Chapter 11 11 Hey, I'm Back Again

Chapter 11 Hey, I'm back again

To solve the problem of lack of manpower, Roning thought about it and found two main ways.

The first is to spend money to buy slaves.

Slavery in this world has not been abolished. On the contrary, basically every city has a slave house.

Roning took out a map from the carriage and looked at it. On the way from Wushan City to Shanlin Town, he would pass through many noble territories. If he really wanted to buy slaves, he should be able to buy some in many territories.

But if you want to say which city is the most suitable, there are only two. The first is the largest city near Shanlin Town, Muma City;

The second is Wushan City, which he just left.

"Go to Muma City to buy? Or go back to Wushan City to buy?"

Roning knocked on the carriage and fell into a long period of thinking.

Of course, in addition to buying slaves, there is another way to expand manpower, which is to recruit with money.

Roning can spend money to hire some people to Shanlin Town.

It's just that recruiting is not something that can be done by just choosing a city. First of all, he needs the consent of other lords.

Because in essence, the people belong to the lord's wealth. If Ronin recruits them privately without the lord's permission, it will violate the lord's regulations. In serious cases, the other party can use this as an excuse to start a war.

After thinking about it, Ronin still set his sights back on Wushan City.

Whether buying slaves or hiring civilians, returning to Wushan City is the best choice.

He believed that even if he privately recruited a group of people in Wushan City to go to Shanlin Town, Lulans would probably not ask, and Wiggins would probably turn a blind eye and just hope that he would take the people away quickly.

But if he wanted to turn back, today's journey would be in vain.

"If I really want to go back, I can consider asking the Earl for some more."

To put it bluntly, he wanted manpower, but he didn't want to spend money.

What can he do? He can only shamelessly "borrow" from Wushan Castle.

"Simply selling misery and playing the emotional card is obviously not feasible. Is there any other way?"

Ronin pondered for a long time.

First, it was the nine guards arranged by Wiggins who betrayed him. It would be reasonable for him to go back and replace them with a new batch, right?

After this idea came to his mind, he couldn't stop, and finally decided to return to Wushan Castle.

What good horse doesn't eat the grass behind it? As long as the grass behind is delicious, what does it matter whether it turns back or not?

After the guards fed the horses and everyone hastily finished their meal, Roning waved his hand: "Chahar, tell the convoy to turn around, let's go back to Wushan City!"

"Ah?"

Chahar was stunned, "Master, are we not going to Shanlin Town?"

"Of course, I suddenly remembered that there is an important thing to do!"

Although Chahar was still confused, he did not continue to ask, and quickly passed on the baron's order.

The five betrayers immediately became uneasy when they heard that they were going back to Wushan City. If Roning went back and handed them over to Wushan Castle, wouldn't they be finished?

But when they saw Knight Macken riding a warhorse, they had no intention of running away at all.

The carriage swayed, and after more than four hours, the convoy passed through Wushan City and arrived outside Wushan Castle.

Roning did not choose to buy slaves in the city, but chose to go back to the castle first to try his luck. If he could get resources, wouldn't it save money?

Seeing his figure, the guards guarding the castle gate were stunned.

"Sir, what are you doing?"

The guards guarding the gate were full of question marks. Didn't this young master go out in the morning? Why did he come back in the evening?

Roning frowned and snorted, "Go tell Earl Wiggins that the 'elite soldiers' he arranged for me are all traitors, and they actually assassinated me on the way!"

"What?"

The guards guarding the gate thought he had heard it wrong. There were traitors among the guards of Wushan Castle, and they wanted to assassinate the eldest grandson of the Wushan family?

The five traitors who were temporarily spared by Roning seemed to fall into an ice cave when they heard this sentence, and their faces changed suddenly.

Sure enough, the worries on the way back really became a reality, and the baron still did not let them go.

"Sir, spare me, sir, spare me!" They knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Roning did not look at them again. He would not kill them. He would only hand them over to Wushanbao.

As for how Wushanbao would treat them, that was not his concern.

"McKen, Chahar, follow me to see my Marquis."

Roning said as he walked into Wushanbao, "These traitors will be handed over to your guards, don't let them run away."

"Don't worry, sir!"

The guards at the gate immediately controlled the five traitors, and one of them quickly ran into the castle, probably to tell Wiggins about the matter.

Roning did not delay for a moment and rushed to Lulans's small building.

"Grandpa, Grandpa!"

He shouted as he walked, and his expression began to panic.

"Master Luo Ning?"

The old butler Moster came up to him in surprise, "Didn't you leave in the morning? Why are you back again?"

Luo Ning's acting skills were completely on point. He asked anxiously, "Where is my grandfather? I want to find him!"

"Ah... the master is in the house." Moster made way and prepared to let Luo Ning in.

But at this time, Marquis Lulans had already walked out of the house to the courtyard with a cane.

"I can hear your shouting in the house. What's wrong? Why are you back again?"

The Marquis was wearing a robe and seemed to have just gotten out of bed.

Luo Ning hurriedly stepped forward, "Grandpa, the guards sent by my father actually assassinated me on the way!"

As he spoke, he held Rulans' hand and couldn't help but tremble, "I suspect, I suspect they were ordered by my father, who wants to kill me!"

Rulans' expression changed. Wiggins was so confused that he wanted to kill his own son?

"You fart!"

Before anyone arrived, the sound arrived first. Count Wiggins, who had rushed over, heard from a distance that Luo Ning was wronging him, and his roar made him want to lift the roof off.

"I wish you could die outside, but I don't have enough time to arrange for someone to kill you!"

When the words fell, Wiggins had already arrived in the courtyard.

Although he was only a senior knight and his strength could not catch the eyes of the great nobles, the fighting spirit surging all over his body at this moment still put a lot of pressure on Luo Ning.

"Stop!" McCann took a step forward and stood in front of Luo Ning.

Wiggins snorted angrily, "Get out of here!"

He raised his leg and kicked McCann. McCann did not avoid it and raised his leg to fight back.

With a bang, their legs collided firmly together. The huge force made them unstable and they stumbled back at the same time.

"Are you okay?"

Ronin quickly supported McCann, and it was obvious that Wiggins had the upper hand in this blow.

This is not surprising. After all, the opponent is a senior knight, while McCann is a junior.

If Wiggins had just used his full strength, or even used his fighting spirit, and McCann had taken it so hard, he would have been in bed for several months.

"Who are you?" Wiggins frowned and asked coldly.

A strange light flashed in the eyes of Lu Lans on the side, and he thought to himself: Why is there a knight beside Luo Ning? And looking at the performance of this knight, although the level is not high, the foundation is relatively solid.

His grandson made his eyes light up again.

"Come in and talk."

The old Marquis turned around and walked towards the house, "If you move something in the courtyard and spread the word, the nobles outside will think that our Wushan family is going to turn against us!"

"snort!"

Wiggins shook his robe angrily and followed him into the house.

Luo Ning asked McCann to check it, and after finding that there was nothing serious, he followed him in.

The three parties sat down, and Lu Lansi said: "Luo Ning, please tell me clearly what happened today. Why do you suspect that your father wants to kill you?"