Lorist did what he said, and Earl Cobili was crucified and wailed for a long time before he died. Before he died, he watched the illegitimate son who had been hit by three arrows beheaded in front of him. The illegitimate son of the golden rank died painlessly, because he had been unconscious since he was shot by the arrow.
Lorist piled up the heads of Count Cobili's illegitimate sons in front of the cross, and decided to hire a few stonemasons to carve a stele next to the cross, briefly describing the life of Count Cobili and how he pretended to be a red-bearded horse bandit and robbed the merchants until he was discovered. The fate of the fallen family is extinct. Perhaps many years later, the deeds of Earl Cobili and his sixty-seven illegitimate children will become a piece of folklore in Galintia just like the story about Ali Baba and the forty thieves that Lorist heard in his previous life.
After a night's rest, Josk volunteered to take two newly formed slave squadrons equipped with garrison troops to Mount Moz to copy the rear route of the banditry army left by Count Cobili. Three silver ranks and two illegitimate sons of earls whose vindictiveness has not reached the silver rank, Josk is not willing to let them slip through the net.
Lorist doesn't mind either, anyway, those Lancers who surrendered have already said that there will only be three days of food left in the camp over there, and when the food runs out, they will collapse without attacking. , Just beat the dog in the water.
Three days later, Fatty Shi and Josk rode into the city of Gerdos.
Josk brought back six heads and piled them in front of the cross again. He said that when he led a squadron of slave soldiers to block the rear of the garrison camp on Moz Hill, the first to collapse were the peasants and soldiers recruited by the nobles from the territory of the vassal Count Kobili, and they stood in the camp like a ghost. Li yelled and ran around, stirring up the big camp into a pot of porridge. Then Bodfinger and Ross Cavaliers, who had been prepared for a long time, led two squadrons of heavy armored cavalry into the camp and secured the victory.
The golden-rank illegitimate son of Earl Cobili, who was guarding the camp, died again at the hands of the Ross knight. As for the rest, they wanted to escape. Unfortunately, they ran not as fast as Josk's arrow. Now, Count Cobili and his bastards are finally reunited, and none of them slipped through the cracks.
Fatty Shi said that Bodfinger and the captives will probably arrive tomorrow afternoon, and the family convoys will also come to Gerdos City in an endless stream in the next three days. Fatty Shi asked Lorist, what will happen to the Burdock Manor Castle over there after the convoy arrives
Lorist said: "Leave it to Tim. I have been thinking about the team's next itinerary and the arrangements after leaving here for the past few days, and now I have a general idea. You came just in time, let's discuss it."
What Lorist lacks now is time. When the convoy left Port Ametrine and headed north, it was more than 5,000 miles away from the Northland. The original plan was to travel more than 2,000 miles within one month to reach the border of the Andinak Kingdom. It's just that no one would have thought that they would encounter such a weirdo as Earl Cobili, who was making waves in the area where the convoy passed, and attacked the convoy, forcing Lorist to lead his family's armed forces to wipe it out, which took a lot of time. It's almost January 23rd now, but the convoy has only traveled six or seven hundred miles.
After capturing the city of Gerdos, Earl Cobili wiped out more than a dozen of the properties gathered by the nobles of the territory and the large amount of material reserves he had collected over the years fell into Lorist's pocket. Looking at Fatty Shi's smiling face holding the inventory list in the warehouse, he knew that the convoy had to be delayed in Gerdos City for a while, and Fatty Shi would not be willing to leave until the supplies were processed.
Lorist decided to stay until the end of the month and leave the convoy first. He only brought a few people back to the Northland before March to inherit the title and family territory first. As for the convoy, leave it to Fatty Shi and Bodfinger to lead them. They can travel northward slowly without being in a hurry.
But there are a lot of things going on now, and Lorist has to make arrangements first before he can go north with confidence.
He first ordered Bodfinger to lead a squadron of heavy armored cavalry to William Mills Castle to replace the garrison squadron that had been reorganized, and then ordered Yuri to send someone to find the noble coalition army and tell them the news that Count Cobili had been destroyed. And ask the noble coalition to send representatives to Gerdos City to discuss some matters.
After the garrison squadron returned to the city of Gerdos, Lorist gave a cold order that all the Lancers and garrison who surrendered should take their families to a block and resettle them. The families of the Lancers and Garrison were all imprisoned in the slave camp as the remnants of Count Cobili.
Facing the block where people went to empty houses, Lorist said: "Mr. Tim, this block belongs to you, and your soldiers with big bags can come in handy."
Mr. Tim was very grateful to Lorist. Ever since he knew that Lorist was going to hand over Burdock Manor to him for free, he happily went to Burdock Manor overnight, found a cottage owner in the western mountain area, and gave himself The military camp bought from Fatty Shi for 1,000 Gold Fords was transferred to him for 1,300 Gold Fords. Then the family knight Old Kemmers, who sent people to stay in the barracks, transferred all the people and supplies to the Burdock Manor Castle. After finishing all this, Mr. Tim returned to Gerdos City and appeared in front of Lorist. He knew very well that as long as he hugged Lorist's thigh tightly, he would be fine. Sure enough, before he could take a breath, Lorist gave him another great benefit.
Looking at Tim who was rushing to arrange the looting, Lorist laughed. He decided to support Mr. Tim and plant a nail in the northwest region of the Kingdom of Ridleys for future use.
After Tim came back, Lorist said, "Mr. Tim, I found you a wife."
Spreading out the map of animal skins in the northwest region, Lorist said, "Look, Viscount Terbury is here, and Barony Enlell is separated from the territory of Burdock Manor Castle. Although Lord Enlell's All the men in the family have been killed by Earl Cobili, but we rescued the only daughter of Baron Enler in the Grand Duke's mansion. I decided to let you marry her, so that the Viscount of Turbury can be ruled logically. Enler Baronie and Burdock Manor Castle are merged together."
Lorist threw a few documents on the table: "Look, these are the legal succession documents of the Viscounty of Taberley, the Barony of Enler and the Castle of Burdock Manor, which were found in the Grand Duke's mansion. With these documents, if I ask the nobles in the nearby territories to recognize you as the legal heir of Viscount Taberley, then you will be fine even if you follow the orthodox way of succession to the title. Do you think my suggestion is okay?"
Tim bowed deeply: "Master Norton, as long as it is your order, I will definitely do it. Don't ask me to marry one, it is fine to marry three."
"Day, you have a good idea. If you want to own it, you have to have this big appetite. Just to defend this large territory, you need at least a garrison brigade. Moreover, the Viscounty of Taberley and the Baronship of Enler are one piece of land. You still have to spend a lot of money and materials to rebuild the ruins." Lorist scolded with a smile.
Tim immediately became dejected, and said with a mournful face: "My lord, there is not so much money. Let alone rebuilding, even the current strength of 1,800 troops is too much for me. The cost of spending on the army is too high."
Fatty Shi laughed while listening to him: "Tim, come here, I have an idea after looking at the map. Let me tell you carefully, you have also done business and have always been shrewd. In fact, with this large territory , as long as it is managed properly, let alone one garrison brigade, even three garrison brigades can afford it.”
"Here, there is a corner of the Viscount Terbury near the sea. I looked at the map and found that this can be a good port, and the entire Viscount Territory is flat except for the hills and forests on the east side where it meets the Barony of Enler. , is a good place to develop agriculture. Tim, you used to be in charge of the Viscounty’s farm, so you should be aware of the income from this agriculture. With the port, you can activate the economy of the territory, and with agriculture, there will be abundant grain output, and you can Stabilize the hearts of the people in the entire territory, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment."
Fatty Shi pointed on the map: "Looking at the Barony of Enler, although there are many hills and forests, timber and stone are important industries, which can bring in a lot of money. With the port of the Viscounty, you don't have to worry about it." There is no way to sell these two industries. If you own a large ship, you can directly sell these materials to Morente City. But now you can contact the chamber of commerce, repair the port and roads, and let the chamber of commerce send the ship Come here for a deal. Even with this extra shipping fee, the profit is still considerable. In addition, you can also find someone to do a careful exploration in the barony to see if there are other mineral resources."
"As for the territory of Burdock Manor Castle, I don't need to say more. This is the old family territory of Earl Cobili. It has a large population and is well developed. You don't need to spend much energy to enjoy it. It is more than enough for you to support a garrison brigade, and you only need to develop the barony and viscounty. Of course, it is a troubled time now, so pay attention to safety. Here, there are still these places. You build five places in these five places. For a checkpoint city, sending five garrison squads to garrison is enough to ensure the safety of the three territories."
"The key to building a territory lies in manpower and financial resources. You don't have to worry about manpower. I have discussed with Lord Locke. Except for those detained in slave camps in Gerdos City, the rest are unwilling to follow our convoy northward. We are going to They are all placed in the Viscounty of Tubley and the Barony of Enler. There are a lot of talents here. As long as you employ them properly, Tim, these two territories will prosper soon. By the way, Tim, you can also expand your The number of knights in the family, so that those masters who have disbanded from the Lancers and the garrison will not join other nobles." Fatty Shi said.
Tim was a little dazed: "My lord, you, you want to leave here? You want to give up the city of Gerdos?"
Lorist smiled and said: "Of course, although this is a good place, it is not my family territory. What is it if I occupy the city of Gerdos? Bandits, robbers? The name is not right, I don't want to be such a I am a thorn in the side of the nobles in this area, and I don’t want the eldest prince to know that I am sending troops here. In that case, I can go away, but you are going to be unlucky, the eldest prince will use the excuse of colluding with me to kill you. The nobles of these territories were wiped out."
"Your Excellency, you can use the method of marriage to obtain the territory here. If the eldest prince really sends troops to attack, we can recruit the nobles of the territory in this area to form a coalition to fight against it." Tim said.
Lorist shook his head: "Tim, you don't understand. The eldest prince can also be regarded as another enemy of the Norton family. It was under his orders that Earl Cobili pretended to be a horse bandit and robbed merchants. Most of the money he plundered was dedicated to The eldest prince used the military expenses for the rebellion. So in a sense, the eldest prince is the real murderer, and Count Cobili is just a knife in his hand. I just broke his knife now, and I hope to be able to reconcile with the eldest prince one day. The prince settles this account. If I become the lord of this area, I must bow my knees in front of him and serve him. This is what I am unwilling to do. It is based on these considerations that I decided to abandon the city of Gerdos and continue Go north and return to the family territory."
Fatty Shi also said: "Tim, don't worry, even if we go north, we will arrange your three territories first, so that you will become a powerful territorial nobleman in the northwestern region of the Kingdom of Ridleys and a loyal ally of our Norton family. As long as there is something going on in your territory, we will not sit idly by. Just now I told you about the manpower arrangements, now let’s talk about financial and material resources, I have a few suggestions, you can consider them.”
Fatty Shi gave four suggestions. First, based on the fact that the tax in this area is 60 to 70% of the land, if Tim distributes the land to the family members of the garrison and reduces the tax to 30 to 40%, I believe it will be easy to form two A garrison brigade, and saved a lot of financial resources, anyway, the Viscounty of Taberley and the Barony of Enler are in a state of abandonment, and there are many fields.
The second is that when Fatty Shi promised the convoy to go north, a large amount of materials that Gerdos City could not take away could be provided to Tim for free to build and develop the three territories.
The third is that Fatty Shi is willing to provide Tim with a large amount of weapons and equipment at a very low interest rate to form a garrison brigade to guard the three territories, which relieves Tim's tight financial resources.
Fourth, Fatty Shi can help Tim contact the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, so that the Peterson Chamber of Commerce can participate in the development of the three territories, so that Mr. Tim does not have to worry about the lack of funds for the development of the territories.
Tim was so grateful that he accepted Fatty Shi's suggestion completely, and vowed that he would never forget the kindness of the Norton family in his lifetime. In the future, as long as the Norton family needs something, Tim will definitely follow the lead and never disobey.
Just as Tim left, Josk came, and he decided to follow Lorist and become a knight of the Norton family. And the friends he knew before also hoped to follow the convoy north with his family and leave this place after knowing his decision.
Fatty Shi was very happy, and he gave Josk an order to encourage as many disbanded Lancers and Garrisons as possible to join the northbound convoy, as well as the freed young and strong slaves, These are the human resources needed to build the Northland in the future.
Lorist frowned. He thought that the more people traveling north, the larger the convoy would be, and the slower the journey would be.
Fatty Shi was full of confidence. He said, it’s okay. He was about to use the manpower of Gerdos City to form another spearman brigade. Weaponry. With such a powerful escort force, it doesn't matter if you are slow, and if there are unsightly people in the front, we will just run over them, and we can also replenish some supplies for the convoy...