1626 Black and White Killing (3)
"President Timothy!"
The county warden Danis looked at the people who stopped beside him, with a little hesitation on his face, the words of the Sidney Foreign Undersecretary were still lingering in his mind, he didn't know how to speak, overall, this was the happiest period of time since he became the county guard,
Every day felt very fulfilling, a large number of caravans rolled in from the direction of the northwest coast, wealth that he had never dreamed of before, and smashed him like a pie falling from the sky, all kinds of luxuries from the other side of the sea, all kinds of labor in large quantities, as long as people with long hands and feet, can get a job in such commercial exchanges, and the sight of groups of idle people who used to be seen in cities and villages can no longer be seen,
In just the last month, the tax received by the caravan reached 50,000 gold coins, which was a sudden astronomical amount that made the Danis county guard, who had always been accustomed to hardship. I almost thought that he was in a dream, he knew that the caravan was coming, but he didn't expect that the money would come like this, 50,000 gold coins a month, so that the carriage of the county guard mansion was more luxurious than the other, from the original old carriage that had been used for 20 years to now ride on the carriage of the earl's family with a gold family coat of arms and a precious plain white wooden horse frame, or rather, even the earl would envy the carriage, it took Danis a month to complete the extravagant hope that he had calculated for a lifetime.
The carriage is the face of a nobleman, Danis still remembers the scene when he rode into the capital in a newly decorated carriage the month before, from the tax collector who guarded the gate to the prime minister of the principality he was going to visit, Lord Mitty, the hot eyes were eager to stick directly to the carriage, and when he generously said that he could directly give the prime minister a new carriage with the same configuration, it was always the first time that the high-ranking prime minister invited him to stay for the dinner, and finally he even got an invitation from the Duke's Palace, it was really a dream day, as a small local county guard。 attracted the attention of the entire principality capital, and for that time, he was the focus of the entire capital,
Every time he recalled this, Danis was able to tremble slightly with excitement, and when he returned in style, he renovated his county guard's mansion so that the prime minister could tell him that "the duke's internal affairs need a person who is good at managing money, and such a person needs to have fame first, and then his own ability." I have heard that Your Excellency's Mansion has not been renovated for 10 years, which is not a good thing, if you can show that you can be more excellent, such as repairing the Mansion and inviting people from the capital to a banquet, or giving some help to the Duchy's finances, maybe at this year's Annual Banquet, Your Excellency will have the opportunity to enter the third seat in the front, you know, that is the position that the Duke's most trusted treasurer is qualified to sit. In that case, Your Excellency will be the first of the Danis family to serve as the treasurer of the Duchy"
Danis was excited and didn't sleep well for several nights, and this change was not only unique to the county watchman's office. Rather, it spreads throughout the Cold Tail County, and with the close flow of caravans, there is also a great demand for labor, centered on the Cold Tail County. The populations of several nearby counties are also gathering here, and Danis can feel that a great era is sweeping in. It is fermenting in Cold Tail County and spreading, and I am getting rid of the hat of poverty in the past and being reborn,
And this qiē is undoubtedly inseparable from the man in front of him.
Timothy, the president of the Coldtail Chamber of Commerce, is the man who holds the economic lifeblood of Coldtail County in his hands.
After hesitating for a while, the Danis County Guard decided to show a little bit,
He picked up the wine glass in his hand, took a sip of the bitter wine in the glass, and said in a heavy tone, "It's really a bit annoying, I just received a notice from the capital, asking Lengwei County to restrict the Chamber of Commerce! and also warned me, saying that I was too close to the caravan."
Danis shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and said with a wry smile, "You also know that although the cooperation was very pleasant in the past, as a small county guard, I have no right or ability to resist orders from the capital!" "Why resist! We understand the hardships of the adults, but we have some regrets!"
Timothy's face was calm, as if he had expected it, "If our caravan can't take the road of Cold Tail County, it will have to detour hundreds of miles from Quintingburg to Wosende, which is a rugged mountain road, although it is difficult to walk, but it should be passable!" "You mean Queentingburg?"
Danis's face changed slightly, isn't Kuntingburg the entrance to the White Dove County of the guy who sat at the door with him last year, seeing so many caravans, the county guard who is as bitter as himself, I believe that he will not care about the orders of the capital, "In fact, our Chamber of Commerce first looked for Kuntingburg before looking for Lengwei County, and we were even close to signing an agreement with Kuntingburg at that time" Ticini said indifferently As long as we are willing to provide 10,000 gold coins to Kuntingburg every month, Kuntingburg will be silent about the caravan pass, "It is a dense forest and mountainous area, even if someone is sent from above to investigate, it can easily be blocked back on the grounds that there are too many mountain roads to stop them all!" Later, we found out that compared to Kunting Castle, the terrain of Lengwei County is relatively flat, and Lord County Guard, you are also quite sincere in this regard, which is obviously more suitable for us, so the Chamber of Commerce is looking for Cold Tail County, so Lord County Guard does not need to be too sorry at all, in order not to embarrass Lord County Guard, we will evacuate Cold Tail County tomorrow, and it is a big deal to continue to enter from Kunting Castle!"
"That's it...... Nothing else to consider?"
Danis looked out the window with a slightly pale face, beads of sweat on his forehead, bloodshot eyes, and a little sour in his heart, just like looking at the good things he had finally gotten but had to give them to others, it was too embarrassing!
"Actually, why doesn't Lord Captain think about it for himself?" Ticini said unexpectedly, "Wouldn't it be better if Coldtail County could be converted into a free business lord!" "Free business lord?" Danis's eyes lit up for a moment, but soon dimmed, and he resolutely said, "This is impossible, the capital is very dissatisfied with the current situation, how can it be possible to agree to such a request!" "That's not likely! At least as far as I know, there are quite a few towns on the northwest coast that are free merchants, and they don't need to pay heavy tribute, but instead use trade taxes instead!" Tisini looked at the silent Danis and said slowly, "Although I don't know anything about politics, I also know that Duke Locke, who has just ascended to the throne of duke, will never allow the local magistrate to have too much wealth. This was a potential threat to him, and to the local dignitaries, the new duke was clearly unfounded and unpopular, and it was difficult to convince the public."
"So I believe that it won't be long before the conflict between the local county guard and the capital will erupt" "I don't know which side the county guard will stand on when the time comes?" As far as I know, the new duke has no good feelings for the lord, let alone a confidant, and the local important ministers. For an inconsequential small area like Coldtail County, there is nothing to pay much attention to, "So, no matter who wins in the end between the two sides, the county keeper has only one possibility of being replaced"
"Okay, no more talk, I know what you're trying to say, but do you think it's really possible? What good will it get? Will the Falcon King believe that I am genuinely taking refuge?, and in the end, I am not human!" Danis' eyes were bloodshot, and he waved his hand at Tisini
"Maybe it's why Lord Danis looks down on himself so much!"
Ticini smiled. Feeling that it was time for a showdown, he took out a letter of appointment from his bosom that had been signed long ago and gently placed it in front of Danis
"This is a letter of appointment signed by His Majesty Falcon for Your Excellency, and there are two copies in all. As long as you sign your name on it, one copy will be kept by you and the other will be kept by the Northwest Coast. Even if this appointment is completed, from now on, Coldwei County will be protected by the Northwest Coast, and the Northwest Coast will not make a statement about it.
And the county keeper can sit and watch the struggle between the capital and the local ministers in a neutral position, and wait until the dust settles, and then declare his position, under the strong military power of the northwest coast, even if the victor has an opinion on this, he can only choose to accept this one method!" This...... Is it really the letter of appointment from His Majesty?"
Danis looked at the letter of appointment in front of him uncertainly, his hand trembled slightly, the strength of the military on the northwest coast is well known, and that falcon majesty is a peerless murderer with the name of the god of war, but no matter what the outside world comments, no one will deny that this majesty is the master of millions of living beings in the entire northwest, and this northwest lord puts his appointment letter in front of his eyes, which makes Danis, who can fly to the sky to participate in a duke's invitation, not be moved "This is an enviable honor!" It's enough to be a family heirloom!"
Ticini took a deep breath, and also struggled to withdraw his gaze from the letter of appointment, with an unconcealable envy in his tone, it was the handwriting of His Majesty Falcon, although it looked a little awkward, but this was the true proof of His Majesty's handwriting.
At this moment, Tisini had some faint impulses in her heart,
If Danis chooses to refuse, then this precious abnormal handwriting is his own, and this appointment is not filled in the name, if Danis chooses to refuse, then the Chamber of Commerce personnel who will be evacuated from tomorrow will stage a farce of assassination because they are dissatisfied with the county guard,
Then, the Chamber of Commerce took advantage of the chaos to control the entire territory of Lengwei County, and in the first two months, the Chamber of Commerce had completely infiltrated the large and small institutions in the county, and it was completely possible to achieve the goal of comprehensive control.
In another room of the mansion, the fat man who stayed as a guard was leisurely fighting with a small female saury made with honey wine, cutting the golden body of the barbecued fish with a knife, and taking out the caviar cooked in it with a spoon, a string of caviar was transparent and crystalline, with the fragrance of honey wine and the unique refreshingness of caviar, pressed under the root of the tongue, you can hear the sound of strings of caviar breaking because of squeezing, and the juice inside flows down the throat along the root of the tongue.
"There is a banquet in front of you, if you are hungry, you can let the servants fetch some food, you don't need to use the royal cook at all, my falcon majesty" On the opposite side of the fat man, the somewhat depressed Duke of Dunkiel leaned on the couch,
The backyard of the county guard's mansion is not big, and the noise coming from the front hall can be heard clearly, and hundreds of guards control all corners of the backyard, and there is no need to worry about being overheard inside, so the Duke of Dunkiel directly used the title of Falcon White Majesty
"This is the Duke, your royal chef, not mine!" The fat man took a bite to suck the spoonful of caviar into his mouth, rolled his eyes at the Duke of Dunkirk, and smiled, "Actually, I don't care when I arrive, I just ran into it, why should I try the most famous honey-cooked caviar in the Duchy of Dunkirk!" "Your Majesty's appetite is good, haven't you worried about this trip" "Do you need to worry?" The fat man raised his head, his mouth full of fish roe, and the ink-colored juice was still hanging on the corner of his mouth. He said indistinctly, "Isn't it just a little guy who thinks he is proud, if he wants to play, just play with him, I don't believe it, he can still play with a flower!" "Little guy? Behind this little guy may be Kyoto's eye for the northwest, and there are 180,000 troops that may overwhelm the northwest at any time! My Falcon Majesty, can you be more strict" The Duke of Dunkiel looked at the fat man who was gobbling up like a starving ghost on the other side, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile bitterly. Before meeting with the Falcon, he was interested in this one for two years. The mighty monarch who quickly took control of the northwest coast was full of curiosity and fear,
But this time, I saw it, only to find that this military god who is called by the outside world to have an army of 200,000 on the northwest coast and look down on the entire northwest like a tiger is really ordinary and a little excessive.
But this barbarian king, who had terrified and trembled the entire Northwest. At this time, his face was calm, and he was still in the mood to let his royal chef cook honey-cooked fish roe to eat, and for this alone, the Duke of Dunkiel was amused by his previous worries. Fortunately, the secret marriage was rejected, or it would be a big shame to lose face.
I am such a precious daughter, if I get married. The future of the Duchy of Dunkirk is really unreliable!
The Duke of Dunkiel secretly wiped a cold sweat, he didn't mind that Vikia Falcon had ten princesses, but it was not brilliant in the face of one. A somewhat naïve starving ghost, thinking that the fate of the Duchy of Dunkiel had been linked to this man, felt very annoyed that he had promised Vekia Falcon this time to cover his entry into Osend. "I've always been very strict, but I'm not used to using strict sù to express it, I hope Your Excellency the Duke doesn't mind" The fat man sneered, put down the knife and fork in his hand, picked up the trowel cloth on the table and wiped it, snapped his fingers, and a guard walked in to clean up the table,
The fat man touched his stomach and stood up, looked through the window next to the Duke of Dunkirk, looked at the front hall where music came from outside, and said slowly, "It's a good atmosphere, why break it?"
"What do you mean?" the Duke of Dunkiel was stunned for a moment
There was a knock on the door of "Bumper".
"Come in!" The fat man turned around, and a guard pushed the door in, and glanced at the Duke of Dunkiel beside the fat man, a little hesitant, not knowing whether to say "Since His Majesty has something, I will ......" The Duke of Dunkiel wanted to stand up, and he could see that the thing sent was secret
"Say anything, I believe in Your Excellency the Duke!"
To the surprise of the Duke of Dunkier, the fat man waved his hand coldly, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became strict, and the Duke of Dunkiel suddenly felt a pressure, and the Vikia Falcon, who was sneering at and looked harmless to humans and animals just now, showed a pressure that people did not dare to face at this moment, and the strong feeling of doing it casually seemed to be in its grasp, making people feel a feeling of thousands of armies avoiding the road and bowing down to all armies, at this moment, Duke Dunkiel rarely remembered a word "God of War"
"Yes!!" Konoe nodded respectfully, and took out a copy of the document from his arms, "This is sent from the front hall, and Danis, the county guard of Lengwei County, has already signed his name on the appointment letter of His Majesty!"
"Put it there!" the fat man waved his hand, his face flat,
Konoe respectfully placed Wen Jiàn on the table, on the other side of the table, Duke Dunkiel's eyes were about to burst, and the word Leng Wei County mentioned in Konoe's mouth made him stay there, and he felt a chill rushing up to his head from the tail vertebrae,
The Duke of Dunkiel felt at a loss, although the county of Cold Tail was not large, and could even be called a lack of resources and remote terrain, but it was the only way between the county and the northwest coast, and it could be called a gateway land, but in this way, he knew that in the connecting area opposite the county of cold tail, 60,000 falcons had been assembled and stood by, of which 30,000 cavalry, who were as swift as the wind, were enough to march straight to the capital of the city of the city when they were caught off guard
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, the Duke of Dunkiel would never have believed that such a thing would happen, and in just half a day, without a sound, without even a trace of wind and rain, the gateway to this great Sende had quietly opened in front of the 60,000 army of Vekia Falcons.
"My people are all soldiers, and some of them don't know the rules very well, so that His Excellency the Duke laughed!" When the guards left, the fat man calmly sat down opposite the Duke of Dunkirk, picked up the text on the table and glanced at it
"Actually, the Duke reminded him well, this Duke Locke of the Great Sende is indeed a little clever,
And I know how to take advantage of the current situation, but unfortunately it's still a little tender after all.
Do you really think that you can play some small tricks to blindly take advantage of the situation to deter the whole situation?
The real strength is played by himself, he wants to play all the games, but he never thought that others would dare to play "black and white killing"
I also want to take a look.When the soldiers really come to the critical moment of the city, how many people are really willing to die for this new master's 100,000 army!" (to be continued......)