Seeing her like this, Zuo Si thought with his hips that he must not have heard it. After sighing slightly, he left the mage tower and came to the chamber of commerce run by the Bernard family for generations.

As soon as he walked in, he saw dozens of busy figures coming in and out, some checking accounts, and others submitting lists of loading and unloading goods.

As the undisputed master of the Chamber of Commerce, Bernard is currently sitting at his own desk, writing calculations without stopping for a moment, raising his head from time to time to hand over signed documents or contracts.

Subordinates.

Although his face looked a little tired, his eyes were full of energy, as if his whole body was full of strength.

You don't need to ask to know that in just half a year, his fleet has traveled to and from the Maztec continent more than once, making a lot of money from the unique local specialties.

Both the family wealth and influence in Amn are increasing day by day.

In particular, the badge worn on his chest means that Bernard has officially entered the parliament and has become a powerful senior member, qualified to propose bills or participate in voting for bills.

Don't underestimate this.

In the business empire of Amn, any bill often represents huge interests.

Every family and chamber of commerce will do their best to promote the passage of bills that are beneficial to them and block those that are not beneficial to them.

After finishing the work at hand, Bernard noticed Zuo Si standing next to him, and immediately stood up from his chair in surprise: "Your Excellency Soth! When did you come back?"

"Just a few hours ago. How was it? The chamber of commerce's profit was pretty good in the past six months, right?" Zuo Si asked with a smile.

"Of course! Our fleet transported a large amount of cocoa beans, gold and other precious plants and animals from the Maztec continent.

Just from buying various snacks and snacks made from cocoa beans, I have currently made hundreds of thousands of gold coins in net profit.

The most important thing is that we found a large island suitable for building a port city. We only used one hundred steel axes, three hundred fine steel spears, and sixty pieces of half-body armor and helmets from the chiefs of the local indigenous tribes.

I bought it in my hand.

In addition, you used legal means to execute the gold mercenary group that was burning, killing and looting there, so after the locals learned the news, they quickly reached a settlement with us and no further conflicts broke out.

The last and most important thing.

The prospectors we hired discovered three veins in the mountainous area near the port city, one of which is a gold mine, and the other is a vein of mithril, fine gold and gemstones mixed together.

If nothing else, just mining these veins can bring astonishing profits every year."

Bernard quickly unfolded a map and enthusiastically introduced Zuo Si to the situation on the other side of the sea, as well as how much money he had earned after six months of opening the new route.

"Are metal items scarce in the Maztec continent?" Zuo Si asked curiously, touching his chin.

Although he knew the general location of the land, he did not know the specific situation.

Especially regarding technology and people's livelihood, there is almost a blank.

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I only know that there is something similar to America on Earth, and there are even magical creatures like feathered serpents.

Bernard nodded without thinking: "Yes. Since the entire Maztec continent is a tropical rain forest, the climate is very warm and humid, and there will be heavy rain almost every few days, so it is not suitable for development.

Metal smelting.

Moreover, metal products are very easy to rot and rust in such an environment, and will often be completely scrapped within a few years.

To put it simply, it is difficult to make, and maintenance is also a huge problem.

According to the information we have heard, it seems that only a few large cities have the ability to forge metal weapons and armor. Many tribes usually use a kind of hard obsidian as weapons.

So when we took out metal weapons and armor, it even caused many tribes to rob them.

However, the Council of Six in Amn prohibits the sale of too many weapons to the locals, especially strong bows and hard crossbows.

In addition, we also discovered that the locals actually use cocoa beans as currency.

All transactions are settled using cocoa beans.

As for gold, silver and precious stones, most of the time they are just used as pure decorations."

"Using cocoa beans as currency?"

Some legends about the Mayan civilization on earth suddenly appeared in Zuo Si's mind.

Because this country that built giant pyramids in the Americas also used cocoa beans as a currency or transaction unit of measurement.

"It's incredible, isn't it?

In fact, I don’t understand how a cash crop like this, which can be produced in unlimited quantities every year, became currency.

Aren’t those indigenous countries and tribes afraid of devaluation due to too much currency?

But it is undeniable that because cocoa beans have monetary properties, many cities and villages will hoard them in large quantities. This provides us with a lot of convenience in purchasing.

Otherwise, it would be almost impossible to purchase so many cocoa beans at once.

Oh, by the way. In order to thank me for providing them with weapons and defeating their former enemies, a local tribal leader gave me a very special gift.

I thought you might be interested in this."

With that said, Bernard gestured to the guard at the door.

The latter understood it and immediately led a few people towards the nearby warehouse.

After a while, they came back carrying a cage that was more than two meters high.

I saw a feline walking upright in an iron cage.

It has a leopard-like head and tail, and its body is covered with a layer of light yellow fur with black dots. Its strong and powerful lower limbs are basically the same as those of cats, but its upper limbs are between the hands and paws. They look very

The flexibility is deadly.

Instantly!

Zuo Sifurui's DNA moved, and his eyes flashed with unabashed desire.

You must know that he already has a group of little werewolves who can transform into werewolves, and with the "cat man" in front of him, he can basically be regarded as a cat and a dog.

"Roar!!!!"

The unidentified feline humanoid creature suddenly slammed into the cage, opened its mouth and let out a threatening growl.

It is easy to see from those beast-like eyes that it is in a very angry mood at the moment, wishing it could rush out and tear all the enemies imprisoned in front of it into pieces.

But unfortunately, sharp teeth and claws are of no use when facing a strong iron cage.

"What is this? Someone infected with lycanthropy?" Zuo Si asked in an uncertain tone.

Bernard smiled and explained: "No, of course not. He is a spotted cat man, a special intelligent creature deep in the jungle of the Maztec continent.

However, because they do not like contact with the outside world and their numbers are scarce, they are rarely seen along the coast.

According to the locals, these creatures seem to have passed through rifts in time and space from another world.

Every tabby cat person is a born hunter and assassin.

The guy in front of me accidentally fell into the trap of the indigenous tribe and was captured alive and became a prisoner.

Originally, the leader originally planned to send it to a temple in a nearby city to sacrifice it to the gods in exchange for the gods' blessings to defeat powerful enemies.

But later, with the help of the weapons and armor we provided, he fulfilled his long-cherished wish ahead of schedule and gave it to me as a gift."

"It is indeed a good gift."

Zuo Si nodded approvingly, walked straight to the edge of the cage, and looked into the opponent's pale yellow eyes.

It took a full minute before he blessed himself with the art of glib and uttered a series of weird syllables from his mouth.

"Hello, residents from another continent overseas."

"You speak our language?!"

The spotted cat man was obviously taken aback, and even his original strong hostility became less intense.

"This is just a magic effect that allows me to temporarily gain the ability to understand and speak the language of your race. Now, let's talk. I believe you don't want to be locked in a cage for the rest of your life, right?

"Zuo Si asked back with a sincere face.

"Do you want me to be your slave?" the tabby cat man narrowed his eyes and asked.

Because in the Maztec continent, almost all tribes, city-states and countries generally recognize slaves as a type of private property.

Whether they are defeated captives or women, children and young adults captured from enemy tribes, they are all important sources of slaves.

Especially for non-human races like spotted cat people, basically after being caught, they are either sacrificed to the gods through bloody rituals, or they are used as personal slaves and pets of some powerful people.

Zuo Si smiled and shook his head: "No, it is not a slave, but a lifelong employment relationship. I am willing to pay fifty gold coins every month to hire you as my subordinate."

"Fifty gold coins? What is that?" the spotted cat man asked with a puzzled look.

"You can think of it as an equivalent exchange similar to cocoa beans. As long as you have it, you can buy a lot of things in the market." Zuo Si explained patiently.

"So...I am a high-class slave with a salary?"

The brain circuitry of spotted cat people is obviously different from that of normal humans.

In his view, the word "lifetime employment" itself is a constraint on freedom.

"It's okay if you insist on understanding it this way. But I promise that I won't interfere too much with your daily behavior. You can go to the pub for a drink like an ordinary person, or you can hang out in the bustling Woking shopping district.

So what, this exchange condition is pretty good, right?"
To be continued...