Chapter Ninety-Six: Sheep Hunting
"Let's go, let's go to Erbia and have a look, and the town will be handed over to you in the meantime. After a few days of relaxation, Jason also decided that he wanted to get back to his busy work.
"Yes, my lord, you can leave the affairs of Iron Fang Town to me. Lancelot bowed.
Jason went to Erbia this time to inspect the construction progress of Erbia, and secondly, to see how the construction of the casino was doing.
Iron Fang has made a variety of entertainment tools, in addition to poker games with competitive elements, there are also some simple character games, such as turntables.
This time Jason only brought ten guards and Lonnat to follow, and he was able to reach Erbia soon with a light trip, and Alexis wanted to follow him, but he was refused, and she wanted to follow Lancelot here to continue her penance.
"Alexis is obedient at home, and usually goes to see Uncle Barry and them when he has time. He looked at Alexis and told him that Uncle Barry was the best person for her before Jason took her in, and Alexis had been busy with penance lately and rarely visited him.
"Uh-huh!" Alexis nodded vigorously, indicating that she knew that she often met Uncle Barry at the barracks, but Jason didn't know it.
"In that case, let's go. After Jason finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and left first, and Ronnatt and the others immediately followed, and the group rode away without even using the carriage.
"Be careful all the way. Lancelot bowed to their backs.
"Goodbye, brother. ”
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"It's a big snowfall. After walking out of town for a long time, Jason looked at the snow in front of him and sighed.
After this heavy snowfall, the whole world has become white, and there are still some small animal footprints left on the snow, which is why they come out to look for food after the snow.
"The north is covered with this heavy snow every year. A middle-aged guard behind him said that when it snowed heavily in previous years, there would be residents' houses collapsed, but Jason's previous big actions such as spending a lot of money to renovate residents' houses and replan towns have led to the collapse of not a single house in this snow disaster this year.
"Will there be a few more heavy snowfalls this winter?" said Jason, who was a little worried, because the dwellings in Erbia might not be able to withstand the snowfall, after all, there were still mostly wooden houses, and masonry houses were not fully widespread due to time constraints, and building houses for thousands of people was no small undertaking.
"It's just winter, and there should be a few more heavy snowfalls. Again, the guard said that he was a local and had the most to say.
"Then we need to prepare for the snow disaster as soon as possible. Jason looked at the cloudy sky, and if nothing else, the Northlands would have been covered by this cloud all winter.
"Every year, people would be homeless due to snowstorms and end up freezing to death on the side of the road. The guard's tone was lost, he was talking about decades ago, when the kingdom didn't pay attention to this side at all.
The appointed magistrates were also hiding in big cities such as Lucca, and no one cared about it anyway, and when Sir Auchi came, their lives were even more difficult.
Not just those who froze to death, but even those who starved to death.
Jason was silent when he heard this, no matter how strong the kingdom is, it can't be good in all aspects, there will always be places that can't be taken care of, not to mention that this generation of King Lopez is so happy.
He has led troops to fight abroad all year round in an attempt to expand the country's territory, and has wiped out four or five small countries in a row over the past few decades.
But as a result, the domestic economy was overburdened, and there was much better in the north without war, but production was more difficult, but this was not the case in other places.
Lopez, known as the number one military power in the north, is actually not as powerful as it seems on the surface, especially in this era when the monarchy is very centralized, and some armies can even be mobilized only by the king's decree.
The military was strong, but most of the domestic aristocracy was rotten.
"My lord, our lunch is over. Just as Jason was thinking about it, Ronnatt spoke up.
He looked at Jason's brows furrowed, looking very distressed, and couldn't help but distract him with a loud voice.
"What?" Jason looked up, confused, he had just wandered again, and secretly scolded himself for thinking about what he was doing with all this uselessness?
The inside of the royal city is now firmly controlled by the Garcia family, and he can't even contact the mysterious uncle, so it's the right way to work hard to strengthen himself.
Otherwise, no matter how much you want to, your strength will be too weak, and you will not be at a loss when the soldiers come to the city.
Not surprisingly, one day in the future, he will definitely face up to his brother.
"I said our lunch was over. Ronnat repeated, pointing into the distance.
Jason followed his finger and saw that three snow sheep were looking around with their ears supported a hundred meters away, probably sensing Jason and his party, and were observing whether they were in danger and considering whether to escape.
"Snow sheep. Jason looked at these sturdy snow sheep and felt that they were all coming down, he had eaten this animal before, it was roasted by Mayor Dia, and it tasted very delicious, without the smell of ordinary mutton.
The most important thing is that their living places are all in the mountains, which are difficult to catch, and these three should have run down because of the lack of food on the mountains.
"Have the confidence to catch them?" asked Jason.
"Wrap it around me. Ronnet whispered, and removed the bow and arrow from his horse, a bow made by Rodney and the town's archers, a steel bow mixed with some other metals, for people like Ronnat who were born with divine powers.
I saw that Lonnat stared calmly at the two snow sheep in the distance, and the guards around him didn't dare to breathe, they had never seen the true strength of this big man who suddenly appeared.
So you can take this opportunity to get to know their "airborne" top boss.
Ronnat observed for a moment before drawing three iron arrows from the quiver, then turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the two snow goats, he had absolute confidence in himself.
The snow sheep also spotted the human being coming towards them, and instantly became restless, trampled on the sheep's hooves, and finally fled.
The guards were full of disappointment when they saw this scene, this is not a qualified hunter's practice at all, even if they want to approach the prey, they have to slow down and hide their figures, right?
What the hell is this swaggering action?
It's a pity that the next scene made their eyes widen.
"Whoosh!"
Ronnet didn't say a word, and shot the arrow without aiming at it, and when everyone thought he was giving up on himself, a snow sheep happened to appear on the trajectory of the arrow, and was instantly shot through the neck and fell to the ground.
"Whoosh!" Before everyone could react, there were two more sounds of breaking the air.
Until the last snow sheep fell to the ground, all that remained on the snow was the sound of the guards spitting, in addition to the sound of Ronnat's feet stepping on the snow.
The goats don't run in a straight line, they are jumping around, and even the best hunters are at a loss when they encounter a running goat.
"Fortunately, I was not dishonored. He returned to Jason and bowed.
"Very nice. ”
Jason raised an eyebrow, he could see that this was Ronnatt in Liwei, after all, if he couldn't convince these guards, he would be hindered in the defense of the castle in the future.
"Do you have any roast whole lambs?" asked Jason, turning his head expectantly.