Rise of the Lord of Mount and Blade

Hearing what Richard said, Flower could only laughed helplessly, and then he seemed to remember something suddenly, looked around, and then used what only the two of them could hear Said the volume.

“Lord, when you were on the march, our guards caught a villager who behaved strangely. After interrogation, he admitted that he was going to inform the robbers.”

“What?”

Richard was surprised, but he didn’t expect that someone would want to inform the robber.

“Who is that person?” he asked.

“It is Aiden who lives at the entrance of the village, a bakery worker.” Flower said with a bitter smile, ashamed of his own villagers who did such a thing.

Richard was silent for a while and asked: “What do you mean, how to deal with it?”

“Although I don’t want to admit it, this is an extremely serious betrayal. I think you It should be dealt with seriously to prevent similar things from happening.”

“Then do as you say.” Richard nodded, “According to the laws of the kingdom, lock him with wooden shackles and show him in the square for three days, then Then take it to Laertai Town and hang it.”

“Yes, my lord.”

……

This villager named Aiden is not at All was taken to heart by Richard. Long before the expedition, he asked the Mayor of Flower to take precautions to prevent this from happening. After all, the three-year tax exemption was extremely temptation for the villagers, and it was difficult to keep anyone. Will not hesitate to link up with robbers who have been hostile for this.

And it turns out that someone would do such a stupid thing.

But this also sounded a wake-up call for Richard and made him reflect on whether it was wrong for him to make promises to the villagers and attach gambling agreements without any preparation. , If he did it again, he would not be so impulsive.

……

It takes a long time to measure the land and allocate it. Taking advantage of this time, Richard led the soldiers with two vehicles carrying linen and animal skins. The furry carriage, along with the seven captured horse bandits, embarked on the road to the town of Laertai.

Richard only feels that since he came to the territory, he has no chance to stop and rest like a spinning top. He is either busy fighting bandits or going to town to deal with things, and he has to do everything himself.

This may be the fate of not being able to do it. Richard on horseback sighed to himself, thinking like this in his heart. He glanced at the soldiers who were escorting the carriage and the horse bandits awkwardly behind him. He was inexplicably agitated.

At this moment, Simon who was next to Richard suddenly spoke.

“Lord Sir, although I think you should have no shortage of soldiers, I still want to say that I can actually contact some veterans who have retired with me and invite them to come and serve you.”

“oh?” Richard gave him a surprised look, but didn’t immediately agree, and asked: “How many of them were discharged for what reason?”

“There are ten Five people, they were all retired from the Battle of Cajon with me. As you know, after the catastrophic defeat in Cajon, King Your Majesty decided to negotiate a peace with Trokia heretic, and those who separated after the fiasco The soldiers were left unattended, so naturally they retired and went home.”

They said they were retired, but Richard knew it was almost a deserter.

“Why are you talking about this suddenly?” Richard tilted his head to look at him, and asked with a smile.

Simon looked calm and said: “After they went home, they were not retired through formal channels, so they have been bullied by local landlords or lords. I was thinking instead of waiting until they could not bear to become gangsters. A member of, it is better to invite them to live here, you can also call them to fight for you at any time.”

“I think their lord will not agree.”

“They are all free people, and the local lords have no power to restrict their activities, so if you agree, I will leave now.”

Seeing Simon being so eager, Richard chuckled lightly and said:” You can go if you want, and wait until Laertai to leave, but you must remember to come back safely.”

“Yes, Sir Alex.”

……

Less than a week later, Richard came to Laertai again, perhaps because the nearby bandits were suppressed. Compared with the former lifelessness, this town is obviously much more lively, with many civilians growing up. The opened city gates pass by, and there are obviously many working farmers in the cultivated farmland outside the town. On the banks of the Laertai River not far from the town, there are also faint silhouettes of many human activities.

However, Richard noticed that their range of action would still not be too far from the city wall.

The guards guarding the city gate happened to be the same two men last time. They were very impressed with Richard, the new lord, and Richard brought not only 21 soldiers, but also two carriages. With the seven Berry people who were tied up, so immediately after seeing him at the first glance, one of them turned and ran into the town to report to the mayor.

The remaining older soldier did not stop Richard’s team, he respectfully saluted the Viscount, and then watched them slowly enter the town, some of the narrow gates barely could accommodate A carriage passes, so those civilians who want to get in and out can only retreat and pass after the Viscount’s team is finished.

The townspeople of Laertai looked at Richard, who was riding on horseback and walking in the forefront with curiosity, scrutiny, and respect. The young viscount did not put on his armor and went out. He only wore a suit. A black expensive patriarch gown made of good fabrics. The corners of the gown are inlaid with patterns painted by gold silk. This was taken by Richard when he left home. There is no such good clothes to buy in the poor place of Buratay. To.

Soon, most of the townspeople in Laertai knew that Viscount Stuart, who had wiped out the banditry, had come with captives, so many people ignored what they had at hand and agreed. Run to the street, wanting to see the demeanor of this young viscount. Not long after, many civilians were standing on both sides of the road to watch the excitement. They watched the young Viscount on horseback clicking one’s tongue in wonder, and watched the fully armed soldiers following Richard and being held there. The seven covered in dirt prisoners in the middle whispered to the people around them, and the whole street immediately became noisy.

Richard glanced over the crowds on both sides of the street, thought for a moment, waved to Simon, bent over and whispered to him, the latter was nodded, then took a step back and took a sharp breath, loudly shouted.

“Laltai townspeople, as you can see, these seven captured captives are the heretic from the kingdom of Berry who rode horses to harass us until now! Our heroic Viscount Lord I personally led the soldiers to defeat them and decided to bring them here for public execution on the town square this afternoon!”