"Andrew, if Nalant is really unwilling to change the territory, I can exempt the Storm Territory from paying taxes in the future!" The earl sitting on the iron seat saw Andrew's dilemma.
As a vassal, you naturally need to pay taxes to the lord. This is an obligation.
In addition to paying taxes, the vassal also has the right to recruit vassals for two months every year, and does not need to pay any remuneration to the vassals during this period.
"Steward Thomas, has Nalant really decided?"
"Yes, Lord Andrew, this is what Lord Nalant told me!"
"Okay!" Andrew nodded. Although his youngest son was a bit cowardly, he has become brave now. Maybe he, as a father, should let go. After all, no glorious lord grew up under the protection of others. They all needed to rely on Forged by courage and fighting.
"My Lord Earl, let Nalant continue to stay in Stormland!" Andrew spoke respectfully to Lord Earl!
"Okay! I will have people work out the tax exemption for the Storm Territory later and hand it over to Nalant's subordinates!" The Earl nodded. "Since the second son's report has been completed today, let's end the meeting here!"
"My Lord Earl, there is a gift here that Lord Nalant gave to Miss Stella!" At this moment, Thomas suddenly saw the gifts in the hands of several servants in front of him, and he immediately became excited.
When I set out this time, I actually forgot to remind the adults to give a gift to Miss Stella.
After all, things like this were originally Nalant's personal emotional affairs, and it was impossible for him as a butler to interfere. But now the servant clearly has seven gifts in his hands. If his master does not give them to him, he will definitely be outclassed by the other second sons of the knight.
"Well, just leave it to the servant!" The Earl nodded.
Afterwards, Thomas took out a bottle of perfume that he carried with him and gave it to the servant.
When the servant received the perfume bottle, the corner of his mouth twitched. As a servant of Tulip Castle, he naturally recognized this perfume bottle. It was the ordinary perfume that Earl Castle usually splashed in the corridors.
Civil affairs officials in other territories were also shocked when they saw this scene.
The earl also saw it, but he didn't say anything. When the servant accepted the perfume, the meeting was truly over!
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"Sir, according to Shirley's guidance, the two spies who just sneaked into the Storm Territory have been caught!" In the Storm Territory castle, Vivian was making a report to Nalant.
"Well, what's your rank already?"
"Sir, we are already in sixth place!"
"Well, let's lock him up first!" Nalant nodded.
Since two days ago, Quint has been sending spies to his territory. Fortunately, after Nalant learned about Salt's action, if Quint knew the situation, he would definitely send people secretly to investigate.
So he asked Shirley in advance to send bees to patrol the border between Quint Territory and Storm Territory every day, and report back whenever anyone came. As expected, Nalant captured six spies.
"According to the speed, the convoy should have arrived at Tulip City by now. It should be able to return in five days at the latest. Salt is just the beginning. Since you are so arrogant, don't blame me for making you kneel down and sing Conquest!" Nalant estimated the time. , calculating the time to settle the camp.
Although the convoy has not returned during this period, he is already in progress about destroying the buffer zone camp.
"Lord, I have sent out today's bees!" Not long after Vivian left, Shirley came to Nalant's study.
This little loli hangs out with bees every day and has a lot of fun in the castle.
The guards and servants all felt their scalps explode when they saw her playing among the buzzing bees.
"Very well Shirley! Ask your mother to bake two more pieces of white bread tonight. You and Vivian will both have white bread to eat!"
"Yes, thank you, your extremely generous and handsome lord!" Although Shirley has such incredible abilities, she is still a little loli at heart.
Lolita is not only delicate and easy to push down...ahem...but she also likes delicious food.
So Narant often used white bread to bribe her.
These days, besides preventing enemy spies from sneaking in, Shirley also has another important task.
That is the first step of the plan to deal with Quint's camp is completed by her.
The task is very simple, that is, let Shirley send two groups of bees to Quint's camp every day, and let the bees specifically attack the guards on the wooden walls, especially the archers on the arrow towers.
Quint's camp is comparable to a small fortress, with wooden walls reaching a height of five or six meters.
Naturally, the twenty-five-strong force of the Nalan District could not forcefully attack, so he had to enter the village quietly without any shooting.
During a sneak attack on the camp, the only way to prevent the guards from discovering them was to leave no guards on the wooden walls.
That's why Shirley sends out bees to attack the guards.
These days, the guards in Quint's camp have been in bad luck. A swarm of bees came from nowhere and visited the camp several times every day.
They stung whenever they saw anyone, especially the guards on the arrow tower. Almost everyone had been poisoned, and the more miserable ones had become bruised and swollen.
After Sir Dili, a middle-level title knight, found out, he was helpless against the bees, and finally had to order the guards to take shelter temporarily if the bees came.
At the same time, Dili also sent guards to search for beehives in the nearby woods, but nothing was found.
However, Dili did not doubt that these bees were sent by humans. After all, such a thing was unheard of, and he had never heard of anyone being able to control bees.
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In a beautiful garden of Tulip Castle, there is a pure white exquisite cottage built of marble.
This is exactly what the Earl built for his only daughter, Miss Stella, the Tulip Flower.
"Wow, Miss, what a beautiful shell! This is from Sir Billy with the green wooden collar!" In the luxurious and exquisite hall, the gifts given to Stella by the second sons were placed on a big table.
Stella had no interest in this and was just reading a book. However, her maid Lina was happily opening these exquisite gift boxes.
"I'll give it to you if you like it!" Stella replied to her personal maid without raising her head.
"Ah! Miss, I don't dare to accept it. If Sir Billy finds out in the future, he will definitely blame me!" Lina immediately refused, but she opened the gift box faster.
As the gift boxes were opened one by one, exquisite gifts such as beautiful colored crystals, fresh potion fruits, unique craft bracelets, etc. were placed on the table.
"Hey, is this a gift?" When she finished opening the seventh gift box, Lina was a little confused. She remembered that the servant who delivered it said that there were eight gifts.
"There are still unopened gifts from Sir Narante. Could this be from him? Miss, Sir Narante is so stingy!" Those gift boxes all contained messages written by the second sons themselves, so Li Na immediately knew that the only one left was Narant.
"Huh? Why are you so stingy?" After hearing the words Nalant, Stella had some reflection. People who regard the land of doom as a land of luck, not to mention the principality, even the entire continent, probably don't have it. How many people are there.
"Miss, you see, this bottle of perfume is a gift from Sir Nalant! This is obviously the perfume that our Tulip Castle uses to splash in the corridors and halls!"
Lina directly handed the perfume bottle to Stella, her face full of dissatisfaction.
Looking at the gifts given by the other second sons, and looking at this gift that was not even wrapped, Lina had already labeled Nalant as stingy.
