To be honest, Moriarty had heard about the deeds of the Earl of Sharon before, but he was not very impressed.
Rumor has it that this earl has a royal background and can be regarded as a branch of the Griffin family. However, although the Strilup family has the title of earl, its real territory is only slightly larger than that of an ordinary baron.
Just a few. Moreover, in Limingham County where it is located, the Strilup family does not have much say at all, and has always been jointly squeezed out by other local nobles, either explicitly or covertly. Of course, there is no way to do this.
At that time, the Erathian royal family canonized members of its branch as earls of Limingham County. It was also intended to strengthen its authority and control over this county. Therefore, it is reasonable that it encountered unanimous opposition and hostility from other local nobles.
among the things.
After fifty years and the hard work of two generations of earls, the strength of the Strilup family has not only failed to develop or improve, but has even been raped by several surrounding people because they accidentally fell into a small trap.
The family ate up a small piece of territory. When seeing this situation, the Erathian royal family was disappointed and stopped its long-term support to the Strilup family. Obviously, the Griffin family also realized that they wanted to establish a
The puppet earl's "wonderful plan" to control Limingham County is doomed to fail.
And now the Count Strilup mentioned by Gonzalez and Moriarty is the third head of this family: little Megan Strilup.
It seems that it is based on some kind of self-abandonment or complete relaxation after unloading the burden. Young Meghan has no lofty political ambitions like her grandfather and father. At the same time, she also lacks interest in aristocratic affairs such as managing territories and manors. Instead,
Crazy and enthusiastic about organizing various literary salons and art gatherings, including funding wandering artists and poets. In just a few years, under the continuous generosity of the earl, most of the Strilup family's savings quickly evaporated.
, little Megan herself also has a nickname with unknown meaning: "Count of Salon".
Three years ago, for unknown reasons, the Erathian royal family suddenly selected young Megan Strylupp as the representative of the Griffin family to replace the old and retired Lieutenant General Bach and become the top and most powerful leader of the Ford Fortress Corps.
The outside world has always discussed how much inside information there is. However, the mainstream view is that this transfer is the last opportunity given to Count Strilup by the Griffin family to prove himself. If little Megan cannot be in time
If they wake up and change, but continue to be as stubborn and decadent as before, then the Erathian royal family may completely abandon the Strilup branch.
But it is regrettable that little Meghan did not seem to understand the deep meaning of the royal family. When she came to Fort Ford, she still indulged in various salons and parties. There were even rumors that because there were too few people participating in the salon, the Earl
Your Excellency also invited other nobles and artists from the mainland of the kingdom to travel long distances to Ford Fortress several times at your own expense to participate in so-called art week activities.
As for the management of the fortress and the legion, Count Strilup was completely "dismissive". At the monthly high-level military meeting, the most common thing Count Strilup said was: "
I agree"; and in rare extreme cases, especially when the count's schedule is very full, he will also send an additional sentence: "When will the meeting end?"
However, being a senior executive still has its perks.
For colleagues like Count Strilup who do not participate in the internal power struggle at all, the other legion giants actually like them very much and hope to maintain good personal relationships with each other after work. Therefore, in addition to
In addition to occasionally attending the Earl's salon activities, several magnates, after discussion, took the initiative to stuff the "Ford Night Market" into Count Strilup's mouth. After all, he didn't ask for it.
, does not mean that you can eat alone. A stable power platform does not lie in how strong one or a few parties are to control the overall situation, but that all participants on the platform can get their own share.
Rights and interests and willingness to work voluntarily to maintain the stability of the platform. Only in this way can the platform maintain balance and survive in the long term.
After getting the right to operate the Ford Night Market, Count Strilup was also very happy. With this cornucopia, the Count had enough funding sources to expand his salon activities. In this regard, the Count also asked him
Several colleagues in the army expressed their deep gratitude.
At this point, everyone is happy.
However, three days ago, a certain unruly Behemoth Shaman from Crulod destroyed the Ford Night Market with a massacre and a fire. It was destined that the Earl's wallet would shrink rapidly.
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"Haha, it's more than just big?" Gonzalez finally couldn't help but laugh out loud: "If the female werewolf does this, she won't be able to recover without the black market for more than half a year. Damn it, let that bullshit Count Sharon
If you draw us again, we will raise money again!”
It seems that the taxes in the black market are much higher than outside, otherwise Gonzalez would not be so angry about being skinned by the Legion.
"It takes so long to repair?" Moriarty was a little surprised. Logically speaking, the building structure of the old prison was very strong, and even if it was burned by fire, it would not be that difficult to restore.
"It doesn't matter how much the house is, it's still the same no matter how hard it is burned. It's just that too many people died this time." As he said that, Gonzalez couldn't help but feel a little sad: "The wolf cub was very ruthless and almost killed the businessmen and businessmen in the black market.
All the customers were killed, and even Bill, who was guarding the door outside, was tricked into going in and slaughtered. So, even if the black market could reopen today, there wouldn't be that many merchants entering."
"Indeed." Moriarty nodded in agreement.
Without merchants, no matter how big the store is, it will be in ruins. What's more, in a special market like the black market, it is really not easy to gather so many black market merchants who have the courage, background, and supply of goods. Moreover, this time
The incident was also a major blow to the credibility of Ford Night Market. Credibility and safety are the basis for the survival of the black market.
"It seems that Ford Night Market is destined to be closed for a while."
"Yes, I can just take a rest. I usually don't have such an opportunity. If I'm lazy, I will be caught by Pagliese." Gonzalez shrugged, turned around and opened the door to the room.
"Gonzales." At this time, Moriarty suddenly called out to the other party again.
"What else?" Gonzalez turned his head.
"Please tell White that no matter what, he will be my follower. I will wait for him in Bracada." Moriarty finally said.
"Okay, I will tell him word for word." The bald man smiled, nodded, then walked out of the room and left.
Not long after Gonzalez left, someone else came to visit Moriarty at the inn.
"Hello, Mr. Moriarty! I am Hunter from the Land of White Clouds. I have delivered the black tea and mint leaves you ordered in our store." After saying that, the clerk Hunter bowed deeply to Moriarty: "
I'm sorry that the black tea and mint leaves you ordered were not delivered in time. On behalf of the Land of White Clouds, I would like to express my deep apologies to you."
"It doesn't have to be like this. You and I both know that the delay in delivery is also due to the martial law in the fortress. I can understand it." Moriarty waved his hand to indicate that he didn't mind.
"But after all, the Land of White Clouds has not been able to fulfill its promise. Therefore, for the payment of this transaction, we will give you a 10% compensatory discount on the basis of the originally agreed price. I hope that this will
We would like to express our feelings and make up for your loss a little bit." Hunter's clerk said sincerely.
"Then, thank you for the extra discount from your store." Moriarty nodded.
Big merchants indeed have the principles and demeanor of big merchants. Although a 10% discount is not actually a huge number, it can leave a very good impression on people and lay the foundation for future business.
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After handing the payment after deducting the discount to Hunter, Moriarty called for Franklin, the steward of the Doro Caravan, and asked him to arrange for someone to receive it. He had already informed Franklin about this before and would send this batch of black tea and
The mint leaves were also given to the caravan for consignment. Of course, because of the nearly 250 pounds of extra weight, Moriarty had to add another amount of freight to the caravan.
"Excuse me, why didn't Mr. Thomson come? He had promised to deliver the goods in person before?" Moriarty seemed to ask casually while handing over the goods.
"Well...Mr. Thomson has been on leave for the past few days, so he can't come to serve you." The person who was directing his clerks to hand over several extremely tightly packed packages to the caravan heard Moria
Di's question made him stunned for a moment before he answered.
"That's right." Moriarty said nothing more.
In fact, Moriarty saw Thomson die in the Ford Night Market with his own eyes. Asking about it now is just a patchwork after the fact.
Soon, the goods were handed over, and the people from the White Cloud Country said goodbye and left. As for the black tea and mint leaves, there will naturally be dedicated personnel in the caravan responsible for loading and loading. When they arrived at the destination, Moriarty
Just designate a place for the caravan to unload its cargo.
Everything was calm that night, and nothing unexpected happened.
Early the next morning, the Doro Caravan successfully seized the first place and was the first to pass the customs and leave Ford Fortress.
When the caravan slowly walked out of the south gate of the fortress, Moriarty turned his head and looked at the rising sun, smiling silently:
"Goodbye, Erathia!"
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The last chapter of this volume. The new volume will begin the story of Brakada.
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