Chapter 164: Acquisition of Shenlin Town (Part 2)
"Baron..." Salin called out, and the Baron was at a loss. The most advanced magician he had ever seen was a third-level mage. It was seen by a relatively large adventure team when they planned to enter the chaotic swamp from Deep Forest Town. Now there were two fifth-level magicians in front of him. The Baron's face was swollen and red, and he was so rude that he did not answer Salin's greeting.
"Pyak, don't you know me anymore?" Enni saw that the Baron was too nervous, so he had to speak. Otherwise, the Baron would not answer anything Salin asked, and who would know if Salin would be really angry. Now Salin is also a big shot, the most important magician in Kushui County, and he also has the background of Srieg Island.
"It's Master Enni!" When Baron Piac saw Ani, he vaguely recognized the fifth-level magician in front of him. When Ani was in this town, Piac took great care of him because it was the bloodline of the Earl family. Now his heart was like a gloomy rainy day and suddenly became warm.
Seeing the Baron's face appearing, Salin snorted softly, and Piac immediately became wilted again. These two level five mages looked like the black-haired ones were making decisions.
"Master Master... what are your instructions for me?" Piac tried to be respectful. He was the highest noble in this area. He said this for the first time in Shenlin Town, and felt very different.
"I didn't look for you, you came to me." Salin felt funny in his heart. Is he that scary?
Piac was a little dazed. Thinking about it carefully, it was true that Salin didn't come to him. He was afraid that something would happen, so he quickly came to greet him. His eyes looked at the gift box on the table. The magician did not open his gift box at all. The box inlaid with gold was not placed in the magician's eyes, and he was too lazy to see what was placed inside.
"So, Master, why are you here in Shenlin Town?" Piac asked with courage.
Salin smiled, and was organizing language in his heart. The more he didn't speak, the more scared Baron Piac became. Salin never thought of scaring him, it was because he felt guilty in his heart.
"Baron, do you know the Kushui County?"
"I know, I know. Prince Rex, I admire him very much."
Salin looked at Pijac's erect belly and thought to himself, "Rex can be admired by you too? But he didn't want to bother with these details, so he followed Baron Pijac's words and asked: "Baron, since you admire the prince very much, then why not follow her in the future?"
"Follow... Prince?" Piac's face became very exciting. The worry of being killed disappeared. Piac began to worry about gains and losses. Although he had no future with the Grand Duke Phoenix, he didn't have to fight to the death. It is said that Rex's Knockwater County is surrounded by the power of Saint Rock City, and it is not easy to live. He was an insignificant little nobleman, and it was difficult to get in touch with the intrigues of the upper class. Now suddenly there is this question in front of him, and Baron Piac doesn't know how to answer.
Don't agree? This is a request from a level five magician. The magician also brought more than a hundred powerful swordsmen, and each swordsman played the legendary skeleton war horse. Such power may not be anything in Qin Yin's hinterland, but in this border town, it is enough to repeatedly destroy his Baron's mansion more than a dozen times.
Also, does this magician really want to buy himself for Prince Rex, or does he want to directly annex the Shenlin Town? If it is the latter, even if he agrees, he will have a hard time in the future. And once he agrees, he will not be able to repent in the future, and the Grand Duke Phoenix will not make decisions for himself.
"Master, I don't quite understand..."
"Baron, then I'll just say it. I want your Deep Forest Town. Aini said you are not bad, so I'll leave you a way out. You can offer a price. If it's too high, I'll go and talk to Grand Duke Phoenix directly. If it's right, then you will be the Prince of Rex in the future."
Salin didn't want to talk nonsense to Pijack. This Shenlin Town is not big, with more than a dozen streets in front and back. If it weren't near the Chaos Swamp, adventurers and mercenaries would not often appear in this town. Pijack was at most a second-class baron. Salin wanted Shenlin Town for a long time, and through the Chaos Swamp here, it was to enter the secret passage of Skochenya. The secret passage was very wide, enough to accommodate more soldiers. When the war burned northwest of Qinin in the future, send troops from Shenlin Town and could go around the enemy's side and back.
As long as you conquer the Three Dead Kings, you will have enough skeleton war horses. By then, you will be much easier to travel thousands of miles a day and travel through the chaotic swamp. The only trouble in the past was that there were powerful monsters in the chaotic swamp. If you want to pass, you must have a magician in charge. Now, as long as the problem of the Three Kings is solved, this chaotic swamp will no longer be an insurmountable obstacle.
"Master, this Shenlin Town was left to me by my father..." Piac felt a bit of bargaining when he saw that Salin really didn't want to kill him.
"Baron, I understand the meaning of the land to the nobles. You also want to have a fiefdom to pass it to your son, right?"
Baron Piac immediately stopped talking. Salin was not a good person, and the implication was that if you died, nothing would be left to your descendants. If I even killed your son, who would you pass the title to?
"But Holy Rock City?" Piac was really hard to choose. He couldn't afford to offend Salin, but if he followed Rex, the House of Commons in Holy Rock City might have taken back his title.
"The prince has the right to enfeoff a baron, what are you worried about?"
Piac's face became even more ugly, and he moved his family to Kushui County. I heard that the grass in that place didn't grow.
"Baron, how much land do you have here?" Salin didn't care whether Pijac agreed or not. He wanted to occupy this place. When the situation was tense in the future, he would not have time to build it. The Holy See already five to six Blood Knights. I haven't heard of Holy Rock City successfully creating war puppets. When fighting in the field, the Blood Knights were not afraid of anything except magicians.
Although Qin Yin has many magicians, it is impossible to form a pure magic corps to fight against the Blood Knights. If you do that, a battle can consume more than half of Qin Yin's treasury.
Baron Piac's face twitched violently, and others asked him what he said was easy to answer, but the other party was a great magician, who was said to be able to detect lies. He slowly said in a mosquito-like voice: "Go back to Master, I have sixty miles of land."
"Oh? That's too much beyond the law of the empire. Baron, you're very brave." Salin said with a smile, feeling confident. The sixty miles that Piak mentioned was that his land was roughly sixty miles long, and the width must be more than one mile. Even if there was exactly one mile, it would be much more than the empire allowed.
Qin prohibited the aristocracy from annexing land, and a first-class baron was allowed only ten square miles of land. The Grand Duke of Phoenix condoned the nobles in the Duke, so that the number of things that were so large than the allowable of the empire was to happen. Now Piak's handle was caught in his own hands. He couldn't even sell it if he wanted to.
Even if other people know about this, they will not go to Holy Rock City to report it if they are concerned about the power of the Phoenix family and the entire Principality nobles. However, they are from Kushui County, so they are not afraid of soft boys like Phoenix.
Piak stood there with difficulty, wanting to lie on the ground and ask Salin for forgiveness, but his legs were stiff and he couldn't bend at all.
"Baron, since you like land so much, I will make the decision and let the prince give you twice the land now as compensation, how about?"
"I dare not, I dare not!" Piak shook his head repeatedly. The reason why he was willing to give up Shenlin Town was because he had his own land. Now the land has become a problem. Salin said that he would give him twice the land, which would be equivalent to a fief of a first-class count. Even if it was placed in the Tanggulas Empire, such things could not be taken to the table.
"Don't worry, the county and state reclaim the land in the north, and new cities will soon be built. We will need more noble support at that time. You are the first to surrender. It is not too much to give you some benefits. If you do well, your son may become a viscount." Salin scared Pijak almost and began to throw out bait.
The prince's power is very great, even surpassing the Grand Duke of Phoenix. It is okay to reward the earl, and it is not difficult to make Piac's son become a viscount. As Salin said, the earliest surrenders would always get some benefits that others did not have.
Besides, the fifteenth title rank of the empire, the third-class viscount is also a low-level noble. If Salin can decide on his affairs, Rex will not be stingy with such titles.
Rex and Salin's original intention was to take advantage of the absence of the Grand Duke of Phoenix to win over and attack the nobles of the Principal of Phoenix. Baron Piac was the first, but Salin just didn't expect that things would be so easy.
"Pyak, just agree. If you don't agree now, you will have no chance in the future." Enni bewitched Baron Piak. Although he was born in a big family, it was the first time he saw someone use power to force a noble to surrender. The Clyde family is much more gentle in their work and always uses interests to seduce others instead of violence.
"Master Enni, I...I agree..." Piak shivered and looked at Salin's blue and pure eyes.
Salin smiled and said, "That's good. I will repair it in Shenlin Town for three days. You go and bring all the land deeds and I will sign a contract with you. If I can't give you a corresponding title and multiple land, these land deeds will still be yours."
Baron Piac was relieved. He wouldn't have been lying to Salin when he heard that. He had never heard of the great magician lying to others. Since there was a contract to sign, at least in terms of land and title, he would not suffer much loss. In the north... Is there any land suitable for cultivation in Phoenix North?
Chapter completed!