249. Chapter 249 Windfall
Su Lun of the leather shop has reopened the door to the store.
The arrival of winter has gradually made the business deserted, but Sulun is still open. After all, the business of taking care of some leather armor repairs is always stronger than the grainless. What’s more important is... After Viscount Tlanca died, the current town of Kiger is in
With no tax levy, he is naturally willing to make more money during this period of time compared to the high taxes he used to be.
Of course, what Sulun cares more about is Roddy's whereabouts.
Three days have passed since Roddy entered the leather shop that day, but Sulun still couldn't calm down...
When he went to the tavern to buy wine two days ago, he naturally heard the legendary "arrower" discussed by everyone - Su Lun was not stupid, and he was almost immediately sure that this guy was Roddy!
Although the "arrower" that people call is irrelevant, Su Lun can use everything he witnesses to infer what Roddy did...
He led hundreds of infantry alone, but was trapped in the enemy's formation but took the initiative to create an opportunity to encircle and annihilate, break through and successfully kill several times the enemy's army. Such things used to be only sung by the bard, but now... they are real.
A fact that everyone can see!
Sitting in the shop, Su Lun's eyes were always involuntarily looking at the window next to him--the mark left by Roddy with an arrow on the wooden frame was extremely clear, and the dense string control sound seemed to still echo in his ears.
beside.
"Did you kill Count Irving..."
The enemy from many years ago was solved like this, and Su Lun still feels unreal - that's a real earl! He killed him if he said he was hacked to death?
"Cruff--"
The wooden door was pushed open, and a mercenary with a fat face walked in stepping on the muddy feet, opened his voice and shouted, "Where is the short guy? Come out! There is business!"
Su Lun is behind the counter. Even though he is not tall, the mercenary can definitely see it, so the shouting is obviously ironic - the cobbler frowned, and finally his tone is a bit stiff.
Reply: "I'm here."
"Bang!"
A stack of leather armor was thrown in front of Su Lun, "Sixteen leather armors, what should be repaired, and the goods will be delivered within one week."
The mercenary did not give Su Lun any face at all, and his tone seemed to be instructing his subordinates, but Su Lun could only grit his teeth and endure it - because this guy is a member of the "Wolverine Mercenary Group".
This is the reality. Since there are not enough trump cards to fight, the only way to survive with such a powerful guy is to swallow your anger.
Although the "Wolverine Mercenary Group" is not so arrogant that it kills people wantonly, Su Lun understands that the only consequence of provoking the other party is that his store will go bankrupt and want to resist? In addition to cursing a few words, he probably has nothing to do in front of him.
This guy can't beat him.
"If you repair the old rules, you can deposit three silver coins."
Sulun tried hard to restrain his anger and whispered.
"Short guy, are you stupid?"
The mercenary pointed to the "Wolverine Mercenary Group" emblem on his chest, "Look at what this is? Are you negotiating terms with me?"
"Three silver coins."
Su Lun's stubbornness also came up, staring at the guy in front of him, "That was the case before."
"It used to be the past, but now no one in Kiger Town collects taxes. Let's collect it. Who will collect it? I don't understand these rules, and your store is about to end."
As the other party said that, he reached out and knocked on the counter and threw a handful of copper coins, "The leader of the group will take care of your business, don't be shameless."
The copper coins falling on the counter made Su Lun's face turn red. 12 copper coins of extremely poor quality can only be exchanged for 1 silver coin, and his hand is only 8 copper coins, which is equivalent to less than the price of a silver coin.
The 3 silver coins that Su Lun asked for were just deposits, and it usually cost 9 silver coins to repair them all... So now these 8 copper coins are just to beg for food.
This behavior is really too much. Su Lun's lips trembled in anger. He was about to scold the other party, but he was interrupted by the door that was pushed open again - he turned his head and wanted to say something suddenly stopped...
Roddy, wearing a hood, walked into the store and calmly greeted Sulun: "Meet again."
His eyes were on the mercenary beside him for a moment, and then he said, "You are busy first, don't worry about me."
After saying that, he walked alone, looking extremely leisurely.
This feeling was exactly the same as when he was shooting an arrow outside the window a few days ago. He just stood there plainly, which made Su Lun feel a kind of impulse momentum - not only him, but also the "Wolverine Mercenary Group"
The mercenaries noticed this... This guy didn't know Roddy's identity, and seemed to want to say something, but he stopped and finally turned his finger to Su Lun again: "It's just that, you can do it yourself!"
"I said, three silver coins."
Su Lun had already planned to compromise, but when he saw Roddy standing beside him, he suddenly felt a sense of courage in his heart. He actually pushed the copper coins back by a devil, and stopped the mercenary's footsteps.
Go down.
"Short guy...you tell me again?"
Before Su Lun could speak, the mercenary grabbed the copper coins and threw it at him hard, "You don't want to open this store anymore, right?"
Su Lun leaned back and the copper coins hit him, which hurt a little, but when he looked at the other party's angry look, he felt a sense of pleasure.
Earl Irving's death really wants to make his courage...grown.
Roddy didn't plan to meddle in other people's business, but when she turned around, she found that she had to intervene - because the other party actually drew his sword and slashed towards Su Lun!
This made Roddy feel a headache... Sulun cannot die, and the effect of this "special NPC" is much greater than that of ordinary grocers. So he immediately drew his sword, then he went to bounce the mercenary's short sword easily.
Looking at the mercenary in front of him, he said, "You are a bit too much, right?"
"Who are you? Do you know what my identity is?!"
The dagger was broken and Lao Gao was shouting loudly, but his eyes showed a little fear--he originally wanted to cut a mark on the counter and threaten Sulun, but Roddy blocked it so casually
It made him feel so shocked that he was shocked. As a mercenary, he immediately became alert.
Although he was not forgiving his words, he had already felt a sense of retreat in his heart.
"have no idea."
Roddy shrugged, "But if you want to cut people down, I don't agree."
"Okay, you can wait!"
Just like a street gangster who suffered a loss after fighting, he had to speak harshly. The mercenary knew that he was not his opponent and chose to retreat wisely. However, when his eyes turned to Su Lun, he pointed: "If you have the ability, keep driving!"
Su Lun spat and watched the guy pick up his leather armor and leave, the contempt in his eyes uncovered.
The other party seemed to be deliberately demonstrating and walked out with his leather boots, but before he could go out, a figure walking in front made him pause - Nata, wearing a leather jacket, walked into the shop silently, she was wearing a thick and solid
The fur cloak and hood cover the unique pointed ears of the wood elf and the mouth is wrapped with a scarf. Although the pretty face covers half of it, as long as it is a human with normal vision, it can be seen how bad Nata's face is.
…
The mercenary who was about to go out immediately stood there, staring at Nata with his eyes, while the wood elf ignored him at all. After walking to Roddy, he whispered something.
Then he stood there silently, completely like a follower.
This scene made the mercenary swallow. He moved his heart, looked up at Roddy, and then left the leather shop with a sneer.
Roddy, who noticed all this, had no reaction because he had no interest in paying attention to such an insignificant little character.
Turning his eyes to Sulun, he said curiously: "Why did that man come from?"
"After the Wolverine Mercenary Group, Tlanka became more and more over-the-top after his death, saying that he wanted to collect taxes for the nobles... as if they were lords."
Sulun didn't know Roddy's specific identity. He just vaguely knew that Roddy had some relationship with the popular "Barl Soderol", but the two of them had never really communicated a few words, because of his current situation.
Complaints are also unintentional words.
Roddy felt something interesting, looked out the door thoughtfully, and then asked, "You don't need to continue to irritate him just now, right? Open the door and do business. Isn't this not appropriate?"
"Doing business is doing business, not being a pig or a dog for others. If they continue like this, at worst I will not do it." Su Lun thought of the guy's face just now and said hatefully: "So many years of being angry, and if you continue like this,
I'm afraid others will only treat me as a turtle."
While speaking, Sulun took out Roddy's armor pieces, put them on the counter and asked, "There's something here, I want to ask - Earl Irving... Did you kill it?"
"Yes." Roddy nodded, "He is the lackey of the Necromancer and has been killed on the battlefield by Baron Soderol."
After hearing this, Su Lun reached out and took out another package without saying a word and pushed it to the ground: "I have collected some rare leather materials over the years, but now I think it's useless, so you can take them together."
Seeing Roddy's shocked expression, he said bluntly: "I have a grudge with Irving. Now the big grudge has been avenged. There is no other thing. These materials should help you make good equipment."
Roddy then understood why he did this. He flipped the [taskbar] casually and saw that there was indeed a task associated with Sulun with the words "complete", so he took the package with peace of mind and opened it casually.
Look, a piece of blue words instantly blurred his eyes - all of these things are "exquisite" materials, and they have been processed by Su Lun...
In other words, using these things to make some leather armor can create top-quality equipment that improves the skill effect!
And it's not much different from those lizard skins!
This was definitely a harvest that Roddy didn't expect. He was stunned for a moment, but looked up and asked, "Have you ever thought about establishing a long-term cooperative relationship with me?"
He reached out and took out the elf fruit wine that had been prepared early from behind, "There are better rewards, more supplies, and... more fine wine."
"Oh? Is it under the management of Baron Soderol?"
Su Lun was actually a little confused at this time. He was not very interested in making leather goods, but just used it as a skill to support his family. He heard Roddy say this, he was a little calm - after all, as a citizen of the territory,
The fate I have is to struggle to survive under the protection of lords.
This is something that all civilians cannot avoid.
But he didn't expect that Roddy gave an unexpected answer: "No, if you are willing to cooperate, then it's up to me."
Chapter completed!