Although Boden and James were both official knights, they didn’t dare to resist in front of Richard and his five men. Are you kidding? How could they fight five official knights?
And seeing how strong their auras were, the two of them felt bitter. Not to mention five, even if any one of them came out, the two of them together would not be the opponent!
Losing your life for a few silver coins is really not worth it!
There is a difference between knights and knights.
The breathing method they practiced for wild knights is the version commonly used on the continent, and has long lost the characteristics of resonating with blood.
Even if they barely breed a seed of life, it is not much stronger.
This is why James bred a seed of life on the ship, but Martins and others didn’t notice it.
The aura was too weak, and it didn’t even wake up the people sleeping at night.
If it were Richard’s men, any breakthrough would not be so silent.
After all, even if Charles and his men were downtrodden nobles, they were downtrodden nobles who were qualified to be selected by the Duke.
The resonance of blood and family breathing method is the most basic foundation!
This is the essential difference between regular troops and bandits.
Richard rode his horse to Borden’s front, tapped his face with the blade of his sword, and said in a cold and ruthless tone:
“I heard that you have some ideas about my Changying Territory?”
Feeling the coldness of the Eight-sided Han Sword, Boden did not dare to move at all, and his whole body froze:
“No! I dare not, I dare not!”
“I still like your unruly look before, why don’t you… recover a little?”Richard asked casually.
Boden was so scared that he kowtowed frantically on the deck. He didn’t care even though his shoulder was cut by the”053” blade of the Eight-sided Han Sword because of his quick movements.
“Sir, please spare my life. I know I was wrong! Sir, please spare my life, please spare my life!” He kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Richard snorted and said:
“If you still want to live, get off the boat and kowtow by the river until I allow you to go!”
“And you!” Richard glanced at Jens.
Jens had a bitter look on his face. He hadn’t said anything before, but he didn’t dare to refute. He jumped off the boat with Boden, splashed in the river, and swam to the shore.
Martins was completely desperate when he saw that the mercenaries he hired at a high price surrendered so neatly. If he had known this would happen, he might as well use the money he paid to find a few lovers to play with!
Seeing Richard’s eyes turned to him, Martins said bitterly:
“”My Lord Viscount! I have brought the goods you want!”
When he said this, he himself did not believe that the other party would still do business with him.
This time, even if he saved his life, he would be beaten to a pulp when he returned.
The Heim caravan is completely finished this time!
Martins was so scared that his legs were trembling, and he imagined what would happen next. He didn’t know how Richard would deal with him after he stole his goods.
Richard, who saw this scene, knew that his show of power was successful.
However, he glanced at the two people who were kneeling and kowtowing by the river, dripping all over, and decided to give this idiot a lesson.
“I asked you to bring the goods, but I didn’t tell you to bring two knights with you? What? Are they also slaves sent this time?”
“No, they… they are mercenaries!” Martins lowered his head and said carefully
“So, you really intend to rely on them to destroy my Viscountry? You are quite courageous!”
“Lord Viscount is very insightful! I would never dare to have such an idea! I really brought the goods.……”He swallowed and continued,”I came here sincerely for the deal!”
After a pause, he quickly added:
“As for them, they are just concerned about safety on the road, as they are worried that thieves will steal the goods we deliver to you!”
“So, how much goods did you bring?” Richard finally asked.
Hearing this, Martin breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly:
“I brought 500 slaves with me, all of whom were imprisoned in the cabin! There were also nearly 30,000 kilograms of food and 10,000 kilograms of iron ore!
Lord, please forgive me, this is the goods I have collected with all my strength, especially the mad ones, which are difficult to purchase. If I didn’t have some connections, I would have been……”
“This amount of supplies is too little!”
At this point, Richard frowned slightly and stretched out his hand to interrupt his explanation.
“If you want to make a lot of money, you have to have the ability to make it. This time, you let me down a little bit!”
Martins was so scared that he knelt on the ground.
“”My Lord, I will definitely bring you more supplies next time. Please give me another chance!” What he is most worried about now is that Richard thinks it is too little and does not want his goods. Then even if he goes back, he will not be able to deal with these things for a while. Not to mention the round-trip freight, nor the rental of this ship.
Just the storage of these things is a consumption.
Food needs to be rented in a warehouse and guarded by people.
Iron ore needs a place to be stored.
The most troublesome thing is these slaves. Feeding this group of people consumes food every day.
If someone gets sick and dies again, it will be an even greater loss.
In addition to these, the interest on the materials he borrowed is also a large amount of money, which is simply despair for him. In other words, if Richard does not accept the materials this time, even if he goes back, he will not be able to make the next transaction for Richard.
The only way out is to send this business opportunity and let the other party solve his losses this time.
But by then, this trade route will no longer have anything to do with him.
Even if all the caravans in the world can take this trade route, their Heim caravan dare not take it.
After all, it is a breach of trust and offending Richard.
“Give you another chance? Not impossible! Then let’s talk about this deal!” Richard said calmly.
Martins was stunned when he heard this, as if he had ascended from hell to heaven in an instant!
Not only did he not intend to take it away by force, but he even wanted to make a deal?
“What? You don’t want to trade?” Richard looked at the stunned Martins and asked
“I want to! I want to so much!” Martins said excitedly,”Thank you for your tolerance and compassion, my Lord. Thank you so much!”
Richard sheathed his sword and said:
“However, I don’t plan to trade with you for extraordinary materials this time!”
Martin’s heart skipped a beat, but he didn’t dare to say anything. His heart was so fluctuating that he was numb.
Excessive emotional fluctuations would only make him scared to death like a cat.
Therefore, the self-protection mechanism of living things forced him to become mentally numb, indifferent, and wise in this situation…
To put it bluntly, just start!
Whatever you want!
At this time, Richard threw a small bag to him. Martins opened it and saw some white particles inside. He had some guesses in his mind, but he couldn’t believe it.
“How about this trade?” Richard said.
Martins looked at Richard, then looked down at the small bag of salt in his hand, and asked in a hoarse voice:
“Can I have a taste?”
Richard nodded, motioning him to help himself.
Is it salt?
Martins was a little bit unbelievable. He had been calm as a sage before, but his heart began to beat again.
There was no way. If it was really salt, he might make a fortune this time.
In this era, salt is not something that everyone can get easily.
Especially such good salt!
Most of the lower-class people can only eat the salty brine from the well as a supplement for the salt in their bodies.
Many people have never seen real salt even if they have lived their whole lives. (To read the violent novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)
Even the salt circulating on the market is a Some large pieces of slightly yellow salt need to be cracked open in advance and crushed with a mortar when eaten.
This is what Martins eats at home.
He stretched out his fingers, carefully pinched a little bit out, and put it on the tip of his tongue.
The salty and fresh feeling instantly stimulated the entire taste buds, and Martins’ eyes widened for a moment!
It’s really salt! []
If he hadn’t accidentally seen this kind of white salt in a noble’s house one time, he would not have recognized it at all now.
And this one in front of him is obviously much better than what he has seen before.
In terms of taste, it is something he can’t imagine in his life!
But he can guarantee that this is definitely very high-quality salt!
“This is salt!” Martins asked in disbelief,”Are you really going to trade this with me?”
Richard nodded, then showed a little disappointment:
“That’s right! I don’t have much salt, but the salt I originally prepared should be enough to buy the amount of goods I expected. It’s just that the goods you brought this time are indeed a bit less!”
Martin immediately looked ashamed:
“Lord Viscount, rest assured, as long as this transaction is successful, I will definitely get more supplies next time!
In the future, supplies will also be provided to you continuously!”
Richard smiled faintly, without comment, and said casually:
“Let’s talk about price!”
“Yes, yes, yes!” Martins hesitated for a while, and finally said,”According to the price of my goods, one slave is equivalent to 35 kilograms of grain, or ten kilograms of iron ore.
Your salt is of good quality. I am willing to exchange one slave for two and a half kilograms of your salt! What do you think?”
Due to Richard’s previous show of power and various threats, Martins was very humble at this time and did not dare to offer too high a price………..
Richard was a little surprised. He originally planned to exchange five kilograms of salt for a slave, and he felt that his psychological price was a bit high.
After all, although he had some understanding of the prices in this world, he still underestimated the price of the salt in his hand.
And his mind was also somewhat affected by the price situation in the previous life. Two kilograms of salt would only cost four or five yuan in the future.
Thirty-five kilograms of grain would also cost dozens of yuan.
As for iron ore, it was not so valuable in the future. After all, ten kilograms of iron ore would not have much iron after being refined.
However, due to different social backgrounds, the steel brought by iron ore, made into equipment, brought conquest and land, and unlimited wealth.
Moreover, steel can be used repeatedly, and can be recast if it is broken, so its value is higher.
And grain, it is gone after it is eaten.
As for slaves, although Richard looked down on the people of this continent, people are people after all, and subconsciously, he also regards them as a life.
But now Martins actually directly offered two and a half kilograms of salt in exchange for a slave, and Richard couldn’t help but be a little surprised.
Of course, not showing emotions on one’s face is one of the most basic qualities of a person in power.
After a moment of silence, Richard said:
“It’s a bit too expensive!”
He turned around and pointed to the 40,000 acres of wheat fields in the distance:
“I have no shortage of food here. As for buying your food, it is only for feeding livestock. You asked me to exchange two and a half kilograms of refined salt for your 35 kilograms of food. Do you think I can be fooled?”
“As for slaves, such worthless idiots can’t be exchanged for my two and a half catties!”
Richard complained in his heart, what two and a half catties? Isn’t this the chicken feet of Martins, the little black guy?
Martins heard Richard’s rebuttal and felt bitter.
The price he gave was not too low. If it was slightly lowered, he could accept it. But what he was most worried about was whether Richard would want to exchange one catty of salt for two slaves, then he would really have no profit.
But after gritting his teeth, he still said:
“I wonder what the price is in the Viscount’s mind?”
Richard said:
“Two kilograms of salt for one slave, the amount of grain will increase to 40 kilograms, and as for iron ore, it will be 10 kilograms as you said!”
Hearing this, Martins felt relieved:
“Since the Lord has said so, then we will follow the Lord’s price! The Heim Caravan is willing to serve the Lord!”
He did not dare to say that he did not make money, after all, Richard would know the price of this salt in the market sooner or later. He just said it in a different way, saying that his caravan was serving Richard, which gave people the subtext that I did not make money, but I did not say that I did not make money.
In this way, he not only pleased Richard, but also avoided Richard 0.9 from causing trouble for him because of the price in the future.
After the price was agreed, Richard asked them to dock the big ship and prepare for the formal transaction.
“Ali, send someone to the warehouse to pull the salt out, and by the way, take our supplies back in a horse-drawn carriage!”
“Yes!”
Ali immediately arranged for someone to do the work.
Richard looked aside again:
“Hinton, go call the witch doctor and have him examine the slaves I bought! Those with physical problems are rejected!”
“”Yes, sir!”
After the two left, the ship began to get busy.
Martins asked his caravan members to start moving the goods.
He didn’t dare to use the slaves, fearing that Richard would say that he used Richard’s people.
However, the twenty or so mercenaries seemed to want to show off to Richard, and they also joined the ranks of moving things.
Everyone piled up the supplies on the flat ground on the shore.
It was convenient for Richard’s people to load the truck later.
After several hours of transportation, all the goods were traded.
Thirty thousand kilograms of grain were exchanged for fifteen hundred kilograms of refined salt.
Ten thousand kilograms of iron ore were exchanged for one thousand kilograms of refined salt.
Five hundred slaves were exchanged for one thousand kilograms of refined salt.
Richard paid a total of three thousand five hundred kilograms of refined salt to obtain these supplies.
Then, Richard whipped Boden and James, who were still kneeling on the ground:
“Why don’t you leave? Are you trying to eat my food?”
When the two heard this, they immediately felt as if they had been pardoned. They quickly rolled up from the ground and thanked Richard profusely.
“Martins! Bring more slaves and iron ore next time!” Richard shouted to the ship.
“Don’t worry, Viscount, I will do it!”
The ship had already weighed anchor, and Martins could not get off the ship, so he saluted respectfully on the ship.
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