Chapter Seventy-Five: The Aftermath

Lorist did what he said, and Count Corbilly was crucified and wailed for a long time before dying, and on his deathbed he watched as his bastard son, who had been hit by three arrows, was beheaded in front of him. The golden-order bastard died a painless death, for he remained unconscious since he was shot by an arrow.

Lorist piled up the heads of Count Corbilly's illegitimate sons in front of the cross, and decided to hire a few stonemasons to carve a stone tablet next to the cross, briefly describing the life of Earl Corbilly and the fate of his family who was finally discovered and killed by red-bearded horse bandits. Or many years later, the deeds of the Earl of Corbilly and his sixty-seven illegitimate sons will become a piece of folklore in Guelintea, just as the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves that Lorist had heard of in his previous life.

After resting for a night, Josk volunteered to take two newly formed slave squadrons equipped with garrisons to Moz Hill to copy the back of the bandit suppression unit left by Count Cobilly, and there was also a gold-ranked, three-silver-ranked, and two count's bastards who did not reach the silver rank, and Josk was unwilling to let them slip through the net.

Lorist didn't mind, anyway, the lancers who surrendered had already said that there would be three days' food left in the camp over there, and when the food was gone, it would collapse on its own without attacking, and Josk was just going to fish out of the water and beat the water dogs.

Three days later, Fat Man and Josk rode into the city of Gerdos.

Josk brought back six heads, which were stacked in front of the cross. He said that when he led a squadron of slave soldiers to block the back road of the garrison camp on the hill of Moz, the first to collapse were the peasant soldiers recruited by the nobles of the domain of the vassal Count of Cobilly, who wept and screamed in the camp as if they were lost, and ran around, stirring the camp into a pot of porridge. Then Bodfinger and Rose Knights, who had been prepared, took two squadrons of heavily armored lancers to take advantage of the chaos and entered the camp and won the game.

The bastard of the Golden Order, who was guarding the camp of Count Cobilly, died at the hands of the Knights of Rus, and the rest tried to escape, but unfortunately they did not run as fast as Joske's arrows. Now, Count Corbilly is finally reunited with his illegitimate sons, and none of them have escaped the net.

Shi Fatzi said that Bodefinger would arrive with the captives probably tomorrow afternoon, and the family convoy would also arrive in Gerdos City in the next three days. Fat asked Lorlist, what would happen to the Burdock Manor Castle over there when the convoy arrived?

Lorist said: "Leave it to Tim, I've been thinking about the next trip for the team and what to do after leaving here for the past few days, and now I have a rough idea. You've come just in time, so let's have a good discussion. ”

What Lorist lacked now was time, when the convoy left Port Ametrin to head north, more than 5,000 miles from the Northland. The original plan was to reach the border of the Kingdom of Andinac through more than 2,000 miles within the territory of the Kingdom of Redlis in one month. It's just that no one could have imagined that they would encounter such a strange Earl of Corbilly as they had just hit the road, and they were making waves in the area where the convoy passed, attacking the convoy and forcing Lorist to lead the family forces to annihilate it, delaying for a long time. It's almost January 23rd, but the convoy has only traveled six or seven hundred miles.

After the capture of the city of Gerdos, Count Corbilly swept away the wealth of a dozen nobles of the realm and the large reserves of supplies he had collected over the years into Lorlist's pocket. Looking at Shi Fatzi holding the list of reserve materials in the warehouse, he understood that the convoy had to be delayed for a period of time in Gerdos City, and Shi Fatzi would not be willing to leave until these material reserves were processed.

Lorist decided to stay until the end of the month and leave the convoy first, only to return to the Northland before March, inherit the title and family domain, and integrate the family domain before waiting for the arrival of the northbound convoy. As for the convoy, it will be handed over to Fat Shi and Bodfinger to lead, and they can slowly travel north without hurrying.

However, there are a lot of things going on now, and Lorist has to deal with the arrangements before he can go north with confidence.

He first instructed Bodfinger to lead a squadron of heavily armored lancers to William Mills Castle to replace the reorganized garrison squadron, and then ordered Yuri to send someone to the noble coalition to inform them of the fall of Count Corbilly, and asked the noble coalition to send a representative to Gerdos to discuss some matters.

When the garrison squadron returned to Gerdos, Lorist gave a cold order, and all the lancers and garrisons who had surrendered were to take their families to a block and settle them, and the rest of the lancers and garrisons who had died in battle were all imprisoned in the slave camp as the remnants of Count Cobilly.

Turning to the empty block, Lorist said, "Mr. Tim, this block is yours, and your soldiers with big bags can come in handy." ”

Mr. Tim was very grateful to Lorlist, and since he knew that Lorist was going to hand over Burdock Manor to him free of charge, he happily went to Burdock Manor overnight, found a cottage owner in the western mountains, and transferred to him the barracks he had bought from Fat Man for 1,000 goldford. Then he sent someone to order the knight of the family who stayed in the barracks, Old Kemers, to transfer the men and materials to the castle of Burdock Manor, and after all this, Mr. Tim returned to the city of Gerdos and appeared in front of Lorist. He knew very well that as long as he hugged Lorlist's thighs, he would be fine, and sure enough, before he could take a breath, Lorist gave him another great benefit.

Lorist laughed at Tim, who rushed to arrange the ransacking, and decided to support Mr. Tim and plant a nail in the northwest of the kingdom of Redlis for later use.

When Tim returned, Lorist said, "Mr. Tim, I have found you a wife." ”

Spreading out the skin map of the Northwest Territories, Lorist said, "You see, the Viscount of Tebberly is here, and there is the Barony of Enreel between it and the territory of the castle of Burdock Manor. Although all the males of Lord Enreel's family have been killed by Earl Corbilly, we have rescued the only daughter of Baron Enreel in the Grand Duke's palace. I've decided to let you marry her, so that the Viscounty of Tubberly, the Barony of Enlehr, and the Castle of Bertdock Manor will be merged. ”

Lorist threw a few papers on the table: "You see, these are the legal territorial succession documents of the Viscounty of Tybley, the Barony of Enreel and the Castle of the Burdock Manor, found in the Grand Duke's Palace. With these documents, I will ask the nobles of the nearby realm to recognize you as the legitimate heir of the Viscount of Tyberley, then you will have no problem even if you follow the orthodox way of succession to the title. Do you think my suggestion is okay?"

Tim bent down deeply: "Lord Norton, as long as you tell me to do it, let alone let me marry one, it's no problem to marry three." ”

"Day, you want to be beautiful, and if you want to swallow it alone, you have to have this big appetite. Just to hold this large territory, you need at least one garrison brigade. Moreover, the Viscountdom of Turbury and the Barony of Enreel are in ruins, and you will have to spend a lot of money and materials to rebuild. Lorist scolded.

Tim suddenly became depressed, and said with a sad face: "My lord, I don't have so much money, let alone reconstruction, but now I can't bear the strength of 1,800 troops, and the cost spent on the army is too great." ”

Shi Fatzi laughed when he listened to it: "Tim, come on, come on, I have an idea after looking at the map." Let me tell you more carefully, you have also been in business, and you have always been shrewd. In fact, with this large territory, as long as it is properly managed, not to mention one garrison brigade, even three garrison brigades can afford to raise it. ”

"Here, the Viscounty of Tybury has a corner near the sea, and I looked at the map and saw that it could be a good port, and the whole viscounty, except for the hills and forests that meet the Baronate of Enreel to the east, is a good place for agriculture. Tim, you used to be in charge of the Viscounty's Grange, so you should have a good idea of this farm income. With a port, the economy of the territory can be activated, and with agriculture, there will be abundant grain output, which can stabilize the hearts of the people of the entire territory and enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Shi Fatzi pointed at the map: "Look at the Barony of Enreor, although there are many hills and forests, wood and stone are important industries, which can be exchanged for a large amount of money. With the port of the viscounty, there is no way to worry about these two industries not being sold. If you have your own big boat, you can pull these materials directly to the city of Morient and sell them. But now you can contact the Chamber of Commerce first, repair the port and roads, and then let the Chamber of Commerce send a ship to trade. Even with this extra freight, the profit is still considerable. You can also find someone in the barony to explore for other mineral resources. ”

"As for the Burgdock Manor Castle Territory, I don't need to say more. This is the old family domain of Count Cobilly, it has a large population and is well developed, you don't need to spend much effort to sit back and enjoy it, this alone is enough for you to support a garrison brigade, and you just need to develop the barony and viscounty. Of course, these are troubled times, and we must pay attention to safety. Here, there are still these places, you can build five checkpoint walled cities in these five places, and send five garrison teams to garrison them to ensure the safety of the three territories. ”

"The key to building a territory is manpower and financial resources, you don't have to worry about manpower, I have discussed with Lord Locke, except for those who are imprisoned in the slave camp, the rest of the people who are not willing to follow our convoy to the north in Gerdos City, we are ready to settle all in the Viscounty of Tebury and the Barony of Enreor. There are a lot of talents here, and as long as Tim uses you properly, these two territories will soon prosper. By the way, Tim you can also expand the number of knights in your family, lest those who have left the lancers and garrisons have defected to other nobles. Shi Fatzi said.

Tim was a little stunned: "My lord, you, are you going to leave here? are you going to give up the city of Gerdos?"

Lorist smiled, "Of course, although this is a good place, it is not my family territory. What is it that I occupy the city of Gerdos? bandits, bandits, and I don't want to be a thorn in the side of the nobles of this region, let alone be known by the eldest prince that I am here to send troops to fight. Then I can still leave, but you territorial nobles will be unlucky, and the eldest prince will use the excuse of colluding with me to sweep away you territorial nobles. ”

"My lord, you can use the means of marriage to obtain the territory here, if the eldest prince really sends troops to attack, we can recruit the nobles of the territory in this area to form a coalition to fight. Tim said.

Lorist shook his head: "Tim, you don't understand, the eldest prince can also be regarded as another enemy of the Norton family, and it was under his command that Count Corbilly pretended to be a horse bandit to rob merchants, and most of the looted money was given to the eldest prince as a military fund for the rebellion. So in a sense, the eldest prince is the real murderer, and Count Corbilly is just a knife in his hand. I'm just breaking his knife now, and I hope to settle this account with the eldest prince one day. If I become lord of this land, I will have to bow my knees to serve him before him, which I do not want. It was based on these considerations that I decided to abandon the city of Gerdos and continue north to return to my family's territory. ”

Shi Fatzi also said: "Tim, don't worry, even if we go north, we will arrange your three territories first, so that you will become a powerful territorial nobleman in the northwest region of the Ridley Kingdom, and a loyal ally of our Norton family." As long as there is something going on in your territory, we will not sit idly by. I just told you about the manpower arrangement, and now I talk about financial and material resources, and I have a few suggestions that you can consider. ”

Shi Fatzi gave four suggestions, one is based on the fact that the tax in this area is six or seven percent of the field, if Tim distributes the land to the families of the members of the garrison and reduces the tax to three or four percent, I believe that it is easy to form two garrison brigades and save a lot of financial resources, anyway, the Viscount of Tebury and the Barony of Enreel are in an abandoned state, and there are many fields.

The second is that when Shi Fatzi promised that when the convoy went north, a large amount of materials that could not be taken away from Gerdos City could be provided to Tim for free for the construction and development of the three territories.

The third is that Shi Fatzi is willing to provide a large number of weapons and equipment to Tim at a very low interest rate to form a garrison brigade to guard the three territories, so that Tim's tight financial resources have been alleviated.

Fourth, Shi Fatzi can help Tim contact the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and let the Peterson Chamber of Commerce participate in the development of the three territories, so that Mr. Tim does not have to worry about the lack of funds for the development of the territory.

Tim is grateful, accepts Fat Smith's advice, and vows never to forget the Norton family for the rest of his life. In the future, as long as the Norton family needs something, Tim will definitely take the lead and never disobey.

Tim had just left when Joske arrived, and he decided to follow Lorist and become a knight of the Norton family. And his former friends, after learning of his decision, also hope to follow the convoy north with their families and leave the place.

Shi Fat Man was very happy, and he gave Josk an order, asking Josk to encourage as many disbanded lancers and garrisons as possible to join the northbound convoy, as well as those freed young and strong slaves, which were all human resources needed to build the Northland in the future.

Lorist frowned, believing that the more people traveling north, the larger the convoy would be, and the slower the trip would be.

Shi Fatzi was full of confidence, he said, it's okay, I'm going to use the manpower of Gerdos City to form another spearman brigade, and by the way, expand Bodfinger's heavy armored spear cavalry into four squadrons, anyway, we have more weapons and equipment. With such a powerful escort force, what does it matter if it is slow, and if there is an eyeless block, we will directly roll over, and we can also replenish some supplies to the convoy......