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280. Chapter 280 The epitome of the world! (2-in-1) 280. Chapter 280 The epitome of the world! (2-in-1)

The southern city of Solbey Kingdom is not large. Without the oppression of the noble class, most of the residents in the town now live a self-sufficient life.

Although I cannot say that I am very rich, as long as I work hard to live, I will never starve to death, and I have some hope in life.

Under the small-scale peasant economy model, it is impossible to say how prosperous the southern region of Solbey Kingdom can be.

However, the fireworks in the countryside can still infect people’s hearts. In today’s world, it is considered good for people to have such a life.

After leaving the church, Enichi Jiguo led the two children through the street again. He couldn’t say that he had any great feelings about the current situation in the southern part of the Solbe Kingdom.

Because in the new world, there are many, many places like this.

Except for those cities that were ravaged by pirates, islands with indigenous people basically had this kind of harmonious scene.

After passing through the southern neighborhood, Jiguo Enichi and his two children walked towards the north.

The Kingdom of Sorbey is small, with several main roads between the north and the south.

From south to north, it only took Jiguoyuanyi and the others nearly two hours.

It is said to be a kingdom, but in fact, from Yuan Yi’s point of view, it is just a small city at best.

Compared with the southern urban area, the northern part of the Sorbei Kingdom is significantly more urbanized.

Different from the buildings in the southern district, most of the houses in the northern city are made of stone and cement, which is very different from the rammed earth wooden houses in the south.

Even the roads are paved with stone slabs and are clean and tidy.

The clothes of the people on the street were much cleaner and more polished. The shops on both sides of the road also had their doors open, and there were customers in several shops who were selecting goods.

The business environment looks pretty good.

If the south of Solbei Kingdom is a countryside, then the north can be considered a real urban area.

Eileen, who had already lost interest and clamored to go back to the ship, found something new and strange at this moment. She broke free from Yuanyi’s hand and hurriedly ran to the shops on the street.

Pedestrians were coming and going on the road, busy with their own affairs. Ji Guoyuanyi and his group did not attract too many people’s attention.

“Although there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor in the north and the south, the people’s living conditions are prosperous.” ”

Without the so-called ruling class, the impact on people’s lives does not seem to be that big.”

Ji Guoyuan observed attentively, thinking in his heart Thinking like this.

“Brother Jiguo!”

“Come on! Come on!”

“Pay, I want to buy this!”

At this moment, in front of a shop not far away, Irene waved wildly at Jiguo Yuan.

Hearing the cry, Yuanyi’s face showed a look of helplessness.

Erin is curious about everything. After leaving Dressrosa, no matter what kind of island the warship docks at, this kid always wants to buy a lot of things.

His curiosity never seems to run out.

Leading Robin to the shop where Eileen was staying, Ji Guoyuan looked at the thing in Eileen’s hand and found that it was a small handicraft woven with leaves.

Judging by its appearance, it must be a bird.

The shop owner is a girl. She is sitting behind the counter. Her body is shaking slightly, her head is lowered, her blond bangs are hanging down, and her appearance cannot be seen clearly.

“Boss, how much does this cost?”

Yuanyi walked up to Irene, stretched out his hand to rub Irene’s head, and asked towards the counter.

Until then, the girl behind the counter rubbed her eyes with her hands, slowly raised her head, brushed the long hair from her forehead to her ears with both hands, revealed her delicate face, forced a smile, and looked at Irene’s hands He was holding the product and replied:

“100 Baileys.”

Ji Guoyuan looked up and found that the store manager was very young, about sixteen or seventeen years old, with tears stained on his beautiful face. There was something crystal clear inside the eye sockets.

It looked like he was crying just now.

“A hundred Baileys?”

Ji Guoyuan looked at the tearful blond girl and confirmed while reaching into his arms to take out his wallet.

And when the young shopkeeper heard what Jiguo Enichi said, he thought it was because Jiguoyuan thought the things were too expensive, and hurriedly said:

“It can be cheaper.”

“50 Baileys is okay.”

The female shopkeeper sounded anxious, as if I am afraid that the customer in front of me will leave because the things are too expensive.

“Ohhh!”

“Sister, you are so kind!”

“Thank you!”

Upon hearing that the shop owner took the initiative to lower the price, Irene immediately whispered happily with a smile on her face.

Yuanyi took out two coins from his wallet, put them in front of the counter, and said,

“I have two children here, so just buy two.”

“Those straw wovens should all have the same price, right?”

Jiguo Yuan Yi pointed at the bamboo basket not far away. In addition to the same bird-shaped straw as the one in Eileen’s hand, there were also many other types, all similar in size.

“Yeah.”

“The prices over there are all the same, you can just pick whatever you want.”

As she said that, the blond girl hurriedly walked out of the counter and came to the display cabinet. She picked up two straw braids and bent slightly towards Luo. Bin asked:

“Little girl, what do you want?”

“Is this dog cute?”

The shop owner rubbed his cheek and asked Robin enthusiastically.

Robin subconsciously took half a step back when he saw the other party’s enthusiastic look, and looked helplessly at Enichi Jiguo. At this time, Yuanyi also came behind Robin, squatted down, and patted him gently. Robin’s back said softly:

“Pick the one you like.”

“It’s quite interesting to put in the room, isn’t it?”

After hearing Yuanyi’s words, Robin stretched out her hand, but she did not pick up the blond girl. The dog was handed over, but he grabbed the other person’s other hand and said at the same time:

“I want the cat’s straw braid.”

After hearing Robin’s words, the blonde girl immediately placed the cat’s straw braid gently on Robin’s hand. In his hands, the smile became brighter.

“Sister, were you crying just now?”

“Why are you crying?”

At this moment, Erin, who was playing with the bird-shaped straw braid in her hand, suddenly asked. The blonde girl looked back, the smile on her face frozen.

She seemed to have thought of something bad, her mouth tightened, and her eyes became filled with tears again.

Erin raised her head and was about to open her mouth to say something when she suddenly noticed two young men walking in outside the door.

Both of them were wearing black uniforms, with a long stick on their waist and a round hat on their head.

The older young man, estimated to be in his early thirties, has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a square face, and a little stubble on his chin, giving him a handsome look.

The younger one, only around 20 years old, with delicate and fair skin, dodges his eyes when he walked into the shop, secretly glanced at Jiguoyuan and others, and then lowered his eyebrows and looked at the blond girl.

Both young men were dressed as law enforcers.

After the bearded young man stepped into the store, he walked around behind the counter, skillfully opened the drawers, and began to rummage.

The fair-skinned young man slowly walked up to the blond girl, bowed slightly, and said hello:

“Miss Bebes.”

“Long time no see.”

The young man stuttered a bit when he spoke, and it was obvious that he was just saying hello. He said hello, his face actually turned red.

However, the proprietress whom he called Beth didn’t pay attention to the young man at all. She looked past the young man and looked at the bearded young man who was rummaging behind the counter, and said timidly: ”

I Business has been slow these days and I haven’t made much money.”

While Beth was talking, the bearded young man had already rummaged through the boxes and found all the money. He was holding some coins in one hand and several small sheets in the other. He curled his lips and said unhappily:

“Hey!”

“Bess.”

“Have you only had these few thousand beli for such a long time?”

“Are you looking down on our Solbay Police Department? ”

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Do you know who is protecting you vendors in your business?”

“If you can’t pay the money, we won’t be able to help you if those guys come back next time!” ”

After all, the brothers in the police station are all If you want food and drink, we can only provide protection to those vendors who have paid!”

The bearded young man sat on the bench behind the counter, crossed his legs, then reached into his arms and took out a bag He smoked a cigarette, held it in his mouth, and then hooked his hand towards his companion.

“Brother Fulisi, don’t say that.”

“After Uncle Berg died of illness, Miss Beth has no relatives and is helpless.”

“She has been working hard to make money.”

“Our police department has nothing to do with Beth. People like Miss should be taken more care of.”

The white-faced young man didn’t need Befuli to greet him. When Befuli was taking out a cigarette, he had already hurried to his side, took out a lighter, and lit a cigarette for him.

“Hiss–”

After taking a puff of cigarette, Befuli looked at the white-faced young man with a troubled expression, and said helplessly:

“Bayer, it’s not that I don’t know Miss Beth’s difficulties.” ”

But I There is no other way!”

“If the police station wants to maintain law and order, it must recruit brothers. Since the revolutionary army came, where is the government in the Sorbey Kingdom?”

“Where will anyone pay us wages?”

“I want to protect North Town. The public security environment in North Town was so great that we established the Solbay Police Station just to do something for everyone.” ”

The people also understand us and provide us with money, asking us to help maintain order in North Town.” ”

Tell me, if we give Those vendors who don’t give money also provide protection. Will other investors be unhappy? Will they not provide us with funding?” ”

In this way, what will the brothers eat and drink? Without us, who will protect these people? ?”

Bel Fuli said at the end with a righteous look. As if to say, “This city can’t function without me.”

After hearing Befuli’s words, Bayer also smiled with a smile on his face, bowed, and said repeatedly:

“Brother Befuli is right.”

After complimenting him. , Bayer also turned around and walked to Beth’s side, and said helplessly: “Miss Beth, there is really nothing we can do.”

“You have owed it for more than two months.”

“.”

“But Beth Don’t worry, miss, I will help you!”

Bayer said, puffing out his chest and patting his chest in assurance.

At this moment, Bei Fuli poked his head, grinned at the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile:

“Beth!”

“How about this? You sell the shop and don’t continue to do business.”

“As long as it’s like this.” If you continue to do business, no one will bother you.”

“As for life?”

“How about you stay with Bayer? If you live in his house, Bayer won’t refuse.”

Tsuma The shop is divided into two floors. The lower floor is a shop, and the upper floor is a residence. The floor area is about 60 square meters, which is not too small.

Listening to these people talking, Jiguo Enichi also noticed that there was a staircase at the back of the store, which was the staircase to the second floor.

“Hehehe”

“How can this be convenient?”

“No way”

“Miss Beth, I don’t have any other intentions. If you need it, you can come to live with me at any time.” ”

My place is big and has Enough room.”

Bayer waved his hand first, as if to refuse, turned his head, and said to Beth.

These two simple sentences seemed to have helped Beth make a decision.

“Bess, there’s no way you can sell this straw weave.”

“Look, it’s only been this little money for so long.”

“You can’t even afford the expenses of the shop.”

“Listen to my advice and open up the shop. Sold.”

“By the way, I have a friend who just has the idea of buying a shop.” ”

I told him about you, and if you are willing, he is willing to pay 100,000 beli to buy it.”

“You know, you This shop is not prosperous at all, and Uncle Berg also died at home.”

“It’s good that someone is willing to buy it. You have to seize the opportunity and think clearly.”

“With one hundred thousand Baileys, you can find someone A man like Bayer won’t have to worry about anything in the rest of his life.”

Seeing Beth lowering her head and saying nothing, Belful continued with a smile. At this moment, Bayer also glanced at Beth secretly, looking at the expression on Beth’s face.

Young Beth’s mother died early, leaving her father alone to raise her with all the hardships.

Her father was a carpenter. After struggling for half his life, he finally bought a small house like this in the North District and opened a carpentry shop. He helped others with work and at the same time made small furniture for sale in his spare time.

Her family is not considered wealthy in the Sorbey Kingdom, but compared with those in the Southern District, it is better off.

Father and daughter live a decent life, and Beth, who has been doted on by her father since she was a child, has always lived under his father’s protection. Growing up, she has never been exposed to anything or anyone.

But just over two months ago, her father suddenly fell ill and died.

With no source of income, Beth began to face the cruelty of life, and her first lesson in life was “protection money”.

After the revolutionary army left the Kingdom of Sorbe, the country’s citizens began to rebuild order.

The “historical legacy” of the north-south partition still exists.

As for the North District, the two largest forces currently are the “Sorbey Provisional Government” and the Black Rose.

The Sorbay Police Station, as mentioned by Befuli and Baier, belongs to the so-called Sorbay Provisional Government and is considered the current “official institution” of this country.

“One hundred thousand beli?”

“So cheap?”

Beth couldn’t help but exclaimed when she heard that her shop could only sell one hundred thousand beli. Although she was no longer under her father’s wing, she knew that her father spent 150,000 beli when he bought this shop.

This was when she was a child. After so many years, the prices of the shops here are no longer what they used to be.

“It’s not cheap anymore! It’s already very high!”

“After all.”

“Haha, right?”

Bel Fuli’s eyes lit up when he saw that Beth really wanted to relent, and he said quickly. Although he didn’t say it clearly, Beth understood what he meant.

It’s just that the shop is not as prosperous as before, and his father died at home.

This was not the first time that the other party had said the same thing. She had always said that her shop was not good, but today she told her that someone wanted to buy it.

Lowering her head slightly, Beth’s body couldn’t help but tremble slightly. When she thought that she could no longer support herself and had to sell her father’s shop to make a living, Beth felt aggrieved and missed the life when her father was still alive.

“Where did you two guys come from?”

“This shop has no business at all. How much money do you need to pay?”

“Is the police station also qualified to collect money from the people?”

“Isn’t this a tax job? ?”

“Moreover, didn’t anyone teach you that business taxes should be collected only when the people can protect their own lives?”

At this moment, Irene tilted her head and asked with a puzzled look on her face.

He attended the Naval Academy in Dressrosa, and still only knew some of Dressrosa’s institutional knowledge.

“Hee-”

“Eileen, this is not Dressrosa. Every place is different.”

“Although the systems in each place are different, I know that these two guys in front of me are really bastards. ”

Robin held the cat straw in one hand and hid half of his body behind Enichi Jiguo. He let out a chuckle, stuck out his head and said.

The conversation between these two people suddenly plunged the shop into silence.

“Huh?”

It was only then that Bei Fuli and Bayer looked at Jiguo Yuanyi and the others and looked at them intently.