The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

"If all else fails, we can only kill them all."

He has already boasted so much. If he were to ask Xu Lai to go find those slave traders and sell them for 2 gold coins, wouldn't that be a slap in his face?

Although the price of 2 gold coins, multiplied by a base of more than ten thousand, is still several million gold coins, it would be a pity to kill it.

But Xu Lai can't just keep his army here and do nothing just because of these orcs.

Xu Lai felt a little sad if he just slaughtered them like this. He racked his brains and finally thought of a way to sell these orc slaves together.

The teleportation arrays of Wanshi City and Qingfeng City had been opened a long time ago, otherwise Wei Yihong and his team would not have been able to get here in such a short time.

However, there are not many merchants coming, and they are not comprehensive enough.

These merchants wanted to take over all of Xu Lai's goods, but they certainly did not have enough financial strength to do so. However, it would be fine if they just paid a deposit.

The merchants wanted to gather the goods first, and then distribute them among themselves after getting the goods.

But Xu Lai didn't buy it. He had sufficient backup funds and was not in a hurry to make money, so these businessmen couldn't take advantage of him.

He never accepts deposits, he only takes as much goods as the money is available. If you want to buy popular items, such as materials from Behemoths, you must meet certain requirements.

This is also a method Xu Lai learned from modern society. In modern society, if something is popular, it is not easy to buy.

Even if it can be purchased, it will be forced to be paired with some products that are not so easy to sell.

Xu Lai didn’t like this kind of bundled sales before, but now that the chair under his butt has changed, he instantly liked this plan.

To this end, Xu Lai not only took out the claws of the Behemoth to sell, but also took out some of the materials from the black dragons.

In addition to the Cyclops's single eye that can absorb the power of the earth, the Thunderbird's heart can store and release the power of thunder and lightning.

Xu Lai moved out all the good things, just to take away the more than ten thousand orcs he was reluctant to kill.

"A pair of claws requires an orc of level 5 or above, or units of food.

I must emphasize that these 10,000 units of food must be delivered to Hard Stone City. We will not recognize them if you bring them to Qingfeng City."

Wei Yihong chattered on and on, negotiating with the merchants who wanted to buy Behemoth materials.

Although it is called negotiation, in fact the merchants only have two choices: buy or not buy. If they buy, a level 5 orc is priced at 500 gold, a level 6 at 800 gold, and a level 7 at 1000 gold.

At this price, you can sell it, but it is hard to say whether you can make money, as there are many unexpected circumstances.

Not to mention the orcs rebelling halfway, even if they ran away, these merchants would still suffer huge losses.

Of course, they wouldn't take much, so it would be easier for them to sell it than for slave traders who bought in bulk.

If you don't buy it, you can make money on both products. It would be a pity to give up like this.

Wei Yihong provided them with two options. If they did not buy orcs, they would need to sell food.

Food is something that can be harvested in 24 hours of farming. In this world, it is not really expensive. At least compared to the shipping cost, it is really too cheap.

Before Xu Lai came, he had negotiated several big deals with several grain merchants, but they were only willing to transport the grain to Qingfeng City.

Xu Lai thought about Qingfeng City and nearby cities, and that they would need to accommodate hundreds of thousands of believers, which would also require a large amount of grain.

Moreover, the next war will definitely be centered around Qingfeng City or Fort Conaston, so it is necessary to stockpile a large amount of food here.

However, in addition to Qingfeng City, new cities and fields have been opened up west of Wanshi City, which require even more food.

Xu Lai could also organize his own people for transportation, but his Qingfeng City only had two caravans.

Even if he hired mercenaries, he couldn't organize too many people at once, because all the mercenaries were lured to the Stone City by him.

Therefore, Wei Yihong proposed the method of exchanging grain for goods.

Xu Lai and his team can afford the transportation costs, but they cannot find enough manpower, so they need these caravans to provide help.

The price of grain given by Wei Yihong was still relatively reasonable. Although it required transportation thousands of kilometers more, the entire grassland had finally become peaceful.

Xu Lai also specifically allowed these caravans to use his flag when transporting grain.

In this way, the cities we pass by along the way will not dare to cause any trouble.

The problems of banditry and exploitation were solved, and thousands of kilometers of flat roads were the easiest problems to overcome in this magical world.

Of course, there are also merchants who love adventure and choose to take away some orcs.

However, most of them chose orcs of level 5 or 6. They would rather accept a level 500 orc for 4 gold coins than a level 7 orc.

Moreover, Xu Lai only sells simple orcs, not wolves and wargs.

These big wolves have very high IQs. Lena, who is an elf, said that the elven queen is very interested in prairie wolves and wargs.

She had already sent several druids who were proficient in natural languages ​​to try to communicate with these big wolves.

At present, the druids have completed the communication with the prairie wolves. The next step is to tame these prairie wolves and incorporate them into the combat system of the barrier.

There is no way. Except for a small number of elite undead, the combat effectiveness of most undead is not high.

However, their consumption capacity is extremely terrifying. They do not need to eat, and they have no morale problems. The enemies they kill can be resurrected as undead again.

The elves cannot defeat such a tough opponent on their own and can only attack other creatures.

Moreover, when a human or an elf dies in battle, at least one skeleton soldier can be summoned.

And a Prairie Wolf of the same rank is more than enough to deal with Skeleton Soldiers, but after the death of several of them, they may not be able to summon a single Skeleton Soldier.

There is no way. The body of the prairie wolf is not big, and the number and size of its bones cannot meet the needs of a skeleton soldier.

Not to mention the prairie wolf, even larger wolves like the warg and the dire wolf often require two or three to summon a skeleton soldier.

However, that only applies to ordinary undead heroes. For the Skeleton King or the undead with special skills in necromancy, one corpse may summon two or three skeleton soldiers.

The elves have taken a liking to these large wolves, and the druids have already pacified them, so they don't require much extra care.

Xu Lai naturally didn't feel comfortable charging the Elf Queen, but he asked for a share of the results of the taming, and then the two families would each take half.

On Wei Yihong's side, he mainly discussed orc materials and slaves.

What Jilong discussed with the merchants were other specialties of the grassland.

For example, the black dragon meat and black dragon blood mentioned earlier.

These things can all improve qualifications and are particularly popular and best-selling items.

Even at the auction, Xu Lai didn't sell this thing for more.

This time, not only did he take it out, but the price was also lower than at the auction.

Correspondingly, if others want to take these treasures away, they will have to pay an extra price.

The price is also very simple. Xu Lai needs soldiers, spell materials, and spell formation diagrams.

Rare for rare, that's fair.

The orcs also taught Xu Lai a lesson. If this place had not had too few resources and rare spell materials, their magic array would have been quite powerful. If they could also equip themselves with a more advanced magic array, it would definitely make up for Xu Lai's lack of magic resistance after giving up the rune pants.

It doesn't have to be too much. The fire protection array in the stronghold can achieve 10%. As long as they can reach 20%, Xu Lai will be satisfied.

"The Tower has done in-depth research on magic arrays. If you need a diagram of an array, you'll have to find a merchant in the Tower to trade with." said a merchant.

Jilong said calmly:

"This place is not too far from the Tower camp. I don't believe that you don't do business with the Tower and have no contact with the Tower merchants."

The businessmen all looked at each other in bewilderment. Of course, there was no way they didn't know the businessmen on the other side of the tower.

There are even several people here who are doing business in the tower, otherwise where would all the energy bars from Qingfeng City be sold to?

However, precisely because they were doing business in the tower, they knew how stingy the mages in the tower were.

Other things don’t matter, but all items related to spells are strictly controlled by them.

Even those ordinary books that have no magical energy and do not record any magical knowledge have always been controlled.

Especially those books that can be read and written, which are only allowed to exist in the schools and academies of magic instructors.

Speaking of which, there is no discrimination in the education over there in the tower. It does not look at one's background, but only at one's magical talent.

In fact, ordinary people without magical talent are deprived of even the right to read and write.

The only way out for ordinary people is to become physical professionals and be responsible for protecting these magic masters.

The mages in the tower are undoubtedly another form of nobility, except that their mode of inheritance is not bloodline, but teacher-student relationship.

Even ordinary books are regulated and monopolized. You can imagine how difficult it is to get anything related to spells, especially advanced spells, in the tower.

They really didn't want to deal with the mages in the tower, and the business environment on Xu Lai's side was much more relaxed.

Although Xu Lai disliked merchants, he still exempted them from entry taxes.

This one item alone has saved merchants a lot of money and given them a lot of profit margin.

It is precisely because of this that they would like to find a solution here with Xu.

There is always some truth in the saying that good people are often bullied.

However, Jilong did not tolerate them at all. After bluntly exposing these businessmen, he said in a deep voice:
"Don't tell me those nonsense, we have provided you with other options.

You want to buy dragon blood and dragon meat, and you have to buy them at a reasonable price. How can you do that without paying a price?

Either you exchange it with angels, or if you don’t have angels, you can also exchange the knights and archer troops for some purchasing qualifications.

As for the rest of the infantry, spearmen, etc., don't even think about buying dragon blood or dragon meat. We have some tower soldiers here that you can exchange for."

When the merchants heard that the tower's soldiers could be exchanged, the trade of dragon blood and dragon meat became possible.

"What types of troops are there in the tower? Are there mages, nagas, or titans?"

There aren't even any tower cities on the grassland, so it's naturally unlikely that there will be upgraded troops in the mage camp.

The battle with the orcs in the stronghold lasted for more than a month. Xu Lai did receive several batches of tower soldiers from the dungeon.

But he didn't have the time to take them to visit the mountain fortress.

"Yes, but these are the popular troops in the tower. It won't work if you exchange them for the common troops of the empire."

The businessman quickly asked, "Then how do you change it?"

Jilong smiled and said, “Sign a contract, pay a deposit, and promise to bring things of corresponding level from the tower.

I’m telling you in advance that if you fail to bring it within the agreed period, your deposit will not be refunded.

Also, don't think about fooling us by just changing some spell materials.

We will evaluate anything you bring out, but we don't evaluate it based on value, but on rarity.

But don't worry, even if the evaluation does not meet the standards, we will not completely confiscate your deposit. There will be a fixed standard.

Moreover, I heard that the tower is now losing ground. Among those guys who study magic every day, how many of them know how to fight?

They are in great need of our troops right now. If you take the mages, Nagas and Titans with you, you will definitely gain a lot."

Most of the time, rarity is linked to value.

But Jilong specifically emphasized this point in order to remind these merchants not to be fooled by the wizard in the tower.

The tower soldiers were all in Qingfeng City at this time, and these merchants did not have the imperial soldiers with them.

Therefore, on the Jilong side, today we probably just reached a transaction intention.

The two parties agreed on the transaction location and time, and those who needed to pay the deposit paid the deposit, and those who needed to sign the contract signed the contract.

Xu Lai is here in person today, and he also wants to use himself to guarantee the transaction.

A trade fair lasted until one or two o'clock in the morning.

It was said to be over, but in fact it was too late and Xu Lai forced it to end.

Although there are not many businessmen here, all of them were invited in the name of Xu Lai.

Therefore, all the businessmen present here have some capital, and ordinary small businessmen are not qualified to be here at all.

Therefore, every transaction must be handled with extreme caution.

Any slight mistake in the negotiations between the two sides would cost at least tens of thousands of gold coins.

The two main forces have been negotiating for a long time, and although only a dozen orders have been concluded so far, the deposits for these orders alone are already millions.

When all these transactions are completed, Xu Lai will earn at least tens of millions, and there will also be a large number of other rare items in his account.

Such negotiations are still going on, with new businessmen arriving every day.

Some transactions that can be completed on the spot are also being concluded one after another.

Xu Lai, who had a large deposit in hand, took advantage of the fact that these mercenaries had not left yet and publicly held a bounty redemption ceremony in Wanshi City.

All mercenaries can exchange the orc tattoo skins they have captured for corresponding bonuses.

The mercenaries who have died in battle will be represented by the secretaries, presidents, and leaders of the mercenary groups of the Mercenary Union, including pensions.

This bounty and pension alone cost Xu Lai more than one million gold coins.

This was despite the fact that the casualties were not too great, as many mercenaries were resurrected, saving a large amount of compensation.

After giving bonuses to the mercenaries, the Qingfeng Legion will have to wait for a while.

After returning to Qingfeng City, we will hold a large celebration ceremony.

It was a rare opportunity to have such a great battle and win a great victory. If Xu Lai didn't take this opportunity to boost the morale of the army and the people, it would be a shame for the deaths of so many orcs. (End of this chapter)