Chapter 34 There are as many salted fish as you want
When Owens swung his stick, Mathilde actually stabbed it forward in such a short moment.
Despite the short distance of the stick, it still caused Owens to be hit in the chest with unbearable pain.
"Wow!!" Everyone present was shocked, as we all know that the greater the distance you swing when wielding a weapon, the greater the attack power.
When he swung his weapon at short distances, his power decreased, but everyone could feel that Mathilde's strength was still great.
Owens, who had been hit by this blow, knew that his mission was done, so he hurriedly waved his hand.
"No fight, no fight."
Seeing this, Mathilde put away his wooden club, and Walls secretly admired Mathilde's strength in his heart, he was a good warrior.
"Yes, you have found a good seedling, and she will grow into a good warrior." Wo Zhijinzhi suddenly came out and said.
To this, Walls nodded.
"Not a bad fart, this is obviously a good seedling to be a wife."
[System prompt: Don't always say what you think, okay?] 】
"No, I can't hold back this situation." The baron is always nostalgic when faced with the stunners of the world.
[System prompt: Hey...... Spring has arrived. 】
In due course, Walls will raise a loyal group of men.
"Alright, guys, the duel is over, and the winner is our Mathilde."
The crowd cheered. Of course, there is still a group of people who don't come back to know how Mathilde won so quickly.
This is because they are not a person who practices swordsmanship, and in a group of mercenaries, they know Mathilde's strength, and this move can know her strength.
It's not something that ordinary people can compare.
This widow in her 30s was shocking. Regardless of what the onlookers thought, Walls' companions now admired Mathilde.
"Okay guys, now go back to bed, it's still early to bed, but tomorrow, we're going to go, by the way, now we have to pay your salary."
According to the rules, wages are not paid monthly, but weekly, and it is almost time to pay salaries, and if a leader does not pay his salary on time, his reputation will be ruined in an instant.
Who wants to stay and work with a boss who will be in arrears?
After paying his salary, Walls was ready to go to the grocer of Wocheze alone to buy some of the city's specialties.
Salt. The mainland cannot do without salt, for example, salt is needed to make cured meat, and only when it is made into cured meat can the meat be preserved for a long time, and it is also used by many people as a condiment.
The proximity to the sea and the geographical location make it a place for salt production.
"I said it felt salty no matter how I passed by."
[System prompt: Because you are a salted fish.] 】
In Coolau, Virginia, there are iron ores, and these pig iron are also good commodities, and they can be traded back and forth between the two places, so as to earn a lot of money.
At the grocers of Wocheze, Wall could see many merchants, but most of them were plainly dressed.
There may be a few rich people among them, but there are so many robbers on this continent that they are afraid that they will be plotted by the robbers if they dress beautifully.
This is partly due to the fact that there is also a part of the population that really doesn't have much money.
The robbery of the robbers, or the taxes of the lords led to their poverty, and the lords encouraged commerce because these merchants could bring in more taxes.
"If it were me, I would also be willing to encourage it, maybe it will make my grape empire more prosperous."
[System prompt: You don't have to, your business acumen is far inferior to Manid and others under your command, let them deal with it.] 】
But there are always opportunities, and it cannot be said that there are no rich people among the merchants, at least they will live better than ordinary civilians, and at this time, in order to get a better life, of course, there is such a group of people who take risks to become merchants.
Wall's business skills are very important, he needs to pay the same taxes, but he can get more wealth.
For example, some of the linen that Walls sold when he came here was collected as a tax.
But now, with the help of Woth's golden finger, Walls is confident that he will soon become proficient in trading skills.
When dealing with grocers, Walls used his eloquence, which kept the price of the purchased salt low and low, until he got a good price, and then Walls agreed to buy it.
This kind of eloquence is naturally the envy of many people, so some merchants with larger assets are ready to recruit Walls to join their caravans, and the idea of such a guy is naturally in vain.
After all, Walls is the leader of a caravan, but there are still a few people who still have a good relationship with Walls.
After all, this is a talent, such a talent can't be pulled into his caravan, but in the future, he may be able to become a trading partner, and with such a trading partner, he may be able to make himself soar.
There are also those who hope that the Vols caravan has been robbed by robbers, and then the worthless Vols gets his own aid, so that he can recruit the Vols into his caravan.
This is really a vicious idea.
However, Walls didn't know what these merchants were thinking, and Wo Zhi's golden finger told him that these were just the basics, and that the grocer wanted to sell them at this price.
But Walls believed he would learn these things soon.
Regardless of whether the businessman's attitude towards prices is true or not, Walls knows that this is the Goldfinger of Wo that is motivating him.
The grocer asked someone to load his goods and waited for his team to come and pick them up tomorrow.
Time passed quickly, and by the time the first rays of the morning sun shone on Wall's face, he had already set off.
There were two more mercenaries in the entourage, these were single mercenaries in the vicinity, they did not join a mercenary group, and Walls gave each of them a signing fee of 300 dinars when recruiting them.
Their signing fee is very high, which is also according to the rules, and the equipment they carry is very good.
And with a lot of experience, this is naturally higher than the salary of a recruit who works in the village to fish and farm. The only downside is that these mercenaries are expensive, and they are still insufficient compared to the top regular armies.
"Head, do you know that Isa?" Owens ran up and said, Wall was riding his traveling horse while the others were walking.
"I just talked to him a few days ago, what's wrong?" Walls said curiously.
"I seem to see the soldiers of Iyayar hunting him down." Owens spoke up what he saw.
"Huh?" It suddenly occurred to Walls that Wo's Goldfinger said that Issa was a spy, had he been discovered? But that's not what Walls cares about right now, joining the strife on this continent is inevitable, but now he has to put his energy elsewhere first.
"Don't think about it so much, let's transport this batch of salt to Kulau with peace of mind, the snow bandits are not to be underestimated." Walls brought Owens back to the team.
The bandits active in the snowy fields of Virginia, they are called the Snow Bandits, bows, spears and scimitars are their usual weapons, this kind of dress is very different from the pirates, although their combat effectiveness is lower than that of the pirates, but they are still a nightmare for caravans.
This time Walls was going to start from Wocheze, passing through Fort Elbuk, Fort Djerpo, and then Bazek, from which he crossed the bridge, passed Fort Serejök, and finally reached Kurau.
It's impossible not to encounter robbers on the road, and when he first started doing business, Walls was lucky enough to encounter the banditry activities of the Shadow Crow Legion.
As a result, he did not encounter many robbers in the territory of the Nord Kingdom, but it is doubtful what the situation is in the territory of the Kingdom of Vegia.
How King Yarogark arranged for the suppression of bandits, Walls did not know, he did not hear any information, and without information, he would have to plan for the worst.
Therefore, Walls is ready to recruit more recruits, but as the number of troops expands, these recruits must be quickly trained into veterans, otherwise their combat effectiveness on the battlefield will be absolutely miserable.
Walls needs a coach.
As time passed, Wall's troops marched through Fort Elbuk, believing that they would soon reach Fort Djerbor, where they would be able to rest for the night in the village of Mazen, near Fort Jerbor, and be able to prepare supplies.
However, things did not go so smoothly, and as I had just walked through Fort Elbuk, I saw two teams of men and horses pulling out their weapons and facing each other in front of me.
Walls could tell at a glance that the carts laden with goods were the hallmarks of the caravan, and on the other side, it was the robbers who looked vicious.
It seems that Walls has encountered a group of robbers robbing the caravan.
It can be seen that the guards of this group of caravans are relatively rudimentary, most of them use ordinary long swords, and they are still wearing leather short-sleeved clothing, which does not provide much defense.
And the members of this caravan look varied.
There were Nord recruits and Virgian recruits, but the majority were mercenaries.
On the other side, half of the robbers were dressed in spiked leather jackets, which provided a stronger defense than the short-sleeved garments worn by this caravan, and many wore fur helmets.
They had either spears or scimitars in their hands, and some with bows and arrows.
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