Often referred to as “merchant territories”, Am is the youngest kingdom south of the sword coast. Most Ames believe in the God of Trade and Wealth, Wargin. Money is not valued and circulated as much in any other country as it is in Ames.

Every merchant in Faylon Continent was more or less connected to Amm. They wanted to trade directly with Amm, and their horses would have to pass through Amm several times a year.

An Mu’s geographical location also made it unique on the continental trade highway. It happened to be in the middle of the entire continental trade, connecting the north and south of Sword Bay. The products of Kalinshan and Tyser needed to be sold northward, and the rich natural resources of the north needed to be shipped through Amm to the Steam Lake Industrial Zone in the south.

That gives Amm the same status in trade as Sambia and Deepwater City, which have long and persistent rivalries over who can become a continent-wide trading hub.

Am’s supreme leader was not the king, but a six-member council composed of six large merchant groups. Because of their origins, the six-member council set a very low business tax for Ames, eliminated most of the checkpoints in the country, and largely achieved freedom of trade. This was also the fundamental reason why Ames was able to become a trading center in the southern part of Sword Bay.

However, because of their respective interests, the six-member council was unable to unite more often, and it did not bind the other chambers of commerce and organizations in the country, causing a chaotic situation in which Ames’ orders were issued in addition to trade.

According to the inaccurate statistics of the executive branch of the Six-member Senate, Am currently had a population of more than three million people. Most of them lived in the two rivers between the Treasure Sword Coast and Lake Esmo.

The majority of Am’s population was human, and a small portion of them were halflings. Dwarves and elves rarely appear publicly in Ames, the former living in the mountains of Ames and the latter in the Viper Forest.

In fact, most of Am’s dwarves were grey dwarves who were driven underground by the Sanata dwarves in ancient times. His status among the Dwarves was the same as that of the Elves’ Zhuo Er Elves. The elves of the Viper Forest were scattered elven tribes. Their numbers were small, and they did not have their own elven court. Even Milleras did not intend to pay them a formal visit.

Ames social culture is “money is omnipotent”, a variety of expensive social parties are Ames to highlight the status and power of the customary practice. They give generous gifts to potential customers and tip their service members in an extremely arrogant manner.

The capital, Ascatara, was the center of all of Am’s activities. The city had a well-equipped Am Guard. In addition to an elite fleet that had been traveling in the Treasure Sword Sea for many years, they also had three small squadrons stationed on the Esmail River and Wen Lake to escort merchant ships on the surface of the river.

The Amis are more open to race and creed and can tolerate other intelligent races and any religious beliefs. In fact, this was also the nature of merchants. To them, as long as the customers opposite had gold coins in their pockets, it didn’t matter even if they had fangs on their faces.

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“Ferrari, why haven’t they returned yet?” Milleras paced up and down the tent with his hands behind his back, causing Qin Lun’s eyes to blur.

“Milleras, Stark and Guild Leader Robin have only been gone for two hours. If they don’t have a suitable target, they probably won’t be able to return tonight. You should sit down first!” Qin Lun rubbed his nose and said helplessly.

“Ferrari, will your idea succeed?” Milleras said worriedly.

“It’s not my idea. This is a plan that everyone discussed together!” Qin Lun stood up and opened the tent curtains to look at the small camp by the lake.

The Esmail Lake area is densely packed with waterways, a bit like the Jiangnan watershed of the Earth’s Huaxia region. Looking far away from the camp, the rice on both sides of the road was like waves of golden wheat swaying in the warm spring breeze. At noon, smoke rose slowly from the distant village.

On the boundless surface of Lake Esmail, there were endless streams of merchant ships sailing on the flat bottom. These merchant ships have spacious cabins, but are not suitable for sailing on stormy seas. They are only suitable for calm inland rivers.

After the poisonous snake forest was sealed off, everyone had no choice but to go to Ascatra. However, due to the threat of the Santalin Society, they could not just enter the chaotic and lucky capital unprepared. For this reason, everyone discussed a lot of ways. In the end, Qin Lun gave everyone an idea.

Most of their envoys were mercenaries, at least in their attire, they were plot mercenaries. After this period of travel, not to mention the apostles, even the original elven nobles like Milleras and Elistine were accustomed to living as mercenaries.

Qin Lun’s idea was to disguise as an ordinary mercenary group, then accept the employment of some caravans near Lake Esmail and enter Ascatra under the cover of the local caravans.

The method was very simple, but it was also very effective. As long as they didn’t reveal any flaws, even if Santalin noticed this caravan, he wouldn’t be able to recognize them. The best way to faintly dissolve in the market and water is to turn oneself into water.

Originally, Robin wanted to take a step closer and directly control a small caravan, but in the end, everyone rejected him. With their strength, it would be easy to control the caravan. The problem was that caravans were different from mercenary groups. They had to deal with all sorts of people along the way. Any flaws could attract the suspicions of the Santalin Society, so it was best to let nature take its course.

In this way, it is particularly important to find a suitable target as an employer. The words of the large merchant group were definitely inappropriate. Not only did they have regular guards and mercenaries, but their intelligence sources were also complex. It was hard to say whether they would have doubts about the foreign mercenary group that had come to their door.

As for the small caravans, they weren’t that easy to find. Little merchants did not have as many sources of information as big merchants, but since they were able to establish themselves in this chaotic land of Ames, their ability to observe and observe was not too weak. There was still at least a week’s journey from here to Ascatra, so it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn’t see any doubts in this elven and powerful mercenary group.

What Qin Lun and the others needed was a small caravan with a leader who couldn’t be too shrewd. Seriously, this selection task was not easy to do. Fortunately, Qin Lun didn’t have to do it himself.

Stark, Robin, and the others might not be as intelligent as him, but they far surpassed him in terms of adventure experience and experience. He only needed to come up with an idea when some of the matters that gave him a headache could be resolved satisfactorily under both of them.

During this period of time, Qin Lun had benefited greatly from the apostles of the two guilds. Regardless of whether it was Stark, Robin, or Longer or other elementary apostles, they would always shine in front of his eyes. This made him feel the importance of a mature team.

In fact, Robin and the others came back before nightfall and brought good news that they had found a suitable employer.

The Hulan Chamber of Commerce, a small Chamber of Commerce belonging to Tyser, had only just been established a few years ago. Seaver Hulan, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who had returned with Robin and Stark, was a well-dressed young gentleman with a handsome mustache.

He was originally a small noble of Tyser, but his family was in decline. He did not have the talent to cultivate martial skills and magic, so he could only learn to do business before he went bankrupt, hoping to revive his family one day.

This time, Hu Lan sold all of his properties except the ancestral home, gathered a batch of Tyser’s specialty alchemy items, and intended to ship them to Bird’s Gate for sale. Like Qin Lun and the others, due to the blockade of the Poisonous Snake Forest, they had no choice but to turn to Ascatra and head to the Bird’s Gate.

This small caravan perfectly met Robin and Stark’s requirements, and the final destination for the Bird Gate was also coincided with the mission. However, when they came into contact with Siv Hulan, they were greatly puzzled by the route the caravan had taken.

One had to know that the caravan was different from theirs. The Japanese Fairy Envoy had enough force to deal with the Thieves and Magical Beasts in the eastern border area of An Mu, whereas the caravan of Seaver was different.

Through questioning, they found out that Seaver believed that there would be layers of exploitation by the Tyser nobles in Amur because of his own experience. In order to avoid the numerous tariff centimeters, they rashly decided to go to the sparsely populated eastern border before departing, instead of following the two river valleys to Ascatra like other caravans.

For this reason, the Hulan Chamber of Commerce had hired a group of famous mercenaries in the country. However, these mercenaries had died and were wounded all the way from Tyser to here. Although they avoided the unnecessary tariff card and the goods weren’t swallowed by the bandits along the way, the compensation for the dead and wounded mercenaries was also large, causing the young nobles who lacked experience to regret endlessly.

If the goods brought by the Hulan Chamber of Commerce this time could not be sold at a good price at the Bird Gate, then Schiff would probably have to pay a sum of money. Seaver didn’t plan to spend any more money to hire other mercenaries after arriving here, but luckily he had a smart butler. The old butler advised him not to take any risks. He would rather spend some money than guarantee the safety of the goods.

For this reason, Siver’s caravan stayed for two days at the Brothers Tavern on the banks of Lake Esmail, where they happened to meet Robin and Stark, who were looking for an employer.

Hearing that Robin’s team had quite a few elves and dwarves, the old butler of Schiffer persuaded the Patriarch to hire this mixed mercenary group. Although this old butler also lacked adventure experience and had always been in charge of the Hulan family’s internal affairs, the experienced old man knew that the majority of mercenary groups with large numbers of elves and dwarves would abide by the mercenary’s professional ethics and would at least not treat their employers with financial considerations.

Seaver Hulan and the old butler beside him were very satisfied after watching the camp. They felt that Robin and Stark were not hiding anything. This mercenary group not only had elves and dwarves, but even though the mercenaries looked traveling, they were all very refined and powerful, meeting their requirements.

The two employers were satisfied. Of course, Qin Lun and the others were even more satisfied. The Hulan Chamber of Commerce from Tyser had also concealed their last flaw. At the very least, no one would find it strange that their attire and faces were different from those of the mercenaries in Amm.

However, things are unpredictable. When they truly meet up with Hu Lan’s caravan the next day, everyone realizes that things are not as beautiful as they think …