From pioneer lord to king

Chapter 138 The caravan from afar【4K】

A team hurried back to Doman City, and as soon as they arrived at the city gate, Ryan discovered something was wrong. There were soldiers guarding the city gate, and the city wall was also heavily guarded, as if they were facing an enemy.

Ryan was puzzled, and secretly said: "Could something be serious?"

The group of them quickly attracted the attention of the soldiers at the city gate. The leader was a leader. He recognized Ryan at a glance, trotted forward, and made a military salute: "The first battalion left guard , the first team, the leader Zuo salutes you!"

In order to facilitate the distinction between the fifth and second military systems, Ryan stipulated that "five" should be represented by numbers, and "two" should be represented by left and right.

"Thank you, what's going on in the city?"

Ryan nodded and returned a military salute.

The officer was a little flattered, but hesitantly said after hearing Ryan's question: "You don't know that a few days after you left, a thief broke into the castle at night and carried out theft, and it is said that the loss was not small.

In view of this situation, Lord Hevian, the political officer, and Lord De Lai, the head of the legion, jointly decided to seal the city and search. It has been several days, and there is still no trace of the thief. "

Ryan was taken aback immediately, and hurriedly said, "Are there any casualties?"

The officer hurriedly waved his hand and said, "There is nothing wrong with the person, but the property was stolen."

Ryan breathed a sigh of relief. Although the loss of money is heartbreaking, as long as people are fine.But then anger welled up in my heart, grandma, the castle is my base camp, lair, and center!
Someone went in and stole it easily, and finally escaped unscathed. If he killed his life instead of seeking money, wouldn't his mother and sister be in danger?
Thinking of this, he clamped the horse's belly fiercely, and galloped the horse along the long street.Allen and the others hurriedly followed, and rushed all the way back to the castle. Ryan first reprimanded the captain of the guard severely, and then slapped him down.

Then he came to Kailinman, knelt down with a "bang" and said, "Mother, my son came back late and frightened you. I will definitely catch this vile thief!"

Kailinman helped Ryan up with a smile and said: "You are a lord and a nobleman, so you can't just kneel down at every turn. I'm fine, but Susan's jewelry was stolen. I'm sad these days, you have to comfort me Just comfort her."

When Ryan heard the words, he was afraid for a while. The other party actually entered Susan's room to steal. If the other party was a little malicious, wouldn't he regret it for the rest of his life?
Regardless of the stinky armor he was still wearing, he hurried outside of Susan's room. Susan had been resting at home these days and didn't go to school.

Knocking on the door lightly, Susan's voice came from inside: "I said I won't go out." The voice sounded a little annoyed, obviously still angry.

Ryan thought for a while, but didn't make a sound. He first let the soldiers waiting outside go back to the camp to rest. After Xiyue was settled, he left behind the three silver-winged wolf cubs.

Then he went to wash up, took off his smelly armor, and knocked on Susan's door again with a wolf cub in his arms. The answer inside was the same as before, but this time there was a little more impatience in the tone.

He said outside the door: "If you don't come out, can you let me in?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of "thunderbolt clang" in the room, as if a lot of things had been knocked over.

The door opened with a "creak", and a smaller figure rushed out, hugging him tightly like an octopus.

"What's the matter, still angry? It's my brother's fault. I didn't arrange it well when I left, which surprised my dear sister."

Patting the little head in his arms, Ryan said with a smile: "Good boy, my brother brought you a gift, look."

Susan didn't respond, just whispered: "I'm not angry with anyone, I'm just angry with myself, the thieves have come into my room, I didn't notice at all. Brother, am I very useless? .”

Ryan stretched out his hand and hugged her tightly: "Nonsense, my sister is a genius, who can compare to it? Besides, I don't want you to fight gangsters, I don't want you to get hurt, understand?"

His younger sister is young, but she is very thoughtful. She is not like a rich lady from an ordinary family. He believed that if she found out at that time, she would definitely rush to fight the gangster, even if she was not yet ten years old.

"Look at the gift I brought you."

Susan raised her head when she heard the words, and met a pair of fierce eyes. It was the cub of the silver-winged wolf. It waved its little paws in Ryan's arms, trying to show its fierce side.

"Wow, what a cute puppy." Susan's eyes lit up immediately, she snatched the cub, and kept rubbing it in her arms.

Ryan smiled slightly. After all, she was still a little girl, unable to resist the temptation of these kittens and puppies.

Silver Winged Wolf: "You are the dog, and your whole family are dogs!"

"Huh? You can talk at such a young age." Susan was very surprised, holding the little wolf and looking around. She has communicated with many animals, which is considered a little experience.

Ordinary domestic animals can basically only express simple meanings, such as: eat, drink, sleep, run, etc.

The higher the level of the monster, the more complete the expression. For example, Ryan's current mount, the wildebeest, as a second-level monster, already has the expressive ability of a seven or eight-year-old child.

But at the first level, and at a very young age, the ability to express is very poor. This little wolf can already express complete sentences, which is almost the same as that of a wildebeest.

"Huh? What did it say?" Ryan asked casually. He didn't expect such a small thing to be very smart.

"It's nothing, does this puppy have a name?" Susan rubbed its head vigorously, completely ignoring the fact that it was a wolf.

"Give it to you, of course it's up to you to decide."

"Well—then call it Xiaohuihui." Susan pinched its cheeks and gave it an unusually vivid name.

"Pfft, Xiao Huihui? Cough cough, it's good, it's good." Ryan was almost choked to death in one breath, and a picture could not help but appear in his mind, gradually overlapping with the little wolf in front of him, you really don't care That said, it's really apt.

Susan gave Ryan a strange look. What kind of expression is this?
"Ahem, as long as you like this gift, you can take a good rest, I'll catch that guy and deal with it for you." Ryan patted her on the head and said.

After appeasing his family, he went to his teacher Sterling to learn more about the situation.

When he came to the backyard, he found that Sterling was not there, but his apprentice Levi was walking in Zama, with heavy bricks hanging from his hands, and the ground had been wet with sweat, which seemed to have lasted for a long time.

"Where did the mentor go?" Ryan was a little puzzled. From the time he could remember, his mentor had always lived in seclusion. He was commonly known as an otaku in his previous life, but he didn't see anyone today, which is a bit abnormal.

"You are back. The mentor went to catch the thief. He said that he had betrayed your trust and was too careless. If he is not caught, he will have no face to protect the Black family."

Levi's teeth trembled a little when he spoke.

Ryan frowned tightly. This method doesn't look like physical exercise, but more like pure punishment?

"What did you do, the instructor wants to punish you physically?" Sterling is a very gentlemanly instructor. Although he is strict, he never uses corporal punishment on apprentices meaninglessly, because this kind of corporal punishment has no effect other than hurting the body. effect of any training.

"That night, I fell asleep and forgot to patrol. The instructor should punish me." Levi's tone was full of guilt. He thought that if it wasn't for his negligence, it would be impossible for that person to touch the lady's room. .

"The daily training task is so heavy, and you are not a robot, how could you not be negligent? This is not your fault... Hey, you squat down first.

Although you are right, the punishment is determined by the mentor after all, and I have no right to change it. You bear with it first, and I will intercede for you when I meet the mentor. Ryan patted him on the shoulder and said solemnly.

Levi, who was just about to get up, had to squat down again, looking at Ryan with resentment on his face, he was so happy for nothing.

Since Sterling was away, he went back to the office first, sat down in his seat and thought about whether this matter was related to other things.

The defense of the castle can be described as extremely strict. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. There are also high-level knights sitting in the town. No matter how you look at it, it is impregnable.

It's hard not to make him think of more things, how dare ordinary thieves come to the castle to steal, is there someone else behind the instructions?

This can't help but make Ryan a little anxious. In addition to his relatives, there are many secrets in the castle, whether it is paper or green sugar, and even blueprints such as printing, papermaking, and trebuchets.

These are important secrets of the territory, once stolen, it will cause many unnecessary troubles.

Thinking of this, he quickly checked the blueprints and documents in his secret compartment. Sure enough, there were traces of being tampered with, but none of them was missing, which reassured him a little.

After checking again, it was found that only property had been stolen, including the seized ring.

"It seems that I am overthinking, the other party is really a daring thief.

But this also reminded me that the castle may be impenetrable to ordinary people, but there are many strange people in this world. In their eyes, the defense here is useless, just like a rag full of holes. Time to fortify your defenses. "

Ryan thought about it, and found that he still had to rely on the power of the runes, so he set off for the laboratory, just as he still had something to ask Liman.

As soon as he walked downstairs, he was stopped. It turned out to be Hevian who came in a hurry. When the other party saw him, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "You are finally back. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Ryan saw it, well, there is no need to go anywhere today, every time he is caught by the other party, he can't get away easily, he spread his hands helplessly and said: "My lord political officer, I have only been away for a few days, what happened again?"

The two returned to the office. Before their butts touched the bench, Hevian explained his reason for coming...

It turned out that three days ago, when Ryan and the others were still in the Warcraft Mountains, a large-scale caravan came to Karna.

Their leading steward claimed to be from Viscount Brandon in Toure County. Toure County is also in the Green Province, but it is at the northernmost end of the province, while Linton County is at the southernmost end, and there are very few intersections at ordinary times.

It was the first time that Kanarling accepted such a large-scale caravan. Hevian took it very seriously and traded many regular goods with the other party.

The other party is rich and powerful, no matter it is fur or medicinal materials, the visitor will not refuse to accept everything, but not long after, the other party vaguely mentioned that they want to buy special products, and the price is guaranteed to be fair.

Kanna's specialty products are known to the outside world as animal fur and medicinal materials, but the other party certainly does not refer to these, so the answer is ready to come out, what they want is green sugar!

This made Hevian feel mixed. He is happy that he has finally opened up the first step in the foreign trade of Cannaland, but he is also worried that he also knows that green sugar has always been sold by Viscount Chelsea's family. What about family feuds?

Hevian couldn't make up his mind, so he kept pretending to be deaf and dumb. After the other party knew that the lord was not there, he didn't leave and waited for Ryan to come back. The manager ran to the government affairs hall every day, which made Hevian very annoying.

No, just after getting the news of Ryan's return, he directly dropped all the government affairs and came to discuss with him how to deal with this matter.

Ryan rubbed his chin. It is a good thing to have a large caravan for trade. Qingtang is ready to gradually open up restrictions. Perhaps this is also an opportunity.

It is not in Ryan's interest for the Chelsea family to dominate. He needs more dealers so as to maximize his benefits.But you can't ignore Chelsea's attitude. After all, the two sides are not enemies, and they have a lot of care and help for Ryan.

Ryan couldn't do such a thing as kicking the pot after eating. After thinking about it, he finally met and talked first.

"Call the steward of the caravan. I want to talk to him. This is an opportunity."

"He's already waiting outside, I'll call him in now."

Ryan couldn't help being dumbfounded, nodded Hevian and smiled and said: "You are so fast. What are you not sure about? You have already made a decision tomorrow, and you have to test my attitude. Next time, you can make your own decision. I believe you can handle it."

Hevian didn't move when he heard the words, he just bowed his body and smiled apologetically, but his heart was still warm, as if he was dying for his confidant.

Soon, the head of the caravan was called up. He was a short middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. He was slightly arched throughout the whole process, and the distance of each step was exactly the same. He was fast but steady.

He came to Ryan and respectfully presented a letter saying: "Honorable and kind Baron Carner, I only wish to express my sincere greetings to you on behalf of my master, Viscount Brandon."

Signaling Hevian to take the letter, Ryan looked at it and confirmed the identity of the other party. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Say hello to Viscount Brandon, what's your name, why do you want to see this lord?"

"You can call me Naio, and you should have guessed the reason for my visit. We hope to buy the formula for making green sugar, or cooperate with you, just like the cooperation model between you and Viscount Marton."

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(End of this chapter)