Succubus' Manor

Chapter 126

Suddenly, a lot of businessmen from other places poured into the gate of the city. These merchants brought cart after cart of goods, and the wheels were much heavier. Many of them were acquaintances. into town.

They are familiar with the way, chatting with hands in their mouths.

"I also came to Stettin last spring, and it always felt a little different."

"Clean and no smell."

"It's true what you said, I didn't find out just now."

The guards opened the ropes of the sacks that tied the goods, and it took a long time to count everything. The merchants were not in a hurry. Their servants would go to nearby houses to buy some food and pour a pot of hot water. The merchants I also brought my own stool, and I am not tired at all, but I have been on the road for a long time, and I look weathered.

The merchants were chatting, but their eyes were on the guards. The hands and feet of the guards were never clean. It was common for the guards to take away the valuables in an open manner during the counting. The merchants did not dare to say anything, but after all, they were themselves. It is impossible to not care about the goods at all.

But the merchants stared at the guards, only to find that the hands and feet of these guards were unprecedentedly clean.

The guards moved very quickly and counted very quickly, and they didn't take anything. After counting one car, they quickly counted the next car. Before noon, the first merchant's convoy was released.

To the merchants, the guards are like mice, they don't take too much, but they are very responsive.

And the rats can never get enough to eat.

But the guards stopped taking things, and the merchants were also afraid. The guards seemed unimportant, but they were the scariest people that the merchants without a backstage could come into contact with.

The guards can find any excuse to prevent them from entering.

So the merchants stretched their necks, waiting to see what would happen to the merchant who was not taken advantage of.

As a result, the businessman went to talk to the guard for a few words, and then led his convoy into the city in fear.

During the period, he did not do anything to benefit the guards.

"It's really weird."

"It really didn't benefit."

"Maybe he gave it in advance, maybe there is a businessman he knows in the city who spoke for him."

The merchants discussed for a while, and they all felt that the other party must have acquaintances in the city, and they had greeted the guards in advance.

But after the truckloads of goods were counted, the guards really didn't take anything.

The middle-aged man, who was still guessing the reason with other businessmen just now, saw that his convoy had been counted, and hurried over to talk to the guard: "My lord, you have worked hard, here are..."

He was just about to take out the things he was carrying in his pocket, but the guard waved at him and said very rudely, "Where do you think this is?"

The middle-aged man said confusedly, "Stedding."

Has the city changed its name?

The guard was upright: "Our people from Stettin will not take advantage of you."

"Go in quickly. I have to count the convoy behind. The lord said that it is not easy for you small businessmen, and the city entry tax will be exempted for you."

The middle-aged man's eyes widened, thinking he was dreaming, he asked stupidly: "Your lord...do you still care about us?"

Guard: "Don't worry, why don't you care?"

The guard glanced back to make sure that no one was being lazy, and then continued to say to the middle-aged man: "Anyway, your lord has exempted both the entrance tax and the exit tax. Go in, everyone is very lucky."

The middle-aged man asked the bottom line: "My lord, where is our luck?"

The guard waved his hand: "The sugar and wine in the city are about to start selling, just these few days, are you out of luck?"

The guard was really too lazy to continue talking nonsense with him: "Get out, be careful, there is no warehouse when you go late, and there is no hotel room for you to sleep in."

The guard glared at him after he finished speaking.

The middle-aged man hurriedly greeted his buddies and servants to enter the city.

After entering the city, he realized that this city is completely different from last year!

Those simple wooden houses have been demolished, and the soil in the streets has been compacted, so that there will be no troublesome problems of wheels sinking into pits.

As soon as they entered, a child in his early ten years blocked his way. Although the child was young, he was very sophisticated. He shouted: "Master! Do you want to rent a warehouse?! Ten copper coins a day, there are still people Guard the gate, and don't worry about thieves at night!"

Middle-aged people stop when they find that the child is calling themselves.

He really needs to find a safe place to store the goods, and he can't just find a place to store them.

But a child can't be trusted by him.

The child shouted again: "Master, there are so many merchants outside, if you don't rent it sooner, you won't be able to rent it later."

The middle-aged man finally smiled helplessly: "Which family are you from?"

The child puffed up his chest: "I belong to the lord's family!"

These children couldn't do heavy work, so Chi Yan summoned them and asked them to go to the gate of the city to attract guests. If they attracted a guest, they would get a copper coin. The more they pulled, the more they got.

For many orphans, this is a rare blessing.

Even many orphans who used to be thieves quietly washed their hands in the golden basin and attracted guests.

The middle-aged man was amused: "The lord will use a child as young as you?"

Child: "The adults just let us do the easy work because we are small. If you rent the warehouse, I can get a copper coin!"

Middle-aged man: "I rent it for one day and you get one, what about ten days?"

Child: "It's still one."

The middle-aged man teased him: "Then you will lose out."

The child shook his head: "It's not a loss, and you're not the only one!"

The middle-aged man thought about it too. There are so many caravans and businessmen outside, both big and small.

The child added: "I know everything about the city, if you let me book a room for you."

"But I need to give me a copper coin to book a room, and I can't let me run errands for nothing."

The middle-aged man thought about it, and felt that he had no acquaintance here, and it was inconvenient to do anything, so he said, "Take me to the warehouse first."

Compared with where he lives, he cares more about where the goods are stored and whether they are safe.

The child hurriedly walked in front, beckoning to the people behind: "Come with me, we will go around half of the city!"

The warehouse is built on the edge of the city. The newly built warehouse is made of local clay and wooden boards. It has been air-dried for more than half a month. Although the walls are still a little wet, it is better than the previous warehouse built with a few broken wooden boards. went.

After seeing such a large warehouse, the middle-aged man finally breathed a sigh of relief. Before he had time to sigh, he was dragged outside a shed by a child. There was a queue outside the shed, and there were still a lot of goods beside it. The guys who moved the goods Sitting on the ground and resting, it is time to exert strength when unloading.

The middle-aged man was led by the child to the end of the line. After the people in front had taken their turns, the middle-aged man came to the wooden table, and the people sitting behind the wooden table looked up at him.

He was asked first his name, then where he came from, then what his goods were, and finally recorded his birthmark or a more obvious mark on his body, such as a mole behind his left ear, Just got the wooden sign.

After getting the wooden sign, the child led him to the door of the warehouse he was assigned to, and then let him unload the goods by himself.

The middle-aged man quickly stopped the child: "They don't charge money?"

Child: "Take it, when do you leave, when do you collect the money, the money is collected on a daily basis."

Middle-aged man: "Aren't you afraid that I'll run away?"

The child looked helpless, as if the other party was a child and he was an adult and said: "You run away when you don't want all the goods? Then run, no one can stop you."

Only then did the middle-aged man realize that he didn't have the key to the warehouse, and there were people guarding it all day long, so the money would definitely be irresistible.

Seeing him in a daze, the child reminded him, "Don't worry, it's very safe here. If you didn't come here in person, the warehouse door wouldn't open."

The middle-aged man nodded and sighed, "I didn't expect to be asked so carefully."

But this is even better!No one will pretend to be his relatives or cronies to take the goods away.

It is safe and not afraid of losing it. Ten copper coins a day are very cost-effective, and there is nothing more cost-effective.

Then the middle-aged man followed the child to the hotel to open a room, and the child walked in front: "When you passed by just now, you should have asked me to book a room for you first. Give me two copper coins."

The middle-aged man is now used to the children's clamor, so he is not angry, so he walks on the street with his clerks and servants, looking around, thinking that everything here is interesting.

When passing by the market, he was surprised: "I'm so lucky that the market is open today."

Generally, the market is held once every seven days, and it is really lucky to bump into it on the first day.

The child answered every question: "Our market is open every day, and it is not closed at night."

The middle-aged man was dumbfounded: "No?"

Child: "It doesn't matter, this is the vegetable and meat market, and the street in front is the cloth market. If you need something, you can go out and buy it yourself. It's very convenient. Every store has the same price. Don't worry about being slaughtered. Local people You can also buy it here.”

The middle-aged man asked again: "Then the road here..."

The roads here are all stone slabs, and there are nicks on the stone slabs.

Child: "These cobblestone roads were paved by merchants and gentlemen. They have to replenish the goods every day, so that it is convenient for cars to enter and exit, and it will not become muddy due to sewage, which is more convenient."

The middle-aged man opened his mouth wide.

He is a fool now, he has to ask everything he sees, even if he doesn't see anyone take off their pants and shit on the road, he has to ask why.

The child didn't get impatient either, he asked and answered whatever he asked, and when he entered the hotel, the middle-aged man became even more stupid.

He had never seen such a big and luxurious hotel in his life.

And as soon as he entered, a woman led him to register. There was a lot of people in the hall, and all the people gathered inside were businessmen. Of course, the men and servants would not live in. They would take the money to find a cheap place to live by themselves. Only merchants will live in it.

After all, the hotel is also a place to develop contacts. A group of businessmen eat and drink, and they can always get acquainted with each other. Even if they don't need this contact now, maybe they will meet again sometime in the future, and they can benefit from each other.

He heard the merchants chatting and laughing as they lined up: "The guards didn't confiscate a penny."

"The warehouse is also good. The kid who led me is very clever. I just gave him two copper coins."

"Stedding is really different."

"It wasn't like that last year."

"If only it were like Stettin elsewhere."

They have benefited, so naturally they praise here sincerely.

The middle-aged man swallowed.

It's really...

It's a businessman's paradise!