In the cold wind, a group of people with complex and strange personnel pulled out a long line and walked on the road to Longxiao City. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although they avoided the fate of being tied up in Longxiao City, the next day, the white-bladed guards under Nicolai still "invited" them, the Star Mission, out of the escort range of the Black Sand Collar without saying anything, and they were strictly "escorted" to Longxiao City.

The Black Sand Army's army was slowly but orderly following flanks and rear, and Kambida and Tulha were still dutifully dispatching scouts to ensure the safety of the surrounding roads.

And the White Guards, a group of masked elite soldiers, were aloof, rude, and unkind, and on several occasions almost got into a fight with the soldiers of the stars because of their pushing.

“...... The royal lineage of the Bright Star Family is renewed, and there are successors in the Star Kingdom, which is of great significance to the entire Western Continent...... I mean, the change of the ruling royal family may bring years of irreparable chaos to the stars, which is something that the whole of the Western Continent, including us, the Comas, does not want to see......" The middle-aged marquis with golden ponytail and braided hair sat gracefully on his horse, and said to the second prince of the kingdom of the stars with a kind smile:

"Thank you very much for your concern, Your Excellency Marquis Slais of Goodflowing City. Tails, stiffly mounted on his horse, nodded to the guest from the Commath Alliance with an equally stiff smile.

This is this uninvited guest, who seems to be a little more familiar.

Just like those people in front of the west gate of Yongxing City, who are neatly dressed, respectful and courteous, and diligently serve as "local guides" for the guests who come to Yongxing City for the first time - there are many such lads or tomboys in the Black Street Brotherhood, they often have good cooperation with beggars and thugs, and they will act decisively when they meet the right goods, and the best fate for those guests is to be defrauded of their money bags in a daze, and again they will be stolen from their wallets, and even worse will be robbed in some dark alley, of course, the worst end... ... You won't want to know.

"Be careful, boy," a lazy voice came from Tails' side, "The Commaths must have a plan to approach you for no reason, not for money...... For...... For...... Ahh

Edda, under the cloak, spoke, leaning on Tails' mount, and sneezed a loud sneeze, rubbing his nose pitifully.

"Ada, are you alright?" Tails asked worriedly, "you've been sick since you entered the Northlands. ”

"Don't bother! What is this temperature!" The elf waved his hand fiercely to the front of the left forty-five degrees, not caring about the rudeness of this action: "I think back then, I carried a big knife on my shoulders across the vast mountains, and I carried a human head to fight the feast collar ...... Ahh

"Well," Tails sighed, "I'd better give you an extra campfire tonight." ”

"This lady who hides her beauty under her cloak must have misunderstood something," Marquis Slys laughed indifferently, "Although the Commas Alliance is famous for its trade, we are not those short-sighted people who deliberately meet for short-term interests, we emphasize long-term interests and mutual benefit and win-win results...... This kind of business can be done. ”

"Therefore, if there is a plan, it must be your friendship, Your Highness Tyres. ”

Eda snorted, "The Commas are liars, and nothing good is good - this is especially true in Goodflowing City. ”

Rolf on the other side of the horse rubbed his head awkwardly, while Marquis Slais, who was on the horse, smiled silently.

"Perhaps this is too biased," he said, holding Tails by the reins of his mount in case it flares up ("Well, I must have been given the aura of 'enemy of horses.'" The second prince's crazy words) shook his head and said, "There are also some Commathians in the Tower of End, although most of them are from poor backgrounds in the Commath Alliance, but in terms of ability and character, I think they are similar to us and Exeter's apprentices. ”

"Thank you for your words," Marquis Slais smiled, "Your Excellency the Cassel Officer." ”

"That's because you haven't-sneezed--you haven't seen the worst of them all. Eda sneezed again, crossed her waist unhappily, and said, "I'm guaranteed to impress you." ”

"So, have you ever met a Commath like this? Tails asked curiously.

"Yes," said Edda, viciously, "a wicked liar, a pompous fellow! a clever man, an opportunist...... Ahh

The elf shrugged and shrunk.

Tails shrugged.

It seems that he was deceived by the Comas.

It's not easy to deceive.

He refocused his gaze on the Marquis of Sleith Bermuda, from the city of Zenliu in the west of the continent, who belonged to the Commas Alliance.

"I've heard that the Commath Alliance is a land of merchants, Lord Marquis," Tails asked slowly, "I wonder if it's true?"

"Of course...... Many people understand it this way, and I can't say that such a description or description is completely wrong," Hearing His Royal Highness the Prince's inquiry, Srice said happily as if he had a sudden momentum: "But everything is history, my Highness, history." ”

"History, I've heard," Tails was also piqued with an interest in research and exploration: "The Commath Alliance was a nation of several city-states after the end of the war, a nation that relied on commerce to get started?"

"So this is the foundation of your traditions?"

"To be exact, we are not a country, at least not a traditional country," Marquis Slais looked at Tails's expression and smiled slowly, "After the end of the war, the four western cities of the Western Continent formed an alliance to help each other in the chaotic world and try their best to protect themselves - including the city of Goodflow located southwest of Exeter and northwest of the Great Desert, which is the origin of the Commas Alliance. ”

"We lack resources and heritage, and we are sandwiched between several major powers, so Commas can only seek to survive in the form of commerce, supporting our businessmen to go out with a free environment and relaxed tax policies, and acting as a transporter of goods and resources for the major powers, struggling to survive as an intermediary. In this sense, we are indeed a nation of merchants. ”

"But," Marquis Sleiss said, "although the cities belong to the same Conmath Alliance, they all operate independently and govern their own affairs. In addition to the "Public Law of the Alliance", each city has its own laws and regulations, its own ruling family, its own customs and habits, and of course, it also has its own characteristics, for example, this time I am representing the Alliance of Good Flow City, to send Exeter. In this respect, we are less like a country and more like a mutual aid organization of a group of businessmen. ”

"But your name is the Alliance, isn't it?" Tails asked, with intrigued interest, "There should always be an Alliance, like the supreme authority of a city?"

"Of course," Srice grinned, "the so-called Supreme Council of Commas, responsible for allocating resources within the alliance and coordinating relations between the city-states - at least nominally, and many people think so, but the reality is always more bizarre than imagined...... Much more bizarre. ”

Slais shook his head and sneered as if he were self-deprecating.

"But I've heard that the power of Commath should not be underestimated. Tails summoned the knowledge in his head—most of what Gilbert had taught him in just one month": "Commath is rich and abundant...... You are the 'money bags of the Western Continent'. Someone put you alongside the stars and Exter and called you the Three Great Powers of the Western Continent. ”

"Money bag?" Srice smiled wryly, "Do you really think that's a good nickname?"

Tails shrugged.

All right.

It's really not a good nickname, just like no one would ever be happy to be called "Fat Sheep".

"The hundreds of years of self-preservation between nations alone have taken a lot of our energy. ”

"And a force that should not be underestimated, it is better to say that it is a broad business route," Marquis Sleiss shook his head: "As I just said, to this day, the business of the alliance is getting bigger and bigger, and the route is going farther and farther. ”

"So the four small cities became four city-states, and new cities gradually joined our alliance, and by now, the Commath Alliance has sixteen commercial city-states operating independently, and our trade routes spread throughout the Western Continent. ”

"How?" asked Tails, curiously, "Can you explain it to me?"

"It's not as exaggerated as you might think, these are the routes that each of the sixteen city-states has blazed. With a smile, the Marquis of Sleiss drew a gentleman's staff from his saddle and drew a line in the void:

"From the city of Qiyuan and the Willand Territory of Exter in the north, to the kingdom of Allenbia in the Thornlands and the Duchy of Anrenzo in the land of Dragon's Kiss in the south, to the White Mountains and the Liberty League in the east, and even to the western edge of the Great Desert, this is the direct route of our land caravans—the places we can visit on the way occupy a small half of the western continent, and even the left half of the entire continent is within reach. ”

The Marquis continued to say with his eyebrows fluttering:

"And our proximity to the western port of the Devil's Sea extends the business of the Commath Alliance even further: to the west there are the Devil's Isles, the West Coast countries of the Kingdom of Allenbia and the Condominium of Tallendi, and to the south, after crossing the Sea of Despair to the Promenade Sea, there are the South Coast States of the Duchy of Norton, the Duchy of Anrenzo, the Promenade Islands, and the Duchy of Thera;"

"If there is a fleet's trade ambitions that do not stop there, they will continue eastward, out of the Corridor Sea, over the sea of misty and fog, until they reach one of the thirteen wang clans of the Kingdom of Stars, and under the rule of the Shukader family, they are alone in the southwest of the sea, and the rich Changqingdao, and even all the way east, sailing through the Crystal City established by the mermaids of the West Sea on the Crystal Island, and following the sea trade route of the Star Kingdom, to the Sea of the End and even the Eastern Continent - in this way, the right half of the continent is also included in the trade route of the Alliance. ”

"Sounds remarkable," Tails frowned, and said with a straight face, "Your power is all over the continent...... That's not an exaggeration. ”

"On the contrary," Marquis Sleith shook his head, "the Commath Alliance only has city defenses subordinate to the major city-states, and without a unified and united army, it is absolutely impossible to start a war - the quarrel in the United Council alone can last for three years." ”

"Because we depend on trade to survive, even if we are nobles, we have to go out and trade - I went to the kingdom of Allenbia with my father for the first time at the age of thirteen, where our family's caravan was seized. ”

Rolf on the side of the mount walked in the snow, clenching his fists slightly.

"So you can understand, I am happy from the bottom of my heart for the re-establishment of the Star Prince, which means that the Star is a great country in the Western Continent is stable," the Marquis shook his head: "...... Even Exeter, where the system of electing a king has become customary, once the royal power is transferred to a new grand ducal family...... For example, from the Walton family in Longxiao City to the Pellet family in Fengzhao City, or to the Alesio family in Weilan Territory, it is a big shock, and our established trade routes and long-term business agreements must be reconsidered or even completely overthrown according to the ruling order and habits of different families, not to mention a hereditary royal family like Xingchen. ”

"In this way, our business is often plagued by the ever-changing situation in various parts of the country," Shreis sighed deeply, "If there is a nobleman who has a harder time than a commoner, remember to vote for Comas." ”

"Hmph, you deserve it," Eda snorted coldly: "I want to make money, and I want to be comfortable, where is there such a good thing." ”

"What you say is true, ma'am," said the Marquis of Sleiss, sighing, and shoved the gentleman's staff back into the saddle, "so you see, at the age of thirty-eight, I still have to go out and work." ”

"So it's only right that you've come to me," Tails laughed dryly, "Is it to open up the future of Star Business Contacts?"

"It's for friendship," Slais winked amusefully, "Of course, if you have any - I mean any - needs outside of your kingdom, be sure to let you know." ”

Marquis Srice laughed: "As the marquis of a small city, I have nothing else to do, but there are still some connections and connections in various countries." ”

"Wait, Marquis?" Tails frowned, "Male Uncle...... But I don't seem to have heard of such a title as a marquis in the world?"

Hearing this, Srice looked at Tails with a helpless gaze. (To be continued.) )