Chapter 325: Earl Juan

April 18, Hollier City.
The temperature gradually warmed up, and the activities of residents in the city began to increase. On the 8th, 18th, and 28th of each month, a certain size of market will be organized on the city square, and this is the entire Ivers The largest trading place of the tower.
At this time, the farmers who live in the village near Holy City will bring excess food or local products to sell, and the nobles will also buy the luxury brought by the caravans from other cities in the exclusive area. Goods—Compared to the "shopping malls" of modern society, such fairs are uneven and dirty, and can be called "hodgepodge". But for people in this era, this is one of the few opportunities to trade and profit.
Not only civilians, but also aristocrats who lack entertainments are looking forward to such a day. The ladies choose jewellery or gold and silver vessels transported from the southern part of the kingdom, and the knights grit their teeth to buy some forged blacksmiths. Wait ... this is a scene that appears at every market.
However, when the market started on April 18th, the emergence of a shop quickly caught the attention of most people-a firm under the banner of "Pallling" actually sold it openly A variety of products from "Wood Elves"
Some time ago, people have heard of the news that nobles have purchased "Wood Elf Fruit Wine", but such high-end consumer goods are beyond the reach of ordinary people, but at this time after seeing what this company sells, pockets Some civilians in the area immediately surrounded them-they couldn't afford them, but suddenly found that the things sold by the business were not as expensive as they thought.
So after a brief hesitation, they quickly snapped up affordable, beautiful fruits, food and wooden tools ...
Not long after, the housekeepers of the aristocracy and the heads of the various guilds rushed to hear the news.They did not believe that the items of the wood elves would be distributed to the market, but after seeing the herbs and magic crystals unique to that quiet forest, They also did not hesitate to start buying big and buying special-in less than two hours, the total sales of this business exceeded the total of other merchants in the market.
After some "native products" sold out, the commercial bank even took out more than a dozen bottles of fruit wine with sky-high prices, but they were also snapped up within ten minutes ...
Before noon, they sold all the items, and the money they earned was almost equal to the sum of taxes in the four villages.
Such a hot scene naturally shocked the rest of the aristocracy-ordinary people saw the gold coins earned by this business, but the nobles saw the potential of generating amazing benefits behind this business ... They immediately sent people to inquire, but found this company The final background of the firm turned out to be the Luxi Fron family.
So most aristocrats closed their mouths, and those who had other plans in their hearts quietly chose to wait and see.
In the afternoon, the butler of John reported these situations to Duke Angmar, who closed his eyes, but the old man didn't have much joy. He just asked in a deep voice: "The affairs of Parling and the Forest of Silence have had results. What? "
"The Knights of Wellington have investigated a number of clues, and currently speculate in the letter that it may have something to do with Viscount Juan ..."
"Juan?"
Angmar was a bit surprised by the name.After thinking for a while, he found that he hadn't heard the name for a long time--the other party's sense of existence in the territory of Everta was almost zero, so that after so many years passed, Ange Ma even forgot that there was such a viscount in the territory.
"At present, it is only speculation that the Knights of Wellington are pursuing the bandits, but the other party is obviously sheltered by some people, or ... they are the hands of some nobles, so that it is difficult to trace them.
"Got it."
The old duke sighed tiredly--the cooperation of these nobles made him a bit suffocated, not to mention the tax issue, some guys have begun to brazenly prepare to face themselves ...
They knew that they were experiencing a financial crisis, and they didn't help and didn't say anything, but they took the opportunity to go down the rocks, and even proposed various harsh conditions-and the exchange of territories for money, etc., seemed to Angmar to quench their thirst It is simply impossible to agree.
To raise funds on its own to support the increasing military expenditure, Angmar had no choice but to let the commercial banks that were planned to overthrow the front desk appear in the public's vision in advance.
"Hope this works ..."
With a sigh, Angmar reached out and picked up the letter that Bishop Rubens had just sent yesterday-this is probably the most unexpected message in the past few days: after her daughter Sally gave up her course, she joined Destroyed the heathen ranks and quickly grew within two months, becoming one of the most concerned talents in the "Temple"
However, looking at Rubens' beautiful words to Sally, Angmar could not give much pride in his heart. As a father, his only hope was to make his daughter safe and happy. The daughter is on the dangerous front line, and Angmar, who is alone here, has a sense of loneliness that is "old and nowhere to live".
After John's steward stepped down, Duke Angmar closed his eyes, thinking about everything he had experienced in the past six months after his "wake up", but his heart became increasingly disturbed ... The threat of the orcs in Roddy's mouth had been verified, and the undead was obviously He was also about to move, but what worried him most was the problems within the kingdom itself.
"Apart from these guys, besides gold coins and territory, what is left in their eyes?"
The complaint about the aristocracy was only spoken by one person, but he did not expect that John Butler would suddenly return to the study-the Duke looked at him with some surprise, but saw John pass a bright red envelope Come over, the voice has an undisguised excitement: "Master ... is the news from the Sola sentry post, signed by Roddy"
Holding this unopened letter, the duke, who was originally decadent, exhaled slowly, and the gloom that had always enveloped his eyebrows was almost wiped out--that's when he really realized the fact: I don't know In his perception, Roddy has become the only help in his eyes that can save Everta ...
In other words, the main force.
April 19.
South of Iftar, Taromir.
One hundred and seventy miles from the city of Hollier. Theoretically, the development level will not be too bad, but in fact ... Taromir is surrounded by two forests before and after, and the city's size and economic level seem to lag far behind Hollier. Seoul is not even as good as some large towns.
The streets and alleys here are full of depression. Even in the most prosperous streets, there are not many people. Mercenary unions and blacksmith shops are deserted. The pharmacist's guild does not even develop a station here. Because in their opinion, there is no value here.
Geographical reasons have caused the city and nearby territories to be isolated, both in terms of commercial output and their own output, which is lower than elsewhere-the result is not only low taxes, but also its lords in Evertower. Territory is always unknown ...
And the Viscount Lord, who has always been ignored, is Juan.
The Viscount House is far from the luxury and luxury of other nobles. It is even called "simple"-there are no extra decorations in the house except for a few oil paintings. The carpet is old and the tables and chairs have extremely obvious signs of wear.This is not Maintenance is not enough, but they have been around for too long.
At this moment, Viscount Juan, with a hawk nose, was carrying a black cane, listening to the men in black robes reporting behind him:
"Master, the assault on Parr collar is complete, and Wellington is investigating this, but we have not left any evidence."
"The team following the Forest of Quiet Words has confirmed the caravan's route ... there is no clue to the search for Chief Kevin."
"Master ... this is a letter from Bishop Flak."
For these situations, Viscount Juan only thought a little and gave the answer without hesitation: "Paarl's attack stopped first, and Wellington was not so provocative."
"The quiet forest is ready to gather troops, Kevin will let things go first."
Raising his hand to receive the letter, he narrowed his eyes, the suffocation on his face flashed away, and after looking away slightly, he said in a sound of Furui: "Since Bishop Frack thinks I am not capable, let him Do it yourself. "
"Yes, master."
Several men in black robes took their orders. In the empty study, Viscount Juan clenched his palms slightly, but cursed secretly: "Gool idiot ..."
It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine that among many aristocrats in the territory of Everta, the Viscount, who has almost no sense of existence, turned out to be a firm supporter of the "Viper Cross" among the Karen nobles.
There are many nobles who have malicious intentions against Angmar, because they can extract a lot of benefits from the duke-but they do not know that all the incidents against Angmar since the spring came from Viscount Juan
As a lord whose financial income is far more than the Duke's constraints, he, like all other nobles, really hopes that Angmar will die early, and then take a share of himself ... but he could have tolerated him for a longer time, but he Because of the mission of Cardinal Goethe of the "Viper Cross", he had to start this series of layouts and plans in advance ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Goethe needs him to investigate the reason why Kevin the Executioner died in the quiet forest, and A bishop of "Viper Cross" was sent to assist in the operation-of course, the so-called "assistance" is "surveillance", and Juan did not have much opinion on this.
But the Bishop Fracker was obviously self-conscious and completely disregarded by the fact that the resources were embarrassed. This made him look like a man of command and anger-this kept Viscount Juan in his heart, but his identity was not expressed.
However, the letter just made him feel a little suffocated ... The bishop did not bid farewell, saying that he was going to take the team to the quiet forest to find clues
"Okay, go, just help me pin down Wellington and Titus."
Juan was not interested in cooperating with the bishop and thought about it. He wrote a number of beautifully-written letters and sent it to Goethe, but at the same time his opponent issued an order to "take the opportunity to take down the Wood Elf Village".
But the Viscount did not know that the "Captain Roddy", whom he had previously regarded as the greatest threat, was now crossing the forest with his troops across the northern forest of his territory ...