After leaving Blackwater City, Reggie kept Sakason by his side. Unlike the generous treatment of others, Sakason was still a prisoner and still wore shackles on his body.
"Since I have become your subordinate, I should not suffer such treatment anymore," Shakason raised his hands and said, "This is torture and humiliation for me."
"You tried to kill me and also killed two soldiers. You committed a crime and deserved to be punished."
"That's not fair. I was still an assassin at that time. I was hired by your enemy. Is it wrong to perform my duties? Since you subdued me, you should forget about it. If you can't tolerate my past, you might as well just kill me.
Got me!"
Reggie nodded approvingly and said: "You are a bloody young man, Modesa, drag him out and kill him!"
Modesa grabbed Sakason, who hurriedly shouted: "I was wrong. I won't make any more conditions. I'll tell you the reason right now."
Modesa put down Sakason. Sakason calmed down for a moment and said: "How much food can a shepherd bring in exchange for ten sheep?"
"I asked the pied wolf king about the market price. One sheep can be exchanged for about 180 pounds of grain, and ten sheep should be exchanged for 1,800 pounds."
"You have forgotten the rules of Sangro Port. The shepherd must leave 30% of the food as an offering."
"Thirty percent!" Reggie was surprised, "Chi Luomen told me it was 10%."
"He lied!" Sakason shouted.
Reggie looked at Wild and said, "Is this really true?"
Wild said: "I asked the soldiers and looked at their account books. They accepted the offering in front of me, and it was only 10%."
"Those are all fake!" Sakason's eyes turned red.
Reggie said: "Why don't you ask the shepherd?"
Wild said: "I tried, but the herdsmen didn't want to talk to me."
Sakason said: "No one dares to tell the truth, otherwise they would not be able to sell a sheep at the port!"
Lei rubbed his forehead and said in silence for a moment: "Just think what you said is true. In other words, there are only seven sheep left out of ten, and the seven sheep can only be exchanged for less than 1,300 pounds of grain.
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"But in fact, the merchants still have to send 1,800 pounds of grain because they want to leave 30% of the grain for Chi Luomen."
Damn the colorful-faced man, he gets 30% from both ends, he is really greedy.
What made Reggie even more unbearable was that he dared to tell a big lie in front of him.
"Sir, please calculate how much profit Chi Luomen made in this business of ten sheep?"
From the business of ten sheep, Chiluomen ate two, earning three sheep and 540 pounds of grain. In conversion, this was the value of six sheep.
"Every sheep passing through the port must leave a mark on its buttocks. Every bag of grain passing through the port must leave a mark on the bag. The soldiers on the dock will detain 30% of the bag according to the mark. This is Sanger
According to the rules of Luogang, food and sheep can never escape the eyes of soldiers, but if you use two gold coins to buy 1,800 pounds of food, how much can Chi Luomen get?"
Gold coins can escape the eyes of soldiers, but Chi Luomen has not yet gone so far as to search his body.
Even if they do, it's useless. Merchants always have a way to hide gold coins where they can't be found.
In other words, Chiluomen could only receive 30% of the grain, but failed to receive three sheep. He suffered a loss.
"Sangro Port only allows physical transactions. Livestock can be exchanged for grain, and furs can be exchanged for cotton. But it does not mean that invisible transactions cannot be done. Coins, jewelry, gold and silver jewelry, these transactions are expressly prohibited, as long as
No transactions prohibited by Chiluomen can appear in Sangro Port, otherwise you will be beaten severely and then have everything robbed!"
Reggie was silent for a long time, raised his head and looked at Sakason, and said: "You only need to tell me that trading with gold coins will cause Chi Luomen to lose part of his interests. This is enough. I can understand what you mean. You
Why do you say so much?"
Sakason said: "Because I want you to know how difficult the life of a shepherd is. Merchants will not do business at a loss. The 30% of the grain they lose will eventually be earned back from the shepherd. The business of ten sheep, Chi Luo
The merchants took away six sheep, and the merchants took away two sheep. What was left? That little grain was all the shepherd’s tears!”
Reggie shook his head and said: "There is something wrong with your algorithm. In fact, these are two businesses. Although Chi Luomen is very greedy, it has not reached the point you said."
Sakason said: "Tell me, am I wrong in my calculation?"
Reggie didn't know how to explain it to him. Will Rogers asked: "Chiluomen exploits herdsmen so cruelly, why do you still come to Port Sangro to sell livestock? Why don't you go elsewhere to exchange for food?"
"Because there is no other place to go," Sakason pointed to the north. "To the north is the Bayer Country. They are so poor that they have nothing. The shepherds in the northern part of the Benlang Country all rely on Sangro Port for food. Some shepherds even ask for food.
They have been trekking for this for a month, and now the price of food has increased again. They really can't live anymore. Please take a look at the shepherds at the port. They only have a handful of bones left, and they are much thinner than their sheep. If you
I really want to rule the Benlang Kingdom and at least give them a chance to survive!"
Everyone fell into silence, and Sakason's performance surprised them.
Su Lit suddenly asked a question: "Anyway, one sheep can't exchange for much food, so why not just keep the sheep and eat the meat yourself."
Shakason took a breath, and his veins immediately popped out. It was obvious that he was very angry and even had the urge to kill Sulit.
Everyone was staring at Su Lite, who pursed his lips and said, "Did I say something wrong..."
Will glared at him: "Stop asking!"
An 80-pound sheep can produce almost 35 pounds of meat. A shepherd family usually has more than a dozen people. A sheep can eat for up to three days. If you eat mutton every day, you will eat one sheep a year.
Hundreds of sheep. Not to mention the shepherd, even the wolf king may not have such a luxurious life.
Reggie took a sip of the tobacco that was a specialty of the Wolf Kingdom and was choked and coughed for a long time. He drank a large glass of wine and tilted his head to look at Sakason.
"You are an assassin, why do you care about the life and death of the shepherd?"
Sakason replied: "If you can survive as a shepherd, who would want to be an assassin?"
"Can I trust you?"
"You don't have to believe me," Sakason said. "Please look at those shepherds. If you believe in them, go and save them."
"There is nothing wrong with taxing businessmen, but it is a bit too much to tax shepherds," Reggie murmured to himself, "I haven't had hot pot for a long time. It seems that I found a big fat sheep today."
Reggie said some confusing words and then left the castle.
Su Lit looked at Tie Shou and said, "What do you mean, Lord Lord?"
Tie Shou licked his lips: "He seems to want to eat hot pot."
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When Reggie wanted to verify Sakason's words, an assassin suddenly showed a chivalrous heart, which made people have to doubt his motives.
Reggie asked Charka to pretend to be a shepherd to inquire about the market situation, and asked Salena to use invisibility to observe the transaction process. Reggie originally wanted to give them a day, but who knew they came back in less than an hour.
"It's 30%, I've counted it," Sarana wiped her sweat and said, "If you have ten sheep, you have to hand over three, and if you have five sheep, you have to hand over two. It's a lot more."
Charka didn't have time to inquire about the news, because the situation at the port had changed.
"The shepherds had a dispute with the merchants, and when they started taking action, people were about to lose their lives!"