Rebirth of the Viking King

Chapter 508 27 The demands of the bachelors

Sand Lake Hotel, 2 hours later.

"So, do you understand our purpose?"

As night falls, the spacious suites are brightly lit. Mergwen stood in the center, with more than 20 figures standing or sitting around her. They were arranged in a huge semicircle.

Everyone was staring at the girl holding a ruler in her hand and a map on the wall.

It is also a topographic map of the Northern Continent. This map drawn by Byzantine scholars is much more detailed and larger than the one in Old Hash's hand.

There was a brief silence in the living room of the suite.

In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, Old Harsh was the first to stand up from the sofa.

"Brothers, Miss Mergwin's Persian is not very authentic, why not let the old man translate it for you again, haha."

With an awkward smile, he stepped forward and pointed to a jackal's head in the middle of the black desert.

"The place the bachelors need to go is the Temple of Anubis, and then they need to find a Styx priest to lead them to the 'City of the Dead' Thebes."

"If you adults don't have personal safety concerns, this matter is actually not difficult to handle!"

Old Harsh could see that this "Mergwin Waldorf" was not a passionate idiot. She had already conducted sufficient research before entering Beidalu.

The trade that lasted for nearly hundreds of years made the "free people" living in the desert also need to rely on the goods in the hands of traveling traders. If they are lucky on this trip, it will not be difficult for them to enter the village that houses several temples.

But it is not easy to enter Thebes, the city of the dead.

Of course, "not easy" is only a relative term.

No one can resist the corruption brought about by constant "trade practices". After all, the Black Desert is a barren land with few supplies.

Once, they ate the salty meat of desert creatures every day. After digging three feet into the ground, we could only dig out drinking water with a strong bitter and salty taste.

But now, traders continue to flow throughout the year, bringing in vast quantities of goods.

Even if they live in the middle of the Black Desert, free people can still enjoy fragrant tea, rich cheese, and delicious meat marinated in various spices.

If they meet merchants who are rushing on their way, they can even eat sweet and juicy fruits.

This is just one aspect of "eating".

"Wearing" is even more important.

Silk from the Eastern Continent has become a daily necessity for the free people. This thin, smoke-like fabric is very suitable for them to protect them from the scorching sun in the hot desert.

In this era, even the unique "Styx Sacrifice" cannot be completely separated from the various products sold by merchants.

All people have a price.

As long as the price is comparable, they will do anything for you.

"It is difficult to meet the Styx priests and let them lead the way into the 'City of the Dead' Thebes, but it is not impossible to complete."

"Three years ago, the wealthy Byzantine businessman from Sicily, the traveler Pompeii Pittos, nicknamed the 'Sicilian Mute Cow', once entrusted a caravan brother on the road to try to take him into Thebes. "Last lap."

"This guy only used 3 female slaves to complete this commission."

As soon as he said this, Loki, who was sitting next to Old Harsh, immediately realized the meaning of his words.

Freedmen are a group of people living in an isolated place. The relics of the medieval Egyptian nobles can allow them to have capital in exchange for food and daily necessities, but they still have a huge problem that cannot be solved -

——Intermarriage!

Although there are a total of 5 villages in the desert, the total number of people in the 5 villages will not exceed 30,000.

Under such circumstances, even if villages intermarry with each other, a large number of cases of consanguineous unions will inevitably occur decades later.

The health of residents will be very seriously affected.

In this case, they need traveling traders to bring outside women into the desert to complete reproduction and give birth to healthy offspring. A female slave who is physically and mentally healthy is a valuable asset that all free people will not refuse. It can be called the absolute hard currency in the Black Desert.

"Three female slaves have done it before. This time we bring 10 people with us. I believe we will be able to complete the task perfectly!"

"Just buy 10 female slaves from the group of Visigoth human traffickers in the city. Even if he doesn't have so many survivors, if it doesn't work, he can pull out a few more prostitutes from the brothel of 'Bald' Richard.

With all your money spent, the price should not exceed 500 dinars. "

Mohammed Harsh, the veteran, knows everything about Memphis. At this time, the logo of the Royal Academy of Sciences has been engraved on his more than 100 trucks of goods.

No matter what, he had to negotiate this business. He had to get these bachelors to join his cavalry so that he could get out of the city safely.

"Oh, that's it." Mergwen's face turned red slightly.

"only"

The bachelors who study literature all day long and live and eat in the city are a group of simple people. They are clear-minded when it comes to academics, but when traveling in the world, they can't hide things in their hearts.

Two sentences, only five words uttered, Old Hash immediately became keenly aware of the difficulty of the girl in front of him.

"Haha, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. All the expenses incurred by the bachelors during the trip will be paid by Old Hash in advance! This also saves us from always asking for money, which delays the work of the bachelors."

With just one sentence, Harsh eased the girl's embarrassment.

This old guy has been dealing with the "Waldorf" family for more than a day or two. As a well-known business family in Constantinople, "Waldorf Trading Company" has even changed its name to "Waldorf Trading Company" in recent years.

This huge family has sailed merchant ships to all corners of the world and conducted a large amount of trade activities every day.

After returning to Constantinople, don't mention 500 gold coins.

As long as Miss Mergwen can be brought back safely and happily, 50,000 gold coins is not a huge expense for this family.

"Miss, please don't worry about these trivial matters. The patriarch entrusted you to the old man's hands for peace of mind. I also watched you grow up, don't worry."

"The old man will definitely let you complete all the tasks, and then send you back to the school safely!"

It is extremely rare that 2 out of 8 of the polite words spoken by businessmen are true. Mergwin thought carefully for a long time but could not remember on what occasion he had seen this old Arab man.

Although her memory was blank, it did not prevent her from developing a good impression of this "simple" businessman.

Seeing that the night was getting dark, Harsh lightly snapped his fingers.

The subordinates waiting at the door immediately brought in two large boxes filled with tea, cheese, dried meat, butter biscuits and other food.

This familiar scene made Loki involuntarily recall the warm spring day 15 years ago when he first saw the Viking princess Mellantin O'Sullivan.

Emma Waldorf was about to go to sea with him, and Runhe Lanting also prepared several wooden boxes of food and daily necessities for her.

Many human behaviors have not changed over time.

From the Middle Ages to the 21st century, for large families, even if their clansmen walk out of the house with empty hands, there will still be a large group of loyal ministers and generals with smiling faces devoting everything to them.

"We will complete all the supply work before entering the desert throughout the whole day tomorrow."

"Everyone, bachelors, have a good rest. The old man will take his leave first."

Backing up slowly step by step, Harsh was the last to leave the room and closed the door to the suite while bowing.