Chapter 3 Duties of the Lords II.
"It's not there yet?" said Stanis, who had been tossed up and down on horseback.
Although [horseback riding] is the default skill of this body, after all, Chen Kai didn't say that the horse hadn't even ridden a tractor before crossing, so he didn't have time to get used to it. At the same time, the roads here are all muddy, and the horses' hooves are lost when they step in, resulting in a great reduction in the speed of travel.
He secretly made up his mind that after this matter was resolved, the roads in the territory should also be repaired, although he could not pave the roads with stones like Rome, but he had to learn from Qin Chi Road to ram the earth and build roads.
"It's almost time for you, sir. Korodov, who was leading the way, turned around and said.
Stannis glanced back at him, where the Bachelor Romon was clutching the horse's neck in pain, and it seemed that the old man was as alive as he was.
But the old friend named Robert was at ease, and he was even better at maneuvering horses than he remembered.
"Here we are, sir. With that, Korodov turned over and dismounted, and at this time they were in a small, dilapidated and poor village.
Looking at the peasants rushing up around him, Stannis was very proud, so let these people look at themselves with longing as if they were a savior to save them...... No, why are their eyes full of contempt and suspicion, and they are also their lords!
"Dad, is that the 'Dragon Killer'?"
He distinctly heard a knee-high kid pulling at his father's trouser leg.
What a nickname, I didn't expect the original owner of this body to be so strong! But why didn't I have a little information about this nickname in my mind?
Just when he was puzzled, the voices of the villagers reached his ears one after another.
"Really, what's wrong with this guy?"
"He's not here to loot us again. ”
"Then I'd rather be attacked by those green-skinned monsters. ”
Stannis vomited blood angrily, he decided to show the momentum of the lord, otherwise it would be too faceless, "Hey, you people, no matter how I say it, I am also your lord, even if there is no merit on weekdays, there is hard work, this time I came all the way to rescue you, I don't believe that no one thinks of me well." ”
In the next second, the onlookers scattered in a hurry, and no one was left.
He was a little embarrassed, how failed this Stannis was as a lord before, "This is too exaggerated!
At this time, the bachelor Romon came up again, he pointed to the sun that was about to set, and whispered: "Your Excellency, let's hurry up, the time to make an appointment with those monsters is coming, those guys are not very good-tempered......"
"Damn, the goblins still dare to be tempered, and these people will have to clean them up when I come back. Stannis gave himself a round and followed them towards their destination.
Soon they appeared in a field of crops, not far away in a dense black shade, about half a man tall, and since it was early autumn, Stannis assumed that it must be a mixture of wheat and rye, based on his extensive knowledge of history.
"Why are you so late?" a shrill voice sounded, and a small figure broke away from the dark shadow and walked like them.
An ugly green face appeared in front of Stannis, with a large nose and long pointed ears that clearly indicated that it was undoubtedly a goblin.
Stannis, who saw the magical creature for the first time, was so excited that he grabbed Korodov's hand and kept jumping, "Hey, it's a goblin, it looks as ugly as in the original painting!"
Lady Romon hurriedly covered his mouth, these little monsters were disgusted by what others said about their appearance.
"Your lords are here?" the goblin apparently recognized Stannis's face, "but it won't be discounted, and not a penny less." ”
This was exactly what he wanted, Stannis broke free from the old man's hand, and then pulled out the long sword at his waist with a handsome movement, "Haha, the experience of being alone, I'm going to kill you with my own hands, knight, help me catch it!"
But Korodov did not move, not because he wanted to make trouble, but because there were too many enemies on the opposite side.
It was only then that Stannis realized that the half-man-tall shadows in the field were not crops, but goblins, and they were coming at them with strange noises, and they soon surrounded them.
These little monsters are screaming fiercely with bone or stone weapons in their hands, and they are not at all greedy for life and afraid of death like in the game.
"Doesn't it fit the premise at all, how can there be so many ......" Stannis looked around for a moment, then swallowed hard, according to his rough estimate, at least two hundred goblins surrounded him.
The goblin who was threatened by him said proudly, "This is only part, my aunt is coming here with more than a hundred of my cousins. ”
Then, it pointed at Stannis's sword, "What did you just say?"
He immediately put the sword in both hands and said with a smile: "I just want to exchange weapons with you, make an alliance with blood, and become brothers with different surnames!"
"Brothers with humans? Unexpectedly, this short goblin didn't even look down on a human who was a lord, "Did you bring the money?"
"Yes, yes, yes. Lady Romon immediately stepped forward and brought the iron box he was carrying, and the gold coins filled with it immediately glowed with golden light.
"Wow, so much gold!" Stannis seemed more excited than the robber, if this box of gold could be brought back, he would really be developed, and he could drink a bowl of soy milk in the future.
Suddenly, he thought of something serious, it was all his money!
"Your Excellency, please give way. "Maester Romon felt that something was wrong, for his master now had a strange light in his eyes, and he stared at him like a hungry wolf discovering a lamb.
Stannis reacted, although this box of gold coins was very painful for these monsters, but now it was important to save their lives, so he pretended to be generous regardless of the colic in his heart, "Mr. Goblin, this is my reward for your gold, is it enough? If it is not enough, I will send someone back to get some for you." ”
"Don't, you humans are cunning and cunning, we don't want to be fooled. The leading goblin took the iron box, and then whistled, and the goblins around them receded like a tidal wave.
It seems that the crisis has been resolved.
Stannis wiped his sweat, but thanks to his wit just now, he was able to see the wind and steer the rudder, and kept the territory safe with only one box of gold (although this was the original negotiated condition, and he could solve it smoothly if he didn't use it), and perfectly fulfilled the duties of the lord, and fully carried forward the glory of being the successor of feudalism, so he made a credit to himself in his heart.
But just as he was taking a breath of relief, he noticed that the other three were looking at him with strange eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked curiously.
Maester Ramon spoke, his tone full of resentment, "Your Excellency, why did you come and get it again when you didn't talk enough about it just now?"
"What's wrong, what's wrong?"
"That box of gold coins is the last money in the vault. ”