Conquest

The spring wind blows, and the gentle wind gradually blows away the last chill after winter.

Under the warm front, the driver on the carriage couldn't help breaking up his thick clothes, letting the wind blow through his body and face, enjoying the warmth of spring carefully.

On this road heading east, such a convoy of dozens of carriages is very eye-catching. The first carriage of the team was hung with a prominent banner of the Chamber of Commerce, and more than twenty large cars in the top row were stamped with steel. Even the drivers' clothes were neatly neatly apparent, apparently The style of a dazed chamber of commerce.

It was just the carriages at the back of the team that looked a lot more complicated, and even the driver's wear was much weaker.

What's more, the front and back and sides of the team occasionally had two healthy horses running by. The immediate men were strong and brave, with a sturdy taste. Although they were dressed differently, they were all dressed as warriors, just dressed. The armor and the weapons they wear are somewhat mixed. It is clearly not a regular army, and the sturdy taste does not seem to be a noble sī armed.

However, as long as there are experienced travellers on the road, you can see at a glance that these sturdy horsemen are the kind of mercenaries who earn commissions.

This is clearly a typical small-scale caravan. It has always been 6 large, especially in the Byzantine Empire. Large and small chambers of commerce discuss life. Those large chambers of commerce with strong backgrounds are building their own armed bodyguard teams, and some are medium or small. The Chamber of Commerce does not have the strength to establish its own defense forces, so it often chooses to hire some mercenary organizations to trade with the team and protect their safety along the way.

This is the case with this caravan.

There are close to fifty cars and horses in this team, and the number of caravans has reached nearly three hundred. The mercenaries of these bodyguards are about fifty, but the mercenaries on horseback only have more than twenty. After all, it is now the aftermath of the Byzantine Empire ’s turmoil. The warhorse has also become a scarce resource collected by warlords everywhere. It seems very rare.

Although such a caravan has more than two hundred people, it is not all a chamber of commerce. "It is some small and medium sized chambers of commerce, even some scattered merchants who gather and partner together. The mercenary group hired by them is also They are hired by all members in accordance with their own capital.

On Big 6, this situation is not uncommon. The game is now. The business team is in trouble. If you encounter bandits or a local army who turns into a gangster, it is even more dangerous. The business of these mercenary groups will be corresponding. Much better.

But this caravan seems a little different.

The commercial flag hung on the first big car that led the way, seemed to be more useful than the fifty fully fainted mercenaries. The city guards of the local warlords passing by along the way, those who eat and drink in the past The sergeants and soldiers of Cana ’s checkpoints only released the flag when they saw it. Even if they were enthusiastic, as long as the two leaders in the caravan came out and stuffed a bunch of copper horns in secret, they would be released. It's not too bullying.

It seems that the mercenaries are generally decorated, "but it seems to be of no use at all.

Along the way, I also encountered a few small troubles, but the one in the caravan was obviously a powerful chamber of commerce in this group, and the other scattered businessmen in the team. They all borrowed their light, and it was safe to go all the way.

This team went all the way to the east. "In the middle of this team, on a black carriage, the goods were stacked high, all wrapped in tarpaulins. I didn't know what it was, but Above the goods, two people sat tuǐ sitting there. The one on the left was tall and strong, and sitting there, it seemed that he could see his amazing physique, while the one on the right was thinner, but extremely delicate.

These two people are actually Charya and Hastings.

Xia Ya also learned the appearance of the driver, and opened his shirt, facing the spring breeze, squinting and enjoying, and only checked the fire fork in his waist. And Hastings, in a black suit, was neat and tidy. Instead, a long leather case was placed horizontally around him, but he wrapped his well-known triangular rifle in it.

It is really helpless, Hastings has fought for so many years, and the Byzantine soldiers who were killed and wounded under his triangular rifle are countless, and his weapon looks really dazzling, but everyone who has seen it is blinded Forget, everyone knows that this three-rowed rifle is the exclusive weapon of Odin's Valkyrie Hastings. Besides, let ’s just say that the three-rowed rifle of Hastings casually walks to the lively place for a moment, Will attract the attention of the caring person.

Although Xia and Hastings were not afraid of others asking for trouble, they didn't want to have extravagant branches, so they just let Hastings put their arms around and carry them.

As for this caravan, the two men got together in a place called "Kalan City" six days ago.

Nakaland is a bustling commercial city in the eastern part of the Byzantine Empire. It is quite famous in the Byzantine Empire, but it is a strange one. It turned out that the bustling big city was not under the control of the Emperor's Central Government, and the industry was not owned by a certain military and military region but shared by the two military regions.

It turned out that the city of Kalan was located on the middle section of the famous North-South Grand Canal. The river that had originally planned to run along Hestin's River No. 1 and descended on the imperial capital.

And this city is just along the river, but there is a wonderful thing, that is, the river is passing through the middle of the city, this commercial city is divided into two, and the power of the two warlord military regions is exactly The river was the boundary, so the city was shared by the two military and military regions.

Both Charya and Hastings headed southeast all the way. When they arrived in Kalan City, they stopped for a day, and then Hastings took Charya to the street to find a chamber of commerce. Charya used a bag of gold coins in exchange for Follow others' permission to join the road.

It turned out that Karan City, because it occupied the main point of the waterway, was also the junction of the two military and military districts. It is an excellent commercial base today. Most of the famous big chambers of commerce on the Big 6 opened store bases here. .

The two caravans joined by Karan City are going to the chaotic leader and go to the Holy City of Babylon.

The chamber of commerce that collected the money for the two was just a small chamber of commerce, and the first 20 trucks in this caravan were the main agents, but they belonged to a top 6 top-ranking large business group. It ’s very deep, and the hidden black nose is all-in-one. They pass by the defense zones of various military and military zones along the way, and they also give face to the pirates and thieves of the mountains and 11 rivers along the way. The flag on it would not dare to disturb.

Charlie was walking with this kind of caravan for the first time, and she was quite curious, and pulled the store that had collected her own money to inquire.

The shop owner was about forty years old, but he gave birth to an old-fashioned person. He was a layman for a long time, and the wind was blowing. The forty-year-old looks like sixty years old, but his eyes are still flexible. Stream 1ù comes out a bit cunning and slippery,

This kind of an quotient, Xia did not know how much he had seen in Wildfire Town, and naturally knew how to deal with such people. After a few words, they were fiery with others.

The name of this collar is Aldernello, but it is called "Dad Ad". It turned out that the business is the most dangerous business. He was 40 years old and did not retire. He is an old man in this team.

He also deserved the title of "Dad Ad".

This daddy Ad is a business sè. Originally, he also joined the caravan and followed the first twenty cars. When he met Xia and Hastings, he took them fifty. As long as the gold coins need to know the cost of the party that he has paid for himself, it is only 50 gold coins per car.

Charlie and Hastings are naturally not unaware that this guy is just a second-hand trafficker, but they both know that if the two go directly to the leading big chamber of commerce to ask for occupancy, although the price will be much cheaper, but the big commerce chamber of commerce Those who require strict vetting, identity guarantees, official trade documents, etc.

Where do they have those things?

I had to buy this Daddy Ad, pretending to be an affiliate in his shop, so that he could mix in.

As for being slaughtered, Xia is not short of money anyway.

This old Adelaide had a guilty conscience, but he was willing to satisfy Xia ’s curiosity as much as possible, and Xia took out a bag of fine wine to wear, and the two drank for the spring breeze. Dad's mouth would never close again.

It turned out that this caravan was not a business trip to the holy city of Babylon, but the inside story was not so simple ...

The holy city of Babylon is located in the chaos of the inner belly of the Big 6, but outside the world, it does not participate in the battle between the two countries in the Big 6, and it is not known how many years have not encountered the war, and their status, Neither the Byzantine Empire nor the Odin Empire was willing to offend the Holy City, and there were also masters such as Saint Laurent Garros sitting in the town, and it was even located in the place where the race was chaotic. You know, the alien races such as the elven and giant races have always been extremely unfriendly to humans. The aliens who are chaotic leaders, but are willing to deal with the Holy City, and are willing to trade with the Holy City. And other businesses on the Big 6 can only go to the holy city to find a way to get the rare goods.

There is no harassment of war, and the status is right. At the same time, the rarest treasures on the Big 6 are gathered. So many conditions are gathered together to make the holy city the most mysterious and prosperous commercial capital on the Big 6.

Everyone knows that Shengshu is a place full of gold. If you can go to the Holy City to do business, you will be able to make a lot of money.

Under such circumstances, the Chamber of Commerce in Tianjia naturally drilled its head to that place.

However, the holy city is also very savvy. They know very well that if the world's chamber of commerce runs into their own homes, I'm afraid that it won't be long before this holy city will really change its owner! Just imagine, how many people are there in a holy city?

If all the merchants in the world are flooding into the holy city, it will not take many years for the wealth of the holy city to be controlled by outsiders.

Even more, the Holy City itself is a commercial territory. Although the city owner is a high status, it is usually the Presbyterian that is in charge of things. The Presbyterian Church was originally a leading figure derived from local businesses in the Holy City. There are too many businessmen going outside. But if closed, it will only wither the wealth of the Holy City.

Therefore, I do not know how many years ago, the holy city established a rule.

The holy city releases merchant token flags to all countries in the world. Only merchants holding this merchant order flag can be allowed to enter the holy city merchants. In addition, even chaotic leaders are difficult to enter.

The commercial banner from this holy city is not something you can get casually.

Only those first-class large chambers of commerce that are strong and financially powerful can qualify for the permission of the Holy City.

Of course, some businesses that are not necessarily top-notch, but can get some unique goods that the holy city likes, can also get the flag of trade.

There are only 64 such flags in the world. Among them, Byzantium occupied half and the other half was divided up by the chambers of commerce of Odin and Landis.

Therefore, the sacred city's trade order flag is not only a business license, but also a status symbol for the merchants of the world. Having a saint's trade order flag often shows that they have arrived. Joined the ranks of world-class business groups.

And if there is no such a banner business, you can only sigh.

If you want to forcibly go to the holy city, it is impossible,

Without a flag, even if you are outside the city of Babylon, do n’t even think about entering the city!

What's more, the holy city is in a special place in the chaotic collar. There are many aliens in the chaotic collar. Only the elves are a headache. If they are ordinary natural elves, they are fine. , But Tian xìng still admires peace and expels you back at most. And if you encounter those fallen elves or dark elves, there is only a dead end.

And these aliens who are chaotic leaders are willing to buy the account of the Holy City or the account of Saint Roland Garros. Only the caravans holding the Commerce Order flag will not be attacked by aliens when they pass the chaos, and they can be allowed to pass through their territory.

If you do n’t let the flag go to Babylon and be in the chaos of the chaos, you will either be shot as a hedgehog by the poisoned arrows of the fallen elves, or you will be made into a lacquer ware by your dwarf by the hill dwarves The big tu's cheekbones were dismantled to make a totem stick. Therefore, this trade order flag is the key to open the golden wealth road to the holy city.

The holy city is also very strict about the qualifications of this trade order flag. The qualifications of these chambers of commerce will be re-examined every ten or eight years.

Their reasons are very good: if a qualified chamber of commerce has not run well and has run down during this decade, it will naturally not be qualified to continue trading with the Holy City.

As for how to re-evaluate this qualification ...

Charlie asked Daddy Ad, and the answer was simple.

"Give money."

Only ... Ya couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.

It's really a way to save money and get cheap. I couldn't help but look towards the front thinking.

During the journey, the mercenary mercenaries deliberately ran their horses along the sides of the road and came back for inspections. In the envious eyes of the members of the caravan, these horsemen were showing off their riding skills, more simply. He whistled back and forth, dangling the shining bright blades deliberately, and some hot-blooded young men in the caravan made itchy.

For young people, who hasn't heard the wonderful thorny stories of those adventurers who are legendary on the Big 6?

Xia Ya looked at these mercenaries, and suddenly thought of a thought: When she first went down the mountain, if it was not for the series of strange encounters later, I am afraid that it has now become a small one.

Mercenaries.

Hmm, the candidate of the guardian of the holy city, who has been thrown into the world and experienced, how many people?

In his ears, he continued to listen to Dad's remarks.

"It is said that the presbyterian church in that holy city has to re-examine the qualifications for trade every eight years and ten years. Those who have a commercial banner must pay a huge sum of money as a security deposit. This money can show that you have enough strength to continue doing business with the Holy City.

And if you ca n’t afford the money, then I ’m sorry, I directly accepted your business qualification and then transferred it to another house. As for each transfer, the vacant quota of business qualification is publicized in the guild in the holy city. An auction, a quota, can all be auctioned at a price! "

Xia Ya kept his heart and couldn't help but said, "How much is that?"

"It is said that when the eligibility is checked, is the security deposit of a chamber of commerce as low as 80,000 gold coins and as many as 100,000. If there are vacant places for auction, then there is no accurate number. In these years, I only heard A quota auction eight years ago, it is said that the quota was bought by a first-class giant in the southern Empire and cost nearly 300,000 gold coins! "

When Xia heard this, she couldn't help but keep her heart tight, and then sneered secretly: Good business!

Really good business!

Just a trade qualification, there are a total of 68 trade flags, and a deposit is required every ten years. According to one hundred thousand gold coins, sixty-eight companies are 6.8 million gold coins!

This is a no-cost business. It can be harvested once every ten years, just like an iron crop that can be harvested indefinitely. It can be harvested one by one. As long as the holy city does not perish, you can have unlimited wealth!

This has not been regarded as the real benefit of doing business, but what "margin" income is collected, which is 6.8 million! There are 6.8 million every ten years, and on average, there are 680,000 gold coins every year!

You know, the Byzantine Empire is a large country, with tens of millions of people, dozens of counties, and hundreds of cities. The prosperous years of Taiping and the full fiscal revenue for a year are only tens of millions of gold coins. This hasn't deducted financial expenditure yet!

It is a holy city, and this "interest money" alone has nearly 700,000 gold coins a year.

Isn't it scary? !!

And this is still the net profit of no capital! There is no need to pay anything ".

If you encounter a business that can't afford it, and you haven't recovered the qualifications for business, you can resell it at today's price ...

After thousands of years, can the holy city be rich? Can it not be the busiest business mecca in the whole world?

Xia Ya could not help but cursed two words in a low voice, then Father Ade listened. "It is not surprising. In fact, any businessman in this world is not jealous of the wealth of the Holy City? People are so entrenched that no one can do anything about it. "You just have to look at their faces obediently. However, after drinking enough food, who doesn't have the envy of Qiu Fu, there is a humiliation in the back, and it is natural that Dad's own family often scolds his mother.

But Hastings, who hadn't talked at all, "heard here, seeing Charlie jealous" just smiled coldly, deliberately with a mocking tone: "The crow laughs at the black pig!"

"What?" Charlie glanced at Hastings.

"That holy city can be so bullish, but it has monopolized the production of the entire chaotic leader.

The chaotic place is dangerous, and there are so many alien races. Those aliens only deal with the holy city and do not deal with other humans in the world. The holy city is equivalent to monopolizing the resources of the chaotic leader. Who is not bullish? As for you, everyone is qualified to be jealous, but you are not qualified. "

Speaking of this, Hastings suddenly passed on to Charya's ears with a faint and faint business: "You have used the means to monopolize the possessions of the Zaku Turkmen tribe, and force all other Chambers of Commerce on the Big 6 to You can only eat the leftovers that have leaked from your bowl, and you still have to look at your face. If you do this, isn't it just like the holy city? Hehe ... "

Said by Hastings, Charya couldn't help but blush.

Originally, doing monopoly work naturally made a lot of money.

Then Dad and Xia hang around for a while, thinking about their own team, they jumped out of the car and ran to check. Shaya and Hastings were left, Charya said, "Let ’s follow this caravan all the way to the holy city? So hundreds of people, dozens of big cars, but when do you have to go, do n’t you know the way? ? Let's get on our way. "

"Ha!" Hasting rolled his eyes. "First, when did I say I knew the way?"

"you?!"

"Well, have you heard of that holy city that I have been to?"

Tuyu paused: "... this, it seems like nothing."

"I haven't been there," Hasting said lightly, "I just happen to know that a travelling caravan to the Holy City can be found in Karan City."

"But we can ask someone to understand the way, and we can get on the road faster," Xia shook her head.

"In the collar of chaos ~ www.readwn.com ~ To go to the holy city, you must pass through the forests and seas of the elves, and there are many dangerous mountains11. In addition to the natural elves, there are fallen elves, dark elves, and hill dwarves. Clan, giant clan, I heard that there are still some strange half-human half-beast monsters living in the mountains, running all the way, except for holding the holy city's commercial flag, otherwise they will be supplied. "

"But it's not difficult for the two of us to come over and think about it." Xia was quite confident.

"Not necessarily." Hasting's tone became serious. "Don't underestimate the races of the chaotic leader. Have you forgotten? I'm a strong man, but it wasn't the same that Mr. Tao used to poison him. There was a hint of indignation in Hasting's eyes: "What about the strong,

If you trespass without permission, those guys are local aborigines, and you can make some poison or whatever, you and I can't bear it. Follow this caravan, although slower, but wins stability. "

"Yi? When have you become so cautious?" Xia Ya couldn't help wondering: "With what I know of you, according to your temper, I have long been impatient, just go alone and run across your triangle. The gun rushed in. What are you doing? Suddenly I turned around? "

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