Chapter 449 - 272: Special Economic Zones, Migration Tide_2
The merchants who employed the Radiance believers did exploit and oppress them, but it cannot be denied that the supplies they brought greatly improved the circumstances of these refugees.
This allowed them to not have to scrape by daily, gnawing on bread and living in tents made of rags. Instead, they could reside in spacious and bright wooden houses and drink steaming meat porridge.
However, precisely because of this, the Radiant Sect came to Noah.
The Radiant Sect, which had already taken root in the Noah Territory, was accustomed to the lifestyle atmosphere of the residents in this land. When they sent someone to Harbor City to take a look at the living conditions of their compatriots from the other side, few could endure what they saw.
Although Harbor City did not practice slavery, the lives of the Radiance believers were worse than those of slaves. Not only was their hard work compensated only with daily necessities, but their work environment also had no guarantee of safety.
Whether it was disease or injury, the despicable merchants ignored it completely, leaving the poor Radiance believers to handle it themselves.
Because in the eyes of these merchants, Radiance believers were inexhaustible. As soon as the first ship full of refugees docked, there was a continuous influx of refugees landing ashore, with refugee ships sighted on the sea every few days.
No one knew what was happening across the sea that could force a True God believer to flee across the sea.
"Hegeles, the Archbishop of the Radiant Sect, hopes to gain an audience with you to discuss the living and working conditions of the Radiance believers in Harbor City."
"Is there a need to discuss such a trivial matter? No meeting."
Noah refused outright without even thinking.
While the arrival of the Radiance believers did not cause any form of destruction to Noah or the territories under his rule, it did lead some merchants into a frenzy, indirectly generating high taxes for Noah.