Chapter 217: Gold Mine! Winged People Submit!

In the forest, a group of warriors from the City of Miracles traveled together.

"Have you ever seen gold?"

A cat-tribe warrior asked curiously.

The deer-tribe warrior beside him shook his head: "Never seen it. The Holy Maiden said anything yellow and shimmering can be brought back!"

"We've been searching for days, but still haven't found any."

Another cat-tribe warrior said wearily.

"They say gold is extremely valuable among humans—it can buy anything."

Another cat-tribe warrior said.

"Why can it buy everything? Is it tastier than honey?"

A nearby Xiong Zu warrior asked curiously.

"I don't know, but I feel we should pray to the Great Flame Lord—maybe we'll get good luck and find gold easily!"

Another cat-tribe warrior said.

After speaking, he truly began to pray.

When he finished praying and opened his eyes, a flash of light blinded him!

But he hadn't been looking at the sun in the sky—where did this light come from?

The cat-tribe warrior blinked, and saw a speck of gold in the middle of a rock beneath the nearby cliff.

It was this golden speck reflecting sunlight that had dazzled his eyes.

"By the Flame Lord above, that can't be gold, can it?"

The cat-tribe warrior thought in wild delight.

Then he rushed over and picked up the rock.

After they returned to the City of Miracles, the golden substance on the rock was quickly confirmed.

It was indeed gold!

A sizable gold mine was discovered in the forest once inhabited by the Mountain Centaur tribe!

This gold mine had enormous reserves and low extraction difficulty.

Sister Qing Ling immediately sent people to begin mining.

The resources in this beast-tribe nation east of the Mistlands are truly abundant!

No wonder even the dwarves have come to settle underground here.

After the gold was mined, the girl Meng Ying designed a type of coin.

This coin was about the same size as a one-yuan coin from Lin Yan's world before his transmigration.

Each coin had a fixed weight: ten grams per coin.

One side bore an image of a flame.

This represented the Great Flame Lord.

The other side bore an image of a city—representing the City of Miracles.

Dates of minting or other details were not printed at all.

The minting process for the coins was actually complex.

But with the dwarves present, this posed no problem.

With coins in hand, things became easier.

The City of Miracles began using coins as its circulating currency.

Of course, before this, the City of Miracles had almost no trade—everyone ate from the communal pot!

With population growth, trade demand naturally arose.

Sister Qing Ling followed the girl Meng Ying's advice and made some changes to the City of Miracles' operations.

All land ownership belonged to the Great Flame Lord.

But anyone who remained devout to the Flame Lord could obtain land use rights free of charge.

Crops harvested required only a ten percent tax.

Additionally, a small fee was required when receiving the divine seeds!

As warriors of the god, each person could also receive a monthly stipend of coins!

For a well-functioning society, self-sustaining mechanisms were essential.

A complete economic system was needed—not everything decided by the temple.

Of course, the temple still dominated and controlled everything.

Sister Qing Ling had no intention of implementing the human kingdom's system—separation of politics and religion—in this beast-tribe nation.

But she could absorb certain advantages from human kingdoms.

Moreover, the Flame Lord had delivered some revelations.

Thus, the entire nation could operate smoothly!

Even better than human kingdoms!

Not long after the gold mine was found, the Winged People finally made their decision.

This was thanks to the Winged Girl.

The Winged Girl Mia had spent these days in the City of Miracles, encountering more and more novel things.

The City of Miracles gave her a completely different feeling.