Chapter 148: Blockade

When Lorist arrived at the ferry port on the west bank of the Mitobro River, he found the Baron Shuras waiting on the dock in the splendid plate with a golden hook that he had given him, and in the center of the plate was the baron's family crest, a diamond-shaped gemstone pattern.

As soon as Baron Seuras saw Lorist disembarking, he laughed and greeted him, and greeted him very enthusiastically and loudly: "Aha, I said which old friend is here, it turns out to be an old brother, who made such a big commotion as soon as he came." By the way, what's your name?"

Lorist shook his head, he hadn't seen this Sholas Baron's figure develop more and more horizontally for half a year, and the plate armor on his body was a little too big to wear, but now the fat on his waist has been squeezed out. However, his memory doesn't seem to be so good, and even Lorlist's name has been forgotten.

Sometimes it's not uncommon to see someone whose face is familiar but can't remember the name, and Lorist understands it.

"Norton Lorlist, you can call me Locke as an old friend. Lorist said.

"Yes, yes, you're Baron Locke, and I remember you gave me a case of good wine...... "Baron Seuras said happily.

Lorist was speechless......

Pointing to the plate armor worn by Baron Seuras with the whip in his hand, Lorist reminded helplessly: "Lord Baron, I gave you this plate armor, you won't forget it......"

Baron Scheeras blushed a little, and he finally remembered, "Hehe, brother, I'm sorry. The main reason is that there are too many nobles who come and go, and the elder brother is sent to the dizziness every day, and his memory is poor when he is old, so please bear with me. Last time, my brother brought a convoy home to inherit the title, and seeing that my brother is now in high spirits and full of energy, I guess everything is going well during this time, right?"

"Hehe, it's all right, Lord Baron seems to have a prosperous business, and the ferries have added two more, and they have a lot ......of money," Lorist said with a smile.

Baron Shuras waved his hand and said, "I didn't buy those two ferries...... By the way, brother, I saw you fighting on the other side just now, did you have a conflict with the checkpoint garrison set up by Viscount Davov at the ferry because of the charge?"

"It's nothing, the garrison at the ferry over there dared to rob my messenger some time ago, because the iron armor my messengers were wearing made them red-eyed, but fortunately they ran back two messengers to let me know what was going on. This time I just cleaned them up, and I grabbed them and hanged them all. "Lorist said lightly.

Baron Seuras clapped his hands: "Yes, we have to teach these guys a lesson." A few months ago, the Viscount Davov on the other side had sent me a messenger asking me to divide the ferry fare in half of him, otherwise he would block the ferry crossing on the other side and prevent my ferry from docking. Am I stupid? That Viscount Davov's domain occupies only half of the land along the river on the east bank, and if I don't go ashore from his ferry, I'll just change places. I immediately refused his request, and changed the ferry, is it a big deal to let those who cross the river take two more steps to get to the main road?"

"Then how did you get it back again?" Lorist crossed the river this time and it was still the old dock.

Viscount Shuras pointed to the two new ferries: "See the two new ferries, the Viscount Davov saw that I ignored him and had no choice, and asked people to make two new ferries to fight with me here, and when he built the ferry, he found that the west coast was full of my territory for more than 100 miles, and he had nowhere to dock, so he was dumbfounded, and sent someone to say that he wanted to take two new ferries as a shareholder, let me eat meat and gnaw some bones, but I still ignored him." In the end, he couldn't help it, so he sent me two new ferries and asked me to rearrange the ferry back to the old place, so that he could set up a checkpoint there to collect tolls and drink soup......"

"Brother, you should know that I'm a person, and I don't have much ability to do martial arts, but I am a little bit, kind-hearted, and happy to help others, and I heard him say that it was so pitiful that I accepted his two new ferries and moved the ferry back to the opposite viscount. However, during this time, I heard the caravans complaining that the ferry port on the other side of the Viscount was frenzied, and I was afraid that if this was the case for a long time, the ferry would be extinct, so wouldn't I have to drink the northwest wind here......?

In order to show his friendship and welcome to Lorlist, an old friend, Baron Seuras was very generous and very painful to give a discounted price, and this time the ferry fare was discounted by 95......

This time, Baron Shuras did not invite Lorist to dine at his manor castle, as he was now sitting at the ferry and could not leave. The main reason is that each caravan that crosses the river here can make him earn a large amount of ferry fare, so he would rather nibble on bread and collect money at the ferry in person, rather than hand over this place to his subordinates to manage, for fear of being deceived and less charged for crossing the river.

Well, Lorist ordered to camp on the spot and set off again tomorrow morning. He then invited Baron Saulas to have dinner with him, and this time Baron Schulas gladly accepted the invitation and asked the servant to return and bring him a bottle of wine.

Setting up tables and chairs on the riverbank, facing the beautiful scenery of the river shimmering with silver scales under the silver moon, Lorist felt that dining here was really beneficial for the body and mind, no wonder Baron Shuras said that he could nibble on bread every day at the ferry......

The cool river breeze took away the heat of the day, although it was autumn, but the autumn air was crisp, and the sun did not seem to be much less intense during the day than in summer, and after a shower by the river, Lorist put on a wide robe and came to dine with Baron Shulas.

It wasn't a formal dinner, and Baron Shuras didn't mind, but was envious of Lorlist's muscular muscles.

"When I was young and studied in the imperial capital, I also had such muscles, how good it was then, we walked out of the academy after class, mischievous, hooked up with beautiful women......" Baron Shulas could no longer keep his mouth shut when he remembered the past, and reminisced endlessly about the glorious and absurd experiences of his youth......

The food was very simple, nothing more than bread, grilled meat, dried fish, etc., but Lorist enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the Mitobro River at night, and listened to Baron Seuras's nagging stories of his youth, until Baron Saulas woke up from his memories.

"I'm sorry, let my brother smile, when people get old, it's easy to miss the past and remember the past......" Baron Shulas was a little embarrassed, after all, he and Lorist had only met twice, so he pulled him and said that his past was a bit inappropriate, and he felt very rude.

"It's okay, the past that adults said is also very interesting, everyone has a young and frivolous age. Lorist raised his silver cup and toasted to Viscount Shulas.

Viscount Shulas drank half a glass of wine and asked, "By the way, where is the elder brother going to go with so many men this time?"

"Well, the Viscount of Terbury in the northwestern part of the Kingdom of Redlis, the current Viscount Tim of Terbury is a good friend of mine, he has always had business dealings with our family, and our family is accustomed to handing over the specialties of the Northland to him, and then getting the supplies that the family urgently needs from him. Lorist gave a prepared answer.

"Where is the kingdom of Redlis, how do I think something important I have forgotten?" Viscount Shurath tapped his head, still unable to remember, so he ordered his attendant to fetch his usual map of animal skins.

Seeing the map, Baron Shuras finally remembered something: "Aha, brother, you have to take a detour this way, you see, starting from the city of Venades, the road leading to the border fortress of the Andinac kingdom Liechtana Citadel has been blocked and forbidden to pass, except for the transportation of military and logistical baggage, any business travelers and pedestrians are prohibited. ”

Lorist looked at the map, and sure enough, it marked a red line between the city of Fanades and the fortress of Liechndana, and even the border between the Duchy of Madras and the Kingdom of Antinac was painted red.

"What's the matter? Is there a war between the Duchy and the Kingdom of Antinac? Why is the border blocked?" asked Lorlist.

"No, it's more terrible than war. Brother, have you heard of a man named the demon Sredder and the tragedy that happened in the kingdom of Andinac?" Baron Shurath lowered his voice mysteriously.

"No, Lord Baron, you know that my family territory is in the Northlands, which has always been closed, not well-informed, and has little knowledge of what is happening in the outside world......" Lorist shook his head very cooperatively, wondering in his heart, this demon Schreder could not be Shi Fatty, what kind of earth-shattering turmoil did he make? and gave himself the title of demon......

"This Shred, with an armed convoy and hundreds of thousands of displaced people, wreaked havoc in the kingdom of Andinac, poisoning three provinces, and bleeding like locusts, killing and eating everything they went, leaving only a blank field. Of the more than 130 territorial nobles of the Antinac Kingdom, less than 50 have survived now, and this is what the Second Highness managed to rescue. The rest of the nobles were all sent to the gallows by the demon Schreder.

Now that the kingdom of Andinac is in ruins, that demon Sred has taken up the idea of our Duchy of Madras. Thankfully, our Grand Duke was wise enough to send the Iron Guard to seal the border, keeping the demon Schrader and the hundreds of thousands of outcasts out of the country. Otherwise, let them into the territory of the principality, and then everything is over. Think of the tragic situation in the Kingdom of Antinac, if it were to play out with us, it would be a terrible nightmare!"

Baron Seuras finished talking about the news he heard from the caravans that crossed the river, and then carried out artistic processing based on hearsay and his own imagination, and directly depicted the demon Schrader as a barrel-shaped monster with a green face and fangs, three meters tall and a waist width of three meters, with horns on his head and a tail needless to say, they are all demons These basic equipment must be had, and the most exaggerated thing is that Baron Seraas thinks that this demon Schraide's meal has to eat ninety-nine human hearts, and he is only willing to eat it with blood......

Lorist forced a smile to echo Baron Shulas's description, and said in his heart that the fat man might not be mad if he knew that he had become like this. However, this was also the first time that Lorist had received news of his family's convoy from someone else, and looking at the red border line, it was clear that the convoy was blocked there and could not go north. With concern in his heart, the smile on Lorist's face disappeared.

"How long has it been blocked?" Lorist asked.

Baron Shuras was unhappy to be interrupted by Lorliste's imagination, but the question still had to be answered: "About thirty days, almost a month." ”

"Did you say when the lockdown would be lifted?" asked Lorist again.

"I don't know, the caravan that came over yesterday was supposed to go to the Kingdom of Antinac to do fur trading, they stayed in the city of Venades for more than ten days, and they heard that the blockade would not be lifted and opened for passage in less than a year and a half, so they had no choice but to go home. I said brother, if you want to go to the Kingdom of Ridlis, you have to turn around, first to the city of Vannades, then to the Duchy of Fakr, and then from the Duchy of Fakr through the Duchy of Handla, into the Duchy of Forlandor, and finally from the Duchy of Forendor into the territory of the Kingdom of Redrilis, but in this way, the distance is more than half, and many of the places you pass through are in the war-torn zone, and there are many accidents. Baron Seuras said, looking at the map.

"Yes, that's why I'm worried about when the blockade over there will be lifted, I've always taken this road, and it's unfamiliar to turn around, and it's difficult to guarantee safety, it's too inconvenient. Loris nodded.

"Actually, I think it's safe to stay in your own territory, it's really dangerous to go out and lead a caravan in this world, even if your family soldiers are very strong, it's hard to avoid accidents." Baron Shuras sighed.

Lorist shrugged: "It's not as good as you, you have a treasure land, and you don't have to worry about eating and drinking just by relying on this ferry." My territory is in the Northland, and if I don't go out to run a business, there will be no profit, so I can't be empty. ”

Baron Seuras raised his glass: "Then I wish my brother a smooth journey and a prosperous business." ”

The two parted happily.

Back at the Big Tent, Lorist asked Pat, "Do you remember the family crest and flag that Tim gave me?

Pat was stunned: "It should be brought out, Sedkamp seems to have put these two in a box, he said that it is okay to bring these two things, and if necessary, you can pretend to be Mr. Tim's family to do something that is inconvenient for us to do." ”

Loris nodded: "Inform you, starting tomorrow we can't say that we are the Norton family, just say that it is the merchant convoy of the Tebury family, and the carriage is planted with the flag given by Tim." ”

"What's wrong, sir?" asked Pat.

"Fat Man and the northbound convoy are in trouble, and the Principality of Madras has sealed the border and denied them passage. I'm afraid they'll already know that the northbound convoy belongs to our Norton family, and we'll say it's the Norton family swaggering all the way through, and we're afraid they'll be caught in the net," Lorist explained.

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