"Minimum pay is just an ideal situation. In fact, this is rarely the case.

If someone attacks, the reward must be increased according to the number and strength of the enemy.

If your cousins can really hire a hundred thieves to besiege you, and we take you out safely under such an exaggerated situation, it would not be too much to pay me 3,500 acres of the best arable land in your territory, and then add 5,000 or 6,000 acres of wasteland by the way?

If it's more dangerous than that, we'll have to think about abandoning the mission and getting out alive, after all, such a large formation is enough to deal with a proper baron with a guard. “

Sherlock thought for a moment, and finally nodded, but he couldn't help but cut the price slightly.

"The upper limit is set at 3,200 acres of high-quality cultivated land and 6,800 acres of wasteland...... But if it had been agreed in advance, I would not have paid so much if I had not encountered such great danger.

It all depends on the situation. “

"That's natural, we trust your credibility as a nobleman and won't talk gibberish to save that little money.

And you should also believe us, among the mercenaries, we belong to the most civilized, gentlemanly, and commitment category. In the coming days, you will see them one by one, and maybe every time you encounter trouble in the future, you will remember our service. “

After saying this, the two shook hands.

Although Sherlock's body was indeed a little slender, Luo Ming noticed that he was not thin and should have been trained to a certain extent. Although it is still too far from the word "strong", in the face of one or two miscellaneous soldiers, at least it has the ability to save his life, which is also the basic quality of a nobleman.

And Sherlock also saw a kind of self-confidence in Luo Ming—unlike many people who suddenly rose from the bottom.

Many people who are ill-informed, who stand out among a group of uneducated civilians who have never seen the world, have a very high opinion of themselves, and turn from self-confidence to arrogance, despising the people of the world - including the nobles who have received more than ten years of elite education.

The result of this kind of person is often to spin up and down, success cannot last, and it is very likely to encounter a small setback and collapse, or even fall back to the original point.

In the previous negotiations, Luo Ming's insight has been extraordinary. In this case, he can still be full of confidence, and he is not humble or arrogant in dialogue with himself, who is about to become a baron, he should really have a lot of confidence.

He even had some doubts about whether this young man was the illegitimate son of some nobleman who had been exiled from abroad—with some exceptions, talent was not directly related to bloodline, but basically only nobles had the right to education, and it was possible to develop talent and extraordinary perspective.

For the rest of the day, Lockin was giving advice and letting Sherlock use his nobility to implement it - after all, the heir to the nobility himself could be called a lord, and there was no doubt that he was a nobleman, enjoying many conveniences.

Lorming's use of these handy techniques was an eye-opener for Sherlock......

The next day, at five o'clock in the morning.

Taking a letter and a few silver coins, the doorman opened the gate sleepily, and a three-horse carriage galloped out.

Although it does not look particularly gorgeous, if you look closely, the horses are sturdy, and the coachman is very stable.

At this point, the sky has not yet brightened. In the faint light of the sky, the three people in the car ate some bread, jerky and eggs.

Sherlock, who was not fully awake yet, casually ate two bites and was in a daze. Granty leaned directly against Login and closed her eyes—but she held the hilt of her sword stuck in the floor of the carriage.

There were a lot of things piled up in the carriage, which were very narrow for the three of them, and the carriage itself was jolting, and there was the sound of horses' hooves, and it surprised him that Grant fell asleep at once.

He had heard his uncle say that in the era of war, soldiers had to overcome all difficulties and seize time to rest when they could sleep, so as to ensure that they would not lose their lives due to fatigue in the next battle.

He also tried to sleep for a while, but he finally fell asleep, and it was not long before he woke up again from the jolting of the carriage.

After maybe two hours, Lormine patted Granty on the shoulder and whispered her name, and she opened her eyes suddenly, as if radiating a shiny, and immediately came to her senses.

Luo Ming, on the other hand, leaned back and fell asleep, also keeping his hand on his sword.

Sherlock couldn't quite speak in front of a serious Lormine, and when Granty woke up, his expression of wanting to stop talking was immediately noticed.

"It's okay, as long as you don't deliberately make a loud noise, you don't have to worry about waking him up. “

"But aren't you on your guard, shouldn't you jump up at the slightest sound and fight with your sword drawn?" asked Sherlock, in a low voice.

"Haha, if you're alone in the wild, that's fine. But we are partners, as long as I am awake and encounter anything, I will not be reckless, but will wake up Luo Ming first.

The reverse is also true, if something happens, Luo Ming will definitely wake me up first. Because we trust each other, we can let go of some of our burdens during breaks and let them help us carry them. “

Granty said with a smile.

Sherlock naturally had people he trusted, but it was his servants and subordinates, and now this trust between the two of them as equals was a completely unknown territory to him.

In this regard, he was a little envious.

But who could he trust as equals? In the family, apart from the elders and subordinates, there were only those cousins who had bad intentions and were incompetent.

As for those outside the family, it is even more Hughti, he can guarantee that even if it is a family of in-laws, if there is an opportunity to annex his family, it will not be relentless.

Suddenly thinking of the price that Luo Ming had offered earlier, Sherlock fell into deep thought. This young mercenary, who talked to him on an equal footing at the beginning, will become a knight after this mission is successful, can you trust him and take him for help?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking, "Miss Granty, may I ask, how did you and Mr. Lockin know each other, and how did you become partners who trust each other?"

It didn't take long for him to be in a trance, and if it weren't for Granty's apparently unpretentious tone, he might have been suspicious.

Of course, Grant wasn't stupid enough to tell the whole story, but the little thing he said made Sherlock not believe it.

Looking at Luo Ming's sleeping face, he had mixed feelings in his heart. How strong does this young man's personality have to be for a swordsman to become a partner in less than a month, and even give him the lead?

In such a comparison, I feel that I am nothing as a young and promising aristocratic heir......

However, he finally perked up afterwards and patted his cheek.

We should not ignore the excellence of others under the pretext that we do not believe in ourselves, but we should face up to those excellences, ask for advice, learn from them, and turn them into our own.

At noon, the carriage turned into the roadside lane and stopped, allowing the horses and coachmen to rest.

Although it is a good horse borrowed from the local nobles of Bijin City, it has been galloping for so long, and it must recover its strength, and there are still a few days to go in the future.

Luo Ming also got out of the carriage, took two pieces of charcoal from the carriage and lit them to heat the food and water prepared on the carriage.

Although burning charcoal is a little more expensive than firewood, there will be no obvious smoke to expose the target.

Before setting off, Lomin said, "Let the enemy not know where you are, and this mission is half the battle." ”

Thinking about it now, it really made Sherlock think so. Even if he eats ordinary food in this environment where there is no village or store, he feels that this sense of security is more important than anything else.