The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

In troubled times, what kind of business is best to do is the most profitable.

There are many answers to this question. Some people will say food, because a bite is far more important than money in troubled times. Some people will say weapons, because if you want to survive in troubled times, you must have weapons in your hands.

But for Roger Hare, human trafficking is the best business to do in troubled times, and it is also the most profitable business, because compared with paying, the final benefits are extremely huge, and there is no need to make any sacrifices.

Refugees caught in the flames of war can do almost anything to survive. He doesn’t need to do it himself, someone will automatically bring the goods for him to choose, and some are even relatives of the goods, because in the eyes of relatives, those who have been trafficked People at least have a stutter and can survive. It's just that Roger Hare is very clear that when those goods really know their fate, they may be more willing to die immediately.

Roger Hare was not from Miria City, he was not even from Velen, he was apparently the captain of a trading chamber in the Kingdom of Sigmar, but in fact he was a slave smuggler who traveled across three continents.

Under normal circumstances, he would recruit people, go to the Mozambique continent, enter the boundless wilderness and forest, capture the primitive people living there, and sell them to other civilized countries.

But once a war breaks out somewhere, he, like those arms dealers and food smugglers, will turn into hyenas who see their prey, and rush towards the place where the war took place, eating the leftovers that the victors didn't want.

After the news of the war broke out in Miria City, other slave traders were still watching the situation, but Dingo Roger believed that this was a good opportunity to make a fortune based on his years of experience, so he managed to find four large ships and brought all the troops. , sailed to the port of Leon, and entered the city of Miria through the river.

When he entered the city of Miria, the battle had not yet completely ended, but through the information provided by some well-informed people, he already knew what the result would be, so he boldly seized the territory with his own troops and abundant supplies, and on the surface Like other gangsters, he is in the business of buying things from scavengers, but secretly he is doing the most profitable human trading.

For Roger Hare, the refugees in Miria City are the best quality slaves, and each of them can be sold for a very good price, because the level of civilization in Miria City is very high, and almost everyone can read and count. , Such talents are sold to some remote places in the Mozambique mainland, and they are definitely very popular.

However, the headache for Hare Roger is the problem of time. If it is really shipped to other continents, the time required will definitely cause him to lose a lot of opportunities to make money. If it is not shipped to other continents, it may only be sold in Velen It will cause no small trouble. Because no one knows whether there are people with hidden backgrounds among the slaves sold. After all, Miria City was the center of the world at the beginning, and the people living here have some backgrounds. , I am afraid there will be fatal danger.

Fortunately, Roger Hare is not a person without roots. He quickly thought of a huge force capable of swallowing these goods. Although the benefits of trading with this force will be much less, the sufficient amount is enough to make up for the loss. Benefit.

In this way, Roger Hare began to trade people with that huge force. Just this morning, he just delivered a batch of goods to the carriage and handed them over to an imperial army responsible for receiving them, and got the goods from that officer. The fee for a transaction.

However, although he got a lot of rewards this time, even far exceeding the price of the goods this time, it can be said that he made a lot of money, but Roger Hare was not happy, but rather worried, until he returned to his own The serious expression on his face still hasn't eased.

After ordering his subordinates to strengthen the guards, Roger Hare locked himself in the attic, carefully took out a special account book from a hidden compartment, and recorded every transaction with that huge force. Take careful notes on this.

The reason why Roger has the title of hare is that he is very cautious and careful, and he will detect any disturbance and escape from danger. This is also an innate talent of his. It is precisely because of this character that he had the idea of ​​self-protection when he started his first transaction with that huge force a long time ago, and he wrote down this account book.

In his opinion, this account book is his own amulet, because he knows very well what kind of disasters will be caused if the population transaction between himself and that huge force is exposed, so he must have something that can protect himself. When necessary, he will Use this ledger to exchange some people for their own chances of survival.

After recording the transaction information, Roger Hare did not put the ledger back into the hidden compartment and hide it as usual, but hesitated and kept it close to him, because he felt that the time for him to use this life-saving hole card might be coming soon. coming.

He thinks this way mainly because the recent changes in the transaction with that huge force have shown some unusual things. At first, only twenty goods were traded every ten days. This kind of transaction is normal, but recently, the transaction volume has The number of times is increasing, and today's transaction has grown to 120 people in ten days. Even this is not enough to meet the needs of that huge force. The other side has already increased the transaction date to five days, and the number of people has also increased to two hundred.

Hare Roger knows very well that he is not the only one who is secretly engaged in human trafficking in Miria City, and she is not the only slave trader who trades with that huge force, so the request to increase the transaction volume is definitely not only sent to him alone. .

Therefore, he judged that the huge force would consume at least a thousand people every five days.

If it was during the war, the consumption of these thousand people would definitely not be large, it would only be a fraction of the number of casualties every day, and it would not attract anyone's attention, but now this is not during the war, such a large-scale population reduction, It will inevitably attract the attention of some forces, and a slave trader like him will definitely be targeted immediately.

This made Roger Hare feel the danger, and he was also afraid, because he knew very well that once the things done by that huge force were discovered, all those who had anything to do with it would be doomed.

Although that huge force tried its best to hide their ultimate purpose of buying a large number of slaves, Roger Hare, who has always been careful, has already found some clues and some secrets that he should not know through some means, and because of this, he Only then can we find something wrong in this change in trading volume.

"It's time, it's time to stop." Hare Roger murmured to himself following the decision in his heart after putting away the ledger.

At this moment, what Roger Hare thinks about is not just leaving the city of Miria and ending the slave trade here, but also planning to stop and retire, and use the wealth he accumulated to buy an identity in a small country in the southern Mozambique continent, and live a happy life. The life of the rich in incognito.

Hare Roger, who made the decision, made a very decisive decision to leave tonight. As for the subordinates here, he did not intend to inform them. Instead, he would hand over the next business to a few subordinates for the time being, and let these subordinates serve as bait to attract the attention of those who are interested. The power is transferred to those people, and he can take the opportunity to stay away from here.

In order to prevent his subordinates from seeing any clues, Roger Hare went outside as usual and handed over the rewards for this transaction to the captains of each team, and then ordered them to do it in the next few days matter.

"I'm going to leave for a few days. If you have something to do, you guys can discuss it and decide on your own, provided that it doesn't affect the business." After giving instructions on what to do, Roger Hare said suddenly.

Those subordinates didn't have any doubts about Roger Hare's words, but asked in a normal and subtle way: "Where are you going? What if someone comes over there?"

"I should be back before then." Hare Roger said seriously: "But in case I don't make it back, you will be responsible for the delivery yourself, and the rest of the payment will be sent to you except for your own salary." Go to the black market, don’t break the line of the black market, besides the human population, the food business is also very profitable in Miria City, since we have the opportunity to make this money, we naturally can’t let it go.”

"My lord, we know how to do it." When they heard that the money for the goods would be handed over to them for use, the captains of the slave hunting team and the guards didn't think about anything else. Safely send it to your private vault.

The expressions of these captains fell into Roger Hare's eyes, and he didn't say anything, because this was also the result he hoped to see, and only in this way could these people maintain the illusion that he was still there after he was gone, Continue to do business with that huge force, use it as bait, and give him more time to leave.

After continuing to pretentiously order trivial matters, Roger the Hare went back to the room to take some belongings, which made his subordinates suspicious. He didn't take some valuable items in the room, and he didn't even move the cash in the safe. Just taking a stack of cash checks issued by the National Bank of the Kingdom of England, he led a few of his men and walked towards the pier in Yushi District, preparing to leave on a black market smuggling boat.

The urban area that Roger Hare is in charge of is located in a relatively remote place in Miria City, close to the Imperial Army barracks, and some distance from the Fish City District. If you walk straight, you must pass through several gang-controlled urban areas.

Although he had a good relationship with the surrounding gangsters before, even if there were conflicts, they were only minor conflicts, not a big deal, but in order to avoid the appearance of others, he still chose a road through the ruined city very conservatively, avoiding The power of gangsters.

At the beginning, the road was smooth. Although they encountered some coveted scavengers on the way, because they were fully armed, they knew that they were not easy to deal with at a glance, so those scavengers only followed for a certain distance, thinking that there was nothing wrong with them. The opportunity passed quickly.

However, when Hare Roger passed through the third ruined urban area, he felt something was wrong, because according to his understanding, standing on a high place in the current urban area should be able to overlook the buildings in the fish city area. , but now he stood on the high ground and looked around, only to find that the surroundings were still ruins except for the ruins.

"Something is wrong, everyone be careful!" After walking down from the top of the ruins of a high-rise building, Roger Hare ordered to his subordinates very seriously.

The subordinates brought by Roger Hare are all his most trusted people. These subordinates have also experienced many things with Roger Hare, and they know that Roger Hare has an unusual intuition for danger, so when they heard Roger After the warning, they all raised their spirits, took out their weapons, and continued to move forward while being cautious.

After a while, even if Roger Hare didn't speak, his subordinates felt that something was wrong, because a few of them recognized the road they were walking on before, and even found that they Some traces left on purpose, that is to say, they have been circling in an area since just now.

"Wizard?" Roger Hare, who was experienced in dealing with things, quickly connected the situation in front of him with some people in his memory.

Different from ordinary people, Hare Roger has dealt with wizards in the wizarding hall more than once due to business reasons, and even participated in a special underground market by a certain wizard, and saw many magical things. Let him understand that some things in myths and legends are real.

The situation they are facing now is somewhat similar to the situation encountered by Hare Roger when he participated in the underground market. The wizards in the wizarding hall hide the underground market with witchcraft, unless they have an invitation letter, or as someone The entourage of the wizard, otherwise the intruder will be trapped in place without moving if he rushes into the range of witchcraft.

He once saw with his own eyes a passerby who accidentally passed by the outside of the market, was trapped in the witchcraft, and kept walking in place all the time. Even if he ran quickly because of anxiety, he still didn't take a step out.

After making a guess, Roger Hare immediately recalled his past experiences in his mind, to see if he had offended a powerful wizard without knowing it. But no matter how he recalled, there was still no clue. The few wizards he knew were all enshrined by him as gods. He did everything the wizards ordered properly, and it was impossible to offend these mysterious people. By.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Roger Hare suddenly thought of a recent incident. Although he did not directly participate in that incident, he at least provided some extra help for that incident. Word came that the incident seemed to involve a very well-known wizard in the Underworld.

"Could it be him?" Thinking of this, Roger Hare couldn't help but exclaimed in his heart, just to prevent the subordinates around him from seeing any clues, he tried his best to hide his emotions, and then said in a deep voice: "It's okay to just stay like this." There is no way, we try to disperse and see if we can get out of here, and in addition, no matter who goes out, they must go back to the station as soon as possible and call someone to pick them up."

Those subordinates couldn't think of a better way, so they could only follow Roger Hare's suggestion, each looking for a direction, and scattered out.

At the moment when the figures of these subordinates disappeared into the ruins, Roger Hare quickly took out an amulet-like object from his arms, broke it off, and waited for the expected thing to happen.