Chapter 103 Honeysuckle and Elk (Part 2)

Pelor leaned toward the crowd. "What happened?" he asked. One novel ≤≦＜≦≦﹤

"Lord Hermon," someone saw the honeysuckle family crest on his chest, "we are talking about the lord of Border Town. He confiscated the property of the fortress nobles in the town."

"Just call me Pei Luo, what's the specific situation?"

"Let me explain to Mr. Pedro." Simon pushed forward, showing a flattering smile, "That's right, we are ordered by the Duke to live in Border Town and manage the North Slope Mine on behalf of the Lord. Every year In winter, we will bring the townspeople back to Longsong Stronghold to protect them from evil beasts. This year, the month of demons ends, and one of my colleagues, Koris of the Fletcher family, was actually told by the lord of Border Town that his house It has been demolished by the townspeople without any compensation!"

"Either admit that the house does not belong to you, or send you to prison and hang you for treason," he imitated the words of the fourth prince Roland, "listen, sir, what is treason? Everyone will do."

Pei Luo couldn't help recalling the appearance of the young gray man. Although the outside world had spread the prince extremely badly, in terms of the two contacts he personally experienced, Roland Wimbledon was by no means an ordinary person. And the crime of defection in this handling method was just a random reason given by the other party—the prince never thought of convincing these people with reason.

He has already completely broken with Longsong Fortress, Petrov thought, or thought about it a little deeper, wouldn't the prince know that the townspeople and nobles would go to the fortress for refuge every year? Obviously not. He knew it clearly, but he wanted to impose a crime, force the other party to make a choice, and let the other party send back such a brutal treatment result to Longsong Fortress. What exactly does the prince want to do?

"But he is the lord of Border Town," said the person who laughed at Simon earlier, "the lord has the right to rule the laws in the territory."

"Border Town is also under the jurisdiction of the West Territory Commander!" Simon said in a cold voice with displeasure, "Don't you doubt Lord Ryan's authority? It is the Lord's intention to station the town to supervise the work of the mine. Now Roland puts all the nobles' Taking all the house as his own is an open confrontation with the six great families, Lord Ryan will never sit idly by."

"What are you talking about, the executioner who hanged Hills Meade and didn't even give him a letter?" Renn also came over at some point, "My father was furious about it."

"Lord Mede," Simon saluted, "it is this person. Now he is acting more rampantly. I am afraid that only the Duke can stop him. I hope you can convey it to us."

"Don't worry, Lord Ryan is ready to attack him regardless of whether it happened or not." Ren said nonchalantly, "I came back for this purpose, and my brother is negotiating a deal in Wangcheng. Only I can lead the elk family gone."

"Really? That would be great." Simon said happily.

Pei Luo frowned. Although he knew that since the document in winter came out, when His Royal Highness chose to stay in Border Town, there would be such a day sooner or later, but he did not expect that his friend would also put on armor to go into battle. Ignoring everyone's strange eyes, he pulled Renn aside and dissuaded him, "Don't go, that's the prince."

"I know he is a prince, the prince in the bump." Ren Meade patted Pei Luo on the shoulder, "Don't worry, Lord Ryan will not hurt a prince, maybe he will surrender as soon as we pass by Even if we want to resist, as long as we get on the horse and charge, the peasants and miners will all run away? The fourth prince can't wield a knife or a gun, so I guess he won't be able to hurt a single hair."

No, I was worried that you would be hurt by him...Peiro opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything. He knew that the other party would not believe him, because even he himself found it hard to believe that the prince could defeat the duke by relying on those miners The allied army of adults. But for some reason, he always felt uneasy.

"Master Peiluo, your father asked you to go back. He has something important to see you." A white-haired butler suddenly walked to Peiluo's side and whispered in his ear.

"I see," Pei Luo nodded, and after bidding farewell to Ren in advance, he and the housekeeper boarded the carriage and returned to Earl Honeysuckle's Mansion.

"Father." He walked into the study room, where Sharafi Hermon was writing something on the desk.

Hearing Pei Luo's voice, the earl didn't stop writing, "Go and collect the output, number of people and income of the territory and give them to me. I will arrange the spring expedition. Duke Lane's call-up order has come down, wait for the snow to melt. In the end, all five of us will provide knights and mercenaries for him to go to Border Town."

"How much will it cost?"

The count paused slightly, raised his head, "What's the matter, you never cared about this kind of issue before." He opened a letter beside the table, "At least twenty-five knights, as well as corresponding retinues and horses. Four mercenaries If there are ten people, they must be fully armed. If there are more than a hundred freemen or serfs, they should be equipped with simple weapons."

Pei Luo calculated in his heart that the five families would add up to about a thousand people, plus the Duke's own troops, which could already be regarded as an invincible force in the Western Region. Even if Longsong Fortress did not come out in full force, this team is not something that Border Town can resist. There were only over 2,000 people in total.

"Father, can you not go to the battlefield?" He hesitated, but still asked.

"What's the matter, child," asked the Count curiously.

"I fear for your safety."

Xia Lafei couldn't help laughing, "Do you know what you are talking about? How dangerous is it if an elephant tramples an ant to death? Your Royal Highness only has a few knights and a personal guard of less than fifty people, and our There are ten times as many people as him!"

Theoretically, this is indeed the case, and Pei Luo would have thought so before meeting His Highness. But... "Father, everyone said that the muddy city wall would collapse when it rained, but the city wall built by His Royal Highness did not exist. They also said that the miners in Border Town alone could not stop the evil beasts, but the prince Not only did His Highness achieve this, even by the end of the month of demons, no one escaped back to the fortress." The more he said, the more disturbed he felt, "Now, everyone thinks that the Duke's victory over Roland Wimbledon was just an elephant Run over an ant, father, is that really the result?"

"Enough!" Xia Lafei slammed the table down. Shaking his head, he stood up and walked to a wall where portraits of his ancestors hung. "It's normal that you prefer doing business and talking about business rather than fighting on horseback. But being a businessman doesn't mean you're timid! Those merchants who sail across oceans face the threat of death every day." He knocked on the wall and said loudly , "Look at this, your grandfather, your grandfather's grandfather, they all relied on swords and long bows to gain a foothold in this place full of wild beasts, refugees and bandits. It's amazing that you are so afraid of fighting I am disappointed!"

no father. Pei Luo lowered his head and stopped arguing, but muttered in his heart, you also know that is grandfather and grandfather's grandfather. Look at those powerful faces, and look at your baggy belt and overflowing double chin. Father, can you still get on the horse-drawn bow now? (To be continued.)