Chapter 645: Barnett's letters

"Damn it! Do you know which adult is behind us?"

A man dressed as a businessman yells at soldiers.

"Sir, according to regulations, all things that pass through the checkpoint must be inspected."

"Soldier, are you new here? I ask you to look again. I have a permit for this batch of food."

"Your license is clear to me, sir. But our inspection is to see if there is any contraband in the cargo."

Soldier Jeffrey was also full of anger, but he didn't dare to vent it. The other party seemed not to be trifled with.

This is the Watcher's Fortress, and he is the soldier stationed here.

When guarding the passage on weekdays, the business travelers passing by all respected them, and sometimes gave them a little money.

But today I suddenly ran into a domineering man who refused the soldiers' request to inspect the goods.

Although Aldo allows domestic merchants to do business with many forces outside the fortress, including the orcs.

But there are many goods that are prohibited from being sold outside.

Such as sophisticated weapons and armor and the like.

There are also many goods that are sold in limited quantities.

For example, salt, grain, cloth and the like, they are often restricted by issuing one-time or limited-time permits.

The reason why there are many restrictions on domestic and foreign trade is mainly to guard against the orcs on the grassland.

The orcs live a nomadic life on the grassland, but they are extremely short of living materials, which also limits their population reproduction.

If supplies of daily necessities were provided to the grasslands indefinitely, they would likely grow like a snowball, posing a major threat to human civilization.

There are still many businessmen who like to do business on the grasslands. The cattle and sheep raised by the orcs, as well as various furs, are also very sought-after goods for humans.

With the high profits, many people will disregard the kingdom's ban and smuggle goods that the orcs desperately need to the grassland.

Therefore, it is very necessary to check the passing business travelers on a traffic artery like the Watcher Fortress.

But Jeffrey hit a snag.

The businessman who led the team was dressed gorgeously and seemed to be from a high family background.

He has an arrogant attitude, refuses to let him check the goods on his car, and doesn't take his soldier seriously.

During the stalemate, the captain's voice came from behind Jeffrey.

"Let's go."

"ah?"

Jeffrey came back to his senses in surprise, and looked at the captain who had just returned from urinating.

"This is the caravan of the Bradley family, you can go directly there."

The captain said calmly, as if he had gotten used to it.

No wonder, Jeffrey thought, Bradley is a nobleman in the northeastern part of the kingdom, with the title of duke.

"Hmph!" The leader of the caravan glanced at Jeffrey arrogantly, as if to say, "I remember you."

Geoffrey silently stepped aside to let the convoy pass.

After a while, the convoy moved away from the Watcher Fortress.

I thought this incident would just pass away, but I quickly remembered the sound of horseshoes from the gate of the fortress.

A group of knights rushed to Jeffrey and others like a whirlwind.

"Hello, Arthur Knight!"

The captain took Jeffrey and others to the leader's luggage.

Arthur asked, "Did the caravan of the Bradley family pass through?"

"Yes, my lord," replied the captain.

"In the future, we must also inspect the caravan of the Bradley family!"

Knight Arthur ordered with a stern expression.

"Uh...yes! My lord."

The captain felt uneasy, did something change in the upper echelon?

The other knights asked, "Should we go after them?"

Arthur looked at the flying dust in the distance, shook his head and said, "Let's let them go this time."

"Interesting, my mentor. See what I found?"

Desen held up a wooden box and said happily to his instructor.

O'Donnell smiled.

"Barnett's lead?"

"Yes, Mr. Odennell, this is what Master Barnett left behind."

Desen said happily: "I have visited almost all the hotels in this port city during these days, and finally my hard work was not in vain."

O'Donnell and Desen arrived in Northwest Bay a month ago.

With them came Mariana and Andy.

After the four met Nathan and Edward who had come here a long time ago, they began to search for clues about Barnett.

"I came to the last hotel I hadn't visited, and described Barnett's appearance to the boss with the mentality of giving it a try. In fact, after visiting so many hotels, I basically gave up at that time. But I didn't expect It happened that the clue was found in the last hotel."

"The boss is quite old. He said that his family has opened a hotel in Port Fulan for a long time. He vaguely remembered that there was such a person who lived in his hotel, and he left such a wooden box, saying that if a companion came to Come to him and ask the innkeeper to pass it on for you."

O'dennell frowned, "That **** Barnett, why didn't you follow the rules."

The secret method will have a contact information in an unfamiliar place, and leave a message at the third hotel in the local area sorted by store name.

Of course, this is time-sensitive. After all, the hotel may open or close, so it will be appropriate to look forward and backward.

This method is only used to leave some unimportant and auxiliary information, such as leaving your own traces for your companions to find.

"I do know why."

Desen said: "At that time, Port Fuland was just a poor place with only two hotels. Master Barnett probably didn't expect that this port city would develop rapidly in the next few years, and a large number of hotels would appear like bamboo shoots after the rain. "

"Actually, the boss planned to throw out Barnett's stuff as trash if no one came to him in another year. It's lucky we came in time."

"Okay, let's see if Barnett says what he's doing."

Odennell couldn't wait.

Desen carefully opened the wooden box to reveal the contents, which was a piece of paper.

"He should have written this letter very early. He still used parchment paper. Aldo paper was not popular at that time."

Desen said, carefully unfolding the paper.

O'dennell took out a bottle of potion and spilled the liquid on the paper.

A large piece of text was revealed.

They read the message left by Barnett together.

"Paul Greiman? Isn't he the local lord? He defeated Barnett's agent, the Earl of Kent."

"So, he went to the count to settle accounts?"

The two figured out what Barnett was going to do.