Chapter 41: The Ferry Feud (Part II)

Impulsiveness is a devil. ------- than the old Mongolian proverb.

Liu Zhenzhen stood at the toll booth on the shore, squinting at the opposite side, the river was very windy, and the shirtless Liu Zhenzhen was blown with blonde hair and chest hair dancing together, Guoguo stood on his shoulder, and he didn't know what snacks to chew in his mouth.

said that it was a toll booth, but it was actually a thatched shed, Ning Yu and Avril sat in it, and the night pearl rested in front of him, pressing down the straw paper and quill stacked on the wooden table.

The pearl of the night brings out a soft warmth, warm and cozy, like Richard's warm chest.

While enjoying the rare warmth of this winter day, the two beauties used a thin knife to cut through the wild grape vines, weave the rattan nails, and exchanged views on the patterns with each other from time to time.

Not far away, a group of female ogre slaves are digging a moat, and the bear goblins are using baskets to "hum oil" to carry colorful pebbles back and forth, which are used to divert water to flood the bamboo forest, and it does not need to be very deep.

The soil was hard, and their progress was slow, and there were no iron tools in the Emerald, only shovels sharpened from wood.

Five rattan boats came from the north bank of the Sanggan River.

It seems that they have refused to cross the river with water-repellent beads. Liu Zhenzhen thought to himself.

The abandoned military station on the north bank of the Sanggan River, since the arrival of the residents of Fei Lengcui, has been abandoned again, because of the northwest front and the desert human war, the Northeast Army sent two elite wings to the front line, within two hundred miles north of the Sanggan River, the only military station is now Fei Lengcui.

Since the arrival of the craze of human merchants returning to their hometowns to participate in the "Yosterre Festival", Liu Zhenzhen arranged for more than a dozen hedgehogs of the Trench Rainbow Clan to guard over there, specially to welcome these merchants, and by the way, to help them cross the river with water beads.

If the rattan boats on the pier were used to cross the river instead of the beads, it would prove that the hedgehogs stationed at the North Shore had broken down with them, and that the merchants did not want to give money to cross the river.

Often the more this is the case, the more powerful Liu Zhenzhen's blackmail on the south bank becomes.

This merchant group did have its own proud capital, and it took dozens of trips to and fro the five rattan boats, and it took half a day to bring more than 300 people to the tidal flats on the south bank.

This number of people is even close to doubling the total number of human merchants who have crossed the river in the past few days.

The tidal flats on the shore of Fei Leng Cui suddenly became lively, and for a while there was a lot of people.

The caravan carried five wagons on which countless Bimont products were piled up; There were also about a hundred Beamon slaves who had their wrists tied and ropes tied to the back of the carriage, these Beamon slaves were unkempt, their clothes were quailed, their skin exposed to the cold north wind, they waded barefoot from the shallow water, and a few gray-haired legs fell into the water as soon as they became weak, and the whips in the hands of the mercenaries immediately sounded the crisp sound of contact with the flesh.

There are a lot of human mercenaries who are guarding the merchant group, Liu Zhenzhen stood on the river bank and silently pinched the number of mercenaries, there were about two hundred mercenaries, including about fifty rangers on horseback, and these mercenaries were very well-equipped.

The burly mercenary and the pot-bellied human merchant stand out very prominently. These mercenaries are all undisguised traces of the rivers and lakes, many of them have scars on their faces, open chests, and deliberately show strong muscles that are not inferior to Beamon in the cold wind, and they look like well-trained old fritters.

There were several human women with maroon hair and bewitching bodies, dressed like butterflies, flirting among the mercenaries.

These chestnut-haired and blue-eyed women are the famous wandering people of the Bepsies, the only people in the human race who have no state, no religion, they can sell anything for money, their men are thieves and robbers, and women are prostitutes.

Only the money-hungry Bepsie women are willing to follow this mercenary group to the barren and dangerous Danube Wilderness to provide physical comfort to these hungry mercenaries.

The Bepsy prostitutes were very good at enlivening the atmosphere, and the Beamon slaves became a tool for their amusement to the mercenaries, who from time to time deliberately lifted their long skirts to show their white thighs, or bent down to reveal a proud cleavage as deep as the Sangan River, and in the hair-lined eyes of some of the young men of the Beamon slaves, the mercenaries would always erupt in a lewd laugh and the trembling sound of a whip breaking through the air.

As soon as the trumpet sounded, all the mercenaries immediately restrained their laughter, lined up in two neat queues on the left and right of the carriage, and a knight took the lead and walked up the river bank from the tidal flat with a bright banner waving in the wind.

The flag is a red velvet base, with a bewitching mermaid outlined with gold threads, and her huge bare breasts particularly attract Liu's shocking eyeballs. The mermaid's hands hold weights and scales, respectively.

"The dragon knight roams under the morning glow, the undulating Danube steppe, the elite army of the country of mercenaries is majestic, and all the allies are in Corning, full of glory, Dolot!" The loud voices of countless mercenaries converged on this "Song of Dolot".

The Song of Dorot was written by the mercenaries of the "Land of Mercenaries" Dolot mercenaries in recognition of their bravery in the war with Bimon, and although this merchant group did not seem to see the lord not far from the riverbank, the meaning of this song is still very clear.

"Look! It's an old acquaintance! It turned out to be Dolot's big horse Totti. Count Sherpa under the merchant group, I know his family's coat of arms! Liu Zhen laughed and beckoned Avril and Ning Yu, who were weaving rattan armor.

What happened at the gate of the temple that day, Liu Zhenzhen was not so forgetful, and the bold words of the fat human merchant with a mole on his face to buy a mermaid for five million gold coins still fresh in his memory.

"Is it them? Slave traders? Avril put down the rattan armor in her hand, pulled the empty bamboo jar on the table with her long colored nails, and sneered: "Then I have to blackmail them this time!" ”

Liu Zhenzhen made a new discovery, there were actually two Pige officers in this business group accompanying him, and the snow-white ostrich on the helmets of the two Pige officers was spotlessly dazzling, accompanied by four priests with silver crosses in their hands and the familiar "pinch of hair" laughing.

The fat man with a mole sat in the carriage and chatted with the two Pige officers for some reason, and they looked very harmonious.

They seemed to be like the eight "Fei Leng Cui Territory Toll Stations" written on the side of the shed on the riverbank, and they were ready to pass by riding their mounts and talking and laughing.

The mastiffs lowered the large wooden poles that blocked the way from the tidal flats of the river to the shore, and also blocked the way of these people.

"Get out of the way! Untouchables," a Pige officer frowned, drove the boar under his seat to the barricade, and the snow-white gloved horsewhip pointed at the mastiffs and shouted majestically.

"Mr. Knight! I'm Baron Richard, lord of the Emerald Domain, and I have the right to levy a certain toll, right? Liu Zhenzhen's feet stepped on the wooden bar, a huge cigar in his mouth, and a puff of smoke came out as soon as he spoke.

"You're the dragon sacrifice of our Pigs?" The Pig officer looked at the golden-haired lord and looked back at the other officer, and the two of them erupted into hearty laughter as they leaned back and forth on the Pig's mount.

"Yes." Liu Zhenzhen smiled and nodded, looked at the fat merchant with a mole on his face and said, "Do you remember me?" Sir, you promised me five million gold coins to buy my mermaid slave, and I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

The words of five million gold coins to buy a mermaid that day seemed to be still in his ears, Avril couldn't forget this guy, her eyes glared at this merchant, this human merchant seemed to be particularly sensitive to beautiful women, from the moment the Pig officer came to negotiate, he who was idle on the side immediately stared at the two beauties in the thatched shed like a shark smelling blood, and as soon as the lord said, the human merchant's face suddenly had a sudden expression.

The beauty of these two beauties is rare, especially the beautiful clam shell behind Ning Yu, which makes this businessman remember it vividly, and now he is reminded of it, and he suddenly remembers.

Since Avril and Ningyu's hair was now dyed in one color almost every day, the cautious businessman took out the "memory crystal ball" from his bosom and played with it for a long time, only then did he confirm that his memory was correct.

"It turns out that Your Excellency, regarding the purchase of mermaid slaves, I will go back and discuss with Count Toti of the East before making a decision, there should be no big problem." The merchant took out a box of whisker oil from his bosom, picked out a little with his little fingernails, and wiped the long yellow hairs on his mole.

"It doesn't matter, I'll just wait for your five million." Liu Zhenzhen smiled and spread out his hands: "Benefit the toll of ten gold coins per person." ”

"What?" Both Pig officers almost jumped off the war pigs at the same time.

"Ten gold coins per person for the toll, if you don't want to, please turn back, or cross the river five hundred miles downstream and return home." Liu Zhenzhen was still smiling, with a kind face: "We are good to buy and sell, and refuse to bargain." ”

"We Sherpa Merchant Corps are good friends of Lord Rosenberg, and these two officers are with us on our way back to Dolot, and they will tell you what to do and what not to do." The human merchant sneered.

"This little Pige Lord is probably a nobleman and has confused his head." There was a sarcastic sneer from among the human merchants.

There were immediately a lot of rough mercenaries on the side, and these mercenaries all stared at the two beauties, their eyes flashing with obscenity.

"Lord Richard, the Sherpa Merchant is indeed a friend of our Lord Rosenborg and the Kingdom, can you cut your toll a little? Isn't ten gold coins per person too much of a "Rhine mouth"? Officer Pige seemed to be negotiating, but in fact, there was a clear hint of superiority in his tone.

Both Pigs wore an embroidered pattern of a fox surrounded by a golden cornflower, a unique emblem of the Rosenberg family, the Governor of the Northeast Province, which attests to the fact that both Pigs were retainers of the Governor.

Faced with a little lord in a remote area, the two Pig officers felt that it was a waste for them to give up the title of governor, and they felt that if they said this, the bullshit lord would immediately get out of the way, and grovel to apologize, arrange for food and lodging, and dedicate the most beautiful maiden in the realm to them for the night.

"If you don't give it, get out." Liu Zhenzhen was still smiling.

"What did you say?" The two Pig officers were furious at the same time, and "Canglang" pulled out the standard saber he was carrying.

"Do you want to duel me? Two knights? Liu Zhenzhen laughed and said, "Don't forget, I am a war sacrifice of the kingdom, and I want to duel with the sacrifice, but I am facing the Warcraft and my followers. ”

Vieri appeared in everyone's field of vision with a large plate axe on his back, and the two-bladed strong body made all the humans gasp. He was also shirtless, with a roaring bear tattooed on his muscular chest, and under the black chest hair, the giant bear seemed to be hiding in the grass and ready to rush out.

An even more terrifying giant tree otter stood respectfully behind his butt, its twelve-inch long claws picking at its fangs from time to time.

The sturdy bodies of the human mercenaries came to him like a slice of bacon standing in front of a ham.

"Who wants to duel with an adult? Fight me first! Wielding the axe in his hand, Vieri glanced at the group of mercenaries and Pigs in front of him, his voice roaring to the ears of most humans, and his eyes were like the reflection of the blade behind his back.

"Mr. Lord, you will pay for the arrogance of you and your followers!" Officer Pig, of course, could not show weakness, but the look of panic on his face betrayed the weakness in his heart.

Liu Zhen took a puff of cigar smoke and sprayed it thickly on the face of the officer who spoke.

"Don't talk useless nonsense, my territory is my decision, to give money or not to give? Give me a word! Liu Zhenzhen flicked the cigarette ash in the other party's face, and Guoguo also shook his arm, holding his little finger with a rattling sound.

"We don't give it, but we still have to get through here, there are so many of us, what can you do?" A bearded human ranger rode on his horse and shouted in a stubble.

"See the reeds over there?" Liu Zhenzhen pointed to the dense reeds on the tidal flats in the distance and said.

Every human looked in the direction he pointed, the reeds rustling in the wind, the yellow leaves like old life.

Looking back, the men found that the purple-haired girl sitting in the shed had come out at some point, holding a crumbled clam shell in her hand, and her delicate lips were chanting a string of short syllables, the syllables were obscure and difficult, but full of magical power.

A wind blew, and the purple-haired girl opened an arc with both hands, and countless half-moon-shaped blades flew out from between her open hands, swept past the heads of these humans, first slashed the hairpins on the helmets of the two Pig officers, and flew straight to the reeds on the mudflats with a strong wind.

There was a loud cracking sound on the ground, and countless blades swirled up and down in the reeds, stirring up a cloud of powder, which continued to fly for a while, and then turned into raindrops and fell.

"Waterblade Storm! O creator God! It's a waterblade storm! Some of the human beings could not help but shout.

The slave trader's face suddenly turned to ashes.

The mermaid is a water magician who can communicate with the water element by nature, and her ability can be seen from her short chanting magic spells, such a large-scale magic "water blade storm", only pinched a clam shell and summoned it, what is this concept?

Magicians are a symbol of noble status and strength throughout the Aegean Continent, and although the Sherpa merchant group is rich, they do not have the ability to raise a full-time magician.

"The end of the scoundrel is the reed!" Liu Zhen looked at these humans with eyes that almost exploded. Since absorbing the magic embarrassment of the last time against the bear goblin bandits, Avril has become very studious recently, spending most of her time meditating, desperately accumulating and cultivating magic power, the magic crystals that the mammoth wrestlers originally hunted in the Tamurraya Snow Mountain, although the quality is far inferior to those superb goods of Liu Zhenzhen, but it is enough for Avril to store magic power, plus Avril has made some magic scrolls with the big mussel shells in the Sanggan River for backup, and today is really a big face, if there is no magic scroll made of mussel shells, Even a mermaid could not summon such a large water attack spell so easily.

The ogres who were digging the moat also made noise, and they followed together, they really wanted to have a chance to show their loyalty, originally they buried their heads in the pit there, and the humans didn't notice it, but now they shouted, and the humans found that there was such a large group of ogres in the distance.

The savagery and strength of ogres are known to all humans, and at once all the mercenaries and rangers unsheathed their swords and wound their bows.

"These ogres are my slaves! Lay down your weapons! Liu Zhen let out a loud shout, which shocked several humans around him with chest tightness and panting, and almost didn't fall off their mounts.

There's no good in going on with a mage plus a war sacrifice with hundreds of ogre slaves. There were more than 300 mercenary rangers guarded by these slave traders, and they were very proud of themselves, thinking that they would be accompanied by an officer of Beamon, and they must have had infinite scenery all the way, and they never thought that they would eat such a big deflated.

For a mermaid mage who can summon large-scale water magic by crushing the shell of a mussel, in addition to being horrified, humans can still weigh what the consequences will be if they are hit by the "Water Blade Storm" at such a close distance.

The reason why the mercenaries didn't dare to make noise anymore was that the delicate beauty magician still had a whole stack of mussel shells in her hand.

The two Beamon officers protested again, this time with much more humility, but to no avail.

The two officers saw that their fellow lord had no intention of selling face at all except for sneering, and had no other way than to be angry and ready to make a small report, so they obediently shrank their necks.

Avril was so happy.

In fact, these mercenaries were frightened by the reputation of the magician, the production of magic scrolls was not easy, the magic clam shell scrolls that Avril had at hand were basically only half-finished, except for a few medium-level magic clam shell scrolls, the only large magic clam shell scroll that was successfully made had been consumed in the process of just deterring them.

Due to the lack of precious spices and the blood of demonic beasts, which are the raw materials for making magic scrolls, the remaining clam shells are temporarily decorations.

"Give the money, why are you still holding on?" Liu Zhen smirked.

(To be continued)