"Everyone, thank you for coming here. To be honest, after we experienced such a war last winter, we really shouldn't continue fighting this year." On the morning of the 25th, all the vassals arrived at Bristle-Wolf City's Count's Mansion. In a hall, Lord Count was sitting on the chair in the center of the hall in full dress.
The vassals stand on the left side in front of Count. Landen, as one of Viscount among Count Territory, stands behind Viscount Elk and in front of the other Baron.
On the right side in front of Count are the captains of his family Knight, Bristle-Wolf Knights, and other branch members of the Bristle-Wolf Family.
Everyone in the hall was looking at Count, and Landen felt the dissatisfaction of the Baron people behind him, but everyone still said nothing.
"However, no matter what we have experienced, the war in the new year will not wait until we are ready. As lords, we have the responsibility to defend the land and protect the people, and we must always be prepared for war," Count continued,
"Gentlemen, just yesterday, on February 24, our neighboring country Girislav marched towards Frost-Wolf Forest on the pretext of suppressing bandits. Royal Capital received the message that they were going to conduct a special The bandit suppression operation will completely eliminate the Beastmen forces in the forest within a few months!" Count's words aroused the vigilance of the vassals. They knew that the so-called bandit suppression in neighboring countries was essentially to occupy the forest territory and gain greater territory.
"White-Owl Eldest Young Master and I have decided that we, Dragon Kingdom, must help in this matter, and we cannot let our neighbors eat up the entire forest! Except for the three territories of Rothe, Gallop, and Blue Magpie that were seriously affected by the war just a few years ago, all other territories need to be mobilized.
You don't have to worry, my Bristle-Wolf Knights will set off before the end of the month, and all the Knights will set off within three months, that is, before the end of May. We will try to occupy part of the forest before July!" Count finally finished the entire plan, and the vassals below began to discuss it.
"Sir, each of our families suffered considerable losses in the war at the end of last year. I'm afraid we won't be able to send too many troops." Viscount Elk was the first to complain.
The Viscount and Baron present are all veterans, and they all know the division of family power in the Kingdom. The Count in the White-Owl territory is controlled by Dusen King is responsible for it himself, and his family Count is probably getting together now to show favor to King's family.
Everyone doesn't mind if their Count takes the initiative and accepts the certificate. The problem is that you have to see if you can do it before you do it.
There are not only Beastmen gangsters in Frost-Wolf Forest, but also Girislav, Blue Dragon Family, Red Dragon Family, Palace Front Department, and Barbarian, which is unique to Frost-Wolf Forest, have a lot of power to hide dirt and evil. Girislav hasn't been cleaned out over the years, so why don't you just rush in?
No one in the hall was willing to say a word of support, and everyone obviously didn't want to rush into Great Forest and fight with Beastmen.
"Don't worry too much. We and the Count army in the north are not going to wipe out the entire Frost-Wolf Forest. Our current idea is to pick out one Beastmen tribe first and destroy it, occupying the surrounding forest land.
This group of Beastmen has a leader Minotaur, and there are only 20-30 people in the entire tribe. Count White-Owl has confirmed that he will send a group of 25 Knight Team E, I will work with them to form a squadron of 50 people. As long as we can disperse this group of Beastmen, it will be enough." Count is quite confident about this plan.
"Fernando will lead a small team of Bristle-Wolf Knights there. Your Knight will mainly play the role of garrison and clearing out stragglers."
Count saw that the vassals below still didn't take action, and smiled, thinking that they are really a bunch of people who have no profit and can't afford to be early.
"Don't worry, we won't let everyone's work go in vain. The family that contributes the most will be rewarded with a bottle of Intermediate Potion."
"Oh?" "Intermediate Potion?" The vassals below quickly made a move. Intermediate Potion is a good thing. If the descendants of the family do not live up to expectations, they will need this potion to ensure the level of the family heir.
"Sir Count, don't worry, we will definitely bring someone here in three months." Viscount Elk was the first to express his position.
"That's right, Master Count, we will definitely bring our own people. If you need us, we can come at the end of the month to build momentum for Fernando!"
In a lively atmosphere, the meeting ended, except Landen, who was a little confused.
"What does this... break up the meeting have to do with me? Why did you call me here? Why do you need me to come and listen when you don't need me to contribute?" Landen walked out very confused, but was invited to another room in the castle by Fernando·Bristle-Wolf.
"Landen Viscount, originally this war has nothing to do with you, so I called you here for the first territory meeting this year, and there will be a banquet in the evening. I will also hold a few dances in the next two days, so I invite you all to come over and have fun, and you can also get to know the children from other families." Count was still half-lying and talking. Different from the energetic look just now, he seemed to be just an old man spending his old age peacefully.
"Thank you for your generosity."
"One more thing. This time to conquer the bandits in the north, I want to buy 20 sets of Iron Armor and 25 horses of Black-Scaled Horse from you. Of course, I will buy them at the original price, so you will not suffer any loss."
"In addition, I bought a batch of grain from Wornat·Marquis Elk. Their old grain is cheaper. It's just less than two years old grain, which is cheaper than what I have in my warehouse. It will be delivered about next month. You can buy it directly when you send Iron Armor and the horses."
"Thank you, sir." Landen also doesn't quite understand why Count can always buy old grains, but why not buy cheap grains?
However, Landen is still not sure. Even if the food in the south can offset part of Iron Armor's price, the total cost is still quite large. How can such a stingy person like Count come from such a large sum of money?
"In addition, you should know that the empire has a department called Palace Front Department, right?" When mentioning this organization, old Count's eyes gleamed.
"Yes, I've heard of it."
"Stay away from them. What this department likes to do most is to sow discord between nobles."
Count watched Landen leave the room, and soon Butler from the Count's Mansion ran over to report.
"Sir, the two batches of Magic Plant exchanged from Frost-Wolf Forest have been configured into Magic Potion. According to estimates, they should be sold at Royal Capital 2000 Gold Coin, our Black Market can be sold for 2500 Gold Coin, and many of them are Magic Potion suitable for Warcraft."
"It's the two batches of Magic Plant that can be exchanged for salt, right?" Count glanced at Butler, "Very good, this month Derek will sell the remaining two batches of salt to the southern forest. The Magic Plant that can be exchanged for salt from the Lizard Tribe tribe is even rarer."
"Yes, sir." Butler of Count is responsible for the finances of the entire Count family. He knows that since the end of last year, Count Bristle-Wolf's financial situation has suddenly improved, thanks to the Viscount who just left.