Chapter 578: Existential Intelligence
Joko has had a very good time lately. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Lord of the Dawn had not recovered for a long time, and His Royal Highness seemed to have left him behind, but the nobles did not ignore him, the ambassador from a neighboring country.
Attending lavish banquets, having fun with Denise, and even going to some of the high-end clubs and brothels that need to be introduced, and tasting the richness and unique charm of the capital of the kingdom, are all things that cannot be enjoyed in the Grey Castle.
It's just because of the title of "Wimbledon Royal Ambassador" on his body.
Although the ambassador is the equivalent of an earl, it is in a sense more useful than an earl, after all, the latter can only do whatever he wants in his own fiefdom, while the former can enjoy the courtesy of the upper nobility in other kingdoms.
He was keenly aware of the benefits of status.
In addition, His Majesty's hand-appointed bodyguard, Hill Fawkes, is also a magical figure.
No matter who he dealt with, the other party would always sneak into the bedroom two or three days later at night and talk to him about the person's identity, status, and interests. If it's a big person, you can even find out your preferences. With Ciel's help, Joko is even more at ease when it comes to the nobility.
And under the arrangement of the other party, the purchase of slaves has also made great progress.
As soon as Joko had comforted Denise and whispered in his ear, the businesswoman immediately agreed to his suggestion to use the existing caravan to open a route to the salvation of slaves: to buy the refugees needed by His Majesty Wimbledon from other slave traders and transport them to the Grey Keep. The precondition was that slaves were given the status of freedmen, not treated as goods and then resold.
Of course, a businessman is worthy of being a businessman, and even when he is full of affection, he does not forget to negotiate a good price. She can not charge the purchase price difference, but the shipping fee cannot be saved. The expenses of manpower, food, carriages and horses add up, and then calculate the profit, and finally arrive at the price of ten silver wolves for transporting one person.
After receiving Ciel's instructions, he naturally complied, and patted his chest and said that no matter how expensive it was, he could not let these talented people be reduced to slavery. This statement undoubtedly deepened Denise's favor, and the two went back to bed and rolled enthusiastically for a while.
After that, Joko sent Hill over to negotiate the matter, so that he could no longer worry about these trivial business.
I heard that the first batch of twenty-five slaves purchased yesterday had already followed the caravan on the road, so he could still get the additional reward of one hundred and twenty-five silver wolves promised by His Majesty.
If you can get paid while lying in bed, is there a better position than that?
The ambassador is amazing!
Just as Yoko pondered where to go today, a servant knocked on the door and walked in, "Your Excellency, Lord Otto, the eldest son of the Lossy family, wants to see you. ”
Otto Losi was no stranger to the surname, one of the three major families in the Dawn Capital, second only to the Moan royal family. Denise also specifically warned him that it is good to hook up with any woman of any family, and not to go to the three major families, especially the Quinn family, otherwise the ambassador will not be able to protect him.
But Yoko definitely doesn't have to worry about this now, he has always been very cautious about this kind of question, the purpose of the other party's coming here should be to invite himself to the banquet, right?
"Ask him to come in. ”
A young man walked into the study, looked left and right, and then took the initiative to close the windows before sitting down in a chair.
He looked a little anxious, his eyes were dark, and it was obvious that he had stayed up late last night and had barely slept yet.
Joko was not very appreciative of this act of hollowing out one's body for pleasure, and in his view, temperate pleasure was a beneficial act that would make both men and women cheerful and healthy. And consuming energy all night is just overdrawing the potential of the body, Prince Ampein is a typical example, even his face is extremely pale, and I am afraid that he will not be able to find pleasure until he is thirty years old.
However, the other party didn't speak for a long time, which also made him feel quite strange, this is not in line with etiquette, and the people of the big family should not be so rude. After waiting for a while, Yoko had no choice but to speak, "You're Lord Otto Lossi, I don't know—"
"Can you contact His Majesty Roland Wimbleton?" interrupted the man suddenly, "I have important information to tell him. ”
"Uh......" Joko was stunned, "information?"
"It's all written inside," Otto took out a letter from his bosom and placed it in front of him, then stacked ten golden dragons, "this money is a reward, please be sure to give the letter to your king, this information is related to the survival of the Grey Keep Kingdom!"
Joko took a breath, "Is it ......a matter of the survival of Grey Keep?" It wasn't until the other party stared at him with burning eyes that he came back to his senses, "I know, don't worry, I will transfer it to Your Majesty." ”
"Please send it as soon as possible," Otto got up and left, looking at his anxious appearance, as if he were lying.
Joko hurriedly put the ten golden dragons in his arms, but the letter didn't want to touch them - it seemed to him that this thing was so hot that he had better ask Hill what to do with it.
......
When Hill Fox quietly walked into the bedroom, he recounted everything that had happened during the day.
The latter pondered for a moment, then drew a knife out of nowhere, and picked the letter cleanly.
"Hey, what do you want to do!" Joko exclaimed, "It's a felony to break His Majesty's letter privately!"
"Shh," Hill made a silent gesture, "if the information inside is really as important as he says, we naturally can't send a letter by conventional means - sending people from Dawn City to the west will take more than a month to say the least, and the road is prone to problems, and it is too unsafe." ”
"What does that have to do with your letter opening?"
"Do you remember the grey falcons I've been keeping around? they're the fastest messengers, flying from here to Dawn in just two or three days. Hill explained, "Once the messenger is changed there, the letter will be delivered to His Majesty within a week." But they couldn't fly with such a large envelope, so I had to read the content and rewrite it in ciphertext. ”
"The Grey Falcon can also deliver letters, not carrier pigeons?" said Joko, surprised, "I thought you kept them for hunting." ”
"They're much smarter than pigeons," Hill unfolded the envelope and quickly became serious, "how can there be such a thing......
"What's on the letter?"
"You really want to know?" he said, turning back.
“...... Forget it," Yoko coughed twice, "I'd rather get a good night's sleep every day." ”
"Wise choice," agreed Ciel, "but it is better not to mention the fact that Otto Lossy has come to you, and it would be better to put off the banquets held in the palace for the time being," he paused, "and they are in great trouble. ”