Chapter 1013 109. Dear friend, will you please take my money out of your pocket?(1/2)
"Ah, I slept so well last night."
At eight o'clock in the morning, the desert has become scorching hot.
Fenner, who was riding between the humps of the white camel that was constantly chewing, became full of energy again.
While moving her body on the saddle, she followed the sound of the camel bells and looked towards the desert city of Gadgetzan in front of her. The goblins had gotten up early.
Early in the morning, a group of greenskin caravans were preparing to depart from Gadgetzan and head to Steamwheedle Port to deliver goods.
The goblin merchants rode their noisy and unique goblin turbo tricycles and urged the yawning ogre guards to load their goods, all gearing up to make a fortune today.
But the business world of goblins is very cruel.
It is destined that only a few goblins can make big money as they wish, while the other small businessmen are just drinking soup from the huge commercial system of the Nanhai Trade Road.
Money is the source of power for goblins.
Their desire to pursue wealth is not weaker than the warriors' pursuit of power, or even worse.
"It seems that the tickets we bought last time were for the lottery draw this morning. Come on, come on, let's go to the city. I wonder how lucky that fool Little Xingxing is? We bought a hundred tickets at once."
When approaching the low wall of the iconic desert town of Gadgetzan, Finna suddenly remembered something in the wind and sand, and immediately became excited, urging Blake, who was unhurried behind him, to speed up.
When the pirate heard Fenner's words, he immediately sneered.
Also buy tickets for local highlights?
Still hoping to win?
Are you kidding me?
This is not a society governed by the rule of law.
It’s amazing that the goblins who have the eye for money can allow strangers like you to win big prizes. In the past, those people only had to look forward to the third prize or less.
But with the goblin greed for money, Little Xingxing and Fenner bought a hundred tickets together, and winning the last prize was already pretty good.
Even the little fishman sitting in the camel's horse croaked and laughed at Fenna's stupidity.
Look, even the murlocs know that local lottery tickets are just for fools.
But the goblins are so shameless, shouldn't anyone care?
The answer is yes, of course no one cares.
Gadgetzan is not a big city like Booty Bay where other forces are involved.
This commercial city in the desert is a goblin city monopolized by the Steamwheedle Consortium. Black knows that the dirty gangs in Gadgetzan City are very rampant, and those dirty leaders are the thugs supported by the Steamwheedle Consortium.
The goblin merchants who rule the city have plenty of ways to make those who complain disappear into the desert.
but...
The pirate looked at the noisy city in front of him that was constantly spitting dirty black smoke into the sky, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"These money-minded guys are probably going to be in trouble today."
Blake patted the head of the little fish man in his horse pocket and warned:
"If there's going to be a fuss later, remember to keep your eyes peeled and get some good stuff back. For the sake of your efforts, we'll score six or four points."
"Quack!"
The cute big eyes of the little fish man suddenly lit up, and he immediately started gearing up.
The two Proudmoore siblings entered the city in a low-key manner. The goblin guards guarding the gate did not check their identities carefully at all. They were blinded by the silver coins thrown by Black and easily let an extremely dangerous person into their house.
City.
However, it's not like the goblins have no defensive measures at all.
There are many fierce ogre guards patrolling this desert city. These guys are hired by the goblins. The little greenskins like this kind of stupid, capable, and easy-to-deceive thugs to serve them.
Moreover, through the flow of magic nets under the desert, Blake could easily tell that there should be at least two legendary spellcasters in this city.
There should be another colleague here.
After all, there have always been a lot of scum in the South China Sea who sold their power for money, and after the fall of Ravenholdt, the lives of the third-rate assassins in the Eastern Continent were not easy.
People always have to have enough food in life.
Besides, the money given by the goblins to buy lives is quite generous.
But as soon as the pirate siblings entered the city, they heard the noise coming from the center of the city. Blake even keenly heard the shouts of little stars mixed in with the noise, making them extra conspicuous.
"Walk!"
Blake winked at Fenner, and the stupid warrior immediately understood, and followed the pirates and rushed towards the chaotic place.
As expected, it was the idiot Little Xingxing who had a conflict with the goblins. There was a group of people watching the fun, but no one dared to approach the pretty and elegant Little Xingxing Princess.
Not only because there was an elf female knight in blue armor standing next to Little Star, who was not easy to mess with at first sight, but there was also a tall tauren carrying a totem and a halberd.
Good guy!
Why is Kane here?
Is this honest old cow also a victim of local lottery tickets?
You've learned too much, Kane!
You have never been interested in such evil ways before.
"Why don't you change it for me?"
Little Xingxing fiercely slapped a few local tickets on the table at the exchange location. She put her hands on her hips and screamed to the sweaty goblin employee in formal clothes:
"One special prize, one first prize, and three second prizes will be exchanged for me immediately! Don't make any excuses! I still have a dozen third prize tickets that I haven't counted with you."
As soon as Little Xingxing said this, the crowd around him suddenly burst into an uproar.
This blue-haired chick is so lucky!
Some people think so.
Others were spreading this funny idea in a low voice, while Blake, who was hiding in the crowd, shrugged, showing a helpless expression.
He was certain that Little Xingxing had "cheated".
No matter how lucky a person is, it is impossible to win so many prizes at once.
This incident is not really the fault of the goblins, it is the Blue Dragon Princess who is a bit bullying.
But Xiaoxing’s method is too rough. What’s the difference between this and open grabs?
Fenner next to her was also a little embarrassed.
Indeed, when she and Little Xingxing bought tickets for the wonderful event together, Little Xingxing said that she would use some "technical" methods. At that time, she thought that Little Xingxing had some mysterious magic that could change luck.
I didn't expect it to be so simple and crude, and she could do it... Uh, no, she can't do it yet, she can't see through the magic seals on those lottery tickets.
The lottery drawing format of local lottery tickets is somewhat similar to scratch tickets.
However, in the magical world, the winning patterns are sealed with magic, and even a high-level mage cannot see through the magical effects set by this person.
But if you play this in front of a blue dragon, you are just asking for trouble.
"Madam, it's not that we don't want to redeem the prize."
It was also the first time for the goblin employee to encounter such an opponent with "no martial ethics". Seeing more and more people gathering around him, he was a little dumbfounded.
The goblin employee, who was always eloquent, stuttered a bit when he spoke now.
As a native of Gadgetzan, he knows very well how many people have been cheated by Wonder Ticket through internal operations over the years, and how bad its reputation has been. The locals hate this thing deeply.
If something like this happens today and is not handled properly, there will be a riot in an instant.
And as the unlucky guy who caused the riot, he will definitely be sent to a shabby island in the South China Sea by the Trade Prince to spend the rest of his life.
It doesn't matter whether you die or not, what matters is that you won't be able to make money in the future.
For the goblins, this is simply worse than death.
He stood on the table and stammered in his explanation:
"This is a small technical adjustment! That's right, don't worry, the prizes will be redeemed today. We are asking the legendary mage responsible for issuing Wonderful Tickets to come over and verify the prizes!
This is a normal process, and the locals know it, so we have the best reputation.
Everyone understands."
As soon as he finished saying this, there were boos all around.
Fortunately, goblins are thick-skinned and don't care about this.
At this moment, he was complaining in his mind about what the leader of the local gang was doing!
It has obviously been done many times before, and everyone has a mature business model. After the lottery is drawn, the dirty hands' money will be returned in full, and the fools' money will be divided into 30/70.
This business has been in business for so many years, why did something go wrong today?
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
As they were waiting more and more anxiously, a group of burly men suddenly rushed over, each wearing tattered formal clothes, and the races were quite mixed.
To be continued...