In the palace hall of the royal capital, Heller, the head of the Second Knights of the Empire, knelt on the ground, and was seriously reporting to the prince about the material reserves and military supplies of Widun.

After hearing this, Vacas fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Your Majesty has sent people to urge you many times, and you must ensure the food supply of the imperial capital Visa. I don't care how short the food of the Knights is, how short of personnel, in short, you have to raise 300 carts of food as soon as possible, and you must send it to the imperial capital within five days. ”

Heller replied with a sad face, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Varkas asked, "How's the situation in the territory of Widun, and are there still Knight resisting?" ”

Heller replied seriously: "It's okay for the time being, since the prince let us implement the pacification policy, the security on the side of the territory has improved, and those Knight untouchables are not so arrogant. ”

"Hmm!" Varkas said with satisfaction: "I'll just say that this method is the most effective, you don't just know how to kill innocents all day long, people are just a group of innocent people, aren't they?" How are the crops growing in the territory, and when will they be harvested? ”

Heller replied: "It's still early to plant new wheat, and it won't be harvested until next spring." The sweet potatoes planted earlier are growing well, and they will be ready to be harvested in October! ”

Varkas said impatiently: "This will have to wait until next spring, we haven't eaten bread in the Visal Palace for a long time, how do you tell me to reply to Your Majesty?" ”

Seeing that Warkas was in a very bad mood, Yale timidly lowered his head and bowed respectfully to the ground, not daring to squeak.

At this moment one of the guards ran into the main hall with joy and said loudly: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, we have captured a large caravan of Knight in Lisburg, and have seized 1,000 wagons of flour and wine, and 500 wagons of silk and cloth. ”

"Oh?" After hearing this, Warkas got up and asked, "What about the people, what about the goods?" ”

The guard replied, "We have brought them to the royal capital with their people and chariots, and the things are outside the main hall, waiting for the prince's fate." ”

"Good!" Wakas said excitedly: "Well done, finally did something that made me happy." Go and help me bring those Knight vendors who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and I'll interrogate them myself. ”

"Yes, Prince!" After saying that, the guards immediately turned around and left the main hall.

Vacas looked down and saw that Heller was still lying on the ground, so he waved at him and said, "Okay, now that the Nate vendor has brought us food, the food from Visa is finally available, you don't have to be so alarmed." ”

Heller stood up with a smile after hearing this, and said happily, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Prince! This Knight vendor seems to have a lot of money, and he has transported so many good things. ”

Warkas nodded and said, "There are indeed a lot of rich Knights, but they dare to sell goods at this time, they really don't know whether to live or die." I want to see who is so arrogant, who has become a slave of the country and dares to come to us to do business. ”

Heller stood by and laughed, wanting to see what the Prince would do with the damn bunch of cheap traders.

Soon the guards led Miller and Mompot to the main hall, and the convoy and coachmen were all detained outside the main hall.

Varkas walked down the stairs and looked at the two of them curiously, he didn't expect it to be such two young men.

Warkas frowned and thought about it, and asked very suspiciously: "When is it, you still dare to come to sell goods, do you know how to write dead characters?" ”

Miller replied with a grin, "I know that there are many ways to die, Your Majesty. It can be killed in battle, executed, starved to death, or robbed and killed by bandits! However, the dead can be easily liberated, while the living have to suffer from hunger, frost and war, so there is a saying in the world that we who are alive are called living and suffering! ”

After hearing this, Vacas smiled slightly, he turned back to sit back on the throne of the Knights, and asked with interest: "You young man is quite good at talking, although the answer is a little inexplicable, but what you say is also very reasonable. Then you can be honest, why do you come to us to do business at such a time? ”

Miller laughed happily after hearing this, and he said unhurriedly: "People die for money, and birds die for food!" It is normal for us traders to encounter all kinds of dangers in order to make money, just as if we were eating bread. This war has been fought for two years, and due to the war and the shortage of materials in various places, the trade in various places has not been carried out at all due to the impact of the war, especially the trade from Tubisi to our Knight has been completely interrupted. The production of Tubis is now high in our special price but out of stock, so now is the most profitable time to do business. If we can successfully go back and forth between Toopis and Knight in this way, we will make more profit than we usually work for more than ten years, so we will risk our lives to do this risky business. ”

After hearing this, Vacas sneered: "You are really not afraid of death, and you are really not a profiteer." ”

After hearing this, Miller immediately nodded and smiled: "That's that, thank you Prince for your compliment." The so-called no business, no treachery, no profit to be made, why are we working so hard. Now that the kingdom is gone, and all the territories of Knight are owned by the empire, if we don't make more gold coins as soon as possible, how will we honor the adults of the empire in the future, and how will we survive in the empire! ”

"Humph!" Vacas said coldly: "You knight nobles will always only have your own interests in your eyes, and your kingdom is reduced to the end of the country because of your group of corrupt guys." ”

Miller was shocked when he heard this, and was so frightened that he was stunned for a long time.

Vacas gave him a blank look and asked coldly, "Why don't you speak, only then do you know that you are ashamed?" ”

Miller looked innocent, and said sadly, "My lord, I am just a merchant, so that I can live a comfortable life in the future. Even if I want to serve in the affairs of the kingdom, it is not our turn to interfere with the affairs of the kingdom. I have little interest in our princes and ministers, who have not done anything good for us except to exploit and oppress us all day long, and I would rather live in the glory of the empire. ”

Vacas was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Really? So who the hell are you and how can you be so rich. Your convoy is not small, and now that you Knight are short of food, how can you get so much flour. ”

Miller grinned: "Your Excellency, didn't I say it, I'm just a merchant, and it's in our nature to be mercenary. Usually, those princes show off their might, blackmail us at every turn, and oppress us in every way. Now they have reached the end of their rope, and this is their retribution. One by one, they only thought about their own future, and they were in a hurry to turn the reserves in the treasury into gold coins, and then fled with those gold coins. We bought them at a very low price, and in a few days we had a thousand carts, and there was still plenty of food in the hands of the nobles everywhere. I hope that the prince will give us merchants a way to live, so that we can take the food to the imperial capital and sell it. ”

"What do you think?" Warkas sneered: "Don't talk nonsense, leave the convoy and goods for me, I'll spare your life, you can go." ”

Miller knelt down with a plop and pleaded with tears in his eyes, "Your Excellency, you have to leave a way for us merchants to live." For this transaction, I gambled my entire net worth, and the future of hundreds of people in our whole clan is counting on these goods! ”

Varkas ignored him, these damn vendors weren't a good guy to him compared to the knights of Knight.

However, Heller, who was standing aside, suddenly spoke: "Your Excellency, I have a suggestion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

Varkas nodded and said, "Say it." ”

Heller analyzed, "Your Excellency, our empire's supplies have always been relatively scarce, and these Knight's food and silk cloth are the most scarce good things. Since there are Knight nobles who want to take the opportunity to make a fortune to import these goods for our empire, why don't we take the opportunity to fulfill them, so as to alleviate the pressure of Visha's shortage of supplies? If you confiscate all their goods, then they will definitely not be able to continue selling goods, isn't that the same as killing chickens and eggs? ”

Vacas was stunned for a moment, and he looked at Heller and frowned in thought. Then Varkas opened his mouth and asked Miller, "If I allow you to go to our empire to trade, what kind of goods will you bring back from our empire?" ”

Miller kowtowed again and again and replied: "We have a great demand for leather now, and these wool products are not available at the high price of Knight, of course I am selling leather products back to the empire." This comes and goes, and I have made money. ”

Varkas nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "In this way, you don't just sell food to the Empire, you can also sell some iron tools to our Empire." ”

Miller was surprised and said, "Yo, how did I forget this good thing." Thank you for your reminder, next time, next time, I will definitely prepare a few more truckloads of iron tools and transport them to Visa to sell. ”

Varkas stroked his beard and continued to say to Miller: "But next time like these silks and cloths, the empire is not so desperate for the time being, you will transport more food and iron tools every time, understand?" ”

Miller nodded again and again, and kowtowed very instructively and thanked him: "Clearly, thank you for the reminder from the prince." ”

Varkas pondered for a long time, and then commanded, "But I warn you, don't buy horses from the Empire, or I won't let you go." ”

Miller smiled and said: "Of course, the horse must not be sold, otherwise it will be confiscated by those hateful dukes if it is sent to Knight, they see that Marco is anxious, how can I do a bloody transaction." ”

Vacas couldn't help but smile and said, "Hahaha, okay, let's go." ”

Miller stood up and saluted, then took a few steps forward and whispered to Vacas, "Your Excellency, this time we have brought some aged Uba wine. Since the Prince treats me like a new parent, in order to express my gratitude to the Prince, I will give all these Uba wines to the Prince, and I hope the Prince will accept it with a smile. ”

"Oh?" As soon as he heard that it was Uba wine, Vacas's eyes immediately lit up: "You really have the ability, you can still get such a good thing, take me to see it!" ”

After saying that, Warkas immediately got up and walked down the steps, and Miller smiled and bent down to the side, welcoming Warkas to the convoy in front of the main hall.

The coachmen immediately got busy, carrying barrels of Uba wine out of the wagon and handing them over to the Tuppis guards standing aside!

Vacas happily touched the wooden wine barrels, and in excitement, he took out a silver token, handed it to Miller, and said, "This is a special order from my Prince's Palace, and you take him to ensure that you can pass through the borders of our empire." ”

Miller's eyes lit up, and he happily accepted the token and thanked Warkas for his repeated bows.

After bidding farewell to Warkass, Miller and Mompot drove the convoy and couldn't wait to leave the royal capital.