As Alfonso spoke, Joshua understood why he had invited him so solemnly.

It's not a big deal—it's just money.

Businessmen, no matter how big the matter is, they can't get out of a single word of money.

According to the middle-aged chamber of commerce president, just five days ago, all the chambers of commerce that stayed in the Northland coincidentally encountered the same problem - the road to the south of the empire was accidentally blocked, and everyone was currently trapped in the northland and could not escape.

The road is blocked, the trade is interrupted, this is no joke for the merchants, if Alfonso can't leave now, he will not be able to catch up with the next transaction, not to mention the loss of a large amount of liquidated damages, the credibility of the years will also be questioned, plus the chain reaction in all aspects, the entire Northern Frost Chamber of Commerce will usher in a big crisis.

"It is said that there was an abnormal movement in the Black Forest in the middle of the empire, and in order to prevent the situation from worsening and the turmoil spreading, the checkpoint in the middle of the road was blocked by the legion, and no one could pass through."

With a tired face, Alfonso took out a map, and then pointed to the Ural Mountains that divide the Northland and the central region of the empire, "Except for the Ural Fortress, if you want to go to the south, you can only go over the mountains and mountains, and I'm not crazy, of course I won't send food to the monster in vain, Moldova has a Magger Ice-Free River, which can be transported by water, but there are few boats that can travel on this glacier, and the local chamber of commerce is not enough, let alone my turn." ”

"Why don't I know this news......" Joshua frowned, he thought about it, and said bluntly: "The blockade caused by the change in the Black Forest, don't talk about me, even the Grand Duke of the Empire can't help it, although it is a little embarrassing, but it is indeed a matter of great importance, and there is nothing that can be done about it." ”

"You don't know, this is because it is only a warning blockade now, civilians and adventurers can pass through, and it will have little impact on ordinary people, but a large number of people like the Dragon Car Merchant Group will alarm the Warcraft, that is absolutely not good."

Alfonso is also very helpless, in the face of this absolute emergency situation and unsympathetic checkpoint guards, he is really powerless: "But my lord, if you say that others can't do it, it's fine, but you can absolutely can!" ”

His tone changed, and when he said this, he was full of confidence, and he seemed to be really confident.

Joshua rarely encountered this kind of situation where others had more confidence in him than in himself, and the black-haired warrior touched his chin and said with interest: "Interesting, let's say it, I'm also curious where your confidence in me comes from." ”

"Dwarves."

Without saying much, the middle-aged chamber of commerce president said these two words, and then said heavily: "Dwarf Tunnel!" ”

He pointed to the map again, and pointed at the lava lake in the Moldavian territory, near the Great Ajax Volcano: "As we all know, Lord Earl, your family has been friendly with the dwarves for generations, and you must also know that the dwarves' underground passages link the entire empire, and through the dwarven tunnels, you can easily go to the south around the knots guards, my requirements are not high, as long as you give me a chance to meet the other party's high-level leaders!" ”

Alfonso's face was very serious when he spoke, and he saluted Joshua again: "I don't need your lordship to come forward, as long as we are given a chance to meet the dwarven leader, then I am confident that I will get the right to use the dwarven tunnel!" In this way, you can quickly cross the snow-covered plains underground even faster than before, jump over the valley level, and go straight to the south of the empire! ”

"You're right, but dwarves ......"

Frowning and thinking for a while, Joshua nodded, remembering a lot of things, and he whispered to himself: "Yes, the dwarf sent a letter three days ago, it was written by Master Iron Body Moria, it was an elder of my great-grandfather's generation, in order to write a polite reply, I asked Hotaru to rummage through three bookshelves to find a similar model...... Alfonso. ”

The voice turned louder, Joshua picked up the map, drew a circle near the lava lake with his finger, and said with a serious face: "You and I are not strangers, so I won't say much - although I know the dwarves, they are also my people in name, and the family has indeed befriended them for generations, but in the face of me, the new lord, I will give you a letter of recommendation at most, so that you will not be kicked out as soon as you are ready to approach the lava lake area, and everything else will be fought for by yourself." ”

"That's enough, Earl!"

Hearing this promise, Alfonso's heart fell to the ground, the faint depression on his face was reduced a lot, and the whole person looked energetic: "Such a great kindness, I will repay you in the future!" ”

"Not at all."

Shaking his head, Joshua looked the middle-aged businessman in the eye: "I don't need money or this thing. ”

When he said this, the warrior seemed to be thinking about something, he recalled some things that happened in the empire at this time in his previous life, and after a long silence, Joshua chuckled: "It just so happens that if you successfully return to the south of the empire through the dwarf tunnel, then I have something to entrust to you, and you also know that I, as the new lord, are a little inseparable at this time." ”

"As long as you want it." Alfonso undoubtedly agreed: "With the surname Carlos as an oath, I, Alfonso, will definitely do my best to achieve it!" ”

"Don't worry, let's talk after the banquet."

With a wave of his hand, Joshua walked to the door, but before he could get closer, the middle-aged merchant quickly ran over and opened the door for him, and the housekeeper standing outside the door wanted to lead the way, but was stopped by his own master, Alfonso said very naturally: "Let me lead the way for you, the hall goes in this direction." ”

The three of them walked forward, and soon they arrived at the hall, and the middle-aged merchant took the lead and personally opened the door for Joshua, saying, "Lord Earl, please." ”

The soothing violin and piano concerto came from behind the door, the chatter of the guests and the chuckles of the ladies were clearly audible, faintly, Joshua could smell the faint scent of smoke in the air, and it had to be said that Alfonso had indeed made a lot of money to hold this banquet, and the smell that filled the hall alone cost a lot of money.

As they approached, louder sounds of music and talking came, but just as Joshua walked into the hall, a sudden wariness rose in the warrior's heart, and a faint fragrance wafted in.

This fragrance is not incense, nor food, it seems to be a refined floral fragrance mixed with female hormones......

Before he had time to think about it, he walked into the banquet hall, and because of Joshua's entry, the audience suddenly fell silent, and even the three-member orchestra playing on the left side made a small mistake, and suddenly no one cared about such a trivial matter in the cold scene.

Wonderful cold field.

Eighteen is too much to threaten.

Joshua sighed in his heart, it's just that his character charm is low, anyway, he is not ugly, he just has no affinity, but the threat value must be reduced, otherwise where he goes, where is it cold, the place he passes is silent, it is really boring.

He glanced at the scene out of the corner of his eye, but when he saw half of it, the warrior was stunned.

Wait, full ...... It's all women?!

There weren't many people in the entire banquet hall, except for the band playing and the attendants, the number of guests was in their early thirties, but more than half of these thirty or so people were polite girls wearing dresses and long skirts?

"What the is going on?!"

Whispering to himself, Joshua looked at it fixedly, and was still relieved to see several middle-aged men and their wives, although there were many girls in front of him who held their breath and didn't dare to say much, there were only a dozen.

Roughly observed, there should be four or five heads of chambers of commerce here, and those young girls should be their relatives, about two or three in a family......

Looking sideways at Alfonso, who was walking towards him, Joshua realized.

Tsk, I should have thought of it a long time ago, he is a twenty-three-year-old single earl field lord, this is the fifth king of platinum amber with diamonds, the merchant really deserves to be a businessman, the routine is really deep, if he hadn't agreed to this guy's request before, it should be the link to vigorously promote his daughter now.