Episode 12: The Mystery of the Dwarves Section 3: The Great Migration of the Dwarves 3
That night, Corey rushed to Thunder Eagle City, and what greeted him on the avenue in the outer city was his three sisters and several stepmothers. Behind these women, there were dozens of carriages.
According to etiquette, especially with Kerui's current status, no one except the emperor dared to block Kerui's motorcade. However, seeing that these were all Kerui's family members, the guards hesitated, and the speed of the motorcade increased.
Slowing down a lot, the guard captain quickly ran to Corey's car.
"Sir, in front..."
Corey waved his hand to stop the guard captain from continuing. When the motorcade slowed down, Corey had already seen the crowds of people on the roadside in front of him. Unlike the low-level nobles back then, Corey's stepmother and sisters were now dressed up.
It is magnificent, even their entourage and maids are full of luxury.
"Tell them that I will go home for lunch tomorrow at noon." Corey was a little helpless. He didn't want to see these women, but after all, they were still a family.
After listening to Corey's order, the guard captain came to the front of the team and ordered to speed up the march. Then he came alone in front of Corey's family: "The marshal said that he will have lunch at home tomorrow." After the guard captain finished speaking,
, performed a standard military salute, and quickly returned to his position in the team without waiting for Corey's stepmothers to react.
Corey's guard is different from what it was back then. Back then, it was all composed of Thunder Eagles. Now, due to various relationships, many officers are trying their best to arrange their children into the marshal's guard. The number of guards is also the original three hundred.
, increased to nearly 6,000 people, and most of them were on the side of Kerui. After all, Ammu often went to the battlefield and had a group of soldiers who were good at fighting as his guards.
Although Kerui ignored the stepmothers, they looked at the retreating team and thought of the captain of Kerui's guard coming to speak in person. The stepmothers were still very happy. After all, they knew what Kerui did when she was a child.
for.
"Marshal is busy with official duties. It's such an honor for us little people to meet Marshal Kerui." The speaker was the patriarch of Erniang's family. Just looking at Kerui's motorcade made him tremble with excitement.
Non-stop.
"Put on your best clothes at lunch tomorrow, don't let me lose face." Kerui's second wife said to her brigade commander in a arrogant tone. After hearing this tone and attitude, the patriarch
Not only was he not angry at all, but he replied solemnly: "Yes, yes, I will definitely write it down."
The city lord's palace in Thunder Eagle City.
Speaking of this city lord's palace, it is the most special one in Yasi. There is no city lord and no officials here. There is only a special battalion of the Royal Knights responsible for the security work here. And this city lord's palace is composed of countless rockeries, green trees, artificial
It is composed of pools and pavilions, and its environment cannot even be compared with that of the imperial palace.
"Old men, there are gifts..." As soon as Corey entered the garden, he saw the late emperor and Marshal Baikal playing chess in the pavilion from a distance. He just shouted a few words, and suddenly found that the other side of the pavilion was full of people kneeling.
People on the ground, including Warner, were kneeling among them. He quickly covered his mouth, ran two steps quickly and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty..." Corey thought for a long time, but could not think of a suitable person like this.
Situational greetings.
The late emperor saw a smile on Keri's tense face: "Boy, what's your gift?"
"Hey, a little gadget." Corey said, taking out a bag from his arms, placing it on the stone table in the pavilion, and taking out a crystal ball from the bag: "This is a good thing, at least tens of thousands of years old.
"
The late emperor picked it up and held it in his hand. He could clearly see a larger insect preying on a small insect in the crystal ball. He asked in surprise: "How did you get this in?"
"I heard from the dwarves that this kind of bug only existed tens of thousands of years ago. There is also a kind of tree, and a very sticky sap will flow out of the tree. The sap just drips on these two bugs, and they are buried in the ground.
It took tens of thousands of years for the soil to become like this. It is very, very rare to have two bugs, especially one like this." Corey excitedly danced his arms and recounted vividly.
The late emperor was very surprised. His eyes widened. He stared at the crystal stone carefully for a long time, and then he said slowly: "It is really rare, a rare thing in the world."
Seeing that the late emperor was happy, Kerui boldly pointed at Warner and the ministers who were kneeling on the ground: "Your Majesty, the ground is cold. Besides, letting the emperor of Yasi kneel to spread the news will damage the reputation of the Yasi royal family.
.”
The late emperor glared at Corey coldly: "It's such a loss of prestige. What's wrong with a son kneeling in front of his father?" After that, he waved his hand to Warner: "Get up, everyone, get up." After that, he continued to study.
Picking up the spar, Corey quietly moved Marshal Baikal to follow him, took out a short knife and presented it: "A gift for you. What's wrong with this?"
Baikal held the short knife and smiled: "If you want to say the reason, I still blame you. Why are you fishing in the sea? The dwarf blacksmith house. The ministers in the court are quarreling about it every day. They were quarreling loudly in the garden just now.
His Majesty and I happened to pass by, and His Majesty was very angry after hearing this."
Corey cracked his mouth and muttered in a low voice: "You can't blame me, I have good intentions."
"I'm angry that they don't care about their noble status. They treat such a beautiful place like a market just like a hawker. The guarantee of Yasi's existence is the nobility. If the nobles don't have any noble temperament or grace,
Then what's the use of nobles?" The late emperor stared at Warner coldly and said slowly. Warner was shocked after hearing this, but he finally understood the reason for his father's anger.
"My father taught me that I should write a letter of repentance with my own hand and hand it to you." After Warner finished speaking, a group of ministers behind him hurriedly followed up and said, "I will also write a letter of repentance myself."
The late emperor nodded and let them go. Kerui saw that the time was right and immediately followed him: "Then we still have a meeting. Can we..."
For some reason, the late emperor couldn't get angry when he saw Corey, even if Corey did something unruly, he smiled and scolded Corey: "Go away, you bastard."
When Corey heard this, he hurriedly signaled to the ministers. Warner and the ministers disappeared without a trace in an instant as if they had been granted amnesty.
"Ah, why did you make His Majesty unhappy?" Corey asked eagerly as soon as he entered the conference room.
The Prime Minister sighed: "We made a mistake. We forgot how nobles should behave. Originally we just went to the garden to shoot a gun. Everyone in the provinces refused to give in for their own interests. Not even a few minutes after sitting down, everyone started arguing again.
Get up."
Corey wanted to laugh after hearing this, but when he saw Warner with an innocent look on his face, he suppressed his laughter. He pulled Warner to sit on the front seat and said softly: "Have you ever heard of black market auctions? Auctioning these ownership rights
All earned will be collected into the treasury."
"I've heard about the black market auction. Do you want to..." Warner understood immediately and looked at Corey and laughed: "You bad guy, you can get this kind of thing to the nobles."
"Who said it? The biggest buyers on the black market are all nobles. How could these guys not know about the auction? The one with the highest price gets it. What a fair deal this is. We just need to keep the amount and give it as a reward to a few people.
It would be nice to have a powerful family."
Warner lowered his head and thought for a moment, then stood up suddenly: "I announce that five dwarf blacksmith houses and fifty new fishing boats will be built in the entire kingdom. The auction will be held at the theater in the outer city at noon the day after tomorrow."
The governors of the provinces who were still arguing quietly were shocked when they heard Warner's sudden announcement. They all looked at Warner stupidly. After Warner finished speaking, he ignored them and pulled Corey out of the meeting.
room.
"Auction, let's rely on strength." A governor seemed very happy and looked at the other provincial governors proudly. The other governors who came back to their senses also secretly exerted their strength in their hearts, and looked at these governors with hostility.