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As the capital of the province of Newhoven in the East China Sea, Hillock Island is of course blessed with unique natural geographical conditions.

The largest island in the East China Sea of the Empire was an uninhabited island overseas a hundred years ago, but the Imperial Navy fleet used it as a transit station for long-distance voyages, where fresh water and other supplies could be replenished, and a small military port was built here.

The island of Hillock is six thousand square kilometers - these are the figures in the official atlas of the Roland Empire. It's not so much an island as a small piece of land hanging out of the sea.

Chen Daolin remembers the information he had read, and the island of Taiwan, China's largest island in the real world, is only more than 37,000 square kilometers. This Hylock Island is about one-sixth the size of Taiwan.

As the Empire continued to develop the new maritime territory of the province of Newhoven for 100 years, the current resident population of Hillock Island has reached more than 100,000.

The terrain of the whole island of Hillock is high in the north and bottom in the south, with a third of the island occupied by the hillside highlands in the north, and it is rare that it has a small plain and the soil is also suitable for cultivating crops - Hillock Island has become the largest source of food for the province of Newhofen after mainland transportation.

Most of the population is concentrated in the south in the city of Hillock, which is also the capital of the province of Neuhoven. To the north, there are farmsteads. When the empire first developed the East China Sea, a large number of preferential treatment decrees were promised, and at that time, any innocent citizen in the empire could apply to immigrate to Hillock Island, and as long as he paid a low deposit, he could get 100 acres of land - free of one qiē tax for five years of cultivation, and the local government was also responsible for distributing seeds and agricultural tools, etc.

With this preferential decree, in the first three years, large tracts of wasteland on Hillock Island were quickly distributed, and after three years, they were turned into patches of farmland.

Hillock City now has a resident population of more than 80,000 - and that was three years ago.

When Chen Daolin came to the port by the sea of Hillock City, he stood on the boat and looked at the harbor city in the distance, and could vaguely see the bustling and prosperous port area of the wharf, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The port wharf here occupies a very large area, and the construction is extremely magnificent! Standing on this warship, overlooking the wharf, there are countless large and small ships moored.

What surprised Chen Daolin even more was that he later learned that after Hillock City became the province of Newhoven, the Empire even issued a decree to evacuate all the Imperial naval fleets originally stationed here, and the entire port and wharf were surrendered to civilian use.

The Imperial Navy looked for a small island less than thirty nautical miles from Hillock Island, built a small military port, and stationed a small naval fleet there.

Although Chen Daolin's warship entered the port, although he did not have to wait for berths like civilian transport ships and merchant ships, he could still experience the prosperity and congestion of the port here.

Countless bare-chested, sun-tanned boatmen, sailors and coolies toiled on the docks, and in the distance, the flags of the taverns, inns, and shops were waving in the harbor. Horse-drawn carriages, large and small, were busy in and out of the docks of the port.

As you can see, this is a vibrant seaport city.

After getting off the boat, Chen Daolin, Hu Ke and others left the port and entered the city in a carriage.

To Chen Daolin's surprise, this Hylock City did not have a complete city defense - it is said that when the city was first built, it was originally designed to be a complete city wall building, but when a third of the city was built, the imperial high-ranking suddenly changed their minds.

To be precise, it was His Royal Highness Du Wei, the Duke of Tulip who was in power at the time, who was angry and stopped the construction of the city wall.

Du Wei's reason is very simple: the entire East China Sea is the sphere of influence of the Empire, the Empire's navy is extremely powerful, and there are no hostile forces at sea, with the development of the East China Sea by the Empire, the navy is clearing back and forth in the eastern seas, and it is difficult to find even a decent pirate gang in the waters of the East China Sea. In this case, what is the purpose of building the wall? Is it fun to watch it? Is it that the empire's finances are so rich that there is no place to spend it?

Besides, the greatest defense force of a city on an island should be the naval fleet! If the situation deteriorates to the point that the enemy can land and attack the city directly -- unless the fleet at sea is completely destroyed! But if this happens, then even if there are walls, it is useless! Two thousand local garrisons are stationed in the city to maintain stability, and this is enough.

Therefore, the walls of Hillock City were abandoned when a third of the construction was completed, and the built part was not demolished, but relied on the city walls to directly build a governor's palace.

When entering Hylock City, Chen Daolin noticed the peculiarity of the city, there was no complete city defense, but the local government still separated the city boundary with a fence wall in order to maintain order.

The guards guarding the checkpoint were conscientious - but they were more focused on checking incoming and outgoing goods to avoid smuggling. For the carriage pedestrians riding in Chen Daolin and the others, he just glanced at them twice, and then waved them away.

"The security here is actually very good. Hook, who has been here many times, told Chen Daolin: "This island is such a big place, it has been developed for a hundred years, and the farmland that has been cultivated is almost extending to the mountains. Even in the suburbs, not even a beast can be found, let alone a thief. The main task of the defenders in the city is actually to prevent smuggling and prevent some unscrupulous merchants from secretly carrying smuggling to evade taxes. Besides...... There are mercenary organizations and bounty hunters stationed in the city, and any fugitive or something like that has already been snapped up by these guys in exchange for bounty. ”

Chen Daolin couldn't help but smile when he heard this—he remembered the gang of bounty hunters he had encountered in Freeport. If I hadn't met those people, I wouldn't have intersected with Mrs. Stone.

"How many times have you been here?" Chen Daolin glanced at Hook.

Hook smiled faintly, but there was a rare trace of melancholy on his expression, and then sighed: "Yes, I have lived here for three years...... My current wife, I also met here. ”

Chen Daolin looked at Hook in surprise and hesitated: "I have always had a question I want to ask you...... Hook, just don't know if it's convenient to ask. ”

Hook smiled indifferently: "You saved my life - what do you want to ask, why twist." ”

Chen Daolin shook his head and said, "There is no need to say such a thing as help, Hook, you and I were partners at that time, comrades-in-arms who fought together." I can't just watch you being poisoned, and I would do the same to anyone else. So, you don't have to mention it anymore. Besides, you've worked tirelessly to search the sea for so many days, and you've rescued me, so even if there was anything before, let's settle it. ”

Hook smiled, and didn't defend himself—but it was clear from the expression on his face that he didn't take Chen's words seriously. This guy is a stubborn character, and it is difficult to change what he believes. Otherwise, he wouldn't have fought against the one-eyed gang alone and refused to bow his head after so many days.

"What I want to ask is, I was very strange when you fought against One-Eye before, it stands to reason that One-Eye's power is very strong, his troops are strong, and there is the garrison and military forces in Port Dean as an umbrella. And you...... It's just a small ship boss, although he has a few subordinates, but it's far worse than one-eyed. Why have you been able to compete with him for so many years, but he can't do anything about you? Even the power of the government behind him has not moved you?"

Hook listened, hesitated slightly, and then smiled bitterly: "Okay, I'm going to sell you my life anyway, and I don't have to hide it from you." ”

Hook sighed and paused before continuing, "Actually...... When I was younger, I used to be a mercenary, and I worked in the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group for a few years, and I mixed in the Mercenary Alliance......"

Looking at Chen Daolin's still puzzled expression, Hu Kecai patiently continued to explain: "The Snow Wolf Mercenary Group is one of the largest mercenary groups in the Roland Empire, with strong strength, great business, and even cooperation with the military. Hmmm......"

After hesitating for a moment, he added: "The Snow Wolf Mercenary Group has a very unusual relationship with the Tulip Family, and even when it suddenly became the top mercenary group in the mainland, it was all thanks to the full support of the Tulip Family! It is said that the earliest head of the regiment once had a very good personal relationship with His Royal Highness Du Wei, Duke of Tulip, and even saved Du Wei's life, so the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group can actually be regarded as a supernumerary private army of the Tulip family.

I worked in the snow wolf for a few years, and I got into the position of a leader, and at the same time, I also had an identity, which was to take the salary of the Tulip family, and I specialized in helping the family do some things that I didn't do here in the East China Sea. So, I can be considered half of the Tulip family. It's just that I had to leave the family because I made a mistake in a mission and made a very strict mistake, but the Tulip family has always been very kind to their own people, even if I left, I was the boss of the ship in Port Dean, and the local Tulip family's business association took good care of me, and even when I left the family, my identity token was never recovered.

When I was in Port Dean, although One-Eye treated me as a thorn in the flesh, he didn't dare to move me openly, and even the garrison knew that I had something to do with the Tulip Business Association, and they all turned a blind eye to my fight with One-Eye. ”

When Chen Daolin heard this, he sighed: "I see, you actually have some relationship with the Tulip family, no wonder." ”

His heart suddenly moved: "Back then, what mistake did you make to leave Tulip's house?"

Hook's face suddenly turned red, but he refused to say anything.

Fortunately, at this time, the carriage finally arrived at the Governor's Palace.

Naturally, it is impossible to leave the main entrance of the Governor's Palace, which is closed all year round, unless there is a distinguished guest.

The carriage drove directly to a side door, where trucks carrying daily supplies came in and out.

Hook took out the token given by Rodelle, accompanied by two officers from the warship, and quickly entered the governor's palace.

Walking into the Governor's Palace, I just felt that it covered a large area, and the courtyard was very empty, and I only saw the officials in uniform coming and going, everyone looked hurried, and some were in a hurry with a large pile of papers.

"The front yard is the office of the Governor's Palace, and we can't go there. The Governor has a large shelf, and he rarely receives civilians, and he hates that there are merchants who go directly to the door, so the guard in the front yard is relatively tight, and it is difficult to enter without paperwork. Let's go straight to the backyard, Miss Rodelle, they don't know we're back. ”

Chen Daolin listened, nodded and smiled.

There is no such thing as a mobile phone or radio in this world, and they came back all the way by boat, and there was no way to notify Chen Daolin of the good news of his return first.

Walking through a courtyard wall, there is a courtyard that the governor of the province of Newhofen has allocated to Lodel and others to live in. At this moment, the guards had been replaced by the guards of the Liszt family, and when they saw Hook and his people coming, a guard immediately stepped forward to check.

Chen Daolin stood at the door, looked inside curiously, and heard a scream coming from the courtyard wall, only to see that in the courtyard, someone was tied to a pillar, and a guard beat him fiercely with a whip.

"Huh, what's this for?"

Chen Daolin pointed to the people who were being executed inside.

"It's not a blessing to drag you on. Hook pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "It's all some liars, landlords, snakes and other gangsters." In order to find you, Laudel offered a reward, found you, rewarded 100,000 gold coins, and provided intelligence clues, also rewarded 5,000 gold coins! 5,000 gold coins, how many years has a rich family eaten! These days, I'm afraid I don't know how many liars have come......"

Hook had no sympathy for these people: "Since I found you, and you said that all the pirates were killed by you, then it can be seen that all the people who came here to ask for rewards were deceived by false news......! As a result, Miss Rodelle asked a few questions, and then pierced the man, and beat him out with a stick. But later, more and more people came to the door to deceive, but the two girls refused to take back the reward, fearing that they would miss the really useful information, so they could only spend a lot of time every day meeting and screening these people who sent the news one by one. However, it also set a rule that anyone who is exposed to deception will be punished with twenty lashes, which makes some people cautious and awe-inspiring, and dare not be too unscrupulous. But even so, it still can't stop the scammers' greed for money. ”

Chen Daolin looked at the guy who was beaten in the yard, his upper body was stripped naked, and there was no good piece of skin and flesh on his back. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "Hey, since I'm back, let them let them go...... In these years, it is not easy to beg for food, and these scammers are just greedy for money, and they haven't really hurt anyone. ”

"That's not necessarily, if we really believe the words of the liar and send people to find out, it will be in vain and waste precious time, in case it hurts you, wouldn't it be ......" Hook looked at Chen Daolin and sighed: "That's it, you are a magician, if you want to be merciful to these people, that is also your right, I will let them release them." ”

Hook went in and said a few words to the guards of the Liszt family who were being executed, and those guards looked up and looked at Chen Daolin curiously, and saw Chen Daolin wearing a standard magician-style robe, and they all bowed their heads politely, and then they put down the liar and dragged him out.

After dealing with this matter, Chen Daolin didn't speak, but the little girl Xia Xia next to him said in a low voice: "The master is really kind-hearted...... Alas, in fact, these street begging gangsters are not easy. ”

Chen Daolin smiled, held Xia Xia's small hand with one hand, followed Hook, and walked towards the courtyard.

Walking through the courtyard outside, there was a spacious vestibule, the vestibule was empty, but the sound of people talking came from the courtyard behind.

Chen Daolin vaguely seemed to hear the girl's soft voice, and vaguely recognized it as Barossa. His heart was hot, and he couldn't bear it, so he pulled Xia Xia and strode past Hook and rushed inside.

Hook was about to step to follow, but suddenly smiled, patted his head, and said to himself: "I'm stupid, people have been reunited for a long time, and I'm a rough man who has been following up to make a lot of fun." ”

As he spoke, he also grabbed the officers on the two warships who came with him, and said with a smile: "Let's go, two brothers, let's go with me to the side yard to drink, Miss Liszt will definitely meet the two of you in the evening, and the reward of 100,000 gold coins will not be less, hahahaha!"

......

Chen Daolin walked quickly through the hall, and when he came out of the back door, he saw the courtyard inside...... Then, I saw a scene that called him a big fire!

The courtyard behind it is obviously the inner courtyard of the governor of the province of Newhoven, and the courtyard is decorated with a bit of elegance.

Several green trees are planted in the courtyard, and there are three or two flower beds dotted in the meantime, and the grass is green, and there is a paved road with flooring in between.

Under a large tree, Barossa was standing.

The elf girl faced the direction of Chen Daolin, dressed in white fluttering, the loose and soft white robe, a thin gold belt around her waist, outlining the girl's delicate and graceful figure, and her long hair fell down like a waterfall, with her eyebrows

Like distant mountains, starry eyes like autumn water, a bunch of slender pointed ears, a little silhouette playfully emerging from the hair. Such a stunning color, coupled with the light and unearthly temperament unique to the elves-she stood among the shade and green grass, in a trance

Like a goddess.

It's just that Barossa's expression at the moment is a little wrong, the elf girl's face is covered with a layer of red, she seems to be a little shy, and there is still a little annoyance between her eyebrows......

And what made Chen Dao angry was another person!

A man, with his back to himself, should be very young from the back. Broad-shouldered and slender—a head taller than Darling's own. And the standard inverted triangle-shaped torso looks extremely tall and heroic.

He was dressed in a gorgeous silver robe, with gold trim tattooed on his sleeves, long curly brown hair, and a sword at his waist—just the few gems set in the scabbard were probably worth Chen Daolin's outfit—especially one of the gems, which was a gold fire diamond, a few points larger than the ones in Chen Daolin's own hand.

What's even more infuriating is that when Chen Daolin came over, this young man with his back to him actually bent down in front of Barossa, and knelt down on one knee in front of Barossa!

This man actually had his hands in his hand, gently pinching a bouquet of delicate roses that were blooming, and gently sending the flowers to Barossa.

"Beautiful elf fairy, since you don't like pearls and gems in the world, then I thought and thought, there is nothing more worthy of your beauty than this South Sea rose. Please accept my kindness...... This rose was transported from the mainland, and it was kept in a fresh bloom by magic......"

The young man's voice was a pleasant baritone, even a little magnetic, and he continued: "You are in my heart like this rose, always so beautiful......"

Nima!!

Chen Daolin's fire is not trivial!

Where did you come from, you dare to pry Lao Tzu's girl!!

**, in reality, it's okay to be used as a spare tire, and I've come to another world, Lao Tzu is a dignified magician, the only descendant of a dignified druid, and there are still people who dare to pry Lao Tzu's girl!!

Taking a deep breath, Darling forced down the anger in his heart, rubbed his cheeks, and tried to relax his face as much as possible, and then showed a warm smile like a spring breeze...... He strode into the courtyard.

Behind her, the little girl Xia Xia squinted at the man in the courtyard who was kneeling on the ground and courting Barossa......

"This guy is finished, he will definitely be killed by the master......"

......

"Ahem. ”

Chen Daolin walked into the courtyard and coughed lightly. Although this voice is light, the elven race is a race with keen ears and eyes that far surpasses that of humans! Not to mention Chen Daolin's voice, which has already been thought about by Barossa day and night, thousands of times, and at this moment, she suddenly heard Chen Daolin's coughing sound, and Barossa's face changed instantly, as if the whole person was in a trance.

Immediately, she suddenly came to her senses, screamed, and flew towards the outside. She ran too quickly, and the corner of her skirt took the rose in the man's hand, and immediately tore the petals off......

Barossa saw Chen Daolin, her eyes were quickly filled with tears, and after running a few steps, she suddenly stood up, staring at Darling who was walking slowly, and then she suddenly cried out with a "hmm", covering her face with both hands.

"I'm not dreaming, I'm not dreaming...... I...... I'm not dreaming......"

Seeing the elf chick standing there and starting to have a stupid attack again, Chen Daolin sighed, strode over, and suddenly hugged Barossa tightly into his arms with both arms.

"Stupid girl, when you see the master coming, why don't you take the initiative to give you a hug? Do you want the master to hug you?" As he spoke, Chen Daolin smiled lightly and kissed Barossa on the cheek.

The elf girl finally came to her senses completely, "Ah" exclaimed, her eyes were full of ecstasy, she hugged Chen Daolin's neck fiercely, and finally threw herself into her arms, hugging Chen Daolin tightly, she hugged her too hard, and Chen Daolin's bones began to click.

Brother Darling was almost out of breath when he was strangled, so he had to smile bitterly: "Baby, if you hold it so hard, I'm afraid I'm going to die......"

Barossa sneered and let go of her arms, but her hands were still hooked around Chen Daolin's neck, staring at Chen Daolin with a pair of wonderful eyes, looking up and down, as if she couldn't see enough, as if she wanted to see every hair of his hair clearly.

"Do you see clearly? It's me, right?" Chen Daolin grinned.

"Well, it's you!" Barossa's eyes were teary, but she smiled, but her tone and voice were unusually firm: "It's you! It's you! It's me! My man is back!!"

It's rare that a stupid and cute chick is so unrestrained, where can Chen Daolin show weakness?

Haha laughed, Chen Daolin hugged the elf girl unceremoniously, and then poked his head and kissed the elf girl's red lips fiercely Rosa didn't dodge at all, as if they were together. Elf chicks are particularly shy on weekdays, although they love Chen Daolin very much, but they have always been more resistant to physical contact, especially in this kind of public.

But this time the situation is different after all, everyone is separated from life and death, these days, day and night of fear and fear, day and night of worry, finally let Barossa throw away a qiē reserved and shy, seeing Chen Daolin descending from the sky, the heart is really extremely surprised, at this moment the feeling of happiness fills the whole consciousness, where is there still the heart to take care of others?

The elf girl even took the initiative to hug Chen Daolin's neck tightly with her arms, and forcefully pressed her soft and graceful body into Chen Daolin's arms, as if she didn't want to make any more gaps between the two.

Chen Daolin indulged in the rare passion and gentleness of the elf girl, and greedily tasted Barossa's soft petal-like lips......

Finally, the two kissed the thunder of the day, the kiss was hearty, and the kiss was intoxicating......

But there are still others next to me after all.

"Ahem, ahem!!"

A coughing sound finally woke up the two young people who were kissing like this, once Barossa calmed down, her shy nature suddenly returned to her body, she quickly broke free from Chen Daolin's embrace, and turned her head sideways to avoid Chen Daolin's wolf

kissed, but the body was still reluctant to leave the arms of his sweetheart, just turned sideways and leaned on Chen Daolin's chest. At this moment, the elf chick was full of red faces, panting rapidly, and her body was a little weak, holding Chen Daolin's chest, it seems

Some are unsteady on their feet.

Chen Daolin narrowed his eyes, suppressing the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart - Lao Tzu kissed his own woman, what are you coughing up?

This time it was in the face-to-face direction, and Chen Daolin finally saw clearly this guy who dared to pry his own girl.

No matter how annoyed he was in his heart, Chen Daolin had to admit that this person looked really good: a straight nose, a handsome and delicate face, and an aristocratic demeanor - the appearance was handsome and a little excessive, I am afraid that many women in the world will sigh and envy and jealous when they see such a face.

This man put his hands behind his back, and he was also squinting at Chen Daolin - a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes, but he was very restrained to hide it.

"Barossa, this gentleman, must be the one you've been waiting for, right?"

This person did not greet Chen Daolin directly, but first asked Barossa, and then without waiting for Barossa to speak, he nodded at Chen Daolin, showing a reserved smile: "Your Excellency, I have heard of a great name for a long time." My name is Panin, and Panin Garonin is my name. ”

Chen Daolin held Barossa's waist with one hand, and then looked at this guy with a big grin.

His eyes rolled, and a smile appeared on his face.

"You're polite, this young lady, please take care of you when you meet for the first time. ”

Small, Miss??

This sentence immediately made Panin Garonin's face change, and the expression on his face was as if he had been punched.

Restraining his anger with great restraint, Panin Garonin took a deep breath and suppressed anger in his eyes: "Your Excellency is joking...... Can't you see that I'm not a lady?"

"Oh...... Well, I really didn't see it. Chen Daolin spread his hands innocently and said lazily.

(To be continued)