On the afternoon of the 32nd, Rand received the representative of the Marquis of Fiat, the only member of the Fiat family currently in Dragon's Tooth City, Tony Gallop.

The Marquis of Fiat had already learned of the Dragon Kingdom's proposal to the Supreme Council, and he knew very well that the fund that the family once controlled hundreds of thousands of gold coins a year would soon have a new owner. As the leader of the galloping horse family for decades, and as a golden rider, in Fiat's eyes, Rand is taking food from the sea monster's mouth, even if the food should have been Rand's.

"Lord Viscount, the Marquis of Fiat has always wanted to support the Galloping Plain, but the two kingdoms of Kirislav and the dragon are secretly interfering, and the family's magicians and knights cannot pass through their portals," Tony explained to Rand, "If you open a portal in the imperial capital, or if the two kingdoms lift the ban, the family will naturally be willing to expel enough high-rank." ”

"Since your family can send so many high-rank? Why didn't you send it before? It's been 300 years and it's not been free, but now it's not only free, but there are enough high-level ones? Rand questioned, "Those high-ranking people in your family are all subsidized by the fund, why don't they work with the money?" ”

"This is a very complicated matter, but I want to tell you, in addition to the general responsibility of the board of directors of the entire fund, there is also the secretariat and the executive committee below, these two departments are very large, and there are a lot of documents and materials involved, and these two institutions cannot leave the Galloping Horse family in the southeast, if you move the office of the foundation to Yeqi City without authorization, it will not only bring stagnation to the distribution of the fund, but also seriously affect your status in the entire Galloping Horse family!"

Rand looked at Tony's threat to himself and smiled, "Since the Marquis of Fiat is really willing to support, then it is better to do this, I ask His Excellency Ben Kaul of the Imperial Capital to open a portal at the Iowa Pass, and the knights and mages of the southeast galloping horses can directly reach the front line against the orcs through the portal, if the Marquis of Fiat is inconvenient for a while, he can also fund me a military fee, 500,000 gold coins, is it okay?" ”

Rand saw Tony's originally smiling face, with an angry expression, and he almost scolded and said, "How can you let the noble Marquis of Fiat go into battle in person?" The Marquis has been very lenient and willing to provide you with a quota of 10,000 gold coins per year, as long as you recognize his identity as the leader of the Galloping Horse Clan, and welcome him back to Night Qi City! ”

"Knight Tony, we don't have anything to talk about, we can live without me in the genealogy of the galloping horses, but we can't have him," Rand waved his hand, not wanting to continue.

"My lord, you'd better think clearly, even if the Marquis of Fiat is not in Dragon's Tooth City, some things are not up to you!" Tony was already almost threatened, but he was still invited out of the palace by Dugan, and was even sent out of Longtai Mountain by the knight's care.

After two days of visiting and meeting guests, Rand finally met some of the most important delegates in person, and the rest of the earls and viscounts could be handed over directly to his father, Huck, who was also the earl of the court.

Having received a clear threat, Rand decides to go to the black market again and will return to Night Kirk City tomorrow, and while there is still one night, Rand decides to do some shopping.

After only two days, the black market had returned to its former bustle, and in the underground streets, stalls were set up with dimly lit magic pattern boards, displaying a wide variety of magical goods.

This time, Rand wants to buy or hire some dwarves or semi-dwarves, and he has a large number of boilers that need to be maintained by half-dwarves. After several comparisons, Rand stopped by a shop called Sleepy Old Joe, a mercenary station that claimed to be able to hire demon bearers of any breed.

The shopkeeper was really as the name suggests, an old man with gray hair, who looked to be the height of a junior knight, and had been dozing off, but it was Rand who called him up.

"Dwarves, you say?" Old Joe looked at Rand sleepily, "Do you want to buy it out directly, or hire it?" But it's good to say in advance, whether it's a half-dwarf or a dwarf, it's a lot more expensive than other breeds."

There is a lot of saying in the empire that it is strictly forbidden to buy and sell slaves, so in many places there is a direct buyout of the employee's 100-year working time, and there are also long-term employment of about 10 years.

"All right, I'm not that bad, but I hope they're better," Rand said as he pulled out a rune board made by the dwarven runemaster Imkawi Hammer, "It's best to catch up with this one." ”

Joe took the rune board and looked at it carefully, shaking his head again and again, "If there is such a quality, I will open a blacksmith shop." ”

After several bargains, Joe took Rand and left from the back door of the store to inspect the goods, an intermediary like Joe naturally could not raise a group of mercenaries in the underground black market, once the price was negotiated with the customer, he had to take the client to the place where the mercenaries lived and trained for further contact.

Along the way, Joe chatted with Rand constantly, "You are a nobleman, do you need some bodyguards to protect you?" We've got a lot of great guys on our side, as well as intermediate knights and intermediate mages. ”

The two of them chatted as they walked, and with that, Joe took Rand to a large courtyard in the outer city, and Rand saw from outside the wall that there were a lot of sheets and clothes hanging in the yard that were drying, and after entering through the main entrance, there were several very immature demon supporters practicing swordsmanship.

On the second floor of the main building, Rand met with the head of the mercenaries, Emmanuel Joe, a middle-level knight who looked very bold, and then Emmanuel introduced Rand to their two half-dwarven rune master apprentices, Luc Beni and Pictis, "This is our best half-dwarf apprentice here, if you really want to hire it, you can take it with you for 200 gold each."

"Do you still have a orc priest here?" Rand asked.

"No, the orc priests have been snatched away by the big nobles and cannot be left in the market, but if you are interested, I know some thin-blooded dragonborns and half-elves, I can introduce them to you" Emmanuel's attitude is very sincere, he is only a foreman a few blocks outside Dragon's Tooth City, if there are nobles who have taken a fancy to some children in their area, it is also a good thing.

"Yes, if there are good seedlings, you can bring them to me directly, just send them to Longtai Mountain tomorrow, and I will find someone to pick you up" Rand didn't have to do anything about this, and directly gave 400 gold coins, asking Emmanuel to send the two half-dwarven rune master apprentices and the children he knew to the palace tomorrow.

"You're the Count of Galloping Horses?" Emmanuel looked at Rand with some surprise.

"yes, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, Lord Earl, allow me to escort you back, there have been heretics in Dragon's Tooth City lately, especially outside the city, there is some chaos" Emmanuel said very respectfully.

"Okay, you lead the way."

(End of chapter)