"Rego, how many people are there in the family's army now?"
"Counting the soldiers that Raymond had brought to Ice Rock City before, the family army still has about 600 people in total."
"Six hundred..." Colin rubbed his head, a little depressed.
In fact, it was all due to his dead ghost father, who buried most of the family's army on the frontline battlefield, and now the Angelet family was left with the last bit of wealth.
"We need to expand our army!" Colin gritted his teeth.
He is sober, in this dangerous different world, only the army is the foundation of his foothold.
If he could also have an army as terrifying as the Black Cavalry, then he would have to ask Colin for his opinion on who the master of the northern border was.
Therefore, Colin handed over the lord's daily affairs to the steward Aemon, and his main energy would be on army building.
"Yes, Lord Viscount! How many troops do you need?"
Colin picked up the mug and took a sip. The coffee in it was already cold, and the bitter taste cleared his mind.
"First replenish the regular army to 1,000 people, and then form a reserve force of 1,000 people. I will give you one month, is it enough?"
"Enough!" The two brothers slapped their chests loudly and said loudly.
Colin nodded, believing that the two brothers should be able to complete this task well.
However, Rego and Raymond will recruit and train infantry, while the cavalry that Colin really desires needs to be found by others.
"Raymond, go and see if Knight Shire is awake. If he wakes up, let him come to see me immediately."
"yes."
After Raymond left, Colin sat back behind the desk, waved to Imon, and began to hand over the mountain of official documents to him.
The affairs of the territory are complicated. Fortunately, Aemon is here, otherwise Colin will really be in a state of distress for a while.
Knight Rego sat beside him in a daze.
But he was a person who couldn't sit still. After drinking the ale, he started scratching his ears and looking around.
Colin didn't have time to talk to him at the moment.
Unexpectedly, not long after, Lei Ge took the initiative to speak: "Master Viscount, hehe, I have a small request..."
"Say." Colin didn't lift his head.
"Hey." Lei Ge touched his bald head, with a slightly embarrassed expression on his face, "I heard that this time your new fief includes a place called Binghu Town, right?"
"Yes. The former lord there was Baron Billy, but this idiot participated in the lord's rebellion and was executed by the duke. The duke also rewarded me with the territory."
"That's right, that's right there." Lei Ge rubbed his hands and said hesitantly, "Do you know that there is actually, actually, the former fiefdom of our Moben family..."
Hearing this, Colin put down the official document in his hand, and looked up at Lei Ge with a trace of scrutiny in his eyes.
"How do I remember that the former fiefdom of the Moben family was Cotton Town?"
"That's right, you remember correctly, Cotton Town was indeed our family's former fief. However, before becoming the lord of Cotton Town, our family's fief was actually in Binghu Town.
That was a long time ago, and even Baron Angelet didn't know about it.
The place where the Moben family really rose was actually Binghu Town. "
The scrutiny in Ke Lin's eyes faded away, and he said with a smile, "I see, it seems that your family has gone through ups and downs."
Colin almost thought that Rego had lied just now.
If Rego hadn't explained it clearly later, then Colin might really have to re-examine the loyalty of this seemingly simple and honest knight.
"Hey, yes." Lei Ge couldn't help touching his bald head again.
This made Colin wonder whether this guy's hair was bald by himself like this...
Colin already understood what Rego meant by now. This guy probably wanted him to keep Ice Lake Town for the Moben family, and reward them after he made meritorious service.
But Colin suddenly wanted to tease the big fool.
"Do you want to go back and have a look?"
"Uh..." Lei Ge was stunned for a moment, and then quickly nodded, "Yes, yes! I really want to go back and have a look... After all, it's been so many years, and I don't know how it's developing now..."
"Of course you can go, I will give you a few days off. However, after you go, you have to say hello to the lord there and pay attention to etiquette."
"Leader... the lord?" Lei Ge was dumbfounded immediately, "You, have you already entrusted Binghu Town to someone else?"
Ke Lin held his chin, looked at Lei Ge's stupid look, and thought it was quite amusing: "Yes, the candidate has been confirmed, but it hasn't been formally canonized yet."
Lei Ge blushed anxiously: "Then, who did you confer the title of Binghu Town to?"
Colin leaned back in the chair with a smile, and felt that he had played enough with this big fool, so he said truthfully, "Raymond Mauben."
"Ray... Raymond!" Rego realized that Colin was teasing him, and he was relieved.
I saw him take a step forward, knelt down on one knee, and said solemnly: "Thank you for your gift to the Moben family, our brothers will always remember it in our hearts!"
"What? Don't you blame me for giving the title to your brother instead of you?"
"Of course not. I already know the contribution that my younger brother has made along the way with you, and he really deserves the award!"
"That's good. After you two help me train the first batch of troops, I will canonize Raymond as the Baron of Ice Lake Town, and I will let you go back with him to have a look."
"Thank you, my lord!"
In fact, Colin had long planned to confer Raymond as a baron.
After all, Raymond followed him all the way to escape, and it was really hard work.
And loyal.
If he wants to confer a baron now, it must be Raymond.
However, Raymond's fief was decided by Ke Lin on a whim after hearing Lei Ge's story and learning that Binghu Town was the old fief of the Moben family.
"Boom boom boom."
"Come in."
The door opened again, and Raymond led Charles in.
"Master Viscount!"
The Shire knight saluted Colin respectfully, as if it was the same as before.
However, Ke Lin still noticed that there seemed to be some vague connection between the two, as if it was a kind of echo in the blood...
Moreover, although the rank of the Shire knight is still higher than that of Colin, Colin feels that he can completely suppress the opponent.
This is not the suppression of strength, but the suppression of blood!
Colin felt that the Shire knights, a family created through the complete first embrace ceremony, could not be called blood slaves.
It would be more appropriate to call bloodborn.
"Rego, Raymond, go down first, the recruitment and training of the army will start immediately."
"Yes, Lord Viscount." The two brothers bowed and left.
"Aemon, you should leave first. Take care of the daily affairs of the territory first, and discuss with me if you have any doubts."
"Yes, sir."
After Aemon also left, the study suddenly fell silent.
Colin looked at the Shire knight, hesitating how to greet his first blood.
However, the Shire knight had knelt down on one knee, clasped his left hand in front of his chest, and said devoutly:
"Master Chosen One, thank you for the grace you have bestowed upon me!"
(end of this chapter)