Conquest

    Chapter 547 [No Big Profit]

    Chapter 547 [No Big Profit]

    The spring breeze blew, and the soft wind gradually blew away the last chill after the winter.

    Under the warm front, the carriage of the carriage on the horse carriage couldn't help but open his thick clothes and let the wind blow through his body and face, and enjoy the warmth of this spring.

    On this road heading east, such a team of dozens of horse carriages of the carriage team is very eye-catching. On the front of the team, a horse carrier was hung up with a striking Trading Company flag. More than 20 large carriages on the top of the team were stamped. Even the carriages of the carriages were all neatly arranged. It is the style of a big Trading Company.

    It’s just that the horse carriage behind the carriage team looks a lot more complicated, and even the groom’s carriage is much weaker.

    There is that carriage team before and after and on both sides, occasionally two horse running and passed, immediately the man is vigorous valor, a tough taste, although wearing different, but are doing martial arts dress, but wearing armor and wearing the weapon is some complex, clearly not the regular army, And that kind of tough taste, it does not seem to be any aristocrat private armed.

    However, as long as there are experienced travellers on the road, you can see at a glance that these embarrassing samurai warriors are the kind of mercenaries who earn commissions.

    This is clearly a typical large-scale caravan. Traditionally, the Trading Company has been living in the mainland, especially in the Byzantine Empire. The large-scale Trading Company with strong background is building its own armed bodyguard team, and some medium-sized or The small size Trading Company does not have the strength to build its own defense power, and often chooses to hire some Mercenary organizations to follow the team and protect their own safety along the way.

    This is the case with this caravan.

    There are nearly 50 carriage horses in the team, and the number of caravans has reached nearly 300. The Mercenary of the bodyguards is about 50 people, but the Mercenary on horseback has only 20 rides. After all, now is the turbulent turmoil of the Byzantine Empire, and the war horse has become a scarce resource collected by the warlords everywhere.

    Such a caravan, although there are more than two hundred people, in fact, they are not all a Trading Company, but some small and medium-sized Trading Company, and even some scattered businesses spontaneously gathered together, and the mercenary group hired also All of them are hired according to their own capital size.

    On the mainland, this kind of situation is not uncommon. The game is now, the soldiers are in chaos, and the caravans are in business. If they encounter bandits or local troops who become gangsters, it is even more dangerous. The business of these mercenary groups is correspondingly good. A lot.

    However, this caravan seems to be quite different.

    The first big carriage on the head of the noodle merchants flag, in the road over, but seems to be more useful than the 50 heavily armed mercenary, along the way through the local warlords of the checkpoint city defense, those who have been eating and drinking cards in the past, sergeant and Ruffian, but as long as a look at this commercial flag, then the sense of the release, Even if some of the Conges, as long as the caravan of the two leaders out, secretly plugged into a string of copper horns, it is released, and will not be too bully.

    It seems that those Mercenaries have become furnishings. This way, it seems that they have not been used at all.

    Along the way, I also encountered a few small troubles, but the one that started in the caravan was obviously a big Trading Company among the group, and the other scattered businessmen among the team. They all borrowed their light, and it was safe and sound all the way.

    The team went all the way east, just in the middle of the line, on the carriage of a black horse, and the goods piled high, all wrapped in tarpaulins, and did not know what they were, but on top of the goods, two men sat cross-legged, and the one on the left, tall and strong, was sitting there, He seemed to be able to see his astonishing physique, while the one on the right was a little thinner, but it was extremely sophisticated.

    These two people are exactly Shaar and Hasting.

    Shaar also learned the appearance of the carriage husband, opened his shirt and chest, greeted the spring breeze, squinted and enjoyed the fire pitchfork only at his waist. And Hasting, a black dress is neat and tidy, but instead of a long strip of leather cover, it is wrapped in his famous triangular war spear.

    It is also really helpless, Hasting fought for so many years, the death and injury in his triangular war spear under the Byzantine, and his weapon appearance is really eye-catching, but anyone who has seen will not forget, Everyone knows that this triangular war spear is the sole weapon of Odin's God of war hasting, and in other things, hasting this triangular war spear if you go to a lively place. In a moment, it will attract the eyes of the interested.

    Shaar and Hasting, although fearless others are looking for trouble, but the two don't want to make extra-budgets, just let Hasting put the weapon up and carry it with you.

    As for this caravan, it was six days ago that the two men took a place in a place called "Kalan City".

    Nakaran City is a bustling city in the eastern part of the Byzantine Empire. It is well known in the Byzantine Empire – but it is a bit strange. It turns out that the bustling big city is not under the control of Imperial Capital. It is not owned by a certain warlord military region – it is shared by the two military regions.

    It turned out that this city of Karan was located in the middle section of the famous north-south Grand Canal – the river that hit the Imperial Capital when Hasting planned to go down the river.

    And the city is along the river, but there is a wonderful thing, that is, the big river is passing through the middle of the city, dividing the bustling city of the business into two, and the forces of the two warlords are just The river is a boundary, so the city is shared by the two warlords.

    Shaar and Hasting went all the way to the southeast. When they arrived in Karan City, they stopped for a day. Then Hasting took Shaar to the streets and found a Trading Company. Shaar used a bag of gold coins in exchange for the people who took the road. license.

    It turns out that this Kalan City, because it occupies the waterway, is the junction of the two warlord military regions. It is a natural and excellent commercial base. The famous big Trading Company on the mainland has many shops here.

    The caravan joined by the two people in Karan City is going to the chaos to go to Sabred City for business in Babylon.

    The trading company, which charged two people got together money, was just a small size trading company, and the real master of the caravan was the 20 goods carriage, which belonged to one of the continent's top-notch merchants , it is said that the background is very deep, the hidden black and white eat, along the way through the Warlords Military District, all give them face, and there are the mountains and rivers along the Mountain river Thief water theft, but also far from the head of the carriage on the flag will not dare to harass.

    Shaar was the first time he walked with this caravan, and he was very curious in his heart. He took the shop Chief, who had collected his own money, to find out.

    The shop chief about 40 years old, but gave birth to a pair of old friend, about the year out of the merchants, wind and Sun, 40 years old looks like 61, but a pair of eyes beads are also very flexible, from time to time exudes a bit of cunning and slippery appearance-this kind of profiteers, Shaar in wildfire Town I don't know how much I've seen, and naturally I know how to deal with people like that. After a few words, it was hot with people.

    The name of this Chief is called Aldenero, but it is called "Ade Daddy". The original business is the most dangerous. At the age of forty, he did not die and he was retired. In this team, he is an old man. This "Ade Daddy" title, he also started.

    This Ade old man is a profiteer. He originally joined the caravan, followed by the twenty cars that were heading. When Shaar and Hasting came to the door, they received 50 gold coins from their hearts. I know that the cost of his own payment is only 50 gold coins for a cargo.

    Shaar and Hasting naturally don't know that this guy is just a two-way trafficker, but both of them know that if the two go directly to the big Trading Company that is heading, they are required to get in, although the price will be much cheaper, but the big Trading Company is For strict review, identity guarantees, as well as official trade documents, etc.

    Where do the two people have those things?

    Had to buy this Ade old man, pretending to be an entourage in his shop, this can be mixed in.

    As for being slaughtered, Shaar is not bad for this money anyway.

    This Ade old man slaughtered the family, Xu was somewhat guilty, but he was willing to satisfy Shaar's curiosity as much as possible, and Shaar took out a bag of good wine that he wore, and the two men greeted the spring breeze for a while. The mouth of Ade’s old man will never close again.

    It turned out that this caravan was a trip to Sabred City in Babylon, but the inside story was not so simple…

    Sacred City Babylon, located in the chaos of the inner abdomen of the continent, was detached from the Earth, did not participate in the war between the two countries on the mainland, did not know how many years had not been fought, coupled with their transcendental status, neither the Byzantine Empire nor the Odin Empire was willing to offend Sacred City, and Saint Laurent, a super-big expert like Ross, sits more on the race of the chaos. You know, the elf race and the giants, and so on, have always been extremely unfriendly to humans. The aliens who are in the chaos are willing to deal with Sacred City and are willing to trade with Sacred City. And other businesses on the mainland, if you want to get the best goods, you can only go to Sacred City to find a solution.

    There is no war of war, the status is transcendent, and it also gathers the rarest treasures on the mainland. With so many conditions, Sacred City has become the most mysterious and bustling commercial capital on the continent.

    Anyone knows that Sacred City is a place full of gold. If you can travel to Sacred City, you can make a long and short windfall.

    In such a situation, Tianjia's Trading Company naturally drilled into the place.

    However, Sacred City is also very savvy. They know very well that if the Trading Company in this world runs into their own homes, I am afraid that it will not take long before the Sacred City really wants to change the owner! Imagine, Sacred City, the land of a city, how many people are full?

    If all the merchants in the world are going to Sacred City, it will take a few years for Sacred City's fortune to be controlled by outsiders.

    Even more, Sacred City itself is a commercial territory. Although the city owner is a lofty person, it is the Presbyterian Church who is in charge of the matter on weekdays. The Presbyterian Church was originally a Chief figure elected by a local merchant in Sacred City. Naturally, it is not willing. There are too many businessmen coming outside. But if it is closed, it will only make Sacred City's wealth wither.

    So, I don't know how many years ago, Sacred City set a rule.

    Sacred City issues a merchant token flag to all countries in the world. Only those who hold this merchant flag can be allowed to enter Sacred City. In addition, even the chaos is difficult to enter.

    The flag of the trade that Sacred City sent was not freely available.

    Only the best-selling, high-trading, large-scale Trading Company merchants in the world can qualify for the license of Sacred City.

    Of course, some of the strengths may not be top-notch, but you can get some of the unique goods that Sacred City likes, and you can get the trade flag.

    Such a flag has been issued in the world for a total of sixty-four. Among them, Byzantine occupies half, and the other half is divided by Odin and Atlantis Trading Company merchants.

    Therefore, this Sacred City's trade slogan flag is not only a license for business, but also a symbol of identity. It has a banner of business sages, which often indicates that it has been listed. Into the ranks of the world's leading mercants.

    And if there is no such flag, then you can only sigh.

    If you want to force Sacred City, it is impossible – there is no flag, even if you are outside the city of City of Babylon, you can't think about stepping into the city!

    What's more, Sacred City is in a special position in the chaos. There are many interracial people in the chaos. Only those elf races are a headache. If they are ordinary natural elf races, they don't like them. Human beings, but nature is still advocating peace and expelling you at most. And if you encounter those fallen Elf or dark Elf, then there is only one end of the dead end.

    The aliens who are the leaders of these chaos are willing to buy the account of Sacred City – or buy the account of Saint Roland Garros. Only the caravans holding the trade command flag will not be attacked by the aliens when they pass the chaos, and they can be allowed to cross their territory.

    If there is no flag…Not to mention walking to the City of Babylon. In the chaos, either the poisonous arrow of the fallen Elf is shot into a hedgehog, or the hillside Dwarf makes your skull bone lacquerware, or the giants put your thigh bones. Remove it and make a totem stick…

    Therefore, this trade sign is the key to opening the golden road to Sacred City.

    Sacred City is also very strict with the qualifications of this trade mark. It will re-qualify these Trading Company every ten years and eight years.

    Their reasons are very good: if the qualified Trading Company survives the downturn in this decade, it will naturally not be eligible to continue trading with Sacred City.

    As for how to re-examine this qualification…

    Shaar asked Ade, and the answer was simple.

    "Give money."

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“……cashShaar couldn't help but pull his mouth.

    It’s really a cheap way to save money. Thinking in my heart, I couldn’t help but look ahead.

    In the road, those boisterous mercenary deliberately round the horse along the sides of the way quickly back and forth, in the eyes of the members of the caravan, these immediate riders deliberately show off riding, and more simply back and forth whistled, deliberately will wipe the shiny blade wobble, Some of the hot-blooded young people in the caravan were itchy and scratching their hearts.

    But where the young people, who have not heard the legendary adventures of the legendary adventures on several continents?

    Shaar looked at these Mercenaries and suddenly remembered a thought: When I first came down the mountain, if it weren't for the subsequent series of bizarre encounters, I was afraid that it would become a little Mercenary now.

    HumThe candidate for the Sacred City Guardian, who was thrown into this world, is there many people?

    In the ear, he continued to listen to the words of Ade.

“……It is said that the Presbyterian Church of Sacred City will re-examine the qualifications of the trade every eight years. Those who have a trade banner must pay a large sum of money to make a deposit. The money can be used to show that you have enough strength to continue doing business with Sacred City. If you can't afford this money, then I am sorry, I accepted your business qualification directly, and then transferred it to another family. As for each transfer, the quota of vacant business qualifications is publicly auctioned in Guild in Sacred City. A quota, but all can be auctioned out of the sky! ”

    Shaar left his heart and couldn’t help but say: "That…How much does it cost? ”

    "It is said that when the qualification is reviewed, the margin of a Trading Company is as low as 80,000 gold coins and as many as 100,000. If there is a free place to take out the auction, then there is no exact number. In the past few years, I have only heard of a quota auction eight years ago. It is said that the quota was bought by a first-class giant in the southern empire, and it cost nearly 300,000 gold coin! ”

    When Shaar heard this, he couldn't help but feel tight, and then he secretly sneered: good business!

    Sure enough, good business!

    It is a qualification for business. There are a total of 68 trade flags, and a deposit is required every ten years. According to a 100,000 gold coin, sixty-eight, that is, 6.8 million gold coin!

    This is a non-existent sale. It can be collected every ten years, just like the iron crops that can be harvested infinitely. If you take it down one by one, as long as Sacred City does not perish, you can make this money indefinitely!

    This is not the benefit of real business, but the income of the "margin" is 6.8 million! At 6.8 million per decade, on average, there are 680,000 gold coins every year!

    You know, the Byzantine Empire is a big country, tens of millions of people, dozens of counties, hundreds of cities, the prosperity of the year, the total financial income of a year, but only tens of millions of gold coins. This has not deducted financial expenditures!

    It is a city in Sacred City, just this "interest money", there are nearly 700,000 gold coins a year.

    Is it scary? !

    And this is a pure profit without money! No need to pay anything, open your mouth.

    If you encounter a business that can't afford it, you can't regain the business qualifications, you can resell a sky-high price…

    Can Sacred City not be rich in the world for thousands of years? Can you not be the most prosperous business destination in the whole world?

    Shaar couldn't help but cursed a few words in a low voice. It wasn't surprising that Ade, who was listening to it, was actually—what is the merchant in the world, who is not blind to the wealth of Sacred City? It’s just that people are ingrained, and no one can do anything about it. They can only look at people’s faces. However, when you are full of food and drink, whoever has no enmity and blushing thoughts, the two words behind the belly, the human nature, is the old man of Ade, and often a few mothers.

    It was a side of Hasting. I didn’t talk at all. I heard this, and when I saw Shaar’s eyes, I smiled coldly, deliberately using a mocking tone: “The crow laughs at the black pig!”

    "What?"Shaar glanced at Hasting.

    "That Sacred City can be so arrogant, but it is monopolizing the production of the entire chaos." The place of chaos is dangerous, and there are so many interracial entanglements. Those aliens only trade with Sacred City and do not deal with other human beings in the world. Sacred City is equivalent to monopolizing the resources of the whole chaos. Is it not bullish? As for you, small hillbilly, everyone else is qualified, but you do not have this qualification. ”

    Suddenly, Hasting suddenly passed a faint and faint faint business directly to Shaar's ear: "You use the means to monopolize the possession of the Zakou native tribe, and all the other Trading Companies on the mainland can only eat your bowl. The leftovers left in the leaks have to look at your face. Are you doing this, isn’t it the same as Sacred City? Hēi hēi ……"

    As Hathing said, Shaar couldn't help but look old.

    Originally, doing monopoly activities is naturally a big earning.

    Nade and Shaar had been idle for a while, and they missed their own team. They jumped down the carriage and ran around. Leaving Shaar and Hasting, Shaar said: "Let's follow this caravan to Sacred City all the way? So many hundred people, dozens of large carriages, when can I go…Don't you recognize the road? It's better to go on our own. ”

    “Ha!Hasting rolled his eyes: "First, when did I say that I recognized the road?"

    "you?!"

    "Hey, have you heard that I have been to Sacred City?"

    Hillbilly stayed: "…This seems to be no. ”

    "I haven `t been there."Hasting said faintly: "Just know that you can find a travel caravan to Sacred City in Karan City."

    "But we can find someone to understand the road. Let's go on the road, or you can be much faster."Shaar shook his head.

    "In the collar of chaos, to sacred City will pass through the elf race Forest Ocean, there are many sinister mountains and rivers, there in addition to the natural elf race, there are fallen elf, Dark Elf, as well as the hilly dwarf, the Giants, heard that there are some strange half-human and half-beast monsters in the group Deep in the mountains, all the way through, in addition to holding the sacred City of the commercial flag, otherwise will be supplied. ”

    "It’s not difficult for us to think about it."Shaar is very confident.

    Probably not.Hasting's tone was serious: "Don't underestimate the races of the chaos." Have you forgotten? I am a powerhouse, but it was not the same as that of Mr. Tao. ”Hasting's eyes flashed a bit of indignation: "What about the powerhouse? If you rush to the past, those guys are local indigenous people, just pick up some poison, so you can't eat." Follow this caravan, although slower, but wins. ”

    "Is it? When did you become so cautious, when did you become so cautious? ”Shaar couldn't help but marvel: "With my understanding of you, according to your temper, I have long been impatient, directly spear horses, rushing into your triangular war spear. What happened to you, suddenly turned temper? ”

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