Chapter 740 (2/2)

The earl, who had spoken twice earlier on, fell silent. The other earls could not hold back their gasps. Even Marquis Gordan had to frown.

“is this news reliable?” he asked.

“Of course, it is,” Marquis Yug said lightly.

Telling them this piece of news would suffice. He would certainly not divulge the other more important pieces of news to these people.

That involved the Yug’s family’s biggest secret. So long as that secret was carefully guarded, he could protect his family’s survival for at least a thousand years, or even much longer.

After a while, Marquis Gordan said in a low voice, “Do you know the quantity contained in the reserves of that mineral vein?”

“What do you take the scouts under my command for?” Marquis Yug laughed and asked in reply, “Do you think you will ever be able to get another good night’s sleep if you know that they can even find out the exact amount contained in the reserves found in that mineral vein?”

Marquis Gordan laughed dryly and said nothing more.

There were conflicts between the local aristocrats and the central aristocrats, so of course, there were also conflicts among the central aristocrats themselves. Marquis Gordan and Marquis Yug had been longtime rivals. They belonged to the kind of rivals that “yearned for you to meet death.” The fact that the spies under Marquis Yug’s command were able to get ahold of such confidential information was enough to make Marquis Gordon somewhat uneasy. If they were able to further inquire about top-secret information about the reserves of the mineral vein, then they might not have any difficulty in acquiring confidential information about him.

At least… they would be a little closer.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting a little awkward, an earl who was quite close to Marquis Gordon hastily changed the subject, “The value of a mineral vein containing naturally-occurring Mithril is worth a fortune. This will greatly strengthen the relationship between the Republic of Northwest and the merchant party. If we strike the merchant part at this point in time, we’ll easily attract the attention of the Republic of Northwest. It’s indeed… not appropriate at all.”

“Yes, they must be very nervous right now. Once hyped up, they tend to overreact. Their heightened emotions might only start to ease up after everything is settled, that is, when that mineral vein is mined and the silver is verified,” said another earl. “Even if they want to fight a war, they will also have to wait until then.”

With that, all eyes fell on Earl Good Horse.

“Good Horse” was not actually the surname of Earl Good Horse. The origin of this name had to be traced back to the founder of the family. That earl’s name was “Good Hauss,” and he was nicknamed “Good Horse.” Later, though their family’s official name was Earl Hauss, the name of “Good Horse” was so popular that it became a nickname that people commonly used to address them.

Of course, this was also because they were bothered by it. On the contrary, they might even be proud of this title.

At present, it was this “Good Horse,” Earl Hauss, who was in conflict with the merchant party. Originally, he wanted to use his assassination as a pretext to demand some compensation from the central aristocrats. He had not expected the merchant party to make a move against him first and accuse his soldiers of crossing the border to attack the trade caravans and civilians. At that time, he had not even started on negotiations with the central aristocrats about the substantive issues.

Earl Hauss, who was already in a bad mood, was subjected to further distress. He could no longer hold himself back and flew into a rage. Without another word, he chased the messenger of the merchant party away.

As a result, the merchant party actually assembled their army at the border, as though they had braced themselves to fight a major war.

The “Good Horse” family had never been afraid to fight and always went all out. If he chose not to attack another party, the other side should be thanking the gods while counting their blessings. Yet now, they actually had the guts to come find fault with him?!

To borrow a famous saying of Brother Illidan, who was whitewashed by the gaming company, Blizzard, after Sui Xiong had traversed the world, “You are all trying to meet your doom!”

So he did not hesitate to gather his military force and horses to confront the merchant party.

Over the past few days, there had been two small-scale skirmishes between the two sides. Though the losses incurred were small, the anger was building up.

And at this very moment, if the aristocratic party wanted to make peace, his attitude would become the key.