In the end, Brooke bought the tavern with twenty-two gold coins.
Reggie also likes to do business. He likes to sell meat in the department store market in Suzhou City. But after all, hobby is just a hobby and can never be compared with a first-class businessman.
Brooke doesn't want Reggie's pity, but if he wants to survive in Shazhou City, this is obviously his best chance.
The two of them drank a few more barrels of ale, and this time they didn't have to pay for the wine. The boss was quite happy and gave all the wine in the store to Reggie, even though these cheap drinks were not worth much.
In addition to running the tavern, Reggie also gave Brooke another job.
"I have some glass...ware from the Dragon Palace. I wonder if you can sell it for me at a good price."
"Utensils from the Dragon Palace?" Brooke asked in surprise, "Are you talking about the crystal beads from the Dragon Palace? Those things are very popular in the White Tower Kingdom."
"I've never heard of such a thing." Brooke didn't dare to boast, and Reggie didn't force it. The next day, when Brooke saw the glassware, he looked a little embarrassed.
"Are you sure these things come from Dragon Palace?"
"Of course I'm sure." When he said this, Reggie didn't have much confidence.
"How much did you buy when you came to Shazhou City this time?" Brooke asked.
"About ten thousand gold coins."
Brooke smiled: "No matter where these things come from, I will earn you at least double the gold coins."
"If you lose or make money, you'll get half of it each," Reggie said with a smile. "How much you can sell depends on your ability."
When it was time to say goodbye, Brooke was a little reluctant to say goodbye. This was the biggest difference between him and Nipoli. He valued friendship more than Nipoli, although for a businessman, this was not a good thing.
"I don't know how to express my gratitude. I can only do my best to bring you wealth."
"That's enough," Reggie said with a smile. "Although it's a little remote here, the place is quite spacious. You can build a building in the future. I think the prospect of an inn is better than a tavern."
Brooke nodded and said, "I will."
"If it's just an inn, it's too monotonous. You can find a few more girls to come over. The inns here do some makeup business, you know."
"Of course I understand."
"Forget it, I'm far behind you in business matters, I'll leave the rest to you," Reggie looked at the tavern, then at the Brooke family, and warned him before leaving.
, "Remember to leave the two best houses, one for me and one for Nipoli."
"I will," Brooke took out a stuffed animal, which was a cute frog. "This was Nipoli's favorite toy when he was a child. I only took this one... I will put this thing on his
room, I will never forget him."
"Yes, don't forget him." Reggie waved his hand and left the tavern with Modeza.
After staying in the official office for another two days, all the goods were collected. Adjudicator Emil was indeed a man who abided by the rules. He asked Picello, the commercial officer of Shazhou City, to personally escort the goods to Broken Snow City.
A fleet of forty large merchant ships set off in a mighty manner. From the moment they left the port, Reggie's heartbeat began to accelerate again, not because of excitement, but because of nervousness, because there were not many soldiers on these merchant ships, and
Not equipped with many weapons, Reggie would not be able to protect so many merchant ships if they encountered an enemy at sea.
But when the fleet sailed to Changqing Island, Reggie realized that he had been worrying too much.
He thought that Nicholas would pull out all the lords and stage a grand battle again. What was unexpected was that Picello deliberately let the fleet pass near Evergreen Island. As a result, Reggie didn't even see the shadow of Nicholas.
This is the strength of the White Tower Kingdom, a strength that makes people fearful.
Picello touched his goatee and smiled: "I haven't had this route for at least twenty years. At the time, I was still going to Suixue City to buy food. Who would have imagined that times have changed, and your food is not even with us."
No one can feed them."
Reggie laughed dryly and didn't respond.
Jealousy and inferiority made his chest hurt again.
…
After waiting for seven full days, Chris finally received the news from Bayer Country. The last thing he wanted to see happened.
Sophia conquered almost all the land in Bayer Country, and she forced Sean to the deepest part of the tundra.
No one knows the whereabouts of Sean, and no one cares about his life or death, but Chris is very concerned about one thing. The soldiers of the Bayer Kingdom are moving south. Nehruv has assembled a force of 5,000 people and is moving towards the south.
Approaching Hanfeng Fortress.
There is also Salah, his Cambrian Knights are also in action. Although they are not as fast as Nehruv, his target should also be Han Maple Fortress.
There is also Sophia herself. She left the royal capital and came to Shuanghua City. Nominally, she was going to help the local refugees, but everyone knew that the granary of Bayer Country had long since reached its bottom, and the Bayer people had no money.
The tradition of caring about refugees does not have the ability to provide relief to refugees.
She was going to recruit an army. She wanted to take back Hanfeng Fortress and then attack Broken Snow City.
"This damn woman!" Chris cursed, "She has taken back the entire kingdom, but she has not forgotten this small land!"
Compared with the threat in the north, the mercenaries of the Wolf Nation in the south are not so scary. Chris found Jarvan Gusta, and he wanted to transfer the well-equipped First Army to Hanmaple Fortress.
Jiawen immediately rejected Chris's request.
"Your Highness, the enemy forces of the Benlang Kingdom may launch an attack at any time. Isn't it a little ridiculous for you to ask me to go to Hanfeng Fortress at this time?"
"This is not absurd, Knight Gusta," Chris took out the map and said, "Baier will have three armies attacking Han Maple Fortress at the same time, and Erwin only has a hundred soldiers. If no additional troops are sent, Han Maple will
Maple Fortress is bound to fall. If they attack Han Maple Fortress, we will have no choice but to retreat to Broken Snow City, and the territory outside the city will be reduced to ashes."
"The three armies you mentioned did not appear under the walls of Hanfeng Fortress, but the cavalry of the Benlang Kingdom have already appeared on the border."
Chris looked at Jarvan with disappointment: "Knight Gusta, you know the war better than others. By the time the Byers appeared in the city, everything was too late. Erwin couldn't even hold on for a day."
"Han Maple Fortress is not that fragile, and Erwin is not that fragile!"
"If the enemy comes from the Lion Country, I firmly believe that the Han Maple Fortress is still indestructible, but the enemy comes from the Bayer Country, and their general is Nehruv. He has been stationed there for twenty years. He knows every person in the Han Maple Fortress.
Weaknesses, weaknesses that even we don’t know about!”
Jiawen was silent for a while. From a purely war perspective, what Chris said did make sense, but Jiawen could not leave Broken Snow City easily. This was Reggie's order before leaving.
"Your Highness, if I lead the First Army to Hanfeng Fortress, who can stop the enemies of Benlang Kingdom?"
"Third Army!" Chris answered very simply, "The Third Army now has a hundred muskets, plus enough grenades, they are capable of blocking the army of the Benlang Kingdom."
"Third Army?" Jiawen almost stopped laughing, "Do you expect a ragtag group of refugees and slaves to fight against the iron cavalry and orcs of the Running Wolf Kingdom?"
"The Third Army is not a mob," Roland said from the side. "Knights of Gusta, please believe me on this. They have very good combat effectiveness."
Jiawen frowned and looked at Roland. Their personal relationship had always been very good. Although he was now the commander of the Third Army, at this time, he actually sided with Chris, which made Jiawen a little disgusted.
"Really?" Jiawen sneered, "Since the Third Army has such good combat effectiveness, why not let them go to Hanfeng Fortress?"
Chris looked at Jiawen helplessly: "Knight Gusta, are you deliberately making things difficult for me? There are many refugees from the Bayer country in the third army. If they are allowed to fight against the Bayers, it is likely to cause a mutiny!"
"After all, they are not from Broken Snow City after all!" Jiawen stood up and said, "I will never hand over Broken Snow City to these people!"
Chris was a little annoyed and stood up.
"Knight Gusta, since Reggie asked me to act as lord, I have the power to mobilize the army!"
"Your Highness Chris, I respect your authority," Jiawen said with a cold expression, "But please don't forget that if you imagine mobilizing the First Army, you must obtain my consent in advance. If our opinions differ, you must
Let another adult make the decision."
Another adult...
Chris frowned. Another adult was doing business outside the city. It might not be easy to convince her.