Driven by huge profits, many caravans also had the idea of selling iron tools to the steppe people. But whether it is the Bright Empire in the east of the steppe people or the Macedonian kingdom in the west, they are very wary of these steppe wolves.www.biquge.info

The two empires have clear regulations that no one is allowed to buy or sell iron tools to the grassland, and once the caravan of smuggling iron tools is discovered, it will not be tolerated!

There are even several big families in the history of the Bright Empire, because of the smuggling of iron tools to the steppe people behind their backs, after the East Window incident, not only were all the people involved executed, but even the family property was taken over by the empire, and in the end, all of them were directly erased without exception!

It is said that the most stringent era of the iron restriction order was more than twenty or thirty years ago, that is, around the time of the last Northwest War. At that time, in the imperial caravans that passed through the steppe people, even the swords and armor of the mercenaries had to be registered. If a mercenary or caravan returns from a trip to the grassland for business, the number of swords in the mercenary or caravan is wrong, and the penalty is a huge amount of money, and the worst may be lost!

The two empires were so jealous of the steppe people out of their own interests, after all, it was not too cautious to have such a powerful and ill-intentioned neighbor.

So when Jose heard what Temur said, he immediately had a deeper understanding of the Northwest Army of Longkedo: in order to expand their strength, these guys did not hesitate to seek skin with the tiger, this kind of practice is to ignore the imperial decree at the smallest, and at worst, it is simply just trying to strengthen itself, completely ignoring the life and death of the people of the empire!

Thinking of this, Jose didn't care at all that Temur, a steppe man, was a little embarrassed, and directly pondered for a moment before asking: "Then, what is the negotiation between the Northwest Army and you? How many war horses can you come up with? What equipment and weapons are they going to exchange for?"

Temur's expression was very calm, and he said directly and unreservedly: "Our tribe can take out two thousand war horses, and after negotiations between us and the Northwest Army, they promised to exchange two thousand sets of infantry armor and two thousand scimitars. ”

Jose snorted coldly, glanced at Temur a little strangely, and said slowly: "Presumably you guy also wonder why I appeared here in the middle of the night, then I'll tell you, the guest that Ronktor wants to see is me! Since the last war in the northwest, I was appointed by the emperor of the Bright Empire to the county town of Sadland as the county guard and garrison chief. At the same time, I was made Viscount of Sadland, so now you should know my identity, right?"

"Do you mean, you are now an official representing the Central Committee of the Empire of Light?" But as far as I know, the Northwest Army has already occupied the Guanwai, and it is almost torn with the Empire of Light, and it is also secretly expanding its armaments, which clearly means to set off a rebellion! You are serving in the territory of the Northwest Army at this time...... "Temur immediately heard the meaning of Jose's words, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

With his mind and mind, he naturally saw Joseph's current sensitive situation, but what surprised Temur even more was that he had only seen this Mr. Joseph for just half a year, and he didn't expect that when they met again, the identities and status of the two were completely different, and even the positions of the two sides were faintly opposite!

However, Jose didn't seem to care about this, he just squinted at Temur, and then said with some amusement: "Now that you know my identity and attitude, then your, Temur, what do you decide to do now? Do you continue to complete the deal with the Northwest Army of Ronkedo, or do you have any other ideas?"

Temur frowned, but said very calmly: "Don't dare, since Lord Joseph has a conflict with the Northwest Army now, I'm afraid he doesn't want us to export war horses to expand the Northwest Army, right? If Lord Joseph orders, I will find an excuse to disrupt this negotiation, and the leader of the grassland side still trusts me very much, and I should be able to deal with it reluctantly." ”

"Oh? It turns out that I have such a big face, and a single sentence can make you turn off the deal with the Northwest Army? You don't mean that your tribe is now facing a threat from the north, and without this batch of equipment and weapons, I am afraid it will be difficult to continue to gain a foothold on the southern side of the frontier, right?" Jose chuckled, shook his head seemingly a little carelessly, and said, "Forget it, Temur, I know you are afraid of that magic contract, but I don't want to coerce you into anything...... In this way, your trade with the Northwest Army should continue, tsk, two thousand sets of infantry armor and knives, but a lot of windfall!"

"What do you mean, Lord Joseph?" Temur was stunned for a moment, but saw a strange smile on Jose's face......

The next morning, the Commander of the Gurro came to the inn early again, and saw the Viscount of Sadland again, and he naturally did not know what had happened to Joseph and the previous night. The Gurro Commander had been ordered by General Ronkdo to take Jose on a tour of the county town of Desert.

However, although it is nominally a visit, it is actually just to observe the attitude of the viscount. And he didn't know that Jose already knew about their deal with the steppes, and with Guro by José's side, Ronkedo's men could arrange for people to negotiate things with the steppemen. After all, now that Joseph is an official of the empire, it will always be a big trouble if the Northwest Army makes a private appointment with the steppe people to meet with the steppe people, and also exchanging iron weapons with the steppe people for war horses.

José was very interested in wandering around the city, and he didn't seem to know anything about the transaction. In the afternoon of the same day, even at his request, Gu Luo took him to visit the military camp in the south of the city of Modo. Looking at the neatly formed and well-trained soldiers on the training ground, Jose's face showed undisguised deep thought. And those murderous Northwest Army, who have been on the battlefield for a long time at a glance, all of them look extremely strong, and the evil spirit between their eyebrows can't be faked at all.

Even Jose, who was very disgusted with the Northwest Army, had to admit in his heart that although these generals of the Northwest Army were very bastards, these soldiers under them were all real elite divisions. Not to mention those well-trained cavalry teams, even ordinary infantry regiments are also with a bit of military might!

Gu Luo took Joseph around a few times, and it was about the afternoon when they had a big pot meal in the barracks at the request of Joseph.

Coarse bread, a bowl of vegetable paste, and a piece of dried meat, this is the food of the Northwest Army at noon. Although it seemed to Joseph that it was somewhat simple, the soldiers of the Northwest Army were accustomed to eating.

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