Act 266: The Council of the Nobles
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When the sea devil whale's huge, mountain-like figure disappeared from the sea, the guards of the Ampesel Port Authority almost fired a salute in celebration. biquge.info When the Far Land docked, Brando and the others were not subjected to any interrogation, because our Lord Juno was thinking about how he wrote in the report how he heroically repelled the legendary sea monster and had no time to care, not to mention that there was not only one ship entering and leaving the port at that time, and no one would have thought that a sea demon whale came to escort the Far Land, a three-masted galleon that had just entered the port. Sometimes the truth is closer to a lie, but if anyone dared to say that to Junoan, the head of the port authority would have thrown him into the sea to feed the sharks, and he didn't want his men to take him for a fool.
The Far Land docked at Pier 14, and when Brando got off the boat, he saw Sue who had come to greet him. Sue arrived at Ampesel first at his behest and at the behest of her father, a young girl with almond-colored skin and twisted hair, who now managed Toniger's trade with the outside world, and enjoyed considerable independence. She had done her job dutifully in Pragues, and Brando had placed a trust in her, and now Sue had almost all of Tonigel's outflow of money, but the girl came to greet them in a plaid dress similar to the one she had used to make.
Su was a little surprised when she saw Brando, although in the correspondence with her father, she had already learned about the changes in the past year, as well as Brando's identity, and the funds in her hand proved that this qiΔ was true, but when she saw Brando himself again, she couldn't help but take a second look.
Brando smiled at her, and he was in a good mood when he saw his old acquaintance in Ridenberg.
The girl turned a blind eye with a straight face, and of course she hadn't forgotten her relationship with the other party. I heard that there were a few more girls around the lord, and she would definitely not feel at ease to hand Freya into the hands of such a flowery carrot, and she studied to serve Brando, purely because of her father.
"Sue!" Roman jumped down a few steps from the springboard and grabbed the girl's hand, his eyes lit up: "Thank you so much for the past few months!" You okay? I've heard Uncle Leto say that you often work late, and he's worried about you! Little Roman is now in charge of Toniger's business and economy, in a sense, Su is her direct subordinate, of course, someone is not so conscious, but Su can't ignore this.
The girl glanced at Brando, bowed her head slightly, and said, "Miss Roman." β
"Don't do that, do you see Roman doesn't want to say anything? I can sniff you out! β
Su was made to cry and laugh by the eldest lady of the merchant, and finally managed to maintain her strictness and asked, "Is your father okay?" β
"He's fine," Brando finally found an opportunity to interject, "as you learned in your letter, every QiΔ in the territory is on the right track, and the war is over. I don't approve of it, but your father has now officially become a farmer, and he has lost a lot of his hair because of the reclamation of the Mintai region, and he has thrown aside my army training program like a real old farmer. β
"He's farmed before." Sue replied.
"Well, that's a return to the old business." Brando replied a little playfully.
Su thought of his father's appearance, and his mouth curled slightly. However, she glared at him dissatisfied with Brando's tone, and asked stiffly, "What does the lord want to do first?" β
"Take a break, of course." Brando replied that it was a big truth, and although he had been through the storms for a long time, the ground seemed to shake after a week on the boat. He was still like this, not to mention the others, a few young men of the White Lion Legion were nothing on the boat, and when they stepped on solid land, they ran to the side and vomited. Little Roman was dangling from the side, but he didn't know it.
"I've already arranged a place to stay at the Bauhinia Inn in the city. However, there were more people brought by adults, and it was too conspicuous to stay in one hotel, so I rented the apartment opposite, which was safe and not easy to attract attention. In addition, I bought a farmhouse that I could use to accommodate myself if necessary...... Sue glanced at him and replied.
Brando was slightly surprised, he didn't expect this girl to be so capable, she has completed the task in a decent manner in the past few months, Brando values her honesty and reliability, but he didn't expect the other party to have this kind of wit, knowing that they might be in trouble on this trip, he has arranged the cunning rabbit three holes before them.
"Then let's go," Brando suddenly felt how easy it was to have a capable subordinate, "Is there a carriage?" β
Sue nodded.
Not only were there carriages, but Su had prepared ten carriages. However, the ten carriages did not stop together, but set off in several batches, Brando let his boys enter the city in the carriage first, he was not the first time to Ampessel, but he knew that the young people of the White Lions from the countryside of Tonigel must be eager to see the largest and most prosperous city in Eruin.
Horse-drawn carriages turn from the gate of the wharf to the inner city, and the roads in this area are wet and smell of the salty sea because of the perennial passing by wagons carrying aquatic products. The buildings lining the road are mostly exchanges of all kinds, from furs to logs, from precious stones to metallic minerals, as well as works of art, gold and silver vessels, goods from all over the world, where you will not find so many people gathering in one place in any place south of Ampesel. These people came from the north, the south, and even foreign countries, and Antitina even saw some Jiufeng merchants, merchants, mercenaries, adventurers, and * people dressed differently and colorfully, and everyone in the car was stunned for a while.
The carriages passed by some tall buildings, and most of the merchants built the exchange to show the strength of their merchant group. The aristocratic lady and the merchant lady had never seen such a majestic building, and could not help but exclaim: "It's amazing, and the city hall in Prague is nothing more than that." β
Brando's noncommittal to Antitina's words, the fourteenth bishop of the Temple, Andersel, once said, "There is gold and opportunity here", which is the world's yearning for this Palembang, but there are also countless people who have lost their wealth here, and people often only see the superficial brilliance, but ignore the opportunities and risks. The carriage passed through the second gate, a majestic fortress that Brando couldn't afford to ride in the city's expensive carriage when he first came to the city, and he still remembers the shock of walking through the fortress.
It was the gateway to Ampesel, which was not only a trading port, but also a naval fortress of the Ancestor Ek. Ampesel is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and it is almost impossible to attack from land, and the only way to attack is from the sea, so the fortress to defend this gateway is also extremely outrageous, this "petrel fortress, which looks like a towering mountain from the outside, is in a special architectural requirement, and its watchtower can observe any ship within tens of nautical miles of the sea, so the fortress is particularly tall... Especially when it was rebuilt for the second time, the temple added a giant statue of the Fire King on it, and the whole thing looked like a temple in the clouds.
Passing through this fortress, behind it is Ampesel's famous "Guangchangchang", where there are many hotels, luxury Cheng dΓΉ is not inferior to the palace, and there are all kinds of luxurious apartments, many foreign travelers, businessmen live here all the year round, the locals call this gold "Guangchang", although it is only a small area in the first half of this huge city, but it is the most drunken place in this port.
Brando watched the delicate figures and horticultural plants on Guangchang Avenue slowly retreat from the side of the carriage, and couldn't help but have the illusion of revisiting the old place, but in fact it was also a revisit, only slightly different. Now there are some later views that Brando can't see yet, and the first time he came here was the Flower Festival in Ampesel, when it was much more lively, not to mention the players.
"It's beautiful." Roman was lying on the window of the carriage, his chin resting on the lattice, muttering to himself, worried that she would not lean one side of the carriage against it.
"Valhalla will be prettier in the future." Brando replied.
"Really?" Roman turned righteous... really turned her head, the eldest lady seemed to be too lazy to have no bones, she didn't even bother to move her body, and turned her chin as the fulcrum to complete this difficult action. Because she couldn't help it, her head turned completely sideways, so she squinted at Brando, and she looked very cute.
"Of course."
Brando replied that he had seen the World Tree in the Ring of Trade Winds and had no doubts about the future of his realm. Besides, it's his city, how can it be bad? But while we were talking, the carriage suddenly stopped, and some guards appeared outside the carriage.
Brando was slightly stunned, thinking that the guards of the port authority had finally reacted and came to arrest the real murderer, but he saw Su, who was sitting opposite him, shaking his head at him, signaling that they didn't need to be nervous.
"What's going on?"
"It's nothing, I heard that the Toquinin lion people in the north are stupid, and the temple has made people more vigilant. Ampesel was mixed with dragons and snakes, and this was done to prevent JiΔn from mixing into Eruin from here disguised as a merchant. Su said lightly.
Brando then remembered that there was indeed such a thing, and that the Toquinen Lion Man had been in history since the Black Rose."
After the war, they began to be restless, but the tribes of the Great Plains had a lot of trouble to solve, so they did not invade Eruin until the beginning of the spring of the following year, after the year of the sword. The war began before Eruin recovered from the civil war, but soon the newly reigning Prince Regent, Her Royal Highness the Princess, stabilized the situation, and the player then joined the war, which was also a battle and a half that established the prestige of the princess.
But it's still early, and there's still a year to go, and Brando was relieved when he heard this, but remembered something else, and couldn't help but ask, "How are the nobles talking?" β
"Ordinary people don't know much, but it is said that the first time the talks collapsed, and the next time it will be a week later." Su glanced at Brando: "Her Royal Highness the princess and the Grand Duke of An Rick have made progress in the negotiations, her ministers have met with the envoys of the Grand Duke of An Rick three times this week, but I haven't heard that they have formed an alliance." Now that the nobles of the North and the South have gathered in Ampesel, I reckon that their next meeting will be after the meeting of the nobles. β
Brando nodded, it was about the same as he expected, the current one qiΔ was basically in line with the historical timeline, and he still had a little time. However, he looked at Sue and couldn't help but sigh a little, the little barmaid in Ridtenburg at the beginning has now grown rapidly and has become a talent in her own right, and anyone who sees Sue now will not associate her with the girl before.
Thinking so, he was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Then if I want to participate in the meeting of the nobles, is there any way?" β
"It's not easy."
The girl shook her head slightly.
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