At the natural salt mine, the light cavalry were rushing back at a high speed.
In the white saline-alkali ground at the rear, a long dragon composed of infantry is forming a slightly curved formation, walking towards the sand dunes to the south, at a neither fast nor slow speed, seemingly calm and composed.
This is a marching mode that only elite troops have.
While ensuring the speed of marching, it can also ensure sufficient physical strength, which ordinary troops cannot do.
This demands a lot of discipline.
The 10 desert robbers worked hard, and the speed of the return journey was a little faster.
Because they all know that this army is the Gnoll expeditionary force from the Gray Mane Kingdom on the coast of Mannheim in the northern part of the Nalun Desert, with the aim of occupying their homeland and enslaving their colonial troops!
This important information must be quickly returned to the sentry oasis and reported to Lord Kant!
Starry night and journey back to catch up.
It will take at least one day to get back.
The sentry oasis is still heavily guarded. At night, there are Swadian militiamen with heavy spears and large wooden shields on their left arms, patrolling the inner side of the city wall in neat formations, ten in teams, and extremely cautious.
Especially the prisoner-of-war camps were strictly guarded.
For the more than 2,000 Wolf man prisoners, everyone will be on full night duty, and the rest time will be reduced.
Time passed slowly.
Night was gradually replaced by dawn.
"Ooooooh-"
The male sand grouse began to crow like a domestic chicken by pulling its neck, and stood on the top of its chicken coop, fluttering its wings, proudly declaring its ownership of the chicken coop below and the female sand grouse.
The fish white appeared in the sky, and it was already the dawn of the next day.
new month.
It's also a new week.
"Boom boom boom."
The wooden door of the room was knocked lightly.
Kant, who was not yet asleep, woke up quickly, opened his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"
Outside the door, a Swadian infantryman was standing there respectfully, and reported respectfully: "My lord, Mr. Joslin of Zhiwadin and his caravan have arrived."
"Well, I see."
Kant nodded, sat on the edge of the bed and quickly dressed, and at the same time ordered: "Let Manid take care of the reception."
The infantry outside the door replied: "Mr. Manid is already receiving you."
"Well done." Kant praised.
After the infantry reported, they retreated and stood on the stairs again as guards.
Kant got dressed and went down the stairs after washing up a bit.
The first floor of the executive hall.
Manid was talking with Jocelyn, the leader of the caravan, with a smile on his face, and occasionally laughed a few times. Although it was dawn before the sky was bright, the atmosphere of the conversation between the two sides was extremely harmonious.
Kant walked down the stairs, and the two stood up to salute and say hello.
"Good morning, Lord Kant."
"Morning." Kant nodded.
Sitting in his seat, with a smile on his face, he said to Jocelyn, "This month is very timely."
"No way, the Vegia kingdom is too short of slaves."
Jocelyn shrugged slightly, with a helpless smile on his face: "Master Kant, the more than 500 wolf man slaves brought back last time were snatched up by those snowfield iron mine owners in less than a day. .”
"Well, that means it's very popular, doesn't it." Kant chuckled.
"Of course." Jocelyn nodded.
Standing up at the same time, he took out the letter in his arms and put it on the table respectfully: "Master Kant, this is a letter from King Jarogerke, and I would like to express my most sincere thanks to you."
The peasant woman who was waiting on the side came over, served each of the three people a cup of water washed with date palm powder, and handed the letter to Kant.
"Let me see."
Kant tore open the envelope and looked at the beautifully painted envelope.
It's written in the Vikir script.
But he still understands.
The above is King Yarogerke expressing his gratitude, and at the same time he said some words of friendship between the two parties, with some compliments, and at the same time, he also pointed out at the end that if Lord Kant is free, he would like you to visit Zhiwading. With the most solemn national ceremony, lead all the nobles to welcome Kant's arrival.
Putting down the envelope, Kant said to the caravan leader Jocelyn, "Thank King Yarogerke for his kindness."
"My pleasure." Jocelyn nodded.
"besides."
Kant turned to Manid with a serious face and said, "You will be responsible for counting the captives, and they will all be traded to Jocelyn before morning, and it is best to settle them all before morning."
"Already counting." Manid replied.
"Very good." Kant praised.
It is not without reason that Manid is rigorous in his work and can be regarded as a business genius at a young age.
And he continued to report to Kang Dehui: "When Mr. Jocelyn's caravan came to the fortress, he had already arranged for his nephew and the infantry I sent to the prisoner camp to count those jackals. If there is no accident, according to the time Let's do the counting, we're almost done counting now."
Kant raised his eyebrows with a smile on his face: "As expected of Manid I trust."
"You praised." Manid bowed his head modestly.
The three chatted happily.
After a while, the wooden door was pushed open, and Swadian infantry walked in.
The infantryman who served as the gate guard reported in a deep voice: "Master Kant, the nephew of the merchant Joslin wants to see you."
"Let him in," Kant replied.
"Yes." The infantryman nodded, turned and walked out.
And a young man walked in quickly, it was the nephew of the caravan leader Jocelyn.
With a bit of joy on his face, he bowed respectfully to Kant in the governing hall: "Seeing you in the early morning is like seeing the sun that warms people's hearts. Good morning, my lord."
"Okay." Kant nodded.
But he looked at Jocelyn, and smiled lightly, "He didn't know how to talk like that before."
Jocelyn smiled awkwardly: "I found him a teacher in Zhiwading who taught noble etiquette. After all, he is about to lead a business team by himself. These basic etiquettes are necessary."
"That's true." Manid also nodded with a chuckle.
Kant smiled, then asked, "Have the results been counted?"
"The statistics are complete."
The young man nodded, bowed respectfully, and then reported: "There are 2,096 captives this time. Calculated at 30 dinars per person, we will pay 62,880 dinars."
"More than 60,000." Kant frowned slightly.
This is a huge sum of money!
In the game, this amount of money is not a small amount, and even the nobles will be tempted when they see it.
After all, the value of this money is enough to maintain a large elite army for several months!
"Yes, a total of 62,880 dinars."
The young man repeated.
But there was a bit of hesitation on his face, he looked up at his uncle, and said slowly: "But there are 293 Jackals captured here, and I can't tell their value, so I haven't counted them."
PS: Well, according to the latest news, Qiqi 2 has skipped tickets until 2018... Well, this urine is okay...
(end of this chapter)