Otherworld Qin

Chapter 510 537 Procrastination
Two days later, Sheng Xuan completely understood the attitude of the royal family. When he presented the agreement with Julio again, Nicholas agreed to it happily, which made him unbelievable.

Nicholas held the agreement in his hand and said calmly: "I have seen your agreement once before. Although it was signed by one of my grand dukes, it is still valid. From now on, the Mercenary City is yours. You will To be my first mercenary city lord, I hope that the mercenary city can achieve glory in your hands!"

"However, the land of the Mercenary City still belongs to Omar. You are only the city lord sent by me to manage that city, and the area under the jurisdiction of the Mercenary City, including all the territories outside the Moondancing Forest, will also be managed by you, but It will always belong to Omar, you have to keep this in mind. At the same time, as the lord of the city, you have the obligation to serve Omar and pay taxes to the royal family. As for taxes, I will discuss with the ministers and give you an official document later."

"However, although you are now the lord of the mercenary city, all the formalities still need to be cleared, which will take quite a while. You also know that the mercenary city is a chaotic place. Although it has been owned by Omar for many years, in fact, the Ao did not do well, I see that you are a talent, I entrust this burden to you, I hope you will not let me down."

"There is also the food you want. I will raise it as soon as possible. You also know that Omar has gone through a big war, and there are still a considerable amount of remnants left by the rebels. The amount of food you want is huge, and it needs to be recruited from all over the place. It will affect the lives of the people in the country, and it will also take time. As for you to borrow the magician..." Nicholas deliberately elongated his voice, as if he was very embarrassed: "This matter is a bit difficult, because you have to borrow at least Hundreds of mages, although there are some mages in my guard, but the number is really limited, so I still need the help of the temple, and you know that the temple will always be slow in doing things, so you can only wait patiently."

Everything can be said to be a conspiracy, a first-class lord, a medal, tied him and Oma together, and everything that required time was deliberately prolonged, dragging him to the capital.

And what happened next directly showed Nicholas' intentions. Now Shengxuan is standing in the Lord's Mansion, and this huge and luxurious house was once the private house of an elder of the parliament. Looking at this spacious house, he only has With a wry smile: "This is going to make me a home in Oma."

All the utensils in the house are gorgeous and precious, whether they are gold, silver or crystal utensils, which made old Louis feel a lot of emotion. Even if an eagle lives in a cage made of purple gold, it is not as good as a branch blown by a cold wind. Freedom is the most important thing.

"Hey, when can we leave the capital?" Old Louis admired the exquisite crystal wine glass, while sipping the fine wine, he complained.

When Shengxuan heard this, he could only scratch his hair helplessly, and rested his head on his knees: "I'm fucking cheated, hey, it's really helpless to be fooled. Put it on a high place, put it in a very bright position for you, then put it on the fire to roast, and finally use a knife to cut your flesh piece by piece, so that you have no place to complain about the suffering."

During this period, Shengxuan sorted out the prescriptions of the Qingling Pill, and sent them to the temple in person, trying to inquire about the matter of borrowing magicians, but the answer he got was that, in principle, the temple cannot participate in worldly wars, and if he wants to second the magician, he can It's not impossible, but I can only discuss it with the king, and at the same time tell me that the matter is of great importance. After all, it is the temple mage who participated in the battle, and if he is not careful, he will leave a handle for Calais. I am afraid that the king will find it difficult to come up with a solution. In a word, it is not impossible to borrow a mage, but you have to wait patiently for the opportunity.Apparently, the two parties had already negotiated to hold him back.

Without a magician, he couldn't attack the city of the Calais in the swamp, so it would be useless for him to return to the swamp, so he could only wait patiently, but sooner or later his patience would be worn out, what should he do after that?Maybe time will smooth everything out and finally keep his footsteps. This is the purpose of the royal family.

"Nicholas, this old boy, didn't even want to let you go. I think he not only took a fancy to you, but also took a fancy to your orc warriors. Why don't you just sell it to him for a similar price? Maybe He'll let you go as soon as he's happy." Old Louis picked up a bunch of grapes and ate them casually, grapes are fresh in this season, but the Lord's Mansion has a sufficient supply every day.

Shengxuan couldn't help being angry when he heard this: "Fart, even if I kill me, I won't sell the soldiers. They are free men, not poor slaves!"

"Hey, sweet ass!" Old Louis began to sigh while eating the cherished fresh fruit, "King Omar is going to poison you with honey, and when you get used to the luxury here, how can you get used to it?" Endure the hardships of the swamp? At that time, even if you are driven away, you will be reluctant to leave. Besides, you have such a good orc warrior behind you, which is tantamount to a huge fortune. It’s a combination of money and people.”

When the two were sighing and sighing at nothing, someone from the palace sent a letter asking Sheng Xuan to come to the palace to discuss matters.Immediately, it attracted some comments from old Louis: "Look at how they are so good at calling people. I just gave you a sweet date, which is going to get back the sweetness. Letting you be such a military genius, how can he let you idle? I bet that Omar must have encountered a problem in calming the chaos, and I will bet a hundred gold coins." Although Old Louis looks lazy on weekdays, he is actually quite resourceful. want to know the news.

Sheng Xuan didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, so he rolled his eyes at him, then put on the city lord's robe and hurried to the palace to discuss matters.However, this trip made him admire the keen sense of smell of the old Louis. It turned out that Omar encountered a problem in finding him this time to suppress the rebellion.After the grand dukes of several principalities were successfully captured and the generals of the rebel army were also convicted, the remaining rebels finally couldn't help but unite and planned to fight to the death. Jianshu actually let them travel hundreds of miles, quietly laying down a city, where they fought stubbornly.

It doesn't matter if it's just the rebels entrenched in the city, but there are still hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and that city is a production area in Omar, and the reserves in the city are enough for them to eat for more than a year. The nearby villages and towns are forced to recruit soldiers, hoping to have a stronger force against the royal family. If they cannot be wiped out as soon as possible, it will not only violate the majesty of the royal family, but will also lead to greater disasters.

The people in the city are taboo, and limited to the city's easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, the army cannot carry out a strong attack, so they can only shout and curse every day across the moat, hoping to provoke the rebels to go out of the city for a decisive battle, but it has no effect.This incident caused Nicholas a lot of headaches, and he dismissed and replaced several conquest generals in a row, but to no avail. He suddenly remembered this city lord who was used to conquest, and asked someone to call for a discussion.

At this time, the small meeting hall was full of generals from all walks of life, but the atmosphere was very dull, and everyone's faces were pale, obviously they had just been scolded severely.Nicholas sat on the top seat with lingering anger, playing with a delicate quill in his hand, and randomly scribbled on a map, obviously he would rather scribble than waste any saliva with these "incompetent" generals .

Seeing Shengxuan coming in, he regained his energy immediately, dropped the quill pen in his hand and stood up: "Quickly give the Lord Luoye a seat." The guard next to him hastily moved the chair, although the general present was quite dissatisfied with the upstart, but When the king was angry, they didn't dare to touch this bad luck, but they all waited to see his jokes with ulterior motives.

"I don't know why the king summoned you?" This sentence can be said to be very contrary to court etiquette, but Nicholas didn't mind, and he looked at him with a smile on his face and said: "My lord, you are here, hurry up and replace me." That idea, these nasty rebels actually captured a city, so that I have nothing to do for a while, if I can't break through the city and wipe out the rebels, I'm afraid I can't help but order the city to be destroyed, then I will really leave behind a tyrant infamy."

Nicholas can definitely do this. The reason why he hasn't done it yet is because he still has some scruples. After the Omar Xin chaos, he doesn't want to plant the seeds of cruelty in the hearts of the people.

Looking at the scribbled map in front of him, Sheng Xuan also frowned a little. This expression immediately made the generals feel relieved, and then there were contemptuous smiles on each face, as if to say: "You, a first-class lord, are also It’s just a name for nothing.”

The location of this city is very superior. It belongs to three hills sandwiching a big river. The city is located on a highland surrounded by three mountains. The three mountain guards are not conducive to the deployment of the army, and the only side faces the thousands of miles of fertile fields, with almost no shelter. The opponent's bows and arrows are thrown down from the high ground, extending the killing range by fifty steps, which can completely cover the moat and attack the city. It is extremely difficult for the troops to approach, and if they rush over, they will pay a heavy price.

After looking at it for a while, Shengxuan suddenly laughed, then threw down the map in his hand and said, "This city seems to be indestructible, but in fact it is a way to kill." Nicholas immediately regained his spirits when he heard this: "The Lord of the Fallen Leaf has an idea? "

This name made Sheng Xuan frown, but he couldn't tell the difference, so he could only continue: "If a person has no food, he can last ten days, a warrior can last half a month, orcs can last a month, but if there is no water... ,"

As soon as I said this, a general beside me sneered and said, "Are you trying to cut off the water source? Hehe, it's already after farming. Once the thousands of miles of fertile fields outside the city are destroyed by floods, you don't feel sorry for us, Omar, but we will have a difficult year." gone."

"Did I say that the river will be broken to drain the farmland?" "You, what do you mean? Can you drink up the water if you don't drain the farmland?" Nicholas' face turned red, but he couldn't let it go, because he wasn't very sure.

Shengxuan took the map casually, and then said: "The king is holy!" He pointed to a scribbled dotted line on it, and saw that hundreds of miles away, there was a barren beach next to the big river. It is left over from the diversion of the river water. If the river water is diverted there, the barren beach will probably not be filled within half a month, and there will be no disasters.

"The general's decision to win thousands of miles is not to let you chase the enemy thousands of miles away, but to let you focus on the terrain thousands of miles away. This is the best place to drain water. My king has marked it out. Can you generals still have it?" Objection?" Sheng Xuan's words made Nicholas blush, this is not the way he thought of, it was clearly the result of random drawing.

The generals present were all guilty and short of breath, and all bowed their heads in silence.Nicholas laughed: "Okay, the Lord of the Fallen Leaves is indeed my lucky star." "Wait a minute, Your Majesty! The general thinks that this plan is still inappropriate. You must know that even if the river is cut off to divert water to other places, wells can be dug in the city to get water. How can it be cut off?" Its source of water?"

"This place is located on a hillside, and the daily water is taken from the river. Although there is a well dug in the city for backup, the well dug must be a deep well. I believe that the water in this well is also recharged by river water. After the river is cut off, there is no water supply. The water level of the well is insufficient and the water level has dropped. Once it is found that it is difficult to get water, it will inevitably cause panic, and there will be conflicts between the army and the people, which will lead to civil uprisings. In order to solve the rebels as soon as possible, you can send several teams to climb the surrounding hills and spread leaflets into the city according to the wind, so that the civil uprisings can break out as soon as possible. It’s self-defeating.”

"A wonderful plan! Hahahaha! Come on, follow this plan and implement it quickly!" Nicholas Longyan was very happy, and without looking at the general under his seat, he walked up and took Sheng Xuan's hand: "City Master Fallen Leaves, follow me into the study, I Today, I will sleep with the city lord and talk all night!"

It wasn't until the next day that Shengxuan was released back with a tired face, and behind him were more than a dozen palace guards, each carrying a huge book box, and Old Louis couldn't help being surprised: "What is this for? Has the library moved?"

"Most of the books His Majesty gave me are about Omar's human geography." Sheng Xuan replied lazily, and ordered people to pile the books into the study.Old Louis also followed and asked in a low voice, "What do you want?" Sheng Xuan said briefly, and told him that he was caught by Nicholas and chatted all night about military tactics, and now he was so tired that he was dying.

Old Louis couldn't help but smiled wryly and shook his head: "You boy, you are really smart. I was confused for a while, the more talented you are, the more he will not let you go. Let's see, the book I gave you this time is to let you know more about Omar , it’s better to advise him. When you are familiar with everything, he can use it easily. I’m afraid it will be more difficult for us to get away. And the king’s kid has been coveting your orc warrior for a long time. I heard that there is food But it’s true, the orcs are still allowed to enter the city to play, if this continues, sooner or later your orc warriors will become his royal family’s private army, but you may become Omar’s most outstanding general.”

What old Louis said was right, but Shengxuan really had no other choice, he couldn't tear his face apart and kill him. The so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting a smiling person, let alone the politeness of the person so that you can't refuse, this matter is even more difficult.The only way is to wait, maybe one day the king will let them go on a whim.After shaking his head with a wry smile, he locked himself in the study, allowing his thoughts to roam happily among the books.

Shengxuan didn't come out until dinner time, old Louis was a little worried and pushed the door in, but he saw that Shengxuan was holding a piece of metal in his hand, constantly refining different styles according to the books.

"What are you up to?" Hearing Old Louis' voice, Shengxuan raised his head excitedly: "Come and see! I didn't expect such a good thing to be found in the house of this congressman."

A set of yellowed and worn-out books was placed on the table, and on the cover was written "Memorabilia in the History of Alchemy." Old Louis curiously picked up a book and glanced at it. This is,,,,,, God, what did I see,,,,,, this is an ancient book thousands of years ago, many skills have been lost,,,,,,"

In the next few days, the two of them made beds in the study room, slept with their clothes on when they were sleepy, and continued to study the set of books left by the former congressman when they woke up. If Nicholas hadn’t given Shengxuan a lot of books, he would Rummaging through the old bookcase, I'm afraid he still can't find this set of things.

Old Louis forged one or two metal parts casually while watching, and kept nodding or shaking his head in thought. At the same time, he took the time to look up to see what Sheng Xuan was doing. In the past few days, he found that the metal in Sheng Xuan's hand was getting worse and worse. Little, I don't know what to refine, so I can't help but lean over out of curiosity: "What are you refining?"

Looking at the thing that was only the size of a bean, old Louis became more and more curious, and couldn't help but want to take it and study it carefully, but was grabbed by Sheng Xuan and put it in the ring.The former muttered: "Stingy!" But at this moment, he suddenly found a piece of unrefined metal left on the side, he couldn't help but look carefully, and suddenly exclaimed: "You prodigal son, you actually used that piece of metal!" Metal!"

(End of this chapter)