Mercenaries and Adventurers

The horse's hooves moved rapidly, causing the ground to vibrate slightly.

The thunder-like sound gradually sounded on the commercial road on the west side of the town, which attracted the attention of many debtors who were still working in the fields.

I had worked for a day, and I was mentally bored with the work. At this moment, aroused by this abnormal noise, many debtors, men and women, stopped the farm tools in their hands, straightened their waists that had been bent all day, and passed the sound to the sound curiously. Look in the direction you came from.

Many people stopped their work, but they were not directly whipped by the caretaker, because these same humble guys who were sitting on the chairs on the field ridge also put down the whips in their hands one after another. Like the debtors in the field, they looked in the direction of the commercial road not far away.

"oh-"

People gasped in surprise, because what appeared in their eyes was a silver-gray war horse galloping at high speed that they had never seen before.

The tall and heavy horseshoes stepped down part of the already solid road, leaving a long row of clear hoofprints.

The tall war horse galloped up, especially with the dull sound of trampling, which made the debtors who were a little closer to the trade road feel a huge oppressive force, and the timid ones even squatted down with their heads in their hands.

But no one else dared to laugh at this guy at this moment, because others were not much better than him.

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"Alas-!"

Kiel waved his right arm in a circle, and let out a strange cry of excitement.

Although he felt that the Bloodlicker wearing horse armor was not as fast as before, but this solid and powerful feeling at this moment was far incomparable with the feeling of galloping a horse at high speed before.

They are all intense and fun, but the speed of the faster horse is second. After all, the speed of the horse is still far behind that of the car. It is a kind of excitement brought by the sense of participation that is different from driving a car by yourself, directly taming and driving an animal by yourself.

At this time, unlike the previous galloping horse, the blood licking grass wearing horse armor brings not only a sense of excitement to drive animals, but also a sense of security brought by the powerful strength of this beast feel.

And brought by this sense of security, there is also a sense of accomplishment that is doubled.

Men are naturally excited and happy about this kind of powerful strength that they can personally grasp.

"Good boy, run faster! Faster! Let me see where your highest strength is!"

Kiel cheered, and the blood licking grass also responded to the master's request. It gave all its strength, moved its four hooves and strong legs vigorously, took a big breath through its nose, and then sprayed it out vigorously, using the mild air of spring to come Agitate your body.

This scene stunned many debtors who stopped their work. Many people's eyes not only contained shock, but also envy visible to the naked eye. They also want to gallop freely like that young man.

Live so youthfully.

Instead of being guarded in the fields and working hard like today.

Even if most of this is their own choice.

Of course, none of these poor people and civilians realize the current situation of many people. The big chamber of commerce at the upper level of the town has already arranged behind the scenes, and this is the effect they want.

Seemingly fair labor in debt, using labor to pay off the money owed by gambling or debt. In fact, in the final analysis, it is still a cheap way for the rulers to obtain labor.

Putting on a plausible cover-up, most of the people without knowledge and culture can be easily deceived. Let them work willingly, without thinking about whether the harvest of their labor is equal to their own debts on the scale.

For the actual managers of the town, if a sufficient number of debtors work around the town, the chamber of commerce in the town can easily obtain various raw materials at a much lower price than other regions, so that no matter what other regions want to use Commercial trade has also started, but no matter how you try, the price of many goods cannot compare with Dorne Town.

This is the truth behind the previous prosperity of Dorn Town.

anyway.

Kiel has been running for several kilometers along the westward trade road. After running for a while, there are both people and horses.

On the way, he saw two small speckled tents set up outside a forest outside the actual control of the town. Two men, one old and one young, in broad cloaks sat around a small campfire in front of the tent, cooking dinner.

Keir didn't know what the two of them were doing, but when the other party noticed him and stood up and looked at him, he waved to them friendly.

As a result, among the two people in the distance, only the one who looked old returned his greeting and waved in a friendly manner. The younger one was indifferent to Kiel's gesture.

But Keel didn't care.

On the way back, he didn't run uncontrollably as before. He asked the blood licking grass to trot at a constant speed to the west side of the town.

When he came back, Keel saw some people standing in the fields, looking at him curiously. Some guys with leather whips on their waists bowed and surrounded Mr. Scott, with sad faces, begging Mr. Scott for something.

But Mr. Scott looked indifferent.

Keir waved at the debtors who stood in the field and looked at him. Unexpectedly, many people also waved to him excitedly, which made Keir laugh out loud.

A pair of bright eyes rolled around, and whispered to his chest: "Ahem, what do you think of these people?"

After waiting for a while, a voice sounded in Kiel's mind: "It's not good. These human beings are inferior, stupid, short-sighted, greedy, and unable to control their own desires."

Keir twitched his mouth and mocked: "So do you have a choice at this time?"

"Of course I have a choice, if you put in the effort, you disrespectful bastard. Gah!"

Kiel snorted coldly: "Then you have no choice now. Although these people are inferior, stupid, short-sighted, greedy, and afraid of violence, they can't control their desires and like to indulge. But they can easily believe that any A mysterious existence that can save them from their current bad situation. As long as this existence can bring them any obvious benefits."

"Let me think, Ga."

"Thinking about it, they are also the easiest people to attack. Of course, I think some bandit gangs in the mountains or forests around the town are pretty good. But those people have weapons in their hands and advocate violence. If you want to satisfy them, The benefits that need to be given and the benefits provided are not a little bit."

"Gah, to make mortals believe, you don't necessarily need to give benefits! I can use my strength to frighten them!"

Keel spat disdainfully: "What? One or two brightly colored birds? Or some noisy crows? Do you want to scare humans by **** on top of their heads?"

"Irreverent human beings! How can you insult a primordial great **** like that? Quack!"

Kiel carelessly touched the long ears of the blood licking grass, which made the war horse twist his neck in displeasure: "Oh, so it's a god? Then I'm really sorry, do you need me to run to the central square of the town now, Proclaim your name loudly, and tell everyone about your long, convoluted, boring and outdated priesthood or title or something?"

With the corners of his mouth curled up, Kiel continued, "I think the priests of the Church of the God of Wealth in Dorn Town must be very interested. Or, some other churches?"

Then there was a silence, and finally, a voice sounded in Keir's mind: "I am a little tired, as you said, let's start with those debtors. Please get the statues that have been made, and put the statues on the Above the treetops, I'll arrange for it to be taken and delivered to these debtors."

"Irreverent human beings, help me and help yourself. Before my shadow bird can help you expel the hatred that haunts you, you must be haunted by the hatred of those you killed with your own hands. Every night, they It will further erode your mind, interfere with your thinking, and cause confusion in your actions."

Keir pursed his lips: "I'm doing things according to your plan, so, God of Birds, let's not pick and choose. Only by stepping on every step of the stairs can we go up to the next floor."

"I'm a little tired, Quack."

Keir ended the conversation with a final snort.

He frowned, not only thinking about the grievances that entangled him, but also this primitive **** who could directly and unilaterally communicate with his thoughts.

If words can directly appear in his mind, will it be possible to detect his thinking?

Thinking of this, Keir rebelliously cursed the big bird **** seven or eight times in his mind, and then confirmed that the black bird wood carving on his chest has not changed, there is no voice arguing with him in his mind, and there is no hair on his body. intuition.

It seemed that this guy couldn't probe his mind, or his memory.

Once a seed of doubt is planted, it can never be eradicated.

'What if this is the operation of this primitive god? Please endure my rudeness for a while, and then rely on cooperation with me to develop faith groups. Afterwards, the wings grow longer and harden, and the new and old grudges will be counted together, and I will be killed alive? '

The possibility of this kind of thought is not impossible, but Keel couldn't confirm it for a while, so he could only take such passive thoughts and came to the intersection on the west side of the town with a bad face. Here, Mr. Scott and his leader His subordinates, craftsmen, and apprentices are all waiting here.

There were quite a few people around him, including the debtors standing barefoot in the fields beside the road, looking at him. And the indebted debtor caretaker who bent over to say something to Mr. Scott.

Seeing Keir coming back, Mr. Scott interrupted the caretaker who asked him in disgust: "Okay, you can't control people yourself, and it has nothing to do with us. Get back and don't bother me."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Scott came up with the craftsman: "Knight Kiel, how about it, how is the armor of this horse when the horse is running at full speed?"

Kiel jumped off the horse, and Bangbang knocked twice on the armor on the blood licking grass's neck: "Very good, most of the improvements at low speeds before, let the horse running at full speed move smoothly and make noise."

The craftsmen were more practical. They saw some problems when Kiel galloped his horse at full speed. At this time, they gathered around to check the armor of the horses, and then came up with some beneficial changes.

Keir waved his hand to let them do something, and he pulled Mr. Scott to the side and talked about the cost of making the horse armor.

"So, what is the final price of my set of horse armor? Since I have discovered a future benefit for you, you must give me a discount."

Keir said with a smile, he still has a lot of funds on his side, but this thing is not cheap, and he can save some.

"You can't say that. For the business of multi-layer protective cloth, the initial investment is definitely not small. Whether it can make money in the future and become a long-term business is still unknown! Of course, it depends on me and In the case of Keil Knight, you are such a match, discounts are definitely indispensable. Let me see."

After speaking, Mr. Scott took out a small cowhide book from the merchant's leather bag at his waist, took out a long strip of charcoal from the gap in the cowhide next to the book, and turned to a certain page of the book to start calculating the price.

"Oh, I haven't directly calculated these accounts for many years, but fortunately, I haven't forgotten my skills. Let's see, the final price, erase some low-value coins that you and I don't care about, the total price is in twelve Gold and six silver. How? This price?"

"How much? Twelve gold? You are so impolite!"

Keir quickly complained that the price directly exceeded the price he estimated in his heart.

When he bought the Longsword Hunting and Killing as the steel sword itself, it was only priced at one gold coin. Afterwards, he produced the design and raw materials by himself, and the production cost of a metal armor was only a few gold coins.

How come this set of horse armor, which doesn't use much metal materials, can cost him more than twelve gold coins.

"Hey, you've misunderstood, Knight Kiel. Let's see, the metal on the horse's head, neck, and chest, these parts are all doubled materials used by another batch of cavalry that my people have embezzled, It was specially modified for you. Not to mention that it is all high-quality steel, just the double thickness, the protection brought by it and the original price of the metal, this is a small profit for you."

"You do it yourself. The metal materials are all real. It's worth that price, right?"

"Secondly, although the price of the multi-layer protective cloth used for the first time is not easy to calculate, but its excellent protection, and the overall weight is lighter than the hard cowhide material, I will simply calculate the price of the hard cowhide for you, and you have already earned it ah!"

Keir rolled his eyes, and felt that Scott was getting more and more outrageous, good guy, he took advantage of everything, you are at a disadvantage, right?

"In addition, the most important point, Knight Kiel, in order not to delay your trip, I am here to call several craftsmen in the Chamber of Commerce who can undertake horse armor and all the apprentices under their hands to help you. It's work. You can also see how meticulous and hardworking they are, and perfectly meet your requirements. Many people have been busy since yesterday."

After being told this, Keir turned his head to look at the tiredness and dark eye sockets on the faces of several craftsmen and many apprentices, and it became his fault to bargain again.

"All right, all right, I will pay according to the price you said. How much is it, I will pay now."

Keir waved his hand. He was afraid of Mr. Scott's mouth. He immediately took out his purse, took out a stack of gold and silver coins, and handed it to the smiling Mr. Scott.

"Geez, it's a different feeling to receive the coin from the knight handed me."

Mr. Scott said something proudly, and then casually put the money into his pocket.

Kiel asked after seeing his actions: "Isn't this money going to your chamber of commerce?"

Mr. Scott raised his eyebrows: "Of course not. This is a deal between me and you. It has nothing to do with the [Burning Furnace] Chamber of Commerce."

Kiel was speechless, using things from the chamber of commerce, people from the chamber of commerce, land from the chamber of commerce, and in the end it was not a transaction from the chamber of commerce.

"I know what you're thinking. The craftsmen have been idle recently. You know, the trade routes are blocked, and they don't have any work. Therefore, I will personally pay the craftsmen and apprentices for their work. As for the Chamber of Commerce I will make up for all the materials used in private. As for borrowing the various facilities of the chamber of commerce, hey, the chamber of commerce is in the town of Dorne. I have the final say. Can I use my own things? I don’t know Bar."

Keir shrugged: "I don't care, as long as things are done."

"That's right, as long as things are done, it's fine. I've done things for you, which has deepened the relationship and tacit understanding between you and me. Even if the president and vice president ask, they will only praise me for a good job."

"Yes, yes, you are right."

So, after that, Kiel looked at the apprentices holding various tools, and under the command of several craftsmen, he slowly modified the armor on the blood licking grass.

When the sun was going west and it was about to set, all the revisions were finally completed.

On the multi-layer protective cloth near the tail of the horse armor, the old Kent craftsman finally branded his name and the mark representing his own work.

In this way, the horse armor is finally completed.

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Keel and the others are going to leave when they are done.

He himself just rode the armored blood lick and returned to the open space in the south of the town from here. Mr. Scott and the others disbanded directly, and the craftsman apprentices returned to their place of residence. After Mr. Scott greeted Keel, surrounded by his subordinates, he returned to the town in the carriage of the chamber of commerce.

The debtors watching around finally had nothing to look at, so they scattered in the field under the continuous whip whips of the caretakers~www.readwn.com~.

Some caretakers who felt that the production was delayed shouted loudly to ask the debtors in charge to continue working before the sun went down, and they must make up for the half-afternoon work that was delayed by watching the excitement.

But no matter how loud their whips were, the debtors who had seen enough excitement returned to the temporary living place in the field, lay down on the ground simply covered with straw or hay, and went to rest directly.

Kiel laughed at this, looking at the caretakers like a group of people looking in a mirror. It is said that they are caretakers, but in fact, like debtors, these people are also firmly bound by the rules of the town to these fields outside the town.

The field stalk is like the surface of a mirror. The person looking in the mirror seems to be outside the mirror, but to the person inside the mirror, isn’t he also inside the mirror?

Debtors have to work under the sun every day. Is there anything different about these caretakers? Isn't it also standing in the sun, drowsy from the sun every day, bitten by mosquitoes, and exposed to wind and rain.

And the vast majority of debtors are only temporarily working in the fields, but these caretakers have to work beside the fields all the time.

That is to say, there is no need to work hard, but it is not easy to constantly wave whips to intimidate debtors to work.

Along the road around the town outside the town to the south of the town, before reaching the gate of the open space, Keel saw a figure sitting outside the gate of his open space with a heavy bag from a distance.

The figure still lowered its head at this moment, looking busy with something.

Kiel muttered a sentence silently, and then his eyesight doubled, allowing him to see who that person was from a distance.

Isn't that the craftsman he commissioned to make the woodcarving?

Why did you come here at this time, didn't you agree to deal in the middle of the night?