Wolf King

Except for the ring-shaped main road planned in the early stage of urban expansion, the lower urban area is quite careless. Basically, the landlord who rented the land can build whatever he wants; resulting in the entire lower urban area except for the main road. As complex as a maze, and as chaotic as a layered spider web.

Several men left the site of the recruitment office of the Snow Wolf Clan, walked around the winding alleys for about ten minutes, and then got into a wooden house with a worn-out canvas as a curtain.

This kind of wooden house with the curtains drawn during the day is mostly low-level prostitutes. After entering the door, you can see a dozen or so prostitutes of different ages with numb expressions and thin cheeks sitting on benches beside the corridor; The man hurried past them without even looking at them.

"Master Barrett." The middle-aged man who was sitting in the first room saw these men rushing in, got up and bowed, nodded and bowed.

"Yeah." The leading man nodded perfunctorily, leading the people into the room and into the rear inner room.

The owner of the brothel kept bowing respectfully, and waited for the inner room door to close again before getting up straight, spat out with a "bah", went to the corridor and yelled at the women: "Look at your appearance!" What does it look like, the dead fish just caught are better than yours! What are you doing sitting here, get out and solicit customers!"

Barrett went down the tunnel through the hidden door in the inner room of the brothel, and after running for a few minutes in the dripping tunnel, he finally arrived at his destination...a basement dug into the tunnel by an unknown family.

"How is it?" The man waiting inside seemed to be quite impatient, and Barrett asked anxiously as soon as he entered the door.

Barrett quickly bent down: "Master, those snow werewolves didn't sell any goods, I only saw them chatting with those poor ghosts in South City, it seems..."

"What does it seem to be?" The young master said dissatisfiedly, "Don't be secretive, just say it!"

"Yes... They seem to want to recruit those poor ghosts as workers." Barrett raised his head, puzzled, "When we came back, they had already recruited more than 300 people."

"Recruiting workers?!" The young master was startled, and then his face became unhappy, "The snow wolves came to Valentine to recruit workers? Barrett, are you kidding me anymore?!"

"Of course not, young master." Barrett lowered his head again, "That's exactly what they said, recruiting workers to work on the opposite side of the Inner Sea, with a salary of five silver coins, and they will be transported back in winter."

"I came here to Valentine just to recruit workers?" The young master sneered, "Hmph... Are the goods they unloaded from the Adventurer's Association ship going to rot in the warehouse? Barrett, your skills have deteriorated, or do you look down on me? ? Do you think this reply can fool Master Ben?"

"Don't dare, young master." Barrett bent his waist even more.

"Then get out and follow!" The young master was furious, and the exquisite wine glass half full of wine in his hand slammed on the top of Barrett's head, "I want to know who they plan to contact and who they want to sell the goods to! Ferdinand's family Don’t you know what the bastard did with those snow werewolves? How could Lamia support a fool like you!!”

Barrett didn't dare to look up at all, and backed out of the basement.

"It's all rubbish!" The young master cursed and swept the wine bottle on the table to the ground, stood up and slapped the maid who was carefully serving beside him, and then he calmed down a little, then turned and walked towards the stairs.

Connected to this basement is a residence close to Midtown. The young master who waited for hours and got nothing has no interest in continuing to stay in the downtown area where the air is bad. He asked the maid to put a cloak on him and pull down the hood to cover him. face, went out, got into the carriage, and went straight to the upper city.

The Lamia Chamber of Commerce has an independent guild hall in the upper city, and the guild hall is not much more luxurious than the mansions of some noble families.Stepping into his familiar residence, he stretched out his arms to hug the beautiful lover who greeted him with a smile, and the anger in the young master's heart completely dissipated.

The lover snuggled in the young master's arms acted like a baby with the young master until the young master agreed to invite the Princess of the Sea Tribe to sing for her at the birthday party. I came here once and waited for you for half an hour before leaving."

"Why didn't you say it earlier?!" Master Eddie stood up.

"Didn't they tell you this~"

Master Eddie is not in the mood to pay attention to his lover's acting like a baby right now, and hurried out of the room: "Housekeeper!"

"Master." The white-haired man in a deacon's uniform immediately greeted him.

"Prepare the carriage, I'm going to the City Lord's Mansion."

A few minutes later, Master Eddie's carriage drove out of the Valentine Branch Hall of the Lamia Chamber of Commerce again, and headed for the City Lord's Mansion - Philip's Mansion.

Markas, the son of Santo Philip, over forty years old and still intoxicated with debauchery, greeted him happily, and took Master Eddie to visit his collection. The two were as close as brothers.

On the street opposite Philip's mansion, a figure hidden in the shadow of a landscape tree looms.

"Lamia is really looking at the snow werewolf... It's hard to handle, why is Philip's son so close to the people of the chamber of commerce, Philip is old and stupid, doesn't he care about his son?" Primo in the stealth state He squatted by the tree root without any image, scratching his head.

Downtown area.

The grassroots patriarch, Isaac, Hannah, the knight brothers, etc., lost their way without any accident after walking in the streets for 10 minutes.

In the alley that is so narrow that only two people can walk side by side, there are self-built dilapidated wooden shacks that are also tightly built. The residents are quite unfriendly. ignore.

"I smell someone inside, why don't we break in?" A group of people patted on the door for a long time without any movement, and the grassroots patriarch suggested.

"Uh... not so good." Isaac didn't dare to let the grassroots mess around, and continued to knock on the door hard, "Excuse me, is there anyone inside? Can you ask the way, we are willing to pay."

With a sound of "squeak", the door that was being knocked did not open, but a crooked wooden door behind the side opened a crack, and a face as thin as a skeleton appeared in the crack, looking at the people outside the door in horror. outlander.

"Hello..." Hannah immediately turned around and approached, but with a bang, the wooden door closed again.

Hannah: "..."

"Let me come." Shield Knight Edward squeezed sideways from the grassroots patriarch and leaned towards the door, "Hello, ma'am, we are lost and want to find our way back to the street, if you are willing to show us the way We'll pay you, okay?"

The closed door was opened again, and the thin, frightened face appeared again: "Money, how much do you pay?"

Edward took out a coin from his pocket, and said softly, "Ma'am, if you have time to take us for a walk, this silver coin will be used as a thank you gift."

The shiny silver coins undoubtedly have a strong temptation for the residents living in this kind of shack. The person in the door swallowed, stared at the coin in Edward's hand with straight eyes, hesitated a little, and opened the door half.

Seeing the image of this resident clearly, even the knight brothers who are used to seeing the poor couldn’t help gasping—what a skinny body, the tattered cloth barely covered the shame, chest, arms, etc. , thighs, the bones under the wrinkled skin are clearly visible, as if there is nothing but bones and skin.

"I thought Ah Yun was thin enough before, why is he still so thin?!"

The grassroots patriarch couldn't bear it so much, he slapped Edward away, took out a piece of candy, and wanted to give it to the other party, but looking at the other party's arm that was at most as thick as three fingers of hers, the grassroots patriarch dared not touch anyone: "Humans, eat quickly!" Some sugar, Ah Yun said that if there is sugar, there will be strength."

The female resident was completely intimidated by the grassroots patriarch's burly body, which was taller than her house. When she saw the candy brought out by the grassroots patriarch, she immediately put her fear behind her and reached out fiercely to grab the candy , I hurriedly stuffed it into my mouth.

The sweet taste spread on the tip of the tongue as the sugar cubes entered the mouth. The female resident swayed slightly and squatted down slowly.

The grassroots patriarch: "??" He looked at Isaac for help.

"It's supposed to be okay?" Isaac couldn't understand what kind of reaction this was.

"...she probably had candy for the first time." Hannah sighed.

"That's right." The grassroots patriarch scratched his scalp, "I thought it was only our Snow Wolf clan that had a hard time before." The sugar on the grassland is very precious, and everyone hadn't eaten it a few times before Ayun took everyone to farm. .

Several people waited patiently for the only resident who was willing to take care of them to eat the candy. The petite female adventurer squeezed her up and helped her up. Seeing that the rags on her body were really rotten, He took off his coat and put it on for her.

"Thank you...Thank you...My name is Mary, and I will show you the way..." Mary was flattered and bowed again and again, almost falling to the ground.

"Don't worry, walk slowly." Isaac was a little afraid of this man's wobbly gait, so he told Hannah to lean back and make way for her, and then glanced at her residence, "Is there anyone else in your house? It's okay to let your family lead the way, you...maybe need to take a break."

Mary shook her head quickly, pleadingly: "They're not at home... I can do it, gentlemen, I really can." It was rare to earn silver coins, and she really didn't want to give up.

Isaac glanced at the others in embarrassment: "Otherwise, take it easy, don't be so excited, Alisa, help her sit down first."

The petite female adventurer persuaded the female resident to sit on the threshold of her house, and took out a small bag of meat floss for her to eat, so that she could recover a little more strength—the most popular snacks given by the Snow Werewolf were meat floss. She also saved it by herself.

"Huh?" The grassroots patriarch moved his ears, turned his head and turned around, and found that the family who hadn't photographed for a long time just opened the door, revealing two faces that were also thin, and four longing eyes were staring at the meat floss. of female residents.

"I just said someone was there!" the grassroots patriarch pointed bluntly.

Those two faces shrank back, and after a few seconds, they couldn't help showing them again, staring at the stranger in the alley with fear and longing.

"Hmm..." Wayne, the younger brother of the knight brothers, changed his expression, and discussed something in a low voice with his elder brother Edward. Edward nodded repeatedly, walked sideways through the grassroots patriarch, and discussed in a low voice with Isaac and Hannah .

"That's the way it should be!" Hannah clapped her hands.

"But the alleys in this place are too dense, and there is no place to open them." Isaac frowned.

"Borrowing her house won't be the end of it? If you tear down this broken shed, there will be a place. We will build a room for her house later. It's just this kind of shed. It took half an hour to find the materials." Hannah went to Mary's house. pointing at the house.

"...That's right." Isaac's eyes lit up.

Just do what you say, Alisa, the ranger girl, picked up Mary to guide the way, and took Hannah and the knight brothers out, while the others demolished the house on the spot...

The neighbor across the door was just envious of Mary getting something to eat, but when she saw Mary's house being demolished in a blink of an eye, she was so frightened that she quickly closed the door tightly and went back to sleep and starve.

About an hour later, the family, who were lying down to reduce physical consumption, suddenly smelled the aroma of food that made their souls tremble...

"The salary of five silver coins is to recruit workers, both men and women, and they are responsible for food and food for the family!"

"If you sign up, you'll get something to eat, hurry up!"

The housekeepers of this family are two sisters. The father who runs errands in Beicheng can only ensure that the sisters eat half a meal a day. Apart from necessary housework, they have to rely on sleep to fight hunger when there is nothing else to do.Hearing the commotion outside and smelling the aroma of food, the two sisters couldn't hold back any longer. They climbed out of the haystacks on the ground as beds, opened the door carefully, and peeked out with sideways faces. .

The house of Mary’s house on the opposite side was completely demolished. On the cleared space, there were stove iron pots and table mats. The aroma of food came out of the boiling iron pots.

Brother Knight shouted in each of the four directions, and saw movement in every house with closed doors, some opened the door, some pushed the window, and countless pairs of eyes glanced over from every corner.

Edward sighed and said: "Valentine's poor live by working on the docks, and the food they earn must be given priority to the men in the family. In this off-season of sea trade, unless women go to 'do business', they basically can't eat anything, of course it's nothing. A person can walk out of the house with strength...even if he can go out, he can't go very far."

Isaac, who came from a good family, looked confused...

Among the adventurers who had a hard time, including Hannah Qiqi nodded, they really ignored this.

The grassroots patriarch was very shocked: "Ah? Why don't you give me enough food?!"

"Uh..." A group of humans didn't know how to answer.

"If you don't have enough to eat, how can you have the energy to work? Don't you need others to support you?" The grassroots patriarch didn't understand.

A group of human beings looked at the grassroots patriarch's body as strong as a bear silently, and felt very embarrassed... Fortunately, at this time, a local resident who couldn't bear the temptation came out of the house, staggered and timidly approached this way, Alleviate human embarrassment.

I have to say, seeing these human women lying at home starving, this group of people who are at least out of the line of food and clothing are shocked... The female resident named Mary, who struggles to stand still, is not at all For example, her neighbors were not much better than her.

The first person who approached bravely was a woman who was described as old, haggard, and skinny. She couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and looked eagerly at the adventurers: "Masters, you want to recruit workers, can I do it like this? "

"Hmm..." Isaac looked at the grassroots patriarch in embarrassment. It's okay to be younger like Mary, and she can recover her health after raising her. This is really...

"It doesn't take much effort to spin the thread, and the cubs are fine, so it should be fine." The grassroots patriarch couldn't bear it, and of course he wouldn't refuse.

Edward listened to the instructions given by the grassroots patriarch, and took the initiative to meet him: "Ma'am, we need to take a boat to the west coast of the North Continent to work for us. Do you have any problems at home? Do you have any children who need to be taken care of and cannot leave?"

The woman said eagerly: "Master Knight, my child is 14 years old, can she, can she go too?"

Edward turned his head to look at the grassroots patriarch again.

"A ten-year-old cub can spin thread, and a 14-year-old human race should be fine." The grassroots patriarch nodded vigorously.

Edward said gently: "Ma'am, if you want, both you and your children can work for us..."

"I am willing, I am willing!" The woman was so grateful that she didn't know what to say. "My daughter is still working. I'll call her back, is that okay?"

"Of course, we will keep recruiting people here today, and we will leave when we are full."

With this woman as the leader, the residents living nearby came to sign up one after another, and the stream gradually continued; those who live near the street and have the strength to walk on the street have the capital to hesitate, and those who are so hungry that it is difficult to go out, it can be said that except With a life and nothing left, what is the risk of going to sea to work compared to the imminent death of starvation?

The first woman who signed up signed the employment contract and ate a delicious meal of softly cooked vermicelli (after seeing the physical condition of the resident Mary, Xiao Yun only asked Hannah and the others to bring the vermicelli over, and told everyone People should not eat too much, put less oil to avoid stomach problems), so they rushed to find her daughter.

Local people will not get lost in the labyrinth of alleys. This woman skillfully walked through the cobweb-like alleys and came to the street. The daughter who walked over.

"Mom?" Seeing the woman, the girl looked back nervously, and after making sure that no one from the brothel followed her, she ran to her mother and dragged her into the alley.

Before the woman could speak, the girl bent down and took out a few copper coins from her shoes and stuffed them into her hand: "The search has been very tight recently, I really can't hide the money... Mom, use the money to buy some bread, try your best." Don't come to me, they won't let you go if they see you."

"Baby, listen to me, you don't need to go to the brothel anymore, let's go together to work in the inner sea, and if we go far away, no one will be able to find us again." The woman held the girl tightly son's hand.

"Mom? What are you talking about?"

The woman lowered her voice and said quickly and hastily: "A group of lords came to our house to recruit workers. I can see clearly that there are three knights among them. Those knight lords also listened to a very strong foreign lord. The foreign lord wore Well made, a cloth made by elves that I saw when I was young... We follow them, the fraternity dare not do anything to us!"

"Really?!" The girl was surprised.

"Hurry up, sign up with me, and we will follow them after signing up." The woman took her daughter's hand and was about to leave.

"Wait...Mom, I want to inform Winnie and the others." The girl followed two steps, then stopped again, "If Winnie and the others are willing, take them too?"

The woman hesitated, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay!"

The girls asked the women to wait in the alley, and ran out to find their companions who were also forced by the fraternity.

For the lowest poor, self-respect and chastity are luxuries.No one would feel ashamed to sell their bodies in exchange for a chance to survive when they were about to die.

But in Nancheng, it is not easy to sell yourself... People who are related to the union can get the protection of the union, and can "open business" in their own home, and every copper coin they earn can be exchanged for food for themselves or their family members. in stomach.

And if those weak families and women in the family are not old, ugly, or weak like Mary, which makes men feel disgusted when they look at them, then it is up to them whether to do flesh and blood business or not.

The sky was getting darker. Thanks to Thrall's verbal offensive and the efforts of the knight brothers, Xiao Yun received a total of more than 560 male labor contracts, and clapped his hands with satisfaction: "Okay, it's almost done, everyone has worked hard! Come and inform me personally. Isaac and Hannah are ready to call it a day and go back."

"Ah Yun, they're back!" Patriarch Li's eyes were good, and he pointed to the other side of the street, "There are so many people!"

"Huh? Damn it!"

Isn't that right? When I went there, a dozen or so people came back, followed by a large group...

After leaving the recruitment point, Xiao Yun saw that the people following them were all human women, so he couldn't help being taken aback.

"Isaac, you didn't make it clear to them that we will pick them up in a few days?"

"I said it, but..." Isaac was very entangled.

"Let me tell." Hannah also felt that Isaac was a young master now, so she pushed him away and said, "That's the thing, we signed a total of 610 seven female workers, and more than 30 of them were thieves. The prostitutes controlled by the Brotherhood, they want to go with us and don’t want to sell their flesh, but if they are not taken away now, it is estimated that the Brotherhood of Thieves will let them go.”

"How much?" Xiao Yun's eyes suddenly widened and brightened.

Hannah is not a fool, so I don't know where Xiao Yun's itch is: "We signed seven female workers in 610. Later, the contract is not enough, so several people sign one together. Many people don't force them to sign the contract and get it." Anjia vermicelli, just say that we will give them when we come to pick them up."

"Beautiful!!" Xiao Yun beamed, and slapped Hannah heavily on the shoulder, "Good job, everyone is great! Treat everyone with something delicious tonight!"

"Hmm..." Isaac looked constipated.

Xiao Yun ignored this young master, and looked at the shivering reserve female workers behind him with piercing eyes, showing a particularly warm smile: "Don't be afraid, everyone, after signing the employment contract, you will be a member of our Snow Wolf clan... workers, who are you?" I can't take it away either!"

The grassroots patriarch turned his head and said: "You heard me, we, Ayun, are very capable. He said that if he is not afraid, then there is no need to be afraid."

I don't know if they have worked in a special industry and know how to read their words. These female workers who are waiting to be employed are not afraid of the grassroots patriarch who is as strong as a bear, and they quite believe her words, and they all nodded.

More than 30 people couldn't settle down, Xiao Yun immediately ordered everyone to pack up and go on the road, otherwise they wouldn't be able to leave the city - the hotel accommodation in the city is very expensive!

Just as he loaded the pots and jars into the car, Xiao Yun suddenly found that there was no one on the street.

"Huh?" Xiao Yun frowned, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon, could it be...

I was looking around to see if Primo was hiding nearby, when more than a hundred strong men suddenly rushed out from a few alleys.

"Leave the woman!" A middle-aged man with a grumpy face started at the head, "Where are you bums, who gave you the guts to snatch someone from the fraternity?!"

"Fuck you (******)! Scared labor and management! Why do you think Lamia doesn't teach the Basic Law anymore!" Xiao Yun's face turned dark, "A bunch of pimps jumped into this virtue, Valentine pills! "

In the castellan's mansion, castella Philip suddenly trembled.

"Huh?" Sean looked at his old friend strangely.

"It's so strange...I always feel a chill today." San Francisco Philip scratched the back of his neck in doubt. "Could it be that someone has been cursing me all day?"