"This mission is mainly to resolve the dispute between us and the Gant Empire regarding the ownership of Rohantania." Vickery took out a dark wine bottle from the hidden compartment, opened the cork, and handed it to the compartment respectively.
Er and Lucaline's glasses were filled, and a fresh and slightly sour smell suddenly filled the entire carriage. "Come on, have a taste. This is Christine's mixed fruit wine, which is the most famous fruit wine in Elmrock."
This was Vickery's special carriage. At his invitation, Geer and Lucalin boarded this gorgeous silver carriage, while Kang and Iona boarded another carriage behind them.
After getting in the car, Vickery gave Geer and Lucalyn a warm welcome and took the initiative to start a conversation.
"Rohantanya is located at the junction of the spheres of influence of our country and the Gant Empire in the Elmrock region. There are three manors and two towns in the area, which can barely be regarded as a barony. According to the original agreement on dividing the spheres of influence,
Rohantanya should belong to our country, but when the Phillian regime fell, the local nobles directly surrendered to the Gant Empire army that was closer to them, so Rohantanya has actually been under the control of the Gant Empire.
under.
However, since Rohantanya's geographical location does not have any advantages, it is a prominent part of the entire defense circle. Once it is controlled by the country, it will be a trouble. Moreover, it is not a very valuable territory, and it is not worth investing a lot of money for it.
Fei's military strength, so this situation has always been acquiesced." Lucalin explained softly to Geer on the side.
"What this lady said is very correct." Vickery clapped his hands and showed an appreciative smile: "This place is of little significance to us, and it is not worth fighting with those blue hats, so we just left it there.
Ownership is on hold for now.”
(The official military uniform of the Gant Empire soldiers will wear a blue hat with feathers, so it is nicknamed the blue hat.)
"So what now?" Geer asked casually.
"The problem is that the Gant Empire doesn't attach much importance to Rohantania, and it's not one of their key business areas, so they tax it very heavily and use very rough methods. Last year alone, there were three tax resisters
The local lord was exterminated. Those people couldn't stand it any longer, so they secretly contacted Ryan Kirk, the commander of the Third Army."
Vickery took a sip of the fruit wine, squinted his eyes and enjoyed the flavor of the wine for a while. He leaned against the carriage and adjusted to a more comfortable position before continuing to speak: "This kind of thing has actually been quite common in recent years.
None of the families in the army were outsiders, so the commander of the Renkirk Army randomly sent a small team to accept their surrender. Anyway, this is also a default rule. As long as the acceptance is completed, those blue hats will not
After we came over, of course the two sides had to get busy with diplomacy, but in the end it was just a verbal spat. But what was unexpected was that we 'just happened' to run into the tax collection team from the Blue Hat side, haha!"
Weekly's emphasis on the word "just right" and the sneer behind it clearly revealed that there was a problem.
"Is there a conflict?" Geer didn't like Weekley's style of speaking in roundabout ways, but at this time he could only suppress it and continue to ask according to his tone.
"That's right, but let's forget it was a simple conflict. The main thing was that people died. Seven on our side and eleven on the blue hat side. In addition, those local guys' propaganda put both sides on fire.
Now, it’s not easy to step down. The wallflowers around here are all watching the situation here. Whoever regresses first is not a matter of Rohan Tanya. It is related to the follow-up issues of a large area. It can be fought.
The market is unrealistic, so we might as well use the usual method - let the 'civilian forces' on both sides compete to decide who owns the land, so we have this mission."
"So that's it." Geer nodded to express his understanding. Only now did he fully understand the reason why the government allowed organizations to form such a team.
For things like this, where the benefits are negligible and the rewards are not worth the effort, but the two sides cannot but fight, it is the turn of organizations like the Brotherhood of Steel to take the lead.
After all, they are all "civilians", and they can be justified no matter whether they win or lose. Everyone has a way to step down.
After that, everyone will drink and curse as they should, and nothing will be affected, and most of the unstable factors to society will disappear, so everyone is happy.
"By the way, Geer, your reputation has also been very good recently. The young master of Saint Rotalo killed the seeds that the Priory was cultivating on the spot. This has been a hot topic in the organization recently. I have seen that Hagrid.
, but he is very arrogant. He is known as the invincible player under the age of twenty. The organization has lost at least three young talents in his hands. The younger generation is suppressed by him, and everyone's face is swollen. Can you give him
Killing them will really bring shame to us. Now when those guys see us, they have to lower their heads and take a detour. Just thinking about it will relieve their anger!"
Faced with Weekley's enthusiastic compliment, Geer could only reply politely: "It's too much of a compliment. I was lucky enough to win."
For Vickery, who was also at the bronze level, Geer did not expect that his identity could still be hidden. In fact, his identity was no longer a secret in the underground world, and the battle between him and Hagrid was already
He became one of the important components of the truce negotiated between the Brotherhood of Steel and the Priory, and he became famous along with this battle.
There were three gambling battles in total. This was a compromise between the Brotherhood of Steel and the Priory in order to quell the increasingly wide-ranging battle. The one between Geer and Hagrid was one, and the previous one was between the Steel Brotherhood and the Priory.
The Brotherhood has sent two other masters to have a gambling battle on the territory of the Priory. Those two games were a win and a loss. Counting Geer, the Brotherhood of Steel overwhelmed the Priory, which can be regarded as a victory.
, being able to gain an advantage in the armistice agreement.
Now that the battle between the two sides has come to an end, Prince Fayelino has also set off to discuss with the senior leaders of the Priory, and he will surely get a lot of benefits from the Priory.
As one of the important heroes, Geer is of course attracting much attention at this time, but his schedule is still protected to a certain extent. Vickery is because he is the person who directly handles Geer's handover, and he is also a Bronze-level person.
Only members can know Geer's identity.
Suddenly at this time, several clear sounds of horse neighing came into the carriage, and then the carriage suddenly stopped. The bodies of the three people in the carriage couldn't help but be shaken by the inertia of the carriage's sudden stop. The fruit wine in the wine glass in Lucalin's hand
It spilled out all at once, leaving stains on her and Geer's pants.
"What's going on?" Vickery opened the front window of the carriage and asked angrily outside.
"Sir, some horses just passed by and almost hit..." the coachman's voice came in from outside.
Geer pushed open the gauze curtain on the car window and looked out. He saw two large black carriages parked not far in front of the carriage. At the same time, several people on horseback were turning around.
Head, come towards the direction where you are.
At this time, Weekley also leaned slightly, put his head to the car window, looked outside for a while, frowned, and said with some displeasure: "It turns out to be Cordray, what a troublesome guy."
"Who is Cordray?" Gal asked.
"The eldest son of the Lannion family, he is leading the monastery on this mission. He is a thorn in the side." Vickery's tone contained deep disdain.
"Oh, I understand." Geer said he understood.
Because we are fighting against the Gant Empire, of course we cannot just let the Brotherhood of Steel contribute. The Priory must also shoulder its corresponding responsibilities, and it is necessary to contribute people. However, two organizations that are not on the right track come together.
It is impossible to have less conflicts. In addition, the conflict between the two sides was so severe some time ago, and both sides often used evil tricks on each other. The current relationship is even more tense.
Now it was not suitable for Geer to meet the people from the Priory, so he had not planned to follow the escorting mission personnel to the concentration camp to avoid running into the people from the Priory. Instead, he chose to let Vickery send them directly to the organization.
The stronghold, but I didn’t expect to meet him so coincidentally on the way.
"I'll handle it." Vickery also understood that it was not suitable for Geer to be exposed now, so he directly took over the matter.
Geer nodded and gave up the car window position to Weekly.
"Cordray, what do you want to do?" Weekley exposed his face within the scope of the car window and shouted at Cordray.
"Hey, it turns out to be Mr. Weekley. I haven't seen you for a long time. I really don't know where you have been hiding." After seeing Weekly's face clearly, Cordrelle stopped and responded in a strange way. After finishing speaking, he also
Ignoring Weekley's reaction, he turned the horse's head and tried to go back. At the same time, he shouted to the followers following him: "It's okay, everyone should leave. Mr. Weekley is very popular and won't blame everyone.
Let's go, let's keep our spirits up and go kick the butts of those blue hats, otherwise our companions will have to go back to Lord Weekly to complain."
Geer clearly saw that after hearing Cordray's disrespectful words, the blood vessels in Vickery's neck thickened in vain, but Vickery still suppressed it, did not have an attack, and looked at Cordray's departure.
go.
From this we can see the incompatibility between the two sides.
"Sir..." The coachman's cautious voice came from the front window of the carriage.
"Let's continue our journey." Vickery took a deep breath, and his expression completely returned to its previous appearance, as if what happened before had never happened at all.
The carriage started smoothly again.
In the carriage, Vickery was still chatting and laughing, as if the previous small conflict had no impact on him at all, as if he didn't care at all.
But in Geer's eyes, it was clear that Weekley was not what he appeared to be on the surface.
At this time, Vickery leaned back, hiding the upper part of his face in the shadows. From Geer's point of view, he could only see his eyes that were shining with inexplicable brilliance, like a hungry bird hiding in the darkness and peeping at its prey.