When Owens swung his stick, Mathilde actually thrust her stick forward in such a short moment.

Although the stick was swung only a short distance, Owens still felt unbearable pain in the chest.

"Wow!!!" Everyone watching was shocked. As we all know, the greater the distance a weapon is swung, the greater the attack power will be.

When swinging your weapon at a short distance, the force will be reduced, but everyone can feel that Mathilde's strength is still very strong.

After being hit, Owens knew that his mission was accomplished, so he waved his hands quickly.

"No more fighting, no more fighting."

Seeing this, Mathilde put away her stick, and Wals secretly admired Mathilde's strength in his heart. She was a good fighter.

"Yes, you have found a good seedling. She will grow up to be a good warrior." Wo Zhi's Golden Finger suddenly came out and said.

To this, Walls nodded.

"Not bad at all, this is obviously a good candidate for a wife."

[System prompt: Can you please stop saying what you really think? ]

"No, I can't resist this kind of scene." The Baron always lingers on the beauties in the world.

【System prompt: Hey... Spring is here. 】

When the time is right, Walls will train a group of loyal subordinates.

"Okay, everyone, the duel is over, and the winner is our Matilde."

Everyone cheered. Of course, there were still a group of people who didn't come back to find out how Mathilde won so quickly.

This is because they are not people who practice swordsmanship. Among a group of mercenaries, they know how powerful Mathilde is, and this move can show her strength.

It is not something that ordinary people can compare to.

This widow of about 30 years old gave people a shock. No matter what the onlookers thought, Wals's companions now admired Mathilde.

"Okay, everyone, go back to bed now. Although it's still early, we will be leaving tomorrow. Oh, and I need to pay you your wages now."

According to the rules, wages are not settled on a monthly basis but on a weekly basis. Now is almost the time to pay wages. If any leader fails to pay wages on time, his reputation will be ruined in an instant.

Who would want to work for a boss who delays paying wages?

After receiving his salary, Wals prepared to go alone to the grocer in Wocheze to buy some specialties of this city.

Salt. Salt is indispensable on the mainland. For example, salt is needed to make cured meat. Only by making cured meat can the meat be preserved for a long time. It is also used by many people as a condiment.

Woche is close to the sea, and its geographical location makes it a salt-producing place.

"I was wondering why it always feels so salty when I pass by it."

【System prompt: Because you are a salted fish. 】

In Kulau of Virginia, there are iron mines, and pig iron is also a good commodity. Here, trade can be carried out between the two places, making a lot of money.

At the grocer in Wocheze, Walsh could see many merchants, but most of them were dressed simply.

There may be a few rich people among them, but there are so many bandits on this continent, and they are afraid that they will be ambushed by the bandits if they dress gorgeously.

This is one reason, and another reason is that some people really don’t have much money.

The robbers' robbery or the lords' taxation led to their poverty, and the lords encouraged commerce because these merchants could bring in more tax revenue.

"If it were me, I would also be willing to encourage it. Maybe it would make my grape empire more prosperous."

[System prompt: No need to do that. Your business acumen is far inferior to that of Manide and others under your command. Leave it to them.]

But there are always opportunities. It cannot be said that there are no rich people among businessmen. At least they will live better than ordinary civilians. At this time, in order to get a better life, there will certainly be a group of people who take risks to become businessmen.

If Walsh wants to do business, it means he will also have to pay taxes, so Walsh's business skills are very important. He needs to pay the same taxes but get more wealth.

For example, part of the linen that Walsh sold when he came here was collected as tax.

But now, with the help of Wozhi's Golden Finger, Walls believes that he will soon master the trading skills.

When dealing with the grocer, Walsh used his eloquence to lower the price of the salt he purchased again and again until he got a very good price, and then Walsh agreed to buy the salt.

Such eloquence naturally made many people envious, so some businessmen with larger assets prepared to recruit Wals to join their caravans, but the idea of ​​such a guy was naturally dashed.

After all, Wals is the leader of a caravan, but there are still a few people who still have good relations with Wals.

After all, this is a talent. Such a talent cannot be brought into your own caravan, but in the future you may be able to become a trading partner with him. With such a trading partner, you may be able to become successful as well.

Some people also hoped that the Wals caravan would be robbed by bandits, and that Wals, who had nothing, would receive their help, so that they could recruit Wals into their own caravan.

This is a really vicious idea.

However, Wals didn't know what these merchants were thinking. Wo's Golden Finger told him that these were just the basics. The grocer just wanted to sell it at this price. Judging from their words and expressions, Wals still had some shortcomings.

But Walls believes he will learn these things soon.

Regardless of whether what Wo Zhijinzhi said about the merchant's attitude towards price was true or false, Wals knew that it was Wo Zhijinzhi who was motivating him.

The grocer had someone load up the goods for him and waited for his team to come and pick them up tomorrow.

Time passed quickly, and when the first ray of morning sunlight shone on Walls' face, he had already set off.

There were two more mercenaries in the entourage. These mercenaries were individual mercenaries nearby. They did not join a mercenary group. When Wals recruited them, he gave each of them a signing fee of 300 dinars.

Their signing fee is high, which is in accordance with the rules, and the equipment they carry is very good.

And they are experienced, so naturally they are paid better than the recruits who work in the village fishing and farming. The only drawback is that these mercenaries are expensive, and they are still not as good as the top regular army.

"Boss, do you know that Isa?" Owens ran up and said, while Walls was riding his travel horse and the others were walking.

"I just talked to him before, what's the matter?" Walls said curiously.

"I seemed to see Iayayal's soldiers searching for him." Owens described what he saw.

"Hmm?" Wals suddenly remembered that Wo's Golden Finger said that Isa was a spy. Could he have been discovered? But this was not what Wals was concerned about now. Joining the dispute on this continent was inevitable, but now he had to focus his energy elsewhere.

"Don't think too much. Just focus on transporting this batch of salt to Kulau. The snowfield bandits should not be underestimated." Walls arranged for Owens to return to the team.

The bandits active on the snowfields of Vijia are called Snowfield Bandits. Bows, spears and scimitars are their common weapons. Their attire is very different from that of pirates. Although their combat effectiveness is lower than that of pirates, they are still a nightmare for caravans.

This time, Wals planned to start from Wocherze, pass through Albuquerque Fort, Djerbok Fort, then to Bazek, cross the bridge from Bazek, pass through Threzk Fort, and finally arrive in Kulau.

It is impossible not to encounter bandits on the road. When he first started his business, Wals was lucky enough to encounter the anti-bandit activities of the Shadow Crow Corps.

This resulted in him not encountering many bandits in the Kingdom of Nord, but the situation in the Kingdom of Vaegir remained a question.

Wals had no idea how King Yarogelk arranged to suppress the bandits. He had not heard any intelligence, and without intelligence he had to prepare for the worst.

So Walls prepared to recruit more new soldiers, but as the number of troops increased, these new recruits had to be quickly trained into veterans, otherwise their combat effectiveness on the battlefield would be absolutely terrible.

The Vols need a coach.

As time went by, Wals' troops passed Fort Elbuk and were believed to be able to reach Fort Djerber soon. They could rest for a night and resupply in the village of Mazen near Fort Djerber.

However, things did not go so smoothly. When we just passed Fort Elbuk, we saw two groups of people confronting each other with weapons drawn in front of us.

Wals could tell at a glance that these carts loaded with goods were the symbols of the caravan, while on the other side, the ferocious-looking ones were the robbers.

It seems that Wals encountered a group of bandits who were robbing a caravan.

It can be seen that the equipment of the guards of this caravan is relatively simple. Most of them use ordinary long swords, and they are wearing leather short-sleeved shirts, which cannot provide much defense.

And the members of this caravan seem to be quite diverse.

There are new Nord recruits and new Vaegir recruits, but the majority are mercenaries.

As for the bandits on the other side, half of them were wearing studded leather jackets, which provided better protection than the short-sleeved shirts worn by this caravan, and many of them wore fur helmets.

They were holding either spears or scimitars, and some were holding bows and arrows.