Riding a bad horse, Lin Qi looked back at Hu Jing's Viscount of Pufeng, shrouded in the morning mist.

"The Almighty Gods will bless them!. Lin Qi put his hands on his chest and made a prayer gesture commonly used by church believers, and laughed maliciously. With a wave of his hand, Lin Qi clamped the horse's belly between his legs and drove the inferior horse slowly down the mountain road to the east.

Xiong Wanjin rode a cow behind Lin Qi - yes, it was a large buffalo used to cultivate the land, because the entire Viscount of Qiuli could not find a mount that could bear his huge weight, so he could only scold and find a buffalo to make do. At least a four-hoofed mount, isn't it? at least he didn't have to make the long journey out of breath himself.

As for the three of Alda, Gawu and Gali, Alda and Gawu rode a bad horse, and Gali Mingli could only ride a donkey very aggrieved. The Viscount of Churi is indeed not a wealthy place, and it is already good to be able to find three surplus war horses for Lin Qi to use. Since Xiong Wanjin rode a buffalo, Ga Li Gali made do with riding a donkey, at least in terms of body type. With a wave of his hand, the group left the Viscount of Churi.

When Lin Qi and they left Beijing, there was another very interesting thing that happened. Viscount Churi's father-in-law, the lord of the town more than ten miles away, a hereditary old knight suddenly fell from his horse and broke his neck. The old knight died a happy death, but the territory he left behind attracted the prying eyes of his three "nephews and five nephews."

The Viscount of Churi's wife is supposed to have an unquestionable inheritance, but the three nephews and five nephews joined forces, and some of the old knight's old subordinates felt that they should find a male to support the portal, so the ownership of this town was not a big problem.

However, Lin Qi left three disciples of Gawu to assist Viscount Churi, and also left a large number of gold coins and other rare belongings to Viscount Churi - although the items in Lin Qi's World Ring could not be called, Gavu, Alda and Haoli, and even Xiong Wanjin all had a large amount of wealth.

Three murderous mages who believe in primeval evil spirits, evil mages with the pinnacle strength of the heavens, plus a large amount of money to operate, if they can't suppress a group of rural buns, Lin Qi feels that Viscount Qiuli can follow his old father-in-law and die head-on.

Therefore, Lin Qi left the Viscount of Churi without worry, and before leaving, he was kind enough to pray to the gods for the eight male in-laws of the Viscount of Churi. I hope they don't die too ugly, and I hope the disciples of Gawu don't do anything too outrageous. Lin Qi didn't want to hear terrifying rumors such as 'Mountain Village Bloodbath' and 'Ghost Shadow' when he returned to the Viscount of Qiuli in a few years.

Anyway, three bad horses, a buffalo, and a cute little donkey, Lin Qi and his party slowly left the Viscount of Churi.

From the south of the Duchy of Lanyue all the way to the east, through the territory of a duchy and two independent marquisates, Lin Qi, who had changed his face to become a Westerner, entered the Caesar Empire with the help of forged passports and documents.

In a small medium-sized city in the Caesar Empire, two carriages were purchased, and some messy local products were bought, and a team of dozens of mercenaries were hired as escorts, and Lin Qi and the others slowly continued to advance north along the official road.

When Lin Qi helped Enzo participate in the Army Academy's graduation exercise, the venue of the exercise was an isolated island in the middle of a large lake on the border between the Gallic Empire and the Caesar Empire. Linzi was still thinking about the great lake, which led directly to the main channel of the Sein, and by Linzi's means, he could easily find a barge willing to carry smuggled goods into the territory of the Gallic Empire, and down the Seine to New Dunker.

The roads of Caesar's empire were as straight and clean as the people of Caesar's empire were as tough and inflexible. The roads of the Gallic Empire were lined with ornamental plants, such as magnolias, red maples, and April cherry blossoms. But the Caesar Empire was different, their straight roads were lined with tall oak trees, which had grown for decades and had a huge canopy that shaded the road and provided shade to pedestrians.

Lin Qi leaned lazily in the carriage, looking through the open window at the mercenaries who were closely following him.

The people of Caesar's empire all feel like that, dry and hard, sticking to principles and not knowing how to be flexible, and at the same time striving for perfection in everything, with a tradition of striving for precision like paranoia. Like the fifty mercenaries hired by Lin Qi, they marched forward in unison like puppets, and they didn't make a sound unless they were resting.

Their faces were resolute, their eyes were solemn, and they were ready for battle at any time. In comparison, even in the Gaul Kingdom, which was once the main battlefield of the Hundred Years of Land Island War, the elite soldiers of the regular army of the empire are just like this, right? Lin Qi couldn't help but nod secretly, the army of the Caesar Empire is known as the first army on the mainland, and it seems to be true. Even these mercenaries are better than the regular armies of many countries.

And the su zhì of these mercenaries is also amazing, the mercenary captains of fifty people have stepped into the heavenly position with one foot, and the other warriors have fifteen status warriors, and the others are all high-rank. If there are 100,000 such mercenaries, and they are issued with sophisticated armaments, they will definitely be an elite army with amazing combat effectiveness.

It's just that thinking about the fact that half of the finance and economy of the Caesar Empire are secretly controlled by the Yun clan, and the Jin Shan family, the disguise family of the Yun clan, even controls the power of the Caesar Empire's gold coin minting and issuance, Lin Qi faintly feels chills.

With such elite warriors and such fierce people, Lin Qi has enough reason to suspect that the generals of the Caesar Empire's standing legion have become members of the Jinshan family? Is Emperor Yun's sudden unreserved support for Yun Canglong, Yun Xiaolan, and his son on behalf of the patriarchal group, related to Yun Canglong's activities in the Caesar Empire?

Lin Qi clearly remembered that when they first went to the territory of the Golden Duo family, Yun Fenghua said that Yun Canglong had gone to the Caesar Empire.

With Yun Canglong's means, he wouldn't have come to Caesar's Empire to do charity, right?

After pondering for a long time, Lin Qi poked his head out and greeted Lu En, the captain of this mercenary team: "Lune, I want to ask, how many people are mercenaries in the entire Caesar Empire, how many people are in an elite mercenary team like you?"

With dark and rough skin, a tall and sturdy body, and a feeling like an old mountain rock, Lu En walked to Lin Qi's carriage and said cleanly: "I don't know how many people do not know, but there must be a lot." For a mercenary team like me, we are ranked outside the 1,000th in the mercenary union. ”

Lin Qi bared his teeth and took a breath of cold air, such an elite mercenary team as Lu En, ranked outside the two thousand in the mercenary world of the Caesar Empire?In other words, there are many mercenary teams that are much stronger than him?

What a force that is.

"Are there so many people?" Tsk, how much does it cost to hire them all?" Lin Qi couldn't help but mutter.

Lu En glanced at Lin Qi strangely, and said with a straight finger: "That's a lot of money." You hired us to escort you to Lake St. Lune, and the journey cost you two thousand gold coins in just ten days, even if the mercenary team ranked higher than us is the same price, a thousand teams, ten days will cost you two million gold coins, an average of 200,000 gold coins a day, and a year is ......"

Lin Qi interrupted Lu En's rigid calculation, and he muttered: "The problem that can be solved with money is not a problem, gold coins, I don't have much else, just some gold coins, of course, there is no way to take them out for the time being." ”

Squinting and smiling at Lune, Lin Qi asked lightly, "So, Captain Lune, do you accept a long-term employment contract?" in the small town of Malen by Lake St. Lune, where I plan to set up a base for the Chamber of Commerce. I need a group of loyal, reliable, and competent people to be stationed there for me, and I sign a long-term employment contract with you, say, for three years?"

Lu En looked at Lin Qi in surprise: "Of course, boss, if you are willing to spend this money." Even if we are mercenaries, we like to live a stable life, who wants to work hard in the wind and rain?

Lin Qi patted Lu En's shoulder: "Then, with the settling-in fee of 100,000 gold coins, I have the heart to hire you for a long time." If you want, my Chamber of Commerce will set up its own special escort group, and you will be the head of the group.

Lu En looked at Lin Qi carefully for a while, and found that he was not joking, so he nodded vigorously: "Then, deal, boss." On the way to Marentown, we're going to the Mercenary Guild to change our employment contract. If you decide that you want me to be the head of your Chamber of Commerce's Guard, I must freeze my mercenary status in accordance with the Mercenary Guild's rules.

Lin Qi raised his eyebrows, worthy of the Caesar who was famous for his rigidity, what else did Lin Qi have to say?

However, there are legends on the continent that the lover of the Gallic Empire, the guard of Caesar, the gardener of the Harran Empire, and the dogleg of Vias. Hiring the mercenaries of the Caesar Empire as escorts is indeed the most reassuring thing as long as you keep the contract, they will never betray, and even in the Hundred Years of Land Island War, no Caesar Legion has ever abandoned their positions, they are the most reliable partners.

Patting Lune on the shoulder enthusiastically, Lin Qi laughed out loud.

The construction of forces and the layout of the stronghold began to be built little by little.

Together with the two empires, Lake Saint-Lune was the most important waterway of communication between the Gallic and Caesar empires in the north. (To be continued)