The first thousand ninety-eighth chapter is a wealthy family
If you come to Sunset Prairie in spring and summer, you can see green grass, flowers blooming like waterfalls, and lambs dotted everywhere, curling like flowing clouds.
Even if they are mortal enemies of the race, humans have to admit that the laughter and singing of the shepherdess are the most beautiful tunes on the grassland. Their silhouettes carry too much happiness, but now, withered grass roots have replaced everything, everywhere
A sign of desolation and loneliness.
The cold wind blows through, like a sharp knife piercing the body. Even though the hands and feet are numb from the cold, you can still feel the sting.
The steward wrapped his leather jacket tightly around him and glanced back. The blood-toothed bandits were shouting slogans and pulling the truck forward with all their strength.
"Thankfully, Master Romeo, otherwise I would have lost all my underwear in this trade!"
The steward was very happy. If he had counted on the servants, he might have caused a lot of trouble. But it was a pity that the maid next to him was more beautiful and powerful than the eldest lady. Otherwise, if Alice married him, the family would definitely turn over immediately.
"Cold?"
Downton galloped to Juliet and Elaine and handed them a bottle of wine, "Drink some to warm yourself up!"
"These people won't freeze to death, right?"
Although Elaine is a priest, she is still at the scepter level, and her body is well strengthened. Coupled with the thick cold-proof cotton clothes on her body, the coldness is nothing at all. However, the robbers' skin and flesh are cracked by the cold.
Some even had their legs broken by the cold.
Without Elaine's magical treatment, these people would have had to undergo amputations.
"They deserved to be frozen to death. The master has been extra merciful by not killing them."
What Juliet hates most is robbers. None of these people have the blood of innocent people on their hands. To be a robber, you must have the consciousness to be killed.
"You have been punished. Maybe you will change your ways?"
Downton casually said that if they were in China, these guys would either die or be thrown into the mines and work as slaves until they died of exhaustion.
Capitalists are cruel, let alone the slave era. If these people have enough to eat, Downton will be considered a good person.
"This is what you get for being a bad guy!"
Hutao floated over on an empty skate, carrying a frozen hard rabbit in her hand. She didn't know where she found it.
When she came to the grassland, the little Loli had a lot of fun. She ran wildly every day without a trace. The brown bear was like a hound, relying on its not very sensitive sense of smell to hunt for her.
Xia Luo spoke very little. She looked at the direction of the orc holy mountain every day, not knowing what she was thinking.
"I saw it, it's the Blue Lake!"
With the exclamation of a guard, the whole team suddenly stopped, and then cheers rang out. They were trekking on the endless prairie. Because there were no coordinates, they had no idea how long they walked every day. Did they get lost?
The tired heart is even more tired.
Downton raised the monocular. Some mushroom-like umbrellas appeared on the horizon, which was the Blue Lake, the first settlement of the orcs.
It looked not far away, but the caravan arrived at dusk, and it was so exhausted that it almost didn't have the strength to lift its legs.
The steward yelled at the people to set up camp.
"Why don't you go in?"
Elaine was puzzled, "Isn't it easy to be attacked on the outside?"
"Dear young lady, this is an unwritten rule of the Blue Lake. Except for the caravans of empires and wealthy families, others are not eligible to enter the Blue Lake!"
The steward nodded and bowed his head to explain. Although Elaine did not have aristocratic temperament, just because she was Downton's sister, he did not dare to neglect her.
"You can go shopping!"
Along the way, Alice has matured a lot. If it had been left in the past, she would have gone to the market in Blue Lake first instead of appeasing the caravan.
"Miss, you should go too and be a guide for Master Romeo. It's enough to have an old slave here."
Alice was about to refuse, but when she saw the steward blink, she suddenly realized that this was giving her a chance to make friends with Downton.
Blue Lake belongs to the territory of the Lion Clan, and a legion is stationed there all year round. However, this time, the merchants found that the number of soldiers had increased fivefold, while the number of orc merchants was much smaller.
The atmosphere also became particularly violent, probably because there were more troops stationed there, or because the human merchants took advantage of the snowstorm to charge too high prices. The orcs who came to trade were all very hot-tempered, and they shouted loudly from a distance.
can hear.
Most of the orcs are straight-faced and cannot hide their emotions, so the orcs glare at almost every alien passing by, wishing to cut off their heads immediately and carry the goods back to their homes.
Normally, Blue Lake is just a resting place for caravans. If you want to make a fortune, you have to take your goods to Ujimqin, which is the first big city in the south of the orcs. It has a large population and is safer. Buyers
Naturally, there are a lot of them, and the goods are everywhere. But this time, many merchants chose to trade in Blue Lake. They had no choice but to worry about leaving and never coming back.
Of course, caravans with backgrounds don't care about this. There are currently twenty-seven caravans stationed in the Blue Lake, the most famous of which are the Borgia Merchant Group and the Habsburg Merchant Group. The former belongs to Lombardy, and the latter
Those who belong to Saint Jutland are all wealthy families.
The reason why they haven't left yet is that they are waiting for other business groups to join. It must be said that the leaders of these caravans are very good at making money.
As long as each caravan pays a gold coin, it can get the protection of the merchant group. Although the price charged by the merchant group is relatively harsh, as long as they bring the goods to Ujimqin, they can make a lot of money.
For the two large business groups, they have to make a trip anyway, so it doesn't matter if it's a little more cumbersome.
It’s not that there were no business groups complaining, and they were preparing to form a large business group and gather their escort forces, thinking that the enemy would not dare to plunder. However, it turned out that the orcs were not afraid at all and would kill those who deserved to be killed.
At this point, the merchants understood why a wealthy family is a wealthy family, that is, when the war comes, they still have connections and can travel unimpeded in the enemy's country.
In such a cold weather, the market was very depressed and there was nothing good. Downton wandered around for a while and then returned to the camp. He saw a middle-aged man with a big beard throwing a stack of gold tickets on the ground with disdain.
The face of the uncle in charge.
"Do you think I'm a beggar? If you don't have half a million gold coins, get out of here as soon as possible!"
The bearded man was imposing and wanted to leave after saying this.
"Wait, sir, could you please do this for your convenience?"
The steward followed Smiley Face, ran a few steps quickly, grabbed him, took out a stack of gold tickets, and stuffed them into the bearded man's pocket.
"roll!"
The bearded man stretched out his hand and touched it, then his face darkened and he shook off the steward's hand. Having been dealing with finance for many years, he knew how much it was just by feeling it.
"Hey, we can still discuss it!"
The steward is in a hurry.
"Go away and stop touching me with your dirty hands!"
The bearded man had a look of disgust on his face. They also had a tacit understanding with the orcs. They could not protect all caravans, they had to leave a mouthful of soup for others, so these shabby caravans became abandoned.
"Uncle, don't beg him anymore, the worst we can do is sell the goods here!"
Alice couldn't stand it anymore and ran out.
"Huh? This is..."
The bearded eyes suddenly lit up, and he leaned close to the steward's ear, "Dedicate her to Master Donovan, and I will allow you to join the group!"
"no!"
The steward refused immediately without even thinking about it.
"Huh, if you don't eat the toast, you'll have to drink it as a penalty. If I don't see her tonight, you know the consequences!" The bearded man walked a few steps and turned back. A sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "By the way, the prairie has not been peaceful recently.
, pay attention to defense!”
The steward wanted to chase him again, but was kicked to the ground by a bearded guard, who was so painful that he broke into a cold sweat.
"Uncle, let's just sell the goods here!"
Alice cried, not wanting to see the steward get upset.
"Hey, it's not that easy!"
The manager sighed, it doesn't matter if he suffers a little loss, that's what he is doing when he goes out to make a living. But he is afraid of suffering a loss, and he doesn't make any money.
"If you need any help from me, just ask!"
Downton has no wrong thoughts about Alice and cares about her simply because she is one of his own citizens.
"Hey, how can you help?"
The steward hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not say this out loud.
"Is it troublesome?"
In the tent, Alice asked.
"I took a quick look and found that there are very few orc merchants. If we want to sell our goods, we simply can't make enough profit."
The steward sighed, as if he had aged more than ten years.
“Do we have to go to Ujimqin?”
Alice's voice trailed off as she spoke. This time, the business was in ruins and she couldn't earn the money to repay the loans and debts. It was no different from running away.
"Romeo is very good at fighting, he should be able to help us, right?"
Unable to bear the solemn atmosphere, Alice spoke.
"What does it mean to destroy a Bloodfang bandit group? There are so many bandit groups here among the orcs, not to mention the regular army pretending to be a bandit. I originally planned to join a group, but now that I have offended the Borgia business group, no one will dare to take him in.
Here we are.”
The manager cursed these vampires. He paid them according to the price in previous years, but who knew that the bearded guy immediately raised the price five times.
Alice fell silent and lived for eighteen years. For the first time, she discovered that life was so difficult!
"Miss, please go and rest. If you have any trouble, just call Elaine and Romeo!"
The steward did not dare to tell Alice that she had been targeted by the bearded man. Why not give it to Master Donovan first? He was a famous young talent of the Borgia family. With just that title, many women rushed to recommend themselves.
As for the pillow mat, no need to ask, the bearded man must have taken a fancy to the beauty of the eldest lady and found him as an excuse.
There was no conversation all night, and the steward spent the entire time in trepidation. When he got up in the morning, he breathed a sigh of relief and was about to grit his teeth and prepare a large amount of money to try again. Suddenly, there was shouting and cursing outside the camp.
The steward rushed out of the tent and saw a group of orc soldiers rummaging through the goods. Not to mention the guards and bandits who didn't dare to go up. Even if they didn't do anything, they were beaten by the orcs and told to get out of the tent and squat in the open air.
"It's over, it's all over!"
The steward's hands and feet were cold and he sat down on the ground. He not only wanted the young lady, but also wanted to swallow the goods in one gulp.
One night, the bearded man had already figured out that this one with gold roses was coming. It would be weird if he didn't take action! (To be continued...)