Soul of Burning Steel

Following what Alfonso said, Joshua understood why he invited him so solemnly.

Speaking of it, it's not a particularly big deal—it's nothing more than money.

As a businessman, no matter how big the matter is, you can't escape a word of money.

According to what the middle-aged president of the chamber of commerce said, just five days ago, all the chambers of commerce that remained in the north encountered the same problem—the road to the south of the empire was unexpectedly blocked, and everyone is currently being blocked. Trapped in the north, can't get out.

Road blockade and trade interruption are no jokes for businessmen. If Alfonso can't leave now, he will soon be unable to catch up with the next transaction. Not to mention the loss of a large amount of liquidated damages, his reputation over the years will also be damaged. Suspicion, coupled with the chain reaction of all aspects, the entire Beishuang Chamber of Commerce will usher in a big crisis.

"It is said that there is a change in the Black Forest in the middle of the empire. In order to prevent the situation from worsening and the spread of the turmoil, the checkpoints on the road are blocked by the legion, and no one can pass."

With a tired face, Alfonso took out a map, and pointed to the Ural Mountains that divide the Northland and the Central Region of the Empire, "Except for the Ural Fortress, if you want to go to the south, you can only go over the mountains. It's not crazy, of course it won't send food to the monsters for nothing. Moldova has the Impure River Maja, which can be transported by water, but there are few ships that can sail on this ice river, and the local chamber of commerce is not enough. Not to me."

"Why don't I know about this news..." Joshua frowned. After thinking for a while, he said bluntly: "The blockade caused by the changes in the Black Forest, let alone me, even the Grand Duke of the Empire can't help it, although some It's embarrassing, but there's a lot at stake and nothing can be done about it."

"You don't know, it's because it's only a security blockade, civilians and adventurers can pass through, and it doesn't have much impact on ordinary people, but it's absolutely impossible for a large number of people like the Dragon Chariot Merchant Group that will disturb the monsters."

Alfonso is also very helpless, in the face of such an absolute emergency and the ruthless checkpoint guards, he is really powerless: "But my lord, it's fine if you say others can't, but you can definitely of!"

The tone changed, and when he said this, he was full of confidence, and he looked really confident.

Joshua seldom encounters such a situation where others have more confidence in him than himself. The black-haired soldier touched his chin and said with great interest: "Interesting, let's talk about it, I'm also curious Where does your confidence in me come from?"

"dwarf."

Not much to say, the middle-aged president of the Chamber of Commerce said these two words, and then said emphatically: "Dwarves are authentic!"

He pointed to the map again, pointing at the lava lake near the Great Ajax Volcano in the territory of Moldavia: "As we all know, my lord, your family has been close to the dwarves for generations, and you must also know that the dwarves' underground passages link the entire empire." environment, through the dwarf tunnel, you can easily bypass the checkpoint guards and go to the south, my request is not high, as long as you give me a chance to meet the other party's high-level!"

When Alfonso spoke, his face was very serious, and he saluted to Joshua: "You don't need to come forward, my lord, as long as you give us a chance to meet the leader of the dwarves, then I have the confidence to get the right to use the authentic dwarves! In this way, even faster than before, you can quickly pass through the snow-covered plains underground, jump over the valley barrier, and head directly to the south of the empire!"

"You're right, but the dwarf..."

Frowning and thinking for a while, Joshua nodded, recalled a lot of things, and said softly to himself: "Yes, the dwarf wrote a letter three days ago, and it was written by Master Iron Moria himself. , that is an elder of my great-grandfather generation, in order to write a proper reply letter, I asked Ying to search through three bookshelves before I found a similar model... Alfonso."

The voice became louder, Joshua picked up the map, drew a circle near the lava lake with his fingers, and said with a serious face: "You and I are not strangers, so I won't talk too much—although I know dwarves, they are also My lords, and the family has indeed been friends with them for generations, but in the face of my new lord, at most I will give you a letter of recommendation, so that you will not be kicked out when you are just about to approach the lava lake area. Everything is up to you to fight for yourself.”

"That's enough, my lord!"

Hearing this promise, Alfonso's heart fell to the ground, the vague depression on his face eased a lot, and he looked refreshed: "Such a great kindness, I will definitely repay you in the future!"

"No need."

Shaking his head, Joshua looked straight into the eyes of the middle-aged businessman: "I don't need money."

When he said this, the soldier seemed to be thinking about something. He recalled some things that happened in the empire at this time in his previous life. After pondering for a while, Joshua smiled lightly and said, "Just right, if you successfully return to the The south of the empire, then I have something to entrust to you, and you know, as the new lord, I can't get away at this time."

"As long as it is your wish." Alfonso agreed without a doubt: "I swear by the name of Carlos, I, Alfonso, will definitely do my best to achieve it!"

"Don't worry, let's talk about it after the banquet is over."

Waving his hand, Joshua walked towards the door, but before he got close, the middle-aged businessman quickly ran over and opened the door for him. The butler standing outside the door wanted to lead the way, but was stopped by his master After coming down, Alfonso said very naturally: "Let me lead the way for you, the hall is going in this direction."

The three of them walked forward, and they arrived at the hall not long after. The middle-aged businessman stepped forward first, opened the door for Joshua himself, and said, "My lord, please."

The soothing violin and piano concerto came from behind the gate. The conversations of many guests and the chuckles of the ladies were clearly audible, but faintly, Joshua could smell the faint scent of incense in the air. I have to say that Afang Suo really spent a lot of money to hold this banquet, and the scent of incense that filled the hall alone cost a lot of money.

As they approached, louder music and voices could be heard, but just as Joshua entered the hall, a wave of vigilance suddenly rose in the soldier's heart, and a faint fragrance wafted over.

This scent is neither incense nor food, it seems to be a refined floral scent mixed with female hormones...

Before he had time to think about it, he stepped into the banquet hall, and because of Joshua's entry, the audience suddenly fell silent, and even the three-person orchestra playing on the left made a small mistake, and the suddenly frosty scene No one cares about such little things anymore.

Terrific chill.

Intimidating eighteen is really too high.

Joshua sighed in his heart, it's fine that his character is low in charm, anyway, he is not ugly, it's just that he has no affinity, but the intimidation value must be lowered, otherwise it will be cold wherever he goes, and the places he passes will be silent, It's really boring.

He scanned the scene with the corner of his eye for a while, but when he saw half of it, the soldier was stunned.

Wait, all...all women? !

There were not many people in the entire banquet hall. Except for the band playing and the attendants serving, the total number of guests was only in their early thirties, but among the more than thirty people, more than half were wearing dresses and long skirts, and they were very polite. girl?

"What the hell is going on?!"

Talking to himself in a low voice, Joshua took a closer look, and was relieved to see a few middle-aged men and their wives. Although there were many young girls who held their breath and dared not speak much, there were only a dozen or so. .

Take a rough look, there should be four or five heads of chambers of commerce here, those girls should be their relatives, there are probably two or three in a family...

Looking sideways at Alfonso who was walking towards him, Joshua seemed to realize something.

Tsk, I should have thought of it a long time ago. He is a 23-year-old single earl and field lord. This is a platinum amber king's fifth inlaid with diamonds. If so, now should be the time to vigorously promote my daughter.