"Sir William!"
The earl's wife, Mrs. Emariss, spoke with a thick greasy voice, as sweet as cheese and honey: "No! Maybe I should call you Baron William... We met several times at the earl's banquet! "
"Madam must have known about the unfortunate news of the Earl, and I wish Madam my condolences!"
Wu Ming apologized, "Fortunately, Madam escaped from the castle, it's really gratifying!"
He has always had a doubt in his heart.
During the rebellion of the Viscount Eagle Castle and the highland knights' deliberate plans and sudden attacks, the Countess was able to escape smoothly. Not only did she escape smoothly, she even took away several children with her, and successfully escaped the subsequent arrest. It's pretty incredible.
But if the countess is a witch with spells and the master of the entire underground black market, then everything makes sense again.
"Does the Earl know about Madam's matter?"
After being silent for a while, Wu Ming suddenly asked.
"What's up?"
Mrs. Emerys giggled, staring at Wu Ming like Yeyue: "Is it about witches? Or is it an underground black market?"
"Madam admitted?"
Guessing confirmed, Wu Ming's face also became solemn.
A witch, plus the master of the black market below, basically controlled half of Whistle City, enough to cause a little trouble for himself.
Of course, the other party's appearance here tonight is a sign of softness, and they are looking for the possibility of cooperation.
It's just that the bottom line of both parties still needs to be tested by each other.
"Yes, the operation of the underground black market is indeed related to me!"
Madam Emerys admitted frankly: "The Earl doesn't know about these things, including my identity as a witch!"
'Poor Earl of Blue Mountain...'
Wu Ming mourned in silence for his former lord: "Madam didn't go to the Xiongshi family and Viscount Eagle Castle, but came to find me. I don't know what you want?"
Emaris hesitated for a moment.
Originally, even though Sir William was a very powerful warrior, she was sure that with her own charm and some inherited spells, she could make him submit under her pomegranate skirt.
But now, the moment she saw the other party, she knew that everything was impossible.
"I'm here on behalf of the merchants. Your curfew and other laws have greatly damaged their interests!"
After a while, Madam still spoke in a deep voice.
"I protect all legal business activities, as long as they pay taxes obediently!"
Wu Ming replied with a smile.
"You want to reach out to the black market?"
Emariss pupils shrank slightly, but this was also reasonable, she quickly weighed the pros and cons, and put forward several conditions: "Then... you must guarantee the rights of all black market merchants, as well as the passage of dark mercenaries rights, and…”
"Wait a minute!"
Wu Ming looked at this aggressive woman: "I said 'legal'!"
He deliberately emphasized the tone of the last two words: "All behaviors in the black market must comply with my laws. If you don't understand, madam, you can go to Carlos to take a look!"
"Do you want to go to war?"
Emaris's complexion suddenly became quite ugly.
Of course, she has heard of what Carlos has done. The number of free people over there made her dumbfounded, not to mention the activities of emancipating serfs. After carefully understanding Wu Ming's policies, she almost thought that Wu Ming is a saint, ready to abolish slavery completely.
Those who are half a step ahead of the times are geniuses, and those who are one step ahead are madmen!
Of course, Wu Ming also knew how to measure, and he didn't make drastic reforms from the beginning. Even if the serfs were liberated, it was still conditional on redemption, and those who could really collect enough money to buy the land immediately and become free citizens were still a minority.
Moreover, slavery was not completely abolished, but heavy taxes were imposed on merchants who raised a large number of slaves to guide them to a certain extent.
Even so, the Carross Territory at this time already has the title of "City of Freedom" in the Fengying Plain, which has attracted the yearning of many serfs and slaves.
"If you forcibly implement the decrees of the Carross Territory, you will be regarded as a provocation by other black market merchants!"
In order to protect the interests of the black market, the countess said sternly.
"If you say yes, then yes!"
Wu Ming didn't give in half a step, there seemed to be a golden light flashing in his pupils, and the next moment, Emmaris was shocked, surrounded by powerful omens of death, as if she was surrounded by a bunch of giant dragons.
Her face turned pale, and she couldn't help but fell silent again.
After a long time, Emaris replied bitterly: "I am a master of astrology, and I have the power to see through the fog of the future... In you, I can't see the possibility of failure!"
"It's good that you can understand this!"
Compromise does not mean that there is no bottom line to back down. Once the other party is stubborn, Wu Ming doesn't mind spending all his energy to uproot the entire black market!
Based on his perception, coupled with the increase in the perception of the power of the people, and the location of the black market that he knew last time, the other party did not have much resistance at all.
While subsequent vengeance might cause trouble, that's also the problem of the Night's Watch.
In the beginning, it was plundered from these black market merchants, and the wealth they had accumulated for many years was enough for temporary use.
However, Wu Ming was a little surprised that this witch actually had a bit of prophecy power.
"It's a pity... the real big prophecy, you can see the fate, how could you, a little witch, be able to peep..."
The real prophecy should be to see the general trend of the world, and to grasp the destiny, at least one must have a world personality.
Other astrology, crystal prophecy, etc. are not only full of fog, but if you encounter Wu Ming's power, if you don't want her to see it, you won't be able to see it at all, and even deliberately release a false future to fascinate the prophet. It can also be done.
Therefore, most of these prophets died badly, and many had schizophrenia and became insane from then on.
Emariss bit her peach-like plump and bright red lips, and seemed to be hesitating, weighing the pros and cons. Finally, she glanced at the dragon heart sword hanging from Wu Ming's waist, and finally made a decision: "You can get your I want it, but I have to follow one condition, the only condition!"
"Please say!"
Wu Ming said noncommittally.
"I have a daughter named Ada, who is sixteen years old this year!"
Emaris looked into Wu Ming's eyes: "I want you to marry her and be your wife!"
"If you do this! I assure you, all the black market merchants will spare no effort to support you to win the war, and there are other benefits that you can't imagine!"
Her voice was seductive, like poison that paralyzes the nerves: "I can tell you that the eldest son of the earl has died in battle with him, and several sons have also died in the war. If you marry little Ada, you can inherit the earl." title!"
Wu Ming couldn't help squinting his eyes: "This woman..."
As the third wife of the earl, Emmarise did not have a son, only a few daughters, and it is not known whether it is related to the blood of the witch.
It was an accident that the eldest son of the count died in battle, but several sons and youngest sons also died in the chaos of war. Only the countess escaped with her own daughter. Is this too coincidental
If you think about the seemingly normal death of the earl's former wife...
Wu Ming felt that the beautiful witch in front of him had changed, like a honey wrapped in poison.
"Our Earl of Warcraft is not just my son-in-law!"
However, Wu Ming would not refuse the benefit of being delivered to his door.
As soon as he used the Dragon Heart Long Sword and pretended to be a blue blood, he had the intention of integrating the power of the blue blood princes in the Fengying Plain.
In order to achieve this goal, he must marry a daughter of a nobleman with a high family background and pure blood.
There is no doubt that the first daughter of the Earl of Blue Mountain meets this requirement best!
"Giggle..."
Seeing that Baron William agreed, Emaris had a look of excitement on her face: "How can the Earl's other son-in-law be your opponent?"
There was light in her eyes. It was obvious that this was a woman with a strong desire for power.
Wu Ming was secretly vigilant in his heart, and immediately smiled: "I have no problem... You can rest here for one night, and then pick up your ladies tomorrow. I will announce to the public that I found you from Whistling City, and will Engaged to Miss Ida!"
"One night off? Of course!"
Emaris was startled, and then a seductive smile appeared on her face...
…
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A few days later, more than a dozen wooden cannons let out astonishing roars on Wind Howl City.
A huge iron bullet hit the center of the army. Under the terrifying impact, even if the knight was hit head-on, he could only turn into a piece of meatloaf.
And the broken iron pieces, iron nails and the like filled in the wooden cannon are even more powerful weapons against ordinary infantry.
The cloth and leather armor on their bodies couldn't stop such a divergent attack at all, and within the fan-shaped attack range of the blooming bullets, they almost fell into a large area.
"No, we must withdraw our troops!"
In the center of the phalanx, Viscount Garcia was riding on a horse, looking at this scene and the blue tiger flag on Wind Howl City, he couldn't help saying sadly.
After the coalition, he had only less than 5,000 men under him, among whom Sir Smith was rather rebellious and disobedient to orders.
On the opposite side, Baron William has a full 4,000 soldiers! And it also has the advantage of defending the city, and there are such terrible weapons.
"Retreat? Why retreat?"
Sure enough, after giving the order, the infantry retreated like a tide, and Sir Smith came to him angrily: "Have you forgotten the mission of the family?"
"Watch your words, Sir Smith!"
Garcia's face was stern: "Baron William's strength is not inferior to ours, and look... militias have already appeared on the top of the city! What does this mean? It means that he has already won the support of the entire Whistling City! Even if it is only ten percent One citizen is willing to fight for him, and we have to face tens of thousands!"