Lord of Hyranza

Letting the wind blow, Harvey came to his senses a little bit. He watched the magic caravan slowly drive away from the side of the road, drew out his rapier and slammed it on the low wall of bushes. He stood there for a while to calm down. Calmly, turned up the collar of his coat, and walked on the sidewalk awkwardly.

The north wind blew across the treetops and made a whistling sound. Harvey's face turned pale. This place is at least a few kilometers away from the Gophero Family Manor. It is so late and there is no magic caravan. It seems inevitable to leave go back.

Such a long road, such a cold night...

He had never been so embarrassed.

Luke Newman in the carriage raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, then pried open a nut with a dagger and ate the nut inside.

"Master Luke, are you really going to let that foreign nobleman go like this? Didn't you say yesterday that you would give him some flair?" asked the retinue knight on the opposite side of the carriage with a puzzled expression on his face.

With a contemptuous smile on Luke Newman's gloomy face, he said to his cronies: "Of course I want to give him some color, but not now, and I don't want to find a pig teammate, Harvey that pig can help What are you busy with?"

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The sky was cloudy, and there were crystallized snow particles the size of rice grains in the wind, which hurt a little when they hit the person's face.

The residence of the Earl of Gophero.

The old manor looked even more withered in the wind and snow. When I entered the gate, I found that the post lamps on both sides of the main road were very dilapidated. Between the marble post lamps, there were some exquisite stone carvings, but these stone carvings had not been seen for a long time. The repairs look very old, and the long years have weathered the surface of the stone carvings, so many lines have become very blurred. The pattern of the vestibule of Gophero Manor is very well built, and the low shrub walls are often pruned, so it looks very neat.

Walking up the stone steps, the polished marble steps are covered with non-slip textures, but these textures are already somewhat blurred.

The manor was built in a restrained style, and as far as the eye can see, the stone buildings everywhere have cultural heritage.

Suldak walked into the manor this time at the invitation of Earl Gophero.

Today, the Gophero family is facing the most difficult economic period. Although there are several shops in the city of Beina, these shops are facing losses. Suldak asks Sophia, the Thieves Union, to investigate the information on the Gophero family. , Suldak has a very clear understanding of the internal situation of the Gophero family.

Among these shops, the rest of the shops are not familiar to Suldak, but the Rossi Leather Store is somewhat familiar to Suldak.

He is a half-skinner himself, and the skins he peels need to be sent to the leather shop for further processing, which can be regarded as the upstream supply channel of the leather shop, and the Gophero family's purchase channel for raw hides has been cut off half a year ago. , the leather on the plane could not be transported to the Grimm Empire, and now the Rossi Leather Store has survived for more than half a year without a source of goods, and the current turnover is not even enough to pay salaries to employees.

At this time, the manager of the Rossi leather store was standing at the bottom of the steps in front of the Gophero family's main house. He saw a knight approaching from the gate of the manor from a distance, and hurriedly greeted him.

The manager of the leather store and Suerdak met once before. At that time, Suerdak took out two pieces of salamander skins in front of the manager of the leather store, and said that he wanted to discuss a long-term cooperation business. The manager is very interested.

At that time, Suldak asked the manager of the leather store to bring him to meet the real owner of the store on the grounds that "the manager of the leather store cannot be the owner of such a large transaction".

That's why Suldak had the opportunity to walk into the Gophero family manor.

The manager of the leather shop stood in front of Suldak and said very flatteringly: "Baron Suldak, you are very punctual."

"Is Earl Gophero there?" Suldak stared at the manager of the leather shop and asked casually.

"Of course, please come with me."

The manager of the leather shop extended his hand to Surdak, made an inviting gesture, turned around and walked to the front to lead the way.

The manager of the leather shop climbed up the steps and passed through the outer corridor on the right. Surdak asked the manager of the leather shop in front:

"You know this place well?"

The leather shop manager said with nostalgia in his eyes: "Of course, I have lived here for nearly seven years. I was a leather craftsman in the manor before I went to the leather shop, and was transferred to Rossi Leather Shop later."

Walking into the main house of the manor, the two walked into a hall.

Suldak found that some places in the hall where the paintings were originally hung on the walls have become empty now, and those paintings have disappeared.

The main house of the Gophero family presents a paddle-shaped pattern, and there are four connected inner courtyards inside. At this time, there are several piles of snowmen in the inner courtyard. Some underage noble boys are playing in the courtyard. The servants in the manor Not much.

The manager of the leather shop took Suldak to a side hall on the second floor. In the room, Suldak saw Earl Gophero again. He was sitting at a long table with his eyes closed, and the door was opened When I pushed it away, I opened my tired eyes.

Earl Gophero saw Suldak walking in behind at a glance, his eyes were a little complicated.

Suldak saluted Count Gophero at the door, and Count Gophero pursed his lips and nodded slightly to Suldak.

The maid brought tea, and Earl Goffelo waved to her, telling her to leave.

In the empty hall, only Earl Gophero, the manager of the leather shop, and Suldak were left. None of them had any intention of speaking, and the atmosphere seemed a little dull.

After not seeing him for a few days, Suldak found that Earl Gophero had lost a lot of weight, and the wrinkles on his face became very clear. His mean face looked at Suldak again.

"I heard from Brunei that you want to do some trade with us?" Earl Gophero's voice was dull, and he seemed a little depressed...

The manager of the leather shop standing next to Earl Gophero bowed and said, "Baron Suldak said he has salamander skin in his hand."

Suldak sat at the other end of the long square table and nodded. He said: "As a skinner on the battlefield, I have some stable sources of goods, and I can establish some cooperative relations with the Gophero family in leathermaking."

Seeing that Earl Gophero was unmoved, Suldak took out two raw salamander skins from his magic pocket and placed them on the table.

Suldak added: "I can provide a source of this quality..."

The manager of the leather shop stood up, walked around the wooden table, inspected the two raw hides carefully, looked up and said to Surdak, "This is salamander skin, but the skinning method is very poor, and the division is not very good. Not good. I am very good at cooking Warcraft leather, and the leather cooked by me has a certain chance of repairing the original hidden damage on the leather."

"I can provide some salamander raw hides of this quality to your leather store every once in a while. This is a long-term and lasting business cooperation, so... I have shown my sincerity, and I naturally want to see The sincerity of the Earl." Suldak paused for a moment, looking at Earl Gophero, his eyes seemed a little aggressive.

Earl Gophero sneered and said, "What? Even if I disagree, can I stop you? I haven't seen Beatrice for at least three months. Since she made up her mind not to go home, does she still care about me?" Do you agree?"

Suldak stood up and said stubbornly to Earl Gophero: "I am here to show my attitude, I can conduct some trade with the Gophero family within my ability, and I also want to get your approval .”

Earl Gophero was about to retort when he heard the manager of the leather shop interject: "My lord..."

Earl Gopher immediately controlled his emotions, and then said a little discouraged: "Since Luther chose you, then I have nothing to say."

Suldak didn't expect that the Gophero family was already in such a state of embarrassment. The Earl of Gophero still spoke so hard, and said with a dark face: "In this case, I will leave first."

After speaking, he got up and left the conference room.

"Baron Suldak, please wait a moment!" The Brunei manager of the leather shop hurriedly stopped Suldak, then looked at Earl Gophero and begged, "Master Earl..."

"Are you really planning to do business with our Gopher family?" Earl Gopher opened his eyes, staring at Suldak and asked.

Suldak stopped at the door and said, "Of course!"

Count Gophero closed his eyes, sighed softly and said, "Well, tell Beatrice that you should go home at least once before you get married! Since you are the happiness she is looking for, why should I stop you! "

Chapter 642 Preparing to Build a Private Army

After a complete piece of salamander skin is cooked, it will be made into high-grade leather that is soft and can be engraved with magic patterns. It takes at least two weeks for the leather shop to process this high-grade leather in the leather shop. The processing cost is also quite expensive.

Since salamander rawhide is very rare in the magic market, and it is also the top magic material for making elementary magic pattern structures, as long as this kind of fire-attributed leather appears on the market, it will be bought by buyers who come to hear the news soon.

A lot of salamander skins were booked in advance by regular customers when they entered the leather shop, and they never reached the market.

The price of salamander rawhide in the market is as high as 135 magic crystals. Although the value of magic crystals has been depreciating recently, if it is converted into Grimm Empire gold coins, 150 magic crystals can be exchanged for about [-]-[-] gold coins at present.

Suldak and Brunei, the manager of the leather shop, agreed that every month, Suldak would sell five high-grade leathers of second-level fire-type monsters to Rossi's leather shop in the name of Wall Trading Company in Hailansa City. At the same time, some first-class monster skins and ordinary animal skins will be sold to Rossi Leather Shop, and the monthly transaction volume is about a hundred magic crystals.

Although this transaction cannot effectively alleviate the debt pressure of the Gefiro family, it can at least relieve Rossi Leather Shop from the current distress.

Rossi's leather shop takes the high-end leather-making route, and the demand for first-class Warcraft leather is limited.

The sale of salamander skins this time was carried out in Gophero Manor. Surdak directly found four pieces of salamander skins folded into squares. The blood stains on them had already condensed into brown. They were all incomplete. The manager of Brunei saw that Suldak took out five pieces of salamander leather in one breath. It seemed that there was still stock in the magic pocket.

I hope that Surdak can provide more sources of high-quality high-grade leather.Suldak proposed to the Brunei manager that the additional second-level Warcraft leather needed to be settled face-to-face with gold coins. The Brunei manager seemed a little embarrassed and said that the first transaction could be completed first, and the follow-up transaction would be discussed next month.

During the whole process, Earl Gophero sat on the opposite chair with a cold face. Even when Suldak left the Gophero Manor, his face did not turn for the better.

Although Earl Gophero kept a straight face, it didn't affect Suldak's mood.

At least his purpose of coming here has been achieved, and now he only hopes that the relationship between Beatrice and the family will not be so rigid.

It is also a good thing to establish some connections with the Gophero family through the leather business.

Although the amount of this transaction is not large, Suldak believes that since there are mutual interests, the current relationship between the two parties can be maintained.

As for whether the Rossi Leather Store will settle the payment on time at the end of each month, Suerdak is not worried at all.

He just glanced at the leather supply and sales contract provided by the manager of Brunei, and casually put it in the magic pocket.

Saying goodbye to Earl Gophero and walking out of Gophero Manor, the dangerous feeling of being stared at from behind almost disappeared. Standing on the side of the street, Suldak exhaled softly, thinking: It seems Earl of Gophero is not the only one who doesn't like him in the Gophero family.

A magic caravan drove out of the manor and stopped beside Suldak. Brunei, the manager of Rossi Leather Store, poked his head out of the window and said kindly to Suldak: "Baron Suldak, May I have lunch with you, please?"

"I've already made an appointment with someone, and a carriage will pick me up here." Suldak said to Brunei, the manager of the leather shop, standing on the side of the road.

"Then the follow-up high-end leather business..." Brunei, the manager of the leather store, squeezed out a hypocritical smile and asked Suldak.

Suldak hesitated for a moment, thinking that this matter could be handed over to Shan De, so he said: "At the beginning of every month, someone will deliver the leather to your store, remember to prepare the end of last month in advance. If the delivery cannot be made in time, our transaction will be postponed to the next month, and if the delivery cannot be made for three consecutive months, our leather transaction will be interrupted by itself.”

This kind of salamander skin is the top-level material for making elementary magic pattern structures, and the supply in the magic market is in short supply. Suldak delivered these high-grade leathers to Rossi's leather shop for cooking and selling, which is completely sending money to the shop. The manager of Brunei knew a little about what kind of transaction was involved. Of course, he couldn't spit out the meat in his mouth, so he quickly agreed: "Okay, I will definitely prepare the payment in advance."

Seeing that Suldak just nodded, he stopped talking.

The manager of Brunei patted the carriage with his hands, and said with a smile to Suldak: "Then goodbye, Baron Suldak!"

"Goodbye, Manager Brunei!"

Suldak said with a smile.

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A magic caravan stopped on the side of the street, Suerdak boarded the car, and the magic caravan drove away from Gophero Manor without stopping.

Beatrice in the carriage looked at Suldak expectantly. Hathaway saw Suldak leaning on the soft leather sofa after getting into the car to show off deliberately, so she leaned over and pushed his shoulder with her hand. , asked softly: "Dark, what happened?"

Suldak turned his head and smiled triumphantly at Hathaway, then stretched out his hands to Beatrice who was sitting opposite, and said with a smile, "At least for now, it's a success!"

"Really?" Beatrice asked with wide-eyed surprise.

Then he threw himself into Surdak's arms without any scruples and offered a sweet kiss.

She pressed her hands on Suldak's shoulders, and imprinted her petal-like red lips. She struggled to push Suldak away until she was about to suffocate, and retreated to the soft leather sofa opposite her. blurred.

Suldak recalled the ultimate fragrance and felt that Beatrice was like a hot flame, always positive and full of enthusiasm towards life, and at the same time so reckless.

"Of course! I managed to convince Earl Gophero."

He originally wanted to go into more detail, but considering that Beatrice might find it embarrassing, he just briefly mentioned it.

Hathaway cheered and exclaimed excitedly: "That's great, Duck." It was as if she was the one who broke free from the family shackles.

Suldak leaned on the sofa, touched his growling stomach, looked out the window, and said, "We can have a little celebration at noon. Are there any restaurants nearby?"

Hathaway poked her head over, stared at Suldak and said:

"Well, my dad asked me about you in the morning, and asked me if you left the city of Bena...he wants to see you!"

Suldak immediately sat up straight, and then asked with some surprise: "Does Marquis Luther want to see me?"

Hathaway nodded, and revealed some inside information, saying, "He seems to be looking for you to ask about setting up a cavalry battalion."

Suldak recently wanted to lift the Dragon Blood Curse, but also raised a dragon, and also wanted to impress Earl Gophero. He had no time to raise a cavalry battalion. Seeing that Marquis Luther was so concerned about this matter, he said: "Oh, it just so happens that I also have something I want to ask him for help!"

He touched his magic pocket, thinking that he now had a lot of magic crystals and gold coins, and wanted to build a cavalry battalion. In addition to finding some suitable manpower, weapons, armor and horses were essential.

Hathaway asked curiously, "What do you want from him?"

Suldak replied truthfully: "If you want to form a cavalry battalion, you need to buy some war horses. I want to know where I can buy some high-quality war horses."

Hathaway shrugged her shoulders, sat next to Suldak, and said, "I don't know about this. When you meet him later, you can ask him face to face!"

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"There are no large-scale pastures in Bena Province. The largest pastures in the Green Empire are located in the two provinces of Durva and Salta in the west of the empire. Some surrounding provinces also have pastures, but they are not as large as these two provinces. Our Bena Province High-quality war horses basically come from there, but with the frequent occurrence of plane wars in the past few years, the war horses of the provincial lords have increased day by day, and now it is difficult to buy war horses and male war slaves in the market."

Marquis Luther sat in his study in a fine attire, giving instructions to Suldak face to face.

"It's just hard to buy, but it's not impossible. Now the price of war horses is being pushed up by the lords who are actively preparing to build private armies. At present, the commodities that are in short supply in the market are not only magic herbs, but all war-related materials are on the rise .”

There was no one else in the room, even Mrs. Marianne and Hathaway were kicked out by him.

He pointed to the stables by the wall of the castle courtyard, and said: "In the past, a high-quality war horse could be bought for only ten gold coins, but now you can't even buy a male war slave in the market. The usual war horses also need [-] gold coins. I don’t know if your current financial resources can afford it. If you are in short supply, you can take [-] horses from my manor outside the city. Of course, the premise is that you must find enough cavalry."

Suldak did not expect that Marquis Luther would be so generous. According to Marquis Luther, a horse is worth [-] gold coins, so [-] horses would cost at least [-] gold coins. For the current Suldak, it is definitely a huge sum of money, but it is not a burden to Suldak now.

Although the income from the sulfur mine cannot bear the expenses of a cavalry battalion, he now has more than one sulfur mine in his hands. Compared to this sulfur mine, the salamander group hidden deep in the lava cave is considered Su Erdak has a large amount of assets, as well as the gold coins piled up in the treasure room, and now there are three more boxes of magic crystals.

So he planned to buy a batch of war horses first through the channel of Marquis Luthor, and then customize some weapons and armors, and then return to Hailansa City after confirming these things.

"Marquis Luther, I want to pay the cost of buying the horse myself, I can afford it!" Suldak stood opposite Marquis Luther.

Marquis Luther didn't hear clearly at first, but then he reacted, looked at Suldak in surprise and asked:

"Hey, is the sulfur mine under your volcano actually a rich mine? You're lucky, but you have to figure it out, the cost of raising a private army is far more than five hundred horses. In addition, armor, weapons and some logistics materials, including marching tents, rations and other materials, and if you are not going to recruit new recruits, you also need to pay a considerable amount of salary for the veterans."

Suldak put on an expression of being able to pay, and continued to ask Marquis Luther: "Marquis Luther, if I want to buy weapons and armor, where should I go to buy them?"

Marquis Luther thought for a while before saying: "If it is an ordinary armor, if the number exceeds [-], I would suggest going to San Carlos City, which has the largest blacksmith workshop in the Grimm Empire. It was built there, but if there are only five hundred, you can buy them in Constantinople in the province of Pena!"

"Actually, there is also a large amount of inventory in the military supply office in Bena City, but it is slightly more expensive than that in the blacksmith workshop. This is the fastest way to obtain military supplies." Marquis Luther added.

"I want to visit Constantinople," Suldak said.

"I don't care how you plan. Now your cavalry battalion number has been reviewed by the House of Representatives. You can officially change the name after you finish building the cavalry battalion. You can still do some basic training during the winter to catch up with me. Let's go to the Bailin plane together." Marquis Luther said to Suldak.