Our family is in decline

Lance cut open the body of the crippled pig and found something strange. The fusion of human and pig distorted its body, but also gave birth to a strange structure.

The stomach bag was covered with a layer of mucus that was so tough that even a dagger couldn't cut it open. All we could do was hold a torch up and burn it. A smelly white smoke suddenly rose up, but the mucus was soon burned away.

When you cut it open, you can see that it is full of all kinds of garbage soaked in gastric juice. It can be seen that its diet is very messy. Most of it has turned into gastric juice and is difficult to distinguish, leaving only hair and bones that have not been fully digested.

But what is even more concerning is that after the gastric juice flows out, even the pork itself cannot withstand it, showing signs of corrosion.

"Did you see it? That's why I asked Disma to kill it first. The structure of this monster's esophagus and stomach bag is different from that of ordinary people or ordinary pigs. They don't even need to get close to bring corrosive and... There are gastric juices from various viruses spitting out on you."

Lance's words made everyone feel sick. After all, no one wanted to vomit that disgusting thing on themselves.

"How do you know, Boss Xie?"

Boudicca asked suddenly, which immediately made others curious.

It should be the first time for everyone to see this kind of monster, even Tardif, who has been exposed to pigmen before, so how come you are the only one who knows about it?

"When facing a monster you have never seen before, you must first be vigilant, and then guess the monster's possible attack methods and special abilities based on its appearance."

Lance was not afraid and explained casually.

"First of all, these monsters appeared together. The first two were holding weapons and I knew their general attack methods at a glance, but when this one appeared, I felt something was wrong.

Because why would such a deformed cripple, who couldn't even walk and could only rely on his arms to climb on the ground, dare to come over and scream so loudly?

Looking at the atrophied lower limbs, it can only move with its arms. Basically, ordinary attack methods are unrealistic. The most it can do is crawl over to grab you and bite you.

Similarly, I found that this guy is actually quite flexible, and his movement speed is not slow at all, but the problem is that it is at the very end, which is enough to arouse my vigilance. Its attack must be able to span this distance, otherwise it should be the first One climbed up.

I wasn't sure at the time, but uncertainty is the biggest danger anyway, so I asked Disma to snipe first. I would rather guess wrong than risk everyone's lives. "

As he spoke, Lance used his dagger to poke the crippled pig's mouth.

"The esophagus and digestive system have a special structure and are protected by mucus from being corroded. But when you look at the area around the pig's mouth, there are obvious signs of corrosion. I'm afraid this can only be caused by long-term contact. Seeing this, I probably guessed that the pig was a disabled person. method of attack."

A complete set of reasoning immediately overloaded Boudicca's brain, but she was too lazy to think about it and shook her head.

"Let's go. There are probably many more enemies like this. You can pay attention next time. If you encounter enemies you don't know or understand, it's best to kill them first and don't let them come."

Lance didn't pay attention to this and raised his hand to perform [Sacrifice] on these corpses.

The void swallowed up the corpse, leaving only those messy things, but the spirituality returned was more than that of ordinary ascended believers.

It is indeed an extraordinary race created by our ancestors using various strange rituals. Pigs are "fat".

The environment here originally disgusted him, but fortunately it was finally opened, and the huge harvest soothed his emotions.

The other two, neither Boudica nor Disma, had any reaction to this scene, but Tardif was stunned when he saw the body disappear.

What's happening here?

However, after seeing the methods of the cultists, even resisting a move of the cult priests, and seeing inhuman monsters like pigmen, his nerves have been very strong.

He was only slightly surprised before he recovered. He was paid to do things, and he had nothing to do with matters that were none of his business, and he didn't bother to do anything unless he added money.

Soon Lance reorganized his team and set off to hunt the pigs trapped in the darkness!

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Owendo, the residence of the Watt Merchant Group.

"How's it going? Has the news spread?"

"I found a few strangers pretending to be refugees and spread the news in the city. I think they will know about it soon."

"It's not enough. Let the news out and say that we are raising food and preparing to go out to take this business. Let the brothers make some noise and hurry up." Walter smiled and added fuel to the fire to see if his opponent would jump. Came in.

"I understand." Vic also understood what this meant. No wonder the lord asked him to ask him for more advice. He still had a lot to learn.

"I think we can really compete with them and raise the price of food. Then we can release the recovered food for them to eat. In order to suppress us, they will definitely spare no effort to collect it no matter how high the price is, so we don't have to run away. So far away, just changing hands can at least double the profit, and at the same time suppress their profits.”

Vic also worked hard to study the situation in Ovendo, and quickly supplemented the plan proposed by Walter.

Walter also smiled and said nothing after hearing this, but his next words made Vic even more stressed.

“But what should ordinary people in the city do if food prices continue to rise?”

Vic experienced the monopoly of the mayor and the farmer, who constantly raised food prices, leaving the townspeople with nothing to eat and a large number of people starved to death.

If it hadn't been for the arrival of the lord, I would have starved to death.

What is the difference between what I do now and what the farmers did back then?

Vic felt a rush of heat on his back, and his brain was trembling a little.

"Then forget it..."

"No!" Walter slowly shook his head, "I originally planned to do this, but I didn't intend for you to come."

How could Walter not know this kind of money that could be picked up just by bending down in front of him, but don't forget that he is also a businessman.

As for the fact that he wanted to hide it from Vic, it wasn't that Walter wanted to lay eggs by borrowing money and making a comeback by using the now reorganized business group to make a fortune.

But he knew that Vic probably wouldn't be able to accept it, so he didn't plan to tell him, but planned to do it secretly by himself, and then put the money in front of the lord, so he didn't have to say anything.

Because he also wanted to make meritorious deeds, although he had completed the reorganization in a short time since he took over the business group, he had also re-opened the trade route between Owendo and Hamlet and transported supplies back.

But in fact, they have always reached out to the lords to get money. The current business group is completely a transportation brigade for Hamlet, and it is still losing money.

Now that his daughter and son have taken root in Hamlet, and he still has to continue working, he must do something to prove his ability to the lord, which can also be considered as a way to secure a future for his children.

He didn't want the lord to despise his family because of his incompetence.

But Vic didn't understand him and asked with a frown.

"Why? You were hungry before, why didn't you give ordinary people a way to survive?"

Vic had always tried his best to protect Walter before, and the two of them never blushed when they got along. On the contrary, they had a somewhat teacher-student friendship.

This is the first time that Vic has this attitude.

But Walter has long known that he cannot accept it, and he is relatively clear about young people's naive ideas.

At this time, when faced with the question, he responded with a question.

"Do ordinary people have money to buy food now? Their money has been squeezed out long ago. The current price of food is the same as the price after it has doubled several times. They can't afford it."

When Vic heard this, he did not rush to refute, but fell into deep thought.

Because he knew that what Walter said was true.

He said before that he had investigated the situation in Ovendo City, and the current food prices have long been beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Moreover, this increase in food prices is not a recent phenomenon. Ordinary people have long been drained of money from their pockets.

"But..." Vic frowned and paused for a moment before continuing: "Can't we start a price war to bring down the price? Now the food prices on several farms around the city have also risen in response, and we can go out. , the price of food recovered is much lower than theirs."

Vic had been hungry, and almost starved to death. With his young mind, he couldn't bear the famine among so many ordinary people in the city.

Walter looked at him and shook his head helplessly. The young man was still too young, but that's right. He had never been exposed to these things, so it was inevitable that he would have illusions about the market.

"Lower prices? Do you know how much money they made this time? If we show up, we will definitely become the enemy of all grain merchants. No matter how much money the lord has, he can't withstand your defeat. Put yourself in that situation. is stupid.

And you don’t think that grain merchants like them can raise grain prices, right? There are many ways here, and the real ones are up here, and we will have to deal with them in the future~"

As Walter said, he raised his hand and pointed upward. It was self-evident what he meant.

That being said, there are still some things that Walt can't say and can only let Vic realize on his own.

Why did the lord ask him to find a way to control the food in Owendo City?

Because the lord also wanted to raise the price, the higher the food price, the better.

Not to make money, but to make this place chaotic. Those who have no food to eat will naturally leave here to find a way to survive.

Where will these people go? In the end, it will only enter the lord's pocket and become a part of Hamlet.

This move will drain away the population of Owendo City. Without the population, can the city still be called a city?

Now food is no longer food itself, but a bargaining chip.

Walter and Vic were talking, and they were talking about using information from the Roma people to set traps for other grain merchants in the city.

Originally, the business group of Walt and Jean really occupied the majority of this business in the city. Because of Jean's relationship with the city defense army, he could dominate Walt locally, but that was only because Walt had a trust. Tennis's sales channels don't care about making poor people's money at all.

This was the case until Walter's accident and the business group declined rapidly in Tiffany's hands. Of course, there was also the reason why the traitors planted by Gene were causing trouble.

Later, Lance intervened, and although he saved part of it, in order to swallow up this business group, he also secretly forced Tiffany to give up the channels in Totnes that others could only dream of.

At this time, the Walter business group had completely lost its market and channels and could only rely on Hamlet. Many of them were taken away by Lance. What Walter inherited was actually a mess.

Fortunately, the financial support was very strong, and the chaos caused many colleagues to fall, so he was given the opportunity to regain his condition by eating "corpse".

But if the market is lost, it will be occupied by others. He must find a way to regain the grain market in Owendo. This is a task assigned by the lord, so today's arrangement was made.

This is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy.

Because no businessman can refuse several times the profit.

Just as Walter thought, a certain city that was still holding on in the face of refugee attacks was buying up grains. The price of grains was more than four times higher than that in the local area. This news soon spread to several major grain stores in the city. In business ears.

At this time, several management personnel appeared at the location of the Jean Merchant Group.

They basically got the news through various channels. The sensitivity to the hidden interests in the information is the talent of businessmen.

Just like an extraordinary person, without this talent, he would not be able to reach his current position.

At this time, they gathered together, and they all understood that the others were obviously here for this news.

But no one spoke, because there was still one person missing.

That is the current boss of Jean’s business group—little Jean.

His son, Gene Jr., took that seat after Gene Sr. disappeared.

I have to say that one thing that makes Gene more successful than Walter is that he is quite successful in cultivating heirs.

After Jean's disappearance, the business group also experienced a crisis. Some old people were not satisfied with little Jean and felt that they wanted to exclude him.

It's just that little Jean was not polite at all when facing those senior people who controlled various parts of the business group, showing a decisive and powerful side.

First appease the obedient, then suppress the disobedient, and finally win over the centrists.

To put it simply, it means treating guests, beheading them, and treating them like dogs.

A set of combination punches quickly took control of the situation.

At this point he can no longer be called Little Jean, but becomes Jean.

And that's not all. After Jean took over the business group, it was obvious that the granary was full of grain but he restricted the output of grain. By hyping up refugees and wars to cause food shortages, he hyped up the price of food in Owendo in a short period of time. When the price went up, After checking and then shipping, they manipulated the price of food and took advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune and make a lot of money.

It's pitiful for those ordinary people who have had their savings of blood and sweat harvested and still live in a state of panic.

This battle completely opened up Jean's reputation. The crazy growth in the business group's income allowed him to accumulate a lot of prestige in a short period of time, even surpassing the missing old Jean.

Those old guys who had been forcibly suppressed finally put away their little thoughts. As long as they lead everyone to make money together, no one will object.

Finally, after several people waited for a while, the main character appeared.

Different from the "ten-month pregnant" look of old Jean, Jean is probably in his twenties, with a medium build, and is in his youth. As long as he is not too ridiculously tall, he looks okay, and has neatly styled blond hair. And the exquisite and complicated clothing makes the whole person a bit arrogant.

However, they have just won two battles, regained the business group, stabilized their position, and have this proud confidence.