Chapter 124: The Gathering
"Merchants value profits, and what they care about most is actually income, and if there is enough profit, even if we do business with evil dragons, I believe that the goddess of Waujin (goddess of trade) will not blame us. And the main concern of a businessman is actually taxes, who to trade with, and price. ”
"If all three of these problems are solved, there may be more people coming than before...... Master, I'll go first. ”
Blue waved his hand joyfully and said goodbye to Lens.
"Taxes, security, prices? It seems to make sense, but you still have to think about how to solve it......" Turning around, Blue muttered a whisper that no one could hear, and then took the bag of seasonings and walked towards the town hall, the temporary lair of himself and Krisanna, that is, the ancient castle.
Many merchants saw the process of buying the seasoning, and they looked at the little boy expectantly, expecting him to come to his stall and be so bold.
To their disappointment, however, the little boy turned around and walked away with the seasoning, without even glancing at their goods.
Although some people looked at his back and had crooked ideas in their minds, the half-ogres who were constantly patrolling still made them dispel the idea of robbery and murder.
Blue walked down the street with few pedestrians, and before he knew it, he was getting closer and closer to the old castle.
Soon after, he saw a special level set up to separate passers-by and unrelated people, and after showing the sign to pass, the half-ogres on the level immediately bowed their heads and silently opened the passage for him.
In fact, it was not the first time they had seen a child like Blue, and it was reasonable to give it a convenience without showing the pass sign.
It's just that an accident happened a few days ago, which caused Blue to strictly require all humanoids entering and exiting the level to show a pass sign in his dragon form.
The cause of the accident was that after his injuries had recovered a little, Blue began to patrol his territory, and then the first to inspect was of course the town hall, which was a temporary lair.
I thought it was right under my eyes, and there should be no problem.
As a result, I didn't know it, but I was shocked to see it, and Blue actually found two shapeshifters in the office space of the city hall.
The so-called shapeshifters are sinister and cunning shape-shifting creatures that can take on the appearance of other humanoids and then perform various actions such as sneaking, spreading rumors, assassination, etc.
Sometimes, of course, they deliberately take on the form of a nobleman just for pleasure, and then quietly assassinate him, and then replace his identity and take his wealth or status for himself.
And because of their lazy and selfish nature, shapeshifters don't raise their offspring themselves, they turn into handsome men to seduce women, and then leave them when they become pregnant, leaving them alone to take care of their children.
These children look exactly like their mothers, and it is not until adolescence that they discover that they are shapeshifters, and then the child who returns to his true nature continues his father's path......
Therefore, in any humanoid society, there may be shapeshifters, and once the shapeshifters are discovered by people, they will generally be expelled directly, and some people will even choose to kill them.
When Blue found out about these two shapeshifters, he immediately realized that something was wrong, although the shapeshifters could turn into other people's appearances, they couldn't fool the eyes of the real dragon.
When they were pulled out, it was discovered that these shapeshifters had taken advantage of the distraction of the people in Charles City, and tempted several officials who were being watched with the words they left on their behalf, and then turned into their appearance, and then secretly assisted them to escape.
This made Blue cry and laugh, and after putting the shapeshifter in prison, in order to prevent such a thing from happening again, he had to enact a method of recognizing the pass sign and not recognizing people.
Upon entering the castle area, Blue saw several Half-Ogre maids cleaning up.
The maids all knew that this child, who looked like a young human being, was actually their master, and when they saw Blue, they quickly stopped and saluted Blue.
Blue waved his hand unhurriedly and motioned for the maids to continue their work.
"Oh, I almost forgot."
He walked a few steps before remembering that he wanted to show Krisanna his barbecue prowess.
He looked sideways at the maid closest to him, and then said in his puzzled eyes: "Today I am going to roast my sister's horse meat, tell the kitchen to quickly get the ingredients, and then bring it to me, you know?" ”
"Yes, my master, I will do it at once." When the maid heard this, she nodded in agreement, and then put the broom away and ran to the kitchen with broken steps.
In the kitchen, there are captured human cooks, who naturally cut the meat of the slaughtered horses.
When Blue walked to the gate of the ancient castle, he saw a giant blue beast.
He looked at Krishanna, who was lying on the ground, enjoying the sun with her head stretched out, and smiled, "My dear sister, are you finally willing to move out of that room full of gold and silver coins?" ”
Krishanna shook her head and said, "No, I just came out to bask in the sun and eat, and I didn't plan to move out of there." ”
Ever since Krisanna saw the vaults of Schars, she had been completely reluctant to leave.
Although the city of Shars has to hand over a considerable part of the taxes to the state treasury and then use the funds to develop the city, as a city with developed commerce, the annual income is unimaginable for ordinary people.
Basically, merchants who enter the city are subject to a tariff of 10%, and even more if it is a luxury item!
No one can count the amount of money received over the decades.
And in order to figure out what she deserved, and the part that Blue owed herself, she counted the money in the vault all day and night.
Blue occasionally passed by and was amused to see Krishanna exuding excitement and then not swimming in a sea of gold and silver coins.
Looking at the laughing Blue, Krisanna narrowed her eyes and said a little lazily, "Blue, my stomach is hungry." ”
Raising the bag of seasonings in his hand, Blue said to Krishanna proudly, "It's just right, I bought some good things and baked some delicious ones for you." ”
Krisanna's eyes lit up, she stood up, and asked in surprise, "Huh?" Blu, did you bake it yourself? When she saw Blue nodding, Krishanna seemed to remember the horse meat or camel meat that her brother had roasted before, which was much better than her own.
She almost drooled, she opened her mouth and nodded repeatedly: "That...... It's all mine this time! ”
"That's not going to work, you have to call Makaria and Oriana......"
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