Chapter Fifty-Six: The Leader (II)
Unlike the townspeople, the Baron's Castle was built entirely of stone. Different from the subtle and heavy castle of the wooden house, it shows the authority and strength of a nobleman and a baron.
He followed the guard-like man to the front of the castle, and then, after a briefing, stood there, waiting for the routine inspection and questioning of the people in the castle.
Outside the castle is a moat, and the drawbridge hangs high.
Probably because he was afraid that someone would be unfavorable to him, or maybe the Warcraft Forest outside the town gave the baron too much psychological shadow, the moat outside the castle was built very wide, and the water inside had a slightly fishy smell, which made Luo Meng smell it and couldn't help frowning.
At this time, probably because the guards above the castle were on shift, no one had paid attention to them, so they could only wait quietly under the castle.
Luo Meng was bored, so he could only look at the moat in a daze, and the fat fish that jumped out of the water from time to time made him can't help but squint his eyes.
"Alright, the drawbridge has been lowered, let's go. I don't know how long it took, the guard who led the way suddenly spoke, and Romon realized that the drawbridge had slowly fallen in front of his eyes.
And the gate of the castle, after the drawbridge fell, revealed its true face. Also made of stone, a large piece of solid rock, by skilled craftsmen, was stunned to make two heavy but magnificent gates. Presumably, when pushing, it is difficult to move it without five or six people.
Stepping on the drawbridge, Romon followed the guards and walked across the moat, and as soon as his feet stepped on the ground, the two stone doors on the opposite side were slowly pushed open.
However, contrary to what he thought, the person who pushed the door did not seem to have much effort, and only one person pushed behind each door. After a closer look, it turned out that under the heavy stone gate, there were four small wheels to help the momentum.
And when they entered the gate, the drawbridge was immediately hoisted. The door was slowly shut. I saw that there were also several sturdy wooden poles inside the door. Luo Meng couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the nobles and lords are really extremely rare.
The guard who led him the way still didn't like to talk, but along the way, on the way to the baron's office, there were a few jams, so that the guard had to explain Romon again and again.
It may have been informed in advance, and after checking it, it was determined that Romon was indeed not carrying any sharp weapons that might endanger the Baron's safety, and those people let them go one by one.
Romon followed the other party and walked for a short distance, and finally in front of a hall, the guard stopped.
"You wait here first, and I'll report to the Baron. The guard said lukewarmly to Romon .
Romon nodded, secretly relieved in his heart, he was finally at the place. At the same time, I once again sighed at the luxurious life of the nobles of this world.
It's just a baron, and his castle is built very grandly, if it is a big nobleman in those big places, the extent is probably not something he can imagine.
Luo Meng, who once believed that he had seen the world, couldn't help but put away his self-satisfaction at this time, and people in any world should not be underestimated.
Not to mention anything else, at this time, with his power, compared with the baron, he is superior. In this case, he is not allowed to have a little complacent.
"Alright, you can go in. The guard had come out of the hall by this time, saw Romon and conveyed the meaning of the baron.
It was not long before Romon met for the first time, at a very close distance, the Lord Baron, the owner of Rikatown, in this cheesy hall.
Perhaps to show his wealth, or perhaps to his own low taste, this hall gave Romon a strong stimulus as soon as he stepped in.
Everywhere there was a golden light. It almost dazzled him.
The walls are painted with golden lacquer, the floor is covered with golden tiles, the tables are golden, the chairs are golden, and even the vases with flowers are gorgeous.
At the same time, it also made the corners of Romon's mouth twitch. However, he didn't say anything, how the room was arranged, it was someone else's business, and it had nothing to do with him.
And in the middle of the hall, there sat a middle-aged man dressed in gorgeous clothes, and as soon as Romon came in, he couldn't stop looking at him. And Romon also saw the man's face clearly at a glance.
Probably because Miss Eleni's appearance was like her mother, so at first glance, it was really difficult for Romon to associate the wrinkled old man in front of him with the angelic lovely girl.
The baron's face was not very good at this time, and the corners of his eyes also showed signs of old age, which was profound and emotional. Although he was wearing a gorgeous robe, his old body was exposed, and it was difficult to hide it.
Seeing Romon come in, he coughed lightly, and then, knowingly, asked, "Are you Romong?"
Romon only glanced at him from a distance, and when he saw him ask, he had to bow and answer, "Yes, my honorable baron, I am Romon ." ”
"Romon, you have done a good job in this matter, Eleni told me everything, thanks to you, there is one less such moth in my territory, in order to thank you, I plan to give you a piece of subordinate land, so that you can build your own homestead and medicine field......" Seeing that Romon looked neither humble nor arrogant after entering the door, the baron felt more and more that Romon was scheming, and he didn't think much about it anymore, and said what he had been thinking about for a long time.
Luo Meng was stunned for a moment, he thought that the lord had summoned him to reward him or say something, but the gift that the other party suddenly said was exactly what he was most lacking at present, a person who was about to starve to death, was suddenly smashed by a big pie falling from the sky, this kind of coincidence made him speechless for a while.
Seeing his appearance, the baron couldn't help sneering in his heart, but he said, "...... However, just because of this merit, I will give you a piece of land to obey, and I am afraid that others will not accept it, so I plan to give you a task, and this task may take some risks, but as long as you can successfully complete it, I will immediately fulfill the promise I have made now, how about it, do you think about it?"
By now, Romon also knows that this world has a saying that "mining is the reward paid to knights", and the size of a knight's domain is about 1,000 acres, but under the knights, there is actually a class, these people rely on their craft, knowledge, and martial arts to serve the lords who grant them land, and they are actually professional soldiers and professional officials under the knights.
Most of them owned 200 to 300 acres of land, and in the event of a lord's danger, they had to bring their own spears, leather armor, shields, and swords to serve. Of course, they did not have the ability to purchase horses and armor, and the lords did not demand the same as knights.
Although this is the case, a subordinate is also separated from a commoner, strictly speaking, and is equivalent to a tax official and the like.
The lord said politely and generously, but Romon would not really take the other party's politeness seriously, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know what the task the baron is referring to?"
The baron narrowed his eyes and smiled. "The forest outside the town, the outer edge of the Thorn Forest, has not been better managed. I called you here today to let you enter the forest with the adventurers, and help me draw a map of the forest, with the map, the management of the forest can be truly effective, and in the future, when defending against the attack of Warcraft, it can also achieve the most effective layout. How's it going, are you going to do this task?"
Seeing that Romon lowered his head and thought, the baron added another fire: " Listen to Eleni, you are a very responsible child, in order to clear a moth in the town, you are even willing to take risks, as a bait, this mission than your last move, although more dangerous, but, if successful, the credit is greater, in fact, I chose you to draw a map, I also made a decision after consideration, one is to give you a chance to make meritorious service, the second is, as a druid, you can choose adventurers to form a group, than others into the forest, more of a guarantee, third, I trust you more, for someone else, I will doubt the real surname of the map...... For the sake of the territory and the townspeople, think about it!"
Seeing that Romon 's face became cautious, the baron's heart was sneering. It was the one that came to him in the carriage. A good way to isolate Romon from his second daughter.
Although there are only some signs of danger between his daughter and Romon now, he is as cautious as he is willing to take this risk.
So, after thinking about it, I finally met the group of adventurers on the way, and I thought of this good way. That is, to involve Romon in the actions of the adventurers.
The adventurer goes into the forest to adventure, and it will take a long time to go back and forth, and if Romon is involved, in this way, his daughter can be separated from him.
Moreover, there are many dangers in the Thorn Forest, and even a person with high combat skills will be lost in a few percent. Let him in, in case he encounters any accident and can't get out alive, it also saves him to think of a safe way to kill people again.
However, how to get Romon involved is a big problem, after all, now Romon is also a lot of money, and once got an inheritance, why take the risk?
Thinking of what Romon might need now, the baron summoned Romon under the pretext of drawing a map. And promised that if this was successful, he would be given a piece of land to build his house and medicine field. With such tempting conditions, the baron had enough reason to believe that Romon would definitely agree.
However, in order to prevent Romon from refusing timidly, the baron Suo held him aloft.
Therefore, after the baron had said the above paragraph, he waited there calmly. Waiting for Romon's reaction.
And Luo Meng's face changed a few times, and he was silent for a while, and finally raised his head and made a decision: "I am willing to accept this task." ”
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