"Hello, sir, I think you need to get to know me."

In the tavern, Byron was seen and a man in a brown leather coat who looked like a merchant took the initiative to find Byron.

"It's nice to meet you, I don't think the mayor is talking about that person who does a "special business" is you. ”

Byron stopped and smiled.

A sly look flashed in the other's eyes, and then he nodded, motioning for Byron to sit down and speak.

In fact, Byron had come to him. Those who were responsible for taking in prisoners in the war, demanding ransom from their families, or doing some slave trade, would give Byron a good price for the captives.

This was the mayor's proposal, and although Fatis had a slight hint about it, Byron accepted it.

Dealing with the robber captives, who had wasted their food and were not difficult to hire, for silver was a good deal for Byron.

"Introduce myself, my name is Henry Malone, the ransom broker."

The other party introduced himself.

"Von Byron, you can call me Byron."

Byron replied, picked up the glass and took a sip, the environment here is good, but the wine is not as good as Paraven.

"I've heard of you, and your reputation in this land is better than that of the noble lords." Byron laughed.

"Ransom brokering is not an easy job, you need to write down the crest of every famous family on the continent, every unspeakable branch of the heirs. Accurately judge the value of each person, and see through some of the disguises made to save money. ”

"My peers are all over the continent, and I am one of the more famous ones. Rest assured, our reputation is absolutely good, and even the noble lords who are high up in the world occasionally pass through our hands when they pay ransom to each other. There is even someone who has saved a sum of money with us so that we can vouch for them in case of an accident that they will not be treated badly. ”

The ransom broker did not talk to Byron directly about business, but carefully introduced the scope of his business.

"As good as it sounds, you are an indispensable part of this continent of strife. But you're a ransom—broker, right, I have a few unneeded captives here, but what do you get out of these outlaws? Will someone pay them a ransom? ”

In order to find out as much as possible the operation process of these people's trading, Byron deliberately asked a few more questions.

"There will always be, and you never know what kind of wealth you can find in a farmer's cowshed. If they had families, we would scare them with life on slave ships and mines, and maybe they would have lost their fortunes, but we would have made a fortune. ”

"Even if we can't find it, there will always be a need for new labor in the private mines and quarries, and our aim will not be to lose money. Well, for these captives ......"

"I still have a question, how can I redeem myself if I am captured?"

"That's why we're working together, aren't we?"

Malone gave a strange smile, revealing his two pairs of sharp fangs.

"I have done a lot of business, and someone has taken the enemy and sold it to me, and after paying the ransom, the enemy has taken the man and handed him over to me. Either way, we're always friendly to our friends who do business with us, so we always have business to do, and no one is going to beat our minds. ”

"But you still have to make sure you have a dinar or something of value that you can take out at any time, and that you have a good hidden dinar, so that a trusted cronie of value can take it out. So that we can cooperate happily. ”

"So, can we talk about business? Mr. Byron? ”

"Of course."

After the conversation, Byron took Malone to meet the captives, and after talking with the captives, Malone calculated their value.

"For four people, the price I offer is a hundred dinars. Cash payment. ”

"One hundred dinars, you can buy a better horse."

Byron was a little emotional, but also a little disappointed, in the game, a green forest robber can be sold for 60 dinars.

In reality, though, you can pick up their equipment, and it's worth a fortune.

"No way, that's the difference between nobles and commoners."

Malone shrugged his shoulders, took out a small bag from his arms, and counted the silver coins from inside.

"You can dispose of the captive peasants as you like, give them fodder, let them live in stables, and extort a cow from their family."

"But if the other party is a knight or a famous warrior or a mercenary captain, you should give him room and board in his inn and treat him like a guest. However, they will also pay a handsome ransom, enough for the penniless to live a decent life in the city. ”

"And the aristocrats, who have to raise a ransom for months, enough money to buy a lavish manor or arm an army. But you have to be very polite to them, call them adults, and make the family decent enough. ”

"If, I mean, the king is captured for ransom, then the gold in the treasury will be emptied, and the queen will have to sell her dresser, haha......"

Malone handed the silver coin to Byron, who he said was just a whim, but Byron had an idea in his mind.

One day, those noble lords will also surrender to him and pay him a ransom.

With this in mind, Byron sent Malone back to the tavern. Along the way, he chatted and thought about what he had gained from the battle.

The five captives were exchanged for 300 dinars, along with the captured weapons and equipment, including three pieces of chain mail and two iron helmets, as well as several sets of leather and soft armor. There are a lot of swords and everything, but they are not sharp, and they are not very valuable.

After giving the blacksmiths the useless weapon leather armor as the repair cost of the team's equipment, the money earned from the equipment is only a handful of copper.

Medical expenses, supplies, taxes, and a few other expenses, Byron estimated that 610 dinars would be left when he left Uxhall.

And this is the case of Byron not paying the salaries of the members of the ranks and the pensions of the soldiers who died in battle. But this is not in a hurry, and it will be paid together at the end of the month.

These hired soldiers were paid 8 dinars a month, which was higher than the salary of ordinary infantry in the army, and it was not easy for them to get this money from peasant backgrounds, not to mention that Byron also shared the spoils of war. So even if the risk was so great, the soldiers were willing to follow Byron.

"Thank you for your company, Mr. Byron, and I am sure we will have a lot of business to do in the future. We won't stay in one place forever, but I'm mostly staying in the big cities of the kingdom, and it's not hard to find me. ”

When they arrived at the tavern, Mark's men took the captives away, and he himself said goodbye to Byron happily.

However, before leaving, Marco asked Byron Y a question.

"Do you have your own logo?"