Lord of Hyranza

So I accepted the invitation of the businessman Malakom and came to his house as a guest. After all, the two are close partners in the Bailin plane. Shipped to the province of Pena.

……

The merchant Malakom stood at the gate of the house with several beautiful wives, walked up with open arms, and said enthusiastically to Suldak, "Viscount Suldak, welcome to my house as a guest."

Several maids even sent beautiful garlands to hang around the necks of Surdak and the others.

Suldak, Samira, and Nika walked into the house, and saw the sparkling swimming pool in the yard, and the delicate white building opposite, with circular arch elements everywhere.

There are also some dark wooden sculptures standing in the yard, showing a strong aboriginal style in the south of Bailin.

"Malakom, this house is really beautiful." Suldak climbed onto the outer terrace of the house, stood beside the gushing waterfall, and said to Malakom.

The businessman Malakom said to Suldak with a smug look, "This house was built when my great-grandfather was still alive, and it has been in my hands for nearly 100 years."

After speaking, he put his hand on a black wooden pillar, and introduced to Suldak: "These are all from the aborigines in the south of the Bailin plane. Got it, but I love the vibrant colors of the wood."

"How long have you been doing business in the southern part of the Bailin Plane?" Suldak looked at the colorful patterns on the black wood, and felt that the statue could come alive at any time...

"I've been running the Thunder Rhino Merchant Group over there, but I only returned to Wilkes City from Chatham in the past six months," Malacombe said.

Several of his wives also prepared all kinds of wine and exquisite food very diligently, and placed them under the awning on the terrace one by one.

"I heard that the natives in the southern part of the Bailin plane are very good at magic herbalism?" Suldak sat down and asked Malakom.

"Yeah!" Malacombe nodded, and said, "Actually, they are a little different. Although they are from the Yanisbo tribe, they serve a sacred tree in the shrine in the tribe..."

Malacolm was very proud when talking about this past.

"At the beginning, I ran a business in a place called the Chatham Basin in the southern part of the Bailin Plane."

He even asked the butler to take out a map of the southern area of ​​the white-collar plane.

"For a while, an adventure group found a piece of thorium the size of a fist over there, so Chatham suddenly flooded with a large number of immigrants, and I followed the caravan to deliver various living supplies to Chatham .”

Pointing to a red line in his hand, he said:

"There are large jungles everywhere. Many of the natives living there are good at herbal medicine. They believe in nature. The patron saint is a sacred tree that has grown for tens of thousands of years."

"The summer before last, the Thunder Rhino Caravan just happened to deliver a batch of grain to Chatham. It was just in time for the rainy season, and the entire eastern part of the Chatham Basin turned into a vast ocean. The Thunder Rhino Caravan was not afraid of floods, and they saved many Less local aborigines."

"At that time, a high priest of the Yanisbo indigenous tribe gave me the fourteen maids they sent to the temple to serve the sacred tree in order to express their gratitude to me."

"It is said that because the sacred tree did not protect them from the flood, these maids gave it to me who helped them avoid the flood."

"Those maids already had some foundations of herbal medicine in the tribe, and then learned some more. I also do some magic herbal medicine business in the south of the Bailin plane. They can identify all kinds of primary magic herbs and know Some common medicinal materials..."

"So that's the case!" After listening to Malacomb's narration, Suldak suddenly realized, and then asked him: "By the way, Malacombe, do you know the local slave trader?"

Malacolm nodded without thinking, "Yes, what kind of slave do you need to buy?"

Suldak quickly asked, "Are there any dwarves in the slave market?"

Then he said: "I found a large copper mine in Invercargill Forest, but I don't know anything about mining, so I thought of dwarven slaves. For them, building a copper mine should not be a problem." What's the problem."

The merchant Malakom was sitting on the sofa opposite Suldak, a maid was helping him rub his shoulders, and another maid was helping him squeeze his legs.

"That's it, no problem, I can help you pay attention first." Merchant Malacombe said.

The grasslands on the Bailin Plane are vast, and there are pastures everywhere, but there are very few mines here.

So in the slave market here, dwarf slaves are actually not common.

After having lunch in Malakom's mansion, Suldak rejected Malakom's evening program and left with Samira and Nika.

……

I don't know who spread the complete news of what happened in the House of Representatives in just three or two days.

When the aristocratic lords of Wilkes City heard the news, they immediately exploded. They began to express their extreme dissatisfaction with the empire's legal code.

I haven't encountered this kind of conflict before, and I don't know about these things, so it doesn't matter.

But now all the nobles in Wilkes City know about it, so the noble lords stood up and protested to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Why should our legion open up undeveloped areas, and you magicians will come to give priority to choosing territories. Pick the rest!

In just a few days, the contradiction between the magician nobles and the veteran nobles of the empire was exposed again.

The aristocratic lords blocked the door of the House of Representatives, demanding that the code of the province of Bena be revised and supplemented.

At the same time, the magicians of Wilkes City also expressed their condemnation of the noble lords of Wilkes City and protested against the military department.

Suldak saw that this farce was getting worse and worse, so he planned to give up...

But thinking of the 37 treaties signed with the tribe in his hand, it is impossible to give up so easily.

On the third day after the reconsideration by the House of Representatives, the Great Swordsman Chester publicly announced in Wilkes City that the northern defense zone of the Bailin Plane belongs to all towns stationed by the Luthor Legion, and magicians are not allowed to enter.

This news was like a depth bomb that exploded in the deep water area of ​​Wilkes City, and immediately several large fish surfaced.

The whole Wilkes City was blown up. While the noble lords applauded, the head of the magic union went to the military headquarters in person to discuss the matter with Chester Great Swordsman...

Chapter 872 The Lobbyist

When Suldak came to the military headquarters, he found that many citizens gathered in the square outside, and several young magicians were standing on the high platform in the center of the square, giving speeches in turn.

Some citizens whispered around, and there were also many supporters of the magicians. Whenever these young magicians finished their speeches, they would applaud enthusiastically.

They made a speech on the square opposite the military headquarters, clearly targeting the military headquarters in Wilkes City.

However, the Green Empire has been advocating freedom of speech, but this sentence generally refers to the nobles of the empire, so what these magician nobles say on the square, the military department really has no right to interfere, and they can only let them The magicians made noise in the square.

When Suldak walked into the military headquarters, he met some young officers head-on, and there were always some who would take the initiative to greet him.

Now he is quite famous in the Wilkes military headquarters, and he dared to confront the Magic Union head-on. If it was another officer, he might have been forced to surrender long ago.

As the priests and priests of the Temple of Liberty left the empire one after another, the status of magicians has increased again... The magic pattern constructions, enchanted weapons, magic potions and daily necessities related to them, for a noble lord Either one is indispensable.

The leather boots stepped on the floor of the corridor, making a dull sound. The corridor of the military building is a bit long.

Chester Great Swordsman's office is just deep in the corridor.

Walking to the door of Great Swordsman Chester's office, Suldak pushed away the people outside. The adjutant of Great Swordsman Chester was sitting at the desk outside. Seeing Suldak walk in, he immediately put his index finger on the lips, motioned him not to speak, and then pointed to the office inside.

Suldak closed his mouth, nodded, and then sat down on a row of chairs opposite the desk in the outer room.

Some voices could be heard from inside, but I couldn't make out what was being said.

The exchange between the two sides ended soon, and then footsteps sounded, and a middle-aged nobleman walked out of the office.

Chester Great Swordsman's adjutant immediately stood up.

Suldak also stood up, and the great swordsman Chester followed behind. He nodded slightly to Suldak, and was about to send the middle-aged nobleman out of the house. When the middle-aged nobleman saw Suldak, He stopped, squinted his eyes and said restrainedly, "You are Suldak, right?"

Seeing the Earl Noble Medal on his chest, Suldak quickly saluted and replied shortly, "Yes."

The middle-aged nobleman was also noncommittal, and only said: "Sure enough, you are young and promising, but! If you have time, you should participate in more activities for young people in Wilkes City, and communicate more with young people here... ..."

Surdak didn't expect that the middle-aged man would put on the airs of an elder and warn him.

After the nobleman left, the great swordsman Chester put away the smile on his face and pulled Surdak into the office.

The Great Swordsman Chester opened the curtains to let the sunlight in, motioned for Suldak to sit casually, and then said:

"In the past few days, the president of the Wilkes City Magical Union and the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce have come to me one after another, saying that they are persuading us, or rather letting us take a step back. But I have been I was thinking, we have worked so hard to fight the land, why should we give in, we have taken one step back now, two steps back, maybe five steps back, ten steps back in the future, and don't expect the magicians to say goodbye to us ..."

"It is estimated that this kind of thing will not only come to me, but maybe someone will come to you one after another. They may be dignitaries in Wilkes City, or some other people. I often , we will be imprisoned by the circle we live in, so we need to overcome obstacles all the way and keep moving forward.”

He seemed preoccupied.

Suldak didn't ask any further questions, but just nodded and said, "I know."

The adjutant brought in two cups of tea and put them on the desk.

Great Swordsman Chester turned his head and looked out the window. His office window was facing the square outside. More and more citizens gathered there, and their voices became much louder.

Great Swordsman Chester continued: "Speaking of which, Christopher the Magician is still quite famous in Wilkes City. His title as director of the Alchemy Union is like a halo on him. He has the ability to influence the people of Wilkes City. In the alchemy market, many merchants and nobles are his customers."

"Before the Marquis Luther came, he once told me that if you are willing to open up a territory in the Bailin plane, the Luthor Legion will fully cooperate, but I didn't expect these magic unions to go so far this time. This matter I have written to Marquis Luther about this matter, and I will follow his advice."

The Great Swordsman Chester is the absolute confidant of Marquis Luther... Suldak thought so.

Then he said: "I have now signed a peace treaty with all the indigenous tribes in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest. They are all willing to accept the rule of the Grimm Empire. The four tribes who do not want to join the empire have migrated to the west of the Thorn Mountains Near the wetlands, the territory I get may first meet the needs of the indigenous tribes, and I will set aside a large area of ​​pasture in the hills and mountains to compensate them, so I will not give up this territory no matter what."

Suldak added: "I'd rather have this land deadlocked in the House of Representatives than give it to someone else."

The great swordsman Chester clicked his tongue in amazement: "You strike really fast..."

……

Suldak returned to the hotel from the military headquarters.

In the past few days, he has been on two points and one line, going back and forth between the military headquarters and the hotel.

Nika would occasionally go out to visit Wilkes City. She was full of curiosity about this city. Every day after breakfast, she would leave the hotel with a small cloth bag containing water and white bread, and then walk a whole day. Days, will not come back from the outside until the evening.

At first she didn't go very far, the city is so big, it would take almost half a day to walk back and forth on this commercial street.

Now Nika has learned to ride a stagecoach for fifteen coppers, and travels all over the other neighborhoods.

Samira usually practiced archery in the backyard of the hotel. Recently, she discovered that there was an archery gym in the back street of the military headquarters, and she stayed there for three consecutive days.

Suerdak walked to the front desk of the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, intending to order a dinner and ask the hotel waiter to deliver it to his room.

"Master Viscount Suldak, there is an adult who has been waiting for you over there."

After the hotel waiter finished speaking, he pointed to the rest area in the hotel lobby.

Suldak walked over and saw a middle-aged nobleman with a thin face on the sofa in the lounge area of ​​the hotel lobby. The nobleman's face looked familiar.

"Are you...?" Suldak asked.

"David Golding..." He deliberately puffed up his chest, exposing the noble badge on his chest, and then said to Suldak very firmly, "You must have heard my name!"

Suldak thought for a while before asking tentatively, "Are you a distant relative of Baron Josie Golding?"

"If you want to say that, then I don't deny it. Maybe you can say it the other way around." Representative Golding sat on the sofa motionless with his legs crossed, staring at Suldak with his head raised.

His face had a somewhat rigid look, and his narrow eyes liked to look at people with his nostrils.

"The trading house in Dodan Town is just one of my many properties, and now Josie is helping to take care of it." His tone changed slightly, and he said: "I think since nobles enjoy tax-free privileges, it is a good idea to open a trading house tax-free." As it should be."

Surdak was unmoved at all, and said casually: "Sorry, I am currently the mayor of Duodan Town, so these must be done according to my regulations."

"I heard that you are from Hailansa, Tarapagan District, Bena Province?" Congressman Golding continued to ask.

"That's right, my hometown is in the barren land of Hailansa City." Suldak replied.

"Probably there are no aristocrats doing business in your hometown... Well, it's just a trading house, and it doesn't matter to me whether it collects taxes or not. This time I came to see you, but I was entrusted by someone." Gore Councilor Ding clapped his hands, stood up and said.

With a condescending attitude, he continued to Suldak:

"A friend asked me to tell you in person that the land north of the Thorn Mountain Range should be given up on my own initiative."

As he spoke, he walked out of the rest area, walked into the hotel lobby, and then turned around and said:

"In addition, let me talk about my thoughts. I will vote against you in the next House of Representatives reconsideration. There are exactly seven members who have the same idea as me, which is just over half of the members of the House of Representatives..."

Councilor Golding looked a little complacent, dusted himself with a white handkerchief, and then said with a smile:

"Instead of losing in the voting process, it's better to take the initiative to give up the land and leave a good impression..."

Suldak just smiled 'hehe' and waved casually towards Mr. Golding.

Chapter 873 Bad Situation

The letter of summons from the Consul of Florian was placed on Suldak's desk, but he didn't feel honored at all.

Unexpectedly, the group of magicians in the Magic Union actually approached the Marquis Florian, the consul of Wilkes City, through their connections. Last month, the Marquis Florian was still in Wilkes City A banquet was hosted for Hathaway and Beatrice.

When Hathaway arrived in Dodan, she also mentioned this Uncle Florian to Suldak. It is said that he has a good relationship with Marquis Luther.

Suldak didn't expect that he would become a lobbyist for Christopher Magician.

However, Suldak really had no way to refuse the invitation of the Wilkes Consul...

I didn't expect that this wave of the Magic Union would come so violently. After thinking about it, Suldak wrote in his reply:

'Lord Marquis of Florian, it is a great honor to receive your invitation, and I will visit you at the city hall tomorrow morning!Viscount Suldak, Commander of the Independent Cavalry Battalion of the Luthor Legion. '

The squire who delivered the letter immediately returned to Wilkes City Hall with the letter.

……

Suldak rode his horse through the market early the next morning, and arrived at the gate of Wilkes City City Hall. He led the horse to the guard at the gate, and showed the summons letter from the Marquis of Florian to the guard at the gate.