Chapter 61: The Hope of the Family
The battle for Dardier was over, and the remnants of the Skull and Bones Society fled underground, leaving the lands of Leiden and White no longer in the way of the coalition.
With the order of Earl Pierce, the battle to regain the lost territory also unfolded in an orderly manner, and the situation can be described as very good.
As the war drew to a close, the topic of spoils gradually became mainstream. Ordinary loot is easy to deal with, and the territory is directly divided by region, and how much you get depends on luck.
But when it comes to "territory", the situation becomes more complicated. Unlike the wild lands on the border of the kingdom, the southeastern provinces are first-class fertile land, and no one is willing to give them up.
If there are more monks and less porridge, there are destined to be people who will not be able to share it. The game involved behind this is not only a battle achievement, but also a big competition of family power and network.
The nobles who survived the Fifth Army were all lucky. When it comes to "anti-papal political correctness", no one dares to deduct their military exploits.
The merit of their deliberation was completed as soon as possible, and although the results were not announced, the worst of each family could also get a knight's domain, and there were not a few who were promoted to barons.
As the first hero who killed the most enemy Holy See cavalry, plus other accumulated credits, Hudson was naturally listed as the first echelon of meritorious heroes, which was second only to the battle exploits of killing the evil god clone.
I don't know the final result, anyway, according to the news I heard, it is a high probability event to be named a baron.
This result was even better than Hudson expected, originally thinking that the battle achievements were not enough, so he relied on his connections to find a way to inherit the fief of a certain unlucky heir's relative, but his strength did not allow him to take shortcuts.
The country that you have beaten down by yourself is naturally better, there are no messy inheritance disputes, the legitimacy is 100% guaranteed, and you have more confidence to go out to socialize.
When the dust settled, Hudson's letter for help reached Baron Redman. It's just that now it's not asking him for reinforcements, but asking him, a father, to mobilize family connections and help move a rich fiefdom.
After repeatedly interrogating the soldier who sent the letter, and confirming that the information was accurate, Baron Redman still couldn't believe that it was true.
Although he believed that Hudson had military talent, it was also too good. Others don't know what Coslow's family private army is, can he not know it himself?
Let Hudson lead the troops to the battle, mainly to preserve the strength of the family, and by the way, to exercise his son's military command ability.
I never expected that the cards that started poorly ended up playing the effect of king bombing.
Perhaps seeing that Baron Redman was too engrossed and used the wrong knife and fork during the meal, the Baroness, who sensed that something was wrong, asked expectantly: "Master, but there was an accident at the front?" ”
Deep down, she had begun to pray to Hudson to meet the Lord of the Dawn. There is no way, as the mother of the child, she just measures it like this.
Her eldest son was ruined by Hudson, and under the nose of Baron Redman, she did not have the courage to take revenge according to Lysur's plan, and could only secretly pray that Hudson would go to see the Lord of Dawn as soon as possible.
"It's fine!"
"No, this should be considered a good thing, and it is a great event for the entire Coslow family.
I'm going to go out for a few days, and I guess I'll be delayed for a few days. You have to worry a little more about things at home. ”
Baron Redman said with a smile.
Obviously, Baron Redman still had an eye on it. knew that because of Lysur's matter, his wife and Hudson did not deal with each other, and did not directly say what it was.
As a qualified nobleman, he knew that nothing could be done until the dust settled.
Although Hudson's exploits can't run, the specific territory location has not yet been determined!
is also a barony, which is also divided into three, six, nine and so on. The better the location of the territory and the more fertile the land, the higher the income in the future.
The higher the fiscal revenue of the province, the more money it can invest in the military, and the stronger the military will be.
Strong military strength is not only the guarantee of the family's security, but also the foundation for further progress in the future.
The Coslow family has existed for thousands of years, and it has not accumulated much heritage, but with its super fertility, it has accumulated a lot of people.
Other families took a step forward and couldn't withstand the pressure from all sides, but the Coslow family was different. By calling friends and gathering their own family, they can have the strength of a medium-sized aristocratic house, which is enough to survive the initial period of weakness.
I don't know if the family's luck is consumed in childbirth, the Coslow family has been at an average level for hundreds of years.
Mo said that he led the family to go further, even if any branch could add a knight collar, it was worth celebrating with the whole clan.
If it weren't for the lack of outstanding talents, the Coslow family, who had completed the primitive accumulation, would have long ago been among the middle nobles.
Hudson's astonishing record gave Baron Redman confidence. The fledgling is so powerful, if it is precipitated for more than ten or twenty years, wouldn't he be able to become a famous general of the kingdom.
There is no shortage of wars in the continent of Aslant, and with Hudson's current age, even if he stays up for time, he can wait for a big war.
Accumulating enough military merit on the battlefield to gain a larger territory, coupled with the support of various veins, it is entirely possible to make the Coslow family one of the middle nobles.
A father's expectations of his son are incomprehensible to others. Under the baroness's pained eyes, Baron Redman opened the treasury, took out the family accumulation, and took the first step towards gift-giving.
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Hudson, who didn't know that his father had made a bloody investment, was helplessly returning the serf soldiers. Originally, he wanted to pay for these soldiers, but unfortunately everyone is not stupid.
Although it was a serf soldier, after a series of battles, it has long been reborn. From the original pure cannon fodder, he has transformed into a veteran.
For the nobles who were greatly damaged by the family's private army, these serf soldiers were also a great supplement to the family's armed forces. Some nobles who were really short of people even directly added these veterans to the guards.
Even the family members of some nobles who died in the war came to sell them miserably and ask for people, so that Hudson's troops shrank sharply, 4,000, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000, 800......
Except for a few nobles who had no heirs, there was no bitter lord who came to the door, and all the remaining serfs returned to their original owners.
originally thought that he had taken advantage, but he didn't expect to toss to the end, but he was helping others train soldiers.
No wonder everyone never mentioned the return of serf soldiers before, purely because of his reputation and wanted him to help train the soldiers for free.
No, it's still impossible, if you want to mix in the aristocratic circle, you have to follow the rules of the game.
Not only must it be returned, but it must also be neatly returned. People are destined not to stay, but human affection must stay.
Sending off every nobleman who felt at home with a smile, looking at the last remaining six hundred serf soldiers, Hudson's heart was dripping blood.
There was no way, and the lands of Wright and Badon were destroyed. The population does not say that there is no one in ten, but the young and strong are really not one in ten.
No matter where his territory is, he will face the embarrassment of labor shortage for a long time in the future. There are no people, and the expansion of armaments is a joke.
As a last resort, you can only choose to cheat your father. His father's territory is more than 10,000, and it is not bad to think that these hundreds of young people are strong, and it is not a big problem to borrow it for more than ten or twenty years.
Looking at the mountain of supplies, Hudson directly counted the harvest.
The most valuable thing must be the hidden Blood Moon Horn, but unfortunately Hudson doesn't want to be on the Holy See's hunting blacklist, which is doomed to be impossible to monetize.
There are two boxes of gold coins, sixteen boxes of silver coins, and thirty-three boxes of copper coins, and it is estimated that the total value of the currency should not be less than 4,000 gold coins.
Ten carts of cloth, two carts of tea, five carts of salt, one cart of spices, 200,000 pounds of grain, two chests of jewelry, one hundred and eighty-five horses, seventy-eight cattle, and four hundred and thirty sheep......
Twenty-three horses, ninety-three armours, two hundred and twelve broadswords, one hundred and thirty-six axes, forty-three bows and arrows, and twenty-six hammers......
Sixteen first-order magic cores, five second-order magic cores, one third-order magic core, ninety-six magic crystals, one magic wand, and three sets of broken magic equipment......
Together, the value of these materials is not less than 10,000 gold coins. That's how big the charm of war money is.