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Chapter 111 I’m going to lose my face!

"Why do people from the Merchant Alliance suddenly visit? It's not time for them to do business yet?"

Ryan looked puzzled.

Generally speaking, merchants in Guanhai City will go out to do business during the grain harvest period three months later, and most of their trading partners are lords.

After the grain is harvested, the lord will more or less have some surplus grain and belongings in his hands, and his purchasing power and desire are relatively strong, so he often consumes a lot.

Merchants will buy low and sell high, earn the difference, and sometimes do business with the people. After all, no matter how small the cute horse is, it is still meat. As merchants, they will not let go of the slightest profit.

Of course, you have to pay taxes to the lord when buying and selling goods in the territory. As long as a merchant enters the territory to sell something, no matter whether he sells it or not, he must pay a tax first.

In name, it is a fee for the use of public facilities such as markets, but in fact it is a tariff. Another popular term is called protection fee.

Only by paying this money can the merchant get the protection of the lord and buy and sell goods normally in the territory. If he doesn't pay, the merchant can't even enter the territory.

In addition to tariffs, lords would also impose transaction taxes on merchants. They would send special personnel to estimate the total value of the goods and then charge a certain amount of tax in proportion.

Collecting customs duties and transaction taxes is the power granted to the noble lords by the laws of the Kingdom of Arad, and no one can deprive them of it.

Even if the merchant alliance has great power and influence in the southeastern region of the kingdom, it must abide by this legal system.

Even if they go to a small knight's village to buy and sell goods, merchants must pay taxes obediently, otherwise they will be attacked by the noble circle together.

Don't look at the nobles who beat me and I beat you all day long, the dog's brains are about to come out, but when other forces violate their interests, the nobles are still very united.

They knew very well in their hearts that if they did not help when the interests of other nobles were violated, then the next victim might be their turn.

Therefore, the nobles seemed to be in disarray and easy to bully. In fact, the Poseidon Temple and other forces did not dare to blatantly attack the nobles. They could only make small moves behind their backs and quietly evade the nobles.

After all, the power of the nobles united is still very powerful, not to mention that the largest noble family, the royal family, is backing them.

Therefore, even if Poseidon Temple and other forces exclude the lord, they will not kill the lord as a last resort. Instead, they will feed him with good food and drink and let him become a mascot.

For example, this is the case for the lord of Guanhai City. Although the power of Guanhai City is now controlled by the Merchant Alliance, his life is very comfortable. Basically, he can get whatever he wants, and he feels rather reluctant to leave.

This is also the reason why Ryan has no fear in the face of the Sea God Temple. No matter how small the title of a baron is, he is still a nobleman of the Kingdom of Arad and is protected by the noble class.

Poseidon Temple will definitely not attack him directly. The difference between the benefits and the cost is too big. It is really not worth it to conflict with the nobles for a barony.

Unless he voluntarily joins other forces, the aristocratic circle will exclude him, will not recognize his aristocratic status, and will not support him or avenge him.

But Ryan is not stupid. He will not easily defect to other forces. Noble status is so useful. Is it possible that someone would risk being expelled from the title and mix with other forces? No, no, no.

Baron Bach in Ironthorn Town next door couldn't help but sneezed.

"Master Bach, the weather has not completely warmed up yet, you should pay more attention to your body."

Notz said worriedly.

"It doesn't matter. I know my own body best. I'm very healthy. The sneezing just now was not due to physical reasons. Maybe some bastard was scolding me behind my back!"

Bach waved his hand and said.

"By the way, where did those people go after they left Ironthorn Town?"

"They went east," Knotts replied.

"East? It seems that they are going to Yinghuo Town. As expected, they are businessmen. They know that monster eggs cannot be put in one basket. Unfortunately, that young master has already taken refuge in the Sea God Temple, and it is impossible to cooperate with them."

Bach thought from the bottom of his heart that Ryan had taken refuge in the Sea God Temple.

"When they hit a wall in Yinghuo Town, they will know that the only one who can cooperate with them is our Ironthorn Town."

"Go tell the boys of the Cavaliers to be ready to fight. It won't be long before we go out to fight."

Bach instructed Noz on the side.

"Follow me, do you still need to contact the Shadow Church?"

"Why did you contact them? They said they were helping us harass Qiangwei Town, but there was no movement for several days. It seems that they were frightened by the investigation team. They are useless."

"What's more, the investigation team has just left for a few days, so we still have to be careful."

"I understand."

Just as Noz was about to leave, he was suddenly stopped by Bach.

"Wait a minute, you should contact them after these two days. I always feel that this campaign will not go well. They can be a guarantee at least."

"Be careful when contacting them. Don't let them leave any evidence, and check their whereabouts by the way. When we occupy Qiangwei Town, I will sell them for a good price."

Bach still held the idea of ​​eating both sides.

"Yes!"

Watching Noz's leaving figure, Bach couldn't help but sneeze again.

"Damn it! Who is scolding me behind my back? It can't be that little bastard from Yinghuo Town, right? It doesn't make sense. Is there really something wrong with my health?"

Bach cursed in a low voice and was about to go on an expedition. He couldn't get sick at this time, so he was going to the castle to change into thicker clothes.

Ryan, who was suspected by Bach, had no time to scold him behind his back. Ryan was currently thinking about the purpose of the merchant alliance's visit.

As I said just now, now is not the time for running a business.

In the past, small businessmen would come to buy and sell goods at this time. They could not compete with the large chambers of commerce and could only earn some civilian money during this time.

However, the entire southeastern region experienced a beast tide not long ago. After experiencing the destruction of the beast tide, the common people had difficulty eating, so how could they have spare money to buy goods.

It is impossible for any businessman with any common sense to go out on business during this period, so what are these people doing here?
"Wait a minute, you just said that those members of the Merchant Alliance came from the west?"

Ryan seemed to think of something.

"Yes, they came from the direction of Iron Stone Mountain."

"Guanhai City is in the southeast of Yinghuo Town. If they came from Guanhai City, they should be at the south gate, but this time they are at the west gate. It seems that they are not specifically here to visit us."

"You mean, they came from Ironthorn Town?"

White also understood what Ryan meant.

"That's right, they should just pay us a visit. As for the purpose, it's impossible to do business. Maybe they want to talk about cooperation."

"Cooperation? We will sell the excess food and ore we mined before in Yinghuo Town to them. Besides, there is nothing good for us to cooperate with the Merchant Alliance?"

White said with confusion on his face.

"You'll know when you meet them. When they arrive at the castle, you can take them to the reception room. I'll clean up first and change my clothes."

After dealing with government affairs all morning, he was listless. He couldn't use this kind of demeanor to meet guests.

"As ordered!"

At the same time, the men of the Merchant Alliance were heading to the castle, led by the militia.

One of them glanced at the rock dog next to the militiamen, and said to the leader with some worry:

"Lord Locke, the Warcraft envoys in this small town don't seem to have the habit of installing Warcraft devices on them. Is it a bit too dangerous to just leave them alone?"

Before the leader could speak, another businessman in gorgeous clothes answered first:

"Hmph, habit? Don't be kidding. How can there be a habit of not installing monster devices on monsters? I think they just can't afford to install them. After all, they are only monster envoys in a small territory. It would be great if they can subdue monsters."

There was disdain and a sense of superiority in this person's tone, and he looked at the militiamen with disgust.

It is not easy to make a Warcraft device. Not only does it cost a lot of money, but you also have to find a blacksmith who specializes in making the device. People in such a small place have no chance to customize a Warcraft device.

Locke did not refute him, but followed his words and said:
"Andy is right. They do not have the money to customize the Warcraft device, but there is no need to worry. Since they dare to put the Warcraft outside, it means that they are very confident in their Warcraft and believe that they will not harm humans."

"In order to be a monster envoy, you actually pin your hopes on the kindness of monsters to human beings, it is really ignorant and fearless."

Eddie said sarcastically.

"Director Locke, these vulgar people are ignorant and don't know the horror of Warcraft. Don't you understand? Why don't you let the guards follow us and keep them outside the city?"

Eddie looked very impatient. When they went to Ironthorn Town in the morning, they left the guards outside the city. Although he was unhappy at that time, at least the Warcraft in Ironthorn Town had Warcraft devices on them, so his safety was still Guaranteed.

But this Yinghuo Town doesn't allow them to bring guards. There is no Warcraft device on the Warcraft yet. What if something unexpected happens?
After hearing Eddie's complaint, Locke sighed helplessly in his heart. This guy really doesn't understand any rules. He explained:

"Caravans are not allowed to bring monsters into the town. It is the law of the Kingdom of Arad. Those guards are all carrying monsters. It is impossible to follow us into the city."

In fact, the kingdom did not have this law before. After all, most businessmen still abide by the rules. Even if they bring Warcraft, it will not cause any disturbance.

But in the past few years, when the Shadow Church frequently attacked the territory, it often relied on disguising as a businessman to deceive the guards at the gate, and brought a large number of monsters into the town, thus easily breaking through the town.

The nobles had nothing to do about it at first, they couldn't ban merchants from entering, so the tax revenue would be greatly reduced.

After several painful lessons, a noble finally proposed that merchants should not bring Warcraft into the town. In this way, even if people from the Church of Shadow disguised themselves as businessmen, they could not bring Warcraft into the town.

Once this suggestion was put forward, it was quickly approved by the vast majority of nobles, and the Sea God Temple also agreed with this suggestion.

The merchants are definitely not happy about this. They feel that without Warcraft, their own safety cannot be guaranteed.

But the arms couldn't hold back the thighs, and the two major forces, the royal family and the Sea God Temple, agreed, so the small businessman naturally couldn't make any waves.

Therefore, the new law stipulates that merchants are not allowed to bring monsters into the territory unless they are authorized by the lord.

In order to ensure the safety of merchants, the law also stipulates that after merchants pay customs duties, lords have the obligation to protect legitimate merchants. At the same time, merchants are allowed to bring guards into the city. Of course, guards cannot bring Warcraft.

In the eyes of the merchants, this last sentence is almost the same as not having one. Can a bodyguard that cannot carry Warcraft still be called a bodyguard?

Instead of letting them follow into the city, it is better to let them watch their monsters outside the city, so as to avoid any accidents with the monsters.

"Then why doesn't Guanhai City have this regulation?"

Locke was speechless when he heard this. Why do you think there is no such regulation in Guanhai City?Who in this area doesn't know who is the real master in Guanhai City, even the lord has been emptied by them, so naturally there is no need to abide by this rule.

Andy also realized that he asked a stupid question, so he quickly changed the subject:
"Actually, I just don't understand why we need to discuss cooperation with Yinghuo Town. I don't think there is anything worthy of our cooperation here."

When Locke heard this, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart:

"Do you think it's useless? As a businessman, it's okay if you don't know how to read words and expressions. You don't even have the most basic insight. You think that if your father is not the vice president, I would have been here all day long." Big Ear Photon slapped you, what the hell!"

"Since your father arranged for you to come here for gold plating, then you just follow us for a trip and that's it. Your father will naturally promote you when you get back. Why do you pretend to understand here?!"

Although Locke scolded Andy countless times in his heart, the expression on his face still did not change at all. He turned to the person next to him and said:

"Art, please explain to Andy what's special about Firefly Town."

"Okay, Lord Locke."

Arthur nodded in agreement.

"Yinghuo Town was really not worthy of our attention before. This place is not strong and does not have any special products. The only thing it can produce is the minerals from Tieshi Mountain, but their ore output is far inferior to Tieji Town."

"I just said that there is nothing to cooperate with in this place."

Before Art finished speaking, he was interrupted by Andy.

"As a businessman, in addition to being happy and angry, you also need to have keen insight and accurate intelligence."

"The former is easy to understand. If we express all the thoughts in our hearts on our faces, it will be easy for the transaction partner to guess what we are thinking in our hearts, which will affect the final transaction result."

"Just like you showed great disdain for the militiaman in front of you just now, the other party will naturally not be hot-tempered and cold-hearted. He will lead the way alone and keep a distance from us, so that we don't even have a chance to gather information."

Locke finally couldn't help but preach to Andy. He didn't want to ruin the mission because of Andy's arrogance.

"Huh? Am I being obvious?"

Andy subconsciously touched his face. He felt that he hid it well.

Heh, you asked this question, even the rock dog next to you can see your disdain, so it is not obvious if you are still asking here.

Locke did not answer Andy, but continued:

"The latter is the basis of our transactions. Without information and intelligence, we will definitely be at a disadvantage when trading."

"So how do we get information? Apart from asking others for information, we mainly rely on our insight. For example, if you see a house in front of you, it is significantly different from the surrounding wooden houses. What does this mean? "

After Andy heard this, he looked forward and saw a tall house. Compared with other wooden houses, it really looked different.

"Indicate what?"

"It means that the people living in this kind of house are either rich or expensive, and the people inside are our main source of customers for buying and selling goods and important targets for inquiring about news!"

As soon as Locke finished speaking, he saw a man carrying a pole walking out of the house. There were two wooden barrels under the pole, emitting a foul smell.

The man carried a pole and greeted the militiamen who were leading the way. The militiamen also stopped and responded:

"Hey, Old John, is it your turn to clean the toilet today?"

"Yeah, why didn't you stand guard at the gate of the city? Is there a mission?"

"Yes, our captain asked me to take these guests to the castle."

The militiaman turned and pointed to Locke and the others behind him, only to find that they were all in a daze.

Upon seeing this, he immediately ran over to ask about the situation.

"Is this house a toilet?"

Locke asked in a dry voice.

"Yes, do the guests want to use the toilet?"

Come on, he just swore that the people living in this house were either rich or noble, and he was still teaching Andy a lesson. Now his face is about to be lost!
Locke yelled frantically in his heart:

"No, how can this room be a toilet?!"

　I really lack sleep recently. I took a nap at noon, but I woke up until eight or nine in the evening. I almost didn’t finish this chapter, but it’s okay, I happened to have the energy to write the manuscript all night, and I will try to update it tomorrow!
　　
　
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