Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 23 Glorious Homecoming
Herme was very busy that night, it could be said that she was extremely busy.

But the results are gratifying, very gratifying.

But he also paid the price for this. He and the atamans drank vodka so much that he almost lost his mind.

But fortunately, there are still benefits to drinking like this.

Because of this wave of crazy drinking, he got a lot of preferential terms.

That night Herme fell asleep on the bed and slept until noon the next day.

After waking up, Herme felt unwell all over, and the feeling of hangover was really bad.

He swore that in the future, he must stay away from such damn occasions, and stay away from that high-strength alcohol.

He felt as if he was drinking a knife after drinking this thing, and his whole body was extremely uncomfortable, it was simply suffering.

And drinking too much is easy to suffer from alcohol addiction, and it will be harmful to the body.

But fortunately, as the Baron of Sazarburg, there are not many occasions where he needs to drink like this, and once or twice can't hurt his body.

On the second day, Herme mainly participated in Bravin's meritorious deeds and rewards conference.

In this meeting, Hemei was completely a spectator. After all, his income was announced yesterday, and now it is mainly for the atamans and Cossacks.

The ceremony was very formal, referring to the short history of the Cossack Land, Braven obviously attached great importance to this distribution.

This is an important occasion for exercising his Hetman power, and the distribution of spoils is the authority that belongs to the ruler.

The first is to share what everyone deserves, which is mainly a formality.

After all, how could it be possible to hand over all the things that everyone snatched, and I must keep a lot in my hands.

Everyone knows this too, so it's just a passing scene.

Hemena's situation was too great, so everyone decided to give him a share of the spoils, and it can't be regarded as a common phenomenon.

Then it is to give more meritorious deeds, which is mainly because Bravin used his wealth to reward.

There were a lot of people who made meritorious service in the war, and after rounds of progress, an afternoon passed without knowing it.

Herme almost fell asleep during this process, because it was so boring to him.

Seeing the happy faces of those who were rewarded by Braven, Herme couldn't help but think that after this wave, his father-in-law's Gettleman position was indeed secured.

Of course the Cossacks had to smile, because as the first allocation, Bravin was very generous, and he took out half of his spoils as a reward.

It can be said that as long as they are meritorious persons, they can get rewards from Braven.

And everyone likes such a commander-in-chief, so Braven's reputation for generosity began to spread for a while.

"So much money was spent just like that. This Gettleman is really generous. Shouldn't it be better to keep things? Whether it's developing the territory or buying something, you need these things."

After seeing an ordinary Cossack get a full [-] sheep from Bravin, Vyato said puzzled.

In his opinion, this Gettleman is just throwing money away, not throwing money like money.

The young man had never seen such generosity in his hometown or in Sazarburg.

"Because that's how the Land of the Cossacks plays, Viator."

Herme said in the tone of an elder.

For a long time, Viato has been regarded by him as someone who needs to bring up a junior by himself, and this is indeed a junior.

So in many cases Herme would explain to him many things that he didn't understand.

"This is not the northern kingdom. In the north, most villages and towns can hardly escape their responsibilities and escape from the king's rule. But the land of the Cossacks is a completely different situation. The distances between the villages are too far away. It is difficult to effectively radiate the authority of the ruler, and it is very simple to ignore the ruler's answer. It is precisely because of this that a good reputation is so important here."

Since coming to the land of Cossacks, Herme has figured out the rules of this land.

The land of the Cossacks is vast and sparsely populated, and the population density is much lower than that of the northern countries. It is difficult for the rule of Ataman and Hetman to radiate to most people. Can't do anything, can't say anything.

We muster men and maintain rule not so much by rule as by reputation.

To put it simply, the development of the regime in the Cossack land is relatively low due to various reasons, so the essence of this place is to exchange reputation (prestige) for troops.

This is why, in the land of the Cossacks, there are moderate atamans, alcoholic atamans, and absurd atamans, but there is no ataman who is extremely tyrannical to the people. This kind of behavior is the way to death.

When Herme first arrived in Fort Sazar, she personally led people to hunt demons everywhere, just to make a good name for herself.

It takes a good reputation to be loyal, and he has indeed been rewarded.

Being a lord in the land of the Cossacks, only exploitation is not enough.

If you want to strengthen yourself, you have to find ways to let the people enjoy or feel the benefits you bring, and they will help you without hesitation.

This is the rule of the Cossack Land, otherwise you will be perfunctory.

"I didn't expect that you, an outsider, know a lot about the situation in the Cossack Land."

Katya's voice sounded, and the eldest lady walked to Hemei's side at some point.

It is also interesting to say that since the battle in Chezhen, the relationship between Katya and Hemei has undergone some reversals.

In the past, it was Herme who came to Katya's side from time to time, and said a few words with this young lady on the premise of not arousing resentment.

In the relationship between the two, Herme was the one who took the initiative.

But now, Katya would occasionally come to Herme's side and have a few words with him.

Although her mood was still as cold as before, Hermi was still very satisfied and finally took a step forward.

Herme is now very sure that Katya must have some other thoughts about herself, and his feeling on the battlefield yesterday was correct.

"Anyway, I've been a lord in the Cossack Land for so long, so I'm still clear about this." Hemei shrugged and said.

"So, what are you going to do next? Go back to your territory?"

Seemingly unintentionally, Katya asked Herme about her next plan.

"It should be. This nomadic invasion has been stopped. It is estimated that after the collapse of the grassland tribes is confirmed, Braven will disband the army. I have to go back to Fort Sazar. I have been away for so long."

Herme didn't mean to hide it, because everyone could see it.

"Well, I understand."

After leaving these words, Katya turned and left, leaving Herme and Viato standing there.

"Commander, this is... what's going on."

Seeing the tall figure leaving, Viato said in puzzlement.

This really made him feel a little confused, and he came here just to ask this?
"I don't understand either. I have never understood what this young lady is thinking."

Herme said subconsciously, with some doubts on his face, but beyond the doubts, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

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The subsequent development of the situation was indeed as Herme said, the army stayed in place for another three days.

After confirming that all the steppe tribes who invaded this time had retreated to the Haklan grassland, Braven disbanded the Cossack army.

In the past three days, Hemei has been dealing with various atamans constantly, and there are too many people who have come to visit.

Among them was Semyon Lenya, who was a bit repulsive at first, but in the end Herme was very happy, because this guy didn't drink, and they settled the matter with words.

Although Herme didn't like this guy, money was something that he couldn't refuse.

Moreover, this person did his best in this battle, and he did not do anything bad or betrayed, so it seems credible now.

Then Herme met Raskit, the high priest of Cliff was quite strange.

He mainly came to see Hermi, looked here and there, left Hermi a sterling silver Cliff emblem, and then left.

The whole process is very confusing and inexplicable.

This made Herme didn't know what to say, but he still took the divine emblem and placed it close to his body.

Because the moment Hemei saw the divine emblem, he saw the extraordinary craftsmanship, and also felt that this thing was powerful.

After the disbandment was ordered, each of the battle gangs went back to their respective homes, singing the heroic songs belonging to the Cossacks, and happily embarked on the road home.

The same is true of Herme, but he first went to Xieqi with Gettleman's main force, and then parted ways and embarked on the road back to Sazarburg.

In order to escort so many captives, cattle and sheep, Hemei borrowed a team from his father-in-law.

But he didn't expect that the father-in-law sent the Xieqi Cossacks. With the help of these Cossacks wearing red button-down coats, management would not be a problem at all.

The Sechi Cossacks were very strict with the Haklans, never hesitated to wield a whip, and never hesitated to use a knife.

Therefore, these captives are honest and honest, and they dare not make mistakes at all.

The leader, the Seche Cossack, is called Bogo, a big man with a very bright personality, and Herme gets along very well with him.

He wears a typical Cossack hairstyle, that is, there is only a tuft of hair left on his head, which matches with the scarred face, making him look extremely mighty.

Bogo is a half-breed with Harklan blood. His mother was raped by the Haklan and gave birth to him, so he suffered a lot in his childhood.

Growing up, with a hatred of the Haklans, Bogo joined the Sheche.

There are many people like Bogo who joined Xieqi because of their blood and hatred, but most of them died in daily border battles.

But Bogo survived, and became a leader of Xie Qi because of his military exploits, and he commanded hundreds of people under his command.

Hemei attaches great importance to the relationship with the Xieqi Cossacks. He knows that this is the most elite group of people in the Cossacks, and making friends with them will be beneficial both now and in the future.

In addition, besides the Xieqi Cossack, there was another group of people in Hemei's team, and he never expected the arrival of this group of people.

That was Miss Katya and her war gang.

Bravin sent Katya over with reasons such as "strengthening the relationship between husband and wife" and asked her to spend some time with her husband before getting married.

As for the marriage time is one year later, because Katya is actually only 17 years old now...

Hemei didn't know what Katya thought, anyway, he was very happy, he had always liked Katya, and the temperament of this cold beauty had always fascinated him.

Katya, who rides, always wears a black fur hat with beautiful fur feathers on it, which makes her look even more beautiful.

Katya was still as indifferent as ever, even her warband members couldn't see what their ataman was thinking.

The other guys felt sorry for Katya going to Fort Sazar, well, this word is still a bit too euphemistic, it should be said to be angry, and when they saw Herme, they immediately started yelling and cursing.

However, when their words became more and more excessive and almost angered Herme, Katya spoke up. She reprimanded her subordinates for their nonsense and scolded them severely.

This was the first time Hemei saw Katya swearing at people. When she swears, her words are very harsh, and she can always catch the most caring point of sarcasm at the first time, making the other person ashamed.

And the most powerful thing is that she does not utter a single dirty word when swearing.

Her words were very effective. When she scolded her like this, those restless young people immediately calmed down.

But these are just episodes after all, and Herme regards this as a drama on a boring journey.

In any case, it is better to watch beautiful women scolding people than to look at the grassland scenery that I am also a little tired of.

In addition, along the way, Herme was warmly received by the people along the way.

Word of his fame had spread as word spread of those who had gone ahead of Herme.

Now in the mouths of the people, he is Cliff's God's Chosen, holding the Thunderfire weapon obtained from Cliff to punish the invading Hacklan bastard.

And when the people saw the groups of captives he escorted and the huge amount of spoils of horses, cattle and sheep, they became more convinced of the truth of the rumors.

Regarding these rumors, Herme couldn't help but laugh.

However, he was not in a hurry to deny all of this. It is still good for this reputation to pass on.

Herme was especially kind to all the people who welcomed him, showing his gentlest side.

At the same time, he generously gave them cattle and sheep as rewards—he has tens of thousands of these things—to release his goodwill as much as possible, and create a reputation for generosity for himself.

This directly led to more people welcoming Herme. After all, not everyone would send so many gifts after enjoying the welcome and hospitality.

Because of the welcome and help from the people, Herme and his army had a very comfortable journey, and there were villages everywhere to entertain them.

Although he also gave away thousands of livestock for this purpose, it seemed to him that the reputation of generosity was worth it.

For ordinary northern nobles, it may take several years before they come to Hackland to figure out the rules of the game here.

But Herme was different. He realized how the political game should be played here from the very beginning, and he played it very well.

The Zaar River soon appeared in front of him, and Herme's army quickly crossed the river.

The sentries at the border post noticed Herme's return, and they waved enthusiastically to the army, and everyone naturally returned the gift enthusiastically. The people in Fort Sazar were especially excited, and finally went home.

Because Herme sent an envoy to inform him in advance, when he came to the gate of Fort Sazar, he found that the crowd had gathered to welcome the return of the ruler.

After seeing the huge amount of livestock and captives brought by Herme, everyone cheered like thunder, because this represented a brilliant victory for their lord, and everyone can share the three melons Two dates.

However, under the cheers, there must still be sadness. Although the army of Sazarburg belongs to the group with the least casualties, casualties still exist after all.

For their families, their loved ones were thus buried in distant lands.

However, Herme promised a generous pension. As the biggest monopoly of Harkland's trade, he could fully afford the money. This money was enough to allow the families of those who died in battle to live a good life.

Money can undoubtedly soothe the grief of the relatives of the deceased. This is an era when people regard death as a part of life, and the acceptance of death is very high.

More people are joyful, because their families have come back with a full stomach full of war stories, and they have returned with cattle, sheep, gold and silver. Nothing can make people happier than this.

Generally speaking, the residents of Fort Sazar were extremely happy. The lord won the victory, proving his strength, and the soldiers below also got the spoils.

Is there anything worse than now?Everyone is happy about it.

"I really didn't expect you to get so many trophies, beard, it's true."

The dwarf Dunwa looked at everything Hemei had obtained with incredible eyes.

It was really hard for him to believe that this young man had gained so much from the war on the grassland.

But in his heart, he kept sighing that he had completely missed the mark, and underestimated the commander too much.

Originally, I thought it would be the limit for this person to bring back some ordinary loot, but this person brought back so much.

After several consecutive mistakes in judging Hemei, Dunwa wondered if his thinking had degenerated, and he couldn't understand people.

"Dunwa, I brought back a lot of people this time. Those captives and livestock, as well as some guest troops, I have to trouble you to settle them down, and the distinguished guests inside have to be treated well."

Hemei directly ordered that Dunwa has always played the role of the big housekeeper in Fort Sazar. In fact, he is completely performing the duties of the mayor, which is naturally his job.

"I understand, I understand, I will be ready when you send the letter, everyone will be settled, there will be no problem at all. Oh, and those distinguished guests, the rooms for entertaining guests in the main castle It’s always been ready, just waiting for someone to go in and use it.”

Dunwa replied confidently, he can easily handle this kind of matter, and the solution should not be too simple.

"Those distinguished guests must be taken care of, and they must not be dissatisfied."

Herme looked back at the guests who were waiting there, and they were currently observing Fort Sazar.

Most people here are coming to Sazarburg for the first time. Seeing the architectural style completely different from the grassland, they can't help but take a closer look.

Jerry was leading his subordinates to take over the management of the prisoners and was busy counting the number of prisoners, so the guests were so leisurely.

The captives were all bound together with ropes, and Jerry was busy rounding them up.

It was the first time for the head of the guard to manage so many captives, but fortunately, these captives had been tamed, so the management was still very simple.

"Especially that Braven's daughter, right? Haha, I arranged the best room for that eldest lady, and she will definitely be satisfied."

Dunwa gave Hemei a look with a look of "you know everything", and scratched his stomach, completely looking like "I know everything".

"Uh, our relationship hasn't reached that point yet. Don't do unnecessary things. If you do, then withdraw immediately."

Seeing that Dunwa had obviously misunderstood, Herme immediately explained.

"Ah? Really? Then I'll send someone to remove the things right away. Really, if you don't make it clear, there are many good things in there."

Dunwa said regretfully, while Hemei's hair was full of black lines, this dwarf really knew how to think.

As for those things, Herme is not interested in them now, nor does she want to know what they are.

The dwarf's work efficiency is still very high. After leaving this sentence, he is busy.

Next, Hemei saw Dunwa leading the guests into Saza Fort.

Seeing this, Herme went to the main castle. It had been a long time since she left his beautiful room, so she had to go back and take a good rest.

In any case, let's get a good night's sleep first, and then deal with the things that have accumulated in Fort Sazar during this period.

(End of this chapter)