Chapter 211

Baron garrot stared at the night blade Leopard on the floor tile and couldn't believe his eyes.

This ferocious and bloodthirsty beast is two times larger than its peers. At the end of its thick limbs, there are razor sharp claws. The snow-white and cold blade teeth extend from the mouth and are 10 cm long. From the appearance alone, it is undoubtedly a frightening and violent animal, but now it has become a cold body.

The night blade leopard twisted into a ball and hung on the ground like a broken pocket. Its dark fur was full of dried blood stains, and there were dozens of wounds, large and small. These wounds are not very deep. Turning over the bright red muscles and muscles, they are like big blood bites in garrot's heart, which makes him heartache.

"The bone is broken. It should have been hit by the Paladin with a hammer. There are too many wounds, even on the ass. I can't find a good skin." A strong middle-aged man turned the night blade leopard over and shook his head with regret.

"Vidal, don't say anything useless!" Baron garrot glared at his housekeeper discontentedly and asked expectantly, "tell me, how much else can this thing be worth?"

Vidal stood up, scratched his head with his bloody hand, and said in a rough voice, "only four ribs and two leg bones are good. He can grind two bone daggers and four bone spears, which are worth 300 gold sol. There is no problem with tendons. There are five, which are worth 500 gold sol. Leather is useless! Make a leather helmet at most, which is worth 200 gold sol. The total is no more than 1000 gold sol."

"What?! 1000 gold sol? The fierce night blade leopard that can sell 20000 gold sol is now worth 1000 gold sol? Vidal, are you wrong about pouring too much purple cane wine into the land?" Garrot grabbed Vidal's collar and roared fiercely.

Vidal seems rude, but actually smart. Although he is good at wine, he rarely makes mistakes. He is not only Garol's confidant housekeeper, but also a partner who grew up together. He has excellent leather making skills and deals with vendors all year round. This account will not be wrong. Garrot let go of the housekeeper's collar angrily after complaining.

Vidal wiped the saliva from his face and said happily, "Sir, you have to pay 2000 gold sol to the Warhammer mercenary regiment that killed the night blade leopard."

"You mean, I have to lose 1000 kinsol?" Baron garrot took two angry steps back and forth and shouted, "these bastards have ruined my good deeds. Let them go!"

"Master, when you hired someone, father miyad guaranteed it." Vidal warned.

The kingdom of Neville has many mountains, few land, barren land and rich mineral, animal and plant resources. The neville people mainly rely on mining, hunting and collecting medicinal materials for a living. They are tough, savage and aggressive. Most of them are illiterate and very unfriendly to outsiders.

The small lords in the remote areas of Neville are both aristocrats and mountain people leaders. They usually live in the rich capital, and the territory is taken care of by the housekeeper. Firstly, the king's life is very good. Secondly, they need to resist the orcs in the Northern Wilderness at any time. The most important thing is that they will rob the Sassanids under the organization of the great Lord. It is precisely because of this top-down atmosphere that the neville people are dishonest, robbery and inconvenient transportation. Over time, it has become a forbidden area for small caravans.

As Neville is an important barrier against the orcs, the church has great support for it. It not only undertakes nearly 40% of the people's livelihood materials, but also sends scholars and priests to help Neville's Lord manage the territory. Under Baron garrot's leadership, the housekeeper Vidal was only responsible for collecting offerings and transporting the output to the king's capital for sale, while father miyad was the real manager.

Garrot's leading people lived a barter life. They exchanged animal skins, herbs and minerals for living supplies from the housekeeper Vidal. Many people had not even seen copper sol, but Baron garrot needed money.

The life of King Neville is very luxurious. There are all kinds of good things, and the prices are surprisingly high. Baron garrot not only needs to buy food and daily necessities for the miners in the territory, but also to bear the expenses of family soldiers, but also to maintain a decent life for his wife and children. Money is really not enough!

A few years ago, father miyad explored an element crystal mine in the mountains. After informing garrot, he organized the people to mine it. Originally everything was going well, but I didn't expect that just a few months ago, two ferocious night blade leopards moved nearby and attacked miners, and the mine cave was abandoned. After garrot received the news, he rushed over with the army. He wanted to catch the two animals.

The production of elemental crystal is scarce, but its use is not big. Only the top knight can use it. Although the top element crystal can not be measured by money, ordinary element crystals are generally sold as gemstones after processing. Garrot doesn't really care about his element crystal mine. Before digging the top crystal, this mine can only produce a profit of 2000 kinsol a year. This money is insignificant compared with the value of the fierce beast.

The meat of violent creatures can hardly be boiled and eaten, but its bones can be made into excellent handicrafts. Tendons are the material of military heavy crossbows, and fur is even more valuable. Two ferocious night blade leopards came to the territory. In Baron garrot's eyes, it was a windfall, but it was not easy to hunt them.

The ferocious beast is fierce, cunning, perceptive and fast, and the night blade leopard is famous for its secrecy. Neville people are excellent hunters with rich hunting experience and skills, but the only way to deal with violent beasts is to block, surround and squeeze their activity space, and then let Knights go in to hunt. This would require a lot of manpower, and garrot mobilized all the manpower, but it was not enough, so he sent people to the border town of Gambis to recruit mercenaries.

Lord Neville's virtues are known to the experienced mercenaries. Although garrot offered a high price, he couldn't recruit anyone. Finally, father miyad came forward to guarantee that only three mercenary regiments accepted the entrustment.

According to the agreement, each mercenary can get 40 gold sols, and the casualty pension is 50 gold sols. If the mercenary regiment catches prey, whether dead or alive, it will reward 2000 gold sols. Garrot's abacus is very good. These mercenaries can only earn cannon fodder money. Sooner or later, two prey will fall into his hands, but he never thought that he was killed by the mercenaries and ruined a night blade leopard.

Garrot can break his promise to the mercenaries, but he dare not offend father miyad. Who let the priest feed nearly half of his neighbors and take care of his territory?

Seeing that the reward had to be paid, garrot asked painfully, "where's the other night blade leopard?"

Vidal replied, "pierced in the eye by the Horus knight, intact."

Garrot was in a better mood when he got 20000 kinsol. Then he remembered and asked, "how did the Warhammer mercenary regiment kill the night blade leopard?"

"Last night, a Warhammer mercenary took off his armor, left the fire and stood in the encirclement circle as bait. No matter how clever the beast is, the night blade leopard is the most bloodthirsty. It can't overcome its killing instinct and raided the mercenary. Who expected that the mercenary was a violent soldier and directly entangled the night blade leopard. Other people, including paladins, rushed up and ended up He killed the beast. " Vidal shook his head and said sincerely, "what a brave man! What a pity..."

Garrot was also moved Due to the difference of body structure, violent human beings are far from the opponent of violent animals. Human beings with wisdom and emotion can overcome the fear of death and dare to fight with violent animals with bare hands. This bravery makes people excited.

"How's the warrior?"

"When he was fighting, he put his hand directly into the throat of the night blade leopard and grabbed the beast's tongue, so he didn't let it run away. Fortunately, father miyad showed his magic to him in advance. People didn't die, but his hand was useless." Vidal broke the night blade leopard's mouth and showed garrot its tongue.

Looking at the obviously pulled tongue, garrot can imagine how crazy and fierce the beast was at that time, and what kind of attack the mercenary suffered. He said with regret: "such warriors... It's a pity... Give them the reward!"

"Sir, do you want someone to take the money back on the way?" Vidal made a meat cutting action, which was obscene and cruel.

Baron garrot glared at his housekeeper and shouted, "the warriors deserve respect! Give the money to the Warhammer mercenaries now and send someone to escort them back, so that those guys who don't have eyes will ruin my reputation!"

"Yes!" Vidal stood in awe, turned and walked out of the castle hall.

Before long, Vidal came back. He said to Baron garrot, "Sir, the head of the Warhammer mercenary regiment doesn't want a reward. He wants to see you."

"No reward?" Garo was very surprised, thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "if that fierce soldier hadn't been abandoned, I could still take them in. Now... Hey hey, I can't afford too many soldiers."

"Sir, they didn't say they wanted to take refuge in us, they just said they wanted to talk about a business with you." Vidal said strangely.

A cheap mercenary regiment wants to talk business with itself?!

Garrot's first thought was to catch them and whip them severely. When he saw the body of the night blade Leopard on the ground, he still said, "let's see it."

The spacious hall, the powerful guards and the Lord sitting on the main seat made wedge's forehead and palm sweat constantly.

As a businessman, wedge has seen the world, even more knowledgeable than most of his neighbors, but the most noble man he has ever seen is the mayor of his hometown, a Lord. In fact, the vast majority of freemen worked hard and never saw a real knight or nobleman, let alone a Lord. This is the first time fat wedge has entered the castle and met the Lord for the first time. He also wants to talk about a business with the Lord.

At the thought of business, fat wedge's nervous and frozen brain finally came back to life. He saluted Baron garrot deeply and respectfully.

Garrot sat on the throne of the Lord and looked obliquely at the four people under the stairs. Three of them were wearing old leather armor. One of them had his right hand wrapped in a fine linen bandage. It should be the fierce soldier fighting with the beast. The other was dressed as a civilian, with a bloated and fat figure and free eyes. He was not like a mercenary licking blood with a knife head or a dull and strong miner. Instead, he had the smell of a vendor. This made garrot's curiosity about the mercenary regiment a little heavier.

"Are you the head of the Warhammer mercenary regiment?" Garrot asked fat wedge.

"Dear Lord, I am a free merchant, the hammer leader of the Warhammer mercenary regiment." Vicky said humbly, pointing to the hammer.

"Oh." The Baron turned his eyes to the stocky hammer and asked slowly, "I heard you refused the reward just to see me?"

The hammer stepped forward, bowed and said, "Lord, our Warhammer mercenary regiment is a guard hired by boss wedge. Boss wedge wants to do business with you."

"A free merchant hired a mercenary regiment?"

Garrot sneered, "I don't care what your relationship is. If you dare to tease me, I'll reward each of you ten whips and punish you for two years of hard labor. Now, tell me what you came for!"

Fat wedge's frightened lips trembled. It is a felony for civilians to cheat the Lord. Although the crime does not end in death, if the Lord is in a bad mood, a little hint that they will take off their skin if they do not die, and the garrison priest will only turn a blind eye, keep it in mind or give a warning at most. In the face of a big man who can easily crush himself, it's strange that Wei Qi is not afraid, but in the face of profits, he has been indifferent to life and death and is not afraid.

If he put 1 million gold sol in front of wedge and bought his life, wedge would not agree, but if there was a business that could earn 10000 gold sol, wedge would dare to stab the night blade leopard in the ass with a knife, and he did.

Weiqi and Warhammer mercenaries have been out for nearly a year. In the past ten months, they have trekked nearly 3500 kilometers, passing 41 shanzhais and 12 free people camps. The team has changed from more than 40 people to 98 people now. They experienced 72 battles, large and small, and faced jackals, goblins, dog headed men and fierce beasts. 17 companions died, including a businessman who died on the way.

Along the way, the vendors kept receiving mountain goods and selling them. So far, they have earned more than 8000 gold sols. Vicky calculated that he could get 542 gold sols, which was more than he had earned in black fort town for five years. Vicky understood that his original business was a joke, and business was his future pursuit.

Weiqi and other businessmen made a total. Everyone unanimously decided to change from a businessman to a businessman. They also summarized many ways. For example, mountain goods must be sold in big cities and towns to get a good price. It is far from cost-effective to trade with merchants. The more tight the goods are, the lower the tax will be paid. Most importantly, we must hold tight to the thigh of the Warhammer mercenary regiment.

Merchants walked and sold all the way. They couldn't stop and didn't want to stop at all, but they finally stopped in the border town of Gambis and Neville. Everyone looked in Neville's direction, drooling, in a dilemma. All the refined iron arrows have been sold, and there are still 800 pounds of crude sugar left. Now there are not many things to trade with the mountain people in Neville.

In fact, these are not the main reasons why the caravan hesitated. Free traders were originally businessmen in the eastern province of Gambis. They had heard about Neville for a long time.

Neville people will never buy what they can rob and will never sell what they can't rob. In Neville, the mountain people are the leading people. Even if they have goods, they must be traded through the Lord.

Will the LORD deal with free businessmen? There is no need to think about this question. If the Lord is willing to trade with the free people, why do we have to detour? Aren't you afraid of the Lord confiscating the goods?

The Warhammer mercenary regiment stopped in the border town for 10 days and had no intention of going back at all. Vicky noticed the embarrassment of the hammer. He quietly found three regiments and had a deep talk. The hammer told him that the goods were quietly provided by a big man led by Randall. The big man put forward a request. If he wants to continue to receive the goods in Randall, he must exchange it with fire element crystal.

He didn't care about the source of refined iron arrows and crude sugar. There would always be people doing things that hurt public interests and private interests. In Heibao Town, Weiqi also helped some big people resell goods. To Wei Qi's worry, if there is no goods on the road, the business can't go on.

Obviously, Randall collar and Neville are the two ends of the trade road, and the middle cottage is the node of the trade road. It is the goods at both ends that connect the nodes. Without goods, the business road will be over. Because this trade route is secret and difficult to travel, bulk goods such as grain, wine, wood, minerals and so on can not operate at all. Only a few and refined goods such as crude sugar, salt and refined iron arrows can be maintained.

Losing Randall's crude sugar and arrows is tantamount to losing the whole business road, but if you want to keep the business road, you must open up the way of the neville people, and wedge has nothing to do about it.

Fortunately, father miyad, led by Baron garrot, went to border towns to recruit mercenaries and hunt ferocious night blade leopards. After discussion, hammer decided to leave the newcomers and traders in the town. He led the mercenary corps to accept the task and hoped to establish a relationship with Baron garrot. Weiqi volunteered and strongly demanded to participate in the action. He would do his best to promote it.

When the mercenary regiment fought the night blade leopard, wedge also rushed up and stabbed two knives, and a powerful companion paid his left hand for it. All our efforts are to meet the Lord.

The Lord is right in front of him and the trade route is in his hands. Now I just wait for myself to convince him!

Fat wedge took a deep breath, the fat on his body no longer trembled, and the whole person became enthusiastic and high spirited.

Garrot shivered somehow when he saw Vicky's hot eyes.