The guy who was set on fire by Balliard to deliver the message was named Raymond. He did not have a regular job. In Marrow Seal City, people with regular jobs were often idiots. Of course, this would exclude those who worked short hours.

A job with a high salary.

Marrow Seal City is a city of merchants. The business prosperity of Marrow Seal City is one of the best in the entire Shurima continent. However, business in this era is not stable. When a certain merchant family is in need of a large amount of labor, another merchant family may

on vacation".

In addition, businessmen pursue profits and pay laborers according to their working hours. If the businessmen have nothing to give to the workers and the workers do not change jobs, then they will not get a penny.

Although when working for those business families, they will sign some contracts protected by the laws of the host country, these contracts do not limit the workers' right to resign, and they can go to work for another company at any time.

Raymond is this kind of person, working under the merchants in Xueyin City, and these merchants will not default on their wages.

Because they are businessmen, not landlords. This country is built on commerce. If we want commerce to prosper, how can we leave workers (consumers) without money?

Unfortunately, during the time when the Curiosities Convention was held, there was basically no work for the merchants. At this time, it was the turn of those who had regular jobs in pubs, restaurants, grocery stores and the like to laugh at them.

Those who work in pubs, restaurants, grocery stores and the like sign share-sharing agreements with their bosses. The more money the boss makes, the more money they get. In fact, these workers are allowed to work in exchange for their labor.

Invest in shares.

Although taverns and restaurants don't make much money on weekdays, when it comes to the Treasure Fair, a plate of peanuts that usually costs just a few silver coins can be sold for dozens of silver coins, but the nobles don't care about such a small amount of money.

So as soon as they arrived at the Qiuzhen Convention, these people were really typical of people who had not opened for three years and had only been open for three years. Naturally, they would laugh at people like Raymond who walked around for work all day long.

Raymond ran into Marrow Seal City. Under the eyes of the guards, he had to slow down his pace. However, the anxiety on his face could be seen by a pig.

He felt the weight of the gold cake in his pocket. It was heavy, as if it was weighing on his heart.

Tens of thousands of silver coins may be a lot or a lot less, but extortion of this amount can constitute a capital crime. If you dine at an inn twice a day, you can live for a year or two.

However, Balliard claimed to be Sima Yi, asked him to deliver a message to the Marquis Palace, and promised to train him after the event was completed, which made it difficult for him not to do things for Balliard.

Because the gold cake in his pocket is already evidence of his connection with Emperor Sima Yi, unless he keeps the gold cake and doesn't use it, but is this possible? He can obviously enjoy it for a period of time, and he can even use the money.

Considering getting married and having children, is it possible for him to hide the gold cake and forget about it?

Moreover, if he does not send a message for Valliard, not only will Valliard not let him go, but the Marquis will also liquidate his sins. At the moment, he has only two choices, either to leave or to send a message.

But as soon as word spreads, he will be branded. In the eyes of others, he is Balliard, and he is Sima Yi's man. This is inevitable no matter what, because he has the gold cake given by Balliard.

Not to mention that it was just a reward. The nobles did not see Balliard asking others to deliver the message, so why did they ask Raymond to deliver the message? Obviously, the answer is that Raymond is "special".

Don't underestimate the excessive admiration and behavior analysis of people in this world line for Sima Yi. As long as others know that Valliard is Sima Yi, then even if Baliard just accidentally enters a restaurant to eat and is seen by others, it will It could bring a lot of business to that restaurant, or it could destroy it.

The reason for bringing business is obvious. This is a place that the emperor has been to. The taste of this restaurant has been approved by the emperor. What? You don’t think it tastes good? Then there must be something wrong with your sense of taste, or in other words, you have not reached the level. The realm of the great emperor is the idea of ​​common people, and the other is the idea of ​​nobles.

Sima Yi's unification of Shurima relied not only on his invincible army, but also on his suffocating strategies. His opponents were often defeated before they formally opposed Sima Yi. They have prepared a "cemetery". So, could this restaurant be an intelligence station under Sima Yi?

To make any calculation, intelligence is absolutely essential. Sima Yi is famous for strategizing and winning from thousands of miles away. Naturally, the intelligence agency under Sima Yi is very effective. Because of this, any noble with some vision will know that Raymond was sent by Sima Yi. After coming to deliver the message, he would never mind labeling Raymond "Sima Yi's man".

Raymond is not very clear about the calculation, but the behavior of siding with others does not only occur between big forces who want to dominate. There are also many factions among workers like them. Wherever there are people, there will be fights. It is inevitable that there will always be some workers who feel that certain merchant families are not authentic, and then they join forces to stop working under those merchant families.

When those merchant families need a large-scale labor force, they will also contact the leaders of various worker factions, and will also give these leaders a "gift". Naturally, in order to get more gifts, they will get more gifts. With the opportunity, the leaders of the workers' factions began to recruit and absorb other workers. When all workers had their own factions, the various factions would begin to dig walls between themselves.

They even forced workers to stand in line.

Raymond has experienced this kind of thing, and he also knows that sometimes workers who voluntarily quit one faction are easily suppressed when they go to another faction, because they will be considered "spies" because the worker's voluntary withdrawal has not been expelled. He belonged to the workers' faction, so he was thinking about whether to help Balliard.

Although Balliard was the emperor of Jin and Sima Yi, and he promised to remember his name and train him, and he also admired Emperor Sima Yi very much, but worship is worship, and people have to live. What if Emperor Sima Yi fails? Everyone knows that Emperor Sima Yi is not a strong general on the battlefield, and does not have the strength to defeat ten thousand enemies. Although the emperor personally leads his troops and rarely encounters opponents, it is only possible if the emperor has enough troops. .

As the saying goes, a wise woman cannot make a meal without rice. Raymond did not see the emperor's army. He only heard the emperor saying that he was ready. And where is the so-called preparation? Since it is ready, then, Xueyin City The army here can set off at any time, and both sides can start a war at any time. In this case, the emperor's army should be nearby.

However, Raymond did not see the army, and his intuition told him that the emperor wanted to defeat the coalition of merchants and occupy Xuyin City alone. Is this kind of thing... possible? Once Sima Yi loses, then stay in Xuyin City.

With Sima Yi's brand on his body, he is likely to be liquidated by those big businessmen.

The easiest result is to be killed, but if those big businessmen want to extract information about the City of the Sun from him through torture, what can he do? He doesn't know anything, but if he tells the truth like this, he will still be killed.

Those people thought he was Sima Yi's die-hard loyalist, and then continued to torture him, and he could only endure this torture, waiting for an elusive rescue. He was not one of Sima Yi's men, so did Sima Yi need to rescue him?

"Raymond, you seem to have something on your mind. Why don't you tell your brother about it? Maybe he can give you some advice."

Peters appeared from behind Raymond, slapped him on the shoulder, and then put his arm on Raymond's shoulder. He was Raymond's good friend and a man like Raymond.

Workers without fixed jobs "begged" for food under the hands of big businessmen. They both went together to find any jobs. They had known each other for more than ten years, and he could tell at a glance that something bad might have happened to Raymond.

As a good friend, how could Peters just watch like this?

"Whew - it's Peters, you scared me,"

Raymond took a long breath, and Peters suddenly came out. He was so scared that he thought his behavior had been exposed in the eyes of the nobles, so scared that he thought those big businessmen were already going to attack him. After all, he "is"

Isn't it the emperor's men? It is impossible for those big businessmen to be unprepared if they want to defeat the emperor's army. However, it would be better if they could know information about the emperor's army.

In this case, if those big businessmen knew about him, wouldn't it be very likely that they would arrest him?

"This matter...it's hard to talk about, it might hurt you, but I still--"

"Don't say that. We are brothers. We are better than brothers. If you are in trouble, I will never stand idly by. Instead of letting me work around without knowing anything and risking my own life, why don't you tell me what happened now?

If something happens, I'll be ready."

Peters waved his hand. He and Raymond were close friends of life and death. When they went to the desert to mine precious minerals for big businessmen, their team encountered a sandstorm. The two of them were separated from the large army. In the vast desert,

It was difficult to tell the direction. If Raymond hadn't shared the water in the water bag with him, he might have died in the desert.

Moreover, like Raymond, he now has no wife. His parents died a few years ago, and he died alone.

"...This is not the place to talk. Let's talk about it when we go back."

Raymond did not refuse again. He knew that Peters would definitely do something stupid like that. His character was relatively calm. When encountering something, he would first think about it several times before making a decision. One time, a foreman

He didn't think there was anything wrong with taking part of his salary. He just thought that his work did not satisfy the big businessmen and his salary was deducted.

But Peters started fighting with the foreman directly. No matter how much Raymond tried to stop him, it didn't work. As a result, when the guards who were working for the big businessmen to guard the mine came over, the foreman was really beaten until he told him.

The truth is "corruption", and because of this, Peters was not punished for beating anyone.

"Okay, then hurry up. I want to see who dares to bully my brother in this Xueyin City."

Peters pulled Raymond and ran on the street, which attracted the attention of the people around him. Based on their behavior, it was reasonable for them not to find a wife.

Raymond's house is not far from the city gate. The housing prices in this place are not high, because if there is a war, the houses next to the city wall may be demolished. Naturally, nothing solid will be built here.

If the quality of the house is not good, of course the price will be cheap.

Within a few minutes, the two men ran to the door of the house. In broad daylight, the two grown men fought and rushed into the house. There were rumors in the neighborhood that these two men had a habit of cutting sleeves. This behavior

, seemed to have confirmed the matter, and no one was surprised by their hasty actions.

"You can talk now."

Peters and others

Before he and Raymond could enter the room, they asked in the small courtyard of several tens of square meters.

"Let me catch my breath,"

Raymond's physique is still a bit worse than Peters. Although he ran all the way back to Marrow Seal City and was pulled by Raymond for a while, he would naturally be out of breath. However, Peters' face looked...

His heart was not beating, as if he was just taking a walk. Even if Peters ran back from Valliard like him, he would not be panting like him,

"You said, if I have the opportunity to work with the emperor, should I go or not?"

"Great Emperor? Which Great Emperor?"

Peters didn't react for a moment. The Jin Kingdom had just been destroyed, and it seemed that no princes in Shurima had yet claimed the title of emperor. At most, they could only be called kings. How could they be called great emperors?

"Who are you talking about? The founding emperor of the Jin Kingdom, the recently resurrected Emperor Sima Yi, is about to attack."

The bombshell news given by Raymond frightened Peters, who had always been fearless. He was stunned for a long time and could not recover.

"...Go! Why don't you go! That's the Great Emperor! Being able to work under him is a blessing earned over many lifetimes! You are not really valued by the Great Emperor, are you? Why didn't I realize that you are so good, brother?

Woolen cloth?"

Just when Raymond wanted to call Peters a few times to bring Peters back to his senses, Peters punched his left palm with his right hand, and Raymond was barely hit.

"What if there is danger?"

Raymond also had a dream, but when it comes to dreams, the people on the Shurima continent, all men, want to become the emperor's personal guard, protect the emperor and conquer the world. If there is a chance, these people still want to

Flying to block the hidden arrow for the emperor, he ended his life gloriously.

Raymond also wanted to do this, but the reality has long made him breathless. Unlike Peters, his parents are still there. He is the second son in the family, and the eldest brother supports his parents in their parents' home. But not long ago, he

The eldest brother passed away due to illness, leaving an orphan and widowed mother to take care of his parents. Although his sister-in-law also worked on weekdays, she had to take care of children and support the elderly. Of course, she could not make ends meet, so he needed to remit money back to make ends meet.

If he dies, his sister-in-law may follow other people, and his eldest brother's son and his parents may have to sell their belongings to survive. Over time, the house will be mortgaged, and finally the house will be mortgaged.

As a result, he was probably eaten by others until even the bones were left.

Because the owners of this city are businessmen, they will pay the labor force, because the labor force can create wealth for them. Those old people and the like are not within their consideration, and there are more than a dozen children in this city every day.

A child died in an accident and was removed from the family. Naturally, there would be no one to raise Brother Raymond's child.

"Afraid of a ball! What kind of person is the emperor? If you follow the emperor, you will be popular and drink spicy food. Death? I know you are worried about your parents and your eldest brother's children, but since the emperor values ​​you, even if you and my brother die,

The emperor will also take care of them. Don’t underestimate the emperor’s magnanimity. Didn’t those storytellers in the tavern say what the emperor said, oh yes, ‘I will take care of your wife and children’. Don’t worry, the emperor will definitely

I won’t treat them badly.”

Peters has long wanted to work with the Emperor. His father, before he died, said to him enviously, "In a few years, the Emperor will be resurrected. I can't wait to see the Emperor!" Peters
To be continued...