People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 331 Commission
The residence of the General of the Thessalonica Military District was built next to the Grand Palace, covering a very large area.

At the main entrance of the mansion, there were two rows of guards in scale armor, holding sticks and long-handled axes. These were the personal armed forces of General Thessalonica, and they only obeyed his orders.

As the most powerful military general in the empire.

Nikephoros has a private guard of hundreds of people, and there are thousands of standing troops in his territory. It seems that he is on the same level as the Duke Raymond of Tripoli, but in fact, Nikephoros, regardless of financial resources, Prestige is much better than Duke Raymond in all aspects.

For example, his family has passed down from generation to generation, the in-laws and allies accumulated in the empire, and the treasures of secrets he has mastered. These are intangible wealth and do not need to be demonstrated by the amount of military power.

The banquet has not yet been held.

The nobles who were invited here are already in groups of three or four, and they gathered together to chat in a low voice according to their own small circle.

The topic of discussion is nothing more than the recently popular Branas rebels, and the sudden and abrupt end of the plague.

"Adrianople has been breached by the Thracian Guards, and Branas has also had his head chopped off. It is said that His Majesty intends to hold a small triumph for the Guards."

Someone said with a complicated expression: "The potion army built by Her Royal Highness is really powerful. With the Imperial Guards around, His Majesty's position is as stable as Mount Tai."

"It's not the Imperial Guards, but Princess Anna."

Someone said meaningfully.

Among these people, there are not a few who have had correspondence with Branas, and even privately funded the rebels.

But because there are too many of them, even if they have colluded with the traitors, they don't worry that Her Majesty the Queen will settle accounts because of this.

When Lothar and Anna arrived, they didn't attract much attention. The two of them were dressed very simply today. If it wasn't for their outstanding temperament and invitation cards, the guards might not let them in.

The general of the Thessalonica military region was a handsome-looking middle-aged man with a big beard. When the two entered the arena, he recognized them and walked forward quickly.

"Good day, honorable princess in purple, Her Highness Anna."

Anna nodded slightly to him, her attitude was obviously a little cold: "Good day, General Nikephoros."

Nikephoros didn't think it was disobedient, and looked at Lothar beside Anna: "This is General Lothar, he is indeed a young hero, but unfortunately, on the day of the competition, I was unwell and couldn't see your heroic appearance with my own eyes. "

Lothar said bluntly: "What is the general looking for me for?"

Nikephoros laughed and said: "General Lothar is really straightforward, no wonder he and Her Highness Anna became good friends. You must have heard that my Vasiliacos family is mainly engaged in marine trade."

Lothar said politely: "Of course, the noble family has a long history, and the rich one, I have heard of it for a long time."

"Some time ago, a fleet sent by the family lost contact in the foggy waters above the Black Sea on the way back from Crimea. According to some pirates who escaped by chance, they encountered sea monsters."

"Sea monster?"

Lothar asked, "What kind of sea monster is it?"

Nikephoros couldn't help showing an embarrassed look on his face: "It may also be a maelstrom. Although there have been rumors of sea monsters on that route, no one has seen the true face of sea monsters, or in other words, No one who has seen its true face has escaped alive so far.”

"What does your Excellency want me to do?"

"cough."

Nikephoros glanced around, lowered his voice and said: "The ship on the return journey contains a treasure of our Vasiliakos family. I hope you can help me bring this treasure back."

"What treasure?"

Lothar was very interested in this, and said bluntly: "Your Excellency, please describe its appearance in detail. After all, it is not easy to find this thing from a sunken ship at the bottom of the sea."

"It's a piece of purple crystal. It's hard for me to describe what it looks like. Anyway, you'll know it when you see it."

Lothar said thoughtfully: "I am willing to take over this commission, but what can I get?"

Nikephoros smiled and said: "I know that you are not short of money, General Lothar, but you also know that there are huge treasures in the Mediterranean trade. I am willing to help you organize a merchant fleet, and I agree with you to use my After all, General Lothar has two important trading ports, Ella Port and Limassol, and it would be a pity not to use them.”

Lothar shook his head and said: "Forget it, Your Excellency General, I don't know anything. I'm short of money recently. The reward for this entrustment should be exchanged for gold coins."

With the support of Turiados, his merchant fleet in the Limassol Military Region was not formed from scratch. This condition has limited significance to Lothar.

Nikephoros was slightly taken aback, apparently not expecting Lothar to refuse so simply.

"In this case, as long as General Lothar can bring back my treasure, I am willing to pay [-] Suledes gold coins for it."

"no problem!"

Twenty thousand Suledes gold coins are equivalent to more than one year's taxation in Hebron.

Lothar asked a little strangely: "It's just this kind of thing, why don't you ask Ms. Anna to solve it?"

Nikephoros couldn't help showing a hint of embarrassment: "General Lothar, you don't know Ms. Anna's habits. She is only responsible for extraordinary events in Constantinople. She has always been reluctant to go beyond this category. meddling."

"and"

Speaking of this, Nikephoros paused slightly, and said with a little compliment: "How can I ask the noble princess in purple to do things for me."

After leaving the banquet.

Anna sneered and said, "He was afraid that I would embezzle his treasures. Nikephoros is just a secular lord after all. Don't you know that the treasures in his eyes are actually worthless in my eyes."

Lothar smiled and said: "It seems that this general has the confidence to handle me."

After all, he is not alone. If he breaks his face with General Nikephoros, it will be difficult for him to develop Mediterranean trade with the power of the Vasiliakos family in the Eastern Mediterranean.

"It's not all because of this. After all, you have a good reputation, and the cost of breaching the contract is higher for you."

Ordinary people actually have an attitude of resistance and resistance to wizards. For example, in folklore, wizards are rarely seen positively, and they often appear as the black hands behind certain conspiracies and disasters.

Many lords often keep a respectful distance from spellcasters who come to their territory.

"Indeed, my reputation has always been good. So, there is something I would like to ask you to do me a favor."

"what?"

"Lend me some money."

"Didn't His Majesty just reward you with [-] Suledes gold coins?"

Lothar said calmly: "The flowers are over."

Anna's face was full of shock: "Did you raise a gold swallowing beast?"

That's [-] gold coins, half a ton of gold!
Thinking of his followers, Lothar thought deeply about it: "It is indeed a gold swallowing beast, and not just one, but a group."

Every subordinate has to spend money to upgrade, what is it if it is not a gold swallowing beast?
Anna was silent for a long time, nodded and said, "I can lend it to you, when do you plan to pay it back?"

"Within a month."

For this battle record, Lothar planned to call Hogg along, and then told him to come to Constantinople to meet him, and bring along the treasures he had collected during this period—to help him pay off his debts.

In addition, he had to complete the entrustment of General Nikephoros with him, and another [-] gold coins would arrive in the account, so it would not be a problem to pay off the debt.

"How much do you want?"

"It's better to be [-]."

Lothar looked up at Anna's expression, saw that her face was not very good-looking, and added: "Twenty thousand is fine."

If there are [-], he will give priority to upgrading Celinina to the full level.

If it is less than [-], it is more appropriate for each subordinate to upgrade a few levels.

"Your tone is really serious, come with me."

(End of this chapter)