Rise of the Lord of Mount and Blade

The soldiers who returned to the main world with Richard quickly accepted the reality. They stood neatly in a row and obeyed Richard’s orders.

Richard first looked towards Raima and the caravan behind her, and said, “You will follow us and enter Kleiner City soon. The goods can be sold in the local market. If someone asks Assuming your identity, it is said that you came from the desert in the south.”

“Understand, Captain.” Raima nodded promised, and then asked again: “Then we will go after Krener leaves. Where?”

“Don’t rush to set off. You can live here for a while and learn the general Touraine language. This will be of great help for you to do business in Touraine Kingdom in the future.” Richard said , And then he looked towards others, saying: “You are the same. You must learn Touraine as soon as possible. If you are the first to learn, you can come to me to receive the reward.”

The enthusiasm of the soldiers was immediately mobilized, be eager to have a try looking at Richard, Richard slightly smiled, and said: “Connie will take you back to Fort Loffey in a while. When you return to Fort Loffey, you You can start learning Touraine language.”

“Also, Fort Loffey is my Fiefdom. You must abide by the law when you get there. Don’t do anything that makes me difficult. Do you understand? “

“Understood, Captain.” The soldiers responded in unison.

Richard nodded, whether they really listened to it or not, at least it seems quite satisfying now.

“Oh right, Smith.” Richard suddenly thought of something, called Smith’s name, and said: “When you arrive at Fort Loffey, you can go to the blacksmith Martin and strike iron with him. Although I can’t make you the supervisor of a blacksmith shop at the moment, you can rest assured that it won’t take long before I can make you a real blacksmith.”

“Thank you Captain.” Smith said gratefully. Said.

Next, Richard asked Connie to take the others back to Fort Loffey, because the flag they were flying belonged to the Vareen family, so there was no need to worry about being stopped by the army of other lords. He personally took the remaining two Valandia Knights and the caravan into Kleine City. Richard doesn’t know what the caravan can develop in this World. The only thing he can do is to believe in Raima’s ability.

……

In a blink of an eye, half a month passed.

On the night of December 24, 1020, the large and small aristocrats from the Valantia area accepted the invitation of the Duke of Olsson and gathered in Kreborg to participate in this grand banquet.

In order to hold this banquet, the Duke of Olsson bought almost all the drinks in the city, and almost all the spices brought by Lema were bought, making Richard a lot of money. Pepper is worth a thousand dollars in this World. Although it is not so exaggerated, the price is still high. The Duke of Olsson bought most of the pepper and other spices, which allowed Richard to earn more than one thousand gold dinar.

Because Richard asked Lema to claim that he came from the southern desert, the Duke of Olsson did not know that these spices belonged to Richard. This also made him feel wise for his foresight, if he disclosed the business If the identity of the employer behind the team is his own, although the Duke will not ask him clearly, the dinar he earns will definitely not be so much.

The banquet held by the Duke can be said to be luxurious in this era. The host lavishly took out all the candles in stock and lit the whole hall. The drinks bought from the city seemed to be free of money. For the nobles to squander and drink, and the spice that was purchased with a lot of money, most of them were used in the baking of food. The whole hall was filled with the aroma of food, but it was also mixed with strong body odor and other scents. Several flavors were mixed in Together, let people sniff and get up.

Although I was complaining about how unpalatable the food of this era is, but finally I was able to eat food with condiments once, Richard couldn’t help being gorge oneself, he never felt that pepper was added Originally, his food was so delicious. Originally, he was worried that his eating meeting would look very ugly among the nobles, but he took the time to look at the people around him and found that he could be said to be elegant.

How do you say it, it’s like a pig stuffing oneself with food over there, with greasy mouths, and their clothes are stained with dripping juices, which looks like several decades. I’ve eaten the same… The old bastard when he sees it, he’ll call the expert.

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The banquet is just for celebrating the merits, or the Duke wants to show off his financial resources. On the 2nd day after the banquet, the nobles are talking to the Duke endlessly. In the praise, he left Kleiner and returned to their respective Fiefdom.

Richard was naturally one of them, but before leaving, the duke summoned him specially and explained to him the news from the aristocracy.

Duke Olsson didn’t do nothing during this half a month. He got news about the next meeting through his contacts in the aristocratic courtyard. It will be held on February 1st next year. At the meeting, the House of Nobles will discuss the issue of enfeoffment of Niang collar.

Under the joint promotion of the Duke of Olsson and the Fergus family of Richard’s mother, Richard Vareen’s name entered the list of candidates for entrustment, but the Duke himself was afraid of other forces. , And failed to get the chance of entrustment. Richard was able to become a candidate. In addition to being promoted by the Duke and the Fergus family, there is another reason. The Vareen family he belongs to belongs to the aristocratic faction, so he is also regarded as a member of the aristocratic faction. The Duke of Olsson who set up Sect is different.

And in order to expand the influence of the aristocratic faction, Richard, a young aristocrat who has made meritorious service in the war, was able to become one of the candidates.

In general, it is still the result of a game between several forces.

After learning the news, Richard felt an indescribable depression in his heart. What he hates most is the feeling of being a chess piece, being manipulated at will and unable to resist.

Richard swears secretly that one day he must get rid of this identity, he will become the chess player, not the pawn that is pinched.

With this feeling, Richard left Kleiner and embarked on the itinerary to return to Fiefdom Castle. He already had arrangements in his heart. After handling the affairs of Castle Lofi, he He must return to his hometown of Halls immediately and let his big brother and the whole family support him. As long as he can be promoted to earl, others must consider him if they want to use him as a pawn.