Chapter 23: Preparing to Go
Seeing Li Dedao coming, Goode motioned to the man to wait a while. Then he walked quickly to Li Dedao, bowed to Amy first, and said, "Miss Amy, morning." ”
Amy rode on Li Dedao's shoulder and waved her hand and replied, "You're early!"
Goode smiled and then said to Li Dedao: "Baron, morning!"
Li Dedao touched his chin, looked at Gude with a suspicious face, and said: "Usually Lord Li, Lord Li calls me, why did you change your name today, say! Is there any bad intention for me?" ”
"I'm trying to make a fart of you. Goode said with a bitter face: "I can see it, the goddess of fate is destined to make me entangle with you." ”
Li Dedao rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not interested in things that are entangled with an old man. ”
Goode sighed and said, "I'm not interested either, but unfortunately I can't, the goddess of fate has arranged for me to protect your safety in the next four months, with my Knight Gude and Knight Stowe." ”
Li Dedao was stunned for a moment: "Protect my safety, so to speak...... You're going to accompany me to the small town of Miami on the Redwood Plains. ”
"Yes, Lord Baron. Goode nodded and said, then handed a scroll to Li Dedao and said, "The letter of confession for you." ”
Li Dedao took the confession letter and asked as he opened it: "Didn't you say that you would protect me for a month? ”
"One month is the time to protect you in the small town of Miami, and it will take three months to travel. ”
"Well, it's going to take three months to get there, so long!" Li Dedao said in surprise.
"This is considered a normal driving speed, if you are unlucky and encounter some accidents, it may take longer, but if you are troublesome, you can take a flying monster to go, and it will only take seven days. Goode paused at this, then pointed his hand into the garden and continued, "But the soldiers and supplies outside can't be carried. ”
Li Dedao looked in the direction of Good's finger, first saw the Stoween knight nodded politely to his chest, Li Dedao nodded in response, and then entered the eyes of nearly two hundred soldiers, who were loading supplies around three animals that looked similar to rhinoceros on the earth, and Li Dedao, who saw such an animal for the first time, asked Goode curiously: "What kind of animal are those three." ”
"War beasts, adults can grow up to 4 meters, weigh 8 to 12 tons, have large heads, sharp horns, ears as large as fans, but poor hearing, limbs as thick as columns, knee joints can not be flexed freely, therefore can not be crossed obstacles, herbivores have a gentle character, do not actively attack people and animals, love to eat grass, newly grown leaves, and all kinds of well-watered fruits, can be released when attacked or frightened' Stone skin is like a hard boulder that makes its whole body, adaptable to the environment, and often used as a supply for long-distance cargo or military forces. Goode said playfully.
Li Dedao gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "Wow, amazing! I actually know so clearly." ”
Goode smiled, looked at the three-headed war beast, and said with a trace of memory in his eyes: "I used to raise this in my family, and when I saw the adults asking, I couldn't help but show off." ”
Seeing Goode with a story-like face, Li Dedao pursed his lips, didn't ask any more, put Amy down, let her and Nelly go to play, looked at the letter of appointment a few times and said, "This letter of appointment was given to you by a messenger sent by the king?"
Seeing Gude nodded, Li Dedao said dissatisfiedly: "It's too casual, I don't hold a single ceremony, it's not serious at all, so I don't have a sense of accomplishment." ”
"You want a sense of ceremony, it's not easy. Goode said with a smile, then stretched out his hand to Li Dedao and said, "Bring it." ”
"What are you doing?" asked Li Dedao suspiciously as he handed the confession letter to Goode.
Goode took the letter of appointment and shouted to the knight of Stowe: "Knight Stowe, please come here, I will read the king's letter of appointment to Baron Li Dedao." ”
Stowe Knight nodded with a smile and said, "I'm happy to serve." Then he walked over to Goode's right hand and stood still, pulled out a trombone from the storage ring, and blew it rhythmically.
Goode opened the book of confession and began to read: "The twenty-seventh king of the Kingdom of Gakia, Muya Panjin King MacAssyria ordered that Li Dedao save the eldest princess Mia for meritorious service, specially named Li Dedao as the baron of the Red Forest, gave the Red Forest Plain as his fief, and concurrently served as the consul, enjoyed the collection of taxes, the distribution of conscription, the execution of the people of the people, the right to punish the night, the formulation of regulations, the pursuit of criminals, the opening of mountains and gold digging, the development of production, foreign trade, the capture of slaves, the establishment of their own officials, the establishment of an army, can launch a war of no more than 10,000 people, and at the same time must pay a tribute of 30,000 gold coins every year, the kingdom will have the right to take back the fief, unconditionally obey the decree issued by the king, defend the honor of the royal family, guard the territory for the kingdom, when the kingdom launches a national war with the outside world, must follow the battle, send troops at their own expenseThe minimum number of troops is five knights, one mage, and five hundred soldiers. ”
With a flattering smile on his face after reading it, Goode handed the confession to Li Dedao and said, "How about Lord Li, oh! Now you should call Your Excellency Baron Hongsen or Lord Hongsen, so there is a sense of ceremony, right?"
"A little bit. Li Dedao took the appointment letter and smiled, and then said: "I generally understand the content of it, but I don't quite understand what this 'night right' means." ”
"Poof," Goode laughed along with Stowe.
Li Dedao asked suspiciously, "What's so funny about this." ”
Goode patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Ouch! There are so many privileges in it, you just ask this one, can I not laugh." ”
Knight Stowe also explained with a smile: "Baron Hongsen's 'right to stay at night' is also called 'right to the first night', which means that when the woman in your territory gets married, the woman's first night will be taken by you. ”
Li Dedao raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, what a corruption! It's really corrupt, these otherworldly buns are so good at playing, and they make such a good privilege and welfare, what if they ...... Hey, hey, thinking of this, Li Dedao had a cheap smile in his eyes.
As if he had seen through Li Dedao's thoughts, Knight Stowe shook his head and said, "However, I advise Baron Red Sen that it is better not to use this privilege, it is too easy to cause a rebellion among the people. ”
At this time, a soldier wearing an iron helmet, leather armor, and a blue robe with a small seal of the Rand family, carrying a kite shield with a round top and a conical bottom on his back, and a long sword hanging from his waist, ran over quickly, slapped the chest at the three of them, and gave a military salute and reported: "Three adults, the supplies are loaded, and you can set off." ”
"Departure?" At this time, Amy tilted her head and asked with a thoughtful expression, "Brother Li, are you going to leave Amy and go to a far place." ”
Li Dedao walked up to Amy and squatted down, scratched her nose and said, "Amy is so smart, Brother Li is going to a far, far away place for the time being, and when Brother Li settles down, he will come back to see Amy." ”
"Don't!" Amy's eyes immediately filled with tears, hugged Li Dedao and said, "Amy doesn't want Brother Li to leave, Amy can't bear Brother Li." ”
Li Dedao patted Amy's back with one hand and stroked her hair with the other and comforted: "Brother Li is reluctant to Amy, but Brother Li is already an adult, and adults have to do a lot of things that adults do." Speaking of which, he grabbed Amy's shoulders, gently pushed away a little distance, looked into Amy's eyes and continued: "So Amy, be good, don't cry, Brother Li will send you a lot of fun toys in the future." ”
"I don't want toys, I just want Brother Li to be with me. Tears finally flowed from Amy's eyes, and she cried.
At this time, the housekeeper walked out, came to Amy's side, took her little hand, but looked at Li Dedao and said, "Miss will hand it over to me, Lord Li's time is not early, the eldest princess said that you should leave." ”
"Hmm!" Li Dedao nodded heavily, then waved his hand at Amy and said, "Amy goodbye." ”
Amy grabbed the housekeeper's hand with both hands and cried very sadly, but she didn't forget to say to Li Dedao: "Brother Li remembers to think about Amy." ”
Li Dedao smiled and stretched out his hand to make an OK gesture, then turned around, turned his back to Amy, and walked towards the place where the soldiers had assembled, followed by Goode and Stowe.
As he walked, the Stowe knight commanded the soldier who had just made a statement: "Assemble everyone." ”
"Yes!" the soldier thumped his chest, gave a military salute, and ran briskly into the crowd, shouting as he ran, "Assemble! ”
After a period of chaos, a hundred soldiers lined up crookedly beside the war beast in four columns, all with a fierce expression, watching the arrival of Li Dedao and the three, while the slaves purchased by Li Dedao shrank behind the war beast with trepidation, pointing at them curiously and discussing in Wutan.
Knight Stowe took out a golden wig from the storage ring, replaced the silver-white wig he was wearing on his head, and said to Li Dedao with a smile: "The eldest princess of the Baron of Hongsen values you very much, these soldiers are carefully selected from the family army, do you want to say a few words to them." ”
Li Dedao had never even experienced the review in front of the whole class on earth, and at this time, he was very stage frightened when he asked him to give an impromptu speech to so many people, so he shook his head and said, "No! No! No time is lost." ”
Seeing Li Dedao's refusal, Stowe Knight didn't say much, but said with a smile: "Then forget it, let's hurry, and strive to reach the 'Dream Night' bar in 'Qiaotou Pass' tonight, I miss the wine there." ”
Li Dedao nodded and said, "I don't have much experience in marching, and everything will be hard for you and Gude." ”