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"What are your names?"

Richard had a sly smile on his face as his eyes swept over Xia Yun and the other two.

"That's not what you should ask."

Richard was responded to by Tuoba Jinghui's extremely cold voice.

Even at this moment, he and Huyan Jueluo still had an angry look on their faces.

They didn't understand what Richard was trying to do.

"No, no, no, we are not enemies. I don't think we need to talk like that."

Richard waved his hands repeatedly, not showing any anger at all because of Tuoba Jinghui's refusal.

Richard's eyes kept wandering among the three people, and finally locked onto Xia Yun.

Obviously, judging from the attitudes of the three people, Xia Yun is the backbone of the three.

"Boss, how should I address you?"

Richard's attitude had completely changed, as if Xia Yun and the other two were really his guests.

"Last name: Xia."

Xia Yun nodded lightly, his eyes also constantly looking at Richard.

"Hello, Mr. Xia. I'm here to discuss a business matter with you."

Richard said.

"Oh? Tell me."

Xia Yun continued to nod, and a smile gradually appeared in the corners of his eyes.

"Boss Xia, if what I guessed is correct, you are not from the Mobei grassland. You are a businessman from the Daliang Dynasty. Am I right?"

Richard's eyes were very sharp, as if he could see through Xia Yun.

Xia Yun smiled and said nothing.

His Central Plains appearance was too obvious, and was very different even from the barbarians on the Mobei grasslands.

Therefore, from the very beginning, he did not think about concealing his identity too much.

Since the other party had already guessed it, he naturally chose to accept it.

"I think Boss Xia already knows that the Dune Dynasty and the Daliang Dynasty have officially gone to war."

"Before Boss Xia came to Lantuo City, our queen had already issued an order to cut off all business dealings with the Daliang Dynasty."

"To be precise, your current identities in the Dune Dynasty are not merchants, but spies from the enemy country!"

Richard's smile grew brighter, but his words were full of threats towards Xia Yun and his group.

Merchants and spies are two completely different identities.

The reason why Richard said this openly was obviously to tell Xia Yun that he could capture Xia Yun and his followers as spies at any time!

"So? Does the Lord City Lord have any solution?"

The curve of Xia Yun's mouth gradually revealed a strange attitude.

"It's very simple."

Richard suddenly stood up and took a few steps toward the lobby door. The moonlight shining on him added a sense of cunning.

"According to what you people in the Central Plains say, I built this road and planted this tree. If you want to pass through here, you have to leave money to pay for your passage!"

As he spoke, Richard turned around again, and a hint of ruthlessness suddenly appeared on his stern face that looked like it was carved out of stone.

"This city owner will invest in your business in the Dune Dynasty. As long as you agree, you can take the fifty carts of goods away at any time."

Finally, Richard spoke directly about his real purpose!

"How much do you want?"

When Xia Yun heard this, not only did he not show any anger on his face, but his smile became even more intense.

But no matter how you look at it, the smile on Xia Yun's face at this moment seems too weird.

"Four or six points."

Richard stated a profit sharing ratio in his broken Chinese.

"Of course, I will take 60% and you will take 40%. You have to find a way to transport the goods from Daliang Dynasty and find a market for the goods yourself. However, I can provide you with all the protection in Lantuo City."

"As long as you are in Lantuo City, this city lord can guarantee your absolute safety!"

Richard added further.

After he said this, the anger on Tuoba Jinghui and Huyan Jueluo's faces turned into rage.

This is more than extortion, it's robbery!

What Richard did couldn't even be described as getting something for nothing.

Under normal circumstances, as long as Richard did not interfere, they did not need Richard's protection in Lantuo City at all.

The conditions proposed by the other party clearly showed that they did not want to pay a penny and just wanted to take 60% of their profits!

"You take 6 and I take 4, so wouldn't that make me work for you?"

Without waiting for Tuoba Jinghui and Huyan Jueluo to attack, Xia Yun smiled and swept the hall inside and outside with a seemingly nonchalant look.

"Maybe you are right, but this is the rule of Lantuo City."

Richard still had a smile on his face, as if he had already defeated Xia Yun.

If it were any other merchant, he might not have robbed so blatantly.

But as a Central Plains businessman, he had the right to arrest Xia Yun and put him in jail at any time and sentence him to death on the spot.

But he didn't want to do that. He saw unlimited business opportunities in Xia Yun.

In the past, before the war between the two super dynasties began, the Daliang merchants who came from the two dynasties almost always made a fortune.

Richard has been coveting it for a long time, and now he naturally wants to get a piece of the pie.

"What if I don't agree?"

Suddenly, Xia Yun changed the subject and looked straight at Richard's brows with a smiling look.

After listening to the other party's long chatter, Xia Yun guessed the other party's purpose from the beginning.

Naturally, he never thought of agreeing to any of the other party's conditions from the beginning.

joke!

He is the Governor-General of Jiangnan of the Daliang Dynasty and the Grand Marshal of the Northern Expedition who is in charge of an army of 600,000!

How could he be blackmailed by a mere city lord?

The reason why he had been keeping calm and not getting angry was just to delay time.

"disagree?"

Richard was stunned when he heard this.

But soon, Richard put away the smile on his face and instead revealed a sinister look.

"If you don't agree, then you can only go to hell! You are not the only Daliang merchant in Lantuo City!"

As Richard spoke, he waved his hand and immediately ordered the guards on both sides to arrest Xia Yun and the other two.

However, at this critical moment, suddenly, a red flare rose in the sky outside the City Lord's Mansion.

"Why is the city lord so anxious?"

The moment he saw the red flare, Xia Yun stood up with a big laugh.

"Oh? You agree?"

Richard raised his eyebrows. His eyes were always focused on Xia Yun, so he didn't notice the flare rising in the sky outside.

"There is no rush for cooperation. This is my first time visiting the City Lord's Mansion, so I have prepared some small gifts. I hope the City Lord will accept them."

Xia Yun responded.

"Where is the gift?"

Richard's eyes swept over Xia Yun and the other two again. From the beginning, he didn't notice that they brought in anything.