Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 166

Following behind the castle steward, Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief.

If I knew it was such a trouble, I might as well find a way to sneak in secretly.

"You are simply going astray! In order not to go farther and farther on the evil road, should you kneel in front of the statue of the Lord to repent, or should I send you there?" Rhodes heard a man's angry voice when he came to the second floor sound.

It can't be such a coincidence, can it?

The butler took Rhodes and the others to the door of the room where the voice came from and knocked on the door.

"Lord Wilson, Viscount Miles Piguet of the Fish Kingdom wants to talk to you about the grain trade. It will be very good for all of us if the negotiation goes through," the butler said softly.

"I know, you've already told me! Tell them to wait, I still have a very important matter here!" A middle-aged man's angry voice came from inside.

The castle steward smiled awkwardly at Rhodes and the others.

Baron pushed away the butler who was laughing with him, and then kicked hard at the wooden door of the room, knocking the entire door panel off the wall.

"Let's wait a little longer?" Baron said angrily as he walked into the room.

This is a study room. A middle-aged man is sitting on a chair next to the desk with an angry face. Behind him is a bookshelf filled with many books. Michelle is standing in front of him. There is a table between them. .

That middle-aged man should be the Wilson the castle steward mentioned.

After hearing Baron's voice, Michelle turned his head to look at them, and then turned his head away again, as if pretending not to know each other.

Wilson stood up, and he could guess that Rhodes and the others were the nobles of the Fish Kingdom that the butler said.

"You have no aristocratic etiquette," he said angrily.

"You already have it? How can there be any reason why the host will not show up when the guests are left out? Even if you have important matters to deal with, at least you should go out to meet the guests before you come back to deal with them?" Baron asked back.

"If everyone comes to see me, I have to go out to meet, so I don't want to be so busy?" Wilson laughed back angrily.

"Forget it, since you don't want to see us, let's go." Rhodes turned around and was about to leave. He had almost figured out the structure of the castle.The room with the statue is on the first floor, and I will come here at night to rescue Michel and think about countermeasures.

"Don't, Mr. Wilson is just angry for a while, don't take it to heart." The butler quickly stopped Rhodes.

Rhodes had an idea and came up with another idea.

"I don't think I should waste my time talking to your city lord. People like him certainly don't care if the people in the territory can have enough to eat." Rhodes shook off the castle steward's hand.

"Wait! I'll discuss this with you now." Wilson yelled loudly, and he took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

He obviously fell for Rhodes' aggressive method, and it seems that he is not a bad lord who doesn't care about the people.

"Let's wait until you finish your more important matters. I'd better talk to other city owners. Anyway, food is not afraid that no one will buy it." Rhodes smiled jokingly, and he himself Lied to, as if he really came to discuss business.

"I apologize to you for my previous behavior," Wilson said sincerely.

"For the sake of your apology, we still forgive you this time." Rhodes still gave him a step down. "You should deal with the matter at hand first, and we will sit by the side and wait for you to finish it."

Rhode swaggered to a bench near the door of the study and sat down.

Wilson seemed to want to say something, but in the end he resisted the urge and let Rhodes sit here.

"The Lord is just and will not favor any kind of creature. It doesn't matter whether it is a human or an ant." Misel said suddenly, probably continuing their previous topic.

"How many times have I told you just now that only righteous human beings will be blessed by it, and those evil people will definitely be punished by it." Wilson retorted loudly, "It is really necessary for you to go to the gods to repent , I don’t know what you encountered during the time you went out that made you think this way, if I knew it earlier, someone would have brought you back forcibly. Don’t talk, I’ll discuss things with the guests, and you will listen by the side.”

Normal people would find it strange to quarrel over this kind of thing, but even more incredible things have happened in the history of the earth. Catholics and Protestants have caused countless deaths because of a little difference in doctrine. public history.

So Rhodes is not surprised by their quarrel.

"Do you believe in the sun in the sky?" Rhodes asked. He didn't mention the trade, after all, he made it up to get in.

"The sun in the sky is just one of the incarnations of the Lord," Wilson replied.

Rhodes felt that if he told them that the sun was actually just a star, they might be tied to the stake and burned to death, but it was fun to think about it, he was not afraid of fire.

I don't know what will happen if I burn it with gasoline. If I put a lot of firewood below to kill him, I can only see if the smoke is enough to choke people.

"A friend of mine who studies astronomy told me that the sun is actually just a planet, and the world we live in is a planet, and the world we live in revolves around the sun. I don't know why he has such an idea." Rhodes I want to test to see how Wilson will react.

"It's really stupid. Although I don't know what planet he is talking about, I know that the sun and the world we live in are definitely not the same type of thing." Wilson said calmly.

"What are you going to do with her?" Rhodes asked, pointing at Michelle.

"After all, she is my daughter and my only heir. Let her go to confess for a while." Wilson sighed.

Michelle smiled secretly at Rhodes. At this moment, Rhodes felt that their actions were really unnecessary, and he didn't know why Michelle didn't speak clearly.

"Can you tell me about the trade in detail?" Wilson asked.

"It's like this. We just passed by here and felt that your Glory City has the potential to become our partner. Although you don't have rivers here, you are surrounded by plains with well-developed transportation. We think that in the coming year, we will harvest food and then come to trade with you. "Rhode decided to perfunctory him first, and then find another opportunity to slip away.

"Then let's discuss this matter first this year, lest you come back next year." Wilson nodded.

"I don't know how you collect taxes on food transactions?" Rhodes asked.

"Twenty one tax," Wilson replied.

"So loose?" Rhodes was a little surprised. He had prepared for the future life of a lord in the Fish Kingdom before, and he specifically asked how to collect taxes. The merchants told him that the tax was [-] yuan.

"Here's a suggestion for you. You can try it. If you don't charge entry fees and publicize your low tax rate, there will definitely be businessmen coming to you to do business. Anyway, you won't earn much from the entry fee. Even if there are ten in a day There are only more than 3000 gold coins a year, and I guess you can't even support your knights." Rhodes said, "If you still charge a fee to enter the city, I won't do business with you."

Michel suddenly said, "Father, I think what he said is quite right..."

(End of this chapter)