Chapter 160

Twenty thousand five gold coins per person, which adds up to fifty thousand gold coins.

Not to mention this town where the per capita living standard is relatively low for producing and selling salt. Even in some chambers of commerce in the Kingdom of Gioral, there are not many people who can put out so much cash.

However, it happened that the gang was really able to handle this amount.

In addition to the few boxes in the space rings of the two bosses, there are also boxes of gold coins that are going out. Ten boxes are piled full, and they have not been replaced with other jewelry. They are all gold coins.

The witch's eyes were shining brightly, and she was drooling as she looked at the gold coins in the box.

As far as her greed for money is concerned, she really has no pretense or pretense.

"You can actually make so much money in this business?"

She marveled, stuffed all the gold coins into her ring, and caressed the shining red space ring happily.

Boss Xie's face turned as red as pig liver, and he said with a mournful face: "This... these incomes are used as funds for business activities. After giving them to you, our brothers will have to suffer from the northwest wind for a long time."

Boss Pi was so painful that he almost cried out, as if his heart was being cut with knives.

"Money is a bastard, you can make more money if you don't have it."

The witch said "relieved" indifferently, not feeling any guilt for her shameless banditry.

Only then did Rin realize that the robber cats around him were just making small fuss, some domineering ones... not really robbers at all.

And this witch even said brazenly: "Ala ala, wouldn't it be okay if I handed it over earlier? You guys really don't understand any rules. I don't think that when the old city lord of Biqi City was here, I didn't need to come to the door to urge you. Every year They will pay it obediently.”

Speaking of this, she was still a little angry: "It's good for you. In five years, you haven't come to offer sacrifices once. Are you bullying me and not having time to come?"

Boss Xie's eyes suddenly widened and he took a step back in shock: "You... you... you are the witch?!"

Boss Pi also slapped his head: "I thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true. We are blind to gold and jade. When the old Viscount was crazy before his death, no one took his words seriously. Please forgive me, witch-sama.”

When the people below heard the word witch, they were immediately in awe, and their previous dissatisfaction seemed to have completely disappeared.

"Hey, don't think about it with your pig heads. Without me, those things in the Black Sea would have pounced on me long ago. By the time the principality's navy comes, there won't even be a dog bone left in your Beach City."

The witch smacked her lips: "Just treat it as the overcharged interest this time, and remember to pay it every year in the future."

"...But we don't know where you live either?"

The witch crossed her arms, her attitude was extremely arrogant, her lips moved slightly, and no one else could hear what she said. Only Boss Xie and Boss Pi looked enlightened.

The two people who were angry and suppressing hatred before have now become extremely obedient and respectful.

It can be seen that the witch's reputation is that even though the Star Weaver Witch is not famous outside, she is still famous in this sea area.

Perhaps as locals, they were very aware of the witch rumors and had some suspicions before, but now they have only received confirmation.

No one dared to test her authenticity, just hoping that she would not offend the witch and be protected by her.

The above is an inference drawn by Rin as a bystander.

On the contrary... is this guy really so busy that he hasn't come to collect protection money once in five years?

Is it because she was talking about something from the Black Sea?

She came out to ask for money so blatantly, and the Star Weaver Witch's reputation was going to be in trouble for some time.

Rin thought about her mission.

Since she was just here for routine collection, not real robbery... Although her methods were very bad, she was not considered a treacherous person...

However, I always feel that this guy is actually worse than he currently appears.

Obviously, from the beginning, just use this momentum and magic power to explain directly. Judging from the attitude of this group of people, they will not disobey.

But she stole first and then robbed. Is this something a normal person can do?

"Witch-sama, why don't you stay and have a meal? I'll have people do their best to prepare it."

"No, you've wasted so much time on me. I have something else to do, so I slipped away."

When Boss Pi saw that she was about to leave, he quickly said: "Master Witch, can you give me the villain's ancestral secret recipe..."

"Oh, I almost forgot."

The witch rummaged around in the ring and finally found two boxes.

These two boxes, one inlaid with gold and the other with precious stones, are worth a lot of money at first glance.

She stared at the box for two seconds, then took out the paper with a calm face, threw it to the two of them, and put the box back into the ring.

Look at that, she didn't even let go of the two boxes and took them for herself.

"I don't know what the secret recipe for a hamburger is, you two treasures. I thought it was really something good, so I almost came here in vain. Moreover, the two secret recipes are exactly the same."

Boss Xie's hand shook, and he immediately glared at Boss Pi angrily: "Okay! I asked you how your Pi family got started. It turned out that you stole our family's secret recipe!"

Boss Pi was also very angry: "Okay, you old Xie family are really not a good bunch. You stole our family's secret recipe and you rake it up."

"You are talking nonsense!"

The two people immediately rolled up their sleeves, started arguing with red faces and thick necks, and were about to get into a fight.

The witch looked impatient and roared fiercely: "Why are you arguing? I'm so annoyed! Do I have to stuff your mouths with urine bubbles and sew them up!"

This sentence immediately dissipated the arrogance of the two people, and they shrank their necks like quails.

Boss Xie hesitated for a while and said aggrievedly: "Ms. Witch, you are here. As the guardian of Biqi City, you must be the most fair. Please judge for me."

Flattering is of course useful. It happened that the witch herself was a little curious and nodded in agreement.

The two bosses complained bitterly.

The reason why they were able to rise in Biqi City was not only because of their own rank, but also because of money.

Of course, it is not wrong to say that it was completely based on money, because their generation had better talents than the previous generation, mainly because their fathers were rich and married wives of higher ranks.

In this way, the possibility of inheriting talents is also relatively high, and their ranks will naturally be higher than ordinary people.

This is the most obvious example among the nobles.

And this capital comes from the restaurant opened by their grandfather.

The two were partners at first, but later wanted to go it alone. In order to avoid competition and resource division, they started businesses in different cities.

The restaurant is most famous for its crab roe burger, which was well received as soon as it was launched, and customers came and went in an endless stream.

According to the two, their grandfathers were also resentful of the other party's good business, but their own restaurants were very busy and in different locations, so they didn't bother to find out.

When it came to their father's generation, both parties participated in the provincial food competition, but the two returned angrily. When asked what happened, they didn't say anything, just said that the other party was shameless and caused him to be disqualified from the competition.

In their generation, they had no intention of opening a restaurant, and they started to form gangs, so the secret recipe was kept as a family heirloom.

After all, if one day they can't do it anymore, they can still make a comeback with the secret recipe.

It wasn't until today that the truth came out, and they all said that the other party must have stolen their family's secret recipe.

After hearing this, the witch was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly became extremely angry. She kicked the two people to the ground and stepped on them with her high heels.

"I thought it was a trivial matter, that's it!? Do you really think I have a lot of time?"

She stepped on them again, and threw two balls of fire over, burning the secret recipe to ashes.

"I declare that this secret recipe belongs to me from now on. Whoever dares to use it is plagiarizing, and wait for me to burn it into roasted mushrooms and crabs."

The witch, who declared her monopoly and did not allow others to object, sneered twice, took a step back, and a ball of bright yellow flame rolled up from the ground and wrapped her up.

In a few seconds, the flame seemed to be blown away by the wind, and the witch disappeared without a trace.

"Just like that... left."

The two bosses stood up with bruised faces, and then their feet softened and they almost sat on the ground.

Although... they were severely bullied, not only did they lose their money, but also their ancestral secret recipes were taken away.

But why do I feel relaxed all over?

It can't be that he is relieved because the long-standing unsolved case ended in this way?

A little brother next to him asked bravely: "Boss, since... since it is the witch who came, not a thief, can the harbor be closed?"

Boss Xie and Boss Pi were startled and looked at the onlookers who were not outside yet and could not see the situation inside and did not know the truth.

Thinking about his embarrassing appearance, he covered his forehead.

"Just say that the witch came, don't let me hear any other words and spread them outside, otherwise I will be punished by family law!"

"Let's open the shipping tomorrow. At that time, we will say that the thief has been caught. Anyone who dares to drag the witch into it will be punished by family law."

After a few orders, people gradually dispersed, as if nothing had happened here.

Betty came to an empty alley and put Lin and Fei Miao down.

Lin tidied his clothes and said with a headache: "I didn't expect her to leave so soon. I should have stopped her earlier. Now I have to find her address."

Betty didn't listen to him, but frowned and muttered to herself: "Strange, I didn't feel any spatial fluctuations. How did that evil and greedy witch aunt disappear?"

"Forget it, I've seen the excitement. At least I have a clue. Let's go buy something first."

Rin touched his chin, patted Fei Miao's head, and walked towards the market with his arms around.

There is no commercial area in Biqi City, but there is a trade-focused market. As long as you pay the stall tax, you can set up a stall in it.

Foreign merchants are greedy for cheapness and large customer flow, and are unwilling to spend so much money to rent a store. They would rather set up a bigger stall here.

The market has stalls of all sizes, one next to another, which looks densely packed, at least hundreds of them.

As a person who grew up in a modern society with abundant material conditions, Lin had only seen this kind of large market stalls in some national travel programs on TV, so it was inevitably fresh at this time.

The stalls were consciously divided according to type, so it just looked messy.

The far left was full of seafood markets. Lin and Fei Miao were not interested, but Betty seemed eager to try. She pulled Lin's sleeve and pointed over there.

"Fish, a lot of fish, Brother Lin, buy some to taste. You are so good at cooking, you can't waste it."

"... You think I am a cook, right? Go away, go and have fun by yourself. I'm not interested."

When Betty couldn't speak to him, she could only stretch out her arm and spread a white and tender little paw towards Rin.

"What do you mean?"

"You need money to buy things, right? Brother Rin."

"?You, do you care if I ask for money?"

After staring at her for a while, Rin impatiently dropped a gold coin and placed it in her hand.

"Take the money and give it to Grandpa. Don't spend it randomly. There won't be any next time. Do you understand?"

"Hehe, I knew it."

Betty showed a shy smile, held the gold coins tightly in her hand, happily gave the two a little lady's bow to say goodbye, and then they disappeared.

"Hiss... Isn't one gold coin a bit too much?"

Rin's body ached a little, and looking at Betty's back, she felt angry as if she were looking at a naughty child who came from home to get snacks during the New Year.

"I really don't know if I owe you anything. They all regard me as a cash machine and rely on me to support everything. Bah! Sooner or later, your food will be cut off and you will starve to death."

The brave man suddenly grabbed Rin's corner and said "meow" in a soft and soft voice. His dull blue eyes stared at him without blinking.

Rin suddenly read the grievance and coquettish look on that Sanwu face, and her heart suddenly softened.

He reached out and touched Fei Miao's head.

"Good boy, since I have decided to raise this good-for-nothing warrior like you, of course I will be responsible to the end and I won't starve you."

Brave Meow happily rubbed Rin's palm, and suddenly glanced at a stall with his peripheral vision, picked up Rin and walked over there.

"What's wrong? Is there anything you want to buy?"

"Crafts."

Fei Miao said something concise and clear, then came to a stall and looked at the various fish bone crafts placed on it.

Rin was about to ask her why she suddenly became interested in crafts, but when she saw the strange crab shell craft with a human face picked up by Fei Miao, she immediately reacted.

Good guy, I’m choosing a gift for Xiye.

This brave man with no emotional intelligence actually learned how to give gifts! ?

Maybe... maybe he has made some progress under my influence.

However, when it comes to choosing a gift for the poor sword master, I will never be willing to take second place!

So Rin also rolled up his sleeves and started choosing with enthusiasm, thinking that he would also bring some specialties to the Silly Roe Deer and the Black Fox.