1448. Bradley Manor
The north wind from the Gandaer Mountains swept across the vast meadows, taking away the almost saturated water from the soil.
The Western Route Army marched north for nearly two days.
Surdak rode in the middle of the procession.
Andrew pointed to what looked like a raised hill in the distance, and introduced Surdak:
"Look over there, there's a Bradley Manor, and the last time I was here, I bought a cow from the Earl Bradley in the manor."
Surdak narrowed his eyes, trying to find a little shadow of the manor from this green sea, but unfortunately he couldn't find the shadow of Ding'er.
After two days of marching, the Western Route Army entered the depths of the Great Meadow, and there was no trace of evil spirits here.
Surdak looked into the distance and asked Andrew:
"The last time you came to buy cattle, did you see a Gubo horse?"
Andrew thought about it seriously for a moment, and immediately said with great certainty:
"There should be a large horse farm behind the manor, and there are indeed a lot of Gubolai horses in it."
Surdak didn't speak.
He rode forward, looking down at whether to buy a horse or not.
What made Surdak make a smooth decision was that Andrew moved out the two boxes of black magic crystals obtained from the raid on the six demon armies on the banks of the Boruin River, and asked Surdak to keep them himself, these two heavy boxes of unidentified black magic crystals have not been polished, and they still look like dark magic cores.
"Would you be interested in going with me to Bradley Manor?" Surdak asked Andrew.
Regardless, these swarthy cores rekindled Surdak's desire to purchase.
"Now?" Andrew asked.
Surdak nodded.
As soon as Andrew heard this, he came to his senses and immediately said:
"Okay!"
Then he asked Surdak:
"Boss, do you want to buy a batch of war horses again? Aren't we going to transform those Constructed Knights into high-level ant cavalry? β
Surdak took the reins of his horse in one hand and replied:
"Let's buy another batch of war horses, I don't want these knights to become high-level ant cavalry for the time being."
This time he went to Bradley Manor and brought Andrew and Gullitham with him.
The wolf knight Tiger continued to lead the army and led the entire army to the north.
Although Surdak has been considering using the giant soldier ant as the new mount of the Constructed Knights these days, this also needs to consider some ideas of the Constructed Knights, I believe that many Constructed Knights still prefer to ride horses, and the production progress of the Aphrodite Contract Scroll is also very limited.
On this battlefield in the Warsaw plane, the giant soldier ants will continue to act as a death army and meat shield.
Therefore, Surdak still decided to buy another batch of high-quality Gubolai horses and transform them into demonic war horses.
In addition, Surdak also has some new ideas for those giant soldier ants, in front of the demon warriors, the hard armor of the giant ghost pattern soldier ants is still not thick, so Surdak may put armor on the vital parts of these giant soldier ants next.
Of course, it's just a matter of thinking about it for now.
There's no blacksmith shop on Moyunling......
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Bradley Manor is one of the few estates in the Great Meadow.
The manor is of course very large, almost enclosed by three mounds and a large lake, and two very thin rivers flow through the manor.
Hundreds of square kilometres of grassland in the vicinity are also owned by the Earl of Bradley.
As for the boundary monument or something, it may be hidden by lush grass.
Anyway, Surdak failed to find the so-called boundary monument along the way.
However, when Surdak crossed the river, which was less than two meters wide, he saw an old sign standing on the side of the river, which read: 'Bradley River'.
Outside the gate of the manor, through the gap in the large iron gate of the manor, you can see some buildings in the manor, which are almost all white or yellow pebbles and stone slurry houses, this kind of house looks very solid, but it is difficult to build high.
There was a group of guards standing in front of the gate, and when the captain of the guard saw the noble lord badge on Surdak's chest, he immediately ran to Surdak and saluted, and then asked, "This lord, what can I do for you?" β
For the first time, Surdak saw that the guards were wearing such good armor, and the long sword at his waist was also equipped with a heavy sword.
I thought to myself: the reason why this manor can gain a foothold on this big meadow is that the guards in this manor must be very good, at least they will not be afraid of a small group of evil spirits suddenly disturbing them.
When the guards heard that the commander of the Western Route Army, Count Surdak, had arrived, they immediately sent someone to the manor to report to the owner of the manor.
And the owner of the manor, Josie. Earl Bradley was also very enthusiastic about the visit of Commander Surdak and personally came to the gate to greet him.
The Earl of Bradley looked handsome from a distance with a bookish face, a very white complexion, a neatly built beard, and a horse suit of light leather armor.
This kind of elaborate dress makes it difficult to see his actual age.
Surdak and Earl Bradley met first, and then exchanged pleasantries.
The Earl of Bradley was very enthusiastic, and originally planned to show Surdak the unique buildings in his estate, but Surdak refused on official grounds.
The main Surdak and others had to rush back to the ranks of the Western Route Army quickly, so he was not prepared to delay here.
As soon as the two sides sat in the living room, Surdak immediately said the purpose of this visit:
"Earl Bradley, I'm here to buy you some Cooborite horses."
"Gubo Laima?" Earl Bradley said.
Surdak leaned back on the sofa in the living room, holding a cup of milk tea with a strong milk flavor in his hand, and said, "If there is a scale horse...... Sure, it's the best. β
"There are no scale horses here, so it's not easy to bring in even if you want to bring them in from the outside, and now the portal in Epson City is very congested with materials in and out of all aspects, and it's difficult to get in if it's not armaments...... Count Bradley said as he sat across from Surdak.
He sits in a straight position.
Surdak did not dwell on this issue, and immediately said, "Then buy some of the best Gubolaima." β
"How much?"
"Twelve hundred horses." Again, Surdak said a few of them.
The extra two hundred were spare horses.
"Yes." When Earl Bradley heard this amount, his eyes became much more confident, and he hurriedly said: "We can go to the horse farm first, those Gubolai horses are in the horse farm behind, and if you think you can, you can trade on the spot." β
"Good!"
With that, Surdak put down his teacup and stood up.
This cup of milk tea with a salty taste, he is a little unaccustomed to drinking.
Led by Earl Bradley, Surdak and his party rode to the horse farm at the back of the manor.
The grass in this meadow is visually much better than elsewhere, and the large alfalfa squeezed together is like a green blanket.
The Earl Bradley's retinue rode to one of the herdsmen on the other side and whispered a few words in his ear, and the herdsman rode at once to find the other herdsmen, who in a short time drove a group of Gubolai horses over.
Seeing this group of Gubolai horses running wantonly on the grass, Surdak carefully observed the muscle lines of their bodies, and it seemed that these Gubolai horses were usually trained according to the conditions of military horses, and their overall quality was very good.
Andrew stepped forward and picked out a few horses and looked at the teeth, and sure enough, they were all young Gubolai horses.
After walking back, Andrew nodded vaguely to Surdak.
Seeing that there was no doubt on Andrew's side, Surdak approved of this batch of Gubo horses.
The deal was a smooth deal.
Since the last time the Earl of Bradley had the cattle sent directly to the forest camp, this time the earl arranged for the herdsmen to send 1,200 horses to the forest camp.
Before leaving the manor, Surdak paid three thousand five hundred magic crystals.
That's just the price of 1,200 Guboris horses......
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Surdak had just left the manor with Andrew and Gullitham.
From the other side of the manor, three magic caravans arrived.
The three magic caravans stopped at the gate of the manor, and a noblewoman dressed in aristocratic clothes came out of the middle carriage, stood at the door of the carriage and looked at the backs of Surdak and the others, and asked the Earl of Bradley at the door:
"Where are they guests? Brother. β
Earl Bradley said, "Surdak, commander of the western reinforcements of the Bena Legion, has come to buy horses. β
After saying that, he stopped riding, and after giving the reins to his attendant, he got into the noblewoman's carriage.
The lady followed into the carriage as well, and the carriage continued toward the manor.
When the lady heard Surdak's name, the next moment she seemed to think of something, and immediately screamed: "Oh my God, that commander actually bought a horse from you?" β
The Earl of Bradley said disapprehantly:
"What's that, I sold them 30,000 cows a while ago!"
The lady blinked her blue eyes, stared at Earl Bradley and asked, "Brother, do you know what happened recently?" β
Earl Bradley spread out his hands and said helplessly: "I am very closed here, how can I have the news of Handanar City!" β
The lady held up a handful of the fan to cover her mouth, and quickly said what she had heard:
"Then you must not know that just ten days ago, this Surdak lord took some Constructed Knights to block a demon legion running in from the Naroda Gorge in the middle of the BrΓΊin River, nearly 10,000 demons were buried on that battlefield, and nearly 5,000 scaly horses died there, and now many Constructed Knights of the Eastern Route Army have gone to Handanar City to buy horses, and the market over there has risen by at least 30% in the past few days."
Earl Bradley looked stunned, and then said with some emotion: "Oh, it's been a long time since Handanar has experienced a victory of this magnitude. β
The noblewoman continued: "There are also many good news in Kornberg County now, but when it comes to the specific number of demons killed, it is not so dazzling. β
Seeing that the Earl of Bradley still had no expression on his face, he said:
"I think this deal can be revisited, without these Gubolai horses, their cavalry would have turned into infantry......"