Lord Highlander

  Chapter 693 682. Conversation

  The sky was swallowed up by darkness little by little.

  Night falls, the sky is full of stars.

  The cold wind blows through the treetops, making a whistling sound like a whistle.

A gorgeous magic caravan bearing the crest of the Luther family sped past the street. The carriage slowed down slightly at the gate of the Marquis Luther's mansion. The guards at the gate ran out quickly and pushed the iron gate to both sides. Staying here for a while, the coachman used his most skilled skills to stick to the quickly opened gate, drove into the Marquis's mansion and stopped in front of the steps of the main building of the manor.

  The guards from the Marquis' Mansion quickly ran over and opened the door of the carriage. Marquis Luther, who was dressed in gorgeous noble attire, walked out of the carriage with his head bowed, with a trace of fatigue under his stern appearance.

  Climbing up the steps, he saw Suldak and Hathaway standing together in the crowd at the door. Marquis Luther stopped, looked at Suldak and signaled him to come up and speak.

  Under the light at the door, Suldak stepped out from the crowd.

   "I thought you would arrive in two days, are you ready?" Marquis Luther asked, putting his hand on Suldak's shoulder.

  That hand was generous and powerful, which made Suldak feel warm in his heart.

  Marquis Luther is a very charismatic person, perhaps because he has been in the top position for too long, and he has an aura of calmness and prestige all over his body. When people approach him, he even slows down his breathing.

Suldak turned his head and glanced at Hathaway beside him. Hathaway walked between the two of them naturally, holding their arms with both hands. Suldak suddenly felt the pressure from Marquis Luther lessen. Not a lot.

   "Hathaway and Hathaway went to the Military Supply and Logistics Department in the morning, and bought some standard weapons there, which can be regarded as fully equipped for the cavalry battalion." Suldak said while walking.

  Marquis Luther did not expect that he not only formed a cavalry battalion, but also prepared all the equipment for the cavalry battalion.

This incident is of course nothing to those young nobles with family backgrounds, but Suldak's family was poor, and he became a knight by relying on military exploits (impersonation) a little bit, and later by virtue of his outstanding performance in Vojmara City. It means that being jointly recommended by the Marquis of Luther and the noble lord of Bena City to become a noble baron, it is of course impossible for him to say that he has any family background.

   But now they have used tens of thousands of gold coins to form a cavalry battalion, which surprised Marquis Luther a little.

However, Marquis Luther did not know anything. He was slightly taken aback, and said: "I heard that you gained a lot from eliminating the sand bandits in the barren land. I think the gain is not small. At least you can solve the problem of war horses, but Before you accumulate the Constructed Knights, don’t go deep into the desert to clear those sand bandits, as far as I know, those sand bandits have a very complicated network of interests behind them, and they won’t let you rampage in the desert wantonly.”

  Marquis Luther was worried that Suldak would not know the details of those sand robbers, so he warned him:

"The province of Salta borders the northwest corner of the province of Bena. The barren land belongs to the province of Bena. This desert is a buffer zone between the two provinces. The interests here involve the province of Salta. Some lords, so it is not appropriate to go too deep into the desert at present. At the beginning, Duke Newman led the Bena Legion in an attempt to open up the trade route between the Bena Province and the Salta Province. Unfortunately, some forces hidden in the desert Obstructed, the plan was eventually shelved."

  Suldak did not expect that there would be shadows of other noble lords here, and cold sweat broke out from his back. He said to Marquis Luther:

"The barren land has always been attacked by sand robbers in recent years. This time I cleaned up the oases on the edge of the desert, so that they have no shelter in the edge of the desert. If you want to come to the barren land to plunder, you must at least Through a dead land where not a blade of grass grows."

Marquis Luther couldn't help but glanced at Suldak again, and said, "Young people always have an aggressive spirit in doing things. You have to beware of those desert robbers who you drove away. They may not dare to find you." Your trouble, but you can't stop them from harassing other civilians in the wasteland."

  Hathaway saw that Marquis Luther and Suldak were chatting very harmoniously, and the rest of them could barely get in the way, so she hugged the two of them tighter.

After all, he was going to take his daughter away. Suldak glanced at Marquis Luther with some worry, and saw that he was not annoyed by this, so he said cautiously: "I have asked all the villagers near the edge of the desert to pay their respects. Migrate to the south, give up all the areas north of the Great Rift Valley in the barren land, and set up militia battalions in the villages in the south of the Great Rift Valley, lay road networks, build sentry posts, and strive to connect the southern areas of the barren land A whole."

  Marquis Luther's eyes lit up. He didn't expect Suldak to do so many things in the past two months after returning to the barren land. He immediately asked enthusiastically, "Did you bring the map of the barren land?"

  He did not go into the hall on the first floor, but turned around and opened the door and walked into a combat council hall. The entourage and several wives and daughters who followed him all stayed outside the door, and did not walk in with Marquis Luther.

  Suldak took out the map of the barren land with countless lines drawn from his magic pocket.

Although this rubbing version has been simplified a lot, it still looks messy at first glance, but Marquis Luther spread the map on the table, and Hathaway helped flatten the raised corners of the parchment map with a paperweight , huddled beside Marquis Luther, staring at the map with a confused look on his face.

Marquis Luther gave his daughter a loving look, and said softly: "Usually you are asked to minor in war strategy and art of war at the Swordsman Academy, and you always have many excuses to shirk, and now you can't even understand an exquisite map. Bar?"

   Hathaway glared at Marquis Luther with some shame, but said nothing.

Marquis Luther looked carefully at the markings on the map, and said, "This map is very well drawn. It is not only detailed, but also extremely clearly marked. The idea of ​​these suggested symbols is also very clever, at least it can let people know the entire area at a glance. The general outline, the knights union and city hall of Hailansa City do not have such a clear area map."

"This was drawn little by little while we were patrolling the barren land." Suldak pointed to the lines on the edge of the desert, and said: "The map of the desert area was also drawn little by little in the past month. Yes, but we have destroyed all the desert oases, there is really nothing to mark here."

  Marquis Luther raised his head and motioned for Suldak to sit down on a chair beside him. The walls around the room were covered with maps. If you didn't look carefully, you might think they were covered with wallpapers.

  Hathaway poured two cups of black tea for the two, and then obediently stood behind Luther Marquis.

Marquis Luther said to Suldak: "Next week, the legion will make a final assembly. The situation in Bena Province is more complicated this time. The regiment may not be able to rush to the Bailin plane to perform the garrison mission."

  The most elite troops under Marquis Luther's command are these two Constructed Swordsman regiments. I didn't expect that because of the situation in the Tarapakan area, all of them would stay in Bena City.

   Facing Lord MacDonnell's frequent actions, Suldak thought that the Bena province was a little slow to respond, but he didn't expect that the Bena city was secretly dispatching elite troops in full swing.

"Not only that, the Constructed Knights of the Langdon Family stationed in the Bailin plane has already withdrawn from the Berlin plane. The other cavalry and infantry regiments of the Langdon family are also waiting for my legion to arrive at the station. After completing the handover ceremony, they will return to Beilin. Nathan province." Marquis Luther continued.

  At this time, Suldak knew what Marquis Luther meant by saying this—the plane of Bai Lin was empty.

Marquis Luther said again: "This time I can't rush to stay on the Bailin plane for a long time. The deputy commander Chester Great Swordsman will be the supreme commander of the Luthor family's garrison army on the Bailin plane. Tomorrow morning, You meet me and Chester Great Swordsman."

  Suldak asked with some concern: "Well, what is the character of that Lord Chester?"

  But he changed his mind and thought again, this Lord Chester should be the confidant of the Marquis Luther, so there should be nothing to worry about.

   "Well, his personality is the same as his sword, a little too sharp...others are fine." Marquis Luther smiled, but there was something intriguing in his smile.

Marquis Luther brought Surdak to a wall, pointed to an eggplant-shaped map on it and said, "This is the map of the occupied area of ​​the Bailin plane. Our Bena Province is located in the central city of the Bailin plane. Wilkes City, there are forty-three satellite towns radiating around the city. Our Luthor Legion will be stationed in the eastern theater of Wilkes City. You can choose a station in these twenty satellite towns. "

Different from other planes, after the imperial army occupies the plane, they will vigorously develop several cities to watch each other. The lords of the Bena Province occupied the Bailin plane and only developed a central city with a portal. The others are some Satellite towns surrounding the central town.

  Marquis Luther continued:

"However, I want to remind you that the closer the town is to the central city of Wilkes, the longer it will be ruled by the Green Empire, and the security and order of the town will be better. The farther away from the central city is the satellite town, the order will be worse." The worse it is, especially the towns on the edge of the territory. Recently, there have been frequent conflicts with the local aborigines. There are also patrol missions every day. The garrison is also responsible for hunting those planar monsters that break into the territory. The local garrison often reports casualties number of people."

   "Of course, if there is a bad side, there is also a good side." Marquis Luther said with emotion.

"Those towns near the outskirts of Wilkes City are less likely to encounter monsters, and the army will lose an extra income. In addition, only the troops stationed in the border towns will have the opportunity to contact the undeveloped areas of those planes. As long as these undeveloped areas are occupied, according to the four-three-three territory rule of the Green Empire, you will have about 40% of the ownership of the developed territory, and the territory is the foundation of the nobles. Those nobles who do not have land can only be poor nobles. The nobles are called noble lords."

  Suldak felt that the latter sentence was the subject of Marquis Luther's words: he wanted to have his own territory in the Bailin plane.

  A plane that can be favored by Marquis Luther means that the land on this plane must be very rich.

Marquis Luther ignored the fluctuations in Suldak's heart, and continued to say to him: "The first problem you have to face when you arrive at the Bailin plane is how to deal with the conflicts between the imperial colonists and the local aborigines. While ensuring the safety of their lives and property, we should try our best to avoid unnecessary conflicts with the local aborigines, try not to use force to suppress them, and let them integrate into the imperial social system to maximize their own value. , I think you may do better than me in this regard."

He stared into Suldak's eyes and said: "You know, even I have the old ideas of traditional nobles in my mind. Sometimes I know that this kind of idea is not advisable, but I still can't get rid of the deep-rooted class concepts. .”

  The two chatted in this war room for a long time, until Mrs. Marian pushed the door in from the outside and urged the two: "When are you two going to talk, everyone is waiting for you to have dinner."

  Marquis Luther laughed, and pulled Suldak away from the map.

  Hathaway was already leaning on the most comfortable sofa in the war room, dozing off with her chin propped on one hand.

  Marquis Luther said to Suldak: "Let's go and see what is prepared tonight."

After finishing speaking, he patted Hathaway's face dotingly, woke her up, and said to Mrs. Marianne, who was smiling with her lips pursed, "Only Duck is willing to listen to my nagging. In the past, Hathaway Shout out, before I can say a few words, she can lean on the chair and fall asleep, just like this... It can make you so angry that you can't eat!"

   "I want to hear your nagging. There are many people in the family. It is obvious that you are too picky." Mrs. Marianne said casually beside her.

  Marquis Luther shook his head, sighed and said:

"Even if those idiots want to listen to my nagging, I have to be in a good mood. I can't understand anything, and I have nothing to say to them. The kind of idiot who thinks he commands the most elite army will arrive Everywhere is invincible, as everyone knows, is there any elite army that he didn't create by himself?"

   Probably Bu Man himself was woken up by Marquis Luther, Hathaway rushed over from behind, took Marquis Luther's arm and said:

   "Royal Gripen Knights!"

   Probably in the entire Marquis Luther's mansion, she is the only one who dares to act so boldly and recklessly.

  Marquis Luther looked at her tenderly and said:

"Yes, there is only this one special case. Although the Royal Gripen is the most powerful Knights of the Grimm Empire, it is not a whole. It is a combination of the interests of the Grimm Empire and a group representing the interests of the dukes of the empire. That group Every Constructed Knight here will be the future Duke of the Grimm Empire, and this does not represent other Constructed Battlegroups."

   When the four of them walked into the big restaurant, the restaurant was already full of people.

  In the past, only Hathaway and Mrs. Marianne sat beside the Marquis Luther.

  Now, Suldak's seat has been added beside Hathaway. Although the rest of the family didn't say anything, they did communicate with each other frequently...

  (end of this chapter)