Riding and Slashing

Chapter 127 The Season of Harvest

After leading the team back to Changhe Town, Li Ang handed a letter to the leading knight.

"Bring this letter to Lord Fawcett, and you and your people will surely get a satisfactory result."

The knight took the parchment roll sealed with wax paint, took a deep breath, and turned to Li Ang, "My lord, I know that you have good intentions. I also know that under the current circumstances, those of us who stay in Changhe Town will only do well." Incur suspicion from all sides. But if... I mean if, if Lord Fawcett does not accept our offer, then we will become traitors to the Horton family!"

Indeed, giving up allegiance to Alma and switching to his son Fawcett is a normal behavior within the family, just standing in line.

In order to avoid taking responsibility and to get out of the embarrassing place of Changhe Town, these garrisons must very much hope to return to Lion Lake City.And now that they go to Fawcett, there is a great possibility that they will get a higher status, and they will switch to the Duke's heir when Alma is likely to be convicted. It is justified, and this knight will certainly not refuse.

However, if Fawcett's brain is broken and he does not accept their vote, then the leading knights of these garrisons will become masterless knights!
They will definitely be safe and sound with their troops, but the leading knights will be regarded as rebellious!

Being appointed by Alma as the leader of the garrison, this knight obviously has a high IQ, and he will not be fooled so easily.

"My friend, are you underestimating Lord Fawcett too much? Well, if Fawcett's head is caught by the door and he is unwilling to accept your offer of service—then you can bring your family members to Changhe Town and join me Or Lord Godric! I think you can understand that Lord Godric and I need a lot of manpower now! I can even buy your fief with dinars, lest you bear the reputation of rebellion!"

The lord smiled and gave him a safe retreat.

The garrison in Changhe Town left satisfied.

Of course, Li Ang's operation has a deep meaning, it's not for plotting military strength or being a noble person who is willing to do good things...

He is to make the external situation more favorable.

First of all, this would enable Godric's troops and the Horn Call Rangers to fill the vacancy in the garrison in the shortest possible time, and de facto control Longhe Town.

Secondly, this probably also conforms to King Ulrik's intentions.

The time when Lehman received the order was almost exactly after Fawcett brought Mrs. Bella to Sarleon City.

After seeing Fawcett and Mrs. Bella, King Ulric must have detained Duke Alma first, and then gave Leman an order to send the Lion Knights to take away the three prophets and stop their destruction of Longhe Town. ——Because Changhe Town will soon be accepted as a territory directly under his own jurisdiction!

The king can let the three prophets harm the village in order to eradicate the rebellion, but the harm is all other people's villages!

Once it became his own territory, how could he continue to let the Three Prophets mess around...

And with Changhe Town about to be taken back, Ulrik certainly doesn't want Changhe Town to keep a large number of Alma's troops, because it's hard to guarantee how these garrisons will react.

But it doesn't matter if Rivertown is taken over by the Clarion Callers or Godric's forces.

After all, the purpose of the Rangers is to defend their homeland, and Godric's wife is in Sarleon, so Ulrik must be at ease.

In the end, the lord sent the garrison to defect to Fawcett, also in order to make Alma and his son fight thoroughly.

If Fawcett was not stupid, he would definitely take advantage of his father's absence and win over these troops under his father to protect his position.

And once he did this, in Alma's eyes, he would really be a dutiful son...

If there is no accident, the scene of father's kindness and son's filial piety will soon be staged, and they will not have time to trouble the lord.

As for the letter that the lord wrote to the knight, he actually wanted to make a deal with Fawcett—he didn't actually want to give the garrison to Fawcett.

Instead, sell it to Fawcett.

Things that are delivered for free may be fraudulent, but those who buy them will definitely feel more at ease-it just so happens that Fawcett belongs to the type of person who thinks more.

Moreover, these garrisons are a large force of nearly a thousand people, how could the lord give it to Fawcett for no reason...

Although these people don't belong to Li Ang, so what, Fawcett doesn't know the situation here!

And the leading knights of the garrison didn't know the relationship between Leon and Fawcett. They only knew that the lord was a super rich man, and he was obviously able to command a big man like Godric.

Therefore, information is the most important resource. The two sides have poor information, and Li Ang knows more information, so he can do nothing.

It’s called win-win—to win twice against the same wave of people.

Moreover, the selling price of the lord is very low, which is completely a friendly price-it only needs Fawcett to send 60 pounds of grain to Amy.

Yes, in the name of Amy and Godric.

Fawther had previously framed Godric as a heretic, so in the identities of Amy and Godric, it is natural to ask him to compensate for the loss of reputation.

The market price of these grains is only [-] dinars, which is nothing to Fawcett, but it is more troublesome to transport.

This is a very measured request, in fact, it also has a certain amount of goodwill - given this food, the matter of you framing Amy's family before will be over, and you can concentrate on dealing with your father, Bailu Neither Fort nor McCartney will bother you.

At the same time, the lord let your father's army turn to you, then the kidnapping of you before will be considered as a thing of the past.

Two accounts, clearly.

If Fawcett refuses to admit it, then it is tantamount to showing unending hostility, and we will fight to the end.

As for whether Fawcett will accept these two accounts - the knight is now in a state of anxiety at both ends, Li Ang specially asked him to bring a letter to Fawcett, if Fawcett is unwilling to pay the food, then the knight will how to think?
Fawcett will not be so stupid, if he still can't understand at this juncture that this is the step that Li Ang handed him, and he insists on being hostile, then it's a good thing - only the mentally retarded will do so.

The lord is not afraid of making an enemy of a mentally handicapped person.And in this way, Li Ang can also take the opportunity to fool the knight's troops and their families away together.

Soon, Lord Godric's troops were stationed in Longhe Town, and the Horn Call Rangers also returned to their familiar resident auditorium.

When all this became a fact, as long as King Ulrik was not crazy, he would probably make a formal appointment to let Godric temporarily take charge of Longhe Town—otherwise he would offend the armed forces in the entire eastern region.

As for the other harvests - those gold bars, night pearls and Noldo goods, including several sets of doom attractor's leather armor and a calamity wing hammer, Li Ang packed them in the same box and asked Sarah to bring a team of people to escort them Sarleon.

These things are worth almost exactly ten thousand dinars.

The term 'Winged Hammer of Calamity' was said by Sir Roland, and those Doom Introducers used these exquisite hammers to kidnap girls in various villages and eventually brainwash them into fanatics.

He was going to give these things to King Ulrik as the promised [-] dinar 'protection fee'.

Li Ang believed that Ulrik must understand.

This is to tell the king that Lao Tzu just fought these heretics to death and suffered huge losses.I know about your cooperation with heretics, but I still let you take the three prophets away, and even helped you clean up all the troubles in Longhe Town.

So how do I make up for the losses I suffered when dealing with these heresies? You can figure it out!
The king ate the piece of meat from Changhe Town, so he had to let the people who suffered from sending troops to drink the soup, otherwise it would not be in line with the principle of fairness between the king and the nobles.

However, the lord is still a little puzzled.

Judging from the fact that the Three Prophets left with the Lion Knights without any resistance, Ulrik must know the secret of the Three Prophets.

So what is the purpose of Ulrik's cooperation with the three prophets?

Is it because of the "prophetic" ability of the three prophets?

Or... is it because of their ability to use the body of the attractor of bad luck to resurrect the dead?
It really is a way to live forever.

The lord didn't know what Ulrik wanted, but he felt that the king must not get what he wanted.

What about the king?In the eyes of the three prophets, I am afraid that they are just a higher-level kaizi who use each other.

The Mad King also worked with the Three Seers once - but he still died in the toilet.

Etc., etc!
What if the Mad King wasn't dead?

If Ulrik...

It's the Mad King! ?

Li Ang suddenly thought of this, his expression changed drastically, and he was dripping with cold sweat.

……

During these few days in late April and early May, everything went well.

This is the season of harvest, and every leader who participated in the battle has a lot of harvest.

After this battle with the Prophet Legion, Leofric has been completely respected and recognized by the soldiers and civilians in the eastern region, which will give him more support for his cause in Fort Yongshield.

At the same time, Leofric was invited by the lord to exchange 240 draft horses for an 8% stake in Maixiang International.

This price is actually the price of the original stock, and the two parties have reached a strategic partnership.

Li Ang will be able to continuously obtain horses from Fort Bravery, which is a strategic material that Mai Xiangling lacks;
Leofrik will also continue to receive large dinar dividends, which is exactly what he lacks.

Charles returned to Fletcher with a team of sentries. After this battle, his determination to defend his homeland was recognized by the sentries, and he officially became a core member of the Horn Call Rangers.

Ralph did not live in the long river town garrison camp he was familiar with as a military officer again. He brought some rangers and Charles back to the ranger camp next to Fletcher, preparing to continue building the new castle he had planned.

Because he got a pioneering certificate from the House of Lords - he became a pioneering baronet.

It seems that the king doesn't want anyone to get the Horn Calling Rangers. This pioneering certificate rewarded with "expelling heresy" obviously hopes that the rangers will maintain a certain degree of independence.

But this is exactly what Ralph expected. As a comrade-in-arms, Li Ang is of course happy to see this. Anyway, it is impossible for him, a foreigner, to directly take charge of the Horn Summoning Rangers.

He has a good relationship with Ralph, and he is still Ralph's superior consul, plus Charles, now he can actually dispatch the ranger group...

And Godric did get an appointment from Sarleon City, but he was not appointed as the governor of Longhe Town, but the military chief of the entire eastern region.Of course, the commander-in-chief's resident is also in Changhe Town.

And in the appointment book, Godric's title was specially marked as a great baron.

This is a very interesting situation - Grand Baron is actually a term from the time of the Pendor Kingdom hundreds of years ago, when there were only three ranks of titles: Duke, Baron, and Knight.

Among the barons, those who are prominent and powerful are called grand barons, which means they are above other barons.

However, the title of Great Baron had already been fully replaced by Earl at the end of the Pendor Kingdom, and no one mentioned it again for 200 years.

There is no marquis or viscount in the Sarleon Kingdom, after all, the Sarleon claims to be orthodox in Pendor, and the Gupander Kingdom does not have these two levels of titles.

But now, King Ulrik reused the title of baron, but did not raise Godric to earl - which means he didn't want Godric to gain too high a status.

You know, Godric is a royal in-law, and now that he is appointed to an important position, it should be a matter of course for him to regain his earl status.

With the status of Earl, legally, he has the right to manage the nobles below the baron in the jurisdiction. If there is a vast fiefdom and a strong army, it is actually enough to be self-reliant.

Just like Earl Oden, in the eastern region where he was located, if the king hadn't been balanced by the Duke of Alma, Earl Oden was even fully capable of establishing the Earl Kingdom based on Changhe Town!

The big baron's statement is different - it is an admission that Godric's status is above all barons, but he does not have the power to deploy other barons at will, only military management.

Of course, in the face of a major war, the Chief of Military Affairs has the right to exercise full military control over the entire eastern region.

The appointment of the deputy consul of Longhe Town, King Ulrik gave another duke—Duke Brennus, the lord of Cliff Bay.

This appointment was not unexpected, and the king certainly did not place the military and administrative power of a region in the same hands.

Letting the Duke of the Northwest Region manage the administration of the Eastern Region, the barons in the Eastern Region will definitely not obey his assignment, just like letting Alma, the Consul of the Northern Region, manage Changhe Town...

A 'big baron' with a low title is in charge of military affairs, and a duke from other regions is in charge remotely.

These two appointments meant that the aristocrats in the eastern region would not take refuge at either end—who would listen to them?
Of course I listened to His Majesty the King...

Ulrik's appointment was clever!
Moreover, it is also obvious that they want to create conflicts between the Duke of Brennus and Baron Godric, which is also a way to divide the powerful nobles.

King Ulrik really likes to have checks and balances.

And there is indeed one unexpected appointment, and it is about the lord.

Li Ang was appointed as the governor of Aire County by the Royal Council of Nobles!

But the problem is that there are actually only two baronies in Aire County, one is White Hart Castle and the other is Maixiang...

The original consul was of course Godric, but since Godric will serve as the chief of military affairs in the eastern region in Changhe Town, it seems that there is nothing wrong with the king transferring his county duties to Lord Maixiang.

But a border county like Aire River County has a very clear power structure, and being a consul is not a problem at all-there are only two baronies in total, and the rest of the nobles are all knights under the two barons, so the management is very simple... There is no need for substitutions at all.

This appointment is purely to sow discord!

This is probably King Ulrik's response to the [-] dinars—knowing that you have lost, so he gave you a higher status as compensation, but the matter of you forming a coalition with cliques... hehe!
Fortunately, the relationship between the lord and Godric is not a conventional alliance.They are not only business partners, but also old friends of the previous generation. Amy and Li Ang are relatively close, and the two sides will not be easily separated.

Godric even directly asked Leon to live in White Hart Castle - he wanted Leon to guard White Hart Castle.

"Li Ang, it was your idea to let me enter Changhe Town. Since I agreed, I will do my best. But I am worried about White Hart Castle, and if I am not there, probably only you can hold it...so , I hope you can be stationed at White Hart Castle. Amy can help you manage those trivial affairs, but you can't let anything happen to White Hart Castle!"

Godric was still a little anxious when he talked about it.

He really doesn't like political struggles. If possible, he would prefer that the chief of military affairs be Li Ang, and he would still be a simple border county consul in White Hart Castle.

Indeed, judging from the nature of the two of them, exchanging positions is the most perfect result...

But things in this world are often like this.

Li Ang has achieved most of the goals he envisioned.

Lord Fawcett is indeed not a fool. He has already sent a letter back, and there is only one sentence in the letter: "The previous things were all misunderstandings, and the food will be delivered within two weeks."

There is plenty of food, enough to support the whole year, enough to support the rapid development of the territory;
Alma's family was temporarily unable to move, and there were no enemies in the eastern region;

I have obtained the highest status in the county, and I have also attracted a few powerful allies who can withstand most powerful enemies, and can guarantee the safety of the territory;
The military power in the eastern region is in the hands of the most trustworthy people. Even if the Bacchus Empire or the Jatus launch a big war, they will be able to support it.

In short, his own safety is indeed more secure.

Everyone's needs actually start from the safety of their own lives, and only after they have ensured a safe existence can they rise to other levels.

From survival, to dignity, to reducing constraints, then increasing material needs, and finally ideals and self-realization.

The lord is currently only in the middle stage of reducing the bondage.

So, the only thing to do now is to develop rapidly, so that you can have a strong strength as soon as possible, so that most of the constraints will disappear.

All complicated things are actually to make the next thing easier.

What aspects does a lord need to start from to quickly increase his strength?

In fact, there are three aspects.

Money, food, population, and military power.

(End of this chapter)