Chapter 30: The Dilemma

"Cheney the dwarf, meet His Majesty the Pope. Luo Heng didn't know if he was shouting right, and fell to one knee on the ground.

"Knight Cheney, please rise, and may the light be with you. The Pope sat on it, reached out and touched his chest.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I beg to be removed from the title of Chosen Knight, I am an unclean person. Luo Heng stood up, lowered his head and stroked his chest and said.

The Pope nodded and spoke, "In view of the mistakes made by Knight Cheney, the title of Knight of Cheney Rowe will be revoked and he will be demoted to the position of Temple Guard. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. "The temple guard is just a false name, that is, the meaning of the guard, of course, as for which temple guard, the Pope did not say, if it is the temple guard of the Holy See of Bright City, it is different.

"Knight Cheney Rowe has made a meritorious service against the orcs in the Northern Fortress, and he has been granted the title of duke, and the permanent territory of Green Pine Ridge has been enshrined. The Pope spoke.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Luo Heng got the scroll on which the Holy See canonized himself, with a detailed map of the territory on it.

As for the noble badge or something, as long as it is done, and then it is reported, and in the entire continent, there is also a council of noble elders.

However, this council does not have any major powers, and it is only the noble councils of each empire that they have an influence on the nobles of their own country.

After finishing speaking, the Pope invited Luo Heng and many people from the Northern Fortress to attend the banquet.

Luo Heng met a lot of nobles at the banquet, but these nobles looked down on Luo Heng a little, after all, Luo Heng's place was a deserted place that no one wanted.

These aristocrats are talking about horses, women.

"Lord Cheney, it's a pleasure to meet you, you can call me Mars, the president of the Mondstadt Chamber of Commerce. During the banquet, a human nobleman dressed as a marquis came to Luo Heng.

"Mr. Mars, it's a pleasure to meet you. Luo Heng looked at the vast majority of the humans in the room who were about two meters and a half, giving Luo Heng a very uncomfortable feeling.

"Mr. Cheney, your territory needs a lot of money, so I think we might be able to work together. Mars spoke.

"Business?" Luo Heng didn't remember that he was going to sell something?

"Yes, I heard that you own a swanman priest lady, and I can pay a great deal ....... Mars spoke.

When Luo Heng heard this, he knew what the Mondstadt Chamber of Commerce was doing, and seeing Mars waiting for his answer, Luo Heng opened his mouth and said, "Then in terms of price?"

"Auction, we charge 20% of the auction fee, and according to my estimate, it will probably reach a million gold coins, and this is the first swan priest. Mars spoke.

"Million gold coins, isn't it too little?" Luo Heng asked with a smile.

"Uh...... Mr. Cheney, do you know how much grain you can buy for a piece of gold, how many slaves you can feed on?" Mars was a little upset.

"Actually, I don't think you should charge a fee, but pay me a lot of money. Luo Heng was idle and panicked, and said.

"Why?" Mars was confused.

"You also said, this is the first Swan Man Priest, so many chambers of commerce, why did they choose you Mondstadt Chamber of Commerce?" Luo Heng asked playfully.

Mars's head was down at that time, and he looked at Luo Heng, this is a dwarf? This is simply an old fox in the human world.

"You may consider my suggestion. Luo Heng raised his glass with a smile and said.

The other nobles around who originally wanted to talk to Luo Heng about this matter immediately shut up, obviously this dwarf is not so easy to fool.

After the banquet, Luo Heng still needs to be busy with a lot of things, first of all, those human slaves in the northern fortress, there are more than 30 people who are subordinate to Luo Heng, including ten coppersmiths, ten carpenters, and ten plasterers, all of which were assigned to Luo Heng when the artillery was made.

These people were originally slaves, but after this merit, they were all pardoned, that is, they had a ten-employment relationship with Luo Heng at most, and of course, the Holy See of Light and the Noble Council of Elders would compensate a part of the gold coins.

However, among the thirty people, only two plasterers were willing to follow Luo Heng, and the rest were unwilling.

"Buying slaves, hiring guards, building roads, and carpenters....... "A whole bunch of things.

Luo Heng originally wanted to buy slaves must be easy, who would not make money, but those slave traders were worried about the orc captives in Luo Heng's hands.

The dwarves such as Sardin caught all orc women, all of them were young, there were cat people, there were rabbit people, there were leopard people, and tiger people, all of them were young women, and the old first-class male orcs, Sardin didn't catch them, because there was no such value.

There were more than 400 people, all of whom were handed over to Luo Heng by the Dwarf Kingdom, so the orc slaves in Luo Heng's hands were the most expensive and valuable loot.

There was not a single one of the millions of gold coins, but there were hundreds of more people, but fortunately, the dwarf kingdom allocated a dwarven knight group to Luo Heng, and there were a hundred dwarven knights.

"Alas. Luo Heng ran into walls everywhere and signed an agreement with the Bright Sect to purchase grain at a low price, but those merchants actually said that it was difficult to transport in winter, and they wanted a particularly high transportation fee.

"Buy a few stewards first. Luo Heng gritted his teeth and said.

Luo Heng directly released the tasks in the mercenary union, and the two tasks offered a reward of 500 gold coins.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the task was released, it was immediately picked up, and then in the afternoon, Luo Heng received a mercenary from the Dwarf Chamber of Commerce to do the task.

"Lord Cheney, these are the two butlers you have requested, this butler is the Grand Butler of the Royal Rovana, forty years old, this was once a duke's butler, but the duke was corrupt and rebellious, and became a slave. "The mercenary was accompanied by two men, both middle-aged.

Luo Heng carefully read the information, and then handed it to the Manyu magician, who looked at the magic mark and nodded.

"This is five hundred gold coins, what about the slave contract of these two people?" Luo Heng took out five hundred gold coins.

"Thank you, Your Excellency. "This mercenary is so happy, this kind of butler, no one asks for fifty gold coins, it looks like a tall man, but he doesn't have much strength, as for the butler, that butler was not cultivated since childhood, and that noble family is not a lot of housekeepers?

"Then Captain Kyle, I have some other tasks here, I don't know if you want to take them?" Luo Heng saw Captain Kyle and asked.

"I wonder if there's anything you need to do with something small, Lord Cheney?" Kyle asked.

"I need some giant slaves, and price is not an issue. Luo Heng said.

"Lord Cheney, can you go directly to the chambers of commerce to buy this?" Kyle asked, a little confused.

"Those profiteers see that I am in dire need, so they want a big price, and we dwarves, you know, are very unhappy with those profiteers. Luo Heng said ambiguously.

"Lord Cheney, I can accept this task, but I don't want gold, I need some magic weapons. Kyle rolled his eyes and spoke.