Chapter 126: Exploring the Camp
Wang Yong touched his chin and thought for a while, and decided to inquire about the details of the Aguirre Chamber of Commerce first, so he then asked: "How many shops does your Chamber of Commerce have in Barron City, and what kind of business do they do?"
Peter replied, "There were forty-eight shops, most of them in the jewellery business, but others were also involved in the restaurant, the inn, and the slaves. ”
Wang Yong thought for a while and asked, "What about magic props, alchemy materials, and food?"
Peter said with a bitter face: "This young master, it seems that you are really not a local person, alchemy commodities have been monopolized by the governor here, and others can't get in at all." In terms of grain, there are no small quantities, and they are sold in stores, but a large amount of grain trading is not allowed in this province, and I don't know why. ”
Wang Yong thought about it and understood that grain was an important war material, and it was normal to prohibit a large amount of grain trading in this border province, because the Eternal Empire did not want grain to flow into the Aier Empire.
Wang Yong touched his chin and asked, "Tell me about the alchemy shop." ”
Peter thought for a while and said: "There are three alchemy shops in the city, all of which are the property of the fifth lady of the city lord, and the city lord loves this fifth lady very much, so as long as other alchemy shops open, the governor will find various reasons to suppress them." After a long time, after all the merchants knew the inside story, no one came here to deal in alchemy materials anymore. ”
Wang Yong thought for a while and then asked: "What about the grain, what should the residents here do if they eat food, and they won't go to other provinces to buy it, right?"
Peter replied, "No, the grain here is under the jurisdiction of the lord of the city, and all the grain shops have to go to the lord of the city to buy the grain, but they will not give too much each time, and they will only sell the grain to the merchants after checking the ledger." ”
Wang Yong said indignantly: "I rely on your uncle, so isn't this city lord making a profit?"
Peter shook his head and said, "No, the lord of Caspar is only responsible for collecting and managing the grain in a unified manner, and the price has not increased, and it is even cheaper than the grain in other provinces, so those small merchants are willing to come here to open a grain shop." ”
Wang Yong's eyes lit up, touched his chin and asked, "So, all the grain here is gathered together?" Do you know where the grain depot is?"
Peter said with a bitter face, "You don't have the idea of beating the grain, do you?"
Danny finally found an opportunity to interject, and said viciously, "Say whatever you ask, it's not your turn to ask questions here." ”
Peter said helplessly: "This is not a secret, everyone knows that there is a valley twenty miles east of the city, and every year the grain collected is transported there for storage, and the grain merchants also go there to buy grain. ”
Wang Yong squinted his eyes and asked, "How many guards are there?" Peter replied, "I don't know the specifics, I've heard the young master say before that there is at least one legion stationed there." ”
Wang Yong thought about it, two thousand people in a legion, and two thousand five hundred people in addition to logistics, so many people looked at the grain depot, this Caspar City Lord is really cautious.
Wang Yong secretly decided: "Go and see it at night, if you have the opportunity to do it, you can do it, this is food, the most lacking thing in the territory now is food, and his two Naxu rings are full, which is estimated to be enough for everyone to eat for a few months." ”
Asked Danny to knock Peter unconscious, and asked the same question to another person, and the two of them answered the same question.
Although there is no news of Luke, I learned from this person that the fifth lady of the city lord, the one who monopolizes the alchemy materials, is a very coquettish woman, she is almost thirty years old this year, because the governor can't have sex, she can't help being lonely, and often hooks up outside, even this young master Gino has been harassed.
But no one really dared to have anything to do with this fifth lady, and it was very easy for the city lord to kill whoever the city wanted to die. It is said that at first, a passing merchant who did not understand the situation hooked up with the fifth lady, but before he could get into bed, he was killed by an arrow.
Everyone thought that the fifth lady would be executed by the city lord, but as soon as the fifth lady was coquettish to the city lord, the city lord relented, and it was fine after just being locked up for a few days.
After a while, Varney and Kra also returned, and Kevin recounted what had just happened, and Varney said, "We haven't inquired about Rook, but we can do something about this fifth lady." As for the food, let's go and see the situation in the evening. ”
Wang Yong nodded and said, "Okay, there is a curfew here at night, let's go out of the city now, come back tomorrow morning, and go to the alchemy shop together to see if we can see the fifth lady, it is said that tomorrow is the day when she goes to the shop to check the accounts." ”
Originally, Wang Yong wanted Danny to stay at the inn, but he was afraid that he would be impulsive and go directly to the City Lord's Mansion, so after getting some mud on his face, he took him to explore the military camp guarding the grain depot.
After saying nothing all the way, Wang Yong and the others came to the vicinity of the valley, Wang Yong found a hidden place, took out the bodies of Peter and the others who were following him from the Naxu Ring and threw them into a big pit, and let Danny bury the two of them as coolies, and then the five of them slowly approached the valley.
Originally, Wang Yong didn't want to kill these two little minions, but they were in the territory of the enemy country, and for their own safety, they had to kill people.
The valley is a really important military place, the mouth of the valley guards the main official roads of the entire province, the valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides, there are many troops stationed on the mountains, and there are also many in the valley, according to Danny's observations, there are at least two legions here.
Wang Yong and the five quietly avoided the sentry and climbed to the top of the mountain north of the valley, probably thinking that there had been no war here for many years, and no one dared to fight here, so the soldiers on patrol were so absent-minded, and the patrol was also very lax.
After a night of careful observation, although there were a lot of people here, it was not very difficult for Wang Yong and the others to get in. After discussing it for a while, they decided to save Rook first, and then come here to get food.
When he returned to the inn, it was almost noon, and after eating something simply, Wang Yong, Kevin, Vannie, and Carat set off and went straight to the largest alchemy material shop not far from here, while Danny continued to stay in the inn and wait.
Coming to this shop called Kanti Alchemy Materials, Wang Yong and the others finally knew why the guys at the inn said that this was the largest alchemy shop.
Like the other shops, this Canty shop is also a three-storey shop, but this shop is three normal-sized shops, three times the size of the average shop, and there are many people who come to buy things, so it is very popular.
The decoration inside the store is also quite luxurious, the marble floor, the all-crystal counter, the wall is hung with a high-quality oil lamp, I don't know what is added to the oil, not only does not have a pungent smell, but also exudes a faint fragrance of grass, which makes people feel so happy and relaxed, as if they are already in nature.
Look at those guys again, everyone is wearing high-end cotton clothes of a uniform style, which is much better than what Wang Yong, the lord, wears.
Wang Yong and the four of them walked into the shop and walked around on the first floor, stunned that no one paid attention to them.
When I see other people buying things, the attitude of those guys is also very arrogant, which is the disadvantage of monopoly, and the quality of service is quite poor.
Wang Yong walked to the counter where he bought the spar and asked a waitress who was getting a manicure, "How do you sell the spar?"
The waitress ignored her and said, "Isn't it written on it?
Wang Yong didn't mind, and said with a smile: "I'm talking about buying in large quantities." ”
The waitress looked at Wang Yong's clothes contemptuously, and then pouted and said, "Ten or eight of us here is not a lot." If you want to buy it, it's this price, if you don't buy it, go cool, don't delay my business. ”
After a while, several spars had been sold at the counter next to them, and the waitress was anxious, but Wang Yong and the four of them kept all their counters, and those who bought spars would bypass them to the next counter, and they had a commission for selling things.
Wang Yong smiled and took out a gold coin from the Naxu ring and threw it to the waitress and said, "I want to see your boss, I want all the spars you have here, and I want to buy some other things, you go and report it." ”
The waitress took the gold coin stupidly and looked at Wang Yong with an incredulous expression, but she knew what it meant to take out something out of thin air. looked at the ring on Wang Yong's hand, and muttered in a low voice: "Empty, space ring." She didn't expect that this young man who looked good-looking, but dressed like a turtle, actually had a space ring.
Kevin said unhappily at this time: "Don't go quickly, or I'll complain to you when I see your boss later." ”
Only then did the waitress react, she no longer had the arrogance just now, and made a respectful salute, asked Wang Yong and them to wait a while, and trotted all the way up to the second floor.
After a while, a middle-aged man who looked very shrewd followed the waitress to Wang Yong, took a careful look, and found that although these four people were young, they all had a faint aura of superiors, and felt that these few were either the young masters of any big family, or the sons of that big official.
Seeing Wang Yong and the others looking at him, the middle-aged man hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I offended a lot just now, and I ask a few young masters not to mind, I heard that a few young masters want to buy spars, and I also invite a few to go to the two VIP rooms with me to talk in detail." Seeing Wang Yong nodding in agreement, he hurriedly led the way in front.
Coming to the VIP room on the second floor, although the decoration here is more luxurious, but in Wang Yong's eyes, it is the same thing, Wang Yong muttered to himself: "We are good young people from the 21st century, even if we haven't seen any luxury rooms with our own eyes, but it is common on TV, and the decoration here is at most the standard of a three-star hotel compared to the earth." ”