Alien High Lord

Even my own bed with several layers of cushions can't compare with the softness of this sofa.

This kind of sofa has never been seen even in the city lord's mansion.

Gray felt that this trip was so worthwhile, this small valley simply subverted his previous cognition.

Chapter 195 Cooperation and Transaction (1)

Gray sat upright on the sofa, while his two subordinates stood behind him meticulously.

On the other hand, on Li Fan's side, apart from Li Fan sitting in the main seat, Ying, Anna, Aoki, Dozina, Gu Li, Alicia, and Hui Yu all sat casually on the sides.

This seemed strange to Gray. After all, when the lord was discussing important matters, most of his subordinates should not avoid them, but should respectfully stand aside.

But this time he came here to promote cooperation, so naturally he won't meddle in other people's business.

And after seeing how different this small town is, how dare he underestimate Li Fan.

Gray said at this time: "Let me introduce again, Lord Li Fan, hello, I am Gray, the vice president of the Winter City Mercenary Guild."

"Vice President," Li Fan didn't expect that the person who came this time turned out to be a big shot.

Mercenary guilds exist throughout the entire human empire. It can be said that they are one of the most powerful forces besides nobles.

Only merchant associations and churches can compare with it.

Although the mercenary guild has established the positions of president and vice president in every city, it is undoubtedly a great face for Li Fan that a vice president can come in person and show such a friendly attitude towards him.

This also made Li Fan very interested in what Gray was going to say next.

"The purpose of our visit this time is to cooperate with you." Gray stated the purpose of his trip very directly.

"Cooperation, how to cooperate? Are you sure you want to cooperate with our small group of thousands of people?" Although Li Fan doesn't hate cooperation, he really doesn't know where the capital in his valley can be compared with the mercenary guild. A kind of cooperation between big forces.

Gray smiled, and said to Li Fan: "Your lord is humble, everyone in Winter City already knows that you defeated Lenny Carton."

Li Fan was stunned for a moment, only then did he realize that it was because of this incident that the mercenary guild was alarmed.

But now that the big black bear has left, if this matter is exposed, they will be in danger.

This is also the reason why Li Fan is in a hurry to advance.

Naturally, Li Fan would not tell Gray about the big black bear's departure.

So he nodded and said pretendingly: "So it's because of this. Although Lenny Carton is strong, but he dares to provoke us, we will naturally not sit still, not only Lenny Carton, but anyone who dares to violate We, we're all going to make him pay."

Li Fan spoke forcefully, but his heart was still a little empty.

However, in the situation where Gray is not sure whether he is an enemy or a friend, Li Fan can only find a way to deter the opponent, at least he should show enough toughness, otherwise he may be pinched as a soft persimmon.

However, Li Fan didn't know that his attitude immediately made Gray feel that he had chosen the right person for this cooperation.

Although Gray hasn't seen which master defeated Lenny Carton, he is already very satisfied with Li Fan, the lord.

Now at least it proves that Li Fan is not a softie.

More importantly, Li Fan also gathered four races including dark elves, orcs, dwarves, and humans.

Now these four races sit together, and not only are there no barriers between them, they are even very close.

Just like that dwarf and that bull-human race, the two have been shoulder to shoulder, if they are not both men, it is said that they are a pair of lovers.

Gray felt that from this, it could be seen that Li Fan was quite capable, and only by cooperating with such a person could he feel at ease.

So Gray stopped hesitating and said, "It's like this. The most important thing about this cooperation is this valley. I don't know, Lord Lord, do you know what the original purpose of this human gathering place is?"

Li Fan frowned, and replied: "For the convenience of doing some improper business."

When Gray heard this, he knew that Li Fan did not know the real reason for the establishment of this gathering place, but he did not despise Li Fan because of this, but explained it to Li Fan in detail.

Only then did Li Fan understand.

It turned out that it was a group of nobles who established this gathering place.

What these nobles are looking for is not the resources in the evil forest.

They only established this gathering place for the convenience of a certain transaction.

This transaction is not simple, and even involves the four major families.

To put it simply, the nobles provided gold coins and other materials, and then exchanged for the materials they needed from the gathering places of the other three major clans.

The four major clans are hostile to each other, and the behavior of private transactions can even be called treason, so it is naturally shameful.

And the human race gathering place is used to cover up these transactions.

"It's no wonder that there were many mercenaries in the gathering place of the human race, but few went out to hunt monsters. It turns out that their real purpose of coming here is to complete the transaction."

Only then did Li Fan understand the true role of the human gathering place.

Then Li Fan looked at Gray and asked, "How do you want to cooperate?"

Gray glanced at Li Fan, "We have prepared two methods of cooperation, and how to cooperate in the end is up to you, Lord Lord. 1: The mercenary guild will send people to be stationed in the valley. You don't need to do anything at all, we will I will give you a fixed remuneration every month, and the remuneration is..."

"Next"

Li Fan interrupted Gray directly, it is impossible for him to agree to Gray's cooperation plan.

Li Fan will not allow a large number of people from other forces to appear in the current valley, at least not until he is strong enough.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to say who owns this valley in the near future.

Gray seemed to have guessed Li Fan's decision a long time ago, but he didn't expect Li Fan to be so firm.

He didn't talk nonsense, and directly stated the second cooperation method.

"The second method of cooperation is for the lord to find a way to buy the things we need from the gathering places of the other three clans, and we will pay according to the value of the things."

Li Fan hesitated after hearing what Gray said.

To be honest, this method of cooperation is not easy. If you want to complete the transaction, you must deal with the other three major clans.

But it is not a matter of a day or two for the four major clans to be hostile to each other. Where they can communicate easily, it is estimated that Li Fan and the others will be attacked as soon as they get close.

Li Fan did not give up because of this, and continued to ask: "What do you need to buy?"

Gray replied: "Buy monster fur and monster materials from the orcs, exchange healing potions and food from the elves, buy ores from the dwarves, and let the dwarves make weapons and leather armor from the monster materials, fur and ores. The most important transaction content."

After hearing this, Li Fan finally understood why these transactions were called treason.

To sum up, this transaction is not about purchasing four things: healing potions, food, weapons, and armor.

These are all war supplies!

How could the king allow the nobles to hoard these supplies in private?

Chapter 196 Cooperation and Transaction (2)

Li Fan did not immediately reply to Gray's question whether he would cooperate.

Instead, he asked Hui Yu to prepare some dishes for Gray, who didn't care much at first.

Although this valley is well built, there is nothing here, so there is no decent food.

However, the next moment, he couldn't help but blush for his arrogance.

Facing the plates of dishes exuding a tempting aroma in front of him, he almost fell into the state of immersing himself in cooking in an instant.

Mmm, it smells so good.

……

At this time, Li Fan was discussing the cooperation with the Mercenary Guild with Anna and the others.

"Are those nobles collecting these war materials to start a war? As far as I know, the human race should be the weakest of the four major powers. Do they really dare to start a war?"

Li Fan asked puzzledly.

Anna shook her head. After all, she is a princess of the Silver Wolf Clan, so she knows something about this kind of thing.

Anna explained: "Wars between the four major clans have always existed, but now there are very few large-scale wars, mostly small-scale frictions. No matter which country it is, military achievements will always be the fastest way to improve its status. Therefore, these nobles should collect war supplies to secretly strengthen their own power, so that they can make military exploits on the battlefield and gain a higher status."

"If it's for military exploits, it's fine to buy these materials directly and openly." Li Fan was even more puzzled.

Seeing this, Anna rolled her eyes helplessly. After Li Fan's ignorance had subsided for a long time, it finally relapsed!

Anna could only explain again: "In the human empire, there is a limit to the number of knights and soldiers that people of different titles can have. If they exceed the limit, they will be punished by the army. Instead, the law was laid down. Naturally, the little nobles dare not buy these sensitive items on the bright side, otherwise they will immediately attract the attention of the king. In order to ensure that they have made enough credit on the battlefield, they can only secretly Buy weapons and arm your knights and soldiers."

Li Fan nodded, but he was still puzzled, and asked again: "Since these war supplies will make the human race stronger, why did the other three major races agree to the deal?"

Only after figuring this out, Li Fan can find a way to communicate with the other three major clans and finally complete the transaction.

This question is actually not difficult. Li Fan guessed it himself when he asked it.

And Anna's next answer confirmed his guess.

"You don't think the human race can get those war materials without paying a price?"

"The reason why the four major powers have been able to maintain their transcendent status is because the four major powers have mastered some important resources."

"The Beastman race has the most monsters, because the Warcraft Mountains traverse our Beastman Empire, so the Beastman tribe is rich in Warcraft fur, Warcraft materials, and magic cores."

"The dwarves have the most ore. Most of the places on their side are mines. There are many precious ores, and only they can produce them."

"The elves have the most food. Not only is the land in the west of the demonized continent fertile, but the wood elves have the ability to grow plants, so they can harvest a large amount of crops in a short period of time, and they can also produce healing potions to heal wounds."

"The human race has the most salt. In the human race empire, there is a Dead Sea. Every year when the high tide is high in the open sea, a large amount of seawater is injected into the dead sea, which brings a lot of salt to the human race."

"So, the previous human race should have exchanged salt for the healing potions and food of the elves, and then exchanged salt and part of the food for the beast fur and materials of the orcs, and finally exchanged another part of the food and salt for the weapons in the hands of the dwarves."

What Anna said was similar to what Li Fan expected, and the consequences after that were pretty clear.

Although this kind of behavior will make some nobles stronger, it will also strengthen the other three major clans.

The nobles of the other three major clans also need military exploits, and more and more forces are put into the battlefield. In the end, apart from making the battlefield escalate and become more and more tragic, no country can benefit.

For example.

The nobles of the human race became powerful with the weapons of the dwarves, and if they attacked the dwarves, more dwarves would die, and if they attacked the elves with the potion given by the elves, more elves would die.

And the human race gave the orcs food and salt, and the orcs also got more fighters, and the human race would inevitably suffer more casualties.

Naturally, the royal families of the four great powers would not allow such a thing to happen.

As a result, these transactions can only be seen in the dark, and can only be secretly carried out in the evil forest in the center of the four major clans.

……

At this time, Li Fan finally figured out the transaction involving the four major clans.

And what's interesting is that if Li Fan comes to do these deals, he has a huge advantage, that is, he has enough salt.

After thinking about it, if Li Fan didn't have salt, the price of salt would not be determined by the mercenary guild.

At that time, how much Li Fan can benefit from this transaction will depend on the attitude of the mercenary guild.

But now, Li Fan himself has a lot of salt.

This allowed Li Fan not only to not have to look at the face of the mercenary guild, but also to make other requests.

For example, bring him a large number of population requirements.

Moreover, there is no shortage of food in the valley now, and there will only be more and more food in the future.

In this way, they can get rid of the need for food from the elves.

Thereby further expanding profits.

The more Li Fan thought about it, the more he felt that this would be a deal that would bring him huge profits, and even an opportunity for their valley to rise.

……

After confirming, Li Fan asked Gray to be called over.

Not long after, Gray with a big belly appeared in front of Li Fan.

Li Fan looked at Gray's pregnant belly and knew that there was another person who surrendered to Hui Yu's cooking skills.

He also understood the magic of Hui Yu's cooking skills, so he didn't laugh at Gray.

Li Fan said to Gray at this moment.

"I agree with our cooperation, we will find a way to get back what you need, but relatively, the reward..."

Gray was overjoyed, and immediately patted his chest and said: "There is no problem with the reward. The lord leads so many people, and there is no salt in the Sin Forest. There must be a shortage of salt. We can provide you with a lot of salt."