How so?

Jones's mood now is like walking on a tightrope, feeling that he will fall to pieces if he is not careful.

Think about it, the debt of 110,000 and 800 gold coins, not to mention Jones himself, even if they treat their whole family as not having so much money. And if he doesn't go on ...... Well, the bank will send a letter to Gray. However, Gray also had no money, so "The Lich King's son owes a huge amount of money and absconded overnight", which is most likely the front page of the newspaper the next day.

With that headline, would you associate Jones with "entrepreneurs who struggled and failed"?

No, no, people think that the Lich King must be super rich, and the Lich King's son must be a rich second generation who doesn't do his job. The reason why he absconded in debt must be because of gambling and the betrayal of his relatives, so the Lich King refused to help him pay back. No one sympathized with him at all, people would just laugh at him and use it as an after-dinner conversation.

Think about the fact that there are blood clans talking about themselves in every corner, and they sigh one by one gloating after talking.

Disgraced......

"When the time comes, my reputation will be completely ruined. I won't even be able to marry my cousin, and I will be ridiculed so much that I can't stay when I go back to Salted Fish Port. There will be a lot of tabloid reporters digging up my material, and then they will find out that I used to be a servant for Hydra......"

Of course, there is another scenario. That's when Adair settled the matter, and Jones didn't make the headlines for owing money. Is this a good thing?

No, it's worse.

In return, Adair will definitely ask Jones to intervene in the Sambo family's property dispute in the name of the Lich King's adopted son. Would Gray be willing to step in? Gray certainly wouldn't. As a result, Jones will eventually fall out with Gray over this incident.

"The adopted son fell into darkness, and the Lich King's father and son turned against each other", this title sounds like another period of grievances and hatred of a wealthy family. Jones could already imagine countless tabloid reporters chasing him to dig up materials, and eventually they would dig up Jones's past as a servant for Hydra......

Why did it go around and go back to the Hydra? Because it was so big, it was put there, and it couldn't be beaten, it couldn't be moved, and it couldn't be hidden!

In short, it is still discredited......

It is also possible that after Adair helped Jones settle down, Jones did not settle Gray, nor did he fall out with Gray, and later fell out with Adair. In that case, the headline is still "The Lich King's son owes a huge amount of money and absconds overnight".

Anyway, as long as you fail, you will be ruined.

At that time, the human world could no longer stay, and the territory of the blood clan could not be mixed, so Jones could only go away, living a life of loneliness and sleeping. They may also be sold as slaves to the dwarves as miners.

Well, speaking of which, it seems that the Bloods are better suited to be miners than the Dwarves. After all, there will be no sunlight in the tunnels, and even torches will be saved if you mine with the Blood Clan. It is also possible to mine with magic.

Maybe the dwarves will give him a vampire bride and say, "There are two bloods, so I can harvest a litter of little vampires and sell them!"

The point is that the vampire bride may still be Jones's little cousin, and God knows how she fell so bad that she was sold into slavery like himself?

Dog blood is written like this, in short, just thinking about it is a nightmare.

Maybe you'll be hunted down by one hundred and eighty lichs for this.

Don't ask why it's one hundred and eighty, because Jones dreamed of one hundred and eighty that night. Yes, he counted when he dreamed. The bare skulls were counted one by one, and the more they counted, the more frightened they became, and finally they were frightened awake. Shivered fiercely in the coffin.

At this moment, Jones's mental pressure can be said to be extremely great.

"In any case, I must succeed! At all costs! When I have a child, I must tell him how much I have suffered as a father! and then ask that Morka to write a book for me, called "The Vampire King"!"

Got up "in bed", Jones put on his bow tie, and set off silently again. It's quite a pre-Armageddon stance.

He decided to keep an eye on it himself, and he couldn't tolerate the slightest surprise.

First and foremost, it is shipping.

The goblin merchant arranged for Jones a hundred Bloods. Yes, a hundred of them, a mighty one. Jones had never seen so many Bloods standing together at the same time.

"Every four Bloods carry a cage, and we send the dwarves and the necessary exploration tools in two separate parts. ”

"What about zombies?"

"Zombies and mining tools will arrive tomorrow, and we can transport them by airship. This one is relatively simple. After all, after the dwarves arrive, they also need to explore the veins first, and they will not use the dwarves so early. Of course, you can also ask for it all to be delivered today, in which case you will have to pay more. ”

"No, that's it, thank you. I think it's well arranged. Another question is, if something happens on the road, whose fault is it? For example, the cage containing the dwarves fell during the transportation and the dwarves inside fell to their deaths. ”

The goblin merchant silently glanced at Jones, who was nervous, and said helplessly: "Count us in, and anything that happens during the transportation process will be counted as ours." We will compensate for the original price. All you need to do is pick it up at your destination. Have more questions?"

"No more. ”

Jones stood silently to the side.

When everything was ready, the Bloods turned into bats and took off in a majestic manner, taking most of Jones's "net worth", or debt, with them.

The whole process of transportation is very simple, after all, the blood clan summoned by the goblin merchant is experienced. As for Jones, he just had to follow the group with fear.

The tall blood clan led by him also chatted with Jones: "We take on all kinds of transportation, letter delivery and other tasks all year round. If you need it, you can also come to me. The highest record: I once gathered two hundred bloods in one go. Even if you're going to transport a small warship, we can. This is my business card. ”

"Don't let go, can't you wait until it's on the ground before giving me your business card? What if the cage falls?"

"It's okay, just hold it on one foot. We are experienced, please trust the professionals. ”

Jones's heart was about to jump out, but the dwarves in the cage were sleeping soundly and even began to snore.

The Bloodline convoy flew very fast, and in more than two hours, it flew over a three-month walk to Jones's small castle.

Seeing the vast expanse of the Blood Clan carrying cages, Dora was stunned.

"Do you want to transport it into the castle?"

"No, it's okay to put it outside. ”

"Okay, brothers, put the cages down. Turning into a human form, the tall blood gave Jones a list: "This is the first batch of delivery list, please count it, if it is accurate, please sign for it." ”

In fact, there is nothing to count, after all, it is nothing more than twenty-four dwarves, and a bamboo cage containing various exploration equipment. Jones had already ordered it at the point of departure.

Still, out of an abundance of caution, Jones carefully counted back and forth three more times before signing. After all, if he loses this gamble, he will fall into an extremely miserable situation.

"Okay, let's go back and ship the rest. By the way, if any accident happens after you sign for it, it will not be borne by us. ”

"What accidents usually happen?"

"If it's an accident, who knows? Fighting, getting sick, absconding, anything that can make a slave disappear. The tall Bloodclan spread his hands, said casually, and left.

Jones's heart, however, chuckled.

It's better to talk about anything else...... Abscond?

"Will the dwarves abscond?" For a moment, Jones and Dora were at a loss when faced with the twenty-four dwarves in twenty-four cages.

Yes, it is common sense that slaves will abscond. So slaves everywhere need to be guarded. However, Jones, who had been beaten with chicken blood, forgot.

Generally, the guards of slaves will be blood slaves, because compared to slaves of other races, they will be relatively close to each other. Blood lords will also pay Blood slaves better, and in a way, they are only nominal slaves. It's actually about the same as a hired laborer. It's just that he doesn't have the status of a free man. It's like Dora.

However, Jones, who only had 35,000 gold coins left, obviously couldn't afford to buy so many Blood Slaves...... It is simply impossible to afford it. Would you like to ask the freedmen to oversee the work?

No way. In that case, Jones would be basically holding a bullhorn and shouting, "Look! I'm a servant of Hydra!"

"What should I do now? I can't let them work in shackles, but what if I let them out and they run away? Then I can just declare bankruptcy. I don't have that much money to buy another dwarf. And even if you buy it, you still have the same problem. ”

Jones was stunned, staring blankly at the dwarf in the cage.

The dwarves also held the railing, and one by one they watched Jones silently.

"Shall we return all the dwarves?" Dora muttered quietly, "return them all." So we owe at most 800 gold coins. ”

"Eight hundred gold coins, how do you count them?"

Duo stretched out his fingers and calculated: "Young Master Adair is 100,000 gold coins, and we borrowed 9,000 gold coins from the bank, with an interest of 1,800." A total of 110,000 and 800 are owed. If Master Adair is willing to help, the bank will definitely let us return the castle. In this case, we can return the dwarves and the castle, and we can get back 110,000 gold coins. After paying it back, we only owe 800 ducats. Maybe looking for Miss Irene again will solve the problem. ”

Jones looked at Dora who was seriously settling accounts with an expressionless face: "I just spent five thousand gold coins on transportation, and these five thousand gold coins cannot be returned." If we're going to ship it back, we'll probably have to add another 5,000 gold coins. So, it's 10,000 and 800 gold coins. ”

"Okay......" Dora flattened her mouth and lowered her head helplessly.

10,000 and 800 gold coins, this is not even started, and a castle is gone......

Jones felt like he was stuck in a quagmire.

In short, there is certainly no turning back. Jones stubbornly walked over to one of the cages, coughed dryly, and smiled: "Hello, I am your new master, Count Jones Delacura. ”

The dwarf in the cage, who was picking his feet, looked up at Jones suspiciously.

It was a gray-bearded, high-nosed, bearded, tattered garment, and looked no less old. There is also a scar in the corner of the left eye. It is said that he is the head of this group of dwarves. It's called a keg. It was also the most expensive of the group of dwarven slaves, worth eight thousand gold coins. Because he understands exploration, mining technology is also very good, and even knows smelting.

"Ahem, you call it a keg, right?" Jones continued to smile.

The barrel stretched and did not answer, but looked at Jones. The dwarves in the other cages around them were watching them.

Dora's brow furrowed as she felt Jones was on the verge of bankruptcy. Although he didn't have much to break in the first place.

"Hello, keg. First meeting. I hope you will be able to live happily in my territory in the future. With that, Jones continued to smile and look at the barrel. The smile looked so hard that I couldn't stop laughing.

After a while, the barrel finally reacted, he picked up his fingers and sniffed it, then looked at Jones meaningfully, and stretched out three fingers: "In addition to the slave traders, I have had three masters. You're the first one to say 'hello' to me. And you look small. What's the matter?"

"Hahahaha. Jones smiled awkwardly and continued, "I want to discuss something with you." ”

"What's the matter?"

"I want to introduce a new system of work, which is that there is no supervision. There is no overseer, no one to scourge you or rush you. If you're tired, you can take a little rest and no one will whip you. Very user-friendly work system. It doesn't matter if it's even a little bit less efficient. You will be treated like a Blood Slave and will be able to move freely. Except for the fact that there is no pay, it is exactly like a normal job! Yes, that's it!

Jones said in a vivid voice, barrel listening expressionlessly.

"Of course, you have to promise me that you can't run away! Yes, you can't run away! Slave escape isn't worth it at all, is it? You have slave tattoos on you, and it's all around you Blood Clan, and the chances of you getting out are low. Once caught by other Blood Lords, you will not be treated like this. And if I get you back, I'll cancel your treatment!

After an impassioned speech, Jones looked around the caged dwarves with an enthusiastic look. However, the dwarves all looked at him coldly, as if they were looking at monkeys.

A gust of wind blew softly, rolling up a few fallen leaves.

The surroundings were quiet, and the scene became awkward again.

Coughing dryly, Jones could only put away his superfluous movements, and then made his expression as cold as theirs.

"Hmm...... That's about it, what do you think of this idea? If I were you, I'd accept it. Because the idea is just amazing. Well, yes, that's it. What do you think?"

The dwarves remained silent. Jones looked at them cautiously, a little panicked.

After a while, the barrel touched his nose and said expressionlessly, "I guess you can't afford to buy a Blood Overseer, right?"

Jones's expression froze visibly.

Ten minutes later......

Jones slowly walked to a corner away from the dwarf, picked up a shovel, hesitated for a moment, and finally put the shovel he had just bought away, picked up a stone instead, and slammed it on the ground.

"Bastard! bastard! Why can even a slave humiliate me! It's too much——!"

The roaring sound echoed softly in the midnight mountain forest.

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