Author: Half-wounded but not broken

Coffee, one of the three major beverages in the world.

From this brief description, you can see what an important position this thing occupies on the earth.

Speaking of which, Pei Renli suddenly realized that since he came to this world, he had drank black tea and eaten chocolate cake, but he had never seen coffee.

Is it because I have too little knowledge?

No, it's probably because no one is aware of coffee as a drink yet.

Muxing City is an important trade hub connecting the Eastern and Western civilized worlds. You can find all kinds of strange things here. If there is really coffee, Pei Renli should have seen it when he went to Muxing City.

He carefully recalled his memories and confirmed that he had never seen coffee in this world.

The unique fragrance of this thing has conquered hundreds of millions of people, but here, its value is still untapped...

The bunch-shaped oval fruits are similar to pipa. They turn purple-red when ripe. When you open them, you can smell a strong astringent aroma.

Yes, this is coffee.

"Your Majesty the Demon King, is there anything wrong with this tree?"

Ravna was confused when she saw Perrenli jumping directly towards the tree.

"How many more trees like this are there?"

"My subordinates don't have statistics. At present, I only confirm that these are the only ones near Demon King's City."

"Immediately order the maid golem to protect these trees and set up signboards to prohibit cutting down."

"As commanded."

Although Ravna didn't understand why, she still carried out the order as she believed that everything the Demon King said was right.

Pei Renli quickly picked a bunch of fruits. If he wanted to prove whether this thing was coffee, he only had to take it back and peel out the coffee beans inside the fruits and roast them.

If it is true, these trees are no longer just plants, they are simply golden trees.

Perrenli wanted to build a kingdom, not out of interest. His ultimate goal remained unchanged. He wanted to break free from the shackles of the Demon King's system and defeat the so-called real enemy.

In this process, money is absolutely essential.

The more high-end the magic, the more it requires huge financial support. It is not only slow but also risky for Pei Renli to make money by doing the work of an adventurer.

But it's different if there's a kingdom to back it up.

It's just that it's still in the preparatory stage. Pei Renli never thought about how much money he could make at this stage, nor did he expect that when he went out to look for crops, he actually found coffee.

In the future, if this thing is cultivated on a large scale and promoted, gold coins will be as easy to obtain as those blown by strong winds.

Of course, there are still many problems to be solved.

"These are the last few, and more fruit-bearing plants will go deeper into the forest."

Pei Renli filled the bag with fruits and took out his pocket watch to look at it.

He can only come out for two or three hours, and the time is almost up now. In order not to arouse suspicion, it is best to end today's exploration.

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While Perenli was happily researching whether coffee was coffee, and the kingdom he was planning was prospering, the Republic of Tula was in a completely opposite state.

Although the Republic of Tula is a republic and has a political structure with members of parliament and the speaker, in reality it is just the emperor taking turns among the nobles.

Common people do not have the right to vote, and almost all their efforts are divided up by the upper class.

What is even more uncomfortable is that the people of the Republic of Tula have few channels for advancement, and social classes are extremely solidified. When they appoint talents, origin is more important than ability.

In other words, the children of farmers will always be farmers, and the children of officials will always be officials.

Writing and knowledge were also firmly in the hands of the upper class. Even if civilians wanted to become adventurers, they had nowhere to learn, because even in the era when the tyrannical Demon King was still around, all countries were establishing their own adventurer schools.

, the Republic of Tula is still as smelly and hard as the stones in the pit, refusing to open any opportunities to the civilians.

A highly rigid society and higher taxes than other countries make the people breathless and weigh heavily on everyone.

Logically speaking, according to the normal development of the script, it should be oppression, uprising, rebellion, princes, generals and ministers.

All the people who are unwilling to be oppressed and those who want to continue to oppress the people participate in the grand event together. While exchanging opinions fiercely, they may also be picked by neighboring countries.

But the Republic of Tula has an advantage: it controls the emotions of the people.

That is human supremacy.

In the propaganda of the Republic of Tula, humans are the most outstanding race. The stubborn dwarves and declining elves cannot be compared with humans at all, let alone other races that have not created any great civilization at all.

Adhering to this concept, the social status of all races in the Republic of Tula, other than humans, is the same as that of slaves. There are no exceptions. The difference is at most a slave with a slightly higher status and a slave with a lower status.

A human civilian, even if he is so poor as to wear pants, can still walk on the streets of the Republic of Tula with dignity, while other races, as slaves, must move carefully against the wall. If they accidentally bump into a human, they will be beaten lightly.

Beat him severely, or even kill him directly.

Moreover, the price for killing a slave is only a sum of money paid to the master, which is roughly equivalent to damaging other people's property.

A sense of superiority, an overwhelming sense of superiority.

This feeling is one of the core elements of maintaining the Republic of Tula. Even if life is not good, looking at slaves will naturally create a sense of superiority and feel that life can still be maintained.

In addition, the Republic of Tula also left a promotion channel for civilians, and that was military merit.

Only through military merit can the class differences caused by birth be changed. And as long as you have military merit, even if you are disabled on the battlefield, the country will allocate slaves to take care of daily life. There is no problem in living as a disabled person for the rest of your life.

This is the driving force for the expansion of the Republic of Tula, to become superior to others, gain a larger territory, seize more slaves, and the cycle continues.

However, the emergence of the tyrannical demon king forced the expansion of the Republic of Tula to stop, because if it was not gregarious at this time, it was likely to be violently beaten by the entire plane.

And this also means that the people's only promotion channel has been blocked. There has been no war for twenty years, but the top officials have not stopped their blood-sucking efforts at all. Under the high pressure, all parts of the country are ready to take action.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why the Republic of Tula keeps making small moves. He is trying to find ways to break the peaceful situation left by the tyrannical demon king, otherwise he is likely to disintegrate first.

Some people would say that even if they do not start a war, as long as the top officials give out some of their vested interests to the people, they will naturally be able to stabilize society and allow the country to develop healthily.

But if those with vested interests are really willing to spit it out, then they will let the sun rise in the west. They will not give up any gold coin or any profit until they die.

It sounds very irrational, but throughout human history, the only lesson that humans can learn from history is that humans never learn lessons.

The capital of the Republic of Tula, known as the Sunshine City, 'Semiola' named after the founding leader, is where all the members who rule the huge country live.

In one of the high-end manors, hysterical roars were heard.

"Get away!"

The male master smashed a bottle of red wine against the wall. The slave wanted to clean up the mess, but was knocked back. He nodded in horror and quickly pushed the door open.

He was panting like an ox, his eyes were red, and he was obviously about to explode.

The full name of the male owner here is Jian Semiola, which is one of the most noble surnames in the Republic of Tula.

His ancestor was not only one of the founding heads of state, but also many people have served as speaker of the country since then. Every member of the family has extraordinary energy.

To put it simply, he is like Yuan Benchu, the fourth generation of the family.

According to high EQ, Jia En is a person who knows how to make progress. According to low EQ, Jia En is very ambitious.

Since Grandpa Zeng, no one in the family has succeeded the speaker. The longer time passes, the more uncomfortable it will be.

What's even more uncomfortable is that he doesn't know if he has offended the goddess of luck. Every time he wants to do something, he will be accidentally disrupted.

In addition to gaining many slaves by pushing down the lizardmen in the Twilight Wetland, they were also able to drive the remaining lizardmen to the Hague Castle to cause trouble.

Although this place is in a remote area, it is still an outpost of Muxing City on the surface. It would be best if it could be removed.

As a result, several adventurers got mixed up...

Jia En was not discouraged. After all, this was just a matter of course. It would be best if it worked, and it would be okay if it didn't work.

Then he immediately set out to promote the plan that had been laid in Muxing City since his father's generation. Once he could occupy Muxing City without any blood in the name of disaster relief, it would be certain that he would become the Speaker with such great reputation and achievements.

——Then, the plan went awry again.

Not only that, the Golem Workshop that he values ​​​​very recently has also suffered huge losses. The workshop he spent a huge amount of money to build was destroyed by an avalanche. He finally sent people to dig out the wreckage, thinking that natural disasters cannot be predicted, but how much can it still be done?

Recover some costs.

It turned out that everything was gone.

This was obviously someone who attacked him, and Jia En really didn't know who was paying attention to him.

What happened at Hague Castle was that the Star City announced the commission to the Adventurer School of Naspar. In the official record, it would only say 'the commission has been issued, the Adventurer School has sent students to complete the commission, and the bonus has been paid'.

There will be no mention of who did it at all. When the King of Corruption was detonated in Muxing City, Pei Renli had actually been operating in the dark, and only Yinxing knew his identity.

Although Hidden Star is not capable, he is still loyal, and of course he will not talk nonsense.

As for what happened at the Golem Workshop, no clues could be found, and Jia En doubted whether his political enemies were the cause.

In short, he couldn't find anyone to take revenge on, so Jia En could only stay at home and rage.

He smashed everything in the room that could be smashed, and the scary people guarding the door were all silent. No one dared to touch his master's brow at this time, otherwise he would be killed with a knife, which would be considered a light punishment.

After venting his emotions, Jia En finally regained some sense. As if he suddenly remembered something, he ran to the bedside table next to the bed, opened the drawer, and took out a slightly curved short knife.

The blade of the blade cast a faint red color, exuding a chill like breath.

Jia En seemed to be possessed, muttering strange sentences to the blade, which could not be called language at all.

It's very possible that the word 'like' can be removed...

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