At 10 o'clock in the evening on the 18th, after communicating with Salt Mine, Landen finally met his father Hark·Gallop.
Landen came back in such a hurry because he wanted to discuss with his father why Count was in such a hurry to summon him.
"Count summons only a few things, raising taxes, going to war, and raising taxes for the sake of war." Hark is very clear about Count's routine. As long as there is good news, it is explained in the letter. Only bad news is afraid that the vassals will slip away, so special summons are needed.
Count's letter was only sent to Landen. Now Landen is the leader of the Gallop Family. The whole family does not need to go to such a meeting. Landen is enough to represent two territories.
"Didn't we just finish the fight two months ago?" Now Landen is not afraid of the war, but feels a little strange.
"Hey, you were young and didn't have much experience before. In fact, there would be wars every year. After sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn, the lords would prepare for war. Anyway, idle time is idle, so it should be a relief." Hark said it without paying much attention.
"When you have free time, do you start fighting in the village? Are you a lord or a street kid? Besides, I don't have that much free time. If you really have nothing to do, you can come over and help me collect salt." Landen kept complaining in his heart.
"We Count will still take our vassals out to fight?"
"Generally there are three directions, Frost-Wolf Forest in the north, Gallop Plains in the west, and the Lizardman tribe in the south." Hark continued to analyze, "We are Pioneer Noble, we have to develop from time to time, otherwise Kingdom should take back the development rights."
"Hi" Hark looked at Landen and knew that he didn't want to get involved. He smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, you. Our two territories have just experienced a war. As a rule, we will not participate in the war in the coming year. And now that there is no war on Gallop Plains, the remaining two directions are too far away from us, and we can't afford the excitement."
Hark said with a smile, "I guess I'm asking you to dance this time. Bristle-Wolf House holds various dances every spring and invites all the vassals."
"Then why don't you and big brother go there?" Landen was holding the letter from Count, a little confused.
"No, you are the most powerful vassal under Count. If you don't show up, you won't give him face." Hark knows his boss very well. "And if he really wants to fight, he will have to buy cheap equipment from you."
"In this case, I would like to ask you to take more care of Rothe Territory during this period." Landen The stall is too big now, but there are too few people. Many things involving core interests can only be asked to help keep an eye on the things involving core interests. "Pete will transport a new batch of salt before the end of the month."
"I understand, our caravan will set off at the end of the month, and we must deliver this batch of salt before the new quarter."
As the father and son reached an agreement, Landen took out a small bottle of potion from Space Ring and handed it to Hark.
"Father, this is Intermediate Potion. It was given to me by the church before. I think it should be given to one of the two brothers."
"Intermediate Potion!" Hark stared at the Glass bottle in Landen's hand and couldn't help but swallowed, "You didn't promise them anything, did you?"
Hark wants to take it but dare not take it. Generally, Intermediate Potion is a reward given by the great nobles to the young people of the family. Each bottle of medicine requires the young people to work for many years to obtain it.
"No way, this is as a reward for annihilating Gray Goose." Landen gave the potion to his father, "Let's see who can take it. I believe this is not the last bottle I will get."
February 24th, Girislav's most Western Count Territory place, Blivinoyansk City, Count's Mansion.
Western Region Count Larzan Ka Troll is pacing back and forth in the luxuriously decorated Study. Larzan has a gray and white beard, and his right hand wearing seven Gemstone rings is constantly twirling his beard.
"Sir, sir!" Just as Count was pacing, his Family Scholar ran in like crazy, "Sir Count, there has been a fight up front, and our Knight Order is progressing very smoothly."
"Yevier How is it over there?" Larzan stared at the scholar closely.
"Yevier Great Knight is also going very smoothly. Their Knight Order has successfully penetrated into the core part of Frost-Wolf Forest. We should be able to open the channel to Gallop Plains in April, no, even before March."
"His Majesty is right, this is an armed parade. Not only can we capture Frost-Wolf Forest in a few months, we can even get a share of Gallop Plains." Ka Troll rubbed his hands excitedly, and several Gemstone rings collided with each other, making a "ding... ding" sound.
"Yes, sir, most of the Beastmen tribes in Frost-Wolf Forest have been bought by us, and the remaining tribes are completely vulnerable!" The scholar also kept trying to please, "We should now plan how to control the entire forest within a few months and how to manage those Beastmen!"
"Hahahaha" Count let out a rough laugh, his eyes narrowed to a slit. "Tell those worried nobles that we don't need to mobilize the Knight of each family at all. We can easily win the victory just by relying on His Majesty and the Knight Order directly under the territory!"
At the same time, deep inside Frost-Wolf Forest, a team of 25 Girislav Knight were advancing rapidly. Their mission was to break through as far west as possible. It would be best to reach the Eastern Region border Lokirav Pass that passed through Frost-Wolf Forest and reached Gallop Plains in a few days.
The dim light in the forest, the dense trees, the occasional tree roots under the horses' hooves, and the branches sticking out all around made it impossible for this Knight Order to show its usual speed.
"Captain, are we lost?" a Knight said triumphantly, with a worried look on his face
"Impossible, Your Excellency said we should go all the way to the west, so we just keep walking." The leader of the group said calmly.
"Sir, my horse seems to be dying!"
"It's okay, change a batch." Knight Order is equipped with two war horses per person and a batch of draft horses. It is the most luxurious level in the entire border area, although the war horses are just ordinary horses.
According to the requirements, speed is the most important. Tired horses will temporarily carry lighter supplies. If they are injured or tired, they can only be abandoned on the road.
Knight Order Just walked around all the way into the night.
"Master, this forest is really weird. The forest path looks straight, but if you really walk on it, you will always get lost."
"Yeah, I feel like we've been going in circles a few times." Knight were chirping, their words full of worries about this operation.
"It's okay, the whole forest is not long. We can get out in two or three days." Commander Knight Order comforted his subordinates. "We have found the river, we can just follow the river and get out."
The bonfire was jumping upward happily, and in the bushes downwind in the distance, a pair of beast-like eyes were staring at the team of Knight.