Rise In Calradia

<div;quot;read2">　　The sudden situation far away in Yerui Pavilion naturally did not affect Byron in the southern city. The southern lord of Swadia is now in a lost place in Veluga. In the owner’s mansion (the owner died in the riot), sitting around the table with his teammates, enjoying the cut venison pie while discussing various things at hand.

"This venison tastes really good, and the chef is very skilled. But the most important thing is this deer. It seems that His Royal Highness is really satisfied with our performance." Byron threw off the pie crust and sent the meat into the mouth for a few chews. .

"His Royal Highness went hunting out of the city yesterday and only caught a deer. He gave you half of it. His Royal Highness is showing you good. I heard that this is rare." Fattis nodded, he only tasted a bite, and then stopped. Moved, leaving all thoughts in this meeting.

"What's the situation with Veluga, how are our people arranged?"

"Six teams of patrols have been replaced by our people, and we also accounted for half of the defenders on the city wall, especially the vineyard owners and winemakers in the south of the city. They support your rule. After all, the conversations in the past few days After that, you have owned a grape farm and are a partner of three other farms. The owners rely on you, and the workers rely on you to survive. Just now, when the pie was not baked, the end of the Western Wall One team has also been replaced by ours." Bandak answered Byron’s words while eating, that the food is not good, but he has been busy for a long time, relying on his own understanding of the south to send various troops to occupy various places. Pass the pass and accept the property.

As for where did those properties come from? Naturally, the city dignitaries who directly or indirectly participated in the riot after the riot was suppressed. In order to save their lives, some used a partnership to give part of the income of their estate to Byron, and some were far below the market price. Price sells property to Byron. They wanted to use this to please Prince Harau, but the prince’s performance of killing them on the spot frightened them, allowing Byron to take a kickback and reap many benefits, and he owned a vineyard covering an area of ​​100 acres and many fields. estate.

"This can't be better. Dinar is never too much." Byron nodded, then looked at Jamila: "Is the finances still tight?"

"If you see those books full of numbers, then you won't ask this question." Yamila shook her head, tapping her fingers, as if she was calculating accounts in her mind. "My lord, the supply of thousands of people is not a small amount. What's more, the price of food has been rising from Uxhal to Veluga. The south is richer than the north, and people are willing to accept higher prices, so we The expenditure of the lords has also risen. There are also the purchase of horses and fodder. We will lose dozens of capable horses in every battle. You know how expensive it is. Generally speaking, the soldiers and knights of the lord have to prepare their own weapons, but You have to bear more than half of the cost of the armaments for your troops. It takes dinars to build weapons and armors, and repairs are a sum of money if they are broken. The blacksmiths in the city sharpen swords and repair armors for us day and night, but they are still satisfied. No demand. In addition, the salaries of the soldiers cannot be in arrears, and other miscellaneous expenses cannot be reduced. If this continues, I am afraid that all the silver coins you gave me will be exhausted by the end of this month." Jamila He talked about a long list of expenditure items in one breath, and stunned the other people in the meeting. They didn't understand the speed at which the war was consuming money, but they didn’t expect that Byron’s financial resources would not be able to support the consumption of the troops. NS.

But in this regard, Byron himself behaved very naturally, with some leadership aura.

"War always costs money, everyone, and it spends much more than you think. Before I return, from the Peony Tutuan account to the report of the territory, we all lost money, and our soldiers But it doesn’t decrease but increases. It’s inevitable that the money bag is empty. Otherwise, what are we doing in war? Don’t forget, war will cost money but also make money. Because of your Royal Highness, the benefits we get are more than expected, Viru The city of Canada is now inseparable from us, and His Royal Highness can’t drive us out again. What's more, we have defeated not a single Rhodok army this time, from the south of the Gruen Ward border to Veluga. The villages between the cities now have our garrisons. The owners of those lands obviously did not fulfill their obligations to the prince. They either fled or surrendered. We can only "take care of" these lands for them and let His Highness consider these. Whether people still have the qualifications to retain these lands. When Kenrad brings his people over, we will take care of their internal affairs. From the housekeeper in the manor, the sergeant in the fortress to the tax collector, we will all Help them rectify..."

"If they are not happy, we have a way to get them to agree." When Byron said here, Kress interjected, and took out his dagger to throw it a few times. After following Byron, in addition to assassinations and poisonings, Kress also learned a series of methods suitable for dealing with from nobles to civilians, such as bribery, threats, grasping handles, using sexual alliances, and instigating family conflicts. , She can be described as "exceptional gifted."

"Well said, Kress." Byron complimented, then turned around and continued.

"At that time, after your Highness is on the high wall, there must be a helper who has enough influence on the local area and can control the situation to assist him in managing those lands. Who will be that person? Don't worry, everyone, we are absolutely perfect. It's not a loss-making business." Byron took a sip and gave a smug smile.

"But with all due respect, sir, you still have to prepare a sum of dinars as soon as possible. Now things have not developed as much as you imagined. We still need to maintain our existing troops, guard against possible enemies, and stabilize us. The land under his control." Fattis didn't want to disturb Byron's good mood, but he felt that he had to mention something to avoid more serious problems later.

"It's okay, I already have a way, Fattis, prepare a few fast horses, and go to the north right away. You know we won a lot of trophies in this city~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I separate these things Hidden away, the specific location is only known by me, Jamila and the date... the person who hid the treasure with me. You take my key, I tell you the location, you go and get the dinar back , That’s enough for us to use for a while, until we can profit from the land and assets." Byron took out a key and a book, the book was written in a special exotic square font No one understands except Byron. Byron took out a map from the mezzanine of the book, marked it with letters and notes, and gave it to Fatis along with the key.

"Of course, my lord, I am always at your disposal." Fattis stood up and bowed. "I guess who you are talking about. He is indeed loyal to you and a trustworthy person, but are you sure that there will be no problems with him?"

"Probably not." Byron thought a little bit.

"Before I had a team of mercenaries staying there, saying that they were looking for a live look, but it was actually to protect him and the secrets he knew. At least I could bring him over to see me when he really wanted to betray. There are also our secret agents and sentinels, who are reliable veterans. I used to negotiate with the local lord for this matter. But this time when we returned to the south, I was worried about the lack of troops, so I brought them all with me, but It hasn’t been a few days in total, and I don’t think there will be any surprises."

Byron didn't realize that he gave himself a bite of poisoned milk.