Liang Ke followed Mu Tuo as he walked, and after entering the city lord's office, he saw the old city lord talking in a low voice with a young man in military uniform, the old city lord frowned, his face was solemn, and it seemed that the issue discussed was very tricky. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Mu Tuo and Liang Ke sat down on the couch, and the city lord and the young officer stopped talking. The old city lord introduced Liang Ke with a gray face.

"This is Major Brorens, a staff officer at the military headquarters, and an adjutant for liaison for northern affairs. ”

"Hello!" Liang Ke bowed to the heroic officer.

"This is a friend of Lord Muto and the city of Binuk, Mr. Aragorn. ”

"Oh!" Brorens looked at Liang Ke coldly and nodded slightly, which was considered a courtesy. Liang Ke didn't care about the arrogance born in the bones of this young aristocrat, and the second generation of officials always had a natural sense of superiority, just like a beautiful peacock always looked up proudly.

Both the old city lord and Mu Tuo noticed the arrogance of the young officer, but they could only smile helplessly at these young masters. The old city lord coughed dryly twice, and continued: "Brother Aragorn, I am in a hurry to invite you here, I have an important matter that I ask you to help ........"

"Lord of the City, how can you tell a civilian about the military plane?" Florence interrupted the City Lord.

"Brorens, I have been knighted in the eastern gate of the Binuk empire for more than twenty years, don't you know what to say and what not to say?

"You ......" Although Brorens is subordinate to the military department and usually has no respect for these feudal officials, he was ordered to coordinate logistics reserves today, and he had to give the necessary respect to these professional politicians.

The old city lord flickered lightly, and an imperceptible contempt flashed in his eyes.

"This matter is really unspeakable, but it is related to the security of the empire, and I have to complete this difficult task, so ......" The city lord paused slightly, and raised his eyes to look at Liang Ke's face.

"Haha! Although the lord of the city has something to say, Aragorn will never shirk what he can do, but if it is beyond the scope of his brother's ability, please also ask the lord of the city to forgive. Liang Ke could guess from the look on the look of the city lord that what the city lord wanted to say next must not be easy to do, so he first said the ugly things in front.

"With your words, then I'll say it directly. Here's the thing, the Orc Empire has been invading the northern frontier of our empire constantly, and every few years it will launch a large-scale 'spring hunt'. They will take advantage of the cold weather conditions in early spring to mobilize the powerful wolf cavalry of the orcs to raid the villages and small towns in the northern part of the empire, and even attack some small cities and fortresses, bringing the looted food and population back to the orc empire to supplement their lack of materials, leaving us with only a lot of devastation. ”

The old city lord paused, cleared his throat and continued: "The orc empire is located in the northern frontier, and spring will come later, but after the Sayuri Festival, in more than three months, the ice there will also begin to melt, and the wolf riders of the orcs will be able to withstand that short period of cold wind to launch spring hunting." The military headquarters of the empire received news that for unknown reasons this year, they had more than doubled the number of troops they had gathered in the past, and the total strength might exceed 200,000 troops. And our entire Northern Legion garrison is less than 300,000, and in that vast territory, it is really difficult to effectively prevent and block the all-pervasive orc wolf cavalry that comes and goes like the wind. Therefore, the military headquarters decided to increase troops to the northern frontier, and on the one hand the troops were transferred from the Northwest Army Corps to a mixed division, and on the other hand, they were recruited from the northern provinces. To this end, the Imperial War Department has issued mobilization orders to the provinces, which have been personally signed by His Majesty, and we will also cooperate with the War Department in recruiting troops in Binuk. Speaking of this, the old city lord picked up the crystal wine glass, touched it lightly with Liang Ke, and took a sip of the scarlet wine in the glass. Liang Ke saw that the old city lord was the same as the little daughter-in-law who had just passed the door, and he was embarrassed to say it, but he was really depressed, so he quickly took the initiative to ask. "The Imperial conscription, Aragorn can't help! Could it be that the city lord has other places where Aragorn needs to serve?"

The old city lord smiled and said embarrassedly: "Of course, conscription can't trouble the Aragonese brothers, but along with the conscription order, there is also an order for the preparation of ordnance. We can still cope with conventional weapons and equipment, but ...... It involves high-end standard equipment used by many high-ranking officers and large ordnance such as trebuchets and bed crossbows, and I am afraid it will be difficult for us to do so in a short period of time. ”

Liang Ke didn't understand too much, and asked puzzledly: "What's so difficult about this, how to solve it in the past, how to solve it now!"

The old city lord touched his stiff cheeks and said embarrassedly, "The key is...... The military department only gave the order, and did not give money. ”

"What?" Liang Ke had already guessed that the matter was tricky, but he never thought that he would be empty-handed, the white wolf, and his eyes were as wide as a cow, if it weren't for Mu Tuo's timely casting of a slightly calm look, Lao Liang almost turned around and ran away.

"Brother Aragorn, don't worry, it's not that there is no money, it's just that there is no cash. The empire's military spending has always been very stable, and at that time, when dealing with a sudden war, it seemed that the reserves were insufficient, so the thing was done to pay for the debt. I'm not afraid of your jokes, Binuk is an economically backward border province, the local government has been running deficits for many years, and it has to rely on subsidies from the central government to get by, so it can't prepare enough money for a while. You see, this ......"

"I'm sorry, my lord of the city! Brother, I am also a poor boy with no power and no power, and I don't have the financial resources to support the military expenses of the empire!" Liang Ke heard the tone of the city lord as if he was about to open his mouth to borrow money, so frightened that he quickly lifted his ass from the sofa, bypassed the wooden support, and ran to the position closest to the door and sat down, he thought to himself, "It seems that this old guy's drinking party is not casually attended, I said why is he so kind and introduced me to a beautiful little girl, it turned out that it was a weasel to give a New Year's greeting to the chicken, uneasy and kind!"

When the old city lord saw that the fat chicken was so frightened that he was about to jump off the wall and fly away, he quickly gave Mu Tuo a look. Lao Mutuo shook his head helplessly, put the wine glass on the coffee table, walked to Liang Ke and sat down.

"Brother Aragorn, you have misunderstood what the city lord meant. My brother has strong financial resources, and I know it, but it is natural to spend money on wars, so how can you let you, a civilian, pay for it? It's just that the city lord really can't come up with the money now, but the military order is a military order, and when the time limit is up, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it to the military department if I can't get anything. Those low-end ordnance, the city lord and I will find a way to raise funds to procure, but those things used by high-ranking officers and large ordnance, only dwarves can make in such a short time, and dwarven things have always been synonymous with expensive, no, it just so happens that you ...... Aragorn brothers"

"It just so happens that I know the dwarves, and there is a dwarf guard, right? But what does that matter, I'm not the only one who has a dwarf guard on the mainland, and besides, people can give me things for me as a guard? What are you kidding? ”

Liang Ke doesn't want to participate in this kind of money game with politicians, with the experience of his previous life, ZF borrowing money is similar to robbery, and if you meet a conscience, you will pay back some rags that you can't use, and the black-hearted ones will directly rely on the debt, anyway, you can't win the lawsuit anywhere. If the borrower can't pay it back during the term of office, it is rare for the next term to be able to admit it. How many wealthy businessmen and tycoons have hanged their necks because of such a thing, the previous life is vivid, and now it is his turn, how dare Liang Ke take this risk.

When the old city lord saw Liang Ke shaking his head like a rattle, he was a little anxious, dragged his slightly fat body out from behind the desk, inadvertently touched something on the table, and rolled to Liang Ke's feet. Liang Ke leaned over and picked it up, holding it in his hand and looking at it by the candlelight, it was a dark gray crystal ball the size of an egg, and if you looked closely, you could find that there seemed to be a mist in the center of the ball churning slowly.

"This ...... It's like the crystal ball that my sister said, and I have feelings for it, and I seem to know it. Liang Ke was stunned, and little Katyusha suddenly had a piece of information in his mind. He immediately remembered that Xin Jiaer had asked to find the crystal ball in the morning, and couldn't help but seriously hold the crystal ball in his hand and watch it carefully.

The old city lord stumbled to Liang Ke, but when he saw the miser staring at the crystal ball, he looked at Mu Tuo in puzzlement. Mu Tuo thought that this hillbilly had never seen the world, so he hurriedly said: "Brother Aragorn likes this crystal ball? Hehe! What a coincidence! Originally, this crystal ball was my collection of my elder brother, but today in order to prevent the city lord from saying that I ate and drank for nothing, I brought it to the city lord as a holiday gift." If my brother likes it, you can just go to my house and choose your favorite object and take it away. ”

The old city lord looked at Liang Ke's hot eyes, and thought that he liked this crystal ball that was worthless, so he seized the opportunity to quickly send away the favor: "Where do you need to choose again, the Aragorn brothers like it, just take it." I'll get you a few more when I'm leaving. ”

Xin Jiaer just provided a clue, Liang Ke hadn't figured out how to open his mouth with Mu Tuo to find him, someone sent what he wanted to his hands, it seems that luck can't stop it! Liang Ke smiled and quickly put the thing into his arms.

"Hey, hey, then I'll thank my brother. ”

"Alas, the things belong to the Bishop, and I want to thank you and thank him. ”

"Thank you, this thing is not a special object, someone can like it, it's a blessing for this thing, haha!"

"My Bishop, I don't want to rob you of your love. Liang Ke got other people's things, but he didn't want to receive Mutuo's favor, and his words were not salty or light, but he forced the old god stick to express his position.

"Why, if it's a rare thing, how can I be willing to give it to this old fellow. Hahahaha! This crystal ball should be considered a trophy, it is said that it was seized by the Temple Judgment Division when they were chasing necromancers, and the Judgment Knights brought back more than one, and after bringing it back to the Holy See, it was appraised by the priests of the Temple of Light, and no special value was found. Later, the Adjudication Division gave these things as spiritual rewards to the clergy who had contributed to the temple, and I got one. The more the old god said, the more excited he became, and when he mentioned the reward of the Holy See, he couldn't help but be a little complacent.

The old city lord naturally understands the truth of "eating people's mouths is short, and taking people's hands is short", he saw Liang Ke smile and put the crystal ball into his arms, and quickly seized the opportunity to strike while the iron was hot.

"That...... Look, Brother Aragon...... In fact...... Ahem, your friendship with the dwarves of the hills, I know it with Master Muto. In Turing, all the people who helped you were the elite warriors of the dwarves! It is said that an elder led the team himself. Look at the equipment of your followers, tsk! It's all Mithril equipment, and if you take it apart, it might be enough for a colonel-level officer in a division. In the entire continent, there are only a handful of people who can give so much Mithril equipment to their followers at one time, and those scarce metals have always been the exclusive property of those dwarves, hehe! Besides, you dwarven groom......"

Liang Ke frowned, and said angrily: "What groom, that's my brother, my comrade-in-arms." ”

"Ah! Yes, yes, yes, they are comrades in arms who live and die together. Looking at the momentum and the equipment, it is not an ordinary person. Not to mention anything else, the two young children on his shoulders are extremely rare, although the young children are not magical beasts, but their character is extremely arrogant and untamable, and they can be tamed so well-behaved and obedient, in the entire northeast region, I am afraid that there is only the high priest of Naronto. Haha, Brother Aragon, you see I'm right, right?"

Liang Ke was surprised by the city lord's accurate intelligence acquisition and analysis ability, and he even felt like he was undressed in front of this smiling old man, which made Liang Ke particularly uncomfortable.

"Even if so, so what?"

The city lord obviously heard the change in Liang Ke's tone, and the muscles on his face couldn't help jumping, and he quickly explained: "Brother Aragon, don't get me wrong, dwarves, as one of the most respected races in the empire, have always been strategic partners that we strive for, but you also know that Binuk has a special position, and it is inevitable that he will pay special attention to some special forces, and he definitely does not intend to investigate you, let alone have malicious intentions." ”