Roland looked at Perot with interest, and suddenly laughed, "You are the first to ask me so," he took a glass of water, and said in a relaxed tone, "the long song fortress is undoubtedly mine, even if I am not here."However, I do need a person or a family to host the fortress for me.So what you should be asking is not the ransom, but the cost of the agent.”

Poirot is no stranger to the word, and some keen-eyed merchants will always look at the large output in the territory, but they do not have time or disdain for the nobles of the merchants, selling commodities for them.In order to obtain this right, they have to pay a sum in advance as a deposit.

“How many dragons do you want?”He took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

"It's a long process, so you don't have to pay it off all at once," Rolandon said, "and 30% of the monthly fortress tax, and a thousand pieces of material, and the rest is yours."

It is not outrageous, Perot thought, as long as he can completely occupy the long song fortress, such a price can even be fair.The other person was not joking, he confirmed this, and His Royal Highness really intended to do so.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Perot told himself in his heart.He and the prince are not enemies, the duke has completely failed, the children will be disinherited, and if the coalition of the six can not defeat the prince, who can stop him from actually owning the West?Reinforcing strong forces is the basic law of the aristocracy, and if you can get the approval of His Royal Highness the Prince before the other four, honeysuckle will become the largest noble family in the western territory.

“Your Highness, why don’t you stay here?The castle is much bigger than the border town.”

“You’re really asking, why don’t I run the fort myself?”Roland looked at the slightly embarrassed Pero laughs, "There are many reasons, for example, the power here is too complicated, and it takes me a long time to straighten out the relationship between them, not to mention profit from it."Supporting a local nobleman, presumably he knows better than I do, this is a win-win business.Besides, there are many reasons why you can go back and think about it slowly.”The prince played with the silver cup, "Yes, if you were chosen as an agent, you could not have avenged me for the duke?"

“Certainly not, Your Highness!”Although the last sentence was a bit abrupt, Perot answered immediately.

The Duke is gone, and the first thing that comes to mind is how nature divides his territory, and who cares about revenge?

But Pero also knew that the reasons for what His Highness had said were not the real reasons.Is the force too complex to be straight?In the face of overwhelming power, he could completely cut the lead opposition, and for at most one to two years, all the nobles would forget the underdog Ryan, as Lane had done in the past.But two years is definitely not enough to build a large city such as the long song fortress.

His Highness Roland must have a deeper plan.

“That’s fine, so this city...”

“I want to be your agent, Your Highness!”Perot blurted out, but soon his countenance grew hesitant, "But, the king, I mean, your brother, I don't necessarily agree with the result."If he assigns the West to a new duke, I cannot fight the king."

“You don’t have to fight either,” Roland dropped two letters in front of him."Look at this, and the papers I found in Prince Lane's study."

Pero quickly swept the contents of the letter, and couldn't help but take a cold breath.

The first letter looks like a secret letter, and the new king Tiffany has fought with the Queen of Bishui in the Eagle City, and has suffered a major defeat.The second one was even more startled, and the text was only half written, but the idea of the Duke of Lane wanted to annex the North, and the idea of independence as king had been revealed on the paper.Since there is no end, it is not known that this paper document is intended to be sent to anyone.

He immediately understood that the prince did not need to resist, because the new king had taken care of himself.Otherwise, the duke would never want to raise the flag independently, his elite knight is enough to cover the western border, but it is still much worse for the royal knighthood.

The secret letter may have been forged, but the letter was indeed the handwriting of Osmond Lane, unless the prince found a witch who could simulate the handwriting of others... He thought about it and then denied the speculation.

The other side does not have to spend a lot of money to deceive themselves, the agent long song fortress is not a one-sided transaction, if they can not stand in the fortress, the prince's high will not be able to profit.Moreover, the Duke appointed by Tifeco is bound to be the enemy of the four princes.

If the honeysuckle wants to be above the four, it must rely on the support of the prince, and on the contrary, in order to ensure that the treaty of interest is not abolished, the prince must also let the Hurmon family sit in this position more stable.

At this thought, Perot got up slowly and bowed to Roland, "The Hurmon family is willing to help you."

"Very well," nodded the latter, "but it is not yet possible to decide that you will be represented.Let me ask you a few questions first.”

“Your Highness, please.”

“What are you going to do to the forces that are against you?”

What is your estimate of monthly taxes?How can a thousand pieces of material be guaranteed?”

“If I ask you to develop trade vigorously, what measures do you have?”

“...”

Perot thought that His Highness just wanted to take this opportunity to understand the intelligence of the nobles in the West, and did not expect that the other party would actually ask such strange questions, just like he was assessing his methods of governance and common sense of trade.

A series of questions came down, Perot racked his mind to answer one by one, and His Highness's look looked more and more satisfied.Finally he clapped his hand and said, “Okay, here you are today.”When you determine the ransom of three thousand, you can redeem the count.Don't worry, I'll treat him well these days."

“Your Majesty, that authority...”

It will be revealed on that day.”Roland motioned for the knight to send guests.

Perot walked out of the hall in a complex mood, and then saw that Carter had tucked the stone of divine punishment that had been taken away before back into his hand, which was still blue and bright, worth fifty golden dragons.

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“How?”Roland looked at the nightinge of its origin.

"Well, it's all the truth," she shrugged, "much more sincere than the ones in front of you."Is it really good for you to repeat the same thing to everyone?And those letters, all that is written in secret."

"Not everyone," said the prince, looking at the list in his hand, "they are from the five great families, and it is only these great nobles who are fit to manage the fortress for me."The ability is not strong enough, even if you sit in this position, you can't make the fortress run, and it will only make the forces of all parties fall into endless infighting.As for the news of Tifico Wimbledon's defeat in Eagle City, it is not a secret, and sooner or later it will spread throughout the Grey Fort, and all I have to do is to make it spread a little faster."

And these two news is really just right, he thought, if not the second prince suffered this fiasco, want to recruit the agent himself is afraid to spend some effort if forced to use, the result may not be so beautiful.

“So... you chose him?”

“If not surprisingly.”Roland smiled and said, "He is the first person to ask me about this matter, and subjective initiative has always been the most important quality of employees."And I didn't expect that there would be such a master of administration and trade in the five families, and I thought they would only be killed on horses."

He found the name of Perot Hermon on the list and gently sketched a circle with a quill.(Not finished.If you like this work, you are welcome to start the line, your support is my biggest motivation.