Stone Pass, inside the Lord's Mansion.
In the narrow passages and corridors, the Swadian infantry wearing chain armor has completely occupied the place, armed with standard-made military spears, and lined up in teams to form patrols or sentry teams in the mansion.
In just half a month, Jianshi Pass has completely become Kant's territory.
The first local land.
Although it is impossible to build buildings or recruit troops, it has great strategic significance.
This rocky pass is equivalent to Kant's Hulao Pass, guarding the natural moat, advancing, attacking, retreating, and defending. As long as this area is not lost, it means that Kant is still in the initiative over the Principality of Lions.
Cooperating with the current powerful cavalry unit, he can carry out tactical attacks.
The plain area of the North County Territory is like a beautiful woman with an open heart.
Even the South County leader and the East County leader are similar.
The flat plain stretches as far as the eye can see, and occasionally there are farmlands reclaimed along lakes, creeks, and rivers, including the radioactive knights' collar that surrounds the castle, that is, villages.
The political system of the Lion Principality has led to people's livelihood also being dependent on the military.
Villages are around castles or cities.
And the villages are the territories of the knights, responsible for defending the backbone of the castle or city.
Sometimes, there are no knights in the knight's collar, only the village head, financial officer and sheriff are there to help the knight manage the village, and pay the taxes that should be paid every month to use for the knight's daily expenses.
This has led to insufficient military strength in the village.
On weekdays, there are only about 30 armed militia stationed there, commanded by a magistrate.
But the duty is not to destroy the bandits around, but to maintain the rule of the knight lord. By the way, when the finance officer starts to collect taxes, he will clean up those rebels who dare to resist the tax, or hunt down the fugitive slaves who are sloppy.
As for the arrival of a bandit group, they just took out part of their finances peacefully and prayed that the well water would not violate the river water.
Of course, the bandits also understand the power behind the village.
There is a tacit understanding.
The robbers took the ration of silver coins and food, and then they would leave.
Or ask the villagers if there is a caravan passing by, and then use the village to hide and rob those fat and oily caravans. If you encounter a caravan owned by the nobles who are hostile to the nobles behind the robber gang, you can make a fortune.
The caravans of hostile nobles can directly kill without mercy.
All the silver coins that were stolen belonged to him.
There are also those goods that will be handled by special personnel.
Even these villagers can give them some silver coins as a reward for providing information.
Therefore, the entire Lion Principality, including the villages at the grassroots level, is in a strange state of stocking. This is also a drawback of the feudal era. It is completely a feudal system. Except for their own lords, no one has to be loyal.
After all, my lord's lord is not my lord, and my vassal's vassal is not my vassal.
That's what it means.
No one cares about outside the territory.
In addition, in recent years, the royal authority of the Lion Principality has been suppressed, and the authority of the Lion Duke Cameron has been compressed to the South County Territory. The security of the entire country has fallen into this complicated environment.
This is why there are so many bandit gangs in the Lion Principality.
Complex environments naturally lead to chaos.
Correspondingly, Rolf's penetration of the Lion Principality is like a fish in water.
It is like a fish in water.
There is no hindrance at all in the penetration process.
From the Stone Pass to Fort Rogge, the highest in the North County, and then down the Lion Mountains on the south side, to Marsburg where Viscount Kevin is, and then turn north along the Death Penalty Mountain in the East County.
This is the triangle and the route with the most salt trade caravans.
But Rolf still went back and forth smoothly.
According to his words.
It's like taking troops on a military parade!
On the way, they defeated a few bandit gangs who wanted to investigate their details, and basically spread their reputation. Not to mention that other bandit gangs did not continue to attack them, even the noble troops did not forcibly intercept them.
What Rolf led was not yet a heavy cavalry force dominated by Mamluk and Sarande riders.
Just 500 desert bandits.
Come and go like the wind.
With the extremely high discipline and the resilience cultivated in the desert, the hostile bandit gangs were completely confused. Even during the night raids, the hostile bandit gangs had no choice but to send people to make peace.
Compared with the desert bandits, the bandits in the Sarande desert, the bandit group of the Lion Principality is still a little bit worse.
They are not real gangsters.
In other words, there is no such thing as gangsters who run away when they get it, and keep running if they don’t get it. They won’t confront you head-on at all, and they will only give you a cold shot around like a hyena.
If I get it, I make money, and if I don’t get it, I don’t lose money.
What I do is a no-cost business with a knife.
It's that crisp.
And during this half month of infiltration, Rolf didn't simply rob the caravan, it was just a cover.
The most important thing is that he finally explored most of the maps in the North County Territory. As long as the troops go out next, they can advance according to the map provided by Rolf, and cooperate with Kant's memory in this life to clear the entire stage.
For example, the current Stone Pass, with Kant announcing his occupation, no one dares to continue to approach it.
The scattered desert robbers are not good stubble.
In addition, the group of Sarande riders were all elite assault cavalry, their abilities could be compared to ordinary knights, or they could be used as the top knight retinues. Ordinary troops were no match for them.
What's more, those gangs of robbers were easily defeated one after another.
The surrounding area of Jianshi Pass has been impenetrable by the water managed by Kant.
Among them, just as Kant did not hesitate to reduce taxes before, and actively supported the policies of small landlords and small businessmen, as well as local civilians, any matter, big or small, would quickly reach his ears.
These people spontaneously became Kant's supporters.
Lord's mansion.
hall.
Kant was sitting in his seat reviewing documents.
These documents are reports from the castle of "Drehem" and the city of "Aaron".
Within half a month, the castle sent people to reopen the salt mine in the north, and continued to station troops at the salt mine station, and arranged for new slaves to continue mining coarse salt.
The city in the Sanwaya Mountains is still under construction.
The top of the mountain is filled with buildings.
On both sides of the river at the foot of the mountain, the gentler slopes have also been opened up into fields.
The fine grains of wheat are turned into fine white flour in the water mill, combined with the bacon made after hunting and the smoked fish obtained after fishing, which has become the basis for urban residents to eat freely.
And it was also supplied to the "Drehem" castle.
At present, Kant's civilian population has broken through 20,000.
And that's not even considering soldiers.
The civilian population in Castle "Drehem" was reduced to 3,000.
However, the population of the city of "Aaron" has directly reached 15,000 people, and the dense population has even formed a radiation, and the hills around the top of the mountain have been slightly reclaimed.
A large number of terraced fields are under construction, although they have not yet been put into use, but there are many more outlines.
It will be successfully planted and harvested next year.
The irrigation canals have been dug, and the terraced fields that have been reclaimed can be irrigated from top to bottom when the tower canals and water trucks used to raise the irrigation are built.
Kant arranged a mysterious spring on the top of the mountain.
Therefore, as long as there are high tower canals similar to Rome, irrigation can be satisfied.
Communicating with the water elemental plane, a steady stream of fresh water is an urgent need for agriculture. If you rely on that small river alone, it may be very difficult to reclaim terraced fields and build a complete high-tower irrigation network.
But even so, with the systematic construction and the efforts of the common people, everything is getting better.
The second base is also more and more prosperous.
This is also related to geography.
The Sanwaya Mountains though are giant mountains that span extremely far.
However, because of the "Aaron" city on the outside world, it has not yet fully penetrated into the interior of the Sanwaya Mountains, and with good road traffic, it can be connected to the Nalun Desert in time, so it is not afraid of being blocked.
The Stone Pass is in the hands of Kant again, and the possibility of being blocked in the end is minimized.
Three points and one line.
The layout of the Nalun Desert is exactly like this now.
From north to south.
It is completely the Salt Mine Station, the "Drehem" Castle, the Central Station and the Stone Pass, and then the Mountain Pass Station and the city of "Aaron", forming a complete line of communication.
A steady stream of materials pass through this line, sharing and supplementing each other.
Just like Kant's original design.
Very reasonable.
Kant is also satisfied with this.
Looking at the above report, the document is basically a summary of the current construction.
After completely mastering the Stone Pass, the defensive effect of the central station has deteriorated a lot. It is not that it is not as important as before, but that the caravans and spies from the outside world have been unable to continue to penetrate the Nalun Desert.
The Stone Pass has already blocked most of the caravans.
If you continue inward.
Isn't that spies and spies!
At that time, all you need to do is to strangle this group of evil-minded guys in the Nalun Desert.
The desert bandits teamed up with the Sarande riders, plus elite Mamluks, ordinary spies and spies, or the bandit group who took a detour into the Nalun Desert in an attempt to make a fortune, all died miserably.
No one can hide from the people who came out of the Sarande desert, and their experience in the desert is equal to the full value.
But for now.
The desert bandits are still good at scouting out on the plains.
Kant put down the file.
Everything is settled.
His plan is still to go ahead.
For example, Kant planned to go and see the chess pieces that were thrown out in person this time.
Borg, the leader of the bankrupt family in East County, received the large silver coin presented to him by Kant to revive the family, and also used the 10 Salander riders temporarily handed over to him by Kant to ride the wind and wind on the Reese Niston River. water rises.
Even in the Stone Pass in North County, Kant had heard of this young businessman who had become famous.
But Borg still hasn't sent anyone to contact him.
Kant expressed interest in this.
"It's better to go and see for yourself."
He has already made this plan, and at the same time, the preparation work has been completed.
Kant personally led the team, with 10 lion knights as guards, plus 50 Sarion lion attendants, and 500 desert bandit elites who had been upgraded led by Rolf.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles, not to mention that there is a mysterious passage in the Reese Niston River in the East County Territory.
A passage connecting the underground river.
if possible.
Kant intended to re-establish a new village there.
And put the [Water Bandit Lair] there to form the central force that controls the river.
Once this commercially developed river is in control, Kant's power can start to spread along the Reese Niston River at any time, whether it is entering the hinterland of the Lion Principality's South County Territory, or intervening in the Yinpan Kingdom.
It's all very easy!
Money clears the way, and it has always been unfavorable.
And Kant, who mastered the salt trade and the commercial river, would he be short of money
What Kant likes is to nibble, not to swallow. Just now, the Lion Principality has been infiltrated by Kant's tentacles. Looking at the North County Territory, which has been completely infiltrated, it is estimated that Kant's status is second only to Viscount Wayne.
If you pay attention to military strength, Kant, who has a group of heavy cavalry, is not weaker than Viscount Wayne at all!
At the level of the viscount, he already has extraordinary power.
Although it is still weak in Kant's view.
But when he has not completely devoured the whale and can swallow it all without leaving any traces, he is still willing to use the meticulousness of cannibalism to slowly grasp the Lion Principality in his own hands.
As for the nominal, superficial crown, it has no effect on Kant.
Enough with the Uncrowned King.
Riding and chopping is his foundation!
The troops set off quietly, just like the wind when Rolf infiltrated.
The Stone Pass will continue to be taken care of by Fatis. With the troops stationed here suppressing it, even if the entire pass is currently filled with spies and spies, it will not be able to gain the upper hand in the face of absolute force.
The local residents have already been bought by Kant's money offensive, and it can be said that they are extremely grateful.
Betrayal is impossible.
Except for those vassal knights who want to go further.
But even the vassal knights who nominally took refuge in Kant did not get the key reuse.
Even if you lead the troops out to deal with the demonized creatures or low-level gnolls you encounter every day, the troops are mixed with the Swadian infantry and the original pikemen of the Stone Pass.
Although nominally commanded by the vassal knights, the Swadian infantry, as the mid-level commander, could refute it.
That means they also have command.
It is equal to overhead.
If Kant or Fatis completely announced the deprivation of the command rights of these vassal knights, then these knight lords would not be able to take any soldiers away. We formed a good friendship.
In comparison, the lofty attitude of those knights and their ignorance of the low-level infantry will not make the rest of the pikemen truly loyal.
Whoever gives money will be loyal to whom, and whoever treats them well will be loyal to whom.
The pikemen of Stone Pass are no fools.
This is where nibbles have an advantage.
The light cavalry troops set off quickly and disappeared on the flat field, aiming at the East County Territory, a land that had been closed for a long time.
(end of this chapter)