mtl008 Chapter 222: Conflict in the Downtown
Chapter 222: Conflict in the Downtown
Jiang Changle originally thought that their Acid Rain Village and the exile colony were the most chaotic before she discovered the mine and established the Jiang family workshop.
In those places, evil things like burning, killing and looting happened almost every day, but later Jiang Chang's family opened a workshop and some of the orcs were brought under control.
In addition, with the abolition of the Colosseum, conflicts between the orcs and the mines have also been relatively reduced, which has gradually made the Exile Land and Acid Rain Village peaceful.
It was a truly peaceful place, without even petty theft, especially the Acid Rain Village. The orcs went there to enjoy themselves, so who would do something bad?
Even if Jiang Changle's workshop was opened in other cities and most of the orcs had children and could leave the city, they still did not want to leave Acid Rain Village.
After all, Acid Rain Village is now completely under the control of Jiang Changle, while the outside world belongs to other dynasties. Who can guarantee that there will not be unrest one day?
Even if there were no major turmoil within the dynasty, what about conscription? What about class oppression? What about theft among the lower classes?
Jiang Changle also deeply realized this point. In a world without a sound legal system, how can one describe it in chaos?
She had just solved the problem of stealing and robbing, and now she encountered an incident of malicious competition.
On rainy days, other businesses may not be easy to do, and small stalls may have many inconveniences as they are afraid that their goods will get wet.
But the Jiang family's porcelain will not be affected. The water tank can be placed in the open air to collect rainwater, which is just right to verify whether it will leak.
So a small stall can be set up with two water tanks. One tank has an open lid to collect rainwater, and the other has a closed lid, which is filled with other small porcelain items, such as bowls and cups.
This kind of stall actually does quite good business, especially on rainy days when people can't work in the fields. Orcs from other towns will come to Jiuer County early in the morning to buy some local specialties, including porcelain.
Naturally, there are merchants who take porcelain to other places to sell, but the price is definitely not cheaper than that in Jiuyi County. After all, most local people can get half the price of the employees in the workshop. Even if they raise the price a little, they can still make a good income.
Since there are many people who have this idea, competition is inevitable, and this competition will lead to disputes, and there is no bottom line.
The raindrops were like fine threads, weaving obliquely on the bluestone slabs. In the bustling market, vendors in straw raincoats were shouting their wares, customers were walking around with oil-paper umbrellas, and the occasional sound of horse hooves could be heard. The scene was very lively.
Jiang Changle held Lu Xingyan's hand, chewed some sweet and sour candied fruit, and looked curiously at the ordinary lives of the people around her.
Lu Xingyan deliberately lowered the oil-paper umbrella, so if no one paid special attention, no one would be able to recognize them as a couple.
This also allowed the two of them to see the real appearance of the city. Of course, these were all familiar to Lu Xingyan, but Jiang Changle seemed to have never seen the world.
All I can say is that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and if the laws are not sound and the constraints are not in place, you will see the ugliest side of human nature.
There are two stalls selling porcelain in front of me. One stall is doing very good business, while the other is very deserted.
Lu Xingyan knew at a glance, "The price is lower on the side with good business, only 10% higher than the factory price." This is purely a collection of transportation fees. If given a choice, few people are willing to sell at this price.
Maybe the family members of the employees of the Jiang family workshop were selling it. Lu Xingyan was about to go over to find out what was going on, but at this moment, a small figure suddenly rushed out from the side and pounced on the water tank containing porcelain at lightning speed.
Jiang Changle just thought that the child was just playing around. After all, the water tank was very thick, and the child would at most get a bump on the head and learn a lesson.
But what shocked everyone was that the water tank actually shattered under the impact of the child! Even the porcelain in the tank was shattered after being rolled around by the child's body.
"No, is our porcelain really that fragile?" A five or six-year-old child could smash a heavy vat? It was like crushing tofu.
The key point was that the child was fine. After rolling twice, even his clothes were not damaged. He got up and wanted to run away. When he looked closely, he found that it was another little female. However, in the end, he was grabbed by the collar by the stall owner.
"That child is a mountain-climbing orc. It's normal that my wife can't tell." His wife's knowledge of orcs is very limited, so Lu Xingyan is no longer surprised.
Uh, pangolin? You can't destroy other people's things, right?
Sure enough, the stall owner was so angry that she burst into tears on the spot. She was a fifty-year-old female. She raised her hand to slap the young female, but the only bit of reason she had stopped her.
"You did it on purpose, little thing. I don't care anyway. If you destroy my porcelain, you must compensate me, or I will beat you to death."
The stall owner grabbed the young female with one hand and pointed at another female on the stall next door and threatened her with the other.
Apparently, the little female was the child of the stall owner next door, but the stall owner didn't take it seriously. "Bah! Who did it on purpose? Children are just careless. If you have the guts, go to the government and find someone to arrest her. Anyway, her affairs have nothing to do with me.
Hey, hey, hey, customers, come and have a look at my stall. My goods are only a little bit more expensive than hers. Her goods are defective products from the workshop, so of course they are cheap. Otherwise, how could they break at the slightest touch?
The ones in this jar of mine are the real good stuff, they are snow-white and very solid. The quantity is limited, first come first served. The workshop has recently switched to producing other products, so there are not many porcelains for sale in the city~"
The young stall owner didn't care about the vandalism next door at all. Instead, he enthusiastically invited customers to come.
When the guests heard this, they all moved away. After all, it was a rare trip for them to Jiuer County, so they couldn't go back empty-handed, right?
The old stall owner was furious when he saw this. He couldn't hold back this time and raised his hand to hit the little female. "You don't want me to live, right? Fine, fine! I'll kill this brat first and then die with you. It won't be a loss for me to drag you and your daughter to be buried with me! Hahaha~"
The old stall owner was very desperate. It seemed that this kind of thing had happened more than once. No one knew how difficult it was for her to make a business out of these porcelains. Or maybe she was counting on the money from selling these porcelains so that she could do something urgent.
"My child is a female who is very fertile. If you dare to touch her, I will make your whole family suffer!" The young stall owner seemed to be very familiar with the family situation of the old man, so he was able to bully him without fear.
"Haha~ Let's die, there's no way to survive anyway!" The old female gathered her strength and was about to twist off the young female's head.
"My God!"
"Wow, mother~"
The beastmen were afraid of getting into trouble, so they hid away immediately. Only the frightened little female was crying loudly.