That night, waves of neighing at the end of their lives sounded, and the cavalry killed their mounts in tears.

Cons, who came out to patrol at night, unexpectedly saw Geralt hiding alone in a secluded place, touching the mount that had not been killed by him affectionately. Cons did not move forward and stood there quietly, listening to the words of Geralt and the mount telling the past.

It was not until he saw Geralt touching his hand at the sword that Cons turned around and looked up at the starry sky.

After a while, a trembling sound came from his ears: "I'm sorry."

With a low hissing, Cons sighed and walked away gently.

The next day, Geralt proposed to make bacon with dead horses, and this time Cons was the first to agree to the proposal. Later, the bacon was consumed by the servants, and none of the imperial soldiers had eaten a bite.

This time, the entire team was dispatched, and bypassed the crystal flag gathering place, and along the river, they arrived at the location of the Horse Thief Market.

Before we got close to the camp, which covers a vast area and consists of about a hundred large herds and flags, bursts of noise had already come from it.

Apart from dozens of cavalry riding on horses and lazily holding a wine bag, there were six men wearing scribe costumes around the camp, who looked like a few wretched men, smiling and talking about something.

Seeing Cons's large group of troops, the cavalry did not respond, and the five or six scribes jumped up like they had taken stimulants. After a few people gathered together, a scribe smugly sorted out their clothes, glanced at Cons and others, took a few steps forward, posed with a respectful expression, and saluted Cons.

"Welcome to all of you, I am the guide of Weitang."

Oak, who knew the situation from Geralt, immediately asked, "I wonder how much does it cost to be for the guide?"

If there were no such guides, I would probably not be able to buy anything in this black market, so Wei Tang rubbed his hands.

"We guides all calculate the fee based on the transaction price, that is, you trade a hundred horses and just give them to the next one."

There is no tax on horse thieves in the black market, and these guide fees are equivalent to taxes. Oak, who understands this, immediately nods in agreement.

At the command of Cons, more than 200 people had already selected, followed Consequently, and drove to the side to rest. As usual, Xiangwen did not follow him.

"So, I don't know what you guys need?"

Wei Tang turned over and rode a horse, took the reins, and easily came to Cons.

"We have everything to play? We have everything here."

"Map, we need a prairie map."

Occitacus replied, and Viton immediately had a flattering smile with a red face, and a golden light appeared in his eyes, and he sluggishly.

"We have first to fifth-class maps here, so I wonder which one you want?"

"What's the difference?"

"The fifth-class map records the gathering place of the herds' flag owner and the main water source within a radius of thousands of miles. The fourth-class adds important small gathering places and important water sources. The third-class is a simple map of the entire grassland. There is only the rough nomadic range of the pastoral flag and the main water source. The second-class is the same as the fifth-class, but it is expanded to the entire grassland, and the first-class is also expanded to the entire grassland like the fourth-class. I wonder which one do you like?"

"How much is the price?"

Oak asked, he wouldn't just say he wanted a third-class map. If the price is right, it would be nice to have a first-class map. Wei Tang did not immediately say the price, but instead said first, "The first-class and second-class maps can only be purchased by the owner of the Herds' Banner himself. It should be a business group, I'm very sorry."

"Why should I limit the purchase status of waiting and second-class?"

Oak asked this question. In fact, Cons and others knew that this was a prevention facility for horse theft to prevent precision maps from being spread to foreign countries. Otherwise, the Empire would send a business group to buy the highest-level map and go back. Wouldn't the grassland be as good as its own backyard?

As for those herds and flag owners who can be purchased, it is hard to imagine that the rulers of these grasslands will hand over the lifeline of the grassland to the enemy.

Logically, if you have perseverance, you can buy a fourth-class map from each horse robbery market and collect it, and maybe you can form a first-class map.

But thinking about the fact that Matao restricts first-class second-class map takeaway, he will definitely notice this point. There should be a way to solve this problem. For example, if you draw the edge of the fourth-class map a little bit or empty it, it will make people get lost.

Wei Tang smiled and said, "Sorry, this second-class map is the lifeblood of our grassland, and it is impossible for us to hand over to outsiders."

"Let me quote a price for the adults. The price of the fifth-class map is 10,000 horses, the fourth-class map is 20,000 horses, and the third-class map is 100,000 horses."

Cons and others, who were already following Wei Tang slowly steering forward, heard the price and almost fell off their horses. Oak stammered, "The third-class map requires 100,000 horses?"

Cons and others stared at Wei Tang with their eyes staring at Wei Tang. Wei Tang still smiled as if he didn't see Cons and others' stupidity.

"Yes, 100,000 horses are absolutely worthless. Of course, a business group like adults can be replaced with gold coins."

Oak hesitated for a moment, but asked anyway.

"How many gold coins are needed?"

A joking look flashed in Wei Tang's eyes, and then he spoke, "Ten million gold coins, from any country, as long as they are circulating gold coins."

Everyone was stunned again.

Ten million gold coins! You can definitely crush the people in your brigade to death!

Cons shook his head with a wry smile. Not to mention the third-class map, he couldn't afford it even if he was in the fifth-class. Thinking of this, he was about to leave as soon as he pulled his horse's head. Wei Tang immediately stopped him.

"Don't be anxious, if you really need a map in urgent need, there is another way to get it."

Cons and others immediately recovered their spirits, and Oak asked anxiously: "What method?"

Wei Tang laughed: "Gambling."

"bet?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, Oak asked hesitantly: "Is the map a bet? What are you betting?"

Weitang explained.

"The map is not a bet. The chips in our casino are unified and can be used as currency in all horse robbery markets. A chip is a horse, and you can trade horses for chips.

"That is to say, when you have 100,000 chips, you can use the chips to buy the third-class map directly. Of course, don't forget to add the fees you are currently in charge."

Speaking of this, Wei Tang laughed. When people from the Imperial Army heard this, they immediately became excited and shouted that they wanted to win the map.

Cons hesitated.

Nine out of ten bets lost, but the map is extremely important, and it is even the key to whether people like me can return to the empire safely...

Seeing Cons pondering, Geralt immediately stepped forward and said, "Sir, there are no brothers who can't gamble, of course there are many experts. Since we don't have enough horses, we might as well pick out a few experts to try. We dare not think about the third-class map, but it is absolutely fine to get the fifth-class map."

Dozens of imperial soldiers who thought they were masters responded immediately. No wonder they were full of confidence. Most of their monthly salary was thrown in the casino, which was a long-standing test. Moreover, they believed that nomads were all inferior in gambling, so how could they be the opponents of their empires?

In this case, while enjoying the gambling addiction and earning the map, winning thousands of horses will increase your wealth, making both meritorious and increasing your wallet, why not do it?

Cons thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Go and pull two thousand horses."

As Geralt said, since you even bought the fifth-class map, it would be better to fight. Anyway, if you lose, you will only have two thousand pieces, and the remaining nearly three thousand pieces are enough.

Hearing that Cons had made a decision, the Imperial soldiers immediately showed off their gambling skills to Cons in an exaggerated manner, hoping to send them to the field. It seemed as if they were going to the battlefield to fight desperately. They were so lively that they didn't notice Wei Tang's smirk on his face.

Hey, although you leave half of the horses, once you gamble, it depends on how many you can keep?

The guards around him also looked at Cons and others with a playful look on their faces.

Under the leadership of Wei Tang, we came to the chip exchange office outside the market, a tent guarded by dozens of cavalrymen.

After the exchange office calculated the number of horses and checked the health of the horses, the two thousand horses were taken to the grassland not far away for stocking.

Cons and others believed that the horse thief would not turn against each other and swallow the horse, because it was related to the horse thief's credibility.

Doing anything requires credibility, and without credibility it is almost impossible to move forward. Moreover, if you don’t know how many horses you earn in a casino, you won’t be so stupid that you will destroy the fish pond that raises fish.

After the horse was tested, Cons got two thousand metal pieces with black and red color, the same size and thickness as the imperial gold coins.

The front of the chip is engraved with a galloping horse, with very fine engravings, and the horse's expression is clearly visible, while the back of the chip is engraved with two words: Werth Free Alliance and Ultraman Empire.

The material is neither iron nor copper, and is completely unknown metal smelting.

When Cons saw this chip, he was surprised by the strength of Mathieu, because the exquisite patterns on the chips were completely comparable to those of the imperial gold coins, and each one was the same. In other words, Mathieu had machines and workers who could mint coins, and also had workshops for smelting metals.

It was also at this time that Cons suddenly remembered that refined maps are not something that anyone can make. Without professional knowledge, the maps drawn are useless. So, Ma Die still has these professional talents?

No wonder it can run rampant across the grassland.

Weitang led Cons forward, and several of the most powerful masters of the imperial soldiers followed behind them, including Geralt, and others surrounded by helping each other. A group of people entered the horse thieves market in a sensation.

Although it was very lively and crowded, except for Rett and Lei Kai searching for food stalls, the Herds and Banners looked around, the other imperial soldiers completely ignored the surrounding environment and focused their attention directly on the center of the market.

There is a huge herd flag with three dice on the top of the bag. You don’t have to think about it, you can tell at a glance that it is a casino.

Wei Tang smiled and introduced: "Sir, it's an inner casino."

"Inside the casino? What does it mean?"

Geralt asked immediately impatiently, and the gambling gamblers' eyes were also focused on Wei Tang, and he was startled by these red eyes.

These people wanted to jump into the casino and kill everyone. Although they knew this, Wei Tang still had to explain clearly: "That is, they only bet on the popular dice on the mainland."

Before others could hear clearly what was going on, Geralt was already surprised and said, "You won't tell me that you can only bet on dice, right?"

Wei Tang felt a little embarrassed: "Yes, the gambling tools in the casino are only dice, and adults can bet on size or points, but the highest bet there is ten chips, and the highest odds are only six times."

"Ten chips?"

Geralt and other gambling men immediately lost their faces, and a gambling men shouted out their thoughts.

"When will we bet on such a low gambling last for what time!"

"Hehe, actually, it's all about ordinary people playing inside. Anyway, they're all poor people. So we can just limit the highest bets, but we can go to the casino outside, where there are no limits, you can press as much as you want."

"Hmph, I think you are not a gambling expert, and you are afraid of losing too much, so you have such a low limit?" Geralt muttered halfway, and when he heard the following sentence, his eyes lit up.

"Where? What are you playing?"
Chapter completed!