Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

The next day, after talking with Sean about the final route for the track, Lind had his first guest.

"Can we have one of these magic trains? We need to build a railway as well."

Faced with the shocking request from the Shining Gold Merchant Alliance, Lind rubbed his face, wondering if he was still dreaming.

"Are you serious?"

The more they cooperated, the more Linde couldn't see through these businessmen.

To be honest, they were able to open a chain store in such an environment, and they were able to transport weapons to Isa without anyone noticing when relations in the North were at their worst. This shows that the forces behind this group of businessmen are not simple.

But Lind didn't expect the other party to ask for such a high price right from the start.

The person who made this request was also Linde's old friend, the proprietress who liked to take things out from her chest.

The proprietress still calmly and gracefully took out her pipe from her chest and lit it up as usual.

The smoke is still not pungent as before.

"We don't ask you to build us a railway now. You can wait until you finish your work and then build a railway for us. We are not in a hurry."

Although the proprietress's attitude was still as polite as before, Linde vaguely felt that the other party's attitude was somewhat different from before. This was not the attitude towards customers, but putting herself on the same level as the other party.

"I'm sorry, but the technology of the magic train is not perfect at the moment, and we don't plan to spread it to others."

Although they didn't know what kind of power was behind the other party, the Shuojin Merchant Alliance had always cooperated very harmoniously with Linde and never asked Linde for technology. Although there were some small tricks to make extra money, compared with those greedy businessmen, the Shuojin Merchant Alliance seemed to be just doing business.

So even though he knew that there might not be a simple story behind the Shining Gold Merchant Alliance and even Lucanus was keeping it secret, Linde still chose to cooperate without reservation.

"So I also said, we are not in a hurry. We just need you to build a section of railway and a train for us in the future."

This "just" has been the dream of countless merchants in the territory.

At this time, Lin De also understood a little and asked, "Does that mean the forces behind you want to contact me?"

There are many strange forces in this world, but they are all under the constraints of the so-called "Tower", and are very honest and abide by certain special rules.

However, there are occasionally organizations like the Black Crow Secret Party that try to be clever and exploit loopholes.

"You are still as direct as ever."

The charming lady boss glanced at Lind provocatively, but seeing that Lind didn't react, she said in a boring tone, "According to your understanding, it can indeed be explained this way. We think you are very valuable, so we plan to develop a deeper cooperation with you."

"So what organization are you?"

Lind became more and more curious about the Sparkling Gold Merchant Alliance. To be honest, after arriving in this world, the only strange organization he had seriously come into contact with was the Lantern Dream that split from the church. The rest of the magic organizations were either incorporated by the official or were just scattered guerrillas.

"What organization?"

The proprietress looked a little puzzled, but then she patted her snow-white thigh, understood what Linde meant, and said, "Just like our signboard, we are the Shining Gold Merchant Alliance, a business alliance organized by merchants, but the merchants in the alliance are a little special."

Then the lady boss added: "We only do serious business."

Linde was speechless for a while, and asked, "Is delivering weapons to people a legitimate business?"

"Didn't I tell you at the beginning? We accidentally lost those weapons."

Indeed, this kind of people who like to earn extra money, take private jobs and have no self-respect are a bit inconsistent with the image of the so-called unfathomable mysterious organization. It seems that the businessmen of the Shuojin Merchant Alliance love money and only money. They are not interested in any technical resources and only want to make money, even if it is a small profit.

For this purpose, they would even ignore the rules and slightly interfere in the wars between lords.

Lind has already figured it out. When talking to the Shuojin Merchant Alliance, he doesn't need to care about the forces behind them. He just needs to consider them from a businessman's perspective.

"So what can I get from giving you a railway and a magic train?"

In the end, Lind gave up trying to figure out what force was behind the other party and changed the subject to serious matters.

Although we definitely cannot help the other party build the road at this stage, the other party also said that he is not in a hurry.

"Let's look at the map first."

The proprietress of the Shuojin Merchant Alliance skillfully took out a map from her chest and placed it on the table.

As soon as he took out the map, Lind's eyes lit up. This was a bird's-eye view map of the entire continent, and there were line segments similar to longitude and latitude on the map.

Whether it was the detailed markings of the visible areas on the map or Lind's intuition, they all told Lind that the level of detail of this map might be more exaggerated than any map Lind had ever seen in this world, including military maps.

Rather than being a map, it is more like taking a photo with exaggerated clarity directly from a high altitude perspective, and then marking it on the photo, using the photo as a map.

Unfortunately, this map seemed to be cast with some kind of magic. Lind could only see the area of ​​the Kingdom of Capet, while the rest of the place was surrounded by a faint mist, as if it was the fog of war and could not be seen clearly.

But soon, the proprietress gently moved her hand on the map, and the clouds in an area quickly dissipated. It was outside the mountains in the southern border, an area that belonged neither to Anjou nor to Capet.

As the proprietress's finger continued to move, a line on the map lit up along the area where the proprietress's finger moved.

"It's probably about building a railway and a magic train along this road."

Although he really wanted to take a closer look at the high-precision map of the Capet Kingdom, Lind also knew that it was time to discuss serious matters with the Shining Gold Merchant Alliance.

In the area bordering the southern border of the Kingdom of Capet and the Kingdom of Anjou, there is a group of mountains on the east side of the bordering area, and the railway is to be built from somewhere in the mountains to outside the mountains.

Although the journey was not long, it was mostly mountainous. After careful consideration, Lind said, "Although the journey is short, it is very difficult. There are too many mountains."

"Materials are not a problem. Just ask if you have any requirements."

The boss lady, who would normally take private jobs for petty profits, was now extremely arrogant, like a coal boss who didn't care about money but only cared about getting the job done.

"After the North is unified, I can send people to help build the railway. The magic train will also be open to civilian use in the future, but this train is not cheap."

The proprietress also nodded and said, "We know this, so this is the deposit."

After saying that, the proprietress took out another ring from her chest and threw it to Lind like she was flipping a coin.

Linde hurriedly caught the ring. The ring seemed to be made of mithril, but it also seemed to be mixed with some other magical materials. Just by touching it, it felt like a different item.

"Space ring?"

Combined with the high-precision map, Lind immediately made a horrifying guess.

Unfortunately, the proprietress's question "What is that?" disappointed Lind. It seems that there is still no such convenient thing in this world.

However, the lady boss continued, "With this ring, you are our partner. There is a sealed magic in this ring that will be triggered when you are fatally injured."

It sounded like a death-substitute spell or something, so Lind stroked the ring and asked, "Will this protect me from fatal harm?"

"There is no magic that smart. Your rune array is so powerful, you should know that."

The lady boss exhaled a puff of smoke and continued, "But you can keep your life hanging on, and our people will come to rescue you later."

Lind understood. It was a bit like the platinum membership card of the trauma team, but with an additional first aid function.

But Lind felt it was a bit magical that a group of businessmen came to rescue him when he was fatally injured. Although Lind also knew that the fact that they had this kind of ring and this service showed that this group of businessmen were not simple.

"You can't say you're a human, either."

As if she saw the confusion in Linde's eyes, the "boss lady" of the Shining Gold Merchant Alliance added: "When the time comes, our dragon will come to rescue you."