Wolf King

Chapter 114 The Prince's Murder

The purpose of Xiao Yun's coming to Elven Port is very simple. This trade route bridged by St. Bridge's fleet is the lifeblood of Carlisle and the lifeblood of the Snow Wolf Clan; someone stepped on Xiao Yun's main artery , even if Prince Carlisle can't do it, he has to find a way to tear this life apart.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, and cutting off people's livelihood is even worse. If the snow wolf clan does not develop in this situation, it will die. These three businesses, fur, hair, and powder, must be continuously injected into the grassland for at least ten years to make the grassland The economy is being revitalized, so why is this special? Some people come to pick peaches, can Xiao Yun bear it?

Must not!

The forest elves put on a big face, at least they are doing business in a serious manner, and the lower limit of people is still relatively high; and Anthony, a prince of the feudal hereditary system who has not been personally educated... To be honest, I believe such a person If there is a lower limit, it is better to believe in the Ministry of Education's gang of scumbags who love the country, the party, and the people, a song of praise for loyalty.

If it weren't for Carlisle's feelings, Xiao Yun would have brought a group of soldiers over to kill Anthony... As long as he is willing to pay a price and use smart methods so as not to disrupt the existing transaction situation, Xiao Yun doesn't think the forest elves would mind Xue at all. The wolf clan killed the prince of a small human kingdom on their grounds.

So when he got on the boat and saw Prince Carlisle, Xiao Yun asked his soul without saying a word: "How long can St. Bridge last?"

Then Prince Carlisle fell silent.

The Lamia business group is bloated and slow to move, but it does not mean that they have no response to St. Bridge's behavior of robbing food. Since the first transaction, Lamia's coast patrol has not appeared in the Elf Port. Why, Did people give up?It must not be... People are accumulating all their strength to read the article and are about to kill you, why is it necessary to talk nonsense with a "dead man" - the enemy is ready to punch you with a bear face and kill you, you are still at home with an idler Playing the royal brother's emotional drama, what the hell is it?

Carlisle sighed, "To be a man, you have to be tough on yourself and the people around you... done it!

The so-called long night and many dreams, since it is decided to do it, it is better sooner rather than later, Xiao Yun still wants to settle the matter as soon as possible and go home to farm, but he is not used to people messing around-mainly in Xiao Yun's opinion, the eldest prince Anthony It’s really a death, and it’s Zhu Di’s two sons who are fighting for the throne. Zhu Gaoxu went to his elder brother Zhu Gaochi and said that brother, I beat Goryeo down. Let’s go and see if the beauty of Goryeo is beautiful. Zhu Gaochi can happily run out of the East Palace and follow him Did brother's army run out to play?

As long as the prince has not pinched his head against the door, he must not do this...

Carlisle has been running the fleet for two years. From the navy to the nobles to the sailors are all his people. For Anthony, who is also a contender for the crown prince, it is really not much better than a dragon's pool and a tiger's den; The boat followed, and Nima put on the airs of the big prince in a grand manner. I can't get used to the guy who doesn't like this, and the stupid guy is planning to grab his bowl and smash his pot under the gunhole—on the way here Carlisle didn't randomly find an opportunity to throw this thing into the sea to feed the fish. It's really because his stupid brother's IQ averaged to a negative number.

...In short, it is unacceptable for a respectable person like Carlisle to directly attack Carlisle, and a reasonable death must be arranged, so Xiao Yun naturally did as he pleases, and used the reception that was originally intended to "squeeze out" Anthony.

At the beginning, several people discussed for a long time how to calmly let Anthony "order" at the beginning of the reception. As a result... all the arrangements were useless, and Anthony just played late and played a big game.

This really saves a lot of trouble... Ahem.

"It turns out that the raw material of the vermicelli is sweet potatoes. The idea of ​​using the starch in the potato cubes to make fine flour food is quite unique."

An old gentleman with combed back nodded politely. This is the Earl with the highest status among the nobles following Carlisle. Originally, he himself did not need to appear in the fleet. After Anthony boarded the ship, Carlisle needed someone to shock him. The venue, invited the old gentleman over.

"In this case, the consumption will be relatively large. Is there so much starch in the potato cubes?"

Another younger viscount spoke at the right time, which was also arranged by Carlisle as a "tender".

Xiao Yun, who was sitting among the two gentlemen, put on a business smile, nodded and said, "That's true, ten catties of potato cubes can hardly produce one catty of powder, plus the manpower consumption during processing, so we set the price of dry powder at six copper coins."

Of course, the starch content of "free-range" stems and tubers is not high. The sweet potatoes that Xiao Yun found from the slave merchant ship were as small as the thickness of a finger. If you harvested sweet potatoes in the human kingdom to make vermicelli, you will definitely pay for them as underwear... ...that is, the potato chips grown at home have enough starch content to withstand the consumption of flour making.

The nobles sitting in a circle began to whisper to each other. They also patronized the food store of the Snow Wolf Clan in Hong Kong two days ago. Two taels of noodles can fill the stomachs of most humans, and the taste of vermicelli is indeed better than wheat noodles. , No matter what the price is, it can’t be lost.

"Then Mr. Ayun, how many tons of vermicelli can you produce every year?" The old earl saw that everyone was discussing about the same, and raised the question that everyone was most concerned about.

"We only started production this spring. To be honest, the current output is not satisfactory." Xiao Yun nodded apologetically, "This year we can produce about 50 catties of dry powder. The output has increased to 500 million jin."

50 catties of dry powder sounds like a lot, but it’s really not much if you divide it into one share. The nobles present were a little disappointed. When they heard that the production volume would increase tenfold next year, the eyes of these nobles began to shine— ——Compared with fur and hair, vermicelli, which can be used as daily food, is a "just-needed" commodity that can be sold at any time. It is easy to store and transport, and it is not easy to deteriorate. As long as it is shipped back, it will be profitable.

It is the fourth time that sea trade has been carried out, and the nobles who can go to sea with Carlisle in the wind and sun must be the pragmatic type who have endured hardships, and they are relatively short of money... After all, going to sea is risky. Who wants to go out and suffer when they can eat delicious food and drink spicy food?In the previous two trips, some gentlemen who made enough money didn’t like to come. They just sent a butler to follow how much they could earn, and those who didn’t have enough money were eagerly looking forward to finding opportunities to catch new business opportunities.

People who don't have enough people will dislike that they can't make more than ten times the profit in one go. This group of people won't, let alone five times the profit. If they have two or three times the profit, they will have to laugh. It’s not so easy to do, throwing out a hundred gold coins and earning back ten is considered a good way to make money. Where can such a good thing be doubled by rolling!

Prince Carlisle ate his own food in the wool business, but he didn't touch the vermicelli business, leaving it all to the nobles.Xiao Yun reported a total quantity of 50 jin, and the twenty or so nobles present began to discuss the allocation of shares. This batch of goods can't be expected to make a lot of money, but we can test the market's reaction and see which one can eat it when the supply is sufficient next year. You can know how much.

Xiao Yun didn't hide his secrets, and took advantage of the crowds, he explained the preservation methods, eating methods, and end-retail suggestions and sales methods of the two kinds of vermicelli. Anyway, St. Bridge is the place where spices are produced. There is no shortage of condiments, and there are enough The vermicelli noodles can be delicious enough, and this can be regarded as the products of the two companies building up each other's value...

Vermicelli can be sold with spices, which is the most coquettish. Xiao Yun has just started, and the shrewd and pragmatic aristocrats look at him like looking at Xiaoqinger; if he is not already Carlisle’s teacher, maybe immediately Just a few more disciples who bowed down and bowed down...

There are hundreds of nobles in St. Bridges, and more than 60 of them boarded Carlisle's ship. This is not a small number - it means that Carlisle has not yet become king, and at least one-sixth of the nobles have already followed him. mixed up.

Of course, so many nobles don’t mean to tie their wealth and lives to Carlisle. After all, they hang out with Carlisle for the sake of eating meat, and their loyalty has to be linked to Carlisle’s "gold content"...It’s okay to be a younger brother and shout, miss them Don't expect to follow you through life and death. Carlisle is very clear about this point, so his contest with Anthony has always been under the water.

But this does not mean that Carlisle will not be able to play tricks. Anthony wanted to board the ship, so he quickly moved the old earl out, and by the way, replaced all the candidates on the ship with practical nobles, which would most likely avoid a The situation of helping stupid men around Anthony's stinky feet...

This kind of arrangement can also come in handy at this time. When Prince Anthony is late, most of the nobles are busy discussing the distribution of dry powder. No one is willing to withdraw from the line of fire to chat with Anthony at this time-this is The benefits of a pragmatic spirit, the prince's face is not as big as gold coins, who cares about your identity when you have money to make!

Out of the corner of Xiao Yun's eyes, he saw Anthony who squeezed into the crowd and sat down. His eyes flashed. Before the nobles around him could talk to Anthony, he immediately changed the subject and threw out the Wang Zang in his hand: "Holy Cloth!" Ridge's climate is good for growing sugar cane and sugar beets, isn't it?"

"That's true. The spice business has been difficult in recent years. If it weren't for the good sugar cane production in the plantation, my family's manor would hardly survive." The old earl immediately answered with a smile.

"The grasslands of our Snow Wolf Clan are not suitable for growing sugar cane. We can only rely on wheat and rice to make sugar. The consumption of raw materials is high. I am very envious that St. Bridge can produce sugar cane and beets that are more suitable for sugar production." Xiao Yun laughed, " Speaking of which, although we don't have the basis for sugar production, we accidentally discovered the technology to remove the variegated color from colored sugar and purify it into pure white sugar crystals..."

One of the nobles present is gasping for air—human aesthetics are similar in any world, white is good, pure is beautiful, red beans, soybeans, and black beans are all beans, the first two can be served on the dining table, and the last one can only be fed to horses , the appearance is low, not to mention human rights, there is no "bean right"...

"Mr. Ayun, what kind of magical method is needed to do this?" The old earl was so excited that he was incoherent. Carlisle just asked him to speak to the young snow werewolf and told him that it must be beneficial, but he didn't tell him what it was benefit.

"It's actually very simple to process, but it's really not easy to find this method. It started when we first met Prince Carlisle two years ago..."

Xiao Yun smiled slightly, and talked endlessly about (du) recalling (writing) the process of the Snow Wolf Clan discovering that using activated carbon to stir and filter the sugar solution can precipitate white crystal sugar—the operation process is actually very easy, to put it bluntly, it is to crush the charcoal into powder Add it into brown sugar water, stir and filter until the sugar water turns into a colorless and clear solution, then heat it and evaporate it to dryness, and what will be precipitated is white sugar; but Xiao Yun’s purpose is not to give others technology, so all he talks about is the discovery of technology In the process, the ups and downs of the compilation are ups and downs, but it is too late to get to the point, dragging the drama until it is cool...

Both white sugar and brown sugar are sugar, there is no difference in essence, the only difference is that the former has a higher appearance, and the price has to be doubled at least; there are not many fools present, even if Xiao Yun is talking about technology, he can speak like No one wanted to be distracted by the story, and everyone listened carefully, for fear of delaying a certain detail.

Anthony, who was ignored after sitting down: "..."

Will His Royal Highness Anthony, who has never been in business in his life, care about the technology of turning brown sugar into white sugar?You can also care about it. If someone sends technology to your door, he will reluctantly accept it.But if you want this noble grand prince to go and listen patiently to the barbarians on the grassland about how they discovered a certain technology, then you are thinking of going astray—others are the ones who do big things, who is free to talk to you Is there anything blind beeping here?

The eldest son of the owner of the supermarket, are you interested in knowing how a township enterprise in a certain place develops and researches the details of a product that sells well?

His Royal Highness Anthony sat down and listened patiently for 15 minutes before getting up and leaving with a black face.

Anthony originally wanted to ask who the snow werewolf who talked a lot was, but no one praised him or praised him for his stinky feet. This disappointed the eldest prince, and he lost the mood to ask for his name.Walking out of the inexplicable circle of aristocrats, Anthony looked left and right, and realized...there are not many people who are worthy of his attention to socialize at this reception.

Elf General Kleist was not present, and there were only two mediocre-looking women among the officials from the Adventurer's Association. After one glance, Anthony was not interested and then looked again. After wandering around for half a circle, he felt that the reception was worthless Anthony threw the wine glass on the long table casually, and walked towards the door with his hands in his hands.

For a moment, several pairs of eyes turned to the direction of the back of the eldest prince Anthony leaving the field.

Darren, who was about to make a rash appearance and splash all over his body, heaved a sigh of relief, drank the red wine in his glass, and walked slowly towards Tim in the corner.

Tim, who had been chatting trivially with Baron Humphrey, smiled and waved to Darren.

In the integrated bar on one side of the hall, Carlisle, standing behind Dahe, closed his eyes, and gently placed the wine glass in his hand on the counter.

A guard sitting by the window got up quietly and left through the waiter passage.

"Huh?" Xiao En suddenly felt that something was wrong, and cast his eyes on the lively venue suspiciously.

"What's the matter, old man, do you still drink this bottle? If you don't drink it, I'll pour it down?" Primo, who was drinking the free wine, hiccupped, picked up the bottle and poured it into the glass.

Sean withdrew his gaze and looked at his faceless old friend with a funny face: "I was just wondering why you wanted to cover up your identity. It turned out that it was to take advantage of others unscrupulously?"

"Of course, my friend." Primo smiled smugly, raised his hand and pointed to the place with the most people, "If you are invited to sit there, your mouth will be full of meaningless nonsense, Wouldn't it be a pity for so many good wines put out for people to enjoy?"

Sean had nothing to do with him, and shook his head helplessly... Primo was still willing to show people his true colors when he first came here, but after being entangled with adventurers all the time, this guy's face changed every day.

"Don't shake your head at me, don't you hide in the corner with me to take advantage of others? The prince wanted you to get acquainted with his 'teacher', but you just said hello and walked away. It is much more impolite to say it than to hide my identity like this." Primo chuckled.

Xiao En was angry and funny: "Don't say you can't see that the prince wants to use this reception to do something, that little guy just brought out a fart kid from the snow wolf tribe as a signboard, do I still have to accompany this party?" How many brats are pretending?"

"Well... I can't say that, I think that snow wolf cub still has something." Primo drank most of the glass of wine in one go, and hiccupped, "At least his eyes, for me It feels like... hiccup, but it doesn't look like the Snow Wolf Clan."

"Which race doesn't have so many special cases? That cub is indeed different, but that's it...Genius, don't we see too many of them." Sean smiled disapprovingly.

Primo smiled "haha" and raised his glass: "Respect the years."

Sean responded: "Respect time."

The atmosphere at the reception was lively, but the upper cabin was very quiet. Anthony felt a little uncomfortable when he returned to the cold room. He looked around and frowned immediately: "Where's Alisa?"

The chief guard of Karu was taken aback, and cautiously said, "Alyssa is a little uncomfortable... I mentioned it to you at noon..."

"And Mary?" Anthony thought of it, but still felt uncomfortable.

"Here, Mary is singing at the reception..."

"Call her back, there is no guest who needs her to perform at the reception." Anthony waved his hand and interrupted.

"Yes."

The head guard Karu exited the room and was about to greet the guards in the corridor, but found no one at all.

"Damn, have these guys sneaked down to drink?" Karu head guard turned around but found no one, looked back at the closed door of His Royal Highness, thought for a while and decided to go downstairs by himself, let Nothing good will happen if the eldest prince waits too long, he knows Anthony's temper too well.

After going down to the middle cabin where the reception is located, before turning into the corridor, the chief guard Karu saw a few brats sneaking out.

"Have you really come here? I said there's no one there!" Kalu's chief guard shouted.

"Here, Chief Guard, isn't Your Highness going to the venue?" Several guards who sneaked out of the post quickly explained.

"Your Highness has gone back! It's all right, you hurry up!" Karu's head guard said angrily.

Several guards were also planning to return to their posts, so they trotted into the upper stairs disheveledly.

The two princes each have their own guards, but the space on the ship is limited and it is impossible to bring all the guards. Prince Carlisle took a step back and only brought two guards to take care of his daily life. The rest, including the chief guard, were all Anthony's people.

Prince Carlisle can accept the service of the guards. His Royal Highness Anthony has brought his own maid, and he doesn't like the thick-handed guards. Therefore, ordinary guards are not allowed to enter Anthony's room except the chief guard Karu.The guards went upstairs and only patrolled everywhere, and they had to walk lightly when passing Anthony's room, so as not to disturb His Royal Highness.

The chief guard of Carew brought the singer Mary out of the venue, and whispered to the well-known singer of St. Bridge to serve His Royal Highness Anthony carefully before returning to the upper cabin.

Not long after the sound of footsteps disappeared from the somewhat narrow corridor, screams came from the upper first-class cabin...

Carlisle walked into the room decorated luxuriously and extravagantly by Anthony, and the first thing he saw was the owner of the room lying on his back on the sofa. He was staring at the ceiling. There was a small puddle of crystal wine glass remnants under his wrist. It seemed that he was enjoying St. Bridge's specialty craft red wine leisurely just a second before his chest was pierced by a sharp knife.

Carlisle thought he would be very guilty, but the strange thing is... when he actually saw Anthony's body, he was very calm, and the first thought that popped up in his mind was "finally being able to do things without distraction" instead of murder The shame of a blood relative.

"Your Highness...Your Highness..." Karu's head guard sat down on the other side of the carpet in a daze, his eyes were empty, and he muttered unconsciously, not even noticing that Carlisle had walked in.

"This is... the sword of the royal guard?" The old earl bent down and stared at the long sword on Anthony's chest for a few seconds, straightened up and stared at the lost Karoo severely, then turned to look at Carlisle, " Your Royal Highness, someone stabbed His Royal Highness Anthony with the sword of a guard, I suggest that all the guards be summoned immediately to see whose sword is missing."

Carlisle nodded, and ordered the guards to assemble with a heavy expression.

Everyone knows that there is no need to do things such as sealing off the upper cabin, inspecting the sword, checking the movement during the duty, but everyone knows that it must be done; it seems that everyone knows that Carlisle is inseparable from Anthony's inexplicable assassination, but Everyone couldn't pat their chests to be sure that it must have been done by Carlisle.

It’s a bit of a mouthful to say... In fact, you can do it but you can’t say it, and you can do it but you can’t put it into practice; as long as you can handle it on a large scale and the excuses you arrange can fool most people, no matter how absurd the "result" is, it is the only result ——Who on earth doesn't know that Iraq is aggrieved, but who can really compare with the US about whether there are "weapons of mass destruction"... Justice and justice have never existed, not in any world.

On the surface, they tossed and bustled about the assassination of the eldest prince all night, and the "actors" who participated in the performance sang very hard regardless of the leading role and supporting role. At dawn, Carlisle, whose eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, came out with "Karoo The captain of the guard betrayed His Royal Highness Anthony, took him under control and brought him back to the country for trial." The exhausted people, whether they believed it or not, all nodded in acquiescence, and scattered around to rest.

"The target of everyone's suspicion is me."

In Carlisle's room, facing his teacher, His Royal Highness the tired Prince laughed at himself.

"You've said it all, it's suspicion, and suspicion means there is no evidence, so according to the inference of innocence, it has nothing to do with you." Xiao Yun said indifferently, "If you reach out to grab food from other people's plates, you deserve to be beaten to death. Just like You got involved in the maritime trade business monopolized by the Lamia Merchant Group, and one day you are so close to letting the people of Lamia catch the opportunity to kill you, you can only consider yourself unlucky."

"..." Carlisle couldn't laugh or cry, "Teacher, don't you need to be so direct?"

"A real warrior must dare to face the cruel life. Those who don't see the risks and only want to gain benefits are all idiots who don't take their own lives seriously." Xiao Yun sneered, "You say Anthony is jealous of the trade route you have opened up, and he is focused on robbing you, so has he thought about why you came to the North Continent and dare not even leave the Elven Port? Have you ever thought that someone might kill you at any time? He doesn't think about it. Just lick your face and come up, you only see the thief eating the meat but not the thief being beaten, even if you win the robbery, you will still be killed..."

Carlisle listened to Xiao Yun's nagging in silence for a long time, and sighed: "I don't regret murdering Anthony. To be honest, I just felt relieved when I saw his body... Finally, no one is trying to hold me back. With a wry smile, Carlisle shook his head, "It's just this kind of thought that makes me feel bad, teacher, I seem to have...become the kind of person who doesn't take human life as life, and those who stand in the way will never Killing without hesitation, wouldn't it be very bad if I got used to it, so am I still qualified to consider myself the hero of revival of St. Bridge?"

Xiao Yun didn't answer him directly, but sighed: "Sure enough, no matter how old a man is, he dreams of being a hero... But, Carlisle, have you ever thought about it, after all, what a hero pursues is that he has nothing to do with himself in the eyes of others. A flawless and bright image, or do you want to do what you really want to do?"

Carlisle was stunned, Xiao Yun's two classifications of heroes were indeed something he had never considered.

"Whether it is a tribe on the grassland or your country, if a group wants to develop, it must move in the same direction under the common will recognized by most people in the group, and use the power of the group in the right direction. Only in this way can it be possible to promote the progress of the group. But there are differences between people, and it is impossible to completely synchronize ideas. If you want most people to agree with the same idea and the same will, you must take the lead and work hard You have worked hard for countless years; if you greedily want everyone to agree, you are talking about myths and impossible things.”

"Even in a group with a community of destiny, there will definitely be people who oppose you with selfish or selfish reasons. This is not dependent on anyone's will."

Carlisle nodded slowly, with a painful expression on his face... The collision between a little boy's heroic dream and reality is very cruel, and the more he understands it, the more he can appreciate the cruelty.

"As a person in the group who strongly desires the group to progress, he cannot ignore those compatriots who hold opposing opinions. Then what should we do at this time? There is no shortcut in this place, we can only come one step at a time, a lot Promoting your thoughts, using practical actions, and using facts to prove your will can make most people have a better life, and strive to make more people agree with you."

Xiao Yun smiled: "It took me half an autumn and a winter to persuade more than 30 tribesmen to learn farming from the tauren. Even I faced such a small crowd, and there was no shortcut. But Hard work will not be in vain, take this first step in a solid manner, and the road ahead will become smoother and smoother."

Carlisle couldn't help showing a smile. He very much agrees with Mr. Ayun's basic theory. He spent more than half a year doing preliminary preparations before the fleet went to sea. Facts have proved that laying a solid foundation for the team before taking action is far more reliable than rashly going to sea. .

"It's great if we can win the approval of most of our peers for the rest of our lives. Don't imagine that everyone will respond to everyone everywhere. It's unrealistic. We smart people don't do such stupid things. Then those who oppose us will even hold us back. , what should the person who drives the car in reverse do?"

Speaking of this, Xiao Yun's expression became serious: "One size fits all is not advisable, we can only deal with how destructive things can be done by those who slow down and reverse the car. Don't pay attention to the kind of people who have nothing but a mouth. Just put it next to it without causing trouble. Those who are capable of doing things, find a way to put it in an unimportant place. As for those who are powerful enough to affect the entire group and actually put them into action, such as Anthony, then It's just a pity...the appeasement policy is not suitable for such people, you can only revolution-the highest political action to achieve social change, realize collective justice, and realize the transfer of power within the collective, which means revolution. Not for you It is the individual will of the individual who wants to be killed, but the rolling wheels of the group to make progress and the collective to develop will inevitably crush those supporters of the backward era who prevent progress, and the group represented by the common will of the majority of people wants these people to die Whole body."

Carlisle was stunned, unable to react at all.

Xiao Yun slowly unscrewed the water bottle and took a sip of water, and said lovingly with the eyes of people who passed by looking at the young man: "To do this kind of serious thing that promotes the reform and progress of the entire group, you have to put in more effort and energy than being a flamboyant hero. Where is the excess. You are still in the mood to struggle with moral cleanliness, which means that you are not careful enough, Carlisle."