Chapter 114: The Wicked Guest Comes to the Door

What is the matter with this captain of the garrison of the Morin family coming to see him?

It turned out that the captain of the Morin garrison had come to protest to Lorysk, and he had not come alone, but had also brought a few heads of several small and medium-sized families who had been squeezed out of Beiye Town by the four major families in Huyang Beach.

The reason for the protest was that during the construction of the military fortress, after a period of investigation, the Kedan steward secretly recruited nearly 150 young men who had awakened their fighting spirit to become soldiers of the family among the laborers who built the city, and they were sent back to the Maple Grove Villa together with their relatives in Huyangtan.

For this reason, Lorist also deliberately formulated detailed regulations for the preferential treatment of family soldiers, becoming a soldier of the Norton family, not only has a good salary, but also a variety of training opportunities, as long as the soldier works hard, he can obtain the promotion of the rank and status of the fighting spirit, and it is not impossible to become a knight of the Norton family.

The new regulations also introduce new changes to the pension of family soldiers, so that relatives of soldiers who die bravely will not only receive a fixed monthly pension, but also tax deductions, and their direct children will be educated by the family until they reach adulthood. Even disabled soldiers were given the opportunity to receive bereavement and training, and to take up various administrative positions in the family domain, ensuring that they had no worries about food and clothing.

In addition, the new regulations stipulate that only the immediate family members, parents, wives, and children of family soldiers can receive preferential treatment from the family. Minor siblings can live together but are not given preferential treatment and must live separately from home for three years after they reach adulthood. The children of soldiers, with the exception of the eldest son, are to be treated in the same way when they reach adulthood.

As soon as this new regulation came out, those small and medium-sized families who were excluded from Kitano Town by the four major families fell out of the world, and many patriarchs were not in charge of the affairs of the clan by their ability, or they relied on their elders to inherit the position of patriarch, or they relied on their seniority to come to power. After being squeezed out of Kitano Town, they also hope that the Norton family, who will build a new town in Huyang Beach, can act according to the old practice of Kitano Town, and they still have the opportunity to be powerful. Who would have thought that Lorist now has a new regulation, which is simply digging up the roots of these small and medium-sized families.

Compared with the aristocratic families that have been inherited for a hundred years, although these commoner families have also lasted for a hundred years, they are still insufficient, because in these commoner families, as a new force, the young and strong have no future, and there are a lot of older generations on their heads, and they cannot be independent except for listening to the orders of the family.

Therefore, compared with the heads of these small and medium-sized families, this new regulation has been warmly welcomed by those young people who have awakened their vindictiveness. People are selfish, after all, compared with their immediate relatives, those in the clan of the second uncle, three uncles, seven aunts and eight aunts are all what they are, it is themselves who suffer, but it is these relatives who get the benefits, many young people have long held their breath in their hearts, and they will enthusiastically serve the family as soon as they see the new regulations.

The laborers of more than 2,000 people have been reduced by five or six hundred, and many small families have separated and collapsed, and can no longer gather together. The guards of Kitano Town are naturally not blind, and they come to protest because they believe that Lorist has not only violated the agreement, but also subverted the tradition of preferential treatment of the families of the garrison members inherited by the Norton family. On behalf of the four major families of Kitano Town and the small and medium-sized families in Poplar Beach, the captain of the Morin garrison protested to Lorist, demanding that Lorist withdraw the new regulations and restore the old traditions, and promised that after the new town was built in Poplar Beach, it would be implemented in accordance with the old regulations of the garrison of Kitano Town.

Lorist sneered, and wanted to let there be another Kitano Town in the family territory, so let's dream about it.

Lorist refuted the protests of the captain of the Morin garrison and several small and medium-sized family patriarchs, believing that the conditions for the family to recruit soldiers were not related to the Beiye Town garrison, as a subordinate garrison of the Norton family, they only had the right to obey the lord's orders, and did not have the right to protest to the lord. Putting the town of Kitano on his own is already taking into account the tradition of the family's ancestors.

This time the recruitment of family soldiers is because the garrison of Kitano Town is not on the front line, the family is facing a war with Viscount Kenmeith, and the garrison of Kitano Town has not yet agreed to transport supplies to the military village here in the future and undertake the task of fighting against the mountain barbarians, so the family has to recruit soldiers just in case. Lorist angrily scolded the garrison of Kitano Town for being cowardly as a mouse, and only knew that he was shrinking into Kitano Town as a turtle, what was the use of raising such a garrison in the family, it was better to disband it as soon as possible......

The captain of the garrison of Morin and the patriarchs silently endured the thunderous wrath of Lorist, and retreated without saying anything. Lorist thought that he had suppressed these unknown people, and he was complacent. As a result, three days later, Lorist got the news that the garrison of Kitano Town in Huyang Beach had retreated to Kitano Town under the coercion of some small and medium-sized families, and never responded to any orders from the clans again.

Lorist was so angry that he smoked, and then received news from the family, saying that Kitano Town sent someone to send one-tenth of the tax revenue of this year's field to Maple Grove Villa, leaving the grain in the open space in front of the castle gate and leaving, and leaving a letter, which means that they are not rebelling, but just protesting against the new lord's arrogance and subversion of tradition, so the grain tax is paid as usual, and when the new lord restores the old system in the new town, then the garrison of Kitano Town will obey the Norton family's orders again......

It's just kicking his nose in the face, Lorist held back the anger in his heart and began to calculate the strength at hand, to see if he could destroy Beiye Town first to get out of his evil breath, it happened that during this period of time, the mountain barbarians went to participate in that festival and didn't have time to mess up for themselves. The Kenmax family hasn't been under the rock castle yet, and this is indeed a good time to squeeze out the pustules of the Kitano family.

The four old men of the four major families in Beiye Town, who were paralyzed, were worthy of being old treacherous and slippery, and they felt that something was bad from the preferential treatment regulations for recruiting family soldiers, if they didn't suspect that their new lord would attack them, they would never give themselves such a strategy to draw their salaries, and they retracted their heads at once, so that the several follow-up plans and arrangements they made could not be implemented......

Do you think you can protect yourself by shrinking into Kitano Town? Lorist laughed fiercely, now the Rock Castle has recruited nearly five hundred new family soldiers from a squadron of slave laborers, plus the original three small teams of guards and guards, six hundred people can be drawn, and there is a squadron of guards in Maple Grove Villa, plus the one hundred and fifty newly recruited family soldiers, a squadron can also be drawn. In this way, there are nearly 1,200 people, plus seventy or eighty mercenaries here, as well as themselves, Joske, Pat, Reddy and others, it should be no problem to take Kitano Town......

It turns out that I have gathered so many troops in my hands, the only thing to worry about is how many casualties will be inflicted, after all, this is my first formal siege battle, unlike before, I can rely on sneak attacks to capture the city, there is no other way but to attack. The city wall of Beiye Town is about eight to nine meters high, and there are more than 2,000 young and strong people who can go into battle from the four major families plus those small and medium-sized families, among which there should be more than 600 people who awaken their fighting spirit, and they have many people and occupy a favorable location. This battle is not easy to fight, maybe the more than 1,000 people at hand will lose half......

What Lorist is most worried about is that the four major families are jumping over the wall in a hurry, they are to protect the family, the old and weak, women and children are all going into battle and fighting to the death with the family soldiers, in this case, even if he is powerful, how many can he kill? As Joske himself said, he shot more than 100 arrows in a row, and the people were almost useless. If both sides are defeated, what will they use to resist the upcoming more than 2,000 regular armed soldiers of the Kenmasse family?

Siege was the only way to reduce casualties, but what I lacked now was time. Moreover, the town of Kitano has just harvested wheat, and with the previous savings, how long will I besiege them? three years, five years? This is unrealistic. After this year, the mountain barbarians will invade the family territory again, that's for sure. Alas, Lorist found that although he had so many troops at hand, he was reluctant to fight with Kitano Town......

Lorist hesitated, Grandma Di, just give me a few more months, and while he was thinking about it, he galloped into the military village on a fast horse, and the rider who jumped off reported it: "My lord, the messenger of the Grand Duke of the Northland is here. The boss told you to rush back immediately. ”

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Strange, wasn't it the case that the bullshit Grand Duke sent someone to collect the money in October a few years ago? It's only the beginning of August now, what are you doing so early? On the way back to Maple Grove Villa, Lorist asked the messenger if the Duke of Lukins from the Northland had sent someone to say anything?

The messenger shook his head and said that he could not tell clearly, but he knew that there were many people who had come this time, and the Knight of Chosk of Rock Castle had personally escorted him with a team of heavily armed guards, and then the old steward ordered him to come and report the news.

Something was wrong, Joske personally escorted him, or was it a heavily armed guard? Thinking about the courier's words, Lorist understood that it must be that bullshit archduke who heard that he had emptied the Kenmax family's Red River Valley manor castle and wanted to get a piece of the pie and sent someone to threaten his family. It was obvious that Joske, the man sent this time, thought that the family was too much to deal with, so he personally went out, in the name of escort, but in fact surveillance. Otherwise, just send someone to lead the team, and it is impossible to bring a team of heavily armed guards.

After a quick ride, Lorist rushed back in the evening. A small camp had been set up in the open space in front of the castle of Maple Grove Villa, and the messenger said that it was the Northland legion soldiers who had come with the envoys sent by the Grand Duke of the Northland, and there were more than two hundred of them. The family denied them access to the castle and only allowed them to camp outside the castle.

The castle was heavily guarded, and it seemed that the old chief of Kress had sensed that the Grand Duke of the Northland had sent so many men and horses over this time, so he let the family soldiers of Maple Grove Villa be on guard.

Steward Speer hurriedly greeted him: "My lord, they are all in the big dining room, and they have been eating and drinking for an afternoon. This time the Grand Duke of the Northland sent a baron over, and he also brought a golden knight and twenty or so silver knights. The old chief Kress was with them, as were the Knights of Pachko and Chorsk. ”

Lorist stopped: "What did they say they came here for?"

Steward Speer shook his head: "I didn't say this, I just heard them ask the old manager when you will come back, and I am already impatient." Originally, Miss Baisha also came, but she was angry with the foul language of those people. The Golden Knight also asked the eldest lady to accompany her at night, and if it wasn't for the presence of the Joske knight just now, he would have done it directly to the eldest lady......"

Lorist snorted: "Isn't that woman brainless? What kind of strength did she make on such an occasion, with her silver one-star strength, she really started to deliver food to people." ”

Lorist strode into the dining room with Reddy and Pat, and the originally noisy dining room gradually fell silent with the sound of Lorist's footsteps.

At the two long wooden tables on the left and right sides of the middle of the large dining room, sat about twenty red-faced soldiers wearing gray leather armor and drinking, and it seemed that these were the twenty or so silver knights that Speer said. On a long wooden table at the front, there sat a middle-aged thin man in a pale blonde wig and a gown, and next to him was a big man in a chain of iron armor. It should be the Golden Knight. On the other side of the wooden table was the old chief Kress in a wooden wheelchair, with Pachko standing behind him and Josk sitting next to the prime minister.

Seeing Lorist come in, Josk hurriedly stood up and bowed his head with Packo,

The old steward of Kress introduced the thin man and the big man in iron armor, "This is our new lord, Baron Norton Lorlist. ”

According to aristocratic etiquette, the thin man and the big man in iron armor were to stand up and salute and give his name as a sign of respect. Who knew that the two of them were sitting there and didn't move, and the thin man sneered in a weird way: "It looks like you're very busy when you just became a lord, so you made us wait for so long." It's a pity that it doesn't matter if you say it, baron, he doesn't fart without the consent of the Grand Duke......"

As if he hadn't heard the thin man's harsh words, Lorist came to the side of the old manager Cress and said, "Grandpa Cress, you have worked hard, or you should go and rest, and I will take care of it here." ”

The old manager waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm not tired, you go and deal with it, I'll watch here." ”

Seeing that Lorist ignored him, the thin man was a little angry, and slapped the table with a "snap" and said angrily: "Hey, what about you, are you deaf?"

Lorist turned around and looked at him condescendingly, "Where are you from, cat and dog, dare to be so rude in front of our Angry Bear family?"

The thin man was looked at by Lorist with cold murderous eyes, and he felt a chill in his heart, and he was speechless for a while, until the iron-armored man next to him slapped him on the shoulder and came to his senses. The thin man stood up with a red face and a "whew", and the wig on his head was crooked by him. While holding the wig, he gritted his teeth and said, "I am Baron Camorra, I am a nobleman, you have to show respect to me......"

"Hehe, you are a nobleman, fake, I have never seen a nobleman as uncultivated and unqualified as you. It's like a clown......" Lorist laughed at the thin man, and Reddy, Pat, and the others next to him laughed.

"Bring your nobleman's identity card, if you are a fake nobleman, I will hang you at the gate of the castle, thinking that the latecomer will ring. Lorist suddenly shouted, and everyone in the big dining room was startled and looked at him.

Lorist's change of face and shouting made the thin man turn pale with fright, and hurriedly touched his body: "Here, here, my nobility is by my side......"

He took out a handful of aristocratic identification documents from his body and placed them on the table.

At this time, the big man in iron armor said slowly: "I can prove that he is a nobleman, although the Duke has only made him a baron for three months, but he has indeed become a noble......"

"Oh, it turns out that the duke has just been enthroned, no wonder he looks like a clown, and it is a shame for our nobles. Since you were sent by the Duke, why did you bring so many people to our Norton family?" Lorist asked casually, looking at the thin man with contempt.

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