Chino shuttled through various underground taverns with Lugo, and recruited a group of good players one after another, all of whom were mercenaries with rich combat experience, ruthless methods, and money and death.

Some of them have been shuttling on the battlefield since they were children, some are willing to do any dirty work when they are paid, and some are not psychologically normal, and they don't kill people for a day.

Chino only looked at martial arts, regardless of the origin, and recruited 32 people.

When he was in Shilin Town before, he had noticed that his soldiers were uneven, except for centurions like Paladin and Baiza, who were still strong and strong, and everyone else was very thin.

This is not surprising, according to the posture of exploiting border defense funds, I am afraid that the supply materials have also been exploited a lot, so that the soldiers in Xilin Town can't eat a few pieces of meat, eat beans and cereals all day long, and finally save some money to go to the tavern to eat air-dried meat, and it is strange that they can be nutritious and comprehensive.

After 11 days, the reincarnation invaded, and these malnourished soldiers alone would definitely not be enough, and Chino needed an elite army that could compete with the reincarnation.

According to common sense, the first round of invasion should not have the kind of transcendent reincarnation of one enemy and hundred, which is still in the realm that ordinary sword soldiers can deal with, so these 32 ruthless mercenaries are very useful.

What's more interesting is that because he is very generous with money, he actually gained some respect points on these people one after another, not much, adding up to 40 points, just replaced with a tungsten steel dagger that he used in his previous life.

Chino originally wanted to entrap the nobles, and under some pretense, let them send the transcendents of this world, such as dragon knights, to Shilin Town.

Or simply hide in the main inland city to seek refuge and see if the reincarnation has the courage to challenge the entire kingdom of Doguland.

But the former requires a long period of operation, and it is impossible to climb to the nobility in a while.

The latter also did not work, as Chino found "regional restrictions" in the brand of the refuser.

His range of movement was limited to 20 miles around Shirin, which had been restricted since the invasion began, and was not affected for now.

What happens if I leave the restricted area after the invasion starts? The brand of the refuser did not say, but it was nothing more than an immediate erase, or a return within the specified time, and the price would definitely be not small.

Obviously, the Supreme Being doesn't want the reincarnators and the deniers to stage a hide-and-seek run around the world.

After recruiting people, Chino found his own transport caravan and used Tieyue to buy all kinds of sugar, vegetables, and high-quality grain beans; used copper moon to buy a batch of live cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, fish and eggs; In addition, Yinyue purchased more than 300 sets of sophisticated individual equipment and non-controlled ordnance, and prepared to transport them all back to Xilin Town, so as to comprehensively improve the combat quality of the soldiers.

Before leaving, the mercenaries looked at the sturdy live livestock, and their saliva was about to flow, and someone said, "Slaughter them and eat them!" ”

"Okay, slaughter a few, it's time for dinner. We won't have time to go back tonight, we'll rest overnight on the road. Chino was licking a blow candy in his hand, "By the way, wash your hands before eating." ”

The mercenaries couldn't help but curse in their hearts: there are so many broken things.

Secretly scolding is secretly scolding, and the hands are still honestly washed.

Just like that, Chino was licking the candy, the mercenaries were roasting, and everyone was preparing to march towards Shirin.

...

The day after Chino's departure, God blessed the 12th.

Paladin was woken up by the early morning rooster crowing and rotated with the soldiers standing guard at night.

Caravans entered one after another today, and although Chino already knew the method of smuggling salt crystals, he did not let Paladin carry out gastric lavage on the caravan.

The smuggling of salt crystal is not suitable for exposure now, the time is not ripe, if the caravan is asked to wash the stomach, this matter will leak out, so you must pretend not to know.

In this way, one caravan after another passed the old method of inspection and entered the country smoothly, and I don't know how many people inside were innocent, and how many people swallowed salt crystals in their stomachs.

When the sixth caravan was inspected, the leader greeted Paladin, "Glory to the sun, is the civil magistrate here?" ”

Paladin shook his head: "No, he left Shilin Town yesterday." Dismount, we need to inspect the goods. ”

"Absent?" The caravan leader frowned, and quickly let go, "Excuse me, when will he come back?" ”

"I don't know, I didn't say when I'll be back."

"Did he say where he was going?"

Paladin's eyes narrowed, and he subconsciously put his hand on the hilt of the knife, and his tone became vigilant: "What are you looking for him?" ”

The caravan leader waved his hand in a friendly manner: "We just need his signature in order to pass the rest of the checkpoints that follow." ”

Paladin sighed: "He entrusted me with the daily affairs, and I will help you build it." ”

The leader of the caravan was silent for a moment, then nodded, "So be it." ”

Paladin took the document and looked at their wagon: "What goods are you carrying?" ”

"Air-dried meat, do you want to try it?" The leader of the caravan lifted the curtain to reveal piles of sacks, and in the compartment sat a companion, who by their similar appearance was supposed to be twins.

"I don't taste it. Where are you from? ”

"Xizhou."

Xizhou is the main city on the western border of the Far Eastern Dynasty, about 1,000 miles away from Xilin Town, and in the middle of the two is the "desert", with vast sand like snow and the moon like a hook.

Caravans and carriages travel in the morning, and if they are not blocked by horse bandits, it is usually a journey of 6 to 7 days.

Paladin was a little puzzled: "You are from Xizhou, the whole caravan is only two people, there is no escort, and there are no horse bandits on the road?" ”

The leader of the caravan laughed: "I met old friends before leaving, and they hired a lot of good men to enter from Puluo. I just happened to pass by and walked through the desert with him, and we just parted yesterday. ”

Paladin: "Come down, then, for a routine check." ”

After inspection, the goods are clean and there are no problems.

At least on the surface there is no problem, if there is a problem in the stomach, then I don't know, Paladin didn't care, pretending not to know anything.

While handing over the waybill, the caravan leader's fingers accidentally touched Paladin's hand, and he unconsciously shrank as if he were electrocuted.

This small gesture caught Paladin's attention: "Why are you so nervous?" ”

The caravan leader's eyes wandered: "I..."

Paladin grabbed the knife and shouted, "Stretch out your hand!" ”

The leader of the caravan sighed helplessly, stretched out his hand, and saw a delicate ring on it.

"It's a ring that my wife gave me and I wear it all the time so I feel like she's there for me," he explains. I cherish it very much, and I usually try to avoid bumps. ”

Paladin looked at the ring carefully and muttered, "It's such a delicate workmanship, I've never seen a ring of this style..."

"Of course, it's something my wife made a craftsman specially, and it's unique."

"Didn't she trade with you? Many caravan members would bring their wives with them in case the night was lonely. ”

"She's dead..."

"Oh... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have mentioned it. Paladin touched the bridge of his nose awkwardly and took the waybill, "I'm delaying you, I'll go and stamp you now." ”

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