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Chapter 32 The Black Market

In the early morning, a group of five people quietly left from the barracks. Locke, Kane, Hans, Gulas and Kebby headed in the opposite direction of the troops.

It is already late autumn. Whether it is Fostertan or Charles, the autumn and winter are always cold, and the summer is unbearable. Therefore, the current marching time of the army is from noon to evening.

Fortunately, the two barons decided to try their best to travel, and it took less than two days to arrive at Bimoor City, where the Corps' headquarters is located.

This time, Locke took advantage of the opportunity that the troops would not march in the morning and went to the city of Charlotte that they had passed before to do a business with Kebby.

Walier City, a small city that once had two thousand residents, has no other characteristics. The only strange thing about this city is that the walls of this city are comparable to those of a medium-sized city, with a height of nearly 10 meters.

It is said that this was built by Baron Abbic, the senior city lord of this city. This was once a great joke among the local nobles in Charlotte. Why is it so tall for a small city?

At this time, the nobles who once joked with Baron Abbic now regretted it. Why didn't they think about burying the city wall? It was precisely because of this nearly 10-meter-high city wall that the Sharlot people in the city were temporarily spared from the fire of war.

It is precisely because of this that the city of Walir became a refuge port for wealthy merchants and wealthy people in nearby Charleston, and also became a place for the refugees of Charleston.

The destination of Rock and others is Walier City.

Locke came to Walier City this time not to kill and rob, but to trade. He did catch a few smuggled and reselled things in that small town before, but their goods were all ordinary grain and Sharlot's coins, which were not worth much money. Kergi, who knew he was hopeless, made an opinion and went to Walier City to attend the trade fair there.

There is a group of merchants living in the dark in every city. Some of them are robbers, some are smugglers, and some are gangsters. You can buy things that you can't buy on the market here, but the price will be a bit expensive. This is the black market.

Kerby had worked in the black market before. When Francis was once prosperous, there was also a black market. After the Forstan army broke through the city, the black market disappeared. Kerby knew very well what huge financial and material resources these merchants in the dark had. This time, he encouraged Rock to bring people, not to buy things, but to sell things.

"Charlotel is over, and now the knowledgeable people know it." Kebby walked among the group and talked happily. Locke and others ignored him. "Derler is now a hard currency, and those black market merchants will definitely eat it at any cost."

This is Kebi's suggestion. Use Delé to exchange for Sharlo's coins. In the Forstein caravan, the exchange ratio between Delé and the coins is 2:1, but there are also people who exchange it in Sharlo 5:1. This is the way to make a fortune.

This time, Locke not only exchanged the income from the town that had just been "sweeping" for Dell, but also borrowed a large sum of money from Uncle Yoshak, with a total of 400 Silver Dells, and Hans and Gulas's back midfielders were all bulging.

After considering this transaction, Locke thought it was feasible, but on the contrary, he brought three capable players with him. Not to mention whether there is anyone in the black market that can stop Locke, it would be fine if Hans and others would fight against ordinary gangsters and one of them.

The few people did not waste time and hurried to Walier City after they came out of the military camp. Before the morning was overshuang, the few people had already arrived outside Walier City.

The difference between Wallier and Francis is not very big. The only obvious thing is that the wall is several meters high. However, the slightly broken wall is no matter how high it is, in the eyes of Locke and others, this city is also vulnerable.

There were several guards standing in groups of three or three on the city wall. A obviously huge stone pit on the city wall to the west was so abrupt. That was the warning given to them by the magician of the Baron Kashgar when their troops passed by the city yesterday.

The stone pit gave the Charlottes endless fear and worries, and also gave Rock and his group confidence.

There were many people gathered outside the city gate, all of whom were refugees who wanted to enter the city. However, it may be that the army that had not yet walked away yesterday caused too much pressure, and only a small gap was opened at this time.

Although it was still early at this time, Locke and his group had already lined up dozens of meters away. At this speed, let alone rushing back before noon, it would be nice to enter the city.

Lock frowned and glanced at Kebi. Kebi straightened his chest and promised, "Look at me!" After that, Kebi strode to the entrance of the city gate, communicated with the soldiers guarding the gate, and secretly stroked the pants pockets of one of the soldiers guarding the city with his left hand. The soldier felt that his pocket was much heavier, so he gave his colleagues around him a wink, so he patted Kebi on the shoulder, and the matter was done.

Kerby waved to Locke and others who were still queuing up, and several people walked towards the city gate. The refugees around were angry and looked at the guys who were rushing to the line. One or two of them seemed to want to take action. Hans just glared over and said nothing of the two people. Only then did everyone realize that none of these people were easy to bully.

With Hans' size nearly two meters away, none of them can match those yellow-faced refugees around him, not to mention Gulas, who is not inferior to Hans's. Even Locke, who is slightly "slim" among the few people, Kane is about 1.8 meters tall. In the eyes of others, he is also a strong man.

Gulas hugged his shoulders with his hands and snorted coldly at the group of refugees. The group of refugees seemed to see some beast, and they retreated in fear.

When Lock and his men walked to the city gate, the soldiers guarding the gate saw the appearance of the people and immediately held the spear tightly in their hands, as if they were facing a great enemy. Kebi was busy at this time and explained that the soldiers of course could feel the difference between these people. Anyone who had killed someone would exude a kind of evil spirit, and those who had served as soldiers could feel it.

As the best in the army, Rock and others had certainly amazing evil spirits. Seeing that the soldiers guarding the city were still unmoved, Kerby waved his right hand again. There was something else in the soldier's pocket before, and the soldier showed hesitation.

Seeing that it was effective, Kerby stuffed all the coins left on him to the soldier. Finally, the soldier put away his weapons and nodded to other soldiers around him. The soldiers around him put away their spears, but the spear head was still pointing at Locke and others.

"Don't make trouble!" the soldier said to Locke and others as if threatening, but the answer was Gulas rolling his eyes.

After a few people entered the city, Gulas slapped Kebi's shoulder and "Peng" took a palm. Kebi's small body was afraid that it would fall apart. "It's great, you kid are quite clever. Why didn't you feel it when you caught you?"

Kebi smiled flatteringly and said, "Sir, you are joking. Those who are still guarding the gate at this time are all cannon fodder selected from the city. What can you know? Dozens of copper coins are enough to send them away."

The city of Wallier is not much different from the city of Francis, and it is even more financially damaged. The streets are full of refugees lying on the ground, and there is no shop that is still open.

Locke was in a hurry and was not interested in appreciating the city. He said to Kerby, "Let's lead the way."

"Sir, the black market in every city must be in the most chaotic place." Kebi explained while taking the road, "There is no more chaotic place than the slums."

Several people walked between the complex sheds, and the people around them were covered in rags that were not covered in their bodies. They had messy hair, gray complexion, and their eyes were staring at the uninvited group of uninvited guests.

Locke and others did not pay much attention to these refugees. Suddenly, a person who was staggering, his messy hair covered his face, and he didn't even have shoes rushed to Locke and others, "Sir, okay, I haven't eaten for three days..." Before the man approached Locke, he was blocked by Kane next to him and stopped on the side of the road.

This was just a small episode on the road, and the few people forgot it in a blink of an eye. However, Locke noticed that the reason why the man stopped was because he was holding a copper suddenly in his hand, and at that time, only Kane was closer to him.

Several people walked closer to a black wooden shed to stop. There were four gangsters holding wooden sticks and pickaxes at the door. Although the guy in their hands looked funny, it was indeed the only standard weapon allowed in the city. The merchants and the rich were already scared, and they did not allow regular weapons to appear in the hands of civilians.

If these four gangsters are more prominent among the refugees around them, Locke and others are simply outspoken, and they don’t look like ordinary citizens at first glance.

Gulas, Hans's majestic muscles were just entrance tickets. The four goalkeepers didn't even stop him, so they let a few people enter the court. This made Locke and his men a little confused.

Although the wooden shed is a size of one or two hundred square meters, it is obviously not enough to serve as a black market for a city. Sure enough, what catches your eyes after entering is the stairs that pass through.

"Is this?" Locke saw the downward road for the first time.

"It's the basement, sir," Kebby stood up at the right time and explained, "it is said to have been built by a magician at first."

This is the second thing Rock has ever seen created by a magician, and the first one is the sofa he saw in the tent of Master Zoro.

"There are also black markets on the streets, which is even bigger," explained Kebi. "But our identities are not easy to show up in public, so those who come to this underground are a little smaller, but they are all high-quality products. Those who come to this are not ordinary people who come to the black market to buy things."

"Yes, it's just currency trading, you don't need to go to a big trading venue." Locke nodded in agreement.

Torches were hung on both sides. The downward stairs were not long, but because they were underground, they looked particularly dark. Fortunately, the few of them were brave tough guys and didn't feel that much—
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