To say that the liveliest, most dynamic and most chaotic place in Wildfire Town is the "black street".
Black Street is not an official name. In fact, both the Byzantine Empire and Odin once occupied Wildfire for a very short time, so short that it was too short to register all the streets and buildings in Wildfire - compared to The more ignorant Odins have not even counted the population at all.
Black Street is a conventional name, and it is located on the street closest to the outer periphery in the west of Wildfire Town. This street was originally very wide, and it was the widest street in the town. It could have accommodated two carriages running side by side. This kind of road, let alone in such a backcountry, is hard to find, even in the developed Byzantine Empire. Standard in some big cities.
However, what was just said was that it "would have" been able to accommodate two carriages side by side - if the street hadn't been filled with so many vendors taking up the road.
Here are all the weird stuff from all over the continent, anything you can't imagine, you can find it here.
Of course, if you want to buy something, no matter how rare or weird, as long as you come to this black street in Wildfire Town and put up a sign for buying, it will take less than half a day at most, there will be a few A sneaky guy in a dirty robe, with a faceless face, came to ask you how much you were willing to pay.
These people are not liars, nor beggars. But some mercenary tribe contacts.
On the wildfire plains, there are many large and small tribes, there are even thousands of people in the big ones, and hundreds of people in the small ones. Some of these tribes work as mercenaries, but more are gangs of thieves.
These tribes, it is difficult to distinguish whether they are mercenaries or thieves - it depends on their mood.
The Byzantines have a saying, the difference between a mercenary group and a thief group is: "If you hire mercenaries as bodyguards, then you can pay after the fact. If they suddenly feel bad, they will not only take your money, but also pay. By the way, they will rob you too - at this time, they are the thieves."
Of course, this saying was strongly resisted by the Wangdu Trading Guild, because the trading guild has repeatedly stated that only those registered mercenary groups are legal and regular. These regular mercenary groups are law-abiding. Those who are both servants and thieves are all those illegal black gangs.
But it was these black gangs on the wildfire that helped people a lot. They dare to take on any job, and they are willing to do any job!
If you pay enough money, they even dare to do a lot of life-threatening business! For example, to capture dwarf slaves, those regular mercenary groups will not do it, but these black gangs... Hey, how much are you willing to pay
Although the natural environment is harsh, it has to be said that wildfires were originally a place with high business opportunities! This was the buffer zone between Byzantium and the Odin Empire, and the only trade route between the two empires. Odin's business group, the Byzantine business group, if they want to do business in the other country's country, they must pass through here.
The vast, geographically harsh wildfire plains are full of dangers. Just north of Wildfire Town, is the Blue Basin on Wildfire Plains—the turf for the grumpy, fierce, and withdrawn dwarves. If you are a human caravan, it is best not to approach there, otherwise, maybe in a few days, your skull will be made into lacquerware and hung on the shelves of a store in Black Street.
Only a very small number of business groups that have established trust with the dwarves can approach the dwarves' territory and do some trade with them.
If the dwarves are still abiding by the rules (as long as you don't pass, they will basically not provoke you), then the goblins are the real headaches. These guys are like ground mice, breeding in a nest in the northern part of the wildfire, these things are the real robbers - they rob everything, eat, wear, and use. Even, they eat everything.
If you are unlucky enough to be caught by them, congratulations.
Your flesh will be dried to dryness, your bones will be ground into powder for soup, and your hair will be woven into blankets by those goblins! All in all, goblins have a very good quality that even humans lack: economy and simplicity!
Cross-country fire trade is very dangerous, but also very profitable!
Excellent armor and weapons, horses, cattle and sheep, ores, works of art made by the Byzantine Empire...
The finest furs, all kinds of crystals, and all kinds of sculptures produced by the Odin Empire in the north (it's ironic! Odin people have always been synonymous with rudeness and ignorance, but it is this ignorant country that has the world's most intelligent The carving craftsmanship of the Byzantine Empire has made the carving artists of the Byzantine Empire unable to lift their heads. However, in order to express disdain, the Byzantines explain this: those Odins, all their lives are divided into three parts: three One-third of the time is spent fighting, one-third of the time is spent mating, and one-third of the time is spent carving idols and praying.)
However, these businesses can only be done by those big business groups with extremely strong strength.
And if those small caravans want to do this kind of business, first of all you have to put your head on the belt of your trousers.
Of course, in the face of huge profits, there are many people who are willing to die. At least half of the guys who came to Wildfire Town came with the dream of making a fortune.
And every once in a while, there are always one or two lucky people who have survived the wildfire to the other side's country, succeeded in trade, and became rich overnight. This has stimulated more people to come to Wildfire with their dream of making a fortune.
There is a saying on the Wildfire Plain: Go outside the town, take a shovel, and shovel a shovel of soil in the wild, and buried underneath are the bones of adventurers.
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When Xia Yaleiming walked into the black street, his back was straight, mainly because he had already filled his stomach—thanks to that fool and liar from out of town.
The black street is no different from the past, except that the band of thieves that occupied Wildfire Town a few days ago was driven away, and now there are soldiers from a mercenary group patrolling the road. For this kind of thing, people in Wildfire Town are used to it. And these newly occupied mercenary groups are very disciplined and have not increased the tax rate.
By the way, the tax rate in Wildfire Town is very simple, there is only one tax here: the town tax! No matter who you are or what status you are, when you enter the city, you must pay a coin tax per head.
Apart from that, there is no business tax or any other taxes here.
When Xia Yaleiming entered the city today, he handed the last copper plate in his pocket to the soldier at the city gate.
So, if he can't find a job and make some money today, then he's really going to join the beggars...
The crowds on the black street are crowded, and the shops and stalls on both sides are arguing and shouting from time to time... The people here are sturdy, and most of the people who dare to travel thousands of miles to this kind of place are not good people - so, in Wildfire Town There are no good people. These tough guys are like swearing even when they bargain.
Occasionally some drunks were thrown out of the roadside taverns and thrown into the rubbish heap in the corner.
There are also some dubious-looking guys sneaking through the crowd, and these people are doing goldfinger (thieves) work.
Luckily, none of the Goldfinger would have paid attention to Char's thunder—he looked worse than a beggar.
Xia Yaleiming followed the trend of people, looking around, looking for a job that could make money. His idea was very simple, first of all, he had to make some money. His plan was to make a cameo at the witcher's job first.
The witcher, and the hunter, are two different professions. Although the work they do is generally similar, the objects they hunt are different.
Hunters, you can fight rabbits, foxes, pheasants, coyotes, etc., as long as you can shoot arrows and set traps.
But witchers hunt only one thing: monsters!
Originally, when the old guy was alive, Xia Leiming was forbidden to hunt monsters, but Xia Leiming didn't want to be a turtle hunter nesting in the mountains all his life. The life of a witcher is full of adventure, excitement, and earning money, which is what young people yearn for.
Therefore, he has secretly done this kind of deeds several times without the knowledge of the old guy, and has also successfully hunted down some monsters, but unfortunately, he has never saved any money, and most of his income has been turned into alcohol and filled into his home. The belly of two alcoholics.
Finally, Xia Leiming found a target.
At the end of the black street, there is a sign hanging on the door of a small shop.
"I want to buy a beast cub with a lot of money..."