"Really?"

Xiao Tianzheng pulled the rope tightly, and was very surprised when he heard this: "This time we have fifteen carriages, even if we are added, there are only about a dozen combatants, right?" ”

The last time he ran the business, there were only three carriages, and the master recruited seventeen NPC guards, which was still not enough, and if it weren't for the limited funds, five more would not be too much.

There are a lot of caravans on the trade route, but the journey is long, especially in the middle of the trade route, and it is normal to not see anyone for two or three days.

In case of encountering hordes of monsters and robbers, the strength of the guard force determines whether the merchant will make money smoothly or lose all his money.

Because it was very successful last time, this time everyone contributed together, several senior brothers exchanged RMB for gold coins, and Xiaotian himself also took out part of his savings after careful consideration, which was enough for 15 trucks.

With a small team like theirs, there aren't enough player partners to trust, so they can only settle for the next best thing and find some NPCs who are good at fighting.

"It's okay, the master will definitely explain it to us." Xiao Tian was puzzled, but he was calmer than a female warrior.

In fact, as Xiao Tian expected, just after 6 o'clock in the morning, his caravan completed the supply, and the master gathered everyone together to do the mobilization before departure.

"I'll cut a long story short, this time I cut the number of guards by more than half, and I also temporarily sold two truckloads of iron ore that was originally planned,"

The middle-aged man was a paladin, wearing pure black full-body plate armor, and his gestures were quite majestic: "Because I triggered an adventure mission in the royal city last night, and spent 10,000 gold coins to buy a batch of high-grade black fragrant wood. ”

"Wow!"

"Really, really? Black fragrant wood? ”

A small group of people immediately became excited, and when the paladin posted the attributes of the goods on the team channel, everyone saw that they were all black incense trees with a quality of more than 7!

This kind of wood is a special product in the jungle of the Silver Dragon Republic, and the general fifty-year-old black incense wood has a trunk diameter of no more than fifteen centimeters, which is very rare.

However, this wood is not used in construction or furniture, but is the main ingredient of a spice, which has a unique smell and is very effective in repelling mosquitoes - not only ordinary mosquitoes and flies, but also many insect monsters avoid it.

The huge profits are predictable, but so are the risks.

"But master, we have so few guards, isn't it too dangerous?"

Xiao Tian was the first to speak up: "And we haven't done the business of black fragrant wood, how can we solve the buyer's problem?" ”

The paladin had already guessed that everyone would have questions, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about sales, I have already contacted the people in Rune City, as long as we deliver the things, they will accept them at the market price." ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone's hearts were half relieved, and some people were already happy, black incense wood is a profiteering item, and it was purchased for 10,000 gold coins, and when it came to Rune City, the price of 30,000 gold coins was at least.

This profit is so tempting!

"As for the guards...... I think it's worth the risk, we have limited funds and can't take care of it all,"

The paladin paused and said: "Now the security situation of the trade route has changed greatly, it is different from the last time we ran the trade, I believe you also feel the same way, I think that the current environment of the trade route, there is no room for large bandit gangs or monster communities to survive." ”

Everyone showed a thoughtful expression, and it was inevitable that there was some hesitation between profit and risk.

The paladin continued: "It doesn't matter if you have different opinions, just like before, you can take your cost out of these black incense trees alone, you don't have to take this risk, if you are really unlucky to encounter a large group of enemies this time, the relevant loss team will make up for you." ”

The team was free and detailed, and everyone knew what the captain said, and after a few seconds of silence, the first person to speak surprised the paladin.

"Master, I'll join,"

Xiao Tian looked at the paladin and said with a smile: "We have been paying attention to the information of the business route, just to change the plan at any time and maximize the benefits, isn't now a good time to make money?" ”

The paladin smiled slightly: "Xiaotian, do you also think that the trade route is safe enough?" ”

"I think it's okay,"

The elven priest nodded and said: "Not to mention anything else, now Rune City has begun to send wind elements to patrol the trade routes, as long as they are not too unlucky, they can get the early warning of the wind element, it's a big deal to let them find reinforcements, our team can't fight head-on, it's always no problem to defend for a few hours, right, senior brothers?" ”

Xiao Tian handed over the conversation to a few other people, and everyone looked at each other and smiled.

"Xiaotian is right, the master can also see it, I think, this should be regarded as the general trend~"

"What's the trend?" The paladin asked with a smile.

The speaker hesitated for a moment and said, "That's it...... People will focus more on how to get good supplies, and as time goes on, the caravan guards may become less and less useful. ”

Someone next to him immediately added, and his tone was slightly excited: "In other words, the money that was originally spent on the guards can be used on the blade!" ”

The Paladin player smiled and nodded, which was exactly what he had in mind.

The environment in the game is changing day by day, and the business route has just been open for 100 days, which has allowed many professional businessmen to complete a series of changes from wait-and-see, can't wait to join, high risk and high reward, until now forming a stable profit model.

There are more people who take the business road, which naturally leads to profits that are not as profitable as at the beginning, but compared with making a few days of profit, mature businessmen prefer to make a steady profit for a few months, or even longer.

"Captain, we listen to you!"

"That's it! Kill the bold, starve the cowardly! ”

"Make a good deal of it! Haha~"

……

Everyone quickly reached a consensus and supported the captain's decision.

"Then it's decided,"

Seeing this, the captain of the paladin nodded, and got up from the carriage: "I have already bought all kinds of combat materials, there are few NPC guards along the way, everyone will work hard, if this method is proved to be reliable, everyone's fixed salary will have room to rise again." ”

"Okay!"

"Don't worry, master! I'm definitely the first to rush up when I encounter a monster! ”

"And then waste Xiao Tian's resurrection technique, right?"

"Hahaha~"

……

When everyone's opinions were agreed, the atmosphere of the team became active again, and Xiaotian, who was busy with everyone, occasionally looked up at the north, and was full of anticipation for the team's second trip to the Northern Empire.

The same scene was playing out in many other caravans.

The experienced caravan leaders were keenly aware of the same problem: before they knew it, the security situation in the caravan had greatly improved.

Perhaps it was because of the increase in the number of heavy cavalry in the royal city, or perhaps the robbers found it increasingly difficult to make a living here...... Whether it's on forums or in games, there are only a handful of attacks on trade routes every day.

As an outsider in Rune City, the caravan couldn't see the reason inside, but it didn't prevent everyone from pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and put more bets on the caravan's goods.