Watching the huge convoy of magic motorcycles disappearing into the distance on the road, Kota, the captain of the third team of the Laimat City Defense Force, took out the money bag Xu Yi had just given him, counted it and found that there were a total of two in it. Fifteen gold coins, he smiled with satisfaction.
Turning his head and catching a glimpse of the surrounding men with their eyes fixed on the money bag in his hand, Kota snorted: "A bunch of bastards who are blind to money."
After finishing speaking, he still took out a handful of gold coins from the money bag and threw one gold coin to each of his men.
The soldiers of the third team immediately smiled happily after receiving the gold coins and thanked Kota repeatedly.
Cota cursed, called his deputy over and warned: "Watch carefully here. If those guys don't give up and want to come back and leave here, stop them. If you dare to let a car and a person go, In the past, you knew the consequences.”
The deputy responded repeatedly.
Kota nodded, waved to his men again, and shouted: "We're done for the evening, let's go drink in the forest tavern, I'll treat you!"
Amidst the cheers of his men, Kota got on the horse parked by the roadside, turned around and galloped towards the distant city of Lemat.
Half an hour later, Kota rode his horse directly through the city wall of Laimat City, then walked straight through the not-so-wide streets in the city, and arrived at the city lord's palace in the center of the city.
After the briefing, Cota met the Lord of the City, Count Scandi Will, who was rarely seen in person, in the reception hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
"Look clearly at the logos on those magic motorcycles. Are you sure they are the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's fleet?" Count Will's narrowed eyes shot out two rays of light, staring at Cota, and asked in a deep voice.
Kota quickly lowered his head. He didn't dare to look at Earl Will. He replied in a very positive tone: "Return to the Lord of the City. I can clearly see that the fleet is composed of magic locomotives. Each magic locomotive has the same logo on it, which is the same as the one you asked before. The logo of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that my subordinates saw is exactly the same.”
"Are you really reading that right?" Will seemed to take this question very seriously and confirmed again.
"Yes, I guarantee with my life that I am absolutely right."
Earl Will frowned slightly, always seeming to be a little disbelieving. I wanted to ask again, but a middle-aged man with a medium build and a thin face sitting on the other side suddenly spoke.
"Earl Will, I don't think you have any more doubts. In addition to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, only Filson Motorcycles in the entire Lampali Kingdom currently has so many magic motorcycles. Since this fleet is affiliated with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, ’s logo, it should be the team of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.”
Earl Will pondered for a moment and nodded.
"Since you said so, Count Michel, it should be true. Okay, go down."
Seeing Cota retreating, another man sitting opposite Earl Michel, who was much younger than Earl Will and Earl Michel, and who seemed to be less than forty years old on the outside, frowned. frowned. Sighed softly.
"Actually, I've always thought, isn't it a good idea for us to do this?"
Earl Will and Earl Michel looked at him in astonishment. Earl Will's face darkened and he shouted softly: "Earl Longley, you don't know the reason why we decided to do this, right? Or are you planning to abandon your family's position and betray His Royal Highness Prince Eric?"
Earl Longli shook his head: "How could I betray His Royal Highness Prince Eric? But I think... we don't need to do so much to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, right? The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is obviously the chamber of commerce with the best development momentum in the kingdom. , Magical machinery will definitely become popular, there is no need for us to offend the New Flying Chamber of Commerce."
Earl Will snorted coldly: "Earl Longley, you are too young after all. For the sake of your recently deceased father, I warn you that there is no possibility of compromise on this matter. Since we choose to support His Royal Highness Prince Eric, then anyone who supports His Royal Highness Princess Sevini is our enemy. Doing this to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce now is just to give him a warning. When necessary, hum..."
Seeing the chill in Count Will's eyes, Count Longley couldn't help but let out a sigh in his heart, shook his head, and said no more.
Seeing that Earl Longli was silent, Earl Will was too lazy to try to persuade him any more.
In Count Will's view, this young man who had just inherited the hereditary earl title due to his father's death and also took over the position of Lord of Basalu City was not qualified to sit down with him and Count Michel to discuss such a major matter.
"Count Michel, I have already demonstrated the attitude of our Laimat City to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and now it is your turn for Duketon City." Earl Will said to Earl Michel.
A subtle cold light flashed across Count Michel's eyes, and he smiled and nodded: "I know what to do."
"Well, let's put this little matter aside for now, and let's get back to business. Just now we talked about how to allocate support to the army led by His Royal Highness Prince Eric. We in Laimat City initially plan to support His Highness the Prince. Supplies worth 300,000 gold coins will be added later depending on the situation. Where are your Dulacton City and Basalu City?"
Earl Michel touched the neatly trimmed short beard on his chin, thought for a moment, and responded: "Since you, Earl Will, have made your decision, of course our city of Duketon cannot lag behind. The supplies of 300,000 gold coins are enough."
Earl Will nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, seriously speaking, Dulacton City has always been considered the richest city in the northeastern province of the Lampali Kingdom, and has always been much richer than Laimat City.
However, now Count Michel has also only chosen a share of 300,000 gold coins for initial material support, which can be said to give him enough face.
In this way, Count Weir and the city of Lemat will be more conspicuously presented to His Highness Prince Eric, which will be of great benefit to Count Weir.
As for the scattered subsequent investment, no one will pay too much attention to it.
After asking Count Michel, Count Will turned to Count Longley, with a hint of joking in his tone: "What about you, Count Longley? You also offer three hundred thousand gold coins?"
Earl Longli smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Count Will, please stop making fun of me. Our city of Batru is notoriously poor. How can we afford supplies of 300,000 gold coins?"
"Then how much do you plan to pay? If it's too little, His Royal Highness Prince Eric can't justify it." Earl Will narrowed his eyes slightly, and the smile on his face became a little dangerous. "Or are you saying that you don't intend to support His Highness the Prince at all? Are you planning to betray His Highness the Prince?"
Earl Longley sighed, looked at the glaring gazes of Earl Will and Earl Michel, considered for a moment, and replied: "We in Batru City are really powerless. I think we can only barely come up with about 100,000 gold coins at most." Supplies.”
Upon hearing this answer, Count Will and Count Michel looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
Of course, the two of them knew the situation in Batru City well. Knowing that this number can be regarded as the limit of Batru City.
In this way, it at least proves that Earl Longley has no objection to His Royal Highness Prince Eric for the time being.
Moreover, one hundred thousand gold coins was much less than the three hundred thousand gold coins the two of them had, so I am afraid that neither Earl Longli nor Batru City would leave a good impression on His Royal Highness.
"Very good, now that we have decided, we have to act quickly." Earl Will said solemnly: "According to His Royal Highness the Prince's plan, it is very likely that an offensive will be launched as soon as winter is over. We must be here All the supplies were sent to the Zhenbei Army before. Remember, His Highness's operation is of great significance and cannot be missed, so we must be fully prepared not to make any mistakes in the supply of supplies!"
Count Michel responded calmly, while Count Longley smiled bitterly. He also agreed.
After the three people discussed some details, they ended the meeting between the three city lords.
After the meeting, Count Will invited Count Michel and Count Longley to have lunch together, but Count Longley refused because he wanted to go back quickly to prepare supplies.
Although Earl Weir was unhappy, he did not hold back Earl Longley. After a few perfunctory words, he let him leave.
After leaving Laimart City, Earl Longli got into his private carriage. It was not until he drove out of the city gate of Laimart City that he let out a long breath and his expression relaxed.
After opening the curtain and taking a look at the gate of Laimat City behind him, Count Longli frowned deeply.
He disliked Earl Michel's always gloomy appearance, which made it difficult for people to see his true thoughts, and even more hated Earl Will's arrogant and strong style. If it weren't for his father's previous relationship with the two of them, In the long-term cooperative relationship, Earl Longley has not had any excessive contact with these two people at all.
Moreover, Earl Longley actually disagreed with the attitude of supporting His Royal Highness Prince Eric that the two of them and their father had confirmed before his death.
Why support His Royal Highness Prince Eric to inherit the throne? Just because His Royal Highness Prince Eric is a prince and the first son of His Majesty the King
In Earl Longley's opinion, who will be the king should not be decided by this at all, but by who can bring better development to the Lampali Kingdom after becoming the king.
At this point, Earl Longley is more optimistic about Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny.
As for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which everyone recognized as a staunch supporter of Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, Count Longley actually had no prejudice at all, but rather had a favorable impression.
Before his father passed away and before he took over as the Lord of Batru City, he secretly went to Bangta City for a half-month field trip out of curiosity.
During the half month he spent in Bangta City, he was deeply attracted by all kinds of novel things in Bangta City, and was deeply impressed by the rapid development of Bangta City in recent years.
Through all the foreign ministers, Count Longli deeply realized that Bangta City could develop from a remote small town similar to Batru City to its current prosperous appearance, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce played the most important role in it.
After returning from Bangta City, Count Longli has been thinking about a problem in his heart.
If the New Flying Chamber of Commerce is introduced to Batru City, will Batru City develop as fast as Bangta City
Now that he thought about this issue again, the expression on Count Longley's face became extremely struggling.
After a while, the struggle on his face finally disappeared and turned into determination.
After Earl Longli told the coachman, the carriage immediately changed its direction, left the road outside Lemart City, and embarked on an ordinary dirt road in the same direction as the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's convoy.