Chapter XXVI
"In other words, you let a large number of knights attack my territory, and it wasn't Stormwind that sent you?" Lu En looked at Count Gerald, who was sitting on a chair in the hall not far away, and asked lightly, "So, everything is your own decision?"
Count Gerald smiled very awkwardly: "If I knew that the lord of Nightlight Town was a person with ruling authority like you, I would never sneak up on your territory." ”
Lu En shrugged his shoulders: "No matter what good things you say, you know the war between the nobles, if you lose." ”
Count Gerald immediately nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Naturally, I am worth 70 gold coins, and each of my knights is 10 gold coins, if the money is not enough, I will borrow from the banks of Stormwind City." ”
Lu En nodded, it wasn't that he didn't want to kill all these surrendered human soldiers, but when he thought of losing gold coins, he also broke the rules among nobles.
Lu En also gave up this plan, after all, the source of money in Night Town is also very tight, and many places need money.
So, Lu En decided to exchange all these people for gold coins, and he got up from his chair: "However, I can return to you those knights you have trained since childhood, but I will ask for those heavy infantry." ”
Feudal knights are different from heavy infantry, those heavy cavalry riding war horses are certainly the most powerful part of human force, but it is not easy to get a knight to be loyal, because to train a knight and support a knight, you must have a lot of land, a farmer, and naturally a house.
Lu En can't give these to knights, not to mention the most important point is the loyalty of knights, after all, the feudal knights of their families trained by human nobles are all trained and raised from childhood.
The heavy infantry, on the other hand, only takes three years to train a heavy infantry in heavy armor, and it is impossible to make the word loyalty appear in the hearts of the heavy infantry in three years.
What's more, the heavy infantry only needs to give money for the maintenance of equipment, so they can quickly make them loyal, which Lu En knows very well.
Count Gerald nodded hurriedly, although these heavy infantry were the elite of the East Valley Lumber Yard that had been trained with great difficulty, but compared to his current situation, he felt that it was better to hand over these soldiers to Lu En.
"Count Gerald, you can stay here until your gold is delivered, ...... I will not treat you badly, and all hospitality in Nightshade is carried out to the highest standards...... Of course, you'll pay me back twice as much when you get home. Lu En said this lightly.
Count Gerard was so angry that he scolded his mother, but there was no way, he was now in the enemy camp, this adventurer did not kill him in consideration of the laws of the nobles, and Count Gerard thought that he was quite lucky.
"Naturally, naturally. Count Gerald said hurriedly.
Lu En sat back in his place, he glanced at the development plan for Crow Ridge, as well as the plan for clearing the nearby farmland, and quickly wrote a line on the paper with a quill pen: "Crow Ridge does not need large-scale colonization for the time being, the nearby farmland must be cleared, and now the money must be saved." ”
Yes, Lu En now has another idea in his mind, rather than smashing a large amount of gold coins on colonial territories that cannot be effective in a short time, Lu En would prefer to seize a place in his heart, that is, the Western Wilderness.
The Wild West can be said to be one of the core economic zones of Stormwind, not only has a large amount of farmland, population, but also a lot of minerals, and the original plan for commercial development of the West Wilds has also been accelerated by the arrival of Lordaeron refugees.
But the rebellion of the Brotherhood of Defia completely disrupted the process.
Lu En lightly placed his finger on the map of the Western Wilderness: "Here, it will be mine soon." ”
Just as Lu En was planning how to get the Western Wilderness into his hands, there was a commotion from outside, followed by Margaret's cheers from outside the door: "Lord Earl, the envoy of Stormwind is here!"
Bursts of cheers rang out in Nighttown, and the hearts of the ordinary Nighttownspeople were very happy, for they had been very worried that their days were numbered, and this fear had reached its climax because of the invasion of Count Gerald.
Because Lu En is an adventurer, to be precise, an adventurer related to the undead, this can make the nobles of other regions start to attack Night Town.
But now it's different, when the envoy of Stormwind City comes here and truly recognizes Lu En's identity, then Nighttown will completely return to the commander of Stormwind Kingdom, so even if there is a war in Nightwind Town, it is a traditional war between nobles, and basically it will not affect ordinary people.
The Stormwind envoy wore an ornate robe with a blue lion's head coat of arms, and he had heard a lot about Lu En before he left for Nighttown, but when he saw Count Gerald sitting in Nighttown's town hall, his amazement was even greater.
Earl Gerald owns the East Valley Lumberyard, although he is not the most powerful nobleman in the Elwyn Forest, but he is also one of the most powerful nobles, and what he didn't expect was that Lu En would be able to defeat him.
"Uh...... According to the common opinion of the Council of Nobles of Stormwind, the Count is now canonized as Lord of Nightshade in his capacity as the royal family of Wrynn, given that the Count saved Nightshade in a time of crisis. ”
The envoy of Stormwind City quickly placed the side cover book in his hand in front of Lu En, and then he looked at Lu En in front of him: "I have another sentence that the Lord Regent Duke Berval brought to you." ”
"I hope you can wipe out the Defia Brotherhood in the Western Wilds, so that you can get the fief of Moonstream Town in the southern part of the Western Wilds. ”
Lu En's heart blossomed, he didn't expect that he just wanted to get the Western Wilderness, so now someone would bring him a pillow, but on the surface, Lu En did frown slightly: "Western Wilderness...... As you know, I've just gotten to Nighttown, and there's still a lot of work to be done. ”
"My only concern right now is to maintain stability, and I don't plan to send troops. ”
The Stormwind envoy quickly became anxious, he naturally knew that before coming to Nighttown, the regent Duke Bolval had reminded him many times that he must let this kid in Nightwind City dog-eat-dog the Defia Brotherhood in the Western Wilderness, so that Stormwind City could be quiet for at least a while.
Now the whole of Stormwind is in a state of bickering, and if you can't continue to strangle the Brotherhood of Defia, the consequences will be unimaginable.
However, just as despair appeared on the face of the envoy of Stormwind City, Lu En said lightly: "Actually, it's not impossible, as long as I can divide the entire Western Wilderness to me, I will send troops." ”
"It's a deal. The envoy of Stormwind City agreed without hesitation, anyway, this matter was finally decided by the regent, and it would be best to let Lu En send troops.