For everyone in Stryer County, the arrival of Duke Hegeero is not good news.
It makes sense for common people to have such thoughts, but most nobles actually have the same thoughts.
In fact, all this is understandable.
For the people of Strayer County, these days have been quite comfortable.
Although it had just suffered a catastrophic attack by the Blood Fox bandits, the reconstruction work was going smoothly.
For those nobles, they all lived in a well-guarded city, so the blood fox disaster did not cause much damage. It's just that most of the manors outside the city were destroyed, but the damage was extremely limited.
As for those businessmen, it is true that they suffered the most heavy losses, but after the Blood Fox disaster, the reconstruction work brought them huge business opportunities.
The merchants quickly recovered their strength with the large amount of supplies under their control.
What's more, the benefits brought to them by the joint formation of the Freemasons and the Chamber of Commerce are even more difficult to calculate in terms of money.
In addition, due to the establishment of hospitals and theaters, nobles and commoners who originally belonged to two worlds gradually came together.
Those lower-class nobles began to cooperate with merchants and started business.
Although the lower nobles have the least status among the nobles, they are nobles after all.
They were able to provide merchants with certain privileges that they could only dream of.
After all, in addition to gaining access to these nobles, another way to improve one's status is to become a student of that imperial envoy.
But the second path is only possible for those with magical talents, and for some reason, the profession of businessman seems to have the least connection with magic.
As for the civilians, their lives have never been as comfortable as they are now.
There are no real poor people anymore.
Unless they are lazy second-rate people, there are always places willing to take them in for other unemployed civilians.
And Strayer County, which was being rebuilt, needed workers everywhere.
It would be easier for civilians with a craft to find a good job.
As for those guys who think they have talent, there are plenty of places to try their luck.
Among them, the one with the brightest future is the Magic Corps.
Once you are selected by the Magic Corps, your identity will immediately change.
Being named a noble is only a matter of time.
In the Kingdom of Kaoqi, which magician is not a noble? Even magic apprentices have the title of viscount.
However, the number of people with magical talents is limited after all, and this path is not accessible to everyone.
For most people, learning some mercenary skills is a good choice.
Since the Chamber of Commerce was allowed to own mercenary groups, mercenaries suddenly became popular.
Especially those who have a certain craft, if they have some mercenary skills, then someone will definitely compete to hire you.
As for those who have a peaceful temperament and do not like fighting, then the door of the Goddess of Life Sect is always open to you.
The current Goddess of Life Sect is not the original semi-illegal sect that was driven away all the time and didn't even have a foothold.
With one hand controlling the Freemasonry and the other hand controlling the preparation of the Holy Water of Life, the current Goddess Sect’s influence is definitely second to none in Strayer County.
Because of this, after the disaster of the Blood Fox, Stryer was actually the county with the happiest civilian life in the entire Kaoqi Kingdom.
All ordinary people in Stryer County pray to God every day to allow such good days to continue longer.
As for the Hasiu County Sheriff, he was also reluctant to face his old boss.
After all, he had just lost a battle, although the Blood Fox was finally wiped out in Strayer County.
But Ha Xiu knew that it was still possible to deceive other people.
It would be absolutely wishful thinking to deceive Duke Hegeero and Prime Minister Somilet.
Ha Xiu knew very well the scale of the intelligence network run by these two people in the Kaoqi Kingdom.
It would take less than two days for these two adults to understand everything important that happened in Kaoqi.
And because the intelligence sources are sufficient and comprehensive, the two of them often know the true nature of the matter better than the parties involved.
Because of this, Haxiu always had some unexplainable worries about the upcoming Hegeero.
In addition, Ha Xiu was more worried about Hagrid's purpose in coming to Streir County.
He really knew this old boss very well.
The huge chaos that occurred in Chengdaville, and the genius strategy invented by the little magician, the Imperial Envoy, to quell the chaos, could not have spread to the capital, and it was also impossible that it had not spread to Duke Haigero. inside the ear.
The Duke should know that the so-called chaos no longer exists, and there is no need for him to mediate.
But the Duke still insisted on coming to Stryer County. It is easy to imagine that his real purpose was not as simple as mediation.
In fact, Ha Xiu is not a fool. He knows better than others what the political strategy that Haguero and Somyret have been adhering to is.
It turns out that he is one of the strongest supporters of these strategies.
As an old subordinate of Duke Hegeero, and one of the seven generals promoted for their military merit, he was named the governor of one of the most important counties in the southeastern part of the Kingdom of Kaoqi.
No matter in terms of origin or position, I should stand with the Duke and the Prime Minister, and I should become the staunchest supporter of this alliance.
But time has passed and everything has changed.
Hasiu knew that he had slipped further and further away from his original camp.
Now he is increasingly unable to grasp the situation. It can even be said that he is increasingly controlled by the situation.
However, Hasiu also knew that it was not that he was unable to get rid of the current situation, but that he was unwilling to get rid of it.
Everything invented by the little magician Sophie is like a bottle of mellow wine, which becomes more and more rich in flavor and intoxicating as time goes by.
However, he is the alcoholic who is addicted to alcohol. He is deeply addicted and can no longer get rid of the temptation of alcohol.
Ha Xiu is not a fool. He also gradually realizes that the Chamber of Commerce Federation is not as easy to control as the previous businessmen, or even to get whatever they want.
However, the wealth that the Chamber of Commerce Association could provide deeply attracted Hasiu.
Over the years, the Lord Sheriff has worked hard to extract money, making the entire Strayer County full of dissatisfaction with him.
But the wealth obtained is also quite limited.
One of the most important reasons is that Stryer County does not produce food.
Therefore, a lot of the wealth obtained must be used in exchange for food.
Since the joint establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, I have tried to raise food through the Chamber of Commerce.
Unexpectedly, after only paying one-third of the original money, I got more food than before.
It was precisely because of this success that Haxiu purchased the weapons and equipment originally produced by the special arsenal through the Chamber of Commerce.
The money saved this time is even more considerable.
What makes Haxiu most happy is that the quality and delivery time of the weapons are not delayed at all, which is something that those specialized arsenals absolutely cannot do.
As for the taxes jointly paid by the chamber of commerce, Haxiu was even more happy.
Not only were the taxes much larger than before, but the chambers of commerce, which owned a large amount of supplies, were willing to use supplies of equivalent value in place of money.
This is what Harxiu is most interested in. After all, the extra money has no real meaning to him.
Food, weapons and equipment, and horses, these are what Haxiu needs most.
Not to mention the holy water of life that is controlled by believers of the Goddess of Life.
This good stuff has become Strayer County's biggest source of income.
Not to mention in this county, even in the two neighboring counties, Holy Water of Life is also the most sought-after commodity.
Nowadays, giving gifts to superiors is no longer about how many gold coins you give, but whether the gift contains the rarest "holy water of youth".
Hasiu knew that Duke Haguero's arrival this time must be to control the production of the Holy Water of Life in his own hands. After all, the Holy Water of Life is of great significance to the powerful military power of the Kingdom of Kaoqi.
There is no reason why a brilliant military strategist like Duke Haguero cannot see this.
It is for these reasons that Hasiu is also worried about the arrival of Duke Hegeero.
However, even though the people of the entire Strayer County were unwilling to come to the Duke, who was known for his tough tactics, His Majesty the Emperor's will could not be disobeyed after all, and Hegeello's decision was not something they could influence.
A month later, Duke Hegeero finally appeared in front of the city gate of Chengdaville with his directly subordinate regiment.
As early as two days ago, a guard of honor had been set up at the city gate to welcome them.
After all, the status of Duke Haguero is not comparable to that of an empty imperial envoy like Enleco.
As the commander-in-chief of the external vassal army of the Kingdom of Kaoqi, Haigero holds the title of minister.
The welcome guard of honor lined up from the city gate to the central square.
There was a long red carpet in the middle, with crowds of welcome people standing on both sides, and a knight in festive attire placed every two or three meters.
Standing at the gate of the city were almost all the civil and military officials in Stryer County, except for the Magic Association and the Military God Church, which were relatively special organizations and had always kept a low profile in such scenes.
Almost everyone was waiting at the city gate early.
The only people who did not need to follow these officials to stand guard at the city gate were Enleco, Milinda and their two men.
After all, these two people are imperial envoys, representing the supreme imperial power.
Haguero's mission this time was only nominally the Minister of Supervision, which was far worse than the Minister of Imperial Envoy.
What's more, everyone knows that Milinda will be the future Kaoqi Kingdom.
With such an identity, Milinda certainly does not need to appear on this occasion.
Everyone was waiting anxiously at the city gate. After standing for a long time, everyone was a little tired.
It's okay for those soldiers to say that their physical strength is much better than that of ordinary people, but those clerks who don't move much at all and sit in the office all day processing official documents are a bit overwhelmed.
But there was no place to sit around, so these civil officials had no choice but to rest with their backs against the city wall.
I don't know how much time passed, but I saw a puff of dust and smoke rising in the distance.
It must have been the arrival of the Duke, and everyone cheered up. The clerks helped each other brush off the dust on their backs.
Sure enough, after a while, a group of knights came closer.
These knights were seen wearing bright white military uniforms, with a blue ribbon hanging diagonally from the right shoulder to the waist. A silver-gray cloak was draped over his body, undulating and swaying as the breeze blew.
These knights did not wear any armor and did not carry shields. There was a long sword hanging on the hook on the right side of the horse.
This small group of knights is called the Eye of the Wind, and Haxiu is very familiar with them. He knows that the Eye of the Wind, as a forward and a scout, is still five or six miles away from the main force.
Sure enough, those knights galloping towards the city did not enter the city.
At the city gate, they divided into two teams on the left and right to patrol around the city wall.
Seeing this scene, Haxiu didn't dare to neglect. He knew that Duke Haguero was behind him and was about to arrive.
Therefore, he ordered his men to prepare quickly.
For a time, the sound of military music and gongs and drums filled the sky. Dozens of maids in gorgeous costumes were holding flower baskets and scattering petals on the ground.
Amidst the excitement, a group of people came slowly from a distance.
I saw the leading knight, with his blond hair flowing freely, and his straight silver-white military uniform, which supported this knight with extraordinary energy.
The war horse he was riding on was also extremely handsome, and its pure white fur was as smooth as a piece of white satin. The war horse is tall and slender, full of tenacity and powerful explosive power.
There is a silver light sword hanging on the right side of the war horse. The long and narrow sword body and the handle can only be used with one hand, which fully shows that this is a weapon used by lightly armored knights.
Apart from this long sword, there are no other weapons or armors on the war horse.
This knight is Haigero, and behind him is a long team of knights.
Completely different from the attire of Eye of the Wind and Hegeero, these knights are fully armed.
I saw them wearing bright silver battle helmets, bright silver light battle armor, small shields tied to their right wrists, and thick silver battle robes draped on their backs.
Their horses were hung with their own weapons, mostly light swords, and occasionally two of them wore scimitars. In addition, the three silver javelins became their unified weapons.
Seeing the costumes of the knights, Ha Xiu felt uneasy.
He could tell that it was the form of equipment used in formal combat.
Generally speaking, Hegeero would take care of the dignity of his knights and let them wear gorgeous heavy armor.
After all, the heavy armor covering the whole body is much more beautiful than the light armor with only one breastplate.
But the true combat strength of the Knights of the Wind must be such a light armor to be able to display it.
Normally when Duke Haggero patrols Stryer County, he would make his knights wear heavy armor and flowing silk cloaks.
Although the thick shirt looks ugly, it can withstand most fatal attacks.
That is also actual combat equipment.
Facing the Wind Knights who were fully equipped with actual combat weapons, the uneasy feeling in Hasuu's heart became even heavier.
However, now is not the time to worry.
Hasiu hurriedly greeted him and greeted him attentively: "Your Majesty Commander-in-Chief, Knight Hasiu is reporting to you."
This has always been a joke between Princess Hasiu and Duke Haguero.
Although Haxiu was once a general under Haigero.
But as the governor of a county in the Kaoqi Kingdom, Hasuu's status is on par with Duke Haigero.
Originally, Haxiu was expecting Duke Haguero to pat him on the shoulder as usual, then ask the knight next to him to bring a war horse, let him ride it, and then say "Let's go".
However, today's Duke Hegeero obviously does not have such a leisurely mood.
He nodded and said: "Your Excellency, Governor Hasiu, I was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to inspect Stryer County and be responsible for mediating the disputes that occurred in Stryer County. Let's get down to business first and skip the welcome party."
Hearing what Duke Hagriro said, Hasiu's heart skipped a beat, it was over. This time, even face was not given, and it seemed that there was no room for accommodation.
That awkward conversation suddenly made the atmosphere at the scene tense. All the officials who greeted him clearly felt this.
The sound of the military music stopped at Haggero's command, the gongs and drums stopped beating, and the maids scattering flowers had already been dispersed by the wind knights.
Haguero's men led a war horse for Hasu.
But this time Hegeero did not walk side by side with Hasu.
Seeing this scene, Ha Xiu was so interested that he followed Hegeiro obediently.
The horse's hooves made a dull sound on the red carpet.
The street was quiet, no one spoke, as if the whole city felt this dull atmosphere.
When passing the central square, Hegeiro showed a slightly more relaxed attitude. He inspected with interest the knights of the Church of the Military God who lined up in front of the Church of the Military God.
Haxiu noticed that Hagrid seemed to have nodded a few times unintentionally.
What caused his former immediate boss to praise him so much? Sheriff Hasiu couldn't help but pay attention to those knights.
In his eyes, there is nothing particularly surprising about the church knights. They have the same light armor, the same long spear, and the same large protective shield. It is no different from those in Kaoqi counties who are trained as heavy armored knights but equipped with light armored weapons. They are nominally light armored knights.
If anything, it was just that there was a long chain hanging on the back of their horses.
After passing through several miles of streets, we arrived in front of the Governor's Palace.
The square in front of the mansion, which was originally luxuriously decorated and had a lively atmosphere, is now deserted.
The nobles and their families who were present to welcome him had already received notice that the welcome party was cancelled.
The entire square was empty except for the dazzling and gorgeous silk ribbons that had just been tied up on the welcome platform, floating there alone.
Surrounded by the knights, Duke Haguero and County Sheriff Hasiu entered the Governor's Mansion.
Before Ha Xiu could catch his breath, the Duke ordered an emergency meeting.
The attendants were busy setting up the meeting place, they had a lot to do.
While the attendants were busy, Hagero and Hasiu came to the small living room on the second floor.
As soon as he entered the room, Ha Xiu looked calm and was about to say a few compliments and flatter his old boss.
Unexpectedly, Hagrid was the first to speak. He just heard him curse: "I don't know how I promoted a stupid guy like you back then. Look at what Stirre County has done to you now." ?It’s all chaos.”
Hearing Hagrid's angry words, Hasiu expected it. He quickly explained: "Commander-in-Chief, there is really nothing I can do. Stryer County has just been plundered by the Blood Fox, and many places are waiting for you." Therefore, under the current situation, I have to give some benefits to those businessmen. However, you can rest assured that after Stirr County stabilizes, Beizhi will immediately dissolve the Chamber of Commerce Federation, and Beizhi will definitely be able to control the situation. "
Hearing Haxiu's explanation, Hagrid snorted coldly and said: "Speaking of the blood fox, I can't figure it out. A mere six thousand thieves can actually defeat the twenty thousand soldiers you have." Everything is broken.”
"The whereabouts of the blood fox are strange and elusive, and the humble position is difficult to deal with. But fortunately, the bloody fox was eventually annihilated." At this time, Haxiu had to excuse himself in this way, although he also I know that the Duke's intelligence network installed in various places will more or less report the real situation to the commander-in-chief.
However, Haxiu always held on to some illusions. After all, Milinda was a woman, and it was hard to believe that a woman could win such a war.
If you don't want to take all the credit, just share a little bit, that's fine.
Unexpectedly, these words received a cold glance from Duke Hagriro.
"If I were as stupid as you, I might believe what you just said. I don't know exactly how far your abilities have improved now. However, I at least know one thing, which is related to our future. Compared to His Majesty, your ability is nothing. Even the knights under Milinda are all better than you."
Hearing Hagrid's words, Ha Xiu was indeed a little unconvinced. He was willing to admit that he was not as good as the knights under Milinda.
However, saying that he can't even compare to a woman would really hurt his self-esteem and face.
Duke Hegeero also saw this, and he continued: "There are some things that you don't know much about. What I said just now is not an exaggeration. Don't say that you are not Milinda's opponent, the entire Cao There are not many people in the Kingdom of Qi who can be the opponent of that young lady. Even Gorslow and I have to be extremely careful if we confront Miss Milinda head-on. That young lady He is a person with the same strength as us."
Hearing the words of his old boss, Haxiu was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide and could not close it. After a long time, he said in confusion: "How is this possible? How is this possible? To be an opponent of you and Gorslow, unless that person Miss Milinda also has the strength of a paladin... Milinda... Mida... Could it be that Miss Milinda is the Hidden Sword Saint Mida?"
"Not many people in the entire Kaoqi Kingdom know about this matter. However, Somyret, I, and our Emperor all know it very well. You know now that you and Miss Milinda were competing for credit. , that is such a stupid thing. Your stupid memorial has revealed your stupidity clearly."
Hearing Hagrid's ruthless sarcasm, Haxiu was already ashamed.
He could only lower his head and listen to his old boss's scolding.
Seeing that he had completely taken control of the initiative, Hegeero changed his tone and said in a gentle tone: "However, this time you have not gained nothing, at least the creation and popularization of the holy water of life. We have already achieved such a great contribution. It will be counted on your head. As for the establishment of the Magic Corps, as long as you are not stupid enough to compete with Miss Milinda for credit, you will also be counted on."
When Haguero said this, he secretly looked at Hasiu's reaction and continued: "What Sommeret and I are dissatisfied with is that you don't know how to control the situation at all. Appearing in large numbers, it can be said that it is of great use value to us. Somyret and I even considered legalizing the Goddess Cult throughout Kaoqi. However, you allow the Chamber of Commerce to unite with the so-called Freemasonry The organization has grown and it’s really disappointing to us.”
"You only know how to focus on immediate interests. Did you know that the Chamber of Commerce itself has a wide range of influence. But before the establishment of the alliance, this influence was dispersed, potential, and weak. But you let them unite. , the potential influence immediately becomes a real and powerful force in front of you. This force is omnipresent and omnipresent. You have created a huge trouble for yourself, and you have also created a big trouble for all of us. "
"Do you know how much trouble this move in Stryer County has caused to several surrounding counties? The businessmen in Texi County have also begun to form a federation, and the county governor of Banomer even plans to withdraw from us. Union. A whole set of changes including the federation of chambers of commerce and the Freemasonry were formally implemented in his county."
"As for the two counties of Munapest and Cointre, which are directly adjacent to Strayer County, although the governors of those two counties are still on the same side as us, in fact, those two people have no regard for what happened in their counties. They turned a blind eye to everything, acquiesced to the secretly formed chamber of commerce, and even did business with them. The food entering Stryer County came from these two counties."
"Even the more remote counties are ready to take action. The officials in those counties have been bribed by the Holy Water of Life."
"All of this is because you failed to control the situation. You are mainly responsible for this. This time I am here to make up for this matter. As for the Chamber of Commerce Federation, if it can be controlled in our hands, that is the best .I know they are attractive to you, and we don’t want to embarrass you.”
"However, if those businessmen refuse to obey the rules, I can only use thunderbolt means to dissolve them. As for the Freemasonry, it will only harm our affairs. With the support of the Freemasonry, the Chamber of Commerce Federation will not give in so easily. That House also It’s not advisable, but canceling it immediately will offend both the Military God Church and the Goddess believers.”
"Currently we still need to use those goddess believers and leave them alone for the time being. However, we must let the goddess believers understand that they only need to run their hospitals. If they want to hold the people hostage and cause trouble for all of us, they will suffer Experience like that in the past.”
"Of course, you don't need to do any of this. You just need to convey the meaning. The only thing you have to do is to restrain your subordinates and don't let them get involved in the opposite camp. This will They suffered heavy losses.”
When he said the last sentence, Hagriro's tone was extremely cold.
Ha Xiu could completely hear it, and many of the words were spoken to him.
Ha Xiu secretly broke into a cold sweat.
He never expected that the Duke and the Prime Minister would attach so much importance to what happened in Stryer County.
I also didn’t expect that the Duke’s intention to come this time would be so determined.
Ha Xiu could definitely feel that a huge storm was gathering in the sky above Stryer County, and he was just waiting for a roar of thunder, and the storm was bound to fall head-on.
"You are more familiar with Strayer County. You should sort it out first and make a list of the people responsible for specific affairs in the Chamber of Commerce Union and the Freemasonry. Tomorrow, summon these people to your Governor's Mansion to announce the official union of the Chamber of Commerce. Under the control of the Governor's Mansion." At this point, Haguero waved his hand.
Ha Xiu was so interested that he left the small living room.
Worried, he could only do what his old boss told him.
In a corner of the huge building complex of the Governor's Palace of Stryer County, in a luxuriously decorated room, many people were gathering there.
The dining table in front of them was filled with all kinds of delicacies, which were all 'surplus supplies' that had not been successfully held and had no place to use.
Of course, these goodies were appropriated by Miss Milinda to serve as food for everyone at the private party.
There were bursts of laughter and noise, music, laughter, and the clinking of wine glasses coming from the room.
All this made the other officials in the Governor's Mansion very emotional.
On this special day, everyone felt the atmosphere was tense and the situation was mysterious.
Only this female imperial envoy, Your Excellency, completely ignored all this and continued to have fun.
On the contrary, the knights under Hegeero knew the future His Majesty very well, and they were already used to it.
What's more, from the luxurious aristocratic carriages that drove into the Governor's Mansion one after another with the curtains always lowered, it was obvious that the party would probably last until midnight.
Perhaps in the dead of night, those carriages would carry their exhausted owners back.
This routine was performed almost every day in Vedsk, in the Prime Minister's Palace and the residence of his commander-in-chief, Duke Hegeello.
The knights have long been accustomed to seeing it. They feel that they are giving those carriages a secluded space that leads directly to the banquet pavilion. At the same time, they also feel that they are avoiding those banquet attendees who may encounter them unexpectedly.
This habit was already developed in Vedsk.
You know, among the nobles who attended the banquets of these two big men, ten out of ten were beautiful noble ladies, and most of them were of noble status.
They didn't want those knights to know that they had been the bed partners of those two famous perverts.
There was once a knight who did not listen to the advice and was driven by curiosity to peek at the guests attending Miss Milinda's banquet.
Unexpectedly, there was a princess among those female companions.
This was great. The knight was quickly promoted to a special level and was placed in an extremely remote mountainous area where it was difficult to even drink water. He served as the captain of a cavalry team with no cavalry under his command.
When the knight returned to Vedsk two years later, he was as old as an old farmer.
Because of such a painful lesson, knights would always stay away from the same situation again.
More and more carriages gathered together, and the noise in the living room became louder and louder.
In the living room, the knights were happily enjoying delicious food.
They gathered in a group, played the piano, sang songs, and showed off their ability to play.
Although the knights were having fun on the surface, in fact everyone's eyes were watching every move outside, and no stranger in the yard could escape their sight.
In the lounge behind the living room, there were many people crowded. Milinda sat on the chair in the middle, with Monkey and Young Master standing behind her.
Standing in front of her was a middle-aged man with a pale face, a haggard look, and a stooped back.
"Mr. Bis, you're welcome, you can sit down," Milinda said.
"No, I like to stand." Bis replied, his tone was anything but polite.
Milinda did not show the slightest displeasure about this.
Bisi looked at Milinda's reaction, sighed and said: "I know that my life is coming to an end, and my body is getting worse and worse. While there is still some time, Your Excellency, what are your plans? Whatever you ask me to do, as long as I can do it, I will try my best to complete it."
Milinda was not surprised to hear Bisi's frank words. She knew that the man standing in front of her was quite smart. At the same time, he also knew that his life was not long, so he put life and death aside.
Milinda nodded and asked directly: "Mr. Biss, I first want to ask you what you think of me, so that I can more accurately grasp the closeness of our cooperation."
"Dear Miss Milinda, to be honest, you occupy a very high position in my mind. This is not a compliment. Your Excellency is smarter than all the nobles I have ever met, and you can compete with Your Excellency. In my opinion, there is only that Duke Hagriro."
"It is my honor to be able to cooperate with Miss. Only Miss can create an environment for me to fulfill my wish. Dear Sir, no matter what purpose you have in helping me, I would like to express my gratitude."
"If you are willing to trust me, please feel free to tell me and I will be willing to serve you. As for my opinion of you, Miss, I can't tell you clearly. This is mainly because I can't see clearly what your motivation is for helping me. If you want to seize more power, Miss, you will be your future Majesty, and there is nothing more noble and honorable than this. If, Miss, you intend to contain Duke Haguero's power for His Majesty's consideration, That doesn’t have much to do with me. In short, I can’t figure out your intentions, young lady, so it’s hard to say what I think of you.”
"This is completely different from what I did to Miss Bertina and Miss Xiaoyun. If I want to offend you, in my eyes Miss Bertina is much nobler than you. I really believe that Miss Bertina is definitely qualified to be called As a saint, Bildina does possess holy love."
"It is precisely because of this that I, who originally did not believe in any gods, am now not only a believer of the Goddess of Life, but also respect the teachings of the God of Wisdom. Miss Xiaoyun and Mr. Kaz are the most loyal ones given to Miss Bertina by the gods. assistant."
"As for the other most important person, our respected Imperial Envoy Mr. Enleko. In my eyes, he is different from anyone else, and he is worthy of respect. No matter in terms of strength, ability, or moral character to measure."
"Many people think that he lacks love. In my opinion, he is like a wise man who is full of compassion but is hidden in the mountains and forests. He has seen through the suffering and helplessness in the world. All of this may be just thinking about someone like me who is about to die. Only people can understand it. However, fortunately, there is a kind-hearted saint companion beside him, so that he cannot escape from this noisy world."
"I'm glad to hear such candid words. Thank you, Mr. Biss. I think you mean that we will be quite suitable collaborators." Milinda said with a smile.
"So, let me ask directly, how do the Chambers of Commerce consider the current situation? What are your plans?" Milinda asked.
"Before telling us our plans, I would like to hear what your plans are, Miss. As far as I know, you started arranging everything after you eliminated the blood fox and returned to Chengdaville. It was at that time that I worked with you Mr. Hodder got in touch. Didn’t he?”
"In recent times, you have taken away a large amount of supplies from me. I also know that all those supplies have been used to arm the mercenaries hired by the Chamber of Commerce. Now, Miss, you have control over the Mining and Manufacturing Federation, Transportation The Federation of Industry and Commerce and the Federation of Trade, these three major federations employ most of the mercenary groups."
"At the same time, you also control most of the miners in Stryer County through your body. You secretly arranged for these miners to undergo mercenary training, and even prepared weapons for them. Miss, the equipment you recently obtained from me is enough to A heavy armored infantry regiment’s crude weapons and simple heavy armor should be prepared for them.”
"There are more than 50,000 sets of heavy armored infantry equipment. The entire army in Stryer County combined does not have such a huge number. Only the miners, who account for the largest number of civilians in Stryer County, have such a large number."
"And during this time, Miss, you sent Mr. Mangke and Mr. Hodder to secretly actively recruit and train a large number of mercenaries. You even organized women and teenagers. Through Miss Xiaoyun, you let those huge numbers of maids Soldiers and young mercenaries are trained to treat the wounded in battle."
"As for the other mercenary training targets, it is mainly street fighting that occurs in the city."
"Through Mr. Katz, you have collected thousands of vehicles of various sizes. Regardless of whether they are good or bad, as long as they can be towed, you want them. You asked me to renovate these vehicles and rent them for free. To those civilians who have no jobs, this brings you, Miss, a reputation of kindness and nobleness. And the condition of the lease is that they must serve you when you need them."
"Having followed the lady to eliminate the blood fox thieves on the grassland, I can certainly guess the other uses of these vehicles."
"And you arranged all of this in extremely secretive circumstances."
"Taking supplies from me is ostensibly the intention of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, because the Chamber of Commerce Alliance needs to expand mercenaries."
"The reason why the mercenaries of the Chamber of Commerce are controlled by Miss is because of the request of most members of the Chamber of Commerce. They asked you to send your knights whom they trust to lead and train these mercenaries of the Chamber of Commerce."
"As for the training of those miners, that is the result of the efforts of the county governor and the members of the Chamber of Commerce to request you."
"Those heavy armored infantry equipment are logically the official storage of Stryer County to avoid another blood fox disaster."
"Train those female mercenaries and young mercenaries. Your Excellency successfully connected this matter with the expansion of the Church of the Goddess of Life, without realizing that they are not believers but special mercenaries with a very important role."
"Those large numbers of vehicles have become a symbol of your noble character. And no one can see that they are sharp weapons used to charge into battle."
"Miss, you have done all of this extremely cleverly and covertly. Everything is covered up under the will of the Chamber of Commerce and the County Sheriff. And you and your knights do not only follow their requests to train the mercenaries every day, Outside, I have always been immersed in the feasting and dancing."
"If it weren't for your Excellency's contact with me, if it weren't for the fact that many things can't be achieved without me, and if it wasn't for me, a dying person, to pay more attention to many things, it would be impossible for me to know. all of these."
"In this regard, I would like to ask you, Miss."
"Are you planning to take strong measures against Duke Hegeero?"
"But in my opinion, there is no reason for you to do this."
"As I said before, if you are planning to contain Duke Hegeero's power for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, haven't you thought about what will happen to Stryer County and even the entire Kaoqi Kingdom if you fail? What’s more, defeating the Duke in Strayer County doesn’t mean anything.”
"The vassal towns of the Kingdom of Kaoqi are hugely powerful, and this has been going on for hundreds of years. Even if the Duke completely failed in Stryer County, and even His Majesty the Emperor completely took back the power of Stryer County. But with the support of more than fifty counties, he has nearly one million in his hands. Duke Hegeero of the Legion, what does your victory mean?"
"Dear young lady, can you give me a convincing explanation first?"
Hearing what Bisi said, Milinda couldn't help but feel worried. Even the most trusted knight around her didn't know about His Majesty the Emperor's involvement.
Is it too risky to say it now
However, hiding everything from Biss would be extremely detrimental to the cooperation between the two parties.
Although Bisi is not afraid of death, he is still very concerned about the union of chambers of commerce.
For this organization he founded, Biss spent all his efforts, and he would never take risks with his beloved.
Fortunately, Milinda had anticipated this situation.
Thinking of this, Milinda took out two neatly folded letters from the drawer of the low cabinet next to her.
She placed the letter into Bis's hands.
The knights around him stepped aside knowing that it was a secret they didn't need to know.
Since the eldest sister didn't let them see it, she had her reasons.
Despite this, Biss still carefully retreated to a dark corner of the room, raised the letter to his eyes and looked at it carefully.
I saw Bisi looking at the two letters, becoming more and more excited, and it was even as if his hands could no longer support the weight of the two letters, and his hands began to tremble violently.
Of these two letters, one was written by His Majesty the Emperor himself to Miss Milinda.
Except for the greetings at the beginning, the entire content of the article is about how to take advantage of the occasion when Duke Hagriro and Prime Minister Somyret both left the capital, Stryer County and Vedsk worked together at the same time, Deal with the aristocratic forces in the vassal towns of the Kaoqi Kingdom.
What was talked about most in that letter was where should the Kaoqi Kingdom go in the future
His Majesty the Emperor's vision made Bisi extremely happy, because it was really his dream all along.
Bisi never thought that someone at the top of the kingdom would see all this and think of all this, and this person turned out to be His Majesty the Supreme Emperor.
Before that, he only knew that the wise and respectable elder Mr. Dakto had the same idea.
Of course, Bis was almost certain that the imperial envoy, Mr. Enleco, was more profound and specific than anyone thought, and that 'house' was simply invented to realize this dream.
As for the second letter, Biss was even more excited.
That is a sentence written by the chief priest, Lord Meron, "Today we are making history, and today will become history."
This simple sentence made Bisi extremely excited.
If it was just His Majesty the Emperor's will, Bisi still felt uneasy about the whole thing.
After all, as a Kaoqi man, he knew very well how powerful the feudal town was.
Likewise, he also knew what superb figures Duke Haguero and Prime Minister Someret were.
But with this letter, everything is different.
Now that even the gods are on his side, Bis is full of confidence that he will win.
Holding these two letters, Biss was excited for a long time.
After a long time, he came to his senses and handed the letter back to Milinda with trembling hands.
"Dear young lady, what do you want me to do?" Bis asked decisively.
Seeing that Bis seemed to have made up her mind, Milinda pondered for a while and said: "Mr. Bis, all the firewood has been set up, just waiting for a spark that is enough to ignite them. A spark with enough energy , a spark that can ignite a raging fire.”
These enigmatic words, which may be baffling to most people, immediately made Bisi's stooped body shiver when he heard them.
He could completely understand the meaning of Miss Milinda's words.
Bis understood everything, his eyes were deep and solemn, he frowned, and there were faint veins on his forehead.
After a long time, Bisi gradually relaxed.
After figuring everything out, Bis suddenly seemed to have been liberated from everything and seemed extremely relaxed and at ease.
I just heard him say slowly: "In Kaoqi, in Stryer County, in this originally lifeless place, the admirable old Mr. Dakto lit the first torch in people's hearts. This torch The fire illuminated many people, and I was one of them. The old man made me know many things, made me think about many things, and made me decide to do many things."
"If now comes the time when a second torch is needed to illuminate the hearts of more people, if I am qualified to be the spark that ignites that second torch, it will be the honor of my life."