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They say they are birds, but they are all falcons.
These falcons were obtained by Nalant through his subordinates. After signing the ownership contract with the little Lolita, they became more obedient than those who survived the falconry in the previous life.
And these three 'little brothers' will be left there after arriving at Tulip Castle, and will be used as messengers for Stella or Bernard to send messages to him in the future. '
In this way, there is no need to use people and horses to convey messages, which is not only safe, but also greatly shortens the speed.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is another week later.
At noon that day, Nalant had just finished breakfast when he heard the guard report that a large group of people had arrived from the distance of the castle.
After receiving the report, Nalant immediately went to the city wall, looked through the telescope, and saw the flag of the Frank family in front of the motorcade.
What the team brought was not goods, but thousands of people.
"It's done!" Nalant immediately thought of a possibility, that is, Catherine is back!
He has been waiting for news during this period, especially after receiving information about possible changes in the situation in the northwest desert. He was worried that the families of these guards would not be able to be redeemed by then.
That would also damage his prestige among the guards.
After all, he used to help them bring back their families as a means of winning over and as a favor.
And when family members come over, these guards will also become more determined, just like Quick and others.
After guessing the identity of the team, Nalant walked out of the castle to greet them.
Soon, this team of thousands of people arrived outside the castle, and their identities were indeed the family members of the three hundred guards who had been redeemed as Nalant thought.
"Narant!" Before the carriage in front of the team stopped, Natasha's beautiful face appeared on the carriage.
"Thank you for your hard work, Natasha!" Narant immediately stepped forward to greet her.
"For Nalant, I'm not afraid of hard work. Besides, it's not hard for me. I just need to go to Tulip City!" Natasha got off the carriage gracefully and whispered back to Nalant.
But after saying that, she was a little confused, and suddenly her eyes widened and she began to look at Nalant vigorously.
"Why, is there something wrong with my face?" Narant, an old driver, was also looking at him a little embarrassed.
"Narant, why do I find you more handsome every time I see you! It's so strange!" Natasha frowned slightly.
"Ahem!" Nalant immediately coughed dryly.
He knew that this was the effect of his affinity fruit.
His appearance is the ceiling, but as his affinity increases, it will definitely make people feel more and more handsome and attractive.
"Giggle! But the more handsome you are, Nalant, the more I like you too!" Natasha saw that Nalant's expression was a bit unnatural, and she thought he was embarrassed by her complimentary words, so she immediately smiled softly. .
Nalant had no way to deal with this woman, but there were many people here, and he was not ready to continue talking here, so he said: "Natasha, let's go first, we go to the castle first. You must be tired from this journey, first Wash up, eat something, and then take a good shower!”
"Yes!" Natasha nodded and immediately walked towards the gentle slope of the castle.
Before leaving, Nalant ordered his men to go to Maiye Village to find Mario and a group of new guards.
Since these are their family members, they can just register and take them back, and there is no need for Nalant to give any more instructions.
After taking Natasha into the castle to wash up, Nalant asked Rose to prepare delicious food for her again.
Then he asked about the details of the redemption at the dinner table.
However, in fact, there is nothing much to say about the details of this redemption, according to Natasha herself.
The redemption went smoothly this time. She found a caravan from the Desert Principality in the name of the Frank family, and then handed the matter over to them for a premium of five coins.
And a week ago, the caravan successfully brought the people to Tulip City and handed them over to her.
This time, a total of 1,235 people were redeemed, and none of the 300 guards' families were left behind, and they are all here.
Of course, things went smoothly, but a lot of gold coins were spent.
Originally, if slaves were sold, adults, children or the elderly had different prices.
Adult men and women generally cost around twenty or thirty silver coins each.
This time, the price Nalant gave was a unified price, and everyone calculated it based on twenty-five silver coins, regardless of men, women, old or young.
Such a unified price is definitely a high price, so when a caravan comes to redeem someone, no noble will be unhappy.
Of course, that was only the price for redeeming these family members from the Northern Principality. In addition, Nalant also needed to pay five more silver coins to the entrusted caravan.
The reason why the bid is so high is, first of all, to ensure that they can go all out to complete this matter, and also to ensure that they will never abuse or neglect these family members on the road.
Narant knew very well that if he did not explain in advance and give enough money, they would transport these families as an effort on the road without preparation.
By then, thirty or fifty people would die on the road, which would be considered a small number.
Narant is actually not short of money now, so after discussing the details with Natasha, he paid a slight premium to complete the project.
In this way, the total cost of redeeming these 1,235 people this time was about 37 gold coins.
This is not a problem at all for Nalant, who can earn nearly a hundred gold coins a month even in this winter.
And when Nalant finished lunch with Natasha and then went to the study room on the third floor to discuss the philosophy of life, Maiye Village was in a bustle at the moment!
"Thank you for your gift and your kindness!"
"Thank you for your gift and your kindness!"
When the three hundred guards saw their families, they hugged each other and cried on the spot, and then there were even more crying cheers of gratitude.
Although my lord has promised to redeem their family members, in fact, everyone has not been particularly at ease. After all, even if my lord is not lying, he is willing to spend money to do it.
But there are too many uncertain factors in this. As long as there is a little mistake, they may lose the chance to reunite with their families.
But what they didn't expect was that just over a month had passed, and they actually saw their families and reunited with them intact. This made all the guards feel like they were in a dream.
What's more important is that they just listened to their family's story about their coming experience, and they were even more grateful to their adults. They couldn't help but kneel on the ground and bowed and shouted in the direction of the castle.
It turned out that the caravan's premium payment by Nalant ensured that the serfs would not suffer on the road had been known to the family members who came.
The caravan personnel responsible for transporting them would often lament to them, saying that they had been doing business for decades and had never seen such a kind and generous noble.
In order to ensure that they would not suffer on the road, they paid two more silver coins and asked them to provide carriages for the old and weak prisoners, and then provide them with sufficient food.
Only in this way can all these family members come to the Storm Territory safely.
It is absolutely reasonable for the guards to react with such excitement when they heard such news.
It can be said that the loyalty of these guardsmen, Nalant, is no longer at all inferior to that of the original team such as Quick and others.
Of course, some people are happy and some are sad.
When other captured soldiers came for questioning and saw the scene of 300 guards meeting their families, every one of them couldn't help but burst into tears.
They also have family members in the Northern Principality, but they don't know if they will ever have the chance to reunite with their families like the guards in front of them.
"How great it would be if the lord could redeem our family! I will swear to serve the lord to the death in my life!"
"Yes! Don't say it's this life, I'm willing to do it even in the next life!"
For a moment, the captive guards who could not be reunited with their families lamented.
Narant also received this news report in the evening.
Although he has some sympathy for these ordinary prisoners, the situation in the desert in the northwest is extremely unstable now, and with the family members who want to redeem everyone, there will definitely be big movements, so he can only put it aside for the time being. Think about it in the long term.
However, just when Narant thought that it might take several years to solve the problem for the captive serfs, something unexpected happened a week later.
In the early morning of this morning, Nalant was dressed neatly under the aristocratic lady Natasha's service. Before he could go to the restaurant to have breakfast, he heard the report from Shirley, saying that Xiao Huihui was making his morning inspection. When we were in the territory, we discovered that at least tens of thousands of people had broken into the Storm Territory from the north of the castle.
"Tens of thousands of people? Shirley, Xiao Huihui is sure you read it correctly. Are those people armed?" Nalant was also a little stunned.
Tens of thousands of people, equivalent to the population of an ordinary barony, actually broke into their own territory.
This made him wonder if someone was preparing to attack his Storm Territory.
"Sir, Xiao Huihui said that only a few dozen of those people have weapons, and the others are ordinary people, without long swords or leather armor!"
"Only a few dozen people have weapons? What kind of team is that?" Nalant was even more confused now, "Come here, summon the personal guards and barbarian guards!"
Nalant immediately issued the order. Since he couldn't guess it, he naturally needed to go and check it in person.
