Livia looked at the radish in front of him and smiled helplessly. His worries were unnecessary.

Compared to other horses that stood up in shock and kept neighing anxiously and nervously when the battle started, Luobo was still resting peacefully undercover, and even snorted at him after noticing him coming.

This made him shake his head with a wry smile.

"Mr. Livia, Mr. Livia."

Hearing the familiar voice of Killian coming from the campfire, Livia patted Carrot's head and walked back.

“Sir Livia, do you think we should leave here?”

Seeing Livia coming, Killian came up to her with a smile and told her his plan.

Livia looked at the corpses scattered around, smelled the strong smell of blood in the air, and then nodded at him.

The robbers in the evening were not so bad, as they didn't kill many people in total, and the corpses were scattered everywhere, so the smell of blood was not very strong. But it was different now. There were more than 20 corpses lying here, emitting a strong smell of blood, which would probably attract all the wild beasts and monsters around.

Although he had nothing to be afraid of, he still wanted to have a good sleep.

The caravan quickly put out the campfire and piled up the bodies of the bandits and set them on fire.

Then they set off quickly, planning to set up camp again for a distance away from here to rest. Although no guards were killed in this battle, there were several injured. Even if the wounds were bandaged, they had to rest. Killian thought that if they walked forward for more than half an hour, they could set up camp and rest on the spot. He estimated that they could still rest for five or six hours.

The caravan soon walked a long way along the road and even reached a fork in the road.

"Where is the road ahead?"

Livia asked Allison who was walking nearby while riding on the carrot.

“The left one goes to Ravikarman and the right one goes to a small village.”

Allison replied casually.

"village?"

"Yeah, just a small village."

Allison glanced sideways at him, somewhat confused as to why he was asking this.

Livia was a little confused. Wasn't it said that there were monsters everywhere and bandits were rampant now, and the only way to survive was by relying on towns and villages?

"What town is next to that village?"

After hearing Livia's repeated question, Allison finally realized what he was wondering about.

He smiled and said, "The village is next to a big river and an iron mine, so the lord of Ravikaman left an army there to guard the river transportation and iron ore mining."

Livia then understood why there was a village and why such a wide road was specially opened on the main road. It turned out that it was for transportation.

He nodded without saying anything. At the same time, Killian also ordered them to move forward to Ravikaman for another five minutes and then stop to set up camp and rest.

…

The journey on the next day was very smooth and boring. We finally arrived at Ravikaman in the afternoon.

Livia looked up at the city in front of her. This town called Ravikaman was not only smaller than Songkani, but even smaller than Kovagr in scale.

However, he understood after hearing that this city was built in the sixties because a smaller silver mine was discovered nearby. Allison also said that he estimated there should be a mineral vein under this area, otherwise a large iron mine would not have been discovered a few years ago after the silver mine was mined.

Livia nodded, somewhat agreeing with what he said.

However, he felt that this mine was not easy to find. After all, there were no geologists or detection instruments in this world. Just like the ancient times and the gold rush in his previous life, even if he knew there was a mineral vein, he could only look for those exposed open-pit mines, or dig it up by luck.

Livia didn't think twice, as she had already reached the city gate and had to dismount to be inspected.

Compared to Songkani, Ravikaman's inspections were only aimed at large groups of people like caravans. For example, farmers who went out of the city to farm and pharmacists who went out to collect herbs, no one cared about their coming in and out.

The inspection that Livia and the others underwent was just a simple one, which mainly checked the goods, and then charged a small amount of money as commercial tax based on the value of the goods. According to Killian, the current commercial tax is better called a city entry fee rather than a commercial tax.

In the past, commercial taxes were to check and record a list, and then pay a fee of 5% of the total value of the goods on the list. New goods entering or leaving the city that were not on the previous list had to be charged additional fees.

In today's world, there are fewer and fewer caravans and guilds of commerce. Except for the royal capital and a few places, most of the lords in various places have changed the commercial tax to a fixed value according to the situation in order to attract caravans. Even if the goods are worth hundreds of thousands of farongs, they will only collect that many farongs.

After all, although the profits brought by commercial taxes are high, they are based on the presence of caravans. If the caravans do not come, let alone profits, most territories will find it difficult to survive self-sufficiently. After all, some territories are built on mines, some territories are built on farming, and some territories are built on orchards. In short, once the caravans are cut off, most territories will lack many necessary supplies.

Therefore, the lords of various places had no choice but to reduce commercial taxes. It didn't matter if they didn't make any money, it was better than letting their people or even themselves go hungry.

Ravikaman is a typical example of this kind of territory, which was established on the basis of a mine and still survives on the profits from the mine, supplemented by some farmland and fishing outside the city.

They entered the city smoothly and found a caravan station similar to the one in Songkani. Killian quietly told him that this was actually divided and opened by the lords of each place, purely for the lords to make back some money from the lost commercial taxes.

Of course, in some places, the lords were sidelined and the local nobles in power were responsible.

But these businessmen are happy about it. After all, it is much more convenient and the price is similar. Most importantly, living here is an unspoken rule to avoid being targeted by local lords and powerful nobles behind the scenes.

Livia wanted to go out for a walk, but found that the atmosphere of this town was too depressing. After all, it was built on the strength of mining. Unlike a commercial town like Songkani, there were only a few leisure places in the city, let alone clothing and jewelry stores like those in Songkani.

The best developed and most prosperous shop here is the blacksmith shop. When the silver mine was not fully mined, it made a name for itself and became famous with its silver-scale breastplate, and was well-known throughout the entire capital. Unfortunately, after the silver mine was mined out, it gradually declined. Even though there was silver ore coming in from other places, the amount was too small and was completely insufficient to support the reputation of the silver-scale breastplate.

However, there was a blacksmith in the city who was also the owner of a blacksmith shop. He was very smart and took this opportunity to establish a Blacksmith Association, unify the remaining blacksmith shops in the city, and then make the Silver Scale Breastplate into a high-end brand.

Is the amount of silver ore running low?

That's okay. We will then make the silver-scale breastplate the best it can be, and then sell it exclusively to nobles from all over the kingdom. We took advantage of the nobles' competitive spirit and achieved certain results. We couldn't say we had established a foothold, but at least we managed to survive. After hearing that the iron mine was discovered, we came up with another idea, but unfortunately we failed.

However, Livia still planned to go to the largest blacksmith shop in the city, which was also the blacksmith shop of the clever blacksmith, to see the so-called silver scale breastplate. After all, she would have to stay in Ravikaman for a whole day, and she couldn't just sit in the room or sleep.

Killian is also collecting materials that have not been collected before, and is also collecting some other materials.

Livia was naturally idle during this period, so he planned to take a look at the so-called silver-scale breastplate first, and then go to the tavern for a visit.