Rise In Calradia

　　 On the road from Agol Rhombus to Veluga, a large caravan was on the way as fast as possible.

This is a caravan coming from the north. Their purpose is similar to that of Byron when he smuggled them. They all rushed to get more supplies that are now sold in the south during the war, and then bring some Rhodok’s. Specialties come back.

　　 Especially good steel and iron for making weapons and armors, as well as strong animal tendons, the nobles of Rodok are willing to buy them at twice the market price.

　　 There is no way, even if it has been prepared for half a year, but because of the continuous wars in the past few years, the armaments have been consumed too much, and this time Swadia’s massive offensive has already consumed most of these armaments. The southern velvet and various specialty products, although the huge profits are not as good as last year, are still more profitable than normal. Businessmen will not let go of this opportunity to earn high profits.

　　 The horse convoy went all the way south, passing through the border defense line of Agor Lombok. Not only did the sergeants there fail to stop them, they also sent someone to **** them some distance. Moreover, the sergeant reminded them that the trade route north of Rhodok was very unsafe recently. A group of Swadia mercenaries were running around, looting transport and caravans.

　　 The caravan leader believed him, and the Peony mercenary's deeds in the north of Rodok had spread. Since their captain received a knight award from Earl Kleis, the group has been wandering around the north of Rhodok. Because their troops have a large number of cavalry, they are highly mobile, and they rarely enter terrain that is unfavorable to them, so Rodok's border guards could not catch them for a while.

　　Many transport teams and caravans have been blackmailed or even looted by them, and the leader of his caravan naturally dare not ignore these robbers under the banner of nobles.

　　 Although they were already very cautious, they still couldn't escape the eyes of the refugees and bandits who colluded with the Peony mercenaries. These people don't care about the so-called national concept. When Byron was willing to cooperate with them and provide them with protection and share, they did not hesitate to stand by Byron's side.

　　 Byron's reputation is very good, at least he is very principled in terms of accounting. So these criminals believed Byron's words and provided them with information.

　　 The caravan was halfway there. Just one day after the escorting unit left, Byron’s cavalry surrounded their camp in the early morning.

　　 Tall military horses and war horses walked in circles around them, the cavalry's lances and spears

　　 The caravan's guards took up their weapons in a panic, trembling and forming a circle. The leader of the caravan also rushed out of the tent while wearing his coat, while his concubine was hiding in the tent, wrapping his body in a blanket with a panic expression.

　　 Byron rode on the hunting horse in horse clothes, walked to the front of the line, and cleared his throat when he watched the scared caravan guys and the timid guards.

"I am the knight von Byron of the Earl of Kleis of the Swadia Kingdom, the leader of the peony mercenaries. We have verified that you are providing King Haraus to our enemy, the cities and villages of the Rhodok Kingdom. Goods stipulated as prohibited goods. We will confiscate your prohibited goods according to law and impose a fine."

　　 "Of course, considering that this place is in the territory of Rhodok, we decided to lower the penalty. We demand that 30% of your illegal gains be confiscated, and you are required to pay 10 dinars per person for tolls."

　　 Byron’s words are very shameless. In the territory of the enemy country, there is no reason to charge the merchants who do business with the other side to tolls that are too high.

　　 But the strength of the two sides is right in front of them. Although there are many people in the caravan, there are only thirty or forty soldiers. The remaining staff horsemen with weapons, five mercenary cavalry who couldn't beat Byron's one dismounted.

　　 Before Byron's naked blackmail threat, the businessman could only choose to compromise.

　　 A whole car of Kulao is good for iron, and there are fines and tolls of up to 2500 dinars. This is already the result of this businessman's efforts to fight for it.

　　 Maybe this will make him suffer a big loss, but Byron also assured him that he won't be in trouble on the next road to Veluga.

　　 The businessman still holds hope, as long as he can safely reach the cities and inland castles in Rhodok with the remaining goods, the silver will flow into his pocket like water. Even if he paid such a huge expense, he still made a lot of money.

　　 There are so many businessmen holding this idea. They are like Byron before, risking across the border between the two countries for high profits. Relying on the smuggling of important commodities during the war period to earn high profits and realize the dream of getting rich.

　　 But after all, there are only a few people who can succeed, and most of them are big businessmen and down-to-earth members of aristocracy who already have a certain strength and background. Only they have the ability to win under the attack of bandits and already somewhat crazy refugees, and successfully reach their destination.

　　 What Byron is doing now is actually what the bandits and bandits are doing. UU reads www.uukānshu.com, but he will not do everything, so as not to be retaliated by a large group of businessmen and the forces behind them in the future. He has levied high "tolls" from the large-scale caravans he went to, and deliberately spared those small-scale caravans and individual smuggling merchants. Only if they go back alive safely and tell others about the money, Byron's "business" will be better.

While the army of the Kingdom of Swadia and the Kingdom of Rhodok fought fiercely under the city of Gruenwald, Byron took soldiers crisscrossing the border between the two countries, doing these looting, transporting troops and extorting merchants. The live of the team. They did a good job. Rhodok’s frontline supplies were once in difficulty, so that the size of Veluga’s transport force exceeded three hundred people, and they also mobilized Rhodok’s noble knights to find and Eradicate the Peony Mercenary's troops in Rodok.

　　 Facing the Biswadian heavy cavalry equipped, and the elite Rhodok knights and sergeants, Byron knew he was not an opponent, and after a week of chasing, he withdrew from the territory of the Rhodok Kingdom. According to the total losses, Byron’s soldiers were 21 fewer than when they first entered the border, not too many, but not too many.

　　 But in this month, after excluding various expenses, Byron's total silver has exceeded 30,000, and there are still many goods in his hand that have not been sold.

　　Byron once again felt the taste of being rich, and his soldiers also applied to him for vacation in batches. For more than a month, even if I had a silver coin, it would be too hard.

　　Byron also knew the difficulties of his soldiers, so he got a period of time from the marshal to repair the troops on the grounds that his troops were seriously damaged and morale needed to be repaired. He gave the soldiers a vacation and took them to Uxhall to relax.