When Surdak arrived at the military headquarters, he found that many citizens had gathered in the square outside, and several young magicians were standing on a high platform in the center of the square, taking turns to give speeches.

Some of the townspeople gathered around whispering, and there were many supporters of the magicians, who would give a round of applause when the young magicians finished speaking.

They made a speech in the square opposite the military headquarters, and it was clear that they were targeting the military headquarters in Wilkes.

However, the Green Empire has been preaching freedom of speech, but this sentence generally refers to only the nobles of the empire, so what these magicians and nobles say in the square, the military department really has no right to interfere, and can only let these magicians make noise in the square.

Surdak walked into the military headquarters and met some young officers, some of whom would take the initiative to greet him.

Now that he is also very famous in the Wilkes military department, he dares to go head-to-head with the Magic Guild, and if he changes other officers, he may have been forced to give in a long time ago.

As the priests and priests of the Temple of Liberty left the empire, the status of magicians increased...... The magical weapons, enchanted weapons, magic potions, and daily necessities associated with them are all indispensable to a noble lord.

Leather boots made a dull sound when they stepped on the floor of the corridor, and the corridor of the military headquarters building was a little long.

Chester's office was right deep in the hallway.

Walking to the door of the Chester Great Swordsman's office, Surdak pushed away the outer rooms, and the Chester Great Swordsman's lieutenant was sitting at the outer desk, and when he saw Surdak walking in, he immediately put his index finger to his lips and motioned for him not to speak, and then pointed to the office inside.

Surdak closed his mouth, nodded, and sat down in a row of chairs across from the outer desk.

Some voices could be heard inside, but they couldn't hear what was being said.

The exchange quickly ended, and then footsteps sounded, and a middle-aged nobleman walked out of the office.

The adjutant of the Great Swordsman of Chester immediately stood up.

Surdak also stood up, Chester swordsman followed, nodded slightly to Surdak, and was about to send the middle-aged nobleman out of the door, when the middle-aged nobleman saw Surdak, he stopped, squinted his eyes and said restrainedly: "You are Surdak, right?" ”

Seeing the Count of Nobles on his chest, Surdak hurriedly saluted and replied briefly, "Yes." ”

The middle-aged aristocrat was also noncommittal, and only said: "Sure enough, he is young and promising, but what!" If you have time, you should participate in more activities for the young people of Wilkes City, and have more contact with the young people here......"

Surdak didn't expect that this middle-aged man would directly put on the elder's stand and admonish him.

After the nobleman left, the Great Swordsman of Chester put away the smile on his face and brought Surdakra into his office.

The Great Swordsman of Chester opened the curtains to let in the sunlight outside, motioned for Surdak to sit casually, and then said:

"In the past few days, the president of the Wilkes City Magic Guild and the president of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce have come to me one after another, saying that it is persuasion, but it is better to let us take a step back. But I've been thinking for the past two days, why should we give in when we have worked so hard to fight for the territory, we have taken one step back, two steps back, and there may be five or ten steps back in the future, and don't expect the magicians to read our good ......."

"I guess this kind of thing will not only find me, maybe there will be people who will find you one after another, they may be the powerful people in Wilkes City, or they may be some other people, I am a lot of the time, we will be imprisoned by the circle we live in, so we need to overcome all the obstacles and keep moving forward."

He seemed a little preoccupied.

Surdak didn't ask, just nodded and said, "Yes." ”

The adjutant brought in two cups of tea and placed them on the desk.

The Great Swordsman of Chester turned his head to look out the window, his office window facing the plaza outside, where more and more citizens had gathered and the voices had grown louder.

The Archswordsman of Chester continued: "Speaking of which, Christopher Wizard is still somewhat famous in Wilkes City, his title as the director of the Alchemy Guild is like an aura on his body, he has the ability to influence the alchemy market in Wilkes City, and many merchants and nobles are his customers. ”

"Before Marquis Luther came, he told me that if you are willing to open up a territory in the White Forest Plane, the Luther Legion will fully cooperate, but I didn't expect these magic unions to go so far this time. I have written to the Marquis de Luther on this matter, and I will follow his advice. ”

The Great Swordsman of Chester is the absolute confidant of the Marquis of Luthor...... Surdak thought so.

Then he said: "I have now signed a peace pact with all the indigenous tribes in the Warcraft Forest in Invercargill, they are all willing to accept the rule of the Green Empire, the four tribes who do not want to join the empire have migrated to the west of the wetlands in the Thorn Mountains, the territory I get may meet the needs of the indigenous tribes first, and I will set aside a large area of pasture in the hills and mountains to compensate them, so I will not give up this territory no matter what." ”

Surdak added: "I'd rather let this land sit like that in the House of Representatives than put it in the hands of someone else." ”

The Chester Great Swordsman exclaimed, "You're really fast......"

……

Surdak returned to the hotel from the military headquarters.

In the past few days, he has been on the line at two o'clock, going back and forth between the military headquarters and the hotel.

Nika occasionally went out to visit Wilkes, a city she was so curious that she would leave the hotel every day after breakfast with a small cloth bag with water and white bread on her back, and then walk all day, not returning from the outside until late in the evening.

At first, she didn't walk far, the city is so big, it takes almost half a day to walk back and forth on this shopping street.

Now Nika has learned to ride a public carriage with fifteen copper plates at a time, and has traveled all over the neighborhoods.

Samira usually practices archery in the backyard of the hotel, and recently she discovered that there was an archery parlor in the backstreet of the military headquarters, where she spent three days in a row.

Surdak walked to the front desk in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, intending to order a dinner and ask the hotel waiter to bring him to his room.

"Lord Viscount Surdak, there's an adult over there who has been waiting for you."

After the hotel waiter finished speaking, he pointed to the rest area in the hotel lobby.

Surdak walked over and on the sofa in the lounge area of the hotel lobby, he saw a middle-aged nobleman with a thin face, and the face of this nobleman looked somewhat familiar.

"Are you ......?" Surdak asked.

"David. Golding ...... "He deliberately puffed up his chest and made him chest. The former insignia of nobility was revealed, and then he said to Surdak with great certainty: "You must have heard my name!" ”

Surdak thought for a moment before asking tentatively, "You're Josie. A distant relative of Baron Goldin? ”

"If you want to say that, then I don't deny it, maybe you can say it the other way around." Councillor Goldin sat on the couch with his legs crossed, staring at Surdak with his head raised.

His face looks a bit old-fashioned and mean, and his elongated eyes like to look at people with his nostrils.

"That trading house in Dodan Town is just one of my many businesses, and now let Josie take care of it." His tone changed slightly, and he said, "I think that since the nobles enjoy the privilege of tax exemption, it is natural for them to open a trading house to be exempt from taxation. ”

Surdak was unmoved, and said casually, "I'm sorry, I'm currently the mayor of Dodan Town, so I have to do this according to my regulations." ”

"I heard that you are from Hailanza, from the Tarapakant region of Bena Province?" Congressman Golding continued to ask.

"That's right, my hometown is in the barren land of the city of Highland." Surdak replied.

"Probably there are no nobles in your hometown doing business...... Well, it's just such a trading firm, it doesn't matter to me whether it collects taxes or not, but this time I came to see you, but I was entrusted by someone. Councillor Golding clapped his hands and stood up.

With a condescending gesture, he continued to Surdak:

"A friend asked me to tell you in front of you that the land north of the Thorn Mountains should be given up on its own initiative."

As he spoke, he walked out of the rest area and into the lobby of the hotel, before turning back and saying:

"Tell me what I think, I will vote against you at the next House reconsideration, and there are exactly seven members who think the same way as me, just over half of the members of the House of Representatives......"

Councillor Golding looked a little proud, dusted himself with a white handkerchief, and then said with a smile:

"Rather than losing the vote, it's better to take the initiative to give up the land and still make a good impression......

Surdak just smiled and waved casually at Councillor Goldin.