Chapter Eighty-One: The Viscount of Comas

Viscount Comas was a tall, thin man, and when Lorist met him, he found himself outside the city directing his peasant soldiers to set up tents.

Lorist suddenly understood the reason why Viscount Comas had returned from two defeats against the bandits.

After receiving the urgent news from the garrison of Fengata Town that the bandits blocked the door and threatened to slaughter the city, Viscount Comas, as the lord, had the duty to rush to the rescue, so this time the viscount brought a large group of people to come. It's just that this team of people looks a little miserable, many of them are dressed in tatters, their clothes are not covered, and they look weak and not frightened. Not to mention armor and shields, even better weapons are not available. It was either a farm tool or a long wooden stick, and I finally saw a few people with shields, and when I looked closely, I found that those were not shields, but pot lids.

This, this is the reinforcements brought by Viscount Comas? Lorist was stunned, and it was easier to believe that this was a brigade of outcasts. Fortunately, the bandits have been eliminated by Lorist and his party, otherwise Viscount Comas's third defeat would have been inevitable.

Viscount Comas was very, very enthusiastic, and this was evident from the fact that he held Lorlist's hand as soon as he saw him, and he couldn't break free his right hand from Viscount Comas's claws several times.

Viscount Comas has been praising Lorist for more than half an hour, and in his words, Lorist is simply the embodiment of the god of war, a model of brave and fearless knights, and an angel of the advent who saves the suffering......

Lorist was surprised to find that in the praise that lasted for more than half an hour, the Viscount of Comas had not repeated it, and it was really condescending not to be a poet of eloquence.

Lord Viscount Comas finally said that he was tired, perhaps because he found that there were no new words of praise, and picked up the tea sent by the captain of the garrison next to him and prepared to moisten his throat. Lorist finally withdrew his right hand, wiping his face splashed with the viscount's saliva.

Lorist feared that the viscount would once again make a long, fiery speech, in which case he would have to listen to it. So he asked the Viscount straightforwardly what the bounty was for exterminating the bandits and beheading the bandit leaders such as the Panshan Wolf?

The Viscount of Comas looked at Lorist with a look of deep love and responsibility, and seemed to be surprised how Lorist could ask such a vulgar question, which was too inconsistent with the incarnation of the god of war praised by the Viscount just now, the heroic and fearless knight model, and the identity of the angel of the advent of the suffering, and the look of regret made Lorist feel very ashamed unconsciously......

"Ahem......" After coughing a few times, Comas apologized to Lorist very, very sincerely in an extremely apologetic tone, because for the sake of the safety of Vonyata Town, he had signed a non-aggression agreement with the bandits, and in order to win the trust of the bandits, he had to cancel the bounty on the bandit leaders such as Panshan Wolf. So although it is a good thing that Lorist and they have exterminated the bandits, there is no bounty to receive......

Lorist looked at the captain of the garrison who was standing next to him with an embarrassed face, and then at the viscount with a warm smile, and suddenly realized in his heart. It turned out that this Viscount Comas was just a good word, but in fact, he was still a dime a dime, and it could be seen from the poor faces of the peasant soldiers he brought that under the rule of this miser lord, life was not very easy.

However, Lord Viscount Comas had already learned about Lorist from the captain of the garrison, and knew that Lorist was going to rush back to the Northlands to inherit the title and family domain. He reaffirmed his admiration for the famous Roaring Bear family in the Northlands, and apologized for Lorist for delaying his trip to his territory due to bandits. In line with the principle of friendship and mutual assistance between nobles and helping each other in times of difficulty, Viscount Comas was willing to accept those bandit captives free of charge, so that Lorist no longer had to worry about how to deal with these captured bandits, so as not to delay the most important matter of returning to the north to inherit the title and family domain.

In addition, seeing that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the heads of the wolf and the other bandit leaders will soon stink and rot, which is easy to pollute the surrounding environment and produce plagues, Lord Viscount Comas is willing to help Lorist dispose of these heads, so as not to affect the normal living conditions of the residents of Vonata Town. As he spoke, Lord Viscount Comas tightened the bearskin coat he was wearing, and just now a gust of cold wind blew, and Lord Viscount shivered and felt a little cold.

Hehe, this Viscount Comas is too shameless, he actually played the idea of those bandits captured by Lorist, and even wanted to get the heads of the mountain wolves and those bandit leaders for free. Lorist had a smile on his face, but his eyes became colder and colder.

First of all, I thanked Lord Comas for his kindness, and expressed my heartfelt admiration and appreciation for Lord Viscount's ancient way and warm heart and helpful feelings. Immediately, Lorist said that he already had a proper disposal plan for his loot, so he didn't need to bother the viscount.

As for the heads of the bandits, Lorist was going to have them disposed of as decorations that could be used as evidence that he had exterminated the bandits in the territory of the Viscount of Comas. Let everyone know that the head of the vicious bandit who defeated Lord Viscount twice and lost his armor is now just his plaything, one is to make a name for himself, and the other is to confirm the identity of Lord Viscount as the embodiment of the god of war, a model of brave and fearless knights, and an angel of the advent who saves the suffering......

Lorist said that during the extermination of the bandits' cottage, he found iron ore mined by the bandits as a trophy, which also belonged to Lorlist. Lorist plans to let all the bandit captives go to mining, and by the way, build a castle on the site of the Panshan Cottage, and return here when he returns to inherit the title, after all, this is much better than the desolate family territory. Moreover, if he exterminated the bandits, he could naturally send people to collect tolls on the winding mountain road as a reward for exempting the merchants from the scourge of the bandits.

Lorist said that he liked the scenery of Vonata Town very much, especially after seeing the reinforcements brought by Lord Viscount, compared with his own family's armed forces, Lorist pointed to the guard team that was training not far away, he was very optimistic about the prospect of his own presence here in the future, maybe he could give the Norton family an extra territory......

Viscount Comas was still smiling, but the smile was a little bitter. He looked at the guard team that Lorist was referring to, and then at his men, and couldn't help but swallow. He found that he seemed to have made a mistake, he had deceived Lorist young, and was anxious to go back to inherit the family domain and title, as long as he said more good things and compliments, he would naturally make this young nobleman happy, give up the benefits he had received and obey his own arrangements. In this way, Lorist got his own praise, but he got the benefits, which can be said to be very happy.

It's just that I didn't expect that Lorist was not like those fledgling young aristocrats, who were happy to get carried away with a few flattering words, and were willing to give up the benefits they had in their hands to gain a good reputation. On the contrary, he also took his own army, think of what Lorist said, to make the head of the bandit leader into an ornament, if he did this, the reputation would become a big joke himself. As a lord, he failed to conquer the bandits twice, and this bandit was wiped out by a few people in Lorist, if people want to know it, wouldn't he become synonymous with incompetence, softness and cowardice?

There is also the iron ore that Lorist said, this is a rich mineral, if this young nobleman really occupies the iron mine, and then builds a castle there, who will have the final say in his own territory? Lord Viscount Comas is not worried about bandits, but Lorist is different, just now this young nobleman has already vaguely expressed his interest in Vonata Town and his ambition for the viscounty. Coupled with his well-armed guards, there was no problem in overpowering the garrison of the territory......

Lorist must not be allowed to gain a foothold in his own territory, no matter what the cost. Lord Viscount Comas grabbed Lorlist, who was about to leave, and asked Lorist to transfer the iron ore and cottage to him with a smile. The reason is that the viscounty lacks iron ore resources, so the life of the people is extremely difficult, with this iron mine, he can improve the livelihood of the territory, improve the garrison of the territory, and there will never be another incident of bandits attacking the territory. I hope that Lorist will uphold the spirit of justice and righteousness and lend a helping hand to the viscountdom......

Lorist coldly interrupted Viscount Comas's chatter: "Lord Viscount, do you mean ransom?"

Ransom is an unwritten tradition among the nobility of the territory, such as when a lord's territory is violated and robbers occupy the lord's territory, the lord is powerless to fight, but he can ask other lords to lend a hand. If another lord repels the bandits and regains the territory, then the violated lord must pay a certain price to recover his own territory from the other lord. From the minerals of the territory to the small house and wood, they are all within the scope of redemption.

Viscount Comas cracked his mouth, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it, so he had to reluctantly admit that it was a ransom. Since it was a redemption, there were naturally rules, so Lorist summoned Sedcamp, and Viscount Comas also called his housekeeper, and made a fastidious calculation according to the daily production of iron ore and the estimated total reserves, as well as the size of the cottage, and after some verbal arguments, finally arrived at a value figure that both sides reluctantly agreed.

The Viscount of Comas began to complain again, saying that because of the poverty of the territory, he could not afford to come up with so much money. However, he can compensate with materials.

What supplies do we need?, Lorist looked at Sedercamp, who blurted out, carriages and pack horses, mounts, food, cloth.

So Lorist began to quarrel with Lord Viscount Comas again, and finally it was agreed that Lord Lord Comas would provide three hundred and fifty pack horses and mounts, fifty four-wheeled carriages, seven carts of grain and three carts of cloth, in exchange for the ownership of the iron mines and cottages from Lorlist. Lorist handed over the captive bandits and the heads of the bandits to Master Comas as an add-on to the ransom.

Lord Viscount Comas readily promised that everything would be ready by noon tomorrow, and that Lorist would hand over the bandit captives and bandit heads to Lord Viscount at that time.

In the presence of Lorist and Sedkamp, Lord Viscount Comas ordered the captain of the garrison to collect wagons and pack horses in the town of Vonata at once, and to prepare food and cloth by the way. He said that the town of Fengyata, as a mountain goods distribution center within a radius of 100 miles, had more than enough to prepare these things, and that the shops and merchants were mostly horse-drawn carriages and pack horses.

The garrison has been in charge for a long time, and Ai Ai asked the viscount what he was going to pay for the levy of these things. Lord Viscount's eyes widened, what kind of bill, just make a white slip, tell them that they will use this white slip to pay taxes in the future, won't they?

Lorist was impressed, this is simply a model of an empty glove white wolf. Determined to learn from the Viscount, he returned to the barracks and summoned Ovicis and Pat after saluting and taking his leave, and asked them to go to the captive bandits to choose a hundred or so honest ones who are not guilty of any great evil, and have better families, to join the convoy as a coachman, and to hand over the remaining undisciplined bandit captives to the Viscount tomorrow. Also, Lorist instructed that the beautiful wives of the slain bandit leaders and the young women in the bandits' families should be singled out, so that they could marry the people below in the future, so as not to find that there were more men and fewer women after getting the family territory, and there was an imbalance between yin and yang.

Although they didn't understand what Lorist meant by the imbalance of yin and yang, Pat and Ovikis were still in high spirits to carry out Lorlist's orders.

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In the evening, the wine and tired birds lodge.

"We have seized thirteen four-wheeled carriages from Panshanzhai, and I have purchased eleven from the town, plus the one we have brought, and the fifty that will be delivered to-morrow, and the two of Miss Theresty's, make a total of seventy-six carriages......

"We originally had twelve zino horses, I bought fifty-three in the town, and forty-eight of them were harvested from the extermination of the bandits, plus the three hundred and fifty horses handed over by the local lord and viscount tomorrow, then a total of four hundred and sixty-three, enough to ensure four horses and one cart, and the guard team can also have one person and one horse, and dozens of pack horses to ensure the rotation of the convoy......"

"Today Pat and Ovikis have chosen one hundred and eleven young men from among the bandits to be the chauffeurs of the convoy, of whom twenty-three are members of the family, and thirty-nine young women. The guard team consisted of one hundred and twenty people, forty-six of whom had family members. These families and young women together are two hundred and seventy-four, plus the fourteen members of Master Sid's family, and they need thirty four-wheeled carriages......"

"We have seized a lot of materials from Panshanzhai, in terms of money, there are 12,742 gold coins, 34,261 gold coins for the head of the old man of the empire, more than 70,000 imperial silver coins, about 180,000 imperial copper coins, and two boxes of large silver coins, small silver coins and three boxes of copper issued by the Fude Business Alliance, in addition to two and a half boxes of jewelry, and five carriages are needed to transport these goods......"

"In Panshanzhai, we seized three truckloads of silk, six truckloads of fine linen, and eleven truckloads of grain. There are eight carts of all kinds of miscellaneous items, of which the special equipment for the master Sid to make chain mail and chain mail accounts for four carts. In addition, there were five truckloads of iron ingots made from iron ore and three truckloads of confiscated weapons and equipment. If we add in the ten wagons of supplies that Lord Viscount will send tomorrow, then it will take eighty-one wagons to carry them, and we can only carry seventy-three wagons of supplies and personnel now......"

"My lord, I'm going to look in the town tomorrow to see if I can buy a few more carriages, and ask the shops if they can exchange the 180,000 Imperial Copper coins for silver or gold coins, so that I can save two carriages. If it really doesn't work, let the wagons that transport the family members squeeze a little more, vacate two wagons, and pack some supplies for the extra pack horses to carry, so that we will not be affected by our hurry. ”

Lorist shook his head, this Sedkamp, he regards supplies as more important than life, in fact, selling some excess materials can solve the problem of insufficient carriages, but he has to bring all the materials back, he is really full and has nothing to do.

"Have you inquired about Miss Theresty?" asked Lorlist.

"I almost know that Miss Dressy had come to the town of Vonata three months ago, and that they were three master and servant, two coachmen, two carriages, and four pack horses. I heard that they had followed a caravan of the Merchant Alliance to the borders of the Duchy of Madras, which had been separated due to different directions. Then stayed there for more than a month, and could not find the northbound convoy, so he had to prepare to return to the imperial capital, but when he arrived here, he was forced to stay in the town of Fengyata because of the bandits. The two coachmen found another job and left, renting a dilapidated attic in the town, making a living by selling pack horses pulling carts, and occasionally copying books to sell. Now only one of the four pack horses they had, one of their two carriages was full of books. Said Sedercamp.

Loris nodded: "You prepare the horses and coachmen who will pull the cart for them tomorrow, and inform them to pack up and prepare for their journey, we have been delayed here for two days, and we will leave the day after tomorrow anyway." After the handover tomorrow, we will do another thorough inspection, get ready to go, and we will leave here by the afternoon of the day after tomorrow at the latest. ”

"Yes, sir. Süderkamp turned to leave.

"Wait, by the way, you go and tell the innkeeper to cook three more meals for the next two days and deliver them to Miss Theresty. Lorist said.

"Okay, sir, I'll do it. ”