A Lucrative Assignment!

There were no cars or airplanes in this world. Crossing deserts and the Gobi was something one could only accomplish on foot.

Although the small principalities in the northwest had camels, the Northern Principality did not.

To prevent invasion by the great principalities, those small principalities refused to sell desert camels to the Onyx Principality or the Northern Principality.

When Rakoff received this lottery result, his face turned green.

The other counts looked at him pityingly.

The checkpoints that were four or five days away might at least yield some small gains.

But Rakoff's checkpoint would probably leave him doing nothing but staring blankly.

After the drawing was complete, the day's meeting ended. As for how many men to send, each family would decide for itself.

Bernard returned to camp and immediately summoned all his vassals.

After explaining the benefits of garrisoning the checkpoint, Bernard began laying out his arrangements. All the vassals below stretched their necks as they waited.

This was a lucrative assignment. As long as things proceeded as originally planned, even if the population captured afterward had to be handed over truthfully, a little maneuvering would still let them skim quite a bit of profit.

For example, they could search the prisoners and secretly keep some of their money and valuables.

For example, they could also secretly keep some of the prisoners' armor and weapons.

These people had fled Oak City for their lives. They certainly would not be carrying few possessions.

Even if they had no valuables, embezzling a few people would still bring a profit.

"This time, the Tulip Family drew a valley terrain. The mountain passage is not particularly wide, so I intend to send roughly a thousand men to garrison it."

"As for who will be stationed there, I have already decided.