Chapter 17: Daily Life in the Royal City. middle
Jingle bells.
The bar welcomed a new group of guests, a group of mercenaries and caravan guards, led by a man with a smug smile on his face, followed by his guards.
"What do you want to drink?" Xiao Si, who was in charge of the bar's waiter, walked over with a smile on his face, and he asked very politely.
The fat businessman glanced at Xiao Si lightly, with a disgusted expression on his face.
He waved at the guards behind him as if he would tarnish his identity if he spoke to the other person in words. Among the guards he brought with him, a tall highlander walked out, and the man walked over without saying anything, and directly kicked Xiao Si of the hotel to the side.
"Ouch!"
Xiao Si was kicked to the ground on the spot and rolled backwards several times in a row before he could stop, and he was in pain at this time and it was difficult to straighten his waist.
Everyone in the bar was taken aback, there was no shortage of vendors with escorts, and everyone bounced off the table almost instantly, and in the blink of an eye, the silence of the otherwise peaceful and quiet bar was shattered by the violence of the sudden attack.
Everyone looked at the merchant, his head held high proudly, and he stepped on the wooden floor with a clear step.
Under everyone's gaze, he slowly walked to the center of the bar's living room.
As soon as he turned around, the white robe danced along his body. At this time, everyone finally saw the true face of the person who came, and the true identity of the escorts who followed him.
"It's Hoggs!? Caravan leader of the Earl of Boris in England. He was fierce and cruel, and I heard that the last time he was in a pub in Scotland, he cut the throat of a merchant who was competing with him on the spot. “
"Really? Didn't the local nobles punish him? “
The merchant who asked the question looked at the people around him in surprise. And the person in charge of explaining said with a blank face: "Twenty gold coins and two barrels of good wine are over a qiē." “
"Why did he come to the Pulen King City too!?"
"Probably for the salt and the precious paper that the royal city of Pullen is abundant."
"The people behind him are very powerful, they are all perennial blood on the battlefield, we had better stay away from them."
The people around him talked quietly, and their faces showed expressions of fear and fear from time to time. However, it was more of a concern about the power behind him, after all, the name of Boris, Earl of England, was familiar to almost all merchants in England.
Boris was one of the few counts in England, with twenty-seven knights, more than 400 soldiers, and more than 6,000 lords under his command. Even among the English nobility, he was the most powerful. He also took control of London's commercial docks, and his merchant ranks spread throughout London, Edinburgh, and Western Ireland. Even Paris has his team and eyeliner.
・Hoggs is Boris's best assistant and money-making tool, no matter how difficult things are, Hoggs always has the ability to clear an obstacle for Boris. Boris, on the other hand, provided Hoggs with everything he needed, such as an escort, start-up funds, and asylum.
Hoggers glanced coldly at the pub, and finally focused his eyes on the merchants in the bar.
"You all listen to me!" Hoggs yelled with his hands behind his back. "From today onwards, all your caravans are not allowed to import any more goods from the Puron Royal City!" Starting today, we will buy a qiē of your supplies from the Puron King City on your behalf and sell them to you. Of course, you'll have to pay a transfer fee, plus a shipping fee! “
Hogges overbearingly announced the monopoly declaration, and the surrounding merchants glared angrily, but they dared not speak out.
"Why?! It's not fair, we can do business with King Pullen even if we don't have it from you. King Pullen has promised that as long as we are sincere and do not have the slightest blasphemy, we can do business with King Pullon here safely! “
Hoggs's eyes flashed coldly, and he turned around sharply to look back!
It turned out that it was a newcomer who had just become a businessman who looked at him with a disapprehensive face. And this young businessman is actually a Pullen man. Not long ago, he realized that working with others was far less profitable than working on his own, so he decided to become a businessman in the context of the Puron King's all-out efforts to reform commerce.
However, just when he came to the bar to celebrate with his friends on his first day as a businessman, he suddenly encountered such a thing as Hoggs, and naturally the young man who was more angry would definitely not be able to bear this kind of thing!
"Who are you?!" Hoggs glared at the other party fiercely, and then said coldly.
"Who are you?!" The young Pullen stepped forward without showing any weakness and asked aloud. "Giving your name before asking for someone's name is a basic requirement for a businessman to have the best influence on a client. Don't you even know that?! “
As soon as he finished speaking, a dark shadow with a whirlwind suddenly struck, and the young Pullen was unsuspecting and knocked to the ground by the sudden attack of his fist. Several guards rushed up at once, pinning the young man to the ground with all hands and feet, and the first one also grabbed his neck with one arm and forcibly lifted it up, making him look up in pain.
Wow!
At this move, everyone in the entire bar was so frightened that they took a step back, and the owner of the bar was even more frightened. Everyone looked at Hoggs like a madman, didn't he know the rules here? The iron rules laid down by King Pullon will cost Hogues more than he can afford!
Hoggs ignored the gaze of the people around him, and walked over to the young man and crouched down. "Listen up, lad. I don't care who you are, but behind me is one of the most powerful and powerful nobles in England. He was not only a friend, comrade-in-arms, and even a brother of the current king. “
"So you better watch out young man, for it is the most faithful servant of the great lord who is speaking to you now. I, on the other hand, am the most trusted caravan leader of the Lord. So you now have two options, either do what I say or ...... You're dying here. “
"Do you know what you've done?!"
Just as Hoggs was contentedly threatening the young man, the surrounding merchants were already rioting. They gathered around and forced Hogues away from the young man with horried faces. At this time, the guards of those merchants and the guards of Hogerth also directly started fighting on the spot.
However, because the weapons of both sides were taken away when they entered the city, they can only fight hand-to-hand now.
For a moment, the whole bar was in chaos.
"You idiot! You're actually doing it to the people of Pulon in the royal city of Puron?! Do you want to kill us all! “
"Bastard! Do you know the laws of the Purons?! Do you know what a terrible fellow their king is! If you want to drag us to hell together, I'm going to strangle you now!! “
"Don't you know the foreign law of the city! It's a shame that you dare to go directly into the city to do business! Damn, we're all going to be killed by you! “
One by one, the merchants indignantly accused Hoggess, but Hogges himself had a nonchalant expression on his face. He said, "You cowards, cowards! A small city of Pullen scares you like this?! I don't have to worry about this qiē, I can solve it myself! It's true in Scotland, it's true in England, it's true in Wales, and it's the same here in the royal city of Pullen! No one dared to offend the most powerful nobles in England except King William! “
"Really? Then I'd like to see if you really dare to do this? “
At this moment the barkeeper also appeared, his face slightly distorted as he pulled out a small whistle from his bosom.
- Beep! Beep beep!
At this time, a group of March soldiers who were patrolling nearby suddenly heard the whistle of the guard.
"Two short and three long...... It's a raid on the sentry! Someone has been wreaking havoc in the royal city and has already hurt at least one of the Purons! Follow me! The captain roared.
The March soldiers, all dressed in armor, turned around at the same time, and hurried quietly and quickly to the tavern with a steady and brisk pace.
Upon arriving at the bar, the door was kicked open by the soldiers, and a large number of soldiers poured in