Chapter three hundred and seventy sixth unexpected visitor
Chapter 376: Unexpected Visitor
Different eras have different definitions of wealth. What is a rich person? In the early days, if there was a basket of shells, that was a rich person.
Later, there was a room full of gold nuggets, and that was the rich man.
Later, those who owned stocks in the Dow Jones and sat in big offices on Wall Street coming up with bad ideas and trying to find ways to help people fight world wars were wealthy people.
Later, if there was real estate within the second ring road, and it was mortgage-free, then they would be rich people.
But regardless of that era, as long as you have several thousand acres of land in your hands, even if you don't occupy even one of them, you will still be a super rich man.
Of course, if you insist on getting a piece of land in the Himalayas to build affordable housing, then you have to make an exception.
After hearing Lorraine's prompt, Leo immediately waved his hand and said: "I know, you are not just a bunch of wild boar skins snatching other people's things, but it does sound very cool. According to this method, it's just my Aberdeen horse."
, one trip can encircle tens of thousands of acres of land.”
Lorraine said leisurely: "You should know what tens of thousands of acres of land means to the nobles of our empire."
Leo was stunned for a moment and scratched his head, but after all, he was young and did not have an intuitive understanding of these things.
It's so pitiful that the young master's brain only works when it comes to money. Besides that, just adding and subtracting within twenty has already pissed off more than a dozen tutors.
Next to him, Carter took a breath of air, shook his head and sighed: "They will go crazy, and the entire empire will go crazy."
Then he raised his thumb at Lorraine and praised loudly: "Tall, really tall."
Lorraine looked up at the grassland and said: "You have to believe in the greed of people. Believe me, no matter how vast the grassland is, as long as there is a chance, the nobles of the empire will carve it up cleanly.
You also know the virtues of the imperial nobles. Before they can build a farm or a workshop here, even if they just plant a landmark here, they will not allow orcs to get involved in their property."
Leo understood immediately.
He punched the palm of his hand, his eyes shone brightly, and he said loudly and excitedly: "Yes, by then, they will all be on our pirate ship.
Not only can we collect money from selling the land, but since we have acquired this land, we have set conditions that if they want to develop the land, they must use products from our Feiying Company.
Our Feiying company's security team can provide them with security services.
Calculating it this way...one, five, ten, two, five, twenty..."
Leo smacked his fingers, frowned and thought for a moment, and finally counted all the feet, but still didn't calculate it.
However, although the young father-in-law was young, he was always grand. He waved his hands and shouted: "In short, it's a lot. I can almost retire early."
Lorraine patted Leo and said, "Okay, don't think so far ahead. You are thinking about eating it all before the meat is stewed in the pot. Let's wait until we deal with those orcs."
"Tch~" Leo arrogantly pointed his middle finger towards the south, and suddenly his face tensed up. He quickly turned his head and looked around, but did not find Catherine's figure. He patted his small chest and let out a sigh of relief.
, then I thought: Oh, I’m in the south, and Nicole’s fierce eighth-grandmother is not here.
When he thought of this, he immediately became excited, stretched out the middle fingers of both hands, and said with an arrogant look: "A half-orc is so good that he can't afford to recruit 300,000 men to come out and kill people, and he dares to say that he is just here to fool around."
, you want us to grab the territory from you? He's like Hadou, and he'll run away if he doesn't fight.
This time I let them know why the flowers are so red. Kids, go back to the city."
Since Lorraine and below, not many people within the military and political system have indeed taken the so-called Orc Alliance seriously. Everyone agrees that they are a trouble, maybe a big trouble, but only a little trouble.
The population carrying capacity of the grassland is not high. It is estimated that the total population of orcs is no more than the same as the Naian people. Moreover, the technical level is low. In addition to human life being less valuable than Naian, when it comes to the overall strength of the war, it is not comparable at all.
Haute Nai An Province.
What's more, behind Nai'an there is Ruman, the most powerful country in the world.
In that powerful military empire, hundreds of thousands of elite men could be mobilized at any time to fight and kill people to seize territory.
This is also the reason why Galba and the others were yelling at humans about the orc alliance and the necromancers, but no one took them seriously.
For people like Sir Luo who are used to being the emperor of heaven, the pride of serving the world is not something that comes from just shouting slogans, but has been cultivated since childhood.
A threat like this will come when it comes. They come every year, but this time there are just more people.
If someone else had gone to Archduke Julius and shouted "The Parthian coalition is coming", the effect would have been different. The cheap butcher father-in-law from Lorraine would have gathered all the legions from the eastern provinces and killed them directly across the border.
Everyone said that the orc coalition was coming, it was coming, but it was like crying wolf, the wolf just didn't come.
People on the border were still very nervous at first after shouting like this all day long. However, armed reconnaissance has been carried out several times. After traveling for 300 miles, not even a single member of the Orc Alliance was seen. However, the small tribe fighting Qiu Feng captured many.
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Nowadays, soldiers on the border generally feel that "if you don't come, you will be pulled down if you don't come".
Lorraine and his party solved the problems of the local tribes and set out on the road that day to return to Naider City.
They arrived in a hurry, and the matter was settled in a day or two. And based on the current situation, within ten days and a half, the orc coalition will not be able to touch the new border of Nai'an. Lorraine was naturally leisurely when he returned.
Much more.
Although the carriage trotted all the way, it didn't seem bumpy. Lorraine leisurely grabbed a bag of melon seeds from Leo, put her feet up on the seat opposite, and looked at the chaotic road outside the window.
Both sides of the avenue were full of orcs with their families, men, women, old people and children, wearing orcs' tattered fur clothes, slowly walking north.
The male orcs carried all their belongings and drove more or less cattle and sheep, and kept walking. The women held or dragged the children, scolding them as they walked, and when they were anxious, they would grab the children and pat them twice.
, and those little children burst into tears.
Not only did these orcs not have the sense of defeat that the tribe was dying, Lorraine found that they all had expressions of anxiety and expectation.
When they looked at the fertile farmland of humans on both sides of the avenue, their eyes had a look of envy and joy. They were full of hope for their future life.
The human soldiers who were responsible for escorting them saw that Lorraine's carriage was also blocked on the road. They were afraid that the lord would cause trouble for them. They immediately rushed back and forth as if their buttocks were on fire, driving away the livestock on the road and giving Luo Lin's carriage a chance.
Lin gave way to them.
These are the tribesmen of the Aquitan tribe who migrated inland. Galba, an old man, also rode on his horse to encourage his tribesmen along the way.
Wherever Galba passed, the orcs shouted: "Maqiuli, Maqiuli."
Lorraine and Leo sat in the carriage commenting on the orcs' taste in clothes.
At this moment, opposite them, a group of Guards knights were rushing towards them, but they were also blocked on the road. They were trying hard to fight with the cattle and sheep on the road, waving their riding whips to block the road.
The crowds of cattle were driven away.
The orcs on both sides also hurriedly coaxed their animals off the road. For a while, the horses were barking and the animals were bleating. It was a chaotic mess.
After seeing Lorraine and his convoy, the guards waved to Lorraine and shouted at the top of their lungs: "Sir, sir. Urgent report, urgent report."
Lorraine couldn't help but be stunned.
The driver hurriedly stopped the carriage, and the guards hurriedly ran to the door, jumped off the horse, stamped their feet heavily, and saluted, saying: "I have met you, sir."
Lorraine raised her hand in return and asked, "What happened?"
The imperial guard said breathlessly: "My lord, Your Royal Highness, the eldest princess, please go back as soon as possible. Someone important is coming."
"Important person? Who is it?"
The Praetorian Guard scratched his head and said, "It seems to be the new cardinal."
Lorraine was startled and said: "Cardinal?"
"Yes, Cardinal~!" Catherine shrugged and said absently.
Lorraine and Leo received the news and had to speed up. They bumped all the way back and were as tired as dogs.
Lorraine lay on the sofa and listened to Catherine's introduction, while Vera obediently massaged his shoulders and back, making Lorraine feel comfortable and kept humming.
"Why is it here at this time?" Lorraine closed her eyes and said, "Wait a minute, I'm lying on the sofa, and Del will step on it for me. Vera's hands are neither light nor heavy."
Vera wrinkled her nose, snorted, and said, "Don't think that you can't give me the money just because you said this. Bring it."
As he said that, he put his hand into Lorraine's clothes and touched around.
"Damn girl, it hurts wherever you touch..."
Before he could finish speaking, Vera had already triumphantly taken out Lorraine's wallet, smiled and poured out a gold coin from it, then put the wallet... well, put it in her pocket, and returned the gold coin to Luo Lin.
Lin, spitting his lilac tongue at Lorraine, turned around and ran out.
Lorraine grinned in pain. Adele dropped the pen in her hand, walked to Lorraine and patted Lorraine's shoulder to let him lie down. Then she kicked off the silk slippers on her feet, revealing a pair of snow-white and delicate
Jade feet gently stepped on Lorraine's back.
"Oh...it's so comfortable~!" Lorraine let out a long moan, put her head on the sofa, and closed her eyes happily.
Then he slowly said: "We are going to fight here. According to the habits of the bald guys in the Holy See, we shouldn't wait until the fight is over and then come out to show mercy and say something about Father God blessing us with victory."
Catherine spread her hands and said: "That's why I want you to come back quickly. I was in the east, and as soon as there was a war, the chief priests on the border ran to Constantinople with all kinds of excuses. After the fight, they came back in groups of five to six.
Say Father God is with you. This is a bit interesting. We are getting ready for war, and they are coming."
Then Catherine said meaningfully: "It's okay to come over though...it's okay~!"
Catherine said this, stared at Lorraine and sneered without saying a word. Adele suddenly kicked Lorraine hard on the back. Lorraine shivered in pain and was speechless for a moment.
Two days later, Lorraine led several of his men and lined up at the port of Naider, waiting for the arrival of the new bishop of Naian.
The big boat with the white flag of the Holy See has already turned around the mouth of the river, and is now slowly moving its huge body, moving cautiously among a group of small boats.
Catherine and Adele were all dressed up, quietly accompanying Lorraine, exchanging meaningful glances from time to time.
According to the attitude of Catherine and Adele, they would not have come here to greet the bishop. Catherine and Adele did not have a good impression of the people in the church.
But Lorraine was very surprised to find that they both got up early to freshen up, followed Lorraine out, and when they arrived at the pier, they didn't say a word, but instead sneered again and again, as if they were preparing to fight with someone.
Lorraine's subordinates discovered the abnormality of the governor's family early on. Today's two boss ladies exuded a fighting atmosphere. The people behind them all felt a strong sense of oppression. These people wisely stayed away from Lorraine. of.
The big ship slowly docked and finally stopped smoothly. The sailors got on the gangplank.
A group of people wearing various costumes walked down first, chattering.
There were quite a few people in this group, carrying large and small bags. They jumped on the pier and looked around impatiently. Some of them even fought and made each other very uncomfortable.
At the front of the crowd was a mage in a robe. After seeing Lorraine and the others, he waved vigorously to Lorraine and said loudly: "Hey, boy, we are here."
Then he turned around and said loudly to the crowd behind him: "Young men, keep up, keep up, the real master is coming to pick us up."
He walked towards Lorraine first.
Lorraine, Catherine, and Adele were surprised at the same time and looked at each other. Lorraine asked curiously: "Lolina, why is it you?"
Adele screamed, jumped over and hugged Lorena and laughed, and Catherine also hugged Lorena.
The three girls hugged each other and started laughing. After a while, Lorena pushed Catherine and Adele away, looked at Lorraine with a smile, and said, "What, you don't seem happy to see me?"
Lorraine chuckled, took two steps forward, hugged Lorena, patted her back gently, and said, "You miss us so much."
Luo Linna smiled, pushed Lorraine away, and said: "Bah, eat my mother's tofu. People have been fooled by you, you can't let my sister and I lose face."
A young mage in the crowd suddenly screamed and shouted: "Oh my God, it's really Senior Sister Adele."
Then he quickly went through his bag, pulled out a notebook, rushed to Adele's side, and said: "Senior, please sign."
Another mage said in surprise: "It turns out that the rumors are true. Lorraine..."
The mages collectively turned their heads and stared at Lorraine angrily.
Adele smiled brightly at the crowd.
Lorraine smiled coquettishly, looking at the large group of people surrounding him, the mages staring at him with round eyes, then pulled Lorraine's clothes and asked in a low voice: "These are all high-level people." Mage?"
"Go, how can you," Luo Linna gave Lorraine a slap and said: "There are ten high-level students, more than twenty intermediate-level students, and the rest are all graduates this year. You also know that the employment situation Isn't it good? When I heard you were recruiting people, everyone rushed to come."
Lorraine said generously: "Okay, let me take care of it. But why did you come on the church's boat?"
Lorena smiled mysteriously, took a step back, looked at Lorraine, Catherine, and Adele jokingly, and said: "There were too many of us and it was difficult to find a boat. We were delayed for several days. Then we met an acquaintance and we
Got on the boat."
"Acquaintance?" Lorraine tilted her head and said.
Luo Linna smiled crookedly like a little fox and said, "Yes, an acquaintance."
The church members in white clothes stepped off the boat at this time, and Priest Silas hurriedly greeted them. He saw a group of priests in embroidered white robes, surrounding a special person, walking with the slow pace unique to priests,
Walked towards Lorraine.
Different from the gorgeous robes embroidered with gold embroidery of the priests around him, the man in the middle was dressed plainly from head to toe. The broad white robe completely covered his figure, and the hood of the jumpsuit on his head also completely covered his face.
The white clothes exuded a faint halo under the sunlight, carrying a sacred aura, but when Lorraine looked at the man, he felt unusually familiar.
Lorraine's heart beat twice, and she felt instantly satisfied. She couldn't help but smile, and thought to herself: "Hilmelia."
Catherine pinched her fingers and made a rattling noise, and sneered: "I knew it was like this."
Adele stared at the man in the middle of the priest, snorted and said, "Nicole, let's go. Let's go meet this old friend."
The two girls shook off Lorraine, moved lightly, and walked towards the church procession gracefully.
Lorraine pulled Lorena and asked: "Hilmeria, she...when did she become a bishop?"
"I didn't know that she resigned and went to the Holy See headquarters when she returned to the academy. We met again at Jiating Port." Then Luo Linna leaned into Lorraine's ear and whispered: "You are just here.
Stay here, I'm not afraid they'll fight."
"Ah~!" Lorraine was startled, looked at Luolina, grinned, showing a smile that was uglier than crying, and said uncertainly: "No...it can't be."
As he spoke, he hurriedly chased Catherine and Adele towards the church procession.
When the officials below saw the governor coming up to greet him, they also followed him and walked over with a cheer.
Seeing Catherine and Adele walking up with a smile on their face, the two girls were gorgeously dressed and elegant. They seemed to be the rumored two tigress girlfriends of Governor Lorraine. The priest in front of him nodded quickly to the two girls.
Move aside.
Hilmeria also saw Catherine and Adele. Unlike those priests, she had been with these two girls for a long time, almost six or seven years, and most of the time they were in a battle of wits and courage.
, as the saying goes, the person who knows you best is often your enemy, and for these three girls, this is almost the case.
Others only see the elegance of Catherine and Adele, but Hilmeria, who has been with them for many years, sees the soaring fighting spirit hidden in their perfect figures.
Lorraine, who was following behind, saw the lightning flashing between the eyes of the three girls. Once he came closer, he would be roasted to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, but Lorraine could only harden.