Chapter 10: Frozen Hands and Feet (Part II)
Along with the treasure information, there were several bodies that had been frozen into zombies, and only half of the dozen or so subordinates came back alive, and the rest were dead because of the unimaginable cold.
After Fidel had Reeves bury these brave men, he told the treasure to the impatient Shorthair Cox who didn't care about the lost mercenaries of the Potato Mercenary Regiment.
"Then what are you waiting for, I will go to sea tonight, dig up all the treasures, and take them all with me!" Cox stood up, his height and his thick hair always gave the illusion of a barren mountain monster.
Patrick checked the original treasure map and the new map marked by his subordinates there, "With the new map marked, it is basically certain that the information of the original treasure map is correct, there is indeed a spinach field on the island that is twenty minutes away from the port, but the spinach that has not yet been harvested is now frozen to death." ”
Most of the other subordinates have also seen the new map, according to the original map, the open space thirty meters northwest of the spinach field is the treasure site, it seems that the original treasure map map's marker has been here in person, not as vague and unclear as the other two treasure maps.
Fide could have sent his men tonight, but the cold weather would definitely hurt his men, and the biggest problem was not manpower, but ships.
"Commander, I heard that the north wind blows at night in the Ice Painting Harbor, and if we cross the sea in a small boat, it may take more time and be more dangerous. Reeves knew what Feder was concerned about, and he had sent someone to secretly buy several small boats, but how much treasure could those small boats hold?
Selena and Ligu, who had already lost several of their partners, both looked at Cox together, as if they were putting pressure on each other.
Shorthair Cox snorted, "This is something you guys have to think about, I'm just here to supervise your work!"
"But Captain Constable didn't give him a time limit," Feder remembered what Constable had said when he met him alone, "why is Captain Cox so anxious?" ”
"Then you give me a moment. Shorthair Cox sat down again.
"I'll give you an answer the day after tomorrow. ”
Eventually, Feder resisted the pressure, and although Constable did not give any time limit on the matter of digging for treasure, sending his subordinates and confirming the existence of the treasure location would put pressure on the entire potato mercenary group. This pressure also comes from being in an unfamiliar harbor, including Ludwig.
It's just that Fei De didn't expect things to leak so quickly, the person in charge of the mercenary house of Ice Painting Harbor came to the door early the next morning, this Winter Country man who is called "Mercenary Painter" did not come alone, there were some town guards of Ice Painting Harbor behind him, but he still walked into Feide's room alone in the end and left the guards outside.
"Captain Fidel, you're pretty happy with that painting, right?"
"Very satisfied," this is what Fei De said in his heart, no one has ever painted a portrait of him, and he is not interested in painting at all, "there must be something important to discuss with our mercenary group when I come here this time." ”
"Captain Fede is a man who understands, then I'll get straight to the point," the "mercenary painter" handed over an unsealed letter, "This is the letter I wrote last night, and now I'm considering whether to send it." ”
"To whom?"
"Send it to the nobles of the Kosai Kingdom closest to the Ice Painting Harbor, and let him deal with your affairs with Captain Fidel. ”
Fett and Patrick, who was standing behind them, immediately realized the purpose of the person in charge of the mercenary house this time, and the letter could hardly guess what was written on it without looking at it, and sure enough, it was too suspicious for a famous and powerful mercenary group to appear in such a remote port, even if it was a cautious move, it was like a rat that slipped quickly through the street, and it was impossible to hide.
Seeing that Fide and the other captains were silent, and the person in charge of the mercenary house stopped talking, at this time, whoever spoke first was equivalent to a compromise, and everyone knew a little bit about negotiation skills.
In the end, it was Shorthair Cox who rushed in, but before the mercenary could open his mouth to speak, Fidel immediately asked Noor and Vega to "invite" each other out - now was not the time to be rough, and the scary-looking mercenary would only make things worse.
"Captain Feid, I don't know what your real intentions are here, but you must be clear that the Ice Painting Harbor belongs to the Kosai Kingdom and is a very important port, even if you have a mercenary group of thousands of people, you should respect us. The person in charge of the mercenary house resisted the pressure and said this reasonable thing, but Fei understood that he could indeed put pressure on people today, especially when there was a group of brave and skilled companions standing behind him.
"Entrusted with something, we were looking for something. Feder thought about it for a moment and said.
"Looking for something?"
"Please forgive me for not being able to tell you. ”
"Head Feide, you mentioned before that it was a certain big man from my country who entrusted you to come here, I wonder if you can show the relevant certificate?"
"Please forgive me for not being able to tell you. ”
"That's... So how do I know if what you're saying is true or not?"
Fei De only replied lightly that someone would soon come to contact the other party, the person in charge of the mercenary house could not see what he wanted from Fei De's face, and the courage he mustered was only enough for him to ask the question so far, and the only thing left was warning and kind words of persuasion. The person in charge claimed that he would send the letter out in person, but Fei De did not obstruct it, and there was no other way to deal with this matter, at least Fei De could not think of a better way.
The other captains began to discuss countermeasures after the person in charge of the mercenary house left, and the people sent by Constable were relatively easy to deal with, but if the matter of digging up the treasure alarmed the nobles here, it might not be easy to deal with, after all, Ludwig was not a one-handed coverer, and the lord of the snow leopard must have wanted to know about Fid's other intentions here.
"Let's meet Ludwig quickly?" Selena gave a feasible plan, "Commander, you and Ludwig can not only delay time but also reduce the vigilance of the people here, we will dig up the treasure hidden in Xiaoice Island as soon as possible, I estimate that it will only take three days to complete the task." ”
"How do you rent the ship? The guy who just left may have put the whole port on our toes. ”
"Spend money, as long as we have money, we are not afraid of not having ships," Reeves said confidently to Ligu, "but in this way, sooner or later, our intentions will be known to others, and it will be troublesome to carry out similar missions in this country in the future." ”
After a lot of discussion, Fidel finally chose Selena's suggestion, and asked Mary to tell Vittorio, who was gradually recovering, about it. In the absence of Vittorio, Fetter always has a feeling of inconsiderate thinking, perhaps because his subordinates are better at fighting than analyzing, or maybe because Vittorio is an important one of the people Fetter trusts.
The emissary sent by Ludwig was soon invited by Fidel, and he left happily after learning that Fidel was willing to meet Ludwig immediately, and Reeves was about to start buying ships, and a good news came.