Volume 7: Doing Business with the World Chapter 210: Just Act
Xiao Yun and Viscount Pope met each other too late, made an appointment to have sex, drank and chatted happily, colluded with each other, and had evil intentions towards each other... cough cough cough cough!
Well, although Viscount Pope was badly cheated by the position of Lord of Valentine, as the nephew of Grand Duke Pope of the Kingdom of Kronin, married to a royal daughter (powerful), and with mines and manor farms at home (capital), Viscount Pope is indeed a high-quality stock as a business partner...
The most interesting thing is that the nobles of Viscount Pope's line, that is, the faction of Grand Duke Pope, have never gotten along well with Lamia - when old Philip wanted to give up Valentine, the first person he thought of was Grand Duke Pope, and Grand Duke Pope was not polite at all and came over to snatch food from Lamia's bowl in person; if the relationship between the two sides was a little more harmonious, they would not be so careless about their eating manners.
Ever since the Federation "went to war" with the southern countries, relations between the two sides have plummeted to a freezing point... Both sides want to profit from the war, and with conflicts of interest staring them in the face, it would be a miracle if they could achieve harmony.
They cordially negotiated a business of tens of thousands of gold coins worth of agricultural machinery and equipment, as well as subsequent agricultural technical guidance and other after-sales services. Viscount Pope looked at Xiao Yun with the same look as if he were his son-in-law, but the kind that he couldn't get...
After seeing off Viscount Pope, who was smiling so happily that he didn't even have time to watch the drama, Xiao Yun turned around... and was faced with a room full of soldiers squatting.
No, Isaac's house can't even accommodate all these old guys, half of them are just growing mushrooms in the yard...
"Isn't it fun outside? What are you all doing here squatting here?" Xiao Yun said with a smile.
"What's so fun? We're treated like monsters wherever we go." Xiaohua, who was sitting on the steps, was bored and stroking Ruhua, who didn't dare to move.
"Ayun, why haven't I heard you and the grassroots chief mention that our Snow Wolf tribe is so unpopular outside?" Qingcao pouted when her shopping was interrupted. If she had known it would be so unhappy, she would not have insisted on coming along.
"Well... Actually, Qingcao, if you weren't with Xiaohua, you wouldn't be able to enjoy this kind of treatment. At most, you would be excluded. Look at the difference in your body sizes." Xiao Yun said calmly.
Qingcao turned to look at Xiaohua, then looked down at himself, confused: "What's the difference? Xiaohua is taller than me?"
Isaac looked at Qingcao in horror. You call this difference just a little? ! The difference between you two is a whole head!
"Wait, so you mean we are too tall?" Xiaohua reacted and said with a twitch of her mouth.
Xiao Yun pulled Isaac to his side and pointed at Isaac and said, " Normally , the big guys in the human race look like this. Except for me, oh, and Ruhua, everyone else here is taller and thicker than Isaac. Of course, the human race will be afraid of us, except for me and Ruhua."
Isaac: “…”
"……(o言o)" Snow Wolf warriors.
“……(⊙o⊙)” Yu who didn’t go out for a stroll.
"Think about it carefully, everyone. When the female workers from the woolen mill came to our tribe, they avoided us for several months and were only willing to get close to the cats, right?" Xiao Yun smiled, "It's not that the humans have any ill will towards us, but they are instinctively afraid of creatures that are bigger than them. Because the human race is very weak, let alone our orcs, it's easy to die if attacked by wild beasts. Even if we don't attack them and have good intentions, they don't know."
"Let's put ourselves in his shoes. If Balk couldn't transform into a human form, wouldn't we all dislike the big-headed dragon if he lived with us? If we lie down together to bask in the sun, he'd turn over and we'd be crushed to death."
The warriors looked at each other, and the depression in their expressions faded a little... Ayun's words made them feel much better than being hated by the humans.
"Doesn't that mean that if we want the humans to accept us, we have to let them get used to us for several months first?" Yu frowned and said, "We still have to go back for training. We don't have that much time to stay here."
"Of course we can't waste our time on such a place." Xiao Yun smiled slightly, "Humans hate and resent those who are slightly stronger than them, but they like and even worship 'heroes' who are much stronger than them. They are disliked and rejected only because they are not obviously stronger."
The soldiers tried hard to understand Xiao Yun's words, and their expressions became even more confused...
Isaac felt mixed emotions after hearing this… Although the teacher has always been like this, he always felt that the human race had no dignity in front of him—they were seen through too clearly!
"Of course, being disliked all the time is not a good thing. We need to create a more positive and acceptable image for our Snow Wolf Clan." Xiao Yun looked back at Isaac, "I need your help with this, Isaac."
Isaac didn't even ask what he was asked to do, and immediately agreed: "Teacher, just tell me, I will do it."
Xiao Yun nodded. What satisfied him most about his disciple Isaac was that he had suffered a lot from the harsh treatment of society and was very capable.
Turning back to carefully examine the soldiers, his gaze fell on Yu, who was the most stable, and Xiao Yun slowly smiled: "It's you, Maomao."
feather:"??"
The next morning, the mysterious master and disciple appeared again among the crowd doing odd jobs in the square.
Yesterday, Qingcao and Xiaohua's shopping trip was interrupted, and the master and apprentice were also forced to stop following Isaac... In order to prevent Isaac from being assassinated, the Knight's Mansion is the most heavily guarded place in the entire Knight Territory. If they run around there, they might be exposed.
"We might as well go and see the sage Ayun, teacher." The young man swung the grass leaves in his hands and complained, "The Snow Wolf Tribe is not a human race, so they shouldn't be so disgusted with us... Isn't it said that they are willing to take in anyone? They even let them take in all the snake tribes."
The middle-aged man looked at his stupid apprentice coldly and took small steps to distance himself from him.
"What are you doing, teacher? It was you who said you wanted to see the sage Ayun!" The young man raised his voice.
On the side, the peasant women who were chatting about family matters glanced in the direction of the young man and continued to chat enthusiastically.
The master and disciple are not invisible, nor do they use a subspace barrier. They make people around them subconsciously ignore their words, actions, and appearance, but they will still be noticed if they make too much noise.
The young man kept his mouth shut. It didn't matter to him, but his teacher was a wanted criminal in many kingdoms. It would be terrible if he was remembered.
The middle-aged man didn't care about his disciple's occasional recklessness, and said calmly: "You have been in the Knight Territory for so long, and you still can't see the intentions of the grassland tribe?"
"Ah?" The young man was confused.
"This is the territory of the Kingdom of Kronin." The middle-aged man tapped his feet with his hand. "Sage Ayun sent his disciple Robbins here, paid a large sum of money to open the way, and let Robbins be conferred the title of Knight by the Pope family. Is it just for business?"
"What else could it be for?" The young man spread his hands. "The Cursed Land wants to sell their products to the Federation, but they are unwilling to cooperate with Lamia, so naturally they have to let their disciples take the lead."
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "If that's the case, wouldn't Countess Lola Phillips be a good fit? Why go to the trouble of arranging Knight Robbins here as well?"
"This--" The young man scratched his head in confusion.
The middle-aged man smiled and did not explain, allowing his disciple to think slowly.
Prince Carlisle of Saint Bridge challenged the Lamia Chamber of Commerce's hegemony over maritime trade. The Lamia Chamber of Commerce launched a federal expedition, but still had the spare capacity to use the expedition to slowly make war profits... In the final analysis, it was because Saint Bridge did not touch Lamia 's core interests.
The two long sea routes between the Southern Continent and the Far East Continent, and between the Bloomfield Continent and the Bradrick Continent outside the East China Sea, are the foundation of Lamia.
The basis for monopolizing the distant sea trade is Kronin's unique ship technology - in the entire Bloomfield continent, only Kronin can build those behemoths that cross the open sea!
Originally, the middle-aged man was not sure that the grassland tribe had such exaggerated ambitions... But when he was in the Knight Territory, he accidentally heard from those former adventurers that the grassland tribe resold tens of millions of kilograms of vermicelli to the Dwarf Kingdom every year through the forest elves. No matter how unbelievable it was, the middle-aged man could only accept this only answer...
The grassland tribes are trying to seize the lifeline of the dwarf kingdom through overt conspiracy!
So the question is - when the steppe tribes succeed, what will they want to do with the dwarf kingdom?
Combined with the act of Sage Ayun placing Knight Robins in Valentine, the conclusion is self-evident: Prince Carlisle of Saint Bridge only secretly scraped a layer of grease from Lamia, while Carlisle's teacher, Sage Ayun, wanted to completely dig up Lamia's foundation!
"How much hatred does the Snow Wolf Tribe have for the Lamia Chamber of Commerce..." The middle-aged man sighed in his heart, but a slight smile appeared on his face.
He found it very interesting.
The Snow Wolf tribe, surrounded by the elves and the Beast King, wanted to stand up and stretch their muscles, but they did not rashly challenge a powerful country or join a certain side. Instead, they patiently accumulated strength bit by bit over the years... When his arms were strong enough and his fists were powerful enough, where would he direct his patiently accumulated fatal blow?
Limited by the information, the middle-aged man could not see where the sage Ayun hiding in the fog was looking, but he was sure that the snow wolf who could chat and laugh with the human nobles must have extremely shocking ambitions hidden under that harmless face.
"If the target you are looking for is too incompetent, then it is meaningless. But if the 'target' is too capable, then there is no reason to be taken seriously... This is really a dilemma." The man sighed inwardly.
His stupid apprentice had no idea of his predicament and only knew how to make noise and chatter. Looking at Carlyle and Robbins, the man felt that his vision in choosing apprentices was far inferior to others.
Just when I was worrying about not being able to recognize the person, I heard a noise coming from the direction of the street.
Casting his gaze casually over there, the middle-aged man was shocked again.
A snow wolf was walking over from the other end of the street with a little human boy, about five or six years old, sitting on his shoulders. In his left hand he was holding a very young snow wolf cub, and in his right hand he was holding a little human girl, about eight or nine years old.
The snow wolf cub being held was wearing a small pullover and floral shorts, and looked relatively clean, but the other two human children looked much worse.
The little boy was shirtless, and his pants were obviously made of scraps of cloth. His two dirty little hands held the snow wolf man's head, staining his hair with a lot of black mud.
The little girl was wearing a patched straight skirt made from adult clothes, her hair was messy and greasy, her skin was dark, and the straw sandals on her feet were tattered...
This strange combination appeared on the street and attracted a lot of attention.
When they passed a pancake shop, Ruhua, who looked like a three-year-old child, pulled Yu's clothes tightly, pointed at the shop and shouted, "Maomao, I want to eat meat pie!"
The middle-aged man, who was quite far away, couldn't hear what Ruhua was saying, but he could see that when the Snow Wolf Cub pointed to the pancake shop, the clerk quickly hid deep inside the shop, and even the vendor who had set up a stall next to the pancake shop ran away...
Yu stood still, not approaching the pancake shop, and took out a few copper coins and handed them to the little girl: "Go buy three meat patties, one for each of you."
The little girl ran towards the pancake shop with shining eyes...
"Oh?" In the distance, the middle-aged man who was secretly observing straightened up.
The little girl successfully bought the meat patties and shared them with the little boy riding on Yu's shoulders and Ruhua. She also took the initiative to put her hand into Yu's big hand and let Yu lead her as she walked.
The three children continued to eat and stroll leisurely. Whenever Ruhua saw something she wanted to eat, she would ask for it, and Yu would give her money and buy it for her...
When the three kids, each holding several kinds of food, slowly walked away to the other side of the street, shopkeepers, vendors, and pedestrians all stretched their necks curiously to peek at the walking away snow wolf man, and the fear and panic on their faces were no longer there...
"That's a clever idea." The middle-aged man who was watching the whole process couldn't help but smile.
The workers who worked for the Knights' Territory took care of the children, and they couldn't refuse even if they wanted to.
Adults are afraid of the Snow Wolves, but young children don't have many concerns - how long can adults continue to be unreasonably afraid of the Snow Wolves, who are loved by children and have the patience to raise children?
“However, this alone is probably not enough.” The middle-aged man muttered, holding back the disciple who wanted to grab the part-time job quota, and continued to sit where he was.
About half an hour later, the snow werewolf with the child came back from the other end of the street.
Pedestrians will still avoid and evade the monsters, but at least they won't flee in panic; although shop owners dare not speak out to solicit business, at least they won't run away from their stalls.
When this strange group walked to the most crowded area, which was the road section connected to the edge of the square, a woman suddenly screamed, grabbed a man's wrist and said angrily: "Why are you touching me?"
The man was not panicked when he was caught. Instead, he said confidently, "What's wrong with touching her? Who told you to wear a skirt on the street? The cut is so low, don't you just want people to touch you?"
"Shameless!" the woman said angrily, "Come with me to the Knight's Mansion to meet Knight Robbins. The Knight's Territory is not a place for scum like you!"
When the pervert heard about the Knight's Mansion, his face changed. He angrily threw his hand and slapped the woman in the face: "Why don't you let go, you bitch!"
The woman covered her cheek, screamed, and fell to the ground exaggeratedly...
The master and disciple who were halfway there said: "..."
The young man stared with dead eyes: "This is too fake, can it really fool people?"
"How could you hit someone?" A vendor couldn't stand it and spoke out.
"Stop talking nonsense. If you dare to meddle in other people's business, I'll beat you up too!" The perverted man felt that it was not enough. He took a step forward and kicked the woman on the ground.
The "actor" who played the pervert was big and strong with a fierce look and a beard. Passersby were angry but dared not say anything. The hawker who tried to help just stood in a safe place and shouted, not daring to come forward to help.
At the critical moment...Yu, who was shopping here, made a brilliant appearance.
He stretched out his long and sturdy legs and stepped sideways to block the woman who fell to the ground. The pervert kicked the "steel plate" with his foot, and there was a dull "bang" sound, causing her mouth to be crooked and her eyes to be slanted in pain...
"Don't hit people." Yu was not good at speaking, so it was difficult for him to recite the lines.
If Ah Shan came, he could perform a great and glorious performance fluently...
The pervert took a half step back in fear, as if he felt embarrassed, and shouted even more fiercely: "Mind your own business, country bumpkin, this is Valentine!"
Then he suddenly pulled out an arm-length dagger and stabbed at Yu fiercely...
Passersby screamed and stepped back.
Yu let go of the little girl's hand, stretched out his palm and gently chopped the pervert's wrist, knocking the dagger down, then turned his hand over, went around the man's neck, lifted up the collar and held him up.
"Ugh!" The pervert man had no time to cry out in pain and had to grab his collar with both hands and kick around with his legs in the air.
Hitting people in the street would cause resentment, but just controlling it would not. Passersby no longer retreated, and looked at Yu in surprise.
Yu carried a human man weighing at least 150 kilograms with one hand, as easily as carrying a kitten, and calmly looked down at the woman who had climbed up: "Are you going to send this person to the Knight's Mansion?"
"Yes, yes, yes, please help me!" the woman said in surprise.
Yu nodded: "Okay." After a pause, he said, "Help me hold the child."
The woman responded quickly, happily pulling the dirty little girl, and not forgetting to pick up the dagger...
A crowd of passersby watched the "heroic" snow wolf walk away. The vendor who had pulled out his mouth earlier said loudly: "Fortunately this orc passed by, otherwise the woman would have been in trouble. Really, how could such a villain sneak into the Knight Territory?"
The passers-by who had just watched the drama were in a strong mood to express their feelings, and they all echoed: "Yes, it's really annoying!"
"He even pulled out a knife. Where did this desperado come from?"
"These guys should be arrested and sent to repair the roads. It's too unsafe to walk on the same street with such people."
"That orc is a good man."
"Yes!"
The master and disciple who came closer to watch the fun: "..."
The master and the disciple silently left the crowd and returned to the square. The young man wiped his face vigorously, and seeing that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and twitched his lips and said, "Teacher, if I am not mistaken, the body shape of that 'desperado'... seems to be exactly the same as the Knight Robbins who we have secretly observed countless times?"
The middle-aged man said expressionlessly: “Yes.”
"And that 'woman', her finger joints are so thick, and she twists her body deliberately when she walks, it's obviously a man in disguise!" The young man couldn't control the desire to complain.
The middle-aged man still had no expression on his face: "Yes."
"Why do such stupid tricks work? Teacher, this is different from what you taught me?!" The young man couldn't help but raise his voice.
The middle-aged man slowly raised his arm and gently stroked his disciple's head: "Stupid disciple, it's not easy to deceive one person, but it's easy to deceive a group of people. You still have a lot to learn."
Young man: “…”
In the Knight's Mansion.
The pervert who was carried back by Yu was thrown into the house and locked up, and the woman followed him in.
Edward took the two children away. Xiao Yun took the soft little Ruhua and followed her into the house, closing the door. He smiled at the two "actors" and asked, "How is it? Is it fun to guest act in a play?"
Isaac, who took off his disguise mask, didn't know whether to laugh or cry, while Alex, who took off his wig, showed a look of pain in his balls...
"Teacher, if possible, I don't want to do this again." Isaac said exhaustedly. He couldn't bear the treatment of being criticized by thousands of people.
"No need for that. Just let Yu and the others take care of the children for two more days. There's no point in shouting every day when you see injustice." Xiao Yun said with a smile, "You can also take this opportunity to set up a childcare center and hire a few women to take care of the children of those who work hard for you. This investment is not a loss. The children are in your hands, and the workers still want to run away?"
"...Okay." Isaac said with difficulty.
Ali looked at Xiao Yun in horror. No, is it necessary to say it so bluntly? !
Xiao Yun noticed Yali's gaze and looked at him straight in the eye: "Um... Yali, your makeup is smudged."
Alex: “…”
If Xiao Yun hadn't said this, maybe Yali would have rushed up and hit someone... He pulled a towel from the wall and wiped his face hard. He couldn't afford to offend him!
Xiao Yun found a place to sit down, patted Ruhua's butt to make her look like a wolf, and stroked her fur leisurely: "I checked this morning, the battle field is pretty good. But if we start with the battle field, it won't be a big deal, and it won't attract much attention, and the shock factor will also be reduced. So, let's get some people to do a warm-up fight... Well, Alex, how many of you do you think can fight Maomao?"
Ali opened his mouth wide: "Mr. Ayun, I don't think so!"
"It's OK!" Xiao Yun said earnestly, "It's just a warm-up fight, not a real fight, just act it out. If it's a real fight, ordinary people won't be able to tell the technical content, and there probably won't be many people cheering even if they fight to the death. It depends on your acting skills."
Alex: “…”
Xiao Yun looked at Isaac again and said, "We need to get some walkers of Alex's level, and knights as well. You can discuss with Edward later and get a group of knights to fight head-on with Maomao."
Isaac: “…”
"We are short on time, so don't drag it out. We need to find people and rehearse before the agricultural machinery exhibition. So, let's get some people out tonight to give it a try and see what scale of warm-up fight will look good." Xiao Yun slapped his thigh and said.
Isaac & Alex: "..."
Ali looked at Isaac silently, "Is this how you use the word 'good-looking'? Don't lie to me that I'm not well-educated!"
Isaac is emotionally stable, you just get used to it, really.
Because Bolton Territory is carrying out a vigorous "purge", Laura, as the master of Bolton Territory, has been staying in the Knight Territory for the past few months, staying at home, so as not to be entangled by those who try to save face and intercede.
After the great success of the performance of "Cinderella", the Robbins Theater launched a new play "The Little Mermaid". If the former tried hard to please the people of the Federation, the latter tried hard to please the sea people... The success of this play kept Earl Winston and his son in the Knights.
General Crest had returned, leaving more than 20 elf warriors to support Isaac. Two days before the agricultural machinery exhibition, Xiao Yun came to the hotel and first found Hailin to chat for a long time, and then went to visit Earl Winston; after finishing his business, he came to see Laura, and the first thing Xiao Yun said was: "Laura, do you want to make money?"
"Huh?"
