The banquet in the Imperial City continued, and as the bargaining flickered, someone noticed Rand sitting in the corner, the young nobleman in the bright red uniform of the Capetian family looked a little faceless, and someone gently touched his companion's arm.

"See? What is the origin of the young man in that corner? Dressed in the clothes of a member of the Capet family?" Renault touched his big bald head, his perennial life of wealth and laziness had seriously distorted his figure, and the once muscular warrior was now degenerated into a disgusting fat and greasy middle-aged man with a big belly.

The man next to him looked in the direction that Renault pointed, and when he saw the appearance of the young man in the corner, he was obviously a little surprised: "He is the second son of the Duke, and his name is Rand Capet, but in his capacity he is not qualified to attend this banquet." ”

When Renault heard the name, he obviously had some memory in his mind, "Is the Duke the most useless son?"

"Shh......h You'd better keep your voice down," the man next to him put his finger to his lips and talked about it in the castle of the Capetian family, but it would be expulsion or worse.

"I've heard of him, it seems that he was assigned to some remote territory, why did the Duke transfer him back to the Imperial City again?" asked Renault, puzzled.

"The Duke is his father after all, how could he have left his son in such a harsh environment for so long?" replied his companion, "but the training of these years seems to have changed him quite a lot, at least he is not as arrogant and stupid as he was a few years ago. ”

"What is he here for? Even if he returns to the Imperial City, it would be more appropriate to go to a brothel or a gambling house as him," Renault mocked maliciously, "Anyway, all he had in mind was women and silver coins." ”

"Women and silver coins, that's what should be on every man's mind. The companion smiled: "If there are no two things, then what is the goal that men are fighting for?"

"You bastard, you always speak so bluntly!, you don't look like a nobleman at all!" Renault scolded with a smile, "If your fiancée hears your words, I'm afraid she will break off your engagement immediately!"

"Seriously, if it weren't for the threat of the Black Deer family, how could we have married the Tali family? Just to win over an ally, he asked me to marry a gorilla with leg hair longer than my hair, God, you know what, from the moment I knew the news, my whole body collapsed......" How ugly and ugly is the companion's face, as the heir of the Southwest family, in addition to enjoying the benefits and power brought by the family, when the family is threatened, he also has obligations to pay.

"You've worked hard enough...... Renault looked at his companion with sympathetic eyes: "It's a pity that the terrain between our two families is too far apart, and I really can't help you with anything other than giving you a little financial support." ”

"Forget it, your family is not having a good time, facing that vampire-like Grand Duke, it is not bad to be able to maintain the normal operation of the family's merchant ships, I heard that he has raised the tax by one percent this year?"

"There are also several new attrition taxes. Renault sighed, "If we continue like this, our family will not be able to survive." ”

"These greedy bastards, I really want the Capetian family to send troops to the west, at least under the rule of the Capetian family, we don't have to pay such high taxes, and we have to worry about our goods being robbed by an army disguised as pirates. Renault's dissatisfaction with the Grand Duke, who ruled his family's domain, was overflowing, and he "went crazy to collect money, and used all means to loot the merchants' silver coins......"

......

"Hello. ”

Rand looked up, and the person who came turned out to be a woman, wearing an evening dress without the family crest, about twenty-five years old, with silver-gray hair.

This is the hallmark of the residents of Storm City.

"You may be seated. Rand smiled, although he didn't know the other party's intentions, but the basic etiquette still had to be there: "Is there something wrong?"

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Celine Keller, I'm from Storm City, the daughter of the Lord of Storm City, and the next heir. The other party paused: "I have followed my father to the Imperial City many times, Lord Rand, and we have met before." ”

Rand raised his eyebrows, and the other party came up close, obviously asking for something.

"Maybe you don't know much about Stormwind, we have lived in the far west of Dawn for generations, adjacent to the North Sand Sea, the environment is relatively harsh, and there are always some barbarians and rogues who come to infest our city. Selene paused, then continued: "And due to the geographical location, there are very few mining areas in our territory, and the weapons of the army are relatively rudimentary, so we will always feel powerless to resist the infestation of the enemy......

Rand had already understood Selene's intentions at this time, and in the final analysis, he was looking for him to buy weapons.

"Where did you know that I was selling weapons?" Rand frowned.

"Could it be...... Isn't it?" Selene paused for a moment, then turned her head to look into the crowd, only to see the wind shuttling through the crowd, holding a stack of thick hand-drawn leaflets in her hand being handed out in turn, and she put the one in her hand on the table: "Is this iron cylinder-type weapon really as powerful as you described?"

Flyers, small advertisements......

Well, these should be things that Tourang prepared in advance, and I really didn't see that Touron was so talented in business......

"If you're interested, I've brought a sample, you can test the specific power yourself," Rand smiled and nodded: "This weapon is called a flintlock pistol, and there is a certain miniature version that can be held in the palm of one hand, and it is very useful against close assassins." ”

"Is it a firing weapon like a Hidden Bolt?" asked Selene.

"Similar, but much more powerful, the Hidden Arrow is fired from a reed, while the flintlock pistol uses a different kind of power, which can penetrate a human skull within 500 meters. Rand cleared his throat, Selene was the first customer interested in her weapon, and she had to seize the opportunity.

Moreover, Rand heard that due to the proximity of Storm City to the beach, it is rich in luxury goods such as pearls and coral, and the local families have made a lot of money from these things, and as the ruler of Storm City, Selene's family must be a big dog.

"It's easier to operate at the top, most of the army in Storm City is made up of merchants, so it's okay for them to do business, but if you go to the battlefield, I'm afraid they won't be able to master the weapons that are too difficult in a short time. ”