Chapter 760: It's hard to prove yourself
Rao is Gavin was thoughtful, and his face couldn't help but change slightly, he never thought that a fire in the Misty Valley could burn on his head, and he thought of countless possibilities in the next second.
There are not so many coincidences in this world, this fire does not burn sooner or later, and when the army of its conquerors is about to arrive, it is ready to be burned, obviously for itself.
I just don't know, is this a conspiracy of the Santarin Society? Or is it a trick of the Sambiasan merchants? Or is it the Golden Wheat Bunch Monastery that repents and doesn't want to sell the grain to itself, directing and acting on its own?
There are too many possibilities in it, and the information I have is too little, so I can't assert it for a while, so I can only respond with silence.
"A fire in the granary? What about the other granaries? Is there something wrong? "Janiela's reaction wasn't like the self-directed performance of the Golden Wheat Bunch Abbey, at least Gavin couldn't detect anything unusual, whether it was a physical reaction or a soul fluttering.
"The news we got was that there was a fire in the middle granary, and there was no news of other granaries, so we couldn't give an accurate answer to the councilor's question." This herald is obviously a veteran, and he only delivers the information he knows, and never easily speculates, which is a big taboo for heralds.
"Now that we know the exact point, let's hurry over and check the situation for ourselves." Supreme Councilor Hareske suggested from the side.
"The Supreme Councillor is right, I'm sorry, I'm a little out of proportion, please wait for me to calm down, I'll drive the conveyor belt with you immediately." Janella took a few deep breaths, as if trying to control her emotions so that she could perform her teleportation.
It's just that this news is a bit too shocking for her, and after trying for a few minutes, she can't calm herself down, and her hands tremble involuntarily, because the impact of this matter is too great.
The middle granary was the largest granary of their Golden Wheat Bundle Monastery, and this fire did not burn hundreds of thousands of gold coins of grain, but burned a bane for their Golden Wheat Bundle Monastery and even the Misty Valley.
What if this Sir Gavin in front of him thinks that this is a self-directed and self-acting drama by their Golden Wheat Bunge?
What about the gold coins that are determined to be as long as the food is not returned?
Don't look at the fact that they had a good conversation before, and the other party looked very talkative, it was because the two sides had common interests.
When his interests are violated, he can turn his head into an iron-blooded general, killing people without blinking, and their path to conqueror is not negotiated, but forced.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Gavin did not buy their grain for sale, but to prepare winter food for the army of conquerors who were about to migrate there.
It's not something you don't want.
Gavin volunteered, "Leave the teleportation to me!" ”
Compared to Janira, the self-control he showed was terrifying, except for a moment when he first heard the news, his emotions were out of control, and since then, there has been no superfluous expression.
Anger and chagrin, these emotions are the most useless, and finding a way to remedy them and find out the main messenger behind the scenes is the most important thing at the moment.
"Then it's troublesome Sir Ir." Janella said apologetically, "Teleportation is different from other spells, and the consequences of mistakes are too serious, and my current state is really not suitable for use." ”
"Understood." Gavin nodded understandingly, "I can bring three people over." ”
"Then I'll take care of the rest." The speaker was a councillor named Norry Stol, a Tevelyn with demonic blood in his body, and his demonic features were very striking in his appearance, and his words were very sharp.
However, his election to the council of Misty Valley at least shows that he is not as chaotic and evil as his demon ancestors, at least he can be recognized by a large part of the people of Misty Valley.
In previous meetings, he had been silent for most of the time, speaking only when voting collectively, somewhat absent-mindedly, as if he was immersed in his own world, but his spellcasting ability was absolutely trustworthy.
After deliberating on what to do, they appeared in front of a monastery in the next second.
It was not so much a monastery as a small fortress built on a hill, between two not very tall ridges, and behind it was a narrow strip of land blessed by the goddess Cetiah, the mother of the earth, and the highest yield of any crop in Feren.
It was neatly divided into twelve fields, and apart from the necessary roads and irrigation canals, there was not a single surplus of plants and buildings, and the dwellings of the peasants were cultivated, either in the monastery or on the flatter sides of the hills.
The reason is self-evident, naturally I don't want to occupy an extra half of the God-given land, and tap its production capacity to the maximum.
Not only will this be done here, but Gavin and Zalanda will do the same.
"The granaries of our monastery are bunker granaries built by the mountains, the main body goes directly into the surrounding mountains, all of them are equipped with enchantments, not only have the ability to prevent fire, but also have the effect of preventing transmission and digging ground, and it has a history of 800 years since it was built, not to mention the fire, even if it is a rat plague, it has not been a trouble."
While leading the way in front, Janiela introduced the details of the monastery granary, although most of the people present knew, "In order to avoid accidents, the monastery built two more granaries later, but due to the limited terrain, the storage capacity of the east and west granaries combined was comparable to that of the middle granary." ”
The patriarch of the Golden Wheat Bale Monastery did not immediately take Gavin and the others straight to the middle granary that was on fire, but went to the east and west granaries on the two mountain beams to check them out to make sure that they were safe and sound, and then turned to the middle granary.
Patriarch Janiela now admired the foresight of the Abbey's forefathers, and it was thanks to this that the Golden Wheat Bunch Abbey would not be burned to the brink by a fire, and they could not now take out the full five thousand tons of grain, not a single grain left.
"Although there are a large number of fireproof tunnels inside the warehouse, and there are fireproof spacing, since this fire can be burned in a place with a fireproof barrier, it means that it is not a simple fire, but someone is deliberately setting fire.
At this time, Janiera completely regained her composure, "The setting of going deep into the mountain certainly makes its safety factor much higher than that of ordinary warehouses, but once something really happens, the difficulty of rescue will also increase significantly, and a large amount of water will not be able to enter at all." ”
Anyone who has ever seen the warehouse of the Golden Wheat Bunch Abbey can imagine what Janella is depicting.
The middle granary has been turned into a huge oven, and more than ten meters of tongues of fire spit out from it, billowing smoke into the sky, which can be seen from the outside of the Golden Wheat Bale Monastery.
When Gavin and the others arrived at the middle granary, the people here had already stopped fighting the fire, and looked at the huge tongue of fire spewing out of the entrance of the granary with a desperate face, not to mention ordinary people, even those extraordinary professionals, they didn't dare to approach easily.
If there is a forest fire, or if this granary is an ordinary granary exposed in the open air, Gavin can also mobilize a group of transcendent druids and use the method of manipulating the weather, raining rain here and pouring it out, trying to rescue some of the food.
In front of this situation, Gavin was also a little helpless.
"Can you seal the mouth of the granary with earth and stones? Isn't it possible to extinguish a fire if it is covered with earth and rocks? If there is no air in the warehouse, won't the fire be extinguished automatically? Supreme Councilor Hareske suggested.
"No." Several people said in unison.
"Why?" The Supreme Councillor asked with a confused expression.
"Now that the fire has burned, the heat inside is absolutely amazing, if you rashly block the heat dispersion port, it may suffocate the fire, and it is possible that there will be a big explosion here, and the entire granary will be blown up to the sky, at that time, the loss is not as simple as a granary, and even the flames, earth and stones will splash everywhere, igniting other places, and it is not impossible to cause a small-scale earthquake."
The answer to the Supreme Councillor was a dwarf councillor named Almas, who was an alchemist and very good at explosives, and his shop often had dangerous items such as alchemy gunpowder for sale, which was the most criticized by the other councillors, who thought that it was an increase in the unsafe security of the Misty Valley, because this kind of item, even in the hands of ordinary people, can exert great lethality.
Although the Supreme Councilor did not approve of Almas's business philosophy, he was extremely recognizable of his expertise in explosives, "I see, I am lonely and unheard, can we only watch like this?" Do nothing? ”
"Of course, it is impossible to do nothing, and if the temperature in the warehouse accumulates to a certain extent, it is very easy to explode, after all, this is a warehouse, not a special forging furnace."
Almas, who is still the most knowledgeable, advised, "First evacuate all the unrelated personnel, the farther away the better, this fire is no longer something they can interfere with."
Then manipulate the weather to rain on the surrounding mountains, especially those densely populated with trees, and you must use light rain to gradually reduce the temperature of the mountains to prevent forest fires and reduce the possibility of explosions.
Then the rain continued until it stopped burning. ”
The alchemist is definitely a professional when it comes to explosions, and although Almas is only a little more than a meter tall, he has an aura of eight meters, and everyone can't help but be convinced.
Janella nodded involuntarily and said, "I'll send someone to evacuate them all, but it's just manipulating the weather and rain......"
Gavin took the initiative to say, "I'll leave this to me." ”
Immediately without saying a word, he directly launched the teleportation spell and disappeared, and went to summon the transcendent druids, although the transcendent mages can also manipulate the weather, but this spell is usually used relatively rarely, and it is not necessary to memorize and prepare the casting materials in advance, and those druids will prepare, after all, it is their professional mouth.
Gavin's front foot disappeared, and the back foot Supreme Councilor Hareske stared at the Abbey Patriarch with embarrassed eyes, "What's going on?" This fire doesn't burn early or late, why is it burning at this time? You tell us the truth, did your monastery do it yourself? ”
Several other councillors also looked at Janella in unison, and the meaning of the question was self-evident.
Apparently they also had suspicions about this, this was the case of the Golden Wheat Bale Monastery, and if they were not careful, the entire Misty Valley would be drawn into this strife.
"I'm just like you now, confused." Janella didn't show much anger, after all, the big situation was there, and it was normal for people to have such doubts, "You haven't known me for a day or two.
You think I'm the short-sighted rat kind? For hundreds of thousands of gold coins, to put the reputation of our monastery for hundreds of years? Or risk offending a neighbor who is booming? Even if it's a few million gold coins, it's not worth the risk! ”
"It makes sense that neither Patriarch Janiela nor the other priests of the Golden Wheat Bunch Monastery are greedy people, otherwise they would not have frequently donated their food to disaster relief, but directly sold it to those refugees at a high price."
"If you simply regret not wanting to sell the grain, this trick is really not clever, after all, this is the sacred place of Mother Earth Goddess, even if you refuse to deny the original order and re-sign, they are helpless, it is better than this trick being exposed, then there is no room for maneuver at all, Patriarch Janella is not such a stupid person."
"It's just a granary with a misty barrier defense on fire, and if you don't have the help of insiders, no one will believe it."
"The mist enchantment is not omnipotent, the Nine Rings Prayer Technique has the ability to crack it, if it is only to suppress a part of the ability for a short time, the tightly worded Seven Rings Limited Prayer Technique is enough to do it."
"What quasi-legendary or legendary spellcaster spends a lot of professional experience targeting a warehouse of grain? Even grain worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins is a bit of a loss. ”
"If the food belonged to our convent, no one would make it, but if it belonged to Sir Gavin and belonged to the army of conquerors, it would be difficult to say."
"You mean to say that this is a deliberate game? Both to sow discord between us and Sir Gavin, and to destroy their winter food? ”
"Quite possibly."
"Who is so insidious?"
"There are many possibilities, it may be the Santarin Society, or it may be those merchants of Sambia, they are all eyeing the valley, and they definitely don't want a large number of new forces in the valley to join, they tried to destroy the conqueror army with the monster tribe on the side of the goblin side, but the strength was insufficient, and they were wiped out by the other party, and now it is just another plan, which is very consistent with their previous style of acting, and it may also be Sir Gavin's other enemies, there are too many possibilities, there is no way to speculate."
"We don't care who started it for the time being, even if we don't investigate, Sir Gavin will send someone to investigate this matter, what we need to be sure of now is that it wasn't done by our own people in Misty Valley, it doesn't matter if it was done by our own people, quickly admit it, after all, we are one, we will not sit idly by, and find a way to remedy it together, once Sir Gavin finds out, it will be a different matter."
"I swear in the name of the Mother Goddess that this is not done by us at the Golden Wheat Bunch Monastery."
"With the patriarch's words, we are relieved."
"It's not that we don't believe in the Patriarch's personality, it's that this matter is too wide-ranging, and it will decide the life and death of countless people."
"You don't have to explain something, I understand."
"It's best if the patriarch can understand."
"Evacuate the people first, I happened to prepare a manipulation of the weather, first cool down the surroundings, and get ready."
"Then trouble Councillor, your kindness, we at the Golden Wheat Bunch Abbey will take it to heart."
"The Patriarch has seen the outside."
The seven councilors of Misty Valley used this time to exchange opinions quickly, and the focus of their discussion was whether this matter was directed and acted by the Golden Wheat Bale Monastery, after all, Misty Valley and the Abbey were tied together, and it was easy to be angry.
Patriarch Janiela gargled her mouth and denied it, insisting that she knew nothing about the incident and that it was definitely not planned by their convent.
After some discussion, they believed that what Patriarch Janiela said was true, not only because she swore by the goddess Cetiah, the mother earth, but also because the risk was too great and the gain was too small, after all, the Golden Wheat Bale Monastery was a monastery and did not pursue profits so highly.
This made them breathe a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't for the Golden Wheat Bundle Monastery to be stupid itself, even if all the grain of the Golden Wheat Bundle Monastery was burned, there was room for maneuver, let alone two granaries of grain.
"If there are people who want to target them, isn't there also a danger to the grain in the other two warehouses?"
"It's possible, but it's not big, if the other party wanted to do this, they would have set fire to the middle granary a long time ago, and they wouldn't wait until now, after all, the Nine Rings Prayer Technique is a big burden even for a legendary spellcaster."
"No, even if the possibility is small, it is still possible, there are two warehouses of grain here, Sir Gavin has to explain, if something happens to them again, it will be a big trouble, we must open the warehouse to check, and all the dangers will be eliminated."
"Wait, what if that's what the conspirators behind it are trying to do? What about arson when you inspect the depot? ”
"You mean to say that it is possible for the enemy to set traps in these two granaries?"
"It's not impossible, maybe you open the warehouse to precurse the fire."
"We can't do nothing, can we?"
"Maintain the status quo for now, we prepare for the trap, and we are fully prepared for the inspection."
"That's all I have to do."
The people present were all scheming people, and soon thought of more possibilities, if someone deliberately did it, it was likely to be a serial set, and they had to guard against it, while trying to cool down the middle warehouse, and at the same time prepare for the possibility of fire in the other two warehouses.
Sorry, I made a mistake about the price of grain.
Actually, it was a kilogram of silver coins, and I ended up making a kilogram of gold coins, and it was all adjusted.
The price and proportion of cement solvent, after being reminded by the reader, I read the following information, it is indeed disproportionate, so it was changed to one kilogram can be mixed with ten tons of sediment, and the price is still one hundred gold coins/kg, so that ten gold coins/ton of cement is relatively more reasonable.
Thank you for your understanding.
(End of chapter)