Then Chen Daolin seemed to ask about the origin of Baron Hines casually.

Rodriguez IV told Chen Daolin that Baron Hines was a middle-class nobleman, and his family made a fortune by supplying military supplies and weapons to the army. Although he had no political power, his business was doing well. In recent years, he has sought development and tried to get closer to the Liszt family.

That Baron Hines is a good person, but he is a little dandy. He has probably heard a lot of legendary stories since he was a child. He always likes to recruit strange people on weekdays. It’s a pity that this guy is just a small baron after all. He is really the kind of person with great skills. Who is willing to surrender to the house of a small baron?

So that guy spent a lot of money in vain, but didn't recruit any truly capable people, but he supported some gangsters at home... This has been cited as a joke.

"He is actually a good person." Rodriguez IV sighed: "I just like to play the tricks of polite people who are good at it, which is annoying. Speaking of which, he also has the nickname of "subord". He spent a lot of money to recruit two magicians, but later he was cheated of eating and drinking for more than half a year before he found out that both were liars, and one of them was actually a magician in a circus."

After hearing this, Chen Daolin couldn't help but smile and said, "It's such a wonderful person. I'd known that I should have had a few more drinks with him just now."

"A magician like you must be willing to make friends with you. If you are short of money, just go and find him." Kaman sneered a few times: "That guy Gu Le probably cheated money from Hines this time. Hum... This person's heart is the darkest, and that sucker of Hines may have bleeded heavily this time."

"Heinz, alas! Actually, I have always had a good impression of him." Rodriguez IV said: "At least, I heard that although his family is doing business, they are always obedient and will never do the kind of thing that privately sells smuggled materials to the orc kingdom. Humph, this is rare."

"Oh!" Fat Kaman did not speak out and mock Rodriguez IV. Instead, he sighed and said angrily: "Now those nobles and wealthy families have healed their scars and forgot their pain! Hum... A group of guys who forget their righteousness when they see profits! In recent years, I have not seen a few guys who come to do smuggling business in the Eastern Fortress for several years! If it were my temper, I would have killed them all with one knife! It's a pity that these guys are very hard in the backstage. I can't offend, kill, or catch them! Hum, I just hope to be able to slow down this term, so I applied to transfer to the northwest grassland to release horses, which is cleaner than watching these dirty things here!"

After hearing this, Chen Daolin felt aroused in his heart and couldn't help asking: "Is the smuggling at the border... very serious?"

This time, Rodriguez IV answered, and he smiled bitterly: "Of course it's serious. The orc kingdom lacks metal mineral materials. The good steel produced by our Roland Empire can be sold at a sky-high price. The law in the empire was originally strict, and it was considered as a crime to be accused of colluding with enemies! But after such a hundred years of peace, even the strictest laws were gradually relaxed, not to mention that those wealthy and nobles took the lead in banning and in order to seek benefits, they were endless."

Chen Daolin was curious and couldn't help but ask: "Those orcs shouldn't have any threat to the empire..., right?"

When talking about this topic, both Kaman and Rodriguez IV were silent.

After a while of silence, Rodriguez IV said: "This... I think it should be like this? The Orc Kingdom lacks food every year. They are busy cutting down the frozen forests to seek more land. I heard that they are having a quarrel with the elves. Our empire has Kaspersky defense line, and the war that year has already been fought so that they dare not look up... Besides, the empire also has a pillar of the sky-raising position like the Tulip Family. The barbaric things in the Orc Kingdom cannot be a big problem."

But Kaman kept shutting his mouth and not speaking.

Chen Daolin was a little curious. He glanced at the fat man and found that the arrogant and domineering fat man was not chewing the sound, which was a bit unusual.

"Carman? It's rare to see if you don't quarrel with Rodriguez?" Chen Daolin deliberately tried with words.

"Hmph." The fat man snorted heavily, then sighed again.

A trace of solemnity appeared in the eyes, and then slowly said, "What can I say? Now everyone in the empire has the same idea as this little dog! Ninety of the 100 people with this idea are like this. Even I heard that even the masters of the imperial capital think so... Humph! I used to have the same idea, but after staying on the border for many years, I can only say that if the masters in the empire still have this idea, we will suffer a lot in the hands of these orcs within ten years!"

"oh?"

Chen Daolin was shocked and immediately asked: "Why do you say that?"

Rodriguez IV also frowned: "Fatty, are you exaggerating?"

Kaman ignored Chen Daolin, but looked at Rodriguez IV and sneered: "Little Dog Luo, I'll ask you a few questions. Do you dare to answer truthfully?"

"What's there to be afraid of!"

"Okay!" Kaman sighed, and then his tone became solemn: "First, how is the combat effectiveness of the army on the northern border of the empire today than a hundred years ago?"

"This..." Rodriguez IV hesitated for a moment and finally said: "A hundred years ago, a strong army established by the first Duke of Tulip Du Wei, has the highest combat power in the world. It swept the orc dwarf elves. The elite forces in a hundred battles are naturally the strongest! After this century, although it cannot be said that one generation is worse than the other, after all, there is a lack of war. The army has been in peace for a hundred years. I think... I feel a little relaxed, and there are some."

"You're saying this a bit too vague." Kaman sneered: "It's not just a little 'slack'! I haven't seen what the army a hundred years ago looked like. But I've heard that the empire had a Northern Storm Legion and Thunder Whip Legion a hundred years ago! At that time, the commander of the Tulip Duke won every battle, and the Griffin Knights in the air were invincible!! The Demon Knights are invincible in the world! But now... The Storm Legion stationed at Kaspersky's defense has reduced its strength by at least 30%. I won't say that

Now the troops stationed in the fortresses on the border are on the surface, but most of the generals in the army are busy doing business and making money. The Eastern Fortress is already one of the three fortresses on the Kaspersky Line of Defense. The defenders are now normal in spring every year, and their daily training is sloppy. I have been in the Eastern Fortress for three years and have only experienced two exercises in total! I see that many people's bones have long since softened. If a war really starts, those orc warriors can fight ten infantry of us!"

Rodriguez IV was silent.

Kaman sneered again and continued, "Will I ask you again? The second question: Are the orcs stronger or weaker than a hundred years ago?"

"This... should be weak." Rodriguez IV smiled and said, "A hundred years ago, they were a coalition of three races. Now the dwarves have gone to the Kilimarro Mountains to drill holes, and the elves have taken root in the frozen forest. These orcs have gone to two powerful allies, so they are naturally much weaker."

"Oh!" Kaman sneered: "Is it really that way? I only know that a hundred years ago, the orc race had three giants, the wolf race, the hoof race, and the tiger race, each with one leader. Even during wars, there were constant disputes within them, disputes of interest, open and secret struggles. There were even more conflicts between the orc tribe and the elf dwarf race. But what about now? Over the past hundred years, the orcs have lived in the north for a hundred years... We always say that they lack food every year... But why are there insufficient food? That's because their population has been growing!! The orc race characteristics are similar to humans. They are not as fertile as elves. The orcs' fertility is even stronger than humans! After a hundred years of development, their current population is at least a hundred years ago in the war era.

Nearly three times! And over the past century, we humans have been peaceful and without war. But the orcs are not idle! They are tribal forms, and they are not counting small internal fights, but they are also constantly surrounding and grazing monsters in the frozen forest on a large scale, and occasionally rubbing with the elves occasionally... After a hundred years, the orc warriors are still barbaric and powerful. The most important thing is that they were three giants and three leaders a hundred years ago! What about now? There is only one kingdom in the orc king's order! All orc tribe races obey the orders of an orc king! Although the internal cannot be said to be a solid piece of the inside, it is not as internal disputes as in the same century ago. If one person calls the orders, the whole clan follows! It can be said that they are more united than a hundred years ago! Do you understand this comparison?"

After the fat man finished speaking, he sighed softly: "We are much weaker than a hundred years ago! There are no more elite soldiers and generals a hundred years ago, but there are more greedy businessmen with a lot of heart. However, the other party has three times the population and its strength is much stronger than a hundred years ago."

"But..." Rodriguez IV thought for a while and smiled softly: "We also have the tulip family! As long as there are tulip flags flying, this continent will be the world of the Roland people!"

"...Tulip Flag..." Kaman's expression suddenly became a little complicated. He looked at Rodriguez IV deeply, then looked at Chen Daolin again. The fat man's smile on his lips was a little bitter: "This... is exactly the third line I want to say."

The fat man smiled bitterly and said, "What do you think the tulip family is more than the past?"

Rodriguez IV's expression changed, stared at Kaman, and shouted sternly: "Fatty! If you like to bicker for other things, I can do it to you! Don't forget your origin! If you dare to say something disrespectful to tulips, even if I am not in good health, I will fight you!"

Kaman looked at Rodriguez IV and smiled bitterly: "Little Dog Luo, don't say such things. My respect for the Tulip family is no less than that of you! My fat man is willing to shed the last drop of blood for it when the tulip flag is to it!"

After a pause, he whispered bitterly: "But... to be honest, can the Tulip family be compared with a hundred years ago? Let's not talk about the first generation of Tulip Grand Duke and the Prince of the Protector of the Country, how talented and powerful. Although the successors of all generations are all great men,... after all, the Tulip family seems to have never been... Alas, Luo Xiaogou, don't you think that over the past few decades, the Tulip family has become more and more... some are not doing their jobs?"

Not doing your job properly?

Rodriguez IV became strange when he heard this.

"For decades, the family has given power in many places. In the army, except for the Thunder Whip, which is still a tulip line, the Storm Legion has almost no trace of tulips from top to bottom. In the political arena, two prime ministers are not from the Tulip family. The family seems to have devoted more energy to managing the huge family industry. The tulip workshop is getting bigger and bigger, and its business is spread all over the north, west and west of the empire. It's a pity that its influence in the political arena... I'm afraid these few

Over the years, I have fallen to the lowest level in previous years! Miss Messiah is about to inherit the title, and how can she, a girl, enter the political arena in the future? Although the empire has produced a queen, it seems that she has never produced any female marshals and prime ministers! Miss Messiah is young. Even though she inherits the title, she has no qualifications in politics and the army. How can you truly control the power in the future and become the pillar of the empire?”

When Chen Daolin heard this, his face suddenly turned strange and couldn't help but interject: "Messiah...Well, where is her father? The last Duke of Tulip, don't he care about these things?"

As soon as these words were said, Kaman and Rodriguez IV both changed their faces at the same time, and their expressions became extremely strange. Both of them stared at Chen Daolin with strange eyes.

This look was too strange. Chen Daolin felt a little uncomfortable when he looked at it. He smiled bitterly: "What are you... watching me like this? Did I say something wrong?"

"His Excellency Darling." Carman frowned and said, "How come you... don't even know this?"

Rodriguez IV also shook his head and said, "Even if you are ignorant and simplified, how could you not know about such a thing?"

"I... don't know what?" Chen Daolin suddenly felt aroused in his heart and suddenly thought of a thought.

That Du Weiwei... is so young, it is said that she is going to inherit the title.

So... Could it be that her father, the previous generation of Tulip Duke, is no longer here?

This...didn't it mean that every generation of Duke Tulip is a strong man? With Du Weiwei's age, her father shouldn't be too old, and he shouldn't have passed away so early, right?

Yes!

Chen Daolin remembered that he had never heard Du Weiwei mention her father. Even Lanlan... When he heard Lanlan talk about the love between her and Du Weiwei, he seemed to have only heard that the elders of the Tulip family stopped them, but he had never heard that Du Weiwei's father had come forward.

Could it be... the previous generation of Tulip Duke is really gone?!

"Darling, you really don't know?" Kaman looked at Chen Daolin with his eyes narrowed: "It's known to everyone in the Empire, even peddlers and pawns! How come you don't know?"

Chen Daolin couldn't answer, but he simply gritted his teeth and smiled coldly: "If you don't know, you don't know, so what? I have always lived in seclusion and didn't care about the world. I don't know too many things. Do you have to tell you one by one?"

He answered this way, although Kaman and Rodriguez IV were weird, they could not answer. They looked at each other, and Kaman smiled bitterly: "I have seen many strange magicians, but you are the strangest guy I have ever seen. You said you live in seclusion, and I even suspected that you have never left the house for decades."
Chapter completed!