Lord of the Oasis

For Kant, a gnoll captive worth 30 dinars per person is the fastest way for him to obtain dinars, because as long as he wants, there are countless gnoll tribes in the Naron Desert or the Sanwaya Mountains. waiting for him to come.

This is also the reason why he has never worried about the lack of dinars since he discovered that gnolls can be sold as captives.

"It's my honor to be able to solve your troubles for you."

With a smile on his face, the caravan leader bowed his head and complimented.

Gnoll captives are the most popular commodity in the Kingdom of Vikia, and are deeply loved by the snow mine owners. Although they eat a lot, most of them seem to be honest and hardworking. One Gnoll can outshine five normal human miners. .

This is quite an excellent value for money.

So he entrusted the peasants who were servants in the Consultative Hall to help call a certain escort of his caravan.

Soon, the door of the Consulate was opened.

Wearing a linen robe, a very capable, yet young man walked in.

In front of the table, he respectfully bent over and stroked his chest, and said with a very solemn etiquette: "Good afternoon, the great Lord Kant, Mr. Manid, Uncle Jocelyn."

"Hello." Kant and Manid nodded in response.

However, Kant also laughed lightly and said with a little self-deprecation: "But I only now know that your name is Jocelyn." He looked at the leader of the caravan, and his tone was a little helpless: "I always like to call you the leader of the caravan. ."

"It's really my profession, and I love it," Jocelyn replied with a smile.

His answer was clever and did not embarrass Kant.

After all, he knew so much about Qi and Chopping in his previous life that Kant directly liked to use game and professional terms to call Jocelyn, and he also attributed the caravan leader to others.

That's right, the current caravan leader is indeed the only Jocelyn.

"so."

Jocelyn asked the young man he admired most: "You can count the number of prisoners, and by the way, feed these new prisoners some food and water. When there are 500 people, I will let you personally lead the team back to Zhivadin."

"You won't be disappointed, Uncle Jocelyn." The young man was instantly delighted.

"Come on." Jocelyn waved.

"Yes." The young guard immediately bowed and saluted respectfully, and then turned to leave. Seeing his beaming appearance, he knew that he was very enthusiastic about being able to lead the team back to Zivadin in person.

"Your nephew?"

When he left, Manid smiled and said, "Looks a little young."

"Yeah, I'm 17 years old, and I'm still so easily excited." The caravan leader nodded helplessly, he naturally heard the meaning of Manid's painting, and sighed: "This time let him try it, at least it comes from a miracle. The local caravan has the reputation of Lord Kant, and there is no robber gang on Calradia who dares to rob, so let him be a test."

"It's always good for young people to exercise more." Kant nodded.

Although his own age is only 16 years old, but the two lifetimes are human, and the combined years of his life are already over 40 years old.

"I think so too." Joyce nodded and sighed softly with some emotion: "He is the son of my former comrade-in-arms, but my comrade-in-arms died in the war with the Kugits. Before he died, I hoped that I would Help to look after his son, but it's not bad, he is proficient in horsemanship and swordsmanship, and he has inherited his father's bravery."

"A brave father must have no cowardly son." Kant nodded comfortably.

The atmosphere in the executive hall was a little dignified.

Manid obviously noticed that and turned the topic to business.

As the best young generation of the Nord merchant family, his ability to control the field during conversations is absolutely no problem.

The atmosphere is restored.

Soon, the young man came back.

Still bowing respectfully, he reported to Kant and Jocelyn Hui: "This time there are 322 gnolls captured, and they were purchased at a price of 30 dinars each, with a total value of 9,660 dinars."

"Nearly 10,000 dinars?" Kant raised his brows a little. Although he was prepared, he was still shocked.

This time, he went to the salt mine to hunt down the slaughtering gnolls. Although there were mostly a small number of them, there were also thousands of them in total.

Thinking about it now, it was a gnoll where he killed himself.

It was clearly worth 30,000 to 40,000 dinars, and it became worthless after slaughtering it casually and throwing it into the desert!

Shaking his head slightly, Kant's heart swept across the gnolls in the Sanwaya Mountains, and he couldn't help but licked the corner of his mouth: "It seems that in the future, a special slave hunting team will be set up."

Manid nodded in agreement: "It's a good idea."

"Yeah." Kant frowned, this idea may really be implemented.

You must know that the current sentry oasis is quite barren, and the commodity that can be mass-produced is probably only salt.

But although salt is a valuable material, Kant is also clear about its rules and constraints.

The system does not accept materials produced in this world at all. In the end, these salts can only be traded with merchants in this world, and can be converted into silver coins at most, becoming the capital for Kant to quickly establish a business circle with the sentry oasis as his heart.

According to the ideas of Kant and Manid, the most is to wait for the economic development of the world to be sufficient, and use silver coins to start purchasing gold that can be exchanged for dinars, but this is not only troublesome, but also easy to make the already perfect financial industry turbulent, and then The impact on the business circle established by Kant in this world can be quite significant.

Business is measured.

The large-scale exchange of silver coins for gold will eventually only lead to an increase in the price of gold.

The rise of gold will affect other business activities, such as economic exchanges between countries, large-scale commercial transactions, and then destroy the entire chain of business structures from top to bottom.

In the ancient times without the concept of business, the collapse of the business structure chain could have serious consequences.

"Manid, remember this slave team's plan."

Kant turned his head, looked at his most trusted Nord business genius and said, "Maybe we should also discuss with Fatis at night. I think this plan is feasible."

"I agree." Manid nodded.

At this time, Jocelyn, the caravan leader, had also counted the number of prisoners and the dinars to be paid.

After pondering slightly, he turned his head and reported to Kanthui: "Lord Kant, you have captured 442 gnolls so far. If you can capture 58 more gnolls, then King Yarogerk's entrustment will be completed."

"There are still 58 people?" Kant nodded, frowning slightly: "It's very simple."

The special task arranged by King Yarogerk of Vicia, the final reward is 5 points of honor.

Kant coveted it quite a bit.

The 5 points of honor represented 5 chances to draw a lottery, and he would never let it go.

Kant tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, and Kant said solemnly: "Come here, send orders to Fatis, and lead the Swadia heavy cavalry to patrol around the oasis, and win more captive gnolls to come back."

"As ordered."

The door was standing guard, and the Swadian infantry who acted as guards answered immediately.

Since they are guards, they are also messengers.

Pushing open the heavy wooden door and walking outside, Kant's order was conveyed and implemented.

Just behind the sand dunes not far from the sentry oasis, there are a large number of gnolls lurking. Although some of them have been expelled and chased before, there are still residual leaks. These are the targets that Kant arranged to capture.

Although the Swadian heavy cavalry fought deep into the desert, they were not as effective as the Sarandian riders.

But at close range, these land tanks are still very effective.

What's more, it will not take too long to complete the task. Perhaps at dinner tonight, they will be able to capture a large number of gnolls, as long as they use horse hooves to smash many stubborn gnoll enemies, The other gnolls, already starving, will definitely choose to surrender, it's really simple.

Kant pondered slightly.

On his retina, the current deposit balance is realistic.

【Deposit: 15614 Dinars】

The upgrade cost of desert robbers and the cost of building aqueducts have all been taken into account.

But selling the gnoll captives twice, plus the previous balance, still made Kant's deposit soar to nearly 10,000. Basically, this month's fortress construction and troop expenses have been secured.

"Sir, we're going out for now."

Joyce, the caravan leader, bowed and left the Consulate with his nephew.

The caravan that is being deployed in the grocery store still has important things to deal with, especially with so many prisoners, Joyce can't worry about letting his subordinates do it.

"Okay." Kant nodded to indicate that he knew.

Only he and Manid were left in the Consulate.

Frowning slightly, Kant raised his head and arranged to Manid next to him: "In this case, you will arrange some farmers and peasant women tonight to boil the white salt as soon as possible, and you can set off tomorrow morning."

"Understood." Manid nodded.

"There is also a post station." Kant frowned slightly and said to Manid: "Bring 7 Swadian light infantry and 10 desert robbers to station there, and if the Stone Pass side wants to open a trade route, tell them. , our trading post is that, if we continue to go deeper, it is the exclusive property of the baron, and it is a private territory that is not open to the outside world.”

"Understood." Manid still nodded, these are the plans they have negotiated.

Kant was still a little worried when he knocked on the table.

He raised his head and said to Manid: "Put more charcoal when cooking salt to absorb those impurities. I don't want my salt to be full of bitterness, except for those serfs who have never eaten salt like it, but the nobles hate it. joke."

"Please rest assured." Manid solemnly assured: "This will not happen."

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