Chapter 268: Eli's Temptation
After the obscured fog disappeared, the sea currents around Misty Island returned to normal, and the hatred between Spartacus and the Fish-People was temporarily reconciled under the intervention of the Sirens, and because of this, the Misty Island developed into the core of the sea at a very rapid pace after the Fish-People retreated into the deep sea.
Countless ships enter and leave the port every day, and all kinds of transactions are completed in the market allocated by the town hall or even directly in the port, and the trading groups include humans, elves, half-bloods, Nagas (although the Fish-People dominate the sea, they are not the only creatures in the sea, and the Nagas are also the best in the sea) and even the Fish-People, and the goods traded range from slaves to various resources.
After Jeremy completed the upgrade of his artillery and musket for the second time, Lear had already announced that the sulfur in Misty Island was a prohibited item and would no longer be sold, and that the stability of high explosives was inseparable from the concentration of sulfur, and it was only natural that the embargo would be in short supply.
But he did not prohibit the trade of foreign sulfur on the island, and even the city hall with high enough purity would come forward to buy it at a price slightly higher than the market average of one or two percent, so that almost all the high-purity sulfur on this sea would pour into Spartacus as soon as possible, and of course only the defective products that Misty Island did not want to be sold to other places.
In this way, the vital interests of some people are naturally harmed.
"Your Excellency. ”
In the town hall, Landrigo was solemnly reporting to Adra.
After the Battle of Nereel, Lear ordered him to lead the fleet back, and after he led Kunsha away, Spartacus's defense was in a relatively weak state, and although it was unlikely that someone would be foolish enough to plunder the tiger's whiskers, the necessary force deterrence must be maintained.
The second is also because he will lead the forward troops deep into the interior, and the six warships will not be of much help in this situation, so they must not be allowed to wander the sea all day long with nothing to do.
However, Landrig had just returned to Spartacus with his fleet when some strange shadows appeared above the sea.
"Those dozen ships did not fly any flags, but they only kept swimming on the open sea and did not get close, and their tracks are very suspicious, do you want me to take the fleet to expel them or sink them directly?"
In fact, Landrig encountered this strange fleet when he crossed the maelstrom and appeared on the far sea, and the other party was taken aback at that time, but for the sake of the same human, the other party quickly dodged out of a safe distance, and he did not order the attack at the first time.
But I don't want to wait for the fleet to enter the harbor after the strange fleet also appeared on the horizon of Misty Island, it seems that it is following them all the way, which makes Landrig very angry, in the current situation where the fish-man clan is returning to the Hades is rampant, there are still people who dare to spy on Misty Island, I really don't know if it is the brain pumping or eating the bear's heart leopard gall.
Although the other party is not close to the offshore waters of Misty Island, these captains under Lear have well adhered to the principle that his fist is the last word, no matter what you want to do, grab it and beat it hard.
And now this sea, when it is beaten by Starbucks, there is no place to reason.
"No need. ”
Adela looked up from the pile of paperwork that had almost buried her body, and said lightly, that there was no war in Spartacus after Lear was gone, and that the training of warriors was left to the Blind Brotherhood.
He set up a new organization called the Teaching Corps, and drew many veterans to serve as the captains of the training corps, and with the Blind Brotherhood's paladins and swordsmen as instructors, the training of the recruits was also carried out in an orderly manner.
However, as Spartacus grew faster and faster, even if Valenk now slept less than four hours a day, he was already overwhelmed by the complicated municipal work, and Adela had no choice but to help him take over some of the work while looking for talent.
After all, in Lear's absence, many things that Valenque couldn't make up her mind had to be handled by her, and everyone was of course happy to see it come true because of the gentle kiss in the sunset on the harbor that day.
The operation of a city requires detailed planning and down-to-earth implementation, which requires strong computing power and construction thinking, but there is absolutely no shortage of big bosses in Misty Island, and all of them are good at fighting, but to let these people plan to plan is almost like asking them to die.
This is the helplessness of a new force, and without systematic training and training for a long time, it is impossible for such talents to fall out of thin air.
At present, the urban division of Spartacus has reached ten, with nearly 50,000 permanent residents, far exceeding the scale of 30,000 in the original planned six urban districts.
For this reason, Valenque had to tear down part of the walls of the western city and extend the city outward, but in this case, I am afraid that he will soon have to reclaim the island, but this is a story for another time.
"If nothing else, they should be sending someone in contact soon. Adela reached out and gently hooked a strand of hair from his forehead behind his ear, slightly tired.
To be honest, it had been a long time since she had done such intense mental work since she said goodbye to her magical apprenticeship, and although she was a magician with great energy, fatigue was always inevitable when she was constantly dealing with these municipal affairs.
What's more, this is not her area of expertise.
"Report! A large ship has sailed into the harbor, and they claim to be Eeri's messenger and want to see your lordship. As soon as Adela finished speaking, he remembered the voice of the guards outside the door.
"Isn't Eri's messenger?"
Adela asked in a little surprise, since the last time the marquis's eldest son was deflated in Spartacus, she thought that this matter would not end so easily, but she didn't expect things to rise to a level, but soon she was relieved, probably because Skelly felt that one person could not eat such a large piece of cake, and he didn't want to give up and was forced to tie a few other grasshoppers around his waist.
"Take them to the side hall and hear what they have to say. ”
Adela smiled, after such a long period of boring copywriting, she could finally have a little pastime, but I don't know how those messengers would feel if they knew that she was such a mental activity.
Soon, she met the three so-called Emissaries of Eri in the municipal hall, two men and one woman were full of momentum, and when they saw Adela walk in, they were stunned at first, and then an undisguised expression of anger appeared on their faces.
"I heard that Spartacus is a newly established city-state, but I didn't expect that I didn't even know the most basic etiquette, our three Eri envoys officially reported the visit, and the lord didn't greet us personally, even if he arranged us in the side hall, even if he arranged it in the side hall, he actually let a woman come to meet us, is it you Spartacus no one, or bullying us Eri no one? It's too rude!"
Before Adela could speak, one of the men with a gloomy face took the lead in attack.
"Bold!"
Landrig "bang!" was about to step forward to teach the man a lesson, but Adela smiled and raised his hand to stop him, but their actions provoked a contemptuous sneer in the eyes of the other party.
"Emissary name?" Adela asked, smiling.
It is not difficult to teach this envoy a lesson, or even kill him, but since the other party has made clear the identity of the envoy in the open fire, she can't do it, as the saying goes, the two armies don't fight each other, even if you want to peel off the other party's skin and cramp in your heart, you have to pretend to be polite, otherwise you don't follow the rules, and if it spreads, it will be extremely detrimental to Spartacus's reputation.
And since the other party dares to come up so unscrupulously, it is obvious that there is something to rely on, but in Adela's opinion, I am afraid that it is still more tentative.
"I am Viscount Tim Bass under the command of Marquis Skelly, and this is Viscount Sick under the command of Earl Grote. "Viscount Crane. County of Parrington. ”
However, before Tim Bass could make an introduction, the woman smiled at Adela and introduced herself, and her behavior also caused Tim Bass to be deeply dissatisfied, and she gave her a hateful look.
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