All the stamped fragments will be put into wooden boxes stuffed with dry straw, and hired servants will complete the work. At noon, someone came to visit, and he was also an 'acquaintance' - Marbury. Long legs, cold wind
The second in line of succession to the city.
"Oh... Mr. Marbury, sit down wherever you want." Zhou Qingfeng didn't have any airs. After the servant reported, he went to the door to greet him. At most, he shouted to the servant, "Go and pour two cups of hot water."
water."
The first time we met, the young man seemed extremely arrogant. When we met again, his attitude was much better. He was wearing a white feather hat, a shirt with lace puffs, and cashmere pantyhose. He looked gay.
.
Zhou Qingfeng was indifferent to this kind of aristocratic dress.
After looking around at Zhou Qingfeng's residence, Marbury said: "Sir Hugo, if you are willing, you can live with me. This place does not suit the status of a nobleman. I have never been a lowly craftsman."
Come to the area."
Zhou Qingfeng sneered a few times and said, "Marbury, it seems that you haven't suffered enough, and you are still so pretentious. There is no distinction between high and low in land. The place where the king lives is the palace, but the person who lives in the palace may not be the king.
"
Brothers Phils and Marbury are two completely different people. The former is cold, indifferent, and arrogant inside. The latter is arrogant on the outside, but is actually very easy to get along with others.
After being ridiculed, Marbury took off his hat, scratched his head and said: "Sir, your casual remarks are very philosophical and thought-provoking.
After escaping from the ruins of Silverleaf City, I obviously had a lot of creative inspiration and wrote a lot of poems, but none of them were satisfactory. I want to add this sentence to my poems."
Who wants to talk to you about creative writing and poetry?
Zhou Qingfeng didn't respond at all, and the meeting that was supposed to be very formal ended with no topic. Marbury could only repeat the old talk, "I'm here to formally express my gratitude to you for escaping from the underground city surrounded by acidophilic ants."
, all depends on your courage and wisdom."
When the people from Cold Wind City escaped from the underground city, Zhou Qingfeng could have turned against them and attacked them. But he even spared Fabbro without any hostile behavior. Afterwards, Marbury and others were a little scared and even more puzzled.
.
"Is it just a verbal thank you?" Zhou Qingfeng raised his head. He paused for a few seconds without receiving a reply, and laughed again: "Is it really a verbal thank you? Then why do you come to me?"
He had never seen someone speak so directly. Marbury stuttered for a moment, and all he could think of was, "This guy is too vulgar." However, Uncle Zhou's teasing eyes were so penetrating that his face turned red.
"What do you want, Your Excellency?" Marbury has the protection of his father, and has never encountered any troublesome people, let alone any embarrassing moments. When he came, he still had a trace of arrogance, feeling that he had deigned to come to visit.
...
However, Uncle Zhou didn't take this trick at all. He shook his head and said, "I met your brother Phils, and he was very calm about my arrival. That's enough.
I have no shortage of money, food, population, and territory. If you just come to me to catch up on old times, it would be a waste of our mutual time."
Zhou Qingfeng's tone was calm, his attitude was calm, and he had a condescending feeling. Marbury was speechless for a moment, and he was clumsy and didn't know how to deal with it. Inexplicably, he thought of Fabbro's advice...
"Victor Hugo's origins are unknown, but he must be extraordinary for being able to integrate the forces of the Black Forest in a short period of time. Judging from the composition of his subordinates, he is very tolerant and does not pay too much attention to the competition for interests.
.This is the reason for his success.
But such a person should not and would not feel comfortable staying in the Black Forest. So what if he controls the elven ruins? It is just a ruin, and he needs to turn the ruins into wealth. So he will inevitably rush out to find a larger living space."
Facing Zhou Qingfeng's ridicule, Marbury sweated slightly on his forehead. His mind had never been thinking so hard since he was born. He grasped something and repeated Fabbro's words first, "You need greater survival."
space."
"Of course." Zhou Qingfeng smiled, "Who doesn't need it?"
"The Black Forest is too poor. Except for a plank road, it is almost isolated from the outside world. The transportation here is too inconvenient."
"Oh, that's right. That's the worst thing about that damn place in the Black Forest."
"You need to break out of the Black Forest and either start a war or make friends. It depends on what you choose?"
"What if I choose war?"
"The closest city to the Black Forest is the Cold Wind City of the Long-Legs family. The Black Forest is your home ground, and we can't send many troops. But if it's the Cold Wind City, how many troops can you send?"
Marbury's mind suddenly became active. He was a little nervous and his breathing was rapid. He had never thought about such a thing as a pattern, but now he was forced to think about it.
"There are more than 20,000 free citizens in Cold Wind City, and our Long-Legs family has powerful guards and wizards. If you fight out of the Black Forest, how many people can you organize? It's ridiculous in front of the strength of Cold Wind City."
Zhou Qingfeng also became somewhat interested and motioned for Marbury to continue.
The young master of the city sweated even more on his forehead, "In addition to the Long-Legs family, there are more than a dozen nobles and hundreds of knight leaders in Cold Wind City. We have maintained a solid group.
If any family in the group is attacked, it will trigger the anger of Cold Wind City. Are you an outsider and want to challenge the order around the entire Cold Wind City?"
Challenging the entire Cold Wind City? Of course it is impossible with the current power of Harmony Village.
It's no problem to ask Zhou Qingfeng to organize an expedition team of more than a dozen people. But to launch a war, he can't even raise a formal army of a hundred people. At most, he can hire a hundred scattered adventurers, but such an army
They can only bully the serfs.
Zhou Qingfeng had a smile of approval on his face.
As if he had been praised by the teacher, Marbury swallowed hard and continued to stutter: "But if you cooperate with us, you can expand externally in another way. We have contacts who can introduce you.
You can first become a noble within the Cold Wind City system. We will not reject powerful outsiders. As long as you have our permission, you can do business and trade freely.
Sir Hugo, you need me just as I need you. Cooperating with each other is good for both of us. I will help you connect to the wider North and even the South, and you can go further."
After saying such a long paragraph in one breath, Marbury held his breath, as if a student who was asked a question by the teacher in class was waiting for praise or reprimand. When the smile on Zhou Qingfeng's face became thicker and thicker, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then realized
My whole body was wet.
Zhou Qingfeng smiled and acknowledged Marbury's point of view, but shook his head and said: "Why do I have to cooperate with you? I should cooperate with the Long Legs family, or with your brother Phils. You...
.., you are still too weak."
Marbury immediately argued: "The nobles in the city all support me, and they all hope that I will be the next city lord."
"That's because you are too weak, have limited strength, and appear to be easier to control. Why should I risk offending your brother to support you?" Zhou Qingfeng spread his hands and said that he had no reason to increase his bet on Marbury.
In the previous paragraph, Marbury said it very reluctantly. But after hearing the last sentence, he sneered: "Sir Hugo, you may be smart, but you don't understand the situation in the city at all.
The reason why I have the support of most nobles is not because I am too weak. In fact, my brother is trying to become a dictator and want all nobles to obey his will.
There are adventurers in the city who have been to Harmony Village, and you were recognized while recruiting subordinates in the city. Now I know where you live, and my brother knows even better. Wait and see, if you don’t provoke him, he will all