What's the matter with the Morin family's defense captain coming to see him? Lorist summoned Morin's garrison captain with a question mark.
It turned out that the Morin garrison captain came to protest Lorisk. He didn't come alone, he also brought a few heads of several small and medium-sized families who were squeezed out of Beiye Town by the four major families in Populus euphratica Beach.
The cause of the protest was that during the construction of the military stronghold, after a period of investigation, Steward Kedan secretly recruited nearly 150 young and strong family soldiers who had awakened their fighting spirit from among the laborers who built the city. Hu Yangtan's relatives were sent back to Fenglin Villa together.
For this reason, Lorist also formulated detailed regulations on the preferential treatment of family soldiers. Becoming a soldier of the Norton family not only has a generous salary, but also has various training opportunities. It is not impossible to become a Norton family knight.
The new regulations have also made new changes to the pensions of family soldiers. The relatives of soldiers who died heroically can not only receive a fixed monthly pension, but also reduce taxes, and their immediate children will receive family education until they grow up. aldult. Even disabled fighters will receive pensions and training opportunities, and they will be employed in various administrative positions in the family's territory to ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing.
In addition, the new regulations stipulate that only immediate family members, parents, wives, and children of family soldiers can receive preferential treatment from the family. Brothers and sisters who are underage can live together, but they do not receive preferential treatment, and must leave home and live independently within three years of becoming an adult. The children of soldiers, except the eldest son, are also treated in the same way when they reach adulthood.
As soon as this new regulation came out, the small and medium-sized families that were squeezed out from Beiye Town by the four major families fell apart. Many patriarchs did not rely on their ability to take charge of the affairs of the clan, either relying on their elders to inherit the position of patriarch, or relying on their seniority. Taiwan. After being squeezed out from Beiye Town, they still hope that the Norton family will follow the old routine of Beiye Town after building a new town in Poplar Beach, and they still have the opportunity to be domineering. Who would have thought that Lorist has come to a new regulation now, which is simply digging the roots of these small and medium-sized families.
Compared with the aristocratic families that have been passed down for hundreds of years, although these commoner families have lasted for a hundred years, their background is still insufficient, because in these commoner families, the young and strong as the new force have not seen their day, and there are a lot of pressure on their heads. The older generation, apart from following the orders of the family, they can't do anything on their own.
Therefore, compared with the heads of these small and medium-sized families, this new regulation has been warmly welcomed by those young and strong who have awakened their fighting spirit. People are selfish. After all, compared with their immediate family members, the second elders, third uncles, seventh aunts and eight aunts in those clans are nothing. The one who suffers is himself, and the ones who get benefits are those who are not close to the top. Relatives, many young and middle-aged people have been holding their breath for a long time, and now they will enthusiastically join the family when they see the new regulations.
The labor force of more than 2,000 people suddenly decreased by five or six hundred people, and many small families have been separated and collapsed, and they can no longer gather together. The guards of Beiye Town, who were in charge, were naturally not blind. They came to protest because they believed that Lorist had not only violated the agreement, but also subverted the tradition of giving preferential treatment to the families of members of the guard passed down by the Norton family. On behalf of the four major families in Beiye Town and the small and medium-sized families in Huyangtan, the Morin garrison captain protested to Lorist, asking Lorist to take back the new regulations and restore the old traditions, and promised that after the new town was built in Huyangtan, the The old rules of the Beiye Town Defense Team will be implemented.
Lorist sneered, and wanted to add another Beiye Town to the family territory, so go ahead and dream.
Lorist refuted the protests of Morin's garrison captain and the patriarchs of several small and medium-sized families, and believed that what conditions the family gave to recruit soldiers had nothing to do with the Beiye Town garrison. Right, no right to protest to the lord. Putting Kitano Town alone by himself is already considering the tradition of the family ancestors.
The recruiting of family soldiers this time is because the garrison team in Beiye Town could not go to the front line because of their disobedience. The mission of the mountain barbarians to fight, for this reason the family had to recruit soldiers just in case. Lorist angrily reprimanded the defense team of Beiye Town as cowardly, they only know how to stay in Beiye Town as turtles, what's the use of raising such a defense team in the family, they might as well disband it as soon as possible...
Morin's garrison captain and those patriarchs silently endured Lorist's fury, and retreated without saying anything. Lorist thought he had calmed down these ignorant people, so he was complacent. As a result, three days later, Lorist received the news that the Beiye Town garrison in Huyang Beach threatened some small and medium-sized families and retreated back to Beiye Town, and never responded to any orders from the families.
Lorist was furious, and then received news from the family, saying that Beiye Town sent people to send one-tenth of the tax revenue from the field this year to Fenglin Villa, left the grain in the open space in front of the castle gate, and left. There is also a letter left, which means that they are not rebellious, but just protesting against the new lord's arrogance and subversion of tradition, so the food tax is paid as usual. When the new lord restores the old system in the new town, then the garrison in Beiye Town will listen Order of the Norton family...
It's just a slap in the face, Lorist held back the anger in his heart and began to calculate the strength at hand, to see if he should destroy Beiye Town first so as to vent his anger. It happened that the weather was calm during this time, and the mountain barbarians went to participate There is no time to mess with yourself in that section. The Kenmes family has not yet come under the rock castle, this is indeed a good time to squeeze out the pustule of the Beiye Town family.
The four old men who are the heads of the four major families in the paralyzed Beiye Town are indeed old treacherous and slippery people. From the preferential treatment regulations for recruiting family soldiers, they feel that something is not good. If it is not for suspicion that the new lord will attack them I would never give myself such a strategy of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot, and I retracted my head all at once, so that several follow-up plans and arrangements I made could not be implemented...
Do you think you can protect yourself by staying in Beiye Town? Lorist grinned grinningly. Now Rock Castle has recruited a new squadron of nearly 500 family soldiers from among the slave laborers. Together with the original three squadrons of guards and guards, it can draw 600 people. There is a squadron of soldiers in Fenglin Villa. The guards, plus the newly recruited 150 family soldiers, can also draw a squadron. In this way, there are nearly 1,200 people, plus the 70 or 80 mercenaries here, as well as myself, Josk, Pat, Reddy and others, it should be no problem to take Beiye Town...
It turns out that I have gathered so many troops in my hand, the only thing I can worry about is the number of casualties. After all, this is my first official siege battle. There is no other way. The city wall of Beiye Town is about eight to nine meters high. There are more than 2,000 young and strong members of the four major families and the small and medium families. Among them, there should be more than 600 people who have awakened their fighting spirit. This battle is not easy to fight, maybe half of the thousand people on hand will be lost...
What Lorist is most worried about is that the four major families are desperate to jump over the wall. They are trying to protect their family. The old, weak, women and children are all fighting to the death with the family soldiers. In such a situation, no matter how powerful he is, how many can he kill? As Josk himself said, even if he shoots more than a hundred arrows in a row, he is almost useless. If both sides are hurt, what can I do to resist the coming of more than 2,000 regular armed soldiers of the Kenmes family
Siege is the only way to reduce casualties, but what I lack now is time. Moreover, Beiye Town has just harvested wheat, plus the previous savings, how long will he besiege them? three years? five years? It's not realistic. After this year, the mountain barbarians will invade the family territory again, that's for sure. Alas, Lorist realized that even though he had so many troops on hand, he couldn't bear to use them to fight Beiye Town...
Lorist hesitated, Grandma, just give me a few more months. Just as he was thinking, he galloped into the army stronghold on a fast horse, and the rider who jumped off reported, "My lord, the emissary of the Grand Duke of the Northland Here we come. The boss told you to go back immediately."
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Strange, didn't that bullshit grand duke send someone to collect the money in October a few years ago? It's only the beginning of August, what are you doing here so early? On the way back to Fenglin Villa, Lorist asked the messenger, did the Duke Lukins of the Northland send anything
The courier shook his head and couldn't explain clearly. He only knew that there were quite a few people coming this time. The Josk knight from the Rock Castle brought a team of fully armed guards to personally escort them, and then the boss ordered him to report the news.
Something's wrong, Josk personally escorts someone? Or armored guards? Thinking about how many people came from the messenger, Lorist understood that it must be that bullshit grand duke who heard that he had evacuated the Red River Valley Manor Castle of the Kenmes family, and sent someone to threaten his family if he wanted a share of the profit. up. Obviously, the person sent this time, Josk, thought that the family was difficult to deal with, so he went out in person. The name was escort, but in fact it was surveillance. Otherwise, just send someone to lead the team casually, it is impossible to bring a team of fully armed guards over.
Speeding up all the way, Lorist rushed back in the evening. A small camp had already been set up in the open space in front of Fenglin Villa Castle. The messenger said that it was the soldiers of the Northland Legion who came with the envoys sent by the Grand Duke of the Northland. There were more than 200 soldiers. The family refused their request to enter the castle, and only let them camp outside the castle.
The castle is heavily guarded. It seems that the old manager of Kress has realized that the Duke of the North has sent so many troops over this time with malicious intentions, so he let the family soldiers of Fenglin Villa stand on guard.
Steward Speer hurried up to greet him: "My lord, they are all in the big restaurant and have been eating and drinking all afternoon. This time, the Grand Duke of the Northland sent a baron over, and he also brought a golden knight and about twenty silver knights. .Master Cress is with them inside, as are Knights Pachico and Knight Josk."
Lorist stopped in his tracks: "Did they say what they came here for?"
Steward Speer shook his head: "I didn't say that, I just heard them ask the boss when you will come back, and I was already impatient. Miss Baisha also came over, but I was surprised by those people's foul language. I ran away in anger. The golden knight even asked the eldest lady to go to accompany her at night. If it wasn't for the presence of the Josk knight, he would have directly attacked the eldest lady... "
Lorist snorted: "Is that woman out of her mind? How can she play together on such an occasion? With her silver one-star strength, she can really deliver food to people."
Lorist took Reddy and Pat into the big restaurant with big strides, and the originally noisy big restaurant gradually became quiet with the sound of Lorist's footsteps.
At the two long wooden tables on the left and right sides in the middle of the big restaurant, there were about twenty red-faced soldiers wearing gray leather armor and drinking alcohol. It seemed that these were the twenty or so silver knights that Manager Speer had mentioned. On a long wooden table in the front sat a thin middle-aged man wearing a light blonde wig and a dress, and next to him was a big man in a chain armor. It should be the Golden Knight. On the other side of the wooden table was the old manager Kress sitting in a wooden wheelchair, Pachico stood behind him, and Josk sat next to him.
Seeing Lorist come in, Josk hurriedly stood up and bowed his head together with Pachico to salute,
Manager Kress introduced to the skinny man and the big man in iron armor: "This is our new lord, Baron Norton Lorist."
According to the etiquette of the nobles, this thin man and a big man in iron armor should stand up and salute and report his name as a sign of respect. Unexpectedly, the two sat there motionless, and the skinny man sarcastically said, "It seems that he was very busy just becoming a lord, and we have been waiting for such a long time. It's a pity that you don't care if you are a baron or not. It's not a fart without the consent of the Grand Duke... "
Lorist didn't seem to have heard the thin man's sharp words, so he came to Kress's side and said, "Grandpa Kress, you've worked hard, why don't you go and rest, I'll take care of it here. "
The boss waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm not tired, you go and deal with it, I'll just watch here."
Seeing that Lorist ignored him, the skinny man got a little annoyed, slapped the table down and said angrily, "Hey, what about you, are you deaf?"
Lorist turned around and looked down upon him condescendingly: "Where did you come from, cat and dog? How dare you be so rude in front of our Angry Bear family?"
Seeing Lorist's cold and murderous eyes on the thin man, he felt chills in his heart, and was speechless for a moment, until the big man in iron armor slapped him on the shoulder before he came to his senses. The thin man blushed and stood up with a "huh", and the wig on his head was crooked by him. Gritting his teeth while supporting the wig, he said, "I am Baron Camorra, I am a nobleman, you have to show me respect..."
"Hehe, you are an aristocrat, fake it. I have never seen any nobleman who is as uncultivated and unqualified as you. This dress is like a clown..." Lorist laughed at the thin man, Reddy next to him, Pa The special class all laughed.
"Bring over your nobleman's identity certificate. If you are a fake nobleman, I will hang you at the gate of the castle, as a warning to those who come after you." Lorist suddenly shouted sharply. Watch over.
Lorist's face-changing and shouting made the skinny man turn pale with fright, and hurriedly touched his body: "Here, here, my aristocratic status is by my side..."
He took out a large number of noble identity documents from his body and put them on the table.
At this time, the big man in iron armor said slowly: "I can prove that he is a nobleman. Although the Duke has only made him a baron for three months, he has indeed become a nobleman..."
"Oh, it turned out that the duke just conferred the title. No wonder you look like a clown, and you are really embarrassing to our nobles. Since you are sent by the duke, then tell me, what is the business of bringing so many people to our Norton family?" ?" Lorist looked at the thin man contemptuously and asked casually.
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