Rise In Calradia

　　 [Your victory against the pirates spread, reputation +5;]

　　Byron and the others drove more than two weeks later, of which no less than ten days walked on the Nord Plateau. They passed through a number of dangerous, easy-to-defend and difficult to attack castles, and finally came to the hinterland of the territories of visitors from the northern continent.

　　The people of the Nord Kingdom use three dialects and are divided into five tribes with different customs. Although it has been two hundred years since they came to Calradia, they have always retained their customs and culture, believe in Nordic religion, and are proud of their heroic deaths.

　　 For Byron, the Nords are very similar to the Earth’s Vikings, but they are better developed and have a higher level of technology and culture.

　　The Nords also built their own castles and cities, and used their methods to grow and graze. When Byron and the others passed by the neatly planned semi-underground-style unique houses, as well as the rough-style stone temples and statues, they were also surprised by this unique northern civilization.

　　 Everywhere along the way, you can see soldiers carrying bows and arrows and fighting axes. They speak languages ​​that Byron does not understand. Even in the farm, you can see the axes and simple spears next to the houses. Like the Kujites, almost all the people are soldiers. When the Yars set out, men who are suitable for fighting must follow them. Sometimes, even strong women would pick up bows and arrows to follow the troops in battle.

　　 Between the fields, the ponies of the Nord Kingdom can be seen everywhere. These short and hardy horses are the most suitable for the horse inhabitants of this land of the Nord Kingdom, but they are not suitable for fighting, so the Nords generally only use them to pull cargo, and even the horses of the investigation team are imported.

　　 But what does this have to do with these warriors?

　　 For the king and the Yars, their infantry is enough to capture the opponent's castle and block the enemy to take it back. Enough to looting those villages and towns, killing all the opposing garrisons and reinforcements in the town.

　　The brain circuit of the Nords is very interesting. They spent a hundred years studying how to make their infantry fight against the enemy's cavalry, instead of choosing to develop their own cavalry unit.

　　 There may be environmental factors and cost considerations, but no matter what, there is no doubt that the Nord Kingdom does not have a main cavalry team.

　　 In order to make his activities in the Nord Kingdom more convenient, Byron also found himself a temporary translator and guide, and under his guidance, he successfully reached the Wucheze.

　　 This is a city with a very strong Nordic culture, and it is also one of the richest cities on the mainland. Because in the mountains near Wocheze, there is one of the largest salt mines in the continent, and it is easy to mine. In the coastal areas, the production of high-quality sea salt has never been lower.

　　 When the first immigrants came here and discovered the huge salt mines in the mountains, their astonishment and excitement were no less than the discovery of gold!

　　In that era, fine white salt was more precious than gold. They named the mountains around Wocheze "Silver Mountain", the true silver mountain.

　　 Nowadays, the price of white salt has dropped a lot, and many ordinary people can afford it. However, relying on "Silver Mountain" and other specialties, the commercial status of Wocheze has never been shaken. Even if the Nords ruled here, Woche still produces 80% of the trade salt for Calradia every year.

　　 This is why even though the roads are very dangerous, there are still a large number of merchants rushing here every year. The profit of reselling salt makes them unable to give up this opportunity, even if they want to stop their lives.

　　 When Byron arrived at Wocheze, there were already many local caravans carrying sacks of white salt and coarse salt on the road in carriages. In the case of caravans, the local merchant caravans are very large, basically with more than a hundred people, and there are entire caravan escorts and Nord retired soldiers to follow the escorts, even if they encounter hundreds of pirates, they can fight.

And their carriages are all one hundred and ten meters long. The salt does not worry about sales at all. If it is not sold in the home country, it will be sold to foreign merchants. Which big city has no demand for salt?

　　 When Byron brought the raw silk into the city, the merchants in the city were still very happy, because these silks can enrich the clothes of the nobles and rich people and increase the price.

Jamila said the price of raw silk to 4,500 dinars without much effort. This profit has almost doubled the cost. No matter how high it is, it may annoy the businessmen and be crushed to death by a group of Nord men at night. .

　　Nord’s businessmen are very shrewd, and they are notoriously barbaric. If the soft is not good, they will come directly to the hard, as always.

　　 But when Byron offered to buy salt, they declined with various reasons.

After Byron repeatedly inquired and found a guy who was familiar with the market to give money to inquire about the news, he learned that the salt trade in Wocheze has always been dominated by local merchants and nobles, and only foreign merchants who have reached cooperation with them can buy from here. Salt, but also a limited amount, so as not to steal other people's business, or affect the market price of salt.

When Byron arrived for the first time, he naturally did not gain the trust of the local big businessmen, and no noble would guarantee him~www.novelmt.com~ Byron visited many businessmen in and outside the city, and he was busy for more than a day, but he didn’t. No progress.

　　 Although there are some small vendors who are willing to provide Byron with some coarse salt, those bags of coarse salt are not profitable, and Byron does not want to do this kind of business.

　　 But just when Byron was annoyed by this incident, someone took the initiative to find Byron.

　　 I also want to thank the pirate force. Their activities annoyed the nobleman Yar of Wuchazi, so they planned to fix these robbers.

　　Yars let the "Gal" under them clean up the pirates and entertain the guests in the mansion.

　　 Those "Gal" who were low-level nobles didn't want to consume the soldiers in their hands on the boring thing of destroying bandits, so they found Byron and several other foreign mercenaries.

　　 The local hugs mostly protect the merchants’ caravans, and the cost is too high.

　　The intelligence network of these nobles has always been very good. They knew that Byron's peony mercenaries were closer to the armed caravan, so they issued a certificate to Byron that they could get salt from the city with this.

　　 But obviously, a ticket can never satisfy Byron's needs. This is just a bait to attract them.

　　They promised that as long as Byron and the others destroy the pirate, they can buy as much salt as they want in the city.

　　 Also invited were several other mercenaries who had come to look for work, together there were no less than a hundred people.

　　 And twenty Nord warriors and an officer will be sent to accompany the city, and this officer will be in charge of the command.

　　 This is also one of the conditions. Byron and the others must obey the command of the soldiers in the city when fighting.

　　 It seemed that the risk was not high, so Byron agreed and accepted the commission from the nobles as a mercenary.