The mage arrives

Although the female knight didn't understand the strange words that came out of Gordon's mouth, she at least understood one thing: the young lord was going to find another way and use other methods to solve Strindberg's problem.

So Sigrid decided to suppress the urge to speak, no longer stick to her own opinion, but quietly observe what Gordon will do - for this fiery female knight, this is already very rare.

"So this time, what kind of surprise can Mr. Mage, whom Ms. Jier admires so much, give me?" the female knight thought to herself.

Although Sigrid had already been convinced by Gordon's performance in the battle that completely wiped out the elite cavalry of the Aldrich family not long ago, she still hoped that the other party could show their talents again.It seemed that the more outstanding Gordon was, the more honored she would be.

"No... Even if that guy has achieved something, it has nothing to do with me. Why should I be happy... He... He bullied me at the banquet in Black Iron City last time, which made me weak all over Outside of the sky, he didn't do anything for me..."

The more Sigrid thought about it, the more irritable she became. Recalling the last time she was held in Gordon's arms, a sense of shame flooded her heart, making her thoughts even more messy.

"Take a look at this castle by yourselves, I'm leaving!" Sigrid said suddenly, and without waiting for anyone to answer, she clamped her horse's belly and drove away at lightning speed.

"What happened to Miss Knight?" Mrs. Dana asked.

Gordon looked at the female knight who was looking for trouble and left suddenly, and shook his head in bewilderment: "I don't know, maybe I'm worried about Jier's injury, so I feel irritable."

After finishing speaking, he ascended into the sky using the levitation technique, keeping the bird's-eye view of the entire Strindberg firmly in his mind.

After landing on the ground.Gordon gave Mrs. Dana some instructions, and then returned to the temporary camp.Just when he arrived, the envoy sent by the king of Haiwen also arrived.

More than that, just rotated with Chuck yesterday.Theodore in charge of guarding the Isthmus of Cork.He also personally escorted dozens of heavy freight carriages to Yunlin City.

"These carriages are..." asked Gordon.

The emissary of the Aldrich family said: "Lord Earl Haiwen, my master has agreed to your request. This time, I will send ten tons of grain first. The follow-up supplies and the shipbuilders you requested are being prepared quickly. "

"The King of Haiwen is really straightforward." Gordon smiled slightly, not too surprised, as if this situation had been expected.

Although he was the one being extorted.But the envoy didn't dare to get angry, and his attitude became more respectful.Because before coming, Abel had told him repeatedly that he must not offend Gordon Freeman, lest the other party take his anger on Simon.

"As you can see, the King of Haven has begun to fulfill his promise. Then please show your sincerity, my lord. My request is not high. I just need to ask Master Simon to come out and let me confirm His safety." The envoy saluted.

"A very reasonable request, of course." After Gordon finished speaking, he asked Woodrow, who was dedicated to guarding the prisoners.Take that Mr. Roshan up.

"Mr. Hernandez!" When Simon Aldrich saw the messenger, he immediately became agitated and wanted to rush over to hug him fiercely.

Fortunately, Woodrow made a timely move and saved Mr. Hernandez from suffocating the messenger to death in a pile of fat.He swung his spear horizontally, and then swung it, Simon was sent flying two meters away by the blunt bullet, and fell to the ground.

The envoy Hernandez wiped his sweat and smiled awkwardly at Gordon: "Master Simon is very healthy, except for a little weight loss, there is nothing serious. Thank you for your trustworthiness, Lord Earl."

"It doesn't matter. Mr. Simon Aldrich is quite honest except that he consumes a little more food. He doesn't bother people. Every kidnapper likes such a hostage." Gordon There was still a formal smile on his face.

Hearing that the majestic lord of the Haiwen Peninsula compared himself to the kidnapper, Hernandez was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "I have another merciless request. I hope to stay in Yunlin City for a long time." In a few days, I will visit an old friend, and I don’t know if the Earl will allow it.”

"Of course." Gordon patted the other party's shoulder affectionately: "Mr. Hernandez, you are also a subject under my rule. As long as you don't break the law and commit crimes, of course you have the right to travel freely."

Hernandez didn't expect the other party to agree so readily, and nodded his thanks hastily.

After sending Hernandez away, Woodrow leaned over to Gordon with a spear on his shoulder: "My lord, did you agree to the other party so easily? He must be uneasy and kind, and wants to take this opportunity to snoop on our intelligence."

"Of course I know. In fact, that Mr. Hernandez is probably just someone who knows. After the battle on the Isthmus of Cork, the Aldrich family must have sent a large number of people to the south of the peninsula. In addition The eyeliner that was already lurking, the situation around us is very complicated. So it doesn’t matter if there is another Hernandez. You go to Yunlin City to inform Yang Qi and let him pay attention to this guy. Report anytime."

"Understood, my lord." Woodrow saluted, and then escorted Master Simon away.

Gordon called Dalinar to his side again: "All the [-] craftsmen I have are handed over to you. We must build a warehouse that can accommodate [-] tons of materials as soon as possible. The materials of the Aldrich family will be delivered one after another. We can’t have no place to store it. Especially in Haiwen Peninsula, where it’s rainy in spring, we have to prevent the food from becoming damp and moldy.”

Dalinar, who is now the Earl of Haven's magic assistant, immediately nodded and said, "I see, my lord."

After the Battle of High Rock City, Gordon took as much time as possible to teach Dalinar the arcane knowledge, and from time to time, based on the experience in "The Ancient Era", he prepared some potions that could temporarily increase the spiritual power and increase the effect of meditation. Dalinar takes.With the help of these various measures, Dalina finally broke through the bottleneck and was promoted to a first-ring mage.

However, although he got rid of his status as a mage apprentice and became an official mage, Dalinar was still a rookie in Gordon's eyes.The combat power is even more unbearable.Anyway, even if the two spell slots of the newly promoted first-level mages are all prepared with magic missiles, they will not be of much use on the battlefield, so Gordon simply asked him to start learning various auxiliary spells commonly used in life.

All the way south from the imperial capital.When we arrived at Haiwen Peninsula.Dalinar has been able to give an object with a volume of less than eight cubic meters with a success rate of more than 70.00%.Constant Drying, Constant Temperature, Repelling Insects, Rat Repelling Aura, and more.

It was for this reason that Gordon entrusted him with the task of building the warehouse.

"In addition to the necessary materials for building the warehouse, you asked those craftsmen to harvest an additional batch of wood in the forest. I have other uses." Gordon added.

After Dalinar left.Gordon called Douro to his side: "In order to solve Strindberg's problem, after discussing with Mrs. Dana, I need to hold a magical ceremony. I hope you can help me buy the things on this list. "

Gordon handed Douro a piece of paper with various alchemy materials written on it.

The chubby shopkeeper took a look and flicked the paper: "No problem. But Lord Lord, there is one more problem."

"You said."

Du Luo said: "I walked around Yunlin City yesterday, mainly to check on the spot. Is there any business opportunity here? Although I didn't gain much, I still found some problems. In the market in the city Many of the aborigines of the peninsula who trade are still in an uncivilized state. They don’t recognize the currency used by the empire at all, and they are still in the most primitive state of barter. So the gold coins in your hand. I’m afraid it won’t be too much Emmanuel."

Is it possible to buy things with gold coins?Is this the state of the legendary "poor with only money left"?

Gordon shook his head with a wry smile, and said to Douluo: "Since those people like to barter, let's barter. You can take our luggage as you like. In addition, the King of Haiwen will continue Send food. I think those aborigines should be in need."

Du Luo nodded and said: "Don't worry, those aborigines have never seen the world, just a porcelain bowl and a shovel are regarded as treasures. When we open our own sea trade routes in the future, I am afraid that we will only rely on importing various Daily necessities can be exchanged for gems, gold and silver from these aborigines. By then, they will definitely make a lot of money."

Looking at the excited face of the other party, Gordon knew that the commercial switch in Douluo's heart had been turned on.For him, this peninsula is probably an endless treasure house waiting to be excavated.

After Du Luo left, Gordon breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, I'm done. This is like playing a business simulation game. After the order is given, it's time to drive triple times and wait slowly."

However, during the waiting period, Gordon was not idle.In addition to unremittingly studying arcane arts as always, he also had to draw blueprints, and then use the knowledge in his mind to supervise the construction of a batch of machines.

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Just as Gordon expected, Hernandez, the messenger of the King of Haven, came to Cloudscale City not just simply to visit old friends.According to the orders issued by the King of Haven, he wandered around the city every day to check on Gordon's situation.In particular, how the opponent deals with Strindberg is the focus of his attention.

But what is strange is that Gordon did not take any action except to check on Strindberg on the day Hernandez arrived.The titular lord of the peninsula stayed in the camp during the seven days when Hernandez arrived in Cloudscale City, living in seclusion.

Gordon neither entered Cloudscale City, and then began to rectify order, bringing this Haiwen Peninsula government under control, nor did he summon the local real power figures to win over and consolidate his power.

To put it simply, the Earl of Haiwen did nothing after he came to Yunlin City.

If it hadn't been for the battle of the Isthmus of Cork, where the opponent directly annihilated the cavalry team painstakingly built by the King of Haven, I am afraid that Hernandez would think that this young lord is also the same as the previous special administrators. In the same way, we only want to protect ourselves, not to be successful.

Early in the morning, Hernandez left the temporary residence.He walked on the crowded, noisy and smelly dirty streets as usual, and looked around from time to time.

"It's really lingering... As soon as I went out, I was pushed on again." Hernandez thought to himself.

Although Hernandez served as an envoy under the King of Haven, his real occupation was an arcane shadow thief.Under the guise of a messenger, stealing and collecting information is his specialty.

Has rich experience in tracking and anti-tracking.Hernandez thought that he should be at ease in Cloudscale City.But who knows, the lord seems to have experienced and capable people under his command, so that every time Hernandez goes out, he follows an inescapable tail.Let him elbow left and right.Extremely uncomfortable.

Several times, he was only able to get rid of the opponent's tracking by relying on spells.But he only touched the second layer of the magic net.There are not many spells that can be used every day, so many times, they can only stay at home and do nothing.

But today.Hernandez has an important person to meet, so he has to go out.

Turning around in the complicated alleys, and finally relying on an invisibility technique, Hernandez got rid of the stalkers. In a stone house that is rare in Cloudscale City, he met the Saloans The patriarch Marubion met.

He heard that on the first day Gordon arrived in Cloudscale City, he drove Marubion's people out of the city hall.The patriarch of Salo now must have hatred for that lord in his heart. As long as he instigates a little, and then promises a little benefit, it is very likely that the Salo people will attack Gordon.

The Salois are in the southern peninsula.It can be regarded as the top three tribes in power, and it also has alliances with many swamp tribes.As long as Marubion takes the lead and organizes a team of more than 2000 people, there is no problem.

Hernandez did not use the word "army" to describe the armed forces of these indigenous peoples because they were at best a group of minimally organized thugs, far removed from the regular army.If it weren't for the absolute superiority in numbers, Hernandez would have doubted whether they could defeat Gordon.

"Outsider, you are here." Marubion said to Hernandez in a cold tone.

This Salo patriarch is a tall man with dark complexion, curly hair and the appearance of a typical peninsula aborigine. There is a long whip pinned to his waist. The snake head, and what's even more frightening is that this snake head is actually alive, making vicious hissing sounds from time to time, and looking at the outside world with those cold eyes.

The xenophobic Marubion would call any non-native Peninsular an "outsider."If the King of Haven brought the entire southern part of the peninsula under his rule with great fanfare, Gordon Freeman might not be the one who is now hostile to the Salois.

For these half-civilized aborigines, Hernandez knew that any imperial etiquette was useless, and he said bluntly: "I know you have formed a hatred with the new lord. The king of Haiwen wants you to attack him .”

"Then what benefits can the Aldrich tribe give me? I don't lack food, weapons, and money." Marubion asked in a jerky lingua franca.

Hernandez knew that in the eyes of these aborigines, any organization formed by blood or surname is a "tribe".They cannot understand the meaning of a country, let alone the difference between a family and a tribe.

"I know what you want, Marubion." Hernandez slowed down his speech on purpose, "You want to know the secret of Mount Shen."

"That's right." Marubion nodded, "The lord has exchanged a batch of hostages with me with a map of the holy mountain. But I didn't find any secrets of the holy mountain on the map. The lord angered me again. But this is not enough for me to attack. The Aikan covet our Salo's sacred swamp, and I cannot easily move out."

Hernandez was not interested in these swamps that the aborigines regarded as precious, but he still heard the meaning of the other party's words.

"We, the Aldrich family, know a lot about the secrets of Vesula Mountain. If you are willing to help the King of Haven deal with Gordon, we are of course happy to share the secrets with you."

"real?

Hernandez smiled and said, "Of course. The two children of the King of Haven, Hansel and Greta, are powerful mages of the five rings. They have been investigating Mount Vesula for a long time."

Marubion had also heard about the names of the twin siblings, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, when I go to the tribe tomorrow, I will immediately gather people."

"Don't worry, today I heard that the lord summoned the entire Yunlin City to announce something important. We can go and see the excitement first."

"Hmph, a person who dares not even take a step into Strindberg is just a coward." Marubion said disdainfully.

But even though he said so, he and Hernandez left the residence, followed the flow of people and left Cloudscale City, and came outside the city.

The young lord didn't know what went crazy, and he announced that anyone who could go to the temporary square in front of Strindberg today could receive a catty of grain.

Such a good deed naturally attracted the poor people in the city.And those who did not worry about food and clothing, such as Hernandez and Marubion, also came to Strindberg driven by curiosity.

Gordon must have planned to distribute so much food and call close to 1 people here.

Even in the hostile camp, Hernandez was curious and looked forward to Gordon's performance.

The two of them didn't go to the temporary square that was crowded with people, but chose a place overlooking the entire castle in the distance, and slowly observed the development of the matter.

As a result, as soon as Marubion reached the top of the mountain, he pointed to the square in front of Strindberg and asked Hernandez, "Outsiders, what are those things?"

Hernandez looked in the direction the other party was pointing at, his face suddenly changed.