Chapter 32-A Lion's Demanding
"Now, I can finally target the king of the mountain bandits in the eastern section…"
Wang Mu looked at his attribute points and thought.
He was certain.
The legendary King of Mountain Thieves, even if he was a general, was not a famous general.
If it was just attribute points, he could crush the other party.
but
Generals had the legendary general skills.
A general skill was definitely a divine skill that was different from ordinary skills.
This was the greatest reason why generals could suppress troops and even fight against tens of thousands of people. They were even invincible in the world!
Before coming into contact with the general skills.
Wang Mu would not underestimate generals.
He was not a player.
He only had one life.
When faced with an unknown existence.
It was best to be cautious.
Moreover...
He was powerful now.
But in reality.
If the enemy was the elites of the imperial court…
For example…Tens of thousands of high-level elite soldiers, archers, spearmen, and sword-shield soldiers worked together to surround them.
Wang Mu would also encounter great trouble.
Strong attributes.
It did not mean that he could rest easy.
After all.
His own body.
It was still flesh and blood.
He could bully players who did not have high-level troops.
He could also lead an army to crush those poor bandits.
However…
When faced with a general, an existence that could have tens of thousands of soldiers under his command.
Wang Mu wasn't arrogant enough to think that he could crush them with his current strength.
To deal with such an existence.
He had to be fully prepared.
"Milord, those thirty captives have been taken into the dungeon!”
A bandit leader ran in and said respectfully.
Wang Mu nodded.
"Good! I'll go take a look now!"
He stood up.
These thirty captives.
They were all bandits who practiced some kind of physical cultivation technique.
Wang Mu wanted to use them for a test.
One-time use…Combining more than 30 types of Brute Training techniques, could he... Should he raise his Iron Cloak Skill to another level?
At this moment.
Another bandit leader rushed into the meeting hall and knelt on one knee."Milord, the head shopkeeper of the Mi Family, Liu Fuyun, claims to be representing the wealthy merchant families of Youzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou.”
Liu Fuyun.
The head shopkeeper of the Mi Family.
A wealthy merchant that represented the land of three states?
Wang Mu's lips curled up.
It seemed like…
His method of sealing off the trade route.
It was already making these merchants somewhat unable to hold back.
"Let him in!"
Wang Mu said in a deep voice.
Very quickly.
A terrified Liu Fuyun was led into the meeting hall by a bandit leader.
"This old man, Liu Fuyun, greets Lord Fort Master!”
Liu Fuyun was even more respectful than before.
At this moment.
He faced Wang Mu again.
Liu Fuyun could feel it.
The aura of the Fort Master in front of him was more oppressive than the last time they met.
It was even more powerful!
"Liu Fuyun, this time…What were the Mi brothers planning to say?”
Wang Mu sat in the main seat, leaning back on the chair as he spoke lazily.
"I don't dare, I don't dare…" Liu Fuyun hurriedly waved his hand." Lord Fort Master's martial arts are peerless. Now, he has unified the western part of the Yan Mountain range. He has tens of thousands of soldiers and 100,000 herdsmen. He can be said to be a tyrant…My main family has also admired Lord Fort Chief for a long time."
"Cut the crap!"
Wang Mu stood up.
"I know why you are here.”
"Currently, the trade route that leads to and from Swallow Mountain is in my hands…"If you merchants want to trade outside the fortress, you must go through my Blood Tiger Bastion!”
"Let's put it this way. Every year, how much do you pay the mountain bandits, bandits, and mounted gangsters in the Swallow Mountain range for passage fees and protection fees?”
Wang Mu went straight to the point, not giving Liu Fuyun the chance to beat around the bush.
After standing up, Wang Mu felt even more oppressive.
Liu Fuyun hurriedly wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.
"Reporting to my lord, a rough estimate…The total amount of fees each clan paid to the various factions in the Swallow Mountain range…It should be more than a million gold coins!”
"As for plundering…Basically, every time you leave the fortress, there's a risk of being robbed. You might encounter a robbery every three times you leave the fortress…"
Wang Mu's lips curled up.”
Based on the harvest of the bandits from the various mountain strongholds in the Swallow Mountain range and the information gathered from the captives.
Every year.
The various wealthy merchants that passed through the Swallow Mountain range indeed had to pay a lot of protection fees.
But even so.
Out of the fortress to trade.
The risk was also very high.
After all...
There were as many bandits as there were hairs on an ox.
How could he be all-encompassing?
In fact…
These bandits were not good people.
Betrayal.
Tearing up the agreement.
This kind of thing happened often.
However…
Even so.
Out of the fortress to trade.
It still had huge profits.
Tea leaves, salt, and iron from the Central Plains were the absolute hard currency outside the Great Wall.
Tea was a necessity for the herdsmen beyond the Great Wall.
It could prevent various diseases caused by the lack of fruits and vegetables.
It was the worst quality tea brick.
In the Central Plains.
It was only worth a few copper coins.
Outside the Great Wall.
It could be exchanged for a sheep!
The gross profit.
Jumping dozens of times!
Needless to say, salt and iron.
Salt was a necessity for the human body.
The herdsmen outside the Great Wall did not know how to make salt.
In the grasslands beyond the Great Wall, the price of salt was comparable to gold.
Iron was the same.
Nowadays, the civilization beyond the Great Wall was backward and did not know how to smelt metals.
Iron, to any tribe beyond the frontier.
They could be said to be strategic resources that were related to the survival of the tribe!
Other tribes used iron.
His own tribe would use bone clubs and wooden clubs.
If there was a conflict…
The consequences could be imagined.
Salt and iron.
To the tribes of the grassland beyond the Great Wall.
It was the most important thing related to survival.
Unfortunately…
After hundreds of years of war during the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin, and Southern Dynasties.
The technology of the Central Plains.
It inevitably spread to the grasslands beyond the Great Wall.
When the people beyond the Great Wall learned the skills of the Central Plains.
Then, it would be impossible for a battle record like " One Han against five Hu " to appear again.
And the people beyond the Great Wall.
It would also become a huge threat to the Central Plains Dynasty.
Now, the Frontier was still a wasteland, and this…
This was also the reason why wealthy merchants like the Mi Family valued trade beyond the Great Wall so much.
There was no other reason.
The profits were shockingly high.
Therefore, he had no choice.
Spending more than a million gold coins every year was a huge loss for these wealthy merchants.
It was nothing at all.
Thinking of this…
"Three million!" Wang Mu said. Three million gold coins a year, I don't care how you wealthy merchants split it, I only want three million!”
"Once the three million is in place, I'll open up the trade route!”
Boom!
Liu Fuyun was dumbfounded.
Three million…
This Blood Tiger Fortress Leader.
It was simply…
An exorbitant demand!
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