"My lord, Earl Kenmes has arrived." Reddy entered the door and reminded.
"Okay, I'll go down to meet you." Lorist stood up and walked downstairs to the gate of the castle.
Earl Kenmes brought nearly a hundred people to the Rock Castle this time, and he sat in a very luxuriously decorated four-wheeled carriage, instead of bringing more than ten attendants on horseback to visit as he did in the first half of the year.
By the way, when Lorist was busy setting up more than 500,000 new citizens to carry out construction and development in the territory, the Kenmes family was not idle, and came up with a joint development plan for the eastern part of the Northland. Regardless of whether they voluntarily or not, the territorial nobles in the rest of the eastern region were pulled into the carriage of the Kenmes family. The six or seven lords who rebelled have died, and the rest who are unable to resist or who are knowledgeable have voluntarily filled out the petition and entrusted the family territory to the Kenmes family for management, while they sit back and enjoy it, relying on generous dividends every year. Maintain a decent aristocratic life.
To put it simply, the Kenmes family has successfully mastered the eastern part of the Northland and managed it as a monolith. Even the second prince has no choice but to admit this reality with his nose pinched. Then, under the money offensive of the Kenmes family, the second prince, on the grounds that the Kenmes family had contributed to the transportation of the Northland and built a chain bridge to the outside world, at the Northland Noble Friendship Meeting held in May in the first half of the year Promoting Viscount Kenmes to Earl, and granting him the Earl of Lopez, gave the Kenmes family the jurisdiction of the eastern part of the Northland.
The first to get off the carriage was the proud Earl of Kenmes, followed by two beautiful maids. Well, the blame can only be blamed on the Norton family who have never been willing to provide the service of a maid serving the guests who come to the door, which caused Earl Kenmes to stay alone in the guest room for three days last time. This time I learned my lesson and brought my own maid.
Lorist went up to meet him and greeted him casually: "Hey, what are you doing here? Do you want to stay with us for a long time?"
Earl Kenmes was not surprised either, and laughed when he saw Lorist staring at the two maids: "Why, I'm tempted, how about I give you one? Let me tell you, they have undergone professional training. There are so many tricks, making you happy is like going to heaven... "
"No, I'm not interested." Lorist withdrew his gaze: "I'm just wondering, can you handle this body? How long have they been with you? Why haven't they squeezed you out..."
Men are most reluctant to say no, and Earl Kenmes is no exception. He bent his arms and pretended to be strong: "What's wrong with my body? I'm very strong. Don't look at them like two little wild cats. I will deal with them two or three times a night." no problem… "
"Just bragging, let's go, let's talk in my study." Lorist curled his lips, turned his head and left.
Strange to say, even though the Kenmes family and the Norton family have shaken hands and made peace, the Kenmes family has suffered enough, and it should be a deep hatred, and the Norton family has taken advantage of it enough, and it should be against the Kenmes family. The family is strictly on guard, and the two parties should be at odds with each other. But as the exchanges between the two sides deepened, Lorist unexpectedly became good friends with Earl Kenmes, who talked about everything. Even if they stood in a hostile position, Lorist did not hate Earl Kenmes.
"Every time I come here, it's like entering a den of robbers. Even this castle was snatched from me..." Earl Kenmes began to talk clichéd again.
"I solemnly declare once again that this castle was built on the territory of our Norton family. I just chased away a group of robbers who usurped our family's territory, and occupied the robber's den along the way." Lorist said.
"Well, this castle is indeed built on your family territory." Earl Kenmes was discouraged: "But you have to admit that the labor, materials, funds, and even the master architect who designed the castle all came from me. It must have been snatched from your hand. Poor master Xiluoba, his whereabouts are still unknown."
"I'm warning you, if you have something to say, don't beat around the bush and try to find out about the whereabouts of Master Xiluoba. I'll tell you that I won't give him freedom until he has served our Norton family for ten years. Besides, he is busy now. Very well, if your Kenmes family wants to build a city, please hire someone else." Lorist explained Earl Kenmes' plan in one go.
Earl Kenmes shrugged his shoulders: "I don't care whether this Master Ciroba is dead or alive, but my old man insisted that I inquire about the whereabouts of this Master Ciroba, and see if I can redeem him to build a castle for my family. .Now that you have expressed your attitude, it’s fine, it’s not that I don’t try my best, but that you make me powerless.”
"Puchi..." Lorist was amused: "Okay, tell me where you want to go with so many people with such a big fanfare this time?"
"Where else can I go, Gildusk City." Earl Kenmes walked to the big wine cabinet on the side of the study and envied: "Look, there are rows of famous wines, and you said they were not robbers. Tell me Which bottle of wine here did you buy with your own money? Didn’t they all be snatched? Not to mention the wine, look at the sofa you’re sitting on. It took more than 1,000 gold dollars in Licheng to snatch it. It has only been a few years since this expensive sofa arrived in your study room.
"If you don't mention robbers anymore, you can choose two bottles from my wine cabinet." Lorist said.
"Really?" Earl Kenmes was overjoyed.
Lorist nodded.
"Well, from now on I will never mention the word robber again." Earl Kenmes began to choose wine in the wine cabinet.
"I'm very surprised. It's almost November and you still go out. Don't you live in your own family territory?" Lorist asked.
"Aha, buddy, there is no such thing as a wodong for us nobles. Who needs a wodong? They are commoners. They need to hide in their houses to avoid the cold winter when the snow is blowing. We We are aristocrats, no matter how cold it is, we still have pastimes for nobles. We hold banquets and dances all night long, meet beautiful and gentle ladies, recite poems and invite dancers, and have secret trysts with these ladies and ladies on cold nights. Understand, this is how we nobles survive the winter..."
"Brother, don't stay in this cold and lonely castle anymore, you should come out and see the market. This winter, the second prince will hold a series of grand events in Gildusk City. All the nobles of the Northland and even the Kingdom Nobles will come with their families to participate. At that time, there will be a lot of beautiful women in the city. It is a good opportunity not to be missed. If you also go to participate, I believe the second prince will be very happy. He has long wanted to know you, Megatron The roar of the earth has angered the bear..." Earl Kenmes spared no effort to encourage Lorist to go to Gildusk City with him.
"I'm not interested in participating in these boring activities. I'm busy this winter. How can I have time to play these romantic tricks with you. Also, don't be a lobbyist for the second prince. I have a hunch that this guy treats us The Norton family seems to have bad intentions. So my attitude towards him is very clear, no matter what he wants to do, I will refuse. If the second prince wants to ask me why I always refuse invitations after you go back, just say that I have always held grudges My elder brother died in battle for him, but he didn't make any compensation, and the Norton family has decided to draw a line with the second prince and ignore him." Lorist said calmly.
"Wow, you are going to tear yourself apart with the second prince. I don't think it is necessary. You just need to maintain the hypocritical politeness and politeness among the nobles. You can politely refuse the second prince's request." , as long as you have the strength, the second prince can only swallow your anger and dare not do anything to your Norton family..." Viscount Kenmes disapproved of Lorist's decision.
"That would be too troublesome, let him choose directly, either become the enemy of our Norton family, or treat our Norton family as passers-by. Anyway, our Norton family will keep in mind the family motto, guard the northern border for the empire, and fight against them for power and profit." There is no interest in life and death. As long as you don't mess with us." Lorist said.
"Hey, your family is really a strange thing. Now that the world is in chaos and wars are raging everywhere, it's the time for heroes to show their talents. Don't you Norton family have any ambition?" Earl Kenmes said looking at Lorist.
Lorist shook his head: "Our family doesn't have that ambition. We just want to live and work in peace and contentment in the Northland, and don't want to participate in the game of world hegemony. That's not something a small family like ours can afford. If we are not careful, we will be killed." The fate of the dead family. I also just want to pass on the glory of the family. This is my duty and obligation as the head of the family. But your Kenmas family has a deep foundation. As the largest construction chamber of commerce in the former empire, it should be There is a chance to gamble."
"Haha, my brother is too generous. Our Kenmes family doesn't have the guts to compete with your Norton family. To be honest, we only want to be on the side of the winner. We are still watching people bet." Earl Kenmes laughed speak.
Lorist also laughed: "Remember to let me know if there is a good candidate, don't eat alone. That's fine, let's stop talking nonsense. You went to Gildusk City to abduct me this time. If you have any business to do, just ask me." Straight up."
"It's business to find you. First, the second prince asked me to invite you to Gildusk City, but you refused. Second, let me inform you that the batch of green glass and oil glass you ordered will arrive in half a month. , you have to make preparations for handling and storage in advance. In addition, my father asked you if you want ivy gum juice, we can sell you 50,000 barrels cheaply, if you lack funds, you can use iron armor to barter, we The family bought it at a high price." Earl Kenmes said seriously.
Lorist hesitated for a moment and laughed: "After all, your family is still planning on our Iron Armor. Tell me, how much do you want?"
Earl Kenmes held out three fingers.
"Three thousand, yes." Lorist said.
"What three thousand, what I want is thirty thousand sets of iron armor." Earl Kenmes said.
"What? Thirty thousand sets of iron armor? Not to mention that your family can afford it, but even if you can afford it, what does your family want to do?" Lorist was very curious. Even if a set of iron armor is forty gold Ford, 30,000 sets is more than one million gold Ford, does the Kenmes family want to go bankrupt
Earl Kenmes let out a long breath: "No way, my brother, our family was also forced to do nothing. This time our family unified the eastern part of the Northland, and the biggest harvest was the discovery of a gold mine. In the past, the nobles of those territories privately Mining, now in the hands of our family, using formal mining equipment and procedures, we can get gold sand worth more than 200,000 Jinford every year, so I don’t have to worry about our family’s repayment ability. You can also send someone to inspect our family’s Is this gold mine what I said it would be?"
After a pause, the Earl of Kenmes said, "Do you know how much money the second prince has seized from our family this year? It's 120,000 gold dollars, just for our family to be able to control the Lopez County and let me be promoted to Earl. It turned out to be such a big price. I have received reliable news that next year the second prince will formally establish the First Army of the Iberian Kingdom in the Grand Duke of the North, with a staff of about 56,000. In order to prevent our family from being The second prince suppressed it by force and became his purse, so our family decided to form a family armed army with 30,000 people to defend the eastern part of the Northland from the second prince's invasion."
Earl Kenmes smiled wryly: "Troubled times are here, and without a reliable family weapon in hand, we will be in danger. Once the second prince wants to attack us, the eastern part of the Northland will be attacked from both sides. You should know that the house built by our family The chain bridge leads to Makinohara province controlled by the Grand Duke Fesabrun. It can be regarded as a cocoon, and there is an extra enemy in one direction...
So this time the family decided to spend a lot of effort to build a reliable family armed force, and spend a lot of money to equip it in place, so that it can become our family's military reliance and the guarantee of our family's survival, but you also know that the only two soldiers in the Kingdom of Iberia The entire iron ore factory is in the hands of the second prince, and it is difficult for the iron armor and weapons produced by us to fall into the hands of us territorial nobles. There is a lack of iron in the north, and you are the only one who can provide our family with excellent equipment. No matter what, my brother will help our family this time, please..."
Earl Kenmes bowed to Lorist very formally.
Lorist rubbed his chin and began to think, and nodded after a while: "I agree to sell weapons and equipment for 30,000 people in your family. You have to discuss the specific price with Knight Shredder. My idea is that your family can use food and supplies. In lieu of the cash payment for this batch of weapons and equipment. If you need it, I can also provide you with a batch of military crossbows produced by the former Imperial Ordnance Factory. There are about a hundred of them... "
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Earl Kenmes stayed in the Rock Castle for five days, haggling with Fatty Shi every day, and finally reached a package agreement with a total amount of 1.8 million goldfords. According to the agreement, the Norton family will provide the Kenmes family with 33,000 sets of iron armor and supporting weapons next year, including 143 military crossbows. The Kenmes family will provide 500,000 goldfords in cash, and the rest will be replaced by food and various supplies. After signing the agreement, Earl Kenmes took his attendants and embarked on a journey to Gildusk City.
After seeing off Earl Kenmes, Fatty Shi let out a sigh of relief: "The armor and weapons brought back by the northbound convoy have finally sold more than half of them. It would be great if there was another Earl Kenmes. We are equipped with all It is the standard equipment of the White Lion Army. Those iron armors are useless and take up space. I wanted to return them last time... "
Lorist laughed: "Don't worry, after the new year, I guarantee that the business will be prosperous. Earl Kenmes said that the second prince will form an army of 56,000 people in the Grand Duke of the Northland next year. For the sake of their lives, those in the Northland Territorial nobles with a little wealth will desperately arm themselves, so as not to become a delicious meal in the mouth of the second prince... "
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