However, these guards did not show any other expressions. Instead, they treated Lynn like an ordinary visitor. One of the guards led Lynn into a room on the first floor of Rustwater Cartel's headquarters building.
He didn't wait too long. A businessman with a feather in his hat walked into the room.
"Mr. Lynn, I heard that you have a cooperation that you want to discuss with us. Can I hear what kind of cooperation it is?"
Lynn didn't pretend to ask if you were the biggest official here, but directly skipped this process and took out the heraldic ring that Istredd gave him originally from the magic pattern leather bag.
"Does this look familiar to you?"
"This is..."
The businessman was stunned for a moment. He first asked Lynn for his opinion, "Can it be done?" and then took the heraldic ring from Lynn's hand with both hands.
He glanced at Lynn quickly, then took out a magnifying glass from somewhere, placed it on the heraldic ring, and began to carefully identify the details.
Lynn is not in a hurry and will wait for the businessman to study it slowly.
After a while, the businessman put down the magnifying glass, took out a fine silk handkerchief, wrapped the heraldic ring in it and carefully wiped it several times, and finally handed it back to Lynn with both hands.
"It turns out that you are also one of the comrades summoned by that gentleman. This is not a suitable place. Please come with me."
The businessman respectfully invited Lynn out of the room, and the two of them walked through the heavily guarded spiral staircase and arrived at a luxurious suite on the second floor.
"Please wait a moment, I will inform His Highness the Trade Prince right away."
This time, Lynn was not asked to wait long.
A middle-aged man wearing a top hat walked into the suite.
The middle-aged man pulled his hat. "Greetings to you, Your Excellency Lynn. I am the trade prince of Rustwater Cartel, Oberstein."
The Trade Prince is the largest person in power in Rustwater Cartel. Although the title contains the word "prince", in fact, those who hold this position are not nobles.
Therefore, when Thyssen family was kicked out of Kovir and Poviss, and then Rustwater Cartel pledged allegiance to King Lettenhove, the entire multinational trading company was basically not purged from top to bottom.
Oberstein said with a smile, "The glorious deeds of you and the other two master demon hunters have been spread among us for a long time. The master said that if it were not for the activeness of the three masters, that master might have died at the hands of the demon hunter School of the Griffin."
"It's School of the Cat," Lynn corrected, "It's not School of the Griffin. Moreover, there were two demon hunters, including me, who protected the Lord at that time, not three."
Oberstein breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes were a little more intimate. "It seems that you are indeed the real master Lynn."
Regarding Oberstein's test, Lynn was noncommittal.
Rustwater Cartel is a multinational trading company that is not mentioned in the original work or the game... Or should I say, the entire Kovir and Poviss do not have much role in the original work or the game.
Just mention it from other people's mouths.
Lynn didn't know about it until he came to this world and came into contact with Istredd.
Rustwater Cartel is openly loyal to Poviss's current ruler, but in fact he is loyal to Thyssen family. It is normal for Oberstein to be more vigilant when doing this kind of thing.
"Now that my identity has been confirmed, can we start talking about business?" Lynn asked.
Oberstein nodded. "I heard from my subordinates that Master Lynn, you are here this time hoping to reach a cooperation with Rustwater Cartel? I wonder what kind of cooperation it is?"
"Before I tell you my purpose, I hope His Highness the Prince can answer me a question." Lynn paused, and then asked, "Does Rustwater Cartel have any business in Kingdom of Kaedwen?"
Oberstein wanted to refuse subconsciously.
It is generally impossible to answer trade secrets like this.
However, considering the particularity of Lynn's identity and Istredd's instructions - if Lynn comes with a heraldic ring, the scene of making friends with him is still vivid in his mind.
So the Trade Prince thought for a while and said without any concealment, "Kaedwen is a country that is seriously short of iron resources, and because the relationship with its surrounding neighbors has extremely deteriorated, iron ore can basically only be imported through Rustwater Cartel, Kovir and Poviss."
Lynn nodded slightly.
Oberstein's answer was basically quite different from what he thought.
Kovir and Poviss are resource-rich neutral countries in the known world. Even the greedy and hopelessly stupid King Henselt has no choice but to seek help from this far north country.
"So what do you think of Kaedwen's domestic racist policies? I mean mainly targeting non-human races?"
The Trade Prince once again wondered whether he should tell the truth or lie.
But after hesitating for a moment, Oberstein chose to tell the truth.
"I think what King Henselt did is really... slightly inappropriate." The Trade Prince's inner voice was "unfathomable", but when he said it out loud, he still embellished it a little bit.
"Population is an important resource. Without population, the army will not be able to replenish it, there will be no one to work in the fields, no one to cut down the forests, no one to catch fish and shrimps, no one to graze cattle and sheep..."
"Think about it, how terrible it would be if the above things happened?"
"There is no doubt that this will lead to the demise of the country."
"Although I can understand that there are indeed some people in this world who always put race first, as if a certain race is bad and a certain race is good, but as a Kovir person, I still cannot agree with this approach."
"Do they really not think this behavior is childish?"
"Originally, King Henselt could have had ten thousand ways to make those non-human races better serve Kingdom of Kaedwen, but unfortunately he chose the worst method."
Oberstein's attitude finally convinced Lynn, so he revealed his purpose.
"I need you to go to the non-human race settlement at Kaedwen and bring me those non-human races who are willing to leave. I can reimburse you for food, drink, and diarrhea along the way. In addition, I will pay you a commission of one crown for every ten non-human races you bring."
One crown is given to ten non-human races, which may seem a bit low, but you must know that there are about 200,000 non-human races in Kingdom of Kaedwen, accounting for 3% of the total population of Kaedwen.
Even if only half of the non-human races were taken away, it would still be ten thousand crowns.
And more importantly, this job does not require them to make a special trip.
They already have business in Kingdom of Kaedwen, so this is a way to make extra money.
However, the trade prince seemed to have misunderstood something, and said with an ugly face, "Master, I don't know if you have any misunderstanding about us. We do not engage in slave trade."