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Chapter 1231 Accosting

Shangguan Xiu glanced at Hailey beside him and said with a smile: "If the prince can get the help of the Jinsk Iron Cavalry and destroy the city-state of Volo, it will be easy!"

Asino subconsciously looked at Hayley, who smiled leisurely and asked, "Asino, how many soldiers do you want me to send to help you?"

He didn't even think about it, and blurted out: "Fifty thousand iron horses!"

"Fifty thousand iron riders?" Hayley raised an eyebrow.

Asino thought that Hailey was thinking that he was talking too much, so he hurriedly changed his words and said, "Twenty thousand is fine!" After a pause, he whispered again: "Ten thousand is fine!"

Hearing his continuous change of words, Shangguan Xiu and Hailey looked at each other and smiled. Hayley said, "If I personally lead 100,000 cavalry to help you, what can you give me?"

Asino's heart was shocked, he looked at Hayley in surprise, and asked, "I wonder what Duke Reina wants?"

"Five hundred miles of territory, let me choose!" Hayley said word by word.

Asino was slightly stunned, and then he couldn't wait to say, "Yes." ”

"Can you call the shots?"

"Yes!" Arsine nodded heavily. He subconsciously looked at Shangguan Xiu, and said, "With His Royal Highness here, how dare I talk big?"

Hailey was happy, raised her hand, and said, "One word is a deal!"

Asino high-fived her and said, "A word is a deal!"

That night, Scott Ward hosted a banquet at the castle to entertain Shangguan Xiu and Hailey. The next morning, Shangguan Xiu and Hayley bid farewell to Scott Ward and returned to the Dookie Western Front.

Although the city-state of Solan agreed to send troops to destroy the city-state of Volo, it could not send troops directly, and a council of lords had to be held before sending troops.

Only after the lords' meeting pointed out the faults of the Wallo city-state in public, and then received the approval and support of the majority of the lords, could the army be used against the Wallo city-state.

Otherwise, it would be too domineering to start a war rashly, and it would also be nameless, which would damage the prestige of the city-state of Solan.

As for how to persuade the other lords in the lords' meeting to support the Solan city-state's troops, that is the Solan city-state's own business, and Shangguan Xiu will not interfere.

Leaving Solan City, Shangguan Xiu and Hai Li did not return the same way, but diverted from Xiolun to the west, entering the territory of the city-state of Volo, and then from the city-state of Volo to the south, into the territory of Duki.

The city-states of Solan and Volo are close neighbors, and their territories are bordered by large areas, but the differences between the two are enormous.

Entering the Solan city-state, the most intuitive feeling is that the country is safe and secure, and the people live a prosperous life, and when entering the city-state of Volo, it is difficult to see a family for a hundred miles, and the small villages that occasionally pass by are only a dozen or so people, and they still look down.

The clothes of the people in the two places cannot be compared.

It's not that there are no poor people in the Solan city-state, but even the poorest people have a decent set of clothes at home, which they wear when they go out, and they change it out as soon as they go home, so in the towns of the Solan city-state, most of the people you see are brightly dressed.

And the people of the city-state of Volo did not even have a façade, and their clothes were in tatters, and many of them were wearing black and swarthy animal skins.

Entering the territory of the city-state of Volo, Hailey was even more novel than Shangguan Xiu, and no matter what she encountered, she couldn't help but take a second look.

Seeing Shangguan Xiu glancing at him from time to time, Hailey explained, "I haven't been here! The city-state of Volo is so remote, I've never been here before!"

Shangguan Xiu raised his eyes to look ahead, and the towering city wall could be faintly seen in front of him, and he said: "Ahead is Novi City! Today we will stay in Novi City for a night, and we will hurry again tomorrow!"

Novi City is one of the largest cities in the city-state of Volo, located in the south-central part of the city, past Novi City, and then two hundred miles south, you can enter the territory of Duki. Novi City is famous because of the abundance of jade here.

The Besa people don't have much love for jade, and even in their opinion, it is stone, but the Feng people and the Ningnan people love jade far more than gold and silver, and Novi City gradually prospered by selling jade to the Wind Country and Ningnan.

In the city, the merchants of the Wind Country and the merchants of Ningnan can be seen everywhere, and Shangguan Xiu's face will not be too eye-catching when he appears in Novi City.

It's that Hayley next to him is more likely to attract attention, after all, it is not common for a tall and beautiful woman like Hayley to be.

The inventory of Novi City is much stricter than that of other towns, and there are dozens of heavily armed soldiers standing at the gate of the city, checking the people entering and leaving the city one by one, perhaps this is also related to the large number of jade in the city, and the fear of bandits entering the city.

Shangguan Xiu and Hailey were not carrying weapons, and after searching the two of them, the leader of the soldiers stepped forward from the side, swept his eyes over the two of them, and asked, "Are you together?"

"Yes!" Shangguan Xiu's current Besa language can be described as proficient, if you only listen to him and don't look at his appearance, no one can guess that he is a popular person.

The leader of the soldiers asked again, "Are they husband and wife?"

Shangguan Xiu frowned and asked, "Does this have anything to do with our entry into the city?"

When the leader of the soldiers heard this, his face immediately sank, he pursed the corners of his lips, and asked in a cold voice, "What are you doing in Novi City?"

"Naturally, I'm buying jade!"

"You don't look like a businessman!"

Shangguan Xiu smiled and asked rhetorically, "So, who do I look like?"

"Meticulously!" said the leader of the soldiers coldly.

Without waiting for Shangguan Xiu to speak, Hai Li immediately walked up to him, grabbed his arm, and said, "My husband is not a fine worker! You can't wronged people!"

The soldiers looked at Hayley's eyes, obviously like they were looking at a flower stuck in cow dung, with regret, incomprehension, and jealousy.

For such eyes, Shangguan Xiu and Hailey have seen a lot.

In the Windy Country, when the two of them walked together, most of the people cast such glances at Shangguan Xiu, a handsome and spiritual young man, how could he find a girl of a different race in Fanbang?

In the eyes of the wind people, the Bessa people all look similar, and the Bessa people look at the wind people the same, they can't tell the difference clearly, and they can't see the beauty and ugliness, this is the regional difference.

Under the hot gaze of the leader of the soldiers and the surrounding people, Shangguan Xiu and Hailey entered Novi City.

Entering the city, it finally makes people see the prosperity that has not been seen for a long time. The streets were full of people and traffic, and on both sides of the road, there were taverns, inns, casinos, and brothels, one after the other.

Hayley looked curiously, walking, and a rumbling sound came from her stomach.

Her jade face turned red, and she subconsciously looked at Shangguan Xiu, who was considerate and didn't look at her embarrassment, looked ahead, and said, "Let's find a hotel to settle down in first." ”

"Good!" Hayley agreed.

Novi City, like other Besa towns, has a huge square in the very center of the city, and around the square are basically the top luxury shops. Here, there is the most exclusive enjoyment, but also the most expensive price.

The two chose a hotel with a large façade and booked two rooms.

Novi City has a feature, the silver tickets of the Wind Country and the silver tickets of Ningnan can be circulated here, which brings a lot of convenience to the merchants of the Wind Country and Ningnan, and now Shangguan Xiu and Hailey enjoy this kind of convenience.

The two of them found a restaurant with the characteristics of the Wind Country near the hotel, and the shopkeeper and the guys in it were all from the Wind Clan.

In the restaurant, Hayley ordered a large table of dishes. Shangguan Xiu looked at the table full of wine and food, and shook his head again and again, they were just two people, and they couldn't eat so many meals at all, it was a complete waste.

Hai Li only looked at Shangguan Xiu lightly, and the old god said on the ground: "As long as every dish is eaten, it is not a waste." ”

Well, if that's how she defines waste, he doesn't have anything to say. Shangguan Xiu smiled bitterly.

While the two were eating, a young man of the Wind Clan about thirty years old, with a thin body and a roe head and rat-like eyes, came over. He came to Shangguan Xiu's approach, hugged his fists, and asked, "Brother Tai, you are polite!"

Shangguan Xiu looked up at the young man and asked puzzledly, "Do we know each other?"

"Listen to the accent, Brother Tai is from Zhenjun!" the young man asked in surprise and joy.

"Hmmm......"

"I can't imagine that I can meet a fellow villager thousands of miles away in Novi City, it's really rare!" As he spoke, the young man pulled over a chair and sat down at the table, then beckoned and shouted, "Man, put on the next table." ”

"Who are you? Who made you sit here?" Hayley looked at the uninvited young man in disbelief, and it took a long time to come back to her senses.

The young man didn't pay attention to Hailey at all, looked at Shangguan Xiu, and asked, "Brother Tai, this is ......?"

"Insider. ”

"It turned out to be my sister-in-law, disrespectful!" the young man arched his hand to Hayley with a smile on his face. Without waiting for Hailey to speak, he turned his head to Shangguan Xiu's side and asked, "Brother Tai came to Novi City, and he also came to buy jade, right?"

Shangguan Xiu thought that he was well-informed enough, but he had never seen such a familiar person.

He looked at the young man with unknown intentions, but smiled silently. Without him answering, the young man himself could open the conversation box and talk endlessly. He said: "To say that before, even five years ago, the jade here in Novi was really cheap, but now it ......."

Before he finished speaking, the shopkeeper brought the dishes and chopsticks.

The young man picked up the chopsticks, took a large mouthful of food and stuffed it into his mouth, and said while eating: "Now, Novi's jade is too expensive, take it back to China to buy it, remove the transportation cost, and then remove the processing cost, you won't make much money at all." ”

The young man poured himself a drink, drank another glass of wine, and said, "Instead of buying jade, it is better to gamble on stones." ”

Shangguan Xiu raised her eyebrows, still didn't speak, and Hailey asked puzzledly, "Gambling stone, what do you mean?"

"Gambling stones are gambling stones, you don't even know gambling stones, right? Hey, Mrs. Sister-in-law's wind is really good!"

Hayley rolled her eyes with a look of 'do I need you to compliment'.

"This jade is solved from the original stone, before it is solved, the original stone is a stone, no one knows whether there is jade in this stone, at this time it depends on gambling. The rough stone is much cheaper than jade, the bet is right, the original stone bought has jade in it, that is a big profit, if you bet on a piece of beautiful jade, then you will not have to worry about eating and drinking in this life!"

Hailey suddenly realized, it turned out that this was the case, she looked at Shangguan Xiu, and said with a smile: "Ah...... Ah Cai, that sounds interesting, why don't we go check it out?"

Ah Cai ...... Shangguan Xiu was speechless, Hai Li really knew how to name herself, and she sounded like a rich man.

"Of course I'm going! I know a gambling stone field, where the rough stones are good, and you can often bet on jade. The young man seemed to have not eaten for a few days, swept the food on the table like a storm, and said indistinctly: "I dare not say that I have nine out of ten bets, but at least I am six or seven percent sure, and I will take you over later, maybe I will let you make a lot of money, and it is worth the trip." ”

Hai Li's eyes lit up when he heard this, and Shangguan Xiu put down the chopsticks in his hand, even if he had an appetite again, looking at the leftovers on the table after being swept away, he had no appetite.

He picked up the handkerchief, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said slowly: "Since Your Excellency has such a ability, why are you still so depressed?"