Being hugged around the neck at once, this kind of intimacy made Karen very disgusted, and Griffin instinctively wanted to attack.
But the carefree city lord didn't feel how abrupt his actions were at all, and he still said like an old friend, "What are you doing in Qatar? Is one of your subordinates arrested again? You don't need to go to the city lord's mansion this time, just go to the prison." .”
This city lord has a surprisingly good memory, and even remembers clearly the time and minutes of Karen's attack on the city lord's mansion for several months and days.
He had never seen such a strange city lord, it was like seeing a useless rogue, but Karen didn't think that a rogue could firmly occupy a city-state for thirty years.
"No, I just want to come here for a stroll." Karen said with a smile, controlling the urge to fight back.
"Where do you want to go? By the way, do you still need a new partner for your salt? Recently, some friends from the empire have come and they want me to help you." To talk about business.
Even though he knows that the salt business is not a secret, Karen still feels a little disgusted by saying it out of the ordinary. Haas's secret business is a mess, and it is estimated that someone has already set his sights on him.
"No, I don't like other collaborators." He wanted to test how much the city lord knew.
"It's a pity, I think this is your style too, I have already emphasized with those big guys, you are an extraordinary person, Karen, I just got a message that Haas was going to the Holy Storm City The carriage suddenly lost control, and you know that even Chuang Shi Shen couldn't prevent the accident."
There was no surprise on Karen's face, but his heart was full of turmoil. It was not a coincidence that the other party appeared here at this moment, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.
He underestimated the city lord a little.
"I think you came here in such a hurry to attend the memorial service of Mr. Haas. He is the most outstanding young man in Qatar City. He has started to pay taxes to Qatar City. You know, I have always respected the residents who pay taxes. , if he can live another thirty years, he can definitely become a businessman with the title of the Holy Storm Empire, but there are not so many ifs, right?"
Karen nodded, he knew the news was true, Haas was gone, and now he needed to figure out the other party's purpose.
Once Haas's line was cut off, half of the salt business on the wasteland was cut off. Of course, he was not worried that the salt would not be sold. The appearance of the Qatari lord here was obviously entrusted by those predators.
Karen couldn't help but think of the dark attic, the young man who could spend a whole day at his desk, but now he had to accept that anyone could die.
He had to reconsider the new collaborators of the human race. Obviously, those introduced by the lord of Qatar would have more status.
"Where are they?"
The Lord of Qatar finally had a smile on his face, and walked directly into the city of Qatar without saying a word.
Karen followed behind, bypassed the bustling commercial street, and stopped in front of a hidden farmhouse.
Even though he knew that there was a world inside, Karen was stunned at the first sight when he came in. There was a whole row of robots, the gold-plated shell was shining with magic power, and there was a palm-sized V2 magic reactor hanging on his chest. The formation is even more confusing, even though it is just a glance, it has brought a feeling like a volcanic eruption.
In his left hand he carries a musket muzzle, behind his back is a barrel of jet-dynamite, and in his right hand is a staff with three bullet holes for firing powder on each leg.
This is simply a killing machine, hundreds of times stronger than the so-called mechanical Triceratops.
"This is a product of the Hans Chamber of Commerce. If you are interested, you can ask for some later." The owner of Qatar smiled.
This is an aisle, and both sides of the aisle are full of things, such as staffs, armors, magic books, slave specimens, ores, of course there are grains, salt, water, plant specimens, Karen has everything that Karen can think of, but there are more things that Karen can't think of. never seen.
This is an exhibition aisle. Although there are only one or two grains, behind it is a huge grain chamber of commerce.
He couldn't help but glanced at the city lord of Qatar. First, he had a little understanding of the reason why this city-state could exist. It was very likely that it was a human race's smuggling export to the wasteland, and it was most likely an official one.
This is the shrewdness of an empire. Since he knows that smuggling exists, why can't he take the initiative to make this windfall.
Karen blocked her messy thoughts and stopped in front of a skeleton. It was a shapeless bone that had rotted, and only the words 'Talanji Family' were written on the upper left corner.
"The Talanji family are servants of the **** of death. If you are interested in the undead, you can negotiate with them."
Karen did not answer, but kept the Talanji family in mind. After passing the exhibition aisle, the Lord of Qatar took him to the leftmost room. There was a table, a bottle of red wine, five glasses, and With four people.
"Everyone, it's still the rule in Qatar. This bottle of wine can fill five glasses. I will come over to inspect in the evening. If the wine is empty, then you have to give me the commission. If the bottle of wine has not been moved, please open it through the door behind you." Leave." The lord of Qatar smiled and bowed respectfully.
At this moment, he didn't look like a wanderer at all, like a butler who controlled everything. He took a last look at Karen, and gently knocked the door behind him.
There was only one magic lamp on the top, and the whole room was dim. Only then did Karen see clearly that there was a wooden door behind everyone, but it was always blurry when seeing people.
"Your Excellency Karen, I am Ba Jin from the Ba Jin Chamber of Commerce. I commissioned Mr. Qatar to organize this party. Before that, I need to explain the death of Mr. Haas. He violated the rules of Stormwind City, his carriage was manipulated by me, and he used a bottle of madness potion, I know that this action will affect Your Excellency Karen’s business, and I will give some compensation.”
He is very angry with the law, at least Karen thinks so. He doesn't seem to take a human life seriously at all. Obviously, these people here know themselves very well. It's delivering a threat.
Can kill Haas, can also kill Karen.
"Mr. Karen, don't get me wrong. We have no intention of murdering you. Our influence is only in the Holy Storm Empire. You are the lord of the wasteland. We did not enter the wasteland but invited Mr. Qatar to show our sincerity. " said the young man on the left.
Karen smiled, he can care about Haas's affairs, what has happened completely can't affect the present, he knows that these people are the big guys behind the cartel city lord.
The huge profits of salt made these predators notice him as the mayor of a small town of gold.
"Can I learn more about your abilities?" Karen asked boldly, but it was necessary.
"Of course, this is the premise of cooperation. Mr. Bajin's family controls the east of the Holy Empire and a small part of the Black Iron Kingdom. I am in charge of a piece of land in the west of the Holy Kingdom and the Blizzard Empire. Ms. Talanji is in the south of the Holy Empire and the Dark Forest. Has extraordinary ruling power, and Mr. Noah has some status in the south and wasteland of the Holy Storm Empire."
Bajin, Talanji, Noah.
Karen memorized three names, and he knew very well that the so-called influence did not mean ruling the empire. These people should be related to the dark organization, and they should also have some influence on the surface, "I haven't asked about your life yet. "
"Cody." The other party simply reported his name.
"What do you guys want to talk about?"
The only woman, Talanji, coughed lightly and asked, "Mr. Karen, before the negotiation, I would like to ask you about your salt supply capacity. If your salt mines are extremely limited, then I must withdraw from this negotiation."
Karen smiled, "If calculated according to the scale of Qatar City, I can supply the consumption of 5 Qatar City now. However, I am purchasing robots now, and the output will be greatly increased."
"What does it mean by a large margin? I hope to avoid these ambiguous words as much as possible." Talanji asked directly.
"It's very simple. After one month, it can meet the consumption of at least 20 Qatar cities. In half a year, it can basically meet the scale of 100 Qatar cities. Of course, after one year, I think it can basically cover the entire scope of the Holy Storm Empire. "Karen said confidently.
His territory is very large, and the entire wasteland is his distillation pool.
"Mr. Karen, can I understand that you control a salt pan?" Cody asked.
Karen didn't answer, and the whole room fell silent for a moment.
"I'm sorry, I asked a bit abruptly, okay~www.mtlnovel.com~ I would like to apologize, I no longer doubt Mr. Karen's ability." He raised his hand, "Mr. Karen has enough Yantian has enough influence in the southwest of the wasteland, and I am willing to start discussing cooperation."
"I have no problem," Talanji said.
"I have no objection either." Cody raised his hand.
Noah glanced in Karen's direction, as if hesitating, "I only have one last question, Mr. Karen, can you control your own salt fields?"
Karen smiled immediately. He knew that the other party was talking about force, which is the weakness of Gold Town, but he didn't feel nervous at all. He smiled calmly, "If you don't even have such confidence in me, why bother to invite me?" I’m here.” After speaking, he stood up, “I’m very angry that Hass was assassinated, he has great potential, of course being angry doesn’t mean I will take revenge, I will choose a new partner, I believe that young people with potential There should be many people."
"Mr. Karen, don't be angry, I just want to make sure." Noah stood up and said: "Of course, you can find a buyer for the rich salt, but you can't provide what you need. I asked, you In the acquisition of Mithril, Magic Reaction Core, and snapping up slaves, these are serious smuggled goods. Not everyone has the ability to get these things. Even if you do, it will take a waste of time for you to find such an ally, and leave it to us , you don’t need to worry about this at all.”
Karen sat down, and he was indeed moved. As Noah said, this group of dark organizations basically started their price by smuggling business, and using them is much less troublesome than a new partner.
"My salt is still half the market price, that's the rule," Karen said.
"No, one third," Talanji said, "that's how we make money."