Chapter 45: Swordsmanship Talent Channeling
Yi Su Grain Association...... Not a very well-known chamber of commerce. It is a bit of a means to be able to get golden nuts. I didn't see Peninsula olives, which means that the source came from the east."
Ian thought in his heart, there are only a few large grain producing areas in the empire, just like the large-scale orange cultivation industry that only Nanling has, if there is a large number of oranges sold in the entire empire, it must be related to the big grain merchants in Nauman City.
The same goes for golden nuts and peninsula olives, which are specialties of the eastern and northwestern parts of the empire, respectively, and can be seen in the context of a grain society.
Ian's expression moved slightly, he glanced at the sample grain in the store, and then glanced at the warehouse, and knew in his heart: "Sure enough, there are no golden nuts in the warehouse at all-this is the prop used to disguise his background, and now that the Nanling food disaster, where are the people who come to buy this kind of luxury goods in large quantities?" And when the others see that he can get the Golden Nut, at least they won't immediately think that he has something to do with the Flying Flame Land."
"Moreover, there are actually two sublimators who help transport grain in the warehouse? What are you kidding, it's just that the big chamber of commerce has this treatment, where does the Yi Su Grain Association come from!"
So, Ian said directly, "Boss, you still sell nuts here?"
He pretended to be casual and said, "How much can you sell, and how can you calculate the price?"
The shopkeeper stopped his pen, he glanced at Ian, and felt that he was not entertaining himself, so he said, "It depends on how much you plan to buy, how much more you want, and how much less you want to buy."
The last time Ian heard something like this was last time.
He could hear the perfunctory words in the boss's mouth, so he deliberately approached the golden nuts, stretched out his hand and touched them, "Are these golden nuts coming from the Ewei Plain, or from the side of Aoba City?" The color is a little dull, and the texture is relatively average, not quite like fresh golden nuts."
"Huh?"
The boss cocked his beard and looked at Ian, sensing that the other party might be looking for trouble.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say, 'Don't buy it, don't touch it with those dirty hands!' , but because it was Ian, looking at the other party's white hands, everyone felt that the hands were much cleaner than his nuts, so they just paused for a while, and then said impatiently: "I said this, do you want to buy it?" Our Nanling and Didong are not connected by water, so they can only take the land route, except for those big chambers of commerce that have cold and dry chain transportation, which small chamber of commerce like ours is not of this texture?"
"If you really want to buy it, it's timid, if you don't think it's worth it, it may be because your family conditions are too good, you haven't eaten the coarse grain of our civilians, and you haven't done business in ordinary times."
"My shop is small, the price is not set high, and the taste is just as fragrant, wherever you go to which store, it is all at this price, and there is no better quality."
When the shopkeeper said this, he was a little sarcastic, there was no direct yin and yang, and it could be regarded as looking at the face of Ian and the unusually ordinary clothes and looks of Qingchao on the side.
"Really." But Ian broke his defenses with a single word: "I don't believe it."
"This guest."
At this point, if the shopkeeper still can't see that Ian and Qingchao are looking for trouble, then he is in a bad brain, he shook his head and stood up: "Our store is a small business, and it is indeed our problem that we can't sell high-quality goods - I apologize to you here!"
He made a bow, then pointed to the door, "But look, I'm still doing business with other grain teams here, and I deign you to come here and waste your time here. In order not to bother you, please."
This is an eviction order, and generally those who come to provoke trouble will not be entangled at this step, and the boss's posture is so sufficient, and when the law enforcement team comes, it is definitely them who suffer.
"If you apologize, I'll accept it?"
But Ian smiled slightly, "I'm just going to trouble you - as for business, I think it's better not to do it."
"Qingchao—"
Under the gaze of the boss, whose face changed, he deliberately lengthened his voice: "Go and check the food of the convoy outside the door, it must be mixed with parasitic plant seeds from the Flying Flame Land."
"And these nuts, put them away, there are nobles in the eastern part of the empire to cover for espionage, this is a big fish."
"You?!"
The shopkeeper was stunned, not because he had been wronged, but because what Ian said was true—but how did Ian know?!
- Moreover, this unreasonable tone, the coercion full of confidence, and the attitude of no one in sight......
- Patrol Knight?!
Without the slightest hesitation, the shopkeeper turned around directly, and rushed into the back room as fast as he could, under the blank gaze of the waiter and the person in charge of the grain team outside, who had not yet reacted, and at the same time, he shouted loudly: "The plan is exposed—"
He was going to say more, reminding the two accomplices in the back.
But he felt a chill coming from behind him.
He felt his mind begin to slow down.
He felt frost spread down his back.
And then......
He lost consciousness.
And a cyan sword light slashed through the frost and snow, and behind the shop, the two sublimators who had changed color and were about to turn around and run away.
Retracting the hand that froze the grain shop owner, Ian didn't pay much attention to Qingchao's movements.
With the strength of Qingchao, it can only be said that it is a matter of effort to solve the two spies who have not reached the peak of the first energy level.
In fact, it was true, Ian only heard three sword sounds of "Ding Ding Ding", and Qing Chao came with two Spies of Flying Flame Land who had been pierced through the chest, but were still alive but only had one breath left.
"Boss, do you have a breath, or do you want to kill one and only leave one for interrogation?"
He spoke in a relaxed tone, not taking it seriously at all. And the vitality of the sublimator can also ensure the survival of life, so there is no need to get used to them too much.
When it comes to combat, Qingchao is a well-deserved genius, after all, he is the man who can increase the average strength of the Port Harrison Guards by a few months of teaching.
"It's amazing." Ian also nodded slightly, and praised, "There is no need to kill, these two are probably not from the Flying Flame Land, but from the conspirators on the Empire's side—the greater credit lies with them."
After speaking, he turned his head and looked at the head of the food team, "You go and inform the local garrison - let's just say that the Patrol Knight has caught the Flying Flame Land Spy."
"Don't worry." Ian smiled, making his expression suspicious, and the somewhat uneasy person in charge subconsciously calmed down: "You won't be fined for being late for delivering food."
"On the contrary, you may be able to make a big contribution."
It's a great credit.
Under the torture of the Nanling garrison who came to hand over to Ian, the dejected grain store owner confessed to the fact that he had colluded with Flying Flame.
As for the reason for the collusion, it is actually very simple - his chamber of commerce originally had the financial support of the mountain people, and the rebel mountain people were their big customers before the rebellion, and they hooked up as soon as they came and went.
In addition to this, Flying Flame Land has also reached an agreement with the Great Chamber of Commerce of the Eastern Realm of the Empire behind him..... There is a shortage of grain in Nanling, and grain from other places is only sold in, and it is sold at a high price.
Needless to say, this tacit understanding is understood by everyone.
There will always be some people who will sell the interests of the empire for money, not to mention that the empire is so big that it is difficult for all parties to empathize, and even have regional discrimination.
The Eastern Province still has a greater hatred with the Heavenly Imperial Court, and the others are a little indifferent.
"Thank you very much for your help! Your acumen has really helped us a lot!"
When the captain of the local garrison saw Ian and learned the identity of Ian's patrol knight, he immediately came over to thank him: "It's too negligent to look at the spy in front of you! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid we'd have made a big mistake!"
"It's nothing, they're hiding it deeply."
In this regard, Ian also helped to ease a few words: "If it weren't for my suspicion of this temporary docking chamber of commerce, I deliberately went to observe something wrong, and it would have been impossible to find it through normal investigation alone."
"But, it seems, the spies in the Flamelands are rampant."
"That's true!"
Speaking of this, the captain couldn't help but complain.
In recent times, due to the cold treatment of the National Convention and Nauman City, various special operations movements in the Flying Flame Land have intensified beyond the Onyx Plain.
Not to mention the electromagnetic communication shielding centered on the Ganggang Mountain, they even controlled the dragons to interfere with carrier pigeons, provided advanced weapons for the mountain bandits and bandits who were circulating, and even those rural cults took a sum of money and began to get excited and make trouble.
This side of the Indishan Gorge, because of the critical geographical location, was originally the hardest hit area of all kinds of riots - a few days ago, there was a village cult in a hotel to carry out a ceremony, the effect is not good, the room full of animal blood really made the boss feel like crying without tears, and most of the soldiers who dealt with the scene also felt nauseous and nauseous.
"That's disgusting."
Ian said sincerely, he has really become a lord recently, and of course he understands that these trivial harassments may not be able to shake the foundation of a territory, but they are enough to shake the fragile nerves of the administrator.
Not to mention anything else, if the construction team led by Xia Hui was like the construction team at the mouth of the gorge and was intimidated for three days and could not start work, Ian would have led the team in person in anger, and he would have dug out the spies in the Flying Flame Land three feet into the ground.
Just like this time, the food and seeds provided by the Yisu Chamber of Commerce are mixed with some seemingly insignificant "debris", which is a special invasive species, and the parasitic plant seeds that can damage the growth of local wheat seedlings will soon spread as soon as they germinate, and one can harm an entire farmland.
Is this a big deal? As long as the lord reacts quickly, he will harm a field at most.
But if this is the case scattered across dozens or hundreds of fields......
Ian thought about it, and felt like his brain was getting hot.
"No, no matter how smart a person is, he is a person in an administrative position, and my time is limited."
Ian muttered to himself, "The assisted management AI must be launched sooner, otherwise one Xiahui Collar will be enough for me - go back and give Adalbert a little more money."
Ian, who had never felt even fear in the face of Grand Duke Thorin, was indeed a little scared when facing the trivial matters of the territory at this moment.
Time passed, and it was evening.
With the cooperation of the local garrison, the grain team quickly got all the safe food without any problems and continued to set off towards Gonggang Mountain.
It looks like everything is perfect.
But one of the swordsmen was a little confused about Ian's actions.
"Your Excellency."
Under the sunset, in the carriage of the grain team on the road again, Qingchao asked Ian a little puzzled, "Is your operation a little too fanfare this time? There's nothing wrong with that, but aren't we going to keep a low profile?"
"Although I didn't say that you were the Lord of Xiahui, someone with a heart will soon know that you are going to Gangshan now based on the identity of the patrol knight!"
"In this way, whatever your purpose is, Boss, won't you be exposed to the eyes of the Flamelands and the Mountain People?"
"Not bad." Hearing that Qingchao could actually say such a smooth analysis, Ian couldn't help but be happy.
He said seriously, "Just think more and question more like this."
"As for why there is such a big commotion......
Ian held up a finger and shook his head slightly, "From the very beginning, I didn't hide the matter of my departure from the Radiant Realm."
"Forgotten? There are still a few Flame Land spies in our territory, and I deliberately kept them and didn't dispose of them."
"This time, when I left the territory, I deliberately let them know the news...... The exposure here now is just another time and place for the Flame Lands."
"Huh?"
Qingchao was a little puzzled: "In that case, why ......?"
"It's just to convince the mountain people and the Flamelands that the spies they left behind in the Xiahui Territory are useful."
Ian said calmly, his plan was not focused on the present at all, but even later, "Because my real big move is not to go to Ganggang Mountain to negotiate with the Dragon Worship Sect this time...... Rather, it is possible in the future, a surprise attack on the Dominion of Midra."
"As long as the mountainfolk and the flamelands have accurate information and movements on my side, then they will let their guard down on me - and I want to use these spies to pass on false information so that the mountainfolk and the flamelands will not do so when I plan to raid the Midra Dominion in the future."
With that said, Ian smiled and nodded at the stunned Qingchao, "It doesn't take many times to deceive intelligence, only one critical one."
"Got it? Sometimes, it's just a matter of deliberately exposing a flaw to convince the enemy of their reliability."
"Then, when it matters most, tell them that everything is under my control!"
"I see......
Qing Chao realized, and he suddenly said, "It makes sense—it feels like it can be used in swordsmanship!" Indeed, let the enemy mistakenly think that he has mastered my swordsmanship, and then induce him to attack my flaws with his sword, and I will attack his flaws in turn......
Qingchao's swordsmanship experience has increased!
Ian: "...... You're really a genius at that."
Forget it, he completely gave up his plan to train Qingchao into an all-rounder.
As a swordsman, you only need to learn mathematics well, and other liberal arts content ...... Let it be.
After laying the groundwork for this strategic deception, and catching a few Flying Flame Land spies by the way, Ian and the food team had a smooth journey all the way.
Soon, they arrived at the entrance of the Avod Ministry to the southern part of the Iron and Steel Mountains.
And here, Elder Mancliff Avod is here, waiting for Ian himself.
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