Liu Zhancheng stood at the toll station on the shore, squinting at the opposite side. The wind in the river was strong. The shirtless Liu Zhenhan was blown so that his blond hair and chest hair danced together. Guoguo stood on his shoulders, chirping.
I don’t know what kind of snacks I’m chewing.
It's said to be a toll station, but it's actually just a thatched shed. Ningyu and Avril were sitting inside, with Ye Mingzhu placed in front of them, holding down the straw paper and quills stacked on the wooden table.
The night pearl brought out a soft warmth, warm and comfortable, just like Richard's warm chest.
While enjoying the rare warmth in this winter, the two beauties used thin knives to cut open wild grapes and weave vine armor, exchanging views on the patterns with each other from time to time.
Not far away, there was a group of female ogre slaves digging the moat desperately. The bugbears were carrying colorful pebbles back and forth in baskets chanting "hum oil hum oil". This was used to divert water to flood the bamboo forest. No.
The need is very deep. The lord said that he likes "winding water to drink wine and beauties to wash their feet."
The soil was very hard, and their progress was slow. Feilengcui had no iron tools, only wooden shovels made from whittled wood.
Five rattan boats came continuously from the north bank of Sanggan River.
It seems that they refused to use water-proof beads to cross the river. Liu Zhenchen thought to himself.
The abandoned military station on the north bank of the Sanggan River was abandoned again after welcoming the residents of Feilengcui. Because of the northwest front and the human war in the desert, the Northeast Army dispatched two elite regiments to the front line. Sanggan
The only military station within two miles north of the river is Feilengcui.
Ever since the rush of human merchants returning home to participate in the "Jostre Festival" came, Liu Zhenshao arranged for a dozen hedgehogs from the Haigou Tribe to stay there specifically to welcome these merchants and help them cross the river with water-proof beads.
If we use cane boats on the pier to cross the river instead of using water-proof beads, it means that the hedgehogs stationed at the North Bank Military Station have broken down with them, and these businessmen do not want to pay for crossing the river.
Often the more this happens, the more powerful Liu Zhenhan's blackmail in Nan'an becomes.
This business group is indeed proud of its capital. Five rattan boats made dozens of trips back and forth, and it took them a long time to get all the more than 300 people to the tidal flats on the south coast.
This large number of people has even come close to doubling the total number of human merchants who have crossed the river in the past few days.
The tidal flat on the shore of Feilengcui suddenly became lively, and there was a buzz of people for a while.
This business group carried five carriages, which were piled with countless Behemoth products; there were also about a hundred Behemoth slaves whose wrists were tied and tied to the rear of the carriage with ropes. These Behemoth slaves had unkempt hair and dirty clothes.
Quail Knot, whose skin with exposed whip marks was exposed to the cold north wind, waded ashore from the shallow water with bare feet. Several gray-haired legs fell into the water as soon as they softened, and the whips in the hands of the mercenaries immediately sounded.
The crisp sound of contact with skin and flesh.
There were a lot of human mercenaries as guards for the merchant group. Liu Zhenshaan stood on the river bank and silently counted the number of mercenaries. There were about two hundred mercenaries, including about fifty rangers on horseback. These mercenaries
The equipment is very sophisticated
The burly mercenaries and the pot-bellied human businessmen stood together, very conspicuous. These mercenaries all had undisguised traces of the world. Many of them had scars on their faces and their chests were open. They were deliberately exposed in the cold wind.
With muscles that are not inferior to Behemoth's, he looks like a well-trained veteran.
There were several human women with chestnut hair and voluptuous figures dressed like flowers and butterflies, flirting among the mercenaries.
These women with chestnut hair and blue eyes are the Bepsis, a famous wandering people. The Bepsis are the only people in the human race that have no country and no religion. They can sell anything for money, and their men are thieves.
And robbers, women are prostitutes.
Only the money-hungry Bepsi woman is willing to follow this mercenary group to the desolate and dangerous Danube Wasteland to provide physical comfort to these hungry mercenaries.
The Bepsi prostitutes are very good at livening up the atmosphere, and the Behemoth slaves have also become a tool for them to amuse the mercenaries. From time to time, these prostitutes deliberately lift their long skirts to reveal their white thighs, or bend down.
, revealing a proud cleavage as deep as a sanggan river, and in the stunned eyes of some of the young men of Beamon slaves, the mercenaries would always make a lewd laugh and the sound of whips cracking the air.
"Beep" the bugle sounded, and all the mercenaries immediately stopped joking and formed two neat queues on the left and right sides of the carriage. A knight took the lead and walked up from the beach holding a bright flag fluttering in the wind.
River bank.
The flag was made of red velvet, with a charming mermaid outlined in gold lines on one side. The large exposed breasts particularly caught Liu's shocked eye. The mermaid's two hands were holding weights and scales respectively.
"The dragon knight is roaming freely under the morning glow, the undulating Danube grassland is incomparable, the elite army of the mercenary country is mighty, all the allies are in peace, full of glory, Dolot!" The loud voices of countless mercenaries gathered in this song
"Song of Dolot".
The Song of Dolot was written by the Dolot mercenaries of the "Kingdom of Mercenaries" in order to commend themselves for their bravery in the war with Beamon. Although this business group did not seem to see the river bank, it was
Lord from afar, but the meaning of this song is still very clear.
"Look! It's an old acquaintance! It turns out to be Dolot's consort Totti; the merchant group under Earl Sherpa. I recognize his family's coat of arms."
Liu Zhenzhen laughed loudly and greeted Avril and Ningyu who were weaving rattan armor.
What happened at the gate of the temple that day was not forgotten by Liu Zhenshao. The fat human businessman with a mole on his face said that he bought a mermaid for five million gold coins, which is still fresh in his memory.
"Are they? Slave traders?" Avril put down the rattan armor in her hand, pulled out the bamboo jars on the empty table with her colorful long nails, and sneered: "Then I have to blackmail them well this time.
Liu Zhenshao made another new discovery. There were actually two Pige officers accompanying this business group. The snow-white ostrich tails on the helmets of the two Pige officers were spotlessly dazzling. They were accompanied by four men holding silver crosses in their hands.
The pastor was chatting and laughing with the familiar "tuft of hair".
The fat man with a scab was sitting on the carriage and chatting about something with the two pig officers, looking very harmonious.
They seemed to simply regard the eight Mongolian seal "Feileng Cui Territory Toll Station" inscribed on the shed on the river bank as if they were just air. They rode on their horses and talked and laughed happily before getting ready to pass.
The mastiffs put down the big wooden poles blocking the road, blocking the gap from the tidal flats on the river to the shore. They also blocked the way of these people.
"Get out of the way! Untouchables..." A pigeon officer frowned and drove the wild boar under his seat to the roadblock. He pointed his riding crop in white gloves at the mastiffs and yelled majestically.
"Mr. Knight! I am Baron Richard, the lord of the Feilengcui territory. I have the right to collect a certain amount of tolls, right?" Liu shocked his feet and stepped on the wooden pole, holding a huge cigar in his mouth. As he spoke,
Just a puff of smoke
"Are you the dragon priest of our Pig tribe?" The officer looked at the blond-haired lord in confusion, and then looked back at another officer. The two of them jumped forward and backward on the war pig mount at the same time.
A burst of hearty laughter.
"Yes." Liu Zhencheng smiled and nodded. He looked at the fat businessman with the wrinkles on his face and said, "Do you still remember me? Sir, you promised me to spend five hundred gold coins to buy my mermaid slave.
, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
The words of five million gold coins to buy a mermaid that day seemed to still ring in her ears. Avril could not forget this guy and glared at the businessman. This businessman seemed to be particularly sensitive to beautiful women. From the moment Officer Pig came to negotiate, he immediately became like him while he was idle.
Smelling the smell of blood, the sharks stared at the two beauties in the thatched hut. When the lord said this, the human businessman suddenly had an expression of realization on his face.
The beauty of these two beauties is something that cannot be seen at first sight. Especially the beautiful clam shell behind the jade is still fresh in the memory of this businessman. Now that he is reminded, he immediately thinks of it.
Since Avril and Ningyu's hair now changes to a different color almost every day, the cautious businessman took out the "memory crystal ball" from his pocket and fiddled with it for a long time before confirming that his memory was correct.
"It turns out to be your Excellency. Regarding the purchase of the mermaid slave, I will go back and discuss with Count Bidong Toti before making a decision. There should be no big problem." The businessman took out a box of beard oil from his arms and raised his little head.
I picked out a little bit of my nails and wiped the few long yellow hairs on my scab.
"That doesn't matter, I'm just waiting for your five million." Liu Zhencheng smiled and spread his hands: "Chenghui will receive ten gold coins for each person's toll."
"What?" The two officers almost jumped up from the war pig at the same time.
"Ten gold coins per person for the toll. If you don't want to, please turn back or go back to your hometown five hundred miles downstream." Liu Zhenshaan still smiled and said with a kind face: "We are easy to buy and sell, so we refuse to pay back.
price."
"Our Sherpa business group is a good friend of Mr. Rosenberg. These two officers accompanied us back to Dolot. They will tell you what money should be collected and what money should not be collected."
The human businessman sneered.
"This little Pige lord is probably confused by being a nobleman." Someone among the human merchants made a sarcastic sneer.
Immediately there were many rough mercenaries nearby who started cheering. These mercenaries stared at the two beauties with obscenity in their eyes.
"Lord Richard, the Sharma Merchant Group is indeed a friend of our Lord Rosenberg and the kingdom. Can your tolls be reduced a little? Wouldn't ten gold coins per person be too much for the Rhine?" Piggy said
The officer seemed to be discussing, but his tone was clearly condescending.
The collar badges of these two Pigeon officers have an embroidered pattern of a fox surrounded by golden cornflowers. This coat of arms is the unique symbol of the Rosenberg family of the Governor of the Northeast Province. This proves that the two Pigeon officers are retainers of the Governor.
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For a small lord in a remote area, the two officers felt that it was a waste to give up the title of governor. They felt that if they said this, the bullshit lord would immediately get out of the way, apologize humbly, and arrange
They provide food and lodging, and dedicate the most beautiful girl in the territory to them for the night.
"If you don't give it, get out." Liu Zhenzhen was still smiling.
"What did you say?" The two officers were furious at the same time, and with a loud "Canglang" sound they pulled out the standard sabers they carried.
"Want to duel with me? Two knights?" Liu Zhenzhen laughed and said, "Don't forget. I am the war priest of the kingdom. If I want to duel with the priest, I will face a monster and my followers."
Vieri appeared in everyone's field of vision with a big ax on his back. As soon as his strong body with two blades stood there, all humans gasped. He was also shirtless and his muscles were taut.
There is a roaring giant bear tattooed on his chest, hidden by the black chest hair. This giant bear seems to be hiding in the grass, ready to attack at any time.
An even more terrifying giant sloth stood respectfully behind his butt. Its twelve-inch long claws tickled its fangs from time to time.
The strong figures of the human mercenaries stood in front of him, like a piece of bacon standing in front of ham.
"Who wants to duel with you? Fight me first!" Vieri waved the ax in his hand and glanced at the group of mercenaries and pig officers in front of him one by one. His voice was like a roar in most people's ears.
His eyes were like the reflection of the ax blade behind his back.
"Mr. Lord, you have to pay the price for the arrogance of you and your followers!" Of course, Officer Pig could not show weakness, but the panic expression on his face still betrayed the weakness in his heart.
Liu Zhenzhen blew a thick puff of cigar smoke on the face of the officer who was speaking.
"Don't talk useless nonsense. My territory is my decision. Should I pay or not? Tell me quickly!" Liu Zhenzhen flicked the cigarette ashes in the other person's face, and Guoguo also shook her arm and held the tip of her little finger.
There was a rattling sound.
"We won't give it, but we still have to pass here. There are so many of us, what can you do?" A bearded human ranger riding on a horse shouted inwardly.
"Did you see the reeds over there?" Liu Zhenshaan pointed to the dense reeds on the tidal flat in the distance and said.
Every human being looked in the direction he pointed. The reeds rustled in the wind, and the withered yellow leaves looked like old lives.
Looking back, these people discovered that the purple-haired girl sitting in the shed had stood up at some point, holding a clam shell broken into three petals in her hand, and her delicate and delicate lips were chanting a string of short words.
The syllables are obscure and difficult, but full of magical power.
A gust of wind blew by, and the purple-haired girl opened her hands in an arc. Countless half-moon-shaped blades flew out from her open hands, passing over the heads of these humans, and first cut off two of them.
The hairpin on the helmet of the German officer flew straight to the clump of reeds on the beach with a strong wind.
There was a loud cracking sound, and countless blades circled up and down in the reeds, stirring up a cloud of powder in the sky. After continuing to fly for a while, it turned into rain-like water droplets and fell down.
"Water Blade Storm! God of Creation! It's actually Water Blade Storm!" The knowledgeable among humans couldn't help but shout.
The slave trader's face suddenly turned ashen.
The mermaid is a water magician who can communicate with the water element. Her ability can be seen from her brief chanting of magic spells. Such a large-scale magic "Water Blade Storm" was summoned by just pinching a clam shell.
Come out, what is this concept?
Magicians are a symbol of noble status and strength throughout the Aegean continent. Although the Sherpa business group is rich, they do not have the ability to support a full-time magician.
"The consequences of being a rogue are those reeds!" Liu Zhenzhen proudly looked at these humans whose eyes almost exploded. Ever since absorbing the embarrassment of magic against bugbear bandits last time, Avril has become very studious recently, spending most of her time
In meditation, they worked hard to accumulate magic power. The magic crystals that the Mammoth Warriors originally hunted in the Taimurraya Snow Mountains were far inferior to the quality of Liu Zhanshao's top-quality goods, but they were enough for Avril to store magic crystals.
In addition, Avril used the big clam shells in the Sanggan River to make some magic scrolls for backup. She really made her big appearance today. Without the magic scrolls made from clam shells, even a mermaid would not be able to summon it so easily.
Such a large water attack magic.
The ogres who were digging the moat also started making noises, and started cheering together. They really wanted a chance to show their loyalty. Originally, they were immersed in digging holes, and humans didn't notice them. But now that they were shouting, humans noticed.
There is a large group of ogres in the distance.
The savagery and strength of the ogres are known to all humans. Immediately all the mercenaries and rangers unsheathed their swords and cocked their bows.
"These ogres are all my slaves! Put down your weapons!" Liu Zhenhan shouted, causing several humans around him to feel chest tightness and breathlessness, and almost fell off their mounts.
There is no benefit in continuing the quarrel with a magician and a war priest who has hundreds of ogre slaves. These slave traders have more than 300 mercenary rangers as guards. They are very self-reliant and think they have
Officer Beamon was accompanying us, and it must have been a wonderful journey. I never expected to suffer such a big setback.
For a mermaid magician who can summon large-scale water magic by crushing a clam shell, humans are not only horrified, but they can also weigh the consequences of being hit by a "water blade storm" at such a close distance.
The reason why the mercenaries didn't dare to make any more noise was because the delicate and beautiful magician still held a whole stack of clam shells in her hands.
The two Beamon officers stood up and protested righteously and sternly again. This time their attitude was much more humble, but it was still useless.
The two officers saw that the lord of their own clan had no intention of selling face except to sneer. They had no other choice but to be angry and prepare to make a report, so they obediently shrank their necks.
Avril was really happy.
In fact, these mercenaries were intimidated by the reputation of magicians. Making magic scrolls is not easy. The magic clam shells Avril has are basically only semi-finished products. Except for a few intermediate-level magic clam shell scrolls, the only one made
A large magical clam shell scroll had been successfully consumed in the process of just deterring them.
Due to the lack of precious spices and the blood of monsters, which are raw materials for making magic scrolls, the remaining clam shells are just decorations for the time being.
"Give me the money, why are you still standing there?" Liu Zhenzhen smiled proudly.