When Owens swung his wooden stick, Mathilde thrust his wooden stick forward in such a short moment.
Although the distance of the swing of the wooden stick was very short, the pain in Owens' chest from being hit was still unbearable.
"Wow!!!" Everyone onlookers were shocked. As we all know, the greater the distance when wielding a weapon, the greater the attack power.
When swinging his weapon at a short distance, the force will be reduced, but everyone can feel that Mathilde's force is still very strong.
After receiving this blow, Owens knew that his mission had been completed, so he quickly waved his hand.
"No fight, no fight."
Seeing this, Mathilde put away his stick, and Walls secretly admired Mathilde's strength. He was a good warrior.
"Yes, you have found a good seedling. She will grow into a good warrior." Wo Zhi's golden finger suddenly came out and said.
In response, Walls nodded.
"Not bad, this is obviously a good candidate for a wife."
[System prompt: Is it okay not to always say what’s on your mind?]
"No, I can't hold back this feeling." The Baron always felt nostalgic when faced with beauties in the world.
[System prompt: Hey...spring is here.]
When the time is right, Walls will cultivate a group of loyal subordinates.
"Okay, everyone, the duel is over, and the winner is our Mathilde."
Everyone cheered. Of course, there were still a group of people who didn't know why Mathilde won so quickly.
This is because they are not people who practice swordsmanship. Among a group of mercenaries, they know how powerful Mathilde is, and they can know her power with this move.
It's not something that ordinary people can compare to.
This 30-year-old widow gave people a shock. No matter what the onlookers thought, Walls's companions now admired Mathilde.
"Okay everyone, go back to bed now. Although it's still very early to go to bed, we will set off tomorrow. By the way, we need to pay your wages now."
According to the rules, wages are not paid on a monthly basis, but on a weekly basis. It is almost time to pay wages. If any leader fails to pay wages on time, his reputation will be ruined in an instant.
Who wants to work for a boss who will delay wages?
After paying his salary, Walls was going to go alone to the grocer in Wocheze to buy some specialties of this city.
Salt. Salt is indispensable on the mainland. For example, salt is needed to make cured meat. Only by making cured meat can the meat be preserved for a long time, and it is also used by many people as a condiment.
Woche is close to the sea, and its geographical location makes it a salt-producing place.
"I said it feels salty no matter how much I pass by."
[System prompt: Because you are a salted fish.]
There are iron mines in Koolau, Virginia, and these pig irons are also good commodities. You can trade back and forth between the two places here, thereby earning a lot of money.
Walls could see many merchants at the grocery store in Wocheze, but most of them were simply dressed.
There may be a few rich people among them, but there are so many bandits on this continent, and they are afraid that they will be plotted by bandits if they dress beautifully.
This is partly due to the fact that some people really don’t have much money.
Robbery by bandits or taxes by lords led to their poverty. The lords encouraged business because these merchants could bring more tax revenue.
"If it were me, I would be willing to encourage it, maybe it would make my grape empire more prosperous."
[System prompt: It’s not necessary. Your business acumen is far inferior to that of Manid and others under your command. Let them handle it.]
But there are always opportunities. It cannot be said that there are no rich people among businessmen. At least they will live better than ordinary civilians. At this time, in order to obtain a better life, of course there is a group of people who take risks and become businessmen.
If Walls wants to do business, it means that he will also have to pay taxes, so Walls' business skills are very important. He needs to pay the same taxes, but he can get more wealth.
For example, part of the linen that Walls sold when he came here was collected as taxes.
But now, with the help of Wo's Golden Finger, Walls believes that he will soon master his trading skills.
When dealing with grocers, Walls used his eloquence, which made the price of the purchased salt lower and lower. Until he got a very good price, Walls agreed to purchase the salt.
Such eloquence is naturally the envy of many people, so some businessmen with relatively large assets are preparing to recruit Walls to join their caravans. Naturally, such a guy's idea comes to nothing.
After all, Walls is the leader of a caravan, but there are still a few people who still have a good relationship with Walls.
After all, this is a talent. Such a talent cannot be included in one's caravan, but in the future, one may be able to become a trading partner with him. With such a trading partner, one may be able to follow suit in his career.
There are also some people who hope that Walls's caravan was robbed by bandits, and then Walls, who had nothing, received their own aid, so that they could recruit Walls into their own caravan.
This is really a vicious idea.
However, Walls didn't know what these merchants were thinking. Wo Zhijinfinger told him that these were just the basics. The grocery merchant originally wanted to sell at this price. From his observation, Walls still had some shortcomings.
But Walls believes he will learn these things soon.
Regardless of whether what Wozhijinfinger said about the merchant's attitude towards price was true or false, Walls knew that Wozhijinfinger was motivating him.
The grocer asked someone to load the goods for him and waited for his team to come and pick them up tomorrow.
Time passed very quickly, and when the first ray of sunshine in the morning shone on Walls' face, he had already set off.
There were two more mercenaries accompanying him. These mercenaries were single mercenaries nearby. They did not join a mercenary group. When Walls recruited them, they gave each of them a signing fee of 300 dinars.
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Their signing fee is very high, which is also according to the rules, and the equipment they carry is very good.
And they are rich in experience, which naturally gives them a higher salary than recruits who work in fishing and farming in the village. The only disadvantage is that these mercenaries are expensive, and compared with the top regular army, they are still insufficient.
"Boss, do you know that Isa?" Owens ran up and said. At this time, Walls was riding his traveling horse and the others were walking.
"I just talked to him before, what happened?" Walls said curiously.
"I thought I saw soldiers from Iaya Yar searching for him." Owens told what he saw.
"Huh?" Walls suddenly thought that Wo's Goldfinger said that Aisa was a spy. Has he been discovered? But this is not what Walls cares about now. It is inevitable to join the disputes on this continent, but now he must
Put your energy elsewhere first.
"Don't think so much, just transport this batch of salt to Koolau with peace of mind. The snowfield bandits cannot be underestimated." Walls arranged for Owens to return to the team.
The bandits who are active in the snowfields of Virginia are called snow bandits. Bows, spears and scimitars are their common weapons. Their appearance is very different from that of pirates. Although their combat effectiveness is higher than that of pirates, they are called snow bandits.
Low, but still a nightmare for caravans.
This time Walls is planning to set off from Wocheze, pass through Albuk Fort, Djerbo Fort, and then to Bazek, cross the bridge from Bazek, pass Threzk Fort, and finally reach Kurao.
It is impossible not to encounter bandits on the road. When he first started doing business, Walls was lucky enough to encounter the bandit suppression activities of the Shadow Crow Corps.
This resulted in him not encountering many bandits in the Kingdom of Nord, but there was still a question about the situation in the Kingdom of Vigia.
Walls didn't know how King Yarogork arranged to suppress the bandits. He didn't hear any information, and without information he had to prepare for the worst.
So Walls is preparing to recruit more recruits, but as the number of troops increases, these recruits must be quickly trained into veterans, otherwise their combat effectiveness on the battlefield will be absolutely terrible.
The Vols need a coach.
As time goes by, Walls' troops passed through Albuk Fort and believed that they would soon reach Jalbo Fort. They could rest for one night in Mazan Village near Jalbo Fort and do some good work.
supply.
However, things did not go so smoothly. When I just passed through Albuk Fort, I saw two groups of people facing off in front with their weapons drawn.
Walls could tell at a glance that these vehicles laden with goods were the sign of a caravan, while the menacing-looking ones on the other side were robbers.
It seems that Walls encountered a group of bandits robbing the caravan.
It can be seen that the equipment of this group of caravan guards is relatively simple. Most of them use ordinary long swords, and they still wear leather short-sleeved clothes. Such short-sleeved clothes cannot provide much defense.
And the members of this caravan look diverse.
There are Nord recruits and Vaegian recruits, but the majority are mercenaries.
As for the bandits on the other side, half of their clothes were studded leather jackets, which provided stronger defense than the short-sleeved clothes worn by this caravan, and many of them wore fur helmets.
They held either spears or scimitars in their hands, and some held bows and arrows.