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Chapter 2 The Gascon Family

Although he did not have the perverted observation ability like Rasher, Xiuyi could still see the change in the expression of the knight after seeing Feng Yu in his hand.

Xiu Yi immediately realized that these wind feathers might cause him unnecessary trouble, so he quickly said, "But when it comes to help, I really have some questions to ask for advice. Can you tell me what kind of bird feather is on my hand?"

The knight was stunned, and Shuyi said, "This was the two birds that just flew away. I saw that they were beautiful, brightly colored, and very nicely called, but I had never seen them. The Gascoen family was very knowledgeable and must have known them."

"So, did you pick these feathers?"

"Yes, they are pretty, aren't they?" Xiu Yi turned Feng Yu in his hand indifferently. He could see greed shot out from the knight's eyes.

When the knight learned that Feng Yu was picked up by the boy in front of him, the mood was greatly relaxed. Not everyone could catch Feng Crows. They were flying high in the sky, and they were wind-type monsters. Everyone who could catch them was an extraordinary person with great skills. Even the Gascoen family, who had a license to capture monsters, had always wanted to get a pair of Feng Crows, but they never got what they wanted.

Now on the market, a Fengyu has been sold to a high price of hundreds of Jinweites. If sold to the east and north, the price can soar ten times.

In other words, the Fengyu in Xiu Yi's hand is valuable.

"It's just a kind of wind-type migratory bird, it's no big deal, you're rarely surprised." The knight answered with a cold attitude.

"So that's how it is." Xiuyi nodded with a smile.

"But these feathers are indeed beautiful. Why don't you give it to me? I can pay you a Jinweit for it."

Xiu Yi was speechless. If the greetings from the Gascoen family made him feel a little favorable, then the words of the knight now made him very disgusted. Even if he didn't know the market in the Southern Continent, wouldn't he still know the market in the Northern Continent? Even if the Southern Continent has Fengchao, he believes that it will not be able to spread to the point where it is worthless.

People are always willing to give small favors, but they cannot withstand the test in the face of huge temptations of interests. Just like the most greedy profiteer in the world, it is possible that the beggar's bowl may put a few dollars in the beggar's bowl, but that cannot cover up the essence of their greed. What makes Xiu Yi uncertain is that he does not know that this is just the knight's personal greed, or whether it is the case with the entire convoy.

So Xiu Yi said lightly: "I'm sorry, I like these feathers, and I don't plan to sell them."

"If you think the money is low, I can add some more to you."

"Sorry, that's not a matter of money." Xiu Yi gave an aristocratic salute, which implies that the other party was an aristocratic boy and might have been traveling. People like them were not short of money.

This made the knight a little helpless. If the other party was a civilian, he would rob it; if the other party was a poacher, he could even kill the other party.

But this young man dressed well and spoke calmly, and was obviously a well-educated family, so he had to act carefully.

If you cause any big trouble for a few Fengyu, it will be unworthy.

After thinking about it, the Knight asked Xiuyi: "Since you don't want to sell it, then forget it. By the way, we are going to Raven City, where are you?"

Raven City is a transit city on the Baoqin Plain. It mainly provides services for merchants and is an important distribution center for alchemy materials. Its status is quite similar to the city of Royo in the Lance Empire. Before Xiu Yi came, he had also learned about the Southern Continent, so he knew this place. There are many aquatic ravens. Every summer, groups of ravens will fly away from the water and fly over the city. The scene is spectacular, hence the name Raven City.

At this moment, Xiu Yi gently sang the corner of his mouth: "That's a coincidence. I'm going to Raven City too."

"Since that's the case, why not go on the road together? You should know that Baoqin Plain is not a peaceful place, and there are all kinds of people here. With us here, you can get the best protection."

After lowering his head and pondering for a while, Xiuyi finally nodded: "Okay, I agree."

"So, what's your name? Where did you come from?" asked the Knight skillfully.

Shiuyi replied: "Hiens."

He did not name his last name, which led the Knight to try to know which family he came from and went bankrupt.

"Are you sure that the boy got Feng Yu, not by any other way?" The old man's expression was very serious.

"No, sir, this is what the boy said himself. What puzzled me is that since he didn't know the value of Feng Yu, why did he directly reject my purchase request. Although he claimed that he was not short of money, even the nobles' children would not really think that they were not short of money. What's especially strange is that the nobles' children appeared alone on the grassland."

"This is indeed very strange, but in my opinion, we might as well divide this into two parts. First, those Feng Yus were obtained by him with his own strength, which means that the young man is very powerful, but at the same time, he let the Feng Yu go, which means that he is not a greedy and bloodthirsty guy, so we don't have to worry too much about him. Second, Feng Yu met their natural enemies and was hurt in the fight. The young man picked up the falling Feng Yu, which means that he is a lucky person, but only that, we don't need to care too much about him."

"You're right, then Mr. Triman, which one do you think might be bigger."

"I hope it is the former, but I think the latter is more likely. To be honest, I haven't heard of any young man in the Southern Continent who has such strength to easily catch the wind crows and let them go after pulling off a few feathers. Not everyone can have such ability, and even fewer people can have such a demeanor."

"That's true, sir."

"Then let him follow the car. No matter what aspect, he does not threaten us, isn't he? As for his unwillingness to sell Fengyu to us... To be honest, it's just a few, and there is no need to use deception. Clark, this is not good for you. You love to take advantage of small gains. Remember, a person's demeanor determines his achievements. If that boy is unwilling to sell, then forget it."

"Yes, sir."

The Knight retreated in dismay. He originally hoped that Mr. Triman could allow him to use some tricks to get Feng Yu from the young man, but he did not expect the old man to refuse.

In his opinion, this was a gift from heaven. The young man was not worthy of having the precious Feng Yu at all. Since the old man was unwilling, then maybe he should think of some ways to solve this problem. This made him ignore the other possibility of the old man, that is, if the young man obtained Feng Yu himself, it means that it was not the person he could provoke. Greed makes people short-sighted, and the Clark Knight ignored the hidden meaning behind this possibility, but the old man did not.

This is why he was able to become the leader of the convoy, and the Clark Knight could only wait for instructions.

It's three days away to Raven City.

During this period, Xiu Yi had a rough understanding of the convoy.

The Gascoon family is a large commercial family from the Derek province of the Serra Empire. They are located in the Blue-Eared Jungle. The reason why they are called this is because they are rich in a blue-eared rabbit. This blue-eared rabbit is the main source of meat food in the Derek province. It is matched with the vigorous rabbit hair business.

The Gascoen family travels to Raven City several times a year. They transport the rabbit hair, rabbit meat, and blue cypress that are abundant in Derek Province to Raven City, which is relatively lacking in other resources except alchemy resources. At the same time, they also capture and acquire a large amount of alchemy materials, and then transport them to the Northern Continent, and then transport them back to the Derek Province. For such businesses, they can earn millions of gold vites by just one trip every year. What is unimaginable is that the source of the commodity used to obtain the wealth of million gold vites is the ordinary goods loaded in the convoy that Shuyi has seen... rabbit hair, rabbit meat, blue vites, a small amount of alchemy materials collected on the road and some gold coins. The Gascoen family used these seemingly inconspicuous goods to obtain huge benefits through layer by layer of regional differences.

The advantage of this huge profit is that it pays less and has huge returns on investment, but this business model also has huge risks. Almost all the profits of the Gascoen family are generated during a long journey. They have to travel half of the continent, transport goods from one end to the other, and then cross the ocean. They must be particularly careful when dealing with foreign people, because there, they may be eaten by some greedy bastards with goods at any time, and when they come back, they have to endure the risk of crossing the ocean, and then travel through most of the land and return to their own land.

The Gascoon family sends about ten such convoys every year, but only one or two can successfully return. The remaining teams either disappear in the vast sea or encounter bandits, and then return empty-handedly. Even so, the Gascoon family still quickly became one of the large commercial families of the Sierra Empire with the huge support of the interests behind this.

Mr. Triman is the leader of this team. As an experienced leader of the business group, Triman knows one truth: good intentions may not necessarily be rewarded, but malice may definitely bring bad consequences. Therefore, he never takes the initiative to cause trouble. The Gascoen family's business profit is already large enough. What the family needs to consider is not how to further increase profits, but how to further increase safety and ensure the success rate of the transaction. For this reason, Mr. Triman will never cause unnecessary trouble to himself because of a little profit. It is also his prudence and wisdom that has successfully completed three trips to the North and South Continents, becoming the most valued leader in the family's business.

From this point of view, Xiuyi quickly concluded that he would not encounter any trouble in this caravan.

Of course, some things cannot be completely predicted by intelligence alone.

When night falls, the caravans rest in a mountain nest.

Xiuyi lit a bonfire alone.

Not far from him, the knights of the Gascoen family's guard group were gathering together to drink. Some maids brought them fresh barbecue, and a few knights who had drunk too much even took the opportunity to touch the maid. The maids were not angry, but just laughed and cursed a few times before leaving with their skirts.

On the other end of the convoy, someone was playing bagpipes, which were the coachman and porters huddled together to eat.

Although they and the Knights belong to the same fleet, they belong to two worlds. The former is a low-level existence, while the latter seems much nobler.

Unlike the Northern Continent, the status of the middle and low-level warriors here is obviously slightly higher.

"It seems you don't like the excitement." A voice sounded behind Xiuyi.

Shuyi looked back and then he stood up: "Mr. Triman."

"Oh, you're welcome, sit down, boy." Triman said with a giggle.

He sat down beside Xiuyi and raised the tin wine pot in his hand: "Come rum? Specialties from the North Mainland are not easy to drink."

"Thank you." Xiuyi took the wine that Triman poured to him with the tea cup in his hand.

Unexpectedly, he had just arrived in the Southern Continent and drank the wine from the Northern Continent again. This made him a little ridiculous. If possible, he would rather taste the local specialties here.

"So... are you sure you don't plan to be with them?" Triman asked, the old man looked very kind and kind.

Shuyi shrugged: "I am not the same type of people as me."

Whether it is a coachman or a samurai, Shu Yido is incompatible with them in essence.

"That's right, then...young man, since everyone is together, maybe you can tell me about your origin? Oh, please don't get me wrong, I'm not suspicious. As an old man, I have been traveling around for many years. I know that there are some people who don't like others to ask themselves down to their roots, but I also know that sometimes the way of speaking straight to the point makes it easier to get the other party's friendship. It can be seen that you are a well-educated young man, so you have made me interested in you."

"I can understand it completely." Shiuyi replied seriously: "In that case, you can call me Hines Strick."

"Strick?" Triman was a little surprised: "I have never heard of such a family in the Southern Continent, but in the Northern Continent, there is a well-known Strick family."

Xiuyi smiled and said nothing.

This made Triman a little confused about the details of the boy in front of him.

After thinking about it, he said, "Then... there is one thing I have to tell you about the feathers you get during the day."

"They are Fengyu, from Fengyu. Fengyu is a level nine elemental bird, a wind-type monster, and the fastest elemental bird in the world. It is much more difficult to capture them than to kill them." Xiu Yi said lightly.

"You know?" Triman was surprised.

"I just haven't seen Fengya before, but I've heard of it. When I entered the convoy at noon, someone said I was lucky and got Fengyu, so I knew what these feathers mean."

"So that's it." Triman understood: "I must apologize to you. Clark made a mistake. As a knight, he shouldn't deceive you."

"It doesn't matter." Xiuyi replied.

Sitting in front of the fire, he looked at the knights drinking there. A group of warriors were sitting together and talking in a hurry.

The Cavalier Captain named Clark turned around and glanced at him from time to time.
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