Mercenaries and Adventurers

Keir frowned, not understanding the meaning of this sentence for a moment.

Ms. Feneya, who was sitting behind Kiel, saw that the young knight didn't make a sound, so she guessed that the other party didn't understand the meaning behind this sentence.

She raised her voice and explained: "Businessmen and their large and small chambers of commerce are like flowing water, while nobles are like earth and rocks. The water will flow along the trend of the ground, less likely to gather and form water depressions and ponds. And the soil and rocks accumulate higher and higher until they become mounds and peaks."

Kiel rolled his eyes and retorted: "But I heard that the biggest thing in the world is the ocean? People also mostly build cities and towns between rivers and lakes. And strong winds will also blow away the hills made of floating soil, and rainfall will also Mountains eroded by ravines?"

"Your mouth is powerful, as strong as your strength. Oh ha ha."

Ms. Feneya smiled cheerfully, she seemed to be in a good mood.

Obviously at this time they were on the way to deliver the store's wealth, but this lady didn't worry at all.

Keir hadn't thought much about it before, but after turning his mind a few times, he understood where this lady was relying.

Mountain wolf Barney's lair!

Needless to say, there must be a large amount of accumulated merchant goods that are not easy to handle. Some may be difficult to deal with in the black market, and some may be too bad to deal with at the time and not worth it, so they fell behind, and the result has been accumulating and accumulating.

Considering the reputation of the bandit team led by Mountain Wolf Barney and the cunning behavior of the other party, there must be a large amount of unprocessed goods in the real lair.

This amount of money must exceed the harvest of materials obtained from the stronghold that captured the mountain wolf Barney.

However, Keel, who has the strength to go to the mountain wolf Barney's lair, must have missed this wealth because he wanted to lead the people to find a place to settle down. Among all the people around, only two and a half people knew the location of Mountain Wolf Barney's lair.

One is Barney the mountain wolf's old lover, and before he dies, he must find a way to bring Ms. Feneya with him. Although she was in charge of the business road hotel before, she must know the specific location of the lair.

The other is the surrendered bandit that Keir let go before he caught Barney the mountain wolf. The other party was the one who handled the caravan horses and vehicles in Barney's team, so he must have participated in every operation of the bandit gang, and this person also knew the location of the old lair.

Maybe, that person begged Keel to let him live, and he also had the idea of ​​swallowing the entire lair's supplies and goods after the collapse of the Mountain Wolf Barney gang.

Because after killing the mountain wolf Barney that day, Keir knew that the small cave stronghold was just a forward stronghold for the bandit gang to plunder.

However, this news was tightly concealed by the bandits who surrendered, and Kiel was secretly tricked by this man.

In the end, the remaining half was the crazy swordsman Will. This guy was completely insane. He kept saying names over and over all day long, cursing for a while, and crying bitterly for a while. Guiding this lunatic to move is also very interesting. Although he is crazy, he is very attached to his weapon. As long as he holds the end of the scabbard of the long sword, this guy will follow along obediently.

Because this young man in his twenties is good-looking, clean, and doesn't wear as rough clothes as other bandits, many of the young women in the crowd gathered around this lunatic in the past two days, fighting for Traction manages his work.

Then take the opportunity to touch and pinch this guy, and even secretly kiss his face.

Even if some of the armed young men under Kiel were dissatisfied and spread the word that this man had killed one of them, others didn't care.

After all, refugee youths come from many villages, and everyone is not very familiar with them.

It was okay when Kiel managed to order them, and they seemed to be a whole, but after Kiir and Batar priests ignored it, the youths still gathered together from various villages, and they all rested together when they rested at night, and they also had meals together. Eat together in one pot.

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Having said so much, after Keir wanted to understand Ms. Feneya's dependence, he stopped talking and exposed the other party's plan.

After all, it has nothing to do with him anymore, everyone basically has their own destiny, and it is impossible for Kiel to take all the benefits, right?

In addition, the wealth in Barney's lair of the mountain wolf may not be so easy to get.

The bandit that Kiel let go, and Ms. Feneya now, will each gather a group of people and fight with their lives to **** the looted goods that seem to be a lot.

It was a treasure, but it must be a so-called 'treasure' that was stained with the lives and blood of countless people.

Kiel had no intention of getting involved.

After approaching the town of Dorne, Kiel's attention was stunned by the disorderly buildings in the town. Amidst Ms. Feneja's teasing laughter, Kiel pointed at the 'strangely shaped' wooden, earthen, and stone buildings, not knowing what to say.

Having been in this different world for more than a year, he has seen various styles of local buildings, but the big building in Dorne Town, which is said to be residential houses and shops, even dung beetles would be willing to bow down.

A wooden house built with planks is supported by a wooden pillar inserted into the soil in the center, and the surrounding walls are like small birdcages with open walls. A poor man wearing a pair of gray linen trousers is like that. With his feet resting on the edge of the house, he looked at the open space outside the town to the south indifferently.

Although the total wealth of these people is not as high as that of the debtors with negative figures, there are not many of them. The depressed trade has caused many of them to lose their livelihoods. At this time, they have to stay in their 'home' bored and look around curiously. Outsiders who might bring changes in their lives.

The "houses" above and below the wooden building shaped like a birdcage are all completed by a black shiny knotted hemp rope. Under the warm spring sun, some half-grown naked children are dangling on these hemp ropes , fighting with each other.

Next to this building, there is an equally alternative earthen 'house', shaped like a tomb, with several flues on the top, which are emitting black smoke from burning firewood. The 'tomb' with the height of a two-story wooden building Under the bag, there is a huge hole door, some people are entering and leaving the dark and deep door extending downward like insects at their feet.

Some people were beaming, some were downcast, and some were grabbed by the limbs by Kong Wu's powerful thugs, lifted them out, and threw them heavily outside the door. The person who was thrown out cursed something foul, patted the blood, dust and dirt on his body, and walked towards another 'grave bag' not far away without paying attention.

In addition, there are tall buildings on rocks like the beacon towers of the previous life, and buildings like a low castle standing abruptly in a mess of wooden buildings. Faintly, Keel seems to be able to hear the melodious sound of the piano and the high-pitched poetry of the bard from the open opening on the top of the stone building.

In addition, the originally spacious road outside the town also quickly shrank after entering the town, and the original gravel ground was also replaced by a foul-smelling ground full of sewage and mud.

Bloodlicker seemed to dislike the soft and smelly muddy ground very much, and after a few hesitations, he bravely stepped in under Kiel's urging.

Hearing the sound of the horseshoes touching the ground, it seemed that there were a lot of stones mixed in the smelly mud.

No, it should be said that the town was originally built on gravel ground, but gradually dirt and dirty water were poured on it, and after a long time, it will be mixed with the gravel pavement, becoming a "complicated" situation where there is me in you and you in me .

At least Kiel was sure that the excrement of the horses and other livestock that came and went was left alone.

It is estimated that it is 'degraded' by natural rainwater?

On both sides of the narrow road, there are closely arranged shop gates. The solid solid wood thick door, and the thick thugs chewing something with their arms crossed at the door, it seems that every house is very suspicious.

Even the shops have their own signboards on the gates.

The butcher's butcher's stall is flying to drive away the unclean flies. One person is worth two people. The fat butcher not only holds two pieces in his hand, but also looks at every passerby with the eyes of looking at meat. A palm lizard with glowing horns lay on the butcher's shoulder, flicking its tongue from time to time to catch flying flies and pull them back into its open mouth.

Shops that sell clothes are full of women who want to sell the coarse cloth they make for a small amount of money, but the emaciated tailor usually only focuses on the youngest woman, and sends out an incomprehensible message from his mouth. laughter.

On the wall of the store, there are still sets of cleaned and worn-out clothes. I don't know where these clothes were collected from, and what was contaminated with them before they were cleaned.

In a shop that sells wooden products, thugs and carpenter apprentices keep a close eye on every customer who comes in to buy things. The more shabby the person is, the tighter they are, for fear that the other person will grab a small piece of furniture and run away.

There are dirty and smelly half-children squatting on the corner of the street. It would be bad to ignore these people because of this. These boys were dirty, but their eyes were cleverly looking at the waists of every pedestrian who stepped on the muddy ground. Occasionally they whistled in their mouths. It is estimated that only the accomplices of these guys can understand the hidden meaning in the seemingly irregular and playful whistles.

There are always people queuing and crowded at the entrance of the bakery. Some people are buying food for a period of time in the future, while others are pestering people who come and go to beg for their kindness and reward a little food for import.

These beggars dare not go to the fields outside the town to steal crops. Not only are there debtors working hard in the fields during the day, but these debtors in the wild have no chance to live in the town. Squeeze in and live directly on the edge of the field.

And these debtors will carefully **** up their ears, hoping to catch one or two poor people who stole the crops, in exchange for a significant reduction in their working time.

The more you walk along the street to the center of the town, the larger the storefront facing the street, the more luxurious the decoration, and the more formal the overall building.

It is no longer the random and alternative buildings outside the town, but all the shops and houses built according to the traditional structure.

"Where is your shop, ma'am, we're all going to the center of town."

Keel turned his head and asked, at this time they were passing a wooden three-story masonry building, and some local security guards came in and out of the door, and these people looked at Kiel who was riding a tall prairie horse vigilantly.

Riding a horse is of course not illegal, but Kiel's thick metal armor and the long sword at his waist are very eye-catching.

When I walked all the way before, wherever Kiel went, there would be silence for a while, and only after he and Blood Fangste walked away, the original street would be filled with whispers.

They were all discussing whether he, a warrior in heavy armor, was related to the warning bell from the previous guard tower.

Ms. Feneya put her hands on the shoulders of Kiel's armor to stabilize her seat. She stretched out her fingers and pointed straight ahead: "Pass through the center of the town, pass through the square fountain in the middle, and there is a shop selling all kinds of beans in the north of the town. My property is gone. As it happens, you can empty out the whole store of beans, and the food inside will definitely be enough for your people to feed for half a month."

"Then the whole team will be full of farting sounds! Spare me, how about exchanging the shop for money? Or, use your influence to exchange those things for some cheap and easy-to-use tools and supplies?"

Keel proposed this way, he didn't care much about whether he owned a shop in the town of Dorne, it didn't mean much to him.

He is interested in replacing shops and things with useful supplies, and, to be honest, after settling those refugees and rescuing the people in Changmai Village, these things have little to do with him, and he will eventually go to The capital of the southern province, joined Baron Kendall and Knight Crowe.

Dangerous and exciting wars are beckoning to him right in front of his eyes. Fighting like house wine these days is really boring.

The combat effectiveness of the armed refugees under him is really worrying. They are not even qualified as unarmed combat training objects. They are far less interesting than the baron's personal guards. They can learn various combat skills and martial arts from those people.

Ms. Feneya smiled when she heard Knight Kiel's proposal: "I usually run hotels on the Merchant Road, and rarely come to manage my shops. Those are run by friends I entrusted to me. Of course, this The friend's reliability and loyalty are entirely based on the face of that dog, Barney the Mountain Wolf, so, young knight, don't let it slip in a moment."

Keir raised his eyebrows: "Sooner or later, it will be revealed, how long can it be concealed by deception?"

"It doesn't take long to hide it. The people below are all my people. If you find out the recent business situation of the store, you can kick him out."

Keir nodded, agreed to the matter, and he also told Blood Fangst who was following behind.

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Soon, as the two of them arrived near the middle of the town, it was obvious that the ground had been cleaned frequently.

The gray and white gravel ground is exposed, and the pedestrians and carriages on the street have gradually become more formal. Not to mention how the people are dressed, at least they do not have the confused and miserable look of passers-by on the outside of the town.

From time to time, old or fat businessmen were surrounded by strong thugs and young stewards, came out of one shop, and then walked into another shop.

Of course, they would all stop when Kiel passed by, and carefully look at this young foreign knight with strange eyes.

Some people were well-informed. It wasn't long before Mr. "Dry Olier" returned to the town to clear the alarm crisis. These big businessmen later received the news.

At this time, seeing Kiel riding into the town again, some old-fashioned businessmen took off their hats and saluted the young knight from a distance, and Kiel also hurriedly returned the salute to those who saluted him.

But more people curled their lips secretly, as if the knight didn't exist, and went about their own business.

On the square in the center of the town, a large piece of stone was used extravagantly and inserted vertically on the ground, forming an open central square. This place is almost a world away from the outside of the town. Not only are security guards patrolling uninterruptedly in groups of two, but there is also a shining golden fountain in the center of the square.

The fountain is luxuriously decorated with gold and precious stones. In the middle of the three-story circular pool is a water spray statue holding a gorgeous vase. The water waves are bursting, cool and pleasant, directly diluting the anxiety brought about by the warm spring sun.

Around the fountain are rich ladies with servants and pets talking. It seems that the hard work and poverty, hunger and pain of countless people have nothing to do with these ladies who fan the incense, even if The straight-line distance between the two is only a short distance of several hundred meters.

"It's outrageous."

Kiel shook his head. There are even pure white marble stone pillars in the central square of the town, with huge glass spheres on top, and engraved prayers from the Church of the Sun God on the pillars. It seems that when the sky gets dark, this thing can emit light. Provide public lighting.

In the center of the square, there is also an unknown church priest holding a wooden sign, introducing the gods and the church to passers-by in a soft voice.

Speaking of the church, Kiel also saw churches and churches mixed up next to the stronghold of the Great Chamber of Commerce among the low and solemn buildings around the square~www.readwn.com~ The biggest one is of course the Church of the God of Wealth. There was also a small contingent of the town's security guards standing guard.

There are several other large chambers of commerce that are the most conspicuous and occupy the largest area.

Kiel saw the 'Burning Furnace' Chamber of Commerce at a glance, as well as the 'Fortune Fruit' Chamber of Commerce that he had only seen before.

Without saying anything, he must be just a passerby in this place. Keel simply looked around and rode towards the main street on the north side of the town.

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"Go forward, turn left at the first intersection, and within a few steps, you will see my shop. 'Fuyu Pod' is the name of the shop."

Ms. Feneya simply pointed to the route and introduced the situation of her shop.

"'Surplus pods'? What do you mean?"

"When you hear the name, you can feel that there are endless beans in the store, right? That's what it means."

Keir shrugged and asked casually, "Has anyone bought out the beans in that store?"

"Of course not. All kinds of dried beans can be stored for a long time. As long as they are not damp, they will not germinate for a long time."

Seemingly hearing the word "favorite beans", the blood licking grass pricked up its ears and walked a little faster at the same time.

Soon, after turning a corner, turning left from the main street on the north side of the town into a secondary street, I saw a poor man carrying a small bag of beans from time to time in a shop selling everything by category. In and out of the shop.

"Ma'am, the place is here."

Kiel turned around and propped it up with his steady and firm palms, assisting Ms. Feneya to jump off the horse that was higher from the ground, and then jumped off the horse heavily himself.

Boom, the boots bounced a few stones, attracting many people in the surrounding shops to look over.