Whenever there is a war in the territory, the lord can recruit the knights in the territory. It was the lord's right, and these knights could not refuse, unless they wanted to bear the infamy of betraying the lord.

Merlin recruited five Bronze Horsemen from among the Nine Knight Families in Ashfurnace Mountain. Of course, these five men did not include Lance Blair, the village chief of Ashfurnace Village, Merlin's newly appointed tax collector.

"Your Highness Merlin, you are an insult to the Blair family. "Apparently Lance is a traditional Northland barbarian, and sometimes a bit stubborn and annoying.

There is a saying in the great moors of Limousin that the Goths were absolutely unwilling to use a plow to achieve their goal by a sword. It would be no easier to persuade a Gothic with a sword to lay down his weapon and pick up a hoe to farm than to kill him.

Merlin has no better choice now, and Bill must save him. And I don't know how much time it will take. Then everything in Ash Furnace Village must be handed over to a reassuring person. Now he has no second option but Lance.

"Lance, my tax collector," Merlin said in a way that did not correspond to his age, but it was not so much at this time, and the sixteen-year-old boy had been sent to a remote mountain area by his ruthless father, and now he had met a hateful kobold, and it would be understandable if he had behaved a little different at this time.

"Ashfurnace Village can't do without you, you have more important things to do while you stay, listen to me," Merlin looked around at the knights around him, "After I leave, you have to ensure the safety of the villagers, this matter is a top priority, because no one can guarantee that the kobold will not come back." At night, you have to arrange for a vigil. ”

"The wolf is silent when it moves at night, so be careful. "The next few days will be full moons, and that's good news." ”

"The Ashburgh Mountain is about to have a good day, and the church will soon build a church here, and the dock has already been built, and there will be the Colosseum, the baths, and the square in the future. "Merlin throws a big pie first, and it's important to have hope in difficult times, and it's a weapon to unite people's hearts when it's critical.

"Is there going to be a Colosseum in Ashfurnace Village too?" Rommel asked excitedly, "Is it the same Colosseum as the Holy City?"

"Is there a bathroom going to be built in Ashfurnace Village too?" Drogba's excited three-layered fat chin trembled, like a ripple, from his chin to his belly. "I've heard that the bathroom is divided into many small compartments, some with warm water and some with cool water. If you jump into the pool of cold water immediately after coming out of the pool, you will get goosebumps all over your body. ”

"Of course, we'll build the Colosseum that can accommodate the entire territory's population, and we'll build bathrooms with warm and cold pools, and we'll also have a steam room to give you goosebumps. ”

From the words that came out of the mouth of the lord lord, no one doubted its authenticity. Looking at everyone's reaction, Merlin regretted it a little, if he had time, he really wanted to set up a blueprint here, so that everyone's energy should be more sufficient.

The women's director is mainly to do ideological work, and this must Merlin knows very well that these words are not very convincing for a sixteen-year-old boy now, but he is now the lord of Ashfurnace Mountain, and in any case, this is his territory.

"My tax collector," Merlin continued, "you are a very important person, and you can begin your preparations after I am gone. Remember what I said, the subjects of the territory are the most important, the crops are lost, they can be replanted, the houses can be repaired if they are broken, and if the people are gone, there is no other way to survive. ”

"Yes, Your Highness," Lance has never felt like a big man like he does now, Ashfurnace Mountain will have its own Colosseum, and will never have to run into the stream to bathe in the icy spring water again, Ashfurnace Mountain will have its own public bath. This was unthinkable before, but in the future, young people may never want to leave, and the Holy City will no longer be attractive. The poor tax collector's lips trembled, "Your Highness, I will definitely protect the people of Ashfurnace Mountain and wait for your return." ”

In Merlin's eyes, the blue favorability on Lance's body suddenly turned into a red triple digit. With a clang, the system's pleasant voice sounded, "Congratulations to His Highness Merlin for gaining the loyalty of the knights." ”

To get Bill back, Merlin needs to know about kobolds. And the three people in the entire Ashfurnace Mountain who know the kobold the most are all in front of Merlin.

"Your Highness, beware of spellcasters, spellcasters hidden within those evil creatures, who will pop up at some moment you can't imagine. Raj said.

"Yes, powerful spellcasters, dirty, insidious, despicable sneak attackers. Cowards who don't dare to fight head-on. Sura's beautiful face was distorted.

It seems that these two witches are a little unwilling to lose, but Merlin knows that strength is not the only factor in winning or losing, sometimes combat experience is more important than strength, and the two girls in front of him are the kind of rookies who lack combat experience, but Merlin has nothing to be proud of at this point, because neither in his previous life nor now Merlin is not a combatant. Therefore, it is especially important to understand the opponent at this time.

"Yes, there are powerful spellcasters hidden in them, but that's not the crux of the matter. I think His Highness Merlin must have been suspicious too. "It was an old dwarf who spoke and was called a goblin in some places, but in the spoken language of the Northland barbarians, everyone called it a goblin.

It was an old goblin with long flower-white eyebrows curled over his ears, a face covered with different shades of periphery and a thin pink countenance, and a pair of blue eyes that shone with wisdom.

"It's no coincidence that I just came to Ash Furnace Mountain when the kobold appeared. Merlin paused for a moment and said word for word.

"The wilderness of Limousin is the wilderness of the kobolds, where are the heather bushes that the reindeer like and the wolves that like to hunt reindeer, there is nothing that the kobolds like in the Ash Furnace Mountain, and now the grapes in the valley are all sour, and there is no reason for them to come to the valley at this time. ”

"I see. Merlin was a little suspicious, goblins were not a wise race, but some of them had a particularly long-lived elder, but how could the elders fall into the hands of kobolds.