Lord Blount felt that Tang Mingyue's tone was unkind, so he explained gently: "Your Highness, Mingyue, please don't misunderstand. There are rumors outside that His Highness has been deceived by someone with good intentions. We are worried about His Highness's safety, so we came here to take a look."
"Coaxing? Someone is talking about me, right?"
Fang Heng stood up from behind the stone and walked to Tang Mingyue.
"First time we meet, I am Fang Heng, Lord of the Plague Land."
"You must be the lords who are cooperating with us, right? Now that you have seen His Highness Mingyue, you can feel at ease. The time is almost up. Are the goods ready? We are about to set off."
Everyone was stunned when they heard what Fang Heng said.
Ed and his group of players were also a little uncomfortable with it.
This seems to be different from the originally planned script?
Seeing the confused expressions on everyone's faces, Fang Heng frowned and said, "Do you want to accompany us, Lords? The transportation of supplies is not dangerous, and we appreciate your kindness."
"Liar, stop pretending, your lies have been exposed by us."
Maleku walked out of the crowd and confronted Fang Heng face to face.
"We have confirmed this year's financial expenditures to the empire. There is no budget for building mage towers at all. The royal family has no so-called plans to build ghost towers in large quantities. You are a liar!"
"Fang Heng, what else do you have to say!"
"Is this why you came?" Fang Heng looked around at the crowd and shook his head, "Who told you that I need to borrow from the empire's finances?"
Maleku was stunned when he heard this.
All the lords were also full of doubts.
What do you mean? Not using the empire’s finances? What about the money? Where does the money come from?
"I am the one who signed the agreement with the lords, and our agreement never mentioned the empire's financial support. As for the empire's Ghost Tower construction plan, this is the first time I have heard of it."
Fang Heng looked at Maleku, "Any more questions? I'm about to leave. We only have seven days to build the Ghost Tower. If you delay the construction period, are you willing to pay us compensation for breach of contract?"
The lords looked at each other.
They felt that the young necromancer in front of them exuded eccentricity and confidence.
Listen to what he means, is he planning to build the mage tower alone?
A member of the Chamber of Commerce handed over Fang Heng’s lord qualification documents.
Lord Blount checked the lord's qualification certificate and nodded: "There is no problem with the qualifications. He is a new lord who has obtained the imperial fief."
Ed said solemnly: "How can a newly acquired lord come up with so much money to build a mage tower? Don't be fooled by him, there must be something wrong with him!"
Fang Heng turned his gaze to Ed.
"In addition to being a lord, I am also a necromancer. I naturally have a way to build a mage tower. In addition, building a ghost tower is a mutually beneficial thing for the Plague Land and all the lords. For those who are not involved, please
Get out of the way, I'm leaving."
"Building a mage tower requires magic cores, and you simply don't have that many cores to build."
"We have a way to solve it." Fang Heng shook his head and looked at the lords, "If you want to tear up the contract, then I'm sorry, according to the compensation terms, the deposit paid will not be returned."
All the lords looked at each other.
You've already given the money and you still want to break the contract? Isn't that stupid?
Aide looked at Fang Heng, who was not getting enough food and salt, and immediately felt the difficulty of the problem.
He thought about many possibilities, but he never thought that Fang Heng would be so stubborn.
At present, they really have no actual evidence to prove that Fang Heng is a liar.
Of course, if he waits for a while, Fang Heng will naturally show his flaws.
There is no way he can complete the construction of the mage tower!
But the trouble is that the mission time limit is only 24 hours. Once the time expires, the mission will be judged to have failed immediately. It will be meaningless for them to expose Fang Heng's scam by then.
Suddenly, Ed's heart moved and he said: "I heard that this batch of supplies was sent to the Plague Land? Mr. Randolph told us that you have a secret route that can quickly travel between Honey City and Griffin City."
"It's always okay for us to go over and visit the construction of the Mage Tower, right?"
A lord also reacted and echoed: "Yes, yes, we want to visit together!"
"Indeed, but the construction of the Mage Tower is a secret. If this secret is accidentally leaked..." Fang Heng looked at everyone, "You must know that the barbarian infiltration of humans has become more and more intense recently..."
The lords looked unhappy, "What do you mean? You mean we will leak the situation?"
"Ahem."
Tang Mingyue coughed lightly and then said, "Fang Heng, all the lords have made great contributions to the empire. Please don't say that."
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"Sorry." Fang Heng bowed to Tang Mingyue and showed an embarrassed expression, "Since His Highness Mingyue is the guarantee, it is okay to visit, but the journey to the Plague Land is expensive..."
Lord Blount didn't care about such a small amount of money. He nodded and interrupted: "Okay! That's it, I'll pay for this money!"
"In that case, please come with us."
Fang Heng waved his hand and motioned for the people from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce to lead the way.
"Lords, please don't let your guard down." Ed walked among the lords and reminded in a low voice, "Be careful of them ambushing you halfway to seize supplies."
"Don't worry."
Lord Blount shook his head and glanced at the middle-aged man accompanying him.
One of the four famous sword masters in the empire, Qibo.
With him here, you won't be afraid even if you encounter an entire barbarian army!
Seeing that everyone finally reached an agreement, the director of the Chamber of Commerce breathed a sigh of relief and signaled the team to start moving forward.
A large team of nearly a thousand people slowly moved forward along the path opened in the forest.
After walking along the trail for nearly three hundred meters, the road ahead was blocked by a continuous mountain range.
A dead end?
Ed frowned.
He found that the chamber of commerce leading the way did not stop, but followed the mountains ahead to the right.
Soon, a deep cave appeared in front of everyone.
Seeing the people from the Chamber of Commerce entering the cave with torches, the lord team stopped and stayed at the entrance of the cave, hesitating.
"Lord Fang Heng, where are we going?"
Fang Hengyan said concisely and comprehensively: "Cave, special passage."
"Ah? The route you pointed out requires passing through a cave?"
"right."
Fang Heng said as he followed the chamber of commerce in front of him into the cave, leaving everyone hesitating at the door.
Special channel?
Or do you want to lead them into a dangerous cave?
And then find ways to ambush?
The dark cave made the lords think that Fang Heng was cheating!
"Oh, it's quite interesting. Let's go in and have a look."
Lord Blount was not at all alarmed.
With the Imperial Sword Master accompanying him, he was not afraid that Fang Heng would play any tricks.