Star of Civilization - Vol 2 Chapter 122

Even so, the Iron Fort’s status as the core of regional trade has not diminished in the slightest.

The main reason is that in addition to minerals, there is also a special resource that is not found anywhere else, that is rock salt.

Rock salt is produced in the surrounding areas of Tiebao, with large quantity and high quality, and it is very popular in other areas. As early as more than 100 years ago, many merchants in remote areas made their fortunes by selling salt and created a glorious legend.

Everyone understands that trading here is inherently risky, but the greater the risk, the greater the profit. Therefore, many families who are well versed in business opportunities regard the Iron Fort as their base camp, such as the Rothschild family, who once dreamed of monopolizing this resource completely.

After years of evolution, merchant families rely on trade to earn wealth, accumulate wealth, cultivate their own power, and invest in bigger businesses when they become rich. Some families used money to open the way and win over the major violent gangs, and their strength became stronger and stronger. Most of the families naturally became the secret funders of the gangs.

As a result, the means of bribing, wooing, and assassinating the enemy eventually became the characteristics of Iron Fort. The relationship between several factions is good or bad, all depends on the face of the gold master.

But it is rare for the gangs to really turn their faces and fight to the death.

After all, everyone eats in the same pot, and no one looks good if they tear their skin off. Moreover, businessmen believe in the supremacy of financial resources. As long as they don’t do something out of the ordinary, everyone can make money.

Everyone is clear in their hearts, and the entanglement of interests is only temporary. If you want to make a lot of money and live comfortably, you can’t get anyone after you fight with each other all the time. It’s better to join forces and rob other people.

There are dozens of villages and towns scattered around the Iron Fort, and powerful families often lead their men to those villages and towns to “buy goods”. They bought the locals with money or “physical exchanges” and grew so much that the Iron Fort became more and more populous and prosperous.

The gangs under the command of these families are constantly looking for more minerals and pre-civilization items left in the ground, replenishing the source of goods, and their influence is getting bigger and bigger.

In addition, there is also a bizarre, exciting, and frightening activity in the Iron Fort called the Witch Hunting Curse.

The so-called “witch hunt” is just a symbolic name, and there are actually no witches to hunt.

The real content of the activity is only one – capture mutant beasts or mutant humans, the best ones can be caught alive, and it doesn’t matter if they are killed.

This activity has a long history, but the source is unknown. According to rumors, it is a local custom left from a long time ago when there was a lot of variation.

At that time, due to the extremely low social and moral constraints, there were often unethical incidents among the various clan forces in Tiebao, resulting in the proliferation of illegitimate children of the clan.

An illegitimate child with an unjustified name is very disgraceful and disgraceful. If any family has an illegitimate child, it will be a great shame for the family.

Everyone discriminates against illegitimate children. When they look at illegitimate children, they feel that they are the product of filth, distortion, and desire. They do not have the right to inherit. This will lead to the evil result of fighting for power and profits, making family conflicts more and more fierce, and causing many social conflicts and family vendettas.

The status of illegitimate children is considered evil, and some people even think that they will bring mutation, body rot and all kinds of terrible things, and the status is very low. This is actually very unfair to the child, because the child did nothing wrong, it was all the fault of the parents.

But there is no way, prejudice is also a conventional moral view, this kind of thing is so unfair.

Iron Fort people can be extremely tolerant of other things, but when it comes to illegitimate children, they speak the same language and denounce it vigorously.

Because several times, several powerful forces in the Iron Fort have fought against each other because of the issue of illegitimate children.

The lessons learned are unforgettable.

In order to solve the hidden dangers caused by the chaos in the family, someone had an idea and suggested that these **** should hunt mutant beasts as a dual means of punishment and forgiveness.

Therefore, the purpose of hunting was not simple at the beginning.

In the wilderness, illegitimate children killed by monsters died, indicating that they should not have lived. If there is a reward, there is a penalty. The illegitimate children who can catch the prey and come back alive show that they are powerful and can be recognized by the family as an orthodox identity and inherit the family business, so there are no more people who have doubts.

Fighting poison with poison, killing two birds with one stone.

This activity also brings other benefits, such as promoting regional security and freeing ordinary people from the fear of mutant beasts or mutants.

The effect of the “Witch Hunting Curse” is surprisingly good. Many local families have acquiesced to this rule and are willing to have their illegitimate children go to the wilderness around the northern mountains to hunt mutant creatures and gain honor. As a result, this activity has become the best way to prove the power of family indecent products.

From the point of view of the illegitimate children, they have been rejected by the family anyway, cannot inherit the family property, and have little status in society, so it is better to take the risk of witch hunt and try their luck.

If you are lucky, you may be able to get the family status and be respected by the world.

Bad luck, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck.

Over time, not only were there illegitimate children willing to participate in the “Witch Hunting Curse”, but other destitute people in the Iron Fort couldn’t hold back and went there happily, hoping to take this honor to cleanse their bad luck.

Joyner was shocked by the words of several prisoners.

Unexpectedly, there is another extreme and barbaric way of life in the human settlements 100 kilometers away. The chaos and depravity of the Iron Fort is different from this place, but the cruelty and barbarism are not inferior to the Hidden Sand Castle.

The fire had been burning for several hours, and the crackling of the fire was getting smaller and smaller, and the prisoners were a little tired.

“Then why did you guys get locked in?” Joyna asked.

The prisoners were silent when they heard her question, and seemed reluctant to bring it up.

Joyner saw a haze on their faces, as if their hearts were dead. I thought to myself, maybe everyone is too tired to answer.

“What else could it be?… Because we can’t pay the ransom!”

ransom?

Little Dirty Braid was outspoken, and his eyes flashed with fire, and he responded first, “We were originally small businessmen who knew each other, and after we came to Hidden Sand Castle, some people crowned us in order to monopolize the golden route to making money. On trumped-up charges, he secretly betrayed it to the local Xuanming Gang, so he was detained here.”

His words were highly recognized by others.

“Yeah, this kind of dirty tricks are also very common in the Iron Fort. After all, we are competitors with the businessmen here, but the ransom they want is too high!” Another lean man echoed.

“Actually they can’t afford to kill us because they just want money!”

“But they’re asking for too much, too much! No one’s going to redeem us.”

“I guess the person who sent the letter has long forgotten us. Anyway, they can’t afford the money, so we can only do coolies in this prison, eat and wait to die~www.mtlnovel.com~ Once everyone opens it The chatterbox couldn’t hold it anymore, and they started to talk about it, everyone’s face was filled with extreme despair and loneliness.

That’s why they’re heartbroken!

Joyna originally thought that the prisoners who could be arrested by the Xuanming Gang were either their mortal enemies or those who committed serious crimes, but she never imagined that these people were just ordinary businessmen.

For the ransom, these thugs in Yinsha Castle didn’t spare even the merchants, it’s shameless!

These people have never committed a crime, but they are forced to become cattle and horses, and they are imprisoned here for life. It is really sad.

“Why is a beautiful woman like you locked up?”

The haggard-faced old man pouted, and the chains on his arms kept shaking.