"Oh? The losses of Count Strielup were great? ”

To be honest, Moriarty had heard about the deeds of this Count Sharon before, but he was not impressed.

It is rumored that this Lord Earl has a background in the royal family and can be regarded as a branch of the Griffin family. However, although the Strielup family holds the title of earl, their real territory is only slightly larger than that of ordinary barons. Moreover, in the county of Limingham, where it is located, the Stellurup family does not have much say at all, and has always been ostracized by the local nobility in other places, either explicitly or covertly. Of course, there is no way around it. At that time, the royal family of Erathia made the members of his branch the county of Limingham, and it was not surprising that it was unanimously opposed and hostile to other nobles.

After fifty years and two generations of hard work, the strength of the Strielup family not only did not develop and improve, but even a small piece of territory was eaten by several surrounding families because they accidentally fell into a small trap. When this happened, the Erathia royal family was disappointed and stopped supporting the Strirup family for a long time. Apparently, the Griffins also realized that the "brilliant plan" of establishing a puppet earl to control the county of Limingham was doomed.

And now Gonzalez and Moriarty refer to Count Stellirup as the third head of the family: Meghan Jr. Strielup.

As if based on a kind of self-abandonment, or a complete relaxation after unburdening, His Excellency Little Meghan has completely lost the lofty political ambitions of his grandfather and father, and at the same time has no interest in aristocratic affairs such as running domains and estates, and has instead been madly enthusiastic about holding various literary salons and art gatherings, including sponsoring wandering artists and down-and-out poets. In just a few years, thanks to the uninterrupted generosity of the Count, most of the savings of the Strielup family quickly evaporated, and little Meagan himself had an unclear nickname: "Count Sharon".

And three years ago, for some reason, the Erathia royal family suddenly chose Meghan Jr. As a representative of the Griffin family, Strielup succeeded the aging Lieutenant General Bach and became one of the top and most powerful members of the Ford Fortress Legion. How many insiders there are in this, the outside world has been discussing. However, the prevailing view is that this transfer is the last chance for the Griffin family to give Count Strierump to prove himself. If little Meghan can't wake up in time and change, but is still as stubbornly decadent as before, then the Erathia royal family may completely abandon the branch of Strirhup.

But unfortunately, Her Excellency Little Meghan does not seem to have grasped the deep meaning of the royal family. When he arrived at Fort Ford, he was still obsessed with various salons and parties. It is even rumored that because of the small number of people attending the salon, the Earl invited other nobles and artists from the interior of the kingdom to come to Fort Ford on several occasions at his own expense to participate in the so-called Art Week.

As for the management of fortresses and legions, Count Strielup was completely "dismissive". At the regular monthly high-level military meetings, Count Strielup said the most: "I agree"; And in rare and extreme cases, especially when the Earl's schedule is full, he will add the following sentence: "When will the meeting end?" ”

However, there are still benefits of being a high-level executive.

For colleagues like Count Strielup, who are completely uninvolved in internal power struggles, the other legion giants are actually very fond of each other, and also want to maintain good personal relations with each other outside of work. Therefore, in addition to occasionally enjoying and participating in the Earl's salon activities, several giants took the initiative to stuff the "Ford Night Market" into the mouth of Count Strirup. After all, just because people don't ask for it doesn't mean they can eat alone. A stable power platform does not depend on how strong a party or several parties have to control the overall situation, but that all participants on the platform can get their own share of rights and interests and are willing to act spontaneously to maintain the stability of the platform. Only in this way can the platform maintain its balance and survive in the long run. …,

And after getting the right to operate the Ford Night Market, Earl Strielup was also overjoyed. With this cornucopia, the Earl had sufficient funds to expand his salon activities. For this, Lord Count also expressed his deep gratitude to several of his fellow Legionnaires.

So far, everyone is happy.

However, three days ago, a certain unruly Beamon shaman from Croulrod had destroyed the Ford Night Market with a killing and a fire. It is destined that the earl's purse will shrink sharply.

"Hehe, why is it big?" Gonzalez finally couldn't help laughing: "The female werewolf is doing this, and the black market is not going to recover for more than half a year." Oh yes, let that shitty Count Sharon draw us again! ”

It seems that the taxes in the black market are much higher than those outside, otherwise Gonzalez would not be so angry that he was skinned by the Legionnaires.

"How long is it going to take to fix?" Moriarty, however, was a little strange, for it stands to reason that the old prison was built so solidly that even if it was burned down, it would not be so difficult to recover.

"It doesn't matter if the house burns down, it's still the same. It's just that too many people died this time. As he spoke, Gonzalez couldn't help but feel a little gloomy: "The wolf cub was extremely ruthless, almost killing all the merchants and customers in the black market, and even Bill, who was guarding the door outside, was tricked into killing him. So, even if the black market can reopen today, there won't be so many merchants moving in. ”

"That's true." Moriarty nodded in agreement.

Without merchants, no matter how big the store is, it is in ruins. What's more, it is a special market like the black market, and it is really not easy to regather so many black market merchants with courage, background, and supply. Moreover, this incident is also a serious blow to the credibility of Ford Night Market. And reputation and safety are the foundation of the black market.

"It looks like the Ford Night Market is destined to be out of business for a while."

"yes, I can just take a break. Usually, there is such an opportunity, if you are a little lazy, you will be caught by Pagris in braids. Gonzalez shrugged, turned and opened the door to the room.

"Gonzalez." At this moment, Moriarty suddenly stopped the other party again.

"What else?" Gonzalez turned his head.

"Please tell Wright, no matter what, he is my follower. I will wait for him in Bracada. Moriarty concluded.

"Okay, I'll tell him word for word." The bald head smiled, nodded, and walked out of the room and left.

Not long after Gonzalez left, another man came to visit Moriarty.

"Hello, Mr. Moriarty! I'm Hunter from the Land of White Clouds. I delivered the black tea and mint leaves that you ordered at our store. As he spoke, the clerk Hunter bowed deeply to Moriarty: "I'm sorry that I couldn't deliver your ordered black tea and mint leaves in time, and I apologize to you on behalf of the White Cloud Village." ”

"It doesn't have to be like this, you and I both know that the delay in delivery is also due to the martial law of the fortress, I can understand it." Moriarty waved his hand, signaling that he didn't mind.

But after all, it is still the hometown of Baiyun that has not been able to fulfill its promise. Therefore, we will give you a 10% compensatory discount on the original agreed price for this transaction. We would like to express our gratitude and make up for your losses a little. Hunter said sincerely.

"Well, thank you for the extra deal." Moriarty nodded.

Big businesses really have the principles and demeanor of big businessmen. Although the 10% discount is not actually a big number, it can make a pretty good impression and set the stage for future business. …,

After deducting the discount, Moriarty handed over the payment to Hunter, and Moriarty called the Franklin steward of the Doro caravan and asked him to arrange for someone to receive it. He had already greeted Franklin about this, and would hand over the batch of black tea and mint leaves to the caravan for consignment. Of course, because of the extra weight of nearly two hundred and fifty pounds, Moriarty had to add an additional freight to the caravan.

"Excuse me, why didn't Mr. Thomson come? Before, he had agreed to deliver the goods himself? While handing over the goods, Moriarty seemed to ask casually.

"This... Mr. Thomson has been at home for a few days, so he can't come to serve you. The man who was directing his clerk to hand over a few extraordinarily tightly packed packages to the caravan was stunned for a moment when he heard Moriarty's question, and then replied.

"That's right." Moriarty didn't say anything more.

In fact, Moriarty saw Thomson die at Ford's Night Market. Now that I asked, it was just a patch after the fact.

Soon, the goods were handed over, and the people in Baiyun Township directly said goodbye and left. As for black tea and mint leaves, there will naturally be special personnel in the caravan who are responsible for loading and loading. Once at his destination, Moriarty only had to designate a place for the caravan to unload.

The night was calm, and nothing unexpected happened.

Early the next morning, the Caravan of Doro managed to take the top spot and was the first to pass the border and leave Fort Ford.

As the caravan slowly walked out of the south gate of the fortress, Moriarty turned his head to look at the rising sun and smiled silently:

"Goodbye, Erathia!"

The last chapter of this volume. The new volume will begin the story of Bracada.

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