Lord: Taken away from inheritance at the beginning

Chapter 138 138. Defense Plan

It is a serious crime for a nobleman to hire a killer to assassinate another nobleman.

It's okay if no one discovers him, but if he is discovered, the noble will be fined and punished at the least, and at worst he will be deprived of his title, his territory confiscated, and sentenced to death.

Leisen probably never thought that the assassination would fail, and perhaps he never thought that the assassin could be captured alive by Luo Ning.

It was his behavior of stealing the chicken but losing the rice that gave Luo Ning an excellent excuse to take the initiative.

So his first step was to take down the black-collar tribe.

As for the Thain Territory, before Leisen was convicted, that land still belonged to the Thain family, and it was not appropriate for Ronin to send people to capture it.

He needs to implement Baron Leisen's crimes first, and this year-end Rulans's seventy-sixth birthday party is undoubtedly the best stage.

As the vassals of Wushan Castle, all nobles will not be absent from the lord's birthday party unless there is a certain reason why they cannot attend.

Luo Ning will go, Leisen will also go, not only the two of them, but also all the nobles who should go to Brilliant City, Black Python City, Muma City, etc. will go.

At that time, in the face of Luo Ning's accusation, it was up to Leisen to defend himself.

Although Shadow is recruiting workers, Shanlin Fort still keeps a tight guard on him.

In addition to a professional knight and two guards in the darkroom, there are also two guards standing guard outside the door.

At the same time, even though the assassin was covered in injuries and his feet were broken by Luo Ning, just in case, his hands and feet were still tied up, and he could not escape even if he could become invisible.

Back in the inner fort, Chahar had already called William and two carpenter apprentices this morning to start repairing the rooms, windows and other places damaged in yesterday's battle.

Luo Ning took the time to look at it, and then asked William about the output of the ironwood workshop in the past month or so.

The last time he came back from Wushan City, he brought twelve carpenter apprentices, two carpenters, most of them into the ironwood workshop.

From the beginning of November to now, 20 shields, 65 spears, 16 pairs of breast protectors and 5 sets of armor have been made.

Although the manufacturing speed has improved a lot, only about one-fifth of Wushanbao's orders have been completed.

"William, our speed needs to be mentioned."

Luo Ning said: "There are less than five months left for Wushanpu's order. Whether we can complete this order depends on you."

"Don't worry, sir. We have completed almost one-fifth of the work this month, and there are still five months left. We can definitely complete it."

When Luo Ning signed the contract, the delivery period was half a year, which was theoretically achievable.

"I have other uses for this batch of goods."

He said: "So the Ironwood Workshop has to re-make it, which means you only have five months to re-complete this order."

"what?"

William put down the wood in his hand, "Sir, this batch of completed goods is not included in the order?"

Ronin nodded.

Since we are going to attack the black-collar tribe, we should first equip our guards and knights with these produced items.

You don’t have to make money, but battle losses must be reduced.

"Oh my God, sir, you're going to give us a hard time!"

William complained: "The carpenters in the Ironwood Workshop work almost day and night to barely ensure that this order is completed within six months, and you actually have to take away this batch of finished products!"

"If I extend my working hours any longer, the carpenters will be overwhelmed..."

"Old William, I have not treated you badly!"

Chahar immediately stood up and spoke, "I specially arranged the best meals for the iron wood workshop, and the carpenters' wages are also among the best. I asked you to do more, why do you complain about this and that?"

"Old housekeeper, don't talk nonsense, I'm not complaining, I'm telling the truth!"

William argued with reason, "Sir, you also know that processing special materials like black ironwood is an extremely physically demanding job. If the carpenters cannot be guaranteed to eat, drink and sleep, it will definitely lead to lack of physical strength and they will definitely not be able to maintain efficiency for a long time. "

"There will always be time to squeeze in."

Chahar said again: "If it doesn't work, I will arrange a few more handymen for you."

"This is not a chore..."

"OK OK."

Luo Ning stopped him quickly. He didn't expect that William and Chahar could still argue.

"You can do as much as you can while ensuring enough rest. The order is still five months away, so there is still plenty of time."

He paused for a moment, and then continued: "After I go out this time, I will try to recruit a group of people, and the ironwood workshop will have more and more manpower."

He now has more than 3,100 gold coins on hand. Saving them will not generate interest. They can only be valuable if they are spent.

So when he goes to Muma City in two days, he will buy another batch of slaves and come back. According to Luo Ning's plan, a set of assembly lines will definitely be formed later, divided into wood processing, accessories processing, armor weaving, etc.

"Brother, are you going out again?"

Erin, who was sneaking the black tiger in the corridor, couldn't help but stop and asked.

"Well, my grandpa's birthday is coming soon, and I have to go celebrate his birthday."

Luo Ning smiled and said: "I will leave the training of the black tiger to you, don't just play with it."

"I know!"

While Erin agreed firmly, she asked coyly, "Brother, when can you take me out for a visit? I want to be with you too."

"Um……"

Luo Ning touched his chin and thought seriously, "When you grow older, your riding skills become better, and your strength becomes stronger, I will take you out. How about it?"

This time he will no longer bring a large force to Wushanpu. He may only be traveling there with McCann and Tom. It is really inconvenient to take the little girl with him.

"Ah, that's it~"

Eileen was a little disappointed. The first two points were easy to say, but it was really hard to say about strength.

She heard from her mother that a magician with her qualifications can practice very quickly. As long as she puts in enough time every day, she can become an intermediate magician in one or two years.

One or two years sounds fast, but it seems a bit slow to Erin. She really wants time to pass faster.

Seeing the other person's disappointed look, Luo Ning couldn't help but walk over and rub the blond hair, "Don't worry, it will be soon. Can I bring you a lot of books when I come back?"

"Okay!" Eileen smiled and said, "Can you bring me more knight novels?"

"Well..."

Luo Ning nodded. When the time came, he would screen them and said, "Alright."

In the afternoon of the next day, Commander Redal who was stationed in Ashtu Village took Tom back to Hillwood Town.

"Sir, when the knights and magicians of Gray Earth Village heard that you were assassinated, they all asked me to bring their greetings to you."

Redal greeted respectfully: "It's a blessing among misfortunes that you are safe and sound!"

"Thank them for their concern for me."

Luo Ning motioned for everyone to sit down, and the servants immediately served tea, snacks and fruits.

Redal glanced at McCann and said, "With all due respect, McCann, you need to invest more energy and preventive measures in the safety of adults."

"Yes, Commander!"

McCann felt a little ashamed. This matter was indeed his dereliction of duty. He did not consider the ability of invisibility.

"I have figured out a way to prevent invisible assassins, and I will discuss it with you now."

He has carefully inquired about the characteristics of the Shadow Assassin's stealth fighting skills in the past two days.

According to what the other party said, this is a special ability that uses dark attribute fighting spirit to distort light and hide the knight's figure in the middle of light and shadow.

Although the knight is invisible, his breathing and weight are still there. Once he moves quickly or uses fighting energy, his figure will be exposed.

Based on this feature, McCann came up with a way——

Dig out the stone slabs at the castle gate and lay a gravel path that is easy to make noise. Once an invisible person passes by, it will definitely make a sound, and the guards at the guard station will be able to detect the clues.

Redal nodded, "This is indeed a good idea. Remember to strengthen the training of the guards."

"In addition, maybe we can install special wooden boards or special blankets on the main building, the stairs leading to the adults' rooms, and the corridors to increase the discoverable area?"

McCann also favors this approach.

Luo Ning helplessly looked at the serious discussion between his two subordinates, feeling pleased and wanting to laugh.

"If you design it like this, whoever goes upstairs or enters my study will make a squeaking noise. That will only make people think that the quality of my building is not good."

He smiled and said: "Let's put a curtain made of beads at the door. It will make a sound when someone passes through. That's enough. Don't forget, there is a storm wolf with strong perception in our building." "

Redal and McCann looked at each other and said in unison: "My lord, this method is better."

Luo Ning clapped his hands and ended the discussion of strengthening his security.

"Okay knights, now we should talk about the battle plan against the Black Collar Tribe."

(End of this chapter)