On the last day of October, the emissary of the House of Lords of the Kingdom came to Mai Xiangling.

This is to issue an edict.

Leon's Pioneer Collar verification report was handed in by Godric in advance - Godric's review was quite sloppy, it was simply a dark operation, and he didn't even come to look at it......

Moreover, he did send a group of archers to 'assist Mai Xiangling in protecting the caravan'.

But Leon always felt that this was the Baron who was afraid that he would run away with the money, so he sent to keep an eye on him—the archer who took the lead seemed to be the one who 'escorted' him when he went to White Hart Fort last time.

Of course, the lord didn't plan to run away. And Mai Xiangling has actually developed well, and it is okay to pass the audit.

In the presence of a large group of merchants and a small group of lords, Leon was on the verge of becoming a true baron.

The reason why he said 'soon' is that he must swear allegiance before the king for the knighthood to be officially established.

The ritual of in-person allegiance is a must.

"His Excellency Leon Griffin has worked hard to expand the territory of the kingdom and protect the territory and the people, and intends to crown His Excellency Leon as Baron McXiangling, please take this edict to your majesty immediately."

After reading these words, the envoy of the kingdom's house of nobility handed the scroll in his hand to Leon.

The lacquer of the scroll is the stamp of the royal house of the kingdom, and the coat of arms on the cover is a silver leaf-pressed irise, which does not look gorgeous at all.

Seeing Leon casually put away the scroll, the messenger smiled at him kindly.

Only then did Leon recognize that this was the servant of Count Auden, whom he had seen when he went to the House of Lords.

"Is the Earl alright?"

Li Ang asked casually.

Hu looked left and right, and whispered, "Lord Earl just quit his job in the House of Lords not long ago, and returned to Shield Fortress to lead the troops to prepare for battle......

As he spoke, he approached Leon, and his voice became softer: "Lord Leon, Lord Leon, Lord Earl asked me to tell you that it is best for you to follow him all the way in this war." ”

Li Ang nodded, shook his servant's hand and shook it: "Please thank Lord Earl for me!" Great work! ”

In his hand is a large handful of gold coins.

Hu Cong's hand tightened with Li Ang's hand, and smiled sincerely: "My lord is young and promising, and he will definitely become a pillar of the kingdom...... Personal advice, my lord, it's best not to let your troops go to the front this time. ”

"Thank you! Friends, often write to contact. ”

Leon smiled and nodded, watching Hu Cong leave.

Not long after the head of the House of Lords left, a knight brought the king's summoning order.

This is a lion knight from King Ulrique.

He didn't speak, just held the golden lion flag and handed the summoning order to Li Ang, and then continued to rush to White Deer Castle without stopping.

'Please see this order of the lord of the kingdom to lead the army to assemble at the Seven Forks Fortress, the order of the marshal of the Lion Kingdom. ’

The coat of arms on it was a golden lion - this was the king's summoning order, which looked much more advanced than the edict, and even used gold leaf to press the coat of arms, and Leon wanted to cut off the gold leaf......

The king has officially summoned the lords to prepare for the start of the war, and it seems that the oath and enthronement ceremony can be completed by the way.

In fact, even without Count Oden's reminder, Leon had no intention of charging into battle to take credit.

Because he hasn't had time to turn all the dinars he has into instant combat power.

He hadn't had time to recruit troops yet, and he still had only a few men under his command.

It was only because of the large number of merchants that he bought from them a batch of heavy two-handed broadswords and heavy crossbows, as well as a few light helmets with full coverage.

Originally, I had ordered more standard equipment and planned to arm the people as well, but it would take time to build the equipment, and the summoning order had already arrived.

Fortunately, just as Leon had envisioned, the Metenheim men immediately upgraded to the 'Metenheim Great Swordsmen' after getting their new two-handed swords and light helmets, and their proficiency was already enough.

And the crossbowmen have all been replaced by heavy crossbows, upgraded to 'armored crossbowmen' - the word 'mercenary' is gone, and from the moment they got the shares, they have all sworn allegiance and become the army of Mai Xiangling.

Metenheim Great Swordsman, 10/10;

Armoured Crossbowmen, 17/17;

Pande Recruits, 30/30;

Leon gathered 30 lords, all pure recruits, but they were not used for war - the lord asked these lords to use all the Gatumas in his possession, and took away more than two dozen carts of goods......

All of these recruits now have a tall new title - 'Manager of So-and-so Company'.

Because, the large-scale business activities of Maixiang Group are about to be officially launched......

"Everyone, a great opportunity to make a fortune has now come!"

When the team in White Deer Fort passed through the Mai Xiang Territory, the lord took a force of about 60 people and a caravan of more than 800 people, and began to move towards the Seven Forks Fortress with Godric's team......

The lords of this army were stupid when they saw them along the way, who the hell is this, the military strength seems to be stronger than the king! Look at the back of the army, there are hundreds of 'baggage trucks' alone!

What kind of strength does this have to be to dispatch such a large number of troops!

In order to keep enough of the defenders of White Deer Castle, Godric actually only brought three hundred people, but with the nearly a thousand people behind Leon plus hundreds of carts, it looks like a main army!

So the small lords or knights along the way approached this 'main force' in search of safety, and were then beckoned by Godric to march together.

After arriving near the Qicha Fortress, the size of this 'army' exceeded 2,000 people!

Seeing this, the other lords who had already camped near the fortress and waited also joined the army—they thought it was the king's army......

After all, a team of this size really doesn't look like an ordinary lord can make it......

So, Lord Li Ang took the opportunity to start sales......

"Guys, the expedition is boring, isn't it? Are you still used to the days when there is no good wine? Is the dry military ration hard to swallow? Do you feel that the days of the expedition are very boring? Come on, welcome to Maixiang Group! ”

The lords led the troops on an expedition, of course, it was more difficult, especially the boring waiting before the arrival of the marshal.

Many lords have been waiting here for a while - they are all lords who are relatively close to Lion City or the Seven Forks Fortress, and the summoning order is the first to reach them.

But they can only keep feeding the mosquitoes in this wilderness, because the marshal of this expedition, King Ulrique, has not yet arrived.

Well, it's not a matter of distance, king...... The boss was the last to arrive.

The lords and soldiers who came early could only wait in the barracks, and the food and clothing were quite bad - the Qicha Fortress was not a city, but a pure military fortress, and there was nothing in it except for the thousands of old men stationed there.

There is no place to buy a towel nearby.

As a result, the various subsidiaries of the 'Maixiang International Group' brought them food, wine, daily necessities, and even entertainment venues......

Of course, the price is a little bit better......

But people have come all the way to ship, and it's not too much to charge a little more freight, right?

If you're not satisfied, you can go to the Lion City, more than 300 miles away, to spend money - of course, leaving the barracks without permission is counted as a deserter, and you deserve it.