After enjoying the sumptuous dishes, the four of us were full and full of food.
It happened that the kobold troops had returned, bringing back seven people in addition to the merchandise.
These seven people survived, four of them were members of the Four Star Grass Mercenary Group, and the other three were members of the caravan.
The members of Four Star Grass were all ashamed when they saw their leader and stood aside without saying a word.
Because this is a mercenary group that has just been established, these people just joined. So out of distrust of the group leader and the pressure of Ultra Earth Dragon, they made wrong choices. Now they are rescued here.
, I regretted it very much.
As for the three caravan members, they hugged their leader and cried loudly, and told them that a poor horse had been lost in the panic, and the goods on it would definitely not be recovered.
Matruh was heartbroken, but he still pretended not to care and comforted them, saying it would be good if some people came back.
"So, what are your plans next?" Jia Zhengjin waited until they recognized the survivors and Matruh asked after counting the goods.
"Lord Keen, thank you for your hospitality!" said the group leader Phyllis, "Although our Four-Star Grass Mercenary Group has lost all its troops and now only has seven people left, we will still resolutely carry out the mission and escort the caravan back to Beit.
Empire! This is the first mission of our mercenary group, we must complete it with all our strength!"
"It's great to be ambitious!" Jia Zhengjin nodded in praise.
"Lord Keen! From our standpoint, we cannot make any comment on your future battle with Guangming City." Felice is a mercenary of Guangming City after all. "I can only wish you good luck!"
"Haha! Don't worry, I didn't take it to heart." Jia Zhengjin waved his hand and looked at Matruh, "Old horse!"
"Lord Keen, I am Matru, not Lao Ma!" Matru protested.
"Okay, old horse!" Jia Zhengjin nodded and said, "When are you going to set off?"
"Of course I hope the sooner the better!" Matruh sighed, "But now almost all the horses I bought at a high price before departure were killed by the Ultra Earth Dragon, and I don't have enough manpower! So before departure, we must spend the money first.
A sum of money is used to hire manpower and replenish the number of horses. I wonder if Mr. Keen can give me some villagers to help with the goods?"
"No villagers!" Jia Zhengjin shook his head, "How about I rent you some kobolds? Even though they are small, they are very powerful! And their fighting power is not weak. When armed, they can be used as bodyguards on the road!"
"Kobolds?" Matruh thought of the heavily armed armored kobolds, and his eyes suddenly shone, "Okay, okay! Lord Keen, how can I rent this kobold?"
"Each kobold is worth 5 gold coins per day, and you need to pay a month's deposit in advance. If a kobold dies in battle, you don't need to pay compensation, but you need to return all the equipment and weapons to me!" Jia Zhengjin thought for a moment and said.
"Oh my God!! Mr. Keen, you are too dark~~" Matru suddenly raised his hands and looked up and said, "The goddess of fairness will definitely blame you!"
"I don't believe her, so what are I afraid of?" Jia Zhengjin said with a smile.
"..." Matru was speechless, thought for a moment and said, "Lord Keen, how about 5 gold coins per kobold per month? All other conditions are fine!"
"Damn it! Are you even worse than me?" Jia Zhengjin shook his head hastily, "This is impossible! Like this, 3 gold coins a day, a discounted price!"
"The goddess of fairness will shed tears!" Matru argued, "How about three gold coins in five days? This is already heart-wrenching for me!"
"It will stop hurting if you pull it a few times!" Jia Zhengjin said, "2 gold coins per animal per day, it can't be lower! If you hire more than 20 animals, I'll give you a 10% discount!"
"No, no, no! Even the goddess of fairness will shake her head." Matru said hurriedly, "The last concession is, 1 gold coin each day! I hire 20 kobolds, Lord Keen will give me a 50% discount!"
"You're out of your mind!" Jia Zhengjin said hurriedly, "One gold coin per dog per day is fine, but if you hire 20 kobolds, I can only give you a 20% discount!"
"Goddess of Fairness..."
"Tell me about the goddess of fairness again and I'll scold her for being nosy!"
"Uh~ Sir Keen, you can't be blasphemous!" Matru said with a black line on his face, "Well, you can give me a 30% discount, right? If not, I won't rent it!"
"Deal!" The two finally agreed on the price, and Matruh rented 20 kobold soldiers, all of them equipped with iron armor and holding iron spears.
"It seems a little unstable since they are all warriors. Do you want to rent 20 more kobold crossbowmen?" Jia Zhengjin promoted.
"Forget it! That's enough for now!" Matruh was already heartbroken, so of course he couldn't ask for more.
Jia Zhengjin laughed. In fact, he didn't care about this at all. Bargaining with him was just fun. In fact, it was not impossible to let the kobolds escort him back for free. Anyway, the kobolds themselves were very cheap to hire. And they had no IQ.
Cannon fodder will not feel sad even if he dies.
What he is thinking about now is whether there is any problem with these kobolds staying away from the nest. After leaving, are they still within the upper limit of the nest?
After renting the kobolds, the next step was to find a way to buy some new bald horses to carry goods. So Matruh turned his attention to Jia Zhengjin: "Master Keen, do you know how to tame ordinary horses or bald horses here, or even
Anyone who makes any vehicle? Even a carriage!"
"You have such a person right in front of you," Jia Zhengjin pointed to himself, "and mine is even more advanced!"
"Oh? What kind of advanced method?" Matruh immediately became interested.
"I can use your ready-made Baima horses to train them into magical vehicles with space capabilities! Such a Baima horse can carry the same amount of cargo as the previous five to ten Baima horses! But this method
The relative cost is relatively high. Every time I help you cultivate such a space-type bama, you need to pay me 500 gold coins!"
"500 gold coins!! The goddess of fairness will howl loudly!" Matru shook his head vigorously, "Is there any other way?"
"Yes! I can help you tame ordinary Po horses, but each Po horse sells for 10 gold coins!" Jia Zhengjin raised his right hand and spread his fingers.
"Oh my God! Mr. Keen, you should change your career to become a businessman!" Matruu's eyes widened, "In the Guangming City Horse Market, the most expensive horse only costs 5 gold coins!"
"Then you can go back to Guangming City and buy a horse before coming back!" Jia Zhengjin said with a smile.
"You are so good at business!" Matruh hesitated for a while, and finally said through gritted teeth, "Okay! Then I buy fifteen ordinary bald horses, can I deliver the goods now?"
"Fifteen horses? The goods will arrive tomorrow morning." Jia Zhengjin said, "Why don't we all stay here tonight and have a good rest."
"Okay!" Matru thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
After arranging people into a few simple empty houses that had just been built by craftsmen, Jia Zhengjin called Wolf and Buddy: "Bring the troops, and we will go out to capture the poor horses!"
