Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 387 Mayor Duboff

On the 27th of January, 1779, the General Calendar of the Asian continent, Lorist returned to Rock Castle.

The family did not hold a New Year celebration this year. One is that Lorist is not in the territory as the head of the Norton family, and the other is that it is a bit untimely to hold such a celebration during the war. However, the strategy to destroy the Iberian Kingdom was completed, and the provinces of Winston and the Southern Province were included in the sphere of influence of the four alliances of the Northland. The Feisabrun family had been trapped in the three provinces of the grassland, and the head of Lorist had another crown. The laurel of the Governor of Windbury King City, which almost means that Winston Province will also become a direct territory of the Norton family.

It is conceivable that although there is no New Year celebration this year, tomorrow's New Year celebration will be even more lively, and a group of nobles will join the Norton family's wings. At that time, Lorist also canonized a large number of territorial nobles and honorable nobles in recognition of their contributions to the family in the past two years.

The news that the mountain barbarians were coming to attack the family territory at the end of last year did not cause panic among the people in the territory, but the heavily guarded Rock Castle still shrouded an atmosphere of tension and killing. Lorist returned to the back fort of the central castle, but found that only Diliana came out to greet her with her one-year-old son. When I asked, I found out that her two nieces, Aridoli, and her sister Fenna Galli, ran to the new Baron Dina in Dremque, and Diliana was worried about the cold weather. She refused to go with her baby boy.

The other two newly-acquired concubines did not expect that Lorist would return in January, and both returned to their families to celebrate the New Year together at the end of last year. Okay, just go, anyway, Dilianna will be covered in the bed at night. But Lorist still didn't sleep well, because this baby boy was too noisy at night, either he wanted to breastfeed or he cried because his mother was not around. In addition, Lorist tossed Diliana three or four times in a row, As a result, I didn't close my eyes much all night.

Lorester was about to go to the study to make up his mind. He was walking to the study with a yawn, but saw Shihuade appear in front of him: "Your Highness, Lord Tagle and Mr. Duboff have been waiting in the reception room for more than an hour. ."

It is not surprising that Tagle came so early in Lorister, but who is Dubrov? It sounds familiar.

Seeing Lorist’s bewildered expression, Schwart knew he could not remember: "His Royal Highness, Mr. Duboff was the former head of the Five Sword Mercenary Corps, and was later appointed by you as the mayor of Liangshan Town."

Oh, come to think of it, back then, I hired five sword mercenary regiments to garrison the guard post at the junction of the family territory and the Demon Dragon Mountain Range, as the first line of defense against the mountain barbarian descending invasion, to provide a timely alert for the family. But later I went to the mountain barbarian tribe, and learned that the mountain barbarian tribe in the neighboring family territory was in civil strife, and he went up and down the mountain to take captives for a while. Therefore, the outpost between the two mountains has been peaceful and unimportant, except for several small-scale attacks by the mountain barbarians in the two years since its establishment.

Later, in the black mud swamp on the side of the family development territory, a long defensive wall was built between Guishan and Woliugang along the border of the territory, and the Guishan Fortress and Woliugang Fortress were built. The guard camp, the outpost located between the two mountains outside the family territory, can be abandoned, and the family has terminated the employment agreement with the Five Sword Mercenary Group.

Lorester wanted to incorporate the Five Sword Mercenary Corps into his family's armed forces after suspending the employment agreement, but the leader of the Five Sword Mercenary Corps Duboff rejected this proposal. He said that he was old and didn't want to continue the knife. In the life of licking blood, the mercenary group is about to disband, whether to join the Norton family armed forces can let those mercenary group members freely choose.

But Mr. Duboff was a little reluctant to live in the two-mountain post that had lived for several years. Because of the peace in the past few years, the two mountain post has developed into a small village. Many mercenaries and adventurers have used this as a base to explore the Demon Dragon Mountain Range. There are also small traders who are familiar with the customs of the mountain barbarians and go to the mountain barbarian tribes. Commodity trading drove some nimble mountain barbarians to use the special products of the Devil Dragon Mountain Range to barter in this small village and town, making this small village and town a small window connecting the mountain barbarians.

It was just that Lorist had just returned from the mountain barbarian at that time, and the encounter with people who could not talk to others made the mountain barbarian the biggest taboo in Lorist’s heart. He did not expect to use this small sentry village to infiltrate and influence the mountain barbarian. Since Duboff The head of the regiment didn’t want to leave this post, so Lorist swiped his pen and appointed him as the mayor of the newly-named Liangshan Town. Except for paying a tax to the family every year, the family is not in the town. Intervene and let everything go. For Lorist, this place is outside the family territory anyway, whether it is there or not, the family doesn't matter.

Until the family established the Volibear Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, Tagle, as the supervisor, was keenly aware of this small town outside of the family’s territory, and dispatched personnel to conduct a detailed investigation of the town, and found that the town was in The first five swords mercenary regiment leader Duboff's development is organized and promising. In addition, Mayor Duboff also guarded himself. He always believed that Liangshan Town belonged to the Norton family. He didn't do anything wrong because the family did not interfere with Liangshan Town to breed ambitions. In addition to paying family taxes every year, the surplus funds are used to develop public service facilities and housing construction in Liangshan Town, making Liangshan Town a town with a population of more than 2,000 for hunting, collecting medicine, and fighting against the mountains. Tribal trading is the main thing.

Tagle submitted a report on Liangshan Town to Lorist two years ago. He believed that Liangshan Town could be brought under the management of the family and invested in the development to make it a great deal with the mountain barbarian tribe. The large-scale commodity trading market is just like the commercial firm set up by the Kenmes family in the eastern Northland to trade with the mountain barbarian tribes. Not only can the family obtain a large number of precious medicinal materials and special products from the Demon Dragon Mountain Range, it can also explore and Learn about the movements of the mountain barbarian tribe.

It was just that at that time Lorist was full of intrigue with the Second Highness and the strategy plan for the Principality of Malades, coupled with the memory of the unbearable encounter with the mountain barbarian tribe, made him ignore this report. I casually approved one and paid it off if I knew it, and went to the archives. But no matter how to escape, what should come is still coming. The threat of the mountain barbarian tribe to the family territory is always there, and now it is finally imminent.

"Get me a basin of ice water to wash my face, and then bring the two of them to the study to see me." Lorester felt that he should wake up a bit and understand the alarm about the upcoming invasion of the mountain barbarian tribe against the family. Derived.

Tagle and Duboff were quickly taken to the study, and after an audience with Lorist, Tagle reported how he had sounded the alarm.

The matter was first discovered by the mayor of Dubrov in Two Mountain Town. Duboff reported that each autumn is the most active period of the mountain barbarian tribes in the Devil Dragon Mountain Range, and the trade between the two mountain towns and the mountain barbarian is also the most. Mayor Duboff discovered a strange phenomenon when inspecting the trading market. Most of the mountain barbarians who came to Liangshan Town this time were unwilling to bargain with the dealers. Even if they suffered a loss, they would complete the transaction indifferently and purchase the materials. Most of them are based on iron and weapons.

This is not right, Mayor Duboff immediately became aware that Shanbari has suffered a loss in trading with merchants, but the Shanbarans who traded in Liangshan Town a few years ago are all old oilers, and their heads are turning faster than one. They are deceived. There are more and more traders, and there are not a few traders who have been deceived to lose money by taking these Shanbarans as triumphs. But this time these savage trades are so honest. I don’t care if I suffer a loss and I have purchased so many ironware and weapons, instead of my favorite daily necessities, it feels weird.

Mayor Duboff secretly found an old mountain barbarian who had been rescued by Mayor Duboff before. That was the first time that Lao Shan Man went to Liangshan Town, and met a group of tyrannical mercenaries. He fancyed a good white* leopard skin that Lao Shan Man bought and sold. He had to use a low-quality long sword. Exchange, and boasted that this was a sharp weapon. Lao Shan barbarian touched with the short dagger he brought, and the magical blade was broken in two. Laoshan barbara refused to change it, so the mercenary group accused the old mountain barbarian of destroying their magical blade and rushed forward. Beat Lao Shan Man to vomit blood.

Just then Mayor Duboff happened to pass by and rescued the old mountain barbarian. After asking the facts, he punished the group of mercenaries. Since then, the old mountain barbarian has been friends with Mayor Dubov, and he often brought some rare items. Special products and medicinal materials went to the Mayor of Duboff’s house as a guest. With such friendship, Mayor Duboff believed that Lao Shanman would reveal some news to him.

Sure enough, the old mountain barbarian told Mayor Duboff that last year was the Kupavisan Festival held every 12 years by the mountain barbarian tribe, which is the year when the mountain **** Kupavisan most admired by the mountain barbarian was born. Various commemorative celebrations and activities were held that year, such as a monthly blood sacrifice, slaughtering a large number of livestock to sacrifice to the mountain god, and all the patriarchs of the mountain barbarian tribes went to the holy land of Smore Megan Mountain to participate in the Baivis Conference. Of course Those participating in the conference were all large mountain barbarian tribes, and the patriarchs were all Jambasen from various regions of the Demon Dragon Mountain Range, which was the meaning of each lord.

The largest mountain barbarian tribe adjacent to the Norton family territory is called the Habibaba tribe. The patriarch is Daqiang Basen, which is equivalent to the grand duke of a human country. It also governs more than 20 mountain barbarian tribes. In the past, the Habibaba tribe had been vying with another big mountain barbarian tribe for the name of Great Strong Basen. This time I went to participate in the Baivis Conference. The mountain barbarian tribe finally surrendered and the patriarch of the Habibaba tribe got his wish. Become a strong bassoon. After the meeting came back, Daqiang Basen decided that he should show the flat people below the mountain some more powerful things. The mountain barbarian tribes below have received the mobilization order. It is very likely that the joint army of the mountain barbarian tribes will go down the mountain next year. Therefore, the mountain barbarians who came to trade this year purchased the most iron tools, and they wanted to melt these iron tools to cast arrows and weapons.

Lao Shanman advised Mayor Duboff that it is best to avoid him next year, leave Liangshan Town, and not stand in front of the front of the mountain barbarian army to avoid accidents. The mountain barbarians who descended this time were at least 100,000 in size. Daqiang Basen heard the report from his mountain barbarian that the Norton family territory is now developing quickly, and he has put his idea on the Norton family territory. I heard that some traders were bought by the mountain barbarian to become their spies. The mountain barbarian army leads the way...

After Mayor Duboff got the news, he reported to his family. Tagger went to investigate and found that the news was true. More than one old man and Mayor Duboff had made friends to reveal the news, and there were many other man who came to trade in fine wine. Under the temptation of some exquisite luxury goods, it also revealed the intelligence that the mountain barbarian army will go down the mountain next year.

At the end of November, the old mountain barbarians came to Liangshan Town for the last time and told Mayor Duboff that a group of grass barbarians had come to the Habibaba tribe, and they came to ask the great strong Bason to immediately organize an army to invade the Norton family territory. And vowed to say that the Norton family territory is now empty, and there are not many troops in the territory. When the old mountain man went down the mountain, he didn't know if Daqiang Basen agreed to this group's request. He was just worried that Mayor Duboff would not be able to prevent it and would suffer unjustified disasters, so he asked Mayor Duboff to avoid him.

However, just as Lorist expected, the mountain barbarian tribe would never go down the mountain to looting when the winter was approaching. Even if the strong Bassen wanted to agree to the request of the grass barbarian group, it would be impossible to do it. There was not enough cold clothing. It's quite impossible to go back to the old nest after getting down the mountain. As soon as the heavy snow can't even use a knife and gun, a large area will freeze to death. Lorist estimated that it would not be until April at the earliest, after the rainy season, the mountain barbarians would go down the mountain.

With an army of more than 100,000 mountain barbarians, Lorist sneered. The Norton family now is not in his father's time. A few hundred mountain barbarians can capture the cattle and sheep that the family grazes, and run wild in the family territory. Today's Norton family is simply a giant, and its strength is comparable to that of a kingdom. Whether it is armaments or family weapons, it is unknown how many mountain barbarians are beyond those original equipment, let alone one hundred thousand mountain barbarians, even more than one hundred thousand. Food delivery materials.

"His Royal Highness, I have a map of the gold mine here to dedicate to you." Mayor Duboff stood up and carefully took out a piece of worn-out animal skin paper from his arms and placed it on the table in front of Lorist.

Tagger was taken aback, obviously he hadn't anticipated this situation, and it seemed that he didn't know that Mayor Duboff had this gold mine map.

"In fact, this gold mine was not discovered by me, and this gold mine is also owned." Mayor Duboff explained: "Two years ago, an old mercenary hit a mountain barbarian's poisoned arrow. I found a coma while hunting. It’s a pity that he has not been saved from poisoning, and he gave me this map before he died. I have searched carefully for the past two years and found that this gold mine is here, in the depths of the Black Forest, in Wolverine and Rock Castle In the depths of the black forest, there is a hill and a stream, where the gold mine is located. However, there is a mountain barbarian tribe of 20,000 to 30,000 in this area.

Your Highness, to be honest, I also have selfish intentions, and I also thought about monopolizing this gold mine. But I found that I couldn't deal with this mountain barbarian tribe, so I can only dedicate this gold mine map to you. "

Lorist admired the frankness of Mayor Duboff. At this moment, he remembered the mountain barbarian cavalry he had encountered on the way from Fenglin Mountain Villa to Rock Castle~www.readwn.com~ After the great power of Josk's arrow, The mountain barbarian cavalry dropped their arrows and their companions escaped into the Black Forest. Later, they inspected the corpses of the mountain barbarian cavalry and found that they had a small leather bag with golden sand around them. At that time, I suspected that the mountain barbarians might have a golden sand. Mine, it seems that the gold mine and mountain barbarian tribe mentioned by Mayor Duboff are probably the mountain barbarian cavalry he encountered back then.

"Thank you, Mayor Duboff. We will remember your contribution to the family. The family will not treat your loyal people wrongly. We thank you for your efforts." Lorist stood up and expressed his gratitude.

"You're welcome. It's an honor to work for the Norton family." Mayor Duboff hurriedly responded flattered.

"Tagel, you take Mayor Duboff to rest in the Rock Castle for a few days. When the Flying Tigers arrive, we will hold a military meeting to discuss how to deal with the mountain barbarian army. At that time, you will need to trouble Mayor Dubov to introduce us to the mountain barbarian. Situation. Let’s do that first."

"Yes, Your Highness." Tagle stood up.

"Thank you, Your Highness, I am happy to work for the family." Mayor Duboff said.

……(To be continued.)