Chapter 707: A tense prelude
Chapter 707: A tense prelude
Three days later, a party for one million people would be held. The Kingdom of Suville had never been so lively. The flow of people on every street was several times more than before, and most of the people attending the party were from other places.
Some are from neighboring countries around the Kingdom of Suville, some are from other places in the Central Plains, and there are even a small number of tourists from foreign countries. The vast majority of scholars studying in various countries in the Central Plains will enthusiastically sign up when they hear about such a grand event.
The Dream Building Engineering Department's publicity was very powerful, and the news of the million-person party spread throughout the Central Plains. As long as they were not the cavemen who were extremely isolated from the news, basically everyone knew about this event. This also brought a lot of popularity to the Kingdom of Suweil and the Three Religions Alliance.
Nowadays, most parts of the Walterlan continent know about the million-person party, and the Kingdom of Suville and the Three Religions Alliance have become hot topics for people to discuss after dinner, and at one point they were as popular as the Shuangyang Alliance.
Not to mention a party for one million people, even hosting a party for millions of people would be easy. After all, there are too many people who have signed up. Even though Bai Hao closed the registration channel a week ago, people have been coming to inquire.
Due to the large number of foreign population in the Kingdom of Suville in recent times, almost all hotels are fully booked, and many Suville people who have vacant rooms in their homes have taken the opportunity to provide paid accommodation services.
Under this situation, prices in the Kingdom of Suville continued to soar, and all commodities related to food, clothing, housing and transportation were all increasing in price.
Fortunately, Bai Hao and Isulna both keenly predicted this, and more than a dozen economic policies were promulgated, which severely suppressed the kingdom's turbulent market prices.
It is okay to raise prices, as the citizens will earn money and the kingdom’s tax revenue will also increase, which is a good thing.
But a random increase in prices is not acceptable. If the prices increase by a hundred or a thousand times, the entire market will be in chaos. It is extremely unwise to slaughter foreign tourists in this way.
In addition to being a collaboration with Aibilent, this event is also a good opportunity for external publicity. We must show the good side of the Suvel Kingdom and let outsiders know that the Suvel Kingdom is an advanced, polite and livable place.
In this way, we can not only attract investment, but also attract many scholars.
Increasing population, raising tax revenue, enriching culture, raising visibility... this event can bring so many benefits. If the Kingdom of Suville can grasp it, it will take off in minutes!
Raising prices on the spot will undoubtedly lower the impression of outsiders. It is short-sighted to abandon long-term sustainable development for the sake of immediate petty profits. Therefore, Isurna will never allow any overcharging.
If the price of any product dares to increase by more than 20%, within a day, the knights of the Suville Kingdom will seal up the store, revoke its business license, and throw those greedy merchants into jail, punishing them severely!
The explosive growth of the tourism economy has both advantages and disadvantages. The influx of a large number of foreign population has brought tremendous pressure to public security management, and not all tourists are law-abiding good guys.
Many fraudsters and violent criminals also mix in. They commit arson, theft, fraud, and many crimes of all sizes. The number of recent cases is more than ten times that of the past, and there are many serious murders and robberies.
It is far from enough to rely solely on the knights to maintain public order. Isurna also transferred the guards from the royal city. These are elites responsible for maintaining the security of the royal city, and are more than capable of taking charge of ordinary public security management.
Not only that, Bai Hao also issued a call to mobilize all the active Campbell Secret Guards currently in the Central Plains countries, about one thousand people. They were granted authority exceeding that of ordinary knights and were responsible for secretly monitoring some important outside figures.
For example, members of black magic organizations, powerful wizards, dignitaries from other countries... These sensitive outsiders must be monitored around the clock, which is also protection in a sense. Bai Hao does not want these people to die in Suville Royal City during the party.
The regular Campbell Secret Guards are extremely capable. They are all regular members who have passed the Secret Guard assessment and are the elites among the elites. In addition to their own tasks, the Campbell Secret Guards can also cooperate with the knights of the Suville Kingdom to jointly maintain public order during the party.
But this is far from enough. Bai Hao has experienced several disasters caused by Zang Yuan, and even experienced disasters designed at the god level. Both his pattern and vision are far beyond ordinary people.
Some seemingly safe and harmless places often harbor dangers. The earth, the sky, and even every blade of grass and tree in the Suville Kingdom may be the layout of hostile forces. Bai Hao has arranged special personnel to monitor the area almost around the clock to eliminate all possible dangers.
Bai Hao admitted that he was a little neurotic, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, over the years, many crises had caught Bai Hao off guard, each one more terrifying than the last, with tens of thousands of casualties at any one time.
If it weren't for Youla's Wheel of Fortune, Bai Hao would have died several times.
However, there is another person who is also Bai Hao's focus, and that is Isurna. Although she is the queen of the Suville Kingdom, she is the least likely person to pose a threat to the Suville Kingdom.
But unfortunately, Isurna and Dikui have an unclear relationship.
Just for this reason, Bai Hao will never take Isurna lightly. Maybe she is still Isurna now, the charming queen, but who knows when she will turn into a demon.
Isurna is like an unstable bomb, a terrible bomb that may explode at any time, full of unknowns but with incredible power.
Once the explosion occurs, everything around Bai Hao will be destroyed.
A fifth-order primordial demon is almost the closest existence to a god. Moreover, this is the strength level of Emperor Kui ten thousand years ago. Who knows if she has made a breakthrough now? Maybe she has become the legendary sixth-order primordial demon, comparable to high-sequence gods!
Therefore, even though Bai Hao was very busy, he basically stayed by Isurna's side, whether she was holding a confidential meeting with the ministers of the council, or Bai Hao was assigning work to the Campbell secret guards, or even when she was eating, bathing, and sleeping.
The closer it got to the party, the closer Bai Hao watched Isurna, almost to the point of following her like a shadow.
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