The next day, eight mutilated bodies hung from a tree next to the main road connecting the town of Prairly to the territory. A light breeze blows, swaying, and making a creepy crunch.

The townspeople, though panicked, quickly calmed down with the reassurance of the territorial officials who kept the town running. Because the corpses were not local, the townspeople were still a little apprehensive, but they were able to stabilize their minds and devote their energy to their daily work. It's just that in their free time, they still occasionally mention this horrible thing.

On the other hand, as the lord of the Prairly Domain, Kasha immediately sent the Roger Knights to participate in the investigation after learning of the incident. Naturally, the identities of the deceased were quickly identified.

"Are you sure these are the same people who attacked the village of Rantam in the first place?" Knight Luna-Maria, who is in charge of investigating the incident, looks at his colleague Knight Ron, who is assisting in the investigation.

"You can't be wrong." Ron pointed to one of the corpses lying on the ground, and affirmed it categorically, "I fought this guy that night, and I know him when he turned to ashes!" ”

Luna Maria looked at the corpse. It was a middle-aged man dressed in black, the corpse was beheaded, the severed head was held in the arms of the headless corpse, two scimitars penetrated the corpse's arms and nailed the head in his arms, and there was a terrifying look on the skull.

"Eight corpses...... Is it? Luna Maria muttered, "That way, the gang that attacked the village of Rantam can be sure that they are them, and they have been wiped out." That's good news for us at Praile Collar as well. ”

On the day, Château Prailly.

“…… Well, I see. Go down first. ”

Kashya nodded knowingly after listening to Luna Maria's report.

"Well, then, I'll take my leave." Luna Maria bowed, then turned to leave.

After Luna Maria leaves, Kashya buries herself in the back chair.

"Annihilation...... I'm afraid this kind of method can only be done by the people of the Xuanyuan Adventure Group, right? The three of them all have at least mid-level strength. Instead of catching the rabbit, the trap wounded the hound (an Eber proverb meaning 'stealing a chicken does not make a fool of rice'). The old fellow of Bilgard was afraid to vomit blood when he heard the news. ”

Thinking of the reaction that his family's old rival might have after learning the news, the corners of Kasha's mouth couldn't help but show a slight smile.

"However, it is really beyond my expectation that these people of the Regulus Adventure Group would dare to go against Bilgard - but this is good news for me."

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The corpses hanging outside the town naturally can't hide the attention of those who care about it, and these spies who have infiltrated the Prairly territory have similar purposes to each other, and they can even guess the cause and effect of this incident. As a result, similar news such as 'Count Leopold, the lord of Praeley, cooperated with a powerful unknown force to run a new wine business, and the spies of the third-party forces who tried to sabotage the cooperation between the two sides suffered heavy losses' spread far and wide, and the forces on all sides were alert after receiving such news, and while stopping some small movements, they also paid more and more attention to the Prairly Lord.

Of course, there is also the lord of a certain force who is furious because of the huge losses. However, this kind of ruthless behavior can't hurt a single hair of Kashya, and at the same time it has become a laughing stock of other forces, which is not enough for outsiders.

In this environment, summer is quietly approaching, and the vineyards in Prailly's territory are ready for harvest.

Growers pluck bunches of grapes from the erected vines and carefully stack them in baskets. The large baskets of grapes were loaded onto horse-drawn carts and transported to the village of Longtham. The whole village suddenly became busy, and even a faint smell of wine could be smelled in the air.

Two months later, a long procession of wagons, escorted by a two-hundred-man escort sent by the Rogge Knights, drove out of the village of Rantam and headed for the city of Breitnia.

The convoy heading to the county town attracted the attention of all parties in the county. The first to be impatient was the resident merchant group in the county, and the stewards of each merchant group rushed to visit the Leopold family's mansion in the county town and negotiate with Sebastian Varref, the steward of the Leopold family sitting in the city. Immediately afterwards, representatives of trade associations from several surrounding counties flocked to the city, rushing to order new wines. Sebastian, who was well versed in business negotiations and had already received instructions from Lord Kasya, calmly coped with the visits of various merchant groups, and one turn of transaction contracts was signed. Before the convoy arrived in the county, most of the goods transported were snatched up by various merchant groups.

At the same time, the nobles of the county, large and small, also sent people to pay their respects, trying to find an opportunity to get some new wine in the midst of the talks with the Leopold family. In just one year, brandy and whiskey have become the high-end drinks in the aristocratic society of the county and the surrounding counties. In the southern counties, it would not be surprising that if the nobleman dared to say that he did not know or had drunk these two wines, he would be ridiculed as 'unheard'.

Naturally, Kashya expected this to happen, so a considerable part of the goods this time were actually specially prepared for these nobles - all of them were cellared last year, and the effect was to make friends with the nobles from all sides. However, friendship is friendship, and there is no ambiguity in terms of bargaining. And for most aristocrats, the importance of face is greater than that of the inside. Being able to get a 'limited edition' of fine new wine is a face-saving thing for them. For this reason, they did not hesitate to pan out of their pockets for gold coins.

As a result, when the convoy arrived in Brettnia, they were greeted by a flock of cargo. By the time the convoy arrived at the Leopold family mansion in the city, the van was already empty. But it didn't last long, for soon the wagons were filled with one heavy box after another, and the boxes contained heavy, golden, and silver coins of gold and silver.

And when, more than ten days later, after Kasha sent someone to send the part of the profits belonging to the Xuanyuan Adventure Group to Xuanyuan Manor, everyone was stunned when they looked at the large and small boxes piled up in the warehouse, as well as the gold and silver coins that were inadvertently scattered.

One hundred and eighty-seven thousand nine hundred (the approximate amount erased) gold coins.

This is the profit that will be shared by the people after the sale of this new sake.