This is the real master of taking risks and surprises, running thousands of miles, attacking in the east and west, fighting back with carbines, etc., all kinds of tactics, don't be too slippery.
After reading his resume, Sean's biggest impression was that this guy was just like a lucky cheating machine. Many times if there was a slight mistake, it would be that he was not the one who created the brilliance, but was cheated by others.
But what is most talked about about him is his romantic temperament, which is very different from Archduke Cedric. His romantic affairs are as numerous as his glorious military achievements.
Such a scourge, what's the point of wandering around if you don't just stay in the Broken Blood Castle?
Just wander around, why are you trying to get into your own territory?
However, there are indeed many ulterior secrets in his own territory.
No matter how tight the blockade of the Eternal Night Army is, it can't do anything against a champion knight, especially if the opponent is a genius who is proficient in strategy and tactics.
Even before they met, Sean already had a headache. How on earth would he find this big rat?
How much information about his own territory has he secretly obtained?
After you really find him out, what should you do with him?
Just thinking about it, Sean's head began to hurt, and he said with a grimace: "Your Excellency, is there any way to contact General Arnold? Recall him directly?"
Grand Duke Cedric also said with a look of helplessness: "He violated military discipline in the Broken Blood Castle and escaped privately. Let alone contact him, if he hears the news about me, he will only burrow deeper and run further. I still
I hope to find him with the help of the Baron!"
After a slight hesitation, Archduke Cedric added: "Arnold is very interested in your glorious achievements in the Swamp of Despair, especially the black powder. Therefore, we suspect that he sneaked into your territory for the black powder formula.
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"Black powder formula? I will ask someone to investigate this aspect!" Sean breathed a sigh of relief.
Not to mention that the black powder formula will soon be on the streets, the purchase of the black powder formula negotiated between the Yongye Army Leader and Sophia Liya has been basically finalized. If the other party steals the black powder formula, it is simply a useless effort.
I just don’t know which of my arsenals the other party has infiltrated.
Fortunately, if you just trespassed into the production arsenal, even if it caused a leak, the situation would not be too serious.
If it is a research and development arsenal, it will be more troublesome. There are many new black powder weapons in the research and development stage of the Yongye Army, which can directly subvert the current war model.
People like Arnold are not the first, nor the last, for the leader of the Yongye Army.
After all, they are now well-known, and they have a series of mouth-watering goodies in their hands. Naturally, others will no longer treat them as backwaters.
It is really difficult for ordinary sentry detectives to get into the leadership of Yongye Army.
But against those great knight-level and even champion knight-level sentinels, the leader of the Eternal Night Army is somewhat powerless.
For ordinary people, the terrain is dangerous, but they walk on flat ground.
The only thing the Yongye Army Leader can do is to hide his secret units deeper so that they can't find them as much as possible.
Because quantity is their biggest flaw, for any territory, it is a luxury to recruit high knights as sentinels, let alone champion knights.
Except for guys like Arnold who don't follow common sense, no force is willing to send a champion knight to spend a lot of time to spy on intelligence.
Generally speaking, Archduke Cedric was quite satisfied with Sean's performance and never deliberately made things difficult again.
Thanks to Sean's deliberate efforts to please him, there was already a smile on his face when he left.
Not only did the border trade allow Archduke Cedric to see a new possibility, but also because Sean was generous enough to give the Broken Mouth Blood Castle a large amount of military supplies, especially the Andis longbow and black powder.
The military leader's specialties were in terrifying quantities. This was his biggest gain since coming to Valesta.
The next day, before Sean could contact Archduke Cedric, Archduke Cedric sent someone to urge Sean to continue to discuss the border trade in depth.
Sean could only resist the urge to return to the Yongye Army immediately and settle this matter first.
"This is the situation. What do you think about this matter?" Before meeting Archduke Cedric, Sean briefly communicated with the five presidents of the Valesta Chamber of Commerce to prepare them mentally.
The five presidents of the Valesta Chamber of Commerce looked at each other and did not reply. The scene fell into silence for a while.
"What? Do you have any different opinions on this matter?" Sean asked in confusion.
"No, how could there be any objection?" The five chamber of commerce presidents shook their heads at the same time like a rattle, "We just can't believe it."
"That's right, I just can't believe it. We all know that the lord has great hands and eyes, but we didn't expect that he is so powerful that he can have a relationship with Archduke Cedric. That is Archduke Cedric, the kingdom of our Byron Alliance.
knight!"
"It is understandable that we have a relationship with Grand Duke Cedric. After all, he is the grandfather of Her Royal Highness the Princess Regent. It is natural for him to be close to the lord. What is really unexpected is that the lord can persuade the Grand Duke to open border trade. Grand Duke Cedric
He is as old-fashioned and upright as he is famous for his military exploits, especially for his policy towards the Odin Orcs. He wants to kill them all, let alone open up trade."
"Yes, border trade is the biggest dream of the merchants in the Byron Alliance. Do you know how much profit there is? A piece of cloth can be exchanged for a sheep, two pounds of salt and a cow. Many merchants can't survive. In the end,
Choose to go there and fight to the death, and once you get one vote, you can turn around immediately."
"What's even better is the idea of recruiting the retired soldiers from Broken Mouth Blood Castle into mercenaries. That's Broken Mouth Blood Cavalry. Just this name alone will scare to death those gangsters who dare to take advantage of us.
With their escort, is there any place we can't go in the Byron Alliance? Based on this alone, we will definitely make a profit from this vote."
"They are retired soldiers from the Broken Mouth Blood Fort, not the Broken Mouth Blood Cavalry, nor are they retired Broken Mouth Blood Cavalry. The Broken Mouth Blood Cavalry is not that cheap. Even if they retire, they still have countless choices, and they cannot fall into the ranks of mercenaries."
"What's the difference? Can you tell the difference between the Broken Mouth Blood Cavalry and the Broken Mouth Blood Fortress soldiers? Or can those gangsters tell the difference? Hehe, anyone who comes from the Broken Mouth Blood Fortress can be called a Broken Mouth Blood Cavalry, people
The shadow of a famous tree is almost the same anyway, as long as it can scare those bullies to death."
"That makes sense. If you can take up the banner of Broken Blood Castle and go out, even if there are no guards, the safety factor will be greatly improved. No matter in terms of justice or strength, those little thieves should
Stay away."
"It's best to do a few revenge things that are majestic and bloody enough, such as chasing the murderer thousands of miles away, so that the people of the world will have a deeper understanding of the methods and power of the Duankou Blood Cavalry. Next time they attack our caravan, they will have to
I hope you’ve thought about it.”
"This is a good idea. There is no need for us to wait for something like this to happen. We can look for opportunities to concoct one. What kind of thing can't be done by someone with a heart these days?"
"Haha, old guy, your move is really underhanded, but I like it."
"Why didn't we think of this before? If we had thought of this earlier, there would be no need to worry about selecting mercenaries?"
"It's not an unexpected or unexpected question. The key is, do you have this charter? You don't even have a chance to get in front of Archduke Cedric, let alone convince him to start open border trade and allow the Broken Blood Cavalry to trade with us.
Cooperation, if you ask me, in this world, only the lord can make this happen."
"That's right, only the lord in this world has the ability and the idea to make this happen. The lord should be the lord who values businessmen the most in the world."
"It is our greatest honor to have Lord Lord.
After a short period of silence, the five presidents of the Valesta Chamber of Commerce seemed to have exploded, with their faces glowing red, and they began to talk about everything.
Some people complimented Sean, others drooled over the huge business opportunities hidden in the border trade market, and some even looked at the matter and came up with big ideas.
The only thing I didn't question was the feasibility of this thing, not only because it looked like a match made in heaven, but also because it was Sean who took the lead.
In their minds, Sean's image has long been as high as that of a big shot like Archduke Cedric.
From their discussion, Sean still heard something. He pressed his hand and made a gesture to stop the discussion, "Stop!"
"Shut up, everyone, your lord has something to say." President Simon said hurriedly.
After they recovered slightly from this frenzy, Sean asked doubtfully: "Do you think you know something about border trade?"
"Rather than saying it is border trade, it is more appropriate to call it border smuggling." President Simon said with a smile, "Your Lordship has a very thorough understanding of merchants. I believe I don't need to tell you this industry's profit-seeking nature. There is one point.
Even if there is a small profit, there will be people running there, not to mention the huge profits contained in border smuggling. No matter how high the risk is, there will be people who will take the risk.
Border smuggling, as an ancient industry, has always existed, but the risks are too great, and people and money can be lost at every turn. There are very few people who can really make a fortune in this way, and more of them are dead.
But for us mixed-race people, the Lord is well aware of the previous predicament. When there is no way to survive, we can only choose to take a risk before death and set foot on border smuggling. Most of them are such people. Therefore, we are very concerned about border smuggling.
I can’t say I’m very proficient, but I still know a little bit and have some knowledge.”
Regarding Sean, President Simon has no need to hide anything and tells the truth.
Sean was stunned and couldn't help laughing: "Your troubled past has become the basis for your glorious future. Now that you know something about border trade, things will become simpler.
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Sean knocked on the table and took the initiative to tell them, "I can basically confirm that Archduke Cedric has no professionals in this field. Therefore, in terms of business, we must rely on you to import and export goods and open up the relationship with Odin orcs.
In this situation, if you can establish a relationship with the people who were originally engaged in border smuggling and drag them into the situation, that would be great. This is a huge cake. As long as we can ensure that we make some money, and we are the one who makes the most, it is necessary
When the time comes, it doesn’t hurt to share a little with others.”
President Simon nodded and said: "Please rest assured, Lord, that our vision is not so narrow. Your Lord has used practical actions to teach us the benefits of staying together for warmth. Not only will the market share not be reduced, but it will allow us to get involved in the past."
In areas and markets that we cannot get involved in, in terms of border trade, we are still laymen for the time being. If we can have a group of insiders to lead the way, we can avoid a lot of detours. Let us handle this matter. As long as we let the wind out,
There is no need for us to look for them, they will come to us."
"We are not in a hurry for now. We will wait until we have negotiated the terms with Archduke Cedric before letting the public know. Although we don't mind sharing this piece of cake, the initiative must be in our own hands and cannot be left to a group of outsiders.
Just lead by the nose, you must master this." Sean warned.
"Understood." The five presidents of the Chamber of Commerce showed understanding smiles. There is no equal sharing of interests in this world. There is only meat and soup. In addition to eating meat, they also gave others some soup to drink. They have done their best to be benevolent. Could it be that they
Still want to eat meat on equal terms?
"As for Archduke Cedric, you must also be prepared for heavy bleeding. The reason why Archduke Cedric nodded to open border trade is because they are having a hard time now and want to obtain more military spending in this way.
To relieve his own financial pressure, if there is no way to make their part attractive enough, he may change his mind at any time." Although he only had contact with Archduke Cedric for one night, it was enough for Sean to get a lot out of him.
Archduke Cedric is a very pure man. He has regarded it as his own responsibility and the responsibility of the Strachey family to garrison the Blood Castle and prevent the Odin Orcs from becoming powerful and causing trouble for the Byron Alliance.
For this responsibility, he will do whatever it takes and do whatever it takes.
Last night, Archduke Cedric seemed to be completely persuaded by himself. In fact, the reason was still internal to the Broken Mouth Blood Castle.
If the Byron Alliance was still the pure offensive and defensive alliance it was originally, in order to survive, other grand duke families would supply most of their output to the Broken Mouth Blood Castle for free, regularly and quantitatively.
If Sean dares to propose opening up mutual markets in front of Archduke Cedric, even if his neck is not broken on the spot, he will be regarded as a traitor and directly classified as a severance of friendship. He will directly become the biggest obstacle for Sean to marry the regent princess.
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But now, Archduke Cedric had to compromise in the face of the cruel reality. He regarded garrisoning the Blood Castle as one of his responsibilities, but most of the noble noble families also regarded it as the Strachey family and the Lance.
The Lot royal family's responsibilities have nothing to do with them.
Faced with this kind of human weakness, no matter how powerful Archduke Cedric is, he is powerless and can only find another way out.
If the border exchange market is to be truly launched and be carried out for a long time, it must meet the basic needs of Archduke Cedric and allow him to taste the sweetness from it. Only then will he spare no effort to support this policy. Otherwise, it will be a matter of just a word from the other party.
Or wait until the opponent becomes proficient and kick them out directly.
President Simon laughed loudly and said: "Even if your lord doesn't say this, we still know how to do it. To be honest with you, lord, even if there is no such thing as border trade, our Chamber of Commerce has prepared a batch of supplies and is ready to transport them to the break for free."
Blood Castle, do your best. The Lord once said before that with great ability comes great responsibility. We agree with this sentence and never dare to forget it. In the past, we were powerless, but now we are a little bit meager.
Naturally, we can do our best to maintain border stability. Only by maintaining border stability can business flourish."