Rise In Calradia

"How do I look. Polza?"

Byron changed into a dress, with a golden peony pattern, a beautiful red velvet jacket, a delicate silk lining, breeches with gold trim, and a golden ring similar to a crown for the earl, with a huge crown inlaid on it. Ruby.

"Extremely handsome, sir, I know that words can't describe your stalwart posture." Polza praised from the side.

"Very good, I think it's not bad." Byron posed in front of the expensive floor-to-ceiling bronze mirror and nodded in satisfaction. "Okay, Johnny, you don't need to try other clothes, I don't like it anyway."

"Okay, my lord." Johnny dressed up as an attendant immediately took back all the clothes stacked next to him. After having been with Byron for so long, he got used to his work and could quickly understand Byron's thoughts. He was already a good attendant, and his Golden Hand family also changed their plan, changing his main responsibility from monitoring Byron to serving Byron. They didn't dare to offend a powerful Earl Lord.

"I will wear this suit for the wedding, Johnny, and let the tailor make another suit in this suit, so that there will be no accidents and the groom will not have good clothes to wear."

"Okay, sir." Johnny's voice came from the next room.

"Let you wait for a while, Polza, sit down quickly, don't be too polite." Byron took off his coat and put it on a chair beside him, then asked Polza to sit down together.

"Thank you, sir." Bolza bowed humbly, then sat down carefully. He looked at Byron's dress enviously. He knew that the dress was quite expensive, and Byron not only wanted two sets, but his tone was as casual as a housewife who went to the market to buy bread. But he also looked down at his current clothes, and couldn't help feeling proud. Even he had received many rewards from Byron. He was no longer satisfied with living in the barracks. He was in Fort Amira. In the tavern in the town at the foot of the mountain, I rented long-term rooms. I had a good beer and stew with a lot of meat every day. The bread was the white bread made by the baker every day. The clothes were changed to a set of 8 dinars. Good clothes, think about what I looked like in the past, looking at the present, life is really upside down.

"Spice wine?" Byron filled his glass and asked smoothly.

"Oh, of course, thank you, sir." Polza broke away from his thoughts, hurriedly took the flask, and filled his glass with steaming mulled wine. Before talking to Byron, he had only seen others drink it. But now, every time he comes to see Byron, he can drink and enjoy the warmth of this warm mulled wine to warm his intestines.

"Johnny, let the servant bring some baked apples. There is no snack on the table." Byron wanted to push the snack tray to Polza, but didn't want the tray to be empty.

"Okay, sir." Johnny, who had just packed his clothes, went to the door immediately and ordered the servants waiting outside, so busy.

"Don't worry, Polza, drink something warm, fill up your stomach later, and slowly talk about the news you got from the east."

Byron treats his subordinates very well, especially Polza, an excellent scout who has just returned from inquiring about the news from the East, and he entertains him like a guest.

"Okay, my lord." Polza took a sip of mulled wine with enjoyment. From his mouth to his throat, he felt his body warmed a lot and his mood was much more comfortable.

"Sarand's situation remains the same, my lord, they rarely change unless they need to go to war. But from what I have heard, Sultan clearly has no plans to do so. He seems to be doing it because of a self-proclaimed Pearl Light. Women have a headache, otherwise they will attack Gamízi when you occupy Fort Amila. In addition, Mr. Manid is really good at doing business. He has given some chiefs a lot of benefits. Now your caravan is free to be there. While doing business."

"That's what I want to hear!" Byron laughed happily, his hands trembling and even a few drops of mulled wine spilled out. "I used to worry that the Salanders would take advantage of our war with Rhodok to expand westward, but now we don’t have to worry about them for a short time. Send a few clever people to the east to find out about the woman. But don’t offend the local chiefs and their sultans. They are our biggest source of trade."

Byron asked a few more questions about the Salanders. He and this desert country, which has been devoted to development, are separated by Garmizi Fort, and there is absolutely no shortage of understanding. When necessary, he had to cooperate with Assassin in exchange for the support of those mercenaries in the South and the desert who didn't give up on their mission.

Soon, the servant came in with a plate full of baked apples, stuffed with fillings, and the taste was passable even in Byron's eyes.

"It tastes really good." Polza praised, "You really have a good cook."

"Yes, he served Count Tazias, and he became my cook after I arrived. I paid him 30 dinars a month for this meal." Byron Seeing Polza eating deliciously with roasted apples, he feels happy. Eating delicious food and watching others eat the food he offers will make him feel satisfied.

"What's the situation on Kujit? I heard that the grassland has been hit by heavy snow this year, and the herders are selling their cattle and horses at low prices. You should meet Ken pull, tell me, is he harvesting a lot?" Byron was right. This is full of confidence. He gave Ken a lot of budget. He will surely be able to take this opportunity to buy a large number of horses from the grassland to make up for the current shortage of military horses. Although these grassland horses are not as tall and strong as the Swadia horses, they save forage. The endurance is not bad, facing the same small Rodok horse has a considerable advantage. If possible, Byron also told Kenrad to recruit a group of bankrupt herdsmen to make his Coujit company more fulfilled.

"This... I'm afraid it's not what you think." Bolza hesitated for a while, but finally told the truth: "The grassland is indeed hit by the disaster, the grassland is covered with snow, I am here Along the way, I saw how many starving animals and how many herders were crazy. But the price of horses...has risen by almost half compared to before, and the herders who died of their animals have disappeared."

"What do you mean?" Byron's expression became serious at once. He knew very well that in this case, only one person in Kujit could make such a big change in the market.

"Saiga Khan is conscripting war horses and cavalry, my lord. I have inquired carefully. Khan seems to want to hide the news, but he has a hundred households who are my old friends. It took me four gold coins to get it out of his mouth. Let the news come out. Since the heavy snowfall, Saiga Khan and many Kugit’s Nayans have been buying horses from the herdsmen in large numbers. Many people think this is reducing the burden on the herdsmen. The herders will join the army with their own horses and weapons, and don’t have to spend so much effort. But this time, I can’t find the horses, and I don’t know where the bankrupt herders are taken away. Some places on the grassland are still being taken away. Listed as a restricted area, an old friend of mine guessed that Khan had assembled his army there."

"This is in line with their style. Once the grassland can no longer feed them, they will go elsewhere to find food and drink by themselves. What else is the news, what is their goal?" Byron asked while thinking.

"I'm disappointed, sir. It used to be easy to inquire about news on the prairie, but this time is really an exception, because the snow disaster is now difficult to find someone who can interrogate. But there is another news outside the prairie, you still remember Drum River?"

"Of course, don’t forget how long I stayed in Dherim. The river is at the edge of the forest east of Dherim. The narrowest part of the river is also fifty feet wide. It does not freeze all year round. To the north, almost the entire area of ​​Dehrim is separated. The river is navigable, and there are even several lakes in the basin." Byron naturally understood the situation around Dehrim in detail, and he closed his eyes. I can think of the scene when I was a mercenary when I was wandering around in that area because of my commission.

"The water source from the north has decreased. The water in that river is getting less and less day by day. In some sections of the river, even the rocks in the river bed have leaked out. The shallow water has begun to freeze. Follow this momentum..."

"If it goes on like this, the Drum River will stop flowing~www.readwn.com~Byron frowned, he already understood what the Kurgits meant. "When the river drops, the remaining shallow horses can go straight away. However, as long as the cavalry army of Kugit crosses the river, except for the woods, there is nothing that can hinder them from advancing. "

Of course Byron knew that the Drum River was the best natural barrier to stop the steppe cavalry. The river blocked the cavalry. On the other side of the river was the huge army gathered around Dherim and a series of fortresses built around Dherim. Every time the Kurgits need to expand, they have to think about whether they can make a profit by going to Dherim. You should know that the Great Plain of Dherim is connected to the grassland. If there is no river, the cavalry troops will be able to pass unimpeded. Even those fortresses cannot protect all the towns and villages. Sticking to the river is the lowest cost and the most practical. The means to counter the invasion of Kujit.

However, if the river is cut off and the current situation in the prairie is distressed, those hundreds of thousands of prairie herders will directly turn into brutal bandits. They will step across the river bed all the way to the west, and the army will be scattered while they are moving forward. The team robbed the fertile land until they could not move.

"Continue to observe the situation in the prairie, Polza. Winter will be over soon. I will get married soon. I don't want to spoil all of this. But we must be prepared and inform Earl Claes that you may get Let’s take another trip. Before Saiga Khan and his army move, we must make adequate preparations. Let this invasion become a feast for my marriage."