Chapter 19: The "Money-Making" Deal with Theron

The guards looked warily at the young man who came over, especially the barbarian behind him.

He raised his hand to stop the guards.

"Theron?" Qin Feng looked at the young man in front of him in surprise. He had long black hair, but it didn't drape over his shoulders like the barbarians behind him did. He tied his hair neatly into a ponytail and draped it behind his head, about 1.75 meters tall, he looked very slender, handsome facial features, and a smile on the corner of his mouth, which looked very relatable, but the most attractive thing was his bright and divine eyes, because these eyes made him look very special.

"Are you the leader of these barbarians?" Shirina asked, poking her head curiously into the interjection. He, like Qin Feng, was also curious about this special-looking Theron, not only because of Theron himself, but more importantly, the few barbarians behind Theron.

You must know that although barbarians will also come to human cities to trade, they are still very repulsive to humans, and now there is a human in the ranks of barbarians, which is a very strange thing.

"Give me back, who told you to talk too much." Qin Feng said speechlessly. Doesn't this girl look at the situation? The barbarians behind Theron looked nonchalant, especially looking at Theron with a disrespectful expression, was that the attitude towards the leader?

"It's okay, Your Excellency Baron, this young lady also said it unintentionally." Theron smiled nonchalantly and said, "They're just my companions, we're here to trade in Bulltown." ”

"How could this short bastard be our leader, cut, just kidding." The barbarians behind Theron whispered, and they also realized that the human youth in front of them was the baron here, and the fierce soldiers just now were the baron's men. The barbarians will be treated with due respect, even if they are the human beings they have always looked down upon.

Hearing the barbarian's words, a trace of hatred flashed in Theron's eyes, but there was no trace of fluttering on his calm face, as if he hadn't heard it.

Shirina glanced at those barbarians dissatisfied, he felt that these barbarians were really excessive, why should they call others mongrels. He also apologized to Theron for not saying such things if he hadn't been talkative.

Qin Feng frowned equally unhappily, to be honest, he had a good impression of Theron, this was a smart and excellent young man. He shouldn't have been insulted like this by others, but this kind of thing is not his business, after all, he is just the lord of Bulltown, and he is not the king of barbarians.

Glancing at Theron with a slightly apologetic look, Qin Feng said, "Do you need any help, maybe I can help you." "Maybe this is an apology for Shirina's mouth.

"Maybe there's one thing." Theron pointed to the package that the barbarian was carrying behind him and said, "These are the furs and various animal bones, herbs and other things that our tribe has stored for a year, and we need to find a place to trade." But surprisingly, there are so many people in Bull Town today that we can't find a place to set up a stall. ”

"It's true that there are so many people today that maybe I should build a place to trade." Qin Feng smiled and said, "Maybe I can ask for all these things of yours, and when the time comes, when you go to the Baron's Mansion, I will ask the housekeeper to pay you the gold coins." ”

"Dear Baron, we don't need much gold, maybe you can pay the bill with something else." Theron nodded and said, his face was as calm as ever, even though Qin Feng had solved one of his big troubles.

"What is it?" Qin Feng asked.

"It's salt and a lot of grain." Theron said that he didn't say anything about weapons, even though the old shaman had repeatedly told him before he left that weapons were the most important thing.

The barbarians behind Theron were still stunned, although they didn't look down on Theron as a "mongrel", but the old shaman said that Theron was responsible for all the transactions with humans, so they would save trouble, and besides, they wouldn't trade such a foolish thing.

"Salt and grain...."Qin Feng frowned, to be honest, although these things are not much but not a lot, but these things are all strategic resources, no one will be too much, he asked strangely: "Aren't there many merchants from the south today?" They should have a lot of these things. ”

"The merchants of the south like to do something about it, they like to mix white sand in salt and water in grain, and we have suffered a lot of losses." Theron said that it was an experience he had learned from the old shaman, and that it was just an excuse for him. Part of it was for Qin Feng to hear, and part of it was deliberately for those barbarians.

"Is that really the case?" Qin Feng looked straight at Theron, although Theron said this, but in Qin Feng's opinion, even if the merchants in the south would do something, it was limited after all, maybe he had other purposes.

Theron's face was calm, and he looked back at Qin Feng's line of sight flatly, the corners of his mouth kept slightly upturning, no one would know what he was thinking in his heart, and Qin Feng was the same: "Yes, Your Excellency Baron, those southern merchants like to use this kind of small means, but we have no way." ”

Qin Feng didn't like this feeling very much, but he couldn't guess Theron's intentions, but this was something he brought up first, and he couldn't refuse, frowning and saying, "How much do you need?" ”

Similarly, after hearing Theron's request, Shirina was also looking at Theron with curious eyes, like Qin Feng, she was sensitive to the fact that Theron seemed to have a special intention in doing this, but she didn't guess why Theron did this?

It was to starve the town of Bull with salt and grain, which was simply impossible, and even Shirina felt the absurdity of her own idea. There were many southern merchants who came this year, and regardless of the trading season, the nobles would buy large quantities of salt and grain. This is the usual practice, and the Renault family has done the same in previous years, and she thinks that Rhinereth will definitely do the same.

Because salt and iron in the empire are under the unified management of the empire, anyone else who touches it is a crime. Salt and iron are strategic materials, so every year the nobles will buy a lot of them and store them, and then sell them to the lords at a high price to earn profits.

"2,000 catties of salt and 50,000 catties of grain." Theron said, pointing to the package that had been put down by the barbarians at this time, "These are the best things in our tribe, the hides are all the skins of the prey that have just been captured in the autumn, and the herbs are all fresh. ”

"At last year's price, we brought a total of 1,000 ordinary skins, 5 white bear skins and 20 white wolf skins. The white bear's skin is 50 gold coins, and the white wolf's is 20 gold coins. With the addition of herbs, animal bones, and other things, it is a total of 3,000 gold coins. ”

"The price of salt is 1 gold coin a catty, and grain is 1 gold coin and 50 catties, a total of exactly 3,000 gold coins." Theron looked into Qin Feng's eyes and said, "Baron, what do you think?" ”

Qin Feng looked at Theron, only feeling that he couldn't see through this young man at all, especially his purpose. But the deal honestly took advantage of him. He had just looked at the skins, and they were all of the finest quality furs, and even if they were sold to other merchants, they would not be the only ones for the money. And the white bear and white wolf skin are both unique products of the Northland, and the price is expensive.

"But...". I agree. Before Qin Feng could answer, he was preempted by Xilina on the side.

"Thank you, Baron," Theron didn't seem to hear who was saying, and told the barbarians that the deal was complete and that they were going to be sent to the Baron's Palace.

"Who told you to interject, did I say I agreed?" Qin Feng looked at the barbarians and Theron who had already walked away, grabbed Shilina's arm, glared at her and said.

"Why don't you agree, it's a good deal?" Shirina shook off Qin Feng's hand and glared at Qin Feng as well: "You should be happy about such a rare good thing." ”

"Huh... I can't tell you. Qin Feng frowned, he always felt that this Theron had ulterior motives for doing this.

"Aren't you just worried about that Theron's intentions?" Xilina seemed to see Qin Feng's thoughts, and said, "But does that have anything to do with you, and his actions have not caused harm to you." ”

"That's right!" Qin Feng suddenly became confused, maybe it was the paranoia of being killed, he always felt that everyone was targeting him, even this Theron who he couldn't see through. But is sending him money also harming him? It's simply not possible.

"I didn't expect you to be quite useful."

"Anyway, I'm a nobleman." A slightly tsundere young lady's tone.