Birsalas, a highland city located on the southwestern border of Dorok, where the majestic main peak of Dorok reaches its highest peak, forming the Terra Snow Mountain, known as the Pole of the Earth.

With an average altitude of more than 3,500 meters above sea level, temperatures are below 10 degrees Celsius all year round, so even if the rest of the region is sweltering in June, the temperature here is only relatively warm.

Because of the perennial cold, the hard frozen soil makes it almost impossible for crops to grow here, but the survival of human beings can be described as tenacious.

It was some Dorok hunters who followed the winter reindeer to discover this place, although the four seasons of ice and snow here are not suitable for people to live for a long time, but the rich wildlife resources here still make Dorok hunters flock to it, compared with other mountain prey, here can obtain more prey, the number of cherished fur is also more,

At a time when hunters in other regions traded a silver coin for a piece of prey fur, a fire fox fur with the mark of a mountain area from Birsalas, in places like Aaron, in the hinterland of Dorok, where aristocrats gathered, it was easy to fetch thousands of gold coins at Aaron's luxury auction house.

One thing is enough to change the fate of a hunter, although this kind of fire fox with red fur only exists in legends, but not so many years there will always be such a lucky person to become a blessed person by God, over time, the most basic human settlement appeared here, after a hundred years is the town, and finally formed the current Birsalas leaning on the mountainside

Known as the fur capital, every morning when the mist is still shrouded, the fur craftsmen have already begun to work, the sound of tinkling reveals a smart atmosphere, nearly one-tenth of the animal skin products in the Ikadivar continent are from here, and at its most prosperous, there were once three hundred and fifty-six furners' shops, in addition to furs. There is also something that interests the nobles, that is, the Zang Honger flower, which is known as the snow condensation.

It is a plant that grows in the cold mountains and has inconspicuous white fluffy petals. Needle-like fine teeth, making it look like an unfriendly enemy, Zang Honger flower grows in the snowy area above the middle of the snow-capped mountains, and the rhizomes buried deep under the frozen soil have an extremely rare hemostatic effect, which is dried after collection, and then milled into powder, which is not developed in the era of medicine. This drug, which can quickly stop the bleeding, is simply used to save lives,

In the chaotic battlefield, no high-ranking nobleman is willing to let people use a hot soldering iron to stop the bleeding for themselves, this is not only an extremely painful problem led by the soldering iron, but the physical wound is easy to handle, and it is a big deal to leave a scar, maybe it can also become the capital to boast to the beauty of his favorite at the banquet.

Looking at the frightened look on the faces of the beauties, the nobles often like to use hearty laughter to express how heroic they were at that time. Then they can explain with a smug face how they killed the enemy's commander in the midst of the army, and finally led the heroic deeds of the enemy's rout, as for the real situation, who cares, even if they were shot in the ass during the escape because they were afraid of death, they will shamelessly describe themselves as a brave and fearless warrior

But some key parts such as the face, neck, crotch and other soft parts are not easy to say, these parts will never be able to withstand the pain of burning red soldering iron.

At this time, the medicinal powder made from the white rhizomes of the ground and dried Zang Honger flowers can play such a key role, as long as one pack, you can see a thin layer of blood crust on the outer skin of the blood-flowing wound, even if it is fully healed later. It will not leave too hideous scars, so this kind of holy relic that can not only avoid pain, but also save face, is naturally a treasure that the nobles do not hesitate to buy at a great price, but the number of Zang Honger flowers produced every year is definitely not more than 30 kilograms,...,

Driven by profits, there will naturally be people who dare to take risks, although Zang Honger flowers are extremely difficult to pick, there are still brave people who risk their lives to collect, but because of the collection of this plant and die on the snow mountain is not a few.

In the freezing snow, when people find these people, they are often condensed with the earth, unless their bodies are cut off from the ground with sharp weapons recklessly, they will never be brought back intact, and in the end most people give up this unrealistic idea

But the tragedy caused by this has never stopped, sometimes the previous generation died in this kind of affairs, the next generation still went back to do it, the benefits here are too rich, as long as 100 grams of Zang Honger flower, can be offset by the local lord's tax for a year, but these people who risked their lives to go up the mountain, under the cliff where Zang Honger flowers grow, can also clearly see the posture of the previous generation when they died, and even several generations were buried in the same place,

Therefore, Zang Honger flower is also known as "snow condensation", which contains all kinds of sexual acids and tears, which can only be experienced by successive pickers.

A caravan marched in this cold forest of yellow and white mountains, the hard nanmu wheels crushed on the rugged mountain gravel road, making a creaking wheel sound, the long line meandered along the ridge path, the snow-covered peaks behind them were like a white hat, and the icy cold wind swept the chaotic snowflakes,

Walking in the front was the medium-sized carriage of the caravan owner, followed by four small carriages, the three carriages in front of them were unevenly piled with cloth bags of wheat flour, and the white flowers made the eyes of many people on the road straighten, but the last carriage was empty, and there was nothing.

Birsalas was not surprised by this strange situation, which was common in Birsalas, where caravans who came to purchase goods would transport a portion of grain in exchange for goods, because the price of grain was higher than leather, and at the same value, the caravan always needed to spare a cart,

It wasn't until the carriage came to a halt in the somewhat dilapidated exchange in front of him that a middle-aged man in a white fur hat and dressed in an ordinary merchant's robe jumped out of the carriage.

"Is there really anything here that His Majesty said?"

The middle-aged man looked up at the exchange in front of him, where there was almost no one in sight, frowned slightly, and instructed the dozen or so subordinates behind him, "You first unload all the wheat flour on the carriage, and then send two people to the city to contact them, and it is best to let the whole city know that someone has come to buy goods!"

This middle-aged man looked a little gloomy, and although he was wearing a cotton robe that was not luxurious, he stood there. It always gives people a sense of shadow, and those bright eyes with a certain gaze give people the feeling of a poisonous snake with half its body raised and staring at you not far away.

If anyone here knows him, they will be amazed that the head of the Supervision Department, who is known as the shadow of the Falcon in the Falcon Empire, holds all kinds of life and death powers, and Lidastov, who has the reputation of a black hand, will appear in this small city that does not have much strategic significance, and he is dressed like this. It doesn't look like there's anything above board

I heard that there was a caravan from outside the city to enter the exchange, the leather shop in the city immediately became a sensation, in previous years, June is the busiest season, the caravans from outside the mountains are one team after another, because of the embargo of the Falcon Empire, the merchants who are usually used to come here to buy beast skins and rhizomes of Zang Honger flowers are rare and heartbreaking,

In the past, the amount of food that could be trafficked in from outside was much higher than before the war. In addition, the nitrate used to pickle leather in the past has become strained, and although the Dorok Mountains are mountainous, there are no salt pans that produce fine salt. Only nitrate mined from mountain and rock minerals ,...,

It is said that it is also because of the impact of the embargo that the nobles who hold the power of the parliament have just passed the material restriction decree, but they can turn around and hoard materials in the city, raise prices, and guide the original cheap nitrate to be scary, many ordinary farmers have not eaten a little salt for more than half a month, this city, which was once known as the fur capital, is also in trouble because of the lack of nitrate,

There are less than 10 cobblers' shops still open. Most of them are full-time tanners with various backgrounds, that is, the kind of shops that are dedicated to a certain family, after all, it is better to produce locally than to buy the goods of middlemen.

Many Aaronic aristocrats have invested in artisans here, knowing the exquisite and expensive fur coats. It is always one of the best tools to win a woman's heart, and sometimes it is even more effective than sending jewelry directly, but in this current environment of lack of materials, even these leather shops are only barely operating.

Just now, there was almost no one in sight of the exchange, and it was crowded with dozens of cobbler shops, and everyone was working hard to recommend their goods to the arriving caravan leader, but the caravan leader just sat in the middle seat and did not speak, and there was no emotion on his silent face.

"Well, as long as you want, we're willing to lower the original price by another third!" Finally someone couldn't sit still, and the person in charge of one of the largest tanners in the city slapped the table and directly sold the price

"Yes, as long as you want, the price is not a problem! We are willing to reduce the price by half" The people in the other shops also coaxed, "It's a hot June now, if the leather continues to be hoarded, even in a perennial cold place like Biersalas, there will be piles of rotten worms, such leather is almost equal to waste, the smell of leather will be permanently stored, so the price doesn't matter, instead of waiting to become a waste product that no one cares about, we just want to recover some small capital." ”

"Is it a half?" Lidastov put his chin on his chin with a cold expression, and seemed to be a little moved by this price, and said pretentiously, "This price is fair! But with so many cobblers, I can't make a decision immediately, it's really a headache."

In fact, he doesn't care about the price of leather at all now, what he cares about is the target of this mission, Zang Hongerhua, the scarce items named by His Majesty Falcon, where should he go?

The caravan has come to the trading post, and the news should have spread throughout the city, so many leather shops have come, and the people of Zang Hongerhua should also know!

Sure enough, while the exchange was depressing each other's prices and arguing endlessly, Ridastov unexpectedly caught a glimpse of a young man who was obviously not an apprentice in a tanner's shop, looking inside at the door of the exchange, carrying a package that didn't seem to be important, with a melancholy face, as if he had encountered some difficulty.

The young man watched for a moment, then stamped his feet and hurried away, and Lidaristo secretly glanced at one of the deputies next to him, who hurriedly followed behind the young man, who was a master of stalking, and Lidastov continued to pretend to bargain with the tanners. A qiē happens extremely fast,

After twenty minutes, the deputy in charge of tracking turned back from outside,

I saw the deputy's secret gesture. Lidastov was reassured, he knew that the deputy had confirmed the whereabouts of the young man, so he continued to make false promises with the merchants.

Seeing that Lidastov had not made a clear statement for a long time, the leather merchants around him were indeed a little anxious, and no one knew whether there would be any merchants coming again after leaving this one merchant. ...,

The current situation can be described as a collapse, there is chaos everywhere, a large number of indigenous materials cannot be sold, or they are monopolized by powerful parliamentary aristocrats,

The organization of the Dorok Council is that, in addition to Aaron's general council, each region has its own sub-councils, which have legislative and adjudicative powers in their own areas. Therefore, it soon became the throat of all local forces, and in order to maximize profits, parliamentary decrees became the best cloak for these greedy nobles who grabbed profits

If they had issued orders before, they would have had to consider the grievances of the people and their own reputation. Then with the outbreak of war, the power of parliaments in various places is also expanding unlimitedly, from the expansion of army recruitment, material transfer, this qiē power, is nominally concentrated in the hands of the parliament, in fact, it is controlled by the parliamentary aristocracy,

One bill today, one bill tomorrow, one qiē in the name of victory. This is a foreign war, but in the eyes of many parliamentary nobles, this is also a good time to make a fortune.

It's like a feast for those in power. It doesn't matter what you eat anymore, everyone compares who eats first, how to eat, and who can eat more in a short time

There was once a speaker who so humorously described the value of parliament in Dorok, before there was a council, the nobles were wolves, the peasants were sheep, it was a wolf that gnawed on a sheep, now there is a council, it is two wolves and a group of sheep to raise their hands together to decide, today it is the wolf who eats the sheep,

This result is very satisfying for the sheep because they have the power to decide who is eaten, and it is also satisfactory for the wolves because they can eat freely.

"What kind of world is this!" said a leather merchant, thinking of the withered business, and grumbled dejectedly, "What do the Speakers of those councils do, and every day they know how to sit there and quarrel about this, quarrel about that, and finally inexplicably break out into war with the Falcon Empire."

"What else can I do, of course, it is directly assigned to the names of those council nobles!" Another merchant said with a sad and indignant face, "I heard that the nobles of the council are still clamoring for tax increases, and I heard that there are some areas where the council asks for a high amount of military sponsorship from the passing caravans in the name of fighting against the Falcon Empire, and it is called an accomplice in cutting off the enemy's economic resources, what shameless people, they don't want to think about it, if the caravans are all gone, what will happen to the property of our Dorok people!"

"Everyone, everyone, this kind of behind-the-scenes discussion can't be said like this, it will cost me my life!" Lidastov pretended to be frightened, got up from his seat, rubbed his temples with his hands, and said in a very sleepy voice, "Everyone knows that most of the people who still dare to run businessmen are smugglers or have a strong background, you are seeking money, everyone knows it!"

After all, Lidastov used to be the number two person in the largest smuggling syndicate in the north of Vecchia, and he did an extremely good job of these small actions, so that others could not feel anything out of the ordinary.

No one doubted that the person in front of him was the number one minion of the number one enemy of the Doroks, and when they saw Lidastov get up from their seats, the merchants subconsciously gave way to the outside,

"You can tell me if you want our goods!" a merchant on the periphery finally took the opportunity to squeeze in, and asked aloud impatiently

Lidastov waved his hand to everyone, and said with a wry smile, "It's not that I don't want it, but I really can't decide now, my carriage is only so big, and the money brought is only so much, even if you are willing to sell it all to me, I can't transport it away, let's get here today, and after three days, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer"...,

Looking at Lidastov's helpless look, the leather traders had to stop talking, everyone just quarreled with a red face and a thick neck, exposing each other to reduce the price, calm down, but one by one did not dare to look at each other, peers are enemies, but this is the first time to tear their faces

After sending all the leather merchants away, Lidastov waved his hand to the deputy next to him, and asked in a gloomy whisper, "How is it, do you understand the address and background of that person?"

"Yes, my lord, I followed him all the time, and at last I saw him enter a cobbler's shop, with the sign of the pâterrhoea on the paddle shop!" replied the adjutant with a calm look on his face

"Oh, so he's not the one we're looking for!" Hearing that it was a cobbler's shop, a trace of disappointment flashed across Lidastov's face,

"The subordinate inquired on the side, that person is not from the leather shop, I heard that it is a person who came down from the mountain, and he went to the owner of the leather shop to exchange things!"

"On the mountain?" Lidastov's expression shook for a moment, and he was silent for a while before asking, "Do you know what he's going to change?"

"If you heard it correctly, it seems to be something called Zang Hongerhua!" said the deputy with a hesitant expression, because of the accent, he couldn't fully understand the local language, this was still the other party who received a silver coin from himself, and then secretly told sù himself, and his intuition sued him, this should be a very secret thing,

Sure enough, he saw his usually moody boss, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, strangely like a poisonous snake's protruding tongue (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )