Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 174 Every family has a hard-to-read scripture
Chris Mann stood on the loess slope at the edge of Tongque Terrace, watching a group of recruits running past him—when they passed by him, the recruits, led by the instructors, raised their right hands to their foreheads. He shouted "Hello, sir" unevenly.

Hearing this unfamiliar address, Chris's young face couldn't help turning red, but he quickly lowered his head and pulled the brim of the thick cloth military cap with his hands, cleverly concealing his embarrassment.

In terms of personal combat power, Chris Mann can be regarded as one of the best archers within the scope of the two platforms of Phoenix Terrace and Tongque Terrace;

But after all, the lord couldn't bear to send this reliable young man who followed him all the way from Eagle's Rest Castle and the infected area to the front line as a scout or ordinary guard - it would be too overkill to do so.

Therefore, shortly after Igor's pioneering army started recruiting, Xia Houyan swiped his pen and transferred Chris from the security team led by Alice Comstock, and placed him in Juan Clement In the special "Igor Pioneering Army", let him be a commander's adjutant——

——Although the word "commander" in this name is a bit misleading given the current size of Igor's pioneering army, but in truth, Chris is already the leading figure in the pioneering army.

Whether it's seniority, ability, or personal relationship with Clement and the lord, in the entire territory, there is indeed no one who is more suitable to be the second in command of the pioneering army than Chris Mann, a direct descendant of Eagle's Rest.

The personal status has been soaring, and even Chris's full-body outfit has followed suit.

Now, he no longer wears the light leather armor required for scout work, but has put on a decent, imperial-style officer's uniform overcoat—of course, it is a copycat version of Shuangfengling.

The lord and the tailors of the artisan group, who had long been afraid of poverty, did not lose their original intentions because they got rich overnight, and it was even more impossible to spend precious funds on such insignificant things as purchasing military uniforms;
However, Xia Houyan also insisted that there should be some outfits, and that the military uniforms should be neat and tidy, which will greatly improve morale and publicity. Don’t you see how many of the Internet morale sticks on the earth were suppressed? The large lapel with plenty of virtue attracts the past?
The end result is that when Frostmaple Ridge tailors make officer uniforms, they strive to find a balance between beauty and practicality.

Take for example the large-brimmed military cap that Chris wore on his head and designed by the lord himself. It is sewn with thick cloth——in order to maintain the shape, the inside and outside of the military cap are fixed with iron wire and thick thread respectively, so that it almost maintains the handsome shape that Xiahou's heart misses.

Of course, even Chris Mann's current outfit is a prototype test product initially produced by the artisan group, and the output is only two or three sets. It is considered that the Lord Lord specially allocated it to Chris. can get;
——If it weren't for Juan Clemente, the commander of the pioneering army, he would not be able to take off the heavy metal armor of the ghost. This is the only trial product of the military uniform, and it really can't be the pioneer of Chris Mann. The deputy of the army will wear it.

As for the soldiers of the pioneering army at the lower level, the clothing level is obviously more about the practicality in battle than the aesthetics. When the battle is really going to be a cotton coat with chain mail, it is basically the same as the uniform of the empire's ordinary conscripts.

If there is any old equipment that Chris still has all over his body, it is a longbow on his back and a pair of battle-tested porcupine leather gloves in his hands.

When Alan Hotelling found Chris, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Pioneering Army was standing on the loess slope, picking off porcupine gloves one by one——

——This action was taught to Chris by Xiahou Daguan himself. It is quite forceful and looks very Gestapo.

"Hello, sir!" Alan stood still panting, and saluted Chris, "Reservist of the Pioneering Army, Alan Hotelling, report to you!"

"Don't be too polite..." Being called "sir" for the second time in a short period of time, Chris had already gotten used to it, so he waved his hand casually.

Then, he clutched the gloves, put his hands behind his back, and carefully looked at Alan, who was not much younger than himself.

Alan Hotelling swallowed nervously.

"Are you...the second batch of conscripts to join the Pioneering Army?" Chris asked.

"Yes, sir... I'm from Nanliu Town." Allen nodded hurriedly, "I signed up on the first day my lord and Instructor Lawrence went to Nanliu Town to enlist!"

"Hmm..." Chris looked at Alan with a half-smile, "I heard from Tom...uh... Lawrence Instructor, when you registered, you claimed that you didn't want ten gold coins a month for military pay, but only a monthly salary of [-] gold coins. Five gold coins...why?"

Alan Hotelling took a deep breath and replied in a deep voice:
"Because I didn't come here for money! I came here to exterminate bandits and make the wasteland a stable and peaceful place!"

Chris stared at the recruit for a while, and asked:

"You have a grudge against bandits?"

"Yes." Alan gritted his teeth, "They killed my father, my mother, and... also killed my brother."

Chris stared at Alan's light gray eyes, was silent for a moment, and asked:
"You are a native of the wilderness, right? Are you familiar with the bloodthorn forest land at the northeast of Frost Maple Ridge and at the foot of the Dusty Mountain Range?"

"Uh... in the northeast of Stardew Valley?" Alan pondered for a moment, then replied decisively, "The locals in our Soul Breaking Land call it the 'Red Forest'... Yes, I am familiar with it, the 'Red Forest' ...Well, the center of the 'Bloodthorn Woodland' is the biggest bandit camp in the Dust Mountain Range, the Blood Demon Village."

Chris nodded again, he looked away from Allen's face, and asked casually:
"Hotelling, are you tired of chopping wood?"

Allen was taken aback for a moment, then nodded fiercely.

"I see that you only have a sling in your hand now..." Chris pointed to Allen's waist, tilted his head and said, "Go to the warehouse of Phoenix Terrace and get an elf dagger and a saber—if If you can shoot arrows, it would be great to get a short bow. Reserve soldier Alan Hotelling, the lord has an important task for you."

Before the color of ecstasy climbed up Allen's cheeks, Chris suddenly remembered something and asked:

"By the way... do you know Mountbatten? Sean Mountbatten?"

The gloomy and thin young man yelled "cross the river" to everyone, and all of a sudden came into Alan's mind.He only felt a tightness in his heart, subconsciously replied:
"I know, Mountbatten and I joined the pioneering army...what's the matter?"

"Nothing." Chris shook his head. "I recently heard rumors that this Mr. Mountbatten seems to like to talk among the recruits, promoting his own damn theory..."

"Will he be in trouble?" Allen opened his mouth.

"It doesn't matter what I say." Chris chuckled, "It doesn't matter what the lord says."

……

A certain lord who really "has the final say" in Shuangfengling is now listening to the report in the Phoenix Terrace, in his own lord's big tent.

The little maid, Anjie Randall, was standing behind the lord in a lively manner. In the teapot she embraced, the precious slices of purple-leaf long ginger were almost soaked to the point of being transparent, but the mood of a certain nobleman was obviously not caused by the herbal medicine. How much the effect has improved.

"How much?! How much did you say?!" Xia Houyan pressed the table with one hand and pinched his eyebrows with the other, and asked fiercely.

"Yes, they raised the price by 20.00%." ​​Master Donald stood in front of the lord with an innocent face and shrugged, "No way, our own production capacity is limited, and the remaining spare parts are missing, we can only Go to the south bank of the Lionheart River to buy."

"Profitable merchants! It's normal to sit on the ground and raise prices..." Master Laurie comforted him.

You really understand the psychology of profiteers... Xia Hou thought bitterly, when he sold the charm scrolls, this old bastard must have made a lot of money...

"Have you asked Faulkner?" He asked with the last hope, "Do you have any explanation?"

"What Faulkner means is that it is the businessman's freedom to set prices for commodities. As the chairman of the 'Left Bank Alliance', he has no right to interfere." Master Donald reluctantly repeated Faulkner's diplomatic rhetoric.

"The women who can lead their family on Sunday are also my freedom!" Xia Houyan yelled, "This group of liars who want to make money from war are no longer ordinary businessmen, they must fight hard!"

The crowd was silent.

"All in all, in order to ensure that the attack of the bandit coalition is safe, the repair of the ballista is still necessary..." Master Kobe, whose burns and leg injuries have gradually improved, and can now show off everywhere in a wheelchair, said slowly, "We will eat it as soon as possible." It’s a bit of a loss, and I have to buy the necessary parts first... You are really angry, and you can settle the score with this dealer later..."

"That's it..." Xia Houyan frowned and sat back in the chair, sighing, "Is the fund still enough?"

"Aquamarine crystals are enough. We sent people to Dragon Bone Peak a few days ago and brought back a lot of supplies..." Mayor Joel, who was in charge of financial affairs, smacked his lips, "However, the market around the Lion Heart River is close to saturation. It would be a bit difficult to exchange the aquamarine crystals into gold coins—it would be better to send someone to a farther place to trade, so that the exchange rate between aquamarine crystals and gold coins would be more substantial."

Everyone in the lord's tent knew in their hearts that the so-called "farther place" refers to the north bank of the Lionheart River, the site of the Grand Duke of Houston.

"Use the existing gold coins if you have enough. If you don't have to, don't go to Houston to cause trouble..." Xia Houyan sighed.

One hundred times in his heart he wanted to hang up that old bastard in Houston to show the public, but at present, the main enemy of Frost Maple Ridge is the bandit coalition army in the land of cracked soul after all.

The plan for the Northern Expedition against the Grand Duchy of Houston can only be delayed a little bit.

"Then I have to persuade you..." Mayor Joel said dryly, "Is our Shuangfengling's expenses too high these days? The money for conscription, money for purchases, money for distribution Food and military pay...Even if you made a sum of elf wealth in Dragon Bone Peak, you can't squander it like this..."

"How can you make money without spending money?" The lord dismissed the old man's stinginess.

"With all due respect, if this continues, your aquamarine crystal will bottom out in less than two months, and then you will have to consider how to sell elf crafts." Mayor Joel sharply said, "And I haven't seen it yet, How on earth can you make money."

"Bandit!" Xia Houyan sneered, "Those bandits who cast themselves into the net are white silver and yellow gold!"

Everyone understands that the lord of Ganqing is planning to use war to support war, maybe he is thinking of capturing bandit slaves and selling them to make money!
"Bandits are not elves that everyone loves. In the southern region where manpower is abundant, I believe that neither Faulkner nor Houston should be interested in buying a group of long-haired, rough men who don't work hard as slaves." The mayor Joel, who deeply felt that the lord was not in charge of the family and did not know how expensive he was, began to pour cold water on the boss's whimsical ideas.

Vilf, who was pounding the lord's back, had a proud expression on her face again.

Everyone present once again deeply doubted whether this girl's brain is really missing a string...

"Mother Xipi!" Xia Houyan waved his hands irritably, "If there is no market in the empire, I will sell them to the demons at worst!"

The lord's speech was so absurd that everyone thought it was exhausting.

"Speaking of demons..." Tom Lawrence, who recently became the director of the Political Department of the "Huangpo Military Academy" and in charge of recruit training, said with a bitter face, "After you sent Miss Karen Lepage back to the west, now everyone No one can teach the pioneers a lesson in tactics..."

Another worry... Xia Houyan sucked his teeth, shook his head and said:
"The matter of teaching can only be discussed after Knight Commander Cousins ​​and the others come back... Do you think I don't want to keep Karen? But after all, she still has the task of leading the Luna Village to suppress bandits in the west, so it's not good. Long stay at the Phoenix Stage..."

The crowd sighed again.

Although in recent days, the development speed of Shuangfengling can only be described as advancing by leaps and bounds, but as the affairs become more and more complicated, the gaps in the management ability and staffing of the territory itself are increasingly exposed. In the past ten days, Yi Ge Few of the senior members of the Er family can sleep soundly.

Sometimes when I look back, in the infected area, I only think about the days of escaping and surviving. The danger is dangerous, but it is also so fucking pure...

"It's not easy for everyone during this time, so pay more attention to rest!" Seeing that the atmosphere of this high-level meeting was getting heavier, Master Laurie clapped his hands hurriedly, and said loudly, "When the bandit coalition's offensive is over and the weather warms up, the crops will be destroyed." With the harvest, things will all get better!"

The participants echoed listlessly, their vitality index comparable to that of sea fish stranded on the beach.

"You too, my lord, rest more on weekdays." Master Laurie turned his head and narrowed his eyes at the official Xiahou, "Don't act recklessly just because you are young, and take a good rest when you should rest at night ..."

The faces of some girls in the tent turned red for some reason.

"Let's discuss the next topic. Regarding the active reconnaissance of the Bandit Alliance, I already have a plan..." The expression on the Lord Lord's face did not change at all.

(End of this chapter)