Volume 4 Chapter 45 - Move (1/2)

A medium sized transport Magic Car quickly raced across the Black Rice Wasteland.

The road the tires rolled across was the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s invested road made with the Amrit Chamber of Commerce’s newly developed technology. This road was not only more than ten meters wide, being able to hold four large Magic Cars, it was also smoother than before.

Even running at close to fifty kilometers an hour, one wouldn’t feel any jolting at all and they wouldn’t feel any discomfort.

Actually this speed already passed the speed limit set by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, but for an old driver like old man Sarkozy, it was a normal thing to pass the speed limit.

If it wasn’t for this Magic Car only being limited to fifty kilometers an hour, he definitely would have been driving faster.

Old man Sarkozy had one hand on the wheel as his other hand was holding a bottle of fruit juice, drinking it down.

It was already winter, so after the fruit juice was put there for a while, it was a bit cold. Drinking it down, old man Sarkozy couldn’t help shivering.

It was easy to get tired while driving, drinking the cold juice not only stimulated his mind, it could also supplement his nutrition. It was something that old man Sarkozy often did when transporting cargo.

Putting the bottle of fresh juice down, Baltro in the back woke up. He gave a yawn and got up to look outside before asking old man Sarkozy, “Where are we now?”

“We just arrived in the Black Rice Wasteland.” Old man Sarkozy casually replied.

Baltro looked around outside before nodding, “Un, that’s good. Alright, let me drive, you’ve already been driving for several hours.”

“It’s fine.” Old man Sarkozy declined, “We’ll be at the production base soon, we can swap out there. Wake up properly before we talk about this.”

Baltro thought about it and didn’t insist. He leaned over to crawl into the passenger seat before sitting down.

After looking out the window for a while, Baltro suddenly asked, “Hey, Sarkozy, are you really planning on moving?”

Sarkozy didn’t expect him to ask this question right after waking up. After being surprised, he nodded and confirmed it.

“I’ll take a proper look at how the Stantine Duchy is this time and then decide if I’ll really move. But I’ve heard those people from the village who’ve lived in the Stantine Duchy for a year say that the Stantine Duchy really is good. The weather is good and they’re living comfortable lives. So I think…..I’ll most likely decide to move.”

Baltor knit his brows. He turned to look at Sarkozy’s expression and confirmed that he didn’t seem like he was joking at all.

“This…..Your family has lived in Mexilan Village for over a hundred years, right? You’re really moving? How can you bear to give it up?”

Sarkozy gave an uncaring laugh, “What can’t I bear to give up? Can’t I live anywhere? In the end, I can live a good life there, so naturally I would choose that place. The current Banta City has been ruined by those companies, so if I stay there, there isn’t anything good left for me.”

“It isn’t that bad…..” Baltro refuted, “Although those companies can’t compare to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, at least with those companies there, Banta City can still recover, right?”

“You don’t believe?” Sarkozy gave a cold snort, “Those fellows forcefully chased out the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, is there anything they can’t do? Even discussing this, just in our family, our three kids have all lost their jobs. If they work in Banta City, they can only work for those three companies, but do you know what wages they give? Six gold coins a month! It isn’t even half of what their monthly wages were before!”

Baltro said in a depressed voice, “It isn’t that you can’t live on six gold coins, we could still live before without that much money each month.”

“The past is the past, if you want me to live those days where I couldn’t even fill my stomach, I’m definitely not willing.” Sarkozy said with a cold snort, “Our three kids aren’t willing either, so after discussing it, we’ve decided to move. As long as we work for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, we can earn close to twenty gold coins with any job we get, it’s much better than staying in Banta City.”

“That is true, but Sarkozy, haven’t you thought of a problem?” Baltro then asked, “According to the new rules of the City Lord Manor, moving out of Banta City means giving up on the status of a Banta City citizen. This means that if you move out, it will be hard to come back. I’m worried that…..the kingdom parliament might have the same rules soon. If you move out and you aren’t recognized as a citizen by the kingdom, what will you do?”

“It’s fine if they don’t accept us.” Sarkozy didn’t care at all, it was clear that he had already thought of this problem, “I said it just now, I’ll go wherever I can live a good life. It isn’t related to Banta City or the Lampuri Kingdom.”

“But we are from the Lampuri Kingdom, leaving like this…..are you really willing?”

“Why am I not willing? Now that damn king is ruining everything, not caring about us citizens, why wouldn’t we be willing? For citizens like us, we don’t care about the matters of the country. Anyway, those important people don’t even put us in their eyes.” Sarkozy said with a look of disdain.

Baltro was silent for a bit before he couldn’t help revealing a bitter smile.

Although he felt that Sarkozy’s attitude wasn’t right, he couldn’t find any reason to refute him.