Chapter 119: The Troubles of the Mount
Kawahiro weeping mosquito halfling immigrants. Kosai is an expert in racial culture, but there is another one
"Although the halflings are a bit annoying, their advantages are also obvious, first of all, they are quite good farmers, very good at tending to all kinds of crops, with them, Harmondale's agriculture should have a great development, maybe it can solve the situation that Hammondale is very dependent on external purchases of grain in one fell swoop; At the same time, halflings are also brilliant gourmets and have a lot of knowledge of food, and you may not have eaten the food they cooked. That's real food! I once saw a halfling in the wild make a pot of fragrant and thick soup out of some plants commonly found in the wild, and the soup was so delicious that I almost swallowed my tongue! Also, the halflings are actually very ingenious, and many of the tools they make themselves are practical and sturdy
"So I think that as long as they can handle the relationship between them and the other lords, they will still be of great help to the development of Hammondal!"
Cosai's words made Chen Jian and the rest of the people a little suspicious, but the current situation can only be that a dead horse is a live horse doctor, and it can't drive all these halflings away, but Empress Catherine spent a lot of effort and dispatched an army of more than 10,000 people to send them all to Hammondal.
If Jian Chen dared not accept these halflings, he didn't know how the empress would repair him.
And Empress Catherine also had a means in this matter, she knew that Chen Jian might not be willing to accept these halflings, so she chose to inform Chen Jian of such a thing when these halflings had already entered the territory of Hammondal, so that he could prepare to receive them.
The reason why he did this was to take this opportunity to settle these halflings who would always cause some small troubles to the surrounding area, and to do it once and for all, it was also intended to test Chen Jian.
Therefore, although Chen Jian, who was caught off guard, was very unhappy, he could only pinch his nose and admit it.
Then, Chen Jian followed the method of dealing with cave people and Medusa, and asked Kosai and Wendell to write a notice to reassure people.
Chen Li then summoned his capable subordinates and announced that the specific matter of placing the halflings would be handled by the administrator Kosai, and he explained in a rather forceful tone that Kosai would need the help of others if the work was carried out. Despite the opening, everyone must cooperate.
The Lord's Guard and Hammondale Guard will also cooperate with Kosai's work, but they must be approved by the Lord before they can be transferred.
Anyway, it's not necessarily better to do it yourself than Kosai. Chen Jian made up his mind that he didn't care about this matter, and the professional things had to be handed over to the experts to do, at this time, it was a wise choice to let go of his power who didn't know how to deal with halflings at all.
He believed that with Kesai's knowledge of race and culture, even if he messed up, it would be much better than the consequences of messing up himself.
But his actions have caused great distress to the new administrator, Corsay.
Kesai was actually a little panicked at this time, his original intention when he came to Chen Jian was just to find himself an errand that could support his family, but he didn't expect to be entrusted with a heavy task by Chen Jian.
In his opinion, he was just studying the racial culture because of his hobby, and he never thought that one day he would rely on this knowledge to do anything big, which made him have little confidence in whether he could do a good job in the work that Chen Jian gave him.
Moreover, he is a friend of Chen Jian, and now he is reused by Chen Jian as soon as he comes, and he is also worried that he will be suspected by others.
If he can't show his due ability, I'm afraid it will make it difficult for Chen Jian, and Kesai doesn't want to make it difficult for Chen Jian's friend, because he not only helped him in the most difficult time, but also didn't treat him coldly because of the disparity in status.
Kosai, who was a little helpless, had no choice but to start his work with a spirit of 120,000 points, no matter what, he had to try his best, at least to be worthy of his conscience and the trust of his friends.
And after Jian Chen handed over the matter to Kesai, he began to worry about other things.
Speaking of which, the lord's life has not been very smooth during this time, and there are several reasons, one of which is the lord's own strength.
Although it is very mysterious outside, the lord knows that if he doesn't have that suspected laser gun that can shoot red beams, he is afraid that with his own skills, he will only be close to two or three ordinary soldiers.
The current lord can be said to have an empty stomach of magic knowledge, and he has also learned to meditate and accumulate magic power, but just like the female magician said, the lord's qualifications are really inferior, and after such a period of time, the total amount of the lord's magic power has only increased by a little, and he can't even release a lowest-level magic.
What's worse is that due to a long period of meditation, resulting in a serious lack of exercise, the lord found that his physical condition has a tendency to regress, not to mention that his muscles have become fat, and his skills are not as good as before.
After a day of reflection, Jian Chen decided to reduce the time of meditation and restart physical training and martial arts training, anyway, in this world of Erathia, it is not that there is no one who cultivates both magic and martial arts, and many famous heroes on the continent are both martial arts and magic, but there are very few people who can achieve both and leave.
The lord's unusual behavior made Ashtemp, who is a magician. I was puzzled. In her opinion. Lord Lingfeng's qualifications are not good. Then it's even more sloppy and diligent meditation, as the so-called diligence can make up for clumsiness, but the lord did the opposite, and even delusionally wanted to cultivate both magic and martial arts!
With this in mind, the sorceress gave a kind persuasion to the lord, but Jian Chen laughed at this: "A good body can not only make us healthier and make us go further on the road of magic, but also make our actions more flexible, and flexible skills should be of great help to both martial arts and magic casting, right?" For example, last time, if your body wasn't so sluggish, how could that centaur hurt you? If you hadn't been injured, the battle might not have been so hard. ”
The words made the female magician a little stunned, and she had to admit that Jian Chen's words did make some sense.
Then the lord warmly invited the sorceress to go for a morning run every day, and the sorceress, who mistakenly thought that the lord had other intentions, agreed a little shyly.
As a result, after the two of them went for a morning run together for a while, the female magician, who was extremely unaccustomed to this type of exercise and whose legs were so sore that she found that after surviving the initial period of time, her mental and physical condition had indeed improved greatly.
What's even more gratifying is that she found that her beautiful legs have become more slender and strong because of this.
And at this time, Jian Chen taught her a rather strange way of exercising, according to Jian Chen. This type of exercise is called yoga.
Before he crossed over, Grand Lord Chen Jian was a fan of yoga exercises, and every morning, he would get up regularly, and then stare at the TV while eating breakfast and watch yoga programs.
Looking? Faced with a beautiful face, sexy figure, and scantily clad athletic beauties doing one, a variety of incredible movements, Chen Jian would always involuntarily think about something wrong.
This unique hobby made him still remember those yoga movements vividly, so under the guidance of the lord, the beautiful sorceress learned a set of strange movements that are said to be able to slim down the body, calm the mind, shape the body, and beautify the body.
And the lord is also very conscientious to be a fitness coach, in order to avoid the female magician practice improper injury, he will always be on the scene to watch and give guidance, and from time to time from all angles to observe the completion of the female magician's movements, fake public and private too much beauty yoga reality show eye addiction.
Of course, the lord's trivial actions did not hide the beautiful eyes of the genius female magician, but women in love are a little irrational, and those actions seem to have an effect after practicing for a while, so she will let Chen Jian's behavior go, and only pretend to be angry when Chen Jian is too much to stop him.
Another thing that bothers the lord is the issue of the ranks of the lord's guard and the hammondale guard.
So far, the hundreds of soldiers under the lord have all been super-restricted horseless infantry, except for the three silver pegasus captured from the elves last time, there are no mounts running on the ground or flying in the sky.
For Jian Chen, who had already seen the Elven Kingdom and the army of the Erathia Empire, this was really a difficult thing to tolerate.
The lord felt that even if he couldn't get the air force and didn't have air supremacy, he would at least form a strong combat force on the ground and form a cavalry force.
Coupled with the fact that he now has more money, Chen Jian started the idea of buying a war horse. However, what disappointed him was that the current Erathia Empire had suffered serious losses in the last war, so it had listed war horses as a key controlled military material, and basically even the main force was a little undersupplied, not to mention that there was a surplus to sell to Jian Chen, and Empress Catherine couldn't help with this problem.
And in the empress's view, the greater significance of Jian Chen's private army is to absorb foreign soldiers for the use of the empire, which is just a short-term transitional behavior, and after the soldiers of this private army reach a certain number, they must be drawn out to supplement other troops or form an army alone, otherwise how much role can a small army of 1,000 people play in the war? The real purpose of this private army's existence is to continuously recruit foreign soldiers for the empire and promote the integration of races.
When the situation opens smoothly and the situation changes, this private army will definitely be abolished, and Empress Catherine cannot sit idly by and watch a lord become a destabilizing factor in the empire because of having a strong private army, which is contrary to the imperial centralization system that the empire has always pursued, and she does not want the empire to become a lord state like the Negan kingdom one day.
Therefore, whether this private army is strong or not, whether it has cavalry or air force. The empress didn't care, and the imperial equipment issued to them before was only out of the purpose of enlisting Chen Jian, and now Chen Jian's move to form cavalry was just a manifestation of Chen Jian's unwillingness to bury his military talent in the eyes of the empress.
The empress is very satisfied with Jian Chen, but now Hammondale is still inseparable from Jian Chen presiding over some affairs that others can't do, so the empress has no choice but to put him in the position of lord temporarily, if the situation allows in the future, Jian Chen is also interested, the empress is definitely happy to pull such a person into the emperor's **, of course, the premise is that Jian Chen must give up his status as a lord.
This meaning was also implied by the empress in her correspondence.
Jian Chen was also a smart person, and quickly guessed the empress's intentions from that letter. Chen Jian, who wanted to understand everything, was so annoyed and helpless, Han knew that the so-called privilege was just a means to use himself, no wonder he had to obey Count Mrak's orders.
He also knew that from Empress Catherine's point of view, it was understandable to do this, the Empress was actually good to herself, and if she had replaced someone else, she might be grateful for it, but Chen Jian, who grew up on Earth and had no respect for the ancient imperial power, felt very unhappy with the Empress in his heart.
Unless Chen Jian owns such a thing as imperial power, it will never be recognized by Chen Jian.
But now people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. But Jian Chen didn't plan to give up, the empress didn't help him, he would figure it out by himself.
In any case, the more powerful the existing force in his hand, the better, and the lord has always been prepared for danger in times of peace, and he is afraid that if there is another war, he will not have the ability to protect himself.
Although there should be no major incident with the protection of the emperor ** team now, it is best to rely on the mountains and mountains and everyone to fall, and it is best to rely on yourself, not to mention that that Mrak seems to have not dealt with himself very much.
At the beginning, Chen Jian decided to buy horses from the people, anyway, the lord is now more abundant, and besides, the gold coins are not used to spend, but they are just put in the treasury Liu Juntie is no different, and it is not a deposit in the bank, and there is a little interest to earn.
But what disappointed Jian Chen was that the horse breeds that could be used as war horses were basically cut off by the empire, and the folk horses were all inferior horses, and the pull-up trucks were okay to carry goods, and it was not ordinarily difficult to train into qualified war horses.
Captain Orison, the captain of the big-eared monster guard who had some experience in wolf taming, pig taming, and horse taming, told the lord that if he really wanted to get a war horse, the only way to buy it in the whole continent except for the Erathia Empire was to find some nomadic tribes roaming around the continent.
These nomadic tribes are a strange one on the mainland. Ethnic groups, the population is not large, they do not belong to any country, but walk through the wandering life, where there is abundant water and grass, they will appear with a large herd of horses, their domesticated horses are very tall and strong, as long as a little training is a qualified war horse.
It should also be noted that this nomadic tribe is a soldier, born to be a knight on horseback, and has a fierce personality, and from time to time will make a cameo appearance as a robber who blocks the way and robs the caravan they encounter.
It is not easy to find these nomadic tribes, and the other party is also a part-time robber, so it is a little difficult to do business with them.
For this reason, Orison advised the lord to buy a boar from Diya as a mount for the cavalry.
"Wild boar?" Chen Jian recalled the image of the wild boar he had seen in the animal world before, and then thought about the heroic posture of the soldiers riding on the wild boar, and suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.
"Your lord, don't underestimate these wild boars!" Orisen saw the lord's contempt, shook his head and defended: "Speaking of which, these wild boars from some valleys at the junction of the forests of Turalone and Diya are also good mounts, huge in size, good in endurance, and even more amazing in terms of instantaneous explosiveness, they can charge in a very short distance, plus their own weight, their lethality is also amazing!" Otherwise, the Big-Eared Monsters of Diya would not have domesticated them. ”
Chen Jian was stunned for a moment, and then he wondered: "Huge size? How big is it? ”
In Chen Jian's image, although there are also relatively large wild boars, it is really difficult to imagine that wild boars can carry people to charge.
Orisen thought for a moment, and looked for a more suitable reference in his mind: "It's a little bigger than the war horse of the Imperial cavalry, but it's not as tall as the war horse, so he left." ”
"So big?" Chen Jian was startled, and then he realized that he was a little confused, this world was not the earth he used to be on, maybe the wild boar was very different.
But then Jian Chen was a little strange: "Even if this wild boar is a good mount, of course those of your Diya clan are like treasures, how can they sell them to us?" ”
"My lord, don't you know, Diya's big-eared monster clan is not as united as Krurod's big-eared monster clan, although there is a big-eared monster king, but it is still based on tribal autonomy, and the structure is very loose, as long as someone is willing to pay a high enough price, don't say to buy some wild boars, you want to ask them to be mercenaries to help you fight, but the premise is that you can't be an enemy of Diya's big-eared monster or necromancer. And this wild boar meat tastes good, occasionally there will be caravans to buy, sold to other places on the continent for human consumption, in the eyes of these tribes anyway, this kind of wild boar is more on the border between Diya and Tulaone anyway, if there is no more, catch it again, why not exchange it for money? I've seen all my tribe sell domesticated wild boars to passing caravans. ”
Hearing that Diya's big-eared monsters were so uncompetitive, Jian Chen couldn't help but shake his head and sigh again and again. Constantly sighing that why are they all big-eared monsters, and the difference between Deya's big-eared monster and Krurod's big-eared monster is so big?
After that, Orisen gave Chen Jian another idea: "Lord Lord, if you really want to buy these wild boars, it is actually not difficult to do, there are so many caravans coming and going from the south to the north in Hammondal, as long as you let out the rumor and say that you want to buy a batch of Diya's wild boars, I think there will definitely be people willing to make this money!" That way, you don't have to go to great lengths to send someone to Diya. ”
"Well, do as you say! I'll arrange it right away! ”
Hearing that Orison praised these wild boars to the sky, Jian Chen couldn't help but be full of clarity.