"See clearly?"

Baron Rhine, lord of the Barony of Connaughton, questioned the spy who was on one knee.

The Barony of Connaughton is next to the Northern Fortress, known as the Dukedom of the North, and any disturbance of the other party cannot hide from the eyes and ears of the Baron of Rhine.

Especially when he heard the news a few days ago that there would be a wave of devastating beasts that would hit the northern fortress and might break through the fortress and head towards the interior of the mainland, he was frightened for a while.

But now, after so many days, there is no movement, and there is no sign of the invasion of the beast tide.

This made him very puzzled, so he sent spies to find out the news, and this investigation also brought him a big "surprise".

"The subordinates did see that the Duke's Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Northern Realm only took a few soldiers and drove a few carriages to the south, and the carts were full of demonic beast crystal nuclei, and the number was impossible to estimate. ”

The spy knelt on the ground flatteringly reporting what he had seen to his lord, and when he spoke of the indescribable Monster crystal nucleus, his Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed visibly.

Baron Rhine's breathing also became heavy, he fully understood how much wealth those Warcraft crystal nuclei represented, and with his own strength, he could get it at his fingertips.

"So...... How did they manage to fend off the beast tide?"

What shy sanity he had left told him that things might not be as simple as he thought, and that a weak northern fortress could not withstand that level of beast tide.

"Maybe the news that I just started to investigate is wrong, after all, for the strength of the northern fortress, any kind of beast tide can be said to destroy the world. ”

The spy thought for a while, and cautiously returned to the road, although the previous news was also found by him, but there may be some mistakes.

"Hmm...... Wrong. Baron Rhine walked agitately around the castle hall with his hands behind his back, his face contorted with greed and prudence.

"Those Demonic Beast crystal nuclei can't be explained, there are so many of them, it can only be that they have encountered a large-scale beast tide. In the end, it was the remnants of his sanity that allowed him to grasp the crux of the problem and find something wrong.

"In fact, those crystal nuclei are not necessarily from the beast tide, and they may also be the legendary Duke's treasury. The spy made another conjecture, "After all, you didn't find that treasure trove when you decided not to follow the cowardly Duke of the North. ”

Hearing the words of the Duke's treasury, Baron Rhine suddenly stopped his movements and stood quietly in place, silent.

"Indeed, indeed...... It is impossible for an ancient family that has been handed down for more than 700 years without a little bit of heritage, and I have always underestimated them. ”

Finally, with a pleasant smile on Baron Rhine's face, he helped the spy who had been kneeling on the ground to his feet.

"You go and give me orders, put your troops and horses in order, and we will rob those goods first. He handed the spy a copy of the requisition, "Then, let's go 'visit' the Duke of the North together." ”

"Yes, sir. ”

The spy took the warrant, bowed slightly, and hid in the darkness.

.........

Joseph was somewhat pleased.

When he first saw the piles of demonic beast crystal nuclei, he had already expected that he was going to make a lot of money.

Now it has really made him a lot of money, and it is even better than the best plan he had made at the beginning.

He left the Beijing Fortress five days ago, and with his butler and a dozen soldiers, he escorted a carload of Warcraft crystal nuclei to Ishta, the largest commercial city in the north.

He believed that with the market size and sheer cargo throughput of Ishtar, the largest commercial city in the North, he could easily sell the nuclei harvested in his territory.

And he also contacted his former business friends through his own connections, asking them to help him find a good home, and he only needs to pay a small referral fee.

Therefore, as soon as their team arrived in Istta, they were surrounded by local merchants who wanted to buy crystal nuclei, and they sold out all their inventory without much effort, and even some big businessmen wanted to sign long-term business agreements.

To be honest, Joseph was very excited, he had been a businessman for so many years, and he had been jumping at the bottom for so many years, when had such a large row of big businessmen lined up to sign an agreement with him.

But he finally maintained a trace of rationality, knowing that the territory did not actually produce demonic beast crystal nuclei.

If it weren't for this beast tide, I guess I wouldn't have seen so many crystal nuclei in my life.

So he finally refused the invitation of the big businessmen in great pain, and was depressed in his room for a while.

Fortunately, he did not forget Duke's request, and in the end, he still fought hard to buy the materials requested by the lord in various material and ore markets.

Then he went to the slave market and made a selection, and finally bought nearly 500 able-bodied slaves, mostly young men.

After three days of procurement, Joseph finally procured all the supplies needed for the territory and Duke's requirements, and marched to the northern fortress with a procession of chariots and horses that was three times longer than the one he had come.

Looking at the endless flow of teams in front of him, Joseph felt a sense of pride in his heart, after all, not just any cat or dog can complete such large-scale procurement and scheduling in just a few days.

And he made a lot of money this time, and the Warcraft crystal nucleus sold nearly 60,000 gold coins, almost 10,000 more than the highest estimate at the beginning.

Even if so many supplies and slaves were purchased, there were more than 20,000 left.

It was a very successful business venture.

Joseph patted himself on the belly triumphantly, turned and boarded his carriage, and told the groom to follow the middle of the procession.

In the first few days of the return journey, everything went smoothly with the group, and although there were only a dozen soldiers and a few helpers, the slaves followed the group resignedly.

However, as he got closer to the fortress in the north, Joseph always felt a wave of unease.

As a businessman, he has a sensitive sense of crisis, but he really can't think of what kind of trouble he will encounter.

Eventually, he attributed it to the fact that he had been too tired lately, especially because he had been emaciated by the loss of the opportunity to sign contracts with the big merchants.

As the party approached the Barony of Connaughton, the butler who was walking in front reported to him that there was a checkpoint ahead, and he finally realized that something was wrong.

"How many heavily armed soldiers are there at the checkpoint?" he asked the butler a series of questions, as he pulled out his small handkerchief and wiped the sweat oozing from nervousness.

"I didn't see it clearly, I only saw thirty or forty people vaguely, and I don't know if there were any more behind, so I rushed back to report to you as soon as possible. ”

The butler couldn't say why, but there was clearly a crisis lurking ahead.

"In this case, you take a detour back to report to the Duke, and I will stay here to stall for time. ”

Joseph gritted his teeth and decided to let the butler go around the mountain path to move the rescuers.

"Master?" the butler panicked for a moment, and stood there without moving.

"Go, you can't kill me!" snarled Joseph.

The butler finally stumbled to the side of the wilderness.