In the afternoon, the sunlight shining through the round window on the north side of the room shone on the wall on one side of the room, and the oval light spot was like a dressing mirror, but it could not reflect the faces of the people in the room. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Whether it's heavy, confused, or relieved faces.

"Ten days later, April 17th......"

"Ten days later, April 17th......" Elder Spike repeated the other man's words, nodding slightly in agreement.

Marshall Knight put his hood back on and took two steps back before turning to pull the wooden door.

"Be careful when you go out. Spike reminded softly.

"I understand. The hood on Marshall's head trembled, and then he pulled the door, exited the house, and disappeared into the dark alleyway, all in one go.

The long "squeak" sound turned soft, and the wooden door was slowly closed by spring hinges.

A dwarf walked over, pushed the door and looked out, and after making sure that no one was there, he carefully pushed the door tight, turned his back against the wooden door, and whispered, "Elder Spike, is this really okay?"

The other two gnomes in the room also looked at Elder Spike at the same time.

All three of them were students of Elder Spike, who had followed him all their lives and treated Spike like a father, but what happened today surprised them.

The dignity of the teacher played a role at this time, even if they didn't agree anymore, the three dwarfs who were also old only waited until the matter had passed before they asked.

"The people of the northern kingdom are experiencing hunger and panic, and the Huls continent, which we have been painstakingly managing for more than 20 years, has been handed over to others, and we have finally ended up in a situation where we are relegated to the wall of Middle-earth......"

Elder Spike looked around at the three students and said, "As long as you occupy the Hells continent, all the crises will pass, but Gru won't agree, and Cynthia won't agree, they're too proud......"

"But Teacher, Duke Vane has always been honest with us, and if we do......" A younger student couldn't help but interject.

Elder Spike shook his head and stood up, walked to the round window on the north side of the room, and looked out.

"The dead knight is the most upright knight...... You have all traveled to the Knight Continent, haven't you heard this proverb? Since you can't live if you are not mean, and since they are all upright, let me be this despicable person, the one who is reviled and reviled. Elder Spike's face was sunlit, and wrinkles seemed to have been carved into his face like a knife.

He turned slowly, with a happy smile on his face, and explained, "Gru will only make a move if Jesse is brought in to sweep Huls and kill Duke Vaane." With our accumulation in the wall of Middle-earth, Jesse brings 10,000 men, we can also let him go and never return, the balance of strength is tilted in our favor, and once Donnaveen dies, Gru kills Jesse to avenge him, and the balance of morality will be in our favor. ”

"Gru will know sooner or later that I arranged all of this," Elder Spike's expression suddenly froze, "But what if he knew? Once Donalveen died, Cynthia knew what was best for the Far North. ”

"For the sake of my people, I'm ready to meet Gru's wrath. Elder Spike looked at the three students, "What about you?"

"For the sake of the people's ......," the older student replied in the strongest voice possible, and the other two echoed.

......

On April 15, the 4th year of the new calendar, Cynthia came to Avery Industrial Park for the first time. As one of the few dwarves and gnomes to be granted permission by the Fremont Presbyterian Church to freely enter and leave the Femont Empire, she was also exercising her privilege for the first time.

In Donner's office on the sixth floor of the Avery Building, Cynthia leaned at the window like a child and looked at the field in the distance, exclaiming, "That's a wheat field with fertilizer, right? I've seen reports and illustrations in the Fog Times, but to be honest, the actual situation is even more amazing than the illustrations!"

"When it comes to autumn, it's even more spectacular. Donner smiled as he handed the teacup to Cynthia.

Cynthia took the teacup, smiled a little ashamedly, and said, "I thought you would show me a look." ”

"Am I that stingy?" Donner laughed and shook his head, "How's Sister Ellie?

"Ever since you left, the two of them seem to have grown up all at once. Cynthia sighed helplessly.

Thinking of these two little girls, Donner couldn't help but feel a little emotional, sighed lightly, and said, "Say, what is the matter with coming to me, is it for the purpose of reducing the price of the tractor?"

Cynthia was a little surprised by Donner's bluntness, but the look of surprise only lingered on her face for less than a second.

"It's a matter of time," she says with a smile, "and every tractor sold means more food is grown, and in that sense, the price reduction is a good thing." ”

Seeing Cynthia's reaction, Donner was also a little surprised. He had thought that his actions would more or less cause the displeasure of the Far North Country.

"That's right," Cynthia didn't say any more politely, and directly stated her intentions: "I saw the news of the maiden voyage of the 'Hope' in the newspaper......"

"You want to buy a boat?" asked Donner.

"That's right," Cynthia said, "You also know that the efficiency of land transportation from the Knight Continent is too low, and our trade route can only be through Huls, but during the south wind period in spring and summer, the merchant ships can't move at all, and the Medici family has no choice." Therefore, we are in discussions with the Medici family to set up a joint venture shipping company in the form of your company. It's up to them to come out, and we buy the ship and buy shares. ”

"It's no problem to buy a ship, Avery Shipyard will have three cargo merchant ships launched this year, and we can sell one to you when the time comes. It's settled with Secret Copper. Downer said: "By the way, I can say hello to Chancellor Merkel and ask him to issue you a few more visas so that you can better participate in the operation of the shipping company." ”

"Before I came out, I never imagined that this would be done so easily. Cynthia deliberately made a relieved expression.

"At the end of the day, our interests are aligned, aren't they?" Donner looked at Cynthia with a grin, trying to read some hidden thoughts from her face, but to no avail. Cynthia smiled sincerely.

"By the way, I have a personal request," Cynthia said, "can you give me a tour of the fertilizer plant?"

"Why not?" said Donner, spreading his hands, and made a gesture of please.

As Cynthia walked out of the Avery Building, a train carrying iron ore happened to pass near the Avery Building. Cynthia looked surprised as she watched more than a dozen carriages being dragged by the front of the magic energy car and speeding past her eyes.

"By the end of next year at the latest, the train from Avery to Coernas will be running. Donner said with a smile.

Cynthia half-opened her mouth for a while before she said, "If you build such a road from Fog City all the way to Dorne, won't you even be able to use merchant ships?"

Donner smiled noncommittally, pointed to the other side of the Isa River, several majestic iron reactors, and said, "Let's go, don't you want to see the fertilizer factory?"