Chapter 314 "Foresight"

Southern Territory, Earl of Hossman.

The tall and sturdy Count Karlov Hossman sat in his reception room, scrutinizing the visiting guests in front of him.

As one of the most powerful land nobles in the southern region, Karlov Hosman has always been proud of his surname and excellent family blood.

His family was originally a branch of the Hossman family in the Holy Spirit Plain. A hundred years ago, his visionary ancestor realized the true direction of the Brumaire Civil War in time, and won himself by responding to the "Crown Prince of the North". After the establishment of the Second Dynasty, the ancestors who had no right of inheritance received an exceptional canonization of the royal family, which allowed the family to obtain a piece of land of its own in the southern border and become an earl-level land aristocrat. From that day, until the future. For a hundred years, the Hosman family in the South has remained prosperous and strong.

This undoubtedly shows the excellence of the family bloodline, and also shows the importance of the quality of "vision and foresight" to the family. Karlov Horsman always keeps this in mind, so he always keeps his eyes open, cautious and careful. Keenly pays attention to everything that happens on this land, not only on his own territory, but also on the entire southern land.

After the "Founding Grand Duke" returned from resurrection, his sight never left Cecil Land.

Since the civil strife in the foggy moon a hundred years ago, the royal family has always deliberately controlled the development of the southern region. The ancient and huge Cecil family is like a giant beast. Even if it collapses overnight, the remains of its remains are still powerful. In order to prevent the big and small nobles who are still loyal to the Cecil surname from stirring up the situation, the royal family has divided this land more than once in a hundred years, and almost all the southern nobles have become the direct vassals of the royal family, and control The highest nobility in this land is only the earl - so, Earl Hossman has always been one of the highest nobility in this land for a hundred years, but this situation was changed less than a year ago. broke.

There is a new "duke" in the southern border.

Although the duke did not immediately claim his land, nor did he make any claim to the contemporary aristocratic system in the south, he went to the Dark Mountains to start development and construction while retaining only the title of title. ? Earl Horsman never let down his guard against the dead and resurrected founding hero. He has a keen sense of smell and can smell a different flavor from the Duke's series of actions-that is the hidden ambition and threat.

"This is the news that can come out so far," said the guest in front of him, "the spies we sent have successfully infiltrated an organization called the 'Twenty-fifth Production and Construction Brigade'. According to the words of the resurrected Duke Ming, it It is a 'secret construction department', according to the information obtained by the spies, this department directly accepts the orders of the lord, and undertakes the highest-level territorial construction tasks, so the information sent should be reliable and extremely valuable."

"Very good... Mr. Green, the spies you trained did not disappoint me," Karloff Horsman nodded in satisfaction, then frowned slightly, "So... that Duke Gawain Cecil has Got a bunch of very powerful weapons? And maybe from elves?"

"Yes, they use this weapon to deal with monsters wandering in the wasteland."

"The silver elves are the builders of the magnificent wall. It's not surprising that they have weapons against monsters in the wasteland, but they bypassed the Anzu royal family and directly contacted Duke Gawain Cecil and aided the weapons... This is a bit strange. Now," Karlov Hossman tapped the table lightly, thinking about the truth hidden during this period, "it seems that, as I thought, the founding duke was not a 'good neighbor'..."

"Perhaps we should act as soon as possible to control the display of Cecil's collar," said the thin middle-aged man known as Mr. Green with a gloomy smile, his already gloomy temperament was even more gloomy under the background of this smile, black A cold light flashed in the eyes covered by his head, "Viscount Leslie has obviously fallen to the Cecil family, and Kant is now under the control of the Cecil family, the man who came back from the dead. , is unknowingly infiltrating and controlling the lands that once belonged to him."

"But it doesn't belong to him now," Count Karloff snorted softly, "but we can't be too obvious - he is still the duke of the kingdom, at least in name and de jure. In this case, the first A guy who jumps out against him won't do any good no matter what the end result is."

"He is indeed the duke in name and de jure of the kingdom, but who wants this 'duke' to exist? You don't want it, Viscount Carroll doesn't want it, Dame Granny doesn't want it, and even our king-- He doesn't want it either, but everyone must show enough respect for a founding ancestor," Mr. Green smiled. As Count Karloff's advisor for many years, he was quite aware that his sharp-eyed friend was in the What to think, "We can't confront the founding heroes head-on, this will damage your reputation, but we can contact others first and make some preparations in advance..."

Listening to the advisor's words, the expression on Karlov Hossman's face gradually softened.

"There is one more thing," Mr. Green mentioned another piece of information after the discussion came to an end. "Recently, something called a 'Magic Web' has been reported from Leslie..."

"Magic Web?" Karloff frowned slightly. "What is that?"

"A magic device, or something similar to a magic device, can absorb the free magic power in nature, and its efficiency is many times higher than that of a traditional self-charging magic circle. It can stably supply some devices that need to consume magic power. Such as the magic spar lamp," Green explained, "you should have guessed that it first appeared on Cecil's land, and the magician under Gawain Cecil Duke created it, and then cooperated with Cecil. Viscount Leslie, who came very close to him, bought the technology—but that Viscount Leslie clearly wanted to recover some of the money..."

Count Karloff Hossman couldn't help but smile: "Any loyalty is limited, as long as the price is right. Is this kind of thing called magic net worth a lot?"

"It is of great value, especially after it is equipped with a device called a 'magic engine'," Green said, "The magic engine is a powerful magic tool that can replace human work and is also led by Cecil. The product is expensive, but it is worth the power of dozens or hundreds of slaves, and it works day and night without getting tired. I have sent someone to Tanzania to investigate the situation, and my statement is no exaggeration.”

Count Karloff was taken aback: "Is there really such a powerful magic item? Could it be that the resurrected Duke even sold this kind of thing to Viscount Leslie?"

"Obviously, the Duke is very short of money after being resurrected," Mr. Green said with a smile, "Of course, I guess he must have reservations about selling it. After all, no one wants to hand over precious magic items to others. But our spies in Tanzania managed to get in touch with Viscount Leslie's men, and they had a way to sneak in a bunch - as you said, any loyalty is limited, as long as the price is right."

"Very well, find a way to get a so-called 'magic engine', and that... magic net, also find a way to get it," Count Karloff made a decisive decision, he had already seen from these two things Potential value, timely shot is the good character of the Hosman family, "Don't worry about the gold coins you need, the most important thing is to be able to get the magic secrets of Cecil's territory."

Green smiled: "You'll get what you want."

In the lord's mansion of Cecil Land, Gawain read the letter in his hand and looked up at Amber with a smile: "Guess what our neighbor who lives in Tanzania said?"

Amber glanced at the letter, the emblem of the Leslie family could be seen in the corner of the letter, but she said casually without reading the content: "Recently, other nobles from the south have been in contact with him, planning to buy a magic engine, right? "

Gawain glanced at Amber a little surprised: "How did you know?"

"I'm the director of the Military Security Intelligence Bureau! Chief!" Amber stared at him and pointed to his nose, "You appointed it yourself, oh my god, you didn't forget it at all..."

Gao Wen hurriedly pushed back Amber's head, which was getting closer and closer, and waved his hand: "I didn't forget, of course, there is no internet - mainly because I didn't expect you to actually work, and the main thing I see you doing every day is Looking for food from various departments, and the rest of the time is spent making trouble for me, I still think you don't do any business at all."

amber:"……"

The half-elf lady stared at Gawain and confronted Gawain for a long time, and then she thought that she couldn't beat him anyway, and she went back with ease: "In addition to the magic engine, I also received information that there are several territories in the western region of the southern border. There are simple magic nets or clues related to magic nets. Some noble lords are recruiting rune craftsmen and rune masters, and others are recruiting magicians at high prices. Based on the flow of 'magic net' information, I judge those local The lord has bought or stole some information about the magic net and is trying to copy it.”

"Has the magic net started to spread... It's slower than I thought, but considering the influence of winter, this speed is not bad," Gawain nodded while thinking, "Viscount Andrew is also working hard."

When Gawain mentioned Viscount Andrew, Amber couldn't help rolling his eyes: "What do you say - Viscount Andrew was trembling and secretly bribing the technician you sent over, and half of the money went into your pocket. , It's hard to learn it by stealth, and you suddenly sent a messenger to say that the magic net can be sold, not only can it be sold, but also can be sold as an agent to farther places... You are such a fool Is it?"

"I didn't want to bully him at first, who asked him to do something small," Gao Wen helplessly spread out his hands, "This is the most troublesome thing for me in dealing with the nobles of this era, obviously I can do it with integrity Business, everyone is good, and you have to over-interpret your own nonsense. But I believe Viscount Leslie will learn a lesson after this... Doing business with Cecil, the rules are different from other places."

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