Why are you withholding our goods and our caravan attachés? Did you know that this shipment was commissioned by the Dean family to be transported by us? In the clearing next to the border post, a middle-aged man who looked like a caravan steward yelled at Benjamin. ∟★八∟★八∟★ Reading∟ ★ book, .2▲》

"As I said, a large-scale purge of bandits is underway in the north, and in order to prevent bandits from plundering caravans to expand their strength, caravans carrying goods from the south are not allowed to pass through until the end of the purge is over. I've warned you to return home, you're going to have to break in, and if you hadn't had the documents issued by the guild, I'd have suspected you of being complicit in delivering supplies to the bandits. To be on the safe side, I must temporarily withhold your supplies and attachés. Of course, you can rest assured, I will never hurt you, and the food and lodging provided here are also very cheap, the cost of food and lodging is five pfennigs per person per day, there are twelve of you, sixty pfennigs per day, you pay for ten days first, and you should be able to return after ten days. Benjamin then pointed to the tax collector at the barricade and motioned for the tax collector to be given room and board for the record.

"You are simply robbers, you are not afraid"

Benjamin pulled out the short sword at his waist and pressed it against the steward's neck, and said fiercely: "We are afraid that whether the Dean family is our business, if you dare to say more from now on, I will slaughter you as a profiteer who fornicates with bandits." ”

Benjamin turned to the two outpost guards behind him and ordered, "You two, go and fetch their room and board for this steward." ”

The two outpost guards grinned and ran towards the captured caravan.

The caravan steward looked at Benjamin, who had one eye and a scar, with a frightened and helpless expression, and did not dare to say anything more.

At this moment, one of the guard guards ran up to Benjamin and whispered a few words in his ear.

Benjamin glanced at the heraldic banner of that team, and ordered: "Release, they are Baron LaBel's caravan in the county, and they must have nothing to do with the bandits, and I don't think any bandits will dare to rob them, let them go, and let them bring Baron Label's greetings to Lord Arte." ”

The caravan steward in front of Benjamin protested again, "My lord, why did that caravan pass without any problems, and we had to be repatriated or detained?" It's not fair. ”

Benjamin said fiercely: "You are a lowly businessman who can be compared with Baron LaBelle? Get back in here and be honest. ”

"Listen to me, you are safe to stay in this fence, and if you leave this fence without permission, you will be beheaded as bandits attacking the camp." With that, he walked straight away......

"What's going on, why are you just eyeing the caravan that has a connection with Dean." The caravan steward muttered to himself and returned to the fence where the caravan was held in a centralized manner, and the clearing of the fence, which had been used as a market, had already seized three caravans that had purchased and transported southern goods for the Dean family.

At Wooden Fort in the Valley, all the Legion's soldiers had been sent out to garrison Boulder Town and the border outpost, and only seventeen newly recruited laborers and miners from the Northland were still being trained. In order to deal with the crisis outside the valley, all the soldiers of the legion were withdrawn, so the training of recruits could only be carried out by the three soldiers who had basically recovered from their injuries in the defense of Boulder Town, and Art would occasionally go to the training ground to personally train these recruits.

In the second week of July, Bass, the former No. 1 Squadron Leader, who had been paralyzed for more than a month with a severe head injury, was finally able to barely speak.

When Camille told Art the good news, Art, who was training his soldiers, threw away his halberd and rushed back to the wooden fort, running straight into the cabin where Bass was retiring.

"You bastard, I knew you could recover." Art rarely explodes in front of his subordinates, but Art is extremely happy that Buzz can regain his ability to speak while suffering a head injury and sleeping for more than a month, and before that, Art thinks that Buzz will never be able to speak again in this life.

In the month since he was seriously injured and paralyzed, Buzz had become a withered stick, his eyes were sunken, his face was yellow, his limbs were dry, and his head was wrapped in a thick cotton cloth. ∟★八∟★八∟★ Reading∟ ★ book, .2▲》

He was on the verge of death when he was brought back to the valley from the Boulder battlefield, and it was Otto and Kazak who knelt down and begged Art to call in another healer for help.

Art also has a deep affection for the first force who followed him, and he begged Thomas and Fana to do everything in their power to keep Buzz alive.

Bas slept for five days and didn't open his eyes until the sixth day, but the hammer smashed his skull, and he couldn't do anything but swallow the consommé.

Art specially sent a lonely peasant woman from a territory to wait by Bass's side day and night, waiting for him to eat, drink, and Lazar, and every day Thomas and Fana Ji would change Buzz's wounds and check his head wounds on time.

He was paralyzed on his bed for a month, and only now could Bas barely speak.

"Big ~ people~, I~ also thought that I couldn't live~ anymore. ~I've ~seen~God~" Bass's voice was small and his breath was so faint that he had to break the two sentences into several paragraphs before he could finish it.

Art stepped forward to help Buzz and let him lie back on the bed, "Don't rush to sit up, lie down for a few more days, and wait until your body recovers." ”

After saying that, Art called the peasant woman who had been waiting for Bass, "Lucia, from today onwards, add more chicken and fish to each of Bass's meals, so that Bath can return to its former majesty as soon as possible." ”

"Also, you will take care of Bas hard during this time, and you will go to Madame in a moment to receive a reward of thirty pfennigs and fifty pounds of food."

"Thank you for your favor." Lucia's husband died in Tarburg, and she had children to support, and during this time, Wooden Castle provided for her family, and now she can still be rewarded, so she is naturally grateful to Art.

Art turned his head to look at the sallow-faced Buzz again, "Bass, I gave you a mission, you will restore me to my original appearance within a month, the Legion needs your return." ”

Tears welled up in the corners of Buzz's eyes......

"When I couldn't speak~Otto told me~Ron was seriously injured too~" Buzz cared in a weak voice about the clever guy who was always with Art.

Arte's expression of joy just now was replaced by a heavy face, "I led the caravan north to open up trade routes during your coma, but I was assassinated by the killers bribed by the Dean family, and Ron was poisoned by an arrow to cover me, and now I am still recuperating in the convent in Lucesen. ”

"But with the monastery to take care of, he should be fine."

Buzz nodded silently.

Art sat with Bass for a while, telling him about some of the major battles that had taken place over the past month or so and the situation outside......

"Father, they dare to detain our caravan, this time I can't tolerate it anymore, I will take the soldiers to smash his broken outpost and kill all his black-robed dogs." In the mansion of the lord of the manor, Dean has already burst into flames.

Since the failure of Lucesin's assassination, the Dean family had a hunch that Art would not give up, so during this time, the Dean family recruited dozens of mercenaries from all over the country and recalled more than 20 of their own elite caravan guards, plus the remaining manor guards and soldiers, a total of more than 80 people guarded their own manor and a farm, once the crazy Art dared to lead troops to attack their legitimate territory, they would successfully kill the "invaders" in the territory.

However, nearly 100 people guarded the two lands for more than half a month, and they didn't even see the shadow of the black-robed soldiers, just when the Dean family thought that the Yate knew the times and did not dare to use the sword soldiers against the Dean family, the news came from the southern border area that their own and their allies' caravan were seized by the border guards.

"Didn't you hear? He temporarily blocked the border in the name of clearing out bandits and blocking the route of robbers' material looting, although this reason is very far-fetched, but after all, it is also in the legal principle, it is not only the de jure territory of that guy, but also the border of the entire country, if you rashly take people to attack, how will you explain to the palace in the future? Nowadays, the power struggle in the court is delicate, and any disturbance may become a handle for those powerful people to eliminate their opponents. "Old Dean has been up and down in the business sea for many years, and of course his thoughts and worries cannot rely on momentary joy and anger.

"Father, you just think too much, if we had bought someone to kill that guy when he had just returned from the Northland Battlefield, how could there be so much trouble now!" Dean was dissatisfied with his father's overly thoughtful personality.

Old Dean ignored Dean's words, continued to ponder for a moment, and said, "I have a solution. ”

When Dean heard an arrow rushing up, he stuck to old Dean and asked, "Father, what can I do?" ”

"Go to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and take the initiative to fight for a name for transporting palace supplies, and then hire a mercenary to pretend to be our caravan and go to the border with paperwork to make trouble, if they don't dare to do it, we will break in in the future, if they dare to kill people, hum, rob and kill the convoy that transports supplies for the palace~ This crime is barely enough for us to lead our troops to conquer~"

"Will this work? They wouldn't be stupid enough to rob and kill caravans with court-mandated documents, would they? ”

"How can he know what kind of goods the caravan is transporting without showing the paperwork in advance. Well, but before we do, we'll send someone to negotiate, and maybe that guy will be able to get out of the way. ”

“…… In short, the Deans wanted us to retreat, and they were willing to give us six thousand phenneys in exchange for the freedom of the three captive caravans. "In the wooden fort in the valley, Angus, who had rushed back on horseback, reported on the situation of the Dean family who had sent someone to the border post a day earlier.

"Six thousand pfennigh wants to send me away? Did you take the money? ”

"Of course, the meat is all in my mouth, how can I spit it out. However, the three caravans were still being held, and the men sent by me were also beaten back. ”

Art laughed three times, "Sergeant Major, well done!" The 6,000 pfennigh was supposed to be their compensation for Ron's injuries. ”

Laughing at it, Yat's face began to be gloomy again, "I made such a big disturbance in the south, just to provoke the Dean family. ”

"Sergeant Major, the food supplies are almost ready on this side of the valley, you continue to repatriate and detain the caravan for me on the other side, and Otto will also patrol the trade road with the garrison of Boulder Town in the next few days. Remember, the next period of life and death is about our future development, and it is not too much to use any means. ”

Angus knew that Yat's move was very difficult, but if they couldn't make this move, they would not be able to get along with this river of gold in the future, and they would not have the money to support the huge military consumption.

"My lord, it's all this time, I understand. I will accompany you on this dangerous journey. Angus replied firmly.

"Okay."

"That's right, sir. Our Hawkeye sent back the message. The Dean family has now recruited nearly a hundred mercenaries and guards from all over the country. In addition, Lei Doan also sent someone to send back a secret letter, saying that recently a group of bandits have been gathering bandits from all over the country to try to counterattack the border outpost, it seems that the Dean family has also made a bloody investment, and the bandits who were beaten down by us also dare to stand up. ”

Art took a sip from his glass, put it down and replied, "Yesterday I also received a private message from Viscount Pierre, in which he scolded me and told me to quickly lift the border blockade and avoid a serious situation. ”

"Viscount Pierre also hinted in his letter that the Dean family was moving around, and he reminded me to act with thought, and that the death of a knightly nobleman would not stir up much of a wave in the age of chaos."

Angus laughed when he heard this, "My lord, it seems that Viscount Pierre doesn't believe in our strength~"

"Sergeant Major, it's not that Viscount Pierre underestimates our strength, it's just that the strength of the Dean family really doesn't dare to underestimate it, as long as they are willing to spend money, they can gather two or three hundred mercenary corps, if there are really two or three hundred mercenaries attacking any of us, then the situation will be very terrible~ What's even more terrifying is that they can come up with more money than this huge amount of money......"

"So we can't let them out of their nests, at least let them worry about their nests."

"You're right, we also need to be wary of them when they come out. Sergeant Major, two things, one is that after you settle the border garrison, take two squadrons of soldiers to give me a few circles around the southwestern farms of Tinets County in the name of chasing bandits, and instead of suppressing bandits, give me a few circles in front of the Dean family, fully armed; Second, you give Lei Dogan an order to keep a close eye on wēnqiē private tè and the southwest farm, and once the Dean family sends troops to attack us, you ask Lei Doan to attack the Dean family's territory immediately. ”

"You send another batch of food supplies to Ledogan, and you tell him that if he robs the Dean family's money, I will allocate all the money to him, and he can try to gather other bandits. By the way, tell Redogan that his son has been placed by me in the priest's parish school to learn writing and combat skills, and that kid is doing well, so he doesn't have to worry. ”

"Also, keep an eye on everything that is happening in the Dean family, and I want to know any actions of my opponents. You let Lusignan and the Sentinels keep the news going, and let Hawkeye also stare the Dean family to death for me. ”

"Yes, I'll make arrangements right away."

As soon as Angus walked out of Art's office, Spencer, the legion's baggage officer, who had recovered from an arrow wound, hurried into the room.

"Your Excellency!" Spencer entered the door and saluted Arte.

"Spencer, sit!" Art asked Spencer to sit across the table.

"The arrow wound is healed, right?"

"Thank you for your concern, I've been cured, but when the sky changes, the pain is incomparable."

"It's not easy to survive an arrow hitting a bone, I'll let Thomas and them find a way to heal your arrow wound."

"Thank you, sir."

"My lord, I'm here to report to you on the preparations for the army's food baggage."

"After going out for half a year to raise money and pay taxes on the grain land, there are now nearly 60,000 pounds of grain in the valley, and after consultation with the old steward, the civil administration has allocated 20,000 pounds of wheat to the army as military rations. The border post garrison has the most, and 10,000 pounds of grain has been allocated, and the garrison camp in Jushi Town has been allocated 6,000 pounds, considering that the Beiguan Military Fort will also be accommodated by the Valley Guard, and 3,000 pounds of grain has also been allocated for backup, and according to your arrangement, the recruit team is ready to reinforce everywhere as a mobile force, so 1,000 pounds are also prepared to carry with the army. ”

"My lord, these food reserves are enough for three months."

"In addition, all the weapons and armor brought back by the caravan from the north have been distributed to the soldiers, including the peasants of the Guard. The artisan workshop is also working around the clock to make weapons, and now that the arsenal has been emptied, it will be a problem to replenish weapons and armor during the war......"

After hearing this, Art asked, "How is the wound herbal powder prepared by the medical workshop?" ”

"I have sent heavy soldiers to assist Thomas and Fana Yu in making a large number of hemostatic powders, and the civil administration has also sent people to assist in picking herbs and collecting materials~"

"Okay, I'll let the caravan go to the south to buy the armament. You first do a good job of allocating and transporting the grain baggage. ”

"Yes, sir."

Spencer left the room, and Art called Felix, "Go and invite the old butler and the stewards to the house, and I will explain to them all the things in the valley during this time." ”

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Chapter 156: Friction Escalates