On August 10, 1211 in the continental calendar, due to the direct intervention of Grand Duke De Rooney in the war between the Lockton family and the Donna family, the Earl of Lockton had to order the withdrawal of his troops, and at the same time personally went to the city of Coussen to communicate with De Rooney. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the Earl of Lockton ordered the withdrawal of the army, the war with the Donna family did not end, and the Earl of Lockton stationed 2,000 troops at a key position fifty miles southwest of Harrence City, completely blocking the southwest artery of Harrance City.

In addition, Viscount Marne's army also set up a military base at a key point sixty miles northwest of Harrence City to block all roads northwest of Harrence City.

At the same time, Gersenburg's new lord, Gray Cage, is also eyeing the back.

Now Harrens City is completely blocked, the trade routes are different, the charcoal in the Red Rain Forest can only be forced to stop, and several surrounding lords are secretly gloating, and they have no intention of helping at all.

The fall of Harrence is a matter of time.

Hundreds of miles away, the city of Herion was a different story, with its closed gates already open, and its citizens celebrating their lord's victory in war.

Outside the city, in Gray's manor, Mrs. Wren sat quietly in the room where his brother Gonder had died, and his husband Wren accompanied her, and the two did not speak.

Outside the room, the whole manor was a busy scene, the maid Leah and Katia were packing the master's luggage, and Gray's new squire, Ruken, led two squads of soldiers outside the manor gate to wait quietly.

Behind the ranks of soldiers were a group of farmers and a few ordinary townspeople, all of whom were the tenants of Gray Manor and the family of Ruken.

On the day Gray was canonized as Baron of Gersenburg, he sent Ruken back here, the main thing was to take the Wren couple to Gersenburg, and of course asked Leah and Catia if they would like to go together, and if they didn't, Gray wouldn't force it.

Katia was willing, and the family agreed without even thinking about it, partly because Gray was usually peaceful, and partly because Gray offered a generous offer, as soon as they arrived in Gersenburg, her family would get their own land, become free people, and no longer be tenants for others.

Gray also has his own plans for such generous conditions, he doesn't want to go to a new place, surrounded by some strangers, he needs an environment that he can trust!

Leah's parents had a better life, they had their own crafts, they worked for others in the city of Crane, they belonged to the free people, so they didn't agree, but Leah insisted on going to Gesenburg, and her parents didn't stop them, and the two old people's minds were completely on their precious son!

Ruken is the most simply, he directly sold all the real estate in the city, and took his elderly parents, wife and children on the road together!

"Wren, do you think Gonde's death is worth it?" said Mrs. Wren softly, "Father must be very sad, don't write to him just yet!"

Wren nodded, "Don't worry, Niri! Lord Gray will remember Gonde, don't you see? The soldiers outside are here to escort us!"

Mrs. Wren sighed, "It's a pity that Gonder isn't here!"

"Don't blame Lord Gray, Niri!" Wren whispered.

Mrs. Wren glanced at her husband, "How can I blame Gray, he grew up with me, and in my eyes, he looks like Gonde, and he is my younger brother!"

She sighed: "This kid is finally at the end of his life now, he was strong when he was a child, and every time he came back from a knight class, he would secretly practice until late at night!

Wren took over his wife's words, "The affairs of the nobles, we ordinary people can understand it, but fortunately, now Lord Gray is finally getting ahead!"

Madame Wren's face was full of sarcasm, "We ordinary people can understand the truth, how can they, the nobles who have been well-educated since childhood, not understand!"

"Niri, you're dangerous, and though Lord Gray respects us, he's the master after all!" Wren reminded his wife!

Wren, who had fought under Baron Laglay, stared at his wife and said seriously: "Also, Baron Laglay is a warrior who maintains a sense of honor, we shouldn't discuss him like this!"

Mrs. Wren gave her husband a blank look, and no longer argued with him, when the door suddenly slammed, "Is it Katiah?" asked Mrs. Wren.

"I'm Leah, Lady Wren, and I'm ready, Squire Lucken asks when it's time to go?" Leah's soft voice sounded outside the room.

When Mrs. Wren heard this, she immediately glanced at her husband, and Wren immediately understood, walked to the door and opened the door, and the moment the door was opened, a shadow quickly jumped to Mrs. Wren's feet, "Tino!" Mrs. Wren smiled and rubbed Tino's hairy head.

"Lady Wren!" Leah saluted as she entered the room, having been trained to work as a noble servant.

"Let's go now!" said Mrs. Wren, as she stood, and her husband lifted the two suitcases in the room.

In fact, there was nothing to take with him in the whole manor, Gray's equipment was naturally carried with him when he marched, and as for the rest of the other belongings, Gray had almost nothing, and his things were even much less than those of the farmers.

The land of Fort Gesensen is very large, more than twice the territory of the town of Meijia, and the total population of each village and farm has reached 50,000, plus other occupied areas, in fact, Gray now occupies one-third of the territory of Harrens's territory, and the specific population is being counted.

As Gersenburg had just been occupied, Gray was completely ignorant of the north, south, and north, and he was glad that he had insisted on keeping Sir Sterrant, but Gray did not understand a word of his report.

The officials of the various villages had all left their posts one after another when the previous lord had left, and Gray let them nominate themselves.

In this way, it is easy to appease the floating people's hearts in the early stage, but at the same time, Gray's ruling power will be greatly reduced! However, there is no other good way, as long as they can pay their taxes on time, Gray will not pay attention, and after a while, when the people are familiar with Gray's rule, he can slowly remove these officials.

In general, Gray's current authority can only be covered in Gersenburg, which has made Gray very content.

Fort Gesen, a fortified city that was formerly a barrier to the southeastern part of the Harrens Domain, will now be a barrier to the entire western part of the Herion Domain, and is of extraordinary strategic importance.

Similarly, caravans traveling from the south to the north will basically pass through Fort Gesen, the trade route in the south of Fort Gesenburg can lead directly to Balan, the largest port city in the human kingdom, the road in the north can go directly to the royal capital, and then pass through the north to the orc king, and to the west can naturally go to the western territory.

It was pure luck that such a fortress could fall into Gray's hands, so he had to master the castle and everything in the town as quickly as possible.

The Earl of Lockton has promised to give Gray an interest-free loan, and the first amount of money is a thousand gold coins, which is a large amount, you know, five copper coins can buy one pound of wheat, then one silver coin can buy twenty catties of wheat, that is to say, one gold coin can buy two thousand catties of wheat, which will be piled up after being made into bread!

As for the lack of castle officials, this could not bother Gray for the time being, and he put aside all the small matters first, and took care of the important matters himself, and at the same time he wrote to Sir Dale, asking him to recommend some people who had no political background, but were able, to come to Gersenburg.