"Knight Hardy, you're such a generous man."

Virginia's butler, holding a few silver coins in his hand, left with a smile on his face.

At this time, the letter of appointment was already on the table.

Jack, the old butler, burst into tears as he looked at the golden parchment.

He was so happy.

Although the loss of a few blacksmith shops has reduced the family's income a lot, in exchange for a better future and future.

"Jack, you're going to take a vacation tomorrow, go back to your hometown and bring your little grandson over, and recruit one or two reliable marksmans from there."

Jack wiped his tears and was a little surprised: "The mercenaries in the White Deer Collar are much higher, why don't you recruit them directly here, the local mercenaries are cheaper." ”

"I can't trust the people here." Hardy snorted: "What if the invited master happens to be the enemy?" Isn't it a wolf into the house? ”

Although the probability of such a thing is very low, but if you are not afraid of 10,000 in everything, you are afraid of what happens.

Now that the Hardy family is still standing on the edge of the cliff, they have to be cautious in everything.

"The little master has grown up." Jack wiped his tears and smiled, he could feel that Hardy was more disciplined than old Hardy.

Is it true that the tribulation urges people to mature?

As Jack was sighing inwardly, he seemed to hear a faint noise outside the door, and he motioned for the head maid, Lilian, to go out and have a look.

Hardy was looking at the map, and he was going to take over the territory tomorrow, so he naturally had to figure it out.

That mountain forest is in the northeast of Hexiling, far away from the town, and the scope is actually not large, but it has to hide hundreds or thousands of mountain people, and there are enough materials to allow them to survive, which shows that the resources in the mountain forest are still quite rich.

These mountain people are unruly, distrustful of outsiders, short-tempered, and troublesome to get along with.

This is something that almost everyone knows about the river and creek collar.

But Hardy has a solution.

While Hardy was thinking about how to build up the army step by step, Lillian walked back from outside.

She lowered her head to Hardy's ear and said, "Master, Sam is making noise outside with some blacksmith apprentices. said that he must see you, and he looked very angry. ”

"Let them in." A cold glint flashed in Hardy's eyes.

When Jack heard this, he immediately beckoned the guards standing next to him to come close and protect his little master.

Although the Hadi family did not have the status of nobility and was not qualified to form an army, it was still possible to recruit a few guards.

Soon, an angry middle-aged man rushed in, walking fast.

Behind him, six young men followed.

These seven people have a common characteristic, that is, they are muscular, and at first glance they are powerful and macho men.

Blacksmiths are like this, they don't have the strength to make iron.

Originally, the middle-aged man at the front looked extremely angry, but when he saw the several guards behind Hadi, his arrogance suddenly decreased by half.

He wanted to get closer, but he was still five meters away from Hardy, and he was stopped by the guards, so he couldn't get closer.

Seeing that the guard was dressed in hard leather armor and wearing weapons, the middle-aged man didn't dare to rush forward strongly, he looked at Hadi, his teeth seemed to creak: "Little Hadi, why do you want to sell the blacksmith shop to the lord." ”

"Why can't you sell it?" Hardy's gaze retracted from the map, and he looked at the middle-aged man with a smile: "Sam, the blacksmith shop, from the title deed to the house, to the utensils and tools inside, are all from our Hardy's family, and we can deal with it as much as we like it." ”

As soon as Sam heard this, the anger that had been suppressed immediately resurfaced, and he said angrily: "But old Hardy and I have agreed that as long as I have worked in the blacksmith shop for ten years, he will give me one, and your Hardy family will not keep its promise." ”

When Hardy heard this, he laughed: "How many years has you been working in the blacksmith shop?" ”

Looking at Hardy's obviously sarcastic expression, Sam's arrogance was suppressed again, he was silent for a while, and said, "Six years! ”

"It's not ten years." Hardy spread his hands, his face full of ridicule.

Sam couldn't help but take two steps forward, but was held down by the guards.

"You sell the blacksmith shop, and I will work for another ten years, and the new master will not give me the blacksmith shop, not a single hammer." Sam was pushed back again and again, and he roared, "Old Hardy promised me that you would tear up the promise when he died, you treacherous one, shameless." ”

"Let him go." Hadi waved his hand to the guard, then sighed, "I actually know what my father promised you. ”

"If you know, why do you sell the blacksmith shop to someone else?"

Hardy chuckled: "But I also know that if my father wants to send you a blacksmith shop, in addition to letting you work for ten years, he also needs to help our Hardy family train at least five competent blacksmiths, not blacksmith apprentices." ”

His gaze swept over the six young men behind him, all of whom were Sam's students.

"I'm going to do it." Sam tried to rush up again, but was still blocked by two guards: "These apprentices are good boys, they learn very quickly. ”

"I admit it." Hardy nodded: "But...... You shouldn't have teamed up with outsiders to hurt our Hadi family. ”

Sam was stunned, and after a moment he roared hysterically, "I didn't, I didn't!" ”

"Seven blacksmith shops, all on strike, give me a look, it's still at such a critical time." Hardy's smile is obviously very sunny, but it inexplicably gives people a very cold feeling, like a clear sky in the winter: "I said that I want to raise my salary, but your salary is already twice that of my peers, and you are not satisfied?" ”

"We're making more money for the Hardy family."

Hardy nodded: "It's true, but if I don't make money, what's the use of you blacksmiths." Do you want to put all the money you earn into your own pockets? ”

Sam was speechless as he was scolded, his face turned red for a while, and finally he yelled, "Little Hardy, you are a liar, shameless, and a traitor." ”

Hardy laughed as he gestured to the two guards at the door, and the door slammed shut.

Now Sam was a little anxious: "What do you want to do!" ”

"I was still thinking about when to look for you, but I didn't expect that you would send it to the door yourself." Hardy stood up and walked up to Sam, his smile turned cold, and he was cold, "Tell me, who instigated you to take the lead in making trouble." ”

"I didn't do it, you framed me." Sam's face changed drastically, obviously anxious, and his words began to contradict: "No one is egging me on, I want to do it myself." ”

"Then you deserve to die." Hardy took the long sword from the guard's hand and pointed at Sam's face: "Take the initiative to betray the lord and devour the lord, do you think the new owner of the blacksmith shop will be able to accommodate you?" ”

An icy chill radiated from the tip of the sword.

If Sam was just in a hurry just now, then now Sam's expression is already the color of his heart.

"Say it, you can let your whole family leave safely, and if you don't say it, you go to the Grim Reaper together."

Sam looked at the tip of the sword, which was only about ten centimeters away from his face, and his mouth was dry.

He subconsciously looked behind him.

Before coming, his six apprentices were all filled with righteous indignation, and they looked like they wanted to die with Hardy.

But now, all of them lowered their heads and didn't dare to move, and their bodies trembled, like cold birds in the cold wind.

Knowing that he had no other choice, Sam pursed his lips and said in a hoarse voice, "Edward made me do this." ”

When the old housekeeper heard this name, his expression was shocked: "How is it possible, didn't he disappear with the old master?" ”

Hardy's smile grew colder.

He didn't expect that this person was actually an internal ghost.