1629 Black and White Killing (6)
The fat man rode on a black horse, with emerald mountain shrubs in front of him, and the sound of ruts crushing the mountain road in his ears, the mountain road was narrow, and the accompanying cavalry could not be side-by-side, so they could only change from two wings to two teams in front and rear, and the carriage plus the cavalry dragged out a length of more than 200 meters on the winding mountain road,
The May sky is white and white, pure and not stained with a single variegated color, and the sound of the clear stream of the Ponshi Mountains is like an intoxicating organ in the night, and the various plants along the stream form green shrubs of varying heights. "Falcon Majesty, this is the rumored Clometor Corridor!" Before a road that was about to lead to a mountain stream, the Duke of Dunkirk, who was on horseback, turned around and pointed to the mountain road ahead and introduced to the fat man. Even experienced caravans must be cautious when passing through here, because the road is too steep, and most of those merchants who have families and businesses are not willing to take risks, they will choose to stop at the city of Chromdor in front of this road, and then let the goods be unloaded and sold directly here, so for hundreds of years, it has created the most prosperous city within a hundred miles of the kingdom of Sonde, but it is also the most dangerous!" The fat man's gaze swept over the sides of the steep mountain stream in front of him, frowning slightly, the scenery was picturesque, but a vital danger was also true, if there was an army guarding the crossing, even several times the enemy would be blocked here,
"This is one of the few places where you can enjoy the blossoming and blossoming scenery of spring in most of the area covered by pine needles and cold climates, and every spring, countless rich people come here to spend their holidays, enjoy the rare spring, and share the breath of life here" The Duke of Dunkiel's eyes flickered with a hint of intoxication, as if he had fallen into some kind of memory, "It is indeed a beautiful place! But Lord Duke, how do I think you are so familiar with it?"
The fat man's gaze was withdrawn from a distance, and he asked in surprise, the other party worked so hard to explain to him the customs and customs along the way. Where is the danger, where is the abundance of what, such as a number of treasures, it almost makes the fat man think that this Duke of Dunkill is actually the Duke of Woosende pretending to be "Hehe, Your Majesty has only been in the northwest for a few years, so there will be such confusion" The Duke of Dunkiel seemed to be in a good mood, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Actually, the ancestor of my Duchy of Dunkill and the ancestor of the Duchy of Dunkil. When I split from the barbarians in the northwest, I was the best friend and brother, one in the south and the other in the north, but there were marriages in the following generations, strictly speaking, I, the Duke of Dunkiel, was also the nephew of the former Duke of Rose, because my mother was the sister of the former Duke of Rose, and was experiencing a civil strife at the time. In order to protect me, I was educated and raised in Roseend until I left for the Duchy of Dunkill at the age of sixteen to inherit the title!"
The fat man nodded, this time he wanted to use the cover of the Duke of Dunkel to enter the Vosende. Directly to the Duke of Dunkiel to find out the fact that Kyoto is controlled by Zì 偌Sende, I thought that even if I would not be rejected, it would inevitably be difficult, but I didn't expect the Duke of Dunkiel to turn pale slightly. It is rare to say yes directly, and now it seems that if what the Duke of Dunkill said is true. It is one of the few people who have the same heart as himself, and he wants to take down the Duke of Woosende, and the Duke of Dunkiel obviously has a bit of a plan to rely on himself to avenge the former Duke of Rousende.
"Of course, not all rich people come for the view, and there is one thing that attracts them deeply," the Duke of Dunkill looked at the fat man's somewhat surprised face, and suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth, pointing to the grape trellises that appeared in the mountain basin in the distance. Said slowly
"Your Majesty may not know that in the surrounding mountains, there are countless basins with a radius of only a few acres, and the strangeness of natural creation is best displayed here. This unusual landscape was discovered more than 700 years ago by a traveler named La Paz, who called this unique environment La Paz Terrain. But this illustrious traveler would never have imagined that his name would live forever because of this, and that this basin was the output of thirty percent of the economic income of the kingdom of Rosend."
"No, thirty percent!" are you sure?"
The fat man's eyes were bulging, he looked at the grape trellises in the mountains, and said, "Although the Duchy of Gosender is not rich, it is definitely not poor, and the amount of 30 percent is at least more than 500,000 gold coins.
"If Majesty agrees to me a question, I will tell me the answer!" Duke Dunkiel's eyes narrowed into a line, and he deliberately bought a pass, "What's the problem?" If it's the marriage mentioned last time, then forget it, no matter how ugly your daughter is, you can't let me push it in this fire pit, I already have 10 wives, and a bunch of lovers!" The fat man puffed out his eyes without showing weakness,
Since the relationship between the two is getting closer and closer, the previous estrangement has almost disappeared, between the two monarchs, although the fat man's power is greater, but the Duke of Dunkirk, who is more than ten years older than the fat man, always relies on his age and likes to make some irrelevant jokes, especially when he left Lengwei County yesterday, the Duke of Dunkiel actually proposed the marriage of the two countries again, and was vetoed by the fat man on the spot,
The fat man also has a headache, although he hopes that he can single-handedly take the waist of the world's beauties, but he also knows that some people's cheap daughters are not easy to marry.
"Don't worry, it has nothing to do with marriage!"
Duke Dunkiel laughed heartily, in the past few days, he has found that this guy in front of him, after throwing away a halo of glory, is actually a very lazy and talkative guy, I really don't know, how this guy used thousands of troops to bring out the huge Falcon Kingdom!
It is said that on the opposite side of the sea, the land of the Falcon Kingdom is almost twice that of the entire northwest, and the military strength reaches 500,000, such a strong force, probably compared with the Gallic Empire, it is no wonder that you can use the posture of barbarian invasion, in just one year, destroyed Normandy, annexed the four countries on the northwest coast, and did not even dare to raise your head in the southwest。 The more than 100,000 Northwest Coalition troops who fought all over the place directly changed the pattern of the Northwest over the past century.
"Then what's your problem?' Hearing that it was not a marriage, the fat man breathed a sigh of relief on his horse, "I'm just curious, His Majesty said that he was going to sneak into the capital of Woosende secretly, but how do I think that His Majesty doesn't seem to care about his identity being exposed at all?" Duke Dunkel asked in a solemn tone
"Oh, why do you think that?" the whip that was gently swaying in the fat man's hand stopped, and his eyes suddenly became sharp, revealing a cold air that was deboning,
Under the fat man's gaze, Duke Dunkel secretly trembled in his heart. I don't know why, he always felt that the gaze of the Vekia Falcon could penetrate people's hearts, but the words had already come out, so he had to bite the bullet and boldly say, "I just guessed, His Majesty and I entered Lengwei County in the same car, and no one should find out, even if someone finds it suspicious, it will not let that side think about it for the time being, but once it comes out of Lengwei County." His Majesty mounted the war horse in a grand manner, and the cavalry under your command also responded to each other, as if they didn't care at all, and were being watched by many pairs of dark eyes. "At this moment, as long as you are not blind or stupid, you will know that Your Majesty is the only escort in this cavalry who can walk side by side with your lord," Duke Dunkiel's voice stopped. He said in an accentuated tone, "What's more, look at the entire northwest, except for His Majesty." Which guard will have the style of a king like His Majesty, who looks around like him, and there is no one around, which is also the best proof of His Majesty's identity!" "The wind of a king?" haha...... The king of bullshit, don't use this kind of words to perfunctory me, I know you actually want to ask me, aren't you afraid of revealing your identity and attracting the army of Rusende to kill, and it would be a pity to be killed like this when the time comes"
A coldness flashed on the fat man's face, and he smiled, "Actually, you don't have to worry at all, as long as I haven't stepped into the gate of the capital of Wosende, they will continue to pretend to be stupid and act like they don't know anything, so that I, the prey, can crash into it like a mosquito hanging on its own spider web,
They just need to open their nets and wait in front, why bother to startle the snake, if they don't kill me when the time comes, my ass will turn back, and it will be them who are crying!"
The Duke of Dunkill felt like a scoundrel at the moment
The fat man didn't care about this, his eyes looked into the distance, his voice stopped, and he said in a sloppy voice, "Do they really think that I am a dignified Wiki falcon, and I need to play that kind of small means, and I really don't even dare to tell the other party about my identity?"
I didn't want to hide it, I deliberately let them see through it, just let them secretly be proud, otherwise, this game is not too unfun!"
"What does your majesty mean?" Duke Dunkiel stayed on his horse, he heard for the first time that someone dared to play like this, this is simply bullying the enemy!, Duke Dunkiel suddenly felt that who was the enemy of this fat man was really pathetic!
The fat man smiled disappreciatively, "I deliberately exposed my identity, their eyes were all on me, watching me walk into their arrangement step by step, it would be very refreshing, right?"
But they will never know that as I arrive at the city of Sonde, there may be tens of thousands of warlike troops!
Judging from the time, my 60,000 troops have arrived in Lengwei County at this moment, and in a few days, even if they react, it will be too late! Since I dare to play black and white killing, I will never give them a chance to turn the tables!" "It turns out that His Majesty has already ......" Duke Dunkiel shivered innorantly on his horse's body, and he was speechless for a while, but his face was full of shocking respect,
It's really terrible, he originally wanted to remind Vekia Falcon that the other party had already seen through the plan this time, and it was likely that he would arrange a small action such as an assassination halfway, so that Vekia Falcon would be on guard, but he didn't expect Vekia Falcon to be so bold and arranged,
Entering the country alone, it turned out that the other party would not do it if he saw through it, one person was in front, tens of thousands of troops were behind, the other party recognized his plan, opened the door and let the Vikia Falcon step into the trap step by step, but how could it not safely send the Vekia Falcon to his heart, one black and one white, the other party automatically walked into the trap in order to let the Vekia Falcon not notice it, and it must have been a qiē arrangement along the way, but they didn't expect that when their eyes were focused on the Vekia Falcon, where the Vekia Falcon walked, the door of the Via Falcon had been quietly opened,
In a few days, the tens of thousands of troops under the city will be enough to crush their self-righteous little calculations!"Forget it, don't talk about these boring things, you haven't told me how these grape trellises produce gold!"
The fat man felt a little awkward about the atmosphere. changed the topic from the new,
The Duke of Dunkel came back from his trance, knowing that the Vecchia Falcon was giving himself a step, and the fat man who was becoming more and more aware in his heart was actually quite pleasing to the eye, smiled a little, and said, "Don't look at these soils are not fertile, they can almost be called barren land, but this meager soil produces the world's finest grapes,
"It's not sweet at all, it's sour and astringent. And the grapes with small fruit grains can make the famous Bochum wines."
"Bochum wines, you mean these grapes produce Bochum wines" The fat man looked at the grape shelves in surprise, his eyes lit up, he now knew why the Duke of Dunkiel said this, it was because this Bochum wine was too valuable,
The Bochum wine produced in Zosende is the best wine in the northwest, and if the Guò caravan traveled thousands of miles to sell it to Kyoto in the Gallic Empire, it would be a sky-high price.
It is a sacred product in the minds of all drunkards who are addicted to it. Even the royal family of the Gallic Empire was extremely fond of this wine.
For merchants, Bochum wine is a symbol of wealth. It is flowing gold, as long as there is a bucket, it is a dazzling gold coin of hundreds of people.
Unfortunately, the production of this sought-after wine is also very low. Poor in limited quantities, less than 2 thousand barrels per year are produced"
"Half of them go as gifts to the Empire, so less than half of them go outside. It's just a thousand barrels, and it's rare and expensive, especially the wines of some years, which are even more precious, and most of them have become the treasures that the wealthy families of Gallic Kyoto used to show off in the main hall of the banquet "The Duke of Dunkel talked eloquently, with a bit of indulgence in his eyes" In Kyoto, the heritage of a family, even from the number of top Bochum wine collections, can only be seen from the average nobles, even the average nobles, can only drink inferior goods.
"But even so, it is impossible to enjoy such treatment anywhere other than the city of Cromdo. The difficult road and limited production have made this precious wine a rare item to be found elsewhere, so it's no wonder that so many people are coveted and this is a place of luxury."
"It's a pity, it's not the right time to come!" The fat man stared at the grape trellis that had just emerged with green buds, subconsciously licked his chapped lips, and muttered to himself, just now with a burst of laughter, only to realize that his throat and eyes had begun to smoke, "If Your Majesty doesn't mind, I have a winery dedicated to wine storage in Chromdor!" The corners of the Duke of Dunkiel's mouth turned up, and his tone was a little proud, he was suppressed by the Vichia Falcon just now, and now he finally pulled back a little,
"Is this true?" The fat man has always been as thick-skinned as the city wall, his unconscious eyes turned around, licked his lips and said, "Speaking of which, I am not afraid of your jokes, I have been in the northwest for two years, although I have heard the name of Bochum wine for a long time, but because it is too precious and rare, although I have also got some, but they are not the top, most of them are sent back to China to others, and the top Bochum is hard to find, even if there is, who is willing to take it out and drink it!" "For a king like His Majesty, only the top Bochum is worthy!" The Duke of Dunkirk is rarely serious: "My winery is in Cromsdor, and every year I send someone to buy a little bit of poor Bochum wine in Cromsdor, except for some of them to drink myself, most of them will be given away as gifts, but there will always be a bottle of the best as a collection" "Thirty years have passed since I left Grossende at the age of sixteen, and now thirty years have passed, and the winery also has twenty-nine bottles of the best Bochum wine, if you count the bottle in the Duke's Palace, it is exactly thirty bottles" The Duke of Dunkel looked at the winding mountains with his eyes and seemed to be saying to himself, "Thirty years, like a dream"
It is the beginning of summer in May, and countless blue and pink ivory yellow flowers are dotted in the middle, which has a unique charm.
The entire city of Kromdor is located beside a huge crescent-shaped mountain lake, peacefully lying in the heart of the basin.
Surrounded by undulating hills, it is a rare and dangerous place in the Sonde Basin, and the straight road becomes winding and winding when you arrive here, and the main road is a mountain road that took 20 years and more than 100,000 laborers to build through the mountains.
Passing through several mountains, there are bridges between valleys, waddled paths, thick foliage on the curbs,
The horse's hooves stepped on it and made a creaking crunching sound,
In the Cromdor County Governor's House, there is an asymmetrical and irregular building, which is high in the east and low in the west, like a mountain range with undulating peaks. In this historic and peculiar building, all the decorations have been preserved as they were hundreds of years ago.
The only difference is that in the inner courtyard of this building, a room unlike other is built. This room is always heavily guarded, and no one dares to step into it without the approval of the owner of that room. There were no doors, no windows, no extravagant furnishings, except for two ordinary benches, only the long table in the center.
At one end of the long table, there was a row of wine racks, and the county keeper Corion sat beside the wine racks, putting down the secret report he had just received.
Several of the most prominent officials stood on the opposite side tremblingly, and they didn't even dare to come out.
Although these people usually stand out in front of everyone, when they arrived at this place, they all felt the anger of the county keeper.
They also heard some rumors that the capital was asking for restrictions on merchants in various places, didn't this cost the lives of the Kromdons?
Without merchants to transport it, the gold-equivalent Bochum wine is a worthless pile of fermentation
"What do you think of the capital's order?"
The county keeper Corion's gaze swept over the faces of several officials, he had actually made a calculation in his heart, he had just received a very surprising and shocking news that he had just received a very surprised and shocking news, this time in the convoy that arrived with the Duke of Dunkiel, there was a person who might be a Vecchia Falcon!, thinking of this Corion, he felt his heart tremble, the most powerful monarch in the northwest had actually arrived on his own territory! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Corry family! If the tree has rotted from its roots, why don't you look for a thicker tree? (To be continued......)