On the last day of October, Royal Noble Council's messenger came to Wheat Fragrance Territory.
This is to issue an edict.
Li Ang's pioneering verification report was handed in in advance by Godric - Godric reviewed it very sloppily. It was just a black-box operation. He didn't even come over to take a look...
Moreover, he did send a group of archers to 'assist Wheat Fragrance Territory in protecting the caravan'.
But Li Ang always felt that this was because Lord Baron was afraid that he would take the money and run away, so he sent him to keep an eye on him - the leading archer seemed to be the same one who 'escorted' him when he went to White Deer Fortress last time.
Of course, the lord has no intention of running away. Moreover, Wheat Fragrance Territory is actually developing well, and it can pass the review even if it insists on it.
Witnessed by a large number of merchants and a small group of citizens, Li Ang is about to become a real baron.
The reason why it is said "soon" is because he must go to the king to swear allegiance before the knighthood is officially established.
The face-to-face ceremony of allegiance is a necessary process.
"Li Ang Mr. Griffin has made great contributions to the expansion of the territory of the kingdom and the protection of the country and the people. He intends to confer Lord Li Ang as Baron Wheat Fragrance Territory. Please present this edict to see His Majesty the King immediately."
The messenger of Royal Noble Council finished reading these words and handed the scroll in his hand to Li Ang.
The scroll's seal is stamped Royal Noble Council, and the coat of arms on the cover is Fleur-de-lis pressed with silver foil. It doesn't look gorgeous at all.
Seeing Li Ang put away the scroll, the messenger smiled kindly at him.
Only then did Li Ang recognize that this was the retinue of Count Oden, whom he had seen when he went to Noble Council.
"Earl-sama, are you okay?"
Li Ang asked casually.
The guard looked around and whispered, "Master Earl just resigned from his job at Noble Council not long ago and returned to Brave Shield Fortress to lead the troops and prepare for war..."
As he spoke, he approached Li Ang and his voice became softer. "Lord Li Ang, Master Earl asked me to tell you that you'd better stay with him in this war."
Li Ang nodded, took the servant's hand and shook it. "Please thank Master Earl for me! Thank you for your hard work!"
In his hand is a handful of gold coins.
The servant held Li Ang's hand tightly and smiled sincerely, "My lord is young and promising, and will surely become the pillar of the kingdom... My personal suggestion, lord, is that it is best not to let your troops go to the front line this time."
"Thank you! My friend, please write to me often."
Li Ang nodded with a smile and watched the retinue leave.
Not long after Noble Council's retinue left, a knight brought the king's summons order.
This is Lion Knight, who comes from King Ulrich.
He did not speak, but held up Golden Lion Banner and handed the summoning order to Li Ang, and then continued to rush to White Deer Fortress without stopping.
'Please see the lords of the kingdom who have received this order and lead their troops to assemble at Seven Forks Fortress, Marshal Lionheart Kingdom orders.'
The coat of arms above is a golden lion - this is the king's summons. It looks much more advanced than the imperial decree. It even uses gold foil to suppress the coat of arms. Li Ang almost wants to pick off the gold foil...
The king has officially summoned the lords to prepare for the war, so it seems that the oath and sealing ceremony can be completed smoothly.
In fact, even without Count Oden's reminder, Li Ang had no intention of charging into the battle to grab the credit.
Because he hasn't had time to turn all the dinars he got into immediate combat power.
He hasn't had time to recruit troops yet, and he still only has a few people under his command.
Just because there were many merchants coming, he bought a batch of heavy two-handed broadswords and heavy crossbows from those merchants, as well as several full-coverage lightweight helmets.
Originally, we had ordered more standard equipment and planned to arm the people in the area, but it would take time to build the equipment, and the summoning order had already arrived.
Fortunately, just as Li Ang imagined, the tough men Meitengheim immediately upgraded to 'Meitengheim Great Swordsman' after getting the new two-handed swords and lightweight helmets, and their proficiency was already sufficient.
The crossbowmen were all replaced with heavy crossbows and upgraded to 'Armored Crossbowman' - the word 'employment' disappeared. From the moment they received the shares, they all swore allegiance and became the army of Wheat Fragrance Territory.
Meitengheim Great Swordsman,10/10;
Armored Crossbowman,17/17;
Pendor Recruit,30/30;
Li Ang summoned 30 subjects, all of whom were pure recruits, but they were not used for fighting - the lord asked these subjects to use all the Gatu Horse in their hands to take away more than twenty carts of goods...
Each of these new recruits now has a lofty new title-'Company Manager'.
Because, Wheat Fragrance Group's large-scale commercial activities are about to be officially launched...
"Everyone, the good opportunity to make a fortune has come now!"
When the team of White Deer Fortress passed by Wheat Fragrance Territory, the lord led a troop of about 60 people and a caravan of more than 800 people, and together with the team of Godric, they began to move toward Seven Forks Fortress...
The lords who saw this army along the way were dumbfounded. Who the hell is this? The army looks stronger than the king! Look at the back of the army. There are hundreds of 'baggage vehicles' alone!
What kind of strength does it take to dispatch such a large force!
In order to keep enough White Deer Fortress defenders, Godric actually only brought three hundred people, but combined with the nearly a thousand people and hundreds of large vehicles behind Li Ang, it looked like a main force!
So the little lords or knights along the way approached this "main force" to seek a sense of security, and were then called over by Godric to move forward together.
After arriving near Seven Forks Fortress, the size of this 'troop' actually exceeded two thousand people!
Other lords who had already camped near the fortress and were waiting saw this and joined this army one after another - they thought this was the king's army...
After all, a team of this size is really not something that an ordinary lord can create...
So, Lord Li Ang took the opportunity to start selling...
"Everyone, is it boring during the expedition? Are you still used to the days without good wine? Is the dry military ration hard to swallow? Do you feel that the days of the expedition are boring? Come on, welcome to Wheat Fragrance Group!"
It is certainly quite hard for the lords to lead their troops on an expedition, especially the boring wait before the marshal arrives.
Many lords have been waiting here for a while - they are all lords relatively close to Lion City or Seven Forks Fortress, and the summoning order was first passed to them.
But they can only keep feeding mosquitoes in the wilderness because the marshal who sent troops this time - King Ulrich has not arrived yet.
King, it's not a matter of distance... the boss is the last one to arrive.
The lords and soldiers who came early could only wait in the military camp, where the food and clothing were not very good - Seven Forks Fortress was not a city, but a pure military fortress, with nothing in it except the thousands of gentlemen stationed there.
There is no place to buy towels nearby.
So the various subsidiaries of 'Wheat Fragrance International Group' brought them food, wine, daily necessities, and even entertainment venues...
Of course, the price is indeed a little bit higher...
But since it has been shipped thousands of miles away, it's not too much to charge more for shipping, right?
If you are not satisfied, you can go to Lion City more than 300 miles away for consumption - of course, you deserve to be recorded as a deserter if you leave the military camp without permission.