The mage arrives

After the large convoy of nearly 600 people from the Freeman family left, what happened in Vine Town soon spread to Lockrod City——the central city of the Frey family in the Changxia Province, and the head of the family, Walder Frey The residence of the Marquis.

"Father, that Gordon Freeman is too arrogant! It's okay to execute those mercenaries who caused trouble, but he actually beheaded Sir Mendoro, and then hung his body on the city gate for three days and three nights until it rotted." Only when maggots grew, someone took the corpse back for burial!"

Walder Frey, nicknamed "Long Summer Fox", sat behind a gold-plated walnut desk, listening coldly to his third son, Wharton Frey, telling him impassionedly about what happened in Vine Town. .

Wharton Frey holds the title of Viscount, his fief is adjacent to the Haiwen area, and Vine Town is also under his jurisdiction.

"So?" Wald finally became impatient with his son's accusation. He asked with a sneer, "What are you going to do? Let me send troops into the Haiwen Peninsula and arrest the Freeman brothers and sisters?"

"This..." Wharton didn't expect his father to say that.

Wald looked at the face of his third son, which looked pale and vain because of his indulging in alcohol, and shook his head. "The Freeman brothers and sisters are deeply loved by His Majesty the Emperor. We can't act rashly, otherwise we may become the target of public criticism."

"But father! Gordon Freeman killed nobles who were loyal to me at will. This unforgivable illegal act, can't he go to the noble court to sue him?"

"Hmph, I see that all your brains have passed through the thing between your legs and shot into the woman's belly!" Wald cursed a dirty word that didn't fit his elegant and noble image. "You go to the noble court to sue Gordon for killing that stupid pig Mendoro? Well, the Anduin royal family will definitely send someone down to investigate why Gordon killed Mendoro in a fit of anger. Then what do you think you Can you still cover up the little slave trade? You can't bear this little thing, how can you make a big deal in the future?"

When Wharton thought of the consequences of his illegal business being exposed, his face turned even paler: "Father still sees the future, I know I was wrong."

Although he was apologizing subtly, Wharton was not convinced in his heart: Damn old guy, Lao Tzu and the Aldrich family cooperated in the slave trade, and it wasn't for the Frey family.Those cotton fields and tobacco fields.How could those forest farms and coal mines operate without a large number of slaves to provide sufficient labor.A steady stream of wealth?

Although there was a lot of dissatisfaction, Wharton could only curse in his heart.Because there are two elder brothers who are much better than him in the family, one is in command of the Frey family army, and the other is a six-ring warlock.To preserve their inheritance rights.You have to obey your father.

Just when the father and son were talking.A messenger from the Eisenstein family brought a letter from the head of the family, Joseph von Eisenstein.

Wald opened the envelope, read it, threw the letter on the desk, and said to his son, "Take a look."

Wharton picked up the letter and read it again, then smiled and said: "Father, it is a good thing that the Eisenstein family wants to form an alliance with us. They want us to deal with the Freeman family. And they also promised a lot of preferential conditions. Consistent with the interests of our Frey family. I think it should be agreed immediately."

Wald shook his head: "Your vision is too short-sighted. Wharton. The Eisenstein family is indeed gaining momentum. Even the emperor of Longen City intends to support Joseph to become the new Grand Duke of the Empire. If you and Eisen The Stan family formed an alliance, and our Frey family will indeed gain a powerful ally, but have you ever thought that we will also gain more enemies. Lords of Warhammer and Lord of Silmaril will never sit back and watch the rise of the Eisenstein family, And indifferent."

The reason why Walder Frey is called the "Long Summer Fox" is because he is cautious and cunning by nature, he never takes sides easily, and gains benefits from both sides in conflicts of various forces. "The last one to arrive at the banquet, but shared the biggest cake" is how many nobles commented on Wald.

It is the tradition of the Frey family not to stand in line, and this time, Wald does not intend to break the tradition because of the Eisenstein family.

"Not long ago, Gray Shadow Castle, an important fief of the Eisenstein family, was destroyed by a demon army led by a mysterious mage. Even Joseph's daughter Ephraim was killed in Gray Shadow Castle. Now all kinds of troubles continue. The Eisenstein family is hard to deal with, so they want to use our hands to deal with the Freeman family. That guy Joseph really has a good idea, thinking that marrying a woman will make the Frey family obey them? "

In the letter, the Eisenstein family resorted to their best marriage move. The head of the family, Joseph, was willing to marry his niece to Wald's second son in order to reach a covenant between the two families.

"Warlock blood is popular." Wharton felt sour.He had heard that all the women in the Eisenstein family were beautiful, and he had long coveted them.It's a pity that people are looking at the second brother who has the blood of a six-ring warlock. He is just an insignificant spectator.

So Wharton was a little happy when he heard that his father planned to reject the Eisenstein family.

Wald glanced at his son, as if he could see through the other's thoughts.He added: "Wharton, jealousy is not a bad thing. If you can use it in the right place, maybe you will be able to achieve more than your two brothers in the future. I will reject the Eisenstein family's apparent The alliance requested, but in private, they can agree to deal with the Freeman brothers and sisters. Can you tell me why I made this decision?"

Wharton pondered for a long time before replying cautiously: "Are you trying to borrow the power of the King of Haiwen?"

"It's just a vulgar pirate who dares to pretend to be the king of Haven?" Wald showed disdain on his face, "But you are right about one thing, I do plan to use the Aldridge family to deal with the Freeman family. It's the two Freeman brothers and sisters with the aura of imperial heroes on their heads, and on the other side is the local snake that has been entrenched in the peninsula for many years. There will definitely be a fierce battle between the two sides. We just need to observe secretly, and then light a fire at the right time. At that time, the Freeman family can be solved without any effort, and the benefits of the Eisenstein family can be obtained."

"What my father said has benefited me a lot." Wharton nodded.

Wald didn't take this compliment from his third son seriously. He wrote a reply letter to Joseph von Eisenstein, sealed it with beeswax, stamped it again, and let the courier send it away.

The old fox who had great power in the south of Changxia Province stood up, left the desk, and came to the window.He raised his eyes and looked far away, and he took in the outline of the Haiwen Peninsula that spread along the coastline to the distance.

"The peace in the south is finally about to be broken." He said to himself.

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The large convoy of nearly 600 members of the Freeman family moved slowly in the mountains and dense forests.It took a week to get out of this tortoise-like state.

After leaving the mountains and dense forests across the northern part of the Haiwen Peninsula, the convoy entered the plains of the eastern coastline.You only need to follow this plain road that is rare in the entire peninsula, go south, pass the Black Iron City, and then pass through the Isthmus of Cork, and you will be able to reach the seat of the government in the south of the Haiwen Peninsula——Cloudscale City.

At that time, this big move, which is unprecedented in the history of the Freeman family, will be officially completed.

At night, the convoy stopped in an unknown small fishing village.After dinner, Xiona did not chat with Gordon as usual.According to her, she has been having some weird dreams at night recently, as if someone was teaching her sword skills.But the information was too vague and fragmented. After waking up every morning, Xiona forgot [-]% of it.In order to unravel the confusion in her dream, she spent more and more time practicing swordsmanship every day.

And Yi Lei and Yi Lian, the little sisters, also went to bed early because of the exhaustion of the journey.They are growing up and need adequate sleep.

When he suddenly became a loner, Du Luo came to him.

"My lord, it's really rare that you don't have a woman by your side." After a few days of training, Du Luo, who regained his weight, joked.

"Actually, you can continue to call me partner."

Du Luo quickly waved his hand: "That's not acceptable. We have different identities now, even if you don't mind, I have to worry about etiquette. You are now a great nobleman who owns a provincial fiefdom, and you must have the dignity you deserve to be able to command subordinates."

"You're right, then I won't force it." Gordon shrugged.

"We are about to arrive at Yunlin City. I would like to ask, sir, have you thought of a way to develop this remote and barren land?" Duro asked, "I am determined to drag my family to follow you , because I believe that following Gordon Freeman, there must be a lot of money to be made."

Gordon has also been thinking about this issue, but he doesn't have a systematic plan yet.

"If you still want to do your old job and make money by selling Xiongfeng rings and hair removal potions, I'm afraid it's unrealistic."

Du Luo sighed: "Yeah, the Haiwen Peninsula is so remote, how can there be any upper class to buy our things. Even the business I ran before may not be able to do it here."

In Douluo's shop in Clear Water City, in addition to the nobles and wealthy business class who buy hair removal potions and heroic rings, adventurers are also another major consumer group.However, it is located in the remote Haiwen Peninsula, and there are no ruins, mazes, dungeons and other places that can attract adventurers, so it is impossible for adventurers to patronize.

As the two men strolled on the beach, Gordon looked out at the dark sea and said, "Your business will not work unless we can build a fleet." (To be continued...)