There was a businessman who made a fortune in speculative trading, but he didn't want to be called an upstart.

One day, he suddenly remembered that his ancestor had once produced a small nobleman, but that ancestor liked to explore everywhere, and finally entered the nearby misty forest, never to return.

So the merchant came to Bijin City and issued a large mission.

Ask a large number of mercenaries to take him deep into the misty forest, trying to retrieve the swords, family crests and rings on the ancestor's body, and it will definitely become a good conversation to recover his bones and bury him back to his hometown.

Of course, mercenaries have different strengths, and their specific tasks and rewards are also very different.

What the black iron-level mercenaries can do in this mission is just a dragnet search for corpses, in fact, they can do it with some ordinary people.

The rich merchant was just afraid that if he hired ordinary people, he would be attacked by wild wolves or something, and he would be seriously injured and his reputation would be affected.

Needless to say, this kind of task is low-risk, and naturally there is not much pay, and only the person who finds the body may receive an extra bounty, but Luo Ming has no intention of gambling on this luck.

And the bronze-level mercenary, and even the stronger silver-level mercenary have to take on the responsibility of dealing with the demonic beasts in the misty forest, which is more dangerous, but the reward is also quite generous - the deposit Grant got is two gold coins, and after the deed is completed, he will pay another ten coins, and this money is enough to spend half a year if it is simply used for eating and staying in the hotel.

Half a year may not seem like a long time, but it's used to stay in a hotel—the cheapest guest house on the planet costs fifty or sixty a day.

Twelve gold coins, that is, one hundred and twenty silver coins, and twelve thousand copper coins, are already all the savings of an ordinary family in the city, and if such a task can be received two or three times, some mercenaries may even wash their hands and go home.

Buy a hundred acres of land, two or three serfs, even if you are a small landlord squire.

As long as they keep to themselves, many minor nobles will not refuse to settle in a former mercenary with good military skills.

Of course, Luo Ming would not buy a field and return to seclusion at such a young age, but if he has this money, he can support it for half a year, and he will have enough time to do something, and he will probably not worry about some small money at that time.

However, Grant is really a promise.

Since Luo Ming only has a black iron rating now, and he can't take on high-level tasks alone, even if his employer agrees, the Mercenary Guild will not let him go easily.

Then, just combine with him to form a mercenary team, and take on tasks collectively in the name of the mercenary team.

Although this is also a kind of exploitation, under normal circumstances, their own employers will distinguish it, and they will not pay so many gold-level rewards to a group of black iron-level mercenaries with gold-level leaders.

If you can pass the employer's level, there is no need to make it so difficult, at least there is no problem in the rules and regulations of the mercenary guild, and what happens is the responsibility of the employer's own stupidity, and the clerk is not to blame.

Soon, the formalities were completed, and the only thing that surprised Luo Ming was that Granty actually quietly stuffed five copper coins over.

Five copper coins is the price of a glass of ale, which even Granty can afford, but that in itself represents an attitude.

"Hmm, isn't it okay?" Luo Ming asked quietly.

"Well, I'm not the pedantic type. It's called taking bribes, but he didn't hurt anyone, did he? Your strength definitely helps, and that businessman won't think you're being paid too much.

I want to think about it...... That fool was so corrupt that he even withheld the money for the horse's feed, and finally a horse fell down with hunger, injuring little Charlie, and finally his grandfather dragged him to hang him. This kind of person who can only do bad things is not greedy for a penny, and he should not be allowed to take care of things. ”

Granty said something terrible as if nothing had happened, it didn't sound like bragging, and some of the information in it was very interesting, but Luo Ming wasn't so gossipy, so he just listened to it, and he didn't have to ask again.

"In this world, when dealing with corrupt officials and corrupt officials, it has always been to chop up and hang and pull down, of course, a few copper coins are not enough.

The so-called human rights, equality, the abolition of the death penalty, and so on, are the source of trouble before the level of education of the masses becomes extremely high...... In your previous life, it seems that none of the conditions were met. ”

Aya said, but Luo Ming didn't listen much.

"Aren't you interested in that?"

"It's not that I'm not interested, but it doesn't sound useful now, right?" Luo Ming replied in his heart.

"You won't always be a lone mercenary, Miss Grant is the one who can be wooed, and the second-level cannon fodder will gather on their own as long as you show your strength. It is not difficult to build a mercenary group.

Use the mercenary group as a resource for promotion, surrender to a wealthy nobleman, and then find a way to kill him secretly, gain more territory and independence for yourself, and obtain a larger piece of land through marriage...... Anyway, it's just killing a wicked person, and the success rate with my help is not low, it's worth the money!

At present, the stability of the mainland is only temporary, and maybe in a decade or two there will be a recurrence of war, and then you and I will work together to make a great cause in the world......

To be honest, Luo Ming didn't have much resistance to this plan, and he didn't have a psychological cleanliness fetish.

But now is not the occasion to look forward to the future, at this moment, many mercenaries have come to the door of the mercenary guild one after another, and several of them have even entered the house.

Basically, the mercenaries who walked into the house wore bronze or even silver badges, and Grant had already made her a symbol of a silver-level mercenary at this time...... It hung on the chest of the cloak like a brooch.

"Little Granty, it's early...... Huh?"

The leader is an uncle, even close to the level of his grandfather, with some silver threads in his hair, he looks like he is not fifty years old, but his muscles are strong, and there are barbarian-like lines painted on it, and the heavy sword he carries behind his back shows that his strength is extraordinary.

When he saw Granty, the uncle greeted him warmly, but when he saw Luo Ming, who was sitting next to Granty, he showed a somewhat puzzled look.

"Is this a new teammate?" asked a handsome blonde man with a smile.

"Well, this is Luo Ming, my friend, who has just formed a team, and his strength is definitely not worse than me. With that, Grant patted Login on the shoulder.

It seems that Granty's interpersonal relationship among the local mercenaries is really good, Luo Ming thought so, and also took the opportunity to introduce himself and greet each other with several masters.

"I mean, that's not right......"

Suddenly, a discordant voice rang out.

"Huh?" Granty looked over in confusion, "What's wrong?"

A young man in his twenties stepped forward, stared at the badge on Luo Ming's chest, and pouted.

"Miss Granty, if you are in a hurry, we can't afford to borrow a little from you.

Why did you find such a guy to cheat money? This will affect the reputation of the mercenaries of Bijin City. ”