Chapter 218: Probing In the Dark
“He doesn’t look like a spy.”,Rolf concluded. “He’s too inexperienced.”
“Are you sure?”, Kant asked.
“Mm-hmm.”, Rolf shrugged, he said affirmatively, “Of course, Lord Kant. Compared to Manid, this guy is like a simple and reckless child. If the two of them play some businessmen dirty tricks, I’m sure that Manid will be able to fool him.”
Manid was a famous new star businessman in the Continent of Caradia. Although he was only in his twenties, his superb business skills were not inferior to those old men in their fifties.
If he had not encountered an irresistible robbery, he probably would not have failed.
“He is indeed very young.”
Kant agreed with his conclusion.
This was reflected in the interrogation. This young man called Borg was really very simple.
He was almost silly and cute.
He didn’t say much and made his ident.i.ty clear.
And most importantly, Kant didn’t believe that in this era of cold weapons, there would be any psychological training for spy.
He slightly reached out and knocked on the table. Kant gave a signal to the guard to send Borg, who was sweating profusely and obviously very nervous, back to the cell. He ordered, “Let him calm down first.”
The guard nodded. One on the left and one on the right, they carried Borg back to the cell.
This guy was so scared that he couldn’t even walk on his own.
“Ha, this is what a young man is like. He’s so silly and cute. He doesn’t know anything. He only has hot-blooded pa.s.sion, and immediately flinched when run into troubles.” Rolf had a mocking look on his face.
However, when he saw the young Kant, Rolf’s eyes twitched a little. He realized that he might had said something wrong, he quickly said, “Of course, Lord Kant, I didn’t mean to insinuate you. Ahem, what I meant was… This Borg just now…”
“Alright, everyone has been young before,”, Kant said, sitting in his seat and thinking.
The appearance of this spy made him feel a sense of crisis.
People couldn’t resist the temptation of the table salt trade, even if it meant they needed to risk their own lives, they still going for it.
After all, Kant was at the posthouse at that time and ordered the desert bandits to tell any spies that whoever tried to cross the line of the posthouse, they would be killed as long as they got close to the Oasis Lookout.
But now Borg and his trade caravan still came.
Kant underestimated the greed of these people.
He did not believe that this young man really came here with a pa.s.sion.
Perhaps he really wanted to save his family.
However, if said that there was no one behind it, Kant would not believe it at all. After all, the table salt trade between the Oasis Lookout and the Stone Pa.s.s was not something that ordinary people could know. Even if they knew that Baron Dylan’s trade caravan sold fine white salt, but most people did not know that these goods were came from the Oasis Lookout.
Firentis said to Kant solemnly, “It’s probably someone who wants to use this Borg to test you, Lord Kant. I think we should handle it carefully.”
“Yes.”, Kant nodded. He also thought so.
However, as he was thinking.
Kant raised his head slightly. “We seem to have reached a bottleneck.”
“A bottleneck?”, Firentis and the other two looked at him with doubt in their eyes.
The current “Drondheim” Castle and “Aaron” Village could be considered to have given Kant the foundation to occupy Nahrin Desert and the ability to control it. Hence, it could not be said that they reached a bottleneck from achieving the peak.
Bunduk and Rolf knew that their current strength was not enough to contend with the Dukedom of Leo.
Kant chuckled. “It’s not military.”
The three of them were still puzzled.
After a moment of silence, Kant turned his head and looked at the corridor where Borg was dragged out. He asked, “Do you think that with our current strength, we can enter the Dukedom of Leo and open up a new battlefield?”
“We don’t understand.”, Rolf was straightforward.
“I plan to arrange for people to go to East County to try our luck.”
Kant opened his mouth and said in a low voice, “This Borg is the best pathfinder.”. He paused for a moment, there was a glimmer in his eyes. “Those guys want him to explore the Oasis Lookout, so I will give them this opportunity. Instead, I will use Borg’s family network to extend our forces into the Dukedom of Leo.”
“But this will be a little dangerous. If it is exposed, it will even affect our cooperation with the Stone Pa.s.s. After all, with the current state of table salt trade, the Stone Pa.s.s will not tolerate a second partner.”, Firentis raised his opinion with a frown on his face.
Kant nodded. “This is also my concern.”
Because of the table salt trade with the Stone Pa.s.s, the greedy Baron Dylan able to block out the others.
If Kant started the same table salt trade with others.
With Baron Dylan’s personality, he would probably overreact.
Although Kant would not care about the so-called threat of military strength, if Baron Dylan opened the canyon and let a large number of spies appeared in the Nahrin Desert, it would be troublesome.
After pondering for a while, Kant said, “I don’t plan to use table salt as the main trade commodity.”
The three of them did not know much about business, so they listened quietly.
“Our sugar workshop can already produce a large number of honey-date palm sugar cubes. This is the commodity that I am considering to cooperate with the Borg family. No one will think of us.”
Kant thought for a while and said, “And even if we are exposed, there won’t be any evidence at the Stone Pa.s.s. After all, we are cooperating with sugar cubes trading, not table salt. Both sides have great interests and have no connection with each other. Therefore, that guy, Baron Dylan, will also not fall out with us and turn hostile against us.”
“But there will be a breach of trust in the cooperation between the two sides.”, Bunduk said.
However, Rolf, who was beside him, mocked, “You’re so naive. Don’t we have a breach with them already?”
“Rolf is right.”, Firentis nodded and surprisingly agreed with Rolf’s words. At the same time, he raised his head and said to Kant, “But how to avoid the Stone Pa.s.s to discover that we are cooperating with others in the early stage? This is the thing to pay special attention to. I suggest that we discuss it after Manid returns.”
“Yes, that’s it.”, Kant agreed.
He also agreed with Rolf’s statement.
The relations.h.i.+p between Oasis Lookout and the Stone Pa.s.s was already fragile. The reason why they were able to cooperate was purely because of the profits involved.
It was the fine white salt produced by Oasis Lookout that brought the foundation of cooperation.
This was an extremely expensive luxury condiment.
When Baron Dylan at the Stone Pa.s.s saw this white little cutie, he automatically subst.i.tuted with the white great silver coins. Thus, their cooperation seemed to be close, but in fact there were huge cracks in it. When the two sides had any differences or when one side became stronger, they would ruthlessly suppress the other side.
Kant only earned 50 great silver coins for each bag of white salt, but Baron Dylan could earn 250 great silver coins.
This benefit cooperation was like a steel wire.
Because neither side had the strength to annex the other, the fragile peace was maintained.
Once Kant became stronger, he would not be satisfied with 50 great silver coins. He would even go deep into the Dukedom of Leo and take back more benefits. Even if he did not do so, Baron Dylan would still be wary of Kant’s strength.
How could he allow others to sleep peacefully on his bed?
This was a common reason.
Moreover, Baron Dylan had always coveted the salt mine that Kant controlled. No one would complain when they earned too much. And controlling the salt mine was the same as controlling the entire silver mine completely! He would not give up this chance that could make him soar to the sky in one go.
Kant and Firentis discussed the feasibility of this matter in detail. Although they were not proficient in business, they could still discuss whether this plan would be successful in a short period of time for the n.o.bles in the Stone Pa.s.s and the East County, it would also have a beneficial impact on the future and ensure that their development would receive another boost!
Just as they were discussing, the guard outside the corridor walked over.
He bowed respectfully and said, “Lord, that guy called Borg has been making a racket, saying that he wants to see you. He also said that he has secret information that he wants to tell you. I think it might be useful to you, so I’ll report it to you. Should we bring him here?”
Kant was slightly stunned, but he still nodded and said, “Bring him here again.”
“Yes.”, the guard retreated and quickly brought Borg back.
But this time, Borg was wearing tight shackles. They were all made of iron. His neck, hands, and feet were all restrained by heavy chains and shackles, making it difficult for him to walk.
But he still managed to raise his head to look at Kant, he knelt on the ground. “Baron Kant, Viscount Wayne of the North County sent me here. He gave me the map of how to pa.s.s through the Senwaya Range and how to get to the Oasis Lookout. Now I understand. He wants me to be a spy to investigate you!”
“Well, it’s like this.”, Kant’s eyes flashed. “You mean that Viscount Wayne from Logue Castle is also involved in this matter?”. He asked, “If you make wild guesses without evidence, you are slandering the n.o.ble. The court will sentence you to be hanged.”
“That’s right! It’s definitely Viscount Wayne!”
Borg said resolutely, “At that time, I brought the goods to Logue Castle. Viscount Wayne’s financial officer received me. At that time, he told me that Oasis Lookout discovered a salt mine and that Baron Dylan of Stone Pa.s.s had made a fortune!”
After pausing for a moment, Borg gritted his teeth and said, “In order to save the family, I listened to the financial officer’s words. I even received financial aid and obtained these guards. However, when I came here and was caught by you, I realized that I was a spy and a scapegoat. You can interrogate my guards and they will know all of this!”
“There is such an inside story.”, Kant narrowed his eyes.
The three of them were also silent. Their faces were slightly solemn.
This was a obvious test!
Although Viscount Wayne did not appear, the financial officer of Logue Castle could completely issue this order on his behalf. And this family was about to go bankrupt. Borg, who desperately wanted to save the family’s future, entered their sight.
Kant turned to Rolf and said, “Interrogate those guards and get the details.”