Yin) Chapter 1: When I first returned to Nanling, the territory rebelled (5500)

The commercial and industrial area north of Nauman City has a gentle name 'Breeze Harbor', but its actual situation is much worse than the name. From the first military factory down, the breeze from the Breeze Harbor often brings with it the smell of iron and steel being forged and molten metal.

One hundred and fifty years later, the military factory was gradually transformed into a production field producing various light industrial products, providing most of the Nanling towns and manors with the necessary agricultural tools, weapons, lanterns and alchemy raw materials.

The smell of potions and metallic smells filled the place, and the gentle breeze slowly blew them away, but the workshops that were working day and night produced them continuously.

There shouldn't be any wild animals willing to approach here, but this is the magic of Terra Continent-a large number of iron-billed seagulls like this unnatural taste, and they sing their voices over the breeze harbor. Traveling through the gray clouds, a gray feather or two fell from time to time.

At the pier by the sea, an endless stream of merchant ships brought the raw materials needed for the workshop here, and also transported the goods away. There is a tall gray watchtower on the blue ocean. There is also a striking golden light shining, and the core of the thunder flashes on the top of the tower, which can not only guide the passing ships, but also a weapon to drive away the surrounding monsters.

With a steel-patterned sword on his waist, the white-haired boy walked along the seaside street. The technology of the brown wooden breakwater originated from the elves of Canaan Moore. Thinking about it carefully, the connection between the empire and Canaan Moore had been formed decades ago, but at that time most people thought it was just an ordinary technical exchange, but they never thought it was a precursor to the alliance between the two countries.

He has long white hair that hangs down to his waist, and the ivory white alchemist robe is a bit loose, with a blue-gray bandage wrapped around his forehead, on his handsome fair face, thin lips Always with a smile.

The slender boy's eyes were clear, and his water-colored eyes scanned the streets by the sea and the merchant ships as dense as schools of fish, as if he was condescendingly examining something.

But condescending does not carry any arrogance or contempt, it is just a purely rational examination.

In 773 Terra, on October 22nd, two weeks after leaving the imperial capital, Yin En returned to the area around Nauman City in Nanling.

After leaving the imperial capital, Yin En did not use the fastest combination of 'Alchemy Train' and 'Griffin' transportation. In that case, he could return to Nanling in three or four days.

The reason why he used a speed that was not too fast but not too slow, stopping and walking all the way back to his hometown, was to observe the state of preparations for the battle and the situation of Feiyandi, besides avoiding his own luck to make the transportation go wrong again. What harassment does to Southridge.

The results were pretty bad.

Yin En walked along the way, whether it was the knight manor in the golden wilderness or the knight-led villages and towns in the hills, compared with when he left, they all looked a bit depressed, especially after the agriculture was affected. All autumn harvest festivals held have been cancelled.

After all, there is not much food, and there is nothing to celebrate.

The situation around Nauman City is not bad. After all, apart from the grain storage in previous years, the three core cities of Nauman, Three Rivers and Harrison Port are all coastal cities. Huo won't really starve to death.

"I still have my reminder to take precautions in advance-if you don't prepare in advance, it is basically predictable that the Nanling will fall into famine, and it is estimated that only a few big cities can rely on the imperial capital. Aid is barely sustaining."

Yin En observed the entire city along the street. Compared with when he left, the streets of Qingfeng Harbor became much deserted.

Nanling has entered autumn. There is no harvest and joy in the autumn, only the bleak silence is left. The streets that were originally bustling with crowds and tourists are extremely deserted. Those exotic commodities originating from Canaan Moore, exquisite swords and armors and various alchemy products are empty. Ask about.

Most pedestrians walked in a hurry, and there were not even any children playing around on the street, and businesses shouting.

Women and price-increasing grain vendors are negotiating fiercely, which is probably the most life-like scene Yin En has seen.

In contrast, it is a busy scene in the workshop industrial area. The view is beyond the dirty top floors of the houses, and the chimneys made of rock bricks in the distance are spewing alchemy dust of various colors. Most of these dusts are slightly toxic, and they are the skin of Terra humans. If it is humans who have not undergone genetic modification on the earth , Living here for three or four years is estimated to be full of illness.

The workshop area shrouded in dust and mist is very lively, where production is busy, and there are a large number of skilled workers and porters coming and going.

Although popular education has been canceled for many years, official alchemy workshops in various places will provide some training courses for skilled workers, just like the various breeding manuals and planting tips popularized by Axel, another meaning The popularization of education on the Internet is slowly rolling out.

From this point of view alone, Yin En believes that Axel, the keeper of the land, cannot simply be classified as a 'bad guy'. He has a comprehensive and step-by-step plan for the governance of his country.

Moreover, he has a strong control over the entire country. Even though he has not shown much in recent years, the supreme power of the entire empire is still in his hands.

The Setar Empire is not a primitive medieval empire. It is a powerful industrial country with a complete industrial system. The aristocratic system of the empire seems primitive, but it is not a simple feudal system. The formed system plus the ascendant system make this structure indestructible and loyal.

Axel proposes a policy, and the people below will implement it. No one dares to violate the will of the fifth energy level, and no one is stupid enough to think that they can play word games when facing the emperor's direct orders , Yang obeyed and Yin violated, but the guardian of the land did not dare to kill him because of some 'rules' and 'order'.

The emperor of the empire is the inheritance of the sun **** bird. It only takes one second for him to travel from one end of the empire to the other.

"Education may be problematic, but if you teach a trade, everyone welcomes it."

When Yin En saw the thriving scene of the workshop area, he couldn't help but nodded slightly: "Reforms must be tailored to local conditions, and higher education cannot be rushed."

The simple transport vehicles on the street are full of large barrels or large boxes of raw materials, as well as tightly wrapped commodities. Ordinary people may not be able to see the clues, but Yin En can see the inner things through those covering skins.

That is weapon ammunition. Huge numbers of different weapons and ammunition.

Armor, swords, parts of ordinary gunpowder firearms, bullets of large and small calibers, some alchemy gunpowder and shells of alchemy artillery.

Yin En even saw a batch of core igniters of the alchemy furnace - armored vehicles with heavy outer armor and a small group of guard knights sending this batch of strategic-grade materials worth at least 20,000 talers into a shell lead On the gray ironclad ship.

This is the general direction of Nanling's current policy. All aspects of productivity are compromised by the military industry, and there is nothing to be seen from this.

At least you can't see how ordinary people live today.

After roughly calculating the throughput of the port, Yin En walked to a dim sum shop where he bought special products.

As soon as he entered the door, he asked, "Boss, do you still have breeze baked cakes?"

Breeze baked cake is a local specialty. Its appearance looks like two plates put together, similar to the dorayaki of the previous earth. The pastry is golden and crisp with honey and eggs as raw materials, and the taste is sweet. The shop will put in various nuts, sesame seeds or raisins according to different crafts.

And some shops do not make sweetness, but put fresh meat or fresh shrimp filling, baked to produce a rich umami taste, soaking the whole cake.

When Yin En ate it along the way, he liked this special product quite a bit. It tasted crispy after one bite, and the sweetness had a sweet fragrance. It melted in the mouth. Come, full of satisfaction.

Whether it is sweet or salty, Yin En loves it, unlike the local Naumans who would fight over the taste and reject each other as heresy.

But unfortunately, he came at the wrong time this time.

The clerk saw Yin En's alchemist's robe and his fair face, which looked like it was soaked in an alchemy laboratory, and bowed respectfully: "Sir, the price may be a little more expensive than before."

From the corner of Yin En's eyes, he glanced at the price list in front of the counter. The price of sweet light breeze baked cakes that originally cost two pfennig coppers to one has now increased to four, and the price has doubled directly.

On the contrary, it is stuffed with meat and shrimp. It used to be three pfennigs, but now I buy five pfennigs alone, and nine pfennigs for two.

"Two meaty ones."

Yin En didn't say much. This pastry shop also sells candies, but the jars on the shelves are all empty, even Nanling's specialty Physalis sugar balls, a sweet and sour refreshing, similar to sweet and sour mints The snacks are gone.

He raised his finger and pointed at the sugar bowl: "What, are they all sold out?" His tone carried a hint of accusation.

"No, there are no raw materials..." The clerk was taking out the hot cake from the oven for Yin En, and he immediately bowed his head when he heard this: "Sir, is he from another place? The sugarcane and beet garden in Nanling They were all attacked by the agents of Flameland... To be honest, even the price of flour has increased a lot, and it is difficult for the store to open..."

His tone was gnashing his teeth, and the anger and hatred from his heart couldn't be concealed at all.

"I see." Seeing that the clerk spoke clearly, like an educated person, Yin En asked a few more words, and only then did he know that the clerk was actually the owner.

The old shop owner passed away last month, and his son, who originally studied in Nauman City, had to come back to inherit the family shop.

"Father used to be healthy, how could he suddenly get sick and die?"

The tone of the young shopkeeper was full of sadness and hatred when he said this. He believed that his father's sudden illness and death had something to do with Flamingo's plague tactics.

Yin En looked at the other party's expression, and felt that if he met a flying flame man, he might chop the other party into minced meat and stuff them into the cake.

Because Yin En's image is so good, and he said a few comforting words casually, appearing to be quite gentle and amiable, so the shopkeeper's conversation box also opened up.

All food and commercial crops on the Nanling side have been hit. Although the Governor's Mansion quickly adopted corresponding chemical spraying treatments to eliminate pests and diseases, this year's food production is only 4% of the previous one. ten.

That is, thanks to the continuous food support from the Central Plains, the Governor's Mansion has already made preparations for storing food. Otherwise, this year's Nanling will definitely be a year of great famine, and I don't know how many people will starve to death. people.

Even so, food price increases are inevitable. Many restaurants in the city have closed, and only some cheap seafood are still open. Even the rich can't buy the usual pastries, let alone candies .

"Sugar is also a material from the workshop. Isn't it in a state of preparation for war now? Give priority to supplying the army."

The shopkeeper said, "It's enough to kill a few more Feiyan's cubs. It's not a big deal not to eat sugar."

Yin En felt that the matter was not so simple, because the mist on the owner of this shop was light red.

But it may be his personal bad luck, so Yin En went out again and went to several other pastry and bakeries that were still open, proving that the young owner of the original shop was right. Basically all grains and sugars are either more expensive or not available at all.

And the fortunes of these shopkeepers are all normal gray and white,

"It seems that I asked Isengard to help me prepare enough food. It is true that a caravan of food should be enough to appease the territory."

Holding the baked cake, Yin En walked to the observation deck of Breeze Harbor, eating the baked cake while the wind blows, overlooking the most important commercial and industrial town north of Nauman City.

His eyes were lowered, with thought: "The reduction of grain production in Nanling has not affected the order of the towns around the three-city trade route, and even the pastries are still sold. Although the price has increased, but this one is sold. The incident itself means that there are still customers, and the residents complain the most, but they are not panicked, and they are not worried that they will starve to death."

"But not necessarily elsewhere."

"The grain-producing area of ​​the Agate Stone Plain was hit, and the first to feel the pain was definitely not the imperial people, but the mountain people."

"The mountain people's autonomous region and the imperial colonies in the west have no way to stop the spread of the plague of biological warfare in the first place. Their food production reduction is definitely more serious than that around Nauman City. That is the main target of the Flaming Land."

Lai Anling is naturally one of them.

At this moment, a gust of sea breeze rushes towards my face, and the coolness of the autumn day and the breath of the blue sea hit my cheeks like a touch of tulle.

It rolled the fallen leaves one by one, Yin En stretched out his hand and took a leaf from the wind.

"The plague of insects continues. Flameland has not stopped its activities."

Silver light flashed in his eyes, and Yin En sent the moth-eaten leaves back into the wind thoughtfully: "The situation in Nanling is more serious than what I heard in the imperial capital - and the news of ordinary people is blocked , they don't even know it."

He turned his head and looked at Nauman City. Row upon row of roofs and chimneys formed a jungle of buildings. The workshops there were also operating at full capacity, spewing out large swathes of white water vapor or alchemy dust, Nao In the huge alchemy tower in Manchester City, there was even a faint sound like the ringing of a bell.

That is the only place in Nauman City where armor can be manufactured legally.

Even it is running at full capacity, which is enough to prove that the so-called 'all-out war' is coming and the situation in Nanling is serious.

Two baked cakes are obviously not enough to fill Yin En's stomach. Although he looks slender, he eats quite a lot.

The new owner's craftsmanship is even better than his father's. A little flavor-enhancing spice powder is added to the meat stuffing, which tastes lingering in the teeth and is quite satisfying. It is reasonable to sell it more expensive.

So he went back to that patisserie again to buy two more to eat on the way to Naumann.

By the way, ask the owner about the situation, and help him avoid the bad luck he may encounter recently.

Good craftsmanship does have preferential treatment.

But as soon as he walked to the street where the pastry shop was located, Yin En saw two heavily armed guard knights guarding the door, while the other two knights in solid armor were asking about the situation in the shop.

"Please stop... sir."

The knight guarding the door noticed Yin En's approach. When he saw Yin En's alchemy robe and the silver 'elite alchemist' badge pinned to his chest, he immediately lowered his head and said in a less blunt tone: "An important investigation is underway here, please avoid."

Yin En heard a sharp voice from inside the store and asked, 'Are you sure you told the whole truth? ! ’ ‘Attention, sir, it is treason if you do not tell the truth! ’ Such words.

"Treason?"

Frowning, Yin En looked at the guard knight who seemed to want to continue to drive him away. He took out the badge of the Patrol Knights from his arms, and the water element in his hand made the surrounding air moist.

The boy's tone was indifferent: "Tell me the situation, knight."

"This..."

The knight guarding the gate was stunned. As a civil servant, he obviously didn't do his homework well. He didn't recognize the patrol knight's badge immediately, but he felt quite familiar and couldn't be offended.

Moreover, such a young alchemist and sublimator...

He looked at another companion who was guarding the gate, and then stood up straight: "I want to report to the officer."

The knight enters the storefront. Soon, another team leader with a more complex armor style and a power structure on his legs appeared in front of Yin En.

Just glancing at the badge in Yin En's hand, the team leader immediately stood up and saluted: "Reporting sir, Nauman City Guard, team leader Piman, is leading a team to track and screen Feiyan's spy mission! "

"Report to me." Yin En said calmly, he saw the shopkeeper staring at him in shock: "Why is he suspected?"

"Report sir." Captain Piman was not surprised by the existence of patrolling knights. A large-scale rebellion broke out in the Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, and we traced out that Feiyandi agents had developed traitors within us, and provided weapons and food to the rebel mountain people through our internal channels."

"The store owner's raw material channel and the internal traitor's channel partially overlap, we can't let go of any clues!"

Nonsense. Yin En thought to himself, how many channels can we get enough and high-quality grain at this time? It is too magical to really check the situation of the shopkeeper if there is no overlap.

And, the mountain people rebelled? Which mountain people rebelled?

Elder Manya and the others are still cooperating with the empire recently, right? The Marquis of Barton is their partner.

However, they do not represent all mountain people.

"No wonder, in the past two weeks, no one from the Dragon Worship has replied to me. The feeling is that the backyard is on fire, and the situation is even quite serious."

Thinking of this, Yin En suddenly had some guesses.

However, he continued to instruct the knights: "Tell me about the mountain people's rebellion in detail. How big is the scope and what is the impact."

"Report sir." Piman also saw that the inspector knight had just returned to Nanling not long ago, and checking the shopkeeper was not a critical task, so he simply continued to report: "The situation of the mountain people's rebellion is very complicated. The scope of the attack is extremely wide, the colonies of Moldor and Odor have already fallen, the tribes supporting the empire in the Frodo Autonomous Region are still resisting, and the South China Sea Navy is going to support."

"The Midra Autonomous Region and the surrounding aristocratic territories have been caught in the flames of war, but it is currently limited to the interior of the Baisen Mountains. The Marquis' knights patrol the Onyx Plain and have not been affected."

"Lai'an collar." Yin En nodded slightly, and he went straight to the core: "How is the situation? I remember that the mountain knights are also managing there, and it will not be affected by the rebellion."

Piman thought for a moment, he nodded and said: "Yes, sir, I have lost contact with you when I came to Anling."

——ha, I knew it.

Sighing inwardly, Yin En shook his head.

He knew that things were not going so smoothly.