i have a shelter.

These tricks of the merchants are always ineffective, and they can often squeeze the last copper from the hands of the survivors.And before they left, there would be many more women and slaves in the team.

This time the situation seems to be the same, at least the crowd that surrounds it seems to be very large.The survivors formed circle after circle, and formed a long line under the arrangement of the merchants.

However, what made these merchants look strange was that these excited survivors who came to negotiate with them with empty bottles and cans in their hands were neither here to beg for food, trade goods, nor to sell themselves.

After negotiating with a few people, the merchants drove away those guys who were grabbing their clothes and persuading them to believe in the god of protection with a dull face, and put up a sign saying no donations.

Then, looking at the long line of salesmen, the scalps of the merchants exploded.

The merchants were re-pinning a sign closed when George came over.

"It doesn't make any sense to hang these, my people can't read."

After hearing the words behind him, a fat-faced businessman turned around and looked at the young man on the Andinas horse and the six or seven guards behind him who were well-equipped and luxuriously dressed , his eyes glowed with fiery light again.

He knew that all the assets in the hands of those lords must have been donated to the lord.

"My lord, these words are just for people like you." The businessman was neither humble nor overbearing, and seemed to be the leader here.There was a little smile on his face, and his tone was very polite and humble.

"Yeah." George nodded, looked back from the bustling camp not far away, looked at the expectant eyes of the merchants, and slowly opened his mouth, "Have you paid your taxes yet?" "

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Thirty or so heavily armed, vicious caravan guards clenched their fists and slowly surrounded them.

George took Aji and others, while walking in the camp, while looking around.

The scale of this group of traveling merchants is really not small. There are more than 30 boxcars alone. According to the merchants, there are hundreds of spare tall horses and more than 40 desperate refugees. They are all refugees following the caravan. voluntarily, or sold into slavery by the lord.

George noticed that the structure of these carriages of the merchants seemed to be extremely advanced, not only had suspension, but also seemed to have a huge bearing capacity, especially the cart loaded with iron ore, which was almost full of ore on both sides

This is four or five tons

But what surprised him even more were the tall horses pulling the carts.

Normally, such a heavy vehicle can't be pulled by five or six horses, but in the merchant's convoy, many vehicles only have two

"Boss, these are Charfan horses. In ancient times, their ancestors were indeed war horses. But after thousands of years of breeding and improvement, they have become draft horses specially used for farm work and pulling things. Although you look so tall and mighty, they are also very powerful. But they are a bit bulky and cute. But the most important thing is that they eat too much, which makes them generally only domesticated on farms, and no one dares to treat them They are dragged into battle."

George nodded, feeling that what Aggie said seemed to make sense.Generally, knights have to bring two or three horses on the battlefield.According to the scary size of these horses, the food intake can be described as amazing.

But he still felt a little strange.

"Aren't they suitable as mounts for heavy cavalry? Has no one ever used them like this?" George asked curiously, "And I heard that Lady Elizabeth's ranch specially cultivated a group of special horses."

"Hey boss, heck, the heavy cavalry has special war horses. These horses are specially bred for farms, and there is still a big difference." Aji whispered to George when he said it.His boss quickly shut up and stopped questioning him.

Aji amplified his voice and continued, "Generally speaking, the market price of a large draft horse is around 3040 Silver Fox, and a heavy draft horse like Charfan is priced at 4080 Silver Fox. But I don't steal this kind of horse, because black-hearted The merchants are only willing to sell a few silver foxes when they receive this kind of dirty goods, but if they are caught, they will lose their heads. My lord, most of these so-called spare horses are probably stolen or robbed. The bad thing is to steal something from Countess Elizabeth's ranch."

When Aji was talking, he took a special look at the businessman, "You don't think these horses are all stolen, right? There are monsters and dead people over there, but there is no one doing business."

Gail's eyes widened, and he really wanted to rush over and slap the dwarf over, but when his eyes focused on Aggie's thick arm, he swallowed his throat to stop this terrible thought.

He wanted to explain the origin and excellent pedigree of these horses. His horses were indeed not war horses, but they were by no means ordinary draft horses like 4080.

But whether it was telling the customer that the goods were sold for nothing, or that he had stolen something from the customer's allegiance, it didn't seem to be a very good thing.Therefore, he felt that the price of these horses should be discussed in detail later.

"My lord, we are all believers in the god of protection, how could we do such things as robbing houses?" Gail the merchant coughed and said, "Don't worry, my goods are all proven, no matter you buy from me No matter what, no other lord will come to the door from now on."

"I believe in you, Gail." George turned around, patted him on the shoulder and said, "With your strength, you can't grab anyone."

The thirty or so caravan guards were well equipped.But it was Jack and his seven or eight people who were beaten black and blue.

When Alexander ran over, he didn't have time to make a move, and the fight was over.

It is conceivable that if it weren't for the torches that these merchants had in their hands that could disperse the fog and monsters, they might not be able to go to various territories.

But this businessman can only listen to three points.In the entire Black Pearl Valley, there are many unowned things.And the Countess's large ranch in the north is likely to be empty.So as long as you can predict where it is safe, it is easy to do business without cost.

And these businessmen seem to have this mysterious predictive ability.

"Ahem, Lord Baron, I already have quite a few guards in this caravan." Merchant Gail smiled wryly on his face, "To tell you the truth, in the entire Black Pearl Valley, there are dozens of guards gathered around you like you." There are not many lords with a few knights."

George felt that the businessman's words were a bit exaggerated. If all the territories were really bad and turned into this field, the corpses in the west would have been submerged long ago.However, his words still had a bit of sarcasm, "No wonder these guards of yours have such a bad temper."

These words made the businessman just want to curse, he had never seen such an arrogant and greedy lord.He opened his mouth and opened more than a dozen kinds of taxes

Poll tax, excise tax, land occupation tax, car tax, road tax, and even excrement tax

All together, more than [-] silver foxes are eating people

At that time, facing this group of menacing bandits, Gail promised with a smile on his face, and did not express any dissatisfaction after that, but explained his products to the lord along the way.

However, in Gail's view, although the greedy lord had blackmailed him a sum of money, it meant that he planned to make a deal with himself, not the one-time no-cost deal.

And he also believes that doing business in this troubled world is originally a business that hangs on the head.But as long as there is a good mouth and a pair of good eyes.Then it won't be killed by some stupid lord.

Just let the customer think that he has taken advantage of it, and that there will continue to be opportunities to pluck the feathers in the future.Then the businessman can make a lot of money.

As for the eight hundred silver foxes, he will get them back today

"They have learned their lesson. My lord, I am deeply sorry for the misunderstanding just now." Gail, the fulfillment businessman, bowed slightly and said slowly, "My lord, in fact, we only establish relationships with people with good reputation, so There are very few disputes with others. And if any lord has the potential to invest, our mutual assistance chamber of commerce will continue to invest in him. And if one day, a lord who abides by order in the Black Pearl Valley grows stronger, he will also Those who will become our steadfast friends are those who are now Duke Adeline."

Businessman Gail put it mildly, but he threw out the bait and moved out of his backstage.

George nodded without saying much.He didn't intend to dwell on the subject any further.After all, if you really want to survive in the fog, no matter who you are, you have to rely on these special businessmen who can travel around the world to help you.

What's more, just after beating up the group of guards, George saw the words that the God of Asylum warned him. If he conflicts with these businessmen again, a large amount of divine grace will be deducted.

"You said before that you are the new person in charge of this area of ​​the Black Pearl Valley." George raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Indeed, our Chamber of Commerce travels around the world under the grace of the god of protection." Merchant Gail smiled and replied, "However, we do not divide caravans by region, but by route. This business road , and it is currently in my hands, and the end point is Wing Feng City."

"So, which territories have you been to before?" The lord asked the topic he was most concerned about.And he also knew that the businessman in front of him was probably the only source from which he could obtain information from the outside world.

The merchant's answer surprised George a little. He said, "My lord, we came here by boat from the south. We have passed through many places, and we have visited many places specially. But all the lords are unwilling to disclose their territories to other lords." The situation. And because we have a contract with the god of protection, we cannot disclose this information to anyone, otherwise we will lose the grace of God."

"But" said here, the businessman turned his head again, and said meaningfully, "Why don't you buy some slaves?"

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George's eyes moved slightly, and he understood what this guy meant. Gail said before that those slaves came from various territories in the Black Pearl Valley.

The promises of these merchants are still somewhat credible, because they also depend on divine grace for food.But the god of protection seems to have specially left a small back door. He seems to be advising the lord to buy people instead of selling them.

Unless he thinks his shelter is strong enough and doesn't mind disclosing his situation.

"Has anyone in charge of you died before? Don't be nervous, Gail. I didn't mean that. I'm just curious about one thing, have you never met those dishonest guys?" George scratched his eyebrows and walked Said.