"So, my lord, the king of Ulrik asked you for the hundred thousand dinars to do this kind of thing for the purpose of hiring a large army?"

Anson frowned tightly, as if he had gained a new understanding of the king and the nobility.

He probably thought that Noldor's blood would cure his illness, or that he wanted his descendants to have Noldor's blood...... Who knows, anyway, a king who learns that he is terminally ill can do anything crazy......"

The lord didn't hide these things from his own people, and he found it difficult to do now.

"Unless we can convince the Noldor Elves that White Hart Castle will not be involved in such a thing, I am afraid that this disaster will not be avoided......"

Amy became worried when she learned about the situation.

"Risa Dilan, if you want to help your people, I can let you go for a while. This could be a good opportunity for you to rejoin the community, and I have not forgotten my promise. But I also have a request, and it is best for you to let your people know that these mercenaries have nothing to do with Whitedew, and that Whitedeer is willing to support the Noldor in their fight against the enemy...... In fact, I would love to form an alliance with your people and live together peacefully, you know, I have no prejudice against the Noldor. ”

The lord first made his attitude clear to the Noldor elves.

Risa Dilan nodded, "Thank you, my lord, that I can try to make contact with my clansmen...... But I'm a criminal in my family, and it's too hard to get any Noldor to trust a human in this situation......"

Risadillan naturally understood that the lord was indeed not hostile to Noldor, but he didn't know what to do.

"I can give you something that will interest your family...... I have one-eighth of the Noldor bloodline, it's true. You can try it and see if this news can interest the people of your family......"

The lord finally mentioned this relatively secret matter.

It's also this way he tells others that he really wants to live in peace with Noldor.

"I'll do my best, sir......"

Risadillan stared at the lord for several seconds, then bowed deeply and left.

He wasn't used to meetings with so many people.

Of course, the other people at the round table were also surprised by this news, but this kind of thing was easy to accept, and everyone's current focus was not on the marriage of the lord's ancestors, but on the current crisis.

And everyone knows that Risa Dilan was exiled, and it is difficult to say whether he can contact his people, but it can only be said that it is just a trial.

The discussion continues.

"I think since we're going to make our stance clear, it's best not to let any mercenaries into White Hart Castle, or even supply them."

Sarah shook her head, "But then we'll have to keep the Ebony Handlet Knights out of the door with a clear attitude." I'm afraid this will lead to disputes...... The Ebony Gauntlet Knights are, after all, a regular Knights. ”

"It doesn't matter, no matter what knight it is, it is not qualified to step into the realm of the nobility without permission. Roland, do this for now, guard the gates, and don't let anyone into the city with weapons. ”

The lord didn't care if he would offend people, anyway, he had a lot of enemies, and he didn't care about another one.

"But we can't keep White Hart Castle closed all the time, and it's actually more dangerous for them to mess around outside the city...... Those mercenary groups have all kinds of people, and if they are not allowed to enter the city, they will go to various villages, and who knows if it will bring any trouble. Unless we can find a suitable reason to expel them from the territory in a fair and complete way, we will have to make a fuss that even Noldor knows......"

Amy hung her head and rubbed her hair restlessly, crumpling her long, neatly tied hair into a mess.

"Find a suitable reason to expel them...... That's right! Amy, you're really smart, I probably have a solution...... The solution to the problem is to create a problem......"

The lord thought about it and seemed to have an idea.

"Anson, hurry back to McHill to announce the news of the control, saying that a large number of prisoners of war will be sent to McHill for hard service, and Ayrshire is temporarily under military control. Except for Mak Heung Ling's market, no outsiders are allowed to do so. ”

"Sarah, go to the town of Long River to find out if there are any other knights coming this way. By the way, check the whereabouts of Master Godric, I haven't heard from him for a long time, it's not normal......"

"Amy, you are waiting for my news in White Hart Castle, if any mercenaries are brought from Mai Xiang, let them go south to the camp built by the 'Second Legion of the Bacchus Empire'."

The lord directly assigned tasks to several people to announce the dissolution of the meeting, and then returned to Mai Xiangling with his own troops.

……

In the evening of the same day, not long after the lord returned to the wheat hall, John came to complain.

John is the same mercenary who used to share the spoils with Eric and is now the leader of the bus fleet.

"My lord, the Ebony Handguard Knights intended to requisition our convoy, but I refused. This seemed to infuriate them, and they even did it...... Now they're making trouble in Mai Xiangling......"

John's face was swollen, his head was blue and purple, and it looked like he had been beaten.

However, this kind of incident of running to sue after being beaten obviously shows that this guy's level of handling affairs is really not good......

With the same background and the same opportunity, Eric became a full-fledged knight and could take charge of complex matters on his own.

John, on the other hand, could only be a team leader, and that was only because he was loyal and hardworking.

But this conflict was actually expected by the lord - Anson rushed back to Mai Xiangling to issue a military control order in order to create a conflict.

Mai Xiangling suddenly announced military control in the afternoon, and the Ebony Handguard Knights were probably a little caught off guard, no matter what this knight group would do, it was normal for a little dispute to have a little trouble in Mai Xiangling.

Because the scope of regulation is "a place other than the market" – no matter what the era, if a restrictive decree does not discriminate equally, but proposes a separate area, then that area is bound to be disputed.

There is a reason to expel the Ebony Handlet Knights now, and no one is blameless, but if you want Noldor to understand the attitude of Ayrshire, it is not enough to expel them.

The lord thought for a moment and looked at John, "They beat you?" Did you fight back? ”

"No, sir. There are many of them, and they are knights after all...... I'm afraid they're harming civilians......"

Leon looked at John's submissive appearance and sighed, this guy seems to have limited achievements in his life.

Although Leon knew that John was a kind person, a kind person needed a flexible mind, otherwise it would be difficult for him to be a manager above the middle level.

Even in these years, civilians can only swallow their anger in the face of knights, but to Leon, the Ebony Gauntlet Knights are a fart knight......

The history of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights is indeed long and well-known, they were originally the Knights of the Kingdom of Gupand.

Since the outbreak of the Red Death plunged the continent of Pander into chaos, the Ebony Gauntlet Knights, unlike most knights, have insisted that the plague was caused by elves with long ears and that they want revenge on these 'enemies of humanity'.

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So they no longer blindly recruit nobles, as long as they are willing to "crusade against Noldor", they accept them all - you can imagine how complex the composition of this knight order is.

Later, the Ebony Gauntlet Knights even abandoned horses, which were important companions to traditional knights, and they were now heavy infantry crossbowmen alike alike - these guys who had been dealing with Noldor for a long time in the forest didn't need horses, after all, they couldn't ride horses in the primeval forest.

For more than one hundred and fifty years, these Ebony Gauntlet Knights have traveled in groups between the Noldor Forest and Crag Bay, often ambushing lone elves and small elven patrols on the outskirts of the forest.

Noldor's equipment is a rare and high-priced commodity on the black market, and the beautiful Noldor maidens are in short supply among the aristocracy - and so are the boys.

As a result, the Order has captured a great deal of wealth in their unique 'Fight for Humanity' way.

But again, this has led to the unpopularity of the Order......

Although most of the members of the Ebony Handguard Knights live in the Rock Bay of the Lion Realm, all of their energy is spent on waging a "crusade" against the elves, and they have hardly contributed to the Lion Kingdom.

Many nobles believed that the knights of the Ebony Gauntlet owed no allegiance to anyone, did not perform the duties of a knight, had no faith except the dinar, and were even heavily armed crossbowmen in foot combat—not worthy of being called knights at all.

And most of the other knights are openly accusing the Ebony Gauntlet Knights - they use crossbow arrows to fight, which is not chivalrous; And their human trafficking is also the same as the criminals of the Red Brotherhood, and even the illegal knights will not fall to this point.

As for the civilians, they don't have a good opinion of them either—the Ebony Handguard Knights don't help the civilians, they don't protect the merchants, and they don't defend their homeland.

While they don't rob civilians like bandits, if your home is under invasion and you find that the Knights are still only interested in hunting Noldor and watching the enemy kill the villagers without doing anything - no civilian will have a good opinion of them.

But the world is ridiculous at times, and even though most people don't like the Ebony Handguards, they can still live well, much more nourishing than the average Knights......

Because, the great nobles of Rock Bay, as well as the Lion King, need their presence.

However, Mai Xiangling is not Crag Rock Bay, and Li Ang is not the Lion King.

To the lord, the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet were essentially a bunch of mercenaries recognized by the Charter of Valids, and most of the so-called knights were not nobles.

In the face of such a knightly order, John, as an official of the wheat collar, could have fought back completely, and he was still reasonable.

What about a lot of people?

Do the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet dare to go to war head-on with the barons of the kingdom?

can't even pull the tiger skin to make a big flag, John is indeed too honest.

"Go, take me there. Anson, call all the troops! ”

……

In Mai Xiangling's square, a crowd of people is watching a riot.

The road leading to White Hart Fort was blocked by civilians and merchants, and a group of members of the Ebony Handguard Knights were surrounded in the square, constantly greeting the coachmen and the female relatives of the merchants.

The scolding between the two sides has been going on for a long time, and it has now entered a slight physical contact link.

But fortunately, both sides were quite restrained, and there were no excessive violent conflicts.

What happened was supposed to be a small thing.

This afternoon, Mak Xiang Ling suddenly issued a military control order, requiring all outsiders to leave the area of Mak Xiang Ling, and only people are allowed to move around in the market.

White Deer Fort has indeed just started a war, and it is normal for many prisoners of war to be sent to Mai Xiangling, and it is indeed strictly controlled when transporting prisoners of war, so as not to have accidents.

- If this order of military control is not observed, the lord of the county has the right to cut people on the spot.

But the market is definitely not very convenient, so the Ebony Gauntlet Knights originally planned to leave Mai Xiangling and go directly to White Deer Castle.

The territory of White Deer Fort is large, and there are many villages around it, even if the city is also under control, at least there are villages around it that can be temporarily stationed without camping in the wilderness.

Then they spotted the bus - since it was already afternoon, dozens of leading knights in the Ebony Handguard Knights wanted to arrive at White Hart Fort before nightfall, so that they could also make some arrangements for the other mercenary groups to stay.

The king gave them the hired mercenary regiments, of course, because the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet were the most experienced in dealing with the Noldor elves.

And for the Ebony Gauntlet Knights, this is also a good opportunity to increase their influence, so they have been helping to coordinate those mercenary groups from other countries along the way.

Out of their own anxiety and a little curiosity, they stared at the buses that were waiting to depart at Mak Xiang Ling Square.

But they were a bit rude, and they kicked all the civilians out of the car who had already gotten into the car—a common practice in other places, where civilians had no status to speak of.

But here's Mai Xiangling.

So John came forward and directly refused them to take the bus, saying that anyone should line up to get on the bus according to the rules of Mai Xiangling.

This would have been a reasonable request, but who made John a commoner......

In addition, after the military control order was issued, the number of people queuing up in the square to depart became more and more.

As a result, there was a quarrel.

After a few words, the members of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights threatened to 'requisition' the carriages, relying on their knighthood.

Of course, that can't happen, and in fact, the people of the Ebony Handguard Knights are probably just saying a few angry words.

So John sternly refused, and planned to personally drive the civilians who had just been kicked out of the car to White Hart Castle.

As a result, John was beaten for being 'rude to the knights.'

Subsequently, this incident angered the merchants of the Mak Heung Ling General Market.

Although John was neither smart nor flexible, he was a good man with a good reputation in McChampling.

From the beginning of the diligent construction of the road, to the later conscientious management of the convoy, he is always eager to help others when they are in trouble.

Many merchants have been helped by him in the delivery of goods.

Such a good man was beaten, and the businessmen naturally couldn't look at it.

So the merchants surrounded the Ebony Knights, escorted John to the lord to complain, and then began to denounce the barbaric style of the Ebony Handguards.

The people of the Ebony Knights probably didn't expect to provoke public anger by beating a civilian official in Mai Xiangling, and they didn't want to offend the merchants.

These are all businessmen who do the wholesale business of all kinds of materials, including some processed food and daily necessities, many of which are necessary to enter the forest to fight.

They had come from afar to fight, and if the merchants stopped selling, they would not be able to replenish them.

Besides, Mai Xiangling is the territory of Baron Leon, and he is still under military control, and it is said that this baron has done a lot of business and has defeated the Three Prophets, so of course they will not make a big deal out of it.

Of course, it was impossible for the merchants to fight the heavily armed knights, and as a result, the two sides began to quarrel.

After arguing for half an hour, in order to avoid a big problem, several knight captains led by the Ebony Gauntlet Knights began to play a round, and the matter was supposed to end soon.

But at this time, the merchants refused to do any business with the Ebony Handguard Knights, and all the wagons and bus drivers also said that they would not transport anything today, and that they would all have a holiday.

And also cursed these ebony gauntlet knights all to die in the forest.

The main reason is that the quarrel just now is all angry......

Coupled with the fact that there were more and more mercenaries watching, the people of the Ebony Handguard Knights might feel that they couldn't hold their faces on their faces, so it was difficult to restrain their emotions, so the two sides began to push and shove each other.

A few of the hot-tempered knights of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights really started to grab the carriage.

As a result of the robbery, the people of Mai Xiangling joined forces with the merchants to block the road with horse-drawn carriages, and began to surround the Ebony Handguard Knights under the leadership of the security patrol.

Then throughout the afternoon, the men of Mai Xiangling were confronted by the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlets, shaking people on both sides......

The Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet had gathered three hundred people, fifty or sixty knights, and more than two hundred sergeants.

And Mai Xiang led the civilians and businessmen on his side to gather a group of nearly a thousand people to surround them.

The rest of the mercenary groups are all watching the excitement......

When the lord and the cavalry team 'arrived', it was already evening-in order to wait for the small dispute to escalate into a 'big commotion', Li Ang had to wait for more than an hour to arrive at the scene.

In fact, it was only a few hundred meters from his residence in Mai Xiangling to the wholesale market......

"Lord Leon is here!"

"Let's ...... Let Lord Leon teach these bastards a lesson......"

Seeing Li Ang coming with his men, the merchants blocking the intersection made way and let the lord into the square.

"What's going on? Are your Knights planning to declare war on me? I don't think you've allowed weapons into my territory! ”

Li Ang stared at the leading ebony handguard knight with unkind eyes, and began to buckle his hat as soon as he came.