Some people are destined to get more opportunities, such as Eric.
He only came back two days before the lord, and was once again given an arduous task - to lead a hundred people to rebuild the ancient garrison under Goddess Mountain.
This is because Eric's temperament is very suitable.
Ambitious, but also disciplined; courageous, but also calm; the most important thing is to understand the ways of the world, be good at observing people's words, be able to make friends with anyone, and be diligent and eager to learn.
Although he also has many shortcomings, such as his mediocre skills, his love of gambling and lust, and his tendency to go to certain entertainment venues whenever he has free time...
But the flaws are not concealed. Compared with most people, Eric is the kind of person who can easily climb to a high position.
Dalion has a straight temper. If anyone else is allowed to go to that station, they will most likely have conflicts with Dalion. Only Eric, a smooth guy, can play the game well.
Maybe Eric can fool Dalion...
The mission given to Eric by the lord is to rebuild the station into a valley fortress in the name of rebuilding Griffin Knights.
As for the establishment of Griffin Knights... you have to wait for the station to be built first, otherwise you won't even have a place to live.
The one hundred people Li Ang asked Eric to take were the escorts selected from Long River Express.
But they are not the ones with the most combat effectiveness, but those who are loyal enough and have some life skills, such as carpentry, blacksmithing or... mining.
Such a choice has naturally explained the problem.
The lord has no intention of truly rebuilding Griffin Knights immediately. He mainly wants to mine the ebony mine, and other things can be done slowly...
This is why Eric has to go - while Dalion is still claiming the throne, someone with brains needs to be able to guide Dalion, lest that reckless guy see these people and be eager to do something.
After all, although Sir Poldemar can control him, the old man is too old to keep an eye on him all the time.
Moreover, before the lord raised the flag of Pendor, the old man probably would not tell Dalion the truth - Li Ang knew very well that in addition to letting Dalion stand at the front desk to help Li Ang attract attention, the old knight might actually have some investigation intentions in his heart.
Because Pauldemar is not sure whether Li Ang will return to the country... His understanding of Li Ang is limited. What if the lord just wants to be the noble master of the Lionheart Kingdom in peace and peace of mind?
Therefore, if the lord will raise a flag to rebel and call himself King of Pendor, then Pauldemar will tell Dalion the truth and let Dalion fully support Li Ang's restoration of the country.
But if the lord remains silent, then he will let Dalion take on the task of restoring the country - at least his adopted son will definitely carry out this difficult task.
The old knight is still making preparations.
This idea is very reasonable. Pauldemar vowed to protect Pendor Royal Family, but only those who are willing to restore the country are called Pendor Royal Family...
In fact, if the lord is given another year and a half, when the salt pits in the territory have harvested enough, and there are more money, food, population and troops, then Li Ang will definitely not mind the confrontation, and it is possible to directly raise the flag and claim the king...
But the time it took Li Ang to become a lord was only more than seven months after all, which was really too short. Although he had been developing his strength, many things needed time to ferment.
To be honest, being able to reach the position of governor of a county in seven months is already amazing...
But how can a county with tens of thousands of people fight against a kingdom of two million people... And those tens of thousands of people are not currently under the control of Li Ang.
After carefully giving instructions to Eric, after he led the team away from Long River Town, the Lord set off to return to White Deer Fortress.
"Miss Amy, Lord Li Ang is back!"
In the main building of White Deer Fortress, a guard hurriedly found Amy.
"Where? Where?"
Amy dropped the quill pen in his hand and jumped out of the room like a wild deer. Half of the letter he wrote was stained by the ink on the pen.
"Uh... outside the city... Miss Amy, your shawl fell off..."
The guard looked at Amy who ran downstairs in a hurry, and said the second half of the sentence to the instantly deserted stairs, but it was estimated that Amy could no longer hear him.
Amy has been very nervous these days, even after receiving the news from Eric two days ago...
She ran downstairs quickly and ran to the castle door.
It wasn't until she saw Li Ang entering White Deer Fortress safely that she breathed a sigh of relief.
Of course she was worried about Li Ang, but after seeing Li Ang walk into the city gate, she turned around and walked back, and rubbed her face, changing her expression from joy to calmness.
It feels like I ran 800 meters just to see Li Ang walk into the castle...
She just received a letter from her mother. The letter Madam Philina probably means: Little girl, you have to be more reserved. Your enthusiasm for Baron Li Ang can even be seen by me who is far away at Lion City. When you wrote a letter asking me to visit Li Ang, you did not mention a word about my mother... Taking the initiative to send it to your door, others may not cherish it...
Of course the smart Amy understands that her mother is laughing at her.
So Amy was self-taught and adjusted her facial expression into what she thought was a 'reserved' look.
Of course, when you are just learning and practicing, you are not very good at grasping the appropriateness.
The lord saw Amy from a distance, but he was quite confused - why did this girl turn around and leave after seeing him?
I haven't seen you for ten days. What went wrong?
Could it be that he discovered the skill book that he secretly collected to improve his personal abilities?
There is a book "Legion the Centurion's Combat Career" hidden on the bedside of the lord. It was bought at the Bacchus Empire last time. Imperial Port is a good place. This book is similar to the "Memoirs of an Officer"...
Well, one more thing is better - Bacchus Empire's centurion is very good at playing, with many scenes and postures, maybe it can also improve the coaching skills...
But it's wrong to think about it. Amy discovered this book first. She thought it was a battlefield biography at the time, but who knew that after reading the beginning, she dropped the book and ran away with red ears.
If it weren't for the lord's discerning eyes, this good book would have been buried...
Later, when the lord bought this book, Amy was still there and expressed his disdain - she knew that Li Ang had this book...
"Amy, what happened these days?"
The Lord lord quickly chased after him, walking side by side with Amy.
"Yes, Livius's scouts came for reconnaissance many times, but they were all killed by Sir Roland. Owl Knight Order is also asking if they can settle in White Deer Fortress. They are in Trublen seems like he can't stay any longer. And my father, I heard that he pursued the enemy all the way to Lion Lake City. I'm a little worried... Oh, those corns are more than a foot tall and they look good..."
Amy had an expressionless face and talked nonchalantly, like a robot butler reporting the situation. His words were all business, which made Li Ang stunned for a moment.
"Hiss...Amy, wait a minute..."
The lord looked at Amy, and his forehead began to hurt - the girl had no expression on her face, and she spoke like she was chanting sutras, but her eyes looked at Li Ang with eagerness and joy, and she was a little evasive...
Li Ang feels that this situation is very difficult. Of course he can understand Amy's thoughts, but he has never dealt with this kind of scene and is really inexperienced.
I simply followed behind with my mouth shut, and started thinking about official business...
However, Sarah, who came out of the main building of the castle, saw Amy. She raised her eyebrows and stood at the door of the main building. When Amy passed by, she said softly, "Stop pretending, you haven't mentioned the title 'teacher' for a long time. Everyone can tell..."
"Ah?"
Amy suddenly lost his composure and became a little panicked.
She felt that her mother was probably right, as everyone could see it... No, this wouldn't work, she couldn't be so eager...
If you offer it to your door, he won't cherish it!
No matter how much I say it, I am still the daughter of Princess!
But she has no experience with this kind of thing... She doesn't know what she should do. Her mother just laughs at her and doesn't teach her. Sarah does the same!
"That...Lord Godric over there..."
"Well...Bacchus Empire over there..."
The lord and Amy turned around and brought up official matters at the same time...
Then the two of them closed their mouths at the same time.
The lord must be quick to respond and know how to avoid embarrassment, "Tell me..."
As a result, the two people entered into discussion work mode...
Sarah, who was waiting to watch the show, sighed deeply and shook his head feebly.
There are indeed a lot of official duties that need to be dealt with now.
King Ulrich needs one hundred thousand dinars. This must be done within a month, and it is not easy to default on the debt. There are still twenty-four days.
Owl Knight Order plans to move to White Deer Fortress, but they are an illegal knights, their identity is indeed a bit embarrassing, and their reliability is questionable. This is mainly because Trublen has a new lord, and that lord asked them to leave as soon as possible - the new lord is Lion Knight, a subordinate of Duke Brennus, who has no good impression of the illegal knights.
The most important thing is that after Godric won Brave Shield Fortress, Amy was a little undecided.
She heard about the war at Brave Shield Fortress and knew that Godric led troops to Lion Lake City.
She is very confident in her father's ability to lead troops in combat, so she is not worried about it, but in this case, White Deer Fortress is actually worth worrying about.
I thought White Deer Fortress would not receive outside support for a long time.
Because the troops from Long River Town, Fletcher Village, Brave Shield Fortress and other places were all taken away, and Horn Summon Ranger Corps was also missing.
In the past ten days, White Deer Fortress has been lighting a beacon fire, thus attracting several groups of spies from the Bacchus Empire. Although they were discovered and solved by Sir Roland in advance, no one can be sure whether Bacchus Empire has sent spies to cause trouble, and there is no guarantee that something will not go wrong.
Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of White Deer Fortress, she had to make some preparations.
For example, in the same way that Bacchus Empire harmed the lord, he also harmed Governor Livius.
But in the past few days, all she could think about was the Lord's safety, so how could she think about strategies...
Of course, you still have to look to the lord for strategies...
However, after the discussion, the person who actually executed it was still Amy.
Because Li Ang has to play a poor little lord who is framed by two countries at the same time and has to flee...
Emperor Marius deliberately wrote to Li Ang to alienate him. Didn't he just want such a result?
Then give him this result, and give it thoroughly.
Bacchus Empire's eastern border has been very uneasy recently.
Not long after Governor Livius was sent to Shield Wind Fortress, a lot of things happened in this frontline fortress.
The governor's life has not been easy recently. After all, Shield Wind Fortress only has soldiers and no people, so it cannot conquer the territory.
Moreover, the task given to him by Emperor Marius is to capture White Deer Fortress within one year.
Livius Now we can no longer drink the soldiers' blood and eat empty wages. Instead, we have to add money to replenish our troops.
If it weren't for the different policies of the empire, Livius would have been driven into poverty...
Bacchus Empire's regular army is uniformly allocated by the state, and currently Shield Wind Fortress's regular army is under the banner of 'Imperial Second Legion'.
'Second', if you just look at the flag, you might think that this is a very strong main force.
But in fact, these are just a group of new recruits, and they don't even have any equipment - in fact, they are just a group of farmers, and they don't even have a designation recognized by the empire.
This 'legion' has only been established for less than a month.
To put it simply, the existence of this legion is a newly expanded unit after Governor Livius was assigned to Shield Wind Fortress. It is actually used to ask for military expenses from Emperor Marius.
In fact, the eight hundred 'Shadow Infantry' under Livius are the real main force in his army.
But this main force is no longer organized into a separate legion.
Shadow Infantry is actually the Marine Corps that followed General Osa to land across the sea. It was formerly affiliated with the Shadow Legion. As the main army under the conqueror at that time, it was indeed a very strong force.
Later, after the founding of Bax, this unit was organized separately and became the 'Shadow Infantry Regiment', which has been led by the Livius family.
However, in order to maintain purity, this army of all Baxians does not accept any Pandes to join. As the years have changed over the past hundred years, the number of Shadow Infantrys has become less and less.
In addition, Livius is firmly opposed to reform and his own personal ethics are not very good. If it were not for the huge power of his family and Shadow Infantry under his command, which can be called a strong army, Emperor Marius would have killed him long ago.
Some time ago, after Kairos handed those two IOUs to Emperor Marius, Livius ran into a lot of trouble.
Although Emperor Marius still lets Livius lead the powerful army of Shadow Infantry, it is no longer given an independent establishment.
In other words, Shadow Infantry is currently re-affiliated to the Shadow Legion. The infantry commander Governor Livius will not be allocated a separate legion. The military resources provided by the state will be distributed by Legion Commander Governor Kairos of the Shadow Legion...
And Kairos originally didn't like Livius very much - the two people's worldviews and values were inconsistent. Kairos couldn't stand him, especially Livius who raped, kidnapped and harmed the common people all day long.
Although Kairos is a person who distinguishes between public and private affairs, he can also 'reasonably allocate' the military resource allocation belonging to the Shadow Legion in a public manner.
For example, for all the money, food and military supplies Shadow Legion received during the harvest season in May, he could wait until October and then allocate Shadow Infantry's share to Livius...
This is quite reasonable. Anyway, money and materials will be given according to the rules, and they will definitely be given in full according to the budget.
But for Livius, this is more difficult.
I don't have any money or food, so I still have to get White Deer Fortress...
Although the balding middle-aged governor had a very high level of land scraping in the past few years and had a lot of money in his hands, he... used his own money to support the country's soldiers?
That won't work!
And now that Shield Wind Fortress is here, he has no source of income...
So Livius had no choice but to expand its army.
In the name of attacking White Deer Fortress, a new 'Imperial Second Legion' was added.
What he reported to Emperor Marius was, "White Deer Fortress has more than 700 defenders. In order to capture White Deer Fortress, I must form a new legion of 2,000 people in Shield Wind Fortress!"
This move is actually reasonable. After all, the eight hundred Shadow Infantry alone cannot capture the solid White Deer Fortress.
However, this matter is probably exactly the opposite of Emperor Marius's idea - Marius must have originally planned to force Livius to give up Shadow Infantry and hand this army into the hands of a more suitable person...
The main purpose of Livius's new legion is to ask Emperor Marius for military expenses alone - it's hard to say whether Emperor Marius will agree...
But Livius feels that this matter must be done - how can we maintain our lives without taking free money?
He still has seventy or eighty concubines to raise...
And according to common sense, this is indeed a reasonable military expansion. Livius feels that this move will definitely get material support from Emperor Marius.
Of course, there is no telling how many people the newly formed legion will actually have in the end - anyway, if we are going to fight White Deer Fortress, it can be said that the insufficient number of soldiers will be "dead in battle"...
Since when the legion was first formed, it had to have enough soldiers to be verified by the emperor. Therefore, in order to completely escape the sea of misery, Livius directly carried out a large-scale conscription.
And it is not recruiting volunteers, nor paying to recruit soldiers, but forcibly recruiting strong men - after all, this is the only way to do it without spending money.
In the first week after he took office, he forcibly recruited more than 2,000 people from various villages including Yimeier Village.
I almost grab a young man when I see one...
By the way, they also 'found' a lot of villagers' property and food, including some young and beautiful women.
If it was just a forced conscription of troops, this would be excusable. In any case, it was for the emperor's order, and Baxian would not refuse to join the army to fight.
In addition, the current Aier County consul has changed from the kind-hearted Godric to Li Ang - the lord has been deliberately conveyed as a monster by Emperor Marius. Baxian around the front line are quite afraid of White Deer Fortress, and of course they will not care too much about military expansion.
But this kind of forcibly arresting strong men and robbing property and women is too disgusting.
Livius's bandit behavior completely angered the tribunes of each village, and also offended General Clerion.
This general who was a plague exterminator directly called Livius a "humanoid plague" and even directly led his troops to attack him.
The two sides almost had a large-scale firefight, but it ended with Livius's troops voluntarily withdrawing Shield Wind Fortress.
Livius didn't expect the resistance here to be so fierce, so he restrained himself a little and reluctantly returned the property of the women and villagers.
But from then on, the surrounding villages and towns were determined not to provide supplies to Livius's troops, and would even expel his troops when they saw them.
Those farmers who were forcibly recruited also had a lot of opinions against Livius. Every day there were people running away secretly - Livius arrested people to "join the army" but did not pay military pay. Everyone would have opinions...
Therefore, Livius has been hiding in Shield Wind Fortress recently, not daring to show his face to avoid being shot in the dark. He just plans to wait until His Majesty the Emperor quickly allocates military funds to himself.
However, after finally waiting for a month, His Majesty the Emperor did receive a response, but the response was only one sentence...
"Don't expand the army privately!"