Lidastov squinted slightly, and looked carefully, it was a large courtyard that looked very imposing, and on the east side of the gate were three smoking houses,

Under some cold sunlight, there was a pale white light and shadow, a long earthen wall made of loess, two wooden sheds made of broken stone, and a few dried animal skins were placed on the platform in the center of the shop, and the smell of choking people wafted out from the walls and tiles of these workshops.

There is also a house on the opposite side of the workshop, it is three stories high, although the volume is considerable, but it is not grand, and a group of pheasant walls on the top add a lot of painting to it.

There is a dark brown bird's nest on the front of the gray protrusion, on the background of the crow's nest, some gray sparrows fly over the lawn and the courtyard, a collapsed fence separates the road on both sides, and above the entrance of the front gate hangs a sign made of nanmu with the words "Boai Road Leather Shop " written in some faded gilt letters,

Along the way, Lidastov saw several shops, with this shop being the largest, and being able to feel the impact of the war on this place was also the greatest.

Under the guidance of the deputy, Lidastov walked into the courtyard in front of him, there was almost no one in sight, even the workshop used to soak animal skins in the pool was dried up, and at first glance it was a scene that had not started for a long time, there were many such shops in the city, lifeless, like the economy that had not improved in front of him,

Without the hustle and bustle of the various caravans in the past, it seems that the soul of the entire city has been sucked away, and those who stay are not necessarily unwilling to go, but now they are all so chaotic, rather than going to other places, it is better to stay here, at least in addition to not making much money here, it is also a pure land in this troubled world

"Are you sure he's in this shop?" Lidastov snorted

"Yes, I'm sure. It's just that the subordinates found that the young man doesn't seem to be popular here," the deputy followed closely behind Lidastov with a strange face, looked at the workshops on the left and right, and then whispered with a slightly pale face

"Oh. Why do you say that?" asked Lidastov calmly, with an immobile look on his face, as if he had known it for a long time

The deputy didn't dare to be careless, bowed his head and hurriedly responded, "My subordinates followed him, and I saw him enter several shops all the way, but they were all viciously kicked out, and then he reluctantly came to this shop." I heard that the people who came from the mountains did not dare to take over the shops, and the owner behind this shop seemed to be a high-ranking nobleman of Aaron, so he was so bold."

"Yes, it seems that the internal information we got is not false, this is indeed the largest sales place of Zang Hongerhua on the black market" Hearing what the deputy said, Lidastov, who knew a little about Zang Hongerhua's market, raised his eyebrows, and chuckled disapprerovitously at the corner of his mouth,

gloomily said, "If that person is really from the mountain." After nearly half a year of covert acquisitions, which store does not have a large amount of stockpiled goods? Now that the sales channels have been cut off, it is estimated that many shops that have invested huge sums of money are about to collapse. Otherwise, how could he have looked like a monkey in such a hurry just now! But the people on the mountain don't know that there are no businessmen in the outside world, and they must still have the idea of raising prices, so naturally they will not be treated well!"

"No wonder, I heard that the annual output of Zang Honger flowers will not exceed 30 kilograms, but as far as I know, only the business alliance handles more than 100 kilograms, and it must be these shops that flow out!"

The deputy had an epiphany and said his confusion,

Zang Hongerhua is also an extremely precious restricted commodity in the commercial alliance, although the Falcon Empire is prosperous in commerce, but some goods related to military secrets and military medicines. Its circulation channels have always been under the close supervision of the Ministry of Supervision, otherwise if there is a scandal of the enemy, I am afraid that even Lidastov, who is a confidant, will not be able to get rid of it,...,

"You're right," Lidastov's voice paused, a look of approval on his face, before he continued, "Your Majesty once said. Merchants chase profits, as long as there is a third of the profits, they will take risks, if there is double the benefits, they will become the bravest people, even if they risk killing their heads, they will do it, Zang Hongerhua, the profit of snow condensation, far more than the profit of leather, how can these shops put such good goods without handling,

It's just because Zang Honger flowers are valuables that the local lords prohibit from buying and selling, and many stores with goods have not come to sell them publicly, but those merchants with funds have long taken advantage of the local advantages, and secretly collected a lot of Zang Honger flowers from the flower pickers on weekdays, just waiting for the smuggling caravan to come to the smuggling caravan that was secretly purchased, you can make a lot of money at a bargain, and now there are no merchants, and the huge amount of money invested has been lost, so naturally no one cares about the mountain people!"

"Then, what do you mean, ...... sir" The deputy asked hesitantly confused, Lidastov looked at the sky in the distance, and did not answer him, the coldness on his body was like a shadow hidden in the darkness,

The lonely figure dragged a long black shadow in the sunlight, and who would know what was going on in the heart of this secret agent, or if only the majestic Falcon Majesty would have the loyalty of this secret agent

At this time, the two heard a noisy sound coming from the main hall in front of them,

Lidastov's face moved slightly, he quickened his pace, and before he reached the main hall, he faintly heard a young voice coming from the room in the main hall: "Boss Anturus, you have pressed us 4 times in the past six months, if you continue to owe us on credit like this, we will have no way to live, so let's give us some food today!"

Another old voice argued sharply, "Grain? Ask, who still has surplus food in their hands, and now there are rioters everywhere."

"Don't look at it, don't talk about you, it's the people in the city, how many people have food to eat, if there are caravans coming and going, it doesn't matter, but the damned council has just issued a decree restricting the passage of caravans,

"Hey, I haven't seen a caravan in the city for a month, let alone the smugglers who dare to sell that kind of thing, even if it's a good thing, it's a waste if you can't sell it, and as for these things, huh......"

With a muffled snort, there was a sound of the package falling to the ground in front of the "pop", and there was a sound of some branches and leaves scattering, presumably something was thrown to the ground.

Sure enough, by the light outside, Lidastov could see the main hall from a distance. The young man who caught his attention was pleading for something to an old nobleman, and there were some withered white stems and leaves scattered on the ground, which must be the legendary Zang Honger flower stems and leaves, such a precious thing. At this moment, it is like a broken leaf swept off by the autumn wind, which has no value at all

"This is the role of a merchant!" Lidastov sighed in his heart, as a former big smuggler, how can he not have the heart of a merchant, businessmen pursue profits, but if there are no merchants, how can goods circulate everywhere. No matter how precious it is, it's just a piece of waste

"Master Anturus, why don't you give me some food, or how will we live!" The young man didn't seem to notice anyone approaching, and there was a cry in his voice,

In the face of the young man's pleading, the old nobleman insisted unmoved, "You can figure it out, now the whole city, except for me, Anturus, dares to accept your things." Is there anyone else? No, because I'm the only one who still has the ability, otherwise. You just have to sell it, you can ask for grain, but the price can only be one-tenth of the previous total price, half a year, this is already my bottom line, come on, take two bags of wheat flour and hand it to this barbarian!"...,

The old nobleman turned away coldly, just in time to see Lidastov and his lieutenant outside

"Who are you?" the old nobleman frowned slightly, no one wanted his secret to be bumped, and he blocked his fingers with his body. A gesture was made in a certain direction, and the young man was immediately taken away, and a creaking sound sounded faintly in the corner of the wall

"Crossbow! It's an old-fashioned crossbow with a unique card sound!"

The face of the deputy who followed Lidastov changed slightly, cold sweat flowed down his forehead, and although the voice was small, it fell on the ears of the deputy who was born a soldier. It's still familiar, like seeing the bowstring open,

Samar's first generation of old-fashioned crossbows was still the way to pull the crossbow with a foot pedal, so it often took a huge clip to jam the bowstring.

"My lord, there is an ambush in the corner!" the deputy did not squint, and took the opportunity to follow up, and whispered in Lidastov's ear with great caution

"Don't be nervous, those who can enter this door are naturally guests!" Lidastov pretended not to hear anything, stretched out his hand to show that he had no malicious intent, and walked into the room with a calm face with a frozen momentum

"I'm not doing business here, if you're going to buy leather, go to another shop!" A sharp glint flashed in the old nobleman's eyes, and he, who was sophisticated, saw a smell called danger in Lidastov,

The two seasoned opponents seemed to have discovered something from each other, Lidastov's footsteps paused slightly, the corners of his mouth suddenly turned up slightly, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, this kind of arrogant aura in the darkness was very familiar, his eyes swept obliquely, and sure enough, on the third on the right side of the main beam, he saw an inverted triangle red sign

"It turned out to be a former colleague!"

A sneer appeared at the corner of Lidastov's mouth, and he didn't speak, but gave his thumb and little finger to the murderous old nobleman on the opposite side.

The nervous old nobleman on the other side was stunned for a moment, and the nervous emotion on his face eased slightly, and he made another gesture, unlike Lidastov, his middle finger and thumb were clasped together

"Fire fox under the snow mountain?" Lidastov's face was slightly moved, and he asked with a solemn expression, this name is very famous in the smuggling world, almost controlling half of the smuggling routes in the southern part of the Dorok Mountains, but no one has ever seen the true face of this person, no one would have thought that the famous 1 fire fox has been hiding in this small city,

However, it is also the largest leather center in Dorocque, and it is also the production place of the cherished product Zang Honger flower, which is unique in terms of materials and commercial conditions, and it is said that the shop in Anturus is the oldest shop in the city, and even as long as the city has been in existence for as long as zài, and at its most glorious time, it almost monopolized more than half of the leather industry in the city.

But in the last 10 years, with the sharp increase of competitors and the intervention of other forces,

This giant of the leather industry has rapidly declined, and many people believe that it is caused by poor management, or that there are too many competitors, and the previous monopoly has been broken, but few people still know that this family is not in decline, but has invested its abundant funds in other industries, that is, smuggling

The old nobleman on the other side sneered, and asked in a cold tone about being called out by the other party, "The black hand of Vecchia, I heard that you are no longer in this business, and it seems that you have mixed up in a good position." Why do you have time to come here today, don't say you're back to your old job!"

"Nonsense, since I'm here, I'm naturally here to talk about business! But I'm no longer engaged in smuggling. I'm going to buy it openly" Lidastov shrugged his shoulders noncommittally...,

"I should have thought of it, how could something like Zang Hongerhua not have a peer operating behind it, what kind of nonsense of 30 kilograms a year, I'm afraid that Your Excellency will make it up as a reason to raise the price arbitrarily!"

"Haha, this shoddy trick. It's just to deceive outsiders, and it's completely worthless in front of your own people!" The old nobleman known as the Fire Fox flashed a trace of smugness on his face, and said, "Just like you, a notorious black hand, actually said that you want to make an open deal, don't you think it's too ridiculous, let's talk about your true intentions, otherwise, with you, the Wiki black hand who specializes in yin people, behind me, my old bones will also feel uneasy!"

"Your Excellency Anturus. Are you hurting me or are you praising me!" Lidastov disagreed, sneered at the corner of his mouth, and sat down opposite the old nobleman very naturally. Scooped up a glass of wine on the table and took a sip

"Whatever you think!" The fire fox obviously didn't like this, and asked sharply, "Don't think that I don't know anything because I'm in a remote area, how can a big man from the Supervision Department of the Falcon Empire be interested in visiting my little snowy mountain! I'm afraid it's not just a so-called transaction, does the Falcon Empire have the heart to open a gap in the front here? This is too fantastical!"

"I didn't expect this old fox to be so sharp."

Hearing the words of the fire fox, Lidastov's face was calm, he pursed his lips with disdain, and said secretly, "It's a pity that you only guessed the purpose." But I can never think of a real means!"

"What the hell are you here for!" The old nobleman's face became more and more gloomy, and the murderous intent on his face that would fight if he didn't agree with each other became more and more intense

Lidastov spread his hands a little helplessly and said, "Well, I really don't have any malicious intentions, why doesn't anyone want to believe me, I'm here to talk about business." To put it bluntly, I need Zang Hongerhua!

"Zang Hongerhua?"

Hearing Lidastov's request, Anturus's cunning face was slightly stunned, and the tense atmosphere eased slightly

He walked back and forth in the hall for a while, before he stopped and asked in confusion, "What do you want this for?" As far as I know, the Falcon Empire's army has an independent medical team, although it is not as effective as Zang Hongerhua, but at least it avoids the mortality rate of most of the wounded soldiers, and if it is used by senior officers, it seems that it will not be of such a large weight!"

"You don't have to ask about this, just tell me directly, you just sell it or not!" Lidastov took out a bill with gold thread embroidered on the edge from his bosom very generously, and gently placed it on the table, "I want to get the largest amount of Zang Honger flowers in the shortest possible time, how much you want, money is not a problem, since you know my identity, you should know that I have the strength to say this!"

"The golden ticket of the business alliance? this thing is not easy to use now, the business alliance is being attacked everywhere, you scooped this out, aren't you here to harm me!" The eyes of the fire fox looked at the golden ticket scooped out by Lidastov, and said in his mouth, but his eyes still flashed with greed,

"Are you framing me? If you can't even take a golden ticket to cash it out of the mountains, it will make me look down on you!" Lidastov deliberately put on a sad and indignant expression, scooped up the gold medal on the table, and made a gesture that he wanted to take it back

"Don't, isn't this talking about business, since it's talking, then you can bargain, how can you be so impatient?"

Anturus hurriedly waved his hand to stop, in fact, he just wanted to use this to attack Lidastov's dominance in this negotiation, but he didn't expect Lidastov to see through his thoughts a long time ago

Although the Business Alliance has been restricted and attacked, the Golden Ticket of the Business Alliance has risen instead of falling, because the Golden Ticket can buy items at a very reasonable price within the Falcon Empire, and any items sold at a high price to the Dorok Mountains,...,

As soon as they went back and forth, the value of the golden ticket easily more than doubled, and the universal gold coins in the Dorok Mountains, because of the lack of gold and the ban on the use of the Falcon Empire, even if they had money, they could not buy things, if they were only bought in the country, in the case of soaring prices, their own value could be said to have shrunk greatly,

"Tell me, how many goods do you have!" Lidastov smiled at the corner of his mouth, and flicked the golden ticket in front of him with his hand, he knew these peers too well, as long as he had money, he could say anything

Anturus grunted, swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and said hesitantly, "Is 110 kilograms enough, if it is not enough, I can still have someone send it, but it will take some time!"

The adjutant who came out of Anturus's leather workshop and followed behind Lidarchus asked his boss who seemed to be in a good mood as he walked in front of him, with some confusion

"My lord, why do we need so many Zang Hongerhua?"

Lidastov's somewhat vicious eyes glared at him fiercely, and he snorted coldly, "Have you forgotten even the most basic things?" Yes, your subordinates are too reckless!" The deputy was so frightened that his head was covered in cold sweat

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, sometimes knowing too much is not good for you!" As if thinking of the loyalty of his deputy just now, Lidastov's cold face was somewhat relieved, and he said inexplicably, "Don't be like me, it's impossible to get out!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )