The four alliances were settled, and Lorist heaved a sigh of relief. The Northland is really too big. The area of one Northland is equivalent to two principalities. It takes seven days to run from Rock Castle to Hendryford Rope Bridge. With Baron Felim's nearly ten thousand family armed guards, there is no need to worry about anyone entering the Northland as easily as the second prince.
Lorist's request to Baron Felim and Henned is to reorganize the family's armed forces and form a combat force. It is okay to lead troops to visit the second prince's Winston Province, relocate some civilians to the Northland, and destroy a few The short-sighted lord should make some foreign money. In short, don't let the area where the capital of the Iberian Kingdom is located settle down, lest the second prince get a chance to develop steadily and prepare his army to pose a threat to the Northland again.
Baron Felim and Henned agreed to Lorist's request without hesitation, but they also made a request. They were full of praise for the standard equipment armed by the Norton family. Fortunately, they didn't know it was steel armor, but thought it was fine iron armor coated with silver to prevent rust, so they asked Lorist to provide them with the same standard equipment of fine iron armor.
Originally, Lorist planned to take out the iron armor equipped on the soldiers of the Iberian Kingdom's First Legion captured this time and give them to the two, but it's a pity that Baron Felim and Henned also looked down on those second princes. They think that the quality of the iron armor is not very good, and the defense is a little higher than some leather armor. With the pearls and jades of the Norton family's armed equipment in front of them, they even looked down on the iron armor they had dreamed of in the past.
At this time, the Earl of Kenmes also came to join in the fun, and also proposed to equip his family's legion with standard equipment. In the past, no matter it was plate armor, ring armor, chain armor, or chain armor, as long as it was iron armor, now we see the Norton family's armed soldiers. Equipment, only to feel that his family's armed forces are really like a group of beggars. Among other things, the standard equipment looks pleasing and mighty on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also makes the soldiers of one's own family more cohesive and have a sense of identity, which can greatly improve morale.
Lorist was dizzy from their quarrel, so he had no choice but to put all the credit for his family's standard equipment on Master Sid. Of course, it would not work to provide the standard equipment of the Norton family to the three families, but Master Sid could re-create the standard equipment for the Norton family. The three of you each design a set of standard equipment, the defense power of which is no less than the standard armor of the White Lion Legion of the former Krissen Empire.
The three were overjoyed. Lorist then changed the subject, but what is the price of this standard equipment? Even if you don't make money, a set will cost forty or fifty gold dollars, so you can't let yourself give it away for nothing.
When it comes to money, both Baron Felim and Henned have a bitter face. Baron Felim is better. He took down the manor castles of the two lords. He's just a pauper, he can scrape together ten or twenty thousand goldfords, and he'll have nothing more. Originally, he wanted to take the Grand Duke's mansion and occupy the treasure house of the second prince to make a fortune, but he didn't expect that there would be Princess Sylvia and her great swordsman wet nurse, and both he and the Tabek knight would be taken prisoner. If Lorist hadn't arrived, the two of them would still be under house arrest in the Grand Duke's mansion.
When Princess Sylvia and her party left the Grand Duke's Mansion, I believe there should be no property left. Hennard sighed and frowned. At this time, Earl Kenmax stepped forward and gave his cheap cousin an idea.
Earl Kenmes said, what is the most profitable thing to do now? That is reselling all kinds of armaments. The three of us bought a large number of iron armors from the Norton family before, so we can sell these iron armors, and use the recovered funds to buy standard equipment. If we make a lot of money, maybe we still have a lot of profits left.
Now Baron Felim and Henned were both happy, and Qiqi praised Earl Kenmes for his quick mind and keen eyesight. So he asked who to sell the original iron armor to
Earl Kenmes said: "The best target is the Grand Duke of Madras. In the past few years, his armed forces suffered a lot, and the Principality of Madras has never had copper and iron mines. His military equipment is all expensive or used. The food was exchanged from the four principalities in the middle. Now the four principalities are preparing for war, so the Grand Duke of Madras has been unable to complete the reorganization of the principality's * army. If we can contact the Grand Duke of Madras, I believe he will definitely help We have a good price for the iron armor in our hands."
The three of them got together to discuss for a long time, and soon decided that this matter should also be handed over to the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. Anyway, the Chamber of Commerce is also in charge of Earl Kenmes. It’s just that the Grand Duke’s territory has just been divided up, and Baron Felim and Henned are unable to get away, so they decided to meet again at the Rock Castle in a month’s time. At that time, Lorist asked Master Sid to design a set of standard equipment for each of the three families. .
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After finishing this matter, Lorist was about to go back, when he suddenly remembered that there was still a big trouble waiting for him. Princess Sylvia said she wanted to go back to Makinohara Province, and asked her to escort her. Can't you go back to the second prince's site from the Hendryford Cable Bridge by yourself? If they had to go to the eastern part of the Northland through the chain bridge built by the Kenmes family, Lorist would at least have to escort Princess Sylvia and the others to the Kenmes family's territory for about ten days.
Lorist planned to complete the escort mission with Earl Lakenmas out of the idea of being in a difficult situation, but Earl Kenmais shied away when he heard it, saying that he still wanted to meet his cousin who had become Henned's housemate. In addition, he had to comfort those old friends who lived in Gildusk City, so he would stay here for a while, and he could only let Lorist escort Princess Silvia and her party.
It was too disrespectful, Lorist was helpless, but fortunately Josk's cavalry battalion rushed to Gildusk City, together with the guard battalion led by El, more than 6,000 people should be marching in the Northland once. But the only one who came forward to deal with Princess Silvia was Lorist himself.
Princess Sylvia and her party consisted of nearly 400 people, including a small team of more than 120 fully armed horse guards, half male and half male, all of whom were fighting spirits of the silver rank, plus Princess Sylvia of the gold rank. The swordsman and her nurse who was a great swordsman, Lorist couldn't imagine who else would mess with this team.
In addition, there were more than 80 four-wheeled carriages, and two to three hundred servants and maids were waiting for the servants. The ostentation was great. As a distinguished superior, Lorist, who was a nobleman in the Northland, sent troops Escorts are also common sense and a sign of respect.
Not long after he started on the road, Lorist's expression changed, because from time to time on the road, he saw his family's armed soldiers escorting groups of people in ragged clothes and carrying simple bags, dragging carts full of rough household items towards Rock Castle. go. Lorist couldn't bear it anymore, stopped a small group of family soldiers, and asked them what was going on
The team leader knew Lorist, and stood at attention as if flattered, and replied solemnly: "My lord, these people are all prisoners of war..."
Lorist got angry, pointing at the elderly, women and children in the crowd and cursed: "Are you blind? Who told you that these old and weak women and children were prisoners of war? Will they be able to go to the battlefield?"
The team leader said aggrievedly: "My lord, I can't help it. If you don't say that they are prisoners of war, the supply stations set up along the way will not distribute food. Then where can I get them food? Besides, they and prisoners of war also have food." Their family members or relatives have joined the coalition forces of the Northland lords and are now our captives. These people are worried about the safety of their relatives and volunteered to be our prisoners of war to go back with us. Just now they were walking and singing happily …”
"Uh..." Lorist was speechless, the people he saw didn't look like they were being forced, but they looked like they were happily hiking. However, Lorist still heard something strange from the captain's answer: "The supply station along the way? What's going on here?"
"My lord, I don't know. Anyway, the order from above is for our team to escort the two hundred people to the camp of the Rock Castle. A supply station will be set up along the way. We can spend the night in the camp over there and get food." Little the captain replied.
Oh, Lorist understands, this is the same as the transfer base that was set up along the way when the northbound convoy was on its way. As for why the supply station was set up, it is estimated that it is another large-scale population migration. The captain probably didn't understand the details.
He waved his hand and signaled the squad leader to go back and continue his mission. Then he recruited El over: "El, take someone to find out, we just fought a battle, how did it become the situation of Grand Duke Sanguang when the convoy returned to the family territory, let's see what's going on?"
As soon as El left with a dozen guards, Lorist heard a clear and clear voice asking: "Earl Norton, what's the matter with these people? Where are they going? Your family soldiers are with these people." What are you doing together?"
Looking back, it was Princess Sylvia who covered her face and rode a snow-white Zeno steed with a few female guards, and looked curiously at the people walking on the side of the road.
Lorist sighed deeply, and said in a compassionate tone: "His Royal Highness, since the second prince came to rule the Northland, he has raised taxes and squeezed the lords and commoners of the Northland, so that the entire Northland people have no means of living. Two The prince also intensified his efforts to collect private surplus money to prepare an army for war and to fight for world hegemony. The civilians in the North were impoverished and living in dire straits.
No, I heard that I defeated the second prince. The commoners in the North were very happy, thankful that our Norton family drove away the second prince. But they were very worried that the second prince would make a comeback, and they heard that the land and houses were allocated to the newcomers in our family territory, and the tax was low, so they packed up and insisted on going with our family soldiers, thinking of our family territory Live a peaceful and happy life.
Alas, I can't help it, they are all voluntary, and you can see how happy they are. No amount of persuasion can make them go back. It is really difficult to run a benevolent government. It has caused too much trouble for our family. For their safety, I have to send family soldiers to protect them and provide food. Tell me, shouldn't a benevolent and peaceful aristocratic family like our Norton family be commended and praised vigorously? "
Reddy and Pat next to them couldn't hold back their "puchi" laughter...
Princess Sylvia was dumbfounded for a long time, she turned around and left after she recovered her senses, and only vaguely left a sentence: "Earl Norton, you are really cheeky and shameless..."
Lorist didn't blush at all, and laughed "hehehe".
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Al came back after only one day away, and he said, "My lord, I met a messenger on the way."
The courier said that he was delivering the letter to Lorist under the orders of the three lords, Knight Bodfinger, Knight Shredder, and Knight Tiger Ross.
It was only after Lorist opened the thick letter that he realized what was going on.
The cause of the incident was ten days ago, after the steel crossbow storm, the coalition forces of the northern nobles scattered and fled. In order to capture more prisoners of war Tiger Ross, Terman, Yuri and others led the cavalry troops to chase them with all their strength. As a result, some northern nobles fled to a nearby lord's castle with some remnants of their soldiers. Tiger Ross led the Lancers to arrive, and accidentally suffered a bit of a loss, causing dozens of casualties.
Now the tiger Ross became angry, and called in a chariot steel crossbow battalion. With a quick shot, the castle was riddled with holes, and a surprise attack took it down. Rose then hanged all seven resisting nobles. By the way, the territory of the hanged nobleman was also cleaned up. The supplies, food, grass, property and so on were all brought back to Rock Castle, and all the citizens were also brought back.
It happened that Fatty Shi also arrived at the POW camp outside the Rock Castle. He discussed with Bodfinger and Tiger Ross that the family needed manpower to develop the Black Mire Swamp, and the nobles of the Northland had joined the Northland noble coalition organized by the second prince. They came to attack the Norton family. Except for the Earl of Kenmes, Baron Shaheen and Baron Felim, the rest are all enemies of the Norton family. They simply took this opportunity to wipe out all the lords of the Northland, so as to save Norton in the future. Family chaos.
It just so happened that Lorist gave Tiger Ross their order to hunt down and wipe out the remnants of the enemy, so of course the nobles in these territories were all remnants of the enemy, so they had to clean up and wipe out the roots. If you don't resist and surrender directly, you can also spare the lives of those nobles in the territory and bring them back to the master for disposal. If you dare to resist, the whole family will be hanged directly. This time, Fatty Shi, Bodfinger and Tiger Ross, who passed through the kingdom of Antinac in the northbound convoy, showed their ruthless temperament again.
After receiving the resolution and the joint notification from the three of them about wiping out the territories of the northern land lords Sanguangqi, Yuri, Terman and others also expressed their approval, so they divided into four groups, with Tiger Ross, Vasimma and Yuri Li, and Terman Commander of the Knights, each deployed a chariot battalion and began to sweep across the entire Northland. Destroy castles, burn town dwellings, and take all supplies and people.
Lorist stayed in Gildusk City for a total of five days, including two days and three nights of coma. It took five and a half days to reach Gildusk City from Rock Castle. In the short ten days since he left the Rock Castle, the Norton family had eliminated all the lords in the surrounding area, and now only a dozen or so nobles of large and small territories in the western part of the Northland remained. It is estimated that in another half a month, apart from Norton, Kenmes, Felim and Shaheen, there will be no other territorial nobles in the Northland.
Headache! Lorist put away the letter helplessly. He also knew the reason why the courier was late. After all, this was privately borrowed from Lorist's order to chase down and wipe out the remnants of the enemy. Territorial nobility. So those three guys only thought that the deal was done, let Lorist know later, so as not to be stopped, and even if everyone had a share in the blame, no one would be able to escape.
The problem is that all the northern nobles have joined the second prince's joint army of northern nobles. No one dares not to participate. Now that the main force has become prisoners, who can stand up to the Norton family's armed forces with the remaining defense forces staying in the territory? The attack, now it is cleared up.
Forget it, those northern land lords will be put aside first, and they will deal with it when they go back. What bothered Lorist was that the decision of those three guys was recognized by everyone. In the final analysis, these knights were all afraid of going to the Black Mire Swamp for development work, so they were very happy to capture prisoners and relocate civilians . I said that the family is short of labor, but now there is no shortage of labor, and there will be a shortage of food in the future...
Lorist scolded bitterly: These bastards are too worrying...
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