Chapter 15: Conspiracy

ps: He Jingge is happy to add a thousand gold, and he also congratulates him not to use Tian Ding to import.

The nobles and evil boys in the building finally slept peacefully for a few hours. It was slightly bright, and Lens hurried away, trying to find a way to redeem the crime. The rest of the people washed up, put on professional smiles, and went to the "Hammer of the God of War" to start a new day of torture. None of the people cared about the theft last night, and it was worth losing a fire diamond in exchange for peace in the future. After all, no one has ever really seen the "Immortal Immortal Spring", let alone know that each "Immortal Immortal Spring" looks different, and it is normal to steal the wrong one.

As for Et, who is a demon warrior, he only cares about grooming himself, seducing Isabella, and secretly looking for flowers and willows during this time, and he can't care about the "Hammer of the God of War". Everyone tried to persuade them a few times, but it didn't work, so that's it.

When a few people arrived at the "Hammer of the God of War", they saw that Ophorok's carriage was stopping at the door, and they couldn't help but have some questions, why did he suddenly come over so early in the morning?

In a small reception room on the third floor of the "Hammer of the God of War", Ophorok and Elesis had been sitting for a while. A beautiful maid, still a little sleepy-eyed, had just made coffee and served it, with some snacks on her plate. Seeing the three nobles and Evil Youth, Faith and Misty Illusion come in and sit down, Ophorok coughed lightly and said, "This... Look, Elesis, are you going to pick something you like?"

With a "snort", Elesis stood up and said coldly: "What you want to talk about must not be a good thing!

Several nobles felt a lot of pain. Elesis is interested in the best of the best, and she never pays, although the biggest loss is still Opherok, but the Golden Lion is clear in this matter: either share the loss according to the proportion of the capital contribution, or you yourself ask her for money. Anyone who has dealt with Elesis knows that she has no concept of money at all, and if they ask her for money, even if she doesn't turn her face, there is no money to give. If she wants to fight the idea of those magical items in her collection, it might be easier to grab a dragon.

After Elesis left, Opirok looked surprisingly embarrassed and just buried his head in his coffee. After three cups of coffee in a row, the pot was already empty, and he couldn't pour anything out of it, so he sat upright, looked out the window, coughed a few times, and said, "This... Well... I heard that recently... Hmm, Faith made a nice ring?"

Everyone suddenly realized that they were also here for this. It's just that Ophorok is full of fighting spirit, and he is young and strong, how can he need this? Everyone immediately began to think of the crooked place, could it be said that he was an embroidered pillow? Even more unbearable thought: "It seems that this Elysses has really experienced harm, and even the golden lion can't lower her, and if the time comes, she won't be sucked into a lion to do ......."

Seeing that everyone's expressions were getting more and more strange, Ophorok snorted coldly, and the murderous aura was released, and the cold inside the house was overwhelming. Everyone hurriedly cleaned up the messy thoughts in their hearts and sat upright. Opherok opened his mouth at this time, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he stuttered a little again: "This ring... Well... Father... My father was very interested....I wanted to see one. I wonder if there's a new one?"

Everyone never expected that the Grand Duke of Bavaria would be tempted by this "Immortal Spring", and they couldn't help but be a little happy while being surprised. Faith hurriedly said: "If there is a new one now, it will be built successfully tomorrow, and the effect should be much better than the first two." ”

Offirok nodded and said, "That's good." My father has agreed to grant the 'Hammer of War' the right to deal in military weapons, and has appointed the Knights of the Lionheart and my Golden Lion Knights to purchase equipment exclusively from the Hammer of the God of War. Because of the possibility of war with the Duchy of Ron, my father also prepared to build a road to Fort Sales with the Duchy's treasury at the expense of the Duchy. ”

Everyone in the room was overjoyed, and the gold content of these promises was far more than a mere 'immortal spring'. After the joy, Rogge asked tentatively, "Lord Ophilok, there are still other requirements behind this, right?"

Opirok nodded and said, "Within half a year, my Golden Lion Knights will expand by one hundred, and the Lionheart Knights will expand by a thousand." These people's equipment is ready to be purchased from the 'Hammer of the God of War', so the top priority is how to produce these equipment on time. Counting the three months of intensive training, we only have nine months. And there are at least five sets of captain's gear that need to be built by Faith himself. ”

Feith's head immediately grew like a bucket, and he shouted: "It will take fifteen days to make a 'Immortal Spring' ring, and I can't finish the order for it alone, how can I have time to create other things?"

"That's what I'm saying, and I know the recent situation of the 'Hammer of War'. Opirok pondered for a moment and said, "So be it." It was announced to the public that this 'immortal spring' would take two months to make one, and then the time would be concentrated on all bidders, and the one with the highest price would get it. Fez, you make two of them every two months, and the extra one is secretly supplied to the royal families of the major empires. In this way, it will be convenient to do business in the future. On the aristocratic side, I naturally stepped in to deal with it. But in any case, the order of the Principality Knights must be completed within nine months. No matter what method you use, even if you steal and rob it, it's okay to do it cleanly, and if you really need it, my Golden Lion Knight can also secretly transfer a small team to you. ”

Opirok looked around, saw that everyone was a little puzzled, and sighed: "Everyone is not an outsider, the Duchy is in a delicate situation now, and there are many difficulties. The major weapons workshops in the Rhine League are now refusing to provide military equipment to the principality, but David's second knight order, the Knights of the Blue Wolf, plans to expand by 3,000 men within three months, and the equipment has already been ordered. He was now directly under the orders of his father, the Minister of War, Marshal Rocherio, and my father was helpless against him. At present, I am openly expanding the army under the pretext of going to war against the Duchy of Ron, and I think Louis IX has no way to take me, but the equipment in front of me is a bit of a problem, so I can only hand it over to you. In three months, the Knights Templar appointed by the Church would arrive in the Duchy, and the situation would be much more stable. ”

He paused, and then said, "The Confederate army is different from the principality, it has not fought for several years, and now it is undertrained and poorly equipped. It will take at least a year to do a good job in expanding the army, training, and preparing for war. So we still have plenty of time to expand our army. My father was loyal all his life and would never betray the alliance. But I don't want to tie my hands down, I want to be a little stronger, thinking that I will protect myself. But if you want to come to the other party, you won't sit back and wait, there are clouds in the art of war, and when you encounter a strong enemy, you will cut off its minions and cut off its wings, and then a battle can be decided. As for my minions, hehe, except for the Golden Lion Knights, it's you. ”

After that, Ophirok turned around and smiled: "Three months before the arrival of the Templar Knights, you have to be careful, strength and strategy are the basis for saving lives, but I may not be able to take care of you." ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent, but the situation was involuntarily, they were all tied to the chariot of the principality, and it was too late to get off the car at this time. What's more, in this battle, although the Rhine League now seems to have the upper hand, the principality is blessed by miracles, which is the will of the people, and there is the support of the powerful Holy See behind it, and the Grand Duchess is still the orthodox blood of the royal families of the three empires, so it is still the most likely to win. It's just that although that's the case, the winning side is the matter of the Grand Duke of Bavaria and Opirok, and the top priority for these fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs is how to survive the cracks of the major forces in the past few months.

Accustomed to sipping coffee gently, but after drinking it empty, Opirok remembered that a pot of coffee had already entered his stomach. He smiled wryly and shook his head, a little helpless that his father was still thinking about the 'Immortal Immortal Spring' at this time. It seems that the Grand Duke is already old, and he no longer has the magical strategy of the past.

Ophirok looked at the people one by one, nodded and said, "You are all very good, and your strength has grown greatly." Isn't Lance there? I heard he's a little worse. As for that Etter, the Demon Martial Arts Shuangxiu was just a joke! He still had time to concentrate on martial arts, and magic was not for him. Okay, that's all I have to say. By the way, your Dragon and Beauty Knights can be expanded to 500 people, and the Guild will allocate you 30,000 gold coins for military expenses at the cost of 100 gold coins per person, so make good use of it. ”

After Opirok left, the hut fell into an indescribable silence.

Among the five scum at the beginning, Eter, who was so happy, had already fallen into self-depravity, and had stayed at the level of a fifth-level swordsman and a fourth-level mage for a long time. Lens has not grown much either, except for being proficient in traps, his true strength has not improved much, and he is still only a thief of about level six. Only Rogge, Kate, and Franco practiced hard and struggled day and night. Kate has the highest level, has already cultivated to level ten, and has entered the ranks of intermediate knights, and Franco's fighting spirit has also been cultivated to level nine. Although Rogge is still some distance away from the ninth-level mage, he has a variety of tricks, terrifying equipment, and refined mental power, and the spiritual impact is unguardable.

The downstairs gradually became noisy, and the busy day began again.

Since the 'Hammer of War' secretly released the news of the private bidding for the 'Immortal Spring' a month later, business has slowly returned to normal. But a few nobles and evil young people were even more busy.

The first is that the safety of Faith must be guaranteed. Now, day and night, there are always ten knights of the Dragon and the Beauty stationed in the small building. As for the small backyard, there are many mechanisms, and it has long been known as the 'Tomb of Thieves' in the underground world of the entire principality. Afraid of the power of Ophirok, the Principality Thieves Guild has long constrained its members from attacking the 'Hammer of the God of War', and as for the thieves who come from abroad, due to the limited strength of most of them, they will be sent to death in vain if they enter. The really high-level thief snitch doesn't bother to steal these gem raw materials or anything, and besides, there are some half-finished equipment here, even if they are stolen, it is not very useful, and the things made by Fez, other alchemists are really not easy to imitate. Therefore, the most valuable is Faith himself.

This truth was understood a long time ago, and several nobles and evil youths understood it. At that time, everyone racked their brains and armed Faith all the way to the teeth. In addition to the standard magic ornaments, there are countless hidden compartments in the cloak of the coat specially designed by the master tailor, and there are all kinds of magic scrolls. Just in case, even a lightning scroll was sewn on the underwear. Originally, Firth was not very eye-catching, and these arrangements did not come in handy, so Firth put one or two scrolls to fill up. But now the world is different, and everyone forces Faith to fill the dark compartment with magic scrolls, as for comfort or not, how can it care so much.

As for the fog illusion, it was simply placed in the 'Hammer of the God of War'. There will always be a Knight of the Round Table stationed there, and ordinary people would not dare to mess with their ideas.

It is not inconvenient to build a military business from scratch. The ironworks at Fort Sellers were not yet completed, and it was not a matter of a day or two to build a road, and it would take at least three months to barely walk the light wagons. However, since there are abundant raw materials, everyone is simply going to build a weapon workshop to Fort Sellers together, and all that needs to be shipped out at that time is finished swords and armor, which are much lighter than iron ore or even steel ingots. By that time, the roads had been largely repaired, and it was not a problem to transport them out.

In this way, the original more than 100 coolies were completely insufficient. Rogge had already sent Robesy out to buy another 400 able-bodied coolies.

Food has also become a big problem. The Salesburg Territory is sparsely populated, the roads are inconvenient, and there is not much surplus food, and with so many people growing at once, it has become a big problem for everyone to eat and chew. Rogge urgently summoned Doyle, as a training course for more than 200 bandits, each of whom had to carry sixty pounds of various food to Fort Sellers. Although it didn't make much of a difference, it at least solved the urgent need. As for the future training courses of the bandits, hunting will definitely be a major priority.

The expansion of "Dragons and Beauty" is not too much of a problem, if this group of bandits is trained, there should be 400 people, and the less part will be slowly replenished later. Lens promised to recruit a group of killers, thieves, and scouts from the Thieves' Guild, and under the murderous gaze of the crowd, he swore that he would not make a mistake this time. As for the places that are still missing, everything is busy in front of you, where can you take care of so much.

However, soon a big question came to the fore, where did those master craftsmen look for? After seeing the sword and armor sent by the Golden Lion Knights and the Lionheart Knights as standard, the nobles and evil young people became worried. These pieces of equipment are of excellent quality and finely crafted, and they are by no means something that ordinary blacksmiths can build at will. In the 'Hammer of the God of War', Jin and his dwarven apprentices can do it. How is this called good?

Most of those master blacksmiths are monopolized by the major weapon workshops, and a small number of them also have their own assistants, please leave them alone, otherwise the price will be too high. The people consulted and discussed, and there was only one way to buy dwarven slaves. However, according to the news that Robesy received from the slave markets in various places, the number of dwarven slaves was not large, and the number of suitable slaves was even smaller. I searched and searched, but I bought nine dwarven craftsmen, which was just a drop in the bucket. Everyone couldn't think of any other way for a while, but worried.

After a few days in such a hurry, Robesy rushed back and immediately discussed with Rogge and others all night. The next night, Rogge and the others swaggered to 'Helen', went up to the top floor, and chartered a cabin. After a while, the door opened, and a lean man in ordinary clothes walked in and sat down on the seat in a big way. As soon as he waved his hand, several bodyguard-like figures behind him went to guard the door and closed the door tightly.

"This is Mr. Cato, the largest slave trader in the northern part of the League," Robesy said. The three here are my bosses, Mr. Kate, Mr. Franco, and Mr. Rogge. ”

After exchanging courtesies, the conversation quickly turned to the issue of dwarven slaves. Kato suddenly looked embarrassed and said: "Now the dwarf villages around the alliance are really scarce, a hundred years ago, the five dwarven kings jointly reached an agreement with the human state, declaring the dwarf slave trade illegal, the source of dwarf slaves has always been very problematic, so is it possible to be flexible......

Rogge and the others glanced at each other, and Kate went straight to the ground: "Adult dwarf craftsman, the casting skill is equivalent to that of a human high-level blacksmith, we need a total of a hundred, five hundred gold coins each, how about it?"

Kato was moved, usually such a dwarven craftsman is only more than a hundred gold coins a piece, Kate directly more than tripled the price, how can he not be tempted? He swallowed his saliva, sighed, and said, "Of course I want to do this big business." The goods that meet your requirements may not have ten in the hands of all the slave merchants of the Crine League combined. Not counting the nine dwarves you've bought, of course. I'm just the manager of this business, and I'll report it to the boss as soon as possible, and the boss should have a way. ”

At this time, the door opened, and a bold voice laughed, "What can I do?" As he spoke, a fat and huge body squeezed in through the door, and Kate and Franco immediately recognized this person as Jing Ge, the manager of 'Helen'!

Cato immediately stood up and said respectfully, "Boss!"

Jing Ge glanced at him, his smile did not decrease, and his gaze became more and more Yan Li: "Hehe, you have been very good lately, and you have brought guests to 'Helen'." If I can't do it, how can I explain it to the guests? Well, fortunately, these VIPs have a very ordinary relationship with me, otherwise, hum!"

The last snort made Cato shake in fright. When Jing Ge waved his hand, he ran away as if he had received the emperor's amnesty.

Jing Ge had the most sincere smile on his face, squeezed his body into the widest chair with great effort, and gasped: "The people are ignorant and have neglected a few big bosses. That's why I just got the news, and I'll be here right away. Come on, drink and drink, if my lord Stanich knew that I treated a few people like this, he would definitely refine all my fat into oil, hahaha! This must be Mr. Rogge, the first time we met, my lord mentioned you every day, and now when I see it, it is really young and promising. ”

A few people were shocked, Jing Ge saw it, and lowered his voice and said: "My lord has introduced several bosses of the 'God of War's Hammer', especially Mr. Rogge, as confidants, and I won't take a few as outsiders." Master Stanich is so rich that he can't compete with the country, how can he rely on this unprofitable grain business alone?

The three of them immediately came to their senses, and then brought up the question of the dwarven slave.

Jing Ge was also a little embarrassed, and said, "What Cato said just now is also the truth. It is estimated that in the next six months, there will not be too many dwarven slave craftsmen. But ......"

The three of them thought that he was also taking the opportunity to raise the price, and Kate immediately said: "I also know that there are not many dwarven craftsmen. In this case, you can just say a price, and we will see if we can accept it, how about it?"

Jing Ge was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again: "Mr. Kate is serious, if Master Stanic knows that I make money from several people, he will have to kill me." The lack of dwarven craftsmen is a fact, and I have to take the opportunity to raise the price. However, according to the latest information I have received, in the Kafka Mountains of the Duchy of Ron, a tribe of hill dwarves has recently moved in, estimated at about a thousand people. You know, the Hill Dwarves aren't as well-known as the Mountain Dwarves, but they're all very good craftsmen, and I think they will meet your needs. It's just that this kind of dwarf tribe of thousands of people wants to serve it silently, but it is a great difficulty. ”

Rogge's heart moved, and he asked, "I don't know what the difficulty is?"

"Mr. Rogge must have asked knowingly, hehe. Humans had a pact with the dwarven kings not to capture dwarves as slaves. But this tribe of 1,000 people, in terms of combat strength, is not inferior to 500 first-class knights, and if it wants to be annihilated in one blow, it needs the combat power of more than 1,000 first-class knights. Not afraid of a few laughs, the villain's slave hunting team is only more than 700 people, and most of them are outside, and only about 300 people can be transferred back to come in handy. Although the skills of these retainers are good, they are only equivalent to six hundred knights, and the rest of them will not be able to be transferred back until half a year at the earliest. The gap in combat power in the middle is really difficult to replenish, coupled with the fact that it is fighting deep into the territory of the Duchy of Ron, and the surrounding population is densely populated, which is equivalent to the combat power of a thousand knights. ”

Franco coughed and said, "What if we give you the strength of these four hundred knights?"

Jing Ge pondered for a long time before raising his head and saying, "If that's the case, we can set off in a month and a half, and we can solve this tribe within half a month." When the time comes, you will pick a hundred dwarves, and the rest will be mine. Leave the reconnaissance, intelligence, and supplies to me. ”

The three of them looked at each other and nodded slowly. The women and children of the dwarven tribe are less than half of the point, the most skilled craftsmen in the tribe of a thousand people are no more than one hundred and fifty, and the rest of the slaves are worth only strong warriors. However, in the slave hunt, most of these warriors were often killed. It was arranged like this by Jing Ge, which was really much cheaper for the three of them.

Rogge was a little puzzled and asked, "Lord Jing Ge, are you suffering a little bit?"

Jing Gehaha laughed, his eyes piled into the fat, and whispered mysteriously: "Money is far less important to my master Stanich than a friend. To tell you the truth, my lord is very fond of Mr. Rogge's talent, and he intends to give his only daughter to Mr. Rogge!"

Rogge's face and fat body appeared in his mind, thinking of his daughter, he couldn't help but feel a chill, and hurriedly said: "This, this must be thanks to Lord Stanich's kindness, I have low ability and mediocre appearance, how can I be worthy of Lord Stanich's young lady, hehe, Lord Jing Ge has to excuse me no matter what, hehe." ”

Jing Ge stared at Rogge for a long time, and saw that the little fat man was restless, before he withdrew his gaze, withdrew his smile, and said: "This is a big deal, I don't know if a few people are willing to cooperate? As far as I know, your 'Dragon and Beauty' knight brigade is currently only two hundred knights, so where do the rest of the two hundred knights come from?"

The three of them thought about it for a moment and made up their minds. Rogge said: "The combat power of two hundred knights is not difficult to solve, you can rest assured, when the time comes, it will only be more, not less." As he spoke, Rogge narrowed his eyes and stared at Jing Ge and said, "But how do we know if we should believe what you say?" In his silky eyes, a few silver flashes flashed from time to time. Since Roque's spiritual power has been achieved, whenever he uses his spiritual power, his eyes will gradually turn silvery-white, and when he is fully promoted, he will completely turn into silver eyes. Fortunately, his eyes are not big, and he always has a smile on his face, and his eyes are narrowed to only one slit. A trace of silver light leaks out, and it is not easy for people to notice.

Jing Ge said: "It is also human nature for Lord Rogge to have this concern. But at such a sensitive time, my lord is willing to cooperate with the 'Hammer of War' in this business, and I think the meaning has been made clear enough. If a few of you still have doubts, my lord can meet with the adults here in person in two days, and finally finalize it, what do you think?"

Rogge immediately said: "Okay, that's it!"

On the way back to the 'Hammer of War', Franco was the first to ask, "How do we know it's not a trap at this time?"

Rogge said: "Stanich turned out to be a big slave trader, but I really didn't expect that. The meaning of that Jing Ge's words has long been clear, and it is clear that our backstage is Ophorok, and we are currently in a delicate situation, and we urgently need this group of dwarven slaves. Why should we be careful in the Duchy of Ron? Isn't it because we are from the Duchy and have a big deal with the Ice and Snow Silver Fox Mercenary Regiment? He can say this to mean that Stanic is optimistic about the Grand Duke and Opirok and wants to bet on this side. This will help us regardless of gains and losses. In this way, he showed favor to Opirok without revealing himself. The situation is now settled, and because his slave business has helped us in the most difficult times, maybe we can continue. At least I won't be convicted for this business. ”

Kate sighed and added: "And his willingness to come forward shows his determination to support the principality, and also shows his strength, and he doesn't care what we mean by framing him." Franco, you better spend less time on art and more time on swordsmanship. Etter and Lens are not angry, and if you lose your mind, we will not be able to handle it. ”

Franco's face flushed, and he sighed for a long time.

Rogge was silent for a while, and then said: "This Jing Ge's origin is not simple, he is a demon clan! ”

Kate and Franco were shocked and exclaimed, "Is there really a demon? How did you know that, are you sure you read it correctly?"

Rogge nodded, looked at the leaden sky outside the car window, and said to himself: "Well, demons, this game seems to be getting more and more interesting!";