Rise In Calradia

　　 "Hello, sir, I think you need to get to know me."

　　 In the tavern, I saw Byron, and a man dressed in brown leather and looking like a businessman took the initiative to find Byron.

　　 "It's nice to meet you, I think the mayor said that the person doing "special business" is not you."

　　Byron stopped and smiled.

　　 A sly look flashed in the opponent's eyes, and then nodded, motioning Byron to sit down and talk.

　　 Actually, Byron came to him. Those responsible for taking prisoners in the war, demanding ransoms from their families, or doing some slave trading, would offer a good price to Byron's prisoners.

　　 This is the mayor’s proposal. Although Fatis said a little bit about it, Byron accepted it.

　　 It is a very cost-effective business for Byron to exchange the robber captives who wasted their food and not difficult to hire into silver coins.

　　 "Introduce myself, my name is Henry Malone, the ransom broker."

　　 The other party introduced himself.

　　 "Von Byron, you can call me Byron."

　　 Byron replied, took a sip from the wine glass, the environment here is good, but the wine is not as good as Palavin’s.

　　 "I have heard of you, your reputation in this land is better than that of noble lords." Byron laughed.

"A ransom broker is not an easy job. You need to write down the family crest of every famous family on the mainland, and every unexplainable branch of offspring. Accurately judge the value of each individual and see through some pretenses made to save money. "

"My colleagues are all over the mainland, and I am one of the more famous ones. Please rest assured that our reputation is absolutely good. Even those noble lords who are noble and noble will occasionally pass our hands when paying each other ransom. There are even people here with us. Save a sum of money so that we can vouch for them in case of an accident so that they will not be treated miserably."

　　 The ransom broker did not directly discuss business with Byron, but carefully introduced his business scope.

"It sounds so good, you are really an indispensable part of this disputed continent. But you are the ransom-broker, right, I have a few prisoners who are not needed here, but you can learn from these desperadoes What do you get? Someone will pay them a ransom?"

　　 In order to clarify as much as possible the operation process of these people's trading, Byron asked a few more questions.

"There will always be. You never know what kind of wealth you can find in a farmer’s cowshed. If they have a family, we will scare them with slave boats and life in the mines. Maybe they will. We are ruined for this, but we will get a fortune."

　　 "Even if you can't find it, those private mines and quarries always need new labor. Our purpose will not let ourselves lose money. Then, for these prisoners..."

　　 "I have another question, if I am captured, how can I redeem myself?"

　　 "That's why we have to cooperate, right?"

　　 Malone gave a strange smile, showing his two pairs of sharp fangs.

"I have done a lot of business. Someone captured the enemy and sold it to me. After paying the ransom, the enemy captured that person and gave it to me. Anyway, we will always be friendly to those who do business with us, so we There is always business, and no one will make our minds."

　　 "But you still have to make sure that you have a deposit that you can take out at any time, and that you hide a very proper dinar or valuable thing, and let a trustworthy trusted friend take it out. In this way, we can cooperate happily."

　　 "So, can we talk about business? Mr. Byron?"

"certainly."

　　 After the talk, Byron took Malone to meet the prisoners. After talking with the prisoners, Malone calculated their value.

　　 "Four people, my price is one hundred dinars. Pay in cash."

　　 "One hundred dinars, I can buy a better horse."

　　 Byron was a little bit emotional, but also a little disappointed. In the game, a green forest bandit can sell for 60 dinars.

　　 But in reality you can take off their equipment, and these equipment are also worth a lot of money.

　　 "No way, this is the difference between aristocrats and common people."

　　 Malone shrugged, took out a small bag from his arms and counted the silver coins from the inside.

　　 "You can dispose of the captive farmer at will, feed them horse feed, let them live in a stable, and blackmail a cow from their family."

"But if the opponent is a knight or a famous warrior or a mercenary captain, you have to give him room and board at the hotel and treat him like a guest. However, they will also pay a substantial ransom, enough to make you penniless. The literati live a decent life in the city."

"And those nobles, it will take a few months to raise the ransom, the amount is enough to buy a luxurious manor, or to arm an army. But you have to treat them very politely, call them adults, and make them enough Decent."

　　 "If, I mean, if the king is captured for a ransom, then the gold in the treasury will be emptied, and the queen will sell her dressing table, haha..."

　　 Malone handed the silver coin to Byron. He said that it was just a whim, but Byron had some thoughts in his heart.

　　 One day, those noble lords will surrender to him and pay him a ransom.

　　 With this idea, Byron sent Malone back to the tavern. On the way, he chatted while thinking about his gains from this battle.

　　 The five prisoners were exchanged for 300 dinars, and the weapons and equipment that were captured, including three pieces of lock armor and two iron helmets, as well as several sets of leather and soft armor. There are a lot of swords, but they are not sharp and not very valuable.

　　 After giving the blacksmiths the cost of repairing the useless weapons and leather armor as the team's equipment, the money earned from the equipment is left with a handful of copper.

　　Medical expenses, supplies, taxes, and other expenses, Byron estimated that when he left Uxhal, he would have 610 dinars left.

　　 And this is the situation where Byron did not pay the salaries of the team members and the pensions of the dead soldiers. But this is not a hurry, just pay together at the end of the month.

These hired soldiers get 8 dinars a month, which is higher than the salary of ordinary infantry in the army. It is very difficult for them to get this money from farmers, not to mention that Byron also has total points. Loot. So even if the risk is so great, the soldiers are willing to follow Byron.

　　 "Thank you for your company, Mr. Byron, I believe we will have a lot of business in the future. We will not stay in one place forever, but I mainly stay in the big cities of the kingdom. It is not difficult to find me."

　　 When he arrived at the tavern, Mark’s men took the captives away, and he himself happily said goodbye to Byron.

　　 But before leaving, Marco asked Byron Y a question.

　　 "Do you have your own logo?"