"Reporting to the City Lord, there's been an unusual situation at the Carter family's workshop in the city today!"
The dwarf knelt on one knee and reported to Lord Saril what he had seen that day.
Since Sarriel began planting many spies in the city to ensure water supply for the tobacco fields.
They take various measures to make disobedient and unpleasant residents disappear from Sandstone City in order to maximize their own interests.
"Cartel?"
“He’s a long-time resident of Sandstone City; he lived here when my father was still alive!”
"He's practically a model resident of the city. His blacksmithing skills are quite good, and he's never missed a tax payment. Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
Saril was still somewhat skeptical of what the dwarf had to say. He knew Carter well; he had always been well-behaved and had never done anything outrageous.
"Reporting to the city lord, three new people arrived in the city yesterday: a human, a dwarf, and... a kobold. They're all at Carter's house today!"
"Three newcomers? Did they pay their entry tax?"
"I've submitted it, and I verified it on the way back!"
"Since they paid the city entry tax and only stayed for one day, they probably have nothing to do with Cartel. Maybe they just went to his workshop to buy something!"
Lord Sharil was quite tolerant of new visitors who had already paid him the city entry tax, and he didn't care much about kobolds or anything like that.
If the orcs pay him a city entry tax when they come, he will also smile at the people of the tribe.
"But...but they just left the city again!"
The dwarf continued his report.
"He went out again, after only one day?"
Sha Ruier sat up from the sofa, and the sofa, which had been slumped over, immediately swelled up again, proving that the sofa was of decent quality.
He scratched his head, took another puff of his pipe, and looked somewhat surprised by Joey and the others' behavior.
Even leaving the city requires paying a city exit tax. Such frequent comings and goings did indeed arouse suspicion in Shariel's mind. Either Joey and the others were really rich, or they were out of their minds.
"Where did they go? It's all desert out there, there's nowhere to go nearby!"
"Reporting to the City Lord, I didn't go out with them, so I'm not sure!"
"If the city lord wants to know their whereabouts, I will go out to find them immediately!"
"Forget it, they won't cause any trouble in the desert. If they just leave, fine. You should keep an eye on the city's residents. We still have a quota of 500 people to meet this year!"
After finishing his sentence, Shariel lay down again, no longer thinking about Joey's little incident. There were so many people coming and going in Sandstone City every day, he had no time to ask about each and every one of them.
"Yes, Lord City Lord, regarding Nachar..."
The dwarf remained kneeling on the ground, not yet rising. To him, with his extensive experience, the Carter family's workshop had crossed a red line, and he had to be careful.
"Don't alarm him for now. Keep a close eye on him. If the cartel really tries to cause trouble, then we'll deal with it!"
"I'm very lenient with these law-abiding long-time residents!"
After Lord Saril finished speaking, he waved to the dwarf, and the matter of the Carter family came to a temporary end.
The dwarf wisely withdrew, not saying anything more to Saril. After all, saying too much would only bring him trouble, and he had plenty of experience with this kind of thing.
"Then, Lord City Lord, if there's nothing else, we'll take our leave now!"
As he spoke, Leakins bowed to Sarriel again, almost like a humble servant.
"Okay, you should all leave too!"
"By the way, when this batch of tobacco is transported out of the city and handed over to Prince Barton's men, not a single gold coin can be missing!"
Lord Shariel took a puff of his cigarette and added a sentence.
"yes!"
Leggins accepted the order and withdrew.
As for the fact that the quality of this batch of tobacco had declined and it had to be exchanged for the same amount of gold coins, that was not something I should mention to Lord Saril, but rather something I had to find a way to resolve.
This is also a key reason why Leggins has been able to manage the tobacco fields for so many years. He understands that what Lord Saril needs is someone who can help him solve problems, not someone who can only raise questions.
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"Big Beard, this is it!"
Joey led Big Beard and Digger to stand on a patch of yellow sand. He stepped on the sand, checked the map in his hand, and put it away after confirming that everything was correct.
"Joey, this place is all sand, what are we doing here?"
The bearded man looked around but didn't find anything special, except for the still scorching sun overhead and the burning yellow sand beneath his feet.
"There's a mountain range down here, and the sand cover isn't too thick, making it easier for us to get started!"
"Of course, that depends on how well our God of Wealth, WaWa, performs!"
Although Joey can identify most ores and his mining skill is already LV1, his perception of ore locations is clearly not as good as DigDi's.
The digger is practically a walking ore-detecting radar. Just designate an area for it, and it can always find all the ore within that area.
Perhaps this is his talent, a talent that others can never learn.
"Dig! Dig!"
Wawa was already excited and started walking around in the desert with his peculiar iron pickaxe.
"Dig!"
Before long, Wawa started shouting, becoming very agitated.
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