"The main purpose of this mission is to resolve a dispute between us and the Gantt Empire over the ownership of Rohantanya. Vickery took a dark bottle from the compartment, uncorked it, and poured it over the glasses of Gil and Lucarin, filling the carriage with a fresh, slightly sour smell. "Come, taste, this is the Christine Blend, the most famous fruit wine in Emlock. ”

It was Vickery's special carriage, and at his invitation Gell and Lucarin boarded the ornate silver carriage, while Kang and Iona boarded the other carriage behind.

After getting in the car, Vickery gave Gehr and Lucarin a warm welcome, and took the initiative to open the conversation.

"Rohantania is located at the junction of our country and the Gantt Empire in the Emlock region, and its territory is three manors and two small towns, barely a barony. According to the original agreement to divide the sphere of power, Rohantania was supposed to belong to our country, but the local nobles surrendered directly to the Gantt Empire's troops closer to them when the Philippan regime fell, so Rohantania was actually under the control of the Gantt Empire.

However, due to the geographical location of Rohantanya, which is a prominent part of the entire defensive circle, it is a problem once it is controlled domestically, and it is not a very valuable territory, and it is not worth investing a lot of military resources in it, so this situation has always been tacitly acquiesced. Lucarin explained softly to Ger.

"The young lady is right. Vickery clapped his hands and smiled appreciatively, "This place doesn't mean much to us, and it's not worth fighting those blue hats, so we're putting the ownership of it on hold for the time being." ”

(The official uniform of the Gantt Empire soldiers wore a blue hat with feathers, hence the nickname Blue Hat.) ）

"And now?" asked Gehr casually.

"The problem is that the Gantt Empire doesn't pay much attention to Rohantania, and it doesn't belong to their key business areas, so they have a very heavy tax there, and their methods are also very rude, and last year alone, three local lords who resisted taxes were exterminated. Those people couldn't stand it, so they secretly contacted the commander of the Third Legion, Renkirk. ”

Vickery took a sip of fruit wine, squinted and enjoyed the flavor of the wine for a while, leaned back on the carriage and adjusted a more comfortable position before continuing to speak: " This kind of thing is actually quite common in recent years, which of those families on the border is not a grass on the wall, so the commander of the Renkirk Legion also sent a team to accept their surrender at will, anyway, this is also a kind of default rule for everyone, as long as the acceptance is completed, those blue hats will not come, of course, the diplomatic aspects on both sides have to be busy again, but the last thing is to fight a war of words. But the unexpected thing was that it 'happened' to run into the tax collection team on the blue hat's side, hehe!"

Vickery deliberately accentuated the word "just right", which, coupled with the sneer that followed, clearly showed that there was a problem.

"There's a conflict?" Ger didn't like Vickery's style of talking, but he could only press on and continue to ask in his tone.

"That's right, but the simple conflict is okay, it's mainly the dead, seven on our side, eleven on the blue hat side, plus the propaganda of those local Yankees, so that both sides are on fire, and it's not easy to get off power, those wall grasses around here are staring at the situation here, whoever retreats first is not a matter of Rohantania, it is related to the follow-up problems of a large area. But it is also unrealistic to fight, so I simply use the usual way - let the 'civil forces' on both sides compete to decide the ownership of the land, so there is this task. ”

"I see. Gehr nodded in understanding, and only now did he fully understand why the government allowed such a team to be formed.

For example, this kind of benefit is nothing, and the effort is completely worth the gain, but the two sides can't have to fight, and then it's the turn of an organization like the Brotherhood of Steel to take the top.

After all, they are all "non-governmental people", and they can be justified regardless of whether they win or lose, and everyone has a ladder to step down.

After that, everyone should drink and drink and scold their mothers, everything will not have an impact, and most of the unstable factors that have a negative impact on society have disappeared, and everyone is happy.

"By the way, Gehr, your reputation has been great lately, and the fact that the young master of San Rotalo slaughtered the seeds that the hermitage focused on cultivating on the spot has been a hot topic in the organization recently. I've seen that Hagrid, but he is very arrogant, claiming to be an invincible opponent under the age of twenty, and the organization has lost at least three young geniuses in his hands, and the younger generation has been pressed by him, and everyone's faces have been swollen. You can kill him, it's really a big blow to our face, and now those guys have to keep their heads down and take a detour when they see us, just think about it!"

In the face of Vickerley's enthusiastic compliment, Gehr could only politely reply: "It's too much of a compliment, I won very lucky." ”

For Vickery, who was also in the bronze ranks, Gehr didn't have the luxury of hoping that his identity could be hidden. In fact, his identity is no longer hidden in the Underworld, and the battle between him and Hagrid has become an important part of the armistice treaty between the Brotherhood of Steel and the Hermitage, and he has become famous with this battle.

There were three gambling battles, a compromise between the Brotherhood of Steel and the Hermit Order in order to quell the growing rivalry. It is a game between Gehr and Hagrid, and the Iron Brotherhood has sent two other masters to the Hermitage to gamble on the territory of the Ashram, and those two are one win and one loss, counting Gehr's Iron Brotherhood will overwhelm the Hermitage, which can be regarded as a victory, and it will be able to take advantage in the armistice.

Now that the battle between the two sides has come to an end, Prince Fajellino has set out to negotiate with the upper echelons of the Order, and he will surely get a lot of benefits from the Order.

As one of the important heroes, Gehr is of course in the spotlight at this time, but his itinerary is still protected to a certain extent, and Vickery knows Dowgel's identity because he is the person who directly handed over to Gehr and he is also a member of the Bronze Order.

Suddenly, at this time, several clear neighing sounds of horses entered the carriage, and then the carriage came to a sudden stop, and the bodies of the three people in the carriage could not help but be shaken by the inertia of the carriage's sudden stop, and the fruit wine in the wine glass in Lucarin's hand spilled out at once, leaving stains on her and the side by side of Gehr's trousers.

"What's going on?" asked Vickery angrily as he pulled open the front window of the carriage.

"My lord, a few horses have just crossed and almost hit ......," the coachman's voice came from outside.

Gehr pushed the curtain on the window of the car, and looked out, and saw two large black carriages parked not far in front of the side of the carriage, and several riders were turning their horses in their direction.

Wickley also leaned over slightly at this time, leaned his head to the car window, looked outside for a while, frowned, and said a little unpleasantly: "It turned out to be Cordley, what a troublesome guy." ”

"Who is Kordre?" asked Gere.

"The eldest son of the Bellas family, he is the leader of the hermitage on this mission, and he is a thorn. There was a deep disdain in Vickerley's tone.

"Oh, I see. Gehr understood.

Because it is a confrontation with the Gantt Empire, of course, it is not only the Iron Brotherhood that can be contributed, but the Hermit Order must also take its corresponding responsibility, and it is necessary to contribute people. However, the two organizations that are not on the right path meet each other, and the contradictions are impossible to be less, plus the conflict between the two sides was so strong some time ago, the two sides have not been less black hands on each other, and the relationship is even more tense now.

Now Gehr is not suitable to meet with the hermitage people, so he was not prepared to follow the escort mission personnel to the concentration camp, so as not to run into the hermit people, but chose to let Vickery send them directly to the organization's stronghold, but he didn't expect to meet Lu so coincidentally on the way.

"I'll take care of it. Vickery also understood that Gehr was not suitable for exposure now, and directly took the matter away.

Gehr nodded, giving up the window position to Vickery.

"What do you want to do, Cordley?" asked Vickerley, looking at Cordley with his face out of the window.

"Hey, it's Lord Vickerley, it's been a long time, I really don't know where you hid. Seeing Vickery's face clearly, Kordrelema paused and responded in a strange way. After finishing speaking, he ignored Vickery's reaction, and directly turned the horse's head and wanted to go back, and at the same time shouted to the entourage that followed him: "It's okay, there's nothing to do, let's disperse, Vickery is very popular, I won't blame everyone, let's go, let's take care of our spirits." ”

Gehr could clearly see the vain thickening veins in Vickery's neck after hearing Cordley's words without the slightest disrespect, but Vickery pressed it down and watched Cordley leave without a seizure.

From this point, it can be seen that the water and fire between the two sides are incompatible.

"Your Excellency......" The driver's cautious inquiry came from the front window of the carriage.

"Let's go, let's go. Vickery took a deep breath and his expression returned to his previous appearance completely, as if nothing had happened before.

The carriage started smoothly again.

In the carriage, Vickery was still talking and laughing, as if the previous skirmish had no effect on him, as if he didn't care at all.

But in Gehr's eyes, it was clear that Vickery was not at odds with what he appeared to see.

At this time, Vickery leaned back, hiding the upper part of his face in the shadows, and from Gehr's angle, he could only see the eyes that glistened with inexplicable brilliance, like a hungry wolf hiding in the darkness to peep at its prey.