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"Are you going to take such a group of cubs to the Dragon Court Woodland?"

As soon as he walked out of the mission hall, Zoro saw Anthony. There was a serious look on his face, and he didn't seem to be very happy with Sauron's reckless behavior.

"Well, the second mission is so difficult, I guess you'll taste a little bitter. However, if you want to go over and take over the territory now, I suggest you go to Hetan Town first and find a few mercenaries. Although you have the Appointment Scroll of Black Mountain City, the Dragon Court Woodland is a strange place to you. ”

It didn't take much to explain for Sauron to understand what Anthony meant, and he humbly thanked him, "Thank you for this advice, Mentor Anthony. ”

"It takes money to find mercenaries." Anthony had no intention of leaving, but stared at Sauron, expressing his concern to him as always.

Sauron also tried many times to figure out the whole situation. So far, he still doesn't quite understand why Anthony, whom he didn't know before coming to the green shade, would help him so much.

"How much money do we have? Behringer. ”

Hearing Sauron's question, Behringer did not hesitate, "We still have 5 gold coins, plus 23 silver coins and some bits and pieces of copper coins, which is a full 7 gold coins and 5 silver coins. ”

The monthly salary of a member of the Dande royal family is 10 gold coins. In the past half a month, it has only cost less than 3 gold coins, so in Sauron's concept, 7 gold coins should be enough.

Hearing this amount, Anthony rolled his eyes directly, "Congratulations, your money can allow a mercenary to serve you for 7 days, well, not including the food money." ”

Mercenaries' salaries are calculated in increments of 1 gold in days. 1 gold coin a day, 30 gold coins in a month.

In this way, wouldn't being a mercenary be richer than being a member of the royal family? Although the mercenaries live a life of licking blood at the tip of a knife, their high salaries still can't help but make Zoro secretly smack his tongue.

"I have 6 rubies here, which are worth about 600 gold coins."

Zoro felt his hand sink, and in the blink of an eye, there was a black money bag. A ruby worth 600 gold coins? Hearing Anthony's words clearly, for the first time since coming to this world, Sauron felt that he was a poor and ** silk who had never seen the world.

"You have the blood of the royal family in your veins, but you are as shabby as a beggar. Since I am yours, I don't have to be polite to me, I should be considered to have lent it to you. When you first arrive in the territory, there will be a lot of places to spend money. ”

Anthony turned and walked away, his voice remaining normal, but Sauron could sense something hidden in his attitude, so he waited.

"This is Lao Tzu's salary in the castle for a year, saving some flowers."

When Anthony's voice was heard in the distance, Zoro shook his head and laughed. Despite his hesitation, he accepted Anthony's help.

Of course, there is no such thing as a free lunch, just as pie in the sky does not fall for no reason. Sauron didn't think that Anthony's help was gratuitous or free, but as long as the 'interest' wasn't too excessive, he was willing to do his best to repay it in the future.

The whole group totaled 21 people, and almost everyone had stuffed their clothes with sweets and pastries as they left the castle. Sauron told everyone to bring enough food to last for 5 days, but he hoped it would be redundant. Because the journey from the castle to the Dragon Court Woodland is only two days.

Because of the way, everyone planned to go to the Dragon Court Woodland first, and then go to carry out the task they received in the castle.

Everyone is of the same age, and the path they chose is far from the wilderness, so the road is easy and lively. On the way, Sauron asks about Ciceli's recent situation. It only took half a day for everyone to arrive at the town of Hetan, which Anthony had mentioned.

Hetan Town. Situated on the banks of a river. It looks ordinary, but it is the largest slave and horse market in the neighborhood.

Just entering the town required each person to pay a tax of 1 copper coin, and 21 people, a total of 2 silver coins were paid to the town guards. And the various slaves and livestock traders who enter and leave this town every day can't get down to a thousand. Even if it is calculated according to 1,000 people, it is equivalent to the tax of 100 silver coins.

Otherwise, even Anthony envied Sauron for having a territory.

"Is this the town of Hetan? Why don't you even have a decent wall? Behringer was a little disappointed with the town.

"Hehe, even the trolls roaming the wilderness know that Riverpool Town is the private domain of Lord Commander of the Green Shade Castle. Those who dared to get their hands on this place, whether it was human thieves or alien bandits, had already been killed by the castle apprentices. From the information contained in these words, it can be heard that Yabu has not been idle these days.

"In that case, why do we have to pay those copper coins, just find a place where no one is guarding and walk in."

"Look at those towers around them, who would risk being shot to escape the tax of 1 copper coin. By the way, I was in one of those towers on my last mission. and was told that it was possible to kill any creature that didn't walk through the gate. ”

Listening to the small talk of Behringer and Jab, in Sauron's eyes, all the villages and towns were like a small society, where people farmed and traded, multiplied, and created culture, and through road transportation, these small societies were connected to form a large society.

The town of Hetan is surrounded by rich and fertile land for farmers to cultivate. The water source was also abundant, and there was a medium-sized slave market. There's no denying that it's a rich and thriving town.

On the way to the central market, you can find that the houses on both sides are civil structures. This type of house is supported on four or two sides by mud walls, with wooden triangles as vaults, and the roof is mostly covered with thatch or straw.

Such mud houses are often prone to damage over time, so they need to be reroofed from time to time, or the old thatch should be replaced with new ones, or the mud walls should be reinforced. Towns are formed when many of these houses reach a certain size and are clustered together.

Needless to say, almost everyone knows that anywhere in the kingdom of Dande, whether it is a commoner or a nobleman, every house and the homestead around it are independent and inviolable. People fence off their own houses and homestead lots, and strangers are forbidden to enter at will, and violators are punished with heavy fines.

In every aisle of Hetan Town, there are heavily armed guards patrolling.