"Here?" Bede's eyes widened in disbelief. "It's at least twenty kilometers away from Tiffanytown! What are you doing here in the wilderness? I'm telling you, don't look at those goblins. , Kobolds, you are so timid now. Once you leave the caravan, they will be more ferocious than the last. I know Brother Gavin that you are very powerful, but no matter how powerful you are, there are only three of you. You can't hold them against the large number of them. Those little There were dozens or dozens of greenskins swarming up."
"I know everything Uncle Bede said, but I have my own plan. Does Uncle Bede still remember the kobold tribe that traded ores with us before?" Gavin asked.
"The one named Black Well?" Bede is a smart man who knows everything right. "You don't want to attack the kobold tribe and their mines, do you?"
"Yes!" Gavin nodded and said, "I have carefully inspected their iron ore, and it is of good quality. The earth color of their cave is very new, which means it is newly opened. It is so light, and the quality is so good. It is very possible that the soil below There is a large mineral vein buried, and the most important thing is that there are not many of them, and their lives are not very good. With the three of us, we are strong and soft, we should have no problem eating them."
Bede did not reply immediately. He blinked rapidly. His brain was probably working rapidly, calculating the success rate, and most importantly, calculating the benefits.
An iron mine, an iron mine only 20 kilometers away from Tifanton, an iron mine managed by humans and excavated by kobolds, how much profit can be produced.
At the end of the day, Bader almost failed, and only one player with amazing potential appeared.
"What do you need me to do?" Bede changed his tone directly.
"I want your last truckload of food, and then help me buy more food, mining tools and weapons, each of which should be no less than one truckload. When the time comes, I will buy it with iron ore." Gavin threw out his Purpose.
"No problem." Bede said without hesitation, "I'm giving this truck of grain to you for free, and it will be treated as my personal investment, but all your iron ore will be sold by me in the future."
As expected of a profiteer, he was a lion's mouth when he came up, and he wanted to take a bite of the mine that Gavin didn't own yet, which was still the fattest part.
"Impossible." Gavin shook his head without hesitation. "I will pay for the food. If the price is the same, I can only guarantee to give it to you first."
How could Gavin let others choke him, especially if he only paid a load of grain?
"Deal." Bede also asked for a sky-high price and paid back the money. It was enough to have the right to purchase first.
What's more, these are all empty talk. The most important thing is to see whether the young man in front of me can stand here.
Thinking about the other party's performance along the way, Bede felt that this problem didn't seem to be too big. The other party's mentality was much bigger than the appearance.
This alone makes it worth his investment.
After trying to shirk each other for a long time, Bede's cart of food was finally given to Gavin as an investment. He asked for nothing else but that Gavin could really win over the kobold tribe and gain a firm foothold here. .
At first, Bede thought he was a solitary eater, but little did he know that this was an open secret.
Gavin had private discussions and exchanges with every merchant in the caravan.
Many people with a long-term vision are optimistic about Gavin's plan and have more or less invested in him.
Therefore, when Gavin left the caravan, he left with three carriages filled with goods. Bede had reason to suspect that if there were not only three of them, they could only drive three vehicles, and the amount of goods they had , there will be more.
I don’t know how many people he has promised this right of first refusal. If everyone has the right of first refusal, how useless is this right?
Profiteer!
Black-hearted profiteer!
Bede, who was always good-tempered, couldn't help but cursed behind Gavin. An iron ore that he had not yet obtained was sold to him for a large sum of money. Compared with this little hairless fox, their hearts were filled with anger. All red and shiny.
When dealing with this guy in the future, you must be more cautious, otherwise you won't even know how you were tricked by him.
The young priest who was driving the carriage in the middle was so admired by Gavin that she almost fell to the ground.
She worked extremely hard, treating, making healing potions, and helping people repair the carriage. After working all the way, she managed to exchange a carriage and half a cart of goods.
As a result, Mr. Gavin wandered all the way, and finally just went out to talk. Those uncles and aunts who were usually very stingy generously donated their money one by one, and collected two full carts of goods for him, and also gave him a look. If Wen doesn't accept their goods, it's like he doesn't give them face.
Gavin, on the other hand, seemed reluctant to accept the hospitality.
What is this called?
Anna's little mind wandered for a long time, but she couldn't find a suitable adjective.
Three people and three trucks traveled less than two kilometers, turned a corner, and arrived at their destination. This was a medium-sized mountain col with three cliffs on one side and a gentle slope on the other. There is a small river winding through the mountains.
Gavin and the others stopped the carriage not far from a dark cave that was half a person tall.
Gavin said loudly: "Please come out and talk, the leader of Black Well. I am a friend who did business with you before. I have a big business to discuss with you."
What answered Gavin was the sound of the mountain wind.
It seemed like not a single living thing existed in this dark cave.
Not only Gavin, but Anna could also feel that there were countless pairs of eyes in the darkness, watching their every move.
"Vic, Xiaohe, fireball." Gavin didn't waste any time and gave the order to the goblin warlock beside him.
boom!
The fireball technique came out in response and exploded in the center of the river. The water splashed out for more than ten meters. The blazing flames burned on the river for more than a round before extinguishing. Countless small fish and shrimps floated up with their white bellies turned over. Medium rare.
"My left hand is friendship and food, and my right hand is swords and magic. Which one are you going to choose?" Gavin raised his voice again, "You'd better give up the idea of fighting a stalemate with me. Have you seen the carriage behind me? It is filled with daily necessities, and we have plenty of time and energy. If you don’t want to starve to death in the cave..."
"We choose left-hand Wang."
Before Gavin could finish speaking, a high-pitched voice came from deep in the cave, and then a dark red humanoid creature came out.
This humanoid creature is slightly taller than a goblin, but very limited. It has a lizard-like head and a slender tail. Its skin is covered with fine scales the size of a little finger. Because the joints of its legs are recurved, The long tail adjusts the balance, making their center of gravity a little forward and looking a little forward.
This is a cannon fodder creature that is as famous as a goblin, a kobold.
"Come out, everyone. It's an honor for us, Sir, to lead us...Come out, everyone..." The kobold shouted angrily to behind him as he walked out.
Following his urging, thirty or forty kobolds soon came out one after another.
Under the leadership of this kobold, he knelt down in front of Gavin with a bang and said: "Gos is willing to lead the entire Black Well clan and be loyal to Lord Gao, and please Lord Gao not to hurt us, we are willing to do anything. "
Gavin, Anna, and Vic looked at each other, as if they didn't expect it to go so smoothly.
Especially Gavin, he still has a lot of damaging tricks in his stomach, such as hunger tactics, smoke tactics, etc.
Prepare to fight a protracted battle with this pack of kobolds to wear away all their energy, and then surrender them.
Without thinking, Vic threw a fireball with his front foot, and they all surrendered with his back foot.
Gavin couldn't help but wonder, was this fireball technique wasted?
If they persist for a while longer, they will come out and surrender?
Seeing clearly the appearance of the kobolds kneeling below, Gavin somewhat guessed the reason why these kobolds surrendered so happily.
This nest of kobolds seemed to be quite numerous, but there were only a dozen or so of them, including old ones, young ones, and those in their prime. All of them were in tattered clothes, with sallow complexions and skinny muscles. It was obvious at a glance that they were malnourished.
Their lives were very difficult and they had no means of conflict.
