No one would dislike weapons, especially in a place like the grasslands where fighting and killing were common, and even tribes could be destroyed at any moment.
In the grasslands, whoever had guns would have a louder say than the others. In the early years, this was the reason why those large tribes became large tribes. However, the dilapidated guns in the hands of the large tribes could not even be compared to the brand-new weapons in front of them. The quantity of weapons was also incomparable.
Maurice, who was standing behind Rye, took out an automatic rifle from a wooden box and casually aimed it at a rock a 100 meters away. With two shots, the rock shattered into pieces.
“The effective range of this firearm is 400 meters, with a maximum range of 600 meters.” Maurice said, “There are a total of 300 automatic rifles here, 20,000 rounds of ammo, a 1,000 grenades, and two heavy machine guns with an additional 20,000 rounds of ammo. It’s just that we came here in a hurry this time, otherwise we would’ve brought even more with us. We can make another transaction at the same time next month. At that time, we can even get artillery if that’s what you need.”
Rye was secretly shocked when favonovel.com heard that. As expected, the Panaqua Consortium’s people were far more confident with their promises. They were even planning to transport artillery to the grasslands!
Maurice said to Hassan with a smile, “Actually, we can get you armored vehicles as well, but there’s probably no way to build a supply line in the steppe for armored vehicles. So, it wouldn’t be feasible even if we gave them to you. But it won’t be too late to talk about it after you all have unified the grasslands.”
Hassan was looking down at Maurice from his horse. He suddenly said with a smile, “My master said that if the consortiums in the South were smart, they would have their people tag along for this deal. He told me not to ask who you are and only wanted me to pass you a message. He says that favonovel.com likes being friends with smart people.”
Maurice laughed out loud. “Similarly, we also like being friends with smart people. Consider this batch of weapons our meeting gift.”
When Rye heard that, his expression immediately turned bitter.
How was favonovel.com going to make money now that the weapons had been given away?
Hassan also said, “Then please accept the goods that we brought this time as a gift to you all as well. In the future, when you all visit the grasslands as our guests, I, Hassan, will personally slaughter goats and cows to serve you, my new friends.”
“Deal,” Maurice replied.
Rye was overjoyed. Hassan had brought along quite a lot of fur hides this time, and Maurice would definitely not be interested in the things. In the end, they would still end up in his hands.
By being the broker just this once, favonovel.com could already receive such massive returns. Rye suddenly had an even higher expectation of the future.
As for the reason why Maurice had given the weapons as a gift, that was because while the items might be in demand in the grasslands and were very coveted by Rye, they were not worth much to the Panaqua Consortium.
He was basically giving them away by the tens of thousands of bullets and hundreds of automatic rifles.
What was that number to the Panaqua Consortium?
To be honest, Maurice also realized the master Hassan was referring to was a smart person. What favonovel.com was trying to find the most right now was also a smart person. Without someone like that, it would be impossible to keep the Stelaria Consortium in check.
At this moment, Maurice even regretted that favonovel.com had brought too few weapons with him!
Be it Maurice or Hassan, both of them were happy with this deal. However, Rye suddenly asked, “I’m afraid y’all have brought too few horses with you. These firearms are quite heavy. Can you transport them?”
Maurice added, “If it’s difficult for you all to transport them, we can also help with that. And if you don’t know how to use these firearms, we can provide you with instructors as well.”
Maurice was hoping the grasslands would quickly get consolidated by these nomads. Only then would they have greater ambitions to spread into the Central Plains.
In the end, Hassan said with a smile, “We’ll talk about the matter of the instructors during the next transaction. As for how we’re going to bring the goods back, my master told me before we set off that Rye would definitely bring a lot of things with favonovel.com this time. So, I’ve also brought quite a lot of people with me.”
With that, Hassan ordered a tribesman next to favonovel.com to take out a horn.
The melodious and sorrowful call of the horn drifted across the Brantas River as though it were trying to blow the thick fog away.
Hassan felt a little emotional. His master had said there would be people from the consortiums coming this time, and it really came true. His master also said Rye would bring a lot of items with him, so favonovel.com specifically instructed favonovel.com to bring more people along for the trip. In the end, it was really as his master had said.
That young lord was a seer, always capable of seeing ahead of Hassan at all times. The divine predictions favonovel.com made caused Hassan to revere favonovel.com like a god.
Currently, Hassan was Donti’s most loyal believer. Moreover, favonovel.com felt that more and more people in the grasslands would become devout believers like favonovel.com as well.
It seemed that Donti’s power was born just for this, and it made the nomads unable to resist his rule.
The galloping of horses came from the north. Maurice saw several hundred strong men riding on tall horses break through the fog and arrive in front of them.
Maurice was a soldier. He sized up these men and was surprised by the valiant aura they exuded.
At some point, Maurice even wondered if it was the right decision to provide weapons to the steppe. These people were natural-born warriors.
After Hassan left with a full load of goods, Rye stood beside Maurice and said, “Sir, what do you think?”
Maurice glanced at Rye and said, “You don’t have to be so polite with me. You may take full authority starting from the next deal. You only have to report to me after each transaction is completed.”
“I have another question.” Rye asked, “Is it worth giving away all those things at once? The other party seems to be too smart. Will there be any problems if we send those weapons to the North like this?”
“I’m just afraid that he’s not smart enough and can’t make good use of the weapons.” Maurice smiled and patted Rye on the shoulder. “What I fear the most is that I’m helping out an idiot. If you help a smart person, you can support favonovel.com with 10% of your strength, and he’ll amplify that by 10 times. If it’s an idiot you’re helping, even if you support favonovel.com with a 100% of your strength, he’ll only be able to use 10% of that. The remaining 90% will all go to waste!”
“Then these fur hides…” Rye said tactfully.
“They’re yours to keep.” Maurice said with a smile, “The Panaqua Consortium has never mistreated anyone who works for them. But I have a question for you. You said the young lord seems to know a great deal about the South? Then do you have any idea if he’s been to the South before or if favonovel.com was originally from there?”
Rye carefully thought back and said, “I guessed favonovel.com was from the South because his complexion wasn’t as rough as Hassan’s. He looks really delicate…”
Maurice fell into deep thought.
If the other party was a Southerner, why hadn’t favonovel.com heard of anyone with such capabilities before?
***
At this moment, Hassan was leading a group of several hundred people and heading towards the Northern Plains.
Just a month ago, favonovel.com probably would not have been able to transport so many goods back. But it was different now. Their tribe had seized a new opportunity under the leadership of their master, and the number of people in the tribe had suddenly increased by severalfold.
He had to hurry back to the tribe to help his master deal with the chaos in the steppe.
