Two days later, Shengxuan thoroughly understood the attitude of the royal family, and when he came up with the agreement with Julio again, Nicholas happily agreed, which made him unbelievable. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Nicholas took the agreement in his hand and said calmly: "I have already read this agreement of yours once, although it was signed by one of my grand dukes with you, but it is also valid, from this moment on, the mercenary city is yours, you will become my first mercenary city lord, I hope that in your hands the mercenary city can be brilliant!"

"However, the land of Mercenary City still belongs to Omar, and you only manage that city as the lord I sent to manage that city, and the area under the jurisdiction of Mercenary City, including all the territories on the periphery of the Moon Dance Forest, will also be managed by you, but it will also belong to Omar forever, you must keep this in mind. At the same time, as the lord of the city, you are obliged to pay allegiance to Omar and to pay taxes to the royal family, and as for the taxes, I will consult with the ministers and give you an official document later. ”

"However, now that you are already a mercenary city lord, all the formalities still have to be settled, and it will take a considerable amount of time. You also know that Mercenary City is a chaotic place, although it has belonged to Omar for many years, but in fact Julio has not done a good job, I see that you are a talent, I will hand over this burden to you, I hope you will not let me down. ”

"And the food you want, I will raise it as soon as possible, and you also know that Omar has gone through a great war, and there are still a considerable number of remnants of the rebels, and the amount of food you want is huge, and it needs to be requisitioned from all over the country so that it will not affect the lives of the people in the country, and it will also take time. As for you borrowing a magician、、、、、、 Nicholas deliberately lengthened his voice, as if he was very embarrassed: "This is a bit difficult, because you have to borrow at least a hundred mages, although there are some mages in my guard, but the number is really limited, so you still need the help of the temple, and you know that the temple will always be the one who does things, so you can only wait patiently." ”

Everything can be said to be a conspiracy, a first-class lord, a medal, tied him to Omar, and everything that took time was deliberately stretched, and he was dragged in the royal capital.

And the next thing is a direct expression of Nicholas's intentions, now Sheng Xuan is standing in the Lord's Mansion, and this huge and luxurious mansion used to be the private residence of an elder of the Council, looking at this spacious mansion, he only has a wry smile in his heart: "This is to settle down for me in Omar." ”

All the utensils in the house are gorgeous and valuable, either gold or silver or crystal utensils, so that old Louis sighed a lot, and had a good taste of the luxurious life of the aristocracy, but after two days he was no longer in the mood, because even if an eagle lives in a cage made of purple gold, it is not as good as the branches of the cold wind, and freedom is the most important.

"Hey, when will we leave the royal capital?" said old Louis, admiring the delicate crystal wine glass, grumbling as he sipped the fine wine.

When Sheng Xuan heard this, he could only scratch his hair helplessly and put his head on his knees: "I was deceived, hey, this one is really helpless, first put you on a high place, put you in an extremely glamorous position, and then set up a fire below to roast, and finally cut your flesh piece by piece with a knife, so that you have no place to complain." ”

During this period, Sheng Xuan sorted out the prescription of the Qingling Pill and sent it to the temple in person, trying to inquire about borrowing a magician, but the answer he got was that in principle, the temple could not participate in secular wars, and it was not impossible to seconded a mage, but he could only consult with the king, and at the same time informed him that this matter was very important, after all, it was the temple mage who participated in the battle, and the slightest carelessness would leave a handle for Calais, but I was afraid that it would be difficult for the king to come up with a way. Obviously, the two parties have done a good job of discussing and jointly dragging him down.

Without a magician, he can't attack the Calais city in the swamp, so it doesn't make him go back to the swamp, so he can only wait patiently, but sooner or later his patience will be worn out, what should he do after that? Maybe time will smooth everything out and finally keep his footsteps, which is the purpose of the royal family.

"Nicholas, this old boy, didn't want to let you go at all, I think he has a crush not only on you, but also on your orc warriors, or you can just sell him for a similar price, maybe he will let you go as soon as he is happy." Old Louis picked up a bunch of grapes and ate them carelessly, which were fresh in this season, but which were abundant every day in the Lord's Palace.

Sheng Xuan couldn't help but be angry when he heard this: "Fart, even if I kill me, I won't sell the soldiers, they are free people, not poor slaves!"

"Hey, sweet **!" Old Louis began to sigh while eating the cherished fresh fruit, "King Omar is going to poison you with honey, and when you get used to the luxury here, where can you endure the hardships of the swamp? What's more, there are such good orc warriors behind you, which is equivalent to a huge fortune, in front of the eyes of an old money fan, he wants to have both people and money. ”

Just when the two of them had nothing to do, someone from the palace sent a message to ask Sheng Xuan to discuss matters in the palace. Suddenly, it attracted some discussion from old Louis: "You see how many they can call people, just gave you a sweet date, this is to find the sweetness, put you such a military genius, how can he let you be idle, I bet, it must be Omar who has encountered a problem, I bet a hundred gold coins." Although old Louis usually looks lazy, he actually has quite a means, and he has repeatedly given small favors to the people in the house, so that he can find out some news that he wants to know.

Sheng Xuan didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, threw him a roll of the eyes, and reluctantly put on the city lord's robe and rushed to the palace to discuss matters. However, this trip made him admire old Louie's keen sense of smell, and this time he was really looking for him because Omar had encountered a problem in quelling the rebellion. After successfully capturing the Grand Dukes of several principalities, and the rebel generals were also convicted, the remaining rebels finally couldn't help but unite and planned to fight to the death.

It doesn't matter if it's just the rebels entrenched in the city, but there are still hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and that city is a production area in Omar, and the reserves in the city are enough for them to eat for more than a year, and now the rebels are in contact separately, and force conscripts in the neighboring villages and towns, hoping to have stronger forces against the royal family, if they can't be eliminated as soon as possible, it will not only be a violation of the majesty of the royal family, but will also evolve into a greater disaster.

The taboo on the people in the city, and limited to the easy to defend and difficult to attack terrain, the army could not carry out a strong attack, but could only shout and curse every day across the moat, hoping to provoke the rebels to go out of the city for a decisive battle, but to no avail. This incident gave Nicholas a headache, and he replaced several generals in a row, but to no avail, and suddenly remembered this city lord who could fight habitually, so he called for discussion.

At this time, the small council hall was full of generals from all walks of life, but the atmosphere was very dull, and all of them were pale, obviously having just been scolded. Nicholas sat down in a position of rage, playing with a delicate quill in his hand, scribbling on a map, apparently preferring to scribble rather than wasting a little saliva with these "incompetent" generals.

Seeing Sheng Xuan coming in, he suddenly came to his senses, dropped the quill in his hand and stood up: "Quickly give a seat to the Lord of Fallen Leaf City." The guards hurriedly moved their chairs, and although the generals present were dissatisfied with the nouveau riche, they did not dare to touch the moldy head in the king's anger, but they waited to see his joke one by one.

"I don't know what the king's summons are about?" This sentence can be said to be very contrary to court etiquette, but Nicholas didn't mind, and did look at him with a smile and said: "My lord of the city, you are here, quickly replace my idea, these nasty rebels have actually captured a city, so that I have nothing to do for a while, if I can't break through the city and exterminate the rebels, I am afraid that I will not be able to help but order the destruction of the city, then I will really leave a tyrant's infamy." ”

Nicholas definitely did this, and the reason why he hasn't done it yet is that he still has some scruples, and after the new rebellion in Omar, he doesn't want to plant the seeds of cruelty in the hearts of the people.

Looking at the messed up map in front of him, Sheng Xuan also frowned a little, this expression suddenly made the hearts of the generals present lighten, and then each face brought a contemptuous smile, as if to say: "You, a first-class lord, are just a waste of fame." ”

The geographical location of this city is very superior, belongs to three hills sandwiched by a big river, the city is located on a high ground surrounded by three mountains, the big river is divided into two rivers around the city through manual excavation, by virtue of the terrain river flow speed turbulent, and outside the city three mountains arch guard is not conducive to the army to unfold, the only side is against a thousand miles of fertile fields, there is almost nothing to cover, the opponent's bow and arrow are thrown down by the high ground, the killing range of fifty steps is stretched, the moat can be completely covered, the siege troops are extremely difficult to approach, rush over, I am afraid that they will pay a painful price。

After looking at it for a while, Sheng Xuan suddenly smiled, then threw down the map in his hand and said, "This city seems to be impregnable, but in fact, it is the way to die. When Nicholas heard this, he suddenly came to his senses: "The Lord of the Fallen Leaf City has an idea?"

This title made Sheng Xuan frown, but he couldn't tell the difference, so he could only continue: "If a man has no food to last for ten days, a warrior can last for half a month, and an orc can last for a month, but if there is no water, 、、、、、、"

As soon as he said this, a general on the side sneered and said: "Do you want to cut off the water source?" Hehe, at this moment, after farming, once the thousands of miles of fertile land outside the city are destroyed by floods, don't you feel sorry for our Omar, but it will be a difficult year. ”

"Did I say that I was going to break the river and drain the farmland?" "You, what do you mean? If you don't drain the water into the farmland, can you drink it dry?" As soon as the words fell, the generals burst into laughter, and the angry Nicholas's face turned red, but it was not good to attack it, because he was not very sure.

Sheng Xuan took his map casually, and then said: "King Shengming!" said and pointed to a scribbled dotted line on it, only to see that hundreds of miles away, next to the big river was actually a barren beach, this barren beach was left after the river was diverted, if the river water was diverted, I am afraid that within half a month, I am afraid that it will not be able to irrigate the barren beach, and there will indeed be no disaster.

"The general's decisive victory over a thousand miles is not to let you chase the enemy for thousands of miles, but to let you focus on the terrain for thousands of miles, this is the best place to drain water, my king has marked it, do you have any objections to the generals?" Sheng Xuan's words made Nicholas blush, which was the method he thought of, it was clearly the result of scribbling.

The generals present were also weak and short of breath, and they all bowed their heads and remained silent. Nicholas laughed, "Okay, the Lord of Fallen Leaves is indeed my lucky star. "Your Majesty, slow down!" The last general thinks that this plan is still inappropriate, you must know that even if the river is cut off to divert water from other places, but the city can dig wells to get water, how can its water source be cut off?"

"This place is on the slope of the mountain, the water is taken from the river on weekdays, although there must be a well dug in the city for backup, but the well must be a deep well, I believe that the well water is also replenished by the river water, and there is no water source after the river is cut off, the water level of the well is insufficient and the water level drops, once it is found that it is difficult to take water, it will inevitably cause panic, and there will be a military and civilian competition for water, and then cause a civil uprising. In order to deal with the rebels as soon as possible, you can send a few teams of men and horses to climb the surrounding hills, and choose the wind to drop leaflets into the city, so that the civil rebellion can break out as soon as possible, so that it will be self-defeating. ”

"Clever plan!Hahahaha!Come on, implement this plan quickly!" Nicholas Longyan Dayue, without looking at the general under the seat, walked up directly and took Sheng Xuan's hand: "The city lord of the fallen leaves will follow me into the study for a while, I will sleep with the city lord and talk all night today!"

It wasn't until the next day that Sheng Xuan was put back with a tired face, and he was followed by more than a dozen palace guards, each carrying a huge bookcase in his hand, which couldn't help but surprise old Louis: "What is this for?

"Most of the books Your Majesty has given me are about the human geography of Omar. Sheng Xuan replied lazily, and then ordered people to pile the books into the study. Old Louis also followed and asked in a low voice, "What is the matter with you?" Sheng Xuan said briefly, and told him that he was caught by Nicholas and talked about military tactics all night, and now he is tired to death.

Old Louis couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head: "You kid, you are really smart and confused for a while, the more talented you are, the more he will not let you go, look at it, this time the book I sent you is to let you know more about Omar, better advice for him, and when you are familiar with everything, he will also use it smoothly, but I am afraid that it will be more difficult for us to get out." And the king's boy has coveted your orc warriors for a long time, and I heard that the food there is good, and the orcs are still allowed to enter the city, so sooner or later your orc warriors will become his royal army, and you may well become the best general in Omar. ”

Old Louie's words are not wrong at all, but Shengxuan really has no choice, he can't tear his face and kill it, the so-called stretch out his hand and don't hit the smiling person, not to mention that the attitude of the person is polite and makes you unable to refuse, this matter is even more difficult to do. The only way is to wait, and maybe one day the king will let them go back on a whim. After shaking his head with a wry smile, he locked himself in his study and let his mind wander happily through the books.

Sheng Xuan hadn't come out until dinner, and old Louis pushed the door in with some worry, but saw Sheng Xuan holding a piece of metal in his hand, constantly refining different styles according to the book.

"What are you busy with?" Hearing Old Louie's voice, Sheng Xuan suddenly raised his head excitedly: "Come and see! I didn't expect that there are such good things in this councilor's house." ”

A set of yellowed and worn books was placed on the table, and the cover read "Memorabilia of Alchemy." Old Louis curiously picked up a book and took a cursory look, and immediately couldn't put it down, and exclaimed in surprise: "This is this 、、、、、、 God, what did I see、、、、、、 this is an ancient book thousands of years ago, and many skills have been lost、、、、、、"

In the next few days, the two of them pressed the bed in the study, slept in their clothes when they were sleepy, and when they woke up, they continued to study the set of books left by the former councillor, if it weren't for the many books that Nicholas gave to Shengxuan, he rummaged through the old bookcase in order to arrange these books, but he was afraid that he would not be able to find this set of things.

Old Louis watched while refining one or two metal parts, and kept nodding or shaking his head to think, and at the same time took the time to raise his eyes to see what Sheng Xuan was busy with, in the past few days, he found that the metal in Sheng Xuan's hands was getting smaller and smaller, and he didn't know what to refine, so he couldn't help but lean over with curiosity: "What are you refining?"

Looking at the thing that was only the size of a bean, Old Louis became more and more surprised, and couldn't help but want to take it over and study it carefully, but was grabbed by Sheng Xuan and then put it into the ring. provoked the former to mutter: "Stingy!" But at this moment, he suddenly found that there was still a piece of unrefined metal left on the side, and he couldn't help but take a closer look, and suddenly exclaimed: "You loser, you actually used that piece of metal!"