Unlike the north, which is still covered with snow and ice, spring in the southern central plains comes very early. Within two weeks after the first spring rain falls, the temperature rises rapidly, and the continuous spring rain is also a symbol of the new year.
If we use the common parlance of the church, the goddess of winter, Tonia, also simply gave the authority to the goddess of spring, Errozel. In this season of spring flowers, the plants that hibernated for a winter sprouted new shoots, and the hungry animals They also began to forage, a new cycle of a year began again, all things began to recover, and new life was conceived at this golden time.
Well, let’s stop the literature and art, let’s be honest, um, let’s start with making money, since spring is here, so are business opportunities.
In this age of cold weapons, people still rely on horses and carriages to travel. The roads are frozen in winter, making it inconvenient to travel. The transportation of goods and daily necessities is slow. After a winter, every household consumes a lot and needs to supply various supplies. necessity.
Therefore, every spring is the golden time for caravans to make money, and it is acceptable to raise the price a little bit. Coupled with the huge demand, for the merchants who specialize in this line of business, the first batch of goods is an amazing profit. , and can even account for 30% of the annual income.
The Kingdom of Lagos is rich in silk, green crystal ore, red wooden staff, and clover rosemary. Among them, green crystal and clover rosemary are the casting materials for spellcasters, and the red wooden staff is very good. Staff embryos are a large number of imported commodities for the Mage Kingdom and the Baier Empire.
If there is market demand, there will be sellers. Every year at the beginning of the year, the caravan will set off on time when the last snow falls, and go to a foreign country to exchange special goods for gold coins. When it comes to the return journey, the gold coins are exchanged for the rich products of the Bayer Empire. All kinds of special products, one after another, the harvest is huge.
But like a different world, although the profit of border trade is surprisingly large, it is also very risky. If you encounter robbers and illegal officials, it is good to keep half of the goods. If luck is too bad, even military coups, wars If unforeseen factors are likely to hit, it will be lost.
But in this era, the most dangerous thing is still to be taken by a "lord". After all, no matter how big a businessman is, he can reach neighboring countries. As long as there is a reason for the past to eat the wealth of foreign businessmen, For some big nobles, it is simply a free breakfast.
The practitioners who do business that ordinary people dare not do are naturally not ordinary people. Those who dare to engage in border trade are often not easy to mess with. They either have extremely hard backgrounds, or are even implicated in various royal families, and they are not afraid of extortion by ordinary lords. , or you have the power to protect yourself, or keep a mercenary group in captivity. After all, the only ones who can protect yourself when you go out are those trustworthy combat powers that you hold in your hands.
The principals of the Vicky Chamber of Commerce are not inherited nobles, but obviously the latter. Although their Chamber of Commerce is only a new chamber of commerce that has just risen for no more than 20 years, due to the painstaking management of previous generations of family owners, they basically took over the Bayer Empire Anlisuo. The route of the Chamber of Commerce from the city to the settlement city of the Kingdom of Lagos, their private mercenaries are no worse than the army of the little lord, but this year, the situation is a little different.
"... It seems that we can only hope that we will not lose money this time."
As one of the top executives of the Chamber of Commerce, Cindy Vicky has been running this route for nearly 30 years at the age of 46. However, unlike in the past, the domestic situation in the Bayer Empire has been cloudy recently, and various rumors have continued.
Businessmen have an innate sensitivity to crises, and in their eyes, when there is major upheaval within a country. There will naturally be problems with the economy, and recently, there have been many rumors of strange monsters and undead within the Bayer Empire, which has greatly reduced the caravan between the two countries.
He saw the tense situation that was about to come, and was anxious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. Many orders were placed last year, and some old customers for decades could not be offended at all. The business had to leave.
In an extraordinary time, the chairman of the Vicky Chamber of Commerce was willing to spend a lot of money to hire two large mercenary groups that ranked in the top ten of the Lagos Kingdom, and also asked them to send high-level elite combat power at the head level.
As a result, the strong players came. The "Starfall Sword" Yost of the Solo Eagle Mercenary Group and the "White Dragon" Carogil of the Northern Horn Mercenary Group were all very famous powerhouses, and they also brought them with them as promised. His elite subordinates, but I am afraid that the income this time is not enough to pay the employment fee.
"Don't really run into trouble, especially don't run into those undead souls..."
If the hired mercenary does not fight, according to the usual commission, it is enough to pay only 80 or 90 percent of the commission, and it will not pay a high consolation fee due to the loss.
"Lord Cindy, why do you always frown, the weather is really good today, you can walk more, at least be happy."
In Cindy's eyes, this blond boy with a smile on his face was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but after a little in-depth communication, Cindy found that he still felt that he couldn't see through this young man named Luo Luo.
He seems naive and foolish, but in fact he is very talented in business.
This is the silver coin mercenary group of strange members who took the initiative to come to the door and offered a super low price for the employment fee. It turns out that they thought too much, they just planned to hitch a ride, the so-called door-to-door service was just a cover up, but the real purpose was to make a small fortune through their huge fleet.
Originally, this kind of hitchhiking was a bit of a taboo and generally would not be accepted, but when the other party exposed the true meaning of "hitchhiking" than himself, he frankly admitted that he was not, and also took advantage of the situation and offered to pay a considerable sum of money to the chamber of commerce. For a considerable "toll".
"... This batch of Wenluo wine must be delivered. Now the world is not peaceful. We dare to go on the road alone with our small stature. We will pay, and if there is any trouble, many people will also help."
Of course, if they were able to walk together in the end, I really don't know if the private thank you money to Cindy had any effect.
"By the way, Captain Luo Luo, can you talk about the relationship between bank borrowings and market prices that you said yesterday? I still didn't understand some things yesterday. For example, if I could talk to the bank..."
For Cindy, who has been in business for half his life, the gains in the past few days have been exceptional. Although this person is young, he is worthy of being a world-famous mage for his wisdom. , should be collectively referred to as finance. His personal views are completely different from those of the world. Although he is deviant, he thinks about it carefully, but he has a scheming idea, which is quite reasonable.
Change to a lower level. At this time, when I see Cindy who is talking about business, I regret why I used to talk about those messy financial maxims.
"Originally, I wanted to pretend that a businessman joined the group, and said a few words about the economic theory of my previous life. Who would have thought that I would take it seriously and not say it, but I was still very interested in asking to the end. I am a law major and I am not interested in the economy. Knowing it so clearly, when you are questioned, you can only talk nonsense."
How to make a lie as true as the truth, just put one lie in another lie that is easy to see through, and let the "smart people" expose the "false" and find out the "truth" they want.
It was a pleasant surprise to meet Cindy's caravan, but it's not easy to get into the heavily guarded caravan. If we take the initiative to recommend ourselves, most of them will be rejected. If we show our strength, it will make the other party suspect. There would be no conspiracy, so I simply bought a batch of wine, made a fake order, and pretended to be a mercenary peddler who wanted to save money.
As a result, the headache now is that the camouflage was too successful, and the few words he said casually were regarded as treasures by the businessman in front of him.
"Shh, that's forbidden."
Well, since I don’t know how to answer, let’s take it as a secret I don’t want to tell. Although the answer and lines made by me are not cute at all, the result is that the other party pays more attention to me, from frontal attack to sideways detour, Every day I talk to me, just to try to get out a little bit for the idea.
And today is the third day of departure. This guy actually met him in the morning and started asking questions. Just as I was about to continue to fool around, suddenly, the noise from the rear of the team and the sound of swords clashing attracted our attention. .
"Are you here again?"
We are a little helpless. There is no first and no second, and our peers are enemies. Another side effect of joining the caravan in the name of the adventure group is the hostility and dissatisfaction of the other two mercenary groups in the caravan.
"We have already taken the escort mission. Originally, it was very uncomfortable for the two large mercenary groups to share the mission reward equally. What do you guys mean by jumping out?"
Even though I have already said that I will not rob them of commissions, sometimes doing this is just a matter of arguing. Several mercenary groups have provoked quite a few times in the past two days. According to the usual practice, if we take a loss, we will end up with a loss, but even if I They have been asked to play a few times to show their enemy's weakness, but none of them are fuel-efficient lamps. They promise to commit crimes behind their backs. The last time they have tossed those mercenaries so hard. Face back, but the result is more and more disadvantaged again and again.
And now, it is undoubtedly another dispute caused by an "accident".
Suddenly, a purple starlight shadow appeared over the camp, and the source of the traction was the place where the crowd was full of voices.
"...Then it should be the epic magic weapon Starfall Sword that Commander Yost is famous for. He is indeed a weapon master of the golden rank, so terrifying power. It seems that the master has already taken it seriously, eh? Captain Luo Luo doesn't seem to be worried about his own injuries at all?"
I smiled wryly and shook my head.
"Worry, of course I'm worried, just worried about that star meteorite sword. Let's go, go and see, hope nothing happens... Damn, that idiot actually challenged Xiaohong! Cindy, you brought a coffin with you right? , I'll buy a pair, oh, no, the coffin probably won't be used, do you have a tombstone?"
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While Roland and his party were still on the road, the Bayer Empire's surprise attack plan encountered an unexpected little trouble.
Under the full drive of many obsidian ghost towers, the artificial death plane settlement has indeed succeeded, and a large number of low-level undead have been created, but in a world full of negative energy, even the horizon has turned gray. In the monotonous world, there is a piece of green that is very eye-catching.
"Haven't you figured out what that is? Damn it, how could there be a forest there. It actually takes the initiative to attack the forest of the undead."
Lich Ailu originally thought it was a very simple task, just to control a large number of low-level undead to slaughter unsuspecting humans, but the sudden appearance of a strange forest made his actions far behind expectations, remembering the undead emperors for failure. The cruel treatment of the person, even if he was unconscious, he still felt a chill down his spine.
"Sir, there are more and more strange plants in that forest, and the forest has begun to spread, and the most incredible..."
The voice of the blood clan Kaka in the black robe is getting smaller and smaller, it seems that there is speculation, but it is a little uncertain.
"What is it? Say it!"
"It feels like the recently popular board game Zombies vs. Plants. The types of those plants are all found in the pieces! I'm a veteran player, so I can tell at a glance."
"And those plants are specially made for the undead. Those pea shooters can actually fire holy light bombs, those magic vines can actually extract the power of death, and those plant bombs actually contain holy water. I feel that this forest is simply the natural enemy of the undead. ."
Ailu was stunned for a moment, but then became furious, and the big hand of ice shaped by magic grabbed the hapless vampire.
"What? Our undead army has become someone else's game? We are now playing a monkey game in the eyes of others?"
The furious lich remembered the result of not completing the mission, and let the high-level undead around him retreat quickly, only the hapless, pale, frozen man desperately tried to save himself.
"Sir, since the opponent's arms are common in the game, we can also think of ways to deal with the opponent from the game."
Touching the chin with only bones left, the Lich Ailu nodded.
"for example?"
The unlucky blood clan tried their best to use their brains and just found a few ways.
"For example, burrowing zombies, flying zombies, and iron barrel zombies. Plants can only defend one side. We can let the air force go on, and we can also take a detour. There are many ways."
"Well, um, not bad! You lead the team."
Well, even dying in battle is better than being executed by the boss, and the bloodline Kaka, who wanted to cry without tears, set off immediately with a new batch of undead army.
But the result remains the same.
"Flying? Dandelion bombs floating in the air are waiting for you."
Escape? The roots of magic vines and enchanted plants have long created a deadly network of soul-snatchers.
Putting on protection for the undead? The super-giant piranha that suddenly protruded its head from the ground devoured everything.
Take a detour? This reality is not a game, the mountains are full of forests, and there is a way to find a way back.
But the lucky (unfortunate) Kaka miraculously survived. He was devastated and only had half his breath left, but looking at the cyan fire of soul burning in Ailu's eyes, he suddenly felt that it would be better if he didn't come back. it is good.
"Hehe, what else are you going to say?"
"Sir, you can't blame us for being incompetent. That guy cheated. Those arms are rare. If you have to repeatedly draw tens of thousands of gold coins, you may not get one. He actually has all of them. This is simply a gold coin player bullying our civilian players. Too much. !"
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, the senior game fanatic was frozen into ice cubes, and Ailu, who was full of anger, glanced at his subordinates, but only saw one by one dodging eyes. In the end, he could only helplessly give command.
"The whole army will attack, and let the ghost tower continue to arouse the new undead. We will fight with him and see who can afford it. The will of the great emperors must be implemented, otherwise... you all understand."