Chapter 270: Thieves and Green Mercenaries (Thanks to ShadowLynx!) )

Of course, roadblock robbery is also a technical job, and if you can't wipe out all the caravans that pass by, it will be equivalent to killing chickens and eggs, and no one will take this road in less than a month.

I heard that the two greenskin tribes in the south, "Evil Moon" and "Blood Fang", who controlled the "Death Trail", did just that, and these two heartless tribes were afraid that they would not be as much as each other, one was more ferocious than the other, and within two years, a originally bustling Death Trail became a veritable road to death, and no caravan dared to go there.

Of course, the stone is not so stupid, he thinks that thieves are also wise, he set a rule for his subordinates, all the caravans that have been robbed, if they dare to resist, then they will be killed, if they surrender obediently, they will only charge a tenth of the goods or the equivalent of gold coins as a "toll", and ensure that they will not be attacked by other bandits within the range of the rabid dog trail.

Only a tenth, too little?

Before he finished speaking, while robbing, he also had to forgive the people of the mercenary group for providing a team of escort services, only the caravan with the green grimace banner of the mercenary group could enjoy this treatment, and as long as the other caravans encountered it, they would all be killed.

So it's actually equivalent to a trip to business, and both sides collect money.

In this way, although some people may speculate about the relationship between the "Forgiveness Mercenary Group" and the Greenskin Bandits, at least on the surface, there is no way.

Those caravans that are stubborn or rely on their own escorts, unless they are particularly powerful, will ask the shrimp of the "Brotherhood of Gundred" to come forward, disguise themselves as hunters in the mountains to collect accurate information, and then wait for an opportunity to ambush them.

So far, this has only happened twice, and the goblin wolf cavalry poured out of the nest, killing not a single one, and all the goods were robbed.

As for the reaction of some merchants who joined forces to find Fetanburg, it was useless, and he was told without even seeing the face of the city lord that Fetanburg's own army was still being rebuilt, where would he have time to take care of the green skins in the mountains, besides, wouldn't it be okay if someone else found the "Forgiveness Mercenary Group", why save so much money.

Back and forth, these shrewd businessmen also figured out the doorway in the middle, and came to the door to find Leipu, even if some powerful chambers of commerce are the same, they would rather spend a little money to keep safe, to be honest, once there are casualties, this money is not enough to pay pensions.

Then when they really encountered the Greenskins attack halfway, they found that as long as they gave the money as requested, they would be safe, and even later someone encountered human thieves from other forces, and it was unbelievable that Greenskins came out to help them repel the enemy.

This is where Stone is shrewd, on the one hand, he has sent people to inquire about the tax rate charged by the "Silver Road" under the control of the Dwarven Kingdom in the north, and then set a slightly lower price than them based on this, so that there is no need to worry about these merchants being diverted.

On the other hand, he also plans to wait for Snagra to arrive with the forest spider riders who are more skilled in jungle warfare, and then ask them to start cleaning up the "Rabid Dog Trail" under the leadership of the Brotherhood, which will either join the Brotherhood or kill them all, which can not only exaggerate the strength of the Brotherhood, but also improve the "user" experience, and prepare for the complete mastery of this choke point in the future.

With the two businesses of selling wine and collecting tolls, although the amount of money collected in the past half a year is not as much as before, the speed is getting faster and faster, and I believe that it will not be long before it can exceed the taxes collected directly from Fetanburg, and more importantly, the source of these money is stable, and there is no need to worry that the shrimp will suddenly regret it, tear up the agreement, and make their own territory immediately cut off the income.

It stands to reason that an economic system like the Green Skin, which uses teeth as currency and is self-contained, should inherently have no intersection with other races.

After all, currency other than teeth has no purchasing power, and it can't be given to subordinates as a reward, so it seems that it is useless to earn it.

But the ambitious stone didn't think so, from the beginning, he didn't plan to do business with the greenskins of other tribes, except for the fact that his own territory was too weak and had to be developed secretly, he also didn't look down on the greenskins' productivity.

With the rapid development of the tribe, the things that other greenskin tribes have are basically available in their own territory now, and whether it is the brightly colored hair Squiger or the mellow and delicious fungal beer, they are all sought-after goods in the greenskin society, so the stones have not yet been made public, because once other red-eyed greenskins know about their existence, it is very likely that they will come and grab them, and the number will definitely be more and not less.

He doesn't want to get bogged down in the big quagmire of the Greenskins Civil War now, after all, as soon as the Greenskins fight, it's definitely endless.

Therefore, the stone found a different way and set its sights on the human shrimp, and there are ready-made channels anyway.

In this way, there are many benefits, and the gold coins earned from shrimp can be used and exchanged for a variety of rich materials and materials.

In a society where commercial activities are developed, countless things cannot be produced in their own territory, and there is no need to produce them by themselves.

Not to mention those cheap and wide variety of furs, herbs and minerals, just some simple daily necessities can greatly improve life.

For example, candles and oil lamps, with these lighting tools, the boys in the territory have no excuse to go back to sleep after dark, but continue to work overtime for the black-hearted boss.

In addition, as part of the famous "Silk Road", "Fetanburg", located in the Rabid Dog Pass, often has some strange goods, which may seem useless to others, and are likely to be a priceless treasure.

The stone deliberately asked Rep to pay attention to these things, and it turned out that he really met the treasure.

Last month, Rip asked Hawkeye to bring him a bag of plants he had never seen before.

It appears to be a dried and ground filamentous leaf of a plant that a merchant claims to have brought back from the continent of Lustia far to the west, along with a special knick-knack, which is said to produce a large amount of smoke when lit in it, which is very pleasant to inhale.

Rip tried it himself, choked half to death, hesitated for a long time, and saw that it was from Ruschia, before deciding to buy a pack and send it to the territory.

As a result, the stone was taken in his hand and lost! Isn't this just tobacco, and it comes with its own pipe!

As an old smoker who had been smoking since he was ten years old, he immediately skillfully took what appeared to be a pipe made of ivory, put in the tobacco, lit it, took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and the expression on his face was called ecstasy.

After an afternoon of reminiscence, Stone wrote to Rip asking him to buy all the tobacco, and then to investigate the details of the merchant, and if there were any other goods, to buy them all.

Soon the news came back, and it was even better than the black orcs had imagined.