lizard lord

Chapter 138 Fishing
That night, the human spellcaster drove a carriage, and according to the agreement, went to the trading place alone. The location was an inconspicuous place in the inland port. It was said that they would come by boat.

I drove to the scene unhurriedly, and there were already people waiting there. There were about six or seven people with weapons hanging from their hands and waists. It was not clear whether there were other people in the dark.

His whole face was hidden under the hood, and everyone couldn't see his expression clearly: "You are really hospitable, a problem that can be solved with a money order, and you want me to bring cash, and you are putting on this kind of welcome Me, it made me a little uneasy."

The leading middle-aged man smiled and smoothed things over: "Master, don't be as knowledgeable as us vulgar people. You have to understand that business related to that thing will lose your head. Do more preparations for our own sake." Well, it’s also for your own good, this is Oran, even if a person of your status is found to be related to the devil, the result will not be good, so it’s absolutely right to be careful.”

He nodded indifferently: "Whatever you say, have you brought what I want?"

Before the other party responded, he reached into his coat and took out a bulging money bag. At the request of the other party, they were all neat royal family silver coins.

The other party's eyes couldn't move away immediately. After a pause for a few seconds, he immediately took out a scroll from his pocket. This thing was familiar to everyone. It was a scroll of demons. The complicated patterns on it could be imitated, but it came from his heart. You can't fake your desire.

Although the middle-aged man's right hand was put on the hilt of the sword several times, it was obvious that he had the idea of ​​stealing money, but the man in front of him was a third-level mage after all, and at this distance, chanting a spell could kill a person, He was the first to bear the brunt, so he didn't dare to take the risk in the end. He paid the money and delivered the goods in a regular manner. The transaction was considered to be over, very quickly, within 2 minutes.

"We've settled the matter. If you still have this kind of scroll in the future, please let me know. I'll pay double the price."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I have a few friends outside the city who also have this kind of thing. I will discuss it with them immediately after I go back. As long as your price is fair, there is nothing I can't find."

The middle-aged man nodded repeatedly, thinking in his heart that he was going to give this person a "surprise" next time.

At this time, a small boat came from upstream, and the middle-aged man jumped into it, and gave a substandard courtesy to the caster, and the transaction was over.

The boat was not big, not everyone could get on it, the middle-aged man only brought a few of his cronies aboard, the rest of them were not surprised by this, they looked at each other and left the scene through an alley.

But as soon as they set foot on the alley, several arrows smeared with drugs came through the air, hitting their shoulders and thighs. Several big men in armor pushed them to the ground, pointing at their necks with shining blades, they were silent like cicadas, not daring to make a sound.

At the same time, just a few hundred meters away, the boat was stopped by several warships flying the Heim flag. The middle-aged man wanted to resist, but before he could hold his sword firmly, he felt dizzy. When he came back to his senses, he had been pushed down on the deck by two strong men, and he could only be slaughtered.
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After colluding with the people from the Haim Church, they will have a cover to act in the city, and it will be much more convenient to do anything. It's easy, and you don't even need to notify the city lord in advance. With Earl Luford's personality, he doesn't care about his authority being impacted. On the contrary, he would be grateful to the people of Helm Church for helping him enforce the law.

Worried about causing panic, the Church of Heim only claimed that they were a group of smugglers of hallucinogenic raw materials. Thanks to the good image they have always established, no one questioned this.

Following the waterway directly to return home, this group of people were all thrown into the prison of the Temple of Heim. Klein volunteered for interrogation, but Tang Zhao didn't stop him, letting him do things according to his own ideas.

Tortured by both magical means and physical means, he was not worried that this group of people would not be recruited. This is not a specially trained dead man. His willpower might be slightly worse than that of ordinary people. It is only a matter of time before he confesses. I have this little confidence in the abilities of Mu Church and Klein.

He was also not interested in watching the bloody interrogation scene, so he simply found a well-lit corner to bask in the sun, and deal with the affairs of the settlement by the way.

Lilith talked to the commanders of the elves and dwarves about this matter. The two sides had no reason to refuse, and they agreed directly. The dominant position of the dwarves, and the commander of the dwarves did not have the authority to deal with this kind of thing. After a little effort, he went back to report to Haiji.

Haiji is also easy to talk, in his opinion, the most important thing is to win allies rather than make money, not to mention that the dwarves are not short of money at all.

Dragon's Cave Pass sits on a large gold mine, and it is also one of the gateway cities for foreign trade among the dwarf nations. Their financial situation is very good, so there is no need to worry about it.

He only asks and provides the dwarves with as much wheat as possible. They need to use it to make wine, and the food production is insufficient, so they can only import from the human countries outside. Increase the price, if Tang Zhao's price is reasonable and the supply is large enough, they have no reason not to, every dwarf is basically a wine barrel, spirits will always be in short supply, and they can take all the surplus wheat Digest it.

So, the matter was finalized like this-the issue of profit distribution was let go first, and Tang Zhao had the initiative to take the lead in the subsequent construction, which was exactly what he wanted.

[In the short term, you can use Andrea as a human being to deceive people, but there will definitely be problems in the long run. You can either exert further influence, or find support in the human world. Considering that there are other forces behind Earl Luford, Too radical measures will definitely irritate the other party, so it is a little safer to choose the latter. 】

Thinking of this, Tang Zhao looked around and looked at the sturdy and solemn Temple of Helm. The first partner was already obvious, and he had to try his best to win the support of the Church of Helm.

The interrogation went smoothly. On the second floor, Tang Zhao could vaguely hear the howls of those unlucky ghosts crying for their father and mother. He, who has lived in the wild for a long time, felt a little creepy when he heard it. people.

Of course, his main purpose is to save money, commonly known as prostitutes, and he has no idea of ​​punishing crimes. This is not his responsibility, but he has no guilt. This point of the devil scroll, if it is discovered in any human country, it will peel off its skin if it is not dead.

If someone with ulterior motives were to get these scrolls, the loss would definitely be even greater. Tang Zhao is very good at self-education and has no sense of guilt for such things.

These few people actually know very little about demon scrolls, that is, the boss of their guild said that they wanted to sell the item, and they only need to find customers and negotiate the price, and they don’t have to worry about the supply of goods. What a high-level news, they only know that the source of the goods is directly distributed by their boss.

From this point of view, there is no doubt that the boss of this gang has great suspicion.

[Captain Bok, do you know anything about this Cyclops gang? 】

Bock's expression was cold, but his words were somewhat awkward: "The Church of Helm is committed to dealing with the threat of the border of civilization. In fact, we don't have a deep understanding of the underground forces in the city. We also thought about organizing a large-scale campaign to wipe out all the people in the city. The crime was completely wiped out at one time, but was stopped by Earl Luford, who said that we were disrupting the local order. After all, he is the local lord, and we did not want to have a tough confrontation with him, so we had no choice but to give up. gone."

After speaking, his tone became a little regretful, obviously regretting that he failed to wipe out the criminals, but to be honest, Tang Zhao still supported Earl Luford this time.

As far as he knows now, the strength of the town law enforcement team under the Earl's command is infinitely close to zero, but the security situation in the city is not bad, at least there is no chaos on the surface. Of course, this is inseparable from the efforts of the Church of Heim , but Tang Zhao also believes that it is inseparable from the chamber of commerce and the gang.

In a city with well-developed trade, shipping, and smuggling, it is normal for gangs to exist, and they can maintain order to a certain extent. If they are completely wiped out, no official force will come forward to solve the fundamental problem. The idler loses all restraint, and the results are sure to be disastrous.

Earl Luford probably wasn't a good lord, but he was a businessman with a good eye. He knew this kind of problem better than Bock, a man who was full of military tactics.

[If this is the case, we will discuss with your subordinates about the Cyclops gang, and try not to take particularly strong measures, otherwise it will arouse the dissatisfaction of Earl Luford, and it will also be a huge hindrance to our follow-up actions. 】

In the end, we still need to continue to investigate the gang, but it will take time, and we can only postpone the progress temporarily until we get more information.

The members of the Haim Church come from all over the mainland, and few of them are locals. Almost all of them have a kind of medieval knight-like conservatism and rigidity. It is indeed reliable to count on them to fight, but it is difficult to let them investigate the case. Tang Zhao's men all It is also inconvenient to be a foreigner.

Under such circumstances, Tang Zhao could only find Andrea and let her, a "human" who grew up in the port area, explain the situation.

"Ask about the Cyclops? I do know quite a bit about them."

Andrea is obviously a knowledgeable person. As soon as Tang Zhao asked a question, she organized her language and immediately began to explain the situation to Tang Zhao.

Like many cities, Luford's gangs are concentrated in the dock area. This city has a large number of gangs, and the Cyclops Gang is a big one. It is said that there can be thousands of members. Based on Andrea's own observations all the year round Look, even if there are not thousands of people, there must still be hundreds of people.

Each gang has its own main business scope. The Cyclops gang mainly deals in smuggling. Most of the cargo smuggling in the entire port area is carried out with their hands and their ships.

Then she talked about the distribution and characteristics of a lot of Cyclops Gang, and she really deserves to be a local.

Seeing her confident appearance, Tang Zhao finally made up his mind to give her the first more important task.

[In this case, if I ask you to get in touch with the middle and upper-level figures of the Cyclops gang, it is best to directly contact the boss of the Cyclops gang, can you do it? 】

As soon as this remark came out, Andrea did not directly agree or deny it, but fell into serious thinking.

After a full 2 ​​minutes, she said: "Yes, yes, but I need enough valuable goods. If I have goods, I can put on a show."

[No problem, if you need anything, find a piece of paper and write it down, it will be in place within three days, and you can prepare related matters. 】

When Tang Zhao heard this, he naturally agreed happily, and let the other party make their own request, and he tried his best to meet it.

The next thing will depend on Andrea's own performance. Tang Zhao hopes that the other party will succeed soon. This is a matter of killing two birds with one stone.
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Trading with the elves takes time. Andrea's previous mountain goods trading was limited in scale and income was limited. Tang Zhao, who is relatively short of money at this stage, simply turned his ideas on his allies.

He simply dragged a cart of dwarf weapons and approached Captain Bok, asking him to test the quality of the weapons and see if further trade could be carried out.

This time, Bok was more serious than ever. He called more than a dozen soldiers, selected parts from the whole vehicle of weapons, and inspected them one by one.

After waiting for half an hour, Bock said solemnly: "These weapons meet the requirements of our Church of Heim. They are excellent weapons that can be used on the battlefield. Of course, we are willing to negotiate with you in the next step."

Regarding the matter of weapons, the two sides can say that they hit it off. The Church of Helm does not have much property. Even if they have a small number, it will cost a lot of money to raise these heavy cavalry and heavy infantry. Their actions in Luford depend on the sponsorship of the royal family. , otherwise it cannot be sustained at all.

Even so, the royal family's funds are definitely not too much, and they themselves have to support a large number of vulture knights and guards.The life of the Haim Church has always been quite tense. They don't know the advanced healing arts, and they don't have much business acumen. The capital turnover has always been at the critical point.

Now Tang Zhao is willing to provide a large number of weapons made by dwarves at a relatively low price, saving money and getting better ones, they have no reason to reject Tang Zhao.

(End of this chapter)