Rise of the Lord of Mount and Blade

“Are you the Viscount Richard Vareen?”

Amy Walker, who looked at the young nobleman on horseback and led the soldiers out of the wooden fort, asked .

“Yes, if I guessed correctly, you should be Amy Walker Knight?” Richard nodded and asked rhetorically.

Walker nodded, stroking his chest again, and said gratefully: “My Lord Viscount, thank you for your timely rescue. If it weren’t for you, we might be going through a fierce battle.”

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Richard slightly smiled, waved his hand, did not take this matter to heart, he said: “I am your prince, I have an obligation to protect your safety.”

When he finished, he turned around, and then said: “Walker, I have heard about your performance over the years. You have done a good job. You deserve to be Touraine Knight.”

“As a Knight, protect civilians. It’s my duty and responsibility.” Walker replied humbly.

His attitude made Richard very satisfied. Richard patted his shoulders as a sign of encouragement. This seems a bit counterintuitive, but although the opponent is a decade older than Richard, he can face the status gap. , He still had to accept Richard’s actions with a smile.

Behind Walker, the civilians of Dema Village also walked out of the wooden castle in small groups after learning that the Heretic had been beaten away. They cuddled each other and took a first look after walking out of the city gate. What they saw was the flag of the Vareen family held by the soldiers of the Blatai leader. They were very familiar with this flag, because the flag that was hung during the reign of Viscount Noel was the flag of the Vareen family.

Speaking of speaking, although Viscount Noel is a sideline of the Vareen family, he is not at all strong enough to create a new branch, so he cannot use the new family banner. The main lines use the same flag together. (Refer to the family setting of Crusader King 3 here)

Looking at the familiar banner, the villagers’ emotions are a bit complicated. They unconsciously think of the fat silhouette of Viscount Noel. And guessed what kind of relationship the young viscount and the former viscount had in front of them, but soon they suppressed their minds and bowed to Richard under the leadership of the middle-aged village chief with a black scarf on his head. .

“Are these villagers from the whole village?”

Looking at the villagers who came out one after another, Richard asked Walker on the side.

“This is not true. There are some freemen and serfs in my manor. The villagers’ words do not rule out that some people have separated from us when they evacuated.” Walker thought for a while, replied .

“Then do you know how many villagers are there?” Richard continued to ask.

“It should be close to four hundred people, right.” Walker said hesitantly. He also knew that this number sounds a bit unimaginable, so he explained: “It’s mainly because of bandits, plus From time to time, people have defected to the Qi Family in Laertai or other places, so Dema Village has only grown so many people in the past two years.”

“Ah this…”

Richard is a bit speechless. Dema Village and Anke Village are a bit similar. There are villagers who move out of the village from time to time. Although Anke Village is not as serious as banditry, the poor living environment has caused many villages to move to other places. Most of them went to live in Laertai Town, and because of this, the population of Laertai Town has increased, while the population growth rate of other villages is extremely slow.

While speaking, Kiplin, the mayor of Dema Village, came over. He just heard the conversation between the two, so he courageously interjected: “My lord, in the demographics at the beginning of the year, There are still 403 people in Dema Village, but in the past few months, robbers have often attacked us, and the villagers have fled to death. I am afraid that there are only more than 380 people left.”

“Didn’t you build the wooden fort, how can you die so many?” Richard frowns asked. In just six months, almost two dozen people died. If this is a few years later, Dema I am afraid that the village will not die, even if the growth rate is negative, it will not be so cruel.

Kipling gave a wry smile and said: “The wooden castle can only protect those who escaped. If you are not lucky, you can only watch your fate.”

“Tsk.” Richard wanted to ask if Viscount Noel wouldn’t take care of it, but he hadn’t spoken yet. After thinking about it, even the bandits around Fort Loffey were so arrogant, let alone this. In the village far away on the border, Viscount Noel couldn’t control it even if he wanted to.

He swallowed the words that came to his mouth again. He looked towards the villagers and said: “Let the villagers go back to the village first and converge the corpses in the village. Remember to repair and repair the walls. Heretic is short. It won’t be here again in time.”

After that, no matter how Kiplin and Walker responded, he asked the soldiers to pack the corpses of the Baileys and prepare to bring them to the border. Walking in the direction, watching him look like this, Walker suddenly understood what Richard wanted to do, and he was stunned, thinking that the rumors about Richard were not rumors.

While asking the soldiers to clean up the bodies, Richard is also considering whether all the villagers in Dema Village should be moved to the interior. It is too close to the border, so close that he only needs to walk a half. Within an hour, you can enter the territory of the Kingdom of Bailey. If a war breaks out between the two countries, Dema Village will be the first to be burned and looted by Bailey’s army.

It is not a simple matter to move the villagers out of the entire village. First of all, he must consider where the villagers will stay after the migration, and secondly, they must be well guarded during the migration to avoid anyone walking. When you walk, you will fall behind, and finally the resettlement work of the villagers must be in place after arriving at the destination. If they are allowed to move to other villages and towns, construction of the houses they live in must start ahead of schedule, and both building materials and manpower are expenses.

Richard thought for a while and decided to go back to the town of Laertai to talk to the mayor of Pearson. The town of Laertai finally got out of the trouble of banditry. The demand should still be quite large, so he believes Mayor Pearson It shouldn’t be rejected.

Of course, more importantly, there are still some vacant unoccupied houses in Laertai Town. If the villagers of Dema Village move over, they will be able to accommodate some people first. , And then build the houses as quickly as possible.

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Out of curiosity about Richard, a young nobleman known as the “piercer”, Walker was very curious, so instead of going back to his manor, he left the matter to The butler handled it, and I took his young servant with him to “see the world” behind Richard.

It just so happened that Richard also took this opportunity to chat with Walker, inquiring about the situation of the border over the years, and why he was a little curious about why he was kind to Noel and was also canonized to the dangerous border.