"I can't." The archer said coldly.

Bahrain was slightly stunned, and hurriedly said: "We can pay the boat fare, we will each have 10 gold coins!" ”

The archer's eyes moved quickly, he was not a man of money, but 10 gold coins was indeed very tempting.

After all, there are 13 dwarves, plus the hobbit Bilbo, and the 5 people of the Snow Emperor's team, then the total number is 19 people.

19 people is equal to 190 gold coins!

Judging by the way the archer was dressed, it was impossible for him to earn 190 gold coins even if he had worked hard for a whole year.

However, he only hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head, "It's a lot of money, but it's not worth the risk I have to take for it. If you want to enter Long Lake, you'll need to go through normal customs, or you can find a smuggler to bring you in. ”

With that, the archer prepared to turn away.

Bahrain hurriedly said: "Don't go, we can ...... Pay a little more now. How about a total of 200 gold? ”

The archer sneered, "My dwarven lords, you are very generous. But I'm very strange, you say you're a merchant, but you don't even have the goods, why did you enter the town of Long Lake? And, don't you know that Dwarves aren't welcome in Long Lake? ”

Balin blushed and said, "Because the jungle is too dangerous, we want to find a place to rest and take shelter. Good Samaritan, do us a favor, if you leave us in this place, it won't be long before the orc wolf cavalry catches up with us. ”

The archer said aloud, "There are no half-orc wolf cavalry here. ”

Balin hurriedly said: "Yes, you see that the wound on the leg of our friend was wounded by the poisoned arrow of the half-orc wolf cavalry. ”

Then your archer glanced at Qili, and the bow and arrow in his hand relaxed slightly.

But he still said, "I'm sorry, I can't help you, Changhu Town doesn't allow outsiders to enter, and I don't like dwarves either." ”

Balin hurriedly said: "You don't have to like us, as long as you are willing to help us, we will pay you enough gold coins!" Think about it, friend, help us this once, enough for you and your family to live for a whole year! ”

The archer did not respond, but jumped to the ship where he untied the cable and prepared to leave.

Bahrain eagerly said: "We are willing to pay double the price!" 400 gold! What do you think? ”

The archer's body was visibly shaken.

To be honest, so many gold coins will indeed make people's hearts move.

While the archers were still thinking about it, Xu Feng walked over from a distance.

The archer immediately grabbed the bow and arrow in his hand and stared at Xu Feng vigilantly.

Xu Feng smiled faintly: "Don't be nervous, I'm not an enemy." ”

The archer said coldly, "It's hard to say, after all, you are standing with the dwarves. ”

Xu Feng smiled and said, "That's because we have a mercenary agreement with them, and we have to protect their safety." ”

The archer smiled coldly: "Hehe, this is really interesting, you have to spend 400 gold coins to go to Changhu Town for a merchant who doesn't have any goods, and you also take 5 human mercenaries?" If I were such a businessman, I would have lost all my fortune long ago. ”

Xu Feng smiled faintly, "The brain circuits of dwarves can't be understood with normal thinking. ”

The archer thought for a moment, "That's exactly what you said. ”

Xu Feng smiled: "My friend hasn't asked your honorific name yet?" ”

The archer paused, then said, "My name is Bud." ”

Xu Feng raised his eyebrows slightly.

Bard, the archer of Long Lake!

His ancestors were none other than the original mayor of Long Lake, and the man who had wounded Smaug!

Smaug is covered in magic-grade scales that make Smaug immune to almost any damage, both physical and magical, making Smaug almost invincible.

However, Bard's ancestor used a special elven black arrow to shoot off a scale in Smaug's heart!

That became Smaug's only weakness!

But unfortunately, Bard's ancestors only shot off a scale, and did not really hurt Smaug, which has become the eternal regret of the Bard family.

The Bud family has been the lord of the territory of Changhu Town for generations, but in the generation 50 years ago, that is, Grandpa Bud's generation, the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain were overwhelmed, and Grandpa Bud committed suicide as the mayor of the town, and the Bud family also lost the power of the hereditary mayor of Changhu Town.

The new mayor of Changhu was elected.

The mayor elected by the first generation is not bad, and the town of Changhu has also been fully developed.

However, when the second generation elected the mayor, the election changed completely, and people continued to use despicable means to attack the mayor, and the town of Long Lake began to become turbulent.

When he came to the third generation of mayors, he first promised many preferential welfare conditions to the people, but when he came to power, none of these preferential conditions were implemented, but instead increased taxes, banned different voices, and even did not allow others to enter Changhu Town.

The election is just a political situation, it is just a trick for the people to rule the people, and the people who are really talented and virtuous cannot play this kind of conspiracy method, but they cannot be elected, and the people who can play this kind of conspiracy method will not govern Changhu Town at all, let alone care about the interests of the people.

Therefore, although Changhu Town is blessed with unique lake resources, in recent decades, the gap between the rich and the poor has been further widening, and the people at the bottom are miserable.

I really didn't expect that the archer in front of me was a descendant of the lord of Changhu Town, he should have become the mayor of the town, but unfortunately, he no longer had hereditary power, and could only be a poor boatman.

Seeing that Xu Feng was a little surprised, Bard couldn't help but ask, "What?" Do you know me? ”

Xu Feng hurriedly smiled and said, "No, I just know the name of your ancestor, the Dragon Slayer Warrior. ”

Bard smiled bitterly: "No, my ancestors never recognized this title, because he didn't kill Smaug, he just shot off one of Smaug's scales, and Smaug was enraged by it, and his anger destroyed the town where we used to live, and slaughtered half of the town's inhabitants, and my ancestors always haunted it, and finally died with hatred. ”

Xu Feng smiled: "No matter what, you are the descendants of heroes. So, Bud, we'll give you 1,000 gold and ask you to help us get through Long Lake. ”

"1000 gold coins!" Before Bard could speak, Groyin next to him screamed.

The dwarves are greedy by nature, and they haven't earned a penny from this expedition so far, and now they have to pay 1,000 gold for the journey!

Of course, there was some reluctance in their hearts.

Xu Feng said coldly: "Either you just stay here and wait for the half-orc wolf cavalry to chase you down, or you take out 1,000 gold coins to leave here, you can choose for yourself." ”

The dwarves exchanged their heads for a moment, and finally they nodded helplessly at Xu Feng.