Chapter 0197 Layer by layer
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"Sir Gregor!" said Duke Horst, his voice a little weak, "Riverland is willing to do a snow salt business with the Westside, come on, sir, and we will talk about a long-term cooperation." Duke Horst deliberately accentuated the word long.
"No!" said the Magic Mountain, "Sir Edmure, how many golden dragons will you give to redeem your father?"
Edmure stammered.
"If you don't pay the ransom, I'll take your father away when I'm leaving. Magic Mountain said with certainty.
Edmure's weakness is 'filial piety', as long as he throws a few cruel words against Duke Horst, this kid has to obediently obey. In the past, the cruel and bloody reputation left by the old Magic Mountain is the largest wealth card that can be cashed out at any time inherited through the Magic Mountain.
Everyone will think that Magic Mountain can do what it says!
Duke Horst, Maester Weyman, and Earl Edmure all saw that what the Magic Mountain said was true.
Duke Horst's heart was bright, perhaps, the Magic Mountain had already thought about the ransom, whether there was a snow salt business or not, the Magic Mountain might be ransom, it was just a matter of time.
The Magic Mountain is the Magic Mountain!
Edmure sneered: "Magic Mountain, you have already thought of asking for ransom." ”
"There is no sooner or later, according to the conflict rules of the aristocracy, the thousand-year-old way, paying the ransom and releasing the people is justified. ”
This is also the unspoken rule between the nobility and the nobility, and it is also the disguised privilege of the aristocracy. People who are not nobles will be killed with a knife. Just asking someone else to pay a ransom to redeem yourself in someone else's house is more like: robbery!
"Well, how much ransom do you want?" Edmure wasn't stupid. Sooner or later, then come.
"If you want me to speak, then there is no room for bargaining. Demon Mountain said coldly, his tone threatening, "Duke Horst has a noble status, and two thousand golden dragons are worthy of his identity." ”
For the rich Riverland, the foundation of Rushing City is also very strong, and they can naturally get two thousand golden dragons. However, this is also a new record for ransom among nobles. The average knight ransom ranges from three hundred to five hundred, and the highest is eight hundred gold dragons, and the Duke of Horst has two thousand gold dragons, creating the highest standard of a new ransom. Not enough, the duke's status is also the most noble among the knights!
Duke Horst became a severely shrunken duke due to his illness for three years, and the weight of two thousand golden dragons exceeded the weight of the duke himself.
"Good!" Before Edmure could speak, Duke Horst agreed.
Maester Weyman and Edmure both looked at the Duke himself.
The Duke said lightly: "Sir Gregor offered two thousand golden dragons to ransom me, I think it's fair. Bachelor, go and ask the treasurer Fran to get the money. ”
"Yes, Lord Duke!" went to Master Weyman.
In a short time, two thousand golden dragons were loaded with two baskets, which were covered with embroidery.
"Sir Gregor, please count the golden dragons. Master Weiman said politely.
"No, I don't. With a wave of his hand, Bernie and the four bandits carried the golden dragon into their guard room. The guardhouse where the bandits of the Magic Mountain lived was the room where Duke Horst's personal guards lived.
Magic Mountain secretly admires Duke Horst's decisiveness, indeed, in the current situation, the best way to meet a terrifying and invincible character like Magic Mountain is to bleed into peace.
Edmure's cleverness is still far inferior to the wise and foolish wisdom of Duke Horst.
"Duke Horst, you're free!" said the Magic Mountain.
The two bandits beside Horst left the Duke and stood behind the Magic Mountain.
But what is the difference between being free and not being free?
Of course, there is no difference at all!
The only difference is that the Magic Mountain received a ransom of two thousand golden dragons.
In the minds of the Cregan bandits, the magic mountain is even higher and more glorious. The power of idols to make money has penetrated into the deepest part of the bandits' hearts.
"Duke Horst, you don't want to take Count Edmure with me when I'm gone!" Talking to someone like Duke Horst who knows how to advance and retreat and know how to make trade-offs is fast and cool.
Edmure glared at the Magic Mountain!
Master Weyman looked at the Magic Mountain!
The treasurer Fran, who has not yet left, was stunned!
Duke Horst said, "Sir Gregor, the ransom of Addochariot is a thousand gold dragons, and the ransom of Edmuthulli is also a thousand gold dragons, do you think it is good?"
"Okay!" Magic Mountain was quite refreshed to the Duke who was willing to go on the road and cooperate.
So, after a while, another thousand gold dragons were carried by Bernie into the guardhouse where the Cregan bandits lived.
In a short period of time, three thousand golden dragons arrived.
Even for the aristocracy, this is a huge amount of money!
Bernie looked at his lord, Lord Demon Mountain, and his eyes were full of small stars. His worship of the Magic Mountain has caught up with the likes of Sweetmouth Raff, Executioner Dunsen, and Neurotic Polivier.
Don't look at Bernie following the magic mountain to be arrogant, you want Bernie to go out on the street alone now, rushing to the city, he doesn't dare!
Bernie still has a dreamy feel. The people in front of him were Duke Horst and Earl Edmu, the great lords of the country of the Riverlands, high and powerful, and one of the greatest nobles in the world. But in front of the Lord of the Magic Mountain, Duke Horst was as weak as the sick old man next door to Alex Village. And the invincible Earl Edmus, hehe, has no spirit and noble prestige!
Magic Mountain gives his new henchman Bernie the illusion of incomparability.
These illusions allow Bernie and the others to maintain a morbid worship of the Magic Mountain, which quickly invisibly evolves into a very good quality: loyalty. In the end, this loyalty will be strengthened when following the Magic Mountain to do evil, and then loyalty will evolve into faith!
Magic Mountain said, "Count Edmu, you are also free. ”
As a result, the two bandits behind Edmure also stood by Gregor's side.
The four murderous knives left Horst and Edmure father and son.
Horst and Edmure unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
The feeling of two bandits standing behind him staring at his neck was actually really uncomfortable.
Demon Mountain glanced at Master Weyman and smiled maliciously.
Master Weyman chuckled in his heart, he was followed by two bandits, and the patriarchs or heirs of many of the large and small nobles who were imprisoned in Riverrun City had six sharp knives watching closely.
"Duke Horst, Count Edmus, Master Weyman, I won't calculate the ransom of the many nobles in the city separately, a fixed price, the Tully family redeemed Riverrun, how many golden dragons!" said Demon Mountain.
Maester Weiman couldn't believe what he was hearing, and his look of surprise said it all.
Edmure was stunned!
Director Fran looked at the magic mountain with a look of madness!
Duke Horst, who had always been calm and spicy, had a faint purple on his pale face.
Bernie and the six bandits looked at their idol in surprise, suspecting they had misheard.
Lord Magic Mountain lightly asked Duke Horst and Earl Edmure to pay for the redemption of Riverrun, how much does it cost!
It's shameless to ask for this ransom, but Bernie and the bandits are so excited!
Magic Mountain smiled: "Duke Horst, you don't have to worry, I am a reasonable person. The ransom of the people in the city is in my hands, I don't think you will watch me burn the riverrun, right? I don't want the ransom of the people in the city, the common people have no money, but the nobles in the city, shouldn't every family pay a sum of money to redeem their patriarch? The ransom of the nobles, I will be counted in the total price of the Duke to redeem the Runwatertown, Lord Duke, I believe in your fairness and fairness, you offer a reasonable price, I will return the Riverrun City to you, and I will never bargain. ”