Chapter 0498: New Protocol
Back at his residence, Rondo had a lot of headaches, even though he was a wise man with enough wisdom among the orcs, he was still inferior to the shrewd merchants, who were more lethal than the orcs' force.
There was a knock on the door, and Rondo himself opened the door, and when he saw the person who appeared, the orc leader smiled rarely. "Friend, you're back. β
Tang Ning took off the clothes on his body, shed a layer of dust, and poured a glass of wine casually. "Faster than I thought, it is foreseeable that the orc civilization is moving towards a new era. β
"But I had a problem, about education. Rondo complained.
"It doesn't matter, they can be bilingual, whether it's orc or human, and they have to be taught how to think calmly. "I've heard about it on Downing Road.
The problem was solved, and Rondo looked much more relaxed. "If you can stay here, I don't think I'll have to work so hard. β
Obviously unlikely, Downing drank the wine in his glass. "You have to tell me about Port Dawn, whether the production of firearms there continues. β
"Of course, productivity has been expanding, and at your behest it has never stopped, and now there are enough weapons in reserve to form a strong enough army, and if you want to become the king of the Eternal Continent, I believe no one will be able to stop you. "Rondo believes that before the young man leaves the Black Iron Continent, let the Port of Dawn continue to produce firearms suitable for human use, and purchase all of them in order to prepare for future domination.
Becoming a king is very attractive to anyone, and according to his guess, Rondo reminded: "But you can't recruit enough willing humans to use those guns, and the current king of the Eternal Continent will not allow anyone to recruit large-scale mercenaries under his nose, and you will be sent to the gallows." β
The king's power is spread across the continent, and as long as someone raises a strong army without any warning, he will definitely react, and no one likes others to threaten their rule.
"But I have obtained the authorization of His Majesty the King, and there is an imminent war on the Eternal Continent, and he needs enough soldiers to fight for his rule. Tang Ning introduced the situation of the Eternal Continent.
Ironfist Rondo fell silent and said in a low voice after a while, "The Black Iron Continent does not want to get involved in any war, especially one that has nothing to do with orcs. He had already guessed a little that the young man was here for more than just the guns.
Tang Ning was a little surprised. "Looks like the previous leader must have left you something, he reminded you?" Ironfist Rondo was not wise enough to guess the purpose of this coming, someone must have reminded him.
"Aruvik has reminded me never to get caught up in someone else's war, a war that has nothing to do with orcs, which will only lead them into the abyss. With great respect, Rondo spoke of the previous orc leader. "Now the civilization of the orcs is being built, and they are moving away from war. β
"Don't be naΓ―ve, Rondo, this is not an orc war. Tang Ning shrugged his shoulders and mocked: "If the Holy See wins, they will rule the Eternal Continent, and when the time comes, they will threaten you with some conditions, such as letting the Holy See enter the Black Iron Continent in exchange, in exchange for your Black Iron Continent and the Eternal Continent to continue to trade, only then will the orc civilization continue to develop, you have no way to refuse, either return to barbarism, or participate in the war and serve the king, although the king is not a good person in essence." β
Downing put one hand to his chest, learning from the clergy of the Holy See. "Think about it, your people are learning the holy laws of the Holy See, and accepting the damned and useless doctrines, like idiots, I don't think you want to see it. β
Rondo is indeed unwilling, he has served for the Holy See, and knows that Anruida is a person, selfish, greedy, despicable, and shameless, and he can find all negative qualities in him, and the Holy See ruled by such a person will never be a good organization.
"Rondo, you have to make a choice, for the sake of the orc civilization, you are responsible for this war. Tang Ning egged on the other party. "It sounds a bit cruel to exchange blood for profit, but in the face of reality, you have to compromise. β
War usually means blood and death, but just as war also means the collision and convergence of civilizations, and every great battle in history means that civilizations will take a big step forward.
"I can assure you that when the war is won, you will have enough to gain to gather your people and wait for my call. Downing put down his glass and left quickly.
Aruvik may have the wisdom to refute these plausible-sounding claims, but Rondo clearly doesn't have the wisdom of Aruvik.
Hemingway's dreadnought fleet was enough to transport the guns, which were transported in a steady stream to the port of the Gold Coast, which now became like Downing's personal property, and the people there were willing to use it as free labor for his goods.
Hawke's second performance began very quickly, with more audiences than the last, word of mouth for the small troupe, and even scalpers began to stock up on tickets, although there were enough audiences for previous performances, scalpers always failed to raise the price because the repertoire was too old.
Cliff and Alex sat at the forefront, the two of them had changed their outfits, and their servants in the Holy See were now wanted by the Sheriff's Office.
"Look, these villains perform to their heart's content, act in their true colors, and the performance is their own, there is no difficulty. Alex looked at the performance on stage and mocked: "What would the audience think if they knew that these guys were the ones in the script?" β
"A bunch of guys who do nothing evil, the audience will definitely squeeze through the door of the Sheriff's Department and report them. Cliff put the popcorn aside in his hand, he didn't have much interest in enjoying the theater, he was born with a lack of artistic energy, and a serious person couldn't even make jokes.
The performance lasted for two hours, and both the level of performance and the duration of the performance were quite satisfactory to the audience, and the troupes used to control the performance within an hour, and the audience applauded.
The cast is back backstage, this time not even taking off their makeup, and Wyatt has already learned from the head that there are two paladins here, and once the makeup is removed, the guys may find out.
Leaving with makeup and back to the hotel, Wyatt forbade all actors to go out and report before going out, a rule that made the actors feel a little guilty.
Everyone thought that it was because the boss found out that they had gone out to meet the leader of the Golden Bear Troupe in private, so they did it in order to avoid this, in short, they didn't do it properly, and naturally they didn't mind anything about the new regulations.
Wyatt also told the day before yesterday that if anyone wants to contact the troupe, they must inform him in advance, otherwise they will refuse to do so.
Now he had to go to the Sheriff's Office and cause the two paladins a little trouble, not to make them too comfortable here all the time.
Just as he was about to leave, someone walked in and handed him a letter. "Mr. Wyatt, you have been invited. β
Who could be sending him an invitation, Wyatt opened the letter, it was a guy named Saliff, and there was a badge on it, which was not too new to him, after entering the theater industry, he had heard of some big theater companies, and the Golden Bear Theater was one of the most famous theater companies, and they invited him to do whatever he wanted.
But you have to go and meet, in this industry, you have to be a bit of an insider, as for going to the security office, you have to slow down for a while, he told Marquez, who is also joining the troupe for the time being. "Keep an eye on those two paladins and don't let those two paladins run into the hotel. β
MΓ‘rquez was quite familiar with the two paladins. "Don't worry, I know them, I've already seen them backstage during the evening show. β
The meeting place was at one of the more famous local restaurants in Hawke, and the people who came here were always noble nobles or wealthy bankers.
I entered the restaurant with the invitation and handed it to the waiter. "Please come with me, sir. The attendant led Wyatt to the second floor.
There weren't many people at the door of the restaurant that night, and Cliff, wearing a hat, complained, "Damn, it's too cold, I really want to get back to the Holy City soon." β
The Holy City is located in a temperate tropical region, where the climate is usually very hot and not too cold in winter, and paladins who have adapted to the weather there really don't like the cold.
"Cliff, now we have to keep up and see what he's doing here?" Alex suggested. "Maybe you'll have some secrets about them. β
"Do you have any money?" Cliff mocked, "Look at this restaurant, the people who come in and out are always generous, we can't afford to pay for the huge meals, we honestly wait here to avoid causing more trouble, you must know that we are paladins, once our identities are exposed for these trivial things, we will have to stay in the prison forever until the Holy Army takes over this place." β
Normally, the local church is responsible for the cost of the paladin's trip, but now that the clergy of the church have been driven out, the church has been converted into some refugee shelter or something, and the king has cut off the subsidy to the papal personnel, so now the Holy City has no way to give them a total of good money to carry out their missions.
It was only then that they felt the trouble of lack of money, but it would not be long before the Holy See defeated the king, and their privileges would return.
On the second floor, the service staff who followed the hotel saw the person who sent the invitation, a man and a woman, and the Golden Bear badge on their chest proved that they were from the Golden Bear Troupe.
Salif and Salef's wife saw the comer, it was the guy who participated in the performance, and the leader of the small troupe, and the two got up, quite enthusiastic.
"Thank you, sir, for being able to make the appointment. Salif reached out to the other party as the owner of the Golden Bear Theatre Company. "Your performances have been very successful, I've seen two shows in a row, and the Golden Bear has been through the growth period that you're going through now, which is exciting. β