Lord of the North

( ) Roland, who just noticed Hassan's kindness, didn't express anything. He didn't understand these intricate relationships when he first arrived, and he might get into trouble if he responded rashly.

So he made up his mind to ask that brat Conant first when he arrived in Iron Tooth Town, but he didn't know if the big guy had become more mature and stable after all these years, and if he was still as reckless as before.

In this way, Lan Maloch got the result he wanted, and at the same time, he was full of gratitude to Roland. For him, nothing can be more tormenting than staying in one place with nothing to do.

As for the remnants of the Heshou Club in Hierro City, they had evacuated urgently before Jason entered the city. When Chris led troops to encircle them, he found that the huge Heshou Club resident only left some financial resources that were too late to take away.

After dealing with the matter in Hierro City, Jason was not in a hurry to return to Iron Tooth Town, but took Roland and the others to Laian Port, the largest river port in the north and even the entire Lopez, which could bring him a huge amount of money. Benefit.

Moreover, he also planned to transfer the capital of the province of Yero to here, and cheat those nobles by the way, so it is necessary for him to go to the field to inspect it himself.

In addition, the city guard who manages Lai'an City is also worth fighting for Jason.

That person is an amazing talent. It is not an easy task to keep this river port in an orderly and thriving manner under Bron's tyrannical government.

"Mr. Michaels, do you think I can get the result I want in Port Laian this time?" Jason suddenly asked the astrologer beside him with great interest before departure.

"The stars have always blessed you, my lord."

Michaels looked up at the starry sky in the early morning, and did not answer his question directly, but bowed respectfully and said to Jason with an inscrutable expression.

"Stars?"

Jason smiled slightly, and didn't take his words to heart. In his opinion, it was impossible for Michaels to have the ability to divination the future, and it was just a whim of his.

"Set off!"

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Laian Port was built more than 120 years ago by the first Lopez nobles who came to the north.

In fact, it was not a very suitable place to build a city in those days.

Because the nearby terrain is easy to attack and difficult to defend, it was an incredible decision in the era when barbarians often went south to plunder.

Therefore, the noble was attacked by some nobles in the kingdom, and he paid a big price for it. But in fact, the development of this place after more than ten years severely slapped those nobles who poured sewage on him.

Because this river bend is very suitable for the development of river ports, it has become an important hub of northern river transportation, playing an irreplaceable and important role in the commercial and military fields.

"Chen River is indeed the largest river in the north."

Jason took Roland and the others to stand in a small boat, looking at the morning river in front of him, he thought it would be more appropriate to call it a river rather than a river.

Because when he stood in place and looked at the landscape on the other side, he felt a little difficult, and could only vaguely see the lines on the other side.

Compared with it, the great river that passes through Ironfang Collar is a slightly larger stream.

"The locals call it the Morning River, which means the river where hope begins, because this river once brought hope to the civilians on both sides of the Morning River." Hassan saw that Jason was very interested in this river. , so softly explained to him.

"The beginning of hope is indeed a good place full of hope." Jason looked at the boats coming and going on the river, and couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

"It's just that there are still some hidden dangers on this river. Because of Bron's obstruction and lack of support, this hidden danger has not been properly resolved." Only Hassan added.

"What hidden danger?"

"The river bandits, it's just that they don't kill people, they just collect some tolls. If they don't pay them, they will drag the merchant ships away. There are dozens of river bandit fleets, large and small, on this morning river. When the guards of Ancheng sent troops to encircle and suppress them, they would escape from the scope of Yeluo Province ahead of time, which caused a lot of headaches."

"This Hierro province is really full of bandits, do you really think everyone is a fool?" Jason had an ugly expression, with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth.

The morning river water bandits were all played by a group of nobles and merchants themselves. The guard of Lai'an City just didn't have evidence, or he didn't have the right to really exterminate them.

Otherwise, can a group of gangsters who rely on extortion and extortion stop the defenders of a city?

There are 2,000 defenders of Laian City. Strictly speaking, Turington, the city guard, belongs to the old king. He has always been in touch with Zola, but because of Bron's suppression, there has been nothing to do. It's just a big move.

"By the way, my lord, it's rare for you to have time to rest today. There is a good place in Lai'an City that is worth visiting." Seeing Jason's angry look again, Hassan rolled his eyes and immediately changed the subject.

This made Roland on the side couldn't help frowning slightly, because Hassan was too much like a treacherous courtier now.

"What is it?"

Jason asked curiously, just like what Hassan said, it was hard for him to have a free time to go out and rest, and he really should take a walk around to relax.

"Underground black market."

Hassan smiled mysteriously, and then explained: "Because Laian Port is extremely prosperous, there are all kinds of people gathered here, and there are many people with unclear identities. These people usually have some dirty things in their hands and want to exchange them for money. , so there is this underground black market.”

"Is there something good?" Jason's eyes lit up, he was quite interested in the fun of shopping for things.

As for banning this illegal behavior, Jason didn't even think about it. This kind of trading market has not been cleaned up until now to prove that it has its own reason for existence.

Blocking is worse than sparseness. It is far better to have a unified place to deal with such shady things than to let them mess up Laian Port.

"Of course, there are often some good things here that make me salivate." Hassan nodded and said affirmatively.

"At this time, the black market is still open?"

Jason looked up at the bright sun, and asked hesitantly, shouldn't such things appear at night?

"Of course, it's open all day."

"My lord, isn't it inappropriate for you to go to this kind of place?" Roland said at this moment, he felt that Jason was condescending to go to such a place.

"It's okay, just take it easy."