Chapter 316

Turnans was born in a priest family in the kingdom of El. His great grandfather and father were battle priests and died in the battle against the twilight jackals. The young turnans was deeply influenced by his family and wanted to become a scholar priest. However, his physique was strong, his faith was firm, his mind was simple, but he was not smart enough, and he couldn't even learn the most basic mathematics well. Therefore, turnans was ridiculed by his friends. Although he successfully passed the selection of the holy light of the monastery, he could only accept the Enlightenment of the paladin. Finally, he became one of the only five level six paladins and the most powerful one.

The name of the first Paladin did not change turnan's longing and admiration for scholars and priests. In his youth, turnans liked to listen to the representations between the stationed priest and the Lord. He could understand every word they said, but he just didn't understand the meaning of the whole sentence. Turnans believed that this was the wisdom of the scholar priest and tried to imitate it. He always remembered Clement's teaching: ask if you don't understand, and ask until you understand.

Therefore, the first Paladin became a famous annoying among high-ranking clergy. He had a strong curiosity about political strategy and anecdotes of upper class nobles. Showing off his knowledge was his worst hobby. Turnans always uses some secrets to arouse others' appetite. When you prick up your ears to listen, he will tell you with regret: it's important, I can't say!

Archbishop Oleg of Borui, Pope Clement and the father of Tournus came from the same monastery and were trained as trainee priests under the door of the same mentor. It can be said that Oleg and Clement witnessed the growth of turnans and were familiar with his personality.

Clement believes that tournans is not stupid, but his body is too strong, his soul focuses on its own control, and is not sensitive to complex information. This is the common character of fierce soldiers, that is, as the saying goes: developed limbs and simple mind.

Simple people do things with extra focus and persistence. Turnans hones his martial arts skills and bald his hair and eyebrows. Being stuck by this guy gives anyone a headache.

Now, turnans stuck to Oleg. The cardinal decided to satisfy the curiosity of the first Paladin, otherwise he would keep asking. Anyway, this guy's mouth was as tight as the wall of the southern fortress.

"OK. I'll explain it to you." Oleg sat down in the original position of the referee and said: "The Marquis of Sofia is a business aristocrat. When she completes the entrustment of the Mountain Tribe, she will not only get a follower of urusa and two weapons masters, but also completely monopolize the trade of arete by virtue of the friendship of the Mountain Tribe. However, she has a bad relationship with the royal family of Gambis. The accident of ogar island makes her realize that she has been involved in the game of several major forces, sword The toothed tiger business group is in a very dangerous situation. If she sends these barbarians across the river, the Auguste family is likely to unite with Lazarus and directly announce her death... It is almost certain! Therefore, she should use the power of barbarians to negotiate with the Gambis royal family, first devise ways to preserve her status, rather than consider the development of the chamber of Commerce. "

"Let's look at the Sassanian Empire again. The relationship between the mountain tribes and human beings has always been cold. This time, they asked Marquis Sophia to lead the barbarians south, which shows that the mountain tribes can communicate with human beings, at least they respect our human territory. For the Sassanian Empire, this is an opportunity to form an alliance with the barbarians. Unfortunately, the mountain tribes have found the wrong helper, and the Sassanian empire can't allow three The Kingdom has a relationship with the barbarians, but they can't refuse the barbarians' request for passage... No one knows how these barbarians will react? "

"Dean frieds personally designed the route for the barbarians to go south, avoiding the kingdom of Dodo and Gambis, directly entering the kingdom of Neville from the secret trade route opened up by Sophia, then detouring from the wild to the kingdom of SUS, and finally reaching our kingdom of Borui. Along the way, our church covered up the whereabouts and destination of the barbarians, and even the king of Neville did not know the specific information."

"Some time ago, the secret envoy of the grand commander brought me his personal letter. He hoped that the kingdom of Borui would keep Sofia. As long as the barbarians cross the river smoothly, the grand commander and President frieds would ask Archbishop Lazarus and the augustian family to announce Sofia's death through the Privy Council. In this way, it would be tantamount to cutting off the connection between the Three Kingdoms and the tribes on the mountain. The kingdom of Borui There is no fundamental conflict of interest with the Sassanian empire. If the caravan of the Borui Kingdom wants to trade with the barbarians, it must pass through the territory of the Sassanian empire. The Sassanian Empire relies on its geographical advantages and tries to form an alliance with the barbarians with the caravan of the Borui kingdom. "

Turnans turned his eyes for a long time and said in a muffled voice, "the grand commander and frieds are fools! Wouldn't it be better to let Sophia join the Sassanian Empire?"

"Because there are ships in Borui kingdom." Oleg touched his nose and helplessly explained: "the kingdom of Borui occupies the seven islands, and no one can threaten them. The Sassanian people have to rely on the Borui people to send the barbarians across the river. The Borui people want to trade with the barbarians and rely on the road of the Sassanian empire. The two sides can only cooperate with each other."

Thurnans clapped his head and suddenly realized "Oh".

Oleg continued: "There must be minerals in Mount ARAT. The alliance between the Sassanian Empire and the barbarians is bound to break the existing balance. A large-scale reunification war is not the result we want to see. The trouble faced by the barbarians is also a practical problem. The Sassanian empire will not make rash moves until the answer is clear. Who will alliance with the trouble? First leave the barbarians in the man horse hills, and then try to find an accident The truth of love, and... "Oleg turned to Clement and said," actually, you want to lead Sylvia's eyes to the south, don't you? "

Clement nodded: "the idea of the shining knights is not wrong, but their style of action is too radical. The direct confrontation between the Sassanian Empire and the divine knights is the full-scale war between the two camps. Fortunately, viscount Randall was born in the air, and his control gate is really a wonderful stroke. The Southern Lord is south, and the northern Lord is north. The internal contradictions should be solved at the negotiation table."

"Do you think Viscount Randall wrote the new agriculture, animal husbandry and water conservancy projects?" Oleg asked in surprise.

"I'm not sure. But... Don't you know the level of the silver white tower?" Clement shook his head and smiled: "I carefully studied the changes of the man horse hill and found that everything was related to Viscount Randall... I didn't doubt him at first, but the child actually planted thorn kidney beans on the hill and launched a public carriage... His original idea is the same as that of the new agriculture and animal husbandry and water conservancy project. It's rare that he has a good impression of our church, so I want to see him in person."

"Yes!" Turnans nodded seriously, like an archbishop.

Clement suddenly asked, "what's the matter with the effissos family?"

Oleg pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "The effissos family has held the position of Chancellor of the exchequer for more than 300 years. The royal nobles of Borui have always complained about this, and effissos has not spared no effort to attack political enemies. In order to maintain the smooth trade route, the effissos family keeps close contact with the nobles of other kingdoms. The Minister of Borui palace often relies on the contacts of the effissos family in foreign affairs. In recent decades, they They even have the title of 'Foreign Minister Borui'. Most importantly, they are too rich! "

"The aeithos family has accumulated more wealth than any ruling family. This time, the Marquis of aeithos secretly executed the spies of Gambis, which gave Duke Peter an excuse. I ensure that the members of the family of the Marquis of aeithos are not implicated and are worthy of his donation of 5000 gold sols a year." Oleg sighed.

The first Paladin came up and asked, "ephathos is very rich? How much is it?"

"The accumulation of the effissos family for hundreds of years will not be less than 10 million gold sols." After a pause, the Archbishop said again: "the five families promised to spend 1 million kingsol to build the public transportation system of Borui kingdom."

"This is the internal affairs of Borui kingdom. We will not interfere." Clement smiled and asked, "what will the effissos chamber of Commerce do?"

"The chamber of commerce is in the charge of the ruling family in turn, and other families exercise supervision. The Peter family is the ruling family of this term, and Duke Peter let his eldest son Raymond lead the chamber of Commerce."

"In other words, the Peter family dominated this matter?"

"Yes." Oleg nodded affirmatively.

"The five families restrict each other. They can pull on any topic for a year and a half." Clement frowned and asked, "I'm curious. What price did the Peter family pay to persuade other families not to reveal anything?"

Oleg leaned back in his chair and said with a smile: "it is reported that master Severin of the Peter family has improved the formula of the energy potion. The effectiveness of the new potion is far more than that of the ordinary energy potion, which can significantly improve the success rate of Knight promotion."

"Improved formula?" Clement moved and asked, "is the news true?"

"My combat priest and paladin are familiar with every knight in Borui kingdom. The new formula can't hide from me, and Duke Peter doesn't have to deceive me." "There are signs that the new formula will use the unique medicinal materials of arete," Oleg said

"That makes sense." Lyman said, "the trade of Mount Arreat is related to the raw materials of the new potion, so the chamber of commerce can't be controlled by the effissos family. No wonder they have such favorable conditions to attract Sophia."

"Well, I think so, too." First, the paladin expressed his views very seriously.

Clement thought for a moment and continued: "Sophia refused the invitation of the kingdom of Borui, and the man horse hill will build a port. I'm afraid the five families will not give up."

"The soft ones don't work, but the hard ones." Seeing Clement's expressionless face, Oleg added: "don't worry, I will never let the five families destroy your strategic concept of going north and south."

"Hum. What do I have to worry about? Borui kingdom is located in the southeast. Others can't threaten the seven alliance islands, and they can't do anything about other forces. The so-called tough measures can only be shady tricks." Clement rubbed the Mithril scepter and said indifferently.

Oleg smiled and said, "I don't know... The Peter family seems to have the confidence to make Sophia bow and admit defeat. However, you can't expect the kingdom of Borui to send scholars and craftsmen to help build the port."

Clement was silent for a moment and said with a smile, "this is a new beginning. It is their loss that the Borui kingdom does not actively participate."

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"This is a rare opportunity. Your failure to participate is your loss!"

In the whispering hotel in Honggang wharf area and the gathering place of masked brotherhood members, the bloody old red beard waved his furry arms, stared fiercely at the representatives of major gangs, and said sadly: "to tell you the truth, the masked brotherhood will be the periphery of Nanfeng chamber of Commerce in the future. Now our bloody brotherhood is in charge. Whoever dares to break my business will die!"

Photographed by the arrogance of red beard, the vicious and cunning gang leaders were silent one by one. After a long time, a thin man with a gloomy face said: "red... Blood hand boss, it's certainly a good thing for the Brotherhood to expand to the territory of Dodo and sassanne, but the chambers of commerce all serve the noble masters. We secretly plot against the Wimbledon chamber of Commerce. Isn't that looking for death?"

"Hey hey, the Wimbledon chamber of commerce is not an ordinary chamber of Commerce. The stewards of the chamber of commerce are all Knights..." red beard looked around and said, "don't worry, we don't need to deal directly with the Wimbledon chamber of Commerce. The vendors who cooperate with the Wimbledon chamber of commerce are the goal of the brotherhood. I want them to betray the Wimbledon chamber of Commerce by whatever means!"

"Of course there's no problem dealing with vendors." Another gang leader said: "however, peers everywhere are not good. They have contacts with the sheriff. We use vendors to smash their signboards. We are not afraid of fighting fire. If we provoke the sheriff, it will be fatal. Don't forget that a team of the brotherhood folded their hands in the deep-water City of Gambis a year ago, and even Nikolai couldn't escape."

"Double Swords" Nicolai is an elite mercenary secretly trained by the masked brotherhood. A pair of machetes make him fascinating and rarely meet an enemy. Different from ordinary gang members, Nicolai is specially responsible for suppressing the bandits of the eastern alliance. He is a real soldier. However, Nicolai and his men died silently in the deep water city of Gambis, and the stronghold of the masked brotherhood in the deep water city was uprooted. Although there is no definite news, the senior leaders of the brotherhood believe that Nicolai was disposed of by the Sheriff of deepwater city. This once again proves that the brotherhood must not provoke the commandment of the sheriff.

"Nicolai is dead. Who can escape? No matter how many lives there are, it's not enough!"

"Yes, if you kill the watchdog, the owner won't like it."

"It's urgent."

Several gang bosses whispered and talked one after another. Red beard stood up, supported the table and said, "the above things are up to the people above. I can't make it too clear, but I can tell you clearly that the kingdom of Dodo will never care about the lives of those traders! The Sassanian empire will not care about these things soon. Let's do it!"

The gang bosses' eyes flickered and the scene became silent.

"Bang!"

The glass hit the bar heavily. An old dwarf shouted behind the bar, "get out! I have to do business."

The old dwarf is the owner of the whispering hotel. He has a bad attitude towards the leader of the brotherhood, but no one dares to express dissatisfaction. Red beard looked at the old dwarf and turned his head and said, "let's go back and make it clear to our brothers that we have to do it if we don't do it! Scattered, scattered, scattered."

The crowd got up and said goodbye. Before they left, they didn't forget to pay tribute to the old dwarf. When everyone left the hotel, Red Beard said to the old dwarf, "boss hook, thanks to you this time. Otherwise, the bloody brotherhood will be over."

"I'm retired. Now you're the boss of the blood hand brotherhood." The old dwarf hook took out a cup, poured wine, handed it to red beard and asked, "master Raymond accepted your suggestion?"

"I didn't say it clearly." Red beard raised his glass, drank it up, exhaled a strong and spicy smell of wine, and said proudly: "I can see that young master Raymond appreciates me... Of course, the lower class should be dealt with by the lower class. The noble masters can think of the small role of a merchant."

The old dwarf thought for a moment and said, "red beard, let the people below do everything desperately, and try to pick yourself up, so that you can have a chance to be a tavern owner."

"Ha ha, boss hook, I'll be a lord!" Red beard laughed a few times and said, "I will remember what the boss said."

"Just remember. In the future, the blood hand Brotherhood has nothing to do with me. You don't have to come again." The old dwarf said faintly.

"Boss hook, this is my wine money." With a satisfied smile on his face, red beard left the hotel with a heavy purse.

The door was heavily closed, and the hotel returned to its former desolation. A thin young man came down from upstairs. He said with disdain: "what an idiot!"

"Mouse, you don't have to envy mortals." The old dwarf shook open his purse and dozens of purple gold coins jingled on the bar. The young man's throat rolled and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. The old dwarf picked up a purple gold coin, threw it at the young man and asked, "is the room ready?"

The young man caught the purple gold coin and said with a smile. "Yes, sir."

The old dwarf turned and climbed up the second floor, went into a cramped and dark room, lay down on the wooden bed, closed his eyes and recited the spell. A vague wave pulled his consciousness to a distant place. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the blue sky.

"This body is pretty good." The old dwarf touched the strong muscle on his arm and said with satisfaction.

"I'm the speaker of the shadow. Who are you?" Not far away, a little boy asked, surrounded by a group of men, women, old and young.

The old dwarf stroked his chest and said, "Dear speaker, I am the shadow councillor 'giant'."