The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

Early the next morning, Ye Tianlong got up and went straight to Murong Jie to pick up the horse armor he had ordered before.

Murong Jie did what he said, and made this pair of horse armor in one day. The main body of this horse armor is made of leather, but there are also several steel plates inlaid on key parts such as the head and chest. To increase defense, the overall weight is only a dozen kilograms, which is not an unbearable burden for the two traveling horses Ye Tianlong bought.

At the same time, Guo Bin, Zhou Chaozong, Zuo Yu and others also ushered in a good day for promotion. The county magistrate Kong Xianfu personally ordered that Guo Bin and Zhou Chaozong were promoted to the eighth rank, while Zuo Yu was promoted from the first rank. The junior official was suddenly promoted to the ninth rank.

The positions of the other three people have also been greatly adjusted. Among them, Guo Bin was promoted to the county captain, and from then on he had the right to control all the soldiers and horses in the county. Zhou Chaozong was promoted to the county soldier archer captain. Although he was called an archer, these modern county soldiers The soldiers are naturally equipped with modern thermal weapons, including heavy machine guns and some small-caliber artillery. This firepower is much stronger than that of the detectives they originally controlled.

As for Zuo Yu, he was promoted to an official. This is also an extremely important position among clerical officials. It is responsible for the collection, delivery and storage of documents, files, forms and other documents in the yamen. This also means that in the future, whenever the yamen can, as long as Once a written record is formed, Zuo Yu has to go through it all so that he can better grasp all aspects of information.

This time, the three of them have been greatly improved in rank and authority. The reason why the county magistrate Kong Xianfu is so generous is mainly because he has made a lot of money and is in a good mood.

Kong Xianfu felt that Ye Tianlong was simply his lucky star! Since the other party appeared, he has made at least more than [-] million by collecting bribes from the other party, coupled with the recent seizure of the property of Zhang Dana and the entire Zhang family. And he also knows very well that Zuo Yu is the Ye Tianlong As for Guo Bin and Zhou Chaozong, they were allies that Zuo Yu had gathered in the yamen. Because he had made a lot of connections with Ye Tianlong, Kong Xianfu reciprocated and recruited these three people. His position was well promoted.

But Kong Xianfu's operation made Master Jiang jealous. After all, in the past, he, the eighth-rank county magistrate, had the final say in this yamen. But now the other party has created a new county captain. Although the other party is in He is a little lower than him in terms of rank, but they are on par in terms of positions. In addition, the other party belongs to a group of military attachés who have never been convinced by his control. He wants to be in this county in the future. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for the government to cover the sky with one hand.

As for Zuo Yu, who was promoted to a magistrate, he was as uncomfortable as eating a fly. You must know that the civil servants in this county office had always regarded him as an official, but now Zuo Yu was forced into it. For such a guy who is not one of his close confidants to hold such an important position as a pawnbroker, it can be said that he has dug up a very important piece of land in his three-thirds of an acre of private land. From now on, the county government will Many civil servants will inevitably be won over by the other party.

Although he was very angry in his heart, because the county magistrate Kong Xianfu personally ordered the appointment of these three people, Jiang Fangzheng could not object openly. Instead, he had to step forward to congratulate the three people.

Zuo Yu looked at Master Jiang who came to congratulate them on their promotion with a fake smile on his face, and felt quite proud in his heart. You must know that this man can be said to be indifferent to a small civil servant like him. , even if he takes the initiative to seek refuge with others, he may not accept them.

But now, after receiving the support from his good brother Ye Tianlong, he has become a popular person in the eyes of the county magistrate in an instant, and has also obtained an important and humble position like a pian, so that Master Jiang has to He stepped forward and congratulated him politely.

All these changes can't help but strengthen Zuo Yu's belief that he will follow Ye Tianlong in the future. After all, he is just a junior official who has just gained a rank, and his ambitions are far more than this. All of this requires huge Financial support, and it is obvious that Ye Tianlong, his friend, can provide him with all this.

On the other side, after having breakfast, Ye Tianlong entered the game with the horse armor that Murong Jie had just made.

"Hey! Brother John, you got up so early to pick up horse manure!"

After Ye Tianlong said hello to the horse dealer John, he entered the stable, picked out one of his traveling horses, and tried to put the horse armor on the other person.

After the entire set of horse armor was put on, Ye Tianlong rode the traveling horse for a few jogs around the town. He found that there was nothing uncomfortable with the traveling horse. It seemed that the weight was indeed within the range it could bear.

After wearing this set of horse armor, the defense of this traveling horse has been greatly improved, reaching a level of forty-eight points.

Because he was going to ride these two traveling horses out for actual combat today, Ye Tianlong planned to let both horses have a good meal first, so as not to run out of energy during the battle later.

After he handed over the traveling horse to the horse dealer John and told him to feed his horses well, Ye Tianlong took advantage of the last moment to prepare to set up a stall for a while and chat with himself. Jamila, the 'little underground gangster', took over and asked the other party not to stare at the baron's castle for the time being. After all, he was going to ride out to fight monsters today. Even if the other party was out, Ye Tianlong didn't have time to see him. He did.

Then when Ye Tianlong walked halfway, he suddenly saw a familiar rag doll in the mud on the roadside. After he stepped forward to pick it up, he was convinced that this thing was the doll that Jamila usually held. It is said that this doll was made for her by her mother herself, so Jamila has always treasured it and held it in her arms all day long.

But now this usually extremely precious rag doll has fallen on the side of the road. It is obvious that something has happened.

In order to figure out what happened, Ye Tianlong walked a few steps quickly and rushed to the door of Old Jack's shop. He asked Old Jack who was drinking tea from a purple clay pot and basking in the sun at the door of the shop: "Old Jack, Jamila's house Did something happen? I just picked up her doll on the roadside!"

Facing Ye Tianlong's inquiry, Old Jack sighed and replied: "It's okay, something happened. The Jamila family failed to pay the taxes that the Baron needed, so the Potts housekeeper asked his subordinates The soldiers beat her father severely, but her father couldn't survive it and passed away at night. Her mother couldn't bear the blow, so she also hung herself and followed him!"

"Although her parents are dead, the old dog Potts said that after this person died, the taxes would still have to be paid, so he sent people to capture Jamila from home early this morning and sold her to A slave trader who happens to be passing through town!”

Hearing Old Jack say that Jamila was actually sold to slave traders, Ye Tianlong suddenly became anxious. He quickly asked the other party for the location of the slave traders, and then ran away.

Finally, Ye Tianlong finally found the group of slave merchants in the central square of the town who had not yet had time to leave. He also saw Butler Potts, who was chatting and laughing with the leader of the caravan.

Ye Tianlong walked towards these two people while checking among the slaves in the caravan, and finally found Jamila in a small wooden cage placed independently. The child seemed to be frightened and was curling up. He hid in the corner of the cage, squatting and burying his head between his legs, not daring to look out at all.

In order to rescue the little girl as soon as possible, Ye Tianlong was too lazy to talk nonsense with these guys. After walking up to the caravan leader, he directly interrupted the conversation between him and Potts and said to the caravan leader: "I want to Redeem the little girl in the cage over there and ask for a price!"

The slave merchant was a middle-aged fat man. He was very surprised that someone dared to directly interrupt the lord steward. He turned to glance at Ye Tianlong and asked Potts: "Butler Potts, this who is that?"

"He's just a small businessman from overseas. It is said that he comes from the Seris Empire. I have never heard of such a country overseas!" Potts answered truthfully to the caravan leader and looked at Ye Tianlong. His eyes were full of contempt, and it was obvious that he had never cared about such a small businessman from out of town.

Hearing this, the leader of the slave caravan turned around and said to Ye Tianlong with a smile: "It turns out we are colleagues! You must have made a lot of money selling goods here from overseas, right?"

"You and I are not colleagues! And I haven't sold many goods at all in the few days since I arrived here!" Facing the other party's temptation, Ye Tianlong had no intention of talking nonsense with the other party, and his expression was extremely cold. responded.

The leader of the caravan obviously saw that Ye Tianlong didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he didn't waste any more time and directly offered a high price, hoping to give this little guy who came from outside a fight.

"If you want to redeem the little girl, just pay a thousand dinars!"

Hearing the offer from the caravan leader, Potts on the side couldn't help but cast a shocked look. After all, he always considered himself greedy enough. What he was best at was squeezing out the last bit of oil and water from the hands of those untouchables. But now when compared with this person, he suddenly felt that he was at a disadvantage! After all, this is a thousand dinars! This much money is enough to buy a dozen strong adult slaves, but that little girl is obviously not worth so much money!

Ye Tianlong, like Potts, was also shocked by the greed of this damn human trafficker. To be honest, he didn't really like these guys when he was playing horse-and-blade games in the past. He usually tried not to use blunt weapons when fighting wild monsters. , those wild monsters will be killed if they can. Unless they meet some mission requirements, they will not be left alive for human trafficking. After all, many of the orphans in the orphanage were rescued from the hands of human traffickers. Unfortunately, most of them were too young when they were abducted and could not remember who their parents were, so in the end they only Maybe stay in the orphanage. Therefore, Ye Tianlong has hated those human traffickers since he was a child, and this hatred even extends to the game.

Now the opponent's greedy behavior of taking advantage of the opportunity also made Ye Tianlong's impression of these guys even worse.

When the caravan leader saw that Ye Tianlong did not respond immediately, he thought that the other party was reluctant to part with the money, so he winked at a subordinate not far away.