"That's what Mercury knows about the Brotherhood of Kamen. ”

After Balor finished speaking, he sat down under the long table, with Old John to his right, Nelson, Hammer, and Kidd on the other side of the long table, and Victor sitting at the head of the long table, Lilia beside him.

At this meeting, Victor will make adjustments to the development strategy of the smuggling network, launch the concept of the gold merchant group, and discuss it in detail. Everyone in the room plays an important role in Victor's plan.

In addition to gathering intelligence for the Randall family, Barrol controls the secret spy organization Mercury, and his job is actually to serve the smuggling network. This includes bribing gangsters from all over the world, having villains and hooligans transfer illicit goods, covering the Free Folk traders of the Golden Order, and occasionally part-time assassins to weed out those who disobey.

John Sr. managed the freemen merchants of the Golden Order, controlled the public carriages of the key routes, and oversaw the financial situation and the distribution of goods of the Golden Order.

Hammer and Kidd represent each smuggling caravan and are responsible for maintaining the hidden trade routes and cottage nodes, recruiting mountain hunters and free mercenaries, transporting goods, and contacting the territorial villages related to the cottage.

The Nelson brothers and sisters are the number two people in the Randall family, except for the Alchemy Tower and the wizard Emerson, Randall leads the smuggling network's affairs and personnel arrangements, and Victor does not hide from them. When Victor leaves the realm, Lilia and Nelson must ensure that the Randall family and the Golden Order continue to function.

Everyone in the room was one of Victor's first followers, and they had experienced the ant plague together, and when they took refuge in Blackcastle, they refused the Yorks' invitation and resolutely returned to the poor and white Randall Territory, and they all knew about the existence of elite guards. Their fate is closely linked to the Randall family, and they can be called Victor's henchmen.

This closed-door meeting further strengthened everyone's positioning of themselves, and Old John took out the momentum of humiliating the ministers to death, and said calmly: "The masquerade is blocking the family's financial road, so you can't let them go!"

Victor tilted his head and asked, "Nelson, what do you think?"

Nelson smacked his lips, his sturdy arms rested on the table, his eyes were restrained, and the depths of his eyes shone like glaze stones, and he said hesitantly: "That guy Rusa has fought with me, and his strength is very good." The Kamen Shadow Warrior was able to assassinate Rusa head-on, and then retreated surrounded by mercury......"

"He lost an arm, and it ended up in our hands. Balor corrected.

"But he faced a group of elite guards alone, lurking, raiding, extinguishing, counter-killing, and escaping, and his force, skill, will, and adaptability were all first-class. If it's one-on-one, the Elite Guardian is probably no match for the Shadow Warrior. Nelson said sullenly.

Victor said, "Wisdom and experience are also part of combat effectiveness, and the Elite Guardian is indeed no match for the Shadow Warrior. Nelson, you continue. ”

"Hmm. Nelson touched his head, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "Those two Blood Guards teamed up to kill Graka in the dense forest, their strength is close to that of the beginner trainee knights, if you talk about actual combat experience, most of the noble young masters who rely on the cultivation potion to promote are not the opponents of the Blood Guards." ”

"The elite mercenaries trained by the mask can't be underestimated!"

Nelson slapped his chest, making a loud "bang", the long table jumped, Lilia lost her face, and after seeing that her brother was safe and sound, her willow eyebrows suddenly rose upside down, and she said coquettishly: "Do you have a fever in your brain?

"No force... Not forced..."Nelson awkwardly picked up the coffee cup rolling on the table, and continued: "My body is strong enough that the family guards can't smash me with a mace, but if I stand still, the fanged soldiers of the York family will stab me with all their might, and they will seriously injure and even kill me." As long as the knight does not step into the silver rank, it is impossible to resist the stabbing of the elite soldiers head-on. It's just that the knight's strength is stronger, faster, he advances and retreats freely, his body and mind are one, and he can kill several ordinary soldiers with one face, so everyone mistakenly thinks that the strength of ordinary soldiers is weak. However, don't forget, ordinary soldiers can kill ogres! knights who make mistakes in battle can also die at the hands of elite soldiers. ”

"The strength of the Kamen mercenaries is stronger than the fanged soldiers of the York family. If that battle on the outskirts of Xiangye Town had taken place in an open area during the day, the loss of Mercury would definitely be more than two elite guards!"

"What I'm trying to say is that Kamen Mercenaries have the ability to kill elite guards!"

Nelson exhaled and said, "The elite guards of the family are simple and powerful, but their brains are not flexible enough, they are good at field combat, but they are not good at street fighting between gangsters. Truth be told, we mercenaries aren't good at dealing with the villains in the towns either. Outside the taverns in the town, there were also mercenaries who were beaten with sticks, poisoned, and stabbed to death with daggers...... Those bastards are walking down the street with a dagger, and we can't tell who the enemy is. ”

"The people of the Brotherhood of Kamen are good at this kind of thing. Balor, if the Shadow Warrior kills the backbone of Mercury, what will happen to the remaining Elite Guards? If you all hide, who will command the Elite Guards to braided the enemy? The masked mercenaries disguise themselves as ordinary people and assassinate the Elite Guards closely, and the chances of succeeding are not small. ”

Balor pondered for a moment and sighed, "Lord Nelson is right. What Mercury lacks is not elite guards, but ordinary killers. And the Kamen Brotherhood has almost no shortcomings. ”

Kidd couldn't help but speak, "Is it just to admit defeat? If Kamen kills Gambis, will we also have to back down?"

"Of course you can't throw in the towel!"

Nelson laughed and said, "My lord, the Kamen Brotherhood has mastered unique training methods, and some of them are thugs. If we entangle with them in the town and kill them endlessly, then our losses will be too great. ”

"I mean, just let me lead the team to the Eastern Alliance, get rid of the masked training camp, and snatch back the training methods of elite soldiers, shadow warriors, and blood guards!" Nelson showed a "fierce light", revealing his true colors.

This guy is thinking about the secret method of the Brotherhood of Kamen.

"Save it. You can't get a mask so close, why are you going to the Eastern League? Do you know where the mask's lair is?" Victor glared at Nelson.

Barol stood up and said, "My lord, I think Lord Nelson is right, I can go and explore the Masquerade's lair......"

"Oh!"

Victor said angrily: "Do you think that the elite soldiers are all spiny kidney beans? Mercury hurt and crippled the masquerals, and they naturally had to retract back into their nests. ”

Balor bowed and said, "My lord, I'm confused. ”

"You're not confused. Lilia muttered, then rolled her eyes at Nelson, "Bad idea!"

The Grand Knight of House York generally recognized Nelson as a fierce warrior of the Silver Rank, and his reputation among the Randall family was second only to that of the lord. The old secret agent is weak and will never dare to offend Victor's number one general and Lady Lilia's own brother. Nelson is going to the east, so let him go, and as for whether he can find the masked lair, it is not up to Mercury to decide.

Lilia was able to comprehend Baror's intentions, and Victor was also a little surprised, and asked with a smile, "Tell me, why is it a bad idea?"

"The water of the Kamen Brotherhood is very deep, and on the bright side there is the background of the Great Lord of Borui, and I don't know how many forces support them behind it. However, no matter how strong Kamen is, they can't use all their strength on the territory of the Duoduo, as long as we show strength stronger than theirs, Kamen will retreat after suffering a few losses, but if we kill Kamen's lair, they will definitely fight back with all their might, and even if we can swallow Kamen, the loss will not be small, and maybe they will be wiped out. Lilia said.

"Well said. Victor patted Lilia's little hand and said to Nelson, "You have taken the building crookedly. ”

"My lord, what do you mean 'I've taken the building crooked'?" Nelson looked confused.

"I'm not calling you together to discuss the extermination of the Brotherhood of Kamen. Victor waved his hand and said, "Our strength is not as good as the mask, the mask is now in our way, we can only move it out of the way first, that's all." As for later... We're going to get stronger and stronger enough to meet any challenge!"

"Balor, does Mercury have any countermeasures for the current situation?"

Balor saluted Lilia first and said, "Madame is right just now, neither the mask nor the mercury can see the light, so they can only compete in secret. At this time, the local gangster forces have become the focus of the two sides. Mercury can hide behind the scenes, coerce or bribe local villains, let them spy on the location of the masks, and then remove them one by one. Of course, the mask will do the same. Therefore, this underground war is about money and connections. ”

"Mercury needs elite guards, and it also needs a lot of money!"

"How much money do we have?" asked Victor to Lilia.

"There is still 110,000 gold soles on the books. ”

Lilia gritted her teeth, turned her face to the other side, and said angrily, "All this money is useful." The town of Pinghu is still expanding, and there will be a military parade and a carnival soon, which will cost a lot of money. This year's tax payments to the royal family are also being prepared... Anyway, there's no money!"

Victor shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands with a helpless expression, "You see, we are poor. Everyone burst into laughter, Lilia was embarrassed, Victor stood up and said with a smile: "Fortunately, my wife Sophia is very rich, and Kamen is here for her, so she pays money and connections, and we are responsible for cutting off Kamen's hand, and by the way, spreading the smuggling network to the Kingdom of Duoduo and the Sasan Empire." ”

"Great idea!" Nelson exclaimed.

Victor smiled slightly, and then said: "However, Sophia is Sophia, Randall is Randall, and our purpose is to make money for the family." How do you make that?"

"Sell illicit goods!" shouted Old John.

"That's right. Victor nodded and said: Coffee is an elemental affinity drink that can make people clear-headed, quick-witted, and even able to help knights resonate with the fire elemental level, while snow sugar can effectively replenish the physical strength of scholars. Coffee and snow sugar were favored by the nobles and knights of the court. ”

"A pound of coffee and five pounds of snow sugar costs 40 gold soles in the royal capital of Gambis, 60 gold soles in the Kingdom of Duoduo, 80 gold soles in the Sassan Empire, 60 gold soles in the kingdoms of Naville and Ayr, 80 gold soles in the kingdom of Seuss, and up to 100 gold soles in the richest kingdom of Borui!"

The warehouse at Hill Camp has 60,000 pounds of coffee and 200,000 pounds of snow sugar, and the Randall family can produce 20,000 pounds of coffee and 150,000 pounds of snow sugar a year. If I sell 10 gold soles for each serving of coffee with snow sugar, everyone will calculate how much money the Randall family will have?"

Nelson hurriedly counted his fingers, and Lilia said coquettishly: "Do you still need to count?600,000 gold soles, and 200,000 gold soles every year!"

There was a sound of swallowing saliva in the conference room, and Lilia took Victor's hand with stars, and said coquettishly: "Honey, you have saved so much coffee and snow sugar, why don't you sell it?" I thought that coffee was only produced 800 pounds a year. ”

"If I let go of the sale, the caravans will break the head. Victor smiled: "But I don't want to cheap outsiders, I prefer to let you make money." And the golden group is a tool to make money for everyone. ”

"Old John, Nelson has talked to you about the Golden Regiment?"

Old John bowed and said, "Yes, sir." ”

Victor nodded and said, "Every freeman trader who cooperates with the smuggling caravan can join the Golden Regiment, but there are two conditions, first, you must pay a franchise fee of 500 gold soles, and secondly, subscribe to two public carriages within three years, and then one year by year, until I am satisfied." ”

"The traders of the Golden Regiment have the right to sell raw sugar and coffee snow sugar, only one per town, and no more than five in each main city, and the purchase price of coffee and snow sugar is not higher than 30 gold soles, and the price is not less than 40 gold soles, which must be adjusted according to the transportation distance. ”

Old John asked, "My lord, what if they are not willing to subscribe to the carriage?"

"You can only get them out. ”

Victor shook his head and sighed, "Only the freedmen merchants who run the public carriage will be protected by the church. This is actually the benefit that the gold merchant group conveys to the church, and when we have enough public carriages, the church becomes our strong support, and the smuggling trade can be turned from darkness to light. After a moment of silence, he said sternly: "You don't need to know the reason, and you can't find out, otherwise there will be big trouble." ”

The Holy Power Pool is related to the secrecy of the clergy, and Father Miller has repeatedly asked Victor to keep it secret, and he doesn't want to change the priest who is stationed, so he naturally has to keep his mouth shut. Everyone didn't dare to ask more, but nodded again and again. Victor paused, and said to Hammer and Kidd: "The smuggling caravan is divided into a pioneer group and a private merchant group, and the pioneer group is responsible for both profits and losses, equipped with 15 elite guards, 40 mercenaries, and 20 camels, responsible for opening up unfamiliar trade routes. The private merchant group is in charge of the mature route, with 5 elite guards, 60 mercenaries, and 60 partox. The purchase price is 10 gold soles per copy, and the shipping price is determined according to the transportation cost, but the vendors should make money. ”

"Understood. ”

Hammer nodded heavily, and Kidd hesitated for a moment, and said, "My lord, the more goods the private merchant group takes, the more they earn. I suggested that the pioneer group clean up all the monsters in the trade road, so that they could bring hundreds of camels to transport goods. ”

Victor was shocked and hurriedly said: "After clearing the monster, the mountain people will be disobedient." When the pioneer group encounters a monster community, avoid it if you can, and don't do thankless things!"

"Fool, if you don't have a bandit monster, then you still have a mercenary's job?, and you're afraid you won't make any money with a smuggling caravan?" scolded Old John.

"Oh. Kidd shrunk his neck and replied dejectedly.

Although the shipping price of 10 gold soles per serving of coffee and snow sugar is not high, after layers of price increases and layer upon layer of dividends, most of the profits still have to fall into Victor's pocket, and at the same time, the mountain mercenaries and free folk traders are tied up, and the backbone of the Randall family can also make a lot of money, and the benefits are naturally happy, but mercury cannot have independent financial resources.

Victor looked at Balor and said, "Mercury does not participate in dividends, the required funds are borne by the family, in fact, I spend the most money on mercury." ”

"My lord, the mercury belongs only to you!" said Barol respectfully.

"Good. ”

Victor sat back in his seat and nodded at Lilia. Lilia got up, walked to the closet, took out a few parchment scrolls, placed them on the table, and motioned for everyone to take turns reading them.

"The materials that the family needs are all on it, including softsilver ore and several medicinal materials, I ask you to purchase those medicinal materials as much as possible, if you find softsilver ore, you must report it to me in time, and you must not attract the attention of the local lord!"

The procurement of strategic materials and intelligence gathering are important functions of smuggling networks. Ser silver is a bulk material, and the private merchant group is not able to transfer a large amount of Se silver ore at present, but it does not prevent Victor from laying out in advance. And those medicinal materials are the raw materials for making recovery potions, and Victor plans to use recovery potions to verify a conjecture.

The recovery potion is a potion that helps the alchemist regain his energy, and if it can restore the knight's fighting spirit, it can prove that the knight is an alchemist. Although the Alchemy Empire has disappeared, the descendants of the alchemists have not become extinct, and it can be inferred that the Mage Association of the Alchemy Empire is in the same vein as the Chosen One. This fact will be the first board in Victor's jigsaw puzzle game, helping him uncover more clues.

Victor painstakingly runs the Randall family and the smuggling network in order to deal with all the changes, including Ant-Man. Now, the smuggling network has become his help.

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