Some women’s clothes and sheets were hung on the clothesline on the terrace of the small building.
A gust of breeze blew by, causing the sheets to sway on the clothesline.
The afterglow of the setting sun shines through a row of street trees, and long shadows cover the entire small courtyard.
Suldak was holding the horse and standing at the entrance of the courtyard. He raised his head and happened to see the slim figure standing on the terrace of the small building.
Selena put down the wooden basin in her hand, wiped her wet hands dry, reached out to tuck her broken hair behind her ears, and stood next to the balcony railing and smiled softly at Suldak.
“Ah! Duck, you’re back!”
Higna rushed out of the house, hugged one of Suldak's legs, and hung her hands and feet on his legs, like a koala.
Nika stood obediently at the door of the room. She was wearing a clean and fitted linen dress. Her light brown hair was combed into a ponytail. She suddenly became much more beautiful. Perhaps she had eaten well in the past few days and her face had become more beautiful.
There are no previous dishes.
Selena came down from upstairs and asked Suldak, who was tying the war horse in the yard:
“Why did it take so long this time?”
Suldak turned around, washed his hands in the basin and wiped his face before saying:
“The situation in the World of Warcraft Forest is a bit complicated, but at present, at least there is still some time for us to prepare.”
Nika carried a bucket of water and placed it in front of the war horse. He also dragged a wooden trough in the corner, poured some fodder into it, stood next to the war horse, unbuckled the saddle, unfastened the saddle seat, and used a piece of wood to
Start scraping the horse sweat off the war horse.
The temperature difference between day and night in the Bailin plane is quite large, and it will get cooler soon after the sun sets. If the horse sweat is not cleaned up in time, the war horse will easily get sick.
"Is there really going to be a beast tide?" Selina took the towel from Suldak's hand and followed him and asked.
Suldak walked into the small building, took off his salamander skin armor, hung it on the wooden frame at the door, and said, "Well, it should be a large group of ghost-striped red ants."
The entire small building was cleaned up by Selina, and the floors and stairs were polished to a sheen. He grabbed Selina's hand and asked her:
“How have you been these past few days?”
Selena's face flushed slightly, and she could feel the heat in Suldak's eyes.
He pursed his red lips, carefully looked outside the room, and pulled his hand back with embarrassment.
She said to Suldak: "It's very good. Life in the town is really good. The people here are very welcoming. Have you had dinner? There are some fried meatloaf in the kitchen."
Suldak touched his stomach and felt his stomach growling.
Sit down at the dining table, drink a glass of water, and feel my stomach grow louder.
Selena served the dinner. It looked like there was no uneaten food left, but more like it was left specially for Suldak. The fried meatloaf was still warm.
“How did you know I was coming over today?” Surdak tore off a piece of toasted wheat cake, put some meatloaf on it, stuffed it into his mouth, and asked vaguely.
At this time, Signa also came to the dining table, supported her chin with both hands, and rested her elbows on the table. She stared at Suldak without blinking and said, "We prepare dinner for you every day.
If you don't come, these will be breakfast tomorrow morning."
Selena heated some vegetable soup, placed it on the dining table, and sat down opposite Suldak.
Suldak asked while eating: "How is the town going these days? Are there any conflicts between immigrants and indigenous people?"
Selena held a water glass in both hands and said to Suldak: "Everything is fine. I didn't expect that Mrs. Luna is also a person with some tricks. She slightly punished a group of immigrants in the town a few days ago and let them go."
They became more honest and not only maintained the security of the town, but also calmed the emotions of many indigenous people in the town."
Suldak did not expect that Mrs. Luna actually had some management talents, and said in surprise:
"At first, I only thought that she could stabilize the situation in Duodan Town until the new mayor came to Duodan Town. I didn't expect that she would actually manage Duodan Town well. What I need is a relatively stable person.
small town.”
He then asked:
"How about I ask you to pay attention to the trading house? What have you discovered in the past few days?"
“Wilkes Trading Company almost monopolizes most of the large transactions in the town.” Selina paused after speaking, and then asked Suldak: “Didn’t it say that nobles can be tax-free?”
Surdak finished the food on the plate in front of him in three mouthfuls, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said casually: "That is the land tax and population tax in the territory. Large-scale commercial transactions still need to pay taxes. I will see you tomorrow."
Meet Manager Anthony of the trading house."
There was a nice marble bathtub in the bathroom in the small building. Surdak lay in the bathtub filled with hot water.
He rested his head on the edge of the bathtub, the warm water rippled slightly, his body relaxed, and he fell asleep without even realizing it.
When he woke up again, he found that he was already lying on a soft big bed, covered with a dry quilt.
Selena next to her was resting on his arm, her long golden hair spread out, covering her charming face. Her breathing was very light, her body was curled, and she was holding one of his arms, like a
cat.
The curtains were drawn in the room, and the cooing of an owl came from outside the window.
Suldak closed his eyes again and immersed himself in the sea of spiritual consciousness. The magic perception touched the magic elements in the surrounding air. As the perception spread little by little, it seemed that he could clearly feel some of the furnishings in the room.
As the perception spreads outward, that wonderful feeling continues to spread.
He could even feel that on the empty coffee table in the living room, there was a vase half filled with water, with a golden sunflower in the vase.
The person lying on the bed in the next room was Xigna, but she seemed to have not covered herself with a quilt, and one of her lower legs was exposed.
Nika lives in the attic. She seems to have not slept yet. She is sitting on the bed, holding her knees with her hands, looking up at the stars in the night sky through the attic window.
He continued to spread his perception outwards, wanting to understand the world outside the house, but felt that the mental power in the sea of spiritual consciousness could not sustain the spread of perception. After a while of dizziness, Surdak fell into a deep sleep again.
past.
At the moment when he fell asleep, the night was like a gentle big hand wrapping around him and Selena.
The mental energy that had been exhausted was quickly nourished at this moment.
…
Suldak felt like he had had a long, long dream, in which he seemed to be in a sea of silence.
Sunlight passes through the sea and turns into beams of light shining into the sea.
He has no sense of anything, and in this strange environment, he feels no fear at all...
By the time Surdak woke up from his dream, it was already completely bright. A beam of sunlight filtered through the gap in the curtains, and the sweetheart beside him was no longer there.
There was a neat pile of clothes on the bed. Suldak grabbed his hair and sat up from the bed energetically.
He jumped out of bed with bare feet, looked at his hands, and let the power of holy light condense into two rays of light in his hands. He closed his eyes and concentrated so that his senses spread outward. At this moment, although his eyes were closed, he suddenly
I feel like the whole world has become more alive.
…
There is only one trading house in the town, and this trading house basically monopolizes all the Warcraft materials business in the town.
This trading house has a very famous name - ‘Wilkes Trading House’
Dodan Town is a border town in the Green Empire-occupied area of the White Forest Plane. To the north of the town is the vast Invercargill Warcraft Forest.
There were originally several hotels in the town dedicated to hosting adventure groups.
The adventure groups that come to the town basically come for the rich resources of Warcraft in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest. As long as they are on the edge of the forest, they may hunt some Warcraft.
The adventure group traveled through the planes to Duodan Town with great pains. Of course, they would not just stay here for ten days and a half before leaving. They hunted some Warcraft in the Warcraft Forest, and kept the precious Warcraft materials with them.
Low-level Warcraft materials such as leather will be sold to local trading houses.
The trading firm in Dodan Town purchases these Warcraft materials. In addition to Warcraft materials, magic metal mines and magic herbs are also within their business scope.
It can be said that it is some of the wealth brought by these adventure groups that supports the entire town of Dodan.
However, when these profits were swallowed up by the only trading firm in Dodan Town, in fact, the financial revenue of Dodan Town continued to decline. In order to avoid affecting his own interests, Mayor Marco secretly contacted some slave traders
, using the power in his hands to support slave traders in doing some slave business.
It is said that this trading firm is backed by a councilman from Wilkes City. It seems that the owner of the trading firm is afraid that others will not know about this relationship. From the name of the trading firm, we can clearly understand some of the inside information...
Suldak took Andrew and the two cavalry squadron captains into the trading house.
Now that the beast tide is approaching, the trading house seems a bit depressed. There are almost no adventure groups doing transactions in the hall, and there are only some locals standing in line in front of the food selling area.
Surdak specifically learned from the Adventure Guild in the morning that there is currently no adventure group in the town. Even a locally formed adventure group left Dodan Town last week and will go to the Bailin plane.
In the south, where to look for opportunities to make money.
The waiter at the door saw Suldak walking in and immediately came to greet him, and asked his companion to inform Anthony, the manager of the firm.
The waiter didn't know Surdak, but he saw that he was followed by two cavalrymen wearing heavy armor, and there was a construct warrior beside him, wearing a noble badge on his chest. Even if he had never seen Surdak, he would be slightly surprised.
If you think about it, you can guess his identity.
"Good morning, distinguished commander!" The waiter looked polite and stood beside Suldak and asked him: "Is there anything I can do for you?"
Suldak walked into the trading house and went directly to the area where cloth was sold. The shelves here were filled with bundles of linen cloth, as well as some tarpaulins and felts. High-grade silk and magic pattern cloth were not seen.
Suldak said to the waiter: "I need fifty felt tents, five hundred quilts and five hundred sets of thick cotton clothes. Please give me the details and price list. Can I get the goods before noon?
?”
Before the waiter could say anything, he heard someone greeting Suldak at the stairs:
“Commander Surdak, welcome to your presence!”
With that said, Manager Anthony walked quickly from the stairs, with two waiters following behind him, holding account books in their arms, showing a very busy look.
The waiter next to him told Manager Anthony about Suldak's needs.
Manager Anthony had a look of astonishment. Then he seemed to have thought of something. He stared at Suldak with a somewhat gloomy face and asked him: "Your Majesty, Commander, these supplies you purchased are probably not for the garrison officers, right?"
Suldak also wanted to get the goods quickly and complete the transaction with three young natives of the Dakuni tribe before noon.
Unexpectedly, Manager Anthony did not prepare these goods readily, but asked him with a straight face who he was trading with.
Suldak frowned and asked Manager Anthony: "Is there any problem?"
“The commercial bank will not take on business in the town until the balance of the war supplies arrears owed by the city defense brigade is settled.” Manager Antony refused without even thinking about it.
After speaking, he smiled apologetically at Suldak.
It’s just that the smile is a little frivolous.
“Are you saying this to me?” Surdak asked with a hint of laughter.
Only now did he understand that the trading house’s code of conduct in Duodan Town was actually completely ignored by the military and political chiefs of the town.
"What? Didn't you hear clearly? Or did your ears hurt?" Manager Anthony showed a hint of ridicule on his face, and then he asked the waiter next to him: "...could it be that what I said was not clear enough?"
The two waiters quickly shook their heads and echoed: "Every word you said is very clear, Manager Anthony."
Manager Anthony nodded with satisfaction and turned to look at Suldak without saying a word, as if he wanted to just watch him leave.
Feeling that something was about to happen here, some mercenaries from the trading bank's armed group quickly came over and surrounded Manager Anthony.
Suldak touched his forehead. He had never expected such a situation. He originally wanted to slowly rectify the trading houses in Dodan Town, but he did not expect that such a big problem would arise now.
His eyes turned cold and he said to Manager Anthony and the others: "Since you, on behalf of the trading house, told me that you do not want to conduct any transactions with the Duodan Town garrison until the debt in Duodan Town is paid off," then I have nothing to say.
It can be said that this debt is owed by Mayor Marco, and it doesn't matter if this lawsuit goes to Wilkes City, it will never be repaid by our garrison."
He raised his voice a little higher and said: "But your behavior gives me reason to suspect that you deliberately hoarded supplies before the beast tide came, disrupted the market of Duodan Town, and destroyed the unity of Duodan Town. For the sake of Duodan Town,
For the unity of Dan Town, I can officially inform you now that from now on, Wilkes Trading House will be sealed indefinitely."