Mercenaries and Adventurers

Guys and thugs often heard stories of someone being kicked and bitten by a grumpy horse while feeding or brushing. Therefore, the drivers in the chamber of commerce are important positions with professional skills, not only for driving horses and carts, but also for simple carriage maintenance.

But not everyone can get started.

The thug who got the most reward had no choice but to find a pig hair brush and the wooden basin he usually used, filled a basin full of water, and went out to brush the horse.

"Attention, it is not familiar with you, so when you get started, you can try to grab a handful of beans and feed a few mouthfuls of beans first, and it will not feel dangerous!"

After Kiel pointed out a few words, the thug returned to the store, grabbed a handful of beans, and brought them to the mouth of the blood licking grass.

"Stupid! The bit is off!"

The thug who had been scolded by the knight came to his senses, put the beans into his clothes, and then frantically removed the bit from the horse's face. After being released from the mouth, the blood licking grass snorted and stared at the thug in front of him.

It sees, this man has beans!

Take it out!

Being stared at by a horse taller than a person like this, even the thug, who had been a bandit before, was very nervous, and hurriedly presented the beans. The soft tongue swept and rolled up a few times, and the beans disappeared immediately.

After chewing it a few times, the beans were swallowed. Bloodlicking Grass stared at the man, and lightly bumped his head against him, asking him to give him more beans.

"Master Knight, it still wants to eat! Will you give it?"

The thugs didn't know what to do. In the past, the beans in the store were all commodities to be sold, so naturally there was no possibility of random use. Even their store sells all kinds of beans, but in order to avoid waste and consumption, people in the store usually can't eat beans at all when eating in the store.

"Here! Isn't it just a little beans, you give it to eat, and then brush the horse when it is full. Move!"

Keel urged, but he himself did not move.

After a while, Ms. Feneya came back with her people. Of course, she saw the bags of beans loaded in the car at the door of the shop at the first time. It was not surprising that she spared the hands of the workers and walked into the shop.

A thug behind her was holding a small box at this time. What was exaggerated was that there was actually a small chain on the box, which was connected to an iron buckle all the way around the thug's right hand.

After arriving in the store, Ms. Feneya waved her hand, and the young girl under her hand took out a simple key and unlocked the lock on the thug's wrist.

"Give it to Knight Kiel, all right, let's go to work."

After dismissing the thugs, Ms. Feneya opened the small box in Kiel's hand with another key she carried herself.

Inside is a neat row of sideways gold coins.

"This is the money obtained by mortgaging the management rights of the store, that is, the land deeds in other places. Alright, Knight Kiel, the agreement between you and me has been completed, and we owe neither one of us now. Finally, thank you for helping me Although I repaid the kindness, I will remember this act of kindness myself."

Kiel glanced at the coins in the box and found at least thirty or forty gold coins. If the right to sell the store is quickly mortgaged, the price will naturally be lowered by the other party. Although he doesn't know the price of the store in Dorne Town, it should be about the same.

Of course, he believed that the smart Ms. Feneya must have left enough cash for herself to use. The estimates in front of him were not all the cash from the mortgage, but they were sincere enough.

After all, it came for nothing after saving someone, Keel was very satisfied.

Pa, he closed the box, and placed it by his feet, together with the store cash box.

"That's right. Then you can ask, what are your plans in the future? These people are not easy to dismiss."

Facing Kiel's question, Ms. Feneya leaned forward and smiled: "This is the secret. By the way, Sir Knight, I see that you asked the people to put the goods seized from the bandit's lair at the gate of the open space, and you intend to sell them? Do you need me to help you contact the merchants in the town? This help is free!"

Keir shrugged: "It's just right, so I will trouble you, but there is no need to force it. I have already asked the manager in the store, Mr. Raul, to help me contact the various businessmen he knows locally, and it is flower Hire the other party for money."

"It seems that you are unwilling to owe me this favor? What a cruel knight, obviously so young."

Keir laughed: "Haha, it's not cruel, nor is it that you don't recognize your favor. It's just that I have always understood a truth that you are often the one who consumes free things. The two ends of the balance must be equal. , It’s just that the seemingly free end is often hidden by people.”

"Although this doesn't work, ma'am, if you are familiar with Dorne, can you take me to the place where tents and rain gear are sold?"

"Hmm, I'm so glad, young knight."

At this time, the last truckload of beans was just finished, and the thugs who had received Kiel's reward were working hard, so they moved quickly. After they loaded the last sack of beans, the driver set off directly with the driver, while the others took out dirty sackcloth towels to wipe the sweat from their bodies.

At this time, Kiel, Ms. Feneya and the girl who accompanied them walked out of the shop. They all gave way. The knight put the two boxes of coins into the weapon rack on his horse, and Ms. Feneya told the people in the shop to go back. , stay in the shop, only let two thugs follow.

Letting the two extra thugs follow was not about ostentation, but mainly about protecting the two women. The security of Dorn Town radiated outward from the central square area, and quickly fell all the way from the high position.

There are missing things near the fountain in the square. If you look at it the next day, the things may still be there. Even things with obvious personal style, or accessories with the logo of the Chamber of Commerce, will be returned by the security guards in person.

But as soon as he walked out to a street, only a street away, the law and order dropped rapidly at the speed of falling from a cliff.

At this time, two reliable thugs can avoid most problems. As for some exceptional problems, it is not something two thugs can handle.

In addition, Ms. Feneya also introduced to Kiel that bringing thugs can make local businessmen and shops think you are a local businessman. Even if they don’t know you, they won’t see through you as a foreigner. After the queen, the price is skyrocketing, and the money is wasted.

"Ha, fortunately I'm smart!"

Kiel said with a smile.

At this time, they were walking on the same street as the 'Fu Yu's Bean Pod' shop. The shops here were full of beautiful things, and there were all kinds of goods. It's just that most of the products are basic items, not as gorgeous as the shops opened by the Great Chamber of Commerce in the center of the town.

The shops and products here are more for local residents and small and medium-sized chambers of commerce.

But the current situation makes it difficult for small and medium-sized chambers of commerce in cities and towns to run their businesses safely, so this place is also quite depressed. Although the doors of the shops were all open, not only the shop assistants were sleeping on the tables of the shop, but even the thugs guarding the safety of the shop were listless.

At this time, the tall and mature Ms. Feneya walked over, and the thugs all looked at her without blinking.

Even Keir, who walked together, was ignored, which was outrageous.

But Ms. Feneya raised her head and neck, revealing Xin's long white neck, which still kept the thugs at the door of the shop staring at it, and gathered outside the shop to watch non-stop.

Some whispers were comparing her to the waitresses in the nearby tavern, and Madam Feneja was not shy when she heard it, and even waved at the thug who praised her for her good looks.

Keir was speechless. He just felt that this lady was able to deal with these incompetent thugs.

Moreover, Ms. Feneya also has a safe way to play with these men. It is estimated that she will become an important figure in Dorne Town in less than two years without the restraint of Barney the mountain wolf.

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They chatted all the way, and walked slowly all the way, Keel led the blood licking grass and kept an eye on the shops on both sides of the road.

Those who sell clothes don't need it.

When he destroyed the bandit's lair, the most seized from the bandit's lair were all kinds of clothes. The people who followed him dug out too many clothes, big and small, and many worn-out clothes that they couldn't look down on or take off were even thrown in the old nest and burned.

In this way, the refugee youth under Kiel, regardless of gender, can have a new suit of ill-fitting clothes. In addition to the shabby clothes they were wearing, at least in the season when the weather is getting hotter, there is no shortage of clothes.

The food store is also useless.

Not to mention the three carts full of beans that were just taken from Ms. Feneya's shop, Priest Batar can perform the truly free and priceless God-given blessings of food every day. In fact, it is not without a price, but when the blessing ceremony is performed, the price of the divine blessing has already been paid in advance, so when the subsequent priests use it again, it will appear similar to the "free" one.

Therefore, Kiel is not interested in grain stores either.

A leather goods store, Keel is slightly interested.

His elven metal shield has been used for a while, and the original decorative leather on the front of the shield has long been destroyed in the battle. Kiel even cut the tattered edge with a dagger to make it less ugly.

So if you have time, you can come here and replace his shield with a shield leather.

A blacksmith's shop, and a storefront displaying finished products in an adjacent shop.

To be honest, there is actually a shortage of a large number of metal tools that the refugees need to settle down. Logging axes, wood saws, a blacksmith's tool set, plenty of nails, shovels, rakes, plows, shears, and even kitchen knives for cooking and skinning knives for animal carcasses were missing.

Everything is missing.

The amount of metal supplies to satisfy a team of 700 people is not a small amount, and he doesn't know if the gains from handling the spoils in the past two days are enough for use. Of course, Keir didn't plan to put a lot of his property into it. This is a puddle with no clear bottom, and he knew that it was impossible to meet this amount by himself.

Maybe someone could, but at least not him right now.

Kiel stopped at the blacksmith shop for a while, and Ms. Feneya asked with a chuckle, "For those villagers who have nothing? Knight Kiel, you should think about it."

Smiling, Kiel took another step: "I know clearly, I can share my own money and the money that can be used on them. The seized goods obtained in the bandit's lair, and the money after selling those things are the only ones that can be used. is the main money spent on them."

He went on to say: "It's spring now, the most important thing is not the items that can only be used after settling down, but tents! There are also rainproof rain gear! You can't get wet in the rain anymore, although they are all young people, and the team members There is also the Saturnian priest, but if there is an illness, the Batar priest alone will not be able to handle it."

"After all, the great magic and divine power have limited influence on a single priest."

Knowing what is most needed now, Ms. Feneya took Kiel to another adjacent street, which is further away from the center of the town, so the ground is not so clean and smells suspiciously The soil was mixed with the gravel road, barely able to walk.

It's not the same as the place where the poor outside the town live. The ground sewage and dirt have flooded the gravel road, and there is nowhere to walk.

Ms. Feneya led Kiel to find a shop on this street that sells goods for camping in the wild.

'Starry sky' is the name of this grocery store, although it seems that this name is more appropriate for the astrological tower.

"It's here. Although I don't know the owner and owner of this shop, some chambers of commerce and merchants in the north of the town buy items for camping here."

Ms. Feneya walked in first, while Keel held the cash box full of coins with his left arm, and then followed. Two thugs stood guard at the door to watch over the knight's horse.

Do not follow into the shop together. This is a local rule.

The safety of the customers entering the store is entrusted to the store, and there is no need for the subordinates brought by the guests to be responsible.

Of course, it is also a local rule that the merchants have gradually figured out in the chaos. The main thing is to prevent customers from bringing too many people in and stealing the store's goods with too many people.

Shops with low value mainly use this rule to prevent poor youths from forming a group to make trouble, while shops that sell expensive goods not only meet the aesthetic requirements of the shop, but also the respective safety issues of customers and products.

The 'Starry Stars' grocery store occupies a large area. As soon as you enter, you can see camp tents of various materials and shapes packed on spacious large wooden tables.

Because the camp tents are not small in size, it is impossible to display them all in a store with limited space. Therefore, this store interestingly hires painters with average skills to paint the image of each tent unfolded on the bright grass, just like this, on the canvas, put it in a picture frame, and place it behind the packed tent.

As soon as you enter the gate, you are facing five sets of tents of various types, as well as paintings showing them. On the left and right sides are the supporting items for camping, as well as the items used in the tent.

The number and variety are far beyond Keir's imagination.

Ms. Feneya called the Kiel knight to choose the tent first: "How about letting the guy in the store introduce it to you first? Kiel knight?"

It sounds like a knight, and Kiel is a young man wearing a metal armor and a long sword on his waist. Keel, the 'big guy', explains the five types of tents they sell in their shop.

As soon as he came up, the shop clerk didn't know whether to speak first or salute first, and he froze there with a pale complexion, as if he had been dead for several days.

Ms. Feneya laughed unrestrainedly, and Kiel was also amused by the shop assistant's appearance.

He waved his hand: "No need to salute, let's get to the point. I'm here to buy a batch of camp tents. Let me introduce you."

After listening to Knight Kiel's words, the shop clerk wiped the cold sweat off his head with his hands, and stammered, he started to introduce from the left.

"This, this packed camp tent is a small tent specially provided for small caravans and loggers. It is square and can rest five people at a time. It is rainproof and has been smoked with anti-insect herbs. Within half a year, the tent Once tied down, there will be no bugs on the inner floor."

"What about after half a year of use?"

Ms. Feneya asked, she didn't understand these things, so she curiously asked instead of the knight.

Kiel also nodded, curious about the answer.

The store clerk twisted his hands together, and this time he finally spoke the answer at a normal speed: "If you can't deworm, you can take it, and we will charge you to smoke it again with herbs! It can be used for another half a year. Price, price Not expensive either."

Kiel nodded in satisfaction. Judging from the painting on the canvas, this tent is a normal tent with a white square top and large green stripes. He took off his gloves, touched the surface material of the camp tent, and found that it was dense linen soaked in oil.

Rub your fingers, it's pretty solid.

"It's a bit small. If there are more than 700 people, how many tents do we have to build?"

Ms. Feneya directly criticized it bluntly. All of a sudden, the management of the nearby store was furious, a big deal for more than 700 people! The store has not opened recently, and he doesn't want to give up this opportunity. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

But he himself didn't dare to go up to talk to him, so he kept winking at the shop clerk, asking the shop clerk to explain something.

But the tense facial muscles of this store clerk twitched, and he didn't dare to refute Ms. Feneya's words at all.

Keel laughed, and pointed to the second packed tent next to him.

"What about this? It looks a little small."

This canvas depicts a small one-person yurt. Interestingly, this tent even has soft leather windows that can be opened and closed at the height of ordinary people's shoulders.

Coupled with the use of more colorful cloth, it looks much more refined than other tents.

"My lord, this tent is prepared separately for the managers of the Great Chamber of Commerce. The captain of the guard team is also eligible to have a separate tent when camping. This is an important means for leaders, managers, and leaders to show their status."

"What about insect protection?" Keel didn't ask about rain protection. This thing must be rainproof. He was very interested in this thing because the tent he had been using was a low-rise triangular tent that he bought with random money in Kendall last year. Woolen cloth.

Although he was used to sleeping, it was troublesome to climb in and out every time wearing armor.

He rubbed his chin with his fingers, staring at the painting of the tent that showed the unfolded appearance, and kept his eyes on it.

"There is a layer of ground cloth at the bottom of the tent, which is made of the strongest linen cloth that has been soaked in insect repellant. In addition, the circular roof and the surrounding circular tents are also soaked in insect repellent. There is even a bag on the top The bark debris of bird-catching bird trees that repel insects and birds, they will emit a smell that we can't smell, and keep birds and insects away."

"Oh." Keel was very interested. He leaned over and sniffed, but he didn't smell anything.