Hearing this, the old man turned his head to look at Viscount Fred, raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Don't cooperate with the Grand Duke of Halifax?"

Viscount Fred spread his hands indifferently: "Naturally, whoever is willing to cooperate with me, I will cooperate with whomever I want, anyway, it will not be the Earl of Halifax." ”

He looked at the red-faced Archduke of Halifax with a smirk: "That hillbilly's main target is you, and I don't want to wade into this troubled water now." ”

"It's obvious why you've called us here, don't you want us to fend you off that hillbilly's soldiers. ”

"I'm not stupid, and it's a bit more than worth the loss to make the other party angry with me in the city-state of Priestley for helping you. ”

Viscount Fred's words immediately resonated with many people, who looked at the Grand Duke of Halifax with some dissatisfaction and hostility in their eyes.

Although there is obvious provocation in his words, this fact cannot be denied.

The Grand Duke of Halifax called them here to fight together against Jimmy, a newly rising power.

The words are good, what is in the same boat.

In fact, I just want to use them as a shield, otherwise why didn't I see him stand up and say anything about helping each other before?

Now that your city-state of Koster is in danger and has called us to help, will you help when we are in danger in the future?

People are selfish, and when there is a reasonable reason not to send troops, the lords' minds are not on a rope.

The anger that the Grand Duke of Halifax had tried to suppress finally exploded, and he pointed at Viscount Fred's nose and scolded: "If you don't want to cooperate, get out of this conference room and out of my territory." ”

Hearing this, Viscount Fred narrowed his eyes slightly and sneered: "Okay!

After speaking, he stood up directly, glanced at the people present, and said jokingly: "Everyone can see someone's ugly face clearly now, right?"

"When I want you to help, I talk well, and when I know that you don't want to help, I get angry and start chasing people. ”

With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Seeing Viscount Fred leaving, the surrounding little lords couldn't help but feel a little at a loss, where is this trouble?

There is it in the sitting

Many supporters of Viscount Fred, when they saw that their leader was leaving, could not continue to sit here, and they excused themselves to leave.

Although some lords were not supporters of Viscount Fred, they also felt that what he said was right, and after hesitating slightly, they also found a reason to leave.

In the blink of an eye, the meeting room, which had been full, was a quarter empty.

The Grand Duke of Halifax's chest rose and fell violently, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he wanted to rush forward and tear Viscount Fred alive.

At this time, the old man sitting next to him sighed silently, and secretly said that this guy couldn't hold his breath.

However, he was one of the few people who could see the situation clearly, and knew that if Jimmy was allowed to continue like this, the Duchy of Oslo would be completely in the pocket of the other party.

Therefore, even if he looked down on the actions of the Grand Duke of Halifax, he did not leave with his hands.

Seeing that everything that should have gone was almost gone, and some people were still struggling, the old man knew that he could no longer remain silent, so he spoke: "Listen to me. ”

Hearing this, the eyes of the lords once again focused on the old man.

I saw him clear his throat and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, there is an allusion in the Eastern Earth Continent, called the cold lips and teeth, and what we are facing now is the situation of the cold lips and teeth. ”

"If we don't unite and continue to work separately, we will definitely be broken by each other. ”

"That hillbilly can send a large army against the city-state of Koster today, and tomorrow he may send troops against any of you until we are wiped out. ”

"It's going to be a long time, but it's going to happen, so we have to help the city-state of Koster get through this. ”

"Only by letting that hillbilly know how good we are can we keep our interests. ”

The old man's words caused the lords present to think deeply, the truth is like this, but thinking of what Viscount Fred said just now, they really can't afford to work for others.

The old man's words relieved the Grand Duke of Halifax from an embarrassing situation, but he pushed himself to the forefront.

A certain lord of great strength sneered and asked, "Then what should we do? Is it really as Viscount Fred said, that we willingly be the shields of others?"

Hearing this, the anger that the Grand Duke of Halifax had just suppressed came to his mind again, and he was about to open his mouth to scold, but he was pressed to the chair.

The old man smiled and said, "Viscount Rob, if you have any requests, please feel free to put them forward." ”

The young man known as Viscount Rob stood up when he heard this, and said lightly: "I can cooperate with you, and I can also send troops to help you defend against the enemy, but you have to pay the corresponding reward, after all, there is no free lunch in the world." ”

"Look at this, I have two thousand elite soldiers, and I will lend you five hundred, and you will be responsible for all the food, drink, and salary, and you will have to pay me a commission of five hundred gold coins every month. ”

When the Grand Duke of Halifax heard the young man's words, he almost bit his tongue off, only to see him gritted his teeth and replied, "Why don't you go and rob it?"

If you want to feed a soldier, not counting the cost of equipment, I am afraid that it will cost less than two gold coins in a year, and five hundred people will need to spend up to 800 gold coins.

However, the other party opened his mouth and asked for a commission of five hundred gold coins per month.

Twelve months a year, that's 6,000 gold coins, are you crazy about money?

Hire five hundred soldiers to fight with six thousand gold coins, and no one in their right mind will agree.

Viscount Rob looked at the other party's angry appearance, and his face showed contempt: "If you want to let it go, I'll make it clear here, if you want to hire it, you need to pay me a deposit of five hundred gold coins first." ”

The Grand Duke of Halifax trembled with anger, he glared at the young man in front of him, and said hatefully: "You also hurry up, I don't need your help." ”

Viscount Rob sneered when he heard this, and he learned the tone of Viscount Fred's tone, and said to the lords around him, "You can see someone's ugly face clearly now, right?"

"When I want you to help, I talk well, and when I know that you don't want to help, I get angry and start chasing people. ”

"His ultimate goal is to get us to help him for free, to fend off that hillbilly fighter. ”

"I just made a small request to get some reasonable benefits, and he immediately became angry, and people ......"

After that, he tidied up his clothes, picked up the top hat on the table, and smiled and motioned to the people around him: "I just remembered that there are still some important things to deal with, so I won't waste time here with everyone." ”