Riding and Slashing

Chapter 296 So What About The Prince
Amy's first stop for debt collection was a small town called Talboya just north of Goddess Mountain.

Talboya has a small population and a small area.There is only one street in the whole town, and there are no fields around it. Even the trees are sparsely grown. It doesn't look like a livable place.

In fact, this small town is very quiet, and it is located inland away from the flames of war, so it is safe and secure. It is said that there should be quite a lot of people who are willing to settle here.

but it is not the truth.

The place of Talboya has been a well-known backwater for hundreds of years.

This is mainly because the land in this place is relatively barren, and the harvest of farming is quite low.

The reason why the land is barren is mainly because there are rich minerals in the ground here.

In fact, most mineral-rich places are generally richer, but Talboya is an exception.

Because although there are rich coal seams here, they are not worth mining...

It’s not that people don’t know the value of coal. People in Pendor Continent realized the great role of coal as early as the end of the Pendor Kingdom. Coal is used in many places, and places with a large number of coal seams are usually scrambled by nobles. getaway paradise.

However, Leo Fuwan's relationship did have an effect-since he was a friend of his brother, Amy did not do it directly.

The tavern business is very good, and the drinkers are full.

And the coal seams here are almost all buried under the gravel layer, which is relatively deep.

Now in this town, except for the quarrymen, there are stonemasons and their apprentices, and there are not many women.

"Are you sure that Lyons is here?"

Leo Fwan pointed to the fleur-de-lis badge on Amy's body: "If no one instigates, how dare a guy like Lyons who is a fugitive on the surface dare to lie to you in this way! And he didn't run away after he lied to you? "

A stonemason does not mean a person, and usually includes the stonemason's apprentices and family members.

Fortunately, she discovered in time that these people were unarmed, and they only surrounded the troops for a few tens of meters and did not get closer. This did not cause any tragedy.

"Bartender? A nobleman, actually working as a bartender here?"

Besides, no matter how poor the place is, you have to pay taxes to the king, and the tax collector doesn't care whether you are losing money or making money.

Amy took eight female knights and entered the tavern around Baron Leo Fwan like prisoners.

This is of course extremely rude, especially for a noble girl like Amy.

People here have given up the idea of ​​mining coal, they will collect stone directly from the crushed rock layer, and then sieve it into stones of various sizes.

Therefore, after Amy brought the female soldiers here, it quickly caused a sensation, and the whole town boiled.

Amy took out a transfer agreement from her saddle bag and threw it over: "See for yourself!"

Of course, it is quite normal for these quarry workers to behave like this - quarry workers are not stonemasons, they are not even considered civilians, but criminals or servants, many of whom have committed crimes and sent here to work as coolies Yes, it is not a group with vision or quality.

Leo Fwan gritted his teeth and said: "He was indeed appointed as the administrator of Talboya by Prince Alanrick, but that was because Alanrick wanted to force me to serve him—so I drove him away...I think , he will use Talboya's stonemason to deceive you this time, probably because of this..."

Because in Talboya's land, the soil layer is only half a meter thick, and then there is a thick gravel layer-this is why the land is barren and cannot grow anything. The soil layer is too thin and has no fertility. Crops are not growing well.

"Miss Amy, I recognize your flag... This is the flag that your father and brother used to use. Maybe you don't know, I am a good friend with your brother Andrew-I served in the King City Guard two years ago .”

"Lines? 150 masons?"

And Talboa, which has a large number of quarries and stone processing factories, has become a place where masons gather.

"You understand clearly... This makes me have to suspect that you and him are in the same group..."

It doesn't matter if you just bury it a little deeper, you can actually dig the mine deeper.But the problem is that if you open a deep well under the gravel layer, you will inevitably face accidents such as landslides and water seepage that may occur at any time.

A large number of troops came to his territory, of course Baron Leoferwan had to come forward to understand the situation, and when he saw Amy with a bad face, he could naturally realize that this was definitely not for the purchase of stone materials, so he quickly started to build relationships.

His red hair was slicked with oil, and he looked like a playboy.

"That is to say... Alanric is looking for trouble?"

At first, Amy thought that these people were here to fight in groups, and almost ordered the female knights to lead the charge.

At that time, a small-scale civil war was triggered in order to fight for the dominance of this small town, and many people were killed and injured.

Amy glanced at Leo Fwan and motioned him to step forward and grab that Lyons: "You go and grab him, I believe you have nothing to do with this matter, or I have to take those stonemasons away, you see for yourself Do it."

At this time, Leo Fuwan took Amy into the largest tavern in Fox Town.

In addition, the soil layer is too thin, it is difficult for trees to grow, and they cannot block the wind and sand, so when the wind blows, stone powder is everywhere.

This tavern is no longer called the Adventurer's Tavern, it's called the 'Sly Fox Hotel'.

"Oh? In other words, you plan to cover up that liar..."

"Sure. See if it's that person... He is indeed a nobleman, but he is a nobleman from the Ravencrow Realm! I can remember him because of his work..."

Amy didn't expect that after she entered Talboa with a large group of fully equipped and murderous female soldiers, what she encountered was not the denial of liars or the cover of the lord, but a large group of ashes all over their bodies, but with two eyes. Shining workers.

Today's generation of Baron Leo Vine is very young, only in his twenties, but he has two big jazz beards - the kind that extends all the way to the cheeks and curls up in an arc on the side of the face.

Of course, anyone who faced four hundred cavalry armed to the teeth had to be polite, even if these cavalry were all women.

Because the mined coal is mixed with a large amount of gangue, [-]% of which is gangue, and less than [-]% of coal...

She came here first, of course, because the liar named Lyons had the most stonemason contracts—even after being cheated to collect debts, Amy still prioritized them.

Amy looked at Lyons in disbelief, and then at Leo Fwan: "Are the nobles in Ravencrow Realm so worthless?"

The smell of alcohol and sweat made her cough—so she looked at Leo Fwan even more unkindly.

A baron was pissed off, and of course word of it spread all over the place.

This is a big town belonging to Lion Lake City, and it is also close to the inner sea of ​​Lion Lake.

The quarrymen here probably haven't seen beautiful women all year round, and they are all quite hungry. They heard that a large group of female cavalrymen came, so they put down their work and rushed out to see the beautiful women...

However, it took a huge price to obtain this territory. The Baron Leo Vine was naturally unwilling, so he bought a lot of slaves from Singal and used their lives to fill them up. Finally, the mine was built.

There is no coal washing method in this era, and it is difficult to separate gangue and slag. Naturally, this kind of coal mine is destined to lose money, even if it is mined, it cannot be sold.

Leo Fowan explained with a strange expression.

But this kind of experience of being surrounded by people is of course quite embarrassing - many quarrymen are even whistling, playing and discussing endlessly, and some bold people are asking loudly: "Pretty lady, would you like to know A strong macho?"

Leo Fuwan stopped, and then exited the tavern: "I hate that guy more than you, because he is defrauding you with my property, which is obviously trying to get me into trouble...but I can't catch it here people."

Of course, this kind of environment is not very good, so people who are unwilling or unable to engage in stone-related work will naturally not come here.

But after increasing the scale, when the second batch of coal was mined in large quantities, Baron Leo Vine had a sudden heart attack and died on the spot...

"Amy, I know who this Lions is... But this guy is not my subordinate at all, he is not even from the Sarleon Kingdom! This bastard actually plans to sell my property to you!"

Few people are willing to enter such a mine, anyway, the locals are definitely not willing to enter the mine...

However, this place will still be regarded as a backcountry by people from other places - because there are almost only quarries and stone processing plants here, and the whole town is like a large factory area.

But that guy wasn't on the drinking side—he was standing at the bar, wiping the glasses.

Amy frowned.

There are 150 stonemasons, in fact, there will be nearly a thousand people—except for the quarrymen, there are only a thousand people in Talboa’s stone processing plant.

Amy is still reasonable. In fact, she now faintly feels that this scam may not be aimed at herself, maybe it is aimed at Leo Fowan.

As a result, Talboya Town has suddenly turned from the original fragrant steamed buns into a broken place that no one cares about, and almost no one is willing to stay except for passing business travelers.

However, this territory has been passed down by the Leo Fowan family until now—this kind of place that once pissed off the lord to death cannot be sold even if it wants to change hands, which is unlucky...

But in the end, the first Baron Leo Vine, who defeated all his opponents and obtained this small town, almost went bankrupt because of it...

That's true, Lioness is a fugitive from the Ravencrow Kingdom, and finally escaped to the Sarleon Kingdom, and now he has offended two great lords, so it may be difficult for him to survive.

But he didn't run away, but is still working as a bartender here?

But Amy was in a bad mood at the moment—the liar first, and then the rude onlookers and provocations. She felt that the people in Talboya really didn't take her seriously.

……

"Wait, Amy..."

Fox Town is a prosperous and prosperous place. There is a large commercial street in the center of the town, and there are taverns and hotels everywhere.

In fact, this is a very popular dress of the Lion Knights recently. Baron Leo Fwan is indeed a member of the Lion Knights now, and he is also a squadron leader - a new addition when the King supplemented the Lion Knights.

Large stones will be made into large and medium-sized sculptures, other stones will be made into stone materials such as wall tiles and floor tiles, and small stones will be used to lay roads in various towns.

Leo Vwan swallowed, picked up the agreement and looked at it, then frowned deeply.

"Liar? Amy...how about you tell me what happened? Why do I feel that the person you are looking for may not be my subordinate..."

So in the town of Talboya today, the lord is still called Leo Fuwan—this is their family name, and the leaders of all generations of families have used the same name.

Saying that, Leo Fuwan gritted his teeth, as if he was making up his mind: "Well, I'll take you to find him, follow me!"

So now Talboya is full of quarries.

"On the bright side? Then what is his identity?"

The coal seam below the gravel layer is like this, and there is a lot of gangue, but it is difficult to distinguish in the mines of this era, because they are all black anyway.

"Because this tavern is the property of Prince Alanric. And..."

Leofwan was immediately stunned: "There is no knight named Lyons in my territory...and 150 stonemasons, that is equivalent to all stonemasons in the entire Talboa... Amy, are you doing something wrong? wrong?"

Amy also realized that this Lions had a background.

So, when she saw the Talboya Lord Baron Leo Fwan, Amy's face was quite ugly.

And now Talboya already has a new industry.

This road actually comes from the gravel layer that has been ignored or regarded as troublesome by them-the stone itself can already create a good industry, so why risk your life to dig coal?

Amy felt that Leoferwan was probably cheating, because she had seen those contract documents, all of which were true. The name of the person who signed the contract was 'Lines', and the territory signed was indeed Talboya.

"Why? You are the Lion Knight, Leo Fwan. When did the Lion Knight shrink back when he arrested someone?"

Fox Town.

"Baron Leoverwan, don't say polite words. I'm here to find a knight named 'Lynes'. He owes me 150 stonemasons."

"He is now Prince Alanric's intelligence officer."

That was indeed the Lioness that Amy had seen, tall and handsome, pretty good-looking, Amy did remember.

Leo Fwan pointed to a tall man in the tavern.

In the first few days, a lot of good-quality coal was successfully dug out of the mine, so the scale of the mine was expanded again-the initial cost was relatively high, and the scale must be increased, otherwise it would be difficult to earn back.

"Cough... I also asked this question. He used to be a member of the Silver Mist Ranger Group. It is said that he had a relationship with the wife of their Grand Leader, so he was convicted of adultery and his noble status was stripped—he He escaped here from the Ravencrow Realm, otherwise he would have cut off that thing and fed it to the dogs..."

And when a large coal seam was first discovered in the town of Talboya more than 100 years ago, the nobles did exactly that.

Baron Leo Vine was still polite.

From this point of view, Leo Vwan was also a victim.

If it was someone who didn't have this relationship, Amy might just let the female soldiers arrest her.

Although the profits of these stones are not too high, they are a stable, reliable and inexhaustible industry, and the Leo Fowan family has climbed back from the brink of bankruptcy.

The Leoferwan family has been operating here for a hundred years, but they have indeed found a way to make money.

Amy said with a sullen face.

"Leoferwan, I don't care if you know my brother or not, anyway, it's written in this agreement—Talboya Administrator, Sworn Knight Lyons, belonging to Baron Leoferwan..."

Amy nodded indifferently: "What about the prince? No matter who it is, the debt owed to me must be paid..."

In any case, Amy is always a princess, and she really doesn't care about Prince Alanric's identity.

So Amy led the female knights directly into the gate of the tavern, and pointed at Lyons: "Clear the field! Everyone get out! Bind this liar!"

However, just as Amy was arresting someone, a strange smile appeared on Baron Leo Vine's face outside the tavern.

(End of this chapter)