Lord Highlander

   Chapter 703 692. Cooperation

  Looking at the lonely town of Kieran not far away, which seems to be on the edge of the world, Baroness Goss feels as if she has been abandoned by the whole world.

   It doesn't even take a quarter of an hour to walk from east to west in the town. The few shops and workshops in the town are pitifully small, and she doesn't even bother to take a look at the familiar faces inside.

  The waist of the proprietress of the tailor shop is thicker than a water tank. The long skirts cut out are all a simple cylinder, or three holes are cut out of a sack, which has no aesthetic feeling at all.

  The owner of the leather shop wears a pair of suspenders leather pants all the year round. When he sees a customer coming to the door, he smiles like a fool, especially with his rotten teeth. He doesn't know how his three wives can bear him at night.

  What she looks forward to the most is that the grocery store in the small town will have some new products, or a business group will come to the town or something.

  For Baroness Goss, these are all adjustments to daily life, and this small town is too remote for her.

She likes the bustling big cities, the busy streets, the dazzling array of goods in the shops, the bard pulling the organ on the square in front of the Opera House, not the moldy piles in the basement, and she doesn't know how to spend it. gold coins.

In this small town, there are no grand auctions, no luxurious **** full of guests, no art salons full of young talents, no black market boxing matches full of passion, blood and sweat, and even wild outings and hunting How can life be so dull with monotonous horse riding.

  She always wanted to settle down in Wilkes City, but Baron Merlin Goss needed to live here to guard the ranch.

  She doesn't want to leave the manor completely, and easily give up the position of the hostess of the manor that many people envy, at least she has the final say here.

  With the help of the maid, the corset petticoat was tightened until the breathing was a little difficult. Only by taking a small breath, the ribs would not be hurt by the corset.

She looked at the white and greasy chest muscles bulging out of the cup in the mirror, touched the shallow crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, took out a hairpin to pin a messy strand of hair at the temple, and threw it on her face again. With a layer of powder, the face in the mirror seemed to have returned to its youthful appearance.

  At this time, the butler's voice came from outside the door:

   "Ma'am, the carriage is ready!"

Baroness Goss stretched out her hands, and the maid hurriedly put the dress on her body, and stepped out of the room. The maid behind her hurriedly tied the last ribbon, picked up the hem of the skirt that was trailing behind her, and followed behind Baroness Goss , through the courtyard corridor, and board the carriage below the steps.

  The carriage slowly drove out of the manor.

The manor is about one kilometer away from Kieran Town, and a straight country dirt road leads to the town. Looking at the green pastures and Bailin Lake outside the window, she closed her eyes and thought about how she should see the young baron. to impress him.

Before she got married, she had been living in the bustling city of Bena. At that time, her father was a down-and-out nobleman in the city of Bena. In order to maintain the dignity that nobility should deserve, she studied at the Bena Swordsman Academy for a while. After a period of time.

  Later, in order to change the family situation, my father took the initiative to participate in the plane war, but his luck was so bad that he died on the battlefield within two months.

The mother became the lover of a lumber dealer in the city, and she sold the family property not long after, and followed the lumber dealer to the Bailin plane desperately. Later, the lumber dealer got tired of sleeping with her mother and fell in love with her again. I don't want to be kept in that forest farm for the rest of my life.

Fortunately, I met Merlin Goss in Wilkes City at that time. At that time, she was eager to marry herself. She didn't even have a choice. She could only marry Merlin, who was still young and wealthy at the time. He was just a son of a nobleman, and he did not inherit his father's title, so he was often treated coldly in Wilkes City.

  I thought that after inheriting the title, becoming the Baroness of Goss would lead a better life. Maybe she would join those aristocratic wives, attend afternoon tea parties all day long, listen to operas, participate in art salons, balls, etc...

The things she prayed for came true after paying a small price, but the life that followed was not satisfactory. In order to inherit the wealth left by her family in Kieran Town, Merlin Goss brought her to this remote town , lived here for nearly twenty years.

   How many twenty years are there in life?

   Baroness Goss, who was sitting in the carriage, looked out the window and sighed.

The camp of the Cavalry Battalion is located next to the merchant group. Originally, Baroness Goss planned to visit the merchant group, but looking at the entire row of carriages they parked there, she knew that the merchant group brought a lot of good news. Sorry, I don't have time to look at it...

The outside of the town seemed to be a lively market, and the stalls were surrounded by residents of the town. Most of these people were immigrants like the Green Empire, and there were only a small number of aborigines. The purchased goods are also necessities of life such as salt, silk thread, pots and utensils, and Glauber's salt.

  The tents of the cavalry battalion were stationed very neatly. A large group of horses were grazing on the grass not far away, and a group of cavalry were standing by the river, washing the horses carefully.

  There were only two guards at the gate of the barracks, and the magic caravan was stopped by the guards at the gate of the barracks.

  …

Suldak was looking at the map of the Bailin plane in the tent, and was discussing with the two guides, Andrew, and Samira about the next itinerary. After all, he was delayed for a day in Watts Village, and now he is in Kiran again. The town was delayed for more than half a day. According to the scheduled itinerary, the cavalry battalion arrived in Dodan town at least two days later than expected.

  The current state of the horses of the cavalry battalion is not suitable for excessive consumption of the horses' physical strength for rapid marches.

Fortunately, the deadline for changing defense with the garrison in Dodan Town is still ample, but Suldak doesn't want to delay here, otherwise, once the heavy armored infantry regiment behind Luthor's Army catches up, he will first change defense in Kilan Town by himself. At that time, it seemed that the cavalry could not outrun the infantry...

   "Leave tomorrow morning, count the number tonight, don't let the cavalry leave the camp." Suldak said.

   "Okay, boss!" Andrew replied, standing up straight.

  A guard stood at the door of the tent and shouted: "Report!"

   "Come in!" Surdak replied.

  The guard opened the curtain and walked into the tent. He saw a group of people discussing the map around the square table. Suldak stared at him, stood up quickly, and said loudly:

   "The Baroness Goss wants to visit you!"

  Suldak glanced at the guard in astonishment, and asked him:

   "Are you sure it's Baroness Goss, not Baron Goss?"

   "Yes, my lord." The guard stood up and answered loudly, as if he could not demonstrate his loyalty by doing so.

   "Please come in!" Suldak ordered the guard, and then said to Samira and Andrew next to him: "I thought Baron Goss would show up this time."

The magic caravan drove into the barracks, and Baroness Goss got off the carriage in front of Suldak's tent. When he saw Suldak's burly figure and handsome face wearing a baron badge on his chest, his pair of thin and long eyes brightened.

  It was only after his eyes fell on Selina standing beside Suldak that his pupils shrank suddenly, and a faint aristocratic smile appeared on his face, and he said to Suldak:

   "You must be Lord Baron Suldak!" Her imperial language had a faint Bena accent, and her voice was soft. "I'm Nellie Goss, wife of Baron Merlin Goss. Arlo and Joe have caused you trouble this time. We usually neglect these two children and always cause trouble everywhere."

   Baroness Goss's white chest made Suldak squint his eyes. Seeing Selena's disdainful eyes, Suldak quickly looked away and said to Baroness Goss:

"It's nothing. After all, the two young masters have not committed any mistakes, and you don't need to apologize to me. I just hope this incident is a wake-up call for the two young people. If this incident happened in Hailansa, Joe will Likely to be whipped."

  Suldak raised the curtain of the tent, and made a 'please' gesture to Baroness Goss.

   Later, he added: "Fortunately, this is Kieran."

  Baroness Goss didn't expect Suldak's tone to be so sharp. She walked into the barracks tent and said:

"Many outsiders who have just arrived in Kieran are not familiar with the folk customs here. At least half of the population in the town are immigrants from Bena City, and the other half are local aborigines. They are some uncivilized local aborigines. For The laws of the empire are very indifferent and wild, and they often make some bold and barbaric actions. Of course, the town has been basically civilizing this group of aborigines, hoping that they can keep some rules."

  She went into the tent and turned around inside.

  The gorgeous dress skirt is like a blooming flower, matched with her delicate face that cannot tell the age, the charm of a mature beautiful woman is fully displayed by her.

  She asked Suldak who came into the camp behind him: "Baron Suldak, I heard that you are from Hailansa?"

"Well, I work in the Hailansa Guard Battalion. I am the sheriff of the barren land outside the city of Hailansa. This time, I was invited by Marquis Luther to officially join the Luthor Legion and enter the Bailin plane to accept the garrison mission." Sulda K sat down and said.

   Baroness Goss was about to sit on another chair, and the maid behind her hurriedly adjusted the long skirt behind her.

  She asked kindly: "If you say that, does it mean that the garrison in Kilan Town is about to change defense?"

"That's right, the heavy armored infantry regiment heading to Kilan Town is already on the way, and our cavalry battalion is just one step ahead of them." Even if Suldak knew the news, even if he didn't tell him, the heavy armored infantry regiment of the Luthor Legion three days later When they arrive in Kieran Town, the news will also be made public.

  Suldak didn't know what kind of etiquette should be followed when talking with a baroness. He was extremely lacking in this aspect. Thinking that if Hathaway or Beatrice were present, the scene probably wouldn't be so embarrassing.

   After a short silence, Suldak said:

   "Baroness Goss, how long have you and Baron Goss been living here? Well, I mean to run the ranch on the Bailin plane."

As if the tent was a bit stuffy, Baroness Goss kept fanning her chest with a handkerchief, glanced at Suldak, and replied with a half-smile: "It's been a long time, so long that I can't remember Indefinitely, from the foot of the mountain here to the outskirts of Wilkes City, the Bailin River area is our pasture."

  The exquisite magic-weave silk handkerchief brushed her turbulent chest muscles intentionally or unintentionally, and she said in a tired voice:

   "If Baron Suldak wants to buy livestock such as cattle and sheep in the future, he must take care of the pasture of our Goss family. The white sheep on our pasture are tender and juicy, I don't know how delicious it is..."

   Not only is Suldak a bit big-headed, he thinks that no matter how hungry he is, he will not be interested in a middle-aged lady whose son has participated in the coming-of-age ceremony...

  He coughed lightly, glanced at Selina next to her, and looked away from her. After thinking for a while, he said to Baroness Goss:

"Cows and sheep. I don't have a purchase plan yet, but I want to buy some excellent war horses. You must have noticed that I have a cavalry battalion, but the number of war horses is only enough to satisfy all the cavalry. It is far from enough for a mobile and flexible cavalry battalion, I still need to continue to replenish war horses to the barracks, I wonder if your ranch, Baroness Goss, is willing to sell me some war horses?"

   Baroness Goss probably didn't expect that Suldak would propose to buy a war horse at this time, she was slightly taken aback and asked:

   "Baron Suldak, how many war horses do you need to buy?"

  Suldak thought of the high-quality ancient Bolai horses on the pasture, stretched out a hand and said, "Five hundred horses."

Baroness Goss did not expect that Suldak would buy so many war horses in one go, she thought for a while before asking: "Five hundred war horses are still available for our ranch, but I want to know what you want? With what to pay, magic crystal? Gold coin?"

   "Magic crystals and gold coins are fine." Suldak said.

Baroness Goss was silent for a while, and then she stared at Suldak and said, "I don't want your magic spar, nor your gold coins... I wonder if there is another way of cooperation between us. "

  Suldak didn't expect that the other party didn't want gold coins, so he asked suspiciously: "What way?"

   "Our families cooperate!"

Baroness Goss said with a smile: "The Goss family will provide you with horses and some logistics supplies, so that you can recruit more cavalry soldiers in the future, and then go to occupy those Bailin planes to open up The land of the Grimm Empire is a four-three-three distribution rule for nobles to open up territories in the Code of the Green Empire. I hope that some of the land you occupy will belong to the Goss family."

   "Sorry, Baroness Goss, I can't accept your proposal. Compared to this, I would rather you raise the price of the war horse."

  Suldak refused without even thinking about it.

  Afterwards, Baroness Goss left without talking for too long.

Watching the magic caravan slowly leave the camp, Suldak couldn't help thinking that the big gift given to him by Marquis Luthor was hidden in the Warcraft Forest north of Dodan Town. How could he be here? It's time to talk about cooperation, even if you want to cooperate, you have to talk about cooperation with the Luthor family, the Gopher family, or the Casement family. Just relying on a few war horses to talk about cooperation, this idea is a bit too ambitious...

   Going out to eat at night, there may not be any more changes

  (end of this chapter)