industrial lord

Chapter 144

The night at the end of spring is not silent.

Countless insects sang in the bushes and by the stream, either to swear their territory or to find a mate.

However, the singing can sometimes bring disaster, and the sound stops abruptly from time to time.

The carriage drove slowly on the dark mountain road, and Mrs. Rot opened the window, chatting with Jurgen who was riding beside the carriage from time to time.

"I haven't heard the chirping of insects in the mountains in my hometown for many years."

Mrs. Rotter sighed.

Jurgen breathed a sigh of relief, she finally stopped asking herself questions such as whether she has been awarded a knighthood, how much she earns a year, whether she has bought a house in Wessenburg, has she found a girlfriend, and how much grass a unicorn consumes per [-] kilometers? Questions like that.

It’s just that the young people were too happy. After recalling the night in her hometown, Mrs. Rotter continued to ask Jurgen: “What kind of girl do you like, tall or short, mature and stable or cute and lively? Are they good at housework or good at dancing guns, are they big breasts or round buttocks, there are many young ladies in Rotorling who are the right age for you, do you want me to organize a garden tour for you to get to know them? Tell me which one you like, you can call Lothar and Andre if you are alone, they don't have girlfriends either..."

Jurgen's face suddenly became darker than night, so he decided to divert the trouble, and said: "The madam is so well informed, why don't you introduce a few for our master."

Mrs. Rot said with a smile: "Who doesn't know Frederick's mind now? He has a good eye. Not only is Miss Elthal beautiful, but she also has a copper mine at home. I don't know how many people there are in the Principality of Mainz." secretly angry."

"You should think about yourself more, let me tell you, the daughter of Judge Roth..."

Jurgen sighed resignedly, mistaking her words for the chirping of nearby insects.

Finally, the castle of the Eichstätter family appeared in front of everyone.

Rot sighed, and then said to Jurgen: "Razinger is still the housekeeper at home now. He is getting old. I will try to keep him steady. For my sake, don't hurt him as long as he doesn't go too far." he."

Jurgen replied blankly: "As long as he doesn't get in our way."

The convoy did not hide their whereabouts, and swaggered to the castle with the banner of the Rot family.

The mountains around the basin where the castle is located are like a "big mountain". The castle is located on the top of the small mountain that protrudes from the middle, and there is only one way in and out.

The convoy did not detour from the main road into the basin and then up the mountain as before, but took the mountain road and turned over the mountain, which made the defenders guarding the castle nervous instantly.

Mrs. Rot carried her daughter to the gate in front of the gate of the castle, and shouted angrily, "I'm back!"

An old non-commissioned officer on the closed door asked, "Is that Miss?"

"It's me!" Mrs. Rott recognized the man, "Oh, you are still in the army, didn't you go home to kill pigs?"

"It's really Miss!" The old non-commissioned officer shouted happily, "Miss is back, open the door quickly, and inform the old housekeeper!"

Jurgen paid attention to the movement on the pass, and at the same time observed the military camp at the foot of the mountain in the distance.

The size of that barracks ranged from 4000 to [-] people, and now it was in a state of chaos and had no popularity at all.

The closed door was opened, and the convoy, the cavalry company, and the mage company passed through the heavy gate without any surprises. The castle was more than 100 meters ahead, and there were hillsides more than [-] meters high on both sides.

The gate of the castle was opened, and an old man in his dying years hunched over and hurried out with a cane. After seeing Mrs. Rott, he said happily: "Miss is back, and the little lady is back, just come back, why don't you come back?" Let me tell you in advance, how many days do you want to stay here?"

Mrs. Rot held her daughter in one hand, and the little girl looked at the old man in front of her curiously, and supported the old housekeeper with the other hand and said, "I'm back, I'm not leaving."

"Oh," Razinger asked in surprise, "Miss and Earl Rott got into a fight?"

Then he immediately said: "Oh, it's not good to stand here and talk about these things, Miss, go in and rest first."

Mrs. Rott asked suspiciously: "You don't know what happened in Rottland?"

Razinger replied blankly: "I don't know, what happened?"

"Huh?" He saw the person behind Mrs. Rot, "Aren't you guys from the Wesson family? Why did you escort the lady back?"

Mrs. Rott immediately said: "Oh, you also know that there are those rude mountain people everywhere now, how dare I walk at night without their protection."

"Yes, yes." Razinger nodded again and again, "Those people are too hateful. They make troubles in the city every day. After the eldest lady left, they made more troubles. We didn't dare to go down the mountain because we were afraid that they would drink too much and kill us." gone."

"But it's all right now. They started to pack their things in the evening and left soon."

Mrs. Rot said with a sigh of relief: "That's good. Let's go in first, and you let all the officials in the city below come to see me. I have something to say."

"And they, arrange for them to rest well."

There is a military barracks next to the main castle building. Mrs. Roth and Jurgen entered the castle first, and Razinger arranged for others to rest in the barracks.

Mrs. Roth and Jurgen discussed the next action plan in the living room. Not long after, Razinger came in with tea and milk himself, and said: "Oh, the Wesson family is really good, guard I don’t want to rest in the carriage with the young lady, I’ll let someone move things in later.”

Mrs. Rotter asked the old housekeeper to sit on the sofa beside her, and the two began to talk about the housework until a group of officials from Eichstätter rushed over.

They didn't know about the occupation of Rotburgh yet, and they thought Mrs. Roter was angry and ran back to her family's house to relax.

When everyone arrived, the tea cup in Mrs. Rot's hand suddenly fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and the exquisite glass instantly shattered into pieces.

When everyone was stunned, the door of the living room was suddenly pushed open, and a group of cavalry from the Wesson Army rushed in, each holding a shining saber in their hands, and surrounded everyone present.

"Everyone," Mrs. Rot said mercilessly while holding her daughter, "I have cooperated with Baron Wesson. Now that Baron Wesson is occupying the territory of Eichstatt, who is against it?"

Someone immediately stood up from the sofa and said angrily, "I object..."

Before he could finish speaking, a golden light flashed, and the person's head fell to the ground, his body wobbled, and fell onto the sofa.

Jurgen continued to stand behind Mrs. Rot with a blank expression, as if the incident just now had nothing to do with him.

Everyone in the living room looked at the dead head on the ground, and the smell of blood rushed into their nostrils, and they didn't dare to act rashly for a while.

Mrs. Rott said calmly: "The objection is invalid."

At this time Razinger stood up tremblingly, opened his mouth several times, and finally asked, "Why?"

"Because my niece is so stupid!" Mrs. Rot said angrily, "Look at her stupid things, she is sending the Eichstätter family to hell!"

"This idiot actually wants to be an enemy of Wesson. Is Wesson easy to mess with?"

"Look around, they are all masters trained by His Excellency the Juggernaut Richard Nall, how many lives do you have to fight them?"

"Have you forgotten that Wesson owns Wessenburg University? How many magicians are there? There are more than 100 of them who followed me today. How many lives do you have to fight them?"

"Let me tell you, in half an hour, they broke down the gates of the city and Rothenburg, and 10 minutes of them were still spent on the road. How many lives do you have to fight them?"

"Those rude mercenaries outside the city were killed by more than half of them in a short while. How many lives do you have to fight them?"

"If it weren't for Baron Wesson's nostalgia, I would have been dragged to be beheaded!"

"Baron Wesson said that as long as you surrender and pay a symbolic ransom, not only will you be free, but you can also be reinstated if you are conscious. Although you can't be here, you can be an official in Rothland or other places. Those who are capable can go to Wesen to become an official."

"If you don't want to be an official, you can invest in some industries if you have money."

"If the entire territory performs well, it will not be a problem to rent a 99-year farm in two years to grow high-yielding wheat, gourds, chickens and slimes."

After Mrs. Rott finished speaking, there was silence in the living room. Everyone, everyone looked at me and I looked at you. No one dared to jump out first.

Come out and agree, what if Earl Wesson loses this war?
Don't even think about jumping out to object, the tax official hasn't cooled off yet.

Everyone is dragging, and it seems that this will solve the problem.

Mrs. Roth handed her daughter to Razinger and asked him to take her to rest, and Jurgen sent someone to protect her.

She spends time with these people, it depends on who can spend more.

When it was getting dark, someone walked in.

Frederick threw a pile of rags on the ground and said blankly, "I'll give you five minutes to make a decision."

The officials of Eichstätter who were present recognized these rags as the flags of mercenaries who had been in the barracks a while ago. Obviously, these people were all killed by Baron Wesson.

Many people sneaked a glance at the tax official who was completely chilled out, and then made a choice.

At dawn, the mountain mercenaries and peasants returned to the camp. At this time, they had become captives, all of them disgraced. They were guarded by the original Eichstätter city defense force. These captives were about to meet their fate of building the railway. .

Near noon, the city defense army from Langnar City began to take over the defense, and the Snow Leopard Regiment, which was in charge of the battle last night, held a ceremony to enter the city.

Under Bernd's command, the Snow Leopard Regiment ambushed on both sides of a turning mountain road. The long queue could not see the situation before and after. There were explosions, screams and wailing for a while, and morale collapsed rapidly.

When the Snow Leopard regiment launched a bayonet charge, most of the enemies surrendered.

In the end, half of the [-] mountain mercenaries remained, and the farmers and soldiers who carried the siege equipment for the descendants did not have much loss.

Frederick asked Mrs. Roth to organize the citizens to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time let the two regiments rest outside the city for a day. The priest gave psychological counseling to the soldiers, and then went to Heim City.

(End of this chapter)