Dawn breaks.
The rising sun sheds soft morning light through the dense clouds, and the mist that surges like water waves shrouds the mountains, forests and wilderness.
A large-scale merchant team is marching on the forest path under the morning dew.
In front of the team, a flag embroidered with tulips was fluttering in the wind.
After going through a rough road, the axle creaked in the bumps, and the curtain of the carriage suddenly opened, revealing a round and fat face.
"Master Oliver, what are your orders?"
A mercenary standing by the carriage asked with a smile.
Oliver carefully looked at the path ahead, frowned and asked, "How did you choose this path?"
"My lord, although this road is a little more difficult to walk, but the distance is shorter. It is estimated that we will reach Swan City in three days."
Oliver still seemed uneasy, and asked, "Where's your leader?"
"The leader is just ahead..." the mercenary was talking, when he suddenly saw a figure walking towards him, he immediately said, "My lord, the leader is just here."
Oliver turned his head, and saw Captain Jack with a big beard had arrived at the carriage.
The head of the mercenary regiment frowned, looking worried.
"Master Oliver, I just got the news that something happened in Swan City!"
"What?" Oliver's heart suddenly changed, his face changed instantly, and he asked quickly, "What happened?"
"I heard that Earl Schulz's husband, Lord Lucien, murdered Bishop John, and is now being hunted by the army!"
"How did this happen? Why did Lucien murder Bishop John?"
"have no idea."
"Then can we still enter Swan City?"
"It should be possible. Swan City has not been blocked. However, I advise you to think twice, after all, Swan City is not peaceful now."
Oliver's brows were tightly furrowed, and his whole fat face was crowded together with worry, and he was fighting with heaven and man in his heart.
Upon seeing this, Captain Jack provided another piece of news: "In addition, I also heard that Viscount Angelet is now in Swan City, and he is the one who exposed Lucien's crimes."
"Viscount Angelet is also in the city?" Oliver suddenly cheered up, as if the name had a strange magic power.
"Yes." Captain Jack nodded, and then tentatively said, "I heard that you have dealt with Lord Viscount before, is this true?"
Oliver immediately puffed up his chest, with infinite glory on his face, bragging loudly:
"Of course it's true! I think we knew each other before Lord Viscount inherited the title. We even slept in a tent and went to the battlefield together..."
Just when Oliver was spitting and preparing to brag about his glorious years with Viscount Angelet to the mercenary captain in front of him, the ground suddenly began to tremble slightly.
"Earthquake?" Oliver asked stupidly.
But it didn't take long before the ground shook more and more violently, and even the blades of grass shook violently.
clatter...
Like rolling spring thunder blasting the earth, or like a raging flood sweeping in, the broken sand and gravel on the earth danced, as if being picked up and put down by invisible big hands, looking from a high altitude, it seemed to be boiling. of water is boiling.
"It's the cavalry..." Captain Jack pointed forward with trembling fingers, his voice changed.
Countless black shadows appeared on the horizon in an instant, filling the space between the sky and the earth.
The dense cavalry rushed in like a tornado, crushing the gravel and dry grass on the ground to pieces.
Oliver and his party seemed to be dumbfounded, trembling in place, completely at a loss.
Running is impossible, I can only pray silently in my heart, this terrible cavalry is not the enemy.
"It's the Blood Cavalry Army!"
Someone who saw the bloody flag fluttering in the wind clearly roared.
When Oliver heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, he ran out of the carriage, looked at a cavalry squad galloping towards him, and shouted hoarsely:
"We are the Tulip Chamber of Commerce, the Tulip Chamber of Commerce! I recognize Lord Viscount Angelet..."
Not long after, a squad of blood cavalry cavalry came to Oliver. The officer at the head sat high on the horse, staring at Oliver coldly through the small holes in the armor, exuding a threatening aura all over his body. Let the entire caravan be silent.
"May I have your name?"
"I... My name is Oliver, and I'm the president of the Tulip Chamber of Commerce... Is Viscount Angelet in front?"
The officer of the Blood Cavalry Army nodded and said, "Come with me, Lord Viscount wants to see you."
Oliver was refreshed, and quickly ordered his men to bring a cart horse, and then moved his fat body clumsily to climb up.
Seeing his difficult appearance, the officer got impatient with waiting, so he stepped forward and grabbed Oliver by the collar, and amidst his exclamation, lifted him across his horse's back, and then urged the horse, Go in the direction of the blood cavalry army.
When Oliver came to Colin, he was jolted to the point of dying.
"Viscount Angelet... vomit..."
The fellow vomited all over the floor after dismounting, and then greeted Colin feebly.
Colin looked at this familiar fat face, asked the attendant to pass the pot of water, and asked with a smile: "Oliver, I heard that you are now the president of the Tulip Chamber of Commerce?"
Oliver took a sip of water, finally regained his composure, and quickly replied: "Yes, Lord Viscount. After Ms. Penny died, I was favored by Earl Uman and took over the Tulip Chamber of Commerce."
The Count Uman mentioned by Oliver is Walra.
Of course, this appointment was actually approved by Colin. He had a good impression of this fat businessman. After taking control of the Uman family through Walla, he signaled the other party to push Oliver to the position of president of the Tulip Chamber of Commerce.
Afterwards, this obedient and sensible Oliver, under the instigation of Valla, began to clean up the remnants of the San Theon family in the Tulip Chamber of Commerce, and the progress is said to be relatively smooth.
"Are you going to Swan City?"
"Yes, my lord." Oliver rolled his small eyes and took the opportunity to ask, "I heard that the situation in Swan City is a bit chaotic. I wonder if our trip will..."
"Don't worry." Colin waved his hand and comforted, "The Schultz family has stabilized the situation, and you won't have any problems going."
"That's good." Oliver immediately breathed a sigh of relief, he had an inexplicable trust in Colin.
Ke Lin looked at this former old acquaintance, and suddenly asked: "I heard that the major merchants in the northern border are planning to unite to form a northern merchant federation?"
"Yes, my lord." Oliver glanced at Colin's face, and replied carefully, "Our Tulip Chamber of Commerce is also planning to join the Northern Merchants Federation. Earl Uman also knew about it and agreed."
Ke Lin nodded, and said again: "Who is the president of the Merchant Federation?"
"My lord, the candidate for the president has not yet been decided. However, at the end of this month, we plan to hold a plenary meeting in Winter City to decide on the candidate for the president."
Colin touched his chin, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a while, he said again: "Oliver, do you want to be the president of the Northern Merchants Federation?"
Oliver's fat body trembled, and he didn't know whether it was because of nervousness or excitement.
After hesitating for a while, he gave a slippery answer: "I will follow your orders!"
Colin smiled lightly, and did not comment on Oliver's answer, but instead said:
"You help me spread a message, tell the major merchants and chambers of commerce in the northern border that the St. Hilde family is going to borrow money to tide over the current difficulties, and the loan amount is huge, so that interested merchants will come to Winter before the end of the month city."
"Yes!" Oliver quickly agreed.
It's just that Colin no longer mentioned the matter of making him the president of the Merchants Association. Oliver was itchy, but he didn't dare to ask.
"Okay, go to Swan City by yourself, remember to come to Winter City to see me before the end of the month."
"Yes, my lord!"
Afterwards, Colin lightly clamped the horse's belly, and under Oliver's anxious eyes, he joined the large army of the Blood Cavalry Army and headed north all the way.
(end of this chapter)