Bright Era

Riding an inferior horse, Lin Qi looked back at the quiet Viscount Collie in the morning mist.

"Almighty gods will bless them!" Lin Qi gestured a prayer gesture commonly used by church members with both hands on his chest, and smiled maliciously. With a vigorous wave of his hand, Lin Qi pinched the horse's belly with his legs and drove the inferior horse slowly eastward along the mountain road.

Xiong Wanjin rode a cow behind Lin Qi—yes, it was a big water buffalo used to plow the land. Because the entire Viscount Qiuli could not find a mount that could bear his huge weight, he could only find one in a curse. Buffalo just make do. Is it a mount with at least four hooves? At least he didn't have to travel long distances out of breath.

As for Alda, Gawu and Bilibili, Arda and Gawul are riding a bad horse, and Bilibili can only ride on a donkey very wronged. Viscount Qiuli is indeed not a rich place, and it is already very good to be able to find three extra horses for Lin Qi to use. Since Xiong Wanjin rode a buffalo, Bilibili made do with a donkey, at least he fits well in size.

Just waved their hands, and the group left the Viscount Qiuli collar.

Before Lin Qi and the others left, something very interesting happened. The father-in-law of Viscount Qiuli, the lord of the town more than ten miles away, an old hereditary knight suddenly fell from his horse and broke his neck. The old knight died happily, but the territory he left behind attracted the peeping of his three nephews and five nephews.

The wife of Viscount Chuli had unquestionable inheritance rights, but the three nephews and five nephews joined forces, and some of the old knight’s old men felt that they should find a man to support the door, so the town’s ownership right was also There was little trouble.

However, Lin Qi left the three disciples of Jiawu to assist Viscount Qiuli, and left him a large number of gold coins and other rare possessions. Although the items in Lin Qi’s World Ring could not be used, Jiawu Fortunately, Arda, Bilibili, and even Xiong Wanjin all have a lot of wealth in them.

Three ferocious mages who believe in the ancient evil spirits, the evil masters with the highest power of heaven, and the large amount of money operation, if they can't hold down a group of country buns, Lin Qi feels that Viscount Qiuli can follow his old father-in-law. Forget it.

So Lin Qi left Viscount Qiuli without worry, and before leaving, he kindly prayed to the gods for the eight male in-laws of Viscount Qiuli. I hope they don’t die too ugly, and I hope Gawul’s disciples don’t do anything too outrageous. Lin Qi didn't hope that when he returned to Viscount Qiuli in a few years, he would hear horrible rumors such as the "Mountain Village Murder" and the "Ghost Lost Trail".

Anyway, with three bad horses, a buffalo, and a cute little donkey, Lin Qi and his party left the Viscount Qiuli collar slowly.

From the south of Lanyue Principality all the way to the east, passing through a Principality and two independent marquis territories, Lin Qi and his party, all transformed into serious Westerners, with the help of forged passports and documents, smoothly Entered the Caesar Empire.

In a small and medium-sized city of the Caesar Empire, I purchased two carriages, bought some messy local products, and hired a team of dozens of mercenaries as escorts. Lin Qi and others slowly followed the official road to the north. go ahead.

When Lin Qi helped Enzo participate in the military academy graduation actual combat drill, the exercise site was an isolated island in the middle of a large lake on the border of the Gaul Empire and the Caesar Empire. Lin Qi was also thinking about the big lake, which leads directly to the main channel of the Seine. With Lin Qi’s means, he could easily find a barge willing to carry private goods and send them into the territory of the Gaul Empire and follow the Serenity. The En River goes straight to New Dun Erke.

Under the warm sun, the roads of the Caesar Empire were very straight and clean, just like the impression given to the people of the Caesar Empire, extremely tough and lacking flexibility. The roads of the Gaul Empire like to plant some ornamental plants, such as white magnolia, red maple, and April cherry. But the Caesar Empire is different. They planted tall oaks on both sides of their straight roads. The huge canopies of these oaks that have grown for decades cover the roads and provide shade for pedestrians.

Lin Qi leaned lazily in the carriage, looking at the mercenaries who were closely following him through the open window.

The people of the Caesar Empire feel that way, dry and hard, insisting on principles without knowing how to work, and at the same time striving for perfection in everything, with a paranoid tradition of striving for precision. Just like the fifty mercenaries hired by Lin Qi, they marched forward neatly like puppets, and they wouldn't make any noise unless they were resting.

Their faces are firm, their eyes are strict, and they are ready to fight at any time.

In comparison, even the Gaul Empire, which was once the main battlefield of the Land-Island War for a century, were the elite soldiers of the empire’s regular army, right? Lin Qi couldn't help but nodded secretly. The Caesar Empire's army was known as the mainland's first army, and it looked true. Even these mercenaries have surpassed the regular army of many countries.

And the quality of these mercenaries was amazing. The 50-man mercenary captain stepped into the heaven with one foot, the other fighters had fifteen high-ranking fighters, and the others were all high-ranking fighters. If there are 100,000 such mercenaries and they are allotted with sophisticated ordnance, they will definitely be an elite army with amazing combat effectiveness.

However, thinking about half of the finance and economy of the Caesar Empire is secretly controlled by the Yun clan, and the Yun clan’s cover-up family Jinshan family even controls the power of the Caesar Empire’s gold coin casting and issuance. Lin Qi feels cold all over. .

A powerful empire whose economic lifeline is controlled by people, and possesses such elite fighters and sturdy people, Lin Qi has enough reason to doubt-the generals of the standing army of the Caesar Empire, how many of them have become golden mountains. Family member? Emperor Yun suddenly expressed unreserved support to Yun Canglong, Yun Xiaolan and his son on behalf of the veteran group. Is it related to Yun Canglong's activities in the Caesar Empire?

Lin Qi clearly remembered that when they first went to the territory of the Jinduo family, Yun Fenghua said that Yun Canglong had gone to the Caesar Empire.

With Yun Canglong's method, he would not come to the Caesar Empire for charity, right?

After pondering for a long time, Lin Qi poked his head out and greeted Luen, the captain of this mercenary team: "Luen, I want to ask, how many people are mercenaries in the entire Caesar Empire? Elite servants like you How many people are there in the army?"

His skin is dark and rough, and his body is tall and strong. It feels like a piece of old rock, Lu En, walked to Lin Qi's carriage, and said cleanly: "How many people don't know exactly, but there are definitely many. Like me The mercenary team, our ranking in the mercenary union is more than 1,000."

Lin Qi grinned and took a breath of air. The ranks of such an elite mercenary team in the Caesar Empire's mercenary world are all over two thousand? In other words, is there a much stronger mercenary team than him? In other words, there are many mercenary teams that are similar in strength to his team?

What a force this is.

"There are so many people. Tsk, how much money does it cost to hire them all?" Lin Qi couldn't help but mutter.

Luen glanced at Lin Qi weirdly, and said with his fingers sternly: "That's a lot of money. You hired us to **** you to Lake St. Luen. The short 10-day journey cost two thousand gold coins, even The mercenary teams ranked higher than ours are all at the same price. For a thousand teams, it will cost you two million gold coins in ten days, an average of two hundred thousand gold coins a day, and it’s a year..."

Lin Qi interrupted Luen’s rigid calculations, and he grumbled: "The problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. Gold coins? I don’t have much else, but I still have some gold coins. Of course, I can’t take them out for the time being. ."

Squinting his eyes and smiling at Luen, Lin Qi asked relaxedly: "Then, Captain Luen, do you accept a long-term employment contract? I am going to set up a chamber of commerce in the small town of Maren next to Lake Saint Luen. I need a group of loyal, reliable, and capable people to stay there for me, and I will sign a long-term employment contract with you, say, three years?"

Lu En looked at Lin Qi in surprise: "Of course, boss, if you are willing to spend this money. Even as mercenaries, we also like a stable life. Who wants to work hard in the wind and rain? But, If we are stationed in Mullen for a long time, what will our family members do?"

Lin Qi patted Luen on the shoulder: "Then, for the resettlement fee of 100,000 gold coins, I am determined to hire you for a long time. If you want, my chamber of commerce will set up its own special guard team, how about you? Luen?"

Lu En looked at Lin Qi carefully and found that he was not joking. Then he nodded vigorously: "Then, deal, boss. On the way to Marron Town, we are going to the mercenary union to change our employment contract. If you are sure that you want me to be the head of your chamber of commerce guard, in accordance with the provisions of the Mercenary Guild, I must freeze my mercenary status."

Lin Qi raised his eyebrows, as he deserves to be a Caesar who is famous for being a rigid mainland Chinese. What else does Lin Qi have to say?

But there are legends on the mainland, the lover of the Gaul Empire, the guard of Caesar, the gardener of the Harran Empire, and the dogleg of Vias. Hiring the mercenaries of the Caesar Empire as guards is indeed the most reassuring thing-as long as you abide by the contract, they will never betray. Even in the Hundred Years Land Island War, there has never been a Caesar army that has given up itself. They are the most reliable partners.

Lin Qi patted Lu En's shoulder passionately and laughed loudly.

The construction of the power and the layout of the strongholds were started in this little bit.

Together with the Lake Saint Luen of the two empires, this is the most important waterway communication line in the north of the Gaul Empire and the Caesar Empire. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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