Compared with the exchange of interests between countries, Hu Bin's unconditional release is nothing more than an additive, but Hu Bin is still happy to be free, if not for the people around him to bother him.

"Yo, Lord Reed, please take care of me in the future." Fanta followed the mission with a group of numbered men, looking very flamboyant, but Hu Bin felt that he was very underwhelmed.

After the signing of this covenant, they still have to disguise on the surface, and the caravan followed by the mission led by Hu Bin is this disguise, explaining to the outside world that in order to release themselves, the mercenary city will open a certain commercial authority to Viruga.

Howard had shit luck during this time, not only holding every beauty back, but also shouldering the position of diplomat between Rhodok and Salander. Although he missed the opportunity to participate in the mystery shop, he was pulled by Su Jia to send a letter to Rodok instead of Hu Bin. Since Rodok will not perish, Howard will not have to continue to be a neutral ranger. Originally a descendant of the nobility of the original Rhodoc, he was valued by King Griffos and played an important role in this alliance: the errand runner.

After the alliance ended, he Howard unexpectedly received the title of Honorary Lord of Rhoddock, and among the other numberers of Rhodoc, there were also honorary lords, and three numberers, including Fanta, were honored because of the capture of Lord Reed, which created an opportunity for the alliance. However, Hu Bin thinks that it is purely King Griffos who wants to disgust himself, and this is not sending them out to follow him, in the name of planning business cooperation.

"Planning your sister, you are a decoration when you are a chamber of commerce alliance." Hu Bin really wanted to spray Fanta with soda.

Honorary lords, except for not having a territory, have basically the same rights and obligations as fiefdom lords, and are generally a status prepared for female lords. Because King Rhodok really didn't have any extra territories to divide to the numbered ones, he could only give them a title first, and then give priority to dividing them into territories when he conquered other territories in the future.

Although the advent of the Holy Alliance era has brought great development prospects to Hu Bin, it is not a benefit that can take effect in front of him after all. As soon as he returned to the mercenary city after not managing the territory for a long time, he was dragged down by complicated things, and the numberers of Rhodok naturally had people from the Chamber of Commerce Alliance to deal with.

After the annihilation of the regiment, Hu Bin had to re-establish the legion, and some of the various things in the territory needed him to personally intervene, visit the village chiefs under his rule, improve the port environment, expand facilities, and so on.

Hu Bin didn't give all the food to the housekeeper and Su Jia this time, and tried his best to do what he could, and the residents in the territory all found that the exposure of the rare lord had skyrocketed recently.

For a month, Hu Bin not only had to deal with the accumulated territory, but also found time to accompany Su Jia, even if it was just to talk to her, but Su Jia obviously preferred to play sports with him.

Swordsmanship training Hu Bin is also on the agenda, and the target is his followers. Hu Bin felt that his warrior class was about to break through in the previous battle, so he had to fight Ted for a period of time every day.

On the Rhodok side, Hu Bin also got acquainted with a lot of numberers, but the most familiar ones were Fanta and Howard, who now earned their money through the mercenary city ---- the trade route of Veruga, and the numberer's backpack was much safer and more convenient than the caravan.

Rhodok spent a lot of money to support the construction of several large ocean-going merchant ships for Hu Bin, and Hu Bin also reciprocated by opening up a share of the transcontinental trade to the city of Viruga. The economic cooperation between the two countries has been resoundingly successful, with Wiruga's trade tax rate almost halved this month.

At the beginning of July, Hu Bin held a grand banquet in Mercenary City, which was attended not only by some lords of Salander, but also by many lords of Rhodok. The butler Geldan underestimated the number of people attending the banquet, and at this time he was urgently mobilizing a batch of drinks and food for emergency. Hu Bin listened to the prompt sound of his friendship with other lords with relief, and saw a scene that made him speechless.

Howard is pulled by Fanta and hidden in a corner of the banquet. Hu Bin's hawkeye skills made him clearly see that the two had hijacked 4 roast chickens and a large number of sausages and other food, and there were many wine bottles next to them. And who is the one next to him, who let Ted in? Hu Bin can't bear to look at it anymore, he is not bad for money, he is really not bad for money.

The holding of this banquet also allowed Hu Bin to complete the second side quest, and his third side quest, because after successfully defending the mercenary city, a large number of aboriginal lords were released, and the progress of the task was quite high.

If it weren't for these system prompts reminding him that this was just a mission world, Hu Bin would have almost forgotten that he was a modern person. It's been a year, it's been a year since I arrived in this world, and maybe many people who are still struggling for food and clothing can't understand Hu Bin's feelings, but Hu Bin's experience this year is too rich, and it is a hundred times more exciting than his previous life experience.

Looking at the main quest at the top of the task list, I honestly had a lot of confidence in completing this quest before, and even made no secret of my coveting of Veruga. However, after experiencing the capture and Rhodok becoming an ally, Veruga's strategy came to naught, and he had his main quest... More confidence.

Hu Bin found that his previous self was like a rookie, although he relied on luck and courage to win the mercenary city, but his foundation was unstable and he lacked a long-term plan. was first beaten by a group of Rhodok minions, and then the monarchs of Rhodok and Salander gave Hu Bin a vivid teaching lesson, so that Hu Bin, an overly active rookie, understood what is scheming. The two blows made Hu Bin mature a lot, and even Gerdan said that Young Master Reed came back this time and finally became like a lord.

This sentence seems simple, but it is not easy to do. Hu Bin began to look for his main quest objectives from scratch, this time he would choose more secretively and patiently, this time he had a group of Rhodok numberers as allies, and this time he wanted to build a more powerful legion.

Full of confidence, Hu Bin then found that his available funds had fallen back to three digits, and he was instantly discouraged. He was wounded by the aftermath of the last annihilation, and almost none of his precious cavalry remained, and it took no idea how much time and money it would take to restore the original size of this legion, let alone go further.

However, it is not without good news, the decline in the maintenance cost of the army has given Hu Bin a large surplus, which can be used for the economic construction of the territory. Due to the geographical location of Hu Bin's territory itself, he did not need to be too careful about the safety of the mercenary city after forming an alliance with Rhodok, and the pressure on the city garrison plummeted, so that Hu Bin temporarily dispelled the idea of expanding the army. Hu Bin, who has fully entered the farming mode, has entered a high-speed development of his territory.

Other countries have also found that relations between Salander and Rhodok have eased, and this information cannot be hidden, but the alliance between the two countries is still being kept secret, but the claim that the two countries are at war is unreliable. Swadia finds her plan falling through and re-enters the factional argument while Kujit keeps an eye on developments in the Viruga region and wants to make some gains. Hu Bin thought that there would be no war affecting the Holy Alliance in the short term, and he just took advantage of this time to develop desperately.

But it turns out that Hu Bin is still too young, and the lords on the mainland are all made by fighting, and they should never use normal people's thinking to measure this group of war maniacs.

On 20 July, the Kingdom of Svadia declared war on Rhodok, and the army poured out, besieging Fort Agorlon, one of the northern gateways to Viruga, that afternoon. The conservative Marshal Craggs actually led the team personally, and the entire northern defense line of Rhodok was in an emergency, and only 400 troops were stationed in Fort Agorlon, where two Rhodok lords and one numbered man were trapped. In the event of an attack by the enemy, there is a high probability that the fortress will be lost.

King Griffos urgently mobilized the forces of the southern defense line, and they were placed there to pretend to be a defense against Salander, but at this time, they were sent to the front line together, regardless of that. Rhodok's strategy was to abandon all the fortresses north of Viruga and defend it with all his might, waiting for his ally Salander to gather forces to come to the rescue.

At this time, the garrison of Viruga has exceeded 1,000 men, and Viruga, who began to hoard food and arrows a long time ago, is enough to support the consumption of the city for three months, but the defense of other areas is not something they can take care of. Fortunately, the goal of the Svadia Kingdom is obviously Viruga, as long as they capture Agorlongburg, their next target will definitely be Viruga.