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Is the world about to perish? What will happen to itself? Hartman's sweat runs cold.
Hartman was a bit of a big man, but he didn't put up with the northern warriors. He looked like he was in his thirties with brown hair, but he looked just like a farmer.
He seemed to have a pitiful look on his face, and the Devil of Hell seemed to be able to see it through.
He was leading the way as Albrecht rides the horse, which now appears to be the leader of the Northwestern warriors. It looked like a servant and an owner. Of course, I didn't feel bad or anything.
It was just a cold sweat because of the horror in the fish's eyes that came late.
Why isn't my neck falling out yet? Are you really going to strip the skin and salt it and club it like they say? All sorts of terrible rumors about the Northmen have passed through my mind.
It was mainly Halstadt, which deals with the Northmen, so the Northmen themselves were not strangers. However, because such a large warrior had never been seen before, Hartman felt like he was just waiting to be swallowed up in his culprit's jaw.
Traditionally, the stalls of merchants were long, and there was not a single ant that needed to be busy at the moment. The silence has overwhelmed the entire city.
People rushed into the house, stopped their mouths with their hands and died. People were cautiously looking at those who had the right to escape from their lives in the gaps and entrances to the alleyways.
The bread stands, full of beards and threatening tattoos, were marching in the streets armed to the brim. When do we set the city on fire and kill people? Do we have to run now?
“Huff!”
“What's that? ”
“Oh, my God! God!”
Later, when the dwarves and dragons' heads are seen, they forget that they have to live. I was surprised that my heart would rush out of my mouth for phenomena that were beyond their comprehension.
People were confused, anxious, and terrified. What the hell is going on? This is a sign of the end of the world!
Whether people are surprised or not, Albrecht walks slowly with Hartman's guidance, not caring.
Halstadt is accompanied by a merging tributary of the Celebe and Buzzer rivers to the north by flowing Valder rivers to the west and more to the north by barren mountains to the east and to the west. The northern Lomobas was a city with mountain ranges and rivers to protect it from invasion and harbor city functions.
Albrecht thought Halstadt was a geographically very good city.
However, it was too far north. Loibek to the south had almost exclusively traded with the south, to the north he always had to pay attention to the Romulans' invasion, and the northern provincial trade subjects were frustrated.
Given the lack of money, it was difficult to trade actively even with seafood, and after trying to defend the land rather than trade, I was short of money.
Around the perimeter, Albrecht sees more painted houses on the red tiles and roofs, and the roads are unpacked.
It was still cold, but it was a mild spring compared to the Northern District. Albrecht turns his head away and looks at the calm river of Valder, flowing between the buildings.
‘The river there must be mixed with the river from the river Selbe flowing from my hometown. ’
The spring wind blows and touches Albrecht's face, but it seems to have a similar aura to the calternes of his hometown.
In fact, Halstadt was the closest city to Calteren. When I was kicked out of my hometown, I tried to go to Halstadt for winter.
But I remembered going to Lloyd Beck when I met Diego and Benzel from the Thief Guild started.
The wind holds the memories of my hometown, so I feel like I'm passing through my head.
A castle situated on the top of Mount Hoen-Carltern, a village under the mountain where there were small bellows, a lumber camp near the River Selve, and a forest that used to run frequently.
The gazelles he carried with him as a child, Arnold the blacksmith, Guntram the reliable stable keeper and rider, Peter the loving and strict priest, Hans who always suffered for himself, and, Father, Mother......
Suddenly, I remembered the face of Yurgen, who was guilty of deception but cute. I was scared of myself, but I followed it well. When I was boasting with my father about the sword, I once held it, and I remembered telling him that I wanted to be a knight. And then I was teased by the kids.
When I was kicked out of my hometown, I breathed and followed the boundaries of the territory. And I remember crying and actually telling my father that he killed the cow.
Even then, I still felt no resentment. Rather, it didn't change what I thought was better than myself.
I've been away from home for six or seven years. Then Jurgen would be 17 or 18 by now. What do they look like?
‘Maybe the habit of repeating the same words has been fixed......’
Albrecht was saddened by the landscape of his hometown and the thoughts of his people not long from Halstead.
Rosamund looks down and sees his depressed husband. I heard that Calteren, my husband's hometown, is not far from here, so I knew Albrecht was grieving because of his hometown thoughts.
When he was alone, Albrecht used to speak his mind to Rosamund. So Rosamund knew how desperate his husband was to think about home. I reached out and grabbed the back of the cold gauntlet.
Albrecht looks up at his wife. And I tried to smile. Seeing the beautiful and lovely face of my wife made me feel much better.
However, the spring breeze that was mixed with the familiar inner atmosphere continued to blow, and the feeling of depression did not go away completely.
Albrecht arrives at a mansion in Hartman's guide. It was surrounded by a low stone wall, but it was a slightly larger second-floor house than a mansion.
Of course, I was sorry to compare it to the Contarini Manor in Lucretia, and it was not just one of Lloyd Beck's big deals.
“Well, I'll be out of the house in a minute. ”
Hartman dares not look at Albrecht, but bows his head.
“No, you don't have to. Let me introduce myself. I am Albrecht von Hoenclatern of Calteren. Nice to meet you. Something's wrong with your name. ”
Hartman thinks for a moment what he just heard. Wait, Albrecht of Calteren? You mean the Vertical Cutter, the Knight King, the Crusader, the Holy Spirit Guardian Albrecht?
Hartman lifts his head and looks up at Albrecht. A dazzling glow emanates from his armor.
I barely saw his face, frowning, and I saw a scar with blond hair, blue eyes, young age, and a straight line through his lips to the bottom of his eye. Oh, my God, is that really him?
“What's your name? ”
As Hartman rides on the ice, Albrecht frowns slightly. Hartman was furious and quickly said.
“Ha, Hartman. Hartman von Barendorf. ”
“Yes, Hartman. There's nothing to be afraid of. Warriors will not hurt people carelessly. I came here for business. I need you to help me. ”
Hartman's eyes opened wide, not to mention business. And behind Albrecht, I saw a gaze on my head or a gaze of ignorance. They were the eyes of a murderer. At that moment, I was terrified and bowed my head again.
“I will build a castle on the mountain to the north. The Dwarves will do the design and construction oversight, so I need you to question the Masons. All expenses will be paid by me. And...”
Albrecht told Hartman about the banking business. Hartman thought Albrecht was doing some money, but he was confused when he heard the word deposit.
And I was a little freaked out, so I thought I'd take the money, but I wasn't.
Albrecht explained that the more money you carry, the more uncomfortable and dangerous it is, so keep it safe. And if it is kept quiet long enough, the interest rate will be fixed and more will be returned later.
Hartman didn't want to understand, but he felt thankful enough not to force the person in possession of the right to life and death.
Albrecht planned to rebuild the castle and expand the nearby land by freeing up money to boost the economy. It was kind of like creating jobs in a domestic business.
Then, people who have a lot of money would feel uncomfortable carrying around, so there would be people who would naturally deposit money. I did not want to insist on depositing money.
While it was freeing up money and activating the economy, it was not all of it, but eventually it was a structure that rolled back into the bank. If the city had been kept safe for a long time, the bank would have turned over the breakeven point and set up a branch in the future.
However, I didn't think it would be a problem for Dwarves to eat and live as long as the money spins around.
One peculiar thing was that Albrecht had changed the nature of the city by accepting Halstadt.
Originally, the Feudal Zone and the city ran the ark in their nature. The territory was owned by the lord, and the city appeared to be controlled by a powerful merchant gate, but it was not owned all the way.
Nevertheless, Albrecht's occupation of Halstadt has made him a strange form, not a city or territory. Albrecht didn't care about that. He just accepted the city because he was comfortable doing business with all the power.
“Rose, order 100 hired warriors to clean and stay in the mansion. Gunnar, you help me. Vervantos, take ten Dwarves here to start banking, and those who are here to trade take care of their business from now on. ”
Albrecht told Hartman he didn't need to leave the house, and he didn't want to. The mansion would be used as a public office. And Hartman decided not to, but to work for him.
Merchants were less frequent, but there were rare times when readers could read. Moreover, there were few people who knew how to work people.
Hartman has been managing Halstadt for some time now, so he has the ability to know who they are and who they are as well as who they are as bright and run businesses.
There's no better way to work in a strange place than with a local. Hartman was desperate. He was lucky he didn't take over the business.
With Rosamund in charge of the city, Albrecht decided to head up the business by going back and forth to the castle.
“Hartman, lead us out of the city. I want to explore the terrain to build a castle and the land to open. You guys, follow me. ”
Albrecht told the warrior chiefs. It was said to have taken an oath, but it was hard to keep nearly a thousand fully armed warriors within the city.
In fact, the 100 warriors who let him stay in the mansion were enough to turn Halstadt into a sea of fire.
The rest of the warriors were kind enough to follow Albrecht's promise of settlement. The Northern civilians who followed to settle also followed Albrecht, carrying agricultural equipment and household supplies. They were mostly a family of warriors.
Albrecht leads most of the warriors out of the city, and the citizens start to notice him at home. What the hell is going on? You're not gonna kill us?
The mountains to the north are high for hills and low for mountains. The tallest of them was named Halberk, which Hartman said was named after.
Albrecht looks quietly at the barren mountains, and there is a crevasse higher than the surrounding plain between Halberg and the ensuing peak.
Rather than building North Continental castles and surrounding only the walls around them, it seemed better to build an acidic wall and free up space for dwarves by using shearing and natural terrain.
Albrecht asked the Dwarves for advice. He told me to lie down and eat.
Albrecht plans to build an acidity in the tall hills of the night, and an asteroid in the hills of Halberk. And underneath, like the villages beneath the castle, I thought it would be good to open a farm.
Albrecht instructed the warriors to build a garrison first. At the same time, he chopped down the mountains and cut down the trees to build a hut, and let the civilians open the land.
I paid off the money and rented it to the people who bought the cow or the horse. I even hired the citizens of Halstadt to build castles and open up lands.
As the money was released and time passed, consumption naturally increased. Demand for Southern and Eastern continental luxuries has increased, such as wine or silk, paper, glass and jewelry.
On the contrary, the North District and Halstadt's merchants received loans and exported North Busan hides such as tigers, wolves, foxes and elks, fur, whale byproducts, quality North Busan steel, weapons and horses.
The castle was being built up quickly, and after three months the completion was far but somewhat prestigious. The mountains were blocked in the east and west, and the gates in the north and south were narrow, making them suitable for defense.
Suddenly, the warm wind blew, and the springtime looked out and the birds began to stretch their heads.
It wasn't uncomfortable for all the wealthier merchants to carry them around, so they deposited money based on Albrecht's reputation and Halberk Castle. Over time, merchants began trading bank statements like money.
Albrecht looked carefully at the gold price and blocked the loan as it seemed to be falling. I paid only the salaries of the workers who built the castle, and that was not enough to pay with capital, but with deposits.
The name of the bank was never there. It was just a bank, but people used to call it the Dragon Bank when they saw the skull of a dragon in Hartmann's mansion.
The dwarves are separated from the humans and begin to work thoroughly behind the curtain. In the future, you are in the city, but you rarely see Dwarves. Albrecht is no closer to figuring out what they're doing.
Dealing directly with people was Albrecht, Rosamund and a handful of employees. Albrecht and Rosamund were naturally busy, and Albrecht was so busy that he couldn't help feeling the perfume he had when he first came to Halstadt.
Banking is so sensitive, I couldn't hire people at all. I regarded credit as my life if I could, and I chose at least a Dwarf from the familiar North-Eastern merchants.
The citizens of Halstadt panicked even when Albrecht brought in the warriors of the North, but Albrecht became the king when he unleashed enormous sums of money and activated the match.
It was Hartman who benefited the most. Albrecht loaned me first because he had seen all sorts of jobs for Albrecht, like saving people or buying supplies.
Hartman struggled enough initially to think it would be better to die, but now there is no day for a happy smile on his face.
He was still the largest merchant party in the city, and became even richer than before. There was just a man on his head like a king.
The warriors Albrecht brought have all turned into merchants after Albrecht kept his promise. Originally, Northern warriors were traders and pillagers. They seemed to be trading between the northern and southern districts around Halstadt.
The heavenly mountain warriors who were hired as workers were actually in charge of banking. They were mercenaries guarding dwarves on the level of government officials.
The northerners usually had a thick, honest and sincere temperament, so there were few receivables.
However, loan sharks confiscate the mortgaged property. They unleash warriors and track them down in ships to the ends of hell and cruelly execute them before walking into the city.
Even Albrecht, who had suffered numerous battlefields in his cruelty, was astonished by the death penalty of the bloody eagle, the Northern Hemisphere.
Gunnar skinned the back of a man who had fled in front of the citizens, cut off both ribs along his spine, and then pulled out his lungs and put them on both shoulders. I tied my arms and walked between the buildings until I died.
The citizens of Halstadt have been trying to familiarize themselves with the Northern Warriors for a while, but after that, when they see the bankers, they slip away.
Albrecht gradually stepped away from banking and observed how things were going. I go to Halberk Castle and keep checking to see how the dwarves are doing.
Then I would go out with Rosamund when I had a little time.
Over time, the wind begins to shift. After a hot summer, as the weather got colder and colder, the trees began to strip dry clothes.
The castle of Halberk is almost finished. The castle on the hillside of Halberk, built by Dwarves, has exhibited an artistic presence about the size of Disney Castle in almost every memory of the Earth.
Merchants or people from the outside to Halstadt couldn't take their eyes off the birth of Halberk Castle, which they had never seen before. They felt awe and mystery at the same time.
Albrecht and Rosamund are almost out of banking now. Albrecht wanted to rest a little because he worked for almost half a year, even though the future was good.
Albrecht went out on a date with Rosamund and explored the city on horseback. When those who were actively buying and selling on the street saw Albrecht and Rosamund, they took off their coffs or hats and bowed down to pay their respects.
They all called Albrecht and Rosamund king and queen. The king and queen were the only men with escorts, Hrrolf and Gunnar, but I didn't think anyone was humble.
As the sun begins to set, Albrecht decides to return to the castle while looking around the wharf.
You make your way through the buildings, around the last corner to the wharf. However, over 100 armed knights were seen disembarking from the Ur. However, their flags and the sentences in the circus were familiar.
It was a white cross, a black cross, and the Licence Knights. Albrecht's eyes widen. It was Randolph who led them to the front. Behind the knights, you see Herman and Carfen slowly drifting off the ship.
Herman and Carfen are the same, but Randolph is a little different. It was a lot thicker than it used to be, and it was growing its head like Albrecht.
The young tea was now the image of a young man who could not be seen even after washing his eyes.
Seeing the city from head to toe, Albrecht makes eye contact.
Albrecht feels something hot in his eyes. And there was no way to express what I was feeling. It's nice to meet you, but I'm sorry, I'm a little stubborn, and I wonder how you've been...
It's complicated. I can't talk fast enough. I just stared at Randolph dazed.
Randolph looks at Albrecht with a light smile and a fresh look. There was no harsh climate. The scorching sunlight only envelops the two warmly.
He smiles and slowly approaches, speaking in a tone of relaxation that is characteristic of a strong and skilled knight.
“Long time no see, Master. ”
I don't know what to say. Albrecht stares at Randolph, speechless for a long time. Soon Hermann and Carpen also approached Albrecht.
Carfen smiles as playfully as before, and surprisingly, Herman cries.
Carfen throws a punch.
“Have you gone mute? ”
Albrecht rolls his eyes and says,
“It's been a long time. ”
Albrecht felt ashamed. The sunset covered my slightly redder face.
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