"Where are you going?"

"Hessingen."

"Oh, I'm going to Konstanz." The chubby merchant pressed his hat, "This damn war, from Mingxing City to Constance, the price of the ticket has actually increased so much." ”

"Are you alright?" Asker smiled and said, "After all, safety matters. If it weren't for the fact that both Swabian and Bavaria were related, this convoy would not have dared to do cross-border passenger transport, right? ”

"I hope I don't suffer from the military disaster, otherwise I'm really sorry for the high ticket price I paid." The merchant naturally understood what he meant, and the soldiers in the empire had been in turmoil recently, and the soldiers he encountered were unreasonable.

It's okay to collect some tolls, but I'm afraid that the other party will suspect that you are rich in wealth and murder and robbery, so the gains outweigh the losses.

As a result of this trip to the Duchy of Swabia, Asker found a private convoy with a doorway.

Due to the crampness of the carriage and the large number of people, it was very inconvenient to live and live, so the girls could only stay in the Hearthfire Island, and he carried the ancient books outside alone.

The convoy was wobbly and bumpy along the way. This boundary originally belonged to the Norrick province of the Western Solomonic Empire, but the empire fell only a few hundred years ago, and the inter-provincial roads were already ruined, full of potholes and rubble.

The earthquake shook and shook the city of Stuttgart, and the convoy was stopped by a team of soldiers.

The men in the car looked out in horror and noticed that the soldiers had fishbone coats of arms on their cloth armor.

It was the private soldier of the family of Count Eberhard of Württemberg.

Eberhard I, nicknamed Earl of Fishbones, is currently fighting with the Saurons for a large part of the Duchy of Swabia.

Nominally, the current feudal lords of these two families are the lords of the Duchy of Swabia + the Duchy of Franconia, Duke Conrad.

However, the griffin family has developed so far, and only Duke Conrad is left alone, and the rest of the branches have become extinct.

Conrad, an old griffin, could not bear children, and currently had only one daughter, married to Count Frederick, the current head of the Sauron family.

So the Sauron family began to prepare, and when the old griffin unfortunately passed away, they would start to inherit the political legacy and duchy of the griffon family.

They even changed the family flag from a hunting dog to a falcon, and put on the wings of the griffin family, and from then on called themselves the heirs of the falcon family and the griffon.

As a result, he didn't expect the old griffin to have a relationship with the Holy See, not only trying to create an heir through IVF technology, but also openly rebelling against His Majesty Emperor Otto.

As a result, the other lords in the Duchy of Swabia also began to stir up. Among them, the Earl of Fishbone is the one who dances the most among the lords, and his reason is very simple:

The current Duchy of Swabia is nominally owned by the Duke of Conrad of the Griffon family.

As a result, Duke Conrad rebelled.

His Majesty the Emperor will definitely take away his fiefdom.

As the son-in-law of the old griffin, your Falcon family is definitely not qualified to inherit.

Isn't the large amount of land in the Duchy of Swabia inhabited by virtuous people? As long as I take advantage of the quagmire of the war on the Franconian side, I will quickly conquer and occupy the surrounding territories.

Then he made a public statement to join the camp of His Majesty the Emperor.

Your Majesty will certainly approve of my de facto occupation of the present territory, and instead grant me de jure dominion in exchange for me continuing to wreak havoc behind the old griffon's ass.

There is nothing wrong with this logic, and this is how the politics of feudal countries are played. In peacetime, the principle of law is important, and in wartime, interests are paramount, and mature nobles can usually jump back and forth between the two to grab the best interests belonging to their families.

The only problem is that the Falcon family, which has also been preparing for this for many years, certainly cannot sit still.

So the Fishbone Count directly led his troops into Stuttgart Castle, which was about 64 kilometers away from Sauron Castle in Hessingen.

It was under such circumstances that the soldiers sent out by the Fishbone Count to patrol met Asker's convoy.

"Your Excellency." The leader of the convoy also recognized these as the Earl of Fishbones, and hurriedly came out to climb the relationship and said, "We were ordered by Lord Ulrich to go to the nearby principalities to purchase supplies. These people were all passengers who took advantage of the fleet's excess capacity to bring back passengers, as Lord Ulrich knew. ”

Ulrich, the younger brother of the Earl of Fishbone, these private soldiers naturally knew it, and the squad leader just said with a smile:

"It stands to reason that since it is Lord Ulrich's business, we naturally don't want to be embarrassed, but Lord Earl has recently issued a death order under martial law, and I am afraid that these travelers will be mixed with the delicate work of the Falcon family, so a routine search is still necessary."

The leader of the convoy was still trying to say something, but the leader of the private squad had already pushed him away and sent his men into the various carriages to come out and check it.

"What's your name?"

"Brooks."

"Where to go, what for?"

"Go to the city of Ulm, go to relatives."

Similar interrogations rang out in front of each carriage, and some of the slick passengers stuffed their money after being interrogated, and the soldiers let them go.

If you don't stuff money, you can see that your body is also poor, so if you are pushed by the soldiers a few times, your patience will pass.

In the end, it was Asker's turn, and the soldier who took the lead was just about to interrogate him and see his outfit clearly, and he was suddenly a little frightened.

This guy ...... Spears, shields, swords, tomahawks, pistols, and knives are simply armed to the teeth, and they are not good at first glance.

"You ......" the soldier turned his head to see that his comrades were there, and immediately plucked up the courage to shout, "What are you doing!" ”

"Selling weapons." Asker replied.

"Selling weapons? What are you doing with so many weapons!? ”

"Take it and sell it." Asker said.

Soldier:..................

He didn't hear the other party's answer clearly, and subconsciously asked the prepared question.

The soldier next to him laughed: "Baier, people say that they sell weapons, and you still ask people what they are doing with these weapons, are they stupid?" ”

"I, I suspect he's a spy for the Falcon family!" The soldier named Baier felt a little embarrassed, and could only forcibly defend himself.

"In that case, then you should 'ask' him carefully. If he can't provide 'evidence', he will be arrested again. ”

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Aske sighed, took out a few banknotes from his bag, which were the small-denomination banknotes "Copper Yuan Geseta" issued by Venis, and silently stuffed them to the other party.

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't accept it: "You are Venis's banknote?" We only accept Imperial coins. ”

Asker: ..................

The gods only accept Imperial coins! Don't you have any banks here? Precious metal coins are not heavy on the body?

He was silent for a long time, smiled harmlessly, and asked the soldier who was visibly vigilant:

"I don't have the Imperial Coin on me, I don't know if you can accept another coin?"

"What coin?"

"Hades."