Shortly after entering the year 911, the Black Forest began to be infested with underground creatures, and the Cordillera Lord's Mansion issued a "Surrender Order", which allowed anyone who killed underground creatures to come to the mercenary guild in the nearest town with their head to receive a bounty.

This is actually a long-term mercenary mission issued by the Lord's Mansion, and the financial aspect is also directly settled with the mercenary union. Different levels of underground creatures and other races have different prices, and their purpose is to mobilize mercenaries who refuse to accept the domination of the lord's mansion or do not work hard.

At first, the effect was not very obvious, but as the number of underground creatures spread and the news spread that the mercenary union was paying the bounty in full, more and more adventurers began to join the mission, but adventurers from other places also flocked to it.

Although the kobolds look like dogs and are very strong, their combat effectiveness is indeed miserable, and under the control of those adventurers, the pressure on the Cordillera city defense army has been greatly reduced, although it is a loss of a little money, but the city defense army has also avoided a large number of casualties, Hathaway feels that this business is still cost-effective.

Although the battle of Gettysburg Fortress is in full swing, adventurers enter the Cordillera Plateau every day, and those adventurers who had left due to the turmoil of the times also return, after all, the trade of killing kobolds is more affordable, and small mercenary groups of various sizes have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and their battles are much fiercer and more exciting than those of the city defenses.

Of course, the influx of adventurers has also severely challenged the security of the Cordillera. Human beings are always immune to infighting, even in times of war that are related to racial grievances, especially in places like taverns, where violent conflicts often occur. Fortunately, the police department has an emergency plan for this, and all incidents are properly controlled.

Maple Dew Quay, also a large new marina in the Cordillera, but on the banks of the Mandini Nile, with Maple Dew City behind it—it was just a small town a year and a half ago.

That morning, a luxury passenger ship bearing the coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Casserf slowly sailed into the expanding Maple Dew Wharf, and the navigator introduced the passenger ship to the first slot, which was reserved for the lord, and never stopped except for Hathaway's return from the Northwest Battlefield.

For the coat of arms of nobility, not everyone understands, it is definitely a specialized discipline. But seeing this grandeur, the people on the dock knew that the guests on this ship were not simple, and they all consciously moved out of the way to facilitate the staff of the dock.

A handsome young man with a somewhat pale face stood in front of the window, looking out with interest, his gaze deep and somewhat complicated.

"Gu Lie, this is the legendary Wild Land? I really wonder what Vermont City is in those populations? ”

Beside him lay a chaise longue, on which lay a beautiful lady with a languid expression, who seemed to be less than twenty years old.

"It's a bit of a stretch to say it's a wild place, but two years ago, it was a sparsely populated town. No matter how disapproving those people were, the Marquis de la Cordillera was much better than those gentlemen. "Gu Lie. Fei Wenlie sighed, and couldn't help but feel a little disappreciative of his father in his heart.

Archduke Cassef has been playing the idea of the Cordillera, which is not only Gurret. Fei Wenlie knew that even the high-ranking old emperor Yemen Qing, this is exactly where he looks down on his own Lao Tzu - don't you covet the land so obviously, okay? What emperor didn't pay close attention to territory? Not to mention brothers, even fathers and sons are not negotiable.

From the beginning, Archduke Cassef coveted not the tax revenues of the Cordillera, but the mineral deposits there. But he was relatively unsuccessful, after supporting such a puppet in the mountains of Brinia, the old emperor had a defense, although the lord of the Cordillera has not fulfilled his duties, but the old emperor intentionally or unintentionally caused a situation where several families divided their rights, so that the Grand Duke of Cassef was helpless.

Later, Hathaway left the Academy of Magic, and Archduke Cassef wanted his second son to marry Hathaway, so as to achieve the purpose of indirectly controlling the Cordillera collar, but unfortunately the gentleman couldn't even handle a woman.

Look at Gu Lie. Fei Wenlie was distracted, and the lady next to her smiled faintly, as a woman, she was also curious about how a young girl could hold up such a territory. Hathaway's story is quite popular in the upper echelons of the Empire, and it is a very legendary kind.

In the eyes of most nobles, if she can win the power competition, it should be the arrangement of His Majesty the Emperor, after all, he is the most powerful person in this empire. But to be able to run a territory of Nuoda thrivingly, and he himself has been promoted from a magic apprentice to a great magician, it is not as simple as someone to help him...... In Heidelberg, it was even rumored that His Majesty the Emperor was interested in courting one of his princes. So this noble lady was also curious about the lord.

"Catherine, what do you think again?" Gu Lie. Fei Wenlie turned his gaze to look at the noble lady...... His wife Catherine. Rennes. Fei Wenlie was born into a noble family in the Kingdom of Odin.

"The Marquis of Bell, of course."

Catherine smiled, "If her father had been kind to her when she first arrived in Vermont City or when she first entered the Cordillera, maybe you would have received a foreign aid with great potential." ”

"That's right. It's a pity that you can't start all over again. ”

Gu Lie. Fei Wenlie also regretted it very much.

In fact, this is all some taken for granted thinking, when the opponent is weak, the first thing that many people think of is control, which is a very normal thing, as for the later ...... It was pure luck and ability. If it was still the little girl who had just sneaked out of the magic academy, I am afraid that there would be no bones left now, where would there be any development?

"Gu Lie, haven't you heard of it? I heard that this Marquis has a very withdrawn personality and is very rebellious, and he is incompatible with his father and stepmother, not to mention that he is very unhappy because of the matter of the title......"

"Ahem......"

There was a sudden dry cough behind them, and the two looked back, but it was Levon who had come with them. Bel.

The two who were talking about other people's privacy did not mean to be embarrassed at all, and Catherine asked with a smile: "Your Excellency, Bell, we were still discussing your sister just now, I don't know how much you know about her?" ”

Lebon. The corners of Bell's eyes twitched slightly, and he bowed slightly and replied, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, she spends most of her time in the Academy of Magic, and we don't know each other very well." ”

"Oh, that's a shame."

Catherine smiled slightly, and said in a changed tone: "Lord Marquis is still quite capable, I heard that several highnesses in Heidelberg are full of praise for Lord Marquis, you sisters and brothers should be more affectionate than others, so as to eliminate the estrangement between you and your elders." ”

These words are a reminder of Lebon. Bell, the emperor is getting old, and the princes continue to value Hathaway, so they will definitely win her over in the future, as Hathaway's brother, if you can't even take advantage of this, it will be too much of a failure.

Lebon. After all, Bell was young, and the unhappiness just now had disappeared in an instant, and he began to think carefully about Catherine's words. Fei Wenlie glanced at his wife in some surprise, and then looked thoughtful.

The ship landed slowly and steadily, when approaching the shore, the ship appeared more stable, with a plop of iron anchors like water, the hull was also gently close to the shore, and the port staff on the dock had already risen to take the cable thrown by the crew on the deck, and worked hard to fix the hull on the special stone pillar on the shore, although it was not clear who the passengers on the ship were, but the weathered port staff also knew that the guests on the ship were definitely not ordinary guests, otherwise they would not use the special berth of the lord.

At the same time as the passenger ship docked, there began to be a slight commotion on the dock, and a team of policemen rumbled into the dock area, and those merchants and dock workers who were watching the excitement immediately retreated, but they did not leave, but stopped and watched from afar, wanting to see who was on board.

The police did not evict them, and as long as they did not enter the cordoned off zone, the police were too lazy to do much.

A horse-drawn carriage pulled into the dock area and stopped not far from the shore, followed by a well-dressed young man getting out of the car, and immediately a whisper rang out from the crowd. Hughes's exposure is higher than Hathaway's, and there are few merchants who don't know him.

In the cabin, all three of them noticed the movement on the docks, and when they saw Petro getting off the carriage. After Hughes, Levun. Bell's face was slightly gloomy: "She didn't even come to greet the two highnesses." ”

The couple over there both glanced at the young man a little strangely. A flash of disdain flashed in Fei Wenlie's eyes, but Catherine smiled slightly: "The Cordillera Collar is also currently fighting against the underground race, and it is normal that Marquis Bell can't spare time. ”

The combat power of those kobolds will also make her unable to spare time?

Lebon. Bell didn't think so, but he also knew that what he had just said was a bit too much and didn't fit his identity, so he didn't say anything.

"Well, I think we'd better stop talking about it. The gentleman on the dock is probably the official of the Cordillera Collar, and judging by that appearance, he is probably here to greet us, and we should get ready to get off the ship. ”

Gu Lie. Fei Wenlie's just right interjection eased the somewhat awkward atmosphere in the cabin, and Catherine's smart eyes swept over the cabin, and she smiled, "That's right, don't let the master wait, it seems that we have no grace." ”R1152