The night was hazy, and the majestic Black Castle was lying quietly on the bank of the Black River like a sleeping beast against the cold wind.

In the most remote corner of the slum on the east side of Blackcastle, there is a low wooden house, which is the home of Wage.

Welch is a proprietor of Amber Street and a former neighbor of the old mercenaries at the Goat Hotel. Although Welch was a freedman, he had a hotel, a tavern, and two grocery stores on Amber Street before the Ant Plague, and he was a man of face and face. When the ant tide broke out, in order to accommodate more than 100,000 people, the Yorke family demolished most of the buildings in Blackcastle Town, and all the materials removed were picked up to seal the gaps in the exterior wall of Blackcastle Town. In this way, Witch's shop became part of the city walls, and his goods and more than a thousand gold soles' savings were expropriated by the Yorks.

After the Holocaust, the Yorks rebuilt the town of Blackcastle. In recognition of the "voluntary" donation of money and materials to the war effort, the York family gave him a house, which was a shack in the slums.

In Wage's "mansion," a dozen or so people gathered around a table with an oil lamp lit on it. The lights were like beans, there were many figures, and in the dim light, everyone's faces were blurred, and the one with the largest face was Wage.

"Boss Weiqi, your house is really nice, with a table, a bed, and an oil lamp. It's not like us, who donated so many things, and didn't even fish for a nest. ”

"Alas, all the belongings that my family has accumulated for two generations are gone, and now I don't even have the qualifications to live in the city, so I can only live in the shantytowns outside. ”

"Speaking of which, it's because our property is too small, if we can donate so much money like Boss Weiqi, we won't be reduced to the current situation, living outside the city, and not even having a chance to turn over. ”

Everyone's praise, envy, and sighs made Wei Qi secretly happy in his heart, and he knew that he was not looking for the wrong person. In fact, Wei Qi did not receive any recognition, this wooden shack of more than ten square meters was brought by Wei Qi's eldest son for him. Wei Qi has two sons and a daughter, his eldest son has just turned twenty, he is a clever man, good at drilling, can sneak around and shoot horses, before the outbreak of the ant plague, he befriended many vassals and stewards. The House of York began to rebuild their territory and recruit a large number of people, and the eldest son of Wedch was valued by a steward and mixed up as a vassal to manage the pig farm for the vassal lord. Wei Qi's youngest son also got a job as a sheep herder on the recommendation of his brother, and Wei Qi's wife and daughter were also placed in the weaving workshop of the vassal master's house. Originally, Wetch could also find an errand, but after a long conversation between father and son, his eldest son used his strength to find such a shack for Wetch.

Wei Qi knew very well that once he went to the vassal's house to do things, he would never go back, and he did everything possible to stay in Black Castle just to make a comeback.

"Hehe, others don't know what's going on, don't you know? If I move out of the city, forget it, stay here, and don't pretend to be killed again. Everyone laughed dryly, and Welch continued: "I have thought about it, the town of Blackcastle will definitely rebuild Amber Street, but I don't have the money to buy a shop, no shop, no money, even if the caravan comes, I can't turn over." Although I stayed in the city, I was like you, and I didn't have a chance. ”

No matter what status you are, you can't do it without capital. The surplus grain, leather, cloth, wood, etc., which must be sold in time, or they will only be left to rot in the warehouse. At this time, the conditional lord will arrange for the vassals to form a caravan, and the large and small vassals in the territory, such as the village chief and the town mayor, will sell the surplus materials to the caravan in exchange for currency that is easy to carry and preserve. The caravan transported the goods to other families' domains to sell, but not all of them could be sold quickly, so the caravan needed the merchants to eat the goods and also ask them to buy the goods that the caravan needed. In order for a merchant to maintain a relationship with the caravan, there must be two basic conditions, one is to have a shop to handle the goods, and the other is to have gold coins for settlement. Wetch and these merchants have no money and no shops, and they are completely finished.

"Wage, what the hell are you bringing us in?" a tall, lanky man was the first to break the dreary atmosphere.

"I don't want my family to be a boss for generations, from a buddy to a boss, and the wealth I've saved is gone!"

Another person said in frustration: "What can we do if we are not reconciled? We don't even have the qualifications to be buddies now." Aren't you hired by the Stonemason Society to carry stone, and I'll have to sell coolies from now on. ”

"Can we be the same as those mud-legged people? We are literate, we can settle accounts, we know goods, and as long as we have the capital, we can turn over. Welch said with a squint.

"Are you rich?" asked the tall and thin man in a low voice.

"Nope. Seeing everyone's disappointed looks, Wei Qi said again: "But I found a good deal, I don't need capital, it's just a bit dangerous." ”

"What kind of deal?"

"Hehe, a business without capital is also a fatal business, you can earn a lot if you do it, and if you can't do it, you won't even lose your life. If you are willing to take risks, stay, and if you are unwilling, leave quickly, and don't delay our fortune. ”

Since it's a business without capital, if you don't join, you can't ask, everyone understands this truth, and no one asks anything. The dim light flickered, and a moment later someone stood up and walked out, followed by two more. Wei Qi looked at the remaining seven people and said with a smile: "I have thought about it! If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave." ”

"Hmph, I don't know about others, anyway, I Dodge don't want to just forget it, your boss Weiqi is notoriously shrewd, if you can do it, I Dodge dare to do it!" said the tall and thin man.

"It's like, let's talk about it, what kind of deal is it?"

"Don't sell it, say it quickly, everyone will sum it up. ”

Ignoring the noise of the crowd, Welch walked outside the door and gestured to a hidden corner, and then several big men squeezed in. The man at the head was tall and burly, with a hideous face, glanced at everyone by the bright light, and laughed in a low voice: "It's all old acquaintances." ”

"Are you? Barol's Sasha, didn't you run away?" Dodge whispered in surprise, this person was Sasha, the henchman of the hyena leader Barol, when Barol was in power, Dodge still called him a brother, but after Balor was defeated, Dodge never heard from Sasha again.

"I'm back again. ”

Sasha touched his big bald head and sat straight into Wedch's seat, while Wetch stood behind him with a nod.

"Those who can stay are considered their own people. I'll just say it bluntly, I have a batch of black goods to sell. It's not uncommon for me to kill someone in Thatch, it's difficult for me to do business, I don't understand the market, and I don't know how to settle accounts, so I'm afraid of being cheated by others, so I find a few bosses to help me take a look. ”

Sasha pulled out his dagger and played with it casually, his fierce gaze sweeping over everyone's faces from time to time. Several bosses turned a blind eye to Sasha's threat, and all of them smiled and seemed happy. The so-called black goods are stolen goods, Sasha has been with Balor for a long time, and it is not surprising that he has stolen goods in his hands, in fact, every boss here has taken black goods from his hands. These shabby merchants don't care whether the goods are stolen, robbed or cheated, as long as there are goods to sell, they can turn over, and whoever can give them the goods is their food and clothing.

"Master Sasha, give me the goods, oh no, leave them to us, and make sure you don't suffer. A boss slapped his chest on the ground.

"Master Sasha, we have been friends for many years, you know us, and the goods will be handled by us, and there will be no problems. It's just that the money is not available now, and when we get the goods out, how do you see it?" said Dodge flatteringly.

Sasha pursed his lips disdainfully, he knew that the three seven Kai that Dodge said must be thirty percent for himself and seventy percent for the businessman. If it was an ordinary black goods, the merchant would be generous in this distribution, but Sasha's hand was not an ordinary cargo.

"That's my goods!"

A sharp arrow was dropped on the table, and several arms quickly reached over, and with a tug and grab, Dodge took the arrow from the encirclement.

"It's a military asset?!" Dodge threw the arrow back on the table as if he had been bitten by a poisonous snake.

"Iron arrows!" the other boss picked up the arrow and looked at it carefully for a while, his face becoming very ugly.

"What's the matter? I'm scared? I'll tell you a long time ago, this is a head-killing deal. Now that I know I'm afraid, then don't blame me for being ruthless!" Sasha waved his hand, and several big men pulled out their weapons one after another, and surrounded the merchants murderously.

"Master Sasha, it's not a matter of fear. Dodge smiled bitterly and took the arrow, and said to Sasha, "Do you know how much this arrow is worth? Let me tell you, 5 such arrows cost one silver sol, and 180 arrows are worth 1 gold sol, which is still the capital, and the price of selling it will quadruple." I don't know how many goods you have? I don't know where your goods came from? But I'll tell you, the only place in Blackcastle that can sell military funds is Old Jack's Tavern! You won't know what the background of Old Jack's Tavern is, this time the vassal districts and slums were all demolished, but Old Jack's Tavern was not touched. Therefore, other people reselling military funds is a dead end!"

"Who can take such hot goods? That is, Old Jack's Tavern and mercenaries, if Old Jack's Tavern knew that we had military funds in our hands, it wouldn't have cramped us and skinned us, and we would have found out. As for the mercenary group, don't look at those guys honestly buying equipment in Old Jack's Tavern, if they trade with us, hehe, such a big profit, they will definitely eat black!"

"Brother Sasha, it's not a matter of being afraid or not, it's that you can't do it at all!"

Sasha glanced at Wei Qi, saw that the other party nodded slightly at him, so he said: "To tell you the truth, this batch of goods belongs to a mercenary group, and they are in a hurry to make a move, so they asked me to find a home." How the mercenary group got the goods, you know if you think about it. If this matter is not resolved, no one will be able to live! If this matter is solved, I will take the money and run away, and you will also have the capital to continue trading. So, you have to do it, and you have to do it if you don't do it!"

"How many goods do you have?" asked one of the bosses in a deep voice.

Sasha scratched her head and said, "I don't know the specifics, but the largest burlap pocket in your store is full of ten bags." ”

The boss gasped and said with a wry smile: "That's more than 100,000 arrowheads, 1,500 gold soles, this is really a big deal! No way! It's too much!"

The businessmen nodded or shook their heads, and the military funds were tied again, as long as there was a profit, they would dare to sell, the problem was that the volume of goods was so large, and the way was not right, the mercenary group must be in a hurry to run away, and there would be no time for them to ship slowly, and they did not have the capital to put the goods down, this is an unsolvable contradiction. A delicious meal is right in front of you, but you can only see it, but you can't eat it, and you can imagine the taste.

At this time, Fat Wage spoke: "The thing is hot, and the owner of the goods also knows." The mercenary group means let's replace the hot goods with the ones that are not hot!"

"How, with whom?" Dodge asked, confused.

"Mountain people!"

"Mountain people?!You are stupid! Mountain people are a bunch of robbers? What is the difference between trading with them and looking for death. ”

"Do you think I look like a fool?" Wei Qi asked rhetorically, and said: "The mercenary group is ready to trade with the mountain people, but the mountain people have no money, so they can only exchange mountain goods, but they don't understand the market of mountain goods, so they can find us." It's not worth twice as much as the profit from military funds, but what about the profit from mountain goods? Dodge, your shop sold 2 pieces of amber, I remember that the small one sold for 10 gold soles, and the big one sold for how much?"

"30 kinsols. Dodge said proudly, amber is not only a valuable medicinal material, but also a precious spice, high value, only in the deep old forest, Dodge once sold 2, at that time in the circle caused a lot of sensation.

"Hehe, the mountain people have no money, there are a lot of good things, amber, takin skin, moonshine, Su and incense, honey, beeswax, giant rhino cubs, giant rhino horns, that is not settled with Jinsol? How big is the profit from trading with the mountain people? Not less than ten times! If you triple the profit of military funds, that is twenty times! Twenty times the profit, no matter how risky it is, I will do it! If I were not busy alone, I would not have looked for you at all! Master Sasha said, the mercenary group guarantees our safety, we guarantee that the mercenary group can exchange good things, and we also help them exchange mountain goods for money, and everyone will split the account. However, the mercenary group wants us to swear to the Lord of Light that we will not be greedy for their money, and that there will be a chance to cooperate in the future. Now, what do you say, do you want to do it?"

According to the rules set by the lord, armed mercenaries can only operate in designated areas after entering the town, and cannot enter other areas at will, otherwise according to banditry, this means that mercenaries can only trade with organizations like Old Jack's Tavern, and this mercenary group obviously can't trade with tavern owners with the support of the lord, they can only rely on free folk merchants to ship, in this case, there is no need to worry about the mercenary group will turn their faces, and the mercenary group will have to worry about the merchants running away with the goods.

"It's done!"

"I don't do it until my head is caught in the butt of a cow!"

The merchants shouted excitedly that twenty times the profit would be enough for them to risk their heads and do anything.

"When are you leaving?" Dodge asked.

Sasha touched his head again, he had always thought that businessmen were cowardly guys, but he didn't expect them to be bold, such a dangerous thing, just do it. When he first found Fat Wellin, he was trembling with fright, but after hearing this, he immediately agreed, and he didn't delay for half a minute, and now these bosses are the same. Sasha had prepared a lot of tricks but it didn't work, and what Barol had ordered was done, and he asked in confusion, "Aren't you afraid of death?"

"Afraid, why aren't you afraid? But if you don't do business with 20 times the profit, then you just die!"

"It's just that there was no way before, but now that there is a way, you won't do it?

Looking at the gossiping merchants, Sasha felt that he had just met them: "Okay! Tomorrow morning, if you want to greet your family, my people will follow, and you can't leak the slightest news." ”

"Of course, I don't want to cause trouble for my family, by the way, where is the mercenary group?"

"In the town of Pinewood, the Chebman family. ”