Chapter 36: Continue flipping the table
Farnasse was born into a large aristocratic family, and this large aristocratic family was the Vatimio family. Although it was not mentioned in detail in the original work, it was obvious that the Vatimio family was a great noble family, and it was likely to be a great noble family across countries. They had territories and noble titles in several countries, had a large number of caravans under their command, and had a political relationship with the Dharma Hall and military army. It can be said that in addition to not having the title of king, the Vatimio family was actually equivalent to the princes of a small principality.
If we follow the world line of the original work, at this time, Emperor Kusha probably had launched a harbor offensive. The harbor where the head of the Vatimio family is located was probably captured by the Kusha's navy and the Warcraft Legion. The Vatimio family also saved his life thanks to Gus. However, on the current timeline, because of Hao Qi's strong participation in the war, Kusha's army in the capital of Mitland was directly massacred. Even Kusha didu was just Hao Qi barely let go of the next decisive battle. In this case, Kusha was no longer an unstoppable powerful force like the original work. It is unknown whether they dare to launch a maritime offensive.
The solution that Hao Qi thought of was actually very simple, that is, commercial circulation is easy. Don’t think that the ancient famine was really out of food. It was just that somewhere had floods, droughts, wastelands, wars, earthquakes, etc. It seemed that there were many refugees, and even the bark of grassroots and trees were eaten up. However, in fact, compared with the entire country or the size of the entire continent, the disaster may not even have one-tenth of the total disaster.
Taking Hao Qi's previous life as an example, if it was an ancient feudal dynasty in the east, unless it was the heyday of this dynasty, otherwise when a province had a disaster of extinction of the entire province, it would almost be a matter of shaking the foundation of the country. If a bad country would collapse and survive the disaster, the lifespan of the country would be greatly affected, and it is likely that the sign of the destruction of the country would have been laid. If a similar situation occurred in two to three provinces, then this dynasty would be full of destruction under the alliance of peasant uprisings, general rebellion, and foreign invasions, with almost no exception.
But if the situation is changed to modern and modern times, a huge flood that is rare in a century will almost affect seven or eight provinces, or a severe drought, making several provinces almost completely extinct. It is just that the country mobilizes more frequently, and the impact on the people in non-stricken areas is almost zero, let alone any matter that shakes the foundation of the country.
Although there are also reasons for the development of modern science and the improvement of productivity levels, the circulation of materials is the most fundamental reason. In this world, the scale of commercial circulation is pitifully small. Almost all business groups are nobles or small nobles. At least they must be knights or gentlemen to form business groups. The fundamental reason lies in the foundation and territory issues of feudal society.
In feudal society, especially in the dark medieval era of Europe, every piece of land there has its own lord, and the king is just the largest and strongest lord, and may not even be the largest and strongest lord. In such a social civilization, the ministers under the jurisdiction are not kings, and the lord of each piece of land can decide most of the laws of the land by themselves. The merchant group has to pass through any piece of land and needs to pay the tax rate issued by the lord of this land. If a country is exaggerated, there may be hundreds of lords. The goods transported by a merchant group need to pay hundreds of taxes. Even if you buy high-end luxury goods at a bargain price, when you pay a hundred tax rate, even if the price you sell is the price of high-end luxury goods, you may find it difficult to even make your income back.
Because of this, merchants in this world must at least be from the small aristocratic class. Of course, the middle class can do that kind of rural merchants, but as a business group that can walk on multiple lord territories, at least they must be small aristocrats, otherwise the difficulties of those lord lords alone can make you close the door.
As a great nobleman, the Vatimio family has noble titles and territories in many countries and is famous for their wealth. As long as they are willing, they can definitely mobilize food and various necessities to support millions of people. Of course, it is still a big problem in mobilizing and transporting.
First of all, it is naturally the tolls of the lords from all over the country. For the Vatimio family, these are small problems, and political issues are big problems. The Dharma Hall is on the one hand, the great nobles of various countries are on the one hand, and the international situation is on the one hand, and the whole aspect is combined. The Vatimio family is not as good as the Supreme Emperor to do anything.
And it must be willing to do so, so as long as there is a brain, no one will think that the Vatimio family will do everything to provide Hao Qi with such food.
But...that's just common sense ideas.
Hao Qi even dared to overturn the table directly. Since food is related to the end of the war now, why can't he overturn the table?
So that night, in the Vatimio family's villa in the harbor, the head of the Vatimio family saw Hao Qi. In fact, there was a man and a woman sitting on this long table. Hao Qi knew that these two were Farnace's father and mother. At this moment, they were eating dinner silently, and then suddenly a black-haired young man appeared on the empty table. Both of them were stunned for a moment and did not make any other moves at all.
The failure of the two men to react does not mean that the people around him have no reaction. Although this is in the dining room, as a great noble, there are no less than five guards, at least one of them is a powerful warrior knight, and the fastest reaction at this moment is a tall knight. In the last second of Hao Qi's appearance, he had drawn his sword and slashed directly.
Hao Qi didn't look back, but just raised a finger back. With a crisp sound of gold and iron, the sword stopped on his fingers. The huge sword did not even cut the skin of the fingers. Instead, the knight holding the sword's hands burst out directly. Thanks to his firm will and sufficient physical and combat experience, he did not even fall directly into the sword.
At the same time, Hao Qi said, "Hello, two of you, I think you are Farnese's parents? I am Farnese's former partner and come to visit today."
The men and women did not look at Hao Qi, but looked at the finger he raised up and the sword that cut on the finger with all their strength. Even though their vision was only in the category of ordinary people, they still clearly saw that there were some cracks at the intersection of the sword and the finger, and there was a gap in the blade of the sword... This is a steel long sword. Such a steel long sword is basically the top weapon of this era. Unless it is a legendary weapon, it is impossible for anything to break the sword into a gap with one blow... Not to mention the human fingers.
They have never heard of such things, and it is not without the liar Xuancheng himself, who can get the grace of a god, and can break big stones on his chest, but such people must be all liars. As the highest level of nobles, they even believe in the doctrine of the Holy Church on the surface, so how could they believe that some rural farmers would have any strange and extraordinary abilities?
If they hadn't seen it in person, they wouldn't have believed that a human had blocked the slash of a great knight under their hands with his fingers, and even blocked his sword with a gap. This was simply... not a human!
As for their daughter Farnase’s companion…
"Are you a foreigner named Hao Qi?" The head of the Vatimio family stabilized his mood and asked with an aristocratic demeanor.
"Yes, I am Hao Qi." Hao Qi replied with a smile.
Suddenly, the head of the Vatimio family and the mistress were both solemnly. The head of the Vatimio family swung the knight who was staring blankly at the sword, and after a long time he said to Hao Qi: "Mr. Hao Qi, are you human... or..."
"I am a human, not an apostle." Hao Qi said with a smile: "It seems that the two must have investigated the whereabouts of your daughter in recent times and the people around her? Did Selpigao tell you?"
The head of the Vatimio family hesitated for a moment and nodded, "It's not only Selpigao's remarks, but also some of our own investigations, and... the intelligence sent by Kusha recently, and some rumors about the royal capital... Please forgive me, I want to ask, have you really defeated Kusha's army occupied by the capital of Mitland? One person?"
"It's not a defeat." Hao Qi shook his head and continued, "It's annihilation of Kusha's army in the Mitland Capital. Except for Kusha, I'll let him go back, and one of his magicians, I'll kill all the other Kusha soldiers. Well, there are about 100,000 people."
With a snap, the spoon in the hand of the noble lady, Farnasse's mother, fell directly to the ground, but she didn't pick it up, just stared at Hao Qi, and the head of the Vatimio family was the same. After a long time, he smiled bitterly: "This is the same information as what I know, but it's still so...incredible. Are you really just a human? Not a god walking on the earth?"
God?
Hao Qi remembered the divine realms in the Seven Seas World. In fact, compared with the divine realm, even if it is the Shuntian divine realm, the strength of the divine hand is simply a scumbag. In addition to being able to observe the law of cause and effect, when the Shuntian divine realm explodes with all its strength, you can directly hang the divine hands in the underworld, rub them as you want to press them on the ground. If you compare carefully, the Shuntian divine realm can be called a god. It has a kingdom of gods and can accommodate the souls of believers who believe in them. All of these are more qualified to be called gods than the Divine Hand.
So Hao Qi thought about it seriously and said frankly: "I am a human being. This is certain. I am definitely not a god. But I have killed several gods in my hometown."
Suddenly, the scene suddenly became extremely quiet. Farnasse's parents looked at Hao Qi quietly. At least one or two minutes, the two of them didn't even talk to Yuwang. For a moment, the scene became extremely awkward.
(He didn't mean to be joking... God is above, what he said is true??)
The two looked at each other and they were both veterans who were mingled in the political arena. Their high EQ was simply at the level of masters and they were very sure of the accuracy of looking at people. But because of this, they didn't know what to say. It was like a person suddenly came to you. He said that he exploded Sirius yesterday, and before that, he also exploded several other stars. The most important thing is that you can see that he didn't seem to brag. I guess you also have a MP in your heart that you want to spit it out, right?
This is the mood of the two of them now. After a long time, the head of the Vatimio family said stiffly: "Sir, are you talking and joking... Let's not talk about this for now. What are you planning to do when you come here this time?"
"Continue to turn over the table."
Hao Qi said with a smile.
Chapter completed!