Lorist found that he had found himself a mess.
The trouble is the two or three hundred bandits who were captured. Although these bandits came to block the gate of Feng Yata Town, they were killed by Lorist several times before they could attack the town or fight with the garrison. Personal clean up. The bosses were all killed, and the only remaining bearded bandit leader also surrendered, turned around and became Lorist's loyal subordinates, and led Josk and others to counterattack his lair.
So the two or three hundred bandit captives became Lorist's personal spoils, which meant that before the final decision on how to deal with these bandit captives came out, Lorist had to take care of the food, drink and accommodation of these captives.
The garrison captain with a bitter face is now smiling like a chrysanthemum, making Lorist feel bored just by looking at it. He walked around Lorist, as attentive as if he owed Lorist a hundred and eighty gold coins, fearing that he would not take good care of him.
Now Lorist is sitting on the sofa chair sent by the captain of the defense, slowly savoring the good tea from the captain of the defense, while the captain of the defense next to him is still urging his subordinates to bring hot water and towels to Loris Wash your face and dust off...
If this scene happened on the balcony of the hotel, Lorist would definitely feel very comfortable, but the problem is that at this moment, Lorist is facing two or three hundred bandit captives who are kneeling or squatting on the ground, which makes Lorist feel It was as if he had become a monkey-player, and the bandits and captives in front of him were all watching him.
"Are you sure you can't take over these bandits?" Lorist asked again.
"Of course, my lord, these people are your captives and your spoils of war. We cannot infringe upon a nobleman's private property..." the captain of the garrison said righteously.
Lorist waved his hands irritably: "Then what do you think? If you refuse to take over those captive bandits, will I still have to spend money to support them as uncles? Or should I release them all?"
"My lord, whether you let them go or not is your private matter, but I have to remind you that these are bandits. If you let them go, you are harassing the people. It may affect your reputation if it gets out..." The garrison captain looked like he was thinking of Lorist.
"Day, if I knew this way, I would have killed him cleanly, so as not to be so troublesome and entangled now..." Lorist muttered.
The captain of the garrison shivered. This young nobleman was so murderous. However, he had no doubts about what Lorist said. Who has seen four or five hundred bandits wiped out by just five people? Moreover, the gold-ranked bandit leader Panshanlang who caused the local lords to suffer twice He lost his head after only one face-to-face with this young nobleman, and those silver-ranked bandit leaders were almost killed. These are the facts that happened in front of everyone, and I can see clearly on the city wall.
Not only myself, but all the members of the garrison now respect this young nobleman like a god. Just one morning, the bandits who had been entrenched in Panshan Road and plagued the area for several years were wiped out like this. It was like a dream.
The guard captain took a step forward: "My lord, why are you in such a hurry. When the bandits blocked the door, I had already sent someone to warn the lord of the Lord. Just wait a day or two, and the lord of the lord will definitely arrive in this town. At that time, my lord, you These bandits can be handed over to the lord, and the lord will give him the rewards he deserves. In my opinion, these bandits are all gold coins."
"I'm not short of gold coins. What I'm afraid of now is trouble. Tell me, where should these bandits be imprisoned? Why don't you lend me the garrison's barracks?"
"Uh, my lord, no, the barracks of the garrison are too small to hold so many people. Besides, the barracks are in the town, and so many bandits are held in the barracks. If something happens, it's easy to cause a big mess. I think The best way is to set up camp on the spot." The captain of the defense explained with a bitter face.
Camping on the spot is indeed a good way, but this good way will cost Lorist a lot of money. First, you have to pay the local lord the camp management fee, and second, you have to buy materials such as tents, fences, etc. If the camp needs firewood and water, you have to pay the local lord another resource consumption fee. This is someone else's territory, even a stone belongs to the lord's private property, and it is sacred and inviolable if you don't pay the fee. Although these fees are not much, they still have to go through formalities for registration, which is what Lorist hates the most.
"Day..." Lorist stood up, took out a money bag and threw it to the captain of the garrison: "I never heard that you have to pay for the aftermath of killing a bandit. I don't care, I'll go back to rest first. This money bag There are more than 20 gold coins in it, so please help the captain to go through the formalities to buy supplies and materials for camping, and the rest will be used as hard work for the guard brothers to help take care of it."
The captain of the defense bowed respectfully and saluted: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely handle it properly..."
"Reddy..." Lorist shouted, "I've left this place to you to guard, be careful yourself. Also, ask those few to clean up all the weapons on the ground, and keep the heads of those bandit leaders and that Panshan wolf well." , to be exchanged for bounties..."
"Yes, my lord." Reddy deserved to be crisp.
"I'm paralyzed, I can't kill a few bandits and make me lose money..." Lorist murmured.
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Lorist returned to the Red Wine and Tired Bird Hotel, ordered a big meal, and ordered a bottle of famous local red wine. Although the fight in the morning ended quickly, it also took a lot of energy, especially riding a horse and taking care of the mount, which made Lorist feel very tired. After eating and drinking, Lorist got into bed and fell into a deep sleep.
In the early morning of the next day, Lorist felt refreshed after waking up, and the exhaustion from rushing for seven consecutive days and fighting yesterday was gone. After ordering breakfast to be delivered to the room, halfway through eating, I suddenly remembered what Sedkamp said last night when he came in, and I seemed to let him figure it out, so I continued to sleep.
So Lorist got up and went to Pat and Sudkamp's room to check, but they were not there. I went to look at Reddy and Josk's room again, but Reddy wasn't there, but Josk was sleeping soundly.
Lorist knew that Josk was just like himself yesterday, exhausted from exhaustion and had a good sleep this time, so he went out and closed the door without disturbing him. After thinking about it, he decided to go outside the city to see how the bandit captives were doing.
As soon as he left the city gate, Lorist saw the bearded Alvekis leading hundreds of people in bright armor, fully armed, training in formation and sprinting...
Well? How is this going
Lorist looked around and found a dozen guards standing aside watching the excitement...
The bearded Ovekis noticed Lorist's arrival, and hastily issued an order to make the hundred or so troops stand at attention, and then rushed to salute Lorist: "My lord, the guard team is on the way!" In training, please instruct!"
When will a guard team be formed? I do not know how? Lorist also didn't dismount, and pointed to the more than a hundred people standing over there who were looking at him curiously, and asked, "Where did you get them?"
The bearded Alvekis puffed up his chest and replied loudly: "Reporting to my lord, the thirty-eight subordinates here had a good harvest in the cottage yesterday, and Lord Sedkamp asked more than 30 people to help. Come back Finally, Master Pat said, just gather a small team. Your Excellency will go back this time and pack lightly. It’s not good to have no guards around, so he picked another 30 people from the captives and made up a hundred and twenty people. The bodyguard squad, and appointed his subordinates to serve as the squad leader. Lord Sedkamp has already reported to him last night."
"En..." Lorist nodded, thinking that I was so sleepy last night that I didn't know what Sudkamp had said to me. Pointing to the equipment worn by the bearded man with a horsewhip: "Is the person reliable? Also, the inner chain armor and the outer chain armor, it's okay if you are a silver rank, can those people bear it?"
"My lord, it's all right. These people are all well-informed. They are bandits out of helplessness, and they don't usually do anything evil. Especially since they have all seen the majestic power of your lord yesterday, they are able to serve your lord and escape from the identity of bandits." What they wish for. The subordinates promise that they will be loyal and will not betray. As for the equipment on their bodies, they are configured by Lord Sedkamp. They have already awakened their fighting spirit, and these two sets of armor are no problem for them. Lord Pat Said that the defense is strong so that you will not sacrifice easily, and you can better protect adults."
"Day, protect yourselves, do I need your protection?" Lorist snorted unhappily.
"Where is Sidkamp?" Lorist asked.
"Reporting to my lord, Lord Sedkamp and Lord Reddy went shopping in the city in the morning, and Lord Pat is in the barracks." The bearded Alvekis replied at attention.
It was only then that Lorist discovered that the camp in front of him was divided into two parts, one large and one small. The outside of the large camp was guarded by those guards. It seemed that it was where the bandits were held. The small camp should be said by the bearded man. the barracks.
"Okay, since you're willing to be my subordinate, you're on your own. Don't be so polite. But why are there women and children in the camp?" Lorist asked.
"Well, my lord, the women and children in the barracks are relatives of the subordinates and some brothers in the guards. The women and children in the big camp are the family members of those bandits. Lord Josk is very kind. After the family members came back from the cottage, they reunited their relatives. Some of them are the relatives of the head of the cottage and the wives of the Panshan wolf that the adults killed yesterday. Some of the women are very beautiful. If the adults are interested If so, the subordinates will bring them up to serve you specially..." the bearded Alvekis said solemnly.
Lorist slapped him with a whip: "Do your own thing, I don't need you to be a pimp."
"Yes, my lord!"
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Lorist rode his horse into the barracks, and saw Pat respectfully sending an old man out of the camp.
Seeing Lorist approaching, Pat hurriedly pointed to Lorist and introduced to the old man: "Master Sid, this is our Lord Locke..."
The old man ignored him, and floated past Lorist with his head held high, without looking back.
Lorist got off his horse, turned around and watched the old man go away, and asked Pat, "Who is this old man, so rude."
Pat spread his hands: "No way, he is a master. He was kidnapped by us yesterday, so he would be rude if he was angry."
"What kind of master is he? Why do you want to kidnap him?" Lorist was very curious, and thought that Pat and the others had also become a kidnapper and lived a bandit addiction
"My lord, this old man is a treasure. He is a master armor maker. You may not have imagined that the hundred or so sets of mail armor and two hundred sets of chain armor we took off from bandits were all made by this old man in the past three years." It came out. And this old man is also proficient in prospecting and prospecting. We found an iron mine near the cottage. I heard from the bearded Ovekis that this old man found it. The iron mined was used by the old man to make armor and weapons. gone."
"So you tied him up here?"
"Uh, well, Sedkamp said that the family territory needed this master Sid very much, so we invited his whole family of a dozen or so people over." Pat said a little embarrassed.
"Forget it, please come here, please come here, it's a waste to leave it here. Anyway, his service to the bandits can be regarded as our spoils, so naturally we have to deal with it. So De Kemp and Reddy went to buy something?"
"My lord, it's like this. One is that we have harvested a lot of supplies in the cottage and want to transport them back. You have also seen the other one. A guard team has been added, as well as their relatives, plus Master Sid's family. We A lot of coaches and mounts are needed. That's what Soderkamp went to town for," said Pat.
Well, another convoy was tossed out.
Lorist looked at Pat helplessly: "Pat, we want to rush back to the family territory as soon as possible. Is it inappropriate for you to do this? The convoy can transport supplies, but it will also delay the schedule."
"No, my lord, I discussed it with Sedkamp. We drove 2,000 miles in seven days. Although there are still more than 2,000 miles left, we still have more than 20 days. We have plenty of time. As long as we travel one hundred and fifty miles a day, we can return to the family territory before March. Last time we left the family convoy, we didn’t bring any supplies because we were in a hurry. Now that this cottage has been wiped out, it’s time to bring these supplies back , are resources that the family urgently needs!" Pat pleaded.
"Didn't we bring gold coins?" Lorist said.
Pat smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, you'll know when you get back to the Northland. If you have gold coins, there's no place to buy these supplies. Even if there are, the price is at least twice as expensive as here, which is still a conscience price. Usually it's two or three times more expensive." You still have to say thank you, because you can still buy…”
"Forget it, it's up to you." Lorist also smiled wryly, from what Pat said, he knew how remote and barren the family territory was, and how scarce supplies were. I really don't know if everyone will be disappointed when the family team led by Fatty Shi arrives in the Northland...
Lorist decided to ignore these messy things and leave it to Pat and Sudkamp to take care of them, and they were happy to do it anyway. The bottle of red wine ordered yesterday at the Red Wine and Tired Bird Hotel tastes good, and it is delicious when paired with fresh and tender grilled lamb chops. Seeing that it is almost noon, I should go back to see if Josk is awake, and eat together when he wakes up meal.
Josk was still sleeping, so Lorist had to come down to eat lunch alone.
Tasting the taste of red wine, I saw a young woman in a black dress, a waist-length vest, and a black veiled female hood came to the table, and gave Lorist a lady's salute: "My lord , can I bother you?"
Lorist hurriedly got up and bowed his head to pay respects, then pulled out the chair and asked her to sit down: "Excuse me, miss, what can I do for you?"
"I'm very sorry to disturb you. That's it. I heard that your servant is looking for a carriage and said that he is going to the Northland. I would like to ask if he can give us a ride? We also want to go to the Northland, but we can't find a way. I wonder if my lord will agree to my small request?" The young woman's voice had a magnetic hoarseness, which sounded very comfortable.
"Oh, you are also going to the Northland? It's just that the Northland is very big. Where are you going to the Northland? I don't know if we will go along the way." Lorist asked.
"We are going to the territory of the Norton family, which is the famous Roaring Bear family in the Northland. I wonder if you have heard of it?" the woman in black said.
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