It's morning, and there's still a lot of time left before dinner.

Since the problem of the lion orcs has been solved temporarily, there is no need to leave, Zhang Feng is still very curious about this Moor City, and he hasn't had time to take a good look around, he just went to a maze hall.

For breakfast, Zhang Feng originally wanted to invite the horn girl and the lion orc, but they may have been a little unhappy with Zhang Feng, so they didn't agree, saying that they had something to eat.

Zhang Feng didn't force it, it was a meal for himself.

After eating, Zhang Feng took Marlo and Abbe out.

Didn't drive, prepared to walk, and was a little more low-key until the city lord of Moore City didn't show his attitude.

Although there are still snowflakes outside, there are still many pedestrians on the road, which shows that the prosperity of the city of Moore is still very high.

Zhang Feng wore two more clothes, and it was too cold outside.

On the question of which places in Moore City are the most prosperous, Zhang Feng has done his homework in advance, except for the Ecstasy Hall, that is, the Morgan Tavern and the slave market.

These three places are the most famous in the city of Mor.

There's a saying in Moore: there's no place in Moore like the House of Ecstasy, unless you're in the daytime.

It can be seen from this that the ability of the Ecstasy Pavilion to absorb gold at night is terrifying, and Zhang Feng has already seen this.

If the Ecstasy Hall is the king of the night in Moore City, then the king of the day is none other than the slave market in Moore City.

The slave market was open only during the day, opening when the first rays of sunlight reached the earth and closing when the last rays of sunlight left.

It stands to reason that this kind of place that does not know how to be flexible will definitely not be very good in business, and will even get into some trouble unknowingly.

But the slave market has been running well for so many years.

In addition to the huge number of slaves in itself, there is one most important reason, and that is that the real master behind it is the lord of Mor City!

It is the only commercial place in Moore City that is directly under the lord of the city!

Why do you say directly subordinate, it is because in Mor City, there are some places that do not belong to the city lord himself, she only collects taxes and does not participate in management.

On this issue, let's talk about the otherworldly city.

The lord of a city, although nominally has absolute control over the city, is privately owned.

But many times, it can't be completely controlled, for example, if you are a viscount, but there is a shop in your city that is opened by an earl, then you must give the other party, and some things have to be turned a blind eye.

This kind of thing is very common, and even these city lords are happy to do it, because in addition to strengthening the ties between the two sides and cultivating a community of interests, there is another point, and the most important point.

That is, not all city lords will run their own cities, and they will want those who can afford to come and do business in their cities!

Running a city, your own territory, is not so simple, it is not a game, there is no chance to come again, if you accidentally play the city away, then congratulations, you have become a nobleman without a territory, that is, people often say a down-and-out nobleman.

After becoming a down-and-out nobleman, basically no one will give you a territory except for a reward, and if you want to become the lord of a land again, you can only spend money to buy it.

But not to mention the huge amount of gold required to buy a territory, it's a question of whether you can buy it or not.

Good territory, people will naturally not sell, bad territory, it is more difficult to operate, is likely to repeat the mistakes of the past, and then it will be a waste of work.

Therefore, almost most of the city lords will not interfere too much in the affairs of the entire territory, which is both troublesome and not much beneficial, they only focus on the general direction.

Especially in the city, the city is one of the two most important sources of gold coins for the lord of the city, and the other is food.

As for those other places, just leave them to others, and the city lord only needs to collect taxes.

For example, Moore City, although it is a little special, but its business model is similar to other cities, many parts of Moore City are sold to other people, there are merchants, nobles, and even their own subordinates.

It doesn't matter how others are doing, the city lord doesn't care, as long as the other party doesn't violate the laws of Moore City, she only needs to collect taxes.

This is very convenient for the city lord, there is no need to worry so much, and the other party will definitely be very careful in business, and it is also very good for those who buy shops and sites, after all, do business, the bigger the plate, the better.

Moreover, due to some restrictions, these people who bought property in the city, although they bought freehold, but only if the lord of the city recognized it.

In other words, if the city lord is replaced, or the city lord is killed, then the contract they signed with the former city lord will become a piece of waste paper.

Therefore, for their own benefit, these people must support the rule of the city lord, which is a win-win situation between the city lord and the merchant.

Just like the nobles of the Buck Kingdom, they must support the rule of King Buck, otherwise the king will be killed, and their nobility will be gone.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything, for example, if you just want to rebel and want to be the king yourself, then you will definitely not support it, or you will disobey the yin, this kind of thing has been seen a lot in the long river of history.

There are people in the country who want to rebel, and in the territory of the city lord, there will naturally be people who want to replace them and want to be the city lord themselves.

Therefore, how to manage these people is also a compulsory course for a good city lord.

And these are exactly what most city lords are good at, after all, they were born in aristocratic families since childhood, and they basically have several brothers and sisters, who can stand out among them, and if they don't have any skills, they won't even be scum left.

The above is just to say that in terms of business, as for military matters, the city lord basically will not let anyone interfere, after all, the armed forces are the real backing of a city, and they can rest assured in their own hands.

Speaking of Mor City, the only property that currently belongs to the lord of the city is this slave market.

Therefore, the background of the slave market is very hard, and the city lord can mobilize all her resources at any time, and even use force to support the slave market, so it is not too much to say that the slave market is the king of Moore City during the day.

Many people even think that if the slave market is open at night, business may be better than the Ecstasy, after all, the richer the place, the more worried about the sale of slaves.

Of course, this is just a hypothesis.

As for the other Morgan Tavern, it is a relatively balanced place, open 24 hours a day. It can't compare to the slave market during the day and the Ecstasy House at night, but conversely, it is better than the Ecstasy House during the day and the slave market at night.

Zhang Feng was naturally very interested in this Morgan tavern, he wanted to see what was the difference between the tavern here and the tavern in his Red Leaf City, and whether there was a place where he could learn.

However, the tavern is open all day and can be visited at any time, and now Zhang Feng's destination is the slave market.

If the slave market, the psychedelic hall and the Morgan tavern are the three most well-known places in Moore, then outside Moore, the first impression of Moore is that it is a slave city.

For example, Abbe and Anne, although they have never been to Moore, they also know that this is a city famous for the slave trade, which shows how powerful this slave market is.

But after walking for a while, Zhang Feng realized that this slave market was really a bit far away.

Zhang Feng's hotel and psychedelic hall are both in the east of the city, the tavern is in the middle, and the slave market is in the west of the city, and the city of Moore is very large, which will really waste a lot of time if you walk there.

And Zhang Feng didn't find any means of transportation in the city, let alone a carriage, not even a rickshaw.

On the street, Zhang Feng looked at the snowflakes floating in the sky, a little uncomfortable, do you say this is going back to drive, or not driving!

Let's drive, he's gone so far, wouldn't it hurt to go back again.

Don't open it, it's still so far, walk over, it's estimated that it's noon.

It's not that Zhang Feng doesn't have this physical strength, it's purely lazy.

"Hey, you said that such a big city of Moore, why doesn't there even have a rental carriage! These people won't make money! ”

Zhang Feng complained helplessly.

Marlowe and Abbe were also helpless.

It's Zhang Feng who doesn't take the car himself, saying that he walks more and exercises, but he just walked a few steps, so he didn't want to go, it's not a nobleman!

Even if he is as good as Zhang Feng, he also has the common problem of aristocrats, that is, laziness.

When Marlowe was about to speak and allow Zhang Feng to let him go back to drive, an ordinary carriage passed by Zhang Feng and stopped beside Zhang Feng.

Zhang Feng looked up with some confusion, the window of the carriage opened, and a mature and charming female face was revealed, looking in her thirties, but she did not look old at all, but she had a delicate face like a little girl with fair skin.

But the most attractive thing is her peach blossom eyes with slightly upturned eyes, which has a kind of intimacy like a big sister next door.

"Is that you?"

The voice is soft and pleasant.

Hearing the other party's words, Zhang Feng was a little puzzled.

"Huh? Do we know each other? ”

After searching in his mind for a long time, Zhang Feng has no memory of the other party, after all, people with this kind of appearance, as long as they have seen it, they are generally unlikely to forget it.

Regarding Zhang Feng's doubts, the woman smiled, as if she didn't care, and said, "Maybe I'm mistaken." Then she spoke very familiarly.

"I heard you just say that you just rented out carriages, what do you mean? What about your car? Where are you going? ”

"Car?"

The other party asked a few questions in a row, Zhang Feng was stunned for a moment, and then understood that this woman must have seen herself and the steam car when she entered the city yesterday, otherwise she would not have asked about the car.

Seeing that the other party's attitude was very good, Zhang Feng had nothing to hide, he said helplessly:

"I was going to go to the slave market, but I didn't notice that the city of Mor was bigger than I imagined, it was a little far from the slave market, I didn't plan to drive before, but now I want to take the car, only to find that there is not a rental carriage or even a rickshaw on the road, such a good business, the city lord of Mor City doesn't do it, this is ......"

The woman who heard the phrase "carriage for rent" again was a little confused.

"Rental carriages? Business? ”

"Yes, you see so many people walking on the road, if there is a carriage to rent on the side of the road, as long as the price is not very expensive, there must be people willing to take it."

"The cost of the carriage is not low, and this business does not seem to be very cost-effective."

The woman shook her head, there are naturally carriages sold in the city of Mor, in a special horse market, but the price is not cheap, and an ordinary carriage costs fifteen gold coins.

If you engage in this business of renting a carriage, it is too expensive to carry people once, it is better to buy one, but if it is too cheap, how many people will have to be pulled to return to the capital, the time is too long, not cost-effective, not cost-effective!

Seeing the woman shaking her head, Zhang Feng was a little strange.

"Isn't that a good deal? With fifteen gold coins for a carriage, that is, 150,000 copper coins, for such a long distance from the east of the city to the west of the city, the people in the carriage are charged according to the distance, and it is not too much for a person to ask for a hundred copper coins, right? ”

"Not excessive, but ......"

The woman nodded, this price is indeed not expensive, a hundred copper coins can buy three pieces of black bread, for people in other places, it may be a little distressing, but this is Moore City, people who can survive in Moore City have more or less some savings, otherwise they would have been driven out of Moore City a long time ago.

But there is a problem, if a person only needs 100 copper coins, a day can pull 10 people, then it will take 150 days to earn back the money of the carriage, which does not include the coachman's salary, the horse's feed and the maintenance of the carriage, etc., so in fact, it is far more than 150 days, if the horse is sick or something, then maybe it will not be able to return to the capital for more than half a year or even a year.

If it were in another city, it might be possible to do this business, but not in Mor City.

In Moore City, the business return time is more than half a year, all of which are unqualified, the competition here is too fierce, no one will give you such a long time to prepare, and listening to Zhang Feng's words, it is obviously ready to buy a lot of carriages, so the investment is very large, unless you have endless gold coins in your hand, there is no worries at all, otherwise it is impossible to survive in More City!

"But some problems ......"

The woman said everything she had just considered.

Zhang Feng was a little surprised, he originally thought that the two were just chatting casually, but he didn't expect the other party to really understand business.

But after listening to her words, Zhang Feng was a little speechless.

"I said, eldest sister, are you stupid, a carriage pulls a person? Why are you so extravagant! ”

"For example, in your current carriage, it is completely fine to seat ten people, or even more, but it is a little crowded."

"Suppose that according to the calculation of ten people, based on the statement that you have just carried people ten times a day, then this payback time has been advanced by ten times, and the return on cost has been made in fifteen days! Even if the coachman's salary plus horse feed or something, it will only be 20 days at most, so I will ask you if you have a business that returns to the capital in 20 days. ”

"As for the horse getting sick, unless there is a plague or something in a short time, there can be no problem with it, after all, when you buy a horse, you will definitely pick up the good ones."

"Even when you buy a horse, you can sign a contract with the seller, such as asking them to guarantee that the horse you buy will not have problems within a month, otherwise it will be returned, of course, you raise the price a little, I believe that most businessmen will do it in this business, as long as their horses are okay, this money will not be made in vain!"

"In this way, with the flow of people in Moore City, within a month, it will definitely return to its original cost!"

This is indeed a very good business, and Zhang Feng feels that if he is in Moore City, he will definitely open a "rental company".

The reason why Zhang Feng's Red Leaf City didn't do this is that Red Leaf City is relatively small, and there is no "taxi" for the time being, and it will not have much impact after it is expanded, and the other is that there are not many horses in Red Leaf City, and Zhang Feng plans to build a "tram steam car" in the future to use it as the transportation of Red Leaf City, so there is no need to get these for the time being.

"Ten people at a time?"

The woman muttered to herself, and Zhang Feng's explanation made her eyes light up, as if she had suddenly opened up.

After thinking about it for a while, the more she felt that Zhang Feng was reasonable.

"Of course, but you can also carry a little more, or a little less, but this is another way to play, and even in addition to carrying passengers, you can also have some additional benefits, such as ......"

"Like what?"

Zhang Feng suddenly stopped talking, and the woman subconsciously asked.

"Why should I tell you?"

Zhang Feng shrugged, he felt that he had said enough, if this woman listened, she would definitely be able to earn a lot of gold coins from this aspect, if the other party thought that she was talking nonsense, it could only be said that she was not naturally suitable for this.

Zhang Feng only combined the situation he encountered, and it happened that there was another person who was willing to listen, so he spoke out, otherwise he wouldn't talk much.

Didn't you see that Marlo and Abbe were both confused, Zhang Feng just told them, and they might not be able to understand.

“……”

The woman was stunned by Zhang Feng for a while, but she was not angry at all, but showed a bright smile, like a hundred flowers in full bloom, especially her slender peach blossom eyes, which smiled like a crescent moon, very charming, very affinity, and even a heart-warming feeling.

However, Zhang Feng, who had read countless beauties, quickly calmed down.

"If you don't win, you will cheat? Still want to be seductive? Luckily, I'm strong! ”

Zhang Feng complained secretly, unmoved.

What he said was something relatively simple, and when his own Red Leaf City developed in the future, people with flexible brains would understand it at a glance, it was nothing.

As for the rest of the things, they are relatively high-level, and Zhang Feng naturally won't say it casually.

Seeing that Zhang Feng still didn't let go, the woman didn't mind, she restrained her smile, and then said tentatively:

"I also happened to go to the slave market, if you don't mind, we can be together, please don't refuse, I think we may have a lot in common, by the way I have some small questions, I hope you can answer them, of course, I will pay you. By the way, my name is Delia. ”

Delia's words surprised Zhang Feng a little, it seems that she listened to her words, and she is obviously very thoughtful.

At the same time, Zhang Feng also knew that the other party's financial resources should not be weak, after all, in this business, there were a lot of carriages invested in the early stage, and it was really impossible to play without some financial resources.

"Delia? Thank you very much. ”

Zhang Feng agreed.

After all, the other party is so polite, and the long man and animal are harmless, and he is just going to the slave market. Moreover, neither Marlowe nor Abbe gave Zhang Feng a warning, indicating that the other party did not have the strength to threaten him.

Of course, the most important thing is that the other party does not prostitute for nothing, it is paid.

Knowledge payment or something, Zhang Feng likes it the most.