Having managed to persuade the young lady, the lords breathed a sigh of relief. As they exchanged glances, Robert stepped forward, forcing a smile: "May I ask your name, sir?"
Li Ming smiled broadly: "Li Ming!"
"Lord Li Ming, may we be able to take our wives and children back with us?"
Robert spoke, and the other lords all turned their gazes toward him.
Li Ming nodded earnestly: "Of course!"
Everyone was delighted, but before they could express their gratitude, Li Ming said, "However, the food, clothing, and lodging of all of you ladies and gentlemen have been taken care of by my lord these past few months. Although my lord doesn't care about such small amounts of money, you can't let my lord suffer a loss, can you?"
As Li Ming spoke, a troubled expression appeared on his face.
"Of course, of course!"
Robert maintained a smile on his face, but inwardly he was cursing, thinking that the dragon from a few months ago was nowhere to be found!
Hopefully, this bastard won't ask for an exorbitant amount.
"How about this!"
Li Ming thought for a moment, then seemed to be making a significant concession: "How about 500 gold coins per person?"
Robert was taken aback. A thousand gold coins for his wife and daughter was indeed not expensive.
He immediately nodded in agreement: "No problem!"
After the deal was agreed upon, Li Ming accepted a thousand gold coins and sold the other party's wife and daughter to them.
Robert breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around, he saw several lords staring at him with grim expressions.
Robert was stunned for a moment, then realized that these people seemed to be particularly fertile.
But he didn't care about any of that; it was these bastards who pushed him out of this mess.
Having bought back his wife and daughter, Robert immediately left without lingering and quickly evacuated with his men.
Other lords with few wives and daughters also rushed forward, spending several thousand gold coins to buy back their families.
"Why a thousand gold coins?"
A lord was puzzled; he had only one wife and no children, so why did he need to buy two people?
Li Ming earnestly explained to him, "Besides your wife, there's also your wife's lover. Don't you want to buy them both back?"
Upon seeing the two people being pushed over, the lord paused for a moment, then his eyes lit up with greed. Without hesitation, he paid the money and ordered his men to tie up the adulterous couple, preparing to take them back to his territory and deal with them properly.
Most of the transactions were completed quickly, leaving only three lords looking embarrassed.
Li Ming looked behind him. Although he had completed 15 transactions, he didn't seem to sense that the number of people behind him was decreasing.
Li Ming sighed, feigning heartache: "Ten thousand gold coins for each of you, take your entire family with you!"
The three were overjoyed. Although 10,000 gold coins was a large sum, it was still acceptable to them.
However, they didn't have enough gold coins on them, so they scraped together what they could and even mortgaged some of their soldiers before they were able to leave with their families.
With everything basically finished, Li Ming took stock of his gains.
There are approximately 30,000 gold coins, along with some other items and over a thousand soldiers.
In short, the loot was plentiful!
Li Ming had everyone move their belongings into the castle and then prepared to leave.
At this moment, Miss Bubble finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Hey you, get that dragon out here!"
She originally came here to keep the dragon as a pet, but she never expected to end up transporting resources for the dragon, which infuriated her.
At this moment, the young woman decided that she would tame the dragon no matter what.
She couldn't believe that three high-ranking knights couldn't defeat a young dragon.
Li Ming turned to look at her, a strange expression on his face. After hesitating for a long time, he finally pointed to the back of Miss Bubble.
Miss Bubble was stunned. When she stiffly turned around, she saw a giant black dragon looking at her with a big smile.
"ah!"
Suddenly a dragon appeared behind her, and Miss Bubble screamed in fright. She quickly looked around, but couldn't find her bodyguards.
She looked around again, but even her celestial horse was nowhere to be found.
Just as they were at a loss, they suddenly noticed that the dragon had two claws. One claw pressed the three of them into the ground, while the other claw held a celestial horse tightly in its grip.
Her hopes were dashed without her even realizing it, and before Miss Bubble knew it, a knife was held to her neck.
Li Ming's eyes were sinister: "Beautiful lady, I hope you will cooperate obediently. My lord never kills, but I may not!"
The blade grazed her snow-white neck, and Miss Bubble trembled all over.
She had enjoyed a life of luxury since birth, and was doted on by her father and brother. This was the first time she had been threatened, and it was a life-or-death crisis.
The young woman's voice trembled slightly, but she still tried to remain calm: "Please don't hurt me, my brother can provide a ransom that will satisfy you!"
The young woman said this, and before she knew it, she had calmed down.
She wasn't stupid; she quickly made a judgment that she hadn't done anything wrong. Since they could make deals with those lords, they could naturally make deals with her brother as well.
At least for the short term, my life will not be threatened.
Ignoring the knife at his neck, he looked at his target with curious and inquisitive eyes.
The giant dragon, its body covered in shiny black scales, was using an iron chain to bind its three bodyguards and the celestial horse.
After binding them tightly, Su Qing instructed Old Sam to have them kept a close watch on.
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