"That'...... That's going to ...... A lot of money......" The mayor panicked.

Lordaeron did have a habit of domesticating griffins.

The griffons fly fast and are perfectly fit for the time constraints.

Problem: This medium-sized bird of prey with a lion body, a giant eagle head, and a pair of wings with a nine-meter span is not easy to tamesticate, and it costs a lot of money. A griffin eats at least two hundred catties of meat a day in a state of high physical exertion in continuous flight.

If it's a mountainous area full of forests, you can also play free-range and let the griffons hunt on their own.

The Stratholme Alpine Basin, which has long been developed on a large scale and is full of arable land, is a stocking that pits its its own farmers.

One dive, one cow gone.

If there is no compensation, or if the griffin who was disturbed by the farmer while eating hurts someone, there is no trouble below?

Even a large city like Stratholme has less than ten griffons for emergency contact. On weekdays, not only do you have to buy meat from hunters for a long time, but you also have to have a special farm to raise pigs, cattle and sheep.

In the case of a combative griffin, the griffin must be allowed to tear its prey alive and feed it to maintain its ferocity.

There are also dedicated veterinarians, trainers and cleaners.

Please note that a group of people is required for each [airplane spot].

A big money-burner alive!

In order to eat foreign food, his own master did this?

After Bathras roughly said the money he needed, he thought that McDonald would retreat, but with a snap of his fingers, two servants immediately carried in a large box of gold Alasaw.

McDondon said leisurely: "Here is a thousand gold coins, if you don't have enough griffins, you can go to the dwarves of Eagle's Nest Mountain to buy them, and even the griffin knights who sign a long contract to hire dwarves can accept it." ”

There was a dead silence.

Several people looked at the box of gold coins, and they couldn't help but show greedy eyes in an instant.

Don't laugh, even in the Celestial Empire, among more than a billion people, how many people have really seen 5 million soft girl coins in cash?

Thinking of such a huge amount of money, they actually wanted to eat it, and the corners of their eyes twitched, and their hearts beat wildly.

Everyone knows that their duke is a typical gentleman, and has always been a loser, such as favoring Baroness Annastari and giving her a lot of monetary rewards, so that this gold worshipper can buy all kinds of luxurious gold jewelry.

But with such a ruined law, the duke's family can't stand it!

Bathras's mouth squirmed: "Lord Duke, as your most faithful servant, I am obliged to remind you that the income of your territory in a year is almost this amount......"

This is not.

At a time when the human world is generally dominated by agriculture, there is no industry to speak of. Located in the middle of the alpine basin, the territory of Stratholme covers an area of more than 40,000 square kilometers, and there are many low-yield terraced fields in the territory, and the grain production is really not good.

It is not enough to rely on grain production alone and pay wages to tool workers.

Luckily, there are several Fuser silver mines in the territory.

This thing can be used in blacksmithing, jewelry, enchantment, engineering, alchemy, etc.

This ore can be smelted into a fairly hard silver ingot, which is very popular with blacksmiths. It can be described as a must-have for high-end weapons. Not to mention the accompanying [Arcane Crystal].

At this point in time, no one has yet realized the true usefulness of this low-chance associated mystical crystal.

From the beginning of taking control of the Stratholme family, McDonald noticed these incomes for the first time - Nima's, master, I don't spend hard, wouldn't there be a surplus!?

McDonald waved his hand: "Don't underestimate the 2,000-year heritage of the Stratholme family!" ”

Get!

You have talked about this, who dares to beep?

The cliché here is that when a nobleman talks to a vassal about his family history, it means that he doesn't want to talk to you anymore, and you just accept the order.

The Stratholme family is now someone's house, with no parents, and the collateral branch was unfortunately killed by the trolls a few years ago.

Just when everyone thought this was the end of the McDonaln mess, an even more exaggerated issue was thrown.

"I'm going hunting...... Ahem, patrol your territory! ”

All the great nobles had the duty to guard their territory, and they could not leave their territory without the permission of the king.

Patrolling the territory can be said to be normal, but it is not normal.

As one of the largest nobles in Lordaeron, can he make it easy for him to go on patrol?

In the first sentence, the next person ran and broke his leg.

That's all there is to it.

McDonald's order to go out on patrol immediately made the entire castle jump, and the reason used was equally high-sounding [In view of the fact that the Storm Kingdom in the south of the continent was attacked by trolls that occurred once in a thousand years, this Duke has reason to believe that a full-scale war involving the life and death of mankind is coming, so he will inspect the territories from now on. 】

Hi!

How much does it cost to hunt alone?

It must be an armed march that burns money!

50 heavily armed knights under the Duke's direct command, with one or two hundred knight servants and knight apprentices, there are only 300 horses here, not counting the spare horses.

Counting the servants and other subordinates, five hundred people are all right.

How can you do without infantry with knights alone?

200 swordsmen in fine iron armor were arranged, and 400 pikemen were arranged.

Finally, counting the miscellaneous personnel in charge of logistics, a large army of 1,600 people was formed.

It is certain, and what is even more rare is that now is not a time of war, and the vassals are not obliged to respond to the lord's call to war. According to the old rules, in wartime the duke must respond to the call of the king, and the lower vassals must respond to the call of the duke - the key points! All weapons, horses, ammunition, and dry food should be brought by yourself, otherwise what would you give your fief for? It is to feed people and equip them.

Vassals are basically no good at fighting, unless they have grabbed territory or conquered cities in national wars, and they can mix up the spoils of war.

At this time, the king did not release the 'Cloud Piercing Arrow' to call the vassals to fight, so of course the duke paid for the armed parade!

"I have sent an invitation to Duke Mograini and Count Abydis to hunt together, and we must not lose the momentum of our Stratholme family!"

"Yes!" A bunch of tool men below replied loudly with a rainbow of momentum.

The entire castle of Stratholme was like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed, and a large group of people were running around, keeping the tool man one Bathrath busy.

Stratholme has been at peace for too long!

Most of the surrounding countries have all kinds of minor problems, and there is really no chance of large-scale battles in the territory of Lordaeron. The only thing that can be called a problem is that in the mountains 150 kilometers east of Stratholm's territory, there is a tribe of trolls called [Rotten Moss].

If you don't go on an expedition, cough cough, hunting, you don't know that the armament of the original territory is so bad.

After all, in peacetime, who gave you to stand guard in twenty pounds of armor every day?

The swordsman's sword is quite well maintained, and the problem is in the armor.

Neither the cast-iron armor of the infantry nor the leather armor of the spearmen is anything that lasts for preservation.

Cast iron will rust, leather armor will crack, and it will break to a certain extent, and that will be waste.

Basselas thought that the lord would be furious, but who knew that McDonald signed without a new one, and then sent him away.

Ha ha!

How can you burn arms and money fast when engaging in food?