On the fifteenth of July, the day after the battle, at noon on the same day, the messenger of the Earl of Mount Conle arrived at Schönbrunn.

However, Luo Ming was not outside the mountain, and the attendant told the messenger that Viscount Meiquan was in the city of Carlo Mountain in the mountain of Carlo during this time, and the messenger could only continue to hurry.

By half-past four in the afternoon, he had finally delivered the letter to Luo Ming.

"Hmm...... This is, Goddess bless!"

After reading the letter, Luo Ming's face changed greatly, and he immediately called the waiter on the side to summon the ministers to discuss.

"Your Excellency, my lord is in desperate need of your reply. The messenger grabbed the corner of Lockin's coat and said pleadingly.

Luo Ming's cold eyes swept away, and the messenger immediately froze there, Luo Ming shook off his hand, and his face eased a little before saying, "You are waiting for me here for a quarter of an hour." ”

This messenger has actually seen Luo Ming once, he is actually a concubine of the baron's family, much stronger than ordinary civilians, but he still doesn't dare to make a mistake in front of his Excellency the viscount in front of him, especially that glance makes him fall into an ice cave, and he doesn't dare to make a sound.

Luo Ming then walked into the conference room - the conference room was separated from the outside by a corridor, sealed with two heavy wooden doors, even if Luo Ming himself, if he did not enter the corridor and came to the door of the conference room, it would be absolutely impossible to hear half a word.

A quarter of an hour later, Granty came out of the door, handed the messenger a sealed letter, and sent him away.

In the conference room, there was no heated discussion at all, and even a few ministers were not there at all, and they were all handling affairs everywhere.

"I have to say that the spell communication is already fast, but we still have to praise the Goddess of Cleansing, which gives us nearly a day more time to prepare than everyone else. Luo Ming said with a smile.

The letter sent by the Earl told about the invasion of the Federation of Belan, and even about the fact that it had divided its forces into several routes, one of which was coming in the direction of Van Shee County.

You must know that yesterday at noon, the Belan Federation launched an invasion, and to be able to get the news so quickly, it must be possible through spell communication - as a county guard, the earl can naturally enjoy the spell communication network built by the principality.

However, Luo Ming and his subordinates had already received the news at noon yesterday, when the enemy had invaded less than half an hour.

Luo Ming held an emergency meeting at noon yesterday and decided on a series of contingency plans - thanks to the fact that they were in the habit of making various plans, many of the plans that had been made could be used after a few modifications, so the meeting only lasted half an hour, and then the plan was implemented.

First of all, Luo Ming mobilized all the soldiers, even most of the peasants in the mountains, as well as many workers who had worked in the fields, to temporarily go out of the mountains to harvest grain.

The wheat fields outside the mountain are prone to war and must be harvested first, but the fields inside the mountain are not a big problem even if they are harvested two days later - if the enemy is strong enough to quickly attack the inside of the Carlo Mountain, then it is better for Luo Ming to prepare to flee or surrender earlier than to resist.

Only the workers of the paper mill began to work overtime and began to rush to make paper nails.

Luo Ming sent a large number of messengers to the territory of the allies on horseback, and delivered the following letters:

"Viscount Schönbrunn Loming, vouch for my reputation, and according to reliable information, the Federation of Belan has launched an attack on our country, and a large army has slaughtered my Van Shee County.

At this critical juncture, we must work together and unite to ensure the safety of your lives and property.

I hope that you will transport food, property and family to Bi Chi as soon as possible, and I have built a fortified city in the middle of the Carlo Mountains, which is difficult to attack and safe.

If the enemy army is killed and there is no way to resist it, you will not have to worry about the problem of transporting your baggage, and you will quickly withdraw to my territory with light equipment and gather strength. One finger is very fragile when it is alone, and only by clenching a fist and five fingers in one can it make a powerful counterattack.

If the enemy is not strong and is successfully resisted, I will return all the food and property, a bag of flour, a silver coin, and I will record it and can be consulted at any time. ”

Most of the nobles in these years are still credible, although sometimes they will break the contract, but Luo Ming said so conclusively, it is still easy to gain trust.

In the afternoon of the same day, more than one nobleman brought his family and a few carts of grain and goods to Meiquan to collect them.

If they found out that Luo Ming was lying to them, they would naturally take their things home again, and take their wives and children out to see the scenery.

As for Luo Ming's forcible robbery, which defied the world's condemnation, Luo Ming dared to do it last time to ensure that he would become a public enemy of the aristocratic class.

And the facts reassured them - the tension in Luo Ming's territory was indeed extraordinary.

The nobles wrote to their friends to summon more people, and by the afternoon of the next day, when Lockin received the Earl's letter, sixteen nobles and nobles had already arrived.

The grain in the territories of those nobles was also not harvested, but there were more or less uneaten stocks in their warehouses, as well as the new grain that had just been harvested.

In addition, for some nobles who didn't believe Luo Ming's words, he simply began to throw money and buy each other's grain at a high price, some nobles believed him when they saw this posture, and some people didn't believe it at all, but in line with the idea of taking advantage of a small advantage, he sold some of the grain to Luo Ming.

Watching a cart or a boatload of flour and wheat drive into the territory, Luo Ming was in a trance, as if he saw Schönbrunn Collar transform into a greedy snake, swallowing the blood and water gathered from all directions, and his body became thicker and thicker.

This made him realize that food was as important as human blood for the regime of the agrarian era.

A cart and a boatload of grain are not much, but dozens or hundreds of them are gathered together, and it becomes a big river, Luo Ming is now a small prince, much stronger than the average small noble, but after absorbing these grains, it is enough to increase his overall strength by several percent.

In addition, some nobles simply began to move to Luo Ming's side, although there are not many, but this is also a good sign.

As for the places where he drew his blood, it is up to life and death to be rich and rich.

If a large amount of grain and other baggage had been transported to Luo Ming a long time ago, the speed of rushing the people on the road with light travel would not be too slow, and most people should still be able to take refuge in Luo Ming's territory, and he basically did not refuse the population.

For the average lord, the war years may only accept young men and a small number of young women who can become fighting power, but for Luo Ming, as long as he is not completely incapacitated, even old people and children, can at least contribute to his industrial production as workers.

If nothing else, having children help collect firewood and mow grass, and old people helping to sew paper armor, can free up young people who were supposed to do these jobs to do other things, or even join the army.