Luke lured André for a moment with a halfling and a few gold coupons, and then distracted the other stalkers with the help of the merchants who had gathered around to sell their goods, and took advantage of the crowd to bury into the crowd. The responding agent draped Luke in a robe and cloak, then squeezed out of the crowd to allow him to leave calmly.

Luke, who had escaped, grabbed a few silver coupons in his hand, wore a hood and lowered his head, like a merchant who had successfully sold his goods into a nearby alley.

There is no overall plan for the dwellings in Riyao City, and the random construction of houses makes the terrain of the residential area very complicated, and the alleys are like a maze, and it is easy for people who are not familiar with the city to get lost in it.

Fortunately, the main quest of Clear Sky made Luke relatively familiar with this place, and there was also the assistance of the map. He moves quickly through the streets, sometimes passing through shops that pass back and forth, to get rid of any trails that may be followed.

Finally, jump over the wall and jump into a small courtyard.

Inside the courtyard were stacked with cargo boxes, and several open boxes contained enamel pots and tea jars. In a stable next to the courtyard wall, there were several horses, camels, and pack animals tethered. The other three sides of the two-story building are covered with adobe and wooden beams, and the outer walls are covered with clay bricks, which can effectively block the damage to the building by wind and sand.

This is a relatively upscale caravan courtyard, built by the Ould family and rented out to large caravanserais.

Luke's entry alerted the caravan guards, but as soon as Luke lifted his hood, several of the guards climbed up to the top to monitor the area, and another pushed open the door to the main hall.

No one spoke out the whole time.

Luke walked into the main hall and was greeted by the fast legs of the Oasis Merchant's attire.

"Lord Governor!"

Luke took off his cloak and handed it to the guards beside him, and took a look at the room again. The walls were plastered with a layer of mud, air-dried and coated with milky white paint, and painted with not very beautiful but very atmospheric murals.

Several of the windows are very exotic in the West, the glass should be made locally, and the light transmission is not bad, but with a very strong green. However, after putting some animal-shaped stickers, it is very appropriate for this environment that lacks green space.

Under his feet is a carpet of coarse felt wool made of pack animal hair, and candlesticks stand in the four corners, and a group of buildings leads to the second floor.

Coupled with the necessary furniture and some decorative objects, the large main hall does not look empty, and it also has the style it should have.

"Sit down and talk about ......" A low table and a low stool were placed by the window, and Luke and Fast Legs sat down opposite each other: "Did it go well?" ”

Fast legs skillfully placed the carved wooden cup, and then took a pot of mare's milk wine and poured it for Luke: "We entered the Harmutu Basin in the name of the Crescent Oasis caravan, and although we encountered sand thieves on the way, they were all small groups, and they did not cause us much damage.

During this time when I was an adult, I did a few orders of business here, and I got to know some merchants from Sunshine City.

The harvest festival is approaching, and merchants from far and wide enter the city every day. There are nobles and barbarians, and it is the most chaotic time, and no one doubts us. ”

Luke drank mare's milk wine, which had a somewhat sour and astringent taste.

"Where is the kestrels?"

This time he came to the west, and Luke asked Fast Leg to bring people to the front station in advance, and also sent Kestrel to be Fast Leg's deputy. When the Kestrel was in the Crusader Engineering Development Institute, he received professional training in stealth and assassination, which could greatly improve the strength of the team.

The sandpaper was too eye-catching because it was boiling, so it didn't come with the kestrels, but with the large army of the mission.

As for the other three rescued Sailor Killers, they are still being treated by Oulu Academy and are temporarily under observation.

Hearing the governor ask the kestrel, he quickly took out his pocket watch to look at the time, and replied, "I heard that the mission was entering the city, so I asked the kestrel to go to the Sun Yao Manor to inquire about the news." She won't see you there and will definitely be back immediately. ”

"Then wait for her for a while."

Then Luke asked what news Quickleg had found out during this time, especially the envoy sent by the Duke of Celtic, and the abyss mage who came with him.

Quickleg then pulled out a map of Sunshine City, marked with information from all parties they had heard.

"The representatives and caravans of the noble lords are mainly concentrated in the vicinity of the Riyao Manor and the East Market. Most of the minor nobles attached to the House of Ould had already arrived, and some barbarians had come to visit, presumably from the Tedgar Hills.

As for the envoys sent by the Duke of Celtic, there are also abyss mages...... Sorry, we haven't found it yet. But we are trying to find a way to buy off the servants in the Riyao Manor, and there should be good news. ”

Luke said, "You have just arrived in Sunshine City, don't be too anxious about some information. The situation in the Riyao Manor is too complicated, Count Ould is an old fox, the secret skills of the abyss mage are very weird, and the operation of bribing the inside line is suspended, and it is still mainly based on surveillance. ”

"Yes, Lord Governor."

"If there is nothing important these days, raise the price of halfling wine. Reach out to some of the merchants in the Crescent Oasis and you'll get the inside scoop: the Governor of Meteorite is very optimistic about Halfling wine, and he's buying it aggressively to ship it to Angry Waves for reprocessing and packaging.

Finally, with the appreciation of the eldest princess of the Golden Shield Empire as a promotional message, the halfling wine was packaged into high-quality red wine. A standard cask of halfling wine can be increased in price hundreds of times by the hands of the Governor of Meteorite. ”

Fast Legs didn't know it now, and the halfling wine had been carried to a barrel and a gold coupon by Luke. But even if it is calculated at a barrel of one gold coin, it is too exaggerated to multiply hundreds of times.

However, Kuaileg did not doubt his governor's ability to make money, and he asked from another direction: "My lord, do you have any layout for raising the price of halfling wine?" ”

This kind of conspiracy, Luke is not afraid to leak out, and his fast legs will not go outside to talk nonsense.

"Halfling wine can be stored for a long time, and because of its good quality, it has maintained a stable price of one barrel and one gold coin for a long time, making it one of the accepted trading currencies of all the tribes of the West.

If I raise the price of halfling wine, I can drive up the price of the entire West. At least during this harvest festival, the prices of various commodities will follow the price of halfling wine. ”

Quickleg nodded in agreement with Luke's words, but, "What does this have to do with us?" When prices go up, the goods we bring are just a little more money. ”

Luke knew that Quickleg couldn't understand his intentions, so he explained in detail.

First of all, a gold coin and a barrel of halfling wine is a serious exploitation of halflings, which also represents the trading environment of the entire western border.

The nobles of the Western Frontiers controlled the main link between the Western Barbarians and the Empire, and they used their position, privileges, and information monopoly to buy goods from the Western Barbarians at very low prices, and then sell them within the Empire at a higher price.

In order to monopolize this trade, the nobles of the Western Frontier even used various methods to prevent the paper money issued by the empire from entering the Western Frontier. This includes, but is not limited to, supporting sand pirates and preventing caravans from the Empire from entering the Westside on a large scale.

This time, they disguised themselves as imperial caravans and were only attacked by small-scale sand bandits, because some of the large-scale sand thieves cooperated with the Harvest Festival, and all of them changed their clothes back into the lord's private army, and then prevented the real big sand thieves from affecting the Harvest Festival.

The Harvest Festival seems to be a grand trade between the Western Territory and the barbarians, and is essentially an economic plunder of the barbarians by the nobles of the West. In this grand event, the nobles of the Western Realm can buy an entire season of barbarian output at an extremely low price.

It is precisely because of this closed economic circle that the nobles of the Western Realm can maintain their rule with very little money in this barren land.

Luke finally picked up the wooden cup and said, "Do you feel that you have come to the Westland...... Isn't this mare's milk wine more expensive than water? ”

"Yes, some of the things here are so cheap that I can't imagine it, and I feel like I'm a billionaire." ”

Luke said: "Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is scavenging at a high price in the Sunshine City Market at my suggestion, and if we do our best to raise the price of halfling wine, we will definitely be able to raise the price of this harvest festival to a level that the nobles of the Western Realm have never dared to think of before."

This high price had little impact on barter, but if the nobles of the Western Realm wanted to purchase goods, they would need to spend more than ten or dozens of times more real money than before.

And their soldiers will also find that the pitiful salary cannot even afford to drink this mare's milk wine. ”

Speaking of this, Luke couldn't help but think of what had just happened.

The orc general Andrei, the commander of the army of Sunshine City, couldn't walk for a few golden coupons.

After hearing the layout of his own governor, he couldn't help but be amazed.

"Your Excellency, you are amazing! I've been in Riyao City for so many days, and I've been drinking every day, and every day I only feel that the things here are cheap, but I didn't expect this layer.

You have just entered the city, and you have directly smashed the jobs of the nobles in the western realm.

As long as the prices in the western realm are raised, the nobles in the western realm can't even afford to raise soldiers, where can they still have the strength to fight with the empire. ”

The fast legs took a big sip of wine, felt that the whole body was transparent, and sighed with emotion: "Following the Governor to do errands is comfortable, it is happy!" ”

Luke was not as optimistic as fast legs: "We can raise the price this time because the identity of the eldest princess is there, and if you change someone to do this, the nobles of the Western Realm will directly arrange the assassin."

And after we leave, the nobles of the Western Realm can also suppress prices again. ”

Quick Leg said: "Your Excellency the Governor should have a way. ”

"There is a way, but whether it can be done or not requires us to do more......"

At that moment, the door to the main hall opened, and a short figure in a smock entered. She lifted the hood from her smock, and it was the returning kestrels.

"Lord Governor, I came to assist on the orders of Miss Sunny Sky, if there is anything I need to do, please give the order!"

Luke stood up and said, "You and Quickleg go out with me on errands." Is there anything I need to prepare? ”

The kestrel said, "No, you can go at any time." ”

Quickly stood up, looked at his clothes and said, "I'm going to change my clothes, this one looks too much like a businessman." ”

"No need to change ......" Luke took the cloak from the guard's hand and said to Quickleg, "You will go as a merchant, and I will be your retinue with the Kestrel as your retinue."

The places I went to this time were dangerous, so be careful. ”

Quickleg and Kestrel said, "Yes, Lord Governor. ”

Quickly legs go out first, and Luke and Kestrel put their hoods on. Luke also asked for a knife from the guard, posing as a bodyguard for a wealthy businessman.

The three of them left the courtyard rented by the caravan and went straight to the west of the city.

The West Market is the largest market in the city, and barbarian caravans from afar usually choose to sell their goods in the West Market. The things sold are also strange, and there are many treasures that the barbarians can't recognize are sold at low prices.

Luke had no intention of wasting time in the West Market to pick up leaks, so he let his fast legs cross the West Market and lead the team to the slave trading corner northwest of the market.

Desperate for survival is the eternal subject of the West, and the winner has everything that the loser has.

The Slave Trade Corner was partly in the market, and the other part extended into a town next to the market. This is the dirtiest place in the whole city, and in order to save space, the slaves are forced to huddle in crowded cages, where eating, drinking, and lazar are settled. Only high-value slaves can get a little preferential treatment, but slaves are slaves after all, commodities to be sold at a price.

The guards at the Slave Corner are also different from other places, there are no soldiers patrolling the city, and the guards are only under the orders of the boss here. It can be said that this urban area is a city within the city of Sunshine.

It is also the darkest place, and even the sun does not seem to want to illuminate it, and a large area of buildings is shrouded in a hazy shadow.

Entering the slave corner, the outfit of the fast legs immediately attracted the attention of many people. The slaves inside the cage struggled to stretch out their arms and beg for something to eat, but were quickly whipped back by the guards.

"Distinguished guests, welcome to the Slave Corner of Sunshine." A somewhat beautiful woman twisted her thin waist and walked towards her fast legs. She holds a cigarette stick in her hand, has elongated eyes, and wears nose rings and earrings on her nose and ears.

Barbarian is a general term for human beings who live in the western realm and do not belong to the aristocratic realm. They are no different from Terrans in appearance, but their habits are greatly influenced by orcs.

This woman looks like a barbarian, and her whole body is full of wildness.

The woman circled around her fast legs, her eyes surveying around him, and then came to Luke. She took a drag on her cigarette and looked at Luke with her chin held high, reaching out to lift Luke's hood.

Luke grabbed the woman's hand.

The woman deftly wrenched her hand out of Luke's grip and pulled his sleeve open. The gown was ordinary, but the sleeves of the governor's gown were exposed under the sleeves.

The woman slowly exhaled her cigarette and said with a smile: "This dress is enough to buy a hundred female slaves." Who are you and what are you doing in Slave's Corner? ”

Luke said, "You guessed wrong, I could buy the whole of Sunlight City with this dress. Or...... You can buy the whole of the West.

I'm here to talk about business, take me to meet your boss.

Also, the next time you dare to be disrespectful to me, I'll ask your boss to put you in the dirtiest cage! ”

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