Gergill felt like he saw a madman.

If it is a fool's dream to build a city on a swamp, then transforming all the wetlands into plains is something that only a madman would do.

The wetland is about a thousand square kilometers in size, and it is almost impossible for even a powerful spellcaster to transform such a large area of swamp into a plain. If only a few casters do this, the time it will take will be at least a hundred years, and if a large number of casters are hired to help, the amount of gold spent must be calculated in tens of thousands.

Unless the whole country gathers its strength, it is necessary to completely transform the wetlands into plains, unless there is a miracle.

And a young nobleman actually said that he wanted to turn the swamp into a plain, which is really too exaggerated.

With great difficulty, Gegil calmed down his mind and asked, "If you want to build a city, you must need a lot of stones." I don't know if I am interested in cooperating with me, I can supply you with a large number of high-quality stones at a discount price lower than the market. ”

This was Gergil's real intention in bringing Beta over. It turned out that in Gegil's mind, after a nobleman like Beta got a territory, even in an environment like a wetland, it would be no problem to use magic to solidify a small piece of territory and build a castle.

Since you want to build a castle, you need a lot of stone, and the city of Harvey doesn't have much of anything, but a lot of stone.

Although the Gangti family is also considered to be extremely wealthy nobles in the city of Harvey, Gegil is not averse to making more money, and no one has ever been too much.

But he didn't expect that Beta actually intended to build a city on the swamp.

Regardless of whether the other party's idea is feasible or not, crazy or not, Gegil sees a big business from it. Even if the city can't be built, as long as the construction starts, it will definitely require a lot of stones, which means gold coins.

When Beta heard this, he was also very interested, although it was only a discount from the market price, but if the quantity was large, he could save a lot of gold coins. Besides, now there are only half of the gold bricks in the beta space, and it is far from enough to build a city, not only must he open source, but also have to reduce expenditure, otherwise if the city is not built, he will definitely become a poor egg.

"I can talk about this in detail when my caravan is set up." Beta agreed, and then asked with some curiosity, "I just found out that the city lord doesn't seem to be able to fit in this banquet." ”

"He's always been like this. This man has nothing to say. Gegil smiled slightly.

Beta saw that Gergil's expression was a little strange, and knew that he was unwilling to say more about the matter, so he did not pursue it. Gergil then introduced a few nobles to him, and after Berta talked with them for a while, he took Shirley and Jessica back to the hotel.

In the carriage, Jessica patted her bulging belly with a satisfied expression.

As a former beggar, Jessica is very interested in what she eats. In the past, she ate less because she was afraid that she would make her master poor, so she had been holding back her appetite, but now that someone invited her to eat at the banquet, she herself would not miss such an opportunity to eat a lot.

Shirley, on the other hand, sat beside Beta and said a little strangely: "I chatted with those noble ladies for a long time just now, and then found that they despised the city lord very much, and would speak ill of him from time to time, but I couldn't ask why, they seemed to be tight-lipped about the city lord's affairs, and they didn't know what was going on. ”

"I found out too." Beta nodded, "So is Gegil. ”

Shirley was a little worried: "I can see that the division of forces in this city seems to be a little strange, and I don't know if it will affect our plans." ”

"About the city lord, we can ask someone." Beta smiled slightly: "For example, Amanda." ”

At noon the next day, Amanda routinely came to the hotel to report to Beta on the progress of the caravan's recruitment.

She was wearing a white cotton dress, and although she could no longer see the curves of her body, she also had a delicate and lovely taste.

After listening to the report, Beta invited her to sit down and said, "I went to a banquet last night, and then I noticed something very strange. thought that as the most powerful city lord in Harvey, he seemed to be unpopular at the banquet. No one wanted to talk to him, and no lady asked him to dance. People have a kind of disdainful hostility towards him, and I wonder if you know anything. ”

Amanda shook her head: "How can a small businessman like me know about the affairs of the nobles. ”

Beta smiled at the corner of her mouth, looked at her quietly for a while, and then said, "One gold coin for the intelligence fee." ”

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the saying that businessmen seek profit. As soon as Beta finished speaking, Aman's face changed slightly, and she shook her head again and said, "Your Excellency, I really don't know. ”

"Five gold coins." Beta raises the intelligence fee.

Amanda's expression was already wonderful at this time, and there was obviously a hesitant look on her face. After a long while, she said, "Your Excellency, I still don't know. ”

Beta said admiringly: "You are indeed a trustworthy businessman, and you are tight-lipped. But I'm sure there are a lot of people in this city who know the news, and I don't know if they're like you. I'll decide to take a trip to the Mercenary Guild in a moment, maybe they'll know something. ”

"Wait. You don't have to go. Amanda slapped the table hard, and then said helplessly: "Your Excellency Beta, you are really my nemesis, knowing that I have no resistance to gold coins, it is too despicable to use such a method...... Now you can give me five gold coins. ”

Five gold coins is a small amount of money for many small nobles, let alone a merchant like Amanda.

Beta took out the five gold coins, placed them on the table, and continued, "If you have any more valuable information in your words, I will add one or two more gold coins to you." ”

"Okay." Amanda's eyes lit up.

Shirley, who was on the side, also walked over, and she was quite interested in this matter.

Amanda took a deep breath and said, "The city lord you saw last night is only the nominal city lord, our Havey City, in fact, there has been no city lord for more than three hundred years. ”

"What do you mean?" Beta was a little puzzled when he listened: "This is the land of Hollevon, if a city lord has no city lord, the royal family will appoint it again, how can there be no city lord, and it is more than three hundred years." ”

"I knew Your Excellency would ask. Our family has been here for more than 400 years, and we just happened to know about it. Amanda smiled, "Please hear what you have done, and then you can ask any questions you want." ”

Beta made a gesture please.

Amanda immediately told the story.

It turned out that more than 300 years ago, there was originally a city lord in Have, but I don't know why, suddenly one day, all the men in the city lord's family died violently. And the way of death is terrible, when the break is cut in two by an unknown force, or get up on the spot, as if it has been attacked invisibly.

Within a day, all the men in the city lord's family were dead, and only women and children remained. But those women and children were soon 'devoured' by the other nobles, and in less than five days, the city lord's family was all dead.

Hearing this, Beta frowned, at this point in time more than three hundred years ago, and the way the male of the city lord's family died, he thought of an extremely bad possibility.

Then the nobles of Havey Ah, in order to permanently control this stone-rich city, united and made a good show. They found a poor man in the city who looked like the heir to the lord at the time, and put him in the position of lord of the city, and then they controlled him behind the scenes. Because of this relationship, Wang Cheng never knew that the city lord of Havey City had changed, so he did not reassign the city lord over.

In this way, several great aristocratic families have controlled the city of Havey for more than 300 years. This is already a semi-open secret in Harvey, and only outsiders will not know about it.

"It's an interesting story." Beta took out seven gold coins from the space and placed them on the table: "This is what you deserve." ”

"What a generous nobleman."

Amanda complimented Beta and hurried away with the gold coin.

Beta leaned back in her chair and let out a long sigh.

Shirley was on the side, and asked with some concern, "Master, you don't seem to be very happy." ”

"Sort of, indeed." Beta smiled bitterly: "If my guess is correct, the person who killed the men of the city lord's family back then is most likely me." ”

Shirley's eyes widened: "How is it possible, although the master, your style of acting, talking about swallowing etiquette is very good, and you seem to be relatively mature, but I can be sure that your body is definitely still very young, and it is impossible to be an old man who is more than three hundred years old." ”

"Really. It was I who ordered the killing of all the adult males of the lord's family. Beta thought for a moment, but then confessed, "What happened to them involved a strange thing that I can't explain to you. ”

Shirley put her arms around Beta's neck from behind and said softly, "Even if you kill it, what?" I believe that you will not kill for no reason, master. ”

Not for nothing, indeed. Beta remembers that in the game, he had a serious conflict with the lord of Harvey Ah, and it was even to the point of life and death. In the end, he led the Knights and conquered the city of Javey...... He personally ordered the execution of all adult males in the lord's family, and then exiled all female members.

He didn't expect that the things in the game would be so faithfully reflected in reality.

What he didn't expect was that in reality, the daughters of the city lord of Harvey were all killed by other nobles, and there was no one left.

Beta's mood was a little gloomy, he didn't regret what happened in the game, he just didn't expect that reality would become so cruel because of the game, it was like fate.

Although he does not believe in fate, and is not at the mercy of fate.

While he was sad, the waiter outside the door came to report it:

The lord of the castle is here! (To be continued.) )