Ramon stretched out his hand to take the dice and laughed, very happily.
He jumped off the horse, came forward to greet Li Ang, took the reins of Li Ang's horse, bowed and held the stirrups, and made a gesture to welcome Li Ang's dismounting.
This is a kind of etiquette, which is the etiquette for welcoming distinguished elders or close friends in Savannir Desert.
"Lord Li Ang, I once gave dice to five people, but only you can understand what I mean! It seems that I have indeed found a real good brother..."
Ramon's smile is truly genuine.
This underground king of Xingar has his own pride. Even if Bahad Khan Kadan visits Xingar, it is impossible for him to receive the treatment of Ramon personally leading the horse and pedaling.
Only friends he approves of.
"You gave me three lead-filled dice, naturally you want me to throw a number that satisfies both of us. Good brother, if you regarded me as a fellow traveler, then of course I will also regard you as a true brother..."
Li Ang jumped off the horse and gave Ramon a hug.
Life is like this, many people only need to meet once and say a few words to become true friends.
Only Li Ang understood Ramon's thoughts. The three lead-filled dice represented Ramon's confession to him - he was sincerely willing to treat Li Ang as his confidant.
In this case, Li Ang must also return it with the same sincerity.
A person like Ramon may indeed be cunning, cunning and unscrupulous, but his sincerity at the beginning is all true, and he also longs for the understanding and sincerity of others.
But all along, the rewards he received were mostly conspiracy and betrayal.
In fact, if he repays Ramon sincerely, he will be a truly good brother - just like he treats his subordinates, he will not only take care of the work and life of his subordinates, but also allow their descendants to receive education like the children of the nobles and get the opportunity to completely change their destiny.
What he wants is actually a different kind of fairness.
And Li Ang's behavior of returning the dice means that he is being treated fairly - because Li Ang himself is the same type of person.
It is indeed a blessing to have a soulmate in life, and most people will never find one in their lifetime.
Ramon is lucky that he met.
So Ramon smiled even more happily, "Good brother, how are we going to auction the position of city lord?"
He hammered his chest with his fist, indicating that people who understand don't need too many words.
Therefore, these two people are now considered partners, although there is no contract or commitment.
"Ramon, in the casino owned by Wheat Fragrance International, every time we meet a new customer, the dealer will let the customer win a little first..."
Li Ang talked softly about the business methods in his casino.
Ramon was stunned for a moment, then laughed again, "I know this... and I have learned it now. Every time I gamble with others, I will let them win three times first..."
"Ha, you learn quickly... In fact, strategy and war are also a kind of gambling. If you want to win in the end, you have to get your opponent deeply involved first, and wait for the opponent to take the initiative to increase the stakes... The same is true for the auction of the city lord and the throne."
Li Ang nodded and got down to business.
"I see... I know what it means, but I can't describe it as clearly as you. Good brother, you are indeed a real tycoon. So, where is our goal? Wait... let me guess... is it Aishikeman?"
Ramon responded quickly. He is an extremely smart guy. His way of thinking is indeed very similar to Li Ang himself. Communication with him is extremely smooth.
"You guessed it right, it's Aishikeman... Caliph Bahaman's troops were crippled in Sava Fortress not long ago, and his territory Aishikeman is about to face my army... There will definitely be many customers willing to come and gamble."
Li Ang felt quite like facing a confidant at this moment. He put his arm around Ramon's shoulders and pointed at the army behind him.
There are over ten thousand troops, boundless, and all kinds of flags are overwhelming.
Although half of them are caravans, at least they look really powerful.
Lionheart Kingdom There were quite a few lords who came to follow the marshal to fight. Although King Ulrich and the troops of several large lords with the strongest military strength were not among them, the total troops of other small lords totaled more than 5,000 people.
During this expedition to Dexia, the four most powerful lords did not participate in the battle.
Except for Duke Brennus, Godric of Eagle Claw Fortress, Leofric of Brave Shield Fortress, and Herriwold of Misty Marsh Fortress did not come - their castles are the borders of the kingdom in all directions.
Moreover, their territory is too far away from Duchy of Dexia, and Li Ang did not send them a summons. After all, these are their own people.
Li Ang does not plan to occupy any territory in this battle, so there is no need to deceive one of his own people to travel thousands of miles.
But just Li Ang's own troops and those small lords combined cannot be blocked by the current Bahaman. On the contrary, Turdah Fortress not far away can probably hold on for a while.
"Judging from the current situation, your army is enough to run rampant in Savannir Desert. Bahaman may wet his pants... but Gaiwan Khan of Turdah Fortress may become an obstacle to you."
Ramon could obviously understand the situation, so he also asked about Turdah Fortress.
He had no doubt that Li Ang could capture this fortress, but if Li Ang's troops suffered too many losses in Turdah Fortress, they might not even be able to defeat Aishikeman's city.
"How could Gaiwan Khan be an obstacle to me... Good brother, Gaiwan Khan should become our customer! He is Bahaman's younger brother..."
Li Ang tilted his head and smiled sinisterly.
"Oh... so this is how the city lord is auctioned... ha!"
Ramon understood Li Ang's intention. "So, in addition to Gaiwan Khan, our customers also have Bahaman's son Ikram, and his nephew Jamshid..."
"How come there are only so few? Ramon, look higher, we still have many big customers...Emperor Marius, King Ulrich, Bahad Khan Kadan, and Kadan's younger brother Emil Xixis... and Xingar city lord Khalifa Tahir!"
Li Ang counted the number of big customers on his fingers.
Just one hand.
After counting, Li Ang looked at Ramon with a smile, "Good brother, do you know now how I am going to auction the position of City Lord? After Aishikeman is sold, we can continue to auction the title of Bahad... I said I would auction the throne!"
"You plan to bring Bahad Khan too... tsk tsk, I understand! These big customers really make me salivate... Good brother, what do you want me to do?"
Ramon opened his mouth wide and started gearing up with great interest.
As the underground king of Xingar, Ramon has extremely rich sources of intelligence. He knew a few days ago that Bahad Khan Kadan was defeated by Lion City. In this case, of course he immediately understood Li Ang's intention. The throne of Bahad Khan can indeed be auctioned!
Ramon even asked for the first time in his life, "What do you want me to do?" In the past, he was the one who said, "We can do this."
"You go prepare a large-scale auction, find all the big customers, and start selling tickets at the same time - there must be a lot of people who want to attend this unprecedented auction, and charge them a huge admission fee... In addition, I need your people to send a message to Turdah Fortress..."
Li Ang was not polite and started assigning tasks to the partners.
Turdah Fortress.
Gaiwan Khan is pacing back and forth anxiously, with a sad look on his face.
His territory faced an unprecedented crisis.
In fact, this crisis began more than a month ago.
At the beginning, Governor Kairos of the Bacchus Empire led people to request to enter the territory of Dexia to track down the priest of Snake Worship Cult.
At that time, Dexia and Bacchus Empire belonged to a peaceful country, Kairos was famous, and he did not bring many people with him, only dozens of Shadow Centurion, so Gaiwan Khan let him go.
After all, Snake Worship Cult is also a heretic for Dexian people. Dexia is rarely troubled by Red Death not because of their special physique, but because Snake Worship Cult disciples are not welcomed in most places in Dexia and have little room for development. Only the chaotic city of Xingar can tolerate all heretics.
Shortly afterwards, several small groups also requested entry.
Moreover, these people were not like the armed forces. Each team only had twenty or thirty people, and they behaved very politely - they did not conflict with anyone in Turdah Fortress, but they were friendly and said that they were here to judge heretics.
In the past, there were often very polite small teams entering the country in the name of 'trial of heretics' or 'criticism of depravity', but those people actually went to Xingar.
--The so-called 'trial of heretics' actually means buying and selling slaves. After all, if heretics are captured alive, they will basically become slaves without exception. Many nobles like to find excitement in heretics;
And "criticizing depravity" actually means looking for women who have fallen into disgrace. Xingar's temptress is very famous...
So Gaiwan Khan didn't pay much attention. These seemed to be brokers and compradors. To him, it was actually a very common situation for compradors to help nobles buy and sell slaves and have fun entering the country.
Although Xingar is nominally the territory of Dexia, it is actually two different cultures from Dexia. Most of Xingar are not Dexian people - they are all kinds of criminals or their descendants from all over the world, who together form a so-called Xingar nation.
Since Xingar does not believe in the black horse 'Wata', the god of Desha, for most Dexian people, Xingar and the city itself are all heretics, so they think there is no problem with the word "judgment of heretics"...
But they all know that this evil city must exist, because Xingar's position is stuck between the Lionheart Kingdom and Savannir Desert, which can block Dexia's attack from the Lionheart Kingdom - especially after Dexian people went to Lion Territory to rob it.
So these people will definitely go to Xingar, and there is no need to stop Gaiwan Khan. He will let them go after collecting the 'entry tax' as usual.
But then, things gradually changed...
Armed forces one after another suddenly appeared in Dexia - and these troops did not pass through the border, and did not come from Turdah Fortress.
But these teams all claimed to 'trial heretics', and they did exactly that - they did not go to Xingar, but attacked the Dexia herdsmen in Savannir Desert everywhere!
The heretic they want to judge is actually Dexian people who believes in 'Vata'!
In the territory of Gaiwan Khan, armed forces of dozens of people appeared most frequently. Many civilians were attacked and a large number of horses were robbed.
It wasn't until Gaiwan Khan killed a small army and captured a few people alive that we realized that these people came by sea.
Shihbasha Village is a coastal fishing village, but the bay there is full of rocks and was originally not suitable for ships to dock. Only local fishermen fish offshore, so there are not many troops guarding it.
But the few small teams that politely requested entry were probably the engineering teams led by the spies. They used the fishermen's fishing boat pier to renovate it, and now it can dock small sea vessels...
As a result, all kinds of chaotic militants in Bax landed in Shihbasha in waves. Although the temporary port could only accommodate a few dozen people in a small boat at a time, they still poured in countless small troops within a few days...
If that's all it is, that's okay. After all, these are small troops, and according to the prisoners, they are all green forest heroes from various mountains. They come from a variety of sources and have no subordinates. Gaiwan Khan is confident to kill them one by one.
Of course, Gaiwan Khan also knows that this so-called "green forest hero" must have something to do with Emperor Marius, but no matter what, the robbers who nominally belong to Bax came to Dexia to rob - this kind of thing can only be regarded as the lack of public security in Dexia...
But just when Gaiwan Khan sent out troops to pursue the small troops who were snatching horses everywhere, his army suffered a heavy blow.
A few days after these small troops started causing chaos, a large and truly elite army also entered Savannir Desert and almost wiped out an army of hundreds of Gaiwan Khan near Gasin.
This force did not come from Bax - Gaiwan Khan has re-destroyed the temporary port in Shihbasha and sent troops to patrol the coast. There should be no more "green forest heroes" from the Bacchus Empire.
That powerful army wore silver armor, white cloaks and white robes. They also claimed to "trial heretics", and their behavior was indeed like a trial - they would burn anyone who did not believe in Goddess of Justice Astaria...
They call themselves the "Inquisition of the Heretics".
The Inquisition actually came from the northwest. Maybe they have something to do with Dawn Knight Order of Light Roar Bay. Anyway, their style looks similar to those of the Dawn Knights.
Gaiwan Khan It is also easy to think of why this so-called tribunal came to his territory - this army probably came to recruit troops.
Because the Inquisition took the initiative to attack Gaiwan Khan's troops and rescued two bandit teams, and those two small teams also joined the Inquisition.
Those robbers and bandits who used to 'trial heretics' are obviously the targets that the Heretic Tribunal wants to recruit...
The very reason of 'trialing heretics' probably gave the Tribunal a lot of inspiration - while recruiting those small groups of bandits, the well-equipped troops of the Heretic Tribunal also did the same thing as those bandits.
Robbery, taking away horses and property, killing any men who dared to resist, and harming women whether they resisted or not.
It's just that they did something extra - forcing everyone who survived to change their faith, otherwise their 'trial' would be carried out with fire.
But Gaiwan Khan had previously sent out most of its troops in order to hunt down the small bandits who came from Bax. Now there are only a few hundred people in hand, and these hundreds of people have to guard Turdah Fortress--Lionheart Kingdom's large army is marching here.
So Gaiwan Khan is very worried now, and he is even considering whether to hurry up and run away...