After being confused by wealth at first, Screaming quickly calmed down. Being trusted by many big sand thieves to manage their investments, this wealthy wolf man had his own judgment on the benefits of opening up this trade route.

"I have to admit that the Governor has found a solution to the problem in the Western Territory of the Empire, but when the Sand Bandits touch the fundamental interests of the Western Territory nobles, their tacit understanding with the Sand Bandits will be gone, and they will definitely spare no effort to eliminate us.

We will also have to be pushed by you to the forefront of the fight against the nobles of the Western Region. The final result... should be that we and the nobles of the Western Region will both suffer losses, and then the empire only needs to send a small number of troops to completely solve the two big troubles in the Western Region.

.

Mr. Governor, I still say the same thing, you think things are too simple. Now, although we, the Sand Pirates, are living in poverty, we can survive, and when the imperial army enters the Western Territory, we will have no right to choose. The empire should not

Fatten us up and let us become another kind of Western nobility."

Luke thought to himself, if I wasn't prepared well enough, something would happen this time.

"Given you a chance to clear your name and do serious business, do you still want to grow bigger and form a military force that the empire will be afraid of?"

Jianhou said tit for tat: "This is the rule of the West. The right to speak is at the edge of the knife. If we run the trade routes in the West for you, the nobles of the West will definitely attack us. We can only use the money we earn to expand our strength.

When the Sand Bandit's strength reaches a certain level, you ask us to hand over the knife in exchange for you...are you willing?"

Luke stood up, drew the knife he had brought, and stuck it on the table, next to the bottle of water elemental essence in the west.

"You should know that I sent Elf Qingkong to the First People Grassland. When she came from the First People Grassland to Sun Yao City to participate in the harvest festival, she brought an army composed of all the tribes in the First People Grassland.

At that time, all the barbarians in the Western Region will gather under her banner. Are you sand bandits still thinking of not handing over your sword?

Don't think that I'm here to beg you for my use. I'm here to show you a way out. Start a logistics company honestly and cooperate with me in doing things. I guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing and enjoy the high quality you have never enjoyed before.

Life.

Stop dreaming about unrealistic things, the good times of sand pirates are over!"

Facing Luke's threat, Screech was about to get angry when he was frightened by the information revealed by Luke.

"You send an elf magician to the First People's Grassland just to unify all the tribes in the First People's Grassland. This is the biggest joke I have ever heard in my lifetime.

Mr. Governor, threats cannot solve your needs."

Luke smiled and said: "What I said is true or false, you will know if you send someone to the Ancestor Grassland to have a look.

You already know what you should know today. Mr. Screaming is busy with his affairs, so I won't disturb him.

Come to me again when you make your decision, you know where I live."

After finishing speaking, Luke took out the knife on the table and put it back into its sheath, then turned around and left.

Maevesman wanted to stop him, but was stopped by Screaming once again. At the same time, he said: "Scorpion, send the Governor out, don't let the ignorant guys outside rush into my distinguished guest."

"Yes, Mr. Screech."

Mavesman led Luke and his party out of the study, and screamed and took out a paper bird from the drawer: "Go and see what happened in the Ancestor Grassland."

The paper bird flew from the screaming hand and flew to the west through the open skylight.

After Jianhou watched the paper bird leave, he put on his glasses and picked up the account book. But no matter what, he couldn't read it calmly. The knife marks on the table always distracted him.

Maevesman led Luke and the three of them through the levels of checkpoints and walked outside.

"Sir, you are the first one to be so rude to Mr. Screaming and still get out of here safely. I hope that next time we meet, you will receive such courtesy from Mr. Screaming."

"Next time... Mr. Screaming will come out to greet me in person." Luke pointed at the nearby cage holding slaves: "How much does that cost for mother and child? I bought it!"

Maevsman followed Luke's direction and looked.

They are an ordinary human mother and son, with nothing special apart from their thin elf blood.

Maevesman sent someone to bring the mother and son, and then said to Luke: "These two slaves are given to you by Mr. Screaming."

"Then express my gratitude to Mr. Screech on my behalf."

Luke didn't say anything to the mother and son who were brought over, and walked past them.

Kestrel walked over and quickly put a money bag into his mother's hands: "I forgot about my mother, but I see what my mother is like from you. That's all I can help. I hope you can be happy.

"

Then the kestrel said to the boy: "Take care of your mother."

"I will, thank you!"

"Goodbye!" Kestrel quickly caught up with Luke and Quicklegs who were walking away.

The mother and son stared blankly at the kestrel leaving, wondering where they should go and how they could survive in this strange place.

"Hey, I can provide you with a place to live and a job. Do you want to follow me?"

Maevsman said to the mother and son, staring at the money bag in her mother's hand.

The mother hugged the money bag alertly at first, but then immediately handed the money bag out: "These are yours, please let us go."

Who would have thought that Maevesman did not take the purse. She smoked a cigarette and said: "You have met a noble man, and I don't dare to offend him. It is safer to stay and work here than to wander around. If that noble man suddenly thinks of you,

, you have become prosperous, don’t forget the help I gave you.”

The boy asked at this time: "Who is he?"

"I can't tell you his name yet, but in short... he is a big shot who can change the entire Western Territory.

Come with me, I will find you a place to stay, take a shower and change your clothes."

The mother put away the money bag, held the boy tightly, and followed Maevsman towards the dark residential area.

On the other side, in Sun Yao Manor, Count Urd received the news that Governor Meteor suddenly disappeared.

He got angry and reprimanded the people who were following him as idiots. To be able to follow an outsider in his own city was to bring shame to Sun Yao City.

But when he heard that the eldest princess Agatha was shopping for goods in the Sunshine City Market, and that she was buying goods at a huge premium, he realized that the eldest princess must have a deep meaning in doing so.

Then I heard that Meteor had raised the price of halfling wine to one gold coupon per barrel and was preparing to buy it on a large scale. I immediately felt a chill on the back of my neck.

Really cruel!

This is just putting the nobles of the Western Region on the guillotine one by one!

Earl Urd was able to run the Harvest Festival on such a large scale, and of course he knew what the extremely low prices in the West meant to the nobles of the West. They controlled the trade routes between the Empire and the West, and absorbed the wealth of the entire West by selling high and buying low.

, to maintain their own territorial army.

If the price of goods in the entire Western Territory rises significantly, the soldiers who rely on leading the army to support their families will definitely not be able to bear the rising cost of living.

If the army falters, it will directly shake the foundation of the lords' rule.

Count Urd's first thought was to kill Meteor and Agatha to nip this crisis in the bud.

But those were the eldest princess and the governor of Nutao City. If he killed them at this time, he would definitely be forced to be buried with them.

But... just let them continue to raise prices in Sunshine City?

The Harvest Festival is about to take place!

At that time, almost all the barbarians in the Western Region would bring their seasonal output to Sunshine City to sell and then purchase the materials they needed. The nobles in the Western Region would also send caravans to bring cheap materials purchased from the Empire and sell them at high prices, making huge profits.

Previous transaction.

This is a feast for the nobles of the Western Region, but this time the nobles of the Western Region may be frightened out of their souls by the prices at the harvest festival.

Unable to kill or stop him, Count Urd was so anxious that his whole body was sweating.

He knew that Governor Meteorite was powerful and had received Erguya's reminder, but he never expected that just now he and Meteorite were polite and harmonious when they entered the city, and this guy turned around and stabbed him in the back.

This knife also pierced the trachea.

Earl Urd thought about countermeasures, thinking about how to deal with the falling star, which was a sure-kill move.

Not long after, the attendants came to report that the Governor of Meteor Star had returned with His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess. Also coming back with him were dozens of carts of goods. Now Sun Yao City was full of voices praising the Eldest Princess and looking forward to seeing the Eldest Princess tomorrow.

Visit your own stall.

"Go and ask the Governor of Meteor to come to my place!"

Earl Urd now lives in a small building by the central lake. Although the furnishings and decorations inside are not as modern and avant-garde as those in Raging Waves City, they are comparable to the harmonious combination of tradition and new trends in Saint-Lun City.

Tea drinking, which has just emerged, has also become one of Earl Ould's hobbies.

Earl Ould invited Luke to taste tea together. While he was making tea with a tea set, he said: "The taste of the tea has a great relationship with the quality of the water. The water I use to make the tea is Pi

Special personnel went to the World Tree Master Ruins in the Ancestor Grassland to collect the spring water from the Shuxin Lake Spring.

It is the underground water extracted from the root system of the World Tree, and then ejected from the heart of the tree after purification. It is the source of many rivers in the Western Region. Also because of the importance of the source, it is protected by the fierce war song that is the most difficult to deal with among the prairie elves. This water is not what

People can drink it.”

Earl Urd poured a cup of tea for Luke, and made it clear in his words that with his energy in the West, he could easily obtain even the most difficult-to-obtain water.

Luke took a sip of tea, and sure enough, the tea brewed by the source of the World Tree was different, and his spirit and physical strength were replenished.

You can let Qingkong drink more and take it home to drink.

"The water is good, but the quality of the tea is a bit low. I will ask Nutao City to send some good tea, and Lord Earl can taste it."

Earl Urd put down the teapot and said: "The City of Raging Waves connects the world. The Governor must have drank all kinds of good tea, and of course he also has the world's top red wine.

I heard that the Governor is very interested in the halfling wine from the Western Region and is planning to purchase it on a large scale and transport it to Raging Waves City to make high-end red wine for sale."

Luke knew what Earl Urd wanted to do by inviting him here. He pretended to be ignorant and said: "The sunshine in the west is strong, so that the grapes produced have a much higher sugar content than other places. The halfling winemaking process here
To be continued...