Chapter 24. Yellow sand in the sky 1
"All checked?!"
Maren Pasha's expression was solemn, and his face was full of incredulity.
He couldn't believe his ears, and the results of the investigation sent to the Baisha settlement were shocking, and the barbarian attacked the Baisha royal chief day and night, and scattered the royal chieftain's convoy twenty kilometers north of the settlement, killing people and returning without taking a single gold or silver.
In other words, Hoover had only one purpose, the head of the White Sands.
Maren has lived for half his life, no matter how stupid he is, he can figure it out, a White Sand King Chief is not worth anything at all, the important thing is that he took the initiative to attack Talat Pasha and almost killed him, which is a very terrible event for Sargon.
This should never have happened, and it was rare for a royal chief to take the risk of trying to kill the Pasha, but Talat was an exception.
He's an outcast.
The king of Sargon disliked this son very much, and the territory he gave was also in a remote area, and he was entrenched in horse bandits, and even the guards were crooked melons and cracked dates, which was simply telling the lords along the way that you could kill him.
Obviously, the White Sands King thought so, but he failed.
From another point of view, how could Hoover rashly cut off the head of a royal chieftain, and who had instructed him?
Don't care about other people's thoughts, Mullen thinks that there should be the four gentlemen who are in the way, let me ask Talat when he first arrives, the four horse bandits have their own ghosts, why let the fiercest one do things for him?
Maren pinched his beard, he thought what the deal between Talat and Hoover was, although the royal chief was not as noble as the Pasha, but he was also a chief, and he was killed by the horse bandits, so he couldn't say anything, but there was a Pasha as an endorsement, the reason was revenge, and everything was logical.
Well, it seems that this is the truth, Talat was young and vigorous, and he was unwilling to escape the assassination, first killing half of the army of the chief of the White Sands, and then sending someone to cut him, which makes perfect sense.
But why was Hoover under Tarrat's command?
Money?
Hoover's net worth was far above Talat, and it would take too long for the young Pasha to acquire the same wealth.
Status?
Joke, the leader of the four horse bandits, sitting on several mineral veins, from Gaul to Victoria, with a wide range of connections, Hoover did not lack status at all.
So what else?
After thinking about it, Marlens accidentally pulled off his beard and grinned in pain.
Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside, and one of his subordinates ran in, leaned into Mullen's ear, and whispered a few words, and the Pasha immediately widened his eyes and looked at his subordinate's face in disbelief.
"What you say is true?!"
"It's true, word has spread, Hoover Benjamin is preparing to transfer his base camp from the Oasis Territory to the White Sands Settlement, and he has been appointed by Talat Pasha to take over that place temporarily!"
Confused, really confused, I didn't even think of this.
Mullen's heart suddenly brightened, no wonder Hoover was so positive, it turned out that he was eyeing the White Sand Settlement.
There was no king and queen, it was an empty city, and although it was not very rich, it was still a large territory.
Naturally, Talat Pasha had the power to take over, but he only had more than a hundred guards and eight hundred people, and he couldn't take care of them himself, let alone the White Sand Settlement.
But Hoover is different, he is a big horse bandit, it is easy to control the settlement, and in the face of Hoover's request, the powerless Talat can only agree.
Mullen hurriedly asked, "Did the Gauls and Victorians react?" ”
"The Gallic Company is communicating with Talat Pasha, and the Victorians are not moving for the time being, Lord Pasha, what should we do?"
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"Lord Pasha, are you threatened by Benjamin?"
Franklin smiled, but his tone was less respectful, more questioning than asking.
Talat shook his head: "I can't say it's a threat, Hoover temporarily took over the White Sands King for me, as we all know, I don't have the ability to control it for the time being." ”
"You are still too kind, you are still talking to that barbarian at this time, you have been deceived by his appearance, it is a real horse bandit, most of his mining team are kidnapped civilians, forced laborers to work, working without any protective equipment, many people have Yuanshi disease, died tragically, he is simply an executioner!"
The more Franklin spoke, the more excited he became, and he did not see the politeness he had shown at the banquet two days earlier.
Talat was silent, keeping his head down and not speaking.
It's still a child.
Franklin thought to himself that no matter how much he pretended to be mature, the weakness of his lack of experience would still be exposed.
To be honest, he didn't expect Hoover to play so big, openly killing a royal chief and taking over the royal chieftain's territory, even if it was really instructed by Talat this week, but this kind of action is simply challenging the fragile nerves of the ruler.
Now he couldn't figure out what the boy in front of him was trying to do, he didn't seem to have a concept of his situation, and the decisions he made were more like a manifestation of willfulness.
In short, Hoover must not be allowed to leave like this.
A horse bandit with no foundation has already posed such a big threat to them, and when he gains a foothold in the Baisha settlement, how will he do business in the future?
So absolutely not!
"Lord Pasha, you have been deceived by that despicable villain of Hoover, the White Sand Settlement cannot fall into his hands at all, a horse bandit has turned into a magistrate, I think even the Sargon royal family cannot bear this humiliation."
Talat still didn't speak, looking frightened.
Franklin received no response, so he added, "We will try to stop him, for the sake of the people of the White Sands settlement from persecution, and for the sake of your reputation, I hope you will understand." ”
The young Pasha's eyes lit up, and then quickly dimmed, shaking his head slightly, and he was silent.
Seeing this, Franklin immediately understood that Talat did not dare to make any more decisions, there had been problems in Hoover's handling before, and the best way to avoid making mistakes was not to make decisions, and if you do, you may make mistakes, and if you don't do it, you won't make mistakes.
This is an evasive behavior, which is also in line with the idea of a teenager, in the final analysis, lack of self-confidence, a large part of which comes from the family, that is, his father does not like him, is not recognized, and over time, there are problems with his personality.
Franklin saw everything in his eyes and knew what to do, and since Talat didn't dare to make a decision, he would help him make a decision, and as long as he could get his mistakes corrected, he would become the object of his heart that he could rely on.
Even if he was a Pasha, he was a teenager.
Watching the Gauls leave, Talat sat still, his eyes gloomy, not knowing what he was thinking.