Chapter 48 Post-War Reparations
"Shameless guys, you've already lost, is there anything else to say?" As soon as Baron Dias saw the captured Baron Samu, he stepped forward and kicked him, with a fierce face on his face, it was this guy who forced himself so hard.
"Father, let's just kill him!" Pine was even more direct, and the long sword in his hand was directly unsheathed, scaring Baron Samuel half to death.
"Don't! I demand the justice that nobles deserve! The blade of the sword reflected the pale face of Baron Samu.
"Don't stir up my father, Pyne my brother, put your sword away, and don't frighten the noble Baron Sau." Karl stepped forward with a smile.
"Carl, I don't know when you've become so respectful of each other." Pine said dissatisfied.
"Ha, don't worry." Carl patted Pyne on the shoulder, then walked over to Baron Sharon with a smile on his face.
"Sir Sir, congratulations on your great victory." Baron Sa smiled flatteringly, thinking that the nobleman in front of him might be better talkative.
"Thank you, Lord Baron, this is indeed a great victory, and usually great victories require enough loot to foil them, do you say?" Carl smiled as he followed his words.
"Of course, I'll pay my ransom." Baron Sa nodded, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ransom? Hey, Lord Baron, I wonder how much ransom you want to pay? Karl was noncommittal.
"I am willing to pay three hundred silver natas and three caravans of food as my ransom." Baron Sharon gritted his teeth, his heart dripping blood.
"Three hundred silver natas and three caravans of food? My lord, I hope you're not kidding. Carl shook his head, he dared to say it.
"How much does Lord Sir think is appropriate?" Baron Sa scolded the other party for being greedy, but he also had to greet him with a smile.
"I want you to pay me fifteen hundred silver natas, ten caravans of food, and your little estate near Lensburg to be managed by my father, Baron Dias." Karl said bluntly.
Pyne looked puzzled, how was this different from what they had discussed before, there were a lot more things.
Baron Dias's eyes flashed with a strange color, and he glanced at Karl approvingly, he knew what Karl was doing.
"Sir Otiana, you're going to hollow me out, I can't possibly get so many things." Baron Sa's eyes widened, and he looked like he was loveless, and most people were afraid that they really thought that the other party was powerless.
"Heh, I'm afraid this is a national-level actor." Karl sneered in his heart.
"Alright, Lord Baron Samu, maybe we can lower the requirements, then the other conditions remain the same, and the silver natas will become thirteen hundred." Carl pretended to be impressed.
"Not a big man, this is still too much, I can only pay five hundred silver natas, as for the food, I have to cut it in half, that small estate is the inheritance left by the family's ancestors, I can't hand it over."
Pine watched this scene with a confused expression, and the next scene simply refreshed his three views, as a nobleman, Karl was bargaining with Baron Sharon like a merchant in the market.
However, the basis for all this was based on force, and when Karl's sword was slightly unsheathed, Baron Sharon finally agreed to the final demand, willing to stop the war at the cost of a thousand silver natas, ten caravans of food, and the cession of a small estate.
Carl was actually just forcing at first, but he found out that the other party seemed to have so much wealth, and I have to say that the aristocratic wealth that has been inherited for a period of time is not comparable to the "nouveau riche" like the Dias family.
However, this is indeed almost the end of Baron Samu, looking at the constipation on his face, Carl is afraid that the other party will not be able to stand it and rush up to fight with him.
"Carl, you're a disgrace to the aristocracy." Pine couldn't help but say.
"Hey, I've lost face but I've earned a lot of natas and food for us, maybe you can go to the manor to live in the future." Karl shrugged his shoulders, if he could gain so much benefit by losing the face of the so-called nobles once, then he didn't mind losing face a few more times.
"Okay Pine, your brother did the right thing." Baron Dias came out to stop the two, in his opinion, it may indeed be a bit cheap, but it is understandable, and the most important thing is that Karl showed sophistication, first high price and then slowly cut, and finally let the other party get a price that he thought was barely acceptable and in fact was what his side wanted, this series of means surprised him.
Seeing that Baron Dias was also speaking for Carl, Pine slurred his lips and turned away.
They didn't leave Samuel right away, after all, they didn't believe that Baron Saun would give them terms after they left, and they would definitely regret it if they left.
Therefore, Baron Sa's plan was frustrated, so he had no choice but to let people sort out the food, and then go and loot, and open his own small coffers, and the large handful of natas broke his heart.
"Lord Baron Dias, this is the transfer instrument of that small estate, you just need to sign your name here, and the estate is yours."
Finally, with a trembling hand, Baron Sámo took out a document written on parchment and handed it to Baron Dias.
Ironically, Baron Dias could clearly feel the other party's unwillingness to let go when he took it from him.
Baron Dias smiled secretly in his heart, but he took it directly with a force in his hand.
Seeing the documents of this manor, Pyne also walked back and looked at Baron Dias carefully, ensuring the authenticity of the documents, after all, their lives would be much better if they got this manor, at least many times better than now.
"It's a secluded manor, and she'll give you a tax of a hundred or so silver natas a year." Baron Sa couldn't help but say, as if he wanted to withdraw how much he had lost.
The tax of more than a hundred silver natas may not seem like much, but this is the surplus tax revenue of the manor after it is self-sufficient, and it is at its disposal, which is rare for a small manor.
"Well, thank you, Lord Baron, the war between us is over." Baron Dias was also smiling, and with this manor he might be able to consider expanding his army and raising some knights.
In this battle, he deeply felt the importance of knights, and the heavily armed knights could help a lot.
Of course, keeping knights is expensive, chain mail, chain mail, bottle helmets, and horses, it takes a lot of money to equip these, and they need to be maintained after being prepared, and each knight will cause a lot of financial pressure.
"Gentlemen, your food and silver natas are ready." The retinue went in and out, and it didn't take long for things to be fully ready, but Karl felt that it was a bit of a home......
"Very good, thank you for your emotion, Lord Baron, I wish you a happy life, may God bless you."
Karl was not stingy with his praise for such a "gold master", and praised the other party fiercely.
Baron Sa'm wanted to cry without tears, he no longer believed the smiling face of the young knight in front of him, and the sword hidden in his smile was clear.
"Of course, of course, and may God bless you."
The pandering on the lips is afraid that Carl is not the embodiment of Satan in his heart.
"Hey...... Sylvia, gone. Karl beckoned, now that the war was over, he didn't intend to stay in this place, he was happy with the money in his hand now.
With a thousand silver natas in the account, there can be a large surplus even after paying various pensions, and the food is also very valuable.
In other words, he now has enough money to develop his territory, at least he can preliminarily complete the plan.
"Yes, my lord." Sylvia grinned, God, he had never seen so much money and so much food at once in his life, and so much stuff would be obtained by their own hands through war.
"Karl, aren't you going back to my territory? Maybe I should have a banquet to celebrate this victory. Dias sensed Carl's intentions and asked.
"No, my father, thank you for your kindness, but I can't leave the territory for too long, my manor only has a few troops, I'm really not at ease." Karl shook his head, what are you kidding, the location of Sylde Manor is so dangerous, if he plays here for a while, I am afraid that if he goes back, Selder Manor will be robbed.
"Okay, but your army is too badly damaged, maybe I can allow you to recruit soldiers on my territory." Baron Dias thought for a moment and said.
"Really? That's really great, I'll pay enough. "Karl is overjoyed, after two battles, Hagrid's corps is indeed seriously damaged, and now its strength is only half of what it was before the war, and he needs enough manpower to replenish it.
But he couldn't just find a random presence along the way to replenish the troops, and their lord wouldn't have agreed, and it would have been better if Baron Dias had allowed it.
"I'm willing to give a hundred silver natas as a token of thanks." Since Baron Dias is so generous, then Karl will not be stingy, this hundred silver natas is for Baron Dias, and as for the soldier's salary, he will give it separately.
Baron Dias did not refuse, the population was originally an important resource, and Karl gave him part of the money as a reward that he also needed.
"Let's go Sylvia, let's go back to Wilton first, I need Hagrid's corps to be restored to the strength of 100 men, and as for the training of the soldiers, we will return to Syld Manor." Karl changed the command.
"Okay, Lord Karl." Sylvia nodded, as the commander of Hagrid's corps, he was happy to restore the strength of his legion.