"Welcome to my castle, His Excellency Count Dortmund, conqueror of pagans, Karl of miracles, purveyor of knowledge...... You have just too many titles and nicknames. ”

"Call me by my name." Carl couldn't laugh or cry, these nicknames and titles made him embarrassed to hear.

In front of him was the Count of the Domain, Wagner Holf, who ruled the border county of Sticana as the head of the Horf family.

His name is quite famous in the vicinity, because he is one of the few independents here, and he has no allegiance to any duke or royal family.

In fact, if a person is an independent, he will not have such a famous name, just because his territory is by the sea, and this is close to the territory of the Wikipedians, which is very incredible, without the protection of any great nobles, he alone has allowed his territory to be preserved under the threat of the Wikipedians, and even Carl can see that this territory has developed well along the way, at least much better than the territories in other places.

This represents at least one thing, and that is that the Earl has a depth of power that even the hated sea robbers will shy away from.

"Then it would be nice to ask His Excellency Karl to call me by my first name." Wagner smiled, he wasn't much of an old-fashioned man.

"That's great."

It's a good way to bring the two sides closer together, or at least make the relationship seem more intimate.

When Wagner looked at Karl, Karl was also looking at the earl who had stayed in the border territory for more than ten years, the skin on his face was not very good, this was because he stayed at the beach all year round and was devastated by the sea breeze, but the kind of fortitude on his face could not be covered by his skin.

"Your Excellency Karl is a young man, I have heard your name more than once, and your name has been sung by the bards throughout Christchurch, and your family is glorified because of you." Wagner sighed and said that a young man like Karl was rare, at least in his memory, this was the first, and if he really wanted to find a similar one, he might have to turn over the thick epic, although he didn't like to turn over that kind of book.

"Mr. Wagner has won the award, and I have only done these things because of various coincidences, and I am still far from it." Karl said modestly.

"While modesty is a virtue, excessive modesty is pride, and His Excellency Karl definitely deserves this honor." Wagner shook his head, he rarely praised others, but those who praised were undoubtedly worthy of his praise.

"Let's not talk about that, but I have to thank you for your willingness to provide garrisons and supplies for my army." Carl put away his joking expression and said seriously.

"It's all a trivial matter, if I'm not mistaken, Lord Karl is planning to receive an attack on the Kingdom of Denmaka from me, right?" Wagner didn't care, on the contrary, he cared more about Karl's goal.

"Mr. Wagner's clever plan, and you know, I can't get past Fort Carmel, where the chiefs are eager to eat me alive." Karl shrugged his shoulders, sometimes it's not a good thing to be too hateful, or never a good thing to be hated.

"This is not a clever calculation, after all, you can't always attack me with your army." Count Wagner said half-jokingly.

"Hahaha, I have to say, Mr. Wagner is indeed very humorous." Carl was dumbfounded.

"No kidding, I'm hoping to use Mr. Wagner's fleet." Carl became serious, and he said with a straight face.

"Ships?" Wagner looked playful.

"Of course, I can't let my soldiers swim through, and I may be able to, but I don't know how many people will die in the end, and I don't know if it will be a blow to the head if I go, and I hope to hire your fleet." Carl jokingly said, he is ready for heavy bleeding, after all, other people's families are not open, why should you use someone else's fleet?

"No, no, no, Lord Karl, I think you have misunderstood something, I didn't intend to scrape your flesh here, you are a great lord to fight, if I embarrass you here, I will be spurned by other friends." Wagner laughed.

"No, anyway, your crew needs to be paid, so how could I possibly let you bear the cost?" Although Wagner said this, Karl is not a person who does not know how to lift, if others do it well, he will not hesitate to take it, although others will not say anything, but the bad impression will definitely remain, which is much more than the loss of that money.

"If I'm not mistaken, Lord Karl and Her Royal Highness Princess Natalie are engaged?" Wagner said suddenly.

Carl was stunned for a moment, and although he didn't know why he suddenly mentioned this stubble, he still nodded.

"All this is thanks to the Duke for looking up to me, and thanks to the favor of Her Royal Highness the Princess." Karl said casually.

"It's a pity that I wasn't there for such a grand event, and I didn't celebrate you personally, the matter of this fleet should be regarded as my compensation to you, and as for the gift, I will make it up to you later." Wagner said with a smile.

Karl blinked, then smiled.

"But don't refuse, the Holf family would love to see another couple together under the competition of the Virgin Mary, and I would like to bless this holy marriage."

Listening to Wagner's words, Karl hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, after all, the other party has taken out the name of the Horf family, if he refuses again, he really doesn't know how to promote, when a nobleman takes out the name of his family to speak, it means that he is serious, because no one will joke about the glory of his family, not even Karl.

"Thank you so much, you've really done me a great favor." Carl said gratefully, the expression on his face sincere.

Wagner smiled, in fact, he didn't suffer anything by letting Karl use his fleet for free, as an earl close to the ocean, the team was like a tool for him to eat, and the cost of using it was very low, the wages of those sailors? Joke, that's only a few dollars, even if you add the risk of the fleet and the possibility of dumping, it can never be compared with an earl's favor, an earl's favor, that is a priceless treasure, usually even if he wants it, he doesn't have this opportunity.

In fact, Carl also knows this, but even if he knows this, it doesn't mean anything, others give you love for it, and it makes sense not for you to use it, since you are willing to use it, then you should remember other people's favors, and this way of communication is the norm of contact between nobles.

"But I have a small question, I wonder if His Excellency Karl can answer it for me?" Wagner's voice shifted.

"Excuse me."

"Can I know where Your Excellency is targeting this time?"

Hearing the other party's question, Carl hesitated for a moment.

Seeing Karl's hesitation, Wagner then said: "If this is something that can't be said or something, it doesn't matter if you don't need to say it, I'm just curious to ask." ”

"It's not a secret either, my goal this time is to attack Sibek." Carl didn't intend to hide it, after all, he set off on the other party's fleet, and no matter how he was, he couldn't hide it from the other party.

"Sibeck? God, it's not such an easy place to take. Hearing Karl's words, Wagner was visibly surprised.

"Of course it's not an easy place to take, and if it were, you wouldn't have seen me fight like this." Karl smiled.

"IMHO, if you're interested there, I think you should beware of enemies from the sea, maybe they'll make you uncomfortable." Wagner said kindly.

"Thank you very much for your advice, Mr. Wagner, but rest assured, I naturally have my own way, the enemy at sea will not threaten me, and Sibeck will surely fall into the arms of Christendom." Karl snorted haha, and didn't say the specific reason, after all, it was not a glorious thing to form an alliance with the infidels or something, and even he had thought about the latter words, if someone asked him at this point in the future, he would definitely say that there was a civil war in the kingdom of Denmeka, and the fleets of both sides would fight when they met together, which gave him a chance.

Although such a lame lie may not be believed by others, or even by himself, but so what? As long as there is such an excuse, it is better than nothing, and no one will usually criticize him with this matter.

"Well, since you are so confident, I won't say anything more, I wish you success first, maybe we will become neighbors, it is so lonely here, if there is someone to accompany me, I will be very happy." Wagner had some speculation in his mind, but he was not an uninteresting person, and he put aside the doubts in his heart and blessed Karl.

Sibek is not far from Stike, after all, the two sides are only separated by a sea, although this sea is indeed a bit large, but as long as you use a boat, it will not take long to reach the range of the other party, and it is appropriate to talk about neighbors.

"Hahahaha, thank you for your blessings, it must be a very interesting thing to be a neighbor with you, I just hope that you won't think I'm too annoyed as a neighbor when the time comes." Carl was amused by the other party's humor.

"That's what I'm going to say, but let's put down our vision for the future, I've got a dinner party for you, so please be sure to attend." Wagner invited.

"Of course, I'm more than happy to do so, so far away from the word gastronomy after so many days of travel, I think I need to treat my stomach." Karl nodded with a smile and walked to the castle hall with the servant leading him.