219 Private Interest and Public Welfare (II)
The abandoned barracks on the north bank of the Feimao River have been abandoned again since the arrival of the Feiye residents, because of the war between the Western Front and the Desert Orcs, the Southern Army dispatched two elite wings to the front line, and within two northern miles north of the Feimao River, the only barracks now is the Feiye Territory.
Since the arrival of the rush of Terran merchants and orc merchants returning to their hometowns in winter, Zhang Yuan arranged for a hundred Banshees of the Dwarf Spear Forest to guard there, specially to welcome these merchants, and by the way, build a pontoon bridge with a large boat to help them cross the river.
If the river had been crossed by cheap wooden boats on the docks instead of pontoons, it would have proved that the banshees of the Spear Forest stationed in the barracks on the north bank had broken down with them, and the merchants had given only a small amount of money to cross the river.
Often, the more this is the case, the more powerful Zhang Yuan's blackmail on the south bank becomes. It took hundreds of trips to and fro in five large wooden boats, and it took a long time to bring more than 300 people to the tidal flats on the south bank.
This number of people has even approached the total number of orc merchants who have crossed the river in the past few days. The tidal flats on the shore of Feiye suddenly became lively, and for a while there was a lot of people.
The caravan carried five hundred wagons. There were countless specialties piled up on it, and there were about 100 people with slaves of all races tied to their wrists. Tied with ropes to the back of the wagon, the slaves were unkempt, tarnished, and exposed to the cold north wind with their whipped skin, and waded barefoot from the shallow waters. A few gray-haired legs fell into the water as soon as they went limp, and the whips in the hands of the mercenaries immediately sounded a crisp sound of contact with the flesh.
There were a lot of orc mercenaries who were guarding the land as a merchant group, and Zhang Yuan stood on the river bank silently pinching the number of mercenaries. There were about two hundred mercenaries, of which about fifty were horseback knights. These mercenaries are all very well equipped, and stand out from the burly mercenaries and the pot-bellied orc merchants. These mercenaries are all undisguised traces of the rivers and lakes, and many of them have scars on their faces and open chests. In the cold wind, he deliberately shows his strong muscles that are not inferior to them, and at first glance he looks like a well-trained old fritter.
There were a few Terran women with maroon hair and bewitching bodies dressed like butterflies, flirting among the mercenaries.
"Toot 616161616161!" As soon as the trumpet sounded, all the mercenaries immediately restrained their laughter, and lined up in a neat line on the left and right of the carriage, with a knight leading the way from the tidal flat to the riverbank with a bright banner waving in the wind.
The flag is a large hammer head representing strength on a green background.
"Look! It's an old acquaintance! It turned out to be a merchant group under the command of the Great Merchant of the Orc Power Principality, Count Kabaka 61 Power, and I recognized them. Zhang Yuan laughed and beckoned Li Jubing, who was weaving a blueprint, to come over. At the entrance of the temple that day, Zhang pulled the bread tree tube jar on the empty table with his long colorful nails, and sneered: "Then I have to extort them this time." ”
Zhang Yuan made another new discovery, there were actually two jungle banshee officers accompanying him in this business group, and the snow-white ostrich tail on the helmet of the jungle banshee officer was spotlessly dazzling, accompanied by four priests holding silver light hundred-character racks and the familiar "pinch of hair" laughing.
The fat merchant sat in the carriage and chatted with the two jungle banshee officers without knowing what to do, and they looked very harmonious.
They seemed to be like the "Flying Leaf Territory Toll Gate" inscribed on the ground shed on the riverbank as if it were air, and they rode their mounts and prepared to pass over with a lively conversation.
The Dryads lowered the large wooden poles that blocked the way and blocked the gap between the riverside tidal flat and the shore. It also blocked the way of these people.
"Get out of the way! Untouchables......" A jungle banshee officer frowned, drove the forest elves under her seat to the barricades, and the white-gloved horsewhip pointed at the tree demons and shouted majestically.
"Mr. Knight! I'm Baron Yuan of the Flying Leaf Territory, so I have the right to levy a certain amount of tolls, right? Zhang Yuan's foot stepped on the wooden bar and said with a smile.
"You are the one who clashed with the nobles of our race, the Born Oracle Guardian Priest?" The officer looked at the blue-haired Zhang Yuan and looked back at the other officer. At the same time, the one who was on the Pig mount leaned forward and backward and burst into a hearty laugh.
"Yes." Zhang Yuan smiled and nodded. He looked at the fat merchant with huge black eyes on his face and said, "Do you remember me? Sir, I am willing to pay 50,000 gold coins for your servants, but I have been waiting for you for a long time. ”
"Regarding the purchase of Terran servant slaves, I will go back and discuss with Count Kabaka before making a decision, there should be no big problem." The merchant said with some arrogance.
"It doesn't matter, I'll just wait for your 50,000 gold coins." Zhang Yuan spread his hands with a smile and said, "Benefit the toll of 100 gold coins per person." ”
"What?" The two Jungle Banshee officers almost jumped at the same time.
"A toll fee of 100 gold coins per person, if you don't want to, please turn back, or cross the river and return to your hometown five hundred miles downstream." Zhang Yuan still smiled and said kindly: "We are good to buy and sell, and refuse to bargain." ”
"Our power merchant group is a good friend of many of your nobles, and these two officers are the ones who accompanied us back to the orc power principality, and they will tell you what should be collected and what should not be charged." The orc merchant sneered.
"This little Flying Leaf Leader is probably a nobleman and has confused his head." Someone among the orc merchants sneered sarcastically.
Immediately, there were a lot of rough mercenaries on the side, and these mercenaries all stared at Li Jubing's big beauty and the two human maids who were not bad-looking, and their eyes flashed with obscenity.
"Lord Zhang Yuan, the Sharma Merchant Group is indeed a friend of our Lord Yu Mingyue and the Kingdom, can you cut the toll a little? Isn't 100 gold coins too expensive per person? The Jungle Banshee Officer seemed to be discussing, but in fact, there was a clear hint of superiority in her tone.
And to the little lord of a remote area, the two jungle banshee officers felt that it was a waste for them to give up the title of patriarch, and they felt that if they said this, the bullshit lord would immediately get out of the way, and grovel to apologize, arrange for food and lodging, and dedicate the most beautiful maiden in the territory to them for the night.
"If you don't give it, get out." Zhang Yuan was still smiling. "What did you say?" The Jungle Banshee Officer was furious at the same time, and immediately pulled out the standard military sword he was carrying.
"Do you want to duel me? Two knights? Zhang Yuan laughed and said: "Don't forget, I am the divine power sacrifice of the kingdom, and I want to duel with the goddess guardian sacrifice, but I am facing the demonic beast and my follower." ”
Xiu Xiongsi appeared in everyone's field of vision with a big plate axe on his back, and the two-meter-tall strong body made all the Terrans gasp. He was shirtless, too, with a roaring bear tattooed on his muscular chest, and under the black chest hair, the giant bear seemed to be hiding in the grass and ready to attack.
An even more terrifying giant bear monster stood respectfully behind his ass, its long, large, sharp claws scraping the ground from time to time. The sturdy bodies of the orc mercenaries came to him like a group of children.
"Who wants to duel with an adult? Fight me first! Xiu Xiongsi waved the big axe in his hand, and glanced at the group of mercenaries and jungle banshee officers in front of him one by one, his voice was a roar in most people's ears, and his eyes were like the reflection of the axe behind his back.
"Mr. Lord. You have to pay the price for your hubris and that of your followers! Of course, the Jungle Banshee Officer couldn't show weakness, but the frightened expression on his face betrayed the weakness in his heart.
"Ahh Zhang Yuan spat on the face of the officer who spoke. "Don't talk useless nonsense, my territory is my decision. To give money or not to give? Give me a word! Zhang Yuan deliberately spat and flew around, sprayed the other party's face, and shook his arm with a roar, holding his little fingertips with a rattling sound.
"We don't give it, but we still have to get through here, there are so many of us, what can you do?" A bearded orc rode on a wolf and shouted inwardly.
"Do you see the aquatic plants over there?" Zhang Yuan pointed to the dense aquatic grass on the tidal flat in the distance and said. Each orc clan looked in the direction he pointed, and the water and grass rustled in the wind, and the dense water and grass suddenly moved, but it only moved, but there was no vision.
Looking back, these people found that the girl sitting in the shed did not know when she stood up, holding a horn in her hand, and her delicate and small lips were blown, and the deep voice was transmitted into the distance.