On July 20, 217 in the New Caesar calendar, a high-rise mansion in the western district of Shawan Harbor. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Covered in sweat and having just experienced a 'big fight', Kincard's entire body was lying on a soft velvet sofa.

On the small table attached to the sofa was the ice wine that had just arrived, and next to it were two sleek women sitting on small stools. One was pouring him wine and feeding him pieces of fruit with toothpicks, while the other was pressed on his back almost all over his body.

It was a very comfortable day, especially compared to the days he had spent in the wasteland licking blood more than twenty years ago.

Kinkad is a merchant who trades in furs and monster raw materials, and is one of the three senior speakers of the Shawan Harbor General Affairs Office, who represents the interests of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce.

More than twenty years ago, when he was younger, he was just a captain of the guard in the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce. At that time, the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce was not as huge as it is now. At that time, he led his men to fight against monsters, robbers, and sand thieves in the wasteland, against the plundering teams of warlords, and against the guards of other competing chambers of commerce.

After fighting for a few years, after the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce became Hindlaire's leading power, he, a person who used to know nothing but cutting people, also became a veteran of the Chamber of Commerce, and his status also improved. And, six years ago, he was assigned to Shawan Port and became the representative of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce here.

When it comes to doing business, he doesn't really know much about it. But it doesn't matter, there are several caravans hanging under the name of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, and there are specially hired managers to take care of him, he just needs to invest money and wait for the return.

Moreover, he prefers the position of Speaker of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to doing business.

Shawan Harbor is one of the few prosperous places in the land of Sindelare. As a purely commercial port city, although the area of Shawan Port is not large, it is not as grand as the Beast Blood Castle, it does not have a heavy history like Cinderella, and it is not as gloomy as the Chaos City. In terms of size, Shawan Harbor is very different from the three well-known big cities in the wilderness. But in terms of pure habitability, Kincard felt that Shawan Harbor was better than any city in the moor.

This is especially true for those who have money and power.

Blowing the wind on the beach, enjoying the food, wine and luxury goods shipped from all over the world, and playing with beautiful women, such a life that he never dared to hope for decades ago when he worked hard with his sword.

Kineckard, who is in his fifties this year, doesn't know how many years he hasn't done anything with anyone. Of course, he used to be a powerful warrior, but looking at the flabby skin and muscles, and the soft belly that has come out of a large section, he himself knows that his current strength may not know how weakened he has long been.

But it doesn't matter. The two bodyguards standing outside the door were no worse than their heyday, but they could still only be bodyguards. And yourself, you can enjoy it here.

So, strength is a fart?

He felt that he could live for a long time, and he didn't have too many other ideals, and it was a good thing to spend the rest of his life among wine, food, and beauty. As for the matter of exercising hard and regaining the strength you once had...... Ever since he began to fall into the beauty that money brings, he never thought about it again.

For him, enjoying money and enjoying power is the next biggest task in his life. Whoever can't get along with him in this regard is his mortal enemy.

The warlord Dane, who had been the new owner of Shawan Harbor for almost a month, had the potential to become his sworn enemy.

After all, Kincard had been sitting in the seat of one of the three chairmen of the General Affairs Office of Shawan Harbor for so many years, and he could certainly see that the new tax bill announced by his agent Verina a month earlier, after Dane had just fully occupied Shawan Harbor, was a serious challenge to the merchant power by the warlord forces.

The warlords managed the military, collected tribute, and left the entire city to the merchants to govern themselves. Such a model has been in Shawan Port for many years. It can even be said that from the time when Shawan Port was first established to the present, this city has always been mastered by the merchants themselves, and no warlord has ever been able to successfully control the city completely in his own hands.

Dane's new tax bill clearly shows this meaning.

At the time, Kinkad was furious. On the same day, he demanded that the General Affairs Office send a representative to meet Lord Daine in person, and arrogantly demanded that Dain personally visit the General Affairs Office. It's just a pity that Dane didn't come, and he regretted that the basket of methods he had prepared to humiliate the new Overseer was useless.

He didn't feel that he had walked away from the ghost gate.

Subsequently, he quickly contacted the representatives of the Shire United Chamber of Commerce and the Sequoia Chamber of Commerce in Shawan Port, and quickly finalized a plan to use the strong control of the three major chambers of commerce over various industries in Shawan Port to create all kinds of chaos and destroy the city's development level. There were many small tricks that made Verina very disgusting, which he personally formulated and ordered to be implemented.

Seeing that in a very short period of time, Shawan Port has fallen into decline step by step, and his mood has become better and better.

"It's the power of power!" He often thinks about it.

Kincard didn't think there was anything wrong with this, it was all Dane's fault, who let this ignorant warlord fantasize about snatching control of the city from the hands of the merchants? Wouldn't it be nice to be honest like his predecessors and take the tribute?

In fact, if you really want to talk about it, Tribute Jin Kincade is not willing to give. However, after all, people have knives in their hands, so they still have to give some face.

It's just that, to his surprise, Dane is more resistant than he imagined, and the city's overall trade volume has declined to almost fifteen percent, but the woman named Verina sitting in the garrison camp is still very tough.

This annoyed Kincard somewhat.

"Why, I want to see how good Verina's stinky girl and Dane behind this stinky girl are!"

With this in mind, he heard a sharp knock on the door. (To be continued.) )