Rao is an old Santos, an old fox, but he can't sit still when he hears that he can increase food production.

Although the other party tried to show composure, Luther could still see that the hand that put the wine glass from the table was trembling a little, and his shriveled face was a little rosy.

In fact, the most important thing in old Santos's mind is food, with food, there is basically everything, but other things may come a little slower.

The empire was very unstable when it was first founded, so these places on the periphery were the areas responsible for guarding, and now if the other kingdoms in the northeast of the empire were not wiped out, it would not be as peaceful as it is now.

But because it is a remote area, food is the most difficult problem, which also makes the nobles here a little petty, that is, they like to store and collect grain, and even make excuses to fight because they are worried about other people's food, and the final compensation is gold coins and grain.

The butler beside the old man tried to open his mouth several times, but finally did not speak, because he knew that Count Santos would definitely agree to this condition, because this is a method that can be used until the future, and it can be said that it is a great benefit.

At this time, Luther showed a mentality that did not match his age, so that Santos was very satisfied when he looked at the 16-year-old Count Sears, after all, the other party was also his grandson.

"200 soldiers plus 500 gold. ”

After hearing the other party's words, Luther smiled, he was really convinced, he was obviously greedy to death, but he still looked like an iron rooster.

"If you say that, I'm probably going to take my leave, dear grandfather Santos. ”

After saying that, Luther did not leave immediately as he said, and spoke again: "Dear grandfather Santos, do you know how much my method can make a difference in your yield?

Why don't you care? The old man rolled his eyes at the other party's deliberate ridicule, but he also knew that he was joking.

"Your yield here is only more than 100 catties, maybe a little higher? I can at least double it. ”

At this time, Luther was confident, and he would be able to achieve this effect after improvement, not to mention that he also had a fattening method, which would be at least twice as much as it is now, which is still less to say, and looking at the other party's expression, it is estimated that it is similar to him, and it is estimated that there is no 100 catties.

Thinking about it, Luther thought it was ridiculous, the farmer could only barely feed his family after paying taxes for a year, and this situation is still very common here, why two meals a day?

That's why some farmers take time out to hunt in the mountains, but this is a place with strange beasts, so hunting is also very dangerous.

"300 soldiers, 800 gold, dear little Sears, the Santos family really doesn't have much money, and do you think it takes few people to run the city?"

The old man's eyes are clear, and there is a kind of cunning in it, what he said just now is clearly not to the other party's ground, it is just another test of Luther, compared to the old man's grinding and chirping to lower the price, Luther wants to complete the ideal 500 soldiers, 1000 gold coins as soon as possible.

After grinding again, Luther shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Dear Santos grandfather, I won't talk to you either.

As far as I know, with the strength of the Santos family, 600 soldiers and 1500 gold coins can still be easily obtained. ”

"Oh, Lord God, little Sears, are you going to grab it?

550 soldiers, 1000 gold coins, this is my final bottom line, if it weren't for the fact that you are my dear grandson, I would never agree. ”

It's really special, it's like you've suffered a lot of losses, obviously you're taking advantage of it, but then Luther thought about it was best to turn a little knight over, but old Santos bit his mouth and refused, that's all his treasure, how can you borrow someone easily?

However, with Luther's soft and hard routine, the lion's mouth that originally required 50 people was reduced to 15 people, and the other party reluctantly agreed, but said that Luther would bear the weapons and equipment himself.

After borrowing it, old Santos covered his chest and looked very painful, and scolded Luther with a smile before asking the butler to prepare the dinner.

The topic of the conversation became more relaxed, and the elder Santos asked about the other party's family and the cause of the incident, and then asked Luther about his preparations.

Generally, the third party of the two families will not take the liberty of participating in the war unless they have the consciousness of offending the dead family, so Luther came to borrow troops, rather than asking for assistance for the Santos family to help.

There is still a big difference between these two aspects, at least on the bright side, the former is easy to be criticized, and the latter is within the range that everyone is willing to accept.

Although soldiers are also very valuable, there is a price to pay for borrowing soldiers, and there are almost no people who borrow troops unconditionally, so everyone is also welcome to earn money when their own territory is stable.

Of course, the premise is that they are familiar with each other and have no hostile relationship, otherwise they are likely to be disliked or even driven out by the other party, which will be a big shame.

"That's all there is to deal with at the moment, but I don't think the Minahir family will have too many troops, after all, it's just a new earl, and it has always been a viscount before.

It seems that the knighthood has also increased his ambitions, and I think it will cost him this time, but what I am worried about now is that the other two small families will be involved by the people behind them.

Although the two families together will not be able to match the Minethil family, what if someone borrows troops?"

This is indeed what Luther is most worried about, especially after Count Santos promised to borrow 550 troops just now, he is not afraid of meeting with the Minahir family now, but the remaining unstable factor is his headache.

"You wait a day before leaving, I will send someone to check on these two families, I believe there will be a harvest."

As for the most behind them, they are just earls, and they are probably the group of fools on the periphery of the imperial capital. ”

Old Santos smiled very proudly, and then asked Luther: "This method is also bullying you as a child, let them try to deal with another earl family?"

The Sears Family ......"

Old Santos smiled and shook his head, not looking very concerned, but just now the other party said that if this was the case, he would be responsible for the arrangement, so Luther agreed with suspicion.

But then talking about the old Santos of the Sears family was very regretful, probably thinking of the previous time when his grandfather was still there, and then the other party's expression became complicated, it should have been thinking of his parents.

Luther didn't answer, just waited quietly for old Santos to wake up from his deep memories.