lizard lord

Chapter 26 Repayment of Debt

The guide didn't ask anything about the goblin and the forest, but just confirmed the destination of the trip with Cynthia and other goblins, and patiently explained to them the precautions along the way.

The general idea is the same, keep a low profile, follow orders, there is nothing that Tang Chao should pay special attention to.

He was very interested in the provincial roads passed by the carriage, because these seemingly ordinary and spacious roads have gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes.

These roads were built during the ancient Ostia Empire, and according to legend, they have a long history of more than two thousand years.

Ostia is a splendid human kingdom in ancient times, and one of the most powerful kingdoms in the history of the continent. Its rule extends from the southwest of the continent to the east of the continent.

It is said that humans at that time could use powerful magic beyond imagination, cut off mountains, raised cities from the ground, and connected the boundless sea for their own use. In short, it sounds like a myth in Tang Dynasty.

I feel that there is definitely an exaggeration in it, but one thing is certain, the Ostia Empire has indeed left a lot of precious heritage for future generations, such as the developed road network that connects half of the continent.

Although most of the roads have been completely destroyed in the past thousand years, there are still some remnants, so that future generations can continue to develop on this basis.

This is the case with the provincial road of the Principality of Oran, which was repaired and rebuilt on the basis of the Aemilius Avenue of the Ostia Empire, and now exists as the economic lifeline of the entire Kingdom of Oran.

The journey went smoothly, and there were no accidents such as robbers. The convoy continued to move forward during the day, and rested in a relatively secluded place at night.

At this time, Tang Zhao was not idle, and would explore the surroundings, looking for traces of food.

With the help of the goblins, they can basically harvest something every night, sometimes it is a deer, sometimes it is a wild boar, in short, it allows Tang Zhao to eat during the day.

Most of the remaining goblins are much more peaceful, they are all busy making things.

It is not an equipment prop for survival in the wild, but an exquisite and meticulous fairy handicraft, made of wood as the main raw material.

There is no doubt that they owed Tina a big favor this time, which embarrassed the more introverted goblins. After asking Tang Zhao for advice, they chose to use this method to offset their travel expenses.

The houses and clothes of the goblins are ingenious, natural and original. Judging from Tang Zhao's experience as a human being for more than [-] years, the handicrafts they make are of great value in human society.

It can be seen from Cangguan Town before that without those fantasy elements, humans in this world are about in the middle ages, and there is still a market for ingenious gadgets.

Bring the semi-finished product to the guide Jacques for appraisal, and the result is indeed the same. It cannot be said that the price is comparable to gold, but there must be rich people who are willing to buy it, because it is exquisite and rare.

Tina said before that taking them to the lycanthropy would be considered as travel expenses, but Tang Zhao understood that it was just a step down.

Hiring six skilled veterans and eight strong draft horses to cross the entire country, and changing the carriages twice in the middle, saving the horses rest time to speed up, how much Silver Lions will cost, I don't need to think about it.

The bounty given by the magistrate is a drop in the bucket. It can be said that this trip was given by Tina for nothing.

Tang Zhao didn't like to owe favors, and so did the goblins. It was very good to pay off debts in this way. Anyway, if they were idle in the car, they would be idle. If they had extra money, they could buy materials for building a new home.

The journey was very fulfilling. They arrived at Venusia, the central hub city, on the second day. They did not enter the city. A guide went in by himself, and came out with four other carriages shortly after.

Changed to a carriage to continue the journey. On the third day of the journey, I arrived at Luford, the only place in the west that can be called a city, without incident.

Luford is located on the upper reaches of the Dewar River, the mother river that runs through the entire Oran. It is based on river transportation and mining, and most of the material circulation in the west depends on this city.

Tina's family was very smart to use this place as the headquarters of the chamber of commerce. With the river transportation of the Dewar River and the land transportation of the provincial road, Luford's goods can be transported to every corner of the country, and even exported overseas through the seaport at the mouth of the eastern river.

Originally, the guide Jacques wanted to go directly to the city to call for a carriage, but he was stopped by Tang Zhao and Lalique, and finally he drove a carriage into the city, which contained Tang Zhao, several goblins who had the right to speak, and The crafts they make these days.

Mostly goblin-sized sculptures and tools, but also some human-sized knick-knacks like tiaras and cutlery.

Entering a stronghold of the chamber of commerce, the guide packed the goblin handicrafts and brought them out, and returned shortly afterwards with a money bag in his hand.

He apologized: "I have informed the merchants of the chamber of commerce here. They are indeed interested in these things, but because they are only made of wood, and they don't know how the market will be at all, they are not willing to pay a high price for them. I can only try my best to get you a good price, but I believe that if you want to sell it next time, the price will definitely be better."

There was no prior notice, and they were so anxious to sell, and they couldn't decide whether the items could be resold. The merchants here were willing to give face, mostly to Tina.

The hostess of the Chamber of Commerce is only an only daughter like Tina, so one can imagine who the position will be passed on to in the future, and they are not stupid, they will try to curry favor with her in advance.

Listening to the pleasant sound of the bags of money colliding with each other, Tang Zhao was of course in a good mood. He arched Lalique's back with the tip of his nose, and he immediately flew up to take the heavy money bag from Jacques.

"I'm sorry for your trouble. Next, I will trouble you to purchase some supplies in the city, and then load them into a car and send them to the vicinity of the Yongwang Mountain Range."

"Of course there is no problem. It's just that it will take some time. It's almost evening now, so I'm afraid it will be too late to start again."

"It's okay, we'll just rest outside Luford City tonight, recharge our batteries and prepare for tomorrow morning."

After three days of work, the goblins are actually exhausted, and it's getting close to night now. I don't know how the forest is going. Tang Zhao doesn't plan to spend the night in the dangerous area.

Nodding in understanding, Jacques drove them back first, and then went to the city again to start purchasing.
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After the people walked away, the goblin began to count the number of silver lions.

No more, no less, a total of fifty silver lions, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

They made a lot of money from Silver Lion, but Tang Zhao didn't really think that he was taking advantage of it, he just thought it was a normal transaction.

For those handicrafts, hundreds of goblins carve day and night, and the labor cost is huge.

Goblins are not ordinary people, nor are they ordinary beasts, but serious magical creatures. Although they are only at the first level, their nature will not change.

Hiring hundreds of magical creatures to work for three days, and each of these magical creatures is also a highly skilled carpenter, the commission is cheap and unrealistic.

PS. Adjust work and rest, make up more tomorrow

(End of this chapter)