"Nalant Your Excellency, the earl said that he hopes that you and the knights participating in the competition will be well prepared, because this birthday celebration is particularly grand, and guests from other territories in the principality will come to participate, including many heirs of great nobles!"
Seeing Nalant read the invitation, Piri added a sentence in a timely manner.
Such a birthday party has not been held for several years.
Stella went to school at Royal Capital Noble Academy in the past two years, so this time the Earl is planning to hold a grand celebration.
The invitation list includes all the nobles of the principality, big and small. As long as the nobles have friendship with the Tulip Family, all the nobles have received the invitation.
"Well, I understand! You go down with the servant to rest for a while. It's been a hard journey!" Nalant nodded and kept this information in his heart.
He understood what the earl meant by this special explanation.
The competition between their younger sons is considered as a competition for recruiting a son-in-law. Naturally, this time they have to work hard to show off at this banquet. Even if they don't have the ability to show off, at least they can't be too bad.
Otherwise, it would be an embarrassment to the Tulip Family. After all, after the Tulip Family revealed the news some time ago, the entire principality was in an uproar and discussed a lot.
And it's not just them, the second sons of vassals, who are greedy for Stella, the heirs of those big nobles are even more greedy than them.
Because even if these vassals really become the husband of Stella, they will only get limited benefits. Tulip Family will still have the surname Tulip.
But if the heirs of a big noble get Flower of Tulip, they have the ability to slowly change their surname to Tulip and then obtain all the wealth of the Tulip Family.
Of course, although Nalant wants to fight on his own, he still needs to do all the superficial work, otherwise the Earl has specifically told you that if you are not prepared, let alone the title, you will definitely be put in the shoes.
Time passed day by day, and although he learned that Stella's birthday would be in one month, Nalant had no time to think about that for the time being, because he needed to get through the immediate crisis first.
Storm Territory seems calm on the surface these days, but Nalant is also working very hard to prepare.
For example, outside Wheat Leaf Village, wooden arrow towers were rising from the ground.
These arrow towers are not high, only seven or eight meters, but they are very solid.
Each arrow tower is supported by three wooden piles with a diameter of fifty centimeters, and a platform above it can be used by two Longbowman at the same time.
"Tsk tsk! Nalant, you're wasting it! If you build such a strong arrow tower next to the village, you might as well build it on the edge of the territory. Then you just need to put wooden walls around it to become a defensive camp!"
Boris looked at the total of seven arrow towers and couldn't help but click his tongue. Although building wooden arrow towers does not cost much material resources, manpower is necessary.
After all, just transporting a tree stump that is more than ten meters long and fifty centimeters thick would require at least dozens of people.
"Boris, you also know that I only have more than 20 guards, so I have no plans to build a camp on the edge of the territory for the time being!"
Boris arrived yesterday evening, and since Night of Meteors is tomorrow, Nalant claimed that in order to allow Boris's men to better participate in the exercise, they would temporarily let them rest today to recuperate.
Boris naturally has no objection to this. Anyway, food and drink are provided by Nalant.
And taking advantage of today's time, Nalant also took Boris to check out the 'site' he had prepared for the exercise.
This Wheat Leaf Village arrow tower is one of the 'drill venues'.
In addition to the arrow tower, it is surrounded by trenches more than two meters deep. Only a wooden bridge can approach the arrow tower.
"Besides, you have forgotten that I captured some barbarians last time, so it is very easy for them to do these rough jobs!"
"I almost forgot! Your Excellency Nalant, what is going on with the barbarians and how many are there in number! Last time I was about to set off with my team!" After hearing the word "barbarian", Boris's attention was immediately diverted.
"There must be more than a hundred barbarians!" This matter could not be hidden from anyone, and Nalant was not prepared to hide it, so he said it immediately.
"What, more than a hundred barbarians, then Nalant how did you defeat them!"
Boris's eyes widened. He originally thought that there were at most twenty or thirty barbarians. Even this number would be a life and death crisis for Storm Territory. But now he heard that there were more than a hundred people. He thought Nalant was joking, but Nalant's expression was so serious.
"Actually, I didn't win. You also know that barbarians' brains are not very useful, so I used a little trick." Nalant smiled slightly, "My Storm Territory is connected to the sea, so there are a large number of Merman Sea Monster on the beach. I led the barbarians there and let Merman Sea Monster is fighting with the barbarians..."
Nalant deliberately concealed the matter of Slippery Flying Fish. This thing may sometimes be used as a secret weapon, so the fewer people who know about it, the better.
"This...Nalant, you are so wise!"
Boris was even more shocked than before. He didn't expect to be able to deal with barbarians like this.
Of course, although Nalant said it simply, he also knew that it must require careful planning, otherwise the barbarians are not stupid, and they will definitely turn around and run away when they see Merman Sea Monster!
So Boris really looked at Nalant at this time.
In the past, Nalant was a jealous and lucky neighbor in his heart, but now it seems that he has to add a bold motto.
"Boris, don't praise me! It's just good luck, otherwise I wouldn't have sent someone to ask you for help right away!" Nalant said modestly, "Let's go! Boris, I'll take you to the venue on the edge of Blazing Forest to check it out!"
Subsequently, Nalant took Boris directly to the edge of Blazing Forest, where it borders Quinte Territory.
At this time, large areas of the originally dense forest nearby had been cleared.
Originally, the place where we settled here was only a few meters wide on a dirt road, but now it is as big as several football fields.
Moreover, these cleared woods were not only on the territory of Nalant, but also a passage that was a hundred meters wide extending from Buffer Zone to the edge of Barony of Quinte.
Therefore, now standing on the territory of Nalant, you can directly see Quinte Territory on the opposite side.
Of course, when clearing the trees, Nalant did it secretly. After all, his Buffer Zone operation by sending people close to Quinte was considered a violation of the unspoken rules.
When Quinte discovered it the day before yesterday, Nalant had already completed the cleanup, but only cut down some trees, so Quinte had not negotiated with him yet.
"Boris, this is the second 'site' I prepared for the exercise. For this purpose, I specially cut down many trees in Buffer Zone. When we exercise, people from Quinte Territory will also be able to see it directly."
Nalant pointed to the open space inside Buffer Zone and explained to Boris.
"Well, Nalant, you really thought it through!" What Boris knew was that Nalant wanted to show Quinte his muscles and his ally.
So there is no surprise about what Nalant did.
After all, you have to show your strength to the other party. If there are trees in the middle blocking your view, what's the difference between ogling and ogling a blind man?
Thanks to book friend "keyeyes" for the tip!!!