When Lorist woke up, it was still dark, and the light of the silver moon shone softly in front of the window.
Stretching, Lorist was no longer sleepy. At this moment, he felt extremely refreshed. He couldn't help but think back to the scene where he fought against the black-robed figure. It kept sweeping over, and there was a feeling deep in my heart that I really wanted to compete with the black-robed figure again.
Lorist was surprised to find that he no longer felt uneasy and vigilant towards the Great Sword Master, and seemed to regard the Great Sword Master as an opponent of the same level as himself in his heart.
The body feels good, has a good sleep, and the tiredness is gone. It is in a state where the old power is gone and the new power is not born.
Lorist got out of bed, put on his horse gait, first executed the family-inherited Red Blood Dou Qi, and then executed the Jinshui Jue. Over and over, again and again, until the Dantian is filled with internal energy.
Although the fight with the black-robed figure caused Lorist to use up all his internal energy to win by chance, but this time Lorist was pleasantly surprised to find that his internal energy, which had been stagnant for a long time, had greatly increased, and it seemed that he often exhausted his internal energy Then restore it, so that it can help your own cultivation. While thinking, Lorist looked inside to check what was going on inside his body.
Familiar footsteps came from outside the door, and it was only then that Lorist realized that it was already daylight.
Reddy pushed open the door and saw Lorist standing in front of the window, he couldn't help being overjoyed: "My lord, are you awake?"
Lorist nodded: "Reddy, get some food, I feel like I can eat a cow..."
"My lord, you have slept for two days and three nights, of course you will feel hungry! Just wait, I'll get you something to eat right away." Reddy turned around and ran away.
"What? I slept for two days and three nights? Has it been that long?" Lorist was taken aback, but Reddy ran too fast to ask clearly.
Fortunately, Pat next door also got up when he heard the movement. Pat said that the adults were so sleepy that they couldn't wake up. Everyone was a little panicked. Knight Josker said that when the adults sleep, they take a long breath, and they must be too tired to sleep for so long. If there is nothing wrong, let the adults sleep, and they will wake up naturally when they have enough sleep.
Reddy ran back quickly, and he brought a few loaves of white bread and a pot of Max: "My lord, fill your belly first, I've got everyone in the kitchen up, and I'll make you a big meal right away feast."
"Did something happen during the two days I was asleep?" Lorist asked as he ate a roast chicken leg. It was the first time for Lorist to eat roast chicken early in the morning, but after sleeping for so long, he was really hungry, so he didn't care about anything else.
"Well, yesterday Princess Sylvia sent someone to say that she would leave for Muyeyuan Province in two days, and she asked you to escort me. Also, Earl Kenmax and Baron Shaheen have been arguing for the past two days. The cause of the incident seems to be It is because of our snow salt business. Earl Kenmes said that Baron Shaheen sells snow salt cheaply, and he doesn’t know how to do business at all, and it also affects their family’s snow salt business. Baron Shaheen said that the Kenmes family is profiteers. The salt was mixed with sand and soil, and a catty of snow salt sold for two catties. It was too dark. The two had a very unpleasant quarrel, and Baron Felim was watching the fun..." Reddy reported.
"These two guys..." Lorist scolded, "I'll clean them up when I'm full."
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Baron Shaheen Henned had indeed had a bad time with Earl Kenmes these two days. In fact, they all knew the reason why Lorist asked them to meet Baron Felim in Gildusk City. After driving away the second prince, just like what Lorist said, the entire Northland will be decided by the four of them from now on. As long as they become allies, they no longer have to worry about who will climb over their heads to do their best.
However, Henned did not expect that when he met Earl Kenmes, he would be accused. The reason was that Lorist sold him one million catties of snow salt at a price of 10,000 goldfords, and he doubled the price. He earned 10,000 Jinford for himself and reduced the burden of military expenses, which made him very happy. However, Earl Kenmes accused him of being brainless, and he only sold 30,000 snow salt for 20,000 yuan, which greatly affected the snow salt business of the Kenmes family.
Hennard didn't give Earl Kenmes face. Although he had met several times at the Northland Noble Association held by the second prince before, the two had nothing to do with each other. In his eyes, Earl Kenmes was just a mess. The incompetent prodigal son among women, he only forbears a little because of Lorist's face. After all, everyone knows that the relationship between Earl Kenmes and the Norton family is very good.
Now the two quarreled again in front of Lorist, like two extremely angry roosters, one scolded the other for being a mindless bull, the other laughed at the other for being only good at messing around with women boy...
Lorist looked at Baron Felim, who was watching the commotion with relish, and almost applauded. Lorist sighed, and had to solve these two troubles himself.
"You two, can't you make people feel at ease? Speaking of which, you two are still relatives..." Lorist watched the two people sarcasm each other one sentence at a time, and his anger rose more and more, so he agreed.
"What did you say? I'm related to him? How come I don't know..." Henned pointed at Earl Kenmes in astonishment.
Earl Kenmes took the case: "Who said we are relatives? Is it possible? We have never had any contact with his family. Locke, you can't talk nonsense..."
"Oh..." Lorist sighed and looked at Earl Kenmes, "Didn't you say last time that if your cousin hadn't disappeared, you would have sent her to me as a concubine? Didn't you Besides Princess Silvia, your cousin is the most beautiful woman you have ever seen, isn't she?"
"Well, yes, so what's the matter?" Earl Kenmes never thought that Lorist would bring up the private conversation between the two of them, and for a moment he didn't understand what it meant, so he could only answer with a silly nod.
Earl Kenmes once chatted with Lorist, talking about the difficulty of his family being squeezed into the aristocratic class, and the price he paid for transforming a commercial family into a territorial aristocrat. At that time, he very regretfully mentioned his cousin. Based in the North, his father gave his 21-year-old cousin Olivia to the Duke of Lukins as a mistress until his cousin disappeared when the Norton family robbed the Grand Duke two years ago.
At first, they suspected that it was taken away by the Norton family, but with Lorist's permission to send someone to search, especially after checking all the newly registered household registrations, they had to admit that the whereabouts of Earl Kenmes' cousin were indeed unknown. Earl Kenmes said that his father was too short-sighted, and he would use the most beautiful flowers in his family to please the Duke of the Northland, hoping to become the upper echelon of power in the Northland. As a result, Lorist was born out of nowhere, and all his father's plans fell through.
If his father could see further, he would be patient for a while, and then let his cousin marry Lorist, then there would be nothing to worry about. Earl Kenmes was very sorry for what happened to his cousin. If she hadn't disappeared, even if she had been the mistress of the Grand Duke of the Northland, she could still be given to Lorist as a concubine, which would further the relationship between the two families.
A concubine, usually some nobles have a relationship with a maid who has been taking care of their lives for a long time and have feelings, and they cannot marry her as a regular wife, so they promote her to be a concubine and keep her by their side. Although the children born to them are also considered illegitimate children, there is a high possibility that they will be officially registered as family children and enjoy the treatment of direct children.
Earl Kenmes also swore that his cousin was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen except Princess Sylvia, who had always been regarded as a treasure by his father and loved as if he had already given it away. His father had said that his cousin could be an insured marriage bond for the family. It's just that when he came to the Northland, he was unfortunately seen by the Duke of Lukins. He was born out of his cousin's beauty, and forced his family to submit by both soft and hard methods.
The Kenmes family first came to the Northland, and their foothold was not stable, and it was a critical moment for the family to become a territorial noble, so his father couldn't bear the pressure, so he had to dedicate his cousin to the Duke of Lukins. Earl Kenmes said that if his cousin was not missing, then it would be a good destination for Lorist to be a concubine, and it could be regarded as a compensation from his family for his cousin.
"Nu, ask that guy if the name of his favorite concubine who gave birth to him a fat son last year is called Olivia, and that guy even officially recorded this precious son in the genealogy as his The heir to the family..." Lorist was referring to Henned, who wrote a letter last year to make Lorist the godfather of his precious son.
"What, this little boy is Olivia's cousin?" Henned opened his mouth in surprise.
"You only care about her body and not about her background? Others have slept with you for more than two years and even gave birth to a son for you, but you don't even understand her family background?" Lorist said angrily.
"This, this, Olivia never mentioned her background. She only said that she came from a merchant family and was coerced by the Duke to become his mistress. Such things are very common and I don't care..." Henne De very embarrassed answer.
Speaking of which, this guy is also a lover. Ever since he conspired with Reddy to hijack the most beloved mistress of Duke Lukins, and took away the four surviving beauties in Beiye Town from the Norton family. He announced that these five women would all become his concubines, and also vowed that he would never marry a regular wife in this life, and that the children born to the five women would all become his family heirs.
It's a pity that the first three were all daughters, until the duke's mistress gave birth to his baby son and he was overjoyed. He happily celebrated the successor of his family and made Lorist the godfather of the baby son.
Later, Lorist heard Earl Kenmes talk about his cousin, and when he thought of the plot between Henned and Reddy, he found out after further inquiring that it was the Duke's mistress who gave birth to Henned's baby son. It is the cousin of Earl Kenmes. Originally, I wanted to find a private opportunity to tell Earl Kenmes, but I had to clarify the relationship between the two when they saw a cockfight.
Now it was the turn of Earl Kenmes and Henned to be embarrassed, and they were speechless for a long time.
It was hard for Earl Kenmes to choke out a sentence: "Well, is that Olivia okay?"
Henned quickly said: "It's okay, she's a good mother..."
As soon as the words fell, he remembered that he had kidnapped Olivia and gave birth to a child. Now that the family members came to him, he felt embarrassed, so he lowered his head and pretended to be an ostrich...
Lorist was laughing like hell, but he had no choice but to help them out. Reached out and knocked on the table and said: "Okay, if you have short parents, you can go back and talk about it. Let me first talk about the purpose of our four families gathering here. Now the second prince has escaped and his whereabouts are unknown. The Northland has basically fallen into the control of our four families." , no one will be on top of us in the future, and I don’t plan to let anyone climb on top of us. So I want everyone to discuss, our four alliances, the Northland is up to us, and the three help one family if there is a problem. Do you agree or not?"
No one disagrees, this is a good thing, and everyone is looking forward to it. Baron Fillim said with an exaggerated smile: "Suddenly I feel that the sky is clear, no one is in control, it feels so good to be free."
"Then the four of us each determine the scope of our own territory, so as to avoid disputes over small matters such as the territory boundary in the future. The Northland is very large and there are many open spaces. If you want to develop it, just develop it. But I have a request, you want to occupy more land Yes, but you have to develop and construct the occupied territories, if you only occupy the occupied territories and do not develop them, I will not recognize the ownership of these territories at all, I hope you will remember this." Lorist was very strong at this moment.
Hennard, Earl of Kenmes and Baron Felim all agreed with Lorist's statement after thinking for a while. It's obviously a fool to occupy the land, no one, no money, no supplies, and offend the Norton family. will do.
"Also, I have a proposal." Lorist said, "The dispute between Earl Kenmes and Henned about the sale of snow salt made me think that the four of us need a bond of interest. I decided to set up a snow salt merchant association." , is responsible for the sales of snow salt. Our Norton family provides snow salt to the Chamber of Commerce at the price of 10,000 Jinford and one million catties of snow salt, and then let the Chamber of Commerce sell it. Are you willing to participate?"
"How will the profits be distributed?" Earl Kenmes asked.
"Three of you, one family owns 30% of the shares. Each family will contribute 10,000 Jinford as share capital, and then send people in to manage and sell them. I will take 10% of the shares and not send people to manage them. If you all agree , I suggest that the Kenmes family be in charge of the trade of snow salt in this chamber of commerce, and the two of you will send out a few accountants to supervise at any time. The future profits will be divided according to the ratio I mentioned." Lorist said.
"I am willing." Baron Felim was the first to say.
This is pie in the sky, of course Baron Felim agrees, he can't wait to hug Lorist and kiss him a few times to express his gratitude.
"Me too," said Hennard. Anyway, he did the snow salt business just for convenience, in order to get more money to provide benefits to the family's armed forces. And Earl Kenmes is right, he is indeed not a business material.
Now only Earl Kenmes is left thinking about it. To be honest, Lorist's suggestion is the most harmful to his family. His family can earn 30,000 to 40,000 gold for 10,000 jinford in the snow salt business. 70% of personal profits, no matter how you look at it, it is not worthwhile.
However, when Earl Kenmes looked up and saw Lorist's half-smiling eyes, he suddenly understood Lorist's intention to use the profits from snow salt to link the four families into a close alliance of interests. The three families will sincerely help the Kenmes family. In this way, the tens of thousands of Jinford profits from buying and selling snow salt are nothing compared to the three real allies.
"I will join, and I will help everyone earn a lot of money." Earl Kenmes said frankly.
"That's it, it's a deal, just write an agreement as we discussed just now and everyone sign it." Lorist decided on the case.
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With just a few words, the Four Northern Alliances were established. Historians of later generations praised this greatly, and they believed that it was these four alliances that brought great development opportunities and long-term peace to the Northland, making the Northland a place that countless civilians yearned for and raised their families in the wars that broke out in the future. The blessed land of migration.
In particular, the four major families, for thousands of years, still keep in mind the covenant signed by the four ancestors in the Northland, and none of them betrayed or repented. With the help of the other three families, the family that encountered a life-and-death crisis for the first time reversed the situation, allowing the family name to continue to be passed down. So much so that in later generations the four covenants became a virtue legend of keeping promises, which was widely circulated.
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