"If possible, buy the printing and paper mills in the city, which are so narrow that I don't think we will need too many gold coins. ”

"In terms of information, it is still the same as I explained before, entertainment and facts, pay attention to controlling public opinion, if necessary, the Samuel family can be offended, but Duke Gross must not. ”

"If anyone is in trouble with the newspaper, go to Margaret. ”

**

Inside the newspaper office, the merchant Kleist and the two mercenary leaders were gathered around Allen, listening to his next series of schedules.

In the end, the merchant couldn't help but interrupt him: "I said, you really didn't do it on the spur of the moment?"

Carrying his bags, he kept explaining what was going on, and he looked in a hurry, and the merchant still didn't understand what was going on.

"I've explained to you many times. To this, Alan rolled his eyes: "How many more times do you want me to say it?"

"But your decision is so incomprehensible. The businessman's face was full of suspicion: "Don't you want such a big bargain?" Do you have to fall out with them? It's just a little angry, and you can't endure it for a long time?"

"Hot potato, don't do it. Alan waved his hand and said, "And I can't bear it, I don't want to endure other people's gossip here for that little thing." ”

In this tone, as if the treasure that was regarded as a treasure by all of Samuel was an insignificant thing, Hadris said indignantly: "Isn't it trivial to talk about that amazing benefit? It's like someone telling you that if you can hold back the scolding of you for a whole month, you can inherit the entire fortune of a rich man?

"So people are different. Dario interjected coldly, much to Hanaris's annoyance.

The merchant didn't pay attention to the two of them, he kept looking at Allen, and said, "Since you have made a decision, then we don't have much to say, it's just, the newspaper has a plan, what should we do?"

"That's one of the reasons I'm here. Alan smiled, then asked, "Would you rather help me run the newspaper at Samuel, or go back to the bay with me?"

"Do you still need to ask?" Seeing that Alan did not give up on them, the merchant secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then he raised his arm and said with a smile: "I feel at least ten years younger than before now, this ability, I don't know if anyone else has it other than you, but obviously, I won't encounter such a good thing if I stay in Samuel." ”

He was very honest in what he said, because he knew that Eren wanted to hear the truth, not the so-called deep friendship.

In this regard, Alan smiled with relief, and then said: "Okay, you explain the matter, and we will leave tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow?

"If you have something to do yet, we can also postpone it for a few days. "Alan wasn't too this.

"There is nothing else, that is, the business of the newspaper needs to be explained, and the personnel have to be arranged.... By the way, you won't forget the invitation of the Bards Guild, won't you stay and participate?"

"If you don't participate, how can you have that idle time. Alan waved his hand, he hadn't paid much attention to it.

"But—" The merchant stopped talking.

"But what, it's impossible for them to invite me and I'll just go, right? Why should I be so obedient? Send me an invitation without my consent. ”

Speaking of this, Alan suddenly thought of what Gross said when he was in the conference room before, and couldn't help but squint his eyes.

Is the Black Cloak related to the Bard Society?

I was invited to the Bard Festival of Narausch... Is there something hidden in this?

But after thinking about it, Alan put this matter behind him, anyway, he didn't plan to participate, and it didn't matter to him whether there was a secret or not.

In this regard, the merchant seemed to be a little surprised, and was about to say something else, when Hanaris on the side couldn't help but interject: "Hey, hey, I said did you forget something?"

"What?" the merchant looked at him, feigned bewilderment.

"What about me and Dario?" Hanaris exclaimed as he put his arm around Dario as his companion, "You don't want to live and fly together, do you? God, is there any adultery between you? It's amazing, I've never been..."

It can only be said that there was no one else on the top floor, so it saved Hanaris's life, otherwise Alan would now want to test the thunderstorm cloud spell on him that he had never used.

"Leave tomorrow, explain the matter before that, and then there is the supply problem along the way," under the expectant gaze of the two Hanaris, Alan said casually to the merchant, as if he was not ready to take Hanaris's stubble, and then in the face of the resentful expressions of the two, he touched his chin, and said coldly: "If you two want to, you can also follow." ”

Hanaris was overjoyed, and Dario asked a more practical question: "I wonder if I can take my brothers with me when I go to the Gulf?"

"Of course," Alan nodded, and said, "The more people the better, but as long as you can trust it, and yes, you are in charge of the logistics tasks along the way, and if you do it well, I will consider giving you a soul auxiliary." ”

This made Dario's face happy, and he nodded vigorously: "I will!"

"What about me, what about me?" said Hanaris.

"If you can get rid of your broken mouth, I'll consider giving you what you want now. Alan glanced at him and didn't answer directly.

"Then forget it, I'm born, I haven't changed it many times since I was a child, I don't know how many fat beatings I've been beaten for this, and once even.... I can afford to wait. ”

Under the eyes of many compelling people, Hanaris knew that he omitted a certain part of his story, and scratched his head with a dry smile.

Hanaris and Dario are more than willing to follow Alan, not only because of his generosity, but mainly because of what happened to the merchant that they can't ignore.

Originally, he was just a slow-moving half-aged middle-aged man, but after being "transformed" by Allen, he could run faster than Hanaris, which shocked many people, and not only that, but the merchant could actually release spells!?

Although the power of the wind blade is not very great, it is also a "spell" anyway, and there is no spell yet!

"It's a lot like a secret technique. Dario once calmly analyzed what happened to the merchant: "But it's hard for me to imagine what kind of power can instantly give others the ability that can only appear after countless years of practice. ”

Although the two mercenary leaders are very good, the two still have not escaped the fate of ordinary people, and they do not have any supernatural powers except for skills, which is naturally not very good in the world of the jungle.

In the past, their wish was only to get the secret technique cultivation method and secretly cultivate, but now, they have a better choice - follow Allen, and then obtain the so-called auxiliary soul!

It's not impossible, in fact, Alan once revealed that his method is actually not very difficult, which means that it doesn't need to be complicated to get a soul from him, as long as Alan is happy...

Alan didn't care about the utilitarianism of his subordinates, and he was even happy to see this kind of thing happen.

After such a long period of experience, he has clearly understood that the living environment of the stars is very cruel, no one is simple-minded, if a person follows you without any purpose and does things for you without regrets, then unless he is your long-lost father, he is a fool.

Alan prefers to get along with people he can control over followers with unclear goals, which is one of the reasons why he reuses merchants, because he has almost already figured out the purpose of merchants; just like Gross once taught, observers should not observe what he is doing, but observe his fundamental desires, and the fundamental desire of merchants is to revitalize his family, and Alan feels that if he wants, this wish of merchants should be fulfilled quickly.

The merchant also understands this matter, so he holds Alan and does not want to let go, and at the same time, he will definitely do his best to assist Allen.

Otherwise, if the merchant played him several times, Alan would not have hoped to contact him.

"Kleist arranges for the newspaper to follow up and leave a letter for Margaret to explain the situation, and the two of you will go to call the mercenaries and prepare the logistics needs, or that sentence, the more people, the better, but you must be trustworthy. ”

"Will Margaret still run the newspaper as soon as you're gone?" the merchant suddenly thought of it.

After a moment of silence, Alan said: "It should be, and even if it doesn't, the Samuel family will not abandon it, they have seen the role of the newspaper." ”

"Then you are really generous, you worked so hard to build the market, and as a result, you made a wedding dress for them..."

"It's just what you think. Alan smiled at the businessman's words: "All I want is the existence of this thing, and I don't care whose hands it exists in, and you don't know it, it's not profitable at all... And the Samuel family shouldn't be greedy for this kind of cheapness, of course, if I want to say, they can't play either. ”

Listening to Alan's words, the businessman had all his thoughts.

Ignoring the stubble, Alan looked at the two mercenaries: "Who of you knows where Ugel lives now?"

"Who is Ugal?" asked Hanaris.

"That's the original owner of this house. ”

Hanaris shook his head, "I don't know, maybe you should ask about the wood." ”

"Wood, where did it go?"

Alan suddenly realized that after they had been talking for so long, the strange creature of the wood had never appeared, which made him quite puzzled, because in the past, when he came to the newspaper office, the first person to greet him was always that very polite voice.

"Maybe it's sleeping," the merchant wondered, as he reached out and knocked on the wall of the house, "Is the wood there?"

"Wood. Wood?"

"Don't bother me. After the merchant had knocked it many times, the deep sound of the wood finally appeared, but its current condition seemed to be somewhat peculiar, and the words it uttered were even more unexpected.

"I'm going to have a baby. ”

When these words fell, there was silence in the room, and for a while, Alan glanced at them suspiciously: "Who's?"