The cavalry of the vanguard army of Cambys marched to the east gate of Duncan's fortress, causing an immediate exclamation. The paladins of the Church and the knights of Barcelius saw the ogre's head stuck in the lance raised by the Gambis cavalry, and they counted them carefully to confirm that the Gambis vanguard had captured a total of 41 ogre heads. They have been simply taxidermy, and their surfaces have shrunk and wrinkled, making them even more hideous and disgusting, and they also exude an unpleasant smell. The defenders of Fort Duncan watched intently, their eyes full of envy and respect.

Ogres have always been the most feared monsters, and they are haunting, traveling all over the world, and even appearing in the hinterland of the human realm. Even a wandering ogre can leave some country lords helpless and must ask the church or the lord for help. The slaying of an ogre is enough to show the valor and wisdom of the knight, and it is sung by the bard. Every knight and his vassals and soldiers took the title of Ogre Slayer as honor.

The vanguard cavalry stopped at the door of Duncan's Fortress, straightened their backs one by one, and enjoyed the gaze of everyone.

Victor jumped off the back of the swift bird and walked straight to the two legendary priests, each saluting, "Your Excellency, Good morning. Good morning, Lord Kent. ”

"May the Supreme Lord of Light take refuge in you, Your Highness the Venerable Randall. Friedes and the Reverend of Kent painted the emblem on their chests and groaned solemnly.

Victor stepped forward and took the initiative to hug Kent, and said affectionately, "Pastor, it is a pleasure to fight alongside you on the eastern defense line of the Sassan Empire. ”

"Haha, this is the will of the Most High Lord, and it is my honor. ”

The legendary battle priest patted Victor's dragon lizard shoulder armor and teased enthusiastically, "You guy, a few years ago, you killed a gold-level gnoll and made a mess, and even the skin armor of the two-headed dragon lizard was rotten. Now, with the Ogre Overseer's head easily removed, the armor still intact, yours is yours. ”

Coming from the cold and harsh Northland tundra, the priest Kent has the courage and mutual help spirit of the Northlanders, he is a powerful person but does not like to put on a show, and during his garrison in Raven Town, he mingled with the townspeople, and personally led 2,000 paladins to cultivate fields, build roads, dig reservoirs, and the silver walls of Gaither for Victor for free. Raven Town is changing with each passing day, and the Reverend Kent is indispensable, naturally winning Victor's favor.

Victor, who met an old friend in the distant Sassanian Empire, was also a Legendary-level battle priest and a high-ranking member of the Templar Army, and said, "If my leather armor had been broken by the Ogre Overseers, I would have turned into a pile of rotten meat by now." ”

"Well, it's good that the Most High Lord has blessed you...... Praise be to our Lord. ”

Priest Kent nodded, and then smiled, "Didn't you say that you plan to sell the Swift Bird and War Birds? and asked me, do you want the Templars? You offer 5 million gold soles, how can the Templars afford it? ”

"...... come. He took Victor's arm, walked up to Duke Baselius, and said, "Let me introduce you to you, this is the descendant of Empress Barcelius and Sword Saint Dravien, Duke Usein Baselius...... It looks like you're still cousins. His Highness Barcelius was very interested in the Swiftbird Hussars. ”

"Urgein Barcelius greets you, Your Highness Randall, your nobility is like the sun in the sky. Duke Barcelius stepped forward, solemnly gave an ancient knightly salute, and used the honorifics of the Iron Mountain Empire's royal family to the Sun Elves.

He has a handsome countenance, a gentle temperament, short blond hair, a full forehead, a high nose, deep eyes like the blue sea, and a layer of amber halo, which looks noble and extraordinary.

The Golden Knight's charm is outward, and their character, temperament and physical characteristics are perfectly combined, leaving the strongest first impression on their hearts and minds. Victor saw Ussain Barcelius as gentle and humble, calm and calm, and behind this was the broad-mindedness of the sea, which made people feel good at first sight, completely different from the rumored aggrieved Iron Mountain Emperor.

Victor returned the salute gracefully and said with a smile, "Sylvia once told me that the Duke of Barcelius has a heart-wrenching royal demeanor, and is the first of the Golden Knights. I couldn't agree more with Sylvia. ”

Usein laughed and said proudly: "Back then, I tried my best to take her forty-three shots and lost forty-four shots, and I have always regarded this as the honor of my life. ”

"If you compete with Cousin Victor, I'm afraid you won't even be able to catch ten swords. ”

A female knight in dark gold armor walked hand in hand with Roland, she had the same blond hair and blue eyes as Usein, a goose egg face with a little baby fat, large and clear eyes, a tall nose that looked fleshy, and lips that looked fuller, and her facial features did not seem to be perfect when viewed alone, but gave people a sense of amiability and loveliness to the point of beauty and invincibility

However, her voice was as gentle and moist as spring, as if it could flow into people's hearts, but Victor could feel a hint of flattery.

Except for Roland and Margaret, almost all of the high-ranking female knights that Victor has seen are more or less charming, which is a natural expression of the high-level female knights' affection for him, and ordinary people can't feel it at all. Especially Sylvia's coquettishness towards him, even if the Golden Knight stood next to him, he couldn't feel it. And the coquettishness of this female knight is soft and elegant, and her lovely beauty forms a unique charm, and Victor even has the urge to bite on her fair and full face.

...... Like Chubby Dun Bertina?

Victor's mind turned, and he got rid of the natural spiritual charm of the female knight, and couldn't help but think of Sylvia's evaluation of this highness.

Orokxia, the duchess of the Sassan Empire, the eldest princess of the Iron Mountain Empire, and the guardian of the Barcelius family, she is not the strongest Golden Knight because she has stepped into the realm of legends with one foot...... Her gentleness and cuteness made me like it, but unfortunately she didn't challenge me, and the others didn't know that Oroxia was the strongest of the Barcelius family...... Also, when you see Oroxia, don't give her any illusions, or I'll be very angry, very angry.

"If it's a sword competition, Duke Baselius can win against Victor, but if it's a duel, His Royal Highness the Duke can't even catch Victor's sword. Roland shook his head and sighed: "This guy is so strong now that even I, a teacher, am worried about it." ”

Victor was happy, Roland could sense Oroxia's charm for him, and the eldest princess of the August family was not much worse than the eldest princess of the Iron Mountain Empire.

Usein didn't think it was wrong, shook his head and smiled: "Her Royal Highness the princess has won the prize, and I don't have the confidence to compete with Cousin Victor. ”

Orokthea pursed her lips and smiled, two lovely dimples appeared on her goose egg face, and she gave a knightly salute to Victor, and said in a soft voice: "I am Oroxia of the Barcelius family, and it is Barcelius's honor to be able to witness the demeanor of the Golden-Eyed Count." I would also like to thank His Highness Randall for helping Andrea by taking the risk to slay the Berserk Ogre Overseers. ”

"This is what I should do, Cousin Baselius. Victor returned the salute and said with a bow.

The eldest princess of the Iron Mountain Empire tilted her head, smiled sweetly, and said, "Please call me Oroxia, cousin Victor." ”

"Victor, don't you think Oroxia's sister's armor is beautiful?" Roland took Oroxia's arm, desperate for Victor's approval.

The Barcelius family's armor casting process is the most contemporary, and Orokasia wears a dark gold battle armor, which is different from the traditional Mithril armor, which is composed of independent parts, shoulder armor, breastplate, arm armor, waist armor, skirt armor, leg armor, Combat boots, every part is beautiful, Mithril is completely integrated with pure gold, presenting a noble and restrained dark gold color, especially its fish scale skirt armor and hood, using a unique metal wire weaving process, showing the characteristics of the cloth, the heavy and strong armor and the elegant softness of the skirt are perfectly integrated, practical and beautiful in one. The Mithril armor on Roland's body was nothing compared to it.

Oroxia herself is cute, and wearing this unique women's Mithril armor, it is no wonder that Roland's eyes lit up, and he rushed out of the team with a roar, and in the blink of an eye, he was holding hands with the eldest princess of the Iron Mountain Empire.

Why is it called the Iron Mountain Empire?

It is said that the armor casting process of the Barcelius family was passed down from the time of the Chosen, and that Barcelius' ancestors were once the top master foundry masters of a large city-state.

Oroxia's armor was stunning, but Victor thought of something else.

The Barcelius family has a deep heritage, they have the golden blood of the god knights, Usein and Orokxia are close to the legendary realm, and the other four golden knights worship Barcelius as their monarch, and the area of the duke is larger than the kingdom of Gombis, with nearly 1.9 million registered people, almost twice the size of Gombis.

The Iron Mountain Empire never died, and the Barcelius family was rich!

So, Victor decided to hammer out Cousin Usein and Cousin Oroxia. He smiled and complimented, "Barcelius's armor is worthy of its name, and it is wonderful. However, although the armor is beautiful, it is no match for the beauty of the two highnesses. ”

"Hmph. Roland glared at Victor dissatisfied, this was not the answer she was looking for. She had hoped that the face of the Earl of Golden-Eye would help her ask Oroxia for the same armor.

The eldest princess rolled her eyes, put her hand in her pocket, quietly pulled out the cap of the blue potato potion, and quickly plugged it on, then took Oroxia's arm, raised her eyebrows, covered her mouth with her hand, reached her ear, and whispered, "I have something good to give you." ”

Oroxia's eyes were shining, her nose twitched, she bit her lower lip, and said with a smile: "...... Let's go, let's go in first, and then look at your gifts. ”

The two golden female knights walked into Duncan Fortress as if no one was around, arm in arm. Both Usein and Siegfried stared at Roland's back, with the difference that Duke Baselius stared thoughtfully at Roland's pocket, while Frederick's eldest son simply chased Roland's figure and laughter.

Roland didn't even look at you, and you didn't know how to be angry...... Victor's gaze turned to the emperor's eldest son, who was wearing ceremonial armor, and he felt a burst of amusement in his heart. In the Knights of Glory, the young knights who admired Roland, including the unmarried knights, counted one as one, and there were 300 to say the least. Now, Roland's admirers have another eldest son of the Sasang Empire.

Feeling the gaze of the Earl of Golden-Eyed, Ziegy stepped forward and said respectfully, "Your Highness Randall, good morning." I am Siegfried Frederick, and on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor Frederick, I would like to extend my sincere greetings to His Royal Highness for all that he has done for the Sassan Empire. ”

The eldest son of the Emperor of Sasang is condescending, wearing ceremonial armor and competing with the golden knight for the attention of us and Roland, and his mind and mind are remarkable, but unfortunately, Frederick is a poor ghost...... Victor returned the salute, smiled and nodded, turned his attention to the Duke of "Fat Sheep", and asked, "Cousin Usein, are you interested in purchasing Swift Bird War Birds?"

Usein's heart throbbed from the blue taro potion, and he bowed his head and said, "Yes." Cousin Victor, if you have any conditions, just mention it, you're welcome. ”

Then I'm really welcome...... Victor pondered for a moment, raised his head, looked into Usein's deep blue eyes, and said sincerely: "I will provide 150 pairs of the best swift birds for 2,400,000 gold soles. ”

"...... what?!"

Before Usein could respond, the priest of Kent quit and shouted beside him, "You told me about 1,800,000 gold soles before, right?"

"That's right. Victor nodded at the angry Kent, then turned to the Duke of "Fat Sheep" and said, "If my cousin accepts this price, I guarantee that the three kingdoms of Dord, Seuss and Borui will purchase 50 pairs of swift birds for no less than 1,200,000 gold soles...... The purchase price of the swift bird of the Sassan Empire's 2.4 million gold soles, I gave a discount for the sake of the Kent priest. ”

The size of the Sassan Empire is three times that of ordinary kingdoms, and according to the distribution rights rules set by the Earl of Goldeneye, if a kingdom purchases a swift bird for 1,200,000 gold soles, then the purchase price of the Sassan Empire should be 3,600,000 gold soles. The Barcelius family bought 150 pairs of swift birds, even if they were resold to the great lords in the middle and east of the empire at the original price, but in fact it only cost 800,000 gold soles, which was a full 400,000 less than the other kingdoms. As for the purchase price of 400,000 gold soles in the Kingdom of Duoduo, it was because when they bought the Swift Bird, the Swift Bird light cavalry had not yet been tested in actual combat, and Rex picked up a big bargain.

Usein said decisively: "Okay, just 2.4 million gold soles, 150 pairs of swift birds." However, with such a large sum of money, I need time to raise it, and it is best to pay it in installments. ”

Victor nodded in agreement and said, "I'll write to Sylvia right away, asking her to pick 150 pairs of swift birds and send them to the Duchy of Barcelius." The payment can be paid in installments over three years, but I don't want purple gold coins, just gold or silver soles. ”

The two Highnesses had already made a deal with the swift birds, and the priest of Kent didn't care how much Barcelius had to pay. Anyway, the Sassan Empire, the Kingdom of Duoduo and the Kingdom of Gombis developed the Swift Bird Light Cavalry, and other kingdoms will follow, and all the countries have Swift Bird, and the church will be able to levy eleven taxes on Swift Bird. Kent was just curious about why Victor refused to pay for the purple gold coins, he was in a hurry, and immediately asked:

"Victor, what do you want so many gold and silver coins for? 2.4 million gold and silver coins are transported by cart to hundreds of carts...... You'll also need to have a castle to store the money. ”

Good question!

Patriarch Friedus really wanted to praise the big-mouthed Kent, and he stared intently at Victor, not allowing him to evade. Duke Baselius and the eldest son of Emperor Siegfried also looked at Victor, waiting for an answer, but they could not play our way.

Why only gold and silver coins? This question is to the point, and Victor will not tell them:

I will take the gold and silver coins of my lord, and I will make you short of money, and then I will be able to gather your wool.

Politics, war, and economy are inseparable, and even fighting with orcs is fighting for the economy. With the current level of civilization, economic size and political organization system of the human kingdom, it has more fault tolerance and stronger blood-forming ability than the barbaric and ignorant orcs, as long as the military leader's decision-making does not make major mistakes, this orc all-out war, the human kingdom will win.

After the end of the war, there is political restructuring and economic reconstruction, and there is too much room for interests here for Victor to show his strength and lay out in advance.

Victor wanted to sell Swiftbird for several reasons.

First of all, it is almost impossible for the Centaur Hills to monopolize the powerful class of Swift Bird Light Cavalry, because there is an essential difference between the Swift Bird and the Moon Bear of the Teutonic Principality, it is an ordinary land bird of prey, and it will not eat the flesh and blood of ferocious creatures and become violent. In other words, there is no specific label for Xunniao. The major forces stole the eggs, hatched the birds, and threw them into the wild for hunters to capture, saying that they were wild birds and belonged to their property. Some of these war of words have been fought, but they can't be won. The rules of the lord's game are that you don't steal what you can buy, and steal what you can't. In order to let the families come to the hills to steal the eggs, Victor might as well sell the birds.

Secondly, the Wizard of Emerson is cultivating the third generation of Swift Birds, and Victor sells the second generation of Swift Birds, so that he can get more funds to develop the third generation of Swift Bird Cavalry. This is equivalent to Victor spending other people's money to upgrade his Swift Bird Light Cavalry, and other families have a second generation of Swift Bird Light Cavalry, which also takes up a lot of resources and energy, and invisibly, their desire to develop the third generation of Swift Bird Light Cavalry is small. In the earth world, some scientific and technological powers have taken this trick to the extreme, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly.

Third, the sale of Xunniao is part of the financial strategy of the Golden Group.

Money is the general equivalent of wealth, but once Quintall is detached from the support of commodities, it is only a metal of little use. Therefore, the kingdom collects taxes and the church collects taxes, mainly collecting material taxes, and the lord cannot pay the materials, so he needs to be compensated with double gold coins. But for specific individuals, carrying a heavy gold coin, the heart is steady. After the war, the lords needed to rebuild their homes, and they needed to pay for the employment of young and strong laborers, before they needed to form mercenary legions, they needed money to settle displaced tenants, and they needed money to pay for bereavement and reward soldiers.

In fact, the king's coffers did not have much currency, and in the case of the royal family of the Sassanan Empire, the Frederick family maintained an elite cavalry of 80,000 to build a solid defense line in the east, and they paid countless amounts of money every year. Victor knew very well how much gold, silver, and copper it would cost to raise an army, and the kings were all poor and could not be wrong.

The Sassanian royal family must have no money to defend the eastern border of the empire against the orc invaders, and the paladin family has no money, if they have money, why should they instigate the lords of the Sasan Empire to start the green wheat war, isn't it to open the grain market of the three southern kingdoms and sell the green wheat at a high price? But Barcelius is very rich, their army is the smallest, and they are far away from the eastern border of the empire, and the accumulation of three thousand years should not be underestimated. Emperor Sassan had the cheekiness to borrow money from Barcelius, pay the soldiers pensions, give rewards, and pay the mercenary regiments, then it would be troublesome.

Therefore, Victor had to drain the purse of Barcelius and the lord of Sassan. Of course, this also includes the great lords of other kingdoms. After a few rounds of distribution of raw sugar, iron bricks, swift birds, and rock bricks, the lords will find that there is no currency left in the vault, and they are afraid that they will even have to take out gold and silver plates and melt them down to mint gold and silver coins.

There is a shortage of currency, and coinage is right.

Without Victor's intervention, the royal families will soon unite and pressure the church to re-conclude the Covenant of Sol and obtain free coinage.

However, this requires a process.

Isn't it because gold and silver can be used as currency because they are rare? Gold coins cannot fall from the sky, and the lords will not be able to meet the domestic currency gap for a while when they mine gold and silver mines and mint money. During this period, the currency of the Centaur Hills Reserve can really call the wind and rain in the market. The benefits of it, needless to say. In short, Victor holds the currency that everyone urgently needs, so he has the initiative that cannot be challenged, and establishes the most authoritative financial credit, for example, the purple gold coins he issues can be redeemed in sufficient and timely manner, and can be circulated throughout the human kingdom.

Everyone recognizes the purple gold coins issued by Centaur Hills, who can shake the financial credit system created by the Earl of Golden Eye?

It doesn't matter if the big lord mints enough gold and silver coins to get out of the predicament of currency shortage. Victor will link the gold coins of the Gambis Empire to the jaggery, and if you want to buy and sell the jaggery, you must first exchange it for the Gambis gold coins.

Jarged sugar is a good thing, it can quickly replenish the physical strength of people and livestock. For example, the plant-eating war horse has great strength, but the efficiency of energy intake is too low, and you need to stop and eat grass for half a day after running for a while, otherwise you will die of exhaustion. Victor's jaggery was originally intended for human consumption, but the lords found that the daily march of the cavalry increased from 150 kilometers to 290 kilometers by feeding them with raw sugar and feeding them to war horses. This mobility advantage is very amazing, and Victor did not expect that jaggery would become a strategic material. The kingdoms' swift bird light cavalry also needed jaggery to maintain sufficient combat fitness, and the more swift birds they raised, the greater the demand for jaggery candy.

The gold coins of the Gombis Empire are bound to the jaggery, and the hard ones can't be harder anymore.

Victor is the best at breaking the status quo, re-enacting the rules of the game, and overtaking in corners. He has been planning financial strategy for a long time, the lords were originally not interested in Xunniao, Victor peddled Xunniao is very difficult, this sudden war changed everyone's opinion of Xunniao, Victor did not take the opportunity to sweep the money bag of Lord Sasan, he was simply sorry for himself.

I'm afraid that's how to make war money.

An inexplicable smile appeared on Victor's face, and he sighed, "That's a good question...... I give up the right to monopolize the Swiftbird Light Cavalry, what can I exchange for other than gold and silver coins? The purple gold coins of the Sassan Empire are not easy to exchange in Gangbys. ”

"Let's go in and talk about the military affairs of the Eastern Frontier Line. ”

Patriarch Friedus nodded, decisively ending the topic, of course it would be best to be able to buy the Swift Bird with gold coins, as for the deeper plot of the Count of Golden, he couldn't see it for the time being, but this transaction was within the rules of the lord's game after all, and there was no harm to the Sassan Empire and the Radiant Knights.

The patriarch suddenly turned his head and said to the emperor's eldest son: "Zige, you take the soldiers of the vanguard army of Gangbis to familiarize yourself with Duncan Fortress, and you don't need to participate in our meeting." ”