Chapter 245 O'Brien Port
Maiwei came to the room where the innkeeper was in a flash, and because of the difference in strength and the effect of Maiwei's permanent invisibility, the few people in the room did not notice that there was an elf in the room.
When Maiwei entered the room, the innkeeper with silver-level strength was speaking, and O'Brien heard the words of the innkeeper through Maiwei. "You must always pay attention to the behavior of that wandering wizard! This person is definitely not an ordinary wizard. I feel that I can't see through his giant wolf that he uses to pull the cart."
The "guys" gathered around the innkeeper whispered to each other. When they quieted down, the innkeeper continued: "Greff County can only bring us the best benefits if it is completely in our hands. Any uncertain factors must be paid attention to. Do you understand?!"
The faces of several "guys" were stern, and they answered in unison: "Understood!" Then, these "guys" scattered back to their respective positions, and the innkeeper habitually put on a smile and walked back to the front desk of the inn.
Ha! It seems that his territory is really controlled by an unofficial organization, and the control is very strict - any wandering wizard who enters the territory must be closely monitored.
O'Brien's idea is a bit wrong. What does "any wandering wizard" mean? If O'Brien's performance is not as ordinary as that of an ordinary wizard, the innkeeper under the mysterious organization would not have called the "guys" to hold a special meeting to remind them.
In the next two days, O'Brien did not rush to leave the town of Sef, but lived in this hotel. Of course, he was not as peaceful as he seemed. Secretly, through Maiev's permanent invisibility and flickering ability, O'Brien kept getting information about his territory from the inn staff and the townspeople.
And the information he got made O'Brien feel more and more interesting.
From the townspeople, O'Brien learned that the name of Grave Territory had changed four times in just ten years. This means that within ten years, this territory has changed three lords - which is extremely abnormal.
Generally speaking, unless a lord committed treason or all relatives who had the right to inherit the territory died, a territory would not easily change its owner. A prosperous family loyal to the king would often control a territory for hundreds of years.
Grave Territory has changed three lords in ten years, and now he has come to this territory as the fourth lord. According to the information obtained from the residents of the town, the four lords before O'Brien were all small nobles with no background, and even the fief did not include Grave Port, and the title was only Viscount.
The rotation of these three lords was not because of treason - even if a lord was confused and committed treason, it is impossible for four lords to commit treason in a row, right? These three poor lords changed the ownership of the territory because they and their relatives who had the right to inherit the territory all died.
In this way, the organization that secretly controlled Grave Territory is really powerful. O'Brien easily guessed that the frequent changes of lords were obviously due to the underground organization of Greve Territory. No, maybe not underground, in Greve Territory, this organization has dared to appear in the open.
In the conversations of the town residents, a term that appeared many times caught O'Brien's attention-"Stanny Chamber of Commerce". On the surface, the Stanny Chamber of Commerce controls all internal transactions and foreign trades of Greve Territory, and the Port of Greve, which has not been controlled by the previous lords, is also under the control of this chamber of commerce.
That's right, it's this chamber of commerce! The previous lords were probably "dealt with" by the Stanny Chamber of Commerce because they were unwilling to cooperate with the Stanny Chamber of Commerce or unwilling to give up their rights as a lord.
And this can also reflect that the Stanny Chamber of Commerce probably has some power in the Holy Lion Empire. Although it is only a viscount, it is not a trivial matter to die without reason. At least, it cannot be suppressed without the background of a powerful marquis.
However, these are not what O'Brien needs to consider. In terms of strength, he didn't believe that a small Stanley Chamber of Commerce could have a legendary strongman. In terms of background, he got this earl by following the path of the Saint Childe family.
It is impossible that the people of the Saint Childe family didn't know the situation of Grave Territory, but they didn't object to O'Brien's choice of Grave Territory. They must think that the problems in this territory are nothing.
After roughly understanding the situation, O'Brien didn't plan to waste time in the small town of Serfu. After settling the accommodation fee for a few days, the Holy Giant Wolf took on the work of pulling the cart again, pulling O'Brien and Maiev to the north of Grave Territory.
This time, Yu Fei planned to go directly to Grave Port to solve all the problems in his territory. The contact or war between the night elves and the human world has begun, and the war with the Seven Kingdom will officially start in half a month at most. Yu Fei no longer has more time to waste on trivial matters.
Two days later, Grave Port, oh no, the official administrative order of the empire has been issued. The new Lord, Earl O'Brien, is on his way to take office, and this place will be renamed O'Brien Harbor.
Residents in the harbor mostly curled their lips and said nothing when they heard the news. This is already the fourth Lord in ten years, and who knows if this place will be renamed again in a few years.
However, the people on a "wolf car" in front of the inner harbor gate obviously didn't think so. Lifting the curtain, O'Brien looked at the port that already belonged to him.
Although only the inland part of the port could be seen from here, O'Brien had expressed satisfaction. Judging from the length of the city wall, O'Brien Port is obviously a large port. This means that it is more likely to provide energy for the night elves through sea transportation.
Lowering the curtain, in the surprised eyes of passers-by, this unique "wolf car" slowly drove into O'Brien Port.
Although the little tails that had been following the car before were quite annoying, after solving these troubles personally, O'Brien's mood was much better.
However, along with O'Brien's good mood; some people in O'Brien Port were not in a good mood. In other words, these people were in a very bad mood at the moment. And this bad mood was brought by our Lord Earl O'Brien.