Barrett had gathered several nobles around him, and they were talking quietly together, and the laughter from time to time showed that their conversation was very pleasant, these people were all nobles from the original Stormwind City, and their status was not so high, after all, the high nobles stayed in Lordaeron, and they would not come to a rural place like Southsea Town. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Please help me with this, those refugees are our people, and they don't deserve such injustice." Blinking glasses with the crowd, Barrett's voice was a little low, as if he was really sorry for the refugees.

"Of course! I have a good relationship with Viscount Rocker, and he is a benevolent man, and I think he will be generous. A nobleman smiled and nodded.

"Me too, and I will never let our people suffer again."

"I'll go ...... in a moment"

Soon the nobles and gentlemen patted their chests and promised that they would not only contribute money to raise donations, but also mobilize their connections and gather some friends to carry out this charity activity, of course, if anyone really thought that these nobles were because they knew Barrett well, or because they took pity on the refugees, it would be naïve.

The cunning Barrett understood this as well, and he smiled and said, "I think the Lord will not forget your kindness, and will be very determined to protect your wealth in the Elwyn Forest. ”

His words made the nobles laugh with satisfaction, and after a short conversation with pleasure, one of the nobles suddenly sighed, he was very young, and there was some melancholy in his temperament, which was even more intense at this time, attracting the attention of many ladies.

"I don't know when the Alliance's forces will be able to retake the Stormwind Kingdom, and I don't know what happened to my manor."

He had a small estate in the Elwyn Forest, where he lived mainly by growing wheat, and when the orcs broke through the Red Ridge Mountains, he fled with his people to Stormwind City, and then followed Lothar all the way to the kingdom of Lordaeron.

However, a small nobleman like him was not rich enough to support him to live in the royal capital of Lordaeron, so he came here with the refugees who were arranged to Nanhai Town, after all, the consumption of Nanhai Town was much lower than that of the royal capital.

"The army of the Alliance?" An obese middle-aged nobleman sneered, and he said contemptuously, "With these armies that only ask us for money all day long, I am thankful that they can hold the wall of the Great Wall of Soladin!" “

His voice was a little loud, and many nobles turned their heads to look at him, and many of the nobles who were close to him also had worried looks on their faces.

A young nobleman who wore a long sword and seemed to be an officer may have been stimulated, and he took a step to teach this nobleman who spoke wildly, but he was pulled by his partner.

The man glanced at several people with a falcon-like gaze, especially Barrett's for a long time, before forcibly pulling his enraged companion away.

Tirio Fortin, Barrett also looked at the tall knight, and did not withdraw his gaze until he was far away, smiled at the somewhat apprehensive nobles, and looked around very mysteriously.

"I'll tell you a secret, I think you are all noble people, so you shouldn't leak what I said."

Seeing Barrett behave like this, the nobles looked at each other, and then swore that they would never leak the secret even if they died.

Barrett nodded with satisfaction, of course, he wouldn't believe a word about the oaths of these nobles, but it didn't affect what he was going to say next.

He beckoned to everyone, motioned for them to come closer, and then lowered his voice and said, "Before I leave, Lord Lord, the Commander of the City of Angels, Lady Isabelle, and General Edric have begun to plan a counterattack against the orcs, and have begun to move. ”

This news made the eyes of the nobles widen, they felt that the old man in front of them must be old and confused, with their poor military talent, they couldn't imagine how to defeat the powerful orcs just with a few refugees!

Looking at the surprised and suspicious eyes of the nobles, Barrett smiled, he shook his head gently, he didn't care, and he didn't explain, and said directly: "I have to ask everyone for the donation, my friend is looking for me, please forgive me." ”

After saying that, he walked away without hesitation, leaving behind a circle of nobles with different thoughts. He didn't care if the nobles would spread the word, how many people would believe it, and what the consequences would be.

The only thing he has to do is to let the nobles and people who still support the Stormwind Kingdom gradually fall apart, maybe those big nobles with great power and wealth he can't do anything, but these small nobles are not much better off than those refugees!

Even if they were once nobles, even if they had a lot of wealth, how much wealth could they carry to escape? At present, the nobles in the Lordaeron Kingdom, except for those who are entertained by the royal family, are only a few, and the nobles who have assets in the Lordaeron Kingdom can still live in style. In addition, even the big nobles have to face the dilemma of financial constraints, not to mention these small nobles, many of whom have begun to borrow money from goblin merchants to survive.

If the news that the orcs have been expelled from the Elwyn Forest is released now, these little nobles who are about to not even be able to maintain a decent life will doubt the authenticity of this news, and I am afraid that they will send out servants with the mentality of going back to take a look.

Once this news is confirmed, or even if the Elwyn Forest operation fails, the thriving scene of the western wilderness will definitely make some of the little nobles excited, compared to the Storm Kingdom, which even needs help themselves, and cannot give them any assistance, these little nobles will not hesitate to leave the Storm Royal Family and return to their hometown!

With these aristocrats taking the lead, will the refugees, who have been treated unfairly, still be suspicious? No fares? Barrett believes that as long as these refugees are willing to join the City of Angels, the benevolent lord will even hire a goblin merchant ship to come here to pull people!

With a smile on his face, Barrett returned to Viscount Winchester and Baron Antonis, and was surprised to find that the organizer of the banquet, the beautiful Lady Catlana, was already here, and Viscount Winchester was attentively talking to her.

"Mr. Barrett, Dear Elder." Seeing Barrett, Catlana, who had been smiling and listening to Viscount Winchester, quickly stood up, with a look of embarrassment and anger on her face:

"I'm sorry, I don't think I can help you raise money, but I'll give you one hundred and fifty gold coins."

Barrett was a little puzzled, and he vaguely sensed that something bad was about to happen: "What happened, beautiful lady?" ”

Katrana sighed, and after whispering about Tulayan's military expenses and the conversation between them, she gritted her teeth and said: "These people only ask for money from us all day long, and I don't see even the slightest possibility that they can bring me something in return!" ”

"It's too much! These ruffians! I won't donate a penny to them! "Unexpectedly, Viscount Winterst's reaction was greater than Antonis's, and he swore coldly that even if he threw the gold coins in the water, he would not give them to those 'greedy' soldiers, even if most of the raisers of military funds were from the kingdom of Lordaeron!

Barrett didn't feel surprised by this, he knew the character of the nobles too well, these guys always seemed to put their own interests before the country, in their eyes, they paid a lot of gold and population, but under the attack of the orcs, the alliance army was still losing land and threatening their safety, this is a sign of the incompetence of the army!

And the strength of the orc army, this kind of thing is not in their consideration at all, after all, they are better at politics than military skills.

Shaking his head, Barrett was a little regretful, but said very straightforwardly: "Of course, I understand you very well, beautiful young lady, after all, the enemies that the sergeants need to face are more important, their affairs should be dealt with first, and I will raise the funds separately, and I am here to pay you the highest respect on behalf of all those who will receive your favor." ”

Perhaps it was Barrett who frightened the crowd, and they all looked at the very old-looking old man in surprise, and Ms. Catlana clutched her chest with an expression of disbelief:

"Your character is so noble, I'm sorry I can't describe it in words!"

"You've won a prize." Barrett said modestly, and at the same time looked up at the stage in the hall, a blonde boy who was not tall, but was wearing heavy armor, walked onto the stage at this time, as if he wanted to speak.

"That's the raiser of military spending at this time, and the adjutant of Alliance Marshal Lothar." The crowd was also attracted to Tulayan, and Lady Katrana whispered, mainly to Barrett.

With a slight bow of his head indicating that he understood, Barrett squinted at Tulayan, who was about to speak, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Distinguished gentlemen, beautiful ladies, I am sorry to disturb you for a short time." Seeing that everyone was attracted to him, Tulayan did not hesitate, and bowed around very gracefully to show his respect.

"I am the lieutenant of Sir Lothar, the Generalissimo of the Alliance, and I am sure many of you here know me."

There was some whispering in the banquet room, and most of the nobles were no strangers to Tulayan, for this young man from an ordinary background, who had the good fortune to become Sir Lothar's lieutenant, had raised money from them.

Tulayan smiled gently, and a faint and soft golden light seemed to appear on his body, which made people involuntarily want to get close to him:

"Since everyone knows me, then I won't go around in circles, everyone! The Alliance's armies are fighting the orcs! The soldiers lacked arrows, they lacked medicine, they didn't even have tents to shelter in! ”

Tulayan's voice was full of passion, and listening to his speech, it was as if seeing the soldiers fighting the orcs bravely despite the lack of food and clothing, it was easy to make people's blood boil.

Unfortunately, most of the people here are aristocrats, who value their own interests more than those hot-blooded youths, and they have already paid too much money for the alliance's army, so although Tulayan is giving impassioned speeches, more and more nobles are showing impatience.

Seeing the expressions of the nobles, Tulayan also knew that he had said too much, and hurriedly said his purpose: "For the alliance!" To defeat the evil orcs! As long as you donate a little money, you can add an extra piece of bread to the soldiers on the front line! I'm here with all the soldiers, thank you! ”

An embarrassing thing happened, and after Tulayan's voice fell for a long time, the nobles just looked at him coldly, without the slightest appearance of paying for it, which filled the entire banquet with an awkward atmosphere.

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"Five hundred gold coins! I will take out five hundred gold coins to support my brothers who are fighting against the orcs on the front line," Suddenly, an old but high-pitched voice broke the silence.

Everyone turned their heads to look, wanting to see who was willing to take out five hundred gold coins to support the soldiers, you must know that the purchasing power of five hundred gold coins is a lot, a small manor, a year's output is only one hundred gold coins, this is still a good year!

Barrett smiled and raised his glass to Tulayan, who was also looking at him, and said in a loud voice, "My lord of allegiance is also fighting against the evil orcs, and I don't think he will see soldiers facing such a powerful enemy without even a piece of bread!" ”