Chapter 69: The Mysterious Visitor (Page 1/1)

Xiao Chen's doppelganger saved Umeda in Bomar Village, and his real body was standing outside another town at this time.

The town, known as Goyo, is still in the hands of the local lord, Baron Paragus. Unlike most of the minor nobles around him, the baron was not loyal to the nearby lords, but instead his family had been acquiring the fief for a long time, and had always been directly loyal to the Iberian king. However, after the death of the old king, he seems to be quite dissatisfied with the queen, so he does not obey anyone's orders now, and does not participate much in the exchanges between the nobles of the kingdom, and spends most of his time in his own town, running the territory.

The town of Goyo is a predominantly agricultural and forestry town, with several villages under its jurisdiction, and the main source of income for the locals is to provide food, vegetables, fruits and timber to the surrounding cities. The town's grain, vegetables and fruits are of high quality and are sold well in the surrounding area, so the townspeople live a good life. After the Tower of China took control of Suero, he also demanded that Baron Paragus submit to the Tower of China. But the other party drove the messenger out and refused the demand, but there was no persecution or embarrassment of the messenger. For this kind of town that refuses to give up resistance, but does not show much threat, the current Chinese tower of the great enemy can only ignore it.

This town is not an important transportation area, so there are not many merchants coming and going, most of them are some grain and timber merchants, so when Xiao Chen appeared in the town in disguise, he did not attract special attention.

Walking on the gravel road in Goyo Town, Xiao Chen found that the town was a little old, but whether it was the style of the houses or the way the people dressed, it looked quite good. This is not common in remote villages, which often means that the local economy has a good economic base and the lord has a considerable level of local governance.

The atmosphere in the town is relaxed and normal, and the townspeople are not at all nervous about wartime. Cypress City had informed Baron Paragus of the outbreak of the plague in the Empire five days earlier, and the infiltration of sick enemies, but it seems that Baron did not tell his townspeople the news.

What did the baron have in mind?Xiao Chen felt that he should talk to him, but before that, he wanted to know all the information, so he walked into a tavern that looked quite lively.

It's time after dinner, and many of the locals like to have a drink here. There were quite a few people sitting in this small tavern. The appearance of a living person like Xiao Chen made everyone present a little surprised.

The boss behind the bar saw Xiao Chen and greeted, "Welcome, stranger, there are few guests from outside recently." Where are you from?"

"East of Suero. Xiao Chen walked to the bar, smiled and said to the boss: "I want to do some business, come here to see the supply." Why, has business been sluggish lately?"

"Business? Since the war, business has naturally deteriorated. What do you come here like to buy? We've got a lot of wood here, and it's perfect for furniture and stuff like that. Chat with the guests in the tavern and you're sure to find something useful. The tavern keeper said.

Xiao Chen sat on the edge of the bar, bought a glass of ale, and then asked, "But business has not been doing well everywhere recently, have you heard? Many merchants don't go out anymore, and they used to talk to horse thieves, but the Empire never buys anyone's face. ”

The tavern keeper said, "Of course, the Imperials have done a lot of bad things in the east, and I have relatives over there, who say that the Imperials are more vicious than the worst horse thieves. ”

The conversation between the two of them attracted the attention of some of the surrounding guests, and one of them said: "We all know that the Imperial people broke the Blackwood Pass, and they all said that Olgas was too shameless to hand over the checkpoint to the Tower of China, and then the Tower of China was too incompetent to hold the checkpoint at all, how many years, the kingdom has never lost the Blackwood Pass, but now it is gone." ”

"Anyway, he's far away from us. A farmer-like man said nonchalantly.

"yes, but we're remote here, so we should be fine. Several others agreed.

"Especially with Lord Paragus guarding this place, we don't have to fear anything. Another said.

Xiao Chen said, "Have you heard that the Imperial people have broken out a plague in Heimu Pass? They sent sick soldiers to attack the villages, so that everyone would get sick. Fighting broke out in a number of nearby villages. ”

"Haven't heard of it. Everyone present shook their heads, and one of them said, "The people of our town have rarely gone out lately, and the Baron says that it is too dangerous to fight outside, so let everyone run less, and the things we grow can feed ourselves anyway." ”

Another chimed in: "Yes, what is good for us, Master Paragus should know, and if he doesn't tell us the news, it means that we don't need to care about it." If he told us to stay in town, then we should stay there. ”

Xiao Chen was surprised by their attitude, as far as most of the places he had been to, the relationship between the lords and the lords was not harmonious, and in many places the contradictions between the two sides were even very violent. It was not uncommon for lords to whip or even execute rebellious people, or for people to rebel against taxes. But here he found that these people really trusted Baron Paragus.

"It seems that Baron Paragus is good to you?" Xiao Chen asked.

The people around nodded their heads.

"What's a good way?" Xiao Chen asked again.

This time, the atmosphere around suddenly cooled down, and the residents looked at each other, as if they were a little afraid of talking too much.

Xiao Chen was deeply surprised by this appearance. He took a sip of ale and waited for the others to speak, but they didn't expect them to say anything more, and they all drank and talked to themselves. The tavern owner walked over and said vaguely: "Actually, it's just a small thing, as long as the lord doesn't oppress everyone, everyone won't oppose the lord, and the relationship won't be bad, right?"

"It still sounds a little strange, but I don't think it's a little thing that can make people trust him so much. Xiao Chen lightly tapped his fingers on the tabletop, and the ripples that were invisible to the naked eye were transmitted outward from his fingertips, enveloping a surrounding area.

The tavern owner, who was about to leave without speaking, suddenly said to Xiao Chen, "What you said is also true, in fact, there are some things that we don't tell outsiders, for fear of causing trouble to Lord Paragus. ”

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