Early in the morning, Rhodes woke up from his sleepiness. He slept in a chair, and I don't know when he developed the habit of sitting and sleeping. Probably because the world is too unsafe, people don't feel safe, once there is danger when sitting and sleeping, you can react immediately, and lying down, once you encounter danger, there is no time to struggle......

Pushing open the tavern window, it was not the sun and rain that greeted me, but the stench of the sky - a manure collector with a cart was parked at the back door of the tavern, buying cheap manure from the tavern owner.

Yes, collect and buy manure...... Dung collector, this can be said to be one of the most difficult occupations, Kislev is not like the empire, except for Erlengrad and the capital Kislev, most towns are without sewers, every day, the discharge of manure is a big problem, always can not be poured directly on the street, so it gave birth to the profession of manure collector. Human and livestock manure is not useless, they can be used as fertilizer, but also as fuel. Yes, in some poor areas, manure is still used as fuel. As for fertilizer, there is no chemical fertilizer in this world, so natural fertilizer is also needed. Manure is the best fertilizer.

Collectors go door-to-door every morning to collect manure, load a cart and transport it outside the city to farmers for a small amount of money to sustain themselves. Rod didn't know if Caroline had woken up at this time, and if she saw this scene in front of her, he didn't know how she would feel.

"Rhodes, Rhodes ......"

Rhodes closed the window so that the smell of feces would waft into the room. There was a loud and hurried knock at the door, and from that loud voice Rhodes could tell that it must be the dwarf.

casually put on a piece of clothing, opened the door, the dwarf Bogur was standing in the door with two jugs of beer, "The ones I drank yesterday are too unpalatable, they are not alcohol at all, I bought two pots of Pygus Stout on the street in the morning, hehe, this is beer." Damn, you are the only one in this team who can drink with me, Caroline is a woman, she can't drink a few sips, Tallinnham said that he is your squire, he refuses to drink, he must always be sober, not to mention Yeskovich, he doesn't know what wine is. ”

Bogur said, about to break in.

Stopped by Rhodes at the door.

"Let's go down and drink, and order some meat and wine by the way. ”

Rhodes said.

In the morning, the tavern hall was clearly not as noisy and noisy as last night, and the servants were still cleaning up the mess left by the guests from the previous night, and many tables and chairs were already neatly arranged. Rod and Bogur sat down in a relatively quiet place, and the butcher couldn't wait to pour a small wine, but as soon as they took a sip, they realized that it didn't taste right.

"It's not Pigs Beer, damn it, that vendor lied to me!"

Bogur was furious and yelled that he was about to go to the wine seller to theorize, but was stopped by Rhodes in time......

"How much did you buy this wine?"

Rod asked.

"Three silver shillings. The dwarf replied angrily.

"Three silver coins you expect to buy a genuine Pyggs beer? If you were a liquor seller, would you buy and sell it this way? You know the cost price of Pyggs. ”

Rod said with a smile. Bogur was speechless for a moment.

"Castle is not a big city, there are a lot of small traders and vendors here, and there are a lot of counterfeiters and sellers, and the locals know that the wine you just bought is the local wine of Kislev, but it is labeled as a dwarven dark beer. You don't have to chase it, it's a mobile vendor, and you don't know where to go for a long time. Wherever they went, they sold, and by this time they might have left the city. ”

Rod continued to laugh at him. This made Bogul's already thin skin even more unscrupulous, "You humans are too unkind to do business!" In the end, he could only use such angry words to round the scene.

While chatting, Caroline came downstairs. The Frost Witch is wearing a tight knit today, and the neckline is no longer a deep V and a light V, but covers the collarbone, and the skin below the neck is not visible at all. However, this still did not prevent her from becoming the focus of the audience. The tight-fitting knit brings out her slim and peugeot figure, and the two peaks on her chest naturally protrude, straight and full, leaving sexy folds on the soft clothes. The sound of the male customer swallowing on the stairs could be heard, and if it weren't for daytime, Rhodes would have bet that there would be a fight and a fight to rob a woman......

The Frost Witch went downstairs and walked straight to Rhodes and sat down. Bogur was so depressed about the wine that he didn't bother to greet Caroline.

But the innkeeper, who had nothing to do, came over on his own initiative.

"Hey, friend, introduce myself, I'm the owner of this tavern, my name is Kidd Heller. You can call me Kidd. ”

The tavernkeeper said with a grin. It was a bald, long-faced middle-aged man, who looked to be forty or fifty years old, with gold teeth in his mouth, and a pair of small eyes like a cunning fox staring at everyone, and of course, more often at the lady next to Rod.

"Nice to meet you, friend. "This tavern looks like it's doing a good job." ”

"It's okay, business has always been like this here. You know, if the business at the foot of the city gate is not good, let alone other places. My father spent half his life savings to buy the land, which was pitifully small, but enough for me to make a home here. ”

The man said, a pair of eyes unconsciously glancing at Caroline.

"You have an old father. ”

Rod perfunctory. Love Literature Network

"Oh, sorry, I mean, you don't look like the locals, I haven't seen you before. ”

Kidd, the owner, asked. Perhaps sensing his impoliteness, he looked away from Caroline and onto Rod.

"Oh, I'm a businessman, from Grizzly Castle. This is my wife, Martina. ”

Rod smiled and introduced himself to the tavernkeeper, and temporarily created a new identity for Caroline, placing his hand on Caroline's shoulder in order to show natural intimacy. Caroline was stunned at all, but in front of outsiders, she didn't dare to show too many expressions. I could only barely nod and smile.

"This is my man, the mercenary, Bogur Karna. ”

After saying that, he introduced his old partner to the tavern owner. The dwarf on the other side sat in place, his face flushed with anger.

"Ah, Grizzly Castle, I've heard that it seems to have been attacked by a vampire force before?"

Kidd asked curiously.

"Well, that's the thing, but the attack came and went quickly. The Queen's men soon settled in the castle, and the town was quiet again, but only for a few days. ”

Rod replied.

"Alas, in the past two years, there have always been so many things, and what seems to be a quiet day is actually a lot of things in the place. ”

Kidd complained. Although I don't know if what he said is true or not, Rhodes is still happy to chat with him for a while, generally speaking, the owner of an inn knows the most gossip information, and all the people who come to stay in the tavern will chat with him more or less, and over time, the tavern owner is like an intelligence transfer station, and some people even sell this as an important source of income.

"Indeed, there are more and more beggars, and there are more and more prostitutes. ”

Rod said with a sigh.

"Especially after this rebellion in the north, life has become even harder. But there were always some people who made a fortune out of it, those who sold coffins, those who bought funerals, and all the business related to the dead suddenly became better. That's ironic, isn't it?"

The tavern owner joked that Rhodes guessed that he had known about this business for a long time, but perhaps because he was not strong enough to get involved. This world has more brutal rules of survival, some industries are monopolized, such as salt and precious metals, which are controlled by the Kislev government, these industries are very profitable, and Katerina will never share the profits of these high-oil industries with the people.

If you are disobedient and get involved in these industries, it is smuggling and breaking the law, and Rhodes estimates that the Erlengrad rebellion has something to do with this. It may be a process of accumulation, and when a lot of wealth is swallowed up by the Queen's bloc, there will always be some people who will be dissatisfied.

Going back to the dead man's business just now, Kidd may have taken a fancy to this business early on, but he is not in this industry, and he wants to step in temporarily, unless there is enough official power, has a certain relationship with the castle lord, and has an official backstage, or, he has enough strength to start from scratch, hire thugs, and forcibly occupy the interests of others, otherwise, if he doesn't have these two points, it is really difficult to suddenly set foot in the field run by others. Even a small castle is also about territory, and two small gangs can fight to the death for a little profit. From a small point of view, it is a small gang fighting and fighting for interests, and from a large point of view, it is the group of electors of the empire next door, fighting all day long for such a small profit, and the melee continues. Rhodes felt that he was not an emperor, and if he was not the emperor of the empire, he would probably be annoyed to death by these things.

"Indeed......"

Rod replied with a smile.

"By the way, friend, what kind of business do you do?"

Kidd, the boss, asked suddenly.

"Ice peppers, all kinds of high-end fabrics and so on. ”

Rod replied casually.

"Ice pepper? That's a good thing, it's lacking all over the country, and in some places ice peppers are more expensive than gold. Precious medicinal herbs are still something that some alchemists like. Kidd said, "There's a Chena drugstore in the northwest corner of this castle, and the owner of the drugstore has a good relationship with me, and he's the biggest drugstore in the Secret Whispers, so maybe you can find him." ”

"Thank you. But I already have trading partners. ”

Rod said, a small smile on his lips. The tavernkeeper understood and stopped squeaking. Doing things under the strict laws of the tsar, who doesn't have some shady deeds and deals?

"By the way, I heard that there were vampires making trouble here not long ago?"

Rod asked.

"Isn't it? It hasn't stopped yet......

The tavern keeper raised his hand and replied helplessly.