On the seventeenth day after the battle of Boulder, Art formally formed an armed caravan at Wooden Fort in the Valley.

The caravan was equipped with eighteen four-wheeled carriages and their animals, fifteen armed guards who were also coachmen, a full-time stableman, a handyman, and one officer, two deputies, and three stewards, making a total of twenty people. The caravan guards are equipped with a set of black robes without heraldic, a short spear, a shield, a sword, a hammer, an axe, a bow and arrow. The stables were mainly responsible for feeding the mules, horses, and livestock of the caravan, and enjoyed the same treatment as officials, with a monthly salary of sixty pfennigs; The miscellaneous servants were responsible for the food and lodging of the whole caravan and the management of the baggage of the caravan, and the monthly salary was fifty pfennigs.

The caravan has three duties, the main duty is, of course, to trade and do business to earn money; The secondary duties were to purchase weapons, armor, horses, and fine iron for the army, and to recruit blacksmiths, craftsmen, healers, and other talents urgently needed in the territory; The last covert duty is to gather intelligence and find out information for Arte.

Art is a knight, and the knight's vocation is to march and fight on the battlefield. In order to avoid secular accusations that a military nobleman was obsessed with commerce, the officially formed armed caravan was named Baron Galvin, and the banner of the caravan was also Baron Galvin's blue background Golden Sheep Irises Heraldic Flag.

"Lord Galvin has replied, he has allowed us to send an armed caravan to his banner, and he intends to hand over one of the trade routes from Sapp to the western province of Kodor to us for the time being." Salter, the caravan steward, took Baron Galvin's letter and said to Art.

"My father-in-law was worried that I would offend the Dean family by meddling in the trade of southern goods on the eastern route, so he asked me to run the western front, but I didn't plan to take silver coins from my family's money bags. I laid out such a big battle and killed so many brothers for the Eastern Trade Route. "The southern trade routes of the three provinces west of Sapph were pioneered by Baron Galwin for decades and were his life's work. Art did not plan to share the soup in Baron Galvin's bowl, and the trade route of the Sapsy Line was not the best trade route for Art's territory, which required a detour to the northern border of Provence.

"Nothing else, how are the goods prepared?" Art asked.

"In the previous months, the caravan used the route of Lord Galvin to secretly go to all parts of northern Provence to buy southern goods and hoard them at border posts. In addition to the goods of the northbound caravans that the border outpost has forcibly purchased in the past few months, we have hoarded fifteen truckloads of goods from the south, and the purchase price is 35,000 pfennig, if it can be sold smoothly, it is initially estimated that it can reach 80,000 pfennigs, and we can net 40,000 dophines after deducting the caravan's salary and consumption. This is only the lowest valuation~" Salter said, with a gleam in his eyes.

"It's only taken you more than four months to buy fifteen cars? On average, there are less than four truckloads of southern goods in a month. Art's words have the meaning of blame.

Salter hurriedly explained: "My lord, our acquisition of southern goods is carried out quietly, in order not to arouse suspicion, we dare not buy in large quantities every time, so slowly. Besides, there are not many southern goods reserves in the north of Provence now, and fifteen cars is already our greatest effort. ”

Yate thought about it, "Okay, fifteen cars are fifteen cars, and when this golden river is opened, we are not afraid of no supply~"

"Have you done anything with the guards, and have you emphasized to the guards the dangers that may arise on this trip, you have to make it clear to them, if you want to quit now, it's still too late."

"My lord, I have already stressed to the guards that two of the guards with families have withdrawn, and the old butler and I have selected two more young men from the valley guard to fill in. The rest of the guards were mostly a group of warriors recruited by the caravan from outside, and they were all fearless to death. ”

"Well, withdrawing in advance is not an escape, and if you dare to retreat from the battle, the sword in my hand is not only used against the enemy."

"My lord, I know. I'll check again. ”

"Okay, you go down and prepare, tomorrow at noon I will take a small number of elite soldiers to set off with the caravan, and we will go to the border post to load the goods first."

After Salter left, Art ordered Ron to call Angus to the office.

"Sergeant Major, I will leave the valley tomorrow to open up trade routes, and when the garrison of Boulder Town is stabilized, Otto will be busy recruiting and training soldiers to prepare for the expansion of the army, and I will leave the important task of clearing bandits and stabilizing the order of the county to you."

"I only took Ron and Felix and his entourage with me on this outing, and here in the valley Otto left the first squadron Colin and a few of them to help recruit and train new recruits, I have ordered the second and third squadrons to be temporarily placed under your command, and the remaining cavalry of Lusignnan and the Sentinel Cavalry will be handed over to you to command, and all these soldiers will be handed over to you to suppress the bandits, I hope that when I go out and come back, you can basically quell the bandits in Tignats County."

Art lowered his voice and said to Angus, who was leaning closer, "Sergeant Major, Redogan is a sharp blade that we have hidden in the jungle of the Secret Valley, and as long as his son is in our hands, we can control this blade. You said we need to do the dirty work in the future, and I think this blade is used to do the dirty work for us. ”

"This time you have to make full use of the information provided by Redoan to try to wipe out several big bandits in the county in one fell swoop. The old rule is that the bandit leaders and bandits are killed, and they are barely brought back to the valley as slaves, and the rest can be killed or not killed by Redogan to take over and strengthen the team. However, he can't let Redogan's power be too large, let him control the number of his men within fifty, and if Redogan behaves well, he will be able to quietly take the relatives of his bandits to the valley to settle after these few jobs. Also, let Redogan find out the group of mongrels that ran out of Ryan Manor, and find an opportunity to destroy that fat pig for me in the name of suppressing bandits......"

"Okay, I've made a note of everything, I'll arrange it."

At noon the next day, Art set out from Fort Valle with the recovered Ron, Felix, and one of his retinue with the officially formed armed caravan.

After coming to the construction site of Beiguan Military Fort, Yate let the caravan's empty carriage pull more than a dozen carts of pre-prepared wood, which were transported to the garrison of Boulder Town for them to build and strengthen the wall, after the battle of Boulder Town, Yate paid more attention to the enclave of Boulder Town, so he planned to let the garrison of Boulder Town build a simple camp into a strong wooden fortress, and the number of soldiers stationed in it also expanded to nearly the size of a squadron.

At nightfall, a group of carriages and horses rushed to the station of Boulder Town.

Otto and the soldiers of the 2nd and 3rd Squadrons were still stationed here to defend the Patrol Troops, and the disabled Patrol Squadron also needed to be reorganized by drawing soldiers from the Wooden Fort Recruits and the Valley Guard.

In the tent in the camp, Otto and Obote, the leader of the patrol team, sat on a low stool and listened to Art's orders.

"Odo, in two days Angus will come to Boulder Town to take over the second and third squadrons, and then he will be handed over to deal with the war against foreign bandits, and you will return to the valley to concentrate on recruiting and training soldiers, and you will also be responsible for the reorganization of the valley guard. I'll leave Colin with you as your deputy, and if you don't have enough manpower, you can borrow it from Angus or Cooper. My trip will be as short as twenty or thirty days or as long as a month or two, and when I return to the valley, I hope that you have basically completed the task of rebuilding the first squadron and building the fourth squadron. In addition, the number of patrol teams and soldiers stationed at border posts has also been expanded to about 10 people......"

Art emphasized to Otto the goal of the recent build-up.

After talking to Otto for a while, Art glanced at Obote, the captain of the patrol team who had been looking down and did not dare to look directly at him.

"Obote, look up."

Obote looked up.

Yat said with relief: "You have already been fined a month's salary for this desertion of the patrol team, and you don't need to blame yourself too much for this matter."

"My lord, I have no way to rule, and this kind of mongrel scum has come out of my hands, and he deserves to be punished." Obote's head lowered again.

"Alright, rambling like a woman. If you really blame yourself, give me a strong defense of Boulder Town, and train my soldiers to be stronger. After this expansion, you have more soldiers under your command, and how to make them resolute and brave is what an officer should consider. ”

Art said and remembered something, and asked the two of them: "The number of patrol teams will increase during this expansion, and I plan to expand the patrol team to two squads of twelve people, and the two squads will take turns to garrison Boulder Town and patrol the territory of Shangdao County. The first squad is led by Obote himself, and the second squad also needs a team leader, do you have any good candidates? ”

Obote thought for a moment and replied: "My lord, Soldier Benson performed well in this defensive battle, although he is still recuperating from his injuries, but after recovering from his injuries, it should not affect the battle, can you consider making him the leader of the second squad."

Yat recalled the name and asked Otto, "Benson~ is that guy who was preparing to be a deserter at Sapu Fort at that time?"

Otto nodded.

Art pondered for a moment, stared into Obote's eyes, and asked, "Do you know that this guy was planning to be a deserter?"

"I know my lord. He had persuaded me to run away with him, but that was only the former Benson, who had performed well in the Eastern Frontier and in all subsequent battles, including the Battle of Boulder Town and the killing of two bandits. ”

"You're willing to vouch for this guy?"

"Guarantee him with my head!" Obote's tone was firm.

"Since you, the commander, are willing to use his head as a guarantor, then let Ben Sen become the captain of the second squad of the patrol team after returning from injury, and enjoy the treatment of the leader of the battle team."

"Thank you, sir."

"Okay, let's continue to talk about the reconstruction of the wall, I specially brought a large amount of timber here this time......

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Chapter 142: Forming an Armed Caravan