For the bandit suppression operation, Cook arranged it very carefully, and he was very conscientious when waiting, but the actual result made him very dissatisfied, and none of the real bandits appeared.

Unexpectedly, the first mission did not go well, and Cook was already helpless, and his mood seemed very depressed.

After returning to Widun, Cook sent people to look for Miller, but after a long search, he found no trace of Miller.

Cook knew that Miller must have gone outside the city to buy food from the villagers, and Cook was annoyed that Miller was only interested in his business.

When Miller finally returned to the city in the evening, the guards came to inform him as soon as possible, but Cook ignored it.

When Miller returned to his lodgings, he went to Cook's room to look for him, with a large jug of wine and a piece of roasted lamb in his hand.

Seeing Cook sitting alone at the window in a daze, Miller walked up to Cook with a smile and asked with a smile, "What's wrong Cook?" I heard that you didn't catch the bandits today, are you in a bad mood? ”。

Cook said coldly: "You care about me!" You sell your wine, collect your flour, and you don't have to worry about my business. When the time comes, your convoy will be robbed by bandits, and it has nothing to do with me, let's take care of each other. ”

As soon as he heard Miller, he understood that Cook was burying himself for not accompanying him to suppress the bandits, and Miller knew Cook's temper very well.

Miller reached out and touched a plate, put the roasted mutton on the plate, then reached out and took two wooden cups, and said while pouring wine: "Okay, I'm done with everything I should be busy, I'll accompany you to the bandits from tomorrow, how about it?" ”

Cook looked back at him, still a little unhappy, reached for his cup and took a sip and said, "You are willing to give up your business?" Isn't your flour dragged back to Uba to be sold? ”

"Sell!" Miller said proudly: "I Miller does business, never returns empty, and never presses the goods in my hands." Tomorrow I'll ask Roshabar to bring me back to Uba, and I promise to stay with you to deal with the bandits. ”

"Fart you!" , Cook was furious after hearing this: "You asked Rossabar to take someone to escort your convoy?" Everyone has gone to help you deliver the goods, what else can we use to suppress the bandits? Are you and me? Do you have the guts? ”

Miller glanced at Cook, he was not angry at all, but said happily: "Who said I don't have the guts, I don't believe we will do it tomorrow." ”

Cook frowned and asked, "Do you really want me and you?" ”

"What? Are you scared? Miller looked confident, which in turn stimulated Cook.

Cook smiled coldly, reached out and tore off a piece of mutton, and said with a smile while eating: "I'm afraid of a ghost, and I'm afraid that you will be scared to the bottom of the urine after seeing the bandits." ”

Miller burst out laughing, and he picked up his glass as he laughed and said, "You know all this, okay, you Cook." Come, let's take a sip first. ”

Cook was still not at ease, and asked seriously: "I can warn you Miller, don't be perfunctory to me, if it's really just the two of us going to suppress the bandits, don't you just run away alone, do you hear?" ”

"Okay, no problem." Miller agreed, raised his glass and took a big sip.

Cook gave him a blank look, and Cook had never been very optimistic about the short sword at Miller's waist. Men have to wear long swords, and how can they wear a short sword for a woman like Miller, no matter how you look at it, Cook feels very unpleasant.

After taking this sip of wine, Miller sighed at Cook, "Cook. Actually, I don't have any other hobbies, any nobles, any knighthoods, no knights, none of them. ”

Cook sneered and said, "Hmph, don't you just like to dump your goods, who doesn't know you." ”

"yes!" , Miller said happily: "You're right, I really like to buy and sell." If you think about it, I only have ten gold coins in my hand, and if I play for a few days, I may only have nine gold coins in my hand. But if I take it and sell it in locomotive flour, and then sell it somewhere else, the ten gold coins will probably become twelve, or thirteen. Don't you think that's interesting? What a sense of accomplishment! ”

Cook looked sideways at him, his face full of disapproval. Then Cook reached out and patted the long sword at his waist, and said to Miller very seriously: "Men's achievements depend on this, and you are the work of those rotten nobles." Don't you know, you are now full of the smell of copper coins, in addition to making money by yourself, why don't you want to think about those refugees in the wild? You used to be from a humble background, how can you forget your roots? ”

I had never heard Cook say it so seriously, and because Cook said it directly, it made Miller a little embarrassed.

Cook continued: "You are also a knight, even if you don't have a chance to fight the bandits, then you can spend some money to buy some food to help those refugees, anyway, you have made a lot of money, haven't you thought about doing something for those refugees?" ”

Miller was a little confused by Cook's repeated words, and he slowly said, "I have, I'm going to distribute food to the refugees outside the city today." But what's the use of me doing this, there are so many refugees, how much can I help? This is what the kingdom should do, what can one person do by his own strength. ”

"Humph!" , Cook pouted and mocked: "Our kingdom is made up of thousands of you and me, as long as everyone of us does our part for the kingdom, there will not be so many refugees in our kingdom, and those barbarians will not be able to drive away." If everyone thinks so about you, then who goes to war? Who takes care of the population? ”

Miller smiled bitterly and said, "Okay Cook, I understand all these things you said. It's just that you see things too simply, and if you don't tell me, it must be for the good of the kingdom. But what about the other nobles, especially the Grand Dukes and Great Lords, who have large territories in their hands, and control the food and clothing of thousands of people, as long as they are willing to pay attention, they can do more for the kingdom. ”

Cook replied, "By this you say, are the two Dukes Connor and Thatcher just having a meal?" ”

Miller shook his head and replied, "I'm not talking about the two of them, but the kingdom has sixteen territories, what's the use of just the two of them doing well." Do you know why you haven't been able to catch the bandits? ”

Hearing Miller return to the point, Cook immediately asked, "What?" Do you know why? ”

Miller's expression was very calm, he took a sip of wine, then leaned his hands on the table, leaned close to Cook and whispered, "Every line of work in the kingdom has certain rules. Do you know why my convoy of vendors is never robbed? ”

Cook never asked about the Miller vendor, he really didn't know about it, so Cook asked curiously, "Is it?" Why is that? ”

Miller reached out and tore off a piece of mutton, and as he ate it, he said, "Because I have money to buy them for the road." ”

"Buying money for the road?" This was a new term for Cook, who had never heard of any money in the kingdom: "Who are they! ”

Miller leaned closer and lowered his voice: "It's the knights who collect protection money, as long as they give them money, they will ensure that the convoy comes and goes safely." ”

Cook was shocked when he heard this, and said involuntarily: "No wonder, I think it's strange, why did all the thieves hide when we came, it turned out that there were knights colluding with those thieves." ”

Miller sneered and said: "What do you think, the robbery of the bandits here is so serious, if it is really so easy to deal with, the two groups of people who came in front of it would have been solved a long time ago, which turn will come to you." ”

Cook was very indignant, and couldn't help but scold: "There are just so many people in our kingdom who are in trouble, and now that the enemies on both sides of the east and west have entered our kingdom, these damn guys still only care about themselves and do some evil things, and this kind of person should kill as many as they want." ”

Miller smiled slightly, and said very indifferently: "Forget it, the king doesn't mind what you mind." Our kingdom has these men to power and bless, and they are not all instigated by the king. So, in a kingdom like this, no matter how much you and I do and exert more efforts, what can we do? Driven out those invading enemies, there will be no refugees left in our kingdom? There will be no more poor people? ”

Miller lost faith in the kingdom, but Cook didn't think so, and he said seriously: "When the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and so is the kingdom, where there are good people, there will be bad people." No matter how mediocre the king was, at least he promoted Duke Connor and Duke Thatcher, and did not fall into letting those evil people call the shots. I have a general understanding of your idea, we are just pretending to let the knights escort the convoy away, creating the illusion of returning to the royal capital in vain. And then the two of us stayed to keep an eye on the bandits, waiting for them to show up? ”

"Yes!" Miller added: "Ostensibly to let the knights return to the royal capital, but in fact, let them turn back halfway, believing that as long as we can hide our whereabouts, the bandits will definitely be caught by us." ”

Cook burst out laughing when he heard this, and kept praising him, "That's right, Miller, there's you." ”

There was a pleasant laughter between the two of them in the room, and Rosabar outside the door also laughed happily.

Rossabar seriously pulled down his belt and patrolled around the house very vigilantly, he has always been strict with Cook's safety protection, even in the safety of Victorian City, he has not slackened.