Riding and Slashing

Chapter 73 Do You Think The War Is Over?

Construction is still in full swing in the territory.

The guards in the village are the troops left by Godric, carrying the Three Lions banner.

Godric seems to have a spirit of contract. During the two months when Li Ang's entire army was dispatched, there were still many troops in White Hart Castle guarding Mai Xiangling.

This is really good, and Li Ang was even a little moved.

But after entering the village, Li Ang always felt that there seemed to be more than a few dozen troops flying the Three Lions flag around him, and he felt as if he saw several teams of Godric's men along the way...

Seeing a group of archers forming a team in the village, Li Ang went up to ask.

"Has anything happened recently? I see that you have a lot of people..."

The leading archer said calmly: "Master Li Ang, a group of bandits came here a month ago, and the leaders were a few knights."

It seems that there are quite a few people who make up their own minds...

"Do you know who it is?"

Li Ang asked.

"They didn't enter the village. They were seen by the guys from the other team who switched defenses before. They said there were all kinds of people, like a group of bandits."

Li Ang really felt a little sincerely grateful to Godric.

Fortunately, he left the troops here...

Otherwise, who knows what those gangsters will do?

"Lord Godric and you are not here, so we reported this to Miss Amy. In order to prevent your territory from being attacked, Miss Amy sent 200 more people to patrol a few times... Then those bandits came He left and never came closer."

Li Ang exhaled, Miss Amy is a good person... He felt that he should thank her.

Moreover, judging by what the archer meant, when Godric was not around, Amy had the final say on White Hart Castle?
So he sincerely planned to invite this team of archers to have a drink and learn about the situation by the way.

But his invitation was rejected with righteous words.

The leading archer said: "Since you have returned, my lord, our mission is considered complete. Miss Amy asked us to return to White Hart Castle as soon as we see you, without delay. Sorry, my lord."

Ready to say goodbye.

Li Ang had no choice but to stuff him with ale and send them away.

What a good ally, Li Ang sighed.

But as soon as the group of archers left, Leslie, who was in charge of the logistics, found Li Ang with a puzzled face: "My lord, our food is a lot short...the warehouse is empty! We must replenish food quickly! But this season is not good Buy it..."

Only then did Li Ang react...

Amy, the naughty little girl...

It turned out that it was not out of good intentions!
She is to let Mai Xiang lead out food to help White Deer Castle raise soldiers!
Hundreds of people came to eat for more than a month!
Moreover, they have to be allowed to eat openly, maybe they can even eat and take-they are here to protect the territory!You have to thank people sincerely!

Godric's 'early investment' was taken back in one go...

Unexpectedly, the girl who looks soft, cute, and polite is more calculating than Godric...

Sure enough, the noble family is full of spirits!
Leslie was extremely anxious: "My lord, it is the beginning of January, the coldest time in winter. It is difficult to purchase large-scale food during this time period! What should we do?"

The lord sighed: "Leslie, don't worry, the food sales will arrive soon..."

Li Ang was very calm. He felt that Godric's daughter probably had a backhand.

Sure enough, only one day later, Li Ang received a letter in beautiful handwriting.

"Your Excellency Baron Leon, White Hart Castle would like to remind you that your territory is at least four months away from the next grain harvest. Although White Hart Castle is not rich, but due to the close alliance between the two parties, White Hart Castle is still willing to All I can do to help..."

The second half of the letter is a list of unit prices for various food items - it looks similar to the menu in Li Ang's 'Gourmet World'.

It looks like it copied the same style...

Even the quotation method and operation mode are copied - the price has doubled!Also marked 'home delivery' 'cash on delivery'...

The signature of the letter is "General Manager of White Deer Fort Grain and Oil Company - Amy".

"Awesome...awesome...you learned it so quickly!"

The lord shook his head while watching.

Once the methods of capitalists are seen through, others will naturally imitate them.

But Li Ang really didn't expect that the first person to imitate was Amy, who seemed innocent and harmless.

Moreover, the routine is used so powerfully - all the surrounding villages will stockpile food for the winter during this time period, and generally they will not sell it.

If you go to a place like Changhe Town to purchase, not to mention whether you can buy it or not, even if you buy it, it is estimated that only half of it will be left when someone eats the horse chews and sends it back.After all, there will definitely be wear and tear on the road, and a large number of soldiers must be sent to escort them to avoid looting.

Amy took advantage of the right time, place and people, forcing herself to go to her place to buy food at a high price.

In fact, Li Ang didn't feel aggrieved, he now has the mental capacity to bear it - this is just a normal phenomenon after getting rich.

White Hart Castle just wanted to calculate some dinars, and they did provide protection for their territory. This protection fee is cost-effective, much more cost-effective than the king's lance.

And doubling the price is not outrageous in the cold winter - to be honest, if it were Li Ang himself, he could have doubled the price five times!
Besides, dinars are earned for the purpose of being spent—you can only earn again after spending them, and you can’t give birth to cubs if you keep them in your hands.

Compared to buying food at a high price, Li Ang cared more about those bandits.

According to the archer, those bandits were led by a few knights, so they were obviously not serious bandits.

Li Ang is more worried about the kind of knights who have no lower limit-such as Rainier.There is often no trace of how these people behave, and no one knows what they will do next.

In contrast, the actions of Grand Duke Alma or King Ulrik are relatively easy to judge.

It is nothing more than ambition-driven and profit-driven, and reverse thinking can make a difference.

But the behavioral logic of certain animals... Humans naturally cannot substitute.

So Li Ang wrote a letter to confirm the situation: "Dear General Manager Amy, please send someone to deliver the food. I have the money ready. Also, do you have any traces of those gangsters?"

A day later, more than a dozen truckloads of food were brought over, along with Amy's reply: "They retreated a month ago, and they don't know where they are now, please be careful."

Then it is difficult to determine whether those bandits are hiding somewhere to watch. Now that there are few troops in the village, it is quite worrying.

Li Ang had no choice but to start from the territory itself, strengthen its armaments, and increase its defenses.

He let the crossbowmen who are familiar with the mercenary business split up to recruit mercenaries. This is the most expensive but also the fastest way to increase the strength of troops in a short period of time. Anyway, there is money now.

Inside the territory, the lord also began to vigorously train all the people in the territory to supplement their military strength.

Relying on his wealth, and relying on the ability to buy food to survive when there are not many people, Li Ang directly recruited all-round troops.

All the young people aged 15 to 35 were recruited, regardless of gender—in fact, the vast majority of the people were young and strong, and most of the old and weak were killed when Rainier burned the village.

The lord intends to train his troops.

But accidents always come faster than expected.

Before the crossbowmen came back and the recruits had not started training, trouble came to the door first.

Risa Diran is back.

The Noldor Elf was wounded all over and ran back exhausted. He brought back a comatose man in black, and it seemed that he had finally completed the task that Li Ang had given him.

But the first sentence he said when he saw Li Ang was terrible news:

"Lord Li Ang, a large army is coming here! At least a thousand people!"

"what!"

(End of this chapter)