Chapter 15 Collusion
PS: I wish to give Jing Ge a happy to add a thousand gold medals, and I also wish to give me no more money to import.
The nobles and evil young men in the building finally slept for several hours. It was getting dark, and Rance hurriedly left and found a way to make the punishment. The rest of them finished washing up, put on professional smiles, and went to the "God of War Hammer" to start the torture of a new day. No one was interested in the theft last night. It was worth losing a piece of fire drill to exchange for peace in the future. After all, no one had ever seen the "Unold Immortal Spring", and he didn't know that each "Unold Immortal Spring" looked different, so it was normal to steal the wrong one.
As for Et, who was a magical and martial artist, he only focused on modifying himself during this period, seducing Isabella and secretly searching for flowers and willows, and he didn't care about the "Hammer of War God". Everyone tried to persuade him several times but it didn't work, so it would be fine.
Several people arrived at the "Hammer of War". At first glance, they saw that Ophiroc's carriage was parked at the door. They couldn't help but have some questions. Why did he suddenly come over so early in the morning?
In a small reception room on the third floor of "God of War Hammer", Orpherok and Elicis had been sitting for a while. A beautiful maid, who was a little sleepy, had just cooked coffee and brought it up, and some snacks were placed on the plate. Seeing the three nobles and Fis, Wu Huan came in to sit down, Orpherok coughed gently and said, "This... Elicis, look, are you going to pick something you like?"
With a hum, Elyss stood up and said coldly: "What you are going to talk about must not be a good thing! All men in the world are the same!"
Several nobles and evil young men felt quite painful. Elyss liked were all the finest products, and she never paid. Although the biggest loss was Orpheic Roque, the Golden Lion was clearly divided into public and private matters: either share the losses according to the investment ratio, or you ask her for money yourself. Those who have dealt with Elyss know that she has no idea of money at all. If she doesn't turn against her, she has no money to give. If she wants to attack the magical items she collects, it may be easier to grab a dragon.
After Elyss left, Ophiroc looked unexpectedly embarrassed and just buried his head in drinking coffee. After three cups of coffee in a row, the pot was empty. He fell back and forth and couldn't pour out anything. Then he sat up straight, looked out the window, coughed a few times, and said, "This... well... I heard that recently... well, Fis made a good ring?"
Everyone suddenly realized that it was also for this. But Orpheic was very strong and young and strong, so how could he need this? Everyone immediately began to think of the crooked place. Could it be that he was an embroidered pillow? He even thought unbearable: "It seems that Elysus has indeed been a disaster. Even the golden lion can't be surrendered to her. In time, she will not be sucked into a lion and fucked..."
Seeing that everyone's expressions became more and more strange, Orpheic snorted coldly, his murderous aura was released, and the room was immediately chilling. Everyone hurriedly gathered the messy thoughts in their hearts and sat upright. Orpheic stuttered again as soon as he opened his mouth: "This ring... well... Father... My father is very interested... I want a piece to see. I wonder if there is a new one to make it?"
Everyone never expected that the Grand Duke of Bavaria would be moved by this "Unold Immortal Spring". He was surprised and couldn't help but feel a little happy. Fis hurriedly said: "There is a new one now, and it will be successfully built tomorrow, and the effect should be much better than the first two."
Ophiroc nodded and said, "That's good. My father has agreed to grant the "Harves of War" military weapons management rights, and has designated the Knights of the Lion Heart and my Golden Knights of the Lions to purchase equipment from the "Harves of War". Because there may be a war with the Duchy of Ron, my father is also preparing to fund the treasury of the Principality to build a road connected to Sellersburg."
Everyone in the room was overjoyed. The value of these promises was far greater than that of a mere 'Un-Old Fairy Spring'. After being happy, Roger asked tentatively: "Mr. Ophiroc, there are still other requirements after this?"
Ophiroc nodded and said, "In half a year, my Golden Lion Knights will expand one hundred people, and the Lionheart Knights will expand one thousand people. These people's equipment is ready to be purchased from the "God of War Hammer", so the most urgent task is how to produce these equipment on schedule. Including the three months of the intensive training period, we only have nine months. And at least five sets of captain's equipment need to be built by Fis himself."
Fis immediately looked as big as a fight and shouted, "It will take fifteen days to make a ring of 'Unold Fairy Spring'. I can't finish the orders alone, so how can I have time to create other things?"
"That's right. I understand the recent situation of the 'Ham of War'." Ophiroc pondered for a moment and said, "That's it. I announced that this 'Unold Fairy Spring' can only be made in two months. At that time, the bidding of each company will be concentrated. If the price is higher, you can create two every two months. The extra one will be specially provided to the royal families of the major imperial families. In this way, business will be convenient for the future. Of course, I will come forward to deal with the nobles. But no matter what, the order of the Knights of the Principality must be completed within nine months. No matter what method you use, it will be fine to steal and rob. Just do it cleanly. If there is really a need, my Golden Lion Knight can also be secretly transferred to you a small team."
Ophiroc looked around for a week and saw that everyone was puzzled, sighed and said, "Everyone is not an outsider. The Principality is in a delicate situation and has many difficulties. The major weapon workshops in the Rhine Alliance are now unwilling to provide military equipment to the Principality. Instead, David's Second Knights, the Knights of the Canglang, planned to expand 3,000 people within three months, and the equipment has been ordered. He now directly accepted the orders of his father, Marshal Rochelio, the Minister of Military Affairs, and my father was helpless. At present, I took advantage of the excuse of going to war with the Principality of Ron to openly expand the army. I think Louis IX has no choice but to do it, but the equipment in front of me is a little problem, so I can only hand it over to you. In another three months, the Knights of the Templars assigned by the church will come to the Principality, and the situation will be much more stable at that time."
He paused and said, "The Allied Army is different from the Principality. It has not been in war for several years. Now it is not well trained and equipped. It will take at least one year to expand the army, train and prepare for war. Therefore, we still have plenty of time to expand the army. My father is loyal all his life and will never betray the alliance. But I don't want to tie him up, so I think I can protect myself. But I think the other party will not wait. There is a saying in the military strategy. When encountering a strong enemy, I cut off his minions and wings, and then a battle can be determined. As for my minions and wings, hehe, it's all you except the Golden Lion Knights."
After saying that, Orpheic Roc turned around and smiled: "Three months before the arrival of the Knights of the Templar, you must be careful. Strength and strategy are the basis for saving your life, but I may not be able to take care of you."
Everyone was speechless when they heard this, but the times were uncontrollably. They were tied to the chariot of the Principality. It was too late to get off the car at this time. What's more, although the Rhine Alliance seems to have the upper hand now, the Principality has miracles to protect, which is the will of the people and the support of the powerful church behind them. The Grand Princess still has the orthodox royal family of the three empires, and it is mostly a win. But although that's the case, the winning side is the affairs of the Grand Duke of Bavaria and Orpheic. The most important thing for these fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs is how to survive the cracks between major forces in the past few months.
He habitually sipped the coffee, but after drinking it for a while, Ophiroc remembered that a pot of coffee had already entered his stomach. He smiled bitterly and shook his head, feeling helpless at his father's thoughts about "Unold Fairy Spring". It seemed that the eldest prince was old and could no longer have the magical strategies he used to be.
Ophiroc looked at the few people one by one, nodded and said, "You guys are all very good, and their strength has improved greatly. Isn't Rance there? I heard that he seems to be a little worse. As for that Et, the magic and martial arts are just a joke! He is still too late to concentrate on martial arts, and magic is not suitable for him. Okay, I'll say so much. By the way, your Dragon and Beauty Knights can be expanded to 500 people. The Principality will allocate 30,000 gold coins per person, and we will use it well."
After Orpheroke left, the cottage fell into unspeakable silence.
Among the five scums at the beginning, Et, who was very fond of merit, had already fallen into the level of a fifth-level swordsman and a fourth-level mage for a long time. Rance has not made much progress. In addition to becoming more proficient in mechanism traps, his real strength has not improved much. He is still just a thief at about sixth level. Only Roger, Kate, and Franco practice hard and struggle day and night. Kate is the highest level, has practiced to level 10, and has entered the ranks of intermediate knights. Franco's fighting spirit has also been cultivated to level 9. Although Roger is still a distance from a level 9 mage, he has a variety of tricks, terrifying equipment, and has improved mental power. The mental impact is hard to defend. In addition, a Fengyue, if you really want to talk about it, he is the strongest in actual combat.
The downstairs gradually became noisy, and the busy day began again.
After the news that the "God of War Hammer" secretly released the private bid for the "Unold Fairy Spring" a month later, the business gradually returned to normal. However, the evil young men of the nobles became even more busy.
First of all, Fis's safety must be guaranteed. Now, no matter day and night, there are always ten "Dragon and Beauty" knights stationed in the small building. As for the small backyard, there are many mechanisms and have long been famous for the "Tomb of Thieves" in the underground world of the entire Principality. Fearing the power of Orpheic Roc, the Principal Thieves Guild has long restricted members from attacking the "Hammer of War". As for the thieves who come abroad, most of them are limited in strength and die in vain when they enter. The truly high-level thieves are disdainful to steal these gems and raw materials. Moreover, there are all semi-finished equipment here, and even if they steal, they are not very useful. The things made by Fis are really not easy to imitate. Therefore, the most expensive one is Fis himself.
A long time ago, several nobles and evil young men understood this. At that time, everyone racked their brains and armed Fis until their teeth. In addition to standard magic ornaments, there were countless secret cloaks designed by the expert tailor, and all kinds of magic scrolls were filled with various magic scrolls. In case of precautions, even a lightning scroll was sewn on the underwear. Fis was not very eye-catching, and these arrangements were not useful, Fis only put one or two scrolls to recharge. But now the world is different, and everyone forced Fis to fill the magic scrolls in the secret cloak. As for whether it was comfortable or not, they could not care so many.
As for Wuhuan, it was simply placed in the "Hammer of War God". There was always a round table knight stationed there, and ordinary people dare not make any decisions.
It is very difficult to establish a military product business from scratch. The iron smelting workshop in Sellersburg has not been completed yet, and it will take only one or two days to repair the passageway. It will take at least three months to barely walk on a light truck. However, since there are abundant raw materials, everyone is simply preparing to build the weapon workshop to Sellersburg. At that time, the only thing that needs to be transported is the finished sword and armor, which is much lighter than iron ore or even steel ingots. The road has been basically repaired at that time, so it is not a problem to ship it out.
In this way, the original more than 100 coolies were not enough. Roger had sent Robsky out and acquired four hundred strong coolies.
Food has also become a big problem. The territory of Sellersburg is sparsely populated, the roads are inconvenient, and there is not much surplus food. With so many people all at once, it becomes a big problem for people to eat horses every day. Roger urgently sent an emergency message to Doyle. As a training course for more than 200 bandits, each person must carry 60 kilograms of various food to Sellersburg. Although it is not very good to make up for it, it at least solved the urgent problem. As for the bandits' future training courses, hunting must be a key point.
The expansion of "Dragon and Beauty" is not a big problem. If this group of bandits were trained, there should be about 400 people. The fewer part would be added slowly in the future. Rance promised to recruit a group of killers from the Thieves Guild. Thieves and scouts. Under the eyes of the murderous eyes, he quickly swears that he will definitely not miss the situation this time, and then he passed the test. As for the quotas that are still missing, everything is busy in front of him, so he can't take care of so many things.
However, soon a big question that cannot be avoided came to the front. Where did the master craftsmen look for? After seeing the Golden Lion Knights and the Lion Heart Knights sent them as standard sword armor, the nobles and evil young men were worried. These equipment have excellent texture and meticulous work, and they are definitely not something that ordinary blacksmiths can make at will. In the "God of War Hammer" only Jin and his dwarf apprentices can do it. What should I do?
Most of the master blacksmiths monopolized the major weapon workshops, and a small number of them also had their own assistants, so they couldn't help but ask for it, otherwise the price would be too high. Everyone discussed and discussed, and they could only buy dwarf slaves. However, according to the news that Robertsky sent back from the slave markets in various places during this period, there were not many dwarf slaves, and even a few used them. After searching for them, they only bought nine dwarf craftsmen, which was just a drop in the bucket. Everyone could not think of any other way for a while, so they could only worry.
After a few days in such a hurry, Robertsky rushed back and immediately discussed with Roger and others for a night. The next night, Roger and others came to "Helen" with great swaying, went straight to the top floor, and booked a small house. After a while, the door opened, and a thin man with ordinary clothes walked in and sat down on the table in a big way. With a wave of his hand, several bodyguards behind him went to guard the door and closed the door tightly.
Robsky introduced: "This is Mr. Cato, the largest slave merchant in the northern part of the Alliance. The three here are my bosses, Mr. Kate, Mr. Franco and Mr. Roger."
After several people exchanged etiquette, the topic quickly turned to the issue of dwarf slaves. Kato suddenly looked puzzled and said, "There are very few dwarf villages around the alliance. A hundred years ago, the five dwarf kings joined forces to reach an agreement with the human country to declare that the transaction of dwarf slaves was illegal. The source of dwarf slaves has always been a problem, so can we adapt it..."
Roger and others looked at each other, and Kate said directly: "Adult dwarf craftsmen, their casting skills are equivalent to those of human advanced blacksmiths. We need a total of 100, each of which is 500 gold coins, how about it?"
Katto was moved. Usually such a dwarf craftsman only had more than one hundred gold coins. Kate directly tripled the price more than three times. How could he not be moved? He swallowed, sighed, and said, "Of course I want to do this big business. The goods that meet your requirements may not have ten in the stock in the hands of all the slave merchants in the Rhine League. Of course, it is not counted as the nine dwarfs you have bought. To be honest, I am just the manager of this business. I will report it to the boss as soon as possible, and the boss should have a solution."
At this time, the door opened, and a generous voice laughed and said, "What can I do?" As he spoke, a huge and fat body squeezed in from the door. Kate and Franco immediately recognized that the person was Jing Ge, the manager of "Helen"!
Kato immediately stood up and said respectfully: "Boss!"
Jing Ge glanced at him, his smile remained unabated, and his eyes became more and more serious: "Haha, you are very good recently. I brought the guest to 'Helen'. I brag about it first. If I can't do it, how can I explain it to the guest? Well? Fortunately, these VIPs have a very special relationship with me, otherwise, hum!"
Finally, Kato was so scared that he shook his body. When Jing Ge waved his hand, he ran away like a royal grace.
Jing Ge's face had another sincere smile, and he squeezed his body into the widest chair with difficulty, and said with a heavy breath: "The servants are ignorant and neglected the big bosses. I just got the news and came over immediately. Come on, drink and drink. If my Master Stanichi knew that I treated him like this, he would definitely make all my fat body into oil, hahaha! This must be Mr. Roger. When I met for the first time, my master mentioned you every day. Now I see you, it is indeed a young and promising person."
The few people were surprised and doubtful. When Jing Ge saw it, he lowered his voice and said, "My master has attracted the bosses of the 'God of War', especially Mr. Roger, as his confidants. I don't treat a few as outsiders anymore. Master Stanichi is rich enough to rival a country. How can this grain business that is not profitable alone? A horse will not be fat if it doesn't eat night grass!"
The three of them immediately realized and agreed, so they raised the question of this dwarf slave again.
Jing Ge was also a little embarrassed and said, "What Kato said just now is also true. It is estimated that there will not be too many dwarf slave craftsmen in the past six months. But..."
The three thought he was taking the opportunity to raise the price, and Kate immediately said, "I also know that there are not many dwarf craftsmen. Let's just talk about the price directly. Let's see if it can be accepted. How?"
Jing Ge was stunned and laughed again: "Mr. Kate is so serious. If Lord Stenich knows that I make money from several people, he must beat me to death. It is the truth that the dwarf craftsmen lacks, and I must take the opportunity to raise the price. However, according to the latest news, in the Kafka Mountains in the Duchy of Ron, a hilly dwarf tribe has recently moved into, with an estimated number of people of about one thousand. You know, although hilly dwarf craftsmanship is not as famous as mountain dwarfs, they are also very outstanding craftsmen. I think they should meet your requirements. However, this kind of dwarf tribe with thousands of people is a huge problem to be silently given to them."
Roger's heart moved and asked, "I don't know where the difficulty is?"
"Mr. Roger must have asked knowingly, haha. Humans and the dwarf kings have agreed not to capture dwarfs as slaves. So if we want to do it, we must do it secretly and not let a dwarf go! However, this Thousand-Man tribe is not inferior to the top five hundred first-class knights in terms of combat power. If we want to kill it, we need the combat power of more than a thousand first-class knights. Not afraid of laughing at the few people. The villain's slave capturing team is only more than seven hundred, and most of them are outside. Only about three hundred people can be transferred back quickly. Although the retainers of the villain are good, they are only equivalent to six hundred knights after calculation. The rest of the people will be transferred back at the earliest half a year. The combat power gap in this middle is really hard to replenish. In addition, it is difficult to fight deep into the Duchy of Ron, and the surroundings are densely populated, which is equivalent to the combat power of thousands of knights. It is impossible to make up for it."
Franco coughed and said, "If we make up for the combat power of these four hundred knights for you, so what?"
Jing Ge thought for a long time before looking up and said, "If this is the case, we can set out in one and a half months and we can solve this tribe in half a month. At that time, you can pick a hundred dwarves first, and the rest will be mine. Scout, intelligence, and supplies will be given to me."
The three of them looked at each other and nodded slowly. Women and children in the dwarf tribe said at least half of the points, and the most skilled craftsmen in the Thousand Tribes should not exceed 150 people, and the rest of the slaves were only worth some money. However, among the slaves, most of these soldiers often had to be killed in battle. Because of Jing Ge's arrangement, the three people were really cheaper.
Roger asked a little puzzled, "Mr. Jingge, are you suffering a little loss?"
Jing Ge laughed, his eyes piled into the fat, and he whispered in a mysterious way: "Money is far less important to my Master Stanichi than a friend. To be honest, my Master particularly likes Mr. Roger's talent, and he intends to give his only daughter to Mr. Roger!"
Roger's mind saw Stenich's face and fat body. When he thought of his daughter, he couldn't help but feel chills and said hurriedly: "This, I must thank Lord Stenich for his kindness. I am a humble and mediocre person. How can I deserve the lady of Lord Stenich? Haha, Lord Jing Ge will refuse for me no matter what, hehe."
Jing Ge stared at Roger for a long time, and then looked at the fat man in a hurry, then withdrew his gaze, curled his smile, and said, "This is a big deal. I wonder if you are willing to cooperate? And how sure are you? As far as I know, the 'Dragon and Beauty' Knights Team is only 200 knights at present, so where do the remaining 200 knights come from?"
The three of them thought about it repeatedly and made up their minds. Roger said, "The combat power of the two hundred knights is not difficult to solve. Don't worry, it will only be more and less at that time." As he said, Roger narrowed his eyes and stared at Jing Ge and said, "But how do we know if we should believe what you said?" A few silver light flashed in his eyes that were narrowed into silk. Since Rock's mental power achieved, whenever he exercised his mental power, his eyes would gradually turn silver white, and when he was fully promoted, he turned silver. Fortunately, his eyes were not big, and his face was always smiling, and his eyes were narrowed to a slit. A trace of silver light leaked out was not easy to detect.
Jing Ge said: "It is natural for Lord Rogge to have this concern. But at such a sensitive time in front of me, my master is willing to cooperate with the "God of War Hammer" in this business. I think I have expressed my intentions clearly enough. If you still have doubts, my master can meet the adults in person in two days and finally finalize it. What do you think?"
Roger immediately said, "Okay, that's it!"
On the car back to the 'God of War', Franco first asked: "How do we know that this is not a trap at this time?"
Roger said: "Stanic was still a big slave merchant, and he really didn't expect that Jing Ge's meaning had long been clear that our backstage was Orpheic Roc, and we are in a delicate situation, and we urgently need these dwarf slaves. Why should we be careful in the Duke of Ron? Isn't it because we are from the Principality and have a big holiday with the Ice and Snow Silver Fox Mercenary Group? He could say this to mean that Staic was optimistic about the Grand Duke and Orpheic Roc and had to bet on this side. This would help us without caring about gains and losses. In this way, we would show kindness to Orpheic Roc without exposing himself. When the overall situation is scheduled in the future, because his slave business has helped us in the most difficult time, maybe we can continue. At least we won't be guilty of this business."
Kate sighed and added: "And his willingness to come forward has shown his determination to support the Principality, and he has the ability to show his strength. He doesn't care about the intention of us to frame him. Franco, you should spend less time on artworks and more time on swordsmanship. Ett and Rance are not good at it. If you are also distracted from being ambitious, it will be really hard for us to deal with it."
Franco's face turned red and he sighed for a while.
Roger was silent for a while and said, "This Jing Ge's origin is not simple. He is a demon! And he is very powerful."
Kate and Franco were shocked and said in surprise: "There are really demons? How did you know? Are you sure you read it wrong?"
Roger nodded, looked at the lead-colored sky outside the car window in winter, and said to himself: "Well, demons, this game seems to be getting more and more interesting!"
Chapter completed!