Being a Life Player in the Middle Ages

In fact, Mia didn't want to give a pair of fingerless gloves that might attract other people's attention, but the hand guards in the forging skill column were either fingerless or half-fingerless. She couldn't find a pair of fingerless hand guards, and the others were all gloves with plate armor, not to mention other equipment, which were either leather armor or armor. No matter how you looked at it, they should be made by leather craftsmen and blacksmiths.

Clothes made with sewing recipes are better, but most of them are not suitable for the knight Bayard in terms of style or added attribute points. Moreover, giving clothes as a gift would seem too intimate, and the other party would probably not accept them. Moreover, even if they accepted them, they would not be able to wear them every day. In comparison, a pair of simple and exquisite deerskin gloves that can be used frequently and ensure the continuous effect of health value is the least conspicuous and most suitable as a gift.

The attribute points added by this pair of deerskin gloves are not very high, strength +3, agility +4, and a total of seven health points. Bayard is only eighteen years old and still in the growth period. He needs regular training. An increase in strength and speed and a better body will not be too noticeable... right?

As Mia expected, Bayard accepted the thank-you gift and kept wearing it without taking it off. Then he told Mia the purpose of his visit.

"We've almost finished interrogating the bandits, and the items in your father's caravan have been counted. You can go and get them back."

Similarly, Mia had to go and retrieve the merchant father's body and give him a decent funeral.

Fortunately, the weather is not hot yet and the bodies of the victims are properly preserved, otherwise they would have been rotten beyond recognition.

Mia put away the smile on her face, revealing her sadness, acting like a daughter who had truly lost her father: "Where is my father now?"

"He is currently being temporarily placed in a suburban church with other victims, waiting for his family to be notified before he is taken back for safe burial."

And now Mia can go and get it.

The atmosphere in the store suddenly became silent, and Martha and John looked at Mia worriedly.

Mia's eyes turned red, she sniffed, and forced a smile: "I'm fine."

Mia was actually really sad. After all, that was Mia's father. After she inherited all of Mia's memories, although she still had no feelings for her father, she also felt that the other party was a relative/acquaintance.

When someone familiar encounters misfortune, even if it's just for a moment, it's inevitable that you will feel sad for them. Mia is also a person with rich emotions and a low tear point.

What's more, it was an entire convoy of cars that were killed, most of whom were young laborers. Their deaths represented broken families, and it was hard for Mia, whose parents were also gone, not to empathize with them.

Seeing her like this, the other three became even more worried.

Martha and John immediately decided to close the shop today and go out with Mia.

The church on the outskirts of the city is outside the walls of the 14 districts of Constantiburg. It was also the place where the knights chose to place the bodies after finding the victims. It was far away from their home, and it would probably take four or five hours to go back and forth by carriage. The goods and property of the caravan are currently kept at the city government, which is located in the fourth district, only one district away from the sixth district, and can be said to be very close in comparison.

Considering the distance between the two, and the fact that Bayad came here to personally take her to the City Hall to retrieve the caravan's belongings and to support her, it was natural that they had to go to the City Hall first today.

The caravan was robbed and even all the members were killed. Moreover, they were attacked in the forest outside Constantiburg. This was a severe slap in the face for the entire defense of Constantiburg. When the emperor learned about it, he was particularly angry and very dissatisfied with the garrison in charge of patrolling. On the day he received the news, he called the head of the garrison and scolded him severely.

Although the task of suppressing the bandits was carried out by the Emperor's personal knights, the place where the caravan had the accident was not within the daily patrol range of the garrison, but it was very close. They were indeed to blame for such an incident and it was normal for them to be scolded. Therefore, when the knights went to the garrison to ask for reinforcements, they also sent people to actively cooperate and atone for their sins.

The follow-up work after the bandit suppression was not the responsibility of the knights and the garrison, but of the City Hall of Constantiburg. Therefore, the caravan's belongings were temporarily stored at the City Hall. However, only this part was in the City Hall. The other property collected from the bandit suppression had already been divided up by the participating knights and soldiers according to the rules.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that there was still a caravan owner's daughter, a person of high status, left in the caravan, and Mia had the support of Bayad, who was in charge of the bandit suppression, it would have been difficult for Mia to get these things back as she was just an orphan.

This was also one of the reasons why Bayad specially accompanied her. As the leader of the bandit crackdown, he naturally confirmed from the bandits which goods belonged to the caravan. With him as the person involved, the city government staff naturally did not dare to withhold Mia's things.

As they were heading to the city hall in the carriage Bayard had rented, Bayard gave Mia some good news: "After the Queen learned of your situation, she told His Majesty that she would return all the caravan's property to you and give a portion of the seized property to the families of the victims as compensation. His Majesty agreed."

Little Mia didn't know much about the emperor and empress of the Dongbai Empire, and her father would not tell the little girl about these things that he himself didn't know very well, so Mia also didn't know who the highest authority couple in Dongbai were. But this didn't prevent her from having some good feelings towards the empress because of this. Regardless of the purpose, it was a good thing to be able to take the initiative to provide compensation to the relatives of the victims.

Of course, this kind of compensation is actually the most advantageous to Mia.

Because in her father's caravan, except for a few men and mercenaries, the rest were all slaves belonging to Mia's merchant father, more than half of the team's members, and these were all the slaves in their family. Mia's maid at home was just hired by her parents, so they did not take her with them when they left - fortunately they did not take her with them - but chose to cancel the employment.

Since they were slaves, they were also considered the property of the merchant father, so this part of the compensation naturally fell on Mia, the merchant's daughter.

Although in Mia's opinion, this is not something to be happy about.

Although they were going to receive property, Mia was not in a good mood and the atmosphere in the carriage was heavy. Martha hugged her and patted her back soothingly. John and Bayard sat on the other side, talking in low voices from time to time.

Mia was not actually that sad, but with the care of others, she inevitably became fragile, as if she was back in junior high school when she heard the sad news of her parents' accidental death. However, because it had been many years, she had already accepted this fact, so she was not as out of control as before, but she couldn't help but feel sad again.

Fortunately, she quickly adjusted her mood and did not fall into the depression of the past. When she got off the carriage, her expression was much more relaxed and she looked more energetic.

John whispered, "She's a strong child."

Bayard, the only one who heard him, nodded in agreement.

The city hall was bustling with people. Mia, who was here for the first time, didn't know where to go. Fortunately, the three adults were very reliable. Martha and John often came here to do business before, and Bayard had made a special effort to find out about it, so they quickly found the relevant department.

Because of the orders from the Emperor and the Empress, and the accompaniment of Bayad, the Emperor's personal knight, the procedure for receiving the caravan's goods and compensation went very smoothly. However, they ran into trouble when it came to taking the things back.

As a successful businessman, Xiaomia's merchant father not only sells spices, he also buys some local specialties from all over the country that can be sold at high prices. Therefore, the goods in the caravan are very diverse and there are many of them, including some large items. Although some of them were squandered by bandits, at most they were just a few spices. They didn't have time to sell other things, so there were still a lot of goods left.

However, the caravan originally had only two carriages and four horses, which was not enough to carry so much cargo.

So how did so many goods get transported? The answer, of course, was the dozen or so slaves. The merchant father took them everywhere, feeding them well and keeping them strong. They didn't just serve him, but also carried his goods and protected the caravan when necessary—which was why he only hired a few mercenaries.

Human power in this era was much cheaper than animal power, and the roads were difficult to travel on. Merchants often had to cross mountains and rivers to go to places where horse-drawn carriages could not go, so they often relied on slaves and hired people to prepare goods for trade.

Although Bayard had thought of this a long time ago and specially rented a large carriage, the things still exceeded his expectations, not to mention that the carriage also needed to carry people.

Moreover, even if I bring so many things back home, I probably have no place to store them, not to mention that it will easily attract the attention of neighbors and then some malicious eyes.

Fortunately, Bayard has a solution.

Mia had asked him specifically before, wanting to find a suitable channel to sell these things. Bayad's father was also a businessman when he was alive, and he knew a lot of people. Bayad himself knew some merchants who could help him deal with the spoils. The channels were safe and guaranteed, and the price would be 10% to 20% lower than the market price, but it would also save a lot of trouble.

Mia was mentally prepared before asking Bayard for help. Moreover, now that she could get all the goods of the caravan and the compensation from the queen, it was more than enough to offset this part of the loss.

Bayard said helplessly, "I originally wanted to find them later, but now I'm afraid we have to sell these things first."

Mia certainly had no objection.