According to the Glorious Empire's [Lord Rule], nobles who lost their fiefs would be deprived of their titles.
But there is also a way to restore the original title.
That is to regain the fief by one's own strength.
Otherwise, even if the fief is regained, it will be rewarded to the new nobles who made contributions in the recovery war, instead of returning to the old lord.
Such a rule of survival of the fittest also guaranteed the metabolic function of the imperial aristocratic system and prevented the emergence of the kind of noble scum who would only rely on the shade of their ancestors to eat and die.
The real Kahn Suduo chose to go to Fallen Eagle City to look for Earl Uman after his family was ruined, instead of looking for the Duke of St. Hilde, the lord of the Suduo family, because of this.
If you go to the Duke of St. Hilde, even if the Duke sends troops to recover Ice Rock City, it will not be returned to the Su Duo family.
But looking for his uncle, Earl Uman, is different. Although Earl Uman will not help Kahn without asking for anything in return, he will definitely take a little care of him considering his relationship with the Su Duo family.
At least, Ice Rock City should return to the hands of the Su Duo family.
And now, the real Kahn didn't know how he was discussing with his uncle, but Colin's fake Kahn Knight already had a sponsor.
"Mr. Oliver, thank you very much for your kindness. However, forming an army capable of conquering a city is not the same as recruiting a mercenary group to escort a caravan. The cost of the two is not the same concept at all."
"Of course I understand." Oliver smiled, with a strange gleam in his eyes, "My father used to be a quartermaster, but he was... dismissed for making some mistakes, but I can't afford the cost of a real army." I understand a little bit."
"Oh?" Colin finally looked at the fat businessman beside him.
If Oliver was a crazy speculator in Colin's mind before, then now, he has transformed into a daring crazy speculator.
Although he knew he was a counterfeit, Ke Lin was still interested and wanted to find out the bottom line of this unremarkable businessman:
"So, how many gold coins can Mr. Oliver sponsor?"
"Hey, well, of course I don't have that much money to help you build an army. In fact, our Chamber of Commerce intends to fund you."
"Chamber of Commerce?"
"Yes. Please allow me to re-introduce, I am one of the stewards of the Tulip Chamber of Commerce.
If Knight Kahn is willing to accept the sponsorship of the chamber of commerce, I can apply to the president.
Afterwards, the Chamber of Commerce will comprehensively consider your strength and the cost required to regain Ice Rock City to determine the size of the sponsorship, and of course the reward after the event is completed. "
"Tulip Chamber of Commerce?" Ke Lin suddenly felt that the name of the Chamber of Commerce was familiar, and asked after searching in memory, "Binghu Town two years ago?"
"That's right!" Oliver puffed out his chest and nodded proudly, "Two years ago, Baron Billy reorganized his army and took back Ice Lake Town because of the sponsorship from the Tulip Chamber of Commerce."
The status of merchants in this world is not high, after all, no amount of money can buy titles.
But obviously, some sharp and bold businessmen have begun to try to use the gold coins in their hands to expand their influence.
The Tulip Chamber of Commerce seems to be one of the best.
"So, what kind of return did Baron Billy give your chamber of commerce?"
"Sorry, Kahn Knight, this is a commercial secret, please forgive me for not being able to disclose it to you."
"Okay." Colin touched his chin, and changed the question, "So, what do you want from me?"
"Hey, the specific conditions, we can talk about them in detail when you see our president." Oliver replied without leaking anything.
"I need to think about it."
"Of course, you have considered coming to me at any time." Oliver squinted his eyes and added with a smile, "However, I can assure you that neither the Duke of Saint Hilde nor the Earl of Uman can give you Provide more favorable conditions than our Tulip Chamber of Commerce."
"But the help you provide is definitely not comparable to that of the Duke or the Earl."
"Of course, but our appetite is much smaller."
Ke Lin nodded, and suddenly felt that the Tulip Chamber of Commerce was very interesting.
Although he himself is a fake and does not need the other party's sponsorship, he still asked, "Does your Chamber of Commerce have a station in Falling Eagle City?"
"Of course, it's right next to the slave market in the western part of Eagle Falling City. We welcome you anytime!"
Ke Lin secretly wrote down this location for future contingencies.
Afterwards, he changed the subject and started chatting wildly with Oliver.
This Oliver has been doing business abroad all the year round, so he has a lot of experience and experience. Coupled with the fact that he deliberately pleases Colin, the two of them immediately had a heated chat, and they seemed to hate seeing each other later.
Unknowingly, the night was getting darker, and the camp gradually quieted down. Most of the mercenaries had already rested.
Oliver tried his best to invite Colin to rest in his tent, but Colin shirked it a bit, and seeing that the other's tent was indeed quite luxuriously arranged, he nodded and agreed.
But when everyone was asleep, Ke Lin was suddenly awakened by a small sound.
He got up immediately, and after listening for a while, he suddenly shook Oliver beside him: "Wake up, wake up! Someone is approaching our camp!"
Oliver was also quite alert, and quickly got up, but after listening carefully for a while, he wondered: "Really? Why didn't I hear anything?"
"Listen carefully." Colin said confidently.
He found that his hearing was greatly enhanced at night, and even a small movement a thousand meters away could not escape his ears.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Sure enough, the mercenaries in charge of the night watch also spotted the enemy, and they immediately started yelling.
"Calm down, don't panic! Light the torches, look for your companions, stay on guard, and don't leave the camp!" Saru, the head of the Firefox mercenary group, immediately rang out his rough and loud voice, calming down the chaotic camp.
"I'll go out and have a look." Oliver was worried about the safety of his goods, and ran out of the tent after hesitating for a moment.
Colin also followed out, and then saw that the enemies who rushed into the camp had already fought with the Firefox mercenary group.
He didn't join the battle group. After all, Oliver didn't pay him a commission, so he didn't have to work hard for this fat man.
However, after watching it for a while, Colin felt relieved.
The attack should be a group of thieves, their strength is very weak, and they don't even have a single advanced fighter.
There were not many people, about seventy or eighty people. I really don't know where they got the courage to attack the Firefox mercenary camp with hundreds of people.
After a little panic at the beginning, the Firefox mercenary group quickly stabilized their position and beat the thieves back steadily.
In less than half an hour, the gang of thieves finally collapsed and fled in a panic after leaving behind more than 30 corpses.
"Don't chase, don't chase!" Saru calmly shouted loudly, preventing those hot-headed guys from chasing into the deep forest.
After the thieves disappeared, Saru began to arrange for people to clean up the battlefield.
Oliver also hurried to check his goods and count the losses.
Colin quietly walked to a remote and dark corner, squatted in front of a thief's corpse, and took out a dagger and a water bottle.
"Hey!"
"Gudu, Gudu..."
(end of this chapter)