Chapter 223: Roger the Hare
In troubled times, what business is the best to do, and the benefits are the greatest.
There are many answers to this question, some people will say food, because a bite of food is far more important than money in troubled times, and some people will say weapons, because if you want to save your life in troubled times, you must have weapons in your hands.
But for Roger the hare, human trafficking is the best business to do in troubled times, and it is also the most profitable business, because compared to paying, the final benefits are extremely huge, and there is no need to even take on any dedication.
Refugees caught up in the war can do almost anything to survive, and they don't need to do it themselves, someone will automatically bring goods for him to choose, and some of them are even relatives of the goods, because in the eyes of their relatives, those who are trafficked can at least stutter and survive. It's just that Roger the hare knows very well that when the cargo really knows its fate, he may be more willing to die immediately.
Roger the Hare is not from Miria City, he is not even from Velon, he is ostensibly the captain of a merchant chamber in the Kingdom of Sigmar, but in reality he is a slave smuggler who travels across three continents.
Under normal circumstances, he would recruit men to go to the Moisan continent, enter the boundless wasteland and forests, capture the primitive people who lived there, and sell them to other civilizations.
But if there is a war somewhere, then he, like the arms dealers and grain smugglers, will become hyenas who see their prey, and rush towards the place where the war is taking place, eating the leftovers that the victors do not want.
After the news of the outbreak of war in Miria City, the other slave traders were still waiting to see what happened, but Roger, the wild dog, with his years of experience, saw that this was a good opportunity to make a fortune, so he managed to find four large ships, take all the men and horses, and sail to the port of Leon, and enter Miria City through the river.
When he entered Miria City, the war was not completely over, but through the information provided by some well-informed people, he already knew what the outcome would be, so he boldly grabbed territory with his own men and abundant materials, and on the surface he was in the business of buying goods in the hands of scavengers like other gangsters, but secretly he was doing the most profitable human trafficking.
For Hare Roger, the refugees in Miria City are the best quality slaves, and each of them can be sold for a good price, because the civilization level of Miria City is very high, and almost everyone can read and count, and such talents are sold to some remote places in the Mozambian continent, which is definitely very popular.
It's just that what makes Hare Roger a headache is the problem of time, if it is really transported to other continents, the time required in the middle will definitely make him lose a lot of opportunities to make money, but if it is not shipped to other continents, it may cause a lot of trouble if it is only sold in the Velon Continent. Because no one knows whether there are people with hidden backgrounds among the slaves traded, after all, Miria City was the center of the world at the beginning, and the people who live here have some backgrounds, and if they provoke people or forces that cannot be provoked, I am afraid that there will be mortal danger.
Fortunately, Hare Roger is not a person without roots, he quickly thought of a huge force capable of swallowing these goods, although the benefits of trading with this force will be much less, but the sufficient amount is enough to make up for the loss of that part of the benefits.
In this way, Roger the hare began to trade in human beings with that huge force, and in the early hours of this morning, he had just delivered a shipment of goods to a wagon to an Imperial army in charge of receiving it, and received the payment from the officer for the transaction.
It's just that although this time he got a lot of rewards, even far more than the price of the goods this time, it can be said that he made a lot of money, but the hare Roger was not happy, but a little worried, until he returned to his station, the serious expression on his face still did not ease.
After instructing his men to strengthen the guards, Roger the hare locked himself in the attic, carefully took out a special ledger from a secret compartment, and then carefully recorded every transaction made with that huge force.
The reason why Roger has the title of hare is because he is very cautious and cautious, and when something happens, he will detect and flee from danger, which is also an innate talent for him. It is precisely because of this personality that he has had the idea of self-preservation from a long time ago, when he started the first transaction with that huge force, and wrote this account book.
This ledger seemed to him to be his talisman, because he knew very well what kind of disaster his human transaction with that huge force would cause if it was exposed, so he had to have something to protect himself, and if necessary, he would use this ledger to exchange some people for his own chance to survive.
After recording the transaction information, Roger the hare did not put the ledger back into the hidden compartment and hide it as usual, but hesitated and tucked it away, because he felt that the time for him to use this life-saving hole card might be coming soon.
He thought this way mainly because the recent changes in the transaction with that huge force showed some unusual things, at first it was only twenty goods every ten days, this kind of transaction was normal, but in recent times, the transaction volume has increased every time, and by the time of today's transaction, it has grown to one hundred and twenty people in ten days. Even this was not enough to satisfy the needs of that huge force, and the other party had raised the date of the transaction to five days, and the number of people had also increased to two hundred.
Roger the hare knew very well that he was not the only one who was secretly trading in human beings in Miria City, and she was not the only slave trader who traded with that huge force, so the request to increase the volume of transactions was definitely not issued to him alone.
Therefore, he judged that the huge force would consume at least a thousand people every five days.
If it were in wartime, the consumption of this thousand people would definitely not be large, it would only be a fraction of the number of casualties per day, and it would not attract anyone's attention, but now this is not in wartime, such a large-scale population reduction will inevitably attract the attention of some forces, and a slave trader like him will definitely be targeted at the first time at that time.
This made Roger the hare feel dangerous and frightened, because he knew very well that if what that huge force had done was discovered, then all those involved in it would be killed.
Although the huge force tried their best to hide their ultimate goal of buying a large number of slaves, Roger, the hare who had always been cautious, had already found some clues through some means and knew some secrets that should not be known, and it was because of this that he was able to find something wrong with this change in trading volume.
"It's time, it's time to stop. After Roger the hare put the ledger away, he muttered to himself with the decision in his heart.
At this moment, Hare Roger thought of not only leaving Miria City and ending the slave trade here, but preparing to retire and use the wealth he had accumulated to buy an identity in a small country in the southern Moisan continent, and live an incognito rich life.
Roger, the hare who made the decision, decided very decisively to leave tonight, as for the subordinates here, he was not prepared to inform, but would hand over the next business to a few subordinates for the time being, let these subordinates be used as bait, and divert the attention of those who have a heart to those people, and he can take the opportunity to stay away from here.
In order to prevent his subordinates from seeing any clues, Roger the hare went outside as usual and handed over the share of the transaction to the captains of the various teams, and then took great pains to tell them what they were to do in the next few days.
"I'll be away for a few days, and if there is something you can do, you can discuss and decide for yourself, provided that it doesn't affect business. After giving instructions on what to do, Roger the hare suddenly said.
The men did not doubt Roger's words, but asked, "Where are you going, and what if someone comes over there?"
"I should be back before that. Roger the hare said in a serious manner: "But in case I can't come back, you will be responsible for the delivery, and the rest of the payment will be sent to the black market in addition to your own salary, and the line of the black market will not be broken. ”
"My lord, we know how to do it. When they heard that the money would be handed over to them, the captains of the slave catchers and the guards didn't think about anything else, and only thought about how to get some of the money safely to their private vaults.
The expressions of these captains fell into the eyes of Roger the hare, and he didn't say anything, because this was also the result he wanted to see, and only in this way could these people maintain the illusion that he was still there after his absence, and continue to do business with that huge force, as bait, to give him more time to leave.
After continuing to pretend to give orders, Roger the hare went back to the room and took some belongings, but his subordinates were suspicious, he didn't take some valuable items in the room, not even the cash in the face safe, just took a stack of cash checks issued by the National Bank of the Kingdom of England, and led a few of his men towards the dock in the fish city, ready to leave on the smuggling boat of the black market.
The city run by Hare Roger is located in a relatively remote part of Miria City, close to the Imperial army barracks, some distance from the fish city, and if you go straight, you will definitely pass through several gang-controlled urban areas in the middle.
Although he had a good relationship with the gangs around him before, even if there were conflicts, they were only minor contradictions, not a big deal, but in order to avoid appearances, he still chose a very conservative road from the ruined city to avoid the gangsters.
At first, the road was smooth, although there were some covetous scavengers on the way, but because their group was heavily armed, they knew at a glance that they were not easy characters to deal with, so the scavengers only followed a distance, thinking that there was no chance, and quickly left.
It's just that when the hare Roger walked through the third ruined city, he felt that something was wrong, because according to his understanding, standing on the high ground of the current city, he should be able to overlook the buildings in the fish city, but now he stood high and looked around, but found that the surroundings were still ruins except for ruins.
"Something is wrong, be careful, everyone!" said Roger the hare as he walked down from the top of the ruins of a tall building, and commanded his men very seriously.
Now the subordinates who are being taken by Roger the hare are the people he trusts the most, and these subordinates have also experienced a lot of things with Roger the hare, and know that Roger the hare has an unusual intuition about danger, so when they heard Roger's warning, they all raised their spirits, took out their weapons, and continued to move forward while being on guard.
After a while, even if Roger the hare didn't speak, his men sensed that something was wrong, because several of them recognized that the road they were walking had already been walked before, and they could even find some traces that they had deliberately left before, that is, they had been circling an area since just now.
"Wizard?" Roger, the seasoned hare, quickly connected the situation with someone he remembered.
Unlike ordinary people, Roger the Hare has dealt with the wizards of the wizard's guild more than once because of business reasons, and even participated in a special underground market by a wizard, and saw a lot of magical things, and that experience also made him understand that some things in myths and legends are real.
The situation they encountered at the moment was somewhat similar to that of Roger the Hare when he participated in the Underground Bazaar, where the wizards of the Wizards' Guild used witchcraft to hide the underground bazaar, and unless they had an invitation or were a wizard's retinue, they would be trapped in place and motionless.
He had seen a passer-by who had inadvertently passed by the outskirts of the bazaar, trapped in witchcraft, and had always stood still, even if he had run fast in anxiety.
After making a guess, Roger the hare immediately reminisced about his past experience in his mind, to see if he had offended some powerful wizard, without knowing it. But no matter how he recalled, there was never any clue, the wizards he knew were all worshiped by him as gods, and he did everything the wizard told him properly, and it was impossible to offend these mysterious people.
It's just that, after thinking about it for a while, Roger the hare suddenly thought of a recent incident, although he was not directly involved in it, but at least he provided some extra help to that incident, and there was news on the black market that it seemed to involve a wizard who was very famous in the underworld.
"Could it be him?" Hare Roger thought of this, and couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, just to avoid the subordinates around him from seeing any clues, he tried his best to hide his emotions, and then said in a deep voice: "It's not a way to stay like this, let's try to disperse and see if we can get out of here, in addition, no matter who goes out, we must go back to the station as soon as possible to call someone to pick up." ”
Those subordinates could not think of a better way, so they could only do what Roger the hare suggested, each looking for a direction, and scattered out.
At the moment when the figures of these subordinates disappeared into the ruins, Roger the hare hurriedly took out an amulet-like item from his arms, broke it directly, and then waited for the expected thing to happen.