Chapter Seventy-Three: Trivia Before Leaving
There was nothing to say all night, and I have to say that the greedy Duke of Orlando was still more particular about enjoyment, and the soft big bed made Leo, who was mentally and physically exhausted, sleep until three o'clock in the morning, and then reluctantly opened his eyes because there was no curtain to let the sun shine on his face. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Turned over and stretched without any image, reached out and buckled the buttonhole, and sat for a while before pulling the rope of the bedside bell......
"Good day, my lord, what do you command?" The butler, who seemed to be dressed neatly at all times, soon appeared at the door, bowing slightly to greet his new master,
"I need to wash up, help me get some food, and, what time is it?" Leo, who was accustomed to being served, commanded
"As you wish, my lord, I will arrange your needs immediately, it is close to noon" After a moment's hesitation, the butler said again, "In addition, Finn and Lester have been waiting outside for a long time, would you like to meet you now?" ”
After saying that, the butler was also a little uneasy, wondering if the new master was still as irritable as the previous duke, and he didn't think it was the right thing for the new master to meet his subordinates in such an image now.
Leo nodded indifferently, "Let them in", he knew that Grand Master and Lester would not disturb his rest for no reason.
After the butler bowed and exited, a few minutes later, both Finn and Lester walked in
"Good day, sir"
"Good day, sir"
"Okay, you don't need to be so rigid when there are no outsiders, just say something" Leo poured himself a glass of cold water on the bed barefoot, and then he felt that his dry throat was much more comfortable, and his spirit was much better.
From the introduction of the two, Leo roughly understood the reason, it turned out that early in the morning, those nobles were in a hurry to return to their territory despite the hangover and exhaustion of last night, and some of them were indeed worried about the safety of their families.
The other part of the distance is anxious to go back and prepare people to go to Stormwind City to receive their spices.
It is not denied that in the face of interests, the nobles who have always dragged their feet acted very quickly this time, and after Leo left, they quickly distributed everyone's share of the shares, if this spirit was used to recruit and train the army and manage the territory, I am afraid that Leo's hasty war would be even more difficult......
As a result, the eager nobles found that their loyal lord was still asleep in the morning, and no one dared to disturb Leo's rest.
"Then let them go back, and then pick a part of the surrendered soldiers and let them take them with them in the number of 100 people per lord, well! The knights who can be sure that they belong to their family will also let them take away, and the weapons and armor will be returned to them, and we will not look down on that bit of rags. Leo, who was washing under the service of several young maids, commanded without raising his head.
Unable to stand the maid's slow wiping on his face, Leo directly asked for a towel to wipe the water stains on his face, thought about it and said, "Hmm! Lester, you wait and send them with me, and Finn, you go and arrange for the selection of soldiers now, and determine which family the captured knights belong to."
"Understood, sir!" After hesitating, Finn opened his mouth to ask another question, "My lord, in addition to the families of these nobles, after the death of Orlando, many former knights of the White Moon Knights also laid down their weapons, plus there are about a hundred people who were injured and captured by us before, how to deal with these knights?" ”
Frowning, Leo also remembered that this was a tricky question, there were many differences between this world and the Middle Ages on Earth, the most important of which was that in this world, knights were just an honorary title, a privileged class but did not have any fiefdoms.
If in layman's terms, the knights of this world are more like professional soldiers who do not produce, do not work, and rely on the lord's complete support, and the only skills that almost all knights master are the use of various weapons and other combat skills.
Of course, they are more loyal and strong than ordinary soldiers and mercenaries, and they also need more gold to be armed, not counting weapons and armor, the value of a war horse that can carry the weight of their battle is almost worth the income of a civilian's labor for several years.
Headache, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at Finn, who was out of trouble, and Leo also scratched his head a little, these knights can't all be killed, but if they are released, these people who have lost their stable economic resources will probably turn into more terrifying existences than any bandit army.
In the dark history of the Middle Ages on Earth, where there were countless cases of raiding villages, slaughtering civilians and looting property, Leo didn't want to release a group of characters who endangered his territory, and in his opinion, all the Northern Territories were now his territory......
Probably seeing his lord's troubles, after all, there are many rebel knights in Pande, Finn, who knows a little about them, thought about it, and said, "My lord, actually...... You don't have to worry about that...... In my opinion, most of these knights of the White Moon Knights are of good strength, and besides, they have also lost their allegiance to their masters, I think you can accept their allegiance again! ”
“…… Re-accept their allegiance? Finn, do you think that's possible? After all, their master died indirectly at my hands. Leo was a little moved, but not sure.
"For us true knights from Pande, of course this is impossible!" Finn proudly straightened his chest, of course, he had such confidence, as long as Pande was a well-known regular knight on the mainland, he would rather die than be loyal to the second master after being captured, which was a kind of pride deep in his bones.
But...... "Well, Leo is speechless, and his old-fashioned and upright Grand Master has also learned the divine turn!"
Finn pretended not to see his lord's exaggerated expression, and continued, "However, it's not the same here, Keith and I also went to learn a little, the knights will choose another person to be loyal to their master after they have been killed in battle, after all, they have no other way out for their living by fighting, of course, it is undeniable that there are some who will resolutely resist these, and even live and die with their masters." ”
After thinking quietly for a while, Leo walked up to Finn and looked at him seriously, "In that case, I understand what you mean, my dear friend, just as you trust me immensely, and I do the same to you, please ask you and Keith to help me recruit these knights, and I will wait for their oath of allegiance later, I believe that with the deterrence of the Knights of Punishment, they will not cause any trouble!" ”
"Understood, sir, it's just ...... They need you to name it all over again! ”
"Don't be in such a hurry for now, I'll talk about it when I get back to Stormwind, I have some new ideas on how to use this knight for the time being...... Anyway, let's go back to the storm and talk about it. ”
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After hastily eating some food, Leo, accompanied by Lester and Tron, bid farewell to these new nobles at the gate of White Moon City in turn, and his cheeks stiffened a little with his constant false smiles and greetings.
When the last of the Earls of Bar reluctantly left, Lester glanced at Tron, who was smiling desperately, and turned to his own lord who was lying on horseback and teased, "See, sir?" This is the nobility, I don't know if that was the case when you were in Pande, but here you will probably need to adapt quickly, because as far as I know, the nobles of the imperial capital will be more powerful than these......"
"Damn, Lester, Keith told me you brought two pretty maids back to your room last night, and I swear I would tell Evely these ......"
"No...... My lord, I was wrong......" In Lester's muffled plea for mercy, Leo laughed and turned and rode towards the city gates, most of the things were finally settled, and after leaving for a while, he was even more eager to go back and see the current changes in Stormwind!