The king of the West Country is still alive, which is relatively embarrassing news for Zhou Shu.

He had prophesied that the king would be in trouble and would be assassinated by the dead rabbit of the moon god. With his knowledge of the moon god, his assassination ability was probably second only to a hundred snipers working together in the city.

It is a good thing that the king is alive now, but it also means that his prophecy is wrong.

Honeytea Turrell came to Zhou Shu's residence and said that he would take him to the princess tomorrow at the temple. The princess will go to worship at that time, and Zhou Shu only needs to appear there honestly, and the temple will prepare a reception room, and the meeting time is only fifteen minutes and a quarter of an hour.

"A quarter of an hour?!" Zhou Shu blinked in disbelief when he heard this, "I learned etiquette for five days, just to see her for a quarter of an hour?"

"It's been a long time, okay, don't you know your identity? ”

Honeytea Turrell obviously felt that this quarter of an hour was long enough, and thought that her majesty was too kind, and that she would not meet this dangerous person in front of her if she were an ordinary princess.

Zhou Shu was almost not angry with her, "I have been a foreigner all my life, and I have seen a lot of princesses, but I have never heard of such a big shelf for this job." ”

The sick princess back then was just a border war crisis, and she didn't lose an inch of land, and she didn't hesitate to use beauty tricks to seduce a foreigner who might become a fighting force. Zhou Shu felt that this His Royal Highness Tiddle was really good at posing music, and his hometown was about to be demolished, and he was still reserved like this.

Seeing that Zhou Shu was a little unhappy, Turrell hurriedly put away the temper she had given to Her Royal Highness the princess and said good things. His mouth is full of words like 'understanding' and 'cooperation', and his attitude is good.

"Well, it doesn't matter. I don't have much to talk to her about anyway. She can arrange for me to be in the army. ”

"Oh, yes. It's impossible. Honeytea Turrell waved her hand, "Princess, she doesn't have any real power, and she can't participate in court politics." ”

"That's it. Zhou Shu rolled his eyes to the sky, "Can you sue me five days ago?"

"You don't have to join the army to serve your country. ”

"Or else?"

"You can ...... as a Volunteer"

Militia. In fact, they are private soldiers who participate in regular wars. Honeytea Turrell said that the princess seemed to want Zhou Shu to recruit her own army, and then lead the team to fight the enemy, and if she really excelled in battle, she would be accepted into the regular army.

"Let me fall to the grass first, and then be recruited? You came up with an idea from the Water Margin, right?"

Master Zhou had no objection to this strategy, and even felt that it was much better than joining the army directly.

"What? you don't like it?" Turrell knew the purpose of the man in front of her, at least she thought she knew, and she wasn't sure if the name of such a private army would satisfy his fame and fortune chase. "Our Royal Highness the Princess will personally sponsor you a sum of gold, you can use that money ......"

Miss Honey Tea is halfway through the conversation. Master Zhou casually conjured up a treasure chest, and then kicked it open to reveal the gold inside.

"I'll sponsor her, okay?"

Honeytea Turrell's eyes were shaky when she saw this thing, "You have money, you said it earlier!! in the past five days, do you know how much our Highness has made a lot of trouble in order to make money!!"

"Oh?"

Due to improper communication, there seems to be a little bit of information between Zhou Shu and His Royal Highness Tid.

Ever since Honeytea Turrell told her about Zhou Shu, a foreigner, she couldn't wait to meet this person. Helplessly, she couldn't give this man any help, he wanted to rely on this national disaster to accumulate military industry, but the princess couldn't arrange him where he wanted to go.

Although the princess is also acquainted with some military figures. But not familiar. She is the kind of princess who is kept in the palace as a mascot, and the only one who has the identity of freedom of herself.

His Highness feared that he would not be able to pay the price he wanted when he met with the alien. Missing the opportunity to get this strong reinforcement, he sold most of his jewelry and used his connections to borrow a sum of money. She also sells some strange candies that she got from Zhou Shu.

In the five days that Zhou Shu learned etiquette, Her Royal Highness the princess was very busy, and Turrell who helped her on the side was also the same.

Now the gold has gathered a box, a full ten gold bars three fingers thick, and as a result, Zhou Shu kicked out ten times this amount with one kick against a box.

"Okay, okay, okay. Zhou Shu put away his money. sighed and looked at the little magician with a miserable face. "I think we should be in touch more often, and don't add to the chaos like these days. ”

He said that he was very willing to organize a volunteer army for Her Royal Highness the princess, and the princess was willing to accept the funding. If possible. Zhou Shu said that it is also possible to turn the assembled army into the princess's private army.

"In the case of the royal family, there should always be such a right, right? ”

"Yes. Turrell nodded.

Zhou Shu clapped his hands when he heard this, "Okay, that's fine." I'm looking forward to meeting with His Majesty tomorrow. ”――

After Turrell left, Zhou Shu was depressed.

He doesn't have much experience planning and acting on his own, in short, he hasn't been a leader, and has been working as an assistant and deputy for others. Now the situation is clear, he needs to raise his own army, in this huge western capital.

Although he is not short of gold now, it is not clear how much gold plays in this chaotic place. He hadn't been out of the house much for days, wasting all his time on the etiquette teacher. Fortunately, Nati and Liberty Eagle have basically never returned home, and they still have some understanding of prices.

The two girls had been bored for several days, and Liberty Eagle had also forced him to practice using Dinglan after Zhou Shu was free, and she had new skills to teach.

For Freedom Eagle, she is now anxious to get rid of this state of being bound together after Zhou Shu, so she needs Zhou Shu to master the use of Dinglan. However, she is also ready to use this strange country on this continent to establish her own career, and finally return to the White Moon Country to become a nobleman or something.

Zhou Shu learned about the price situation in the city, and based on what the two girls had seen and heard in the past few days, it was enough to get the answer he wanted.

He didn't want to calculate the city's CPI, he just wanted to make sure. Whether the money can still circulate normally in this state. As soon as many war-torn cities are put into a state of readiness, supplies will replace precious metals as hard currency, and the value of gold will become very low.

Probably thanks to the king's speeches and heroic propaganda, the inhabitants of the city seemed to have little anxiety about the victory in the war, believing that their country would be able to defeat the evil empire.

TOEFL, a group of people with such a mindset disposed of the materials in their hands very casually. Business activities are relatively active. In other words, money can have the desired effect in the city.

After confirming this, Master Zhou was still forced by the Freedom Eagle to control the pebbles in the house. Today he will learn how to aggregate small stones into large stones that resemble those made of cement.

Zhou Shu had seen the Freedom Eagle's skill of using stones like mercury before, and today he came into contact with it for the first time, and it turned out to be a rare scratch on his scalp.

"It's hard to think it's right, you're so stupid. "Liberty Eagle said very mean things, but the teaching process was extremely patient, and he was the material for a kindergarten teacher.

For Dinglan this thing. Freedom Eagle has completely given up, and now she just wants to quickly and completely hand over this thing to Zhou Shu's hands.

Although she also has certain countermeasures here, such as taking advantage of Zhou Shu's inattention to kill him, so that her baby dowry will be saved. But the problem is that after Zhou Shu dies, Freedom Eagle will live in this chaotic country, which is obviously not what she expected.

But if you return to the White Moon Country, you will return to the power of the sick princess. It is impossible for her to have any crooked thoughts about Zhou Shu. Therefore, she can only give away her baby honestly.

Now she is still more balanced in her heart. It's like exchanging the treasure for the name of a dragon-slaying hero, and maybe you can become a nobleman later. Strictly speaking, this kind of trading is actually relatively profitable. Dinglan is just a prop, and the purpose of storing props is to be used, and it is not a loss to be able to use it to get so many benefits, but it is a little unpleasant to be threatened and snatched as if you have to snatch the baby.

Zhou Shu preliminarily dabbled in the new way of using it, and then ended today's lesson. After that, I took the two bodyguards out for a walk around and saw how to do the actual investigation for the recruitment in the next few days.

There is no military service system in the West Country, which is the same as in the White Moon Country. Both countries are predominantly professional military countries, and the reason is simple, because they all have an enemy of equal strength. It is necessary to ensure strong combat effectiveness for a long time.

In this case, such a thing as the militia is unreliable, and the militia is nothing more than a military system that is more economical in military costs, nothing more. In a situation where the enemy is eyeing the enemy, and the army has a lot of resources at its disposal and can increase its combat effectiveness regardless of the cost, professional soldiers have become the protagonists on the stage.

Zhou Shu wandered around the city for an afternoon, but he didn't gain much. But that's a bonus in itself.

"Looks like I'll have to ask the princess tomorrow about borrowing someone to help me prepare my army. ”

This afternoon, Zhou Shu took the two girls to many places, and also tried to ask some people where they could hire mercenaries, soldiers and other characters. As a result, I don't know if the person he asked was wrong, or if there were no people in the city who ate by fighting, and there were no clues.

Nati has her own explanation for this, which is very rare for a fool like her.

"The people of this world are too weak to be warriors, and they have always been protected by the Patronus, which is why they are like this. ”

Freedom Eagle nodded repeatedly, "You're right, the young adults here are much thinner than those in our country. And he also looks poor, and he can't get enough to eat. ”

Zhou Shu watched the two girls full of superiority over the people of this country, and he suddenly thought of something.

The animals and plants of the White Moon Country are relatively large, and according to them, it seems that it is because of the blessing of the gods, and the Gray Witch has also explained so.

In other words, the White Moon Country, like the West Country, has a god zài. However, the gods of the White Moon Kingdom are only focused on feeding those who believe in him, while the West Country is determined to gather the power of faith to make itself stronger.

The Grey Witch hadn't paid too much attention to the affairs of the White Moon Kingdom, and from her point of view, she could basically observe the meaning of their magical world. In other words, the magicians have little problem with this god, which can increase the density of the population by helping to increase food production. However, these pseudo-envoys of the Western Kingdom dare to grab food from the magicians of the other world who have invaded. This is basically a rhythm of looking for death.

Both sides are gods, equally revered, but in the end it is clear that the outcome is completely different.

Just when Zhou Shu sighed, his summoning book came to the police again.

First, the luna god aka the dead rabbit appears nearby. This situation frightened Zhou Shu and hurriedly put the Freedom Eagle into a state of first-level alert, and he must be careful of the enemies who may attack at any time.

Actually, the rabbit just appeared. It means that he is still at least half a city away from Zhou Shu, but Zhou Shu is really timid, in short, there is nothing wrong with being careful.

While he was careful, the king of the West Country who had gone on a campaign was soon retrieved by the Book of Summoning.

"How did this king come back with the rabbit......"

For several days, information about the expedition of His Majesty the King had been circulating back and forth in the western capital, and this afternoon of wandering around Zhou Shu had heard a lot, and it was said that the army seemed to have won a good battle, but had not yet heard of the recapture of the city occupied by the enemy.

Zhou Shu believed that the moon god should have the ability to assassinate the king and succeed. Armed with the Book of Summoning, he knew very well that there seemed to be no fighting power in the king's army that could damage the moon god.

However, considering that the Book of Summons is not very effective against the pseudo-gods who rely on faith to fight in this world, maybe those few birdmen who are praised as heroes have the ability to make the moon god jealous.

His Majesty returned to the royal capital after a week-long expedition. The news soon spread in the capital of the west. The military and the royal government also disclosed some information to the residents of the city, such as the army's success in retaking the city, and the four heroes who were named generals killed more than 1,000 enemies each.

In the palace of the Western Capital, a banquet is being prepared to celebrate the victory of the battle.

The palace received the news of the king's imminent return half a day earlier than Zhou Shu. The battlefield was not far from the royal capital, just a nearby city. It took only half a day for the king to ride back.

Her Royal Highness Princess Tiddle followed the ministers who had been waiting in the palace for a long time to greet the king. She was happy that her brother could return to the city safely.

The king and the princess are about the same age. is very young, and it is precisely because of his age that there will be these two royal expeditions.

Young people are still more interested in war, until one day they are shot in the spine or knee on the battlefield, they can honestly hide behind the scenes and control the situation of the war, instead of going into danger and wasting a lot of troops as guards.

His Majesty returned to the palace in the dust. In the council hall, I saw the princes and nobles waiting there, ready to say beautiful words with a stomach.

He didn't pay too much attention to the courtiers in the palace, but walked to the ladies with a smile and found his sister, Tiddlelem.

"How's that for Tead, I said. War was an easy thing for me. Now I'm back safely. ”

Teed smiled and nodded, saluting his brother.

"I am very happy that the leadership of His Majesty has been able to show its strengths. ”

The king could not help but sigh when he saw that his sister was so polite to him.

"Anyway, Tede, just pay more attention to yourself, I won't have a problem. You don't have to worry too much about me. ”

The relationship between the brother and sister has always been very good, and His Majesty the King was so angry that he almost lined up the whole city to search for the person in his sister's mouth when he heard his sister claim that he had encountered a foreigner who had discovered the traces of the moon god.

He hated it most than anything to have those petty people bewitching his sister, who, in his opinion, was nothing more than a scoundrel who tried to deceive his sister of some profits. It is precisely in order to prove that the scoundrel's statement is wrong that he will lead the king out of battle so persistently.

Now that he has successfully returned, seeing his sister's relieved appearance, his heart is a little itchy, and he feels very warm.

As a good brother, he didn't put off his business for too long. The celebration banquet actually has little to do with the returning king, and the people with the title of Majesty have fought for a week and then rushed back to the city for half a day, so naturally no one will harass them too much. The king made some annunciation of some good news and went back to the apse to rest.

Although it was a rest, it was at best a home office, and the king did not have much personal time.

After being away from the palace for so long, he needed to know something about what had happened in the palace recently. The king has his own eyeliner and is able to provide some information. What his good brother wants to know most is how his sister has been doing in the last few days.

His eyeliner is also very conscientious, and he told Her Royal Highness the princess in detail about the past few days. This includes the princess selling most of her personal belongings to raise gold.

"Gold? What does she want gold?, she's not very fond of gold jewelry, I remember she has been more into sapphires lately. ”

In front of the king stood a male attendant, who looked shrewd, but with difficulty holding a large pile of paper rolls in his arms, which made him a little wolfy.

"Your Majesty, I think there are some things you need to revisit. I have here a report that I need you to look at, and it is from the celebrant of ceremonies. ”

His Majesty looked at it slightly, and the more he looked at it, the more his chest rose and fell, and he was trying to keep himself from moving.

"Meaning...... "Meaning," said the king, holding the scroll of the report as he composed, "gather the gold, and ask the master of ceremonies to teach a foreigner court etiquette." Is Ted going to hand over the gold to that guy himself?" (To be continued......)