Chapter 54: The Knighthood and Fiefdom in Hand

Thor looked at the map, and at the same time recalled the situation in his territory, and then found that the place the other party was pointing to seemed to be a desolate barren beach, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, after all, if the other party wanted those more fertile land or those with lush forests, he would still have some heartache! After all, those places have great development value, although he doesn't have the spare money to develop for the time being, but it is difficult to guarantee that he will have money in the future!

And now since Ye Tianlong only wants a wasteland that is worthless in his opinion, then he will give it!

However, although he had agreed to this deal in his heart, Sol did not show it on his face, but pretended to have a somewhat heartbroken expression, and said to Ye Tianlong: "A ten-mile radius of territory!" That's a lot of space! If you want, unless you get me another fifty sets of his heavy armor in a month! ”

The heavy armor that Sol refers to is the Tiefutu heavy armor worn by Luo Chenguang, at this time, in order to facilitate eating, Luo Chenguang has already removed the helmet and shoulder armor, but he has seen it when he was fully armed before, and it was really all tightly wrapped, only the eyes had a small slit.

This kind of heavy armor is exactly the style that Sol likes, so he will ask Ye Tianlong for it at this time, and as soon as he opens his mouth, it is a full fifty sets.

"Fifty sets! Within a month! Ye Tianlong was also taken aback when he heard the other party's request.

Thor seemed to know that his request was a bit excessive, so he took a step back and said, "If you can get me fifty sets of these heavy armors, your territory will not have to pay me taxes for a whole year!" ”

It is naturally a good thing to be able to save a thousand dinars in taxes every month, and Ye Tianlong is not ready to really let Murong Jie really build armor of the same quality as them for the other party, so Ye Tianlong agreed to the other party's request after hesitating a little.

Sol couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that Ye Tianlong agreed to his request, after all, what he lacked most now in his hands was armor, such as money and food, he had collected almost everything by squeezing the civilians in the territory, but it was this armor, he had nowhere to buy it if he wanted to! After all, the most popular armor on the Calradia continent is chain mail and scale armor and the like, which require a lot of labor and iron materials to make, and the entire Nord Kingdom can produce thousands of sets every year.

Many of the armor on his soldiers were captured on the battlefield, and some of them were second-hand goods bought from the black market, which had been repaired several times, and their defense was much worse than those brand new armors. But because of the extreme shortage of armor in his hands, these rags are still reluctant to throw away.

This time, he was able to get a full fifty sets of heavy armor from Ye Tianlong at once, and he really felt that he had made a lot of money, and it was nothing to pay a knighthood and a small piece of territory for this.

The two who both felt that they had earned each other, and the conversation at the dinner table next seemed to be much more harmonious, and the relationship between the two sides quickly became closer.

Ye Tianlong felt that the atmosphere was good, so he also took the opportunity to intercede with the civilians of Odasang Town: "Lord Baron, I noticed that the taxes you have collected in the town have been a bit heavy recently!" Most of the civilians are overwhelmed, so can we reduce some taxes appropriately? ”

"Huh! Brother Ye, do you think I don't know the truth of fishing with all my might! But it can't be helped! I don't have that much time to slow down! We must continue to expand our armaments in the shortest possible time, and to tell you the truth, our recent conflict with the Swadia Kingdom next door is getting bigger and bigger, and I estimate that it will be a full-scale war in a month or two at most, and this is a good opportunity for me to make a contribution! But if you want to make a big enough contribution on the battlefield, you have to have enough soldiers, and there are still too few soldiers on my side now! It's not enough to accomplish what I have in mind! ”

Maybe it was because he drank a few glasses of high-altitude spirits brought by Ye Tianlong, and he was already a little drunk, so Sol showed Ye Tianlong without the slightest concealment that he wanted to continue to climb up because he was ambitious.

Ye Tianlong listened to the other party's answer, and finally understood why the other party asked him for not money, but armor. It seems that this Baron Sol is really a war maniac, and he wants to win his own merits on the battlefield!

It's just that in this way, the residents of Odasang Town, I'm afraid that this hard life will have to continue! I don't know how many people will be forced to ruin their families in the next year under this cruel oppression and exploitation!

And the news that the other party said about the frequent conflicts between the Nord Kingdom and the Swadia Kingdom is also very useful to him, because it means that he can also bring his own troops to join the battle at that time, and establish some merits to enhance his prestige and status in the Nord Kingdom.

After he gradually gained a foothold in this world and his power grew beyond that of the baron in front of him, he could find a way to annex the other party's territory, so that the inhabitants of Odasang Town would no longer have to live a hard life that was worse than death.

And just when Ye Tianlong and the others were at the luncheon with Thor in the castle hall, a huge meteorite suddenly appeared in the sky outside without warning, and fell to the ground with a long flame trail behind it, during which some relatively small meteorite fragments continued to fall off from the main body and fell into various parts of the Calradia continent, and finally the largest piece of the main body fell into the shallow sea near the Nord Kingdom.

The fall of such a large meteorite made most people notice it on the Calradia Road, and as a result, many rumors soon spread that this abnormal celestial phenomenon represented the imminent emergence of a sage and wise monarch in Calradia, who was about to unify the entire Calradia continent and bring peace back to this war-torn continent.

Some people say that this is a bad omen, indicating that a war will be ignited that will affect the entire continent, and some even say that it is a harbinger of evil spirits from outside the territory.

By the time Ye Tianlong came out of the castle after attending the banquet at Thor's, the news had already spread completely throughout the town of Odasan.

After Ye Tianlong learned the news from those passers-by, his heart couldn't help but be clouded with a layer of haze, after all, the god of the game told him on the first day that he was selected to become the guardian of the virtual world, and the fact that the game virtual would be invaded by extraterritorial demons, this time a meteorite suddenly fell from the sky, and it would not really be said by some people, it was a harbinger of the invasion of extraterritorial demons!

If it's really an invasion of extraterritorial demons, I don't know what kind of demons these demons are, can he beat them?

After Ye Tianlong left, Sol immediately called his oldest and most stable knight, Gilles, and asked him to help him check the recent tax accounts.

After all, after some exchanges with Ye Tianlong, Sol had already discovered that his housekeeper had lied to him in many places, and he was very greedy, and had collected a lot of benefits from businessmen like Ye Tianlong.

And since the other party dares to lie to him and is so greedy for money, it is difficult to guarantee that the other party will not embezzle the taxes collected.

Therefore, Thor felt that it was necessary for him to send his cronies whom he had decided to trust.

I don't know if I don't check this, and I was shocked when I checked it, and nearly 20% of the taxes collected in recent months were actually put into his pocket by him, the Potts housekeeper.

In addition, the other side also deducted a lot of military rations, used shoddy ones, exchanged old grains for new grain, and then resold these new grains, making a lot of money.

You must know that this army can be said to be the foundation of a military aristocrat like Saul, but this guy Potts has put the black hand of corruption into his army without knowing whether he is alive or dead, how can Saul endure it!

"Huh! What a good steward for me! I didn't expect that I stayed in the castle to recuperate for a few months, and you actually made such a lot of money outside! Looking at the information that Gilles had investigated, Thor was so angry that he was about to grit his teeth.

Then he immediately ordered that Potts be arrested directly, and at the same time all his family property was confiscated.

Potts was obviously still a little unable to react to this change, and he looked at the gloomy Baron Saul, who was still there to intercede for himself, wanting to let him go.

"My lord, I've been with you for more than five years! Usually running before and after, there is no merit and hard work! You can't just treat me like this just because of a few provocations from Ye Tianlong's little rabbit cub! You must know that I have always been loyal to my lords! ”

Thor was too lazy to waste words with this guy at this time, and directly threw the information that Giles had investigated in the other party's face.

Potts picked up this information and looked at it, and immediately despaired, after all, as an old man who has followed Thor for so many years, he knows best what the other party's bottom line is, and because he can't control his hands, this time his behavior is indeed over the line! It's no wonder that the other party was so furious, and directly arrested him and raided his home.

"I just didn't kill you because of your past merits, but I don't want to see you again in the future, get out of here! The farther you roll, the better! ”

Thor looked at the other party's desperate eyes, but he didn't have any pity for him in his heart, and directly issued a terrible punishment to him for expelling from the territory.

As I said before, there is no place on the continent of Calradia that is absolutely safe, except for those wars and disputes at the borders of various countries, there are all kinds of wild monsters similar to robbers and pirates on the wild roads from time to time, even a strong young man like Ye Tianlong didn't dare to go on the road alone before!

And Potts is a lot old, after being expelled by Baron Saul, he is just an old man who has no power to protect himself, and the chance of being able to continue to live is infinitely close to zero.