Chapter 378 The Jackal's Secret (Part 2)
Hou Dasheng nodded to express his understanding. It is very simple. If the other party is coerced, it will never let you stay away from your sight. If they choose to escort, such as the giant wolf coming up. After the giant wolf unlocks the lock, the escorts will be attacked by the authorities.
After entering this gate, a thin man in a tuxedo and gold-rimmed glasses looked about forty years old and a British wig standing outside the door and smiling at the three of them: "Mr. Nicholas Cartel, I am very happy to see you! You are welcome to the base at the same time. Then, your friend can go to rest first, and the other gentlemen are already waiting for you in the conference room."
"Louis, I'm very happy to see you too. This is my personal security guard and he can go to rest. But this is my heir, so he needs to go to the conference room with me." The giant wolf whispered to the man: "Please arrange it."
The man named Louis smiled slightly when he heard this and bowed slightly to Hou Dasheng and the giant wolf: "Okay, according to the regulations of the Council, your heirs can go to the conference room with you. But what I want to remind you is that once the heir is confirmed, this is unchangeable. Are you sure?"
"I'm sure." The giant wolf nodded, and then a man flashed behind Louis at some point. The giant wolf nodded to the hunting dog, and the hunting dog left with the man. The giant wolf and Hou Dasheng walked towards the depths of the passage after the hunting dog left.
Inside, there was a thick iron door engraved with various Western mythical monsters. Louis took off his gloves and pressed them slowly on a hell three-headed dog. Then he heard the electronic recognition sound of "Drip~Drip~Drip~Drip~" sounded, and soon the iron door opened "Krip~Krip..."
But I saw that there was a hall here. From the cracks in the rocks, I walked through three passages here. There were almost different people in each place, and the verification methods were also different. It is completely unknown where other forks would lead to Hou Dasheng.
The hall is not particularly large, it looks about one hundred square meters. There are bright lights hanging on the rock walls, and thick and luxurious carpets are laid on the ground. Not far from Hou Dasheng and the giant wolf, there is a huge five-angle table.
There are five sides, each of which is placed with a huge chair. The back of the chair is very high and looks almost two meters away. The shadow of the entire chair completely covers the face of the person sitting on the chair and makes people unable to see clearly. Four of the chairs have already sat on them.
There was only one chair, empty. After Louis introduced Giant Wolf and Hou Dasheng into this conference room, he quietly retreated. Giant Wolf pushed Hou Dasheng away and walked hard to the empty chair with two sticks, and slowly sat down.
"Actually, you can ask your heir to help you over, it's nothing." An old voice sounded, and Hou Dasheng couldn't help frowning. He was very familiar with this voice. But for a moment he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
Sitting on the chair and hiding his body in the shadow, the giant wolf smiled and said, "I am not dead yet, I can still move. I am not as good as I need to support even if I sit in my own position. Although I am almost dead, at least I am not dead now, right?"
The voice fell silent and the other three people did not speak again. At this time, the owner of the chair sitting in the top corner heard a voice: "Since you have identified your heir, according to the regulations of the Council, we need to let him see us and understand the Council at the same time."
As he said that, three applauses sounded on the chair. Suddenly, the entire hall suddenly lit up. At this time, Hou Dasheng finally saw the owner of the voice he felt familiar with just now. He... was the legion representative who had been to China for his wedding!
"I'm glad to see you again, Tiger's nephew." The old man smiled slightly at Hou Dasheng and said softly: "Although I guessed that you will eventually arrive here. What I didn't expect was that you would come so quickly. Fate is always impermanent."
Hou Dasheng didn't say anything, he just patted his head and looked at the other people. Hou Dasheng was very familiar with the outfits of those people. At the same time, he was even more shocked. The old man at the top was wearing a tuxedo. He looked about 70 or 80 years old, and his gray beard and well-maintained snow-white hair.
On the left side of him, there was a priest! And based on his outfit, Hou Dasheng could intuitively see that this was a cardinal. However, in Hou Dasheng's impression, there seemed to be no current cardinal's image that matched the old man.
What surprised Hou Dasheng even more was that on the right side of the old man in the tuxedo was an old rabbi. The rabbi seemed to be the oldest person here, and there were no fewer hairs on his head. His eyelids also drooped, and the exposed skin was extremely loose. He looked like he was about to die.
Below the priest was the legion representative whom Hou Dasheng introduced to him at the wedding. At that time, Benoit did not say who the old man was and what he was responsible for. But now Hou Dasheng is very clear that this old man is undoubtedly the chief commander of the legion where Benoit is located!
The one who was in the rabbi's head was the giant wolf. Hou Dasheng looked around and then lowered his head without saying a word. This scene was a little beyond his imagination.
"First of all, I want to explain to you a rough explanation of the past and current situation of the service provider." The old man in the top spot looked at Hou Dasheng and whispered: "This is something that must be known as Nicholas' heir. Of course, I will not explain it to you if it is too detailed. There will be archives here, you can read them."
The old man simply ignored Hou Dasheng and talked about the past and current situation of the service providers. At first, there was no such thing as a service provider in this world. The first time the service providers appeared was during the Crusades. The Crusades' Eastern Expedition lasted for nearly two hundred years, a total of eight large-scale expeditions.
In addition to fighting, the troops dispatched at that time would naturally do one thing: plunder, plunder, and plunder. However, the plundering things need to be exchanged for currency. They need to trade, buyers and sellers. At the same time, they also need to be safe to transfer the benefits they have obtained and deliver them to the people they want to deliver.
At that time, only some priests could be trusted. Moreover, the priests were escorted by the army at that time, so their safety was easier to be guaranteed. The first Crusade lasted for three years. During the three years, a large number of letters, currency exchanges, and robbery proceeds all needed to be digested and transported.
The prototype of the service provider was that it appeared at that time. Some priests used their reputation and prestige to set up a site dedicated to transactions, transportation, and correspondence in each occupied area. This was the service station. At that time, these priests did not do this alone.
They reported this matter to the Holy See very devoutly, and the Holy See had no objection to it. Because they could charge fees, why not do all transactions?! Initially, this was just some transactions within the Crusaders. But gradually, it developed to the point where even the other party knew about the situation of these sites.
Some of the other party's people began to contact the service station with a lucky mentality. They hoped to sell some of their own things and conduct some secret negotiations at the same time. For example, they captured a certain noble, and if the noble was redeemed openly, it would have a blow to his reputation.
However, if more money is given, they do not mind secretly releasing the nobleman and hiding the fact that he was captured to protect his reputation. The Holy See tacitly acquiesced these things, and some shameful transactions began to appear in the service station. Then, the transaction of intelligence appeared.
During this period, someone robbed or attacked the service station regardless of the security of the service station. So the army began to intervene in the operation of the service station. At the same time, the Jews who were the best at operating also joined in. They had little demands, just a seat and a right to speak.
The church did not attach much importance to this newborn service station at that time, because the church was too powerful at that time. The service station only provided them with some benefits, and was still alone. So they didn't mind the more Jews here.
However, the development of the service station was beyond their expectations step by step. With more than a hundred years of Eastern Expedition, the particularity of the service station allowed him to continue to exist in his original territory after the war. At this time, the religious characteristics of the service station began to decline. Because of its too obvious religious characteristics, the other party absolutely did not allow it.
In order to obtain information and ensure this continuous income, the Holy See chose to retain a seat in the service station, and the service station began to operate independently of the Holy See. At this point, the service providers began to be established. At the same time, the seats of the four service providers also began to be established.
The service providers' service stations will select a representative to occupy one seat and dominate the operation of the service station. The Holy See, the Legion, and the Jews each occupy one seat. At this time, an unexpected thing happened - the Legion was abandoned by the Holy See and was attacked by the French emperor.
Fortunately, the Legion had already learned some news in advance and transferred most of its assets and main core backbones. The Legion therefore broke with the Holy See. But the service provider always needed a reliable armed force to shock those covetants and those who did not abide by the rules. The first-generation leader of the jackal came into the service provider's vision.
Chapter completed!