Although Abner spoke casually and calmly, Flo's expression changed slightly. He looked at Abner in astonishment, clearly not expecting Abner to intend such a business deal.
"Monopolizing a trade route won't be easy." Lin Qi was greatly surprised, but with the help of the Star Explosion Meditation Technique, his expression did not change in the slightest. Even his voice remained utterly calm, without a ripple. "Our Obsidian Martial Arts Hall needs to develop Crimson Moon Mountain. I'm afraid we won't have enough manpower to handle other matters."
Monopolizing a trade route generally meant raiding transport convoys traveling between cities, allowing only one's own convoys to pass safely. The profits such a thing brought could be said to be enormous.
Many suburban businesses and companies outsourced transportation work to wilderness gangs. Once a route was monopolized, those suburban businesses and companies could only choose the wilderness gang capable of transporting goods safely—unless they were willing to pay even higher prices to have suburban gangs handle the transport. Few businesses or companies would be willing to bear such costs.
Trade competition between cities was extremely fierce. Much of the time, it came down to price wars. Once transportation costs rose sharply, prices would naturally soar as well. At that point, goods sold in other cities would find it hard to retain any competitiveness, so the only choice left was to seek out wilderness gangs capable of transporting goods safely.
However, monopolizing a trade route required a great deal of manpower. After all, there were countless convoys traveling between cities. No one knew how many convoys had to be raided each day, and without sufficient manpower, it was simply impossible.
"Hall Master Lin, rest assured about that." Abner smiled. "I said before that I came to befriend Hall Master Lin. Therefore, the trade