Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 160. 158. Earl Maned Wolf's Mobilization Order
"Everyone, thank you for coming here. To be honest, after we experienced such a war last winter, we really shouldn't continue to fight this year." On the morning of the 25th, all the vassals arrived at the Earl's Mansion in Maned Wolf City. In a hall, the Earl sat in the most central chair in front of the hall in a splendid attire.

The vassals stood on the left side in front of the earl, and Rand, as one of the viscounts in the earl's territory, stood behind the elk viscount and before the other barons.

On the right in front of the earl are his family knights, the captains of the Maned Wolf Knights, and other branch members of the Maned Wolf family.

Everyone in the hall was looking at the earl, and Rant felt the dissatisfaction of the barons behind him, but everyone remained silent.

"However, no matter what we have experienced, the new year's war will not wait until we are ready. As lords, we have the responsibility to protect the land and protect the people, and we must always be ready for war," the count continued,

"Gentlemen, just yesterday, that is, February 2th, our neighboring country Kirislav marched into the Frostwolf Forest on the grounds of suppressing bandits. Completely eliminate the half-orc forces in the forest within a few months!" The earl's words aroused the vigilance of the vassals, who knew that the so-called suppression of bandits in the neighboring country was in essence to occupy the forest territory and obtain a larger territory.

"Young Master Bai Xiao and I have already decided that our Dragon Kingdom must help out in this matter, and we cannot let our neighbors eat up the entire forest! Except for the three territories of Rott, Galloping Horse, and Blue Magpie that were severely affected by the war just a few years ago. Besides, other territories need to be dispatched.

Don't worry, my Maned Wolf Knights will set off before the end of the month, and the knights will set off within 3 months, that is, before the end of May. We strive to occupy part of the forest before July! "The earl has finished talking about all the plans, and the vassals below began to talk about it.

"My lord, each of our families lost a lot in the war at the end of last year. I'm afraid we won't be able to send too many troops," Viscount Elk complained first.

The viscounts and barons present were all veterans, and they all knew the division of family power in the kingdom. The Earl of the White Owl Territory was held by King Dusen himself, and his own earl might be joining him now to show favor to the king's family.

Everyone doesn't mind if your earl accepts the certificate of honor, the problem is that you have to see if you can do it before you do it.

There are not only half-orc bandits in the Frostwolf Forest, but also Kirislav, the Blue Dragon Clan, the Red Dragon Clan, the Palace Commander, and the unique barbarians in the Frostwolf Forest. , Kirislav hasn't cleaned it up all these years, you three melons and two jujubes just rushed in?

No one in the hall was willing to say a word of support, and everyone obviously didn't want to rush into the big forest to fight the orcs.

"Don't worry too much. We and the Northern Earl's army are not going to wipe out the entire Frostwolf Forest. The current idea is to pick a half-orc tribe to wipe out and occupy the surrounding woodland.

This group of orcs has a half-bull leader, and the whole tribe has only 20-30 people.Earl Baixiao has already confirmed that he will send a 25-man cavalry team, and I will form a 50-man squadron together with them, as long as we can disperse this group of orcs. "The earl is quite confident about this plan,

"Fernando will lead a small group of maned wolf knights. Your knights will mainly perform the work of guarding and eliminating stragglers and rogues."

Seeing that the vassals below still didn't take over, the earl smiled, thinking that they really are a group of people who can't afford it early.

"Don't worry, we won't let everyone do it for nothing. The family that contributes the most will be rewarded with a bottle of intermediate potion."

"Oh?" "Intermediate potion?" The vassals below quickly made a movement, mid-level potion is a good thing, if one's own descendants are not up to date, they need this potion to guarantee the level of the family heir.

"Master Earl, don't worry, we will definitely bring someone over in three months." Viscount Elk was the first to express his opinion.

"That's right, Lord Earl, we will definitely bring our own family and horses. If you need us, we can come at the end of the month to build up momentum for Fernando!"

In a lively atmosphere, the meeting ended, only Rand was a little confused.

"It's none of my business to break the meeting? Why did you call me over? Why do you need me to come and listen if you don't need me to help?" Lante walked out very confused, but was caught by Fernando Maned Wolf halfway. Please go to another room of the castle.

"Viscount Rand, originally this war had nothing to do with you. I called you here for the first time this year to have a meeting in the territory, and there will be a banquet in the evening. I will hold several dances in the next two days, so please come and have fun together. It's lively, and you know more about children from other families." The earl was still talking half-lying down, unlike the radiant look just now, he now seems to be just an old man who is spending his old age peacefully.

"Thank you for your generosity."

"There is one more thing. I want to buy 20 sets of iron armor and 25 black-scaled horses from you this time to conquer the bandits in the north. Of course, I will buy them at the original price, so you won't lose money."

"In addition, I bought a batch of grain from Walnut Elk Marquis. Their old grain is cheaper. It is only less than two years old, which is cheaper than the grain in my warehouse. It will be available next month. If it can be delivered, you can buy it directly when you give away the iron armor and horses."

"Thank you sir." Rand didn't quite understand why the earl could always buy old grain, but why didn't he buy cheap grain?

However, Rand still doesn't quite understand that even if the food in the south can offset part of the price of the armor, the total cost is still quite high. How can such a stingy Earl get such a large sum of money?

"In addition, you should know that there is a department in the empire called the Palace Department, right?" Mentioning this institution, the old earl's eyes froze.

"Yes, I've heard of it."

"Stay away from them. What this department likes to do most is to provoke the relationship between nobles."

The earl watched Rand leave the room, and soon the housekeeper of the earl's mansion came to report.

"My lord, those two batches of magical plants bought from the Frostwolf Forest have been configured into potions. According to estimates, they should be able to sell for 2000 gold coins in the capital, and 2500 gold coins in our black market. There are quite a few of them." It is a potion suitable for monsters to take."

"It's the two batches of magic plants that were exchanged for salt, right?" The count glanced at the butler, "Very well, this month Derek will sell the remaining two batches of salt to the southern forest, where the lizard tribe Magical plants that can be exchanged for salt are even rarer"

"Yes, sir." The earl's butler is in charge of the entire earl's family's finances. He knows that Earl Maned Wolf's financial situation has suddenly improved since the end of last year, thanks to the viscount who just left.

(End of this chapter)