Chapter 33: Golden Sands
Luo Mo helplessly looked at Yue'er with a leather whip and said to the thirty-four servants in front of him: "Today, when you enter this mansion, you have to obey Miss Ben's rules, if you dare to disobey, you will be punished and served, and everyone will be brothers in the future, and if you have my meat to eat, you will have oil to drink." ”
The housekeeper looked strange and brought a jar of wine and a lot of large bowls, and all the servants stepped forward to serve the wine, Yue'er watched with satisfaction as the servants picked up the bowls and shouted, "Brothers, drink." ”
The servants didn't know what this master wanted to do, so they had to smash the bowl together after drinking, Luo Mo stroked his forehead, shook his head with a sigh, and the butler next to him stepped forward and asked, "Lord Duke, do you need to give any orders?"
Luo Mo waved his hand, went back to the house, took a pastry, held his head and ate it slowly, and heard the unison shouting outside: "Regard death as home, I am the master of my territory." ”
The housekeeper came up and asked, "What are you going to do with the child you brought back?" ”
After thinking for a moment, Luo Mo said, "Bring it up and take a look first." ”
After a while, a thin little boy walked in slowly with a frightened face, and stood in front of him, his legs trembling a little, and he was unsteady on his feet.
Luo Mo asked, "Which tribe are you from in the Raya steppe?"
The little boy shook his head and didn't speak again, just looked at Luo Mo with some trepidation.
The butler whispered in Luo Mo's ear, "The men who were with this little boy want to see you." ”
Luo Mo beckoned, picked up a piece of cake and handed it to the little boy, the little boy saw that the cake was very beautiful, smelled extremely sweet, and couldn't help but take it and eat it.
After a while, four men walked in, saw Luo Mo treating the little boy with a relaxed expression, knelt down on one knee and said, "Please don't embarrass this child, we won't run away." ”
Luo Mo said lightly: "Which tribe are you from?" ”
One man said, "We are from the tribe of goddesses. ”
Luo Mo's eyes widened and he said, "What tribe." ”
The man repeated, "We are from the tribe of goddesses and are inhabitants there. ”
Luo Mo was a little speechless, and there was such a tribe, and asked casually: "This child is the son of your chief of the goddess tribe, right?" ”
The man panicked and cried out, "How do you know. ”
Luo Mo was speechless for a while, these four men didn't look like the little boy's father, but guards, and being able to bring so many guards in the tribe at any time could only be the tribe's sacrifice or the chief and his heirs.
The four men immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy from the child, and Luo Mo also asked the ins and outs, it turned out that the little boy was seen and snatched back by the Blood Banner Army who were robbing the tribe when he came out to play.
He is the youngest son of the chief of the goddess tribe named Baila, and there are two sons above him, who have been bullied by these two brothers since he was a child and have developed a somewhat cowardly character.
After attending the wedding banquet between Emperor Chen and Ophile, Luo Mo almost wanted to jump into the river when he learned the truth, this Ropol's curse turned out to be a totem that could not be washed away, and there was no other harm.
However, as for the increase in strength to not lie to him, it is said that the dragon clan is good at collecting rare treasures, I heard that they have a ring called the Ring of Source, which not only stores items, but also enhances the perception of heaven and earth after bringing it, especially the lower the realm, the more obvious the effect.
But as for whether it can be reached, it is not easy to say, the dragon patriarch likes to put all his collection of things in it and carry it with him, which is said to be very satisfying.
Luo Mo looked sad and angry and took dozens of servants and Yue'er on the road to the city of Jinsha, and to his surprise, Emperor Chen said that he was afraid that Luo Mo would suffer a loss when he left, so he gave him the authority to dispatch the Blood Banner Army, and quickly delivered it with birds with source power.
seems to care about him so much, but in fact, Luo Mo knows that Emperor Chen doesn't like to make his own choice, although the desolate city of Jinsha once becomes his territory, after more than ten years of consolidation, then the safety of the Holy Luo Empire is all up to Luo Mo, which can be described as half an emperor.
Luo Mo hadn't thought about it so much, but this place was close to the east, so it would be good to go back and forth in the future.
The journey to Sands was a long one, and it took him half a month to reach the Mohar Camp of Exile, which was close to him.
Because this place is remote and sparsely populated, no one is willing to find a job here, so most of the people who have not been killed have been pulled here to work and dig up Source Crystal.
The butler wanted to take a detour, but Luo Mo insisted on coming here, and only when he arrived here did he know that this place was really desolate, a group of people with heavy chain eroded by the source power kept mining there, and an officer stripped off only his pants and stood in the shade without fanning back and forth with his hat.
The butler hurriedly stepped forward and whispered in the officer's ear, "Duke Luomo is here." ”
The officer was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "I have only heard of the Duke of Drewshan, and there will be a Luo ......."
The butler took out the golden badge and handed it to the officer, and said angrily, "Blind your dog's eyes." ”
Before the officer finished speaking, he fell down in fright and hurriedly got up, he naturally understood the badge, and said in a panic: "Duke Luo, you are angry, angry." ”
After a while, a soldier came up with a plate of sauced beef and a jar of wine, and the officer repeatedly apologized for his crimes, and he had offended a Viscount named Doria, and was sent to manage this bitter place.
Now that even the duke has offended and is a hereditary title, and suddenly felt that the future was bleak, Luo Mo smiled when he saw it, and said: "Those who don't know are not guilty, I want a few thugs here." ”
The officer immediately nodded in understanding, and immediately asked his subordinates to gather all the oppressed people and send a list in front of Luo Mo's eyes, Luo Mo glanced at it roughly and said, "Why are there only more than a hundred people." ”
The officer said with a sad face: "There used to be about nearly a thousand people, but there were too few guards on our side who ran and fled, and the materials were transported to this level, and there was not much left in their hands, so they only ate two meals a day. ”
Luo Mo nodded and said, "Two meals?" ”
The officer took out a bowl with two leaves and a piece of meat that was already a little stinking on it, and sighed, "This is what they ate in one meal." ”
Luo Mo not only sighed when he thought of this, but said: "When I arrive at Jinsha City, I will arrange this properly, I want a hundred people, choose some good ones to follow me on the road, as for their list of sick or tired to death, you can read and write." ”
After hearing this, the officer nodded again and again, urging the soldiers to choose the right people and follow Luo Mo on the road.
Because of its proximity to the desert, the yellow sand is often covered with yellow sand, and strong winds often blow, and the city of Jinsha is full of people, but there are signs of prosperity.
Luo Mo walked into the city and found that most of these people were merchants, selling back and forth and temporarily living here, and after arriving at the city lord's mansion in the city, a fat middle-aged man was holding a leg of mutton and was gnawing, and a woman who was still charming next to him was laughing and talking.
The butler stepped forward with a gloomy face and whispered, "The Duke is here today, don't you know, why don't you go to greet him." ”
The fat middle-aged man sighed, and said humbly: "This is Lord Duke, it's really young and promising, but unfortunately I have a stomachache today so I can't greet it, it's really atonement for my sins." ”
The corners of the woman's eyes were wrinkled, but she also said with a little daughter attitude: "Lord Duke, you are really here, there is a lack of women to tell me, I am the only brothel in this Golden Sands City, Red Rose, some of the girls in it are from the tribe, welcome." ”
Yue'er rolled her eyes and said, "Let me tell you, our Luo Mo master only needs a delicate daughter, and he is not used to being too ordinary." ”
Luo Mo was speechless for a while, how did she feel like she was talking back this month, the woman saw that the fat middle-aged man was not looking good, so she smiled and retired first.
The fat middle-aged man smiled and said, "My name is Turgu, and I am the housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion, and no one else has been here since the death of the previous City Lord." ”
The butler stepped forward and said, "Lord Duke is the new city lord, you have to prepare all the accounts and hand them over, and this Golden Sands City will be the Duke's private domain in the future." ”
Turgu took out two books, gave them to the butler, and sat down to nibble on the leg of mutton.
The housekeeper asked curiously: "Why are you still sitting here if you don't let people take out the source stones, count them, and let us take a look at the food items by the way." ”
Turgu said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the Duke, there is no half of the source stone, and there are no materials, so far the government still owes five thousand source stones, and most of the shops in the city still owe a lot of accounts, and the materials are all requisitioned by the Blood Banner Army." ”
Luo Mo frowned a little, so that not only did he take over the empty shell, but also a city of golden sands in debt.
It was obviously unrealistic for him to go back and choose a new place, this is Luo Mo's iron heart to treat this as a private territory.
"Lord Duke, the deputy commander of the Blood Banner Army, has come to ask for the Source Stone. As soon as the butler heard the servant who hurriedly ran in, he hurriedly walked to Luo Mo's side and whispered.
"Haha, I have heard the name of Duke Luo for a long time, I, Locke, came today to see you, and by the way, I will ask for the salary of our Blood Banner Army from Golden Sands City back. A bearded man broke into the door and saw Luo Mo laughing.
Luo Mo didn't get angry, but asked with a smile, "How many source stones does Golden Sands City owe you?" ”
Locke ordered a soldier to walk up to Luo Mo with the account book and said, "A total of 200,000 source stones. ”
Luo Mo nodded and said, "It will definitely be returned in three days." ”
Locke left with a smile, and on the way back, the entourage asked: "The deputy marshal, this duke is so good at talking, if he wants the source stones, he will give them to him, where did he get so many source stones just after he was canonized." ”
Locke sneered and said: "This popular grand duke chose to establish a private territory here, and it cannot be ruled out that he was sent by Emperor Chen to devour my Blood Banner Army. ”
The attendant asked, "Isn't that going to make the Blood Banner Army change its commander?"
Locke glanced at his entourage and was so frightened that the latter hurriedly lowered his head and said silently, and after a while, he laughed and said: "I want the Blood Banner Army to change commanders, unless this army disappears, he is not stupid, but the edict that came this time said that we should obey his dispatch, and it is not ruled out that Emperor Chen wants to rectify this duke, so let's take a look at the situation first." ”
After Luo Mo asked the housekeeper to settle the hundred people he brought, he called some servants to clean the city lord's mansion.