Something happened in the city, and a man who claimed to be the Baron of Swadia von Byron entered the city with a large number of Nord soldiers, and brought back the Zhiwache captives who had been captured by the pirates during this time, and did not ask for a penny in return from the captive family. It was because of his good deeds, and the persuasion of several captured magnates, that Boyer agreed to allow such a large force to approach the city.

At first, Byron and his menacing Nord soldiers were not welcomed by the citizens except for the families of the captives, and Boyer even ordered that no more than ten of Byron's party enter the city, and that the rest must camp in the villages outside the city, and that a sizable force should be kept under surveillance.

However, although Byron could not say that he was very good at using soldiers, his experience in managing mercenaries also gave him how to deal with the subordinates of these bandits. He was kind enough to persuade them not to get into trouble with them, and provided them with plenty of food to eat, but with a limited amount of alcohol. He also explained to them that they were more at ease, and that after the province entered the city, they had a language barrier and quarreled with the Wikibians. On the other hand, he also arranged the army that he had arranged for by the two noble captives he had rescued, so that they could turn a blind eye to the actions of the Nord troops outside the city, and not care about those who looked like pirates.

Byron immediately came to his dyeing workshop in Rivacheze, and the steward he had arranged for him to run his property well during his absence, and the income was very considerable, part of the income was sent to Dehrim by him on a regular basis, and part of the income was accumulated by him to expand the industry according to Byron's requirements, and even merged another smaller dye shop by suppressing competitors, expanding Byron's industry and making a lot of money himself.

He was surprised and welcomed by Byron's arrival, and for him, the boss was always the boss regardless of the rumors about Byron, and immediately took out the month's earnings from the dyehouse - a pocket full of gold and silver coins and gave it to Byron, and began to sell the inventory at a discount to raise money for Byron.

With this money, Byron immediately began to make connections in the city, and personally repaired the book and sent it to the south. One was sent to Kulau, informing him that he had prepared funds for him at the blacksmith shop in Kulau. The other was sent to Dehrem, telling Manid and Jamila about their current situation, and asking them to stabilize the situation on the other side of their fiefdom as much as possible, especially to control Ellene!

A few days later, Byron's money favor tactics worked, and Boyer of Zhivacheze had to make a trip to Zhivadine because he was in a hurry, and the nobles in the city immediately relaxed their vigilance against Byron. Many poor citizens also received alms from Byron, and some found work in Byron's dye shop, and the merchant who was rescued by Byron returned home and immediately took control of his property, and in order to repay Byron's kindness, he held a feast at home, and specially invited two other noble sons and Byron, and the three of them spoke good things about Byron in front of the magnates in the city, and the nobles who took Byron's money naturally agreed, and praised Byron's virtues.

After the feast, Byron was given permission to recruit mercenaries within the control of Živatze, as long as he left the area before Boyer returned to Živatze.

Not only that, but Byron also brought Mathilde to the banquet, and all she needed to do was tell the story of Byron's defeat of the pirates and his escape from Nord with wisdom and bravery before the young nobles of Vicchia who came to talk to him (of course, this story was artistically processed), and by the way, she rejected the nobles' show of affection, saying that she would follow Byron to the south.

By the time Byron left Živatōtś, he was followed by more than thirty recruits and veterans, half of whom were experienced archers. There were also twelve Vecchian riders, the children of the gentry who were attracted by Byron's story and charm and Mathilde, and some of the noble children and illegitimate children who had followed Byron before hearing that he had become a knight with fiefs and powers, and they were led by a down-and-out nobleman with rich combat experience, who was attracted by Byron's proposed treatment and fief after bankruptcy, and this group of people was the best group of troops Byron had ever recruited in Vecchia.

They joined up with the pirate forces outside the city and continued southward, and in order to avoid conflicts between the two forces, Byron divided them into two warbands and issued them special flags. He referred to the Pirate forces as the "Northern Regiment" and the Vekia forces as the "Snow Regiment", and used the velvet of his dyeing workshop to make several capes painted with longships and white bears and distribute them to the leaders and deputies of the two armies.

In the process of moving south, Byron seized every opportunity to recruit troops in the villages and towns of Zhiwacheze. These recruits may not be needed now, but they are fully armed and after training and combat testing, they can be upgraded to third-level soldiers in more than a month with the blessing of the system, Byron hopes to organize a group of guerrilla shooters, if they do not succeed in upgrading to the infantry line to pull the battlefield to make up the number, in short, it is very useful.

Life on the snow field of Vicchia was not happy for most people, not to mention the hard life of serfs, and even some yeoman farmers lost their land and struggled to live with their families. So despite the risk of losing their lives, they were still attracted by the salary and land that Byron had promised. What's more, the nobles allowed Byron's actions, and there were nobles in his army, so there were many people who signed up to join the army. And for the local lords and nobles, the departure of these people was not a loss, they could not pay much in the first place, and they could not gather equipment when they recruited troops.

In this way, Byron hurried all the way to Kulau, where he replenished supplies, and then armed the recruits at the blacksmith shop with equipment at cost price, currying favor with the local nobles to pass through here.

Because of the previous wave of prestige in Riwache, the nobles of Kulau did not embarrass Byron. The main thing is that they see that Byron doesn't want to be against them, and that it is too expensive to really send troops to dispose of his troops, and no one will have that kind of thought. However, they did not approve Byron's request for recruitment, so Byron did not recruit many soldiers in the Kurau area.

Along the way, Byron recruited more than 120 Vykian recruits and more than 30 mercenaries in the Zhiwacheze area. In the Kurau region, Byron was able to recruit only a dozen recruits and a similar number of mercenary troops. But here Byron armed the newly recruited troops, and also found a few groups of snow bandits to practice, and many recruits were able to upgrade.

At this time, Byron's troops had exceeded 400 people, and all the money he had accumulated in Vekia had been spent, and his wallet was almost empty. But for him, it's all worth it.

：。 ：