Chapter 110: Carlo and Bethlot
In the escort camp not far from Walker County, Xu Yue looked at a note in his hand and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he handed the note to a man who looked to be in his thirties and said, "I didn't expect such an unexpected surprise, I just don't know if the so-called defection of this Blood-Eyed Brotherhood is real or just a trap?"
The man in his thirties next to him glanced at the note in his hand and said, "It doesn't matter if it's real or fake, it won't have much impact on our next plans." If it is true, then the next thing is more certain and can save us a lot of time. If it's fake, just get rid of these guys later. Anyway, they came in the name of seeking asylum, and it was enough to find someone to watch them until the final result came out. ‘
Xu Yue shook his shoulders and said, "You are the commander of this operation, and you have the final say." Just make sure we take over Walkershire. ‘
The man in his thirties looked at him and said, "With the strength of the Chamber of Commerce behind you, it's no problem to take Walker County if you want." But I would like to remind you once again that there are quite a few forces that will offend you this time, and the way we take advantage of the weakness of Walker County to occupy this place is likely to be used against you by others as well. After all, Walkershire's weakness is too obvious, otherwise the local forces would not know that many foreign forces are planting people in Walkershire, but they have to endure it. Once a large number of forces have joined forces to attack you against the weaknesses of Walkershire, it will be difficult for you to keep the Walker occupation sustained. ‘
Xu Yue looked at him and smiled and said, "Don't worry. I have the ability to solve this point. I don't know much about combat and strategy, but when it comes to supplies, I think I still have some ability. ‘
Seeing him look like he was in his chest. The man shook his head and didn't say anything. Xu Yue watched the man beside him keep picking up the information around him, and while watching, he also passed on orders one after another, and that kind of efficiency and ease of attitude made him have to admire the other party. If it were him, such a task would not be large, but it would not be a small task, and it would be impossible to deal with it in such a clear manner from the command of the battlefield army battle to the implementation of all the strategies. Although he had been training for nearly three years, most of his time and energy had been devoted to magic, and he had not invested in combat wits and strategy.
The identity of this man in his thirties next to him is actually not simple. He is a former Count of the Kingdom of Gruni. The reason why he is said to be the predecessor is because the other party failed under a conspiracy and power confrontation between nobles, not only lost his title and nobility and was demoted to slavery, but also did not even keep his family and fief. It can be said that it is a clean loss.
When Ivo saw him in the slave traders' camp, he was dying from the poison in his body. It was clear that his opponent did not intend to spare his life, although according to the tradition of the Kingdom of Gruny, he did not directly take the life of the former earl, but it was still okay to do something in secret.
After learning about the identity of the former earl and his past energy. Ivo was keenly aware that the former Earl named Caro was exactly what they needed. There is no shortage of force and money in the Chamber of Commerce. The business of the Guards, the Pure Container, and the massive gold coins smashed out is enough for the Chamber of Commerce to have enough advantages in these two aspects.
But when it comes to directing battles and dealing with the conspiracies of other forces against the Chamber of Commerce, both Ai Wo and Xu Yue are good at dealing with this aspect of things. Although Ivo has more experience because he used to travel around, he is only good at business things. As for the intrigues between the big forces or something, he hadn't reached that level before.
After the Chamber of Commerce began to operate in the first year, this disadvantage began to manifest itself and became more and more obvious. Things are fine in terms of business channels, but some forces that are jealous of the huge profits of this newly established chamber of commerce continue to use all kinds of means to swallow this new chamber of commerce. If it's just commercial means and the threat of force, that's fine. But dealing with all sorts of strange tricks made Ivo feel overwhelmed.
And Carlo, the former earl who lost the aristocratic struggle and saw that even his own life was about to be lost, did not sound so wasteful. Actually as an earl with a fief. Even among the counts, they belong to the kind of nobles with the highest strength. But in the face of the combined attack of a Grand Duke of the Kingdom of Gruni and a Marquis, there is no chance of winning. Under the huge difference in strength between the two sides, the role of any strategy and experience is not worth mentioning. In terms of implementation, Carlo was able to survive for a year under the joint strangulation of the Grand Duke and the Marquis, which already shows how outstanding Carlo's ability is. If you change the other decaying nobles of the Gruni Kingdom who can only scrape the ground, I am afraid that they will not even be swallowed on the spot in less than a month.
After more than an hour of conversation with the dying Carlo, Aivo not only bought him from the slave traders, but also did everything he could to save his life. Carlo's opponent obviously didn't want this talented enemy to live, and although he didn't directly take his life in order to maintain the secret rules that seemed to be used to save the face of the nobles, they used a toxin that was slow but almost mortal when secretly poisoning him.
In order to remove the toxin on Caro's body, Ai Wo and Xu Yue paid a huge price, and even at the cost of twenty ninth-level pure containers, plus the branches and forks of the tree of life that they had obtained from the elves before, they finally asked the temple on the elven clan's side to take action, and configured the only medicine that could remove this toxin. In return, when Carlo was freed from slavery and became a freedman, a contract of high magic was signed, which was almost for life. According to the terms of the contract, Carlo will serve Aiwo and Xu Yue for almost the rest of his life. However, both parties have corresponding obligations and responsibilities, which looks more like an employment nature, except that this employment is lifelong and cannot be terminated.
Carlo also lived up to the expectations of Aiwo and Xu Yue. After taking over the external affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, the methods used by those external forces were easily dissolved by him, so that Xu Yue and Ai Wo really understood what it means to be a professional and what is an aristocratic way to deal with it. It is precisely because of Caro's continuous planning in the past two years that the exhibition of the Chamber of Commerce and the Escort can fly with an amazing degree. Although this process also attracted a lot of red-eyed forces, he could only watch greedily under Carlo's set of methods of cutting and beating.
However, while most of the enemies have been disposed of, there are always some enemies that are not so easy to deal with. Earl of Bethlot. The old Earl of Shifeng of the Kingdom of Xia became interested in the Chamber of Commerce, and after a detailed investigation, they were surprised to find that this newly rising Chamber of Commerce could sell a steady stream of pure containers of various grades. And they couldn't find the forces to provide this chamber of commerce with these pure containers.
After a period of investigation, Count Bosslot believed that there was no powerful force and backing behind this chamber of commerce, but it was likely that one or several resource-rich forbidden magic stone mines had appeared. If it was just the profit of the pure container, it would not be enough for them to take the risk of turning against an honorary marquis of a certain strength to grab food. But if it's a rich resource of forbidden magic stones. That would be enough to drive the family behind Earl Bosslot crazy.
Although the Forbidden Demon Stone is the main resource for Talumia's Zuò Pure Container, this does not mean that the Forbidden Demon Stone is the only one used for this purpose. Whether it's some top-level magic equipment with special effects, or as a material for something special, the Forbidden Demon Stone is an important scarce and indispensable resource.
Let's take it as an example, the ninth-level powerhouses in the human kingdom are generally only possessed by the seven kingdoms and a few powerful medium-sized countries, and this level of powerhouse is already a deterrent as a general strategy and weapon of the earth's aircraft carriers. Some small countries simply don't want to have a strong person of this level.
However, there has been a large-scale conflict between a small kingdom and a medium-sized country with a ninth-level magician in charge. According to common sense, the final result of this small country may be to be completely swallowed by this medium-sized one, after all, the gap between the two in high-end combat power cannot be bridged.
But that small country itself has a mine of high-purity forbidden magic stones. Relying on the groundbreaking three high-purity ninth-level forbidden demon stones mined from this mine, this effect created a formation with a large-scale forbidden demon effect. After the design led to the ninth-level mages of that country. Relying on this formation, it took half a day of effort for the ninth-level mage powerhouse who was already strong to destroy a city with a wave of his hand, and finally his head was cut off by a seventh-level powerhouse in that small country. Although that seventh-level powerhouse was also injured under the attack of this ninth-level mage's pure spirit, with the difference in strength between the two sides, this was already a legendary victory.
The main reason for the Count Bosslot's family to make up their minds to deal with the Chamber of Commerce despite a single Qiē was that the Forbidden Demon Stone Mine could be mined repeatedly. As long as the environment is not destroyed, after the previous ore is mined, a Forbidden Stone of the same quality can be generated again after a few years. This kind of continuous wealth and accumulation of family strength is enough to make a family with the title of Earl red-eyed.
Count Bosslot's family kept their guesses strictly secret, and in the next two years, the family mobilized a qiē resource that could be mobilized to frantically attack the Chamber of Commerce led by Xu Yue and Ai Wo, trying to force the Chamber of Commerce to hand over the resources of the forbidden magic stone mine they guessed.
Not to mention that Xu Yue didn't have the resources of this so-called forbidden magic stone mine, even if he had, it would be impossible for Ai Wo to agree to hand it over. Pure containers are the main profitable commodities of the Chamber of Commerce, and without the pure containers provided by Xu Yue with almost no cost, the Chamber of Commerce may only be regarded as a third-rate Chamber of Commerce. As a traditional goblin, Ivo would be more happy than kill him if he wanted to take wealth from him.
So over the course of two years, Xu Yue and Iwo's Chamber of Commerce had dozens of confrontations with Earl Bosslot and the family behind him. Under multiple factors such as Carlo's strategy, Aivo's outstanding business talent, Xu Yue's status as an honorary marquis, and the strong strength of the Chamber of Commerce, Count Bosslot and the family behind him did not take advantage of it in the slightest.
This is thanks to the strict aristocracy of the Kingdom of Chia. Although a real earl is much stronger than an honorary marquis in terms of real strength, on the bright side, the title of a marquis is above the earl, which has nothing to do with the fief. Therefore, even if the Earl of Perslot met Xu Yue, the honorary marquis, he had to salute first. In terms of the law's provisions on titles, the disrespect of the lower to the superior is subject to severe punishment by the kingdom.
Therefore, Bosslot, the powerful Earl of Real Seal, did not dare to use some radical means on the surface even when facing Xu Yue, the honorary marquis, and could only secretly mobilize all the forces and connections to suppress him.
As for Xu Yue and Aiwo, although Earl Bosslot's attempt has never succeeded, this bullshit plaster Earl and his family have indeed caused a lot of trouble to the Chamber of Commerce. For the great enemy of this chamber of commerce, the two have always wanted to find a way to deal with each other.
The best way to strike at a fictitious nobleman is undoubtedly to weaken the nobleman's economic or military power. Even in a country with a strict aristocratic system like the Kingdom of Chia, once the economic or military strength of a real nobleman suddenly loses too much, then the other nobles will tear off a piece of meat from this nobleman and the family behind him like a shark that smells blood.
After some consideration, Carlo, a former master of scheming in the aristocratic race, decided to take the opportunity of opening up Walker County to dig a big hole for the Earl of Roselot and wait for the other party to jump. And when the Earl of Bosslot knew that Xu Yue was going to open up Walkershire, he also thought that this was the best opportunity to attack Xu Yue's forces. In fact, the hundreds of millions of people who attacked the convoy camp last night were the private soldiers of the family sent by the Earl of Bosslot, and Carlo also relied on the prior design to swallow up the opponent's army, which was enough for a quarter of his territory. At this time, Xu Yue had already gained the upper hand in this battle, and what he had to do now was to take Walker County and maximize his advantage. And the defection of the high-ranking members of the Blood-Eyed Brotherhood brought him an even greater advantage.
After Carlo put down the information in his hand, he said to the intelligence officers of the escort waiting next to him, "Sue the high-ranking people of Bloody Eyes, I am looking forward to meeting them. (To be continued......)
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