"My lord, the materials have been transported. The Red River Valley Manor Castle and the immigrant towns have been reduced to ashes. All the things you ordered have been completed. This is the list of materials." Sedkamp said holding a thick stack of animal skin paper.
Lorist watched speechlessly as the last transport convoy drove into the city gate. What was on it, tattered iron pans, dirty earthen pots, and fluffy carpets, which were dismantled. Window frame, a battered mop with a rag hanging on the wooden pole...
"Why do you bring these junk back?"
"My lord, although these things are worn out, they can be washed and used again..." Saidkamp said.
"What's on those carts? So heavy?" Lorist asked, pointing to several freight carriages.
The last few carriages seemed to be loaded with heavy things, and their speed fell behind the convoy in front.
"This is the floor tiles. My lord, I think the floor tiles in the hall of the manor are very good, so I asked someone to pry them up, and I will use them myself when our castle is built." Sedkamp was very proud.
Lorist held out his thumb: "Let me tell you, when you meet Fatty Shi in the future, you can proudly tell him that you have graduated!"
Looking at the back of Lorist who turned and left, Sedkamp grabbed Reddy who was next to him inexplicably: "What do you mean by that sentence, my lord? I didn't take Knight Shredder as my master. What kind of teacher did I have?"
Reddy let out a "thud". He had been with Lorist for the longest time. At that time, he often heard El complain about Fatty Shi's stinginess and miserliness every day. He knew Fatty Shi's character and character very well. After thinking about it for a while, Reddy replied seriously: "That's what the lord is praising you for, you are more careful than Knight Shredder, and you are a good supervisor..."
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Lorist and Jost sat in the big tent, drinking steaming Max. By the way, this is also the loot obtained from the Red River Valley Manor Castle, and there are still a lot of them. Except for sending two large jars to Miss Teresy, Lorist took everything else for himself.
"In the past half a month, the seven groups of people I caught who came to the Red River Valley Manor Castle were envoys sent by the nearby lords. Some made good friends, some asked for trade, and some asked for assistance. One asked to be married to the Kenmes family. I locked them up, set fire to the Red River Valley Manor Castle in front of them before leaving, and then let them go..." Josk was reporting.
"It's strange. Why didn't the Kenmes family send scouts? It's really unreasonable. Could it be that they haven't heard the news of the destruction of the Feather Mercenary Group, or even the news that the Red River Valley Manor Castle has been occupied by us? This should be Impossible." Lorist scratched his head and couldn't figure it out.
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In fact, Lorist guessed right. The Kenmes family really didn't know anything. The three Feiyu mercenaries who escaped were very unlucky, the one who was shot in the back by an arrow was finished within half a day. The remaining two escaped separately, and one panicked and ran into the battlefield of the two lords. One lord was ambushing another lord. Seeing the Feiyu mercenary running into his ambush, he thought it was another lord's scout, and immediately ordered to shoot arrows, so the Feiyu mercenary became a target for arrows.
In the end, the Feiyu mercenary ran for a day, and was exhausted, so he found a village to rest. As a result, the Feiyu mercenary found that the village was full of old and weak women and children. When he asked, it turned out that the young and strong were recruited by the lord to fight. The mercenary became malicious, and relied on his strength to force the villagers to provide him with good food and drinks, as well as women. In the eyes of this mercenary, as Hei Tie, all the people in the village combined are no match for him, so there is nothing to worry about.
This Feiyu mercenary didn't understand the customs of the Northland. Originally, guests should be warmly received when they come to the door. The people of the Northland are very hospitable. But when the villain came to the door, he didn't say anything, and left his life behind. This is also the side of the northerners. The Feiyu mercenary thought that he was sure of the people in this village, and when he was full, he was about to play with two women in his arms, when one woman stood up and poured tea. The Feiyu mercenary was a little thirsty after drinking too much wine, but he was still vigilant, seeing the woman took a sip of tea, he snatched it and poured it into his own mouth.
As a result, after drinking tea, the Feiyu mercenary saw two women sneering at him, he knew something was wrong, and wanted to get up to restrain the two women, but found that his hands and feet were numb and he couldn't exert his strength. Then... the Feiyu mercenary was buried alive by the old, weak, women and children of the village. His weapons, horses, leather armor and the things he carried with him made the people of the village pay a fortune.
The famous Flying Feather Mercenary Corps in Windbury City, the capital of King Iberia, has been submerged in the Northland without a sound, and no one knows. The Kenmes family thought that with the Flying Feather Mercenary Group, they would not have to worry about the safety of the Viscount. They were busy arguing with the Duke of Lukins, hoping that the Duke would allow their family of more than 2,000 people to enter the Northland.
If it was broken down into pieces, the family armed forces of more than two thousand people would have already arrived in the north. But the Kenmes family was unwilling. First, it was the second prince's instruction to use this armed force to drag the back legs of the Grand Duke Lukins' unification of the Northland. Secondly, the Kenmes family also hopes that this family's armed forces can enter the Northland in an upright manner. Not only can the nobles of the Northland witness the rise of the Kenmes family, but it can also deter the nobles in the surrounding territories from taking the idea of the Kenmes family. .
The Duke of Lukins in the Northland, the biggest problem is indecision, but this time he somehow made up his mind and resolutely refused to let the two thousand armed members of the Kenmes family enter the Northland. Although compared with the Northland Legion formed by the Duke with more than 20,000 soldiers, the two thousand or so members of the Kenmes family are only one-tenth of its strength, and the Kenmes family has always been extremely respectful to the Duke, even One of the daughters of the family, the viscount's cousin, was given to the Grand Duke to be his mistress. But this time, no matter who persuades the Lord Duke, he is not allowed to enter. The two sides have been arguing for nearly three months.
Viscount Kenmes was so busy that he didn't have time to pay attention to his Viscount. For the past three months, he has been busy running around, giving gifts and money to women, making friends with the competent and appreciated subordinates of the Grand Duke Lukins, asking them to help persuade him, and serving him diligently in front of the Grand Duke every day, even serving tea and water. All the work is rushing to do. Finally, under the pressure of the second prince and before the big price paid by the Kenmes family, the Duke of Lukins was moved by the dedication of the Viscount, and he finally let go. Your Excellency needs something, and the armed forces of the Kenmas family of more than two thousand people must obey the order of the Lord Duke. After the guarantee, the Duke signed the pass.
After getting the pass, Viscount Kenmes ordered someone to send the pass to his father who was far away in the capital of Windbury, and asked him to urge the family armed forces of more than 2,000 people to rush to the Northland as soon as possible. At the same time, he ordered his attendants to send a letter to the Viscount Land, telling the chief steward in the Red River Valley Manor Castle to prepare for the reception and the expedition. After the family armed forces of 2,000 people arrived, he would go to the Norton family again. It may fail, and the Norton family must surrender at their feet.
At this moment, the three attendants of Viscount Kenmes were staring blankly at the original site of the Red River Valley Manor Castle, which had been turned into ashes and rubble. The manor castle was gone, the immigrant town was gone, and even all the people were gone. Who did it? Several attendants looked at each other in blank dismay. An experienced attendant gathered his mind and assigned a task. One of them went to scout the construction site of the castle under construction to see if it was still under the viscount's control. One of them immediately went back to report the bad news to Lord Viscount. And he himself went to the surrounding lords to find out who was the culprit.
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"My lord, don't bother thinking about the Kenmes family. Anyway, we have brought all the supplies back. It is difficult for us to get news about what happened outside. If this is the case, we might as well wait slowly. It's time to come." It will always come, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t come, anyway, we don’t have to worry about having nothing to do.” Josk said while drinking Mycos.
Lorist patted his thigh: "You're right, Joe, I'm just not used to it. I used to know what happened in Morente City and the Galintia continent as long as I bought a newspaper. Go back After arriving at the family territory, I feel like I have become blind. I don’t know anything about the outside world except for my own three-acre land. It’s not easy to wait for the enemy to come. I don’t like this feeling of resigning myself to fate. "
Josk put down the cup in his hand: "Tell me something else, my lord. I heard a rumor just after I came back, saying that you are pursuing Miss Tresty. Is this true?"
Lorist felt a little resentful: "Yes, but I failed. Miss Teresty's ideal is to become a great female scholar, so she made up her mind to be celibate, unwilling to be bound by marriage, and unwilling to make a living. Raising children is a waste of time..."
Over the past month, Lorist has approached Miss Teresty many times, and even wanted to kiss her. It's a pity that Miss Teresty was very careful, either her old butler was standing by, or little Winnie was with her. Once when the two of them were away, Lorist was about to do something, but Miss Teresty called Sang Ben in, leaving Lorist helpless. That time Lorist took two earthen pots of Mycos, and made up his mind to stay until Sang Ben, who couldn't wink, left, so he boiled Mycos there and drank it. As a result, I drank one cup after another, and finally couldn't hold back my urine and ran away. From that day on, there were rumors that the lord was pursuing Miss Theresty.
"Single, hehe, very good, I also want to live a lifetime of celibacy..." Josk was thoughtful.
"Pull it down, don't think about it, it's serious to find a woman to pass on your family name. I don't want my Knight of the Arrow to become the best in my son's generation. By the way, Joe, this time I am going to choose a squadron of guards from the slave laborers after they are freed. You have to pay attention to me, at least train me a small group of longbowmen and crossbowmen. What the family lacks most now is trained long-range soldiers Troop strength. I usually play a lot with bows and arrows, but they are useless once in battle. If there was a small group of well-trained longbowmen or crossbowmen when we dealt with the Feiyu mercenary group last time, then our loss would be It will never be this big." Lorist said seriously.
Josk nodded: "My lord, I understand. It's just that those slave laborers are ordinary people who have not awakened fighting spirit, and the training plan I made may not be suitable for them..."
"It's okay. I will stay in Rock Fortress for another 20 days. Although Fenglin Villa is pressing hard, I can postpone my return for a while. I will mainly teach these slave laborers for the next 20 days. Awakened battle qi. Their bodies are very strong due to long-term labor, and they are all healthy. A little more physical training can guarantee most of the awakened battle qi. You can select the ones you need from these awakened battle qi recruits. As for the longbow and crossbow, I have ordered the father and son of crossbow makers to prepare. They assured me that a batch of simple crossbows will be provided for us to train in a month. Really good longbows and crossbows take a long time. They explained Only in the second half of the year." Lorist said.
"Well, the simple version of the bow and crossbow is also fine. Although the distance, strength, durability, and accuracy are not as good, it is still enough to use. My lord, it is a pity that our northbound convoy has not arrived, otherwise these weapons are all ready. What's the matter." Josk sighed.
"Yeah, I miss them too. Damn Fatty Shi, there's no news about where the team is. It's been more than three months, and I haven't sent anyone to notify..." Lorist said bitterly. nagging.
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"Ah Choo! Ah Choo! Ah Choo!" Fatty Shi sneezed three times in a row.
"Hehe, let's be brave, what are you saying that fat people are not afraid of the cold, so they will catch cold in such light clothes." El said gloatingly beside him.
"No, I didn't feel cold, but my nose suddenly itched. Someone must be talking about me behind my back." Fatty Shi took the cloak behind El's back and wiped his nose.
"My day, Fatty Shi, are you disgusting!" El pulled off his cloak and threw it to a passing guard: "You are rewarded."
"One piece per person, don't take it back after giving it away." Fatty Shi said, squinting at El.
"If you dare, you should pay me for your dirty one, or I will take it off if you put it on your wife." El said.
"..." Fatty Shi hesitated, he knew that El would really do it: "I'm afraid of you, you can get another one when you camp."
"It's not normal for me to sneeze like that just now. Someone must be talking bad about me." Fatty Shi raised the topic again.
El sneered: "You still hope that someone will say good things about you? You have been in Gerdos City for three months, do you know what nicknames those nobles gave you? Scrappy. There are many people who curse you behind your back every day. Oh, didn't you see the nobles wanting to beat the gongs and drums to celebrate when we left the city of Gerdos? That was not a farewell to us, but a celebration that the God of Plague had finally left... "
Fatty Shi said righteously: "I will let those nobles die. If they want to scold them, they can just scold them. I have a piece of meat. I am a knight of the Norton family, and of course I only think about my own family..."
"Maybe it's Locke talking about you behind your back. It's been more than three months. Our convoy is still wandering around the Kingdom of Ridleys. Too much time has been lost. It's been almost a month since Bodfinger led his family's armed forces to occupy Fort Bends. But now it will take us at least twenty days to reach him." El complained.
Mentioning Lorist, Fatty Shi was silent for a while, and quickly argued: "There is no way, we have occupied the city of Gerdos, there are so many materials to deal with, the newly formed troops need to be trained, and the convoy needs to be reorganized. To deal with the cooperation between Tim Viscounty and the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, even the disputes between the nobles of those territories require me to come forward to coordinate... "
"Yeah, and then you scratched them again. Now those nobles in the territory have no food for the night except weapons and equipment. They are eager to wait for us to leave, so they can go to war right away..." El sneered.
"But otherwise, would we have more than 4,000 carts and more than 50,000 horses? I believe Locke will understand the slow travel of such a huge team." Fatty Shi said.
"Fatty, I miss Locke. I don't know if he's doing well now. If nothing happens in the Antinac Kingdom, I'd like to go to the North to find Locke first. What do you think?" El said.
Fatty Shi nodded: "Alright, I can just send a letter to Locke, telling him that our journey is going well and everyone is fine..."
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