Wolf King

The south part of the lower part of Valentin has not changed much compared to two years ago.

At least for the Miles family.

Mr. Miles - a title only a few people can call, most people just call him "Old Miles" - owns a barely passable family hotel facing the street. He is the owner, cleaner, security guard and cook, Room service, laundry and kitchen help are performed by his wife.

This kind of family hotel in the poorest and most chaotic area of ​​the lower city basically can't make much money. Even the most stingy southern businessman would not be willing to come to his cheap hotel.After all, no one would like to lose a few vehicles in their caravan the next day, or to have someone come in through the window and steal a piece of clothing or even a money bag while sleeping until midnight.

As for those northern businessmen who are more willing to spend money and adventurers who are famous for their extravagance, they will not come here. There is neither fine wine nor women that can attract them in the southern city. Compared with the central city, the environment It is so different, even the other three districts in the lower city can't compare.

To sum up, the hotel of Mr. Miles' family receives the most guests, and it is actually the same group of customers as those wandering warblers on the street. To be precise, the six rooms of his house are basically protected by groups The warblers of the company have booked it, and the time when the warblers receive guests is also the time when Mr. Miles does business.

This situation started two years ago.

The more than 100 thugs of the Brotherhood of Thieves who often roamed the streets were first stripped naked and lying on the street, and then captured by the newly appointed lord of the city to build roads; The women who were originally controlled by the brotherhood were also freed.

Cheap overnight accommodations such as Mr. Miles's hotel are naturally popular.

The time period from noon to four in the afternoon is the most leisure time for the family hotel.The guests who stayed overnight have already checked out and left, and most of the warblers are not ready to go to the streets to solicit customers.

Mr. Miles moved a chair and sat in front of his hotel, smoking his pipe and squinting at the crowded new houses across the street.

"It's really rare. There are so many new houses popping up in the south city at once. Look at those thick and good wood. A family can't get it without spending dozens of silver coins."

The old owner of the grocery store next door also moved a bench out to smoke. Following Miles' gaze, the frustrated old owner said sourly: "Those muddy legs from the country are really lucky. , but I still say the same thing, this kind of thing will definitely not last long, what good is it to be with the orcs? You may not be able to come back when you go to sea."

Mr. Miles smiled good-naturedly. He knew why his old neighbor was so resentful... Two years ago, when the orcs recruited workers, the son of the old shop owner also wanted to sign up, but was strongly suppressed by the old shop owner. After getting off, the stable old man didn't want his son to take risks, and wanted to see if the coolies on the docks could make money from the orcs and bring it back.

Last year, when the coolies on the wharf returned with their money, the son of the old shopkeeper gave his father a lot of embarrassment when they were celebrating lively and building a new house; With great energy, he accused his son of being ignorant of world affairs and human relationships, and short-sighted.

No one expected that those coolies on the pier were only released after being locked up for half a winter, and they were still alive and kicking. The superintendent of the city even paid a sum of money to those mud legs from the countryside (actually, Lamia paid money)... This really shocked the entire downtown area.

This year, this group of people also returned from overseas happily with money, and excitedly bought wood and built houses. In a few days, dozens of new houses exuding the fragrance of wood appeared in the smelly shantytowns.

The son of the old shop owner leaned over to chat with envy, and asked others to work eight months a year but get ten months' salary, as well as various bonuses and subsidies. Those who did a particularly good job came back with gold coins So... so I went home and lay down until now, and I still refuse to say a word to the old shopkeeper.

Listening to the old shopkeeper's ramblings, Mr. Miles slowly took a puff of his cigarette, and couldn't help but think of his wife's complaint last night...

That Mary, who was lying at home waiting to die, can now come back for the winter in good health with dozens of silver coins in her pocket. The mother and daughter of Sheldah and Maggie, who are controlled by the Brotherhood of Thieves, are said to have saved several gold coins in just two years (those who don't come back for the winter will have additional winter subsidies).

The wife who didn't sign up at the beginning was extremely envious, and complained that Miles shouldn't have left her as a laundry woman at home and missed the opportunity to make money. Bones Mary and hapless Shelda mother and daughter had nothing good to say, and laughed at them for throwing their lives out of the way.

"Even if I am willing to hire a laundryman and let her go to work with Sheldah's mother and daughter, what's the use? They don't necessarily need people now... There are so many good things in the world waiting for people to share." With the old neighbor Chatting without saying a word, Mr. Miles thought so in his heart.

Workers in the "MSG Factory" and "Wool Spinning Factory" can earn a basic salary of five silver coins per month. For each additional year of work, one silver coin is given, and there are various bonuses. This kind of income is not high even in the central city It's common, let alone the lower city - the most industrious and hardest washerwoman can earn two or three silver coins a month.

The daily income of this workplace provided to wandering warblers is only a few dozen copper coins, and the income of one silver coin (fifty copper coins) must be regarded as good luck on that day... and there are various expenses to be paid, Thirty percent of the harvest has to be paid to the city superintendent.

While chatting, a few former wharf coolies, who were privately called "mud legs from the country" by the old shopkeeper, came here talking and laughing, and the destination was the old neighbor's grocery store.

The old shopkeeper quickly put on a warm smile and got up to say hello: "Isn't this Sam, what do you need to buy?"

When he was a dock worker, there was no outstanding Sam. After going to the "MSG factory", it is said that he was appreciated by the orcs and became a worker representative. He vaguely became the core of the crowd. He listened to him quite well; the old shopkeeper slandered him in private, but he dared not ignore Sam in the open.

Sam came with the little girl in his arms, and the dirty little devil was wearing a new suit, thick and clean, and the kind of good material did not seem to be something that the poor people in the lower city could wear, the old shopkeeper Just glanced over and felt hot in my heart, half of jealousy, half of complaint - if I let my son see it, I would have to say that my grandson doesn't have a good dress so far.

Sam nodded to the old shopkeeper with a smile, and put his daughter on the ground: "Go in and choose, baby, I will buy you whatever you like, no more than one silver coin!"

"Daddy is the best!" The little girl cheered and rushed into the store, scanning the shelves with shining eyes.

Miles, who was sitting next to him smoking a cigarette, secretly glanced at the old shop owner... Although there was still a smile on his face, his expression was not very good.

"The mud legs from the country can spend so much money for the little daughter, it seems that it will also stimulate the old neighbors." Miles puffed out the smoke ring, thinking slowly... People in the South City, even if they are Those Valentine natives with houses facing the street, whose children don't wear old clothes that have been mended and mended.

"The world has changed!" Miles sighed in his heart.

Sam and a few workers from the monosodium glutamate factory were smiling and chatting at the door of the grocery store. At first glance, they saw the empty family hotel in the broad daylight of the Miles family. The hotel has a relatively spacious facade.

"Good day, Sam." Out of politeness, Mr. Myers greeted with a smile.

"Good day, old Miles, to be presumptuous, I didn't find out that your store is really good until now." Sam replied with a smile, and naturally pulled the bench that the old shop owner was sitting on just now, and sat down until Miles On the other side, "There is only one hotel in this section of the road, and it is so clean and beautiful. The business must be very good."

Mrs. Miles likes to complain, but she is really diligent. Even if the nightingales bring back alcoholic guests who vomit all over the store, they will definitely be able to clean it up spotlessly the next morning.

"It's just barely dawdling." Mr. Miles nodded with a smile.

After a few words of politeness to each other, Myers gradually became a little confused... It has been more than ten years since Sam's family moved to Valentine. He has watched Sam grow up. Was Sam so generous and magnanimous before?Although it was just a polite exchange of greetings, it made him feel that Sam was like the respectable old men he had seen.

After inquiring about the operation of the Myers family's hotel, Sam had an idea in his mind, and said with a smile: "I want to discuss something with you, Old Myers, if it's convenient, we would like to rent the front of your hotel, only at noon. At this time in the afternoon, we will pack up our things and leave before dusk and before any residents come to your house. On the premise of not disturbing your residents, we hope that the daily rent will be one silver coin, what do you think?"

Miles was stunned for a moment, thinking he had an auditory hallucination, and couldn't help asking: "What did you say?"

"It's like this. Our employer, the prairie tribe, is renting frontage houses all over the city, preferably a clean and refreshing store facing the street like yours." Sam explained with a smile, "Because the ones sold are quite cheap. People's livelihood supplies are not very profitable, and they only do business during the day. If you can only rent them during the day, it would be the most suitable. Of course, don't worry, the grassland tribes also attach great importance to cleanliness and hygiene, and will never leave your home The facade is a mess."

Miles' eyes subconsciously fell on Sam's hands... These are the hands of a standard worker, with thick joints and thick calluses, but the nails are trimmed short, and there is indeed no old mud in the crevices.

Not only the fingernails, but the rest of Sam's body is also clean and fresh--the hair is cut into a short crew cut, and there is no dandruff in the stubble, and it is not greasy; I put on a thick linen jacket, and the trousers were not stained, and even the trousers were clean and clean, and there were no mud spots or anything like that.

Miles was in a daze. If it wasn't for the fact that the material Sam was wearing was relatively ordinary, he couldn't help but suspect that it wasn't the downtown resident he saw grow from a teenager to a young man, but that he was someone from a rich family. Butler, deacon.

After calming down, Mr. Miles put down his pipe, sat up straight, and said seriously, "When is the rent for one silver coin a day paid?"

"Of course, after the contract is signed, the rent will be paid on the same day." Sam laughed.

Needless to say, Sam's mood was when he came back to spend time with his daughter and talked about an extremely suitable place for the Fire Department.After sending my daughter home, I took the workers to contact the person in charge of the female workers, and exchanged information about the facades they found, so as to avoid repeated visits and people driving up the rent. The worker representatives from both factories rushed to the place Grassroots chiefs report.

Before opening the door to do business, you must do a good job of market research, and when arranging retail outlets, you need to make arrangements based on market demand. This is what Xiao Yun told you, and the grassroots patriarch is undoubtedly a very good student; After marking on the map, the grassroots patriarch made a final decision: "There are more low-end labor-intensive labor practitioners in Xicheng District, and their purchase needs tend to be cheap, convenient and fast. You should prepare more hot bone soup that can be eaten with food." When we open the store, we can also invite nearby food vendors to come closer to us, which is convenient for customers to buy.”

"Nancheng is mostly residents, and the supply of pork strips that are double or double in weight increases the supply."

"There are many merchants in Beicheng and Xicheng, and there are many handicraftsmen. Rabbit meat with relatively less fat should be sold in these stores as much as possible."

"Okay, let's divide the people now! I intend to sign up for the store in which area I am in charge of!"

The elder brother Edward among the knight brothers is recognized as being good at life, and immediately raised his hand: "Grassroots patriarch, my brother Wayne and I will be in charge of the store in South City. Our brothers have been homeless children in the slums, and we understand this kind of overall poverty and chaos. Area."

Brother Knight was originally a member of Hannah's regiment.Isaac was encouraged and supported by Xiao Yun, and prepared to take another path different from traditional adventurers. Although Hannah was not optimistic about it, she was willing to support this little brother, so she readjusted the people in the two adventurer teams— —The Knight Brothers who also had "big ideals" were transferred to Isaac's men, and the dwarf Arnold in Isaac's regiment, and some people who were not suitable for too complicated careers were transferred to Hannah's regiment.

Brother Knight responded first, and the others followed suit. Within a few minutes, they arranged the manpower in charge, sent people to investigate the store address, signed a contract with the owner, prepared the necessary supplies, etc...

after one day.

The Miles couple woke up early in the morning and cleaned the facade vigorously, even washed the floor with water several times, eagerly waiting for the "golden master" to come to the door.

After nine o'clock in the morning, a team came from the other side of the street...

"I'm going to disturb you for a while from today, old Miles, Mrs. Miles." Sam headed into the store and shook hands with the owner and his wife, and introduced the people who came with him half a step sideways, "This is the knight Edward, this is Edward Younger brother, Knight Wayne, this is Ms. Snow Flower of the Snow Wolf Clan, and this is Mr. Harris of the Snake Clan. These four are responsible for the operation of our five stores in the southern city area. They will come when there is any trouble deal with."

The Knight Brothers look good, and the Miles and his wife shouted nervously and enthusiastically to the master. When they introduced Ms. Snow Flower (Lan Guo's partner) from the Snow Wolf Clan...the owner and his wife were a little dazed; when Harris walked up to them and smiled During the greeting, Mrs. Miles squeezed her lips tightly together and managed not to scream.

Snow Flower is extremely sensitive to numbers and extremely talented in arithmetic. She has been the chief financial accountant of the Huoyan Department for a long time (failed in literacy, partial subject).This time the grassroots patriarch led the trade team to "expedite" Valentine, so he naturally wanted to bring this Dinghaishenzhen needle with him.

After all, Harris is also a ranger that can be counted in the Troubadour Association, and a chaotic area like Nancheng naturally needs him to shake things up.

After the four people in charge of Nancheng greeted the Miles and his wife in a friendly manner, they left a group of people behind and took the big team to continue to the next house.

Sam also stayed, beckoning to remove tables, chairs, counters, place meat tables, and fire pots.

Boil the bone soup stewed the night before, and put finger-wide two-weight pork strips neatly on the cleaned meat table, and the No. [-] store in Nancheng officially opened.

"One piece of pork for five copper coins, three spoonfuls of broth for one copper coin! You can buy two taels of minced meat for only four copper coins!"

It is impossible to cut all the meat of a whole pig into strips for sale. The more miscellaneous bits and pieces can be chopped into minced meat, which can be sold at a lower price.

When Sam stood on the street and yelled, the workers and their families from the monosodium glutamate factory and the wool spinning factory first came to the door. After a few days, the taste in my mouth was so pale that I had been waiting for the butcher shop to open.

The family members of the workers came to the door lively, and those who lived closer to the street and had some spare money in their hands also surrounded them curiously... Well, there are more crowds watching, and few who really paid for it. Who made the meat cases in the Fire Department all be snow werewolves standing behind?

Orcs are not uncommon in Valentine, but there are not many orcs as terrifying as the snow werewolves!Look at that arm, it's thicker than other people's thighs, if your words make people unhappy, wouldn't it kill you to slap them?

The Snow Werewolf standing behind the meat stand saw so many people gathered around but didn't buy it, so he took the initiative to call out: "Do you want to buy meat? The meat strips are delicious, the minced meat is cheaper than the meat strips, and there are delicious and hot bones." Soup!"

The crowd of onlookers looked at each other, and many people turned their attention to the cauldron next to the meat table... The boiling oily broth and the aroma coming out of the pot are really tempting. Pot of soup; I really want to go up and buy it... Really, those two snow werewolves look too scary!

Nanfeng, the 22-year-old cub who is the same age as Xiao Yun, couldn't help but come here to help the grassroots patriarch. Well... Although he is the same age, he is twice as strong as Xiao Yun on the whole...

Nanfeng, who has been doing business in Elven Port for several years, is much more flexible than his other friend. Seeing many people staring at the soup pot, he asked the boy who was holding a spoon to exchange with him. He went to the back of the soup pot and picked up the spoon. He scooped up a spoonful of soup: "Come and buy it, you can buy three spoonfuls of such a big bone broth for one copper coin! Add salt and ginger, as well as star anise and fennel, full of aroma and rich meat flavor, drinking It's better than smelling it!"

The crowd of onlookers gurgled and swallowed their saliva, but still no one stepped forward, they just watched helplessly as workers from wool spinning factories and monosodium glutamate factories squeezed into the crowd, or paid for meat, or brought their own pots , Big bowl of soup...

Myers and his wife sat in the corner of the shop silently watching the orcs doing business.

The several human races working in the store are all residents of Nancheng, and the snow werewolf (grassroots patriarch) who came to sign the contract yesterday was very friendly and left a good impression on them. They got used to Nanfeng and another After the snow werewolf's overly strong physique, he was not so nervous now.

"We haven't eaten anything today, how about buying bread with broth from them?" Mrs. Miles swallowed and whispered to her husband.

Mr. Miles' stomach has been growling for a long time, and his eyes have been wandering towards the soup pot. It's just that the people who have bought things from the Snow Werewolf so far are those who work for them, so Miles dare not make such a move. , lowered his voice and said to his wife: "Wait a little longer, Jennifer, wait a little longer."

Mrs. Miles was a little dissatisfied, she murmured a few words in a low voice, but she didn't force her husband... Nanfeng and the other snow werewolf were frighteningly strong, and their faces were not as kind as the snow werewolf who came yesterday.

"Hey... I said why is it so lively in front... Mrs. Miles, is your hotel closed?"

A Youying with low-quality cosmetics on his face came in from behind, startled by the bustle in the store, and carefully moved closer to the Miles couple hiding in the corner.

"I still do it, but I rented it out to them for business during the day." Mrs. Miles explained softly, "Don't lean over casually, just walk through the back door later, these snow werewolves are the ones who killed the Brotherhood of Thieves two years ago, you Remember?"

You Ying nodded in fear, and was about to leave through the back door.

At this moment, Winnie, a female worker from the wool spinning factory, squeezed into the crowd with a pot, and greeted Nanfeng behind the soup pot: "Hey, Nanfeng, bring me a pot of soup."

"Alright Winnie!" Nanfeng borrowed the pot and quickly filled the soup, "Is three spoonfuls enough?"

"For three copper coins, fill it up. I have guests at home, and all relatives from the country are here." Winnie laughed, "The meat strips also come for five yuan."

Another snow werewolf skewered the meat with the prepared grass rope, and Nanfeng also filled a pot of soup. Winnie paid the money and said to Nanfeng: "Are you going back to the pier tonight? If it's convenient, you can come to my house Those who stayed overnight, Nanfeng, I will help you brush your hair."

"Okay, I'm coming!" Nanfeng was happy.

"Remember to come!" Winnie reminded, and left with the pot.

You Ying, who hadn't left through the back door, stared at Winnie's back in amazement, and looked at Mrs. Miles in disbelief: "Then, isn't that Winnie?"

"Yeah." Mrs. Miles nodded, a little sourly, "I spent half a silver coin without blinking my eyes, that's right, I don't know how much silver coins she wants just for her beautiful dress, so it's not a small amount of money. What the hell... used to be a wanderer on the street, but now she looks like a young lady from somewhere."

Miles secretly pulled his wife's loincloth: "You can keep your voice down."

"What did I say wrong? It's not like we haven't seen what Winnie looked like when she was begging for life under the Brotherhood." Mrs. Miles was not convinced, and her voice was even more subtle.

You Ying stared blankly ahead... She was also controlled by the Brotherhood of Thieves just like Winnie and Maggie, but at that time Maggie's mother Sheldah only wanted to take her daughter away, and she was like Winnie. They are more friendly people.

"She's doing really well..." the young Youying murmured in a low voice, with envy in her eyes, "Would Maggie, who hasn't come back, have a better life than Winnie?"

Mrs. Miles rolled her eyes, approached the warbler, and said in a slightly anxious tone, "Speaking of which, you seemed to have a good relationship with Winnie and the others before?"

You Ying reluctantly nodded her head, then shook her head again: "In the beginning, I did have acquaintances, but after being assigned to different brothels, I saw less of them."

"We know each other anyway, unlike us we can't even talk to them." Mrs. Miles looked eagerly, "They were guarded by those adventurers last year and we had no chance to contact them. Isn't there not so much going on now? Then You should go to Winnie and the others to have a chat and see what's going on, after all, you are little sisters!"

Youying didn't make a sound, but subconsciously grabbed the skirt on her body that was barely covered up with patches of the same color fabric... Without the commission from the Brotherhood of Thieves, the skin business is not easy to do, a young Youying like her Ying can barely earn a dozen silver coins a month, but... this job can last for a few more years.

Thinking of the shocking accident two years ago, You Ying couldn't help feeling a little regretful... If I had known that I should have dealt with Maggie more, maybe Maggie's mother Sheldah would have remembered her name.

Mr. Miles ignored his wife's small calculations, and his eyes followed Sam standing outside to attract guests.

After the store specialized in Youying business, he sent his son to the countryside to learn carpentry. Seeing Sam, whose temperament has changed drastically in just two years, his mind became active.

"Why didn't you have the courage to let your son go with you two years ago? At that time, he was 19 years old... Alas, it must have been influenced by the old owner of the grocery store next door. The old neighbor reacted so strongly that he locked up his son. , made me think it was some kind of dragon's pond and tiger's lair."

Mr. Miles was thinking about it, and sighed softly... The Snow Werewolves looked really scary, but in fact they didn't do anything to other people. Instead, they brought down the fraternity that made everyone's life difficult Paying less protection fee - how could I be obsessed with ghosts at that time, thinking that the Snow Werewolf had bad intentions!

On the grassland, the female workers' dormitory of the Huoyan Department.

"Wrong, Maggie!" Sheldah, who was missed by others, slapped her daughter Maggie's hand in dissatisfaction, "You can't pile it up like this, you have to pile it up layer by layer, slowly take the needle and poke it little by little. Only by poking out a rich sense of layering. You see, the big river you poked is nothing like it at all.”

Dahe, who was lying on the edge of the kang, flicking his tail comfortably and enjoying combing, looked over lazily: "Not bad, Sheldah, you already look a lot like me."

"No, no, Dahe, I'm too used to them so I can't let them improve their skills." Sheldah shook her head again and again, and handed the half-finished wolf felt statue her daughter poked in front of Dahe, "Look, the part of the wolf's face is actually used. Heart and body, just mess around with it and destroy your godly horse."

"Would it be?" Dahe looked left and right and still didn't think there was any problem, "It's almost there, anyway, it's a handicraft sold in batches to St. Bridges, so it's just as long as others don't see anything wrong."

"Other people's is fine. This is your felt image, Dahe, so don't be careless." Sheldah said seriously.

"That's right, how can Dahe's felt statue be dealt with casually." The surrounding female workers nodded in agreement.

Dahe squinted his eyes, enjoying the feeling of being surrounded by stars...

Qiu is relatively light, and she lays on the kang for grooming.Seeing the enthusiastic attitude of the female workers circling the river, they were annoyed and amused: "The felt statues of Dahe are so troublesome, so we should do less and do more for other people. There is only so little manpower, so don't mess around."

"It's okay, Qiuqiu, we will stay up late to start work, and I promise not to miss the job." The female workers laughed.

Qiu couldn't laugh or cry even more, and gave Dahe an angry look.

It was Carlisle’s letter to sell the wolf fur combed by the snow wolves to make handicrafts. The southern country is full of mosquitoes.

Xiao Yun read Carlisle's letter, curiously went to the female worker's dormitory to observe for two days, and was shocked to find that the hair of the clansman really had a miraculous effect of repelling mosquitoes—of course he didn't feel it because he was a snow wolf clan, but he used to be with the snow wolf clan Thrall, who lives together, is not as keen on grooming the snow werewolves as the female workers are... He even keeps a cautious distance from the snow wolves!

It's not a wolf if you don't make money, Xiao Yun immediately overturned the idea of ​​mosquito repellent bags and the like, and let the female workers learn to poke wolf felt-it looks good, and the price is doubled!

The author has something to say: PS:

About the economic development and force of the Ministry of Fire.

What Xiao Yun is trying to create is the image of the grassland people who love peace, create diligently, trade fairly, and be open-minded. Naturally, he must do enough work in this area.

Of course, it is not enough to have only the economy without force, but the economy can be high-profile, and the force must be low-key... The competition for living space between different races is not the modern people's circle of friends. There is no reason to post photos to show off when the fitness results are achieved.

Quiet Mimi's expanded warrior team, Quiet Mimi's improved forging technology, steel production (steel bars are used to build houses), Jing Mimi's increased grain production base, and the cat mage group in preparation are the foundation of force. ~

Cultivate your own team well, absorb human talents and create an environment where internal talents are easy to succeed (for example, people like Xia and Yali can also be used by the tribe), build your own team into high-density and high-quality steel plates, and take them out. You also have more confidence when hitting rocks~!