McLandall was not lying to Queen Ini when he said he intended to familiarize himself with the situation in Dubrovnik.

The streets of Dubrovnik had always been bustling with people, but now they were full of dangers he had never seen before, with a corpse lying naked in a ditch by the street, being bitten by a pack of wild dogs, but no one cared.

Pairs of gold-rimmed cloaked royal guards can be seen everywhere, wearing black armor, patrolling the streets and alleys, and never leaving their iron rods.

The market was full of people in rags who were selling their property, and if anyone offered it, they would sell it......

There are very few farmers selling meat and vegetables, and the few stalls that put up food can ask for as much as three times the previous price.

A vendor was selling roasted rats on a meat fork along the street, "Ah! Fresh rat meat! He shouted, "Eat fresh rat meat!" ”

Fresh rat meat is of course tastier than rotten rat meat, but the frightening thing is that it looks even more tempting than the meat sold by butchers.

On the other street, McLandall saw guards standing guard at every store, and he couldn't help but think to himself, it seems that in extraordinary times, it seems that it is common sense to spend money on guards.

"Is there no food to bring into Dubrovnik?" He asked the captain of the guard on the side.

"Yes, yes, but less than before." The captain of the guard admitted, "Now that there is tension around Dubrovnik, Prince Krésian has fled with some of his knights and guards to the Chris's territory, and the road to the west to the Chris's territory has been ordered to be blocked. ”

"What should our dear Queen Mother do?"

"She is gradually restoring law and order," the captain of the guard assured him, "and the captain of the royal city guard has more than tripled the number of garrisons, and the Queen Mother Inni Randall has sent hundreds of skilled craftsmen to build defensive structures. ”

"The stonemasons are responsible for thickening the walls, the carpenters are making hundreds of huge bows and crossbows, and the stone-throwing devices, the archers are busy making bows and arrows, and the blacksmiths are forging swords and spears."

When McLandall heard this, he moved slightly in the saddle, and he was glad that Innie Randall was not out of the way, idle, but enough to destroy them, far more than just the best soldiers.

"How can Queen Mother Innie Randall have the money to get so many things?" It's no secret that King Rollssheehn left the royal family with huge debts after his death.

"My lord, the treasurer, Lord Glie, always has a way of getting money, and he has stipulated that all those who enter the city must pay taxes to the royal family."

"Well, it works," McLandall said lightly, thinking differently, clever, clever and treacherous, thousands of people fled to Dubrovnik to escape the impending war between the Turners and Randalls, thinking it was safer.

But the people of their territory did not know that the city of Dubrovnik would soon be full of war, and Prince Krésion and Lord Jochris would not rest on their laurels.

He saw a great crowd of people on the avenues: mothers with their children, worried fathers staring greedily at his mounts and carriages, and when they arrived in the city, they would surely scatter their wealth in exchange for the towering walls as a barrier.

But if they knew what was going to happen next, they might reconsider the decision they made.

"I'll spend the night here tonight." The signboard was within sight of the city walls, close to the city gates, from where they entered the city in the morning.

The captain of the guard was stunned when he heard this.

"Take your men back to the palace," he said to the captain of the guard, "and I will spend the night here tonight with the Knight of Enod. ”

The captain of the guard hesitated, "Prime Minister, is it safe here?" ”

"Well, I'll tell you, Captain, that when I fooled around with the civilians in Dubrovnik, it was much more chaotic and complicated than it is here, and now I have loyal and reliable Knight Enod to protect me." With that, McClandall walked towards the gate, leaving the bewildered captain of the guard.

In the inn, Knight Enod unexpectedly ran into an old acquaintance, the chief of intelligence, Varian O'Ezi, who seemed to have made an appointment with Varian O'Ezi.

"What a coincidence, Lord Varian, that I met you here." McLandall said with a smile.

"Your Excellency, you must have asked me for money for wine, right?" Varian said, handing McCrandell a glass of wine.

But McCrandell doesn't trust Varian Oyzzie, but he can't deny his use value, as well as the value of the Oyiqi family, if nothing else, he does know a lot of things.

"Mistress Varian, tell me why I'm so nice to you? Now just treat me to a drink, and I forget about your gambling debts. McClandell asked, taking the glass, examining the other's drinking hand.

"You are the former Prime Minister, and the object of my service is not the country, the king and you? You should be as nice to me as I am to adults. ”

"That's how you served Pato and Jochris?"

"I served Pato and Jocris-sama as much as I could, and I was also heartbroken by Pato-sama's death and Jocris-sama's betrayal, but I was helpless."

"Let me tell you how I feel now, well, I feel that if I take the wrong step, I will follow in their footsteps."

"Hey, I don't think so." Varian O Yiqi shook the wine in his glass as he spoke, "My lord, power is a wonderful thing, power can make people strong, but it can also make people fall, is there any way to make people have power and not fall, my good lord." ”

"How could there be, unless that man is a fool!" McLandall said, "Or rather, that man was a natural savior!" ”

"It's so much fun to talk to adults! It's so much more fun than anyone else! "There is often a fine line between a fool and a savior, and I think the prime minister must be a fool if he wants to be a savior." ”

"I don't want to be that damn savior, and I don't have the power." McClandell took another sip of the wine.

Varian Oyiqi smiled, "Am I not going to say this?" Power exists in the human heart, people believe in what power is, what is power, no more, no less, no deviation or shift, and if you have a human heart, you have power, just like what adults are doing now. ”

"So, great power is nothing but a trick to deceive?"

"Power is like a shadow on the wall." Varian muttered, "A small figure can cast a huge shadow, even if it is just a commoner or an illegitimate child, it can also cast the shadow of the pride of a true nobleman." ”

McCrandell smiled, "Strange to say, Lord Varian, I find myself liking you more and more, and I'm so sorry I thought I might kill you." ”

"I will take this as the supreme compliment, my good lord." Varian said with a smile.