At 10 pm on the 18th, after communicating with the salt mine, Lant finally met his father, Huck Galloping Horse.
Lant came back in such a hurry because he wanted to discuss with his father why the count was in such a hurry to summon him.
"The count only calls for a few things, raising taxes, going to war, and raising taxes for the sake of war." Huck is very clear about the count's routine. All good things are explained in the letter. Only bad news is needed because he is afraid that the vassals will leak it. Special summons.
The count's letter was only sent to Lant. Now that Lant is the leader of the Galloping Horse family, the whole family does not need to go to such a meeting. Lant can represent two territories.
"Didn't we just finish the fight two months ago?" Now Lant is not afraid of fighting, but he just feels a little strange.
"Hey, you used to be young and didn't have much experience. In fact, there would be wars every year. After sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn, the lords would prepare for war. Anyway, idle time is idle, so you should relieve your boredom." Huck said I don't really care about it.
"When you are free, you will start fighting in the village, right? Are you a lord or a street gangster? Besides, I don't have that much free time. If you really have nothing to do, you can come over and help me collect salt," Lant thought. Keep complaining.
"Our Earl will still take our vassals out to fight?"
"There are generally three directions, the Frostwolf Forest in the north, the Galloping Horse Plains in the west, and the Lizardman Tribe in the south." Huck continued to analyze.
"We are pioneering nobles, so we have to pioneer from time to time, otherwise the kingdom should take back the right to develop."
"Hi" Huck looked at Lant and knew that he didn't want to get involved, so he said with a slight smile,
"Don't worry, our two territories have just experienced a war. As a rule, we will not participate in the war in the coming year. And now there is no war in the Benma Plain. The remaining two directions are too far from us, and we can't join them. It's so exciting." Huck said with a smile.
"I guess I'm asking you to dance this time. The Maned Wolf family holds various dances every spring and invites all the vassals."
"Then why don't you and your eldest brother go there?" Lant held the earl's letter, a little confused.
"No, you are the most powerful vassal under the earl. If you don't go, you won't give him face." Huck knew his boss very well.
"And if he really wants to fight, he will have to buy cheap equipment from you."
"In this case, I would like to ask you to take more care of Rote Ling during this period." Rand's stall is too big now, but there are too few people. Many things involving core interests can only be asked to help keep an eye on his father and brothers.
"Pete will have a new batch of salt shipped by the end of the month."
"I understand. Our caravan will set off at the end of the month, and we must deliver this batch of salt before the new quarter." As the father and son reached an agreement, Lant took out a small bottle of potion from the space ring and gave it to Huck. .
"Father, this is an intermediate potion. It was given to me by the church before. I think it should be given to one of the two brothers."
"Intermediate potion!" Huck stared at the glass bottle in Lant's hand and couldn't help but swallowed.
"You didn't promise them anything, did you?" Huck wanted to take it but didn't dare to take it. Generally, mid-level potions are rewards given by the nobles to young people in the family. Each bottle of potion requires young people to work for many years to obtain it.
"No way, this is a reward for killing Gray Goose." Lant gave the potion to his father.
"You see who takes them, I'm sure this won't be the last bottle I get.". . February 24, Count’s Palace, Brivinoyansk, the westernmost count territory of Kirislav.
The Earl of the West, Larzan Cattrall, was pacing back and forth in the luxuriously decorated study. Larzan had a gray and white beard, and his right hand wearing a seven-jewel ring was constantly twirling his beard.
"My lord, my lord!" Just as the earl was pacing, his family scholar ran in furiously,
"Lord Earl, the fighting has already begun, and our knights are making very good progress."
"How's it going over there in Yeville?" Larzan stared at the scholar closely.
"The Grand Knights of Yeville are also going well. Their knights have successfully penetrated into the core of the Frostwolf Forest. We should be able to open the passage to the Galloping Horse Plains in April, no, even before March. .”
"Your Majesty is right, this is an armed parade. Not only can we take over the Frostwolf Forest in a few months, we can even get a share of the Galloping Horse Plains." Cattrall rubbed his hands excitedly, and with a few gems The ring collides
"Ding. Ding" sound
"Yes, sir, most of the orc tribes in the Frostwolf Forest have been bribed by us, and the remaining tribes are completely vulnerable!" The scholar also continued to please,
"We should now plan how to control the entire forest within a few months and how to manage those orcs!"
"Hahahaha" the earl let out a rough laugh, his eyes narrowed to a slit.
"Tell those worried nobles that we don't need to mobilize the knights from each family at all. We can easily win by relying only on His Majesty and the knights directly under the territory!".
. At the same time, deep in the Frostwolf Forest, a group of 25 Kirislav knights were advancing rapidly. Their mission was to break through as far west as possible, and it would be best to reach through the Frostwolf Forest within a few days. The eastern boundary of Galloping Plain is Rocky Rough Pass.
The dim light in the forest, the dense trees, the occasional tree roots under the horses' hooves, and the surrounding branches all prevented the knights from displaying their usual speed.
"Captain, are we lost?" a knight said triumphantly, with a worried look on his face
"Impossible. Your Excellency said we should go all the way west, so we just keep walking." The leader of the group said calmly.
"Sir, my horse seems to be dying!"
"It's okay, let's change a batch." The knights are equipped with two war horses per person and a batch of draft horses. They are the most luxurious in the entire border area, although the war horses are just ordinary horses.
According to the requirements, speed is the most important. Tired horses will temporarily carry lighter supplies. If they are injured or tired, they can only be abandoned on the road.
In this way, the Knights circled all the way into the night.
"Master, this forest is really weird. The forest path looks straight, but if you really walk on it, you will always get lost."
"Yeah, I feel like we've been going in circles a few times." The knights chirped, their words full of worries about this operation.
"It's okay, the whole forest is not long. We can get out in two or three days." The knight leader comforted his subordinates.
"We have found the river. Just follow the river and we can get out." The bonfire rushed upward happily. In the bushes at the leeward in the distance, a pair of beast-like eyes were staring at the group of knights.
