Chapter 20: Winter is coming

"Yes, yes, yes..."Qin Feng was speechless, but he couldn't refute it, who let this time it was indeed this "noble lady" who really helped him, although there were some mistakes, but this is the truth.

After another half day of strolling around the market, lunch was eaten at a restaurant owned by a local townsman. It's a small shop that looks very armed, why do you say that? Because the decoration of this small shop is very simple, only a pair of Roman youth armor hangs on the wall, but the pitted armor and the dark red blood marks on it that cannot be wiped clean make the whole shop have a fierce and bloody momentum. (Qin Feng initially did not allow retired soldiers to take away their weapons and armor after retiring, but not only Lowell and Hank, all the soldiers all hoped that Qin Feng would take back the order, because the armor and weapons on the soldiers were equivalent to their comrades, and no one wanted to give up.) )

The owner of the restaurant, a young Roman soldier from the town of Boer who had been discharged from the army due to his wounds, had his left hand amputated due to his injuries. So he could no longer join the army, so he received a large pension from the Baron's Palace, and used it to open this small shop. At this time, he was taking care of the table, and when he saw Qin Feng, he was startled, raised his hand, and saluted: "Hey... Karis".

This is the salute of the Roman soldiers, and as long as the soldiers are systematically trained, they instinctively have this kind of etiquette.

"You used to be a soldier?" Qin Feng nodded, carefully looking at the man in front of him, with strong muscles, but the severed left hand represented that he had been devastated by the war.

"Yes, young master." The man replied stiffly. Because of the smooth war, Qin Feng's status has now surpassed the old baron in the territory. In the eyes of the exiles, Qin Feng's status has begun to be deified.

"I'm just here to eat today," Qin Feng said with a smile: "Give me the best food, I believe that since you are an excellent Roman soldier, then your skills will not be bad." ”

"Yes, of course." Joining the army is the greatest honor of life for the man in front of him.

Seeing the man hurriedly running back to the back kitchen to get ready to go, Shirina withdrew her eyes that had been looking around, he had been listening to the conversation between the two, and he felt a little envious in his heart. Although she is a member of the Renault family, the soldiers of the family have more respect for Renault's identity.

As for herself, most of them were just amazed at her beauty.

The man exhausted all his resources and served a table of good dishes. There are blood sausages and wolf meat unique to Booletown, as well as ham, meat sausages, bear's paws and truffles unique to the north, as well as fruits unique to the south brought by southern merchants.

Shilina ate with relish, although she was usually a little embarrassed, but Qin Feng found that even with her usual personality, she had the unique etiquette of nobility when using the meal, which was completely different from the guards at the other table.

Finding that Qin Feng was looking at herself, Xilina glared at him and pursed her lips.

After finishing the meal, Qin Feng took Shilina and the guards back to the Baron's Mansion, and then walked into the study alone, and after a while, the butler gently pushed open the door with his account book and walked in.

"What the hell is that fight in the market today?" Qin Feng asked, he lowered his head and took a sip of tea, moistening the oiliness of his lunch, and the warm sunlight shining in through the window in the afternoon hit his face warmly.

"It was the caravan of the Southern Rose that clashed with the barbarians near Fort York." The butler obviously deliberately inquired about the situation: "But this matter was not provoked by the barbarians first. The butler paused and said.

"Oh....? Qin Feng was very surprised by this: "But from the scene to the scene, it looks like an incident provoked by the barbarians first!" ”

Indeed, many people in the market are watching today, and Qin Feng is also among them, and it is indeed the barbarians who first clashed with those merchants.

"Actually, this is not the case, these merchants who went north have already clashed with the barbarians on the way." "The Rose family has always been a business-oriented family, but they have always had a bad reputation, because apart from the nobles, they not only like to trade with commoners, but also like to rob barbarian caravans. It should be that they took a fancy to the barbarians' goods on the road and had a conflict, but because of the large number of barbarians, it was over, and the barbarians' personalities were sometimes so rough, and they clashed after seeing the caravan of the Rose family in Bull Town. ”

"This Rose family is really bad." Qin Feng pursed his lips and said, feeling disdain for the character of the Rose Family. No wonder the barbarians would knock on the door, if he would do the same.

"Indeed, young master, the character of the Rose Family is not only spurned by all nobles in the north, but also despised by many nobles in the south." The butler said, "But the Rose family has always had the royal family behind them, and they are very good at managing relationships. They sent slave hunters to the Everfree Forest to capture the beautiful elves of the forest, and dungeons to capture skilled dwarven blacksmiths, and then exchanged these slaves for the support of the nobles. So their position in the empire was very strong, even if they were spurned by the other nobles. Moreover, the Rose family has a huge influence in the empire, and has always been the second largest family in the empire, second only to the royal family. ”

"It's really...."Qin Feng was speechless: "Doesn't that mean that we are in big trouble?" It was said that it was a big trouble, but Qin Feng still maintained a faint smile on his face.

"Indeed, does the young master need me to send someone to apologize to the Rose Family? Or it would be better for me to go on my own. The butler worried. He has served the Rhinereth family for generations all his life, and the principle of valuing peace has long been deeply rooted in his mind, and the other party is still the famous Rose family.

"It's necessary to give gifts," Qin Feng looked at the housekeeper, his face was a little bad, but he frowned and didn't say anything. He said: "But it's not the Rose family, it's the barbarians near Fort York, you bring 1,000 catties of salt and 100 sets of weapons and armor to apologize for me and them." ”

"Less... Master? The housekeeper looked at Qin Feng, who was bathed in the golden sun, and was a little puzzled.

"Butler, do you know why I am courting the barbarians of Fort York?" Qin Feng asked.

"Is it because the barbarians of Fort York are also enemies of the orcs?" The housekeeper is not unintelligent, but his long-term experience makes him only know how to recuperate and value harmony.

"Yes! …… The barbarians have a common enemy with us, so they have the potential to be friends with us. And even if the Rose family has great power in the empire, they can't influence us. Even if we pose a threat, it will be for the future, but if we don't solve the problem of the orcs in front of us, then we may not see it again. ”

"The barbarians, on the other hand, can hold back a large part of the orc's energy for us, which is exactly what we need most at this time." Qin Feng said and looked at the housekeeper: "Butler, you have served our Rhinereth family for decades, I am not qualified to doubt your sincerity, but now is the time when our family is on the verge of great changes, only by stepping forward bravely at all costs can we be saved, and guarding a few bodies is the road to destruction." ”

"And winter is coming, we are running out of time, and when the snow turns next year, we will face the most serious test." Qin Feng looked at the nearby snow line through the window and said.

"Yes, young master." The butler knelt on the ground and said with tears in his eyes: "Young master, I understand....."