Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 159. 157. Booked a new war

At 18 o'clock in the evening on the 10th, after communicating with the salt mine, Rand finally met his father Huck Benma.

Lante was in such a hurry to come back because he wanted to discuss with his father why the Earl was in such a hurry to summon him.

"The earl summons only a few things, tax increase, war, and tax increase for war" Huck is very clear about the earl's routine, but all good things are explained in the letter. summoned.

The earl's letter was only sent to Rand alone. Now Rand is the leader of the Benma family, and the whole family does not need to go to such a meeting. Rand is enough to represent the two territories.

"Didn't you just finish the fight two months ago?" Rand is not afraid of fighting now, but just feels a little strange.

"Hey, you guys used to be young and didn't have much experience. In fact, there will be wars every year. Once the spring is planted and the autumn is harvested, the lords will prepare to fight. Anyway, they are idle, so it's time to relieve boredom." Huck said I don't seem to care too much.

"When you are free, you will fight in the village, right? Is this a lord or a street guy? Besides, I don't have that much free time. If you really have nothing to do, you can come and help me pick salt." Rant kept thinking I'm complaining.

"Our earl will take the vassals out to fight?"

"Generally there are three directions, the Frostwolf Forest in the north, the Galloping Horse Plain in the west, and the Lizardmen Tribe in the south." Huck continued to analyze, "We are pioneering nobles, so we have to explore from time to time, otherwise the kingdom will be destroyed." It’s time to take back the development rights.”

"Hi!" Seeing Rand's appearance, Huck knew that he didn't want to get involved, so he said with a slight smile, "Don't worry, our two territories have just experienced war, and it is customary not to participate in the next year's war. And now There is no more war on the Benma Plain, and the remaining two directions are too far away from us, and we can't afford the excitement."

Huck smiled and said, "I reckon, this time I invite you to dance. The Maned Wolf family holds various dances every spring and invites all the vassals."

"Then why don't you go there with your elder brother?" Lante was a little confused holding the earl's letter.

"Don't, you are the most powerful vassal under the earl's command. If you don't go, it will appear that you don't give him face." Huck knew his boss very well, "and if he really wants to fight, he has to find you to buy cheap equipment."

"If this is the case, please take care of Luo Teling during this time." Lante's stall is too big now, but there are too few people. Many matters involving core interests can only be watched by father and brother, " Pete will have a fresh shipment of salt over by the end of the month"

"I see, our family's caravan will leave at the end of the month, and we must deliver this batch of salt before the new season."

As the father and son reached an agreement, Rand took out a small bottle of potion from the space ring and handed it to Huck.

"Father, this is an intermediate potion. It was given to me by the church before. I think it should be given to one of the two brothers."

"Intermediate potion!" Huck stared at the glass bottle in Rand's hand, swallowing uncontrollably, "You didn't promise them anything, did you?"

Huck wanted to take it but didn't dare to take it. Generally, the mid-level potions were rewards given by the big nobles to the young people of the family. Every bottle of potion required young people to work for many years to get it.

"How can it be, this is a reward for exterminating gray geese." Lante stuffed the potion to the old man, "You see who will take it for them, I believe this is not the last bottle I get."

. . . .

On February 2, Blivinoyansk City, the westernmost earldom of Kirislav, the earl's mansion.

The Earl of the West, Lalzan Cattrall, was pacing back and forth in the luxuriously decorated study room. Lalzan had a big gray and white beard, and the right hand with the 7 gem rings kept twirling his beard.

"My lord, my lord!" Just as the count was pacing, his family scholar rushed in, "My lord, a fight has already started ahead, and our knight order is progressing very smoothly."

"How about Yeville?" Larzan stared at the scholar.

"The great knights of Yeville are also going well. Their knights have successfully penetrated into the core part of the Frostwolf Forest. We should be able to open the passage to the Galloping Horse Plain in April, no, even before March. .”

"Your Majesty is right. This is an armed parade. Not only can we take down the Frostwolf Forest in a few months, but we can even take a share of the Galloping Horse Plain." Cattrall rubbed his hands excitedly, a few gems The ring collided and made a "ding...ding" sound
"Yes, my lord, most of the half-orc tribes in the Frostwolf Forest have been bought by us, and only the remaining tribes are completely vulnerable!" The scholar continued to flatter, "We should now plan, Control the entire forest within a month, how to manage those half-orcs!"

"Hahahaha" the earl let out a rough laugh, his eyes narrowed. "Tell those worried nobles that we don't need to mobilize the knights of each family at all, and we can easily win the victory only by relying on your majesty and the knights directly under the territory!"

. . .

At the same time, in the depths of the Frostwolf Forest, a group of 25 Kirislav knights are rushing forward. The task they receive is to break through as far west as possible, and it is best to reach through the Frostwolf Forest in a few days. Rocky Love Pass, the eastern boundary of the Galloping Horse Plains.

The dim light in the forest, the dense trees, the occasional roots under the horse's hooves, and the branches protruding around all made it impossible for this knight order to display its usual speed.

"Captain, are we lost?" A knight said triumphantly, with a worried look on his face
"Impossible, my lord said all the way to the west, let's just go." The leading regiment leader calmed down.

"My lord, my horse seems to be dying!"

"It's okay, let's change another batch." The knights are configured according to 2 war horses per person and a batch of draft horses. It is the most luxurious level in the entire border area, although the war horses are just ordinary horses.

According to the requirements, speed is the most important thing. Horses that are too tired will temporarily carry lighter supplies. If they are injured or tired, they can only be abandoned on the road.

In this way, the Knights circled all the way to the night.

"Master, this forest is really evil. The path in the forest looks straight, but you always get lost when you walk."

"Yeah, I feel like we've been going around in circles several times." The knights chattered, full of worries about this operation.

"It's okay, the entire forest is not long, we can go out after two or three days." The head of the knight group comforted his subordinates. "We have found the river, and we can go out just by following the river."

The bonfire jumped up cheerfully, and in the bushes in the distance downwind, a pair of beast-like eyes were staring at the team of knights.

(End of this chapter)