I'm not a lord

Chapter 32 Black Market Businessman
Through the map function of "Lord", Lynn can always keep track of the specific locations of his followers.

After unlocking the [Follower Dispatch] function, he can also use the follower's movement to explore the map fog.

This time, the third brother went south along the White River to Sanhe City, and then took the water route north to return to the White Bear Territory, unlocking the map along the route from the White Bear Territory to Sanhe City for Lin En.

Sanhe City is located at the confluence of Baihe River and Jinghe River.

The full name of Jinghe River is 'the quiet flowing river', which is named because there is almost no sound when the water flows.

As the largest river in the North, the Jinghe River has a slow flow and a wide water area. It runs from west to east through the entire Northern Kingdom, connecting the three duchies with the king's crown territory. It is the most important trade route in the North.

At the confluence of the White River and the Jing River, there is another river that flows into the Jing River. The city standing there is Sanhe City.

Although Sanhe City is a "big" city in the Dukedom of Swampland, it still has a permanent population of less than 10,000.

The long ice age on the river seriously affected the circulation of goods and commercial development in the north, which naturally limited the size of the city.

Leon is a well-known black market businessman in Sanhe City, specializing in doing business with various heroes.

There are two main businesses: selling stolen goods for bandits and mercenaries, trafficking in various contraband goods, and also acting as an intelligence dealer.

The news that Baron Roman was heading north from Sanhe City was what Leon sold to Lynn.

However, Lynn and Leon were not very familiar with each other. They had only met a few times, and most of them were business dealings, so they were not close friends.

But he still had confidence that he could summon this black marketeer to White Bear Territory with just a letter.

The reason is simple. Lynn thinks Leon has similarities with him.

That's the same ambitiousness.

At the small dock in White Bear Territory, a slightly plump middle-aged man wearing luxurious mink fur walked down the side of the boat.

This man had a round face with slightly bulging cheeks, which had a unique oily luster caused by years of drinking and eating well. His small eyes were sharp and shrewd.

Like other countries on the continent of Diewas, the Northern Kingdom prohibits anyone other than nobles from wearing expensive, high-end leather clothing.

In principle, the status of merchants was only slightly higher than that of technical freemen, and in winter they could at most wear sheepskin coats.

But few businesspeople respect these legal provisions.

Not to mention lawless outlaws like Leon who disregard the law.

Lin En walked forward slowly, extended his right hand, and said with a smile: "Welcome to my territory, friend."

Long before Lin En reached out his hand, Leon had already stretched out his left hand covered with gold rings, and said in a very cheerful tone:

"I think I should call you Lord Baron Chillwind. I never thought that one day I would have a distinguished baron as my friend."

The two foxes smiled at each other in tacit understanding.

Lynn's territory was seized, and Leon has more than one noble friend.

In the North, anyone can be a horse bandit as long as they have a sword in their hands and a horse at their hips.

In order to make extra money, nobles whose territories are located on major commercial routes do not mind occasionally playing the role of horse bandits.

These people will naturally come to black market merchants to sell their stolen goods.

Of course, there are risks in playing the role of a horse bandit.

Merchants who can do business in the North are by no means pushovers. They know how to band together for warmth and raise funds to retaliate against the nobles who dare to plunder.

Last year, a dishonest baron was slaughtered by mercenaries hired by merchants, and even his castle was burned to charcoal.

This shocking case was brought to the court of the Duke of Moorland, but it was the Duke who ultimately pardoned the merchants who had hired the murderers. "To congratulate you on inheriting the domain, I have brought you a number of absolutely practical gifts."

As soon as Leon finished speaking, Lao San and others carried several cargo boxes out of the cabin.

The box contained one thousand kilograms of iron ingots and about four hundred cheap iron utensils.

It is indeed not expensive, but it is what White Bear Territory urgently needs right now.

The price of iron ingots in the market of Sanhe City is about 1 gold coin for 50 kilograms. An axe containing one kilogram of iron can be sold for about 8 copper coins.

In summary, the goods Leon brought were worth about thirty gold coins.

After inspecting the goods, Lin En's smile widened. "I'm very satisfied with your gift. You should know that I never disappoint my friends."

After a brief greeting, Lynn took Leon directly to White Bear Town and showed him the fur and skeleton of the magic bear.

"My God, how tall was this demon bear when it was alive?"

Seeing the exaggerated skeleton and the dazzling huge snow-white bear skin, even Leon, who was used to the wind and waves, couldn't help but stare wide-eyed.

At the same time, he began to quickly calculate in his mind how many gold coins it would cost to get Lin En to give up his love, and how much he could get if he transported the fur to Sanhe City.

He soon got the answer. 100 gold coins should be enough to make Lin En agree, and if it was shipped to Sanhe City, it could be sold for about 120 gold coins at most.

In total, he earned 20 gold coins.

As for the magic bear skeleton, Leon plans to keep it for himself.

He likes to place the skeletons of ferocious monsters at home.

If he could get the skeleton and fur for a hundred gold coins, his trip would not be a loss.

In fact, he was also well aware of the huge profits that could be made by transporting the fur to the southern border, but he was not qualified to make those profits.

"Seven meters! This demon bear was seven meters tall when it was alive. It just appeared in my territory a week ago, and now, as you can see, it has become my collection."

Lynn specially brought Leon to see these precious collections, both to show his sincerity and to show off his strength.

Sincerity is the basis of cooperation, and strength is the prerequisite for cooperation.

In the North, if you lack strength but still want help from powerful allies, the chances are that you will be eaten up by your allies.

For example, Yagna made sure Lin En had a very satisfying meal these days.

"Look at this majestic demon bear skeleton. Oh, my God, it won't be long before I address you as Lord Earl!"

Leon was very savvy and he knew exactly what the skeleton revealed.

In the past, he thought that Lin En was forced to come to the north to make a living because he could no longer make a living in the south of the kingdom. At best, he was just a powerful horse bandit leader.

He sold Roman's whereabouts to Lynn, which was somewhat meant to test his strength.

If Lynn can eat up Roman's gang, Leon will raise his rating.

But now, Lynn brought a huge surprise that far exceeded Leon's imagination.

Not only did Lynn kill Roman and seize the White Bear Territory, he even hunted down an extremely rare giant demon bear shortly after arriving in the territory.

Leon believed that with Lin En's strength and ambition, he would never be limited to this small White Bear Territory. Dominating the White River Basin was a foreseeable future.

(This book basically uses the price and currency conversion of medieval England, that is, 1 gold coin equals 20 silver coins, and 1 silver coin equals 12 copper coins. This is mainly because the prices in medieval England can be found in written records and are relatively easy to calculate.)
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