Act 266: The Council of the Nobles
When the sea devil whale's huge, mountain-like figure disappeared from the sea, the guards of the Ampesel Port Authority almost fired a salute in celebration. When the first Far Land docked, Brando and the others were not subjected to any interrogation, because our Lord Juno was thinking about how to write in the report how he heroically repelled the legendary sea monster and had no time to care, not to mention that there was not only one ship entering and leaving the port at that time, and no one would have thought that a sea demon whale came to escort the Three-masted Farland that had just entered the port. Sometimes the truth is closer to a lie, but if anyone dared to say that to Junoan, the head of the port authority would have thrown him into the sea to feed the sharks, and he didn't want his men to take him for a fool.
The Far Land docked at Pier 14, and when Brando got off the boat, he saw Sue who had come to greet him. Sue arrived at Ampesel first at his behest and at the behest of her father, a young man with almond skin and a hairly hair, who now managed Toniger's trade with the outside world, and enjoyed considerable independence. She had done her job in Pragues, Brando had a lot of trust in her, and now Sue had almost the entire outflow of money from Tonigel, but the NV boy came to greet them in a plaid dress similar to the one she had had done before.
Su was a little surprised when she saw Brando, although in the correspondence with her father, she had already learned about the changes in the past year, as well as Brando's identity, and the funds in her hand proved that this qiē was true, but when she saw Brando himself again, she couldn't help but take a second look.
Brando smiled at her, and he was in a good mood when he saw his old acquaintance in Ridenberg.
Shao NV turned a blind eye with a straight face, of course, she hadn't forgotten her relationship with the other party. I heard that there are a few more NV children around the lord, and she will definitely not feel at ease to put Freya Jiāo in the hands of this kind of huā heart big radish, and she is willing to serve Brando, purely because of her father.
"Sue!" Roman jumped down a few steps from the springboard and grabbed Shao NV's hand, his eyes lit up: "Thank you so much for the past few months!" You okay? I've heard Uncle Leto say that you often work late, and he's worried about you! Little Roman is now in charge of Toniger's business and economy, in a sense, Su is her direct subordinate, of course, someone is not so conscious, but Su can't ignore this.
Shao NV glanced at Brando, bowed his head slightly, and said, "Miss Roman." ”
"Don't do that, do you see Roman doesn't want to say anything? I can sniff you out! ”
Su was made to cry and laugh by the eldest lady of the merchant, and finally managed to maintain her strictness and asked, "Is your father okay?" ”
"He's fine," Brando finally found an opportunity to say, "As you learned in your letter, every qiē in the territory is on the right track, and the war is over. I don't approve of it, but your father has now officially become a farmer, and he has lost a lot of his hair because of the reclamation of the Mintai region, and he has thrown aside my army training program like a real old farmer. ”
"He's farmed before." Sue replied.
"Well, that's the old business." Brando replied a little playfully.
Su thought of her father's appearance, and her mouth curled slightly. However, she glared at him dissatisfied with Brando's tone, and asked stiffly, "What does the lord want to do first?" ”
"Take a break, of course." Brando replied that it was a great truth, and although he had been in the wind for a long time, it felt as if the ground was shaking after a week on the boat. He was still like this, not to mention the others, a few young men of the White Lion Legion were nothing on the boat, and when they stepped on solid land, they ran to the side and vomited. Little Roman was dangling from the side, but he didn't know it.
"I've already arranged a place to stay at the Bauhinia Huā Hotel in the city. However, there were more people brought by adults, and it was too conspicuous to stay in one hotel, so I rented the apartment opposite, which was safe and not easy to attract attention. In addition, I bought a farmhouse that I could use to accommodate myself if necessary...... Sue glanced at him and replied.
Brando was slightly surprised, he didn't expect this young NV to be so capable, she has completed the task in the past few months, Brando values her honesty and reliability, but he didn't expect the other party to have this kind of wit, knowing that they might be in trouble on this trip, he has arranged the cunning rabbit three holes before them.
"Then let's go," Brando suddenly felt how easy it was to have a capable subordinate, "Is there a carriage?" ”
Sue nodded.
Not only were there carriages, but Su had prepared ten carriages. However, the ten carriages did not stop together, but set off in several batches, Brando let his boys enter the city in the carriage first, he was not the first time to Ampessel, but he knew that the young people of the White Lions from the countryside of Tonigel must be eager to see the largest and most prosperous city in Eruin.
Horse-drawn carriages turn from the town of the wharf to the inner city, and the roads in this area are wet and smelly of the sea, as wagons carrying seafood pass by all year round. The buildings on both sides of the road are mostly jiāo places of all kinds, from furs to logs, from precious stones to metallic minerals, as well as works of art, gold and silver utensils, goods from all over the world, where you will not see so many people gathering in one place in any place south of Ampesel. These people came from the north, the south, and even foreign countries, and Antitina even saw some Jiufeng merchants, merchants, mercenaries, adventurers, and * people dressed differently, and everyone in the car was stunned for a while.
The carriages passed through some tall buildings, and most of the merchants built the jiāo yi to show the strength of their merchant group. The aristocratic lady and the merchant lady had never seen such a majestic building, and could not help but exclaim: "It's amazing, and the city hall in Prague is nothing more than that." ”
Brando's noncommittal to Antitina's words, the fourteenth Bishop of the Temple, Andersel, once said that "there is gold and opportunity here", which is the world's yearning for this Palembang, but there are also countless people who have lost their lives here, and people often only see the superficial brilliance, but ignore the opportunities and risks. The carriage passed through the second city, Mén, a majestic fortress that Brando couldn't afford to ride in the city's expensive carriage when he first came to the city, and he still remembers the shock of walking through it.
This is the Mén household of Ampesel, which was not only a good trading port, but also a naval fortress of the former Emperor Ek. Ampesel is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and it is almost impossible to attack from land, and the only way to attack is from the sea, so the fortress to defend this mén household is also extremely outrageous, this "petrel fortress, which looks like a towering mountain from the outside, is in a special architectural requirement, its watchtower can observe any ship within tens of nautical miles of the sea, so the fortress is particularly tall... Especially when it was rebuilt for the second time, the temple added a giant statue of the Fire King on it, and the whole thing looked like a temple in the clouds.
Passing through this fortress, behind it is the famous "Guangchang" avenue of Ampesel, where there are many hotels, luxury Cheng dù is not inferior to the palace, and there are all kinds of luxurious apartments, many foreign travelers, merchants live here all the year round, the locals call this the golden "Guangchang", although it is only a small area in the first half of this huge city, but it is the most drunken place in this port.
Brando watched the figures and horticultural plants on Guangchang Avenue slowly retreat from the side of the carriage, and couldn't help but have the illusion of revisiting the old place, but in fact it was also a revisit, only slightly different. The first time he came here was the Ampesel Festival, and it was a lot more lively at that time, not to mention the players.
"It's beautiful." Roman was lying on the window of the carriage, his chin resting on the lattice, muttering to himself, worried that she would not lean one side of the carriage against it.
"Valhalla will be prettier in the future." Brando replied.
"Really?" Roman turned righteous... really turned her head, the eldest lady seemed to be too lazy to have no bones, she didn't even bother to move her body, and turned her chin as the fulcrum to complete this difficult action. Because she couldn't help it, her head turned completely sideways, so she squinted at Brando, and she looked very cute.
"Of course."
Brando replied affirmatively that he had seen the World Tree within the Ring of Trade Winds and had no doubts about the future of his realm. Besides, it's his city, how can it be bad? However, while he was talking, suddenly the carriage stopped, and some guards appeared outside the carriage.
Brando was slightly stunned, thinking that the guards of the port authority had finally reacted and came to arrest the real murderer, but he saw Su, who was sitting opposite him, shaking his head at him, signaling that they didn't need to be nervous.
"What's going on?"
"It's nothing, I heard that the Toquinin lion people in the north are stupid, and the temple has made people more vigilant. Ampesel dragon snake hún miscellaneous, this was done in order to exclude jiān fine disguise as a merchant from here hún into Eruin. Su said lightly.
Brando then remembered that there was indeed such a thing, and that the Toquinen Lion Man had been in history since the Black Rose."
After the war, they began to be restless, but the tribes of the Great Plains had a lot of trouble to solve, so they didn't invade Eruin until the following year, after the year of the sword. The war began before Eruin recovered from the civil war, but soon the newly reigning Prince Regent, Her Royal Highness the Princess, stabilized the situation, and the player then joined the war, which was also a battle and a half that established the prestige of the princess.
But it's still early, and there's still a year to go, and Brando was relieved when he heard this, but remembered something else, and couldn't help but ask, "How are the nobles talking?" ”
"Ordinary people don't know much, but it is said that the first time the talks collapsed, and the next time it will be a week later." Su glanced at Brando: "Her Royal Highness the princess and the Grand Duke of An Rick have made progress in the negotiations, her ministers have met with the envoys of the Grand Duke of An Rick three times this week, but I haven't heard that they have formed an alliance." Now that the nobles of the North and the South have gathered in Ampesel, I reckon that their next meeting will be after the meeting of the nobles. ”
Brando nodded, it was about the same as he expected, the current one qiē was basically in line with the historical timeline, and he still had a little time. However, he looked at Sue and couldn't help but sigh a little, the small bar shìnv in Ridenburg at the beginning has now grown rapidly and become a talent in his own right, and anyone who sees the current Sue will not associate her with the young NV before.
Thinking so, he was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Then if I want to participate in the meeting of the nobles, is there any way?" ”
"It's not easy."
Shao NV shook his head slightly.!.