"The corresponding reward, I have already sent someone to prepare, I don't know if your Excellency has any other requirements?"

The Baron of the Trough said.

It sounds respectful, but when you think about it, it's just a deal. When Luo Ming sent troops, he repaid the corresponding remuneration and had equal status.

Naturally, Luo Ming was not satisfied with this...... He sacrificed three more people this time, and five of them were seriously injured and needed to recuperate for a long time, so such a large expenditure naturally had to be paid accordingly.

Land, money, and population alone could not fully satisfy his appetite.

"After today's time, the reality is already clear: some weak monster groups, an ordinary knight can repel them, and some powerful monster groups, even your Excellency will be trapped within the wall, and the army of the entire barony will not be able to go out of the field to fight. ”

Luo Ming did not make a request immediately, but first analyzed the background, so that the other party could feel the same way, and finally reach a unanimous agreement, which is also a common means of persuasion.

"There are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves...... Your Excellency should understand this.

After a while, it will be spring ploughing, if you have been hiding in the wall, even if you can keep it, but after missing the spring ploughing, you can only eat and store grain. I don't know how many people will starve to death. ”

Luo Ming laughed: "I have a good idea now, I wonder if Your Excellency would like to hear it?"

"Please!" how dare the Baron of the Trough refuse?

"I am good at training, in which the militia can deal with a small number of monsters on their own, and the elite soldiers are good at running, and they can travel forty miles a day. It is only a few hours from my territory to your Excellency. ”

Luo Ming laughed: "But I have limited soldiers, and I have to rescue in many places, and I have to protect my own territory, so I often lack the skills to divide my troops.

Moreover, even if I wanted to recruit more soldiers, I didn't have much of a surplus young population, and military rations were a big problem.

Therefore, I am prepared to enter into a closer pact with you, and if you can help me solve part of this problem, I can guarantee that you will be able to send troops to your rescue every time you light a beacon fire. ”

The Baron of the Lows had to accept this condition—for so far he had not found the location of the lair, and Lormin could not stay here to help him find it, which meant that he could not cut the grass and eradicate it.

This time, more than 30 monsters escaped, as long as they went out to plunder people and animals and gave them to the nest as food, then in a few days, a bunch of newborn little monsters were born, and then it was likely to counterattack again.

After ten minutes of negotiations, a closer pact was finally finalized.

This time, the reins were entirely in the hands of Luo Ming.

Although the Baron of the Trough did not intend to let his territory be ravaged by monsters, he himself was reluctant to stay here, after all, the chances of encountering danger were still not small.

So, Luo Ming invited him to stay in Sillanson temporarily.

Schönbrunn is the true foundation of Luo Ming, and there are some things that are inconvenient for outsiders to see, such as the fragments of the Eye of the Mystic, but Sillansen is different. While ensuring safety, most of the things there are visible.

Next, Luo Ming will help the baron manage the territory for a while, and it just so happens that the baron also cut a large piece of land as a reward for his visit, so the interests of the two are tied together.

After all, the monster would not negotiate with Luo Ming, and only let his territory go and attack the Baron's remaining territory.

In this way, the baron was much more relieved.

And the baron went to Sillansen naturally not alone, but brought his own servants, but did not bring a personal soldier. I'm not afraid that Luo Ming will attack him and then seek to seize the territory or something.

But it's right to think about it, Luo Ming has finally let a baron lower his head by half a head in fact, and only his horse head is subordinate in the covenant, so naturally he will not attack him, but let him taste the sweetness, so as to polish his signboard more brightly and attract more people to come and join the alliance.

The Baron of the Trough had now understood Luo Ming's logic - since he could make a baron obey, it was normal for other knights to defect to him, even if other barons had defected to him for refuge.

Then his power can grow greatly in a short period of time, and as long as the strength keeps up, it is not too difficult to proclaim himself a higher title and be recognized by the royal family - after all, the higher the title, the more contribution the law stipulates to the royal family.

For example, if the royal family calls on the nobles to borrow troops, then a knight only needs to send three soldiers at most, and a baron has to draw a team of soldiers, and as for a duke, he is embarrassed to meet people without taking out thousands of people.

The kingdom of Gelang once imposed a standard before starting a major war, as long as they were free people, those who owned a certain amount of property were forced to be knighted - and as a knight, they had to bring their own weapons and bring at least two retinues to fight in a big war.

This canonization forcibly created nearly 1,000 "knights", becoming a new force that suddenly emerged after the main forces of both sides suffered heavy losses, and almost played a decisive role in the war.

Therefore, as long as you don't rashly make yourself a prince, then most of the royal family will gladly accept this matter.

When the higher-level titles are in hand, it is natural for Luo Ming to lead the knights and even the barons, and the position of the alliance leader can be fixed.

He didn't know what Luo Ming called "cultivating the truth by pretending", but the general logic was still clear, so the next day he was relieved to let Luo Ming send a team of people to escort him to Sillanson.

Then, on the way back, this group followed Luo Ming's order and escorted Dungar and a few others over.

Luo Ming left a small group of veterans and a few militiamen, and asked them to cooperate with Dungal, where the militia was trained first, and then the outstanding ones were selected, and then they were directly incorporated into the regular army when the time came.

Women and children, old and old, were also mobilized...... At best, there are thousands of people, and although these secondary laborers cannot directly do the heavy work, they are also of great help.

For example, making charcoal, composting, burning bricks, sewing pieces of paper armor onto cloth, and making spare carts and wheelbarrows...... There are two last items that Luo Ming is looking forward to.

That is, through exhaustive methods, experiments were made of earthen cement and hot air balloons that could be practical.

With earthen cement, it is easy to create temporary forts or walls.

And with a hot air balloon, it is even more like getting an eye for a day, and the field of vision is broadened to a god's perspective that is almost like a strategy game, and it can completely occupy the initiative in almost all battles. 10