In the morning, Fort Eagle.
Sunlight shone through the curtains into Kane's bedroom.
The biological clock maintained throughout the year makes Kane wake up quickly in the early morning.
He got up and left the bed, came to the side of the Falling Moon Wolf, and gently stroked their fur.
The hair on Meteor Moon Wolf's body is very smooth and soft, like the top silk, and the tentacles are slippery and extremely comfortable.
Looking at them still in deep sleep, Kane made a rough calculation. It has been half a month since the start of the Hill Fort. I really don't know how long they will remain in this state.
After checking the status of the two wolves, Kane just went to the bathroom to wash up.
After some tidying up, he came to the study to check today's letters.
Four or five days have passed since the scouts received the letter about the Duke of Manvila.
After that, there was no news about the other party, and I don't know what is going on now.
In the past few days, Kane also began to practice as much as possible. He would practice knight training as long as he had time, day and night.
Thanks to the result of his hard work, the aura on his body has become thicker, and his rank is also closer to the first-order high position.
However, the improvement of ranks does not happen overnight. Even if he practiced as hard as Kane, he is only a little closer. It will take some time for him to break through the current state.
Taking out the letter opener on the table, he opened a special letter.
The reason why it is special is that there are two nobles' marks on the envelope, which is not common on ordinary letters.
Kane also recognized the owner named Standard, who was the Viscount Muchat and Earl Sardis he had thought of earlier.
These two people have not appeared in the outside world since the fall of the kingdom, like turtles shrinking their heads.
Now that they are finally willing to reply to Kane's letter, it shows that Manvila's power has indeed threatened them.
Thus forcing them to start communicating with the outside world.
Opening the letter, Kane sat on the wooden chair and read it carefully.
The sun shines on the table, and there is a "rustling" sound of the wind blowing through the leaves outside the window.
After a long time, he just put down the letter, his face was full of joy.
Want to ask why
Simple, because the two nobles agreed to form an alliance with Kane.
No, it should be said that they invited Kane to join the alliance they formed.
Yes, before Kane wrote the letter proposing an alliance earlier.
The two quietly connected together and formed an alliance group called [Lake Eyre Alliance].
As for Lake Eyre, it is a huge lake between their two territories. This may be a metaphor for the lake connecting them together.
In any case, now that Kane has these two allies, it can be said that he can at least compete with the Duke in terms of military strength.
First of all, Kane's side. Without the militia, there are 72 soldiers in the territory, 5 extraordinary, and 2 extraordinary trainees.
As for his ally, Viscount Muchat, there are more than 200 soldiers, at least six extraordinary.
Among the three, Earl Sardis, with the most abundant troops, has nearly 400 soldiers and more than 10 extraordinary subordinates.
All of them together should have a strength of close to 700, and at least 20 superhumans.
Against the duke's force of about 5,000 to 6,000 troops, not to mention evenly matched, at least not so powerless to fight back.
After all, it is still necessary to gather all the southern nobles together, otherwise no one will be able to resist the Duke's invasion.
After putting away the letters, Kane also looked forward to receiving letters from other nobles. After all, the Duke of Manvila was devouring him very quickly. If he didn't get everyone together quickly, he might really swallow the entire south.
With anticipation, he looked at the next letter.
It is a pity that the content of this letter is not a good thing, but a problem that should have appeared in the territory long ago.
Previously, Kane paid too much attention to strength and military strength, but ignored a series of problems that occurred after the kingdom was broken.
To put it simply, if a country is about to perish, whether the currency it issues can be used becomes a problem.
In Kane's Rigit territory, most of the people are still using the currency of King Dylan's time.
But after Count Manvila cut off the connection between the territory and the north of the kingdom, or after the kingdom was invaded by dark elves.
Wandering caravans will no longer appear in Kane's domain, so the currency that has been in circulation will not be used.
It is true that there is still a habit of using currency in some shops in the territory, but as time goes by, people will find that the currency is constantly depreciating, and the situation of bartering is increasing.
This happens because the currency loses its original purchasing power without the caravans that come every month. Except for the Deli Gold Coin and Kairos Silver Coin, the Marion Copper Coin completely loses its due value. Gradually replaced by wheat.
Without the delivery of food from the outside world, the territory can only rely on self-sufficiency, which means that the wheat fields in the village need to feed everyone in the territory.
As the lord of the territory, Kane would collect a certain amount of currency or wheat from the farmers every month.
Of course, as a benevolent lord, he didn't tax the villagers much before, so it's okay to replace it with wheat.
But now that self-sufficiency has emerged, the wheat in the hands of farmers has become very precious, and if most of the wheat is handed over to Kane, then the villagers in Maike Village can only barely live on their hunger
This also means that Kane's tax needs to be lowered to ease the current situation.
He put down the letter and thought about it for a while. There was still enough food in his castle to last for about two years.
So it is indeed possible to lower the adjustment by yourself now, but if there is only wheat as a food source, it will cause malnutrition among the citizens and even soldiers.
Even the various foods stored in his own castle are only enough for a few extraordinary followers to eat together.
I can't ensure that everyone can get sufficient nutrition, which will inevitably affect the soldiers and the strength of the soldiers when they fight.
The solution to this problem can only be to exchange materials with other nobles, similar to if I give you wheat, you give me meat, and he gives me seasonal vegetables.
Kane focused his attention on his two current allies. Fortunately, there happened to be a large lettuce plantation in Muchat's territory, while Earl Sardis ran a livestock farm of Erin pigs.
As the two nobles whose military strength far exceeds that of Kane, they must also be anxious about this matter.
Earl Sardis may still be able to manage enough supplies for the soldiers, but Viscount Muchat's side should be comparable to his own situation, and there is already a shortage of food supplies.
If he suggested that the three of them exchange food and supplies with each other, they would definitely agree.
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(end of this chapter)