Riding a bad horse, Lin Qi looked back at Hu's quiet Viscounty of Pufeng, shrouded in the morning mist.
"The almighty gods will bless them!" Lin Qi made a prayer gesture commonly used by church believers on his chest with both hands, and laughed maliciously. He waved his hands hard, and Lin Qi clamped his legs around the horse's belly to drive away the bad horse. Slowly follow the mountain road to the east.
Xiong Wanjin followed Lin Qi on a cow - yes, it was a big buffalo used for plowing. Because the entire Qiuli Viscounty could not find a mount that could bear his huge weight, he could only curse and find one. A buffalo is just fine. At least it has four hooves, right? At least he doesn't have to walk long distances out of breath.
As for Alda, Gawu and Huali Gali, Alda and Gawu rode a bad horse, and Gaili Mingli had no choice but to ride on a donkey. The Viscounty of Qiuli was indeed not a wealthy one. It was already good to be able to find three extra war horses for Lin Qi to use. Since Xiong Wanjin rode a buffalo, Galiga Li could make do with a donkey, which at least was suitable in terms of body shape. He just waved his hand, The group left the Viscounty of Qiuri.
After Lin Qi and the others left Beijing, a very interesting thing happened. The father-in-law of Viscount Qiuri, that is, the "lord of a town more than ten miles away, a hereditary old knight suddenly fell off his horse." Broken neck. The old knight died happily, but the territory he left behind attracted the glances of his three "nephews" and five nephews.
The wife of Viscount Chuli has the undoubted right of inheritance, but the three nephews and five nephews have joined forces, and some of the old subordinates of the old knight think that a man should be found to support the family, so the ownership of this town is limited. There was a little bit of trouble.
However, Lin Qi left three disciples of Gawu to assist Viscount Qiuri, and also left a large number of gold coins and other rare properties to Viscount Qiuri - although the items in Lin Qi's World Ring cannot be used, Gawu No matter what, Alda, Hualihuali, and even Xiong Wanjin all have a lot of wealth.
If three ferocious mages who believe in ancient evil spirits, an evil mage with peak heavenly power and a large amount of money can't suppress a group of country bumpkins, Lin Qi thinks that Viscount Qiuri can learn from his old father-in-law. Forget it.
So Lin Qi left Viscount Qiuri without any worries. Before leaving, he kindly prayed to the gods for the eight male in-laws of Viscount Qiuri. He hoped that they would not die in an ugly way, and that Gaw's disciples would not do this. Something too outrageous happened. Lin Qi didn't want to hear horrifying rumors such as "Massacre in the Mountain Village" and "Ghosting" when he returned to Qiuli Viscounty in a few years.
Anyway, with three bad horses, a buffalo, and a cute donkey, Lin Qi and his party slowly left the Viscount of Qiuli.
All the way from the south of Lanyue Principality to the east, passing through the territories of a principality and two independent marquisdoms, Lin Qi and his party successfully transformed all their concubines into serious Western faces. With the help of forged passports and documents, Lin Qi and his party successfully Entered Caesar's Empire.
In a medium-sized city in the Caesar Empire, they purchased two carriages and some miscellaneous local products, and hired a team of dozens of mercenaries to serve as guards. Lin Qi and others slowly continued to move north along the official road.
When Lin Qi helped Enzo participate in the actual combat drill for graduation from the Army Academy, the venue for the drill was the Gallic Empire, an isolated island in the middle of a large lake on the border of the Caesar Empire. Lin Qi was still thinking about that large lake, which led directly to the main channel of the Seine River. With Lin Qi's methods, he could easily find a barge willing to carry private goods and send them into the territory of the Gallic Empire, directly along the Seine River to New Dunark.
Under the warm sunshine, the roads of Caesar's Empire are very straight and clean. Just like the impression given by the people of Caesar's Empire, they are very tough and lack flexibility. The roads of the Gallic Empire like to plant some ornamental plants, such as white jade, on both sides of the road. Orchids, maples, April cherry blossoms, etc. But the Caesar Empire is different. Their straight roads are lined with tall oak trees. The huge crowns of these oak trees that have grown for decades cover the road and provide guidance for pedestrians. Here comes some shade.
Lin Qi leaned lazily in the carriage, looking through the open window at the mercenaries closely accompanying him.
The people of Caesar's Empire all give people the same impression. They are dry and hard-working, stick to principles and don't know how to adapt. At the same time, they strive for excellence in everything. They have the same tradition of striving for precision as paranoia. Just like the people Lin Qi hired. Fifty mercenaries, they marched neatly like puppets, and they did not make a sound unless they were resting.
Their faces are resolute, their eyes are stern, and they are ready for battle at any time. In comparison, even the elite soldiers of the regular regiments of the Gallic Empire, which was the main battlefield of the century-old continental and island war, are just like this, right? Lin Qi couldn't help but nod secretly. The Caesar Empire's army is known as the continent's first army. It seems true. Even these mercenaries have defeated the regular armies of many countries.
Moreover, the quality of these mercenaries is also amazing. The fifty-man mercenary captain has one foot in the sky, and the other warriors are fifteen status warriors, and the others are all high-level. Like this If there are 100,000 mercenaries, and they are given sophisticated ordnance, they will definitely become an elite army with astonishing combat effectiveness.
However, Lin Qi felt faintly chilled when he thought about half of the finance and economy of the Caesar Empire being secretly controlled by the Yun family. The Jinshan family, the cover-up family of the Yun family, even controlled the minting and issuance of gold coins in the Caesar Empire. .
A powerful empire whose economic lifeline is controlled by others, and has such elite warriors and such tough people, Lin Qi has enough reasons to doubt-how many of the generals of the standing legions of the Caesar Empire have become golden mountains? Members of the family? Emperor Yun suddenly expressed unreserved support for Yun Canglong, Yun Xiaolan and his son on behalf of the Senate. Is it related to Yun Canglong's activities in the Caesar Empire?
Lin Qi clearly remembered that when they first went to the territory of the Jinduo family, Yun Fenghua and Yun Canglong went to the Caesar Empire.
With Yun Canglong's methods, he wouldn't come to the Caesar Empire to do charity, right?
After pondering for a long time, Lin Qi stuck his head out and greeted Lu En, the captain of the mercenary team: "Lu En, I would like to ask, how many people are mercenaries in the entire Caesar Empire? Elite mercenaries like you are Approximately how many people are there in the army?"
Lu En, who had dark, rough skin and a tall and strong body that looked like an old mountain rock, walked to Lin Qi's carriage and said neatly: "I don't know how many people there are, but there must be a lot like me. A mercenary team? Our ranking in the mercenary union is outside the thousandth place."
Lin Qi bared his teeth and took a breath of air. An elite mercenary team like Rune's was ranked outside the 2,000th place in the Caesar Empire's mercenary world? In other words, is there a mercenary team that is much stronger than him? That is, There are many mercenary teams with similar strength to his team?
What a force this is.
"There are so many people. Tsk, how much would it cost to hire them all?" Lin Qi couldn't help but murmured.
Lu En glanced at Lin Qi strangely, and said sternly with his fingers: "That's a lot of money. You hired us to escort you to Lake St. Luen. The journey in just ten days cost two thousand gold coins. Even if The mercenary teams ranked higher than us all have the same price. A thousand teams will cost you two million gold coins in ten days, and an average of 200,000 gold coins per day, which is a year..."
Lin Qi interrupted Lu En's rigid calculation. He murmured: "A problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. Gold coins. I don't have much else, but I still have some gold coins. Of course, there is no way to take them out for the time being." ."
Narrowing his eyes and smiling at Luen, Lin Qi asked easily: "So, Captain Luen, do you accept a long-term employment contract? I am planning to set up a Chamber of Commerce base in Mullen Town next to Lake St. Luen. I need a group of loyal, reliable, and capable people to station there for me. I will sign a long-term employment contract with you, for example, three years?"
Lu En looked at Lin Qi in surprise: "Of course, boss, if you are willing to spend the money. Even as mercenaries, we also like a stable life. Who is willing to work hard in the wind and rain? But, What will happen to our families if we are stationed in Mullen Town for a long time?"
Lin Qi patted Lu En on the shoulder: "Then, for a settlement fee of 100,000 gold coins, I am willing to hire you long-term. If you are willing, my chamber of commerce will set up its own special guard group, and you will be the leader, how about it?" Rune?,'
Lu En looked at Lin Qi carefully for a while and found that he was not smiling, so he nodded vigorously: "Then, deal, boss. On the way to Malen Town, we will go to the Mercenary Union to change our employment contract. .If you are sure that you want me to serve as the leader of your Chamber of Commerce Guards, according to the regulations of the Mercenary Guild, I must freeze my mercenary status.
Lin Qi raised his eyebrows. As expected of a Caesar in the mainland who is famous for his rigidity, what else is good about Lin Qi?
However, it is said on the mainland that people from the Gallic Empire are Caesar's guards, gardeners from the Harlan Empire, and Vyas's doglegs. Hiring mercenaries from the Caesar Empire as guards is indeed the most reassuring thing as long as you comply with it. If they make a contract, they will never betray it. Even in the century-old continental and island war, no Caesar's legion has ever given up its position. They are the most reliable partners.
Lin Qi patted Lu En's shoulder warmly, and Lin Qi laughed loudly.
The construction of forces and the layout of strongholds were started little by little.
Together with Lake St. Loon of the two empires, this is the most important waterway communication line in the north of the Gallic Empire and the Caesar Empire!