Chapter Seventy-Seven: Returning Home
The count stayed in the palace for seven or eight days, and there was always something to be planned for the king's supporters and the king.
By the time William and the others left the royal capital, it was already late autumn, and William had been in the royal capital for nearly a month.
William took a very large amount of iron from the royal family's warehouse, and if all of it was used to make scale armor, it would be enough to make 10,000 sets, and William also paid the price of 20,000 silver coins.
Although King Brolin was surprised to see the amount of money William had taken and his wealth, he did not have any bad thoughts.
William's ability to come up with this figure is not shocking, after all, he only accounts for 20% of the shares, and can divide more than 20,000 silver coins every year, so William, who takes the lion's head, will obviously earn no less.
It was not for nothing that William took so much iron, first of all, there was a serious shortage of iron in the Denglenburg area, and it was better to solve it at once than to go back and forth frequently to and from the royal capital.
Besides, William is not only for himself, the lack of iron is a matter for the whole of Denlenburg, William has a large amount of iron in his hand, and he can sell it to other nobles at a low price to brush up his favorability.
William and his group of knights walked in front, and behind them were the soldiers who were forced to escort iron and silver coins, although there were several bandit bandits and bandit gangs of dozens of people who beat the attention of the knights, but without exception, they were wiped out by the angry knights.
The little maid Lingsi also gradually got used to the days of following William's side and became a little more cheerful, but in the face of William, the person who took away her virginity and adopted herself as a maid, she still had some mustard.
Within a month, they returned to the realm of Denlenburg, and after a feast held by the Count, the knights and nobles dispersed to return to their domains.
Now it's William's turn to be distressed, and he went out to a competition and brought back a maid, what should he tell Wella about this?
William's thing is really not authentic, man, just do it, but it's not right for you to bring it home, just like in the previous life, you found a junior and brought it home, isn't this impatient.
But think about it from another angle, if William doesn't recognize people, then what a big harm it will be to Lingsi, not to mention the lack of chastity, the culprit will not admit it, and that nobleman will marry a woman who has lost her virginity in the future.
Anyway, in that regard, William was wrong, and he had to find a way to compensate the two of them.
When they arrived near the Mandes Manor, William led a few knights, followed by seventy or eighty heavily armed infantrymen, and walked into the manor.
As soon as they entered the Manders Realm, the little maid and the two of the Senmoril Kingdom were shocked.
Almost every village they passed through had dozens or even hundreds of sheep outside the village, and the inhabitants of the villages looked like they were well nourished, doing all sorts of work, some making guns in fulfillment of feudal obligations, others handling things like smoked meat, and storing food for the winter.
What surprised them the most was not the meat being smoked, but the large grain hoards in the center of the village, and you can imagine how huge the amount of grain stored in them would be.
"Your village looks rich, I wonder why you are so rich, did you eat and drink before?" Delsaith broke away from the group and left the village alone, asking a random villager.
"It turned out to be a foreign knight lord, since you asked so, although our village did not starve to death before, but it is true that there was not enough to eat, but more than a year ago, our whole area became the domain of Baron William, thanks to the merciful Lord Baron, all this is thanks to him, he just came, and allocated a different number of ploughing cattle to each of our villages, so that we can reclaim more blockage, and later trade with the Chekel people, in exchange for more ploughing cattle, and countless lambs! Now, we don't have to worry about our stomachs! ”
The villagers chattered endlessly, their faces covered with pride that could not be concealed, and it seemed that for William, the villagers were very satisfied.
But then, the villagers' expressions became vigilant: "But this lord, don't hit the idea of our village, and don't hit the idea of any village, last time a gang of robbers robbed several villages, and they were directly killed by the baron, you ......"
Although the villager did not say the following words, the warning meant that everyone could hear it, and this villager was also strong and brave to dare to say so, if this knight master was a short-tempered man, even if he was cut on the spot, he might not be able to say it.
When the time comes, the knight will confess under the pretext that the pariahs have offended the nobles, and the baron will not be able to deal with him well, and he will die in vain.
"Well, got it, thank you!" Del Seth thanked him very respectfully, which was completely unexpected by the villagers, who originally thought that even if this knight master did not cut himself, he would be angry and whip himself.
Delseth hurried out of the village and caught up with the knights, who wanted to see if the village behind him was as rich as the one he had just passed.
But he was disappointed, these villages were not only not as poor as he had imagined, but very rich, and the smell of meat wafting from cooking was completely different from the quality of life of the villagers in other territories.
The most surprising thing was that a small village actually had a tavern in business, and the men in the village came out of it in groups, which was what shocked him the most, the humble and poor serfs could have the money to drink!
In every village he would see one or two small merchants setting up stalls, such a scene is rare in other territories, which is also the result of William's encouragement of commerce, but his territory is too small to attract big merchants, only such small traders will come here to do business.
To tell the truth, as the heir of the duke, he had seen many prosperous cities, but it was the first time he had seen such a prosperous and wealthy village.
Lingsi also sat in the open-air carriage, looking curiously at everything around her, her father was also a baron, but his father's territory was full of hunger, poverty and disease, not like the villages they passed by, full of life and hope.
She remembered vividly what his father used to say, "It's going to be a bad harvest this year, tsk, damn untouchables are always so lazy!" ”
So in her young mind, these serfs were always lazy and disobeyed the orders of the nobles, otherwise how could they always starve?
But today, the villages in front of her seem to subvert her perception of the world, it turns out that there are such rich territories and such happy territories, so why is her father's territory so poor?
Lingsi looked at William's strong back on a high-headed horse, a little confused, this devil who took away his most precious thing, but at this moment he was praised by countless people, what kind of person is this?
For a month, William's attitude towards her made her no longer so entangled in chastity, coupled with William's sincere sunshine in receiving people and things, overturned the impression in her heart, perhaps, this is not a bad person!
"That's not right! He took away my most precious thing, and he made it impossible for me to marry in the future! Lingsi shook her head vigorously, trying to confirm William's bad guy image.
Lingsi's careful thought William didn't know, he was now very relieved to look at Banshitsk and Delseth with surprised expressions.
"Well, my territory isn't bad, right? How does it compare to the villages in your Principality of Zenkotu? William asked triumphantly.
"I have to say, you really have a set of governance territory, I heard from those villagers that it only took you a year to build the entire territory so rich, your territory is much stronger than the villages of our Zen Ketu Principality!" Delseth looked at the children chasing and fighting, and praised it from the bottom of his heart.
"You should believe that I can help you get back to your country! I believe that in ten or twenty years, you will be able to officially restore the country! William said confidently.
"At that time, I guess I also became the king and emperor!" This is what William had in mind and did not say.
"Look! My manor has arrived! Do you hear those shouts? It's my army that is training! William said, pointing to the wall in front of him.
He flaunted his proudest full-time professional soldiers, and to be honest, William's Manders infantry was more elite than most of the infantry in the Tskema Kingdom, and even the soldiers under his command were not trained as hard and frequent as the Menders infantry.
After all, high-intensity training is to ensure the level of medical care and nutrition, and both of these undoubtedly cost money, William does not spend too much money now, but he makes a lot of money, so in this regard, he never saves.
If according to the duel of the same number of troops, William's soldiers are enough to sweep all the soldiers in the Kingdom of Tskema, including the surrounding kingdoms, of course, it is only the same number, if people are ruthless and directly crush the number, it is useless for you to be strong, and one finger will crush you to death.