Chapter 269: The Four Families Meet

"By the way, Ingerek, I thought about it all night last night, and I still can't think of it. You should also know that your temperament is not the kind of competitive one, but just to get by and save your life. To say that it is ugly is a nest, so I wondered, how did you get promoted to the Great Sword Master?

Early in the morning, Lorist sent someone to find Ingjerek over, mainly because he remembered that it would take more than ten days for the Flying Fish that seemed to be the dawn to send the herbs and apothecary to the island of Hilovas and then come back, and he was very unhappy to let the old man who had been promoted to the great sword master be free for a while, so he found a job for the old man, and by the way figured out the problem that made him puzzled.

Injerek smiled bitterly: "My lord, I really can't figure it out myself. To be honest, when I surrendered to you, I was already a golden three-star, but I stagnated for several years at that stage, and I didn't make much progress no matter how hard I practiced without a wheel, I thought that this was the end of my life, so I didn't have much hope.

Later, after following the convoy north, I suddenly felt very relaxed in my heart, and it took a long time to understand that it was the slave hunting group that was wiped out by adults, and I no longer had to do those immoral things for others with my conscience, just like a heavy burden on my body, and even the operation of the fighting spirit felt more and more mellow and free.

After arriving at the family territory, the adults did not send me any envoys, but let me go home to accompany my granddaughter who had just given birth. Looking at the little girl who is a new mother and the little baby in her arms, I think of the experience of this life and feel a lot. I didn't want anything more, I just wanted to be by the side of the girl and her baby and watch them live a peaceful and peaceful life.

The year before last, the little baby would run and make trouble very naughty, so I sharpened a wooden sword for him as a toy, watching him hold a small wooden sword in the garden chasing butterflies and chopping is very interesting, suddenly thought of such a day is really happy...... Then I didn't know what was going on, and suddenly I felt that I realized, I felt that the sky was particularly blue, the flowers and plants were particularly fragrant, and all the movements around me were clearly reflected in my feelings, and I only felt that the ten meters of heaven and earth were in my hands......

Fortunately, my granddaughter was more knowledgeable and knew that I had some insights, so she closed the entire back garden, did not let the servants in, and personally brought me tea and food every day. I didn't feel anything, I ate when I was hungry, drank when I was thirsty, and slept when I was sleepy, as if I had turned into a world in my back garden, as if I had no sense of my body.

Later, my granddaughter told me that during those three months, my whole person seemed to have lost my soul, and the whole person looked like I was stiff, either gesturing or sitting motionless on the ground, and I didn't pay attention to it, and tried to pull me but was bounced away by the fighting spirit that burst out of my body, and I wanted to cry with worry.

At that time, Schrader was not at home, and it was difficult for this girl, who was afraid of me while taking care of the children. It took me three months to regain my senses, and I found out that I had been promoted to the Great Sword Master. The girl was very happy and wanted to write to tell Schrader that I stopped her, and I didn't want to make a storm in the city, and everyone came to watch me......"

Lorist understood that the old man's promotion to the Great Swordsman was not by virtue of his breakthrough and perception in swordsmanship, but by the perfection of his state of mind, so after being promoted to the Great Swordsman, his grasp of swordsmanship, accuracy and stability was so meticulous and stable, just like a calm pool of water, once tilted, it would penetrate pervasively. Instead of breaking through in swordsmanship like other great swordsmen to form sword skills with the characteristics of the fighting spirit, it is like feeling the cold and a fierce blizzard when fighting against Lorist......

"I didn't expect that asking you to go home and teasing Sun would actually promote you to the Great Sword Master. Lorist sighed, and then he didn't blush, and shamelessly piled all the credit for the old man's promotion to the great swordsman on his head: "You have to thank me, Injerek, it was I who destroyed the slave hunting group, forced you to be a servant, and took you north." If you don't have this experience and realize that happiness is not easy to come by, then you will still be a golden three-star ...... until you die."

"Yes, yes, it's all the credit of the adult, thank you, ......" The old man was full of helplessness. Even if he was promoted to the Great Swordsman, he still felt like walking on thin ice and trembling in the face of Lorlist, and the old man himself felt inexplicable and incredible, and it seemed that he was afraid of this adult to the bone marrow.

"Alright, come and get this thing. Lorist pulled out a small box from the drawer, and when he opened it, there was a gold angry bear badge, which was different from the gold badge of the Golden Knight, and the gold badge was also inlaid with a small star diamond, reflecting and shining with dazzling starlight.

"Cheap you old goods, how my grandfather and grandfather hoped that the family could have a great sword master in charge, although they couldn't afford to worship it at that time, but they still created such a family badge representing the identity of the great sword master, hoping to inspire the people in the family to cultivate hard and one day be promoted to a great sword master. Well, even if they are self-aware, they have created a first-class great swordsman's badge, otherwise I will have to cut off a star diamond from it......"

Although his mouth was full of nonsense, Lorlist's actions were unusually solemn and careful to put the box in Ingjerek's hand, Ingrek naturally would not take Lorlist's nonsense seriously, from Lorlist's actions he understood very well that from this moment on, he had become the first great swordsman of the Norton family, and his fate had been linked to the rise and fall of the Norton family.

Holding the box, Ingjerek took out the badge preciously, then pinned it to his chest, stuffed the box into his pocket and took two steps back, and bowed deeply to Lorlist: "My lord, I will serve the Norton family to the death......"

Lorist waved his hand: "Okay, don't say anything about dying in the morning, and it's not too bad." With this heart, it will be done. I also want to see if you, this old man, can go to the next level and be promoted to a second-level great sword master, or even a third-level great sword master in the future. Maybe you'll end up making a Juggernaut. ”

"My lord, you are more able to dream than me! I only hope that I can be promoted to another level, but I have never imagined that I will become a sword master......" After accepting the family great sword master badge, the old man finally spoke more relaxed.

"Well, it's hard to say, you're lucky, maybe one day you stepped on a* and fell, and suddenly you realized that you might be promoted to a sword master......"

Ingjerek smiled bitterly, and the adults began to talk nonsense again, if anyone really was promoted to the Sword Saint like this, it was guaranteed that someone would find a dog * to step on every day.

"Okay, I won't tease you, by the way, since you have become the great swordsman of the family, then the annual offering is five thousand gold merit, and you can get it from Chief Speer at any time. If you are promoted to a second-level great sword master, it will be eight thousand a year, and if you are a third-level great sword master, it will be ten thousand golden merits. Now I regret it, tell me about your promotion to Great Sword Master a year earlier, then now you have an extra five thousand gold coins. ”

Injerek shook his head and said, "No regrets, my lord. ”

"Isn't it?" Lorist looked surprised: "I think I confiscated your private money from the slave hunting group back then, and at that time you looked like you were almost hanged in pain, and now you are indifferent to the five thousand gold coins missing? ”

"My lord, you have already given a lot of enshrinement gold, and I know that the average Great Sword Master only has more than 3,000 gold coins. It's just that in the past few years at home, I feel that a peaceful and peaceful life is the life I want, as long as the gold coins are enough to spend, not the more the happier, and I am very satisfied to be with my family. It's a pity that I don't have any money, otherwise I'd rather give the adults five thousand gold coins and let the adults let me go home and stay with the children for another year......" Injerek sighed a little.

"Pull it down, Injerek, you old man is a donkey who will not move until he has to be whipped......" Lorist said, "but your mentality is very good, and it is this peace of mind that makes you feel good and promoted to the rank of Great Sword Master." Now I'll give you a task, before I went to sea for more than ten days, I went to guide Reddy to practice swords for two hours every morning, forget it, just one and a half hours, and Schward. Tell them more about their basic posture, I saw you practice swords last night, the foundation is very solid, and the sword movement is very exquisite, and they are guided by this aspect......"

"Yes, sir. Injerek nodded.

"Also, come back here after the exercises, today I will have someone sort out a room for you to use as an office, and you also need to understand the family's strategic goals and development plans, and I will transfer some things to you in the future. Now I'll ask Schward to take you to the back mountain practice ground, and when you come back, you can go here and take a look at the information about Hilovas Island this time, well, it's all there. Lorist said, pointing to a large stack of furry paper folders next to him.

Injelek was helplessly taken out by Schward. Lorist looked at the old man's back and muttered, "The old guy still wants to be lazy, no way." ”

......

The Earl of Kenmeth arrived at the Rock Castle in the evening with a large army of attendants and servants, and of course dismounted from the carriage with two new maids dressed in fancy clothes.

Lorist glanced at him: "Changed again?"

Count Kenmas replied, "Well, those two have big bellies, so they have to marry, and I have paid them a large dowry." ”

Lorist silently saluted the two unknown pick-up men: "Since you are pregnant with your children, why don't you keep them by your side as concubines?"

"No, I can't. Count Kenmax said, "Keep them with me, and when they have children, they will be more likely to be pampered, and more likely to have bad thoughts, and then I will not be at peace, and it will not be good for them." So when I get married, I will give them a sum of alimony every year, and when the children grow up and become sensible, I will bring them back to train them to become talents, which is good for everyone......"

My day, this guy really calculates clearly, and he deserves to be from a merchant family. Lorist smiled and invited him into the castle while slandering in his stomach.

When the two arrived at the study, Count Kenmath opened the door of the wine cabinet with familiarity, found a bottle of good wine and opened it, and invited Lorlist: "Come, this wine is good, have a drink." ”

"Day!" Lorist scolded, "I went out at the end of last year, and when I came back, I found that half of the good wine in the wine cabinet was missing, and it turned out that it was all a good thing you did." ”

"Brother, good wine is meant to be drunk, how can you know if it's good if you don't drink it?" Count Kenmeth quibbled, and then asked curiously, "By the way, brother, where did you go last year?" Your chief and Bodfinger kept their mouths shut, and refused to reveal your whereabouts, only that you were not in the Northland. I wondered, how did you get out of the Northlands without passing through the chain bridge in my family's domain, nor through the rope bridge over the Philim family, and the lower reaches of the Mitobro River were blocked by the Grand Duke of Madras?

Lorist smiled: "I went to the Kingdom of Antinac and sent the second prince over by the way. At the end of last year, on December 29, the third prince died, and His Royal Highness cut off the second prince's head and put it in front of his father's coffin to pay respects......"

Earl Kenmax was excited: "What do you say? The second prince is dead? I only heard that the third prince is dead, but I have not heard that the second prince has become a funeral ......."

Loris nodded: "Schrader went to the royal city instead of me, and he saw with his own eyes that the head of the second prince was placed in front of the coffin of the third prince, placed on a large silver platter, and he was not blinded. ”

"Sigwa is above, and the second prince is finished?" exclaimed Count Kenmeth.

Loris nodded.

Count Kenmas drained the wine in the silver cup in his hand in one gulp, shook his head and asked, "It stands to reason that the second prince is my superior lord, and I should feel sad or angrily reprimand you for committing the act of capturing him or going home to declare war on the Norton family and avenge the second prince." But why did I hear the news of the death of the second prince and feel a faint joy in my heart, and even a sense of relief?"

Lorist smiled: "You bastard, you bastard, you should thank me for helping your Kenmath family unload the burden on your body, without the superior lord, you can live easily in the future, isn't it good that no one cares? If you let the second prince sit on your head and crush you to death, one day your Kenmas family Hui will raise the anti-flag, this is an insatiable greedy person who eats people and does not spit out bones."

As for saying that our Norton family is guilty of the following crimes, it is nonsense, he is not our superior lord, and if he dares to reach out to the Norton family, he must have the consciousness of being chopped off. Besides, it wasn't us who killed him, it was His Royal Highness cleaning up the door on behalf of the former Krisson royal family, and killing him was a legitimate thing, and it was none of our Norton family's business. ”

Earl Kenmax gave a thumbs up: "When did you become so old and treacherous?" Isn't sending the second prince to a dead end when he is sent to the kingdom of Andinac? By the way, I was almost fooled by you, and it is not a big deal if the second prince dies. You have to tell me how you got to the Kingdom of Antinac, that's the most important thing. ”

Lorist pointed to a full map of the family territory hanging on the wall: "See for yourself, didn't I tell you? His Royal Highness canonized me as an earl on behalf of the former Krisson royal family, and added the island of Hiloas to our Norton family. A few years ago our family finally developed a harbor by the sea, and I had someone build a ship to go there, and I went to the city of Morente. ”

"Oh my god!" This time, Count Kenmeth learned Lorlist's mantra, and eagerly rushed over and stared at the map for a long time: "Locke, your family has made a fortune, and you have opened up this maritime trade route, and you just lie down and sleep every day, and gold coins are rolling in! This freight is enough for your family to eat and drink." Sigwa is on top, and the goods are transported from the road to the Northland and from the sea to the Northland, I don't know how much time and how much cost will be saved! Brother Locke, Uncle Locke, let the little one also take a share, hug your thick thighs......

"Get out!" Lorist scolded, "Is there such a cheap thing? You think about good things, and you don't want our family to build ships, recruit men, and take risks at sea." I was not satisfied with you saying that I had just come back and received news that our family's Hiloas Island had been attacked by pirates and suffered heavy losses. So I have to run for more than ten days, and I don't know if I can come back for the New Year, so I called you to come to a small gathering, and of course there are some good things to announce to you. ”

"Well, that's right, the risks at sea are very great, especially the newly opened sea routes, big waves, storms, pirates, treks and other accidents may cause heavy losses. Count Kenmeth chimed in: "But I still want to go to the city of Morent by sea through you, I have never been to the great name for a long time, and I feel ashamed to say it......"

"Next year, after I clear this sea route to make sure it's safe, I'll take you to Moldant City next year to play. ”

"Alright, that's it. But Locke, what did you say was a good thing to announce?" asked Earl Kenmeth.

Lorist said, "I'll tell you when those two arrive, don't bother to say it several times." ”

"Cut, faulty. ”

Baron Saheen and Baron Philim arrived a day apart, and as expected, Baron Philim did bring his precious daughter with him. Lorist immediately gave Schward a three-day vacation, and asked him to take his fiancée out for a good time to enhance the relationship between the two boys and girls.

In the study, Lorist announced what he called a good deed, instructed the servant to bring up the gilded glass tea set, magnifying glass, and bound white paper, and gave each of the three allies a copy, and then announced that it was their family's new product, which would be sold by the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. By the way, tell Count Kenmath that the Norton family can already produce their own glass, and there is no need for the Kenmath family to buy glass in the future.

Compared with the elation of Baron Saheen and Baron Philim, Count Kenmeth was depressed, and finally there was a war in the Kingdom of Teberin this year, and the glass was discontinued, and the Kenmath family bought a large amount of glass at a high price from the second-tier dealers and wanted to sell it to the Norton family several times......

However, Lorist warned Baron Shahin and Baron Philim that they had to strengthen their armaments. He then informed the three allies of the Second Prince's sweep of the Kingdom of Ridleys, and it was not known when the Second Prince would reach the Kingdom of Iberia, when 300,000 troops would be in the Northland. Although he is a nobleman of the Andinac Kingdom, he can't guarantee that the second prince will not attack the three of them, after all, the three of them are the nobles of the Iberian Kingdom worthy of the name canonized by the second prince......

So, strengthen your armaments and be prepared. Without the backing of a strong family force, even if you surrender to Your Second Highness, the end will not be very good...... Lorist said.

...... (To be continued.) )