64. Alliances

"I didn't expect Nana's temperament to be your type."

I saw Jinglan tilt her head, let the waist-length ponytail stick to the side of her cheek, and smiled: "I thought she would find a man like her brother Lei Peng." ”

With that, she raised her hand and motioned for Ash to sit down on a soft chair in front of her.

Ash didn't plan to explain, the purpose of his trip was to put his hands on the other party's thighs, so that he could lead people into the Qiming Mountain Range, and naturally the more he could make the other party think that the closer the relationship between himself and Nana, the better.

Ash sat down without being polite, and asked directly, "You seem to know that I was coming?" ”

"It's just speculation."

Hearing this, Jing Lan smiled faintly: "In this small imperial border city, the forces of one duke, two marquises, and four barons can be gathered for the first time, just for the gold mines of the Qiming Mountain Range, and Your Excellency will not come sooner or later, you have to come here at this time, what is the purpose, needless to say?" It's just that although your soldiers seem to be strong, I'm afraid it's still a little difficult to deal with so many forces, right? ”

The conversation between smart people does not need to be verbose, Ash saw that since the other party already knew his purpose, but he was ready to meet him early, he knew that there was a play, and then asked bluntly: "Are you willing to help me?" ”

"It's not about helping, it's just about cooperation."

Jing Lan curled the ends of her sideburns with a finger and bowed slightly: "After all, my father has just been made a duke, and he doesn't have many people to mobilize, and he only brought four hundred people over this time, and in the public, those nobles on the other side may be afraid of my father's power, but in the desolate realm of the Qiming Mountain Range, no matter what happens, it is difficult to say." ”

"You're saying there's probably going to be a fierce battle there? Do they have that guts? ”

Hearing this, Ash frowned, in his impression, although the nobles will fight for interests, but there will rarely be large-scale conflicts of death and injury, especially between nobles of different classes, and there are even fewer who dare to challenge the nobles whose rank is higher than themselves.

"Why not? This kind of thing has not happened once or twice, the mountain here is high and the emperor is far away, as long as it doesn't make too much trouble and let others leave evidence, even if it goes to the palace, His Majesty the Emperor won't care. ”

"After all, as long as it doesn't threaten his rule, dictators always want the relationship between their subordinates to be as bad as possible, aren't they?" ”

I wouldn't be like that.

Ash said in his heart that if he sat in the position of ruler one day, he would definitely not have to worry about this kind of problem at all, but of course he would not say this sentence, so he nodded his head in agreement, and then said: "Just so, whether I am with you or not, the result will be the same?" ”

"How is that possible?"

Hearing this, Jinglan smiled and said: "No matter how fierce those nobles fight, as long as you suddenly get involved, they will definitely be the first to unanimously fight with the outside world, and suppress you first, and then say, in terms of internal and external issues, those nobles are still very clear, and even, if you don't plan to cooperate with me today, my approach will be the same as them, and at that time, no matter how elite your soldiers are, in the face of thousands of enemies, I am afraid they can only end up in defeat." ”

After the words fell, she said indifferently: "Cooperating with me, the biggest help for you is that you can participate in it justifiably, as my family." ”

Hearing this, Ash fell silent, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he finally spoke again: "Why did you choose me?" ”

He said this very softly, and Jinglan tilted her head, indicating that she didn't hear clearly, and a pair of water-made eyes seemed to be able to speak.

Ash: "Why me?" I guess compared to someone of unknown origin like me, those nobles are the best choice for you to form an alliance, right? Aren't you afraid that I will stab you in the back after the deed is completed, or turn against you directly in front of the battle? ”

"Those nobles are too greedy, it will be troublesome to cooperate with them, and it just so happens that these people do not have a very good relationship with my father.

In comparison, I think the man Nana chooses should be much stronger than those fat-headed and big-eared moths, of course, it doesn't matter if I look away, my family and the Thor Department are three generations old, this is something that the entire empire knows, if you really pit me this time, then your position as the eldest son-in-law of the Thor Ministry, don't think about continuing to sit down, for a treacherous villain, especially the person who hurt me, no matter how much Nana resists, her father will clean you up for me. ”

Jinglan's words were unkind, but her tone sounded very sincere, and a pair of big emerald eyes stared at Ash as if she was releasing the sincerity contained in them as much as possible.

Ash stared at him for a long time, and finally shook his head amusedly, and said, "Okay, I'm willing to cooperate with you, but I have to make sure in advance, if it happens, how the benefits will be distributed, and besides, do you need me to pay any price?" ”

He never believed that pie in the sky would happen around him, even if the other party was Nana's friend, because helping a person just for a split favor was not a nobleman's style at all.

"I'm seven and you, this price is already very fair, no matter how little, my father will not agree, as for the price, it's actually just a small thing."

Sure enough, after Ash's words fell, Jinglan immediately spoke, "I need you to go to Kasimuro City in two months to participate in a small competition for me." ”

Hearing this, Ash frowned: "Competition? What is it? ”

"I don't want to tell you yet."

I saw Jinglan smile slightly: "You just need to know that the competition doesn't need to spend too much effort at all, and you don't have to win, just go through the motions, and for you, there will definitely be no harm to it, of course, if you don't break your promise by then, I will still report it to the elders of the Thor Ministry, just say that you don't believe in your words, maybe this is just a trivial matter in your opinion, but the barbarians who are heavier than promises will not think so." ”

Hearing this, Ash nodded, and now that he had said that, he didn't want to say anything more.

The share of the gold mine, he doesn't care about the other party's opinion at all, anyway, he will secretly hollow out as much as possible according to the original method, and as for the competition that the other party said, no matter what it is, when the time comes, he can go if he wants to, and if he doesn't want to go, forget it, anyway, he doesn't really have that kind of relationship with Nana, and he still wishes that the other party would dislike him!

At this point, the intention of cooperation between the two sides was roughly decided, and then, Ash and Jinglan made a detailed plan for the future, and after just ten minutes, Ash turned around and left.

Leading Johnson and the others who were waiting outside the building, Ash left the house and went straight back to the hotel, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to prepare for action, the departure time agreed between him and Jinglan was tonight, although there were still disputes between several noble forces in the Qiming Mountain Range, and the gold mine had no sign of being mined at all.

Because even Jinglan didn't know what kind of purpose the official army of the empire was coming hundreds of miles away.

The hustle and bustle outside the window was continuous, and the noise made Ash have a headache, and in half a day, he could only sleep for less than two hours, and finally survived until dark, so he immediately gathered his men and horses, and took the pass pass from Jinglan, went out from the west gate of Varosser City, and walked on the road to the Qiming Mountains.

Jinglan's men and horses set off a little earlier than him, and they were waiting more than ten miles away at this time, Ash and the others only walked for a short time, and the two groups of people and horses converged together, not directly from the city, but also to prevent the eyes and ears left by those nobles in the city from discovering, so as to send the situation back to the Qiming Mountains in advance, so that they could be prepared, and at the same time doubt Ash's true origin.

When the two sides met, only Ash and Jinglan said a few words, and the rest of the people didn't make a sound, just quietly gathered from the two torrents into one, and at the same time clearly lined up into two columns walking side by side, one black and one gold, like a tiger galloping in the dark night.

Ash and Jinglan rode side by side at the front of the team, and Jinglan at this time also wore a pale gold armor, which was similar to the armor on Aina and Ai Die, but the scope of the package was tighter, and even the entire face was hidden, leaving only a pair of emerald eyes and two waist-length golden ponytails outside, and the tight armor supported her figure extremely moving.

During the day, because she was wearing a loose silk dress, Ash didn't pay much attention to it, but now she found that Jinglan's figure was really hot to the extreme, especially the pair of turbulent breasts on her chest, which can be called the world's breasts, which didn't match her sweet and elegant appearance at all!

The moonlight was a little dim tonight, and most of Jinglan's men were focused on the road under their feet, while Ash's soldiers were used to the silence of the march, so the team, which combined with nearly a thousand men, was surprisingly quiet.

It seems that she can't stand this atmosphere, Jinglan gradually began to chat with Ash without a word, all of which had nothing to do with the plan, mostly asking about his and Nana's past, and didn't ask Ash why he had to bring the supply troops with him, not that it would definitely work out, and even if it did, it would not be possible to mine immediately, maybe this move was just that Ash had great confidence in herself or was arrogant.