"Is Mr. Jiang going to Qing County?"
"Oh?"
"How did you know?"
Jiang Qiao hadn't told him his real name, because his name had become well known to many people after several Major Events, and after the battle between the Half-Gods, it had entered countless households.
He had disguised his appearance and build, so there was no need to use his real name as well.
His alias was Jiang Hai.
Hmm.
It was a very old-fashioned name, and a fairly common one in the previous generation. If someone shouted "Jiang Hai" aboard the Amber, several people might even answer.
Liu Yang gave a somewhat simple-minded smile.
"Just a guess."
"Because I'm going to Qing County too."
Jiang Qiao immediately grew interested. He asked, "Brother Liu must have some major project in Qing County, right? I saw many commission jobs related to Qing County in Caomiao Village."
"Are you a professional mercenary?"
Mercenary was an ancient profession that could be found in any turbulent region.
Because of novels and movies.
Many people from peaceful regions even viewed "mercenaries" through a veil, imagining it as a passionate and romantic profession.
However.
In reality, being a mercenary was filthy, exhausting work with no status.
Anything the regular forces didn't want to do was thrown to the mercenaries.
And they were discriminated against as well.
To put it simply, they were either used as cannon fodder or made to take the blame.
You had to understand.
Anything with benefits would never be your turn.
Of course.
There was money to be made.
There would always be brave men willing to risk their lives for money when the rewards were high enough.
But.
Even so-called high rewards came in different grades.
Though all of it was money earned by risking one's life.
The prices varied