Chapter Twenty-Six: The One-Eyed Black Flag
"This horse boss said it was at the behest of a nobleman?"
He said so, but he didn't say which big man it was. Lee, maybe the big guy doesn't want to wade through this muddy water. ”
"Grandpa Geralt, Daddy Quark, what do you think?"
"My lord, to be able to send ross this news in a pinch is very telling in itself."
"Yes, sir, and being able to get this news before the Action of the Sixth Prince shows that the energy of this person behind Boss Ma is not ordinary." It's hard to say what purpose he had for helping us, but it's safe to say that he has no ill will toward us. ”
Geralt and Quark's analysis, Li Bing had already thought of, but he couldn't think of why the other party gave Rose this news. It is almost certain that the other party will never help Rose because of business interests, and the big man who can understand the actions of a princely highness will not care about money. So what is he helping himself for?
After Li Bing's thoughts were expressed, the two old men looked at each other, Quark had been living in the Li family for fifty or sixty years, and Geralt had been working for the Li family for even longer. It can be said that these two old men witnessed the rise and fall of the wasteland and the replacement of the three heads of the Li family, but they really could not imagine that there was anything in this land that was worth someone wrestling with a prince.
As for the newly discovered iron ore and the suspected refined gold and Mythril silver, this news is only known to a few loyal cadres, and it is impossible to leak it for the time being.
Since the territory may not have a special value, there is only one possibility left, and it is Li Bing, who is the noble who helps him.
"Wait, Lee, are you thinking too much, maybe this noble man just wants to protect commercial interests, after all, even half of the soap is worth tens of thousands of gold coins." This is not a small number. The merchant felt that the young lord had overestimated himself, after all, in Rose's view, the territory was useless except for its vast size. The important thing about refined salt lies in the purification technology, and soap or whatever can be produced wherever there is technology. "I think the sixth prince may just want us to hand over the technology to make money."
"Ross, maybe you're right, we think too much. You've worked hard along the way, now go back and rest. If the sixth prince really wants my skills, it is a big deal to give it to him, and life is the most important thing compared to money. Rest assured, I can tell the difference. Li Bing's words comforted the businessman twice.
"It would be great if you could think so, and the opportunity to make money is that, with your wisdom, you gave up fine salt and soap, and we can do other industries." Then I said goodbye, this road really exhausted me. ”
After Rose left, the old butler immediately said, "Lord, things will never be as simple as Rose thinks." I thought that a prince would never only see money, and no one would fight against a prince because of money. ”
Papa Geralt also bowed his head in approval.
"Grandpa Geralt, Daddy Quark, I've just been relieved by Rose. However, as you said, since this great man dared to send someone to inform Rose, it showed that he was at least not afraid of the sixth prince. You think, how much energy a prince had in the imperial capital, the nobleman could have informed Rose in a more covert way, and he didn't do that. ”
"My lord, in this way, this noble man at least has the energy to resist the prince."
"No, I don't think so, I'm more inclined to think that this one may have wanted to give the sixth prince a warning, so he deliberately didn't hide his actions." I now have an intuition that the big man who helped Rose escape was probably His Royal Highness the Prince Regent. ”
The old butler took a breath of cool air, "Lord, how is it possible?" The regent and the sixth prince are brothers, how could he offend his brother in order to protect us? ”
"Quark, what the grown-ups say makes sense. On the contrary, I think that His Highness the Prince Regent has seen our value, and I think that we have been hyping up the use of troops against the Dark Elves recently, and I think it is precisely because of this that His Highness the Prince Regent will pay attention to us. ”
"Yes, that's exactly what happened, but all along This Highness has only been secretly paying attention to us." Now when the sixth prince wants to take a shot at us, the prince regent will make a small shot, the purpose is nothing more than two: one is to tell the sixth prince that we are useful to him; the other is to tell us that as long as we do not do things according to his wishes, we will be torn apart immediately. There may also be a heavy meaning, to warn everyone that he has completely mastered the empire and has come out to punch a prince who supports him in the face, and our future emperor is really a big heart. ”
"Grandpa Geralt, the most important thing for us now is to prepare for the battle against the Dark Elves as soon as possible, according to Rose, the fine iron can arrive in two days, and let the arsenal seize the time to produce all the equipment needed."
"Father Quark, take advantage of this time to purchase all war supplies, and medicine must be prepared in sufficient quantities." Prepare enough food, collect the people's husbands, and don't skimp on money. In addition, I explained clearly to the tavern and the inn, once the suspicious person is found, I am afraid that the sixth prince will not be so willing to let us go. ”
"Obey the orders of the Lord (Lord)." The two old men withdrew.
"Jason, inform Richard to step up patrols and increase the guard posts on the city walls at night."
"Yes, sir." Mr. Secretary was still calm, and the news he had just heard was no more important to him than the Lord Lord's desire for a cup of hot tea.
The road from the imperial capital to the wasteland has recently begun to be lively again, thanks to the development of the wasteland business, this road from the imperial capital to the wasteland has opened a lot of new food stalls. The official caravanserai is also overcrowded, and although the price here is much more expensive than the hotels outside, the owners of the merchants on this road obviously think that safety is more important.
"Brother, do you guess who the large group of people who passed by last night was?"
"How do I know, you go to work, don't finish washing this pile of clothes today, and see if you have any food to eat at night!"
Feng and Lan are a pair of brothers, and the family has offended the local bullies and the whole family is killed, leaving only the poor children to live here. The previous eunuch saw that the two brothers were pitiful, and out of pity, he took the brothers to the station to work as handymen. However, in the depressed years of the wasteland, this station did not have much livelihood, but was maintained by financial appropriations, so the brothers said that they were handymen but did not have wages. Today, the trade route has been revived by the prosperity of the wasteland, and the caravanserai is gradually becoming hot. However, although there was more oil and water, the original Yi Cheng was transferred because he had no background to keep this interest, and the new Yi Cheng who took office was said to be a distant relative of a nobleman in the imperial capital.
Although the appearance of the new coach looked fierce, it was not very bad, but it was a little harsh. After knowing the situation of the brothers, they did not drive the two of them out, but the daily work was set at a little more, and they would not be given food if they could not finish.
Arashi is the younger brother, smart but also naughty since childhood, just now he mentioned the head. Feng is an older brother, with a much calmer personality, although he was only born a few minutes earlier than Arashi, he has taken on the responsibility of his brother since he was a child, and has been taking care of Arashi, and most of the two people's lives are done by Feng.
"Well, brother, I must become a big person in the future, so that those who bully our brothers will regret it!" When the time comes, I will definitely find ten or eight beautiful women to serve you, so that you can eat the best food in the world. ”
"Don't be fooled, Lord Yicheng has never bullied us, there is food and shelter here, and it is only right to work!" If you talk nonsense again, I won't wash you and make you hungry tonight! Afraid that his brother's complaint would go into the ear of the stagecoach, he hurriedly interrupted Arashi's words and changed the subject, "Do you know who that horse team was last night?" ”
Recently, although there have been more and more caravans on this road, they are also all horse-drawn carriages. Late last night, however, a team of horses was taken from here to the wasteland, and the sound of horseshoes tapping the ground even woke up the caravanserai who stayed at the station, which showed that the size of the horse team was not small, and the merchants in the restaurant were talking about this matter at breakfast this morning.
Arashi overheard the conversation of the guests in the canteen and came to show up with his brother.
"I heard that it was an army, and the guests all said that it must be a large group of cavalry, and they didn't know what to do when they went to the wasteland." However, so many people and horses only heard the sound of horses' hooves but no one was noisy, and they must be elite soldiers. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, you overhear the guests again, be careful of the adults punishing you." Hurry up and work, finish the work and write for me, adults can allow us to finish work can learn this is a grace, you dare to be lazy I will beat you. ”
"I know, I know, what use can I have in learning to write, I will become a general in the future, commanding thousands of troops and horses, that is what a man should do." Lan also knew that it was basically impossible for his brother to get ahead, and now although this yicheng was strict, he could allow his brothers to learn, which gave him the hope of promotion, so although he was still muttering, he honestly sat down to work, but although people were working, their hearts had already flown away with last night's horse team.
"Can you see clearly?"
"Lord Hui, the subordinates followed the cavalry until the dawn of the morning, and only after seeing clearly did they come back to report to the Lord, and they would not be wrong."
"Well, you go down and rest. Eat something and send a letter back to the imperial capital. ”
The adult groaned, "Painted with a one-eyed black military flag... Is this a one-eyed? This group of bandits had been silent for so long and had actually reappeared, and what they were going to do when they went to the wasteland. ”