Wolf King

The man with green glasses in Xiao Yun's eyes is named Tim Humphrey.

Although he has a surname, Tim is not an aristocrat... He is actually a servant bought for his son by a small nobleman in the Kingdom of St. Bridge. He left his serf parents before he was six years old and learned how to serve his little master.

The more particular noble family treats their servants well. Baron Humphrey’s family provided this little servant with a place to live—the compartment cleared out of the attic where the sundries were piled up, and also provided the little servant with food and clothing—little master Among the old clothes that were not needed, the old ones, the ones that were used to tie mops and some wastes were given to him, and he could eat the leftover food of the little master first.

The latter is very important, the servants of the nobles live off the leftovers of their masters, if Tim was allowed to rob food among the adult servants, he might have starved to death...

As the son of a serf, it was a decent and lucky thing for Tim to be the manservant to the younger son of the Humphrey family. The little master's leftovers were plentiful, and he was older than his peers of the same class. He grew taller and stronger, and his brain developed better. When the little master was playing with toys and reading picture book legends under the eyes of the tutor who was lecturing, Tim, who was standing in the corner, slowly learned to read.

Eat well, have rich nutrition, the brain can develop well, and if you are not hungry, you will have the energy to learn the knowledge in books that are meaningless to fill your stomach. Sometimes, Tim, who was brought into the examination room by the little master, can even answer the questions instead of the little master.

Sir Humphrey knew how much his son weighed. After his youngest son was admitted to the academy, he was surprised to find that the little servant he bought with two silver coins was actually a rare genius——St. It's not that easy to pass.

The servant Tim was rewarded with ten gold coins from Sir Humphrey. When he helped the little master graduate successfully and got the post of sheriff in a small town as a gunman, the generous Sir Humphrey adopted him as an adopted son. , so that he, the son of a serf, was entitled to share the Humphrey family name, and sent him to the Royal Academy in the Royal City of St. Bridge - Sir Humphrey did not want him to stay with his younger son, the town sheriff This kind of position can be secured by a pig. If he becomes ambitious, it will be detrimental to his son; and if he can make his way in the Royal Academy, his glory will also belong to the Humphrey family.

This little servant did not "live up" to Baron Humphrey's expectations. Tim won the favor of the royal family with excellent grades during the enrollment period. The third prince Carlisle even introduced Tim into his social circle - what Tim gained was a new life. At first, the Humphrey family also received a manor awarded by the royal family.

Becoming an alchemist requires extensive knowledge and the talent of a spellcaster. Fortunately, Tim was recognized by the Spellcaster Association at the age of 30, and jumped into the upper class of human society, but...compared to other freedoms The caster, he is destined to be unable to get rid of the Humphrey family name and the Ferdinand royal family in this life, both of which are his "benefactors". When they need it, Tim must appear where he should appear.

That's why Tim Humphrey showed up on the prairie.

Lord Carlisle is taking a risk, and Tim knows that well.But he is not qualified to persuade, not even qualified to tell His Royal Highness Carlisle to be cautious, it would appear that he is unwilling, and he cannot do such an undignified performance.

Fortunately... this steppe tribe has a wise... er, cub who sees through Carlisle's frivolity.Although sticking to the coastline will increase the cost of trade, it is much better than letting the prince of a country go deep into the dangerous grassland.

"He's too impolite." Darren complained in a low voice, "If...in China, no one would be so disrespectful to..."

Tim glanced at Lan Guo, the snow werewolf leading the way, and shook his head slightly, signaling Darren not to talk about it.

Darren pouted.

Darren, who was born in a citizen's family, is used to keeping a low profile, but he doesn't need to be as cautious as Tim.

Tim once again turned his attention to the snow werewolf Languo who was leading the way. This snow werewolf also looked tall, but he was thinner than other snow werewolves.

This made Tim very curious, why does a snow werewolf with a disability have a status above the standard in this grassland tribe?Both Ah Shan and Ah Yue whom I have met before are not qualified to participate in formal talks. What is so special about this snow werewolf?

Following Lan Guo out of the range of the tribe, Tim and Darren were suddenly stunned—ten earthen kilns lined up, similar to bread ovens, were smoking, and the surroundings were filled with sand, gravel and soil. It is full of long strips; some snow werewolves are moving bricks, some snow werewolves are mixing water into the piled sand and gravel, and some snow werewolves are stuffing the water-mixed sand, gravel and soil into... wood Made in the frame?

Lan Guo, who was leading the way, looked back at the two human guests, nodded slightly, then turned around, strode into the busy crowd, picked up sand and gravel in a basket that seemed to be woven with some kind of vine...

Tim & Darren: "..."

The two of them stood blankly at the brick-making site, staring blankly at the blue fruit that was soon stained with plaster...

"Who is that?" Someone noticed two humans.

"Lan Guo brought it here." The person next to him shook his head and said.

Everyone who heard this turned their heads to look at Lan Guo, and then went about their own business—no one expected Lan Guo to explain, this guy is not very talkative.

Tim & Darren: "..."

The two human beings looked at each other, and they both saw confusion from the opposite expressions. Obviously, neither Tim, who was more cautious, nor Darren, who was more careful, couldn't figure out what the gang of snow werewolves meant...it should be The fact that Lan Guo, who has a certain status, works like ordinary clansmen, may be due to the different customs of the Snow Wolf clan, but what about taking them on a tour? !

But let them walk away on their own... It's really not good, who knows if this Snow Wolf tribe has any taboos, what if the two of them collide and cause trouble for the third prince?

So the two had to stand there with painful faces, and it was inconvenient to even get closer to see what the Snow Werewolf was up to. What if this was secret knowledge that outsiders were not allowed to see!

Fortunately, it didn't take long for someone to break this unspeakable embarrassment. A snow werewolf ran from a distance and waved there: "Languo! The land is plowed, come and help fertilize!"

Lan Guo straightened up, glanced at the people in the engineering team, raised his hand and nodded to the two of them: "You look at the kiln, and the others follow me."

The snow wolves immediately packed up their tools quickly...

Lan Guo patted the plaster on his body, walked a few steps, stopped, and stared sideways at the two humans.

after a few seconds.

"...Does he mean to let us follow?" Darren asked with the corner of his mouth twitching.

"It seems to be." The corner of Tim's mouth is also twitching.

Following a dozen or so snow werewolves trotted for a while, a particularly spectacular field with finely plowed soil appeared before him...

Tim has seen the Humphrey family's farm, and when he walked closer to see the fields ready to be planted, he was taken aback—he had seen the Humphrey family's farm during spring plowing, but the serfs drove the cattle out of it The ground was not like this at all. He remembered that the soil in the field was all in pieces, and there were a lot of stones mixed in some places that the supervisors couldn't notice.

Thinking back to the farming scene in his memory, Tim's heart trembled suddenly... He thought of the palpitating, numb, tired, and lifeless faces on the farm. Everyone was working with their heads down, their eyes glazed over, Staggering steps and slow movements, no matter how vigorously the supervisor swung his whip and yelled loudly, he couldn't make those "lazy bones" go any faster.

Tim, who was only a teenager at the time, was frightened by the creepy scene and fled back to his little master playing in the garden. He remembers being terrified at that time when he recalled the sour boy who was jealous of him being loved by his little master. What he said: He is just the son of a serf. Whenever the young master doesn't like it, he has to go back to farming.

Since then, "farming" has become a symbol of Tim's nightmares, the most terrifying end in his cognition.

Closing his eyes and slowing down, Tim felt a little better when he looked at the farming scene of the snow wolves. The snow werewolves in the field were not the walking dead in his impression at all. It's all sweat and dirt, but their looks are relaxed, and they still have the strength to shout and joke with their kin.

"Where's my rake? I put it here just now?"

"Let the snowflakes take it away, who told you not to clean it up."

"Bring some more shovels!"

"Isn't the fertilizer in this truck not adjusted properly? Why do you do this?"

"Oh, who is it, you won't collect the hoe if you throw it here!"

Lan Guo led the two humans to the edge of the field that did not block the road, nodded to them, pointed to the ground to signal not to run around, and turned around to participate in the fertilization work...

"...Tim, does this snow werewolf treat us as a burden?" Darren watched Lan Guo go away, and couldn't help complaining.

"...After all, now is the important spring plowing period." Tim could only say.

"It's too slow to pick, whoever is not hungry will change and drag the vermicompost!" Someone shouted.

"I'll do it." Lan Guo piled the collected hoes on the side of the road, and stretched out his hands to take off his pants.

Tim & Darren: "..."

"They have to take off their clothes before the fight. Could it be that they are naked when they go to the battlefield..." Darren wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh. Languo, who was relatively thin and had a disabled left foot, turned into a wolf. The rear body shape is also very amazing, and the running and jumping is so flexible that there is no problem with the legs. This kind of natural fighting form really makes him, a big sword fighter, unable to laugh.

"That's why they are naked. It's not that they don't pay attention to it. It's what the race needs." Tim didn't think too much about it. It's true that alchemists have combat effectiveness, but ordinary alchemists are protected...even if they are As a captive, the identity of an alchemist is also a golden signboard to save one's life.

Darren reluctantly nodded in agreement, and turned his gaze to the busy snow wolves in the field.Most of the adult snowwolves were of the same size as him, which made Darren, who was used to having a size advantage, quite uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Darren realized that something was wrong. He frowned and recalled the three trips he had made back and forth in the Snow Wolf Tribe, and his face gradually revealed a horrified expression...

"Darren?"

"Uh...Tim, have you noticed that in the tribe of the Snow Wolf Clan, the rooms are all empty and there is no one there." Darren said hurriedly.

"They are busy with spring plowing." Tim was puzzled, why did Darren's IQ suddenly go offline?

"No, I mean, they all came out to work, and didn't stay in the tribe to rest..." Darren turned his head stiffly to look at his companions, "We saw dozens of snow werewolves along the way, yes ?”

"so?"

Darren swallowed: "Didn't you notice? They are all... topless, all male, and the only one wearing clothes is that Ayun—doesn't the Snow Wolf Clan have women?"

"..." Tim's eyes widened.

Beads of sweat appeared on Darren's forehead: "Besides, Yumi is indeed the number one beauty in Wangcheng, but...all the snow werewolves we met seemed to be unable to see her beauty...these snow werewolves , could it all be—”

Guys who don't like women are not uncommon among the nobles, and Darren Fang has one.

"..." Tim was dumbfounded.

Carlisle, too, was in jaw-dropping mode.

Xiao Yun took him to visit the warehouse of the Snow Wolf Clan, using the full warehouse of grain, soybeans and alfalfa to prove that the tribe has a strong and powerful survival capital, and then took him to see the endless open-air sheep pens, and let him see that only The trading capital owned by a tribe with more than a hundred people should not be underestimated-there is no currency in circulation on the grassland, and cattle and sheep are hard currency.

At the same time, it also shows the sincerity of the snow wolf tribe's transaction. The customer who negotiates the price with you and can afford the money is a high-quality customer!

Next, Xiao Yun asked him to meet the human exiles taken in by the tribe...

Still in the activity room, looking at the compatriots who were sitting in front of him, calling out his identity, Carlisle's worldview was crumbling...

Not to mention being called out, Carlisle is already mentally prepared to be sold by pig teammates, which is within the acceptable range, but he knows that this snow wolf tribe has indeed taken in a human, and has raised him for many years. Very good, Carlisle felt that there was something wrong - didn't it mean that the cat clan was the most friendly to humans on the grassland, and the tiger clan, snow wolf clan, and tauren clan were all very cold!

It is true that the snow wolves have never attacked humans, but they are not really a friendly race like good neighbors!

"I met His Royal Highness Carlisle in the federal city, at a viscountess' party. Of course, I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the party, and His Royal Highness Carlisle is the guest of honor at the viscountess' table." Thrall's attitude was humble but Not very humble, or rather rude, "Ah Yun, His Highness Carlisle is a man of the hour in the Southern Kingdom. Even in the royal family, it is very rare to be baptized with divine blessings."

... Is the prince considered Sen?The thigh Ayun we hugged is a big devil who even the green dragon has to bow his head, no, a devil-level figure!

It was so hard for Sal to have such an opportunity to show his value and show his sense of existence. If he didn't serve Ayun well, why would he go to flatter you, a pheasant prince from a poor southern country!

Xiao Yun's smile remained unchanged, his expression calm, and he nodded to the prince who exposed his identity with a smile: "It turns out that he is a member of the royal family, so please be rude."

Carlisle: "..." This is the first time His Royal Highness has seen such an insincere apology.

Xiao Yun had expected Carlisle's identity, and now that he knew what kind of prince he was, he didn't feel strange. It's not like Thrall hadn't introduced the structure of the human kingdom, and the small royal family in the south with a population of tens of millions. What's so shocking, a prince who is at the bottom of the line of succession, whose status seems to be even lower than the mayor of the prefecture-level city's prince, is sincerely afraid of the prince of the mayor of the prefecture-level city?do not!

Apologizing casually to show respect for the royal family, Xiao Yun sighed, rather disapprovingly said: "My family has 12 points of sincerity in making transactions, but His Royal Highness conceals a lot from us... This is not good, we are the same as His Royal Highness. I hope to open new trade routes on the grassland, and I feel very sorry for the performance of His Highness the Prince."

... Carlisle has ten thousand six-legged lizards running wildly past, you, a teenage cub, don't you think it's against the law to play this kind of old man complaining about the ignorance of young people!

"It's really not my intention. There are really many hidden things." Carlisle slowed down his tone stiffly.

Xiao Yun nodded magnanimously: "I believe that His Highness the Prince's going deep into the grassland alone represents your sincerity, but if we both want to form a close alliance of interests, then we'd better be honest enough to each other and let us Only by having a deeper understanding of our allies can we avoid misjudging our own strength during the cooperation process, what does His Royal Highness think?"

The black line on Carlisle's forehead... This guy really said it!Talk about the alliance of interests so confidently!Shouldn't it be a more euphemistic and decent way of saying it?

He was about to speak, but Xiao Yun turned his head to look at Thrall: "Saar, how much do you know about the Southern Kingdom?"

Saar was able to mix in the aristocratic social circle as a bourgeoisie and a small merchant family. Although half of it was due to his surname and the shadow of his ancestors, he was not stupid. It didn't take Ayun to tell him what he really wanted to ask. What is it, what is the purpose of asking this question, and immediately eloquently:

"I don't know much about other southern kingdoms. Prince Carlisle Harvey Ferdinand's country, St. Bridge, is more familiar. My father was engaged in the spice business with the south when he was alive. St. Bridge is located in the southeast of the southern tip of the mainland. The coast has a coastline of hundreds of kilometers and two port cities. After the windy season every year, the port of St. Bridge will gather merchant ships, most of which belong to the Lamia Merchant Group..."

Perak Balati gave an overview of St. Bridge, a small country with tens of millions of people and six cities, and Thrall wittily introduced the situation of the six southern countries—human kingdoms often use the six countries that produce spices The countries are grouped together, but in fact, the six southern countries are not really that united. For example, a certain country has been flirting with the Federation, and although a certain country has not surrendered to the Holy See, it allows members of the royal family to marry certain priests...

The last time Xiao Yun asked Thrall, he didn’t ask such detailed questions. Now, when he listened to it, he could hear a lot of flavors... On the surface, the six southern countries are not independent, but in fact, these countries dare not really talk to the Federation or The Holy See draws a clear line, while enduring the pressure of the two major forces, and at the same time occasionally pinching its nose and happily being exploited by others, and waving a handkerchief and choking its throat and yelling a few words to walk slowly before coming back...

Most of the small countries caught in the middle of the big powers are like this. The so-called long-sleeved, good-looking, and all-round exquisiteness is just a cover-up of literati. You can stand there well because others don't want to put you on a disc for the time being. Your value is not enough for the strong to launch an army to conquer. , if it is of that value, you can try it-those countries in the Middle East on the earth are really kneeling and licking big powers, without the standards of Japan, South Korea and Canada?Hehe.

Looking at the silent prince with a smile, Xiao Yun said unceremoniously, "Prince Carlisle, you are picking chestnuts from the fire. Taking chestnuts from the blazing fire will burn your hands when you are full."

Carlisle's face was very ugly, and the other party looked at him as if he had seen through him completely. At this moment, he felt as if he was sitting in the cold wind with nothing on his body.Taking a deep breath, Carlisle could only suppress the pride of the royal family, and forced a smile: "Mr. Ayun...why do you say that?"

The so-called sacrifice of face and suffering is just like this. Anyway, Xiao Yun doesn't think that this prince can put his country's troops on the grassland. He said honestly: "Let me say something offensive. Correct, but His Royal Highness thinks that your enemy is only the Lamia Merchant Group, which is backed by the Federation of Human Kingdoms, which is a mistake of not knowing the enemy."

"Let me make a simple analogy. His Royal Highness has an aristocratic political enemy in the country. The spice plantation workers in the noble political enemy's family launched a rebellion. They want freedom, welfare, and high-tech, and don't be exploited. Then when this When the riots in the plantation became more and more loud and caused the response of those farms and farm workers, you, as a prince, would watch the excitement with your hands in your hands and laugh at your aristocratic political enemy who was disgraced and even was rioted. Kill the plantation workers, or immediately help the other side to suppress the rebellion and suppress the riot?"

Carlisle stared at the other with his mouth open in horror, completely forgetting the royal etiquette he had maintained for many years.

Even Thrall was frightened by the example Xiao Yun gave, and his sitting body trembled a little.

Xiao Yun sneered. As a native Chinese, he never felt that the so-called royal family and aristocrats under the feudal power system had any "dignity" at all: "It is true that you would like to see your political opponents suffer, but if here In the process, those workers who should have enshrined wealth for you nobles and royal families lost control, so in order to maintain your exploitation privileges, you must unite with your political opponents to suppress worker riots and eliminate those 'troublemakers' who have a rebellious heart."

Xiao Yun leaned his upper body forward, approached the dumbfounded Prince Carlisle, and said coldly, "In terms of the Federation and the Holy See, how is your country different from those plantation workers?"