"What else are you discussing~" Felik waved his hand, "I don't want the deposit either, let's give it together when I go back and close the final payment, how about it?" Little brother, I'm enough for you, and Rust's face~! ”

"Okay, just do what you say~" Seeing that the servant had sent the contract, Lynch could only nod and agree.

After some time, Lynch returned to his inn in a corner north of the city. Standing at the door of the room, he knocked lightly.

"Lop-eared rabbit!" A muffled voice came from inside the door.

"Long-eared donkey!" Lynch uttered the secret words.

The door opened, and Lynch was ushered into the room by an equally unremarkable man.

"Sergeant Lynch, is the mission accomplished?" The man asked.

"Of course, I'm a secret guard of the royal city, can this little thing stump me?" Lynch laughed.

"Very good, I'll go to Jebri's side later, and finalize the remaining 10,000 catties. This is the successful completion of our mission. ”

"Sergeant Collison, Jebri's side, I probably won't be able to go." Lynch shook his head.

"Why?!" Collison was a little puzzled, "Are you exposed?!" ”

"That's not true, well, to be honest, you don't have to go to him, but today when I was leaving, I tested Felik, that guy took the bait, I was thinking, maybe the same method can be used to make Jebri also take out 20,000 catties of food!" Lynch then told Collison exactly what had happened in Felik's house.

"Oh~! The rumors of a feud between these two are indeed true! Well, if the information is not wrong, the success of the repetition is very high! It doesn't matter if we fail, after all, our mission goal has been achieved. Collison nodded in satisfaction.

"Hmm, you're really not going?"

"Of course, after all, the second contract clearly states that you have to be honest in doing business." Lynch replied with a smile, and then said, "But it's me who signed the contract, not you, you go to Jebrie, isn't it okay?" ~”

"Haha, you're really there!"

It's early autumn, the summer heat has not completely faded, and the city of Claycoin, deep in the southern hinterland of the kingdom, is still very hot, but Walter, who is in the quiet office of the 'Provisional Presidential Palace', is like falling into an ice cellar, chilling from the bottom of his heart.

He held a report, his hands trembling slightly, and the news on it hit him like cold water in the depths of winter. After taking ten deep breaths, Walter, as the interim president of the Southern Federation, calmed down a little. He took a deep breath and yelled:

"Ha~! Lucky~! Mumm ”

"I'm here, Your Excellency President~!" Hadjim, who worked in the next office, the current special secretary to the president, immediately ran in.

As soon as Hajim entered the door, he found Walter staring at him with great anger, and he couldn't help but let him bow his head, and asked in some unnatural terms: "Your Excellency, what are your instructions?" ”

"Instructions?!" Walter was furious and threw the report in his hand in Hajim's face!

"Here, look at this!" Walter roared, "I have already issued a ban!" Let the grain of all the cities in the south not be allowed to be transported to the north! But you see, they're completely when my ban is in! ”

Hajim hurriedly picked up the report, read it, and explained: "Your Excellency, the ban you made before was 'not allowed to sign contracts with the northern cities to stop the delivery of grain. ’

"So what?!! Did they listen?!! Walter growled.

"Your Excellency, look," Hajim stepped forward and pointed his finger at one of the reports, "this date, and this one, in fact, the food deliveries mentioned in these reports were actually signed before you issued the ban, and the earliest contracts date back to September last year. ”

"So they can transport it over?! Yes?! Are they all crazy? Don't die fast enough? They sent out an extra amount of food, and the mad king sent his troops a day earlier!! Aren't they aware of this?!!! ”

Hajim scratched his face, and finally dared to speak: "Your Excellency, these contracts have been signed in the past, and in principle, they can be regarded as having been signed. The previous orders were only a few... ”

"Bullshit!" Walter walked back angrily and punched the table: "Give me an order immediately, it is strictly forbidden to transport grain to the north of the kingdom!" If there is any transporter, it will be punished as treason!! ”

"Your Excellency, how long is your ban?"

"What ??!" Walter was furious, "Immediately! Right away! I will execute it immediately after receiving the letter! Right away! Right away!! Hear me clearly! It doesn't matter what time it is! Stop it all! Right away! ”

"Other strategic materials such as magic stones, minerals, leather, medicines, and even livestock and catches! As long as it is related to strategic materials, all of them are embargoed, hear clearly, it's all, I don't care who they signed the contract with, when it was signed, in short, all materials, not allowed to enter the north half a step! ”

"Your Excellency, I have to admonish you," Hajim had to walk to his desk, bow his head and say, "The current provisional government does not have much real power, and most of the military and financial resources are in the hands of the city lords. They will join the Provisional Government, in themselves to protect their property from being stripped of by the Mad King. And if you threaten them with a ban at this time, the effect will not be good, not only will they not comply, but they will also have a gap with us, which may not be conducive to the implementation of your decree in the future! ”

"It's not just property! And their lives! The lives of their family!! For the sake of a few broken money, they can even lose their lives?! Walter shouted.

"Your Excellency, Uh, I believe that the Mad King's soldiers are coming to the city, and even as long as there is news of the official dispatch of troops, they will definitely not sell food to the north again, but now at this juncture, their courage is really fat. You are also a southerner, you should know the nature of those people, and besides, their ugliness, haven't they all been in your eyes in the previous meetings? Hajim finished and spread his hands.

Walter was silent, businessmen are greedy, nobles are shameless, whether it is to let businessmen be nobles, or let nobles go into business, the lower limit of human nature at the end of the two shows that they break through people's imagination. Unfortunately, the aristocrats of the South are basically a bunch of bastards with a head full of money, and they dare to sell anything as long as they are given money. Walter even suspected that if the king had paid a high price for his head, his head would have rotted on the royal gates.

Seeing that his advice had worked, Hajim stepped forward and said: "Your Excellency, you see, at present, a lot of food and materials have been transported to the north, and it is useless to investigate the dereliction of duty of the city lords in various places, it is better for you to issue a sharp condemnation draft, and then issue a new ban, set a time limit, let the city lords in all parts fulfill the contracts signed in the early stage, and finally reiterate the prohibition on the transportation of materials to the north." ”

"What?!" Walter interrupted Hajim's proposal and said in surprise, "Hajim, you asked me to give an order and agree to them to continue to fulfill their previous contract?" Let them continue to deliver food and supplies so that the Mad King can speed up the schedule of the southern invasion?!! Are you crazy?! ”

Hajim smiled indifferently and continued: "Your Excellency, your subordinates are not crazy, and the suggestions made by your subordinates are of great benefit to the entire Southern Federation!" ”

"Oh? How good is it? I think you're whipping the runaway carriage again! Walter sneered.

"Your Excellency, it is true that the more food and supplies they send to the north, the closer the Mad King's day will be to the south, but it will be good for us, especially you!"

"Oh?!" Walter narrowed his eyes, looked at Hajim with a scrutinizing gaze, and muttered, "Go on, Hajim, keep talking." ”

"As you wish," Hajim simply let go of his body and continued: "No matter how you block, the city lords will not give up the contracts they signed in the past, after all, as I said, those contracts have been regarded as actual property by the city lords of all parties, and no matter what, they will complete those transactions." Your Excellency the President, the current government is very weak, and if there is a large-scale gap that causes the de facto rulers everywhere to no longer cooperate with the Federation, then the Southern Union will also collapse. ”

"You're right, Hadhim," Walter nodded slightly, then asked again, "but is that really good for the Confederacy?" They're the enemy! And what does this have to do with me? Their behavior is like tying me up and sending me to the gallows!! ”

"Of course there are benefits, Your Excellency the President~" Hajim smiled: "As you said, if one more supply is sent to the north, the Mad King's Maharaja will go south a day earlier." This will indeed cost us valuable strategic preparation time, but in fact, even without these supplies, the day of the northern lord's journey south will not be delayed for long, and they will soon be sending troops. That's when you're in real power! After all, today's provisional government is not a state in the true sense of the word, and its power is very, very small. ”

"Think about it, when the Maharaja besieges the city of Loklian, the lord of the southern cities will definitely send a special envoy, or even come to Kleikin to talk with you, so that with the help of your wisdom and your knowledge of the north, you can fight against the king who resists the southern invasion, and at that time, the Southern Federation will be truly established."

Walter carefully examined the other party's whole body as if he had seen Hajim for the first time, and finally said coldly: "Hadhim, go, issue an injunction again, and let them deal with the bad debts of the past within seven days from the day they receive the new order!" Then, tell them that whoever dares to take a new order will be ready to face the risk of the Mad King alone! ”

"As you wish~" Hajim turned and left the office with a smile on his face, leaving Walter alone, in the empty room with the autumn wind.