Chapter 325

"That's what mercury knows about the masked brotherhood."

After barrol finished, he sat down under the long table. On his right was old John. Opposite the long table were Nelson, hammer and Kidd. Victor sat on the main seat of the long table with Lilia beside him.

At this meeting, victor will adjust the development strategy of smuggling network, launch the concept of gold merchant group and discuss it in detail. Everyone in the meeting room played an important role in Victor's plan.

Barol controls the secret spy organization mercury. In addition to collecting intelligence for the Randall family, his job is actually to serve the smuggling network. Including buying gangs everywhere, allowing villains and hooligans to transfer private goods, protecting free traders in the gold regiment, and occasionally part-time assassins to eliminate those who are not obedient.

Old John managed the free people merchants of the gold regiment, controlled the public carriages of key routes, and supervised the financial situation and goods allocation of the gold regiment.

Hammer and Kidd, on behalf of the smuggling caravan, are responsible for maintaining secret trade routes and stronghold nodes, recruiting mountain hunters and free civilian mercenaries, transporting goods and contacting the territory and villages related to the stronghold.

The Nelson brothers and sisters are the number two figures of Randall family. Except for the alchemy tower and the wizard imosen, Victor doesn't hide from them the size and personnel arrangement of Randall's leadership and smuggling network. When Victor leaves the territory, Lilia and Nelson must ensure that the Randall family and the golden regiment continue to operate.

Everyone in the conference room was Victor's first group of followers. They experienced the ant disaster together. When they took refuge in Heibao Town, they refused the solicitation of the York family and resolutely returned to the impoverished Randall collar. They also knew the existence of elite guards. Their fate is closely linked to the Randall family and can be called Victor's confidant.

The closed door meeting further strengthened the people's positioning of themselves. Old John took out the momentum of humiliating his ministers to death and said angrily, "if the mask blocks the family's wealth, we can't let them go!"

Victor looked sideways and asked, "Nelson, what do you think?"

Nelson smacked his mouth, put his strong arm on the table, looked inward, and the deep part of his eyes shone like glaze stone. He said, "that guy of Rusa has competed with me, and his strength is very good. Masked shadow soldiers can assassinate Rusa directly, and then retreat under the encirclement of mercury..."

"He lost an arm and finally fell into our hands." Barrow corrected.

"But he alone faces a group of elite guards. He lurks, raids, kills, kills and escapes. His force, skills, will and adaptability are first-class. If he is single to single, the elite guards may not be the opponent of shadow soldiers." Nelson said stiffly.

Victor said: "wisdom and experience are also part of combat effectiveness. Elite guards are really not the opponent of shadow soldiers. Nelson, you continue."

"Yes." Nelson touched his head, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "the two blood guards jointly killed graka in the dense forest. Their strength is close to the junior trainee knight. If it comes to practical combat experience, most of the noble young masters promoted by washing medicine are not the opponents of the blood guards."

"The elite mercenaries trained in masks can't be underestimated!"

Nelson slapped his chest and made a loud bang. The long table jumped. Lilia lost her face. When she saw that her brother was safe, Liu Mei immediately stood up and scolded, "do you have a fever? Hit yourself if you have nothing!"

"No force... No force..." Nelson awkwardly picked up the coffee cup rolling on the table and continued: "My body is strong enough that the family guard can't hit me with a hammer, but if I stand still, the tusk soldiers of York family will stab me with a fine iron spear, which will seriously hurt and even kill me. As long as the knight doesn't step into the silver steps, he can't resist the stabbing of elite soldiers. However, the knight has stronger strength, faster speed, advance and retreat freely, and can't stand up The unity of mind can kill several ordinary soldiers face to face, and everyone mistakenly thinks that ordinary soldiers are weak. However, don't forget that ordinary soldiers can kill ogres! Knights who make mistakes in battle may also die in the hands of elite soldiers. "

"The strength of the masked mercenaries is stronger than the tusk soldiers of the York family. If the battle outside Xiangye town takes place in the open land during the day, the loss of mercury is definitely more than two elite guards!"

"What I want to say is that masked mercenaries have the ability to kill elite guards!"

Nelson breathed out and said: "The elite guards of the family are simple and powerful, but they are not flexible enough. They are good at field warfare, but not at street warfare between gangs. To tell the truth, our mercenaries are not good at dealing with villains in the town. Outside the tavern in the town, some mercenaries were mugged, poisoned and stabbed to death by daggers... Those bastards carry a dagger and walk in the street. We can't tell who is The enemy. "

"People in the masked brotherhood are good at this kind of thing. Barol, if the shadow soldiers kill the backbone of mercury, what about the remaining elite guards? If you all hide, who will command the elite guards to identify the enemy? Masked mercenaries disguise themselves as ordinary people and assassinate the elite guards, they are also very likely to succeed."

Barrow thought for a moment and sighed, "Lord Nelson is right. What mercury lacks is not elite guards, but ordinary killers. The masked Brotherhood has almost no weakness."

Kidd couldn't help but say, "do you just admit defeat? If the mask kills Gambis, do we have to shrink back?"

"Of course not!"

Nelson laughed and said, "my Lord, the masked Brotherhood has unique training methods, some of them are thugs. We entangle with them in the town and kill them endlessly, then we will lose too much."

"I mean, just let me lead the team to the Eastern League, take off the masked training camp, and take back all the training methods of elite soldiers, shadow soldiers and blood guards!" Nelson's eyes showed "fierce light" and showed his true face.

This guy is thinking about the secret of the masked brotherhood.

"Save it. You can't get a mask so close. Why are you going to the Eastern League? Die? Do you know where the mask's nest is?" Victor glared at Nelson.

Barol stood up and said, "Sir, I think Lord Nelson is right. I can check the nest of masks..."

"Right fart!"

Victor said angrily, "do you think all the elite soldiers are thorn kidney beans? They grow and grow? The number of shadow soldiers and blood guards will only be less. Mercury hurts and mutilates the mask, so they naturally want to retreat to their nest."

Barol bowed and said, "my Lord, I'm confused."

"You're not confused." Lilia muttered and rolled her eyes at Nelson. "Bad idea!"

The great Knights of the York family generally recognized Nelson as a fierce warrior of the silver class, and his reputation in the Randall family was only as good as that of the Lord. The old spy was too weak to offend Victor's top general and Mrs. Lilia's brother. If Nelson wants to go to the East, he will follow him. If we can find a nest of mask, we will not has the final say of mercury.

Lilia could understand barrol's intentions, and Victor was surprised. He smiled and asked, "tell me, why is it a bad idea?"

"The masked Brotherhood has a deep water. On the surface, there is the background of Lord Borui. I don't know how many forces support them. However, no matter how strong the masked strength is, they can't do their best in the Dodo territory. As long as we show our strength stronger than them, the masked will retreat after several losses. But if we kill the masked nest, they will do their best Counter attack, even if we can swallow the mask, the loss will not be small, and maybe the whole army will be destroyed. " Said Lilia.

"Well said." Victor patted Lilia's little hand and said to Nelson, "the building is crooked by you."

"My Lord, what do you mean 'the building is crooked by me'?" Nelson looked confused.

"I didn't call you to discuss the elimination of the masked brotherhood." Victor waved his hand and said, "our strength is not as good as the mask. The mask is blocking our way now. We can only move it away first, that's all. In the future, our strength will be stronger and stronger enough to meet any challenges!"

"Barol, does mercury have any countermeasures for the current situation?"

Barrol first saluted Lilia and said: "Madam, what you just said is right. The mask and mercury can't see the light and can only compete secretly. At this time, the local gangster forces become the focus of both sides. Mercury can hide behind the scenes, intimidate or bribe the local villains to spy on the location of the mask and remove it one by one. Of course, the mask will do the same. Therefore, this underground war is about money and contacts. ”

"Mercury needs elite guards and a lot of money!"

"How much do we have?" Victor asked Lilia.

"There are 110000 gold sols on the book."

Lilia gritted her teeth, turned her face to the other side and said angrily, "these money are useful. Pinghu Town is still expanding, and there will be a military parade and Carnival soon, which will cost a lot of money. The taxes paid to the royal family this year will also be prepared... In short, there is no money!"

Victor shrugged his shoulders, spread out his hands and looked helpless. "You see, we are very poor." Everyone laughed and Lilia was ashamed. Victor stood up and said with a smile: "fortunately, my wife Sophia is very rich, and the mask is aimed at her, so she pays money and contacts. We are responsible for cutting off the hand of the mask and spreading the smuggling network to the Dodo Kingdom and the Sassanian Empire."

"Good idea!" Nelson exclaimed.

Victor smiled and said, "but Sophia is Sophia and Randall is Randall. Our purpose is to make money for the family. How should we make money?"

"Selling smuggled goods!" Cried old John.

"That's right." Victor nodded and said, "coffee is an element friendly drink, which can make people clear headed and quick thinking. It can even help Knights resonate with the fire element, and snow sugar can effectively supplement the physical strength of scholars. Coffee and snow sugar are favored by palace nobles and knights."

"The price of a pound of coffee and five pounds of snow sugar is 40 gold sols in the king capital of Gambis, 60 gold sols in the kingdom of Dodo, 80 gold sols in the kingdom of Sasan, 60 gold sols in the kingdom of Neville and Al, 80 gold sols in the kingdom of SUS, and 100 gold sols in the richest kingdom of Borui!"

"There are 60000 pounds of coffee and 200000 pounds of snow sugar in the warehouse of the hill camp. The Randall family can produce 20000 pounds of coffee and 150000 pounds of snow sugar every year. If each coffee is accompanied by snow sugar, I sell 10 gold sol. How much will the Randall family have?"

Nelson quickly counted his fingers, and Lilia said angrily: "do you still need to count? 600000 gold sols, and 200000 gold sols every year!"

There was a sound of swallowing saliva in the conference room. Lilia, with stars in her eyes, took Victor's hand and said coquettishly, "honey, why don't you sell so much coffee and snow sugar? I thought the output of coffee was only 800 pounds a year."

"If I let go of the sale, all the major caravans will break their heads." Victor said with a smile, "but I don't want to make money for outsiders. I'd rather let you make money. And the gold group is a tool to make money for everyone."

"Old John, did Nelson talk to you about the golden regiment?"

Old John bowed and said, "yes, sir."

Victor nodded and said, "every free merchant who cooperates with the smuggling caravan can join the gold group, but there are two conditions. First, he must pay a franchise fee of 500 gold sol. Second, he must subscribe for two public carriages within three years, and then subscribe for one year by year until I am satisfied."

"The merchants of the golden group have the right to sell crude candied fruit and coffee snow sugar. Only one in each town and no more than five in each main city. The purchase price of coffee snow sugar is no more than 30 gold sol and the selling price is no less than 40 gold sol, which should be adjusted according to the transportation distance."

Old John asked, "Sir, what if they don't want to subscribe for the carriage?"

"Only let them out."

Victor shook his head and sighed: "free civil and commercial talents who operate public carriages will be protected by the church. In fact, this is the benefit delivered by the gold merchant group to the church. When we master enough public carriages, the church will become our strong support, and the smuggling trade can change from darkness to light." After a moment of silence, he said sternly, "you don't need to know or inquire about the reason, otherwise there will be big trouble."

Holy pool is related to the secret of the clergy. Father Miller repeatedly asked Victor to keep it secret. He didn't want to change the resident priest, so he naturally had to keep his mouth shut. The crowd did not dare to ask more, but nodded again and again.

Victor paused and said to hammer and Kidd: "The smugglers' caravan is divided into two groups: the pioneer group and the private business group. I will bear all the profits and losses of the pioneer group. It is equipped with 15 elite guards, 40 mercenaries and 20 camel antelopes to explore unfamiliar business routes. The private business group is responsible for mature routes. It is equipped with 5 elite guards, 60 mercenaries and 60 pack antelopes. The private business group will never lose money if it has coffee and snow sugar. The purchase price is 10 gold sol each, and the export price depends on the shipment price It depends on the cost, but let the vendors make money. "

"I see."

The hammer nodded heavily. Kidd hesitated and said, "Sir, the more goods the private business group takes, the more money it makes. I suggest the development group clean up all the monsters in the business road, so that it can bring hundreds of camel antelopes to transport goods."

Victor was shocked and hurriedly said, "if you clear the monsters, the mountain people's village will not be obedient. When the development group meets the monster community, you can avoid it if you can. Don't do anything thankless!"

"Fool, without bandits and monsters, there is still a job for mercenaries? You have a smuggling Caravan and you're afraid you can't make money?" Old John scolded.

"Oh." Kidd shrunk his neck and gave a dejected answer.

Although the shipping price of 10 golden sols of coffee snow sugar is not high, after layers of price increase and dividends, most of the profits still fall into Victor's pocket. At the same time, it binds the mountain mercenaries and free civilian traders. The backbone of Randall family can also make a lot of money, and the benefits are all shared. Naturally, everyone is happy, but mercury can't have an independent source of money.

Victor turned his eyes to Barol and said, "Mercury doesn't participate in dividends. The funds needed are borne by the family. In fact, I spend the most money on mercury."

"Sir, mercury only belongs to you!" Barol said respectfully.

"Very good."

Victor sat back in his seat and nodded to Lilia. Lilia got up, went to the closet, took out some sheepskin scrolls, put them on the table and motioned for everyone to read them in turn.

"All the materials needed by the family are above, including soft silver ore and several medicinal herbs. I ask you to purchase those medicinal herbs as much as possible. If soft silver ore is found, you must inform me in time and never attract the attention of the local Lord!"

Purchasing strategic materials and collecting intelligence are important functions of the smuggling network. Selin is a bulk material. At present, the private business group is unable to transport a large number of Selin mines, but it does not hinder Victor's layout in advance. And those medicinal materials are the raw materials for making recovery potions. Victor plans to use recovery potions to test a conjecture.

Recovery potion is a potion to help the alchemist recover his energy. If it can restore the fighting spirit of the knight, it can prove that the knight is an alchemist. Although the alchemy Empire died, the descendants of the alchemist did not die out. It can be inferred that the mage Association of the alchemy empire is in the same line with the chosen one. This fact will become the first drawing board of Victor's jigsaw puzzle and help him make it Dig more clues.

Victor worked hard to run the Randall family and smuggling network to deal with all the changes, including the ant man. Now, the smuggling network has become his help.