Chapter 60: The Traffickers
This steppe was once the ancestral land of the Bosi people, and before the Bosi were exterminated by the Tullmans, the Bosi royal family would return here every year for a month. During this month they would do nothing, but would sit quietly on the black dirt of the steppe every day, and sacrifice with the blood of the three animals to the magical land that gave birth to the Holy Bosi. The bravery, fearlessness, and fortitude of the Bossi are said to be due to this land, which is barren and forced them to raise their fists and walk out from here.
In the end, of course, the blood of the Bosi was also sprinkled all over the steppe. According to imperial historical records, at the end of the Bosi Dynasty, the Bosi people were arrogant and lascivious, and had forgotten the bravery of their ancestors, and the ruling class did not do their jobs properly, but only knew how to eat, drink and have fun. They are so indulgent in pleasure that neither the wine pool nor the meat forest can describe their extravagance. It is said that all the maidens in the palace of the Boshites were naked, and there were people who had sex everywhere. The ministers offered their wives and daughters to the king of the Boshites, and the king gathered these women together to invite the ministers and celebrities to Yinluan.
However, all their pleasures were based on the endless exploitation of the Tulmans. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Turmans died as conscripts, their wives and daughters became the playthings of the Bosis, and their wealth was plundered by the Bosis, just as the Bosi rebelled against the Black Blood King, and the Turmans rose up, raising sickles, clubs, and axes against the Bosi atrocities.
The Bosi nobility and royal family were driven back to the land and then exterminated. On that day, blood flowed and heads flowed, and the blood of the Bosi royal family and the ruling class was severed. In order to avoid the plague caused by the discarded corpses, Tullman I arranged for a large number of men to bury the corpses.
It was at that time that the first generation of residents were the auxiliaries of the Empire, and it took them a month to dispose of all the corpses on the grassland. Of course, there's also a part for the beasts to deal with. After that, the empire seemed to forget about its existence, and the auxiliaries lived here, married, had children, and multiplied from generation to generation.
The town seems to be a constant existence, but it has never been as lively as it has been recently.
Waves of people poured in from all over the empire, including nobles and their private soldiers, wealthy merchants and their guards who had been famous in the empire for many years, and some gang members with gloomy faces and ruthless eyes. The inhabitants of the town are confused, this is not a place of interest, there are no mineral deposits, and the most common in the wilderness are wild wolves and bandits. For these people who broke the peace of the town, although the residents of the town had too much speculation, they did not delve into it.
The presence of these people brought a large amount of income, and the inhabitants rented out their surplus rooms to these flockers, selling food and some specialty, wolf skins, and earning large amounts of gold.
A complete wolf skin can be sold for a sky-high price of thirty silver coins, which is unimaginable in the past. It is also because the weather is getting colder and colder, and there is no shelter in the entire wasteland grassland, so the wolf skins are particularly easy to sell, and the storage in the town is sold out in a short period of time.
In addition to this, being a guide has also become the most lucrative profession. As locals, they pat their chests and promise that wolves can get lost in this wilderness, but they won't. Since they were sensible, they have been looking for a life here, and they are familiar with this wasteland and grassland as if it were their own home.
Rossi was one of the first to come, but they hadn't set out to find the Bright Moon Thieves until now. Rosie knew very well that the first person to catch the Bright Moon Thieves was not the lucky one, but the unlucky one. These crazy guys for the title will not easily watch the opportunity slip through their fingers, and they will use all means to snatch the head of the Bright Moon Thieves into their hands.
Instead of being a cicada, it is better to be a yellow finch.
Sitting in the tavern, it is not like a remote town, the small tavern is full of people, and a table of four or five people is often crowded with a dozen people. The smell of very bad tasting slug and inferior rum filled the air, as well as the pungent smell after vomiting.
At each table were two or three very conscious people, their heads bowed and playing with their glasses, but their attention was elsewhere.
"Have you heard? The gunfire mercenaries have discovered the members of the Kyaukyue Thieves Group, and it is said that they have also arrested a lone one and are extorting a confession!"
"Gunfire, what else would old Saya do besides bragging? Don't believe him. ”
"A team went missing two days ago, probably by Kyaukyue. ”
"Do you know where it went missing?"
"Seems to be in close proximity to the gem lake. ”
"Bison has found a bag of buried gems, it seems to be the place where Kyaukyue buried the treasure, are you interested in making a deal?"
"I heard that Kyaukyue has left the grassland?"
All kinds of information are exchanged here, but a few are really difficult to verify, and unreliable gossip is flying all over the place, and everyone wants to mislead others. Some people even say that Kyaukyue has been exterminated, and their heads are already on their way to the imperial capital. Such news was not useless, and several teams left Bones Town that day and galloped in the opposite direction, hoping to stop the so-called victors on the way.
The tiny bar became a place of fraud, where everyone was telling lies from the bottom of their hearts.
Suddenly, someone kicked open the door of the tavern, and the cold wind blew in through the door, which made the drunken people feel a lot more sober.
"The Bright Moon Thieves have been discovered, Blue Rose has exchanged fire with them, and Dali's men are on their way! The location is eleven kilometers northwest!!"
There was a hint of blood in the cold wind, and a table of guests suddenly stood up and ran quickly towards the door. Everyone was stunned for a moment, stood up one after another, and followed.
It is difficult to tell whether this news is true or false, and the person who came is a "traitor" who has existed since ancient times, one of the five major professions, and the so-called traitor is actually a person who sells intelligence. With so many forces gathered in Bone Town, it is impossible for such a big thing not to alarm intelligence organizations large and small. They also settled in Bones Town along with these various forces hoping to get good luck and inherit the title, each intelligence organization has its own ways and methods of gathering information, and the only thing that can be trusted is that as long as they are given money, they can sell anything.
Rosie looked at the tavern that was empty for a moment and the owner who was stunned, threw a gold coin on the table, patted his ass and stood up.
Hanno stood behind him with his sword on his shoulder, his head slightly bowed. Alexander drank the inferior rum from his glass in one gulp, spit out a cloudy breath and stood up.
Rosie walked over to the young man who was sitting on the ground panting and drinking wine to pass the information back, and threw a small money bag to him, "Is the news true?"
The young man opened the money bag and looked at it, and put it into his arms with satisfaction, "Of course it's true, but the situation is not very optimistic, there are a lot of guns in Kyaukyue." ”
Apparently, he hid the news, and only a handful of teams knew about it.
Rossi furrowed her brows and erected.
The Empire's management of thermal weapons GUN is relatively stricter than that of the Federation, how can a group of thieves be equipped with a large number of thermal weapons? This also explains why Viscount Madori was killed, and maybe he found out something, so the people of Bright Moon had to break the rules and kill him.
Rossi threw another bag of money to the young man, who smiled and accepted, "Blue Rose is almost all killed, Dali's men are also killed and wounded, and the bison mercenaries are lying in ambush around, ready to take advantage of the harvest." However, the private armies of two nobles were also nearby, both waiting for an opportunity. I have a small message for this adult, I don't know if it's true or not, it is said that Kyaukyue has something to do with the Republic. ”
After saying this, the young man struggled to get up from the ground, not because he was injured or injured in a hurry to get back, but because he had too much money on him.
Rosie hummed noncommittally and quickly left with the people.
The last piece of news is crucial, if Kyaukyue has something to do with the Republic, their weapons can be explained.
The republic is not rich, there are many contradictions, and each group is fighting for power over its own race. It is said that there are many bandit groups in the Tuhrman Empire and the Federation that are connected to the Republic, and they are often responsible for the role of blood transfusion for a certain force in the Republic, sending looted money to the Republic.
Of course, even if this is the case, the crazy crowd will not have the scum left of the slag that Kyaukyue has eaten.