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Chapter 23 Iron Harbor City

According to calculations by game enthusiasts, the purchasing power of one gold crown coin is roughly equivalent to 20,000 yuan in modern society.

In other words, Rennes is willing to donate four million yuan.

Martha was immediately shocked.

Two hundred gold crown coins are not something a noble family of the Fahre family could not afford, but who would donate that money to charity?

It should be noted that even the current empress of the empire only donated 600 gold crown coins.

If Ryan really donated 200 gold crown coins, his name would immediately be added below the Queen's name, making him the second person on the Amazon Movement's donation list.

“Raine, I appreciate your kindness,” Martha kindly advised him, “but 200 gold crown coins is no small sum. Perhaps you should ask the Marquis’s opinion first?”

“You’ve misunderstood, Marsan,” Ryan said sincerely. “These 200 gold crown coins have nothing to do with the Faher family; they are entirely my personal investment.”

Even so, this amount of money is still too much...

"Compared to the suffering of the Amazons, no amount of money can wash away the sins of the Empires," Raine said righteously. "If more Empires can understand that original sin flows in our blood, then these gold crown coins will have served their purpose."

“Oh, Ryan,” Martha finally began to wipe away her tears, “I’ve never met a man as empathetic as you…”

Martha's husband, standing nearby, immediately became anxious and glared angrily at him, only to hear Ryan say:

"Why aren't you handing your wife a tissue?"

Martha's husband then came to his senses and hurriedly tried to wipe away his wife's tears, only to receive a glare from Martha.

Renn readily wrote a check, signed his name, and handed it to Martha as a donation—with the check, she could withdraw 200 gold crown coins from Renn's accounts at Imperial Banks around the world.

In exchange, Martha agreed to act as Ryan's guarantor and recommend him for membership in the Amazon Memorial Association.

In her words, the association currently has only about ten people, all of whom are female noblewomen who are willing to donate money, with Renn being the only male among them.

Renn expressed his flattery.

To be honest, there are probably hundreds of small clubs with only a dozen or so members in Beijing alone.

However, who could have imagined that a few years later it would grow into a behemoth with more than 70 members?

After seeing off the Marshans, Renn went to bid farewell to Marquis Fahel and prepared to set off for Salt Island.

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Marquis Fahel has been somewhat irritable lately.

Because his favorite youngest son, Poirot, was trying to prevent him from granting the land to Rennes.

"What's so great about Salt Island?" the Marquis finally snapped, coldly ordering, "Tell me the reason."

Poirot, feeling helpless, knew he couldn't keep it from his father any longer, and could only whisper:
“Father, there may be the remains of the ancient Rose Queen in the shipwreck near Salt Island.”

“The Rose Queen?” Fahre raised an eyebrow. “How did you know?”

“Because of prophecy,” Poirot replied. “My grandmother was a witch with prophetic abilities, you know that.”

Marquis Fahel immediately looked displeased.

Poirot was the daughter of the Marquis and his seventh wife, and the Marquis still fondly remembers her petite yet incredibly voluptuous figure.

Unfortunately, her mother was a madwoman with a strange and unpredictable personality. Not only did she rudely oppose her marriage to him from the beginning, but even after their divorce, she cursed, saying, "Abandoning an innocent wife is an act that will be rejected by the gods, and the Fahrenheit will eventually be wiped out completely." So, are the Fahrenheit extinct? Last month, I gained another son, haha.

The marquis was uninterested in the old woman's ravings, so he simply waved his hand impatiently and said:

"If you want to find some vague ancient shipwreck, then figure it out yourself. Granting Salt Island to Rennes was my decision, and you shouldn't say anything more about it."

Poirot left dejectedly.

After taking a few steps, he suddenly realized what he meant:
My father seemed to be implying that Salt Island must be granted to Rennes, but if I went to the seabed near Salt Island to salvage the shipwreck beforehand, he would not interfere.
Upon realizing this, Poirot immediately understood.

The waters near Salt Island are legally part of the Salt Island fiefdom, which is also the property of Renn.

But it's clearly impossible for Ryan to swim to the bottom of the sea specifically to inspect whether his property has been violated.

If I hire a few skilled divers to secretly salvage the contents of the shipwreck and take them away, how would Renn know?

With this in mind, Poirot could no longer contain himself and hurried to the dock to board a boat.

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Salt Island is the collective name for the group of islands east of Sea Rock City, which contains more than fifty islands.

The largest island is Iron Harbor Island, which houses Iron Harbor City, the capital of Salt Island. It is also home to the Fahre family's shipbuilding base and harbor, as well as iron mines and boxwood forests that provide raw materials for shipbuilding, and three or four villages whose main occupation is fishing.

Apart from the main island of Iron Harbor, there are several fishing villages scattered on the other islands, but their population size is nowhere near that of Iron Harbor Island.

Raine, along with Ellina and Dia, crossed the strait by boat and arrived at Iron Harbor City.

Because the wood was exposed to the salty sea breeze for a long time, it was prone to mold and rot. Therefore, the defensive walls and buildings of Iron Harbor were almost all built with large blocks of iron ore, which developed a deep red rust over the years.

The central castle was no exception; its iron-rich brick walls were covered with large patches of "bloodstains" like moss, hence its nickname "Blood Castle."

To welcome the newly appointed city lord, the servants had specially washed all the rooms inside Blood Castle with clean water. However, due to poor ventilation, the air in the entire hall was still damp when Raine entered Blood Castle.

The servants all knelt down and begged for forgiveness, after all, the Fahre people were not known for their good temper.

Renn, however, did not care about the humidity in the castle. After all, people who live by the sea but want dry air are probably a bit crazy.

He noticed that the servants of Blood Fortress were almost all over forty or fifty years old, which would be considered old age in this world.

In fact, the residents of Iron Harbor City are generally quite old. Mining, logging, and shipbuilding are almost all physically demanding jobs, and the Faher family doesn't pay wages, instead forcibly assigning labor based on their noble status, which has led to almost all the young people who could run away having left.

Every year, Haiyan City forcibly conscripts men to cross the river to the island, but after a while, the population is almost completely lost. After all, there is no barbed wire fence between Yan Island and the mainland, so people can mix in with the fishing boats or even swim back. What can you do?
It is imperative to import more hardworking and resilient reptilians from abroad! This must be arranged as soon as possible!

Of course, compared to bringing in refugees from the rainforest peninsula as cheap labor, there is actually a more pressing matter at present:

Find the burial place of Queen Berthalia of the Roses.

Raine only remembered that the world boss "Undead Rose" was first encountered by players in the waters near Salt Island. But the surrounding waters are so vast, who knows exactly where it was located?

He summoned the castle steward and asked him to bring the best pearl divers in town.

Pearls are also a specialty of Iron Harbor City, and can only be collected by divers with large lung capacity and the ability to hold their breath. Having spent years diving in the nearby shallow waters, these people certainly know where ancient shipwrecks are.

The steward accepted the order and hurriedly left. A moment later, he ran back and informed that the best pearl divers in Rein City had recently been hired by a young nobleman from the Faher family.

Renn was surprised for a moment, then gave a thoughtful smile.

Oh my, I was just worried about not finding the place, and there are even people offering to lead the way?
(End of this chapter)