After a long time talking about the situation of the business alliance with Dean Levins and Dean Crude, he made an appointment with the Sword Master Crude to send someone to the North for investigation, then he said goodbye and left... しw0. Then he walked around the college area and found that as the old dean said, more than half of the colleges had been closed, leaving only a few guards. Even the food street in the college area, which was crowded in the past, is now deserted, with most shops covering the closed doors of the shops...

Is this a butterfly effect? ​​Lorist touched his chin and thought. The two letters about glass formula and production technology were like the wings of a butterfly, causing such a big change in the situation in the entire Gerintia continent. It was even more unexpected that the commercial alliance became the largest country in the mainland. However, the glamorous power of this largest country is now face, and the inner world does not seem to feel very comfortable.

For Lorist, perhaps this result is the most ideal, giving him the opportunity to take the top eight Chenxi Academy in Gerintya. This is not only the memory and nostalgia of his youth, but more importantly, if the Chenxi Academy is opened in the North, it will greatly improve the quality of the family territory and even the entire Northland civilians. Lorist has already paid great attention to basic education in the territory, and has opened a basic knowledge education school in every town in the territory. If the Chenxi Academy moves north, it will fill the gap in the comprehensive higher education in the family territory.

The more Lorist thought about it, the more excited he became. He was determined to achieve the purpose of Chenxi College moving north to run schools. Whether it was land or funds, the family had to support it. Although the territory was thriving, it was still in the stage of primary accumulation and lacked high-quality talents. Thinking of the fact that he could be appointed as a statistical official in the territory in the past few years as long as he could count and read, Lorist was also very helpless.

When Lorist came to his senses, he realized that he had been walking around for most of the day without realizing it. This place looked familiar. Well, I remembered that after two more streets, there was the Mercenary Union. When I was still in Chenxi Academy, I often went from this road to the Mercenary Union to take on tasks. Otherwise, I would like to look at the feelings at that time and reminisce about my feelings at that time. This is also a kind of nostalgia.

The Mercenary Union was also deserted. Lorist looked at it and there was no old clerk he knew. A young female clerk with a round face walked over and asked Lorist who was Guigan. This reminded Lorist of the scene when he handed over the tasks and took over the tasks. However, in the past, the mercenary hall was crowded everywhere, and the voice was a little lighter, and now there are only two or three kittens in the whole hall, so he understands why these clerks are friendly.

Lorist waved his hand, went to the lobby bar to ask for a glass of ale, and then sat there and tasted it slowly. Every time he finished his mission, he would always drink ale with his friends here, and listen to the experiences or bragging stories of other mercenaries. At that time, every seat in the bar here was full of mercenaries. Even though the ale here was twice as expensive as outside, it was still very popular with the mercenaries who had completed the mission. Now, only Lorist sat alone and drank the ale slowly at more than ten tables.

The young female clerk with round face kept staring at Lorist. Perhaps it was Lorist's casual and extraordinary long-sleeved single dress that gave her the illusion that Lorist was likely to be a mercenary union to issue a task. After all, it was impossible for those rude mercenaries to be able to be platinum wire embroidered on the collar and sleeves of the single dress. The price of this single dress was enough for them to work hard for a month.

Lorist held her a cup and smiled and said, "My sister, I'm so embarrassed to stare at me like this. Why don't I invite you to have a drink?"

The young female clerk's round face turned red and she turned her head to pretend that she didn't hear Lorist's teasing at her.

It's better now. If anyone was rude or teased by the female clerks back then, the aggressive guards of the Mercenary Union would be filled with old fists without hesitation. At that time, Lorist had seen many gang fights or bloodshed incidents in the mercenary hall for jealousy.

A middle-aged mercenary in his forties or fifties cursed and entered the mercenary hall, found a window to do the task, and then walked out with a few silver coins in his hand.

"Hey, Brother Good, where are you rushing in such a hurry? Sitting down, I'll treat you to a drink." Lorist said with a smile. He knew the middle-aged mercenary. He was seriously injured in the Silver Star. Although he was cured, he was injured because of the delay of time. He could no longer advance to the fighting spirit. He could only stay among the middle and lower mercenaries. When Lorist made a backpack, this brother Good was the first to take care of his business. He was very good and trustworthy. Later, he worked with Fatty Shi and Lorist to do several tasks and taught Lorist many mercenaries' life tips.

The middle-aged mercenary stopped and turned to look at Lorist. He was stunned for a moment and did not recognize him: "You are..."

"Haha, Brother Good, have you forgotten me? I'm Lorist, little Rock."

"Ahhh, it's you, brothers Rock." The middle-aged mercenary was overjoyed: "Long time no see, it's almost ten years. I really didn't expect to see you here again. You became a legend in Moriente City. Later, I heard that you went back to inherit the family territory and titles. I thought I would never see you again. I really didn't expect we would meet again."

Lorist stood up, hugged the middle-aged mercenary enthusiastically, and then ordered him a glass of ale.

The middle-aged mercenary picked up the cup and poured it down half a cup, wiped his mouth and said, "It's still a familiar smell. Oh, it's a pity that I haven't had a drink here for half a year."

Lorist smiled and said, "Don't be anxious. Some of them want to drink, boss, have two more drinks. Today I'll treat you, Brother Good, you can drink it slowly and enjoy it."

"Thank you, brother Locke, you are still so generous." The middle-aged mercenary was not polite, picked up the wine glass and finished drinking it in one breath. Lorist pushed the newly-launched ale in front of him.

"By the way, brothers Locke, why did you appear here today? Do you have something to ask mercenaries for help or post missions here?" asked the middle-aged mercenary.

Lorist shook his head: "It's nothing, but I've just returned to Moriente City these days. I remembered the past and also remembered that I had a mercenary badge here, so I came here to sit down and wanted to taste the ale here again. But I didn't expect how this place would become so deserted, completely different from the crowded hall I remembered. The only thing I was lucky to meet Brother Good, and this trip was not in vain."

"Oh..." Goode picked up the wine glass and drank a few sips, and sighed: "Brother, you and I are both lucky. You will still see this mercenary union this time. It will be gone by the end of the year, and there will be no mercenary union again. I am very lucky that I will see you again when I come to hand in the mission today, and ask you to invite me to have a few glasses of wine...

Now the mercenaries have no way out in the commercial alliance." Goode burped: "Brother, you must have never expected that the mercenaries will disappear in the commercial alliance in the future. Well, it is not extinct. However, the city of Mollent is no longer a place for mercenaries to stay. There is no task here, and even if there is a task, it is impossible to afford it. However, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce established a mercenary union at the entrance of the underground cave in the famous and dangerous land of the former Principal of Urubaha to summon mercenaries to explore the underground cave. I heard that the reward is good, so many free mercenaries have moved there."

"Yeah? The Mercenary Union is gone? What does this mean? Brother Good, isn't the Commercial Alliance a country of mercenaries? What's wrong with so many mercenary groups and nearly 10,000 registered mercenaries?" Lorist asked curiously.

"Mercenary Kingdom? Haha, what other mercenary groups are there? Everyone is going their own way. All the mercenaries have gone to join those nobles. Do you know, Brothers Locke, the bosses of the top ten mercenary groups here have all got a title, the youngest is also a viscount, and the rest are earls. The fourth-ranked Dragon Claw Mercenary Group has made a big duke for himself, which is considered to be a dog shit. There are no mercenary groups now, all of them have been disbanded, and the boss has become a knight after becoming a nobleman, and the worst has also made a garrison work...

Do you know that this time, the commercial alliance enfeoffed 451 titles in one go, and made a fiefdom with a little ability. The rest were also recruited by the nobles as knights under their command. There are no mercenaries now. Those who are still living here are just like the hundreds of us who are incompetent. We don’t want to serve others humbly. We just want to make money to support our family by relying on our own efforts as before. But now you see, I ran for half a month and earned a big silver coin and three small silver coins. How can this little money be supported at the current market price..." Goode was full of resentment.

"No, have you been granted so many titles?" Lorist looked a little stunned: "But no one is a mercenary, isn't no one robbing the mission? This should be a good thing, right?"

"What a good thing!" Good sniffed: "In the past, the chambers of commerce and other commerce in the countries and business alliances would post tasks. There were many mercenaries but many tasks, and everyone had a meal. Now, all countries have cut off their business routes, and even our mercenaries were denied access to tasks, which forced us to secretly pass through the border. It was still a trivial matter to be caught and whipped. The worst thing is to check the military information and hang you without saying anything...

This is not a big deal. At worst, we don’t take on tasks from other countries. But the problem is that the commercial alliance has a large territory but there are not so many tasks. Except for the Manaqiu Plain, the rest are all territory with masters. They use their own family to solve the problem and will no longer post tasks here. What’s more, our mercenaries have to pay tolls when they do tasks and pass through their territory. They will not let you go..."

Goode picked up the wine glass and Guru Guru and another glass, then wiped his mouth and pointed at the Mercenary Union and said, "Brother, do you remember Schlauch, the boss of the Mercenary Union? This miser also got a viscount this time, and his territory is in the original Principality of Delia.

The task I took on this time happened to pass through the bastard's territory. As before, he beat a rabbit in the wild and roasted it. Then the bastard ordered his garrison to catch me, saying that the firewood I ate was from his territory, and asked me to compensate for the expenses, and knocked away two big silver coins from me. If I hadn't said that I would have taken over the task in his mercenary union, this bastard would have wanted to parade me in the streets..."

Well, some merchants have no limits than nobles. No matter how mean the nobles are to the people, they still have to be cautious about gaining fame. Those merchants can't see anything else except gold coins. Especially when those merchants transfer their business wisdom to their people, Lorist doubted whether the people would only have a piece of clothes to cover their bodies, but he could do nothing, and at most they would have been silent for these people for three seconds...

"What are you going to do in the future?" Lorist asked. He knew that Good had already started a family, with his elders and subordinates, two sons and a daughter. When he left Morent City, Good's child was only four or five years old, and his youngest daughter was born. Now the oldest is only four or five years old, which is the most difficult time.

Goode said in pain with his confused eyes: "I don't know that the mercenary road is not accessible. Maybe I will go to guard the house and protect the house of those chambers of commerce. As long as the salary is enough, I can support my family..."

Lorist stood up and took out a gold coupon and stuffed it into Goode's pocket, who was drinking to drown his sorrow. Now he was already drinking the seventh glass of ale, and he was a little drunk and awake.

"I've sent some gifts to your child to put them in your pocket. Brother Good, please go back and see. If you can't stay in Moriente City in the future, come to Northland to find me. As long as you go to the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and say you are my friend, they will send your family to my territory."

Then Lorist called a carriage to help Goode up. He still remembered where Goode's home was. He told the coachman the address and paid the fare. When he arrived, Goode's family would take care of him.

After returning to the Mercenary Union, Lorist said to the round-faced young female clerk: "Call the person in charge here, I want to buy that book of blood-burning fighting spirit."

This can be regarded as a souvenir for his ten years and his mercenary career in Moriente City. At that time, Lorist mistakenly thought that his family's Dou Qi was fire-attributed. When he cut off the news from his family, he could not get the subsequent Dou Qi secrets and could not be promoted to the Silver level, he spent a lot of money to buy several high-level Dou Qi secrets on the market. As a result, he found that it was completely different from the family's family. He also bought high-level Dou Qi secrets with other attributes, but he still couldn't practice it. In the end, he had no choice but to practice the Golden Water Tribulation he passed down from his previous family, winning himself the title of Black Iron Locke and the legendary invincible silver.

This blood-burning Dou Qi is the treasure of the mercenary union. The price is 15,000 gold blessings. It is a sky-high secret book in Morent City back then. It is not that Lorist had thought of buying this blood-property Dou Qi secret book, but he felt that the price was too high at the time, and the second reason was that he did not expect that the blood-property Dou Qi was passed down by his family, so he missed it. Now thinking about it, if he had gritted his teeth and raised money to buy this blood-burning Dou Qi, he might have been promoted to the silver level, and he would not have practiced the Golden Water Tribulation he passed down from his previous ancestors.

Perhaps Lorist will go on another path from now on and will never be able to kill enemies above the level, but will only follow the path of the silver level and the golden level honestly. Perhaps he can't become a great sword master until now, so the Norton family may have disappeared long ago, instead of rising and prosperous as it is now...

Now Lorist wants to buy this blood-burning fighting spirit out of this kind of souvenir. He has a gold coupon worth 30,000 gold blessings by his side. He doesn't care about the price at all, so he simply pays the order. The person in charge of the Mercenary Union also wants to recommend a few high-level fighting spirit secrets with other attributes, but Lorist refuses. Now the family has collected nearly a hundred high-level fighting spirit secrets with various attributes, and rewarding the family knights is enough, especially when the Haneyabada Kingdom destroyed, there are forty or fifty high-level fighting spirit secrets seized, so there is no need to buy repeats. This blood-burning fighting spirit is different. This is the second blood-property fighting spirit other than the red blood fighting spirit inherited from the family. It is also possible to refer to your own children when practicing in the future.

After leaving the mercenary union, Lorist called a carriage to the Fengweihua District in Dongcheng. Looking at the dark red three-four-story steep loft, Lorist remembered the girl dancing naked in the moonlight again. It was she who let herself taste the beauty of her first love, and it was she who made herself become a man in this life. It was she who made herself feel desperate and heart-wrenching pain. When she saw her leaving with another man, she was so heartbroken...

Facing the old house in front of him, Lorist was surprised to find that his heart was as calm as water. He no longer had the painful throbbing and sadness of the past. Only a faint longing lingered in his heart. The girl who used to be the most important in his life, how are she doing now?

Time passes, things change, and this is just the most beautiful memory that Lorist has settled in his heart, and even the pain is worth remembering. There is no more elf-like girl and her two naughty and lively little maids here. Lorist finally took a deep look at the dark red three- and four-story spire loft, breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and walked out of the alley.

The fruit shop at the entrance of the alley was gone, and it was replaced by a grocery shop. However, the boss was still the raving uncle Jiluo. I haven't seen him for ten years. Uncle Jiluo's hair turned white, and it can be seen that his life is not very good.

Uncle Giro recognized Lorist and was very surprised. He kept telling Lorist about the changes in the personnel of the neighborhood. Like Lorist used to buy fruit candy for the little girl named Lorist. Her grandmother died when she was ten years old. She left the place with her father. He heard that her father was doing well and now he has become a family knight of a certain grand duke, etc.

Lorist heard Uncle Giro nagging for nearly an hour, and finally left a gold coupon and left.

"Carrier, go to the Red Crow Tavern," Lorrist ordered.

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Chapter completed!