"Seeing the food of the Stormwind soldiers, I feel like a farmer, okay okay! Actually, I'm just a farmer, but one day I was forced into a spear by a knight, in fact, compared to the possible punishment after being captured, I was most worried about whether the mother-in-law at home would starve to death without me, and when it came to hunger, I saw the food in the hands of the damned soldier, the white bread...... Oh God, he smeared honey on it......"

- A recruit from White Moon City

For a long time, most of the soldiers of Stormwind City had been accustomed to their lord's magical methods, and no, I saw that under the leadership of a few knights, some captives temporarily drove a carriage to bring a cart of fresh food. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was indeed fresh, except for the air-dried meat and smoked fish, which had never changed, and the bread was as fluffy and delicious as if it had just been baked, with sweet honey and enough cheese to swallow the tongue, and a small campfire was set up, which was slowly smoked and roasted, and from time to time sprinkled with spices that would be the envy of the little nobles, and the mixed aroma of meat was addictive......

"Ahh Tilting his neck and sniffing the fragrance that kept wafting in the air, old Peter, who was in the temporary camp of prisoners, swallowed a large mouthful of saliva, stabbed his companion next to him and whispered, "Damn, does their lord have a mountain of gold to give such good food to soldiers who are as inferior as us?" ”

His companion first drank the last sip of soup in the bowl, then licked his lips and said, "Hey! Who knows, I haven't had enough to eat in days, and now it's nice to have beans to eat, not to mention that the merciful adults gave us half a piece of black bread."

Looking at Old Peter's soup bowl that had not yet moved, his companion grinned and showed his yellow teeth, "If you don't eat this bowl of beans, give it to me, Peter?" ”

"Get out of the way and keep licking your bowl!" Hearing this, Old Peter hurriedly covered the soup bowl full of boiled beans with his body, and the hand holding half of the black bread shrank back.

That's right, this is the food that Leo and the others prepared for the captives, a large number of beans were found from the warehouse in White Moon City, and some black bread made of bran mixed with a small amount of flour, these things are not to mention the soldiers of Stormwind City now, even the soldiers under Lester who are gradually bulging their pockets rarely eat.

In line with the principle of waste utilization, except for some beans set aside for the horses to feed, the rest was simply boiled into a paste and half of the coarse black bread per person was provided to the captives for food.

It was probably because Old Peter was talking to his companion too loudly, which made a champion swordsman who was eating impatient, put down the clay pot in his hand and walked over and scolded, "Shut up, eat well, if you don't want to eat, hand over the food!" ”

"Yes, yes, my lord" Old Peter and his companions hurriedly nodded in agreement, watching the champion swordsman prepare to turn around and leave, Old Peter didn't know where the courage suddenly came, and asked carefully, "May I ask my lord, are you all honorable knights?" He was referring to the group of champion swordsmen who were watching over them, all dressed in uniform armor.

"Knights? No, we just respect the ordinary soldiers under the command of His Excellency, of course, I always dream of being a knight, hehe, who wouldn't! Without the anger he had imagined, the champion swordsman shrugged his shoulders and answered Old Peter's question in a self-deprecating manner.

"All-powerful God, you are not a knight? Can...... Can...... These foods—" Old Peter was a little speechless when he pointed to the food, and the companion next to him also had an expression of seeing the undead.

It is no wonder that in their barren minds, such a delicious and fluffy white bread may not even be eaten by their lord, a baron, not to mention the honey and greasy cheese that constantly exudes a sweet aroma.

Turning his head to look, the champion swordsman grinned, he probably understood the reason why the captives in front of him were surprised, just like when he first joined the lord's army, he was surprised by the beauty and abundance of food, and it was really funny in retrospect, at that time he secretly hid white bread and prepared to take it home for his young sister to taste, but he was reprimanded by the commander.

Looking proudly at the well-made full-body armor on his body, and the ample supply of food every day, the champion swordsman felt that joining the army of Stormwind was the most correct choice he had made in his life, not to mention that ordinary soldiers were paid 1 gold coin every month, as well as additional rewards according to merit after the battle.

Perhaps it was Old Peter's surprise that satisfied the vanity of the champion swordsman, he turned around and took a piece of white bread and a small piece of cheese and handed it to Old Peter, "Your territory will always expand, and you will need more soldiers, if you are lucky enough, maybe one day you can also become a soldier of our Stormwind City, and then you will not be surprised by everything in front of you......"

After the champion soldier who regarded the matter as an interlude, he casually said it, and then returned to his companions, but he did not know that the shock caused by this passage to Old Peter and the other captives also made Leo never have any troubles in terms of soldiers in the various troubles and difficulties encountered in his future expansion and development.

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In the hall of the Duke's Palace, the warm dining atmosphere of the people gathered fell into a brief pause and stunned after Leo said his idea.

Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Lester touched his cheek and asked a little uncertainly, "My lord, please forgive me for not hearing clearly, can you please say it again?" ”

Looking at the two traditional nobles, Viscount Leicester and Lord Tron, Leo carefully cut a piece of juicy meat with crispy bones from the beef ribs in front of him, put it in his mouth and chewed it for a while, and then swallowed it with satisfaction......

"Well, dear friend, if you insist," took a sip of wine, took the silk scarf handed by the maid behind him, wiped the corners of his mouth, Leo said, "We all know the character of these nobles, I dare not treat them with my trust as if I had treated you, poor Duke of Orlando is an example, these people can do anything to preserve their rights and status." ”

"And what will keep them close to us? interests, only common interests are the real long-term bonds," Leo said to everyone with a pretending face.

Rubbing his hair in some annoyance, Lester looked at his lord and said, "My lord, I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation, you should know that what I want to hear is not this, but about the latter part." ”

"Okay......" Leo, who was a bit of a cow playing the piano, began to deal with the food in front of him again, and said vaguely, "It's nothing, in order to achieve this long-term goal, we must make these nobles not have any dissenting intentions at this stage, so I just need you to make a document that makes people extremely irritable and angry when they see it, and then let all the nobles sign their names, it's a simple thing, isn't it?" If it weren't for the fact that I'm not very good at the rhetorical devices that are popular among the aristocracy here, I could have done it myself. ”

"Your Excellency!!" In the laughter of Fain and the others, Viscount Lester stood up indignantly, "You said lightly, but the person you mean will be irritable and angry after reading the documents, our great emperor of the Isos Empire, and the documents you want me to write are all dissatisfied with the empire, and I want to resolutely unite around the Duke of Orlando to subvert the empire, how can this be a simple matter......"

"And it's not the duke's handwriting, what effect can this method have?"

Lester now had a refreshing understanding of the lord he was loyal to.

Keith couldn't hold back so that he wasn't amused by Lester's words, patted him on the back vigorously, and couldn't help laughing and said, "Ahem~!" It's a good idea Leicester, who told you had to be written by Orlando himself to be useful? The important thing is that the nobles found it useful, although some of them were not very dishonorable! It's really not good for adults to do this in person, so you can reluctantly share your worries for adults. ”

As Keith spoke, several people around him also laughed and persuaded Lester,

Leo also interjected, "Keith is right, I don't care if the emperor believes it or not, as long as the nobles believe it, I will give it to the emperor if needed, don't worry, my friend, this document will not be seen by anyone, mainly at present, I really can't believe the allegiance of this group of fickle nobles, there is a handle in hand, and it will also be of great help to you to help me protect the northern territory after I leave." ”

Leo's words stunned everyone, and even Lester didn't care to continue complaining, and hurriedly asked, "Leave?" My lord, where are you leaving? ”

Putting down the knife and fork, signaling everyone not to worry, Leo didn't answer the question, but asked everyone rhetorically, "Calculate the time, it won't be long before the envoy of the imperial capital will arrive in Stormwind City, right?" ”

"Yes, my lord, I believe that within a month you will receive the news of the imperial capital's envoy requesting an audience." Finn, who knew more about the matter, replied

"Well, there's not much time left, and I'm glad to have the sincere support of you and Tron, Lester." Leo nodded at the two of them

"But you know, if one day my identity is not recognized by the empire, I can't be counted as a real nobleman of the empire, identity is a very important bargaining chip, you must know that not everything can be solved by force."

Leo muttered, his thoughts as if he had drifted to the distant imperial capital, "What's more, only by confirming the identity of my Grand Duke can I establish a principality in the Northern Territory as I wish, a principality of my own...... So no matter what, this trip to the imperial capital must go! ”

"By the way, let me see what this vast empire has decayed into......"