messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 131
The city lord lives in a fortress located on the west side of Hiskama. In the city next to the barren land, the place where the city lord lives is not as comfortable as the city lord's mansion in other cities, but more like a military garrison.

Chu and Mann entered the fort under the leadership of the soldiers. Torches were lit on both sides of the fort, but even so, the corridor seemed a bit dark.It wasn't until they walked into a hall that the surroundings lit up, and a person was sitting on a seat in the hall waiting for them.

When they entered the city of Hiskama, the soldiers accompanying Mann and Chu had already informed about the wolves. After learning what happened, the city lord proposed to see them. He had some matters. To talk to them.

After the soldiers brought the two of them, they bowed and exited the hall. Only then did Mann have a chance to observe the people in the hall.The lord of the city looks about 30 years old, but the stubble on his chin and a somewhat thin face make him look much older, but his figure is very burly and tall.

Unlike Mann's impression, the city lord in the hall was wearing armor at this time, and even had a sword on his waist.This doesn't look like a city lord at all, more like a general.

"Welcome to your friends from afar."

The city lord didn't care about Mann's sneaky look at him. He opened his hands and said, his voice was thick and powerful, like the sound of frontier war drums.

"My name is Hiskama, and I am the lord of this city."

Mann froze for a moment, Hiskama, this name is the same as the name of this city.

Seeming to see through Mann's mind, Siskama smiled gently in his seat.

"I understand your doubting child, my name is indeed the same as the name of this city, or my family's name has been the same as this city for generations. Because my ancestors swore an oath to the king of the kingdom hundreds of years ago , will guard this city for generations and use our lives. So my family was given the name of this city, and we have been stationed here for a long time and never left."

It is indeed not an exaggeration to call Mann a child at Hiskama's age. His age is estimated to be almost as old as Mann's father.

Hearing this, Mann froze for a moment. Wouldn't it be impossible to go anywhere after guarding here for generations? If it was him, he would never agree to such an oath. It's boring.

Seeing Mann's expression, Hiskama already guessed what he was thinking, and continued to say with a smile.

"You're a younger kid than I thought. You're very adventurous. When I was your age, I never thought of traveling on the mainland."

"Of course." Mann grinned, he had a good impression of the city lord.

After chatting with Mann, Hiskama looked at Chu next to Mann again. He seemed to have noticed Chu's aura that was different from ordinary people, and he said after considering it.

"You are the adventurer who killed the wolf."

Chu didn't speak, just nodded silently.

"Once again, I want to thank you for my soldiers. You saved their lives and their families will be grateful to you."

Hiskama slowly put his right hand on his chest, and bent down a little bit towards Chu.

After finishing speaking, he looked up at Xiang Chu, with undisguised admiration in his eyes: "You are a beautiful and powerful person, if I have a child, I might propose a marriage contract to you for him."

"I'm sorry." Chu opened her mouth, and when speaking with people other than Mann, she would imitate her mouth.

"If that's the case, I can only refuse."

"Haha, that's really a pity." Xiskama laughed heartily a few times. She was a powerful person at first, but at least for now, she doesn't have the strange temper of those people.

This made Hiskama a little thankful, at least it would make it easier for him to make his request later.

Yes, he met them for a purpose, and he was ashamed that he couldn't meet them with pure gratitude, but now is indeed an extraordinary period.

After the chat, he was ready to get down to business.

"I heard from my soldiers, are you two merchants from the east?" Hiskama said to Mann and Chu.

"Yes." Mann's eyes lit up, and he knew that now was a good opportunity to sell his products.

"We heard that you are short of supplies, so bring some food over."

"We are located in a remote place, and the kingdom's supplies are indeed not timely enough." Hiskama nodded, not denying Mann's words, food is indeed what they need.

"I don't know how much food you brought?"

Speaking of this, Mann's face turned red, and he scratched his head. He was only planning to sell to the city's quartermaster, but he didn't expect to meet the city lord directly.

On such an occasion, the cargo in his carriage was indeed a bit unremarkable.

"Hey." Mann smiled awkwardly, stretched out a finger and said, "We brought these."

"Huh?" Hiskama was stunned for a moment, but his soldiers did not tell him how many people this small businessman brought with him: "Is it a business group?"

"Cough, no, no." Mann was even more embarrassed, and coughed dryly.

"A caravan?" Hiskama asked after a moment's consideration.

"A little bit less." Mann raised his eyebrows and said, "We brought a carriage."

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In the hall, Hiskama's expression was a little subtle, a carriage, this was probably the smallest business he had ever talked about.

After a while, he took out a gold coin from his pocket with some dumbfounding, and said.

"Every bit of food is very precious during the war. If you don't mind, I am willing to buy these foods from you in my own name."

When Mann saw the gold coin in the city lord's hand, the merchant's unique light instantly lit up, and he nodded repeatedly.

"Oh, of course, I am very willing to provide you with these precious foods, Lord Santo."

Listening to his nasty words, Chu Chu, who stood aside, glanced at his mouth.As expected of the crime called greed, he has already shown the demeanor of a profiteer at such a young age.

Hiskama nodded, stood up from his seat, and walked towards Mann.

At this time, Chu Chu discovered that his legs and feet seemed to be a little inflexible, he must have suffered some kind of injury, and it was a recent injury that hadn't healed yet.

Hiskama handed the gold coins to Mann and said, "Then my guards will come to you to pick up the goods later, and these will be regarded as a deposit."

For the deposit, Mann tried his best to hold back the corners of his lips. He originally only planned to buy two to three large silver coins for this cart, but now the deposit alone has exceeded his expectations.

"No problem, no problem at all." Looking at Mann's face of a profiteer, Chu took a slight step back to the side.

"Also." Siskama stood in front of the two of them and lowered his head solemnly.

"I would like to propose a commission to the two of you in my own name. Of course, I will pay the commission separately."

(End of this chapter)