Chapter six hundred and forty-four three consecutive upgrades
Chapter 644: Upgraded to three levels in a row
Lorraine sat in the box and chatted with those people for a while.
Lorraine just crossed her legs, holding a wine glass in one hand and gold coins in the other, listening to the people lining up to tell stories to her.
Only then did he realize that these men from the Demon Clan were gossiping, but they were indeed gossiping. Moreover, those who came to participate in this competition were all here for the high prize money, and no one with any knowledge would dare to enter this competition.
They came here to show their shame, because these people left
Everyone who travels north and south is well-informed. When it comes to astronomy and geography, people's sophistication, customs, and all kinds of things, it is all-encompassing. There is a lot of gossip about various dignitaries and high-level government officials.
of vividness.
Although everyone had no favorable impressions of the noble nobleman in front of them, who had a huge reputation, they all knew that they could not afford to offend the nobles, and they would lose their lives if they even dared to show disrespect.
And for the sake of the gold coins, everything is secondary. Everyone must cheer up and use their best skills to satisfy Uncle Lorraine and get the gold coins.
Lorraine also welcomed all comers, leaning back comfortably on the soft chair and placing a large pile of gold coins on the table, so yellow that it almost dazzled their eyes.
As long as the words are interesting and informative, I will immediately throw a gold coin in. This makes everyone more active, speaking directly with fingers and gestures, and spitting.
Lorraine was very satisfied with what she heard, and she had completed the initial intelligence collection without making a move.
During these conversations, the information Lorraine obtained was quite complicated, ranging from strange local wind speeds to raptors and beasts in the mountains and forests, from village riots to the downfall of officials, from tidbits about nobles to strange secrets in the high priest's tome.
But from this messy information, as long as the useless branches and leaves are removed, the clues can be sorted out clearly.
Judging from the intelligence collected, the demons are indeed recruiting troops, raising materials, and preparing for a large-scale war.
The purpose is probably to cross the sea and march westward to attack the Bright Continent, but the preparations for this matter have just begun. It can be said that they are only in the initial stage.
It is absolutely impossible for them to launch an expedition until the internal conflicts between the two major tribes, Lei Shan and Ling Shan, are resolved, or before they reunite through marriage.
The marriage will be held in the golden autumn of September, which represents harvest, and there is not much time left from now.
First, this can integrate the interests of all parties, hold a grand wedding that attracts worldwide attention, show the strong and indestructible close unity of all Semitic people, enhance the people's confidence in the expedition, and defeat those damn, despicable and cowardly people.
The bright people’s belief in victory.
Second, they can harvest autumn crops and hoard as much food and supplies as possible for future wars.
If it is really a cross-sea expedition, the ships and food that need to be prepared will be difficult to raise in a short time.
And in this way, it can give Guangming Continent at least three months of buffer time. If it is counted as the time for the demons to gather for the expedition and sail on the sea, it will probably be more.
No matter how useless the Vatican is, now that it has received the news, it will be enough to convey the news within these three months, and it will definitely be fully prepared to face the demon attack.
Lorraine couldn't help but feel more relaxed when she thought of this. At least she had a clue.
But at this moment, someone said: "Sir, do you know? I heard a dark mage say that the price of green magic crystal has increased again. Someone is buying all the green magic crystal and crystal mines on the market. Now
Even if you have money, you can't buy it. The price has already been increased five times. If you can find the supply, it will definitely be more profitable than real estate."
Lorraine snorted noncommittally.
The man saw Lorraine's bad attitude and immediately said: "Sir, this green magic crystal is the best energy stone for making a teleportation array. As long as there is a way, it can definitely be sold at a high price on the black market."
Someone next to me laughed and said, "If you can sell it at a high price, why don't you speculate?"
The man's face turned red in a hurry, and he said loudly: "Can this be speculated? The mages have controlled all the magic crystals. I have been to the East Mountains and want to try it in the crystal mines.
Luck, but for some reason there are troops stationed in the area. No one is allowed to come in and out at will. It is a capital offense for ordinary people to carry magic crystals without permission."
He glanced around. In order to prove that what he said was true, and to get the gold coin, he approached Lorraine and whispered: "I heard that they are making a big teleportation magic circle."
, so a large amount of green magic crystal is needed.
They have all been selected. As long as they are completed, one unit at a time can be teleported to the hinterland of the human race and give them a hard blow. It seems that they are also going to seize their ports or something. This is a military secret. I will waste my time.
It took a lot of effort to find out this.”
Lorraine was moved in her heart, but she remained calm on the surface. She waved her hand impatiently and said, "I hate mages the most. This news has nothing to do with us. It doesn't mean much."
Looking at the man's disappointed and regretful face, he immediately laughed, threw a gold coin over and said, "But you'd better catch it. At least you're paying attention."
The man was immediately overjoyed, bowed deeply to Lorraine, and said repeatedly: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."
Lorraine waved her hand and said: "Next, next."
Another person next to him said: "Sir, this news may be a little bad. We may have to issue a ban on alcohol this year..."
"Okay~!" Lorraine clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Why is it not good? A ban on alcohol is issued. The more he bans alcohol, the more I will make wine. Not bad, not bad."
While saying "wise" with a smile on their faces, these people cursed in their hearts: These damn aristocrats, it's all because of you that we lost our jobs and our prices increased.
Lorraine didn't dare to ask any more questions about the teleportation array. At this time, while listening to him casually, her mind was racing: Can a magic array teleport an army at a time? This move is really cruel.
A typical 'attack from inside and outside, blooming in the center'.
It doesn't even require many people, as long as two to three thousand people can be teleported within half a day, it is enough to launch an attack on a big city.
Before the demons land, they can raid the port they are about to land from inside and seize a foothold.
You can also assault the rear of the Bright camp's frontline when the war is stalemate. As long as the assault is successful, the frontline legion's supplies will be cut off and they will collapse without a fight. This is no less than the German army bypassing the iron-walled Maginot Line. All of a sudden
It can solve the whole war.
This is equivalent to a magical weapon, but Lorraine doesn't know how feasible it is. He is not very proficient in magic, so it is impossible to know whether this is true or false?
If it is really feasible, then why didn't Pope Urban do this when he went on the Crusade? If it's not feasible, he and his group can come through the teleportation array.
Thinking of this, he raised his head and glanced at Vera, and saw that she was still looking at the pastries on the table with a smile. He couldn't help but sigh: It is probably impossible for this lazy and delicious aunt to know the magic knowledge she has learned.
It is said that Vera dozed off as soon as she started the magic theory class, and she was always beaten up by the teacher. It would be great if Lorena or Lester were here.
On the other side, the manager was also curious about Lorraine's identity. For a moment, he almost suspected that this mysterious man was a spy sent by the Holy Light Continent, but then he gave up the idea.
This old man acts arrogantly and has no scruples. How could a spy dare to do this? He came in the car of the city guard, so there could be no problem with his identity.
Moreover, the information he inquired about was not precious information that could be kept secret. As long as one person paid a little attention, he could find out the information. Even these top performers can tell the truth clearly, how could others not know?
Therefore, he gave up his worries and laughed in his heart that he was crazy because he looked like a young man who had been holding back at home for a long time. Then he helped Lorraine with greetings.
This cannot be blamed on people like them. After all, the concepts and knowledge of systematic intelligence like Lorraine are far ahead of this era.
Real intelligence collection is not a story about robbing the courier, eavesdropping under the bed, and poisoning the other party's prime minister in a honey trap.
It's not like four young men armed with muskets and swords, slashing people all the way from Paris to London, and then staged a sentimental, love-hate love story.
Or, it's a handsome but scumbag man who drives a modified Don't Touch Me to pick up girls, travels all over the world, stays in five-star hotels, and can't be killed no matter how hard he fights. He only needs a small ppk pistol to save the world...
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Any large-scale war requires a large amount of material accumulation, personnel mobilization, and troop concentration beforehand. It is absolutely impossible to hide these things from others.
An excellent commander can easily calculate the size and duration of the army by investigating the population, food, weapons, mines, weapons and equipment, and material consumption... and collect information that will not be kept secret and cannot be kept secret.
Due to the limitations of their vision, these people's impressions of secret agents all come from bards' performances and singing, or from various dramas and novels.
But they still think that spies should be people who wear gorgeous clothes, be polite, shuttle among dignitaries, steal information from their secret cabinets, or eavesdrop on their meetings through walls.
Therefore, even if you want to be wary, you can't be wary of Lorraine.
Lorraine lay lazily on the chair and listened listlessly for a while. She found that there was no new news, but firstly to avoid suspicion, secondly to prevent any important information from being missed, and thirdly, to fully understand the situation.
Understand the customs and customs of this continent.
Therefore, he remained patient and continued to listen calmly.
Not long after, I heard the sound of footsteps.
Immediately afterwards, Leo ran back from nowhere, sweating profusely, holding a big trophy in his hand, and placed the trophy on the table in front of Lorraine with a proud "clang".
Lorraine couldn't help but was startled for a moment, and then she noticed that all the pastries in the room had been eaten by the three of them. It was obvious that she had just been so involved that she didn't even notice when they went out.
Thinking of this, Lorraine couldn't help but glared at Leo fiercely. She had no intention of bringing him here, but this little gangster ran over with Xiao Bai just for fun.
Originally, I had made an agreement with him not to allow him to run around, but I didn't expect that this little gangster was like a rat. He put down his paws and forgot about them. In the blink of an eye, he threw his words behind his head and slipped away if he didn't pay attention.
When I went out, I didn't know what happened.
Seeing Lorraine staring at him fiercely, Leo immediately woke up and couldn't help but stick out his tongue. Then he smiled cautiously and said: "Boss, don't worry, it's too boring here, I'm just going out for a walk.
Encircle yourself."
Lorraine ignored him, turned around, looked at Vera, and said, "Why don't you like him? Half of this month's salary will be deducted."
"Ah~!" Vera immediately exclaimed and jumped up from the chair. But looking at Lorraine's stern eyes, she knew that he was serious this time. If he begged again, he might be beaten.
After being slapped in the butt, she suddenly grimaced and said, "This...it's not my fault..."
But turning her head, Vera also glared at Leo fiercely and said angrily: "This is all your fault~!
I told you not to go, but you insisted on going. As a result, my salary was deducted.
In order to make up for my losses, all your salary and bonus this month will go to me~!"
Leo was immediately shocked, and then shouted: "Why? Even if I am fined, I will accept it. But my salary and bonus combined are the same as your salary. At most, you can get half, but why
It's all yours at once."
Vera put her hands on her slender waist, puffed out her white and tender cheeks, raised her eyebrows lightly, and said angrily: "The money I was fined is a loss. Isn't there a loss for my traumatized spirit?"
?”
Leo looked at Vera's angry blue eyes and squeaked twice. However, because he was wrong first, based on experience, if he protested again, he would definitely be punished. In the end, he had to secretly say: "Okay."
Yes, I know. You are too narrow-minded. I won’t give you the trophy I got. Just look at it and get angry, bleating, bleating, bleating, bleating..."
As he spoke, he waved the gold trophy in his hand in a showy manner.
Everyone present immediately sweated. Who are these people? Is the education of aristocratic families always so... unique?
Seeing this, Lorraine felt that today's harvest was almost done and it was time to go back. He took the opportunity to stand up and said: "Forget it, forget it. Don't make trouble here. Anyway, we have almost heard the story.
Let’s go.”
Leo and Vera looked at each other, and then stood up obediently.
Leo knew that he had made a mistake, and now in order to make atonement for his sins, he immediately ran to the side. After eating again, Xiaobai, who was lying on the ground happily and pretending to be a dead pig, also screamed.
Lorraine glanced at everyone present, then smiled and said: "Gentlemen, we will see you later."
As he said that, he turned around and started to go out.
The steward looked at the pile of gold coins on the table. There were twenty or thirty gold coins, which stung his eyes. He hurriedly said: "Sir, your money..."
Lorraine turned around and glanced lightly, waved her hand and said: "That little money...forget it, if you don't get the money here, let's share it together. It's my reward for you."
After everyone heard this, they immediately felt ecstatic again. They all bowed to Lorraine and saluted, and shouted one after another: "Thank you, sir, thank you so much, sir."
Lorraine waved her hand, and then quickly walked out with Leo and the three of them without looking back.
The steward glanced at the gold coins on the table, and then quickly followed him out.
He knew, however, that flattering Lorraine was more important than that small pile of gold coins. This man looked like he was here to have fun, and he was most familiar with this aspect.
As long as I can serve Uncle Luo comfortably, I will benefit even more when I am happy.
What's more, he also believed that with his current position and power, no one would dare to mess with the pile of gold coins on the table without his consent.
When Lorraine walked out of the theater, she heard footsteps behind her. She looked back and saw that the steward followed her out as expected, and couldn't help but smile.
He slowed down his steps, waited for the steward to approach, and then asked: "By the way, do you know which place has the best scenery in this city? I want to find a house with a panoramic view of the sea."
The steward was stunned for a moment, and then said respectfully: "Sir, you are asking knowingly. The house with a view of the sea and the most beautiful view of the bay is none other than the Castle Keeper's Mansion."
Lorraine couldn't help but hesitated. Then he frowned and cursed in a low voice: "Damn~! I don't want to trouble others again and again."
The manager immediately grinned and said to himself: I just asked you, and you said that your relationship with Lord Castle Keeper's baby daughter has not happened yet. Now you said that you don't want to trouble others. I think you are obviously done thinking about it.
Or refuse to accept the account.
But he did not dare to say a word. He just stretched out his hand with great discernment and summoned a rental carriage. After the carriage stopped, he opened the door for Lorraine diligently.
Leo and Xiaobai immediately took the lead and climbed towards the car.
Vera also sat in the car.
"Sir." The manager showed a rather playful smile and said in Lorraine's ear: "If you like something novel, I can arrange it for you."
"Oh~?" Lorraine stopped, looked at him with a half-smile, and said: "For example? Let me tell you first, there are not many things in this world that I have never eaten or played with. If you want to
So that you can deceive me."
The steward said anxiously: "My lord, I am not bragging. In Caribbean Port, all the people from all walks of life have to sell me Mqige to save face. For example, the female slaves of the elves are guaranteed to be young and beautiful virgins, and some rare treasures from big families.
Exotic treasures, each of which is priceless, as well as rare magic weapons, and various secret medicines prepared by swamp witches. As you know, my lord, girls are afraid of those kinds of things. I have a way with all of these.
"
Lorraine thought for a moment, then shrugged and said, "I'm not interested. I don't lack these things."
The manager was stunned. This was the first time that he saw a big shot not liking these things. He thought that as long as he brought it up, those people would become like dogs that smell bones.
Lorraine saw Vera and Leo looking at her strangely in the car, and then she jumped on the pedal. Then she thought of something, turned around, and faced the main pipe: "Those things are all left by Sir and me."
It doesn’t matter, if you are really serious..."
Lorraine turned to look at him, and saw the steward looking at her eagerly, and said: "By the way, I heard that there is a pirate called Whitebeard on the sea, have you heard of it?"
The steward was immediately shocked, then lowered his head, avoided Lorraine's sight, and replied respectfully: "Sir, we are just people with rules, and we don't know those pirates at all."
Lorraine laughed and said mockingly: "People with rules? People with rules can't get slave girls and secret medicine. As far as I know, all the irregular things are committed by you people with rules."
He paused for a moment, and then said: "I also want you to do something bad, but if you have a chance, it's convenient to contact them. I have a big business and want to cooperate with them."
From what the steward just said about the elf slaves and the treasures leaked from the big family, Lorraine heard that the guy in front of him was definitely related to pirates or thieves. This steward named Mqige was probably the kind of person in the city who could deal with all kinds of people in the dark.
The middleman with whom the crowd establishes relationships is, to put it bluntly, a pimp, so you can take advantage of him.
The manager hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Sir, please forgive me for saying more. They are a group of people who are not easy to mess with. They kill people without blinking an eye and are used to lawlessness. But you... want to cooperate with them..."
Lorraine smiled and said: "They are not easy to mess with, so am I? Ha, just now you said you didn't know them, how come you know so much about them now? You old cunning guy."
The steward immediately lowered his head and remained silent.
Lorraine laughed and said, "Forget it, I won't embarrass you."
As he said that, he took out another small bag of gold coins from his arms, threw it over, and said: "Go on, here is the deposit. As long as you can help me contact them, I will reward you later."
The steward took the money in his hand and immediately felt the weight inside. It was obviously full of gold coins. He couldn't help but feel moved and said: "Sir..."
Lorraine snorted coldly, interrupted him, and then continued: "I have to see the news within ten days, otherwise..."
He paused, then pointed to the theater and said coldly: "I know where you work, and I believe it won't be too difficult to find where you live. Also, if the news is leaked,
I think you know the consequences."
The manager heard the murderous intent in his tone and couldn't help but shudder. He finally confirmed that these people were indeed aristocrats. Because only these people could threaten others like this, and they also had the strength to threaten others like this.
At this time, Lorraine had already got on the carriage, and heard the coachman ask: "Sir, where are you going?"
The manager immediately pricked up his ears.
Sure enough, I heard Lorraine say loudly: "Go to the city guard mansion."
The coachman was startled, thinking he had heard wrongly. Then he looked at the steward inquiringly.
The manager immediately suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and then nodded to him without showing any expression.
The coachman confirmed this, then raised his whip and drove the carriage towards the center of the city.
Lorraine was sitting in the car, and then she noticed that although Leo's salary and bonus for this month were all gone, he still held the trophy in his hands, grinning from ear to ear.
He couldn't help but wonder: "Why are you so happy?"
Leo shook the trophy in his hand and said: "Look, I won this in the selection competition, and there is a certificate. These prove that I am the Thunder Hero."
Lorraine couldn't help but feel angry and funny at the same time, and then asked: "You just went on stage and showed off, and they reviewed a genuine Lei Da Xia for you? Are they blind?"
Leo was stunned for a moment, then rolled his eyes. Thinking of the scene at that time, he scratched his plump cheeks in confusion and said, "I'm not too sure. At the beginning, they seemed to want to
I'll throw him away.
Later, someone seemed to say something to the judges, and they gave me a third prize.
How can I do this?
As soon as I was stunned, they immediately changed me to a second-class one.
At first I was still reluctant. But Vera said that it was picked for nothing anyway, and second-class was just second-class. I thought about it at the time, and it was right. I was about to come down.
But a ruffian judge with a bald forehead asked me if I knew the city guard’s daughter?”
Lorraine was startled, and then said: "What did you say?"
Leo raised his chin and said nonchalantly: "Isn't it Fiona? I heard you all when you were talking. So I said it was Fiona who sent us here.
Then...then, they tried hard to change the scores, and they all showed perfect scores. So I got this award."
He paused and said with some regret: "I originally thought there would be some unspoken rules or something that I could see~! But no matter what, this trophy looks golden, and it's really good."
As he said that, he held the trophy in both hands and smiled so hard that his mouth watered.
Vera and Xiaobai looked at each other, and then looked at Leo with disdain.
Leo didn't notice it at all. He still smiled and narrowed his eyes into slits, saying: "Pure gold, mine."
Lorraine sighed and said: "Silly boy, you have been tricked. Do you think they would use solid gold as a trophy for such a crappy competition?"
Leo was stunned, looked down at the trophy in his hand, his face gradually turned pale, and he murmured: "You mean, this thing is plated? Fake... fake?"
Vera sighed, then moved her fingers, took out a dagger, and then scratched the trophy. It immediately cut through the gold on the surface, revealing the brass inside.
Leo took one look at it and immediately became furious and cursed: "Damn it, these bastards have long known that you should never trust them. I was still performing on stage for such a long time, and they actually got a bad result."
Mr. Tonglaimeng..."
With that said, he opened the window and threw the trophy out heavily.
But then the carriage stopped again.
Leo jumped down from the carriage angrily, picked up the trophy from the ground, took it in his hand and looked at it twice, then hugged the trophy and took it back to the car.
Lorraine looked at it and couldn't help but wonder: "Don't you want it?"
Leo gritted his baby teeth, which were as fine as rice, and said through gritted teeth, "Why don't you want it? Even though it's not valuable, it's still something, and it took me a long time to get it. I can take it back and trick others into using it~!"
Lorraine couldn't help but praise after seeing it: Well, you now have the shameless demeanor of a great politician~!