Chapter Fifty-Seven: Money, I Earned It Myself!
"My prestige," the female lord was a little surprised, "what does this have to do with my prestige?" ”
"You first succeeded in slaying the dragon, and then became the champion of the tournament, plus you defeated the army of 30,000 dwarves with less than 8,000 people in this battle, everyone calls you the Valkyrie of the Empire, Huls should also feel the pressure."
Li Yu said, "He doesn't want you to develop too quickly, so he dumped the Solid Stone Castle to Ling, hoping to use the dwarves on the other side of the mountain to draw your energy." ”
"That's too cunning, isn't it?" Miss Rabbit was dissatisfied, "I finally repelled those dwarves who came to attack and saved the entire West, and that Huls guy didn't want to reward me, so why did he still count me?" ”
"From his point of view, you are indeed too strong now, didn't the Campbell family in the Golden Valley use a necklace called the Tears of the Sea Goddess to make the three most powerful families under him fight, and finally suffered a big injury?"
"Well, it seems like there's something going on." Miss Rabbit touched her chin, "So Hulse is planning to do something to me?" ”
"That's not going to be ...... He's a little jealous of you at most now, and your credit for this time is seen by everyone, and Huls can't go too far, anyway, didn't you get a new territory? ”
"There's nothing up there," the female lord snapped her fingers, "and the savages have already looted the fort and its surroundings when they came down the mountain. ”
"Togla, the head of the Kowat family, was killed in battle, and his daughter, wife, and sister were all taken captive by the savages, but I helped to find them, and the people below have also run away.
"By the way, their dwelling and the ancestral wooden fort of the Kovat family have also been burned down by the wildlings.
"And now everyone knows that it's dangerous, and we don't know when the dwarves will come back, and it's not easy to recruit new lords.
"It's so miserable to look at it this way, no wonder that the young man named Wilkin wants to return the family's fiefdom." Miss Rabbit sighed.
"Don't worry too much about the dwarves." Li Yu said, "You can let the wild people in the Longji Mountain Range help to be in charge of the guard, anyway, if those dwarves want to fight, they will definitely have to cross the Longji Mountain Range first." ”
"Those wild people, can they be trusted? Those guys were allies of the dwarves at first, and then they betrayed the dwarves, so you can't see how unreliable. ”
"No problem, most of those wildlings are tribal people, and if no one wants to go to your new territory, let the wildlings move their tribe over, especially the old people, children, and women inside.
"I can send Hughes to teach them how to farm, so they don't have to worry about food anymore, and with these people, you don't have to worry about the people who are still in the mountains betraying us again."
After Li Yu finished speaking, the female lord's eyes also lit up, "Hey, this is a good idea, one arrow...... That double, double mink. ”
"It's killing two birds with one stone. You can also use some more food in exchange for the wildlings to help you build another fortified castle in your new territory. ”
Miss Rabbit nodded, "Uh-huh, what about those dwarven captives, do I kill them or keep them?" ”
"Stay, didn't you just find hematite in your territory? Mining requires a lot of manpower, and I've heard that the dwarves are very good at mining and smelting, and I can help you build a production line to produce steel. ”
"New trade goods?" The female lord also seemed to smell the smell of gold coins, and suddenly came to her senses, "And it's steel made by dwarves, if it can be done, then won't I also get rich." ”
Miss Rabbit didn't expect that the 10,000 captives who originally thought it was a burden and a big food consumer were actually hens who could only lay golden eggs.
Being pointed out by Li Yu like this, the unhappiness of the female lord not asking for the bounty has disappeared, and she has also been opened up with new ideas, and she rubbed her hands with excitement.
The Figuerala family doesn't give money, and she can still generate her own income.
"And the dwarven nobleman whose name is Ollie, we can ask him to write a letter to his brother and ask the dwarven king to send money to ransom him, well, how much...... I didn't have any previous experience with that. ”。
The female lord thought about it and finally decided to ask the person directly.
It just so happened that Ollie was also temporarily deposited in the garrison's dungeon by her, and Miss Rabbit brought him out overnight.
The dwarven prince thought that something big had happened, and he would not be able to see the sun tomorrow, but after meeting, he listened to Miss Rabbit.
"Tell me how much you're worth."
"Huh?"
"Your brother is the dwarven king Here, right, how much do you think he is willing to pay to ransom you back from me?"
“…………”
Ollie was silent.
Miss Rabbit advised, "Don't be embarrassed, you are the prince of the dwarven kingdom, and you don't want to be a prisoner with me all the time."
"Now there is an opportunity in front of you, as long as your brother is willing to pay a ransom for you, I will put you back, you should miss your relatives and friends too."
Ollie sighed, "Five thousand dwarven gold coins, converted into your currency, is fifteen thousand golden lions." ”
"Too little." The female lord shook her head when she heard this, "This is not worthy of your identity." ”
Ollie almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood, but at this time, he was under the eaves and had to bow his head, so he could only explain patiently.
"Heray is not just my brother, we are a big family, my father married a total of nineteen wives, and bore him thirty-six princes and twenty-nine princesses.
"I have twenty-two brothers still alive, so ...... There's no way Heray could have spent too much money on my brother. Five thousand dwarven gold coins, which is a reasonable number. ”
"Well, it seems that there are a lot of people in your family, but I guess there are not so many princes who have the ability to lead troops into battle."
"Jerome who has been killed by you is the boss," Ollie still shook his head, "I'm just a gilded idler in the army. ”
"I don't think so," said Miss Rabbit, "I interrogated quite a few dwarves on the way to Rock Snow City, and they all said that Hray valued you very much, and that he had sent you to keep an eye on the general named Jerome. ”
Ollie took a deep breath, "Ten thousand." ”
"One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand dwarven gold coins." The female lord said, "I want to see 100,000 dwarven gold coins, not a single son." ”
"I'm not that valuable." Ollie smiled wryly.
"That's none of my business, you figure it out yourself, anyway, if I don't receive the ransom within three months, I'll have your head cut off."
Miss Rabbit said lightly, and then ordered the jailer to go and get a pen and paper for the dwarven prince.
(End of chapter)