"Colin, have your slaves in Ice Rock City always worked so hard?"
Viscount Lawrence walked on the street, smiling at Colin.
From the way he addressed Colin, it could be seen that the two were quite familiar with each other now.
One deliberately made friends with ulterior motives, while the other asked for help from others. As a result, the relationship between Colin and Lawrence quickly heated up, and they soon became close as brothers who grew up together.
"Haha, that's because I gave them meat!" Colin laughed, but didn't tell Lawrence the points system that really motivated these slaves.
"You are so kind." Lawrence smiled, and then a hint of envy flashed across his face, "And you are too rich!"
Ke Lin smiled and shook his head, mocking himself: "How can I be called rich? I still owe the Tulip Chamber of Commerce 300,000 gold coins."
"Speaking of this..." Lawrence suddenly turned serious, "Colin, how did I hear that your subordinates sealed up the Tulip Chamber of Commerce's station in Ice Rock City? And arrested all the people in charge there?"
"Is there such a thing?" Colin looked innocent, and turned to look at Knight Rego behind him, "Rego, what's going on?"
Knight Rego stroked his bald head and said with a silly smile: "My lord, this is indeed the case. It was the order of Lord Quincy, who said he suspected them of tax evasion."
"That's it..." Colin frowned pretendingly, and then immediately vowed to Viscount Lawrence, "Lawrence, don't worry, I will check it out myself after I go back, and I will never wrong innocent people."
"Then I'm relieved." Viscount Lawrence didn't know if he saw through Colin's tricks, coughed lightly and said, "Colin, in fact, my father has always valued you very much, and I also hope that the relationship between the two families can be closer. .”
"I think the relationship between our two families is already very close." Colin blinked and said with a smile, "Didn't my elder sister marry Knight Valla?"
"Yes, that's right." Viscount Lawrence obviously frowned when he heard the name Valla.
It seemed that he felt that the name of the illegitimate child had stained his ears.
"Actually, the relationship between our two families can go a step further." Viscount Lawrence had undisguised eagerness in his eyes.
"you mean?"
Viscount Lawrence suddenly smiled ambiguously, and said: "I have a sister who is not yet married. She is as beautiful as a flower and has a dignified and elegant personality. If you are interested, Colin, I can go back and mention it to my father. I think he I must be very happy to have a son-in-law like you."
During these days of getting along, Viscount Lawrence has already determined that Colin has great value in attracting people. At the moment when the northern border is about to usher in a big change, he couldn't help but extend an olive branch on his own initiative.
Colin frowned, obviously surprised.
The Uman family actually wanted to marry the Angelet family again.
What is that old silver coin Earl Uman going to do
Of course, Colin didn't know that this was actually an idea that Lawrence came up with on the spur of the moment, and it wasn't inspired by Earl Uman.
"Sorry, Lawrence, you should also know that I have always admired Miss Vera, so..."
Colin resolutely refused.
The Count's daughter has no Vera fragrance.
What's more, his vigilance against the Uman family has not diminished in the slightest.
"That's such a pity." Viscount Lawrence sighed, as if he really regretted it.
But soon, he calmed down and blessed: "Then I wish you a smooth marriage to Miss Vera."
Colin quickly thanked him.
The two left the city all the way, Viscount Lawrence smiled and said: "Colin, send it here."
"Okay. There have been frequent rebellions in the northern border recently, so you must be careful on the road."
Viscount Lawrence waved his hand indifferently: "Don't worry, how could those rebellious slaves be the opponents of the Uman family's guards."
Just as Viscount Lawrence was about to leave, Colin suddenly stopped him, and said seemingly inadvertently:
"I mentioned Knight Valla just now, and I suddenly realized that it seems that I haven't seen this brother-in-law for a long time. I heard that he was injured in the troll war last time, and I worried about him for a while. I don't know if I can Can't you invite Knight Valla, and of course my sister, to visit Ice Rock City?"
"Of course. When I return to Eaglefall City this time, I will definitely convey your invitation to Knight Valla and Miss Caitlin as soon as possible."
Colin smiled even brighter when he heard this.
Afterwards, the two said goodbye again, as if they were really inseparable.
When the convoy of the Uman family gradually disappeared outside the city, Colin put away the smirk on his face, turned around and asked Rego Knight: "The steward of the Tulip Chamber of Commerce, did you speak?"
"Yes, my lord. According to him, the Tulip Chamber of Commerce's hoarding of grain this time to push up grain prices is a unified order issued by the Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
Moreover, the slave rebellion in Ice Rock City and even the entire Viscounty was inextricably linked to the Tulip Chamber of Commerce. "
"En." Colin pondered for a moment, then ordered, "Make arrangements, I want to see him."
"yes."
Colin then turned his horse's head and returned to the city.
When passing by a residential area, he stopped suddenly.
"... So, the points for half a day this morning are still lame!" The soldier announced loudly, and at the same time recorded it with a quill pen.
"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!" The lame blushed with excitement, thanking him again and again.
Immediately, he saw Colin standing on the road.
Lame didn't know Colin, and of course he didn't know how to tell the title of nobility from the style of the dress, but he could tell from the team of guards following Colin that the young man in front of him was a big man!
So, he crawled on the ground very cleverly, and shouted respectfully: "Greetings, master!"
The leading soldier obviously knew Colin, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said, "Master Viscount!"
The lame stared wide-eyed, obviously realizing that he had really met the lord.
He raised his head slightly, and carefully looked at Colin from the corner of his eye, with gratitude and admiration in his heart.
The rest of the slaves knelt on the ground belatedly and saluted Colin.
Colin looked at the lame leg and asked curiously, "Your name is lame?"
"Yes... yes! Lord Lord!" The lame felt like his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
"But I don't think you're lame?"
"My lord, my father's right leg is lame, so he is called lame. After he died, he gave me his name."
Names can still be inherited... This sounds absurd, but it is actually quite normal among slaves.
"Oh, then you should be called 'Lame II'." Colin made a joke, but unfortunately, the slaves didn't understand, and the scene was a bit cold for a while...
"Yes, my lord, from now on I will be called Lame II!" Still lame to save face, he immediately kowtowed to Colin to thank him.
Ke Lin laughed, waved his hands and said, "Forget it, you should continue to call him lame, otherwise, other nobles would dare to call a slave the Second King, and they might send you to the gallows directly."
"Yes, my lord." It doesn't matter if you are lame. A slave like him can be named very casually, and many slaves don't even have a name.
Ke Lin looked at this rather clever young slave, and suddenly smiled and said, "Lame, now I have something to do for you, would you like it?"
The lame man replied loudly without hesitation:
"Of course! It's an honor to serve you!"
"Okay, come with me."
"Yes, my lord!"
The rest of the slaves looked at Pidianpidian's lame leg following the lord, with envy in their eyes.
Suddenly a slave yelled at the leading soldier: "My lord, he's gone lame, what about his points?"
The soldier scratched his head, thinking that the lame leg would be appreciated by Lord Viscount, so he would definitely not worry about the points anymore, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I will redistribute his points."
"Thank you, my lord!"
The slaves immediately cheered.
The favor of the lord is a bit too unrealistic for them, and the points in front of them are more realistic.
(end of this chapter)