Chapter Twenty-Nine: I Offended the Abbot and Wanted to Run
Early the next morning, Gerry and the others came to the hall to eat, and Gerry watched the people who followed him start grabbing the food before even the master came up, and couldn't help but think about whether he should bring them here. After Hu Bin and Su Jia came in, Gerry immediately greeted him, and Hu Bin looked at a few numbered people who were not very interested in Gerry, and they just glanced at themselves and continued to eat. Hu Bin understands them, they are all modern people, and they are estimated to be only children at home, and they are used to being self-centered, not to mention that they are all numbered people, and no one is more noble than others. But they forgot that space is not a place to be reasonable, only strength is talked about here. After Hu Bin took his seat, he waited for them to finish eating, and began his first meeting with many numbered people.
Gerry offered Hu Bin to support them with some dinars, and he would pay Hu Bin back with interest in the future, and whether the hotel could waive their accommodation fees and let them go on the expedition until February. Hu Bin agreed to the first clause, but they had to bear the cost of accommodation. A numbered person muttered in a low voice that he wanted interest, but was intercepted by Su Jia's explosive perception, and immediately said that he didn't want to lend them money, and refused Hu Bin to lend them money as his own wealth holder, which made everyone very embarrassed. Gerry was about to explode when he looked at the defeated numbered person, and what was he licking his face to find a way out for them?
The meeting broke up unhappily, except for Gerry, everyone else was kicked out of the castle by Su Jia, Hu Bin was not optimistic about the numbering of the alliance camp, maybe only Gerry was really worth befriending. Gerry hung his head and said to Hu Bin dejectedly: "Brother, what you said last night was right, those people can't help up, I'm too addicted to the falsehood of calling left and right, I didn't make a noise when the loot was hidden last time, it's better to rely on them than on ourselves, let them fend for themselves." ”
Hu Bin smiled, no matter what Gerry thought in his heart, he still needed Gerry's strength, this person is very shrewd, and it is easy to deal with smart people, because they know who can be slaughtered and who should be treated with sincerity.
At noon, Hu Bin received a tip-off that the Kugit people had left the city, and Hu Bin accepted Su Jia's suggestion and wrote a letter to the nearby lords to say hello, basically cutting off the possibility of them receiving the task of Lord Salander. When he wrote the letter, he didn't carry Gerry on his back, and he looked at Gerry in a cold sweat, what would happen if he went out with them himself, Gerry discovered for the first time the horror of nobility and lordship's favorability, and just moved his fingers, affecting the fate of several numbered people. Hu Bin found that Su Jia's bad water was not less than his own, could it be that he was husband and wife.
What Gerry didn't see was that the Saland's Coalition of Chambers of Commerce had made several people undesirable, and even caravans across the continent would consider them untrustworthy, and neutral mercenaries and bounty hunters would refuse to join their armies. Unless they have the title of Fiefdom Lord, these negative stats will gradually disappear. Hu Bin's reputation value is close to 1000, he was born in the neutral camp predator Reed family, he was born in the neutral camp to hide a huge influence in the neutral camp, who knows if the Chamber of Commerce Alliance has shares in the Reed family, anyway, what Hu Bin doesn't know is how much trouble his casual attitude has brought to those people.
Harvey is still annoyed by what happened recently, he had a smooth life before, he was originally born in a small aristocratic family in real Britain, but his generation has declined. The natural superiority combined with the strength accumulated by the easy solo rookie world made him live well in the initial stage, thinking that he was born with superiority, until that Gerry appeared. He couldn't believe that he would be so far ahead, and whenever he was busy solving the problem in front of him, he found that Gerry was already watching the next few steps to develop, and the guy was lucky enough to receive the task of collecting rent, and then he was out of control. First became a mercenary, and then brought important information to Saiga Khan, some time ago he gathered all the numbered people of his faction to rob the village of Svadia, and Harvey found that it was difficult to surpass him, both in terms of strength and financial resources, he was too far behind. Unwillingly, he secretly hid a trophy, but was discovered by Gerry, he just glanced at himself and walked away as if nothing had happened, that look made Harvey's self-esteem suffer a great blow, was it pity or ignorance?
Financially relieved a little, he finally developed his forces and was ready to join the melee again to earn the favor of the lords, but Kugit was defeated too quickly, and when he returned to China, he received the news that Gerry had been entitled a fief lord. The arrival of winter diluted his frustration, the increasingly tight military spending, and the dwindling mission income made Harvey's heart sink day by day, and he couldn't stop the gradually empty wallet from doing tasks to make money, and the ringing horses that used to be full of wild people and stupid money disappeared, and even the number of caravans decreased. Harvey was so overwhelmed by these problems that he didn't care who his country was allied with and who he was at war with, he just wanted to get through the winter. Gerry then finds him, finances him a sum of money, and then suggests that he defect to Salander's Confederate numberers. Harvey, who was desperate to buy his old book, disregarded his pride and arrived at a city in Salander with many of his fellow faction numberers.
In the city of Muradin, Harvey often heard the caravan escort mention the prosperous new city and its master, but he didn't expect the lord here to be the one who was numbered, and the four nearby villages also belonged to that person. Subsequent information revealed that his strength was in line with the military might of a large nobleman with a garrison, and it appeared that he had married the marshal's daughter. "Is this still human?" Harvey's self-esteem has completely collapsed, why doesn't his noble self have such wealth and status? Jealousy burned Harvey's sanity, and at the meeting Harvey saw the young winner of life and the beautiful aristocratic chick who accompanied her, a decent aristocratic robe, coupled with a confident demeanor, which tormented his nerves all the time, Harvey glanced at it and ignored the man, because he was afraid that he would not be able to control his thoughts. But he didn't think that his escape like this had already shown that he had low self-esteem.
When Gerry offered to borrow money for them and waive the travel expenses, Harvey restrained his mood and looked at Lord Reed, after all, he was here to ask for help. When the man refused to pay for their journey, the fire in Harvey's heart erupted, and he whispered a grumbling. He was sure that he had only complained in the smallest of voices, and that the pretty aristocratic chick had heard, and then they had been kicked out of the castle. Harvey couldn't believe that he had been kicked out like this, that bitch dared to do this to himself, no one could do this to himself. Harvey hated that bitch at this moment, and that Reed, and Gerry, and this damn winter.
Under the disdainful gaze of the townspeople, Harvey and a few of the numberers who had come with him began to look for tasks for their expenses. Harvey arrives at Shariz to meet the Sultan, but Wagner, the mayor of Sharez City, tactfully tells him that the Sultan has rested and no one is in sight. Arrive at the caravan gathering place to follow the caravan to the next city, but are told that the team is full. Harvey unbelievably went to the tavern to inquire about the mission, and was hacked by the bartender for 50 dinars before he got the information, and the nearby village may have a mission. Harvey, who cursed the bartender for bullying outsiders, went to a nearby village to find the village chief, only to be chased out as thieves by a group of farmers with wooden sticks. Tired and hungry, Harvey made up his mind to find the alliance of chambers of commerce in the city to mortgage an item to get the money to survive the winter, but was told that his creditworthiness was negative, and he could only get one-fifth of the collateral, and the interest on the redemption was five times that of normal circumstances. In desperation, Harvey simply sold his belongings and returned to Kugit with the party, he could never guess what he would face in the future, perhaps more terrible than this winter.
The owner of the weapons shop in Shariz City happily played with a delicate hand and a half sword, it seemed that the owner had spent a lot of effort to maintain it, and the boss said to the person next to him: "I said Wagner, there is really you, bring such a fat stupid sheep for me to slaughter, thank you, I will invite today's wine." Mayor Wagner smiled as he looked at the departing Kugit nobles. Offended the abbot and still want to run? That's what Master Reed said. ”