Jia Yi looked at the river in front of him, like pieces of dragon scales under the reflection of the sun.

It's already the eighth day. Jiayi, who was still very excited, didn't have much interest, and only occasionally stayed bored before he came out to breathe, or went to some new realm.

Originally, Kaichi was afraid that the nobles would make some stumbling blocks for him, but from the time Kaichi got the information until he arrived on the ship for so many days, there was no problem. I don't know if I don't have a chance or don't dare.

Jia Yi is still a little disappointed, although he doesn't like trouble, but these weak chickens are probably not much trouble, Jia Yi raised his own level and added so many magic props, if the nobles really dared to be afraid of someone coming to teach them a lesson, I am afraid they would all send experience.

Of course, the nobles can invite high-level magicians, but high-level magicians can make a lot of money, especially since Jiayi is almost a student of Longgen Academy now, if he is not afraid of being hostile or even retaliated by Longgen Academy, high-level mages can take action against Jiayi.

Kaichi is not a person without a background now.

Jiayi has just finished washing, this is in the inland river, but there is no concept of water conservation, Jiayi can take a bath even if he wants to.

"Young Master Jiayi, we will go to the Reed mudflat tonight, behind the Reed mud stall is the Dragon's Throat Stream, and after the Dragon's Throat Stream, we will calculate the Province of Vyfer. The captain came over and said to Kaichi.

"Oh, want to stay in front of the beach for one night?"

"Yes," said the captain, "but the beach is not very safe, and it is very dense with reeds and thatch, and it is said that many bandits are hidden in it." ”

Jia Yi asked strangely: "Then why do you have to stop there? Waiting for being robbed? Why don't you just go over." ”

"The dragon's throat stream is narrow, the current is fast, and there is especially a strong mountain wind, and if you want to cross it at night, you are looking for death, and only in the morning the wind will be lighter, so many boats will stay at the Reid mudflats in front of them for the night, and then sail the next morning. However, it is also because of this that Red has become the place with the most water bandits. ”

"Why didn't you send an army to exterminate it?" Jia Yi frowned, feeling that this was also an important trade route, how could it be so unsafe.

"The nobles will not be so idle, and a single nobleman does not have that much strength at all, shipbuilding is not cheap, if it is damaged, the loss will be great, but it will benefit other nobles along the river. ”

Then, the captain asked Jia Yi to come over and whispered, "It is said that there are many nobles among these bandits, and this is more profitable than collecting taxes." ”

Jiayi was dumbfounded, the economy here was still in a relatively barbaric era, although commerce was more popular, but the nobles were still in a relatively primitive way of obtaining the benefits of commerce. I feel that the higher the tax collected, the more I get, and there is even the idea that it is better to collect taxes than to rob, and I have not noticed the circulation significance of business at all.

They don't understand that the meaning of commerce lies in circulation, mutual exchange, and if there are more commercial activities, more taxes can be extracted, and more prosperity can be promoted. Snatching from them like this will only lead to fewer and fewer caravans coming, and a pool of stagnant water in the territory. And the fewer caravans, the less benefit the lord gets, and then it will become more and more intense, and it will restrict the circulation of commerce, and fall into a vicious circle.

However, judging from Jiayi's observations, the two sides of this dragon throat stream have not been affected too much, and I don't know what is going on.

When he had a question, he said to the captain, "But I don't think the commerce of Wickham City has been affected in any way, and won't the large number of bandits outside the Dragon's Throat Stream lead to a decrease in the caravan?"

"Hmm~" the captain said in a negative voice, "If it really affects the commercial prosperity of Wickham City, then Rhett's bandits will really be cleared." After all, if he really made up his mind, Duke Kweiyuta was not another lord, as the lord of the province of Vifer, he had a formed army, and the lords under him were also obliged to fight for the lord. ”

Jia Yi is a little curious, how can these bandits ensure that the robbery of the past caravan does not affect the commercial prosperity of the provincial capital? And although the captain reminded Jia Yi to pay attention to the bandits in the Rhett mudflat, he didn't seem to particularly care, could it be that one of his own mages gave him such a big detail?

Kaichi asked all his questions.

"It's actually quite simple. The captain showed a mysterious smile, as if proud, but also with a little mockery, "These bandits all have a tacit understanding, like a big chamber of commerce like us, they will not move, and our chamber of commerce will also give these water bandits a fee for escort every year through secret channels." ”

Kaichi's mouth opened wide all of a sudden, like a surprised expression in an emoji, but when he thought about it, it didn't seem to be a big deal. In the Age of Discovery, there was a so-called privateer license, and Lin Zhennan's walking in the rivers and lakes also relied on the people in the rivers and lakes to give face, of course, filial piety is also indispensable. Kaichi just didn't expect that he really encountered such a situation, and not in the legend.

It's just a little different, Lin Zhennan will be Spartan when he meets the gangsters who don't give face, and if these bandits don't give face, it is estimated that money will teach them what to call a father.

In order to confirm his suspicions, Kaichi asked, "What if there are really water bandits attacking us?"

"Then, not only will they usher in the revenge of our Chamber of Commerce, but even the other forces in these bandits will not let them go. ”

Sure enough, Jia Yi thought that these water bandits were just water bandits after all, whether it was money or force, including social relations, they were completely incomparable to the Great Chamber of Commerce. Even if the big chamber of commerce does not have too strong direct forces, it is still no problem to invite a few high-level gray-robed mages or even white-robed mages.

Even in the martial arts world, those who occupy the mountain are all unsuccessful after all, and even if they are from famous families, most of them are outcasts. Because the martial arts are good enough, they directly open a sect, and the famous and decent people also receive the filial piety of the wealthy in the annex, in fact, there is not much difference from the protection fee. Only those who are not capable can only occupy the mountains in remote places as kings.

After all, there are a few perverts who like their own skills and are just a bad bandit, so there are so many young heroes who pick up dozens of cottages as soon as they come out.

Although the circumstances of this metaphor are different, the central idea is still the same.

"So, then we don't have to worry too much at night?" Although Jia Yi said this, he did not completely pin his safety on others, and the necessary vigilance was still required.

"Generally speaking, don't worry too much, after all, our Chamber of Commerce is not a cat or a dog, they don't have the courage to attack at night?"

"That's good!" Jia replied consciously, always feeling that the sentence "Night Attack" was a bit base.

"I'll go back first, it's not a little windy outside. Jia Yi got rid of the idea of Kiev in his mind, although it has been many years since he crossed over, but the sequelae of the Internet in his previous life still appear in his mind from time to time.

Jia Yi took two steps and suddenly stopped: "What if someone pretends to be a water bandit? Or if someone wants to do a ticket and withdraw, or even a bandit who has wandered over?"

When the captain heard Jia's words, he was silent for a moment: "So we have a lot of sailors on board, and we are very welcome to your boarding. There are always accidents on such a long journey, and we can only do our best to do a good job. ”

Ka nodded, didn't continue to speak, and walked straight to the cabin.