Yang Xiao inspected the market and found that there were very few types of goods in the market.

In front of a vendor who bought pots and pans, Yang Xiao pointed to an iron pot and asked,

"How much does this cost?"

As soon as the vendor saw that it was Yang Xiao, followed by Qi Lao, Chen Peng and other guards, where did they dare to accept Yang Xiao's money, and immediately said,

"Lord of the city, this is for you, no money."

Yang Xiao said with a smile,

"I'm a city lord, can't I take one of your pots for nothing? Who do you think of me?

I'll just ask for the price, and you can tell me the truth. ”

Chen Peng on the side glared at the stall owner,

"The lord of the city asked you something, come on, dumb?"

Yang Xiao turned his head and glared at Chen Peng, who had to bow his head in embarrassment.

When the stall owner saw it, he immediately said,

"Lord of the city, this pot is twenty crystals."

Yang Xiao didn't know whether the price was high or low, so he asked Qi Lao beside him,

"Qi Lao, what is the price?"

"City Lord, this price is a normal price in our Castle of the Dead, and even in the Central Continent, but if it is in other dwarf star cities outside the Central Continent, this price is very high, under normal circumstances, outside the Central Continent, this iron pot is worth about 3 wafers."

When the stall owner heard this, he was afraid that Yang Xiao would misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained,

"City Lord, don't you know, our goods are sold from places outside the Zhongzhou Continent, not to mention the long distance, and we have to experience some monster infested places along the way, if you are not careful, you may even lose your life,

To be honest, the goods I have here are also second-hand goods that I bought from other sellers, and they sold me 15 wafers, and I also earned some living expenses. ”

Yang Xiao glanced at the other items sold by the vendors, and asked a few items, all of which were similar to iron pots.

"Isn't there a craftsman who produces daily necessities in the Central Continent?"

Qi Lao said with a smile,

"Compared with other places, the Central Continent is a wild land, and the people here only know about plundering wars, where there are people to study what production, and the daily commodities needed are sold from other places."

"What about weapons and equipment pills and the like?"

"The same is true, so the price of things here is several times, or even dozens of times, that of the outside."

Yang Xiao listened, was silent for a moment, and suddenly had an idea.

Back at the City Lord's Mansion, Yang Xiao summoned Qi Lao, Wan Yanbai, Fan Chen, Chen Peng, Le Ding and others to a meeting.

"What do you all say, what is the most important thing for a city to develop?"

Everyone was stunned and looked at Yang Xiao.

Fan Chen had been following Yang Xiao for the longest time, so he naturally understood what Yang Xiao meant, and said,

"For a city to develop, the population is the most important."

Yang Xiao nodded, and glanced at Fan Chen with satisfaction, worthy of the people who followed him, and became smarter.

"That's right, in order for a city to develop, the population is the most important, so the most important thing for our Castle of the Dead is to absorb a large number of foreign population.

By the way, the name needs to be changed, Castle of the Dead? Damn, who would dare to run over when they heard this name? ”

Chen Peng said with a smile,

"City Lord Yang, the name of the Castle of the Dead should be hundreds of years old, it is said that it was a small town established by a group of vicious people gathered together, and they did not expect to attract any population, on the contrary, they rejected the foreign population, so they took such a fierce name,

Not only the Castle of the Dead, but also many cities in the Zhongzhou continent actually reject foreign populations. ”

"Why?"

"The reason is very simple, the vast majority of the people who come to the Middle-earth continent are criminals who have fled from other races in the dwarf, these people have complex backgrounds and are not easy to manage, the more people come, the easier it is for the city to fall into a state of immobility,

But a city can't do without a population, so most castle owners will set limits, through various conditions, to leave those who have a relatively high degree of genetic evolution,

Some of these people are absorbed into the guards, and some of them are called the residents of the city, they can go out to hunt monsters, and they have the ability to pay the city's protection fee, and they are called the objects of exploitation by the city lord. ”

Yang Xiao listened and said,

"Others limit the population, we don't restrict, we have to uphold an open attitude, someone comes in, there will be consumption, there will be labor, we can create value, make the city more prosperous,

On the continent of Middle-earth, our castle of the dead is going to become a new banner,

Freedom, equality, fraternity!

A city of hope,

Well, the name of the city must be changed, and it will be called the City of Hope! ”

Everyone looked at Yang Xiao in confusion, not yet comprehending his words of "freedom, equality, and fraternity", and when they heard the words "City of Hope", a bright light flashed in their minds.

The city of hope gives people hope and longing.

Qi Lao nodded approvingly,

"Okay, City Lord Yang, this name is good, the City of Hope, it is full of warm feelings when you hear it."

Chen Peng, Leding and others also said that the name was very good.

Yang Xiao waved his hand,

"Then it is decided, change the name to the City of Hope, the spirit of our city is freedom, equality, fraternity, to engrave these six purples outside the city gate, on the city square, so that all people know,

In addition to this, the Avenue of Death is demolished, and all those who are willing to enter the City of Hope can enter at will, and those who want to settle can go to the Civic Hall to register,

Ordinary tourists, passers-by, businessmen, etc., do not have to pay the city protection fee,

Also, expand the market trade and encourage everyone to set up various shops, which can make it convenient for everyone to come and trade all kinds of demon beast prey, weapons, armor, pills, etc.,

We strive to use one or two years to build the City of Hope into the largest trading market in the mainland of Zhongzhou.

By the way, I just saw that the daily necessities in the market are very expensive, so don't do it, you have to lower the price and give everyone a low-cost living environment.

Passing on my order, anyone who is willing to go to a city outside of Middle-earth to sell daily necessities here will be exempted from the city protection fee and the transaction tax. ”

"Huh?"

Chen Peng, Le Ding and the others looked at Yang Xiao in surprise.

Other cities only value those homeless people with high genetic evolution levels, why does Yang Xiao value these ordinary traders so much here?

Yang Xiao didn't explain, and said,

"Chen Peng, you are the old man of the castle, you are responsible for this matter, within three days, let the whole city know about my order, and anyone who is willing to engage in commercial sales and transportation can be exempted from the city protection fee and transaction tax.

In addition, the Death Avenue was converted into a commercial street. ”

Chen Peng listened and said loudly,

"No problem, I will have the guards in the bazaar, put up your notices in every street, send a propaganda team to explain your orders, and the reconstruction of the commercial street will start immediately."

"Rakucho, I also have an important task for you, you take people to the surrounding cities to spread the news, just say that the castle of the dead has been renamed the city of hope, and all newly moved residents will be exempted from the city protection fee for one year, and after one year, only 50 wafers per person per month will be charged,

Also, tell them that there are a lot of daily necessities to buy in the City of Hope, which are of good quality and low price.

In addition, go to other city markets to promote it, do business in the City of Hope, and be exempt from urban protection fees and transaction taxes. ”

Rakucho said,

"Okay, no problem, I'll send ten teams to ten surrounding cities to publicize."

"Elder Qi, as the chief captain of the guard brigade, from now on, you will arrange for the guards to patrol the safety of the city 24 hours a day."

Qi Lao patted his chest and said,

"City Lord Yang, don't worry, the safety of the city is on me."

......

Soon, Yang Xiao's new policy caused a great sensation in the city, and everyone was discussing the issue of doing business, especially Yang Xiao's business exemption from urban protection fees and transaction taxes, which had great attraction.

Some people who live daily as hunting have a high level of genetic evolution, and they are also tempted to form a group to go out and sell goods and come back.

Rows of shops began to be built on both sides of Death Street, and the bidding for shops began.

The name of the City of Hope and the six characters of its own equality and fraternity have also been engraved outside the city gates.

Yang Xiao also arranged for people to set up road signs at several road intersections hundreds of kilometers away, pointing to the City of Hope, and by the way, the City of Hope was introduced on the road signs.

......

A group of more than a dozen hunters from the dark forest came to a fork in the road.

"Hey, damn it, when is there a signpost here, City of Hope? Where is the City of Hope, haven't you heard of it? ”

"You don't know how to read, didn't you see the introduction on the road sign? The former Castle of the Dead was renamed the City of Hope, and the City of Hope is a good place for everyone to live, prosper, and do business, and new residents will be exempted from the city protection fee for one year, and those who do business will be permanently exempted from the city protection fee and the transaction tax ......"

Everyone looked at the introduction on the street sign and was stunned.

"Fuck, I heard that the city lord of the castle of the dead was killed, is this new city lord a fool, he doesn't charge protection money, where does he have the money to support the guards?

Merchants are permanently exempt from the city protection fee and the transaction tax, did this city lord grow up drinking the northwest wind? ”

"Boss, should we go over and have a look, I heard that you don't have to pay to enter the castle, you can come and go freely."

"Okay, in that case, let's go and see."

This group of people came from Titan City, five hundred kilometers away, and they were just a group of ordinary hunters, the eldest of whom was named Gemu.

Titan City, like the previous Castle of the Dead, has a population of about 500,000 and a monthly protection fee of 100 wafers per person.

Gemu is the eldest of a family, and there are more than 50 women and children in the entire family, and the monthly protection fee alone costs more than 5,000 wafers, which is a heavy burden for Gemu.

Gemu led a dozen clansmen to perform the floating flight technique, and after dozens of minutes, he came to the City of Hope.

Gemu and the others landed about a kilometer away from the city gate, and saw people coming and going outside the city, it was very lively, and many of them were moved by a few families pushing carts and moving over with quilts, furniture, pots and pans.