Chapter 526
Chapter 526 – Eviction
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The Buda Clan has already established its might in the continent because of Zhao Hai’s effort as well as the Space . However, when it came to personal connections, they couldn’t even compare to low-ranked nobles families . The Buda Clan’s background was just too thin .
Currently, the connections that the Buda Clan had include: the Calci Family, Crook Family, Rosen Imperial Clan, Shelley Family, Purcell Family, and the Iksa Family .
But one has to know that these families were already very powerful . Even the Iksa Family, they have the title of a Duke . Although they aren’t a Grand Duke’s family and had their own principality, they were still Old Nobles of the Aksu Empire . The help that Zhao Hai can get from them was not very much .
Because of this, Zhao Hai wanted to establish his own circle of influence . And Milton and the others gave him this opportunity .
All of the Great Clans in the continent had their own personal web of influence . This web was something that their clans have woven for many years . Since the Buda Clan didn’t have such a web, Zhao Hai had began to weave it right now .
Therefore, Zhao Hai placed great importance towards Milton and the others . No matter what, it was these people who voluntarily sided themselves to the Buda Clan . So Zhao Hai decided to help them out as much as possible .
In the following days, all of the Human merchants who participated in Zhao Hai’s banquet had shipped their goods to Magic Lily Shop . At the same time, Zhao Hai also took out those unmarked crystal cards and handed them over to the merchants .
These merchants understood that if they return to the human lands while carrying either Magic beasts or coins, they would surely fork some of them out on the road . But if they have these crystal cards, they can just place them on their pockets . And when they come across a checkpoint, they can just choose to not declare its existence .
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Because of this, the merchants were very grateful to Zhao Hai . If it wasn’t for Zhao Hai, they would suffer huge losses . At this point, the situation in Beast God City was not getting intense, it was time for them to leave . After handing their good over to Zhao Hai, they immediately left Beast God City .
When these merchants left, Beast God City became somewhat desolate . This made the other merchants who were still there scared . Therefore, they also decided to leave .
The merchants that Zhao Hai invited to his banquet were thoroughly investigated by him . These merchants were from medium-ranked families that didn’t have a lot of background . They didn’t have any connections to a Great Clan, nor did they have a relationship with a Noble affiliated with the Radiant Church . Those who didn’t fit into this criteria weren’t invited by Zhao Hai .
When the Radiant Church implemented their plan, they didn’t inform the Great Clans beforehand . Therefore, since these Great Nobles had no idea, they also sent their merchants over to the Prairie .
At the same time, there were also merchants affiliated with the Radiant Church present . But they were in the minority . They only came because they were sent by the Radiant Church to monitor the situation with the Beastmen .
When Zhao Hai went to investigate the prospective nobles that he wanted to invite, he checked them very carefully . He asked Cai’er to carefully look into their backgrounds as well as the situation of their families . He wanted to make sure that they wouldn’t have any connections to either Great Nobles or the Radiant Church . If there’s a hint of the two criteria on them, then Zhao Hai didn’t go and send an invitation .
But even so, the group that allied with Zhao Hai weren’t the minority . At the same time, these merchants also have a lot of shops outside the city . So when they left, they caused unrest towards the other merchants who were left behind . Moreover, as days passed, more and more Beastmen came to Beast God City, and their gazes were going less and less friendly . A lot of merchants have already retreated, especially those with Great Noble backing, they can still afford the loss . Those who still stayed were also preparing their things to leave .
Naturally, Zhao Hai wouldn’t let this opportunity go . He immediately had Ah Tai go and contact these people and made them sell their goods over to him . And of course, the price that he bought wasn’t as good as what he gave Milton’s group .
These merchants knew that Zhao Hai was using the fire in order to get their goods . However, they had no choice but to agree . At the very least, they can still recover some of their losses . If they don’t agree with Zhao Hai, then they’d be left with no money .
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And Zhao Hai would pay them using crystal cards . These cards aren’t very rare in human lands, but in the Prairie, they were uncommon . For those merchants, these crystal cards were very attractive .
Every merchant who came to the Prairie to do business wasn’t a fool . They knew very well how cost-effective crystal cards were compared to bringing along large amounts of Argali . After Milton and the others left, Zhao Hai’s business became better . Everyday, more and more merchants came to Zhao Hai to sell their goods .
The prices that these goods were sold at were much lower than their selling price in the Human lands . Since Zhao Hai had a lot of spare cash in hand, then he would naturally jump on this opportunity to get cheap goods .
A month after Zhao Hai arrived in Beast God City, the Beastmen finally issued their expulsion order . Ordering all Human merchants to leave Beast God City within three days, otherwise, the Beastmen would become impolite .
With the issuance of this order, the Human Merchants knew that it was the end . In the past, they chose to not sell their goods over to Zhao Hai, but now they were very anxious . All of them immediately sold every goods they have over to Zhao Hai at a very low price . Then after receiving the money, they immediately left .
The Beastmen in Beast God City had seen Zhao Hai’s conduct, but they didn’t say anything . In all honesty, the Beastmen didn’t hate these merchants who bring their goods over to the Prairie . Because of this, they chose to not attack them, and instead just drove them away .
On the other hand, Zhao Hai’s three flags made the Beastmen very shocked . This was the first time that they have seen a Human bearing a Beastman tribe’s King’s Flag as well as a Friendship Flag .
Three days later, no other Human was present in Beast God City aside from Zhao Hai’s group . This made the Beastmen look at Zhao Hai and the others strangely . It was very much like when Humans notice a very strange creature among them .
Zhao Hai didn’t care about any of these . The reason why he stayed this time was to wait for Wales and the Black Bear Tribe to arrive in Beast God City .
Wales and the others didn’t let Zhao Hai wait for too long . Ten days after all of the Humans left Beast God city, the Black Bear Tribe arrived .
When Zhao Hai heard that the Black Bear tribe had come, he immediately went to greet them at the gate of Beast God City . While waiting on the gate, Zhao Hai saw a cavalry unit in the distance . When Zhao Hai focused his eyes, he could see that all of the cavalry were mounted Black Bear Beastmen . Their numbers reached 30 thousand, and their movements were filled with great cadence . This cavalry unit completely blotted out the ground, making it black . This scene could make one feel overwhelmed .
However, this cavalry unit didn’t enter Beast God City but stopped just around five li away . Only a few hundred Beastmen separated and continued on to the city . Before long, the group arrived in front of the city gates .
From this group, Zhao Hai can recognize the Black Bear Patriarch as well as Lieben . At this time Lieben was holding a flag in one hand, this was the war flag of the Black Bear Tribe .
Zhao Hai quietly stood on his place as he observed the group gradually slowing down . As soon as the Black Bear Patriarch arrived at the city’s gates, Zhao Hai immediately stepped forward and offered his greetings, “Zhao Hai has met the Black Bear Patriarch . ”
The Black Bear Patriarch went down from his mount and stretched out his arms before grasping Zhao Hai’s shoulders and saying, “I knew you wouldn’t leave . Hahaha . When I go finish what I need to do, I’ll go find you, let’s go have a drink . ” Then he gently shook Zhao Hai before letting go .
Zhao Hai smiled and said, “Alright, then I’ll go prepare the food and drinks to welcome the arrival of the Patriarch . ”
The Black Bear Patriarch nodded and said, “Alright . Little Hai, I still have matters to attend to . I’ll be leaving first, I’ll find you at your place later . ” Then he turned around and rode his mount before heading towards the city . Zhao Hai also led Ah Tai to walk back to Magic Lily Shop .
At this time, Ah Tai was looking utterly shocked at Zhao Hai . His contact with the Beastmen wasn’t short, but he haven’t seen a Beastman being so warm towards a Human before . The Beastmen being good guests wasn’t false, but there were Beastmen who had been able to learn how to deal with Humans from a long period of being in contact with them . For example, if you want to do business with the Beastmen, you need to go visit them in their tribes and sell them the product there . You shouldn’t expect the Beastmen to take the initiative and come to you .
The Black Bear tribe was a big warring tribe . And they had been in contact with Humans for a long time . However, with how they were deceived by a human in the past, they were one of the more hostile Beastmen when interacting with Humans . It was virtually impossible for these Black Bears to be able to warm up to a Human .
Ah Tai can also be considered to be one of those humans who had been able to make transactions with the Black Bears . When the Black Bear Beastmen make transactions, they would always be on guard, as though they were talking to a thief . Very much unlike today, where the Black Bear Patriarch hugged Zhao Hai while at the same time taking the initiative to invite him for a drink .
It was at this point that Ah Tai understood that Zhao Hai’s flags should be special . No wonder the Beastmen didn’t expel them while all of the other Humans were driven out . None of them even went close to Magic Lily Store during the expulsion . At the same time, many Beastmen also came to greet him, and their attitudes were very enthusiastic .
When Zhao Hai and Ah Tai returned to the store, Zhao Hai immediately instructed Laura and the others to prepare something to eat . At the same time, Zhao Hai had also put out some seafood for them to prepare . He wanted the Black Bear Patriarch to be surprised by his display so that he could get entertained .
Ah Tai’s family were not very used to Zhao Hai’s mystical methods . They also helped Zhao Hai prepare everything while they waited for the Black Bear Patriarch’s arrival .
While they were preparing, a clamour was heard outside . Zhao Hai went out to take a look only to see the Black Bear Beastmen . The Black Bear Patriarch led ten other Black Bears as well as Lieben to Zhao Hai’s Magic Lily Shop .
Zhao Hai immediately invited the Black bear Patriarch and Lieben’s group to the store’s back courtyard . After they entered the tent, Ah Tai immediately served each of them some milk tea .
After the Black Bear patriarch took a sip of the tea, he smiled to Zhao Hai and said, “Little Hai, you’ve been having a great time recently . I’ve heard about how you bought all of the goods from the other Merchants . What are you planning to do? Sell them at a high price for profit?”