Chapter 317 Aftermath

Not to mention that the traces on the ground don't seem to be left by man-made battles, and it is impossible for the leader of the Yongye army to have such strength.

Thoughts were running wild in his mind, but Sir Crest was very clever and didn't ask any further questions.

Grand Duke Buck snorted, but didn't answer what Sir Crest meant, and asked instead, "Why did you arrive early?"

Sir Crist naturally couldn't tell Duke Buck that he was troubled by heart disease and nightmares, and couldn't sleep at night, so he could only use the method he used to deal with Vice Admiral Evans: "Stubin's fleet is limited, and it is impossible to completely block it. The entire river surface sneaked in on a small scale at night, and it was impossible to defend against it. The leader of the Yongye army started by attacking at night. I was worried that they would repeat the same tricks, so I led the elite, took a step first, and came to meet them. Vice General Evans was in the rear. Hurry up, it's still a step too late."

It would be a lie to say that Sir Kleist has no regrets in his heart. Looking at his actions, it can be said that he is careless, not cautious, and does not pay attention to the leader of the Yongye army, but he is still always behind the leader of the Yongye army. step.

It's fine if you don't guess the opponent's military intentions, but when you think about it, there is a time lag, and being preempted by others, this feeling is disgusting and makes you want to vomit.

"You've done a good job!" Grand Duke Buck said after a moment of silence, "You have repeatedly reminded me to be careful of the Eternal Night Commander, but I still don't pay enough attention to it, and it's inevitable that I will suffer."

Obviously, Sir Kleist was not the only one who felt this way.

After being reminded by Sir Kleist, Duke Buck thought that he had paid enough attention to the leader of the Eternal Night Army.

For this reason, he even smashed several golden mountains, called the hidden power in the capital of Valesta, forced the supreme ruler of the Eternal Night Army, Xiao En, out of his lair, tried their standards, and the results were life and death. two champion knights.

In order to ensure the safety of the Swamp of Despair, he even did not hesitate to sell part of the interests of the Swamp of Despair, which he regarded as his pocket, and let the Commons family get a share of it. In the end, he only defeated the Crocodile Clan, but did not even face the leader of the Evernight Army. See you.

Now, he did not hesitate to use the biggest hole card of the Kingsley family - the Golden Armor.

The ancient artifact has not been delivered yet, and I was almost killed on the way

This is the reason that Duke Buck didn't know that he arranged for Sir Clester to send the fake Commons family envoy. When he provoked the relationship between the Commons family and the Crocodile tribe, he pushed the Crocodile tribe into the eternal night army. In his arms, otherwise he wouldn't be vomiting blood.

Looking at the overall situation, they seem to be helping the Yongye army.

Every move he made was subject to the Yong Ye Army Leader.

Such a dislocation has a direct relationship with the policies adopted by both sides towards the crocodile people.

If the leader of the Yongye army had shown their horses and horses against the Swamp of Despair from the beginning like the Kingsley family, maybe the two sides would have already officially started fighting in the Swamp of Despair.

It is a miracle that the leader of the Yongye army is one step ahead of the Kingsley family because of his appetite to swallow the crocodile tribe and the swamp of despair.

"Did you see the enemy attacking the camp outside? Catapults and the like?" Yada asked impatiently.

"The enemy attacking the camp? Trebuchet?" Sir Kleist's eyes widened, and he said inexplicably, "Didn't the enemy directly attack the camp? I was just about to ask, where is the enemy? We have arrived At that time, the main force of the enemy had already retreated, and the surrounding environment was too complicated, we did not dare to pursue it without authorization, so please punish us by Your Majesty."

Didn't see the trebuchet! There are no enemies!

Grand Duke Buck, Yada, and Needham looked at each other, and seemed to be able to see the horror in each other's eyes.

Unless it was an invisible ghost who shot, their previous guess was correct, and the opponent was indeed attacking from the air.

Seeing the undead, this is even more illusory than the ghost himself, how did the other party do this?

Grand Duke Buck once again praised Sir Crest's stability, and at the same time sent sentry cavalry to check the surrounding situation.

The result was the same as Sir Kleist's answer, not to mention the shadow of the trebuchet, not even half of the enemy's corpse was seen. If the blood left on the ground could not be removed, they thought it was the What about ghosts?

Even so, there are still various rumors circulating in the material transportation team.

Many people swore that it was not human beings who attacked them last night, but ghosts and ghosts, ghosts and ghosts from the Swamp of Despair, who wanted to drag them to the kingdom of death.

The soldiers of the Kingsley family were better. After all, they were serving the army leader, and they often couldn't help themselves. They knew that there was a sea of ​​fire ahead, but they had to move forward.

Those Black people from the Huayu Plateau were different, even if they were killed, they were unwilling to take a step forward.

What a joke!

They are here to make money, not to die.

They went deep into the Swamp of Despair to transport food, because they thought that the Swamp of Despair was completely under the control of the Kingsley family, and there was no danger.

It now appears that this is not the case at all.

Not to mention that those who attacked them earlier were ghost-like enemies who came and went without a trace, even if they were ordinary bandits and robbers, they didn't have the courage to go forward after killing them like this.

Especially those Black people who are in the first half of the team, it is simply a river of blood.

Swordsmen have no eyes, water and fire are ruthless.

In the previous chaotic situation, the Night Leopard Marine Corps did not care whether those transporting food were soldiers from the Kingsley family or merchants and farmers from the Huayu Plateau. Anyone who stood in their way, whether it was intentional or unintentional, would be chopped up with one knife. Let's talk.

When the fire is burning, I don't care so much.

These businessmen from the Huayu Plateau can be said to have lost both money and wealth, sitting on the ground and crying loudly, everywhere.

In this case, those Black people who had no losses in the back did not want to move forward.

When they were away from home, the fellow villagers would naturally unite together, and soon those Black people recommended a few more intelligent and prestigious people to come to negotiate with the head of the Kingsley family.

Before they came, they didn't know that Duke Buck, the supreme ruler of the Kingsley family, was accompanying the team. They heard that the king of the Kingsley family was meeting them, and these businessmen fell to their knees on the spot.

However, these days, those who are able to go out to do business, regardless of how extensive their knowledge is, will be more or less connected with lords and nobles. Some lords and aristocrats look down on the industry, but they are still serious jazz, no, they still have a bit of vision.

This named Copperfield, the knight conferred by the Black family, will be elected. Apart from being a little famous in the food delivery team, he is also in the front position, so he put all his eggs in one basket and mortgaged all his property. , Most of the 20 carts of grain that had been prepared had been burned.

If you can't find an explanation and you are completely responsible for yourself, then it's not a bankruptcy issue, but a debt-ridden family with a family sleeping on the street.

Copperfield didn't care about the traces of war that hadn't been cleaned up on his body, and after performing a standard aristocratic etiquette, he said bravely: "Your Majesty, it is our honor to meet you. I am not just here for myself, Those colleagues who also represent the leader of the Huayu army are ashamed to say that we were blindfolded by the interests of this food sale, and we far underestimated the danger. Many people made wrong decisions, and the losses were heavy."

"There should be a lot of responsibilities that belong to me. It's not reasonable to ask His Majesty, but most people have small businesses and have no way to bear such losses. If there is no external assistance, they and their families They will be in a desperate situation, after all, they are here for His Majesty, can His Majesty give some compensation properly?"

Sir Copperfield said it very euphemistically, but the meaning is obvious. We are also transporting food for the Kingsley family, so we must give an explanation.

Fearing that Duke Buck would not accept this part of the loss, Sir Copperfield added: "We no longer expect His Majesty to pay the price originally agreed upon, but only need to pay the normal grain price. The cost of transportation loss along the way, we Willing to take care of myself.”

Grand Duke Buck's face was as deep as water, and it was impossible to tell anything from his expression. Tens of seconds of contemplation made the Black businessman headed by Sir Copperfield feel like years.

Grand Duke Buck finally asked a question that was far from the topic: "Can you represent all the grain black people?"

This question really made Copperfield hesitate for a while, and his thoughts turned all over, not knowing what Duke Buck's real thoughts were when he asked this question.

There are many extensions to this question.

Both mean you have the right to represent them? And you are the one who took the lead in making trouble?

There is a possibility of backhand pushing him out and chopping him up, and the possibility of the Black family standing up for themselves is almost zero.

At this moment, Copperfield felt a coolness emanating from the back of his neck, and whether his head could still rest here in a few minutes was a question.

But the matter has come to this point, and Copperfield can't help backing down. Anyway, if you stretch out your head, it's a knife if you shrink your head. Reporting back to Your Majesty, before coming here, most people have reached a consensus and recommended me to represent this matter, as long as an agreement can be reached, I can find a way to persuade the rest."

"Very good." Grand Duke Buck nodded in satisfaction, "In this way, it will save me a lot of trouble. Even if you don't come, I won't just sit idly by. After all, you are here in response to my call. , to transport food for my family, although you are all Black people, but now you are regarded as my soldiers, I can't just sit idly by, Sir, please go back and count, all Black people who unfortunately died will be treated as soldiers of the Kingsley family Pension treatment, when the time comes, the pension will be handed over to the Sir, please transfer it to their family members, as for the food that is burned, it will be paid according to the original price of the food, but..."

Copperfield was filled with great surprises. This result was completely beyond his imagination. According to their expectations, the Kingsley family can pay for the burned food at the market price, which is already the best result. .

As for those Black merchants who unfortunately died, they can only consider themselves unlucky.

These days, going out to do business is a very risky thing in itself, especially for long-distance business, two or three out of ten will always fall on the way.

It's not just those thieves and robbers who are as numerous as a cow's hair, but also diseases and plagues. If you are a little careless, if you fall down, it will be difficult to get up again.

Who would have thought that Grand Duke Buck would be so straightforward, not only taking over all the losses, but also giving pensions to those merchants who died.

This is something unheard of.

It is worthy of being called the richest family in the whole continent. It is indeed rich and powerful, and its behavior style is indeed different from that of the lords and nobles seen in the past.

Copperfield was born in an aristocratic family, so his vision was not comparable to that of ordinary businessmen, so he somewhat understood the reason why Duke Buck was so forthright.

The Kingsleys were as famous for their poverty as they were for their wealth.

They had just established contact with the Black family, and they used huge profits to attract the merchants of the Black family to come out to transport grain, and this happened.

If Grand Duke Buck is too ruthless and cools the hearts of those Black family merchants, who will help them transport grain out then?

Even if he dispatches an army by himself, he has to be able to do it well.

Buying the hearts of these Black merchants with huge profits and continuing to help the Kingsley family transport food is the kingly way.

The reason why Copperfield agreed to the recommendation of those Black merchants to negotiate with the Kingsley family as a representative was based on this speculation.

But before that, the only thing he wasn't sure about was whether the general who guarded the Kingsley family's food had such an overall view.

I didn't expect to bump into Duke Buck directly.

He was wiser than he expected, and made the most correct decision, which was also the most beneficial decision for their Black businessman.

Copperfield was more or less convinced of the conditions that Barker made public. Even after hearing the turning point, he was not as panicked as before, and said very respectfully: "Your Majesty, benevolent, what request do you have? Just say it. For your kindness, we are willing to serve you."

Grand Duke Buck also nodded in satisfaction, dealing with smart people, many things are much simpler, he directly spread out his conditions, saying: "I need Sir to go back, help appease those frightened businessmen, don't give up halfway, continue to deliver food When we arrive at the destination, you have seen our situation. We won’t be able to take out so many people for a while. After the food arrives at the destination, I am willing to add half of the price of the food to the original basis. As for safety , I can assure everyone that nothing similar to last night will happen, and a large army will arrive in the near future to sweep the surrounding areas."

"Very happy to help, Your Majesty, your kindness and generosity will impress them and make them make the right choice." Copperfield readily agreed.

At this time, he doesn't have much room for bargaining.

If he didn't nod his head, it would be a matter of whether or not Grand Duke Buck's previous promise was carried out.

What's more, Grand Duke Buck has a deep understanding of the truth that money can turn ghosts around. For these businessmen, as long as they offer enough benefits, they dare to go, even if it is a sea of ​​swords and swords, let alone the threat of war.

"Very good, I hope our cooperation will last for a long time." Grand Duke Buck nodded in satisfaction.

"Available at any time." Copperfield once again responded with impeccable aristocratic etiquette, and the two sides reached an agreement.

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man.

This is also applicable to businessmen.

When it was heard that the Kingsley family was willing to bear all losses and risks, even those Black merchants were still full of fear for the future, but no one clamored to quit. Even if there were, they were suppressed by Sir Copperfield. down.

This is not the time to talk about human rights. Collective interests are the most important.

Fortunately, they were not far away from the Kingsley family's Eastern Army. After a day of repairs, when they started on the road again, there were already countless Kingsley family cavalry along the way.

Ake Messer had already received the news that Grand Duke Buck had come to the Swamp of Despair and was almost blown to death. He was so startled that he broke out in a cold sweat, and his entire defense level had been raised by more than one notch.