The boat was bumpy and crowded with people everywhere

I don't know how long I'm going to sit like this, I remember being told that as soon as I got on the ship, I would lie down and sleep, and I wouldn't get seasick anymore, but every time I tried to close my eyes, I would think of Tuke, and I would worry if his people were still with me, so I couldn't sleep when I thought about it

There were some vendors on the boat, selling some fried chicken and wheat cakes, but those fried chickens couldn't be eaten at all, it felt like food made of flour, but the price was cheap and the taste was very good, and there were many people who bought such things

When Giovanni was running out of business, I went to ask him, "What are we going to do in the riverlands?" Aren't you here to investigate Little East Lake City? We've only been here for less than a day."

"You can see a lot in less than a day," Giovanni said, "what do you see?" ”

"Old man Tuke, Ji courtyard, countless rooftops" I pouted, "I also lost a horse"

"Well," said Giovanni, "is it normal for a commercial city to strictly start inspecting every merchant who enters the city?" ”

"The same with Valankov?"

"There is only one grain trading house and a small workshop selling garbage in Varankov, who wants to come here?" Giovanni said, "And do you think that the Corwins are all white rabbits?" Whoever dares to come and rob them of their business, they will kill that person in his bed that night, cover him with a sheet, poison him, slit his throat, whatever he wants."

I didn't know there was such a thing, "Really? If they do, who is going to do business with them? They're not going to have a big business."

"They didn't think of anything else," Giovanni shrugged his shoulders, "they were just a bunch of farmers, and they accidentally entered the city to become lords, and now they can look at the whole city of Valan, it's already very good, you want them to look farther?" Hehe," Giovanni smiled, "you know what? When we went to Riverland, some of the Corwin boys were so weak at the sight of the stone walls that they were afraid to go a few miles apart, like a flock of sheep."

"Oh," I nodded, "that Tuk checked us, and still can't say anything."

"Think about it," Giovanni nodded, "why should they check on us and extort business trips with impunity?" Aren't they worried about us going to the sue? What I know is that the commercial guild of Xiaodonghu City is really the strongest guild in the Donghu area, and it is very fair to do things, and in the past, this kind of thing happened, and the city magistrate estimated that he had to personally go to the guild president to explain his mistakes, and now, these people are unscrupulous, and they are still in the name of the city, so it can only mean that the current situation in this city is extremely tense."

"And then?" I asked him

"And then it's much simpler, don't you show up? As soon as he heard that I was a wheat merchant, the old man Tuk slowly changed his attitude, of course, not because he suddenly became kind, but because the price of grain was extremely expensive, and the small East Lake City encouraged the import of wheat, and the old man Tuk could profit from it, do you know that before the Kujit attacked Swadia, the wheat in the whole of East Swadia was three times more expensive? If it weren't for the bumper harvest of the Vicchians and the increase in exports to the Kujits, it is estimated that the price of food in Svadia would have gone up."

"When war comes, people will start hoarding food?"

"At least for a city like Little East Lake City, which has no agricultural roots, yes," Giovanni said, "You see Valankov, food is generally self-sufficient, and there are not too many idle people in the city, except for soldiers who are craftsmen, once besieged, the army can be expanded several times in an instant, and Valankov always has more than two years of grain reserves, so Valankov will not be like this"

"If I were the prince of Xiaodonghu City," I said, "if I knew that you see it this way, I would definitely not ask the people around here to buy grain, because as long as I start buying grain on a large scale, you will suspect me of preparing for war, and I will go directly to Hejian Land to buy grain, okay, didn't you say, the grain-producing areas of Hejian Land have not been affected too much at all, and there is no problem to go there?" ”

Giovanni snapped his fingers, "Yes, you're smarter than the Corwins, but have you thought about it?" Once you buy the grain from the Riverlands, the grain there will be expensive, do you think that the grain merchants in the Riverlands are all Corwin? Those grain merchants will definitely not be complacent just because their granaries are sold short, they will buy grain everywhere and supply it to Xiaodonghu City, although Xiaodonghu City does not buy directly, but the merchants of Hejian Land will still make the price of grain around Donghu soar and where the grain will go, it is a matter of a clear thing, when the time comes, Xiaodonghu City will still be tempted, and at the same time, it will be changed by the merchants of Hejian Land to make a lot of money."

"Soon after the Burks brought them food?" I say

"Well, you're challenging the intelligence level of the Mel family," Giovanni said with a smile

"Anyway, except for the Lucasino family, the other two you look down on" I suddenly thought of one thing, "in your eyes, what is the intellectual level of the Romanov family?" ”

"Aren't you being tested?" Giovanni said that "Vidot of the Romanovs"

"Uh, good"

"The Burke people will not deliver food to the people of Little East Lake City, although Burke's own grain producing area is highly productive, but it will definitely not support Little East Lake City" Giovanni took out a knife, threw the wheat cake into a wooden cup, and then poured in a glass of fruit wine, and mashed it with a knife, "You must know that a hundred miles of land, transporting three bags of grain, it will cost one bag of grain, that is still when the road is safe, such a turbulent place between the rivers, the food consumed on the road will only be more, so collect the grain from the Burke castle, Send people across the river and transport them to the other side of East Lake, two bags of grain may only leave one bag of grain, the cost is too great, supporting a small East Lake City, it may have to leave a few Burke castles and towns empty, they won't do such a stupid thing"

"Secondly," Giovanni stirred the wine paste with a dagger, and then fed it to the innermost, "Although the division of Little East Lake City is close at hand, but until the last moment, the Berks will not accept them The reason is the same as above, let the Burks take the initiative to accept and protect the price of Little East Lake City, the price can only let the people of Little East Lake City declare their independence by themselves, and openly seek protection from the Burkes, so that the Berks can justifiably intervene Finally, the people of Little East Lake City rely on the support of the Burkes, Gain the trade privileges and supremacy of the East Lake; And the Burkes drove the first wedge in the hinterland of the Vychians"

"And then the Burks will attack?"

"Not really, the Wikibians will attack, attack the small East Lake City," Giovanni said, "and in the Riverlands, Lech will be happy to fight on the other side, in that case, the Wikibians will have no time to look east, and Lech will be able to deal with the rebellion in the Riverlands with one mind, after that, emigration, the establishment of villages, the construction of castles, the expulsion of the aborigines, the suppression of rebellions, the demolition of churches in the east," Giovanni pinched his chin, "Maybe in the future, the Riverlands will become several frontier provinces of Berke"

"A hundred soldiers to restore the territory, three hundred soldiers to take revenge" Daddy Leo's words popped into my mind, and if Giovanni had said, such a dream would have been almost impossible to achieve

"Are you just turning a blind eye to that?" I asked him, "What about the Ivangeloth Council?" What about the entire Eastern Wikia Parliament? What about the King of Severia? ”

I was excited

"Take it easy, Victor," Giovanni looked around, "don't make everyone look at you, you idiot" he said in a low voice, "you have to remember that for some of the towns involved, the ownership of the Riverlands may be important, but for the Council of Vekia and some other king, it's a small province that has just finished the war, and it's not that important, and the king of West Vecchia has lost everything, isn't it nothing, so we have to do everything ourselves"

Giovanni paused, "Otherwise, what do you think I'm going to do in the Riverlands?" ”

"I don't know," I was a little dazed, "are you going to see the rebels there?" ”

"Do you know who the rebels are?"

"I've heard of former Riverland nobles, some crippled troops, and maybe a few mercenaries and knights."

"Almost," said Giovanni, "but to put it simply, a bunch of bandits, robbers, thieves, and scum who used to mix badly, now just give them an excuse to rebel."

"How can you say that," I was a little upset, "Lepnin's retainers are still resisting in the mountains, they are not scum"

"That's right," Giovanni licked his dagger, "Actually, I'm quite curious about the people of the Lepnin family, you just crossed the snowy mountain, and when you get to Ivangelod, I will know you"

"Huh?"

"Hehe, at the Ivangelodes council, I was sitting in the corner, and you were writhing around like a flea," Giovanni said with a smile

"Isn't it?" I was taken aback, "You didn't come to see us, did you?" That is, after the count was determined to go to Valankov"

"That's right," said Giovanni, "we thought that the council would appoint old man Leo as lord for us, but that's pretty good, old man Leo must be much easier to deal with than old loaches, I went back to Valankov overnight, and I didn't see you, but then the news came that the old loache was elected, and I knew that I would stay in Ivangelrod for a few days, so let's not talk about that," and then his brow tightened, "You know what? At first, I suspected that Leo's father and daughter were liars, liars from the Riverlands, but then I saw their noble servants and wrenches, and I was sure that they were true Their story is too bizarre As far as I know, Lech is a rather stereotypical nobleman, and he will never order the execution of nobles casually, not to mention the massacre, although Lech will take extreme measures when he is determined to execute others, but in normal times, he is not a murderous person To be honest, I have some doubts about who it is who looted Lepnin's territory"

"It must be the Burkes," I concluded, "said Daddy Leo, who saw the men in Burke armor and hussar banners"

"Is that so?" Giovanni's mouth twitched, "You seem to care about this Lepnin family very much, do you like them very much?" ”

Hell, this Giovanni is really smart

"Uh, nothing"

"Okay, back to that point, who do you think has the advantage over the rabble and the Vekia Council soldiers?"

"Soldier of the Parliament of Wikia"

"Yes," Giovanni nodded, "but the council soldiers are like a group of gnomes in front of the Berk hussars, and they flee in fear after a few rounds of shock, and when they meet again on the battlefield, their morale will plummet before they fight, so they will not be able to fight at all, so what will happen to the rebels once Lech re-enters the Riverlands?" ”

I stuck out my tongue and "cut off the head and stick it in the stake"

"Yes, Lech's favorite method," said Giovanni, "now it seems inevitable that the Berks will enter the Riverlands, so we can only do our best on this basis."

"And who are you going to?"

"Burke".