I'm not a lord

Chapter 72 Pregnancy

When Yagna's voice entered the study, a hint of displeasure flashed across Leah's face.

But she hides her emotions very well.

Almost instantly, she put on a perfectly gentle smile, as if the displeasure just now was just an illusion.

Lin En ignored this and sat down again: "Come in."

The door opened and Yagena walked into the study with brisk steps, her face filled with irrepressible joy.

But when she saw Leah and Mira standing by the desk, her face was obviously stunned.

Her gaze lingered on the two of them briefly, and then she quickly walked to the desk, her voice rising significantly: "Sir, I have good news to report to you."

Seeing her like this, Lin En had a vague guess in his heart, and a smile of anticipation appeared on his face: "Tell me, what's the good news?"

Yagena lowered her head slightly, her hands unconsciously caressing her flat belly, and said shyly, "My lord, I think I am pregnant. I haven't had my period since the beginning of May."

After saying this, she even glanced at Leah blatantly, with pride and complacency flashing in her eyes.

Lin En stood up suddenly, walked a few steps to Yagena, and held her hand tightly: "Really? Yagena! This is really great!"

As long as it is confirmed that Yagna is pregnant, he can start planning for the Shoal Territory in the south.

The current lord of the Shoal Territory is Yagna's nominal half-brother, and the guardians of the territory are his biological mother and a knight in the territory.

According to Agora, the guardian knight was her stepmother's lover.

The two of them colluded with each other, killed her father, and occupied the Shoal Territory. Her brother was most likely the descendant of these two people.

But all this is just Yagna's personal opinion and lacks solid evidence.

Moreover, at the Duke of Swamp, Yagna's younger brother has successfully inherited the Shoal Territory and will be able to officially exercise the baron's power once he reaches adulthood.

But Lin En is essentially a bandit leader. He dared to attack and kill Roman and occupy the White Bear Territory. Why would he care about this baby baron who can't even speak?

In his opinion, as long as these three people disappeared from the world, he could use Yagna's identity to rule the Shoal Territory.

Indeed, Yagna's claim to the Shoal Territory is relatively weak.

The sex of the fetus in her womb is still unknown.

Fortunately, Yagna's father has no other male close relatives, and his distant relatives are basically out of contact.

The Duke of Swampland has already led his army in person, and the military strength in the territory is very weak.

Moreover, the Duke also needs the lords of various places to provide a steady supply of money and troops to support him in conquering the crown territory.

Lin En concluded that as long as the Shoal Territory was willing to continue paying the full amount of shield tax and land tax, the Duke would not care about the Shoal Territory's trivial matters.

Even if Yagna really gave birth to a daughter, he could find a way to raise a baby boy to inherit the Baronship of Shoal.

To put it bluntly, it's a matter of status; the real power will be in his hands anyway.

Yagna nodded gently, a blush of happiness on her face as she was about to become a mother:
"My lord, I've been feeling a bit lethargic and vomiting lately. I asked the midwife in the territory, and she said I'm probably pregnant. I wanted to wait a while to confirm before telling you, but I just can't help but want to share my joy with you."

Lin En held Yagena in his arms and gently stroked her back: "Thank you for your hard work. Don't worry about anything in the future. I will take care of everything."

Leah looked at how caring Lin was towards Yagna, and jealousy surged in her heart like a tide.

The smile on her face seemed sincere, but her clenched fists were slightly pale.

Finally, she slowly unclenched her fist and reluctantly offered her congratulations: "Congratulations."

Leah naturally knew the significance of the fetus in Yagna's belly. In order to strengthen her husband's power, she even had to pray that the fetus could be born healthy.

Mira was too young to understand the complex emotions flowing in the study. But she knew that pregnancy was a good thing, so she also smiled happily and said in her half-baked mainland common language:
"Congratulations, Miss Yagena!"

That night, Leah could only hug Mira and couldn't sleep all night, while Yagna was able to chat with Lin En all night long.

The next day, before Lin En finished his breakfast, he received news that a large number of wild boars were spotted in Manor No. 6 in the northwest.

These bastards would use their trunks to dig up the soil that had just been sown and eat the precious soybean seeds.

Wild boars come out to look for food at any time of day or night, and they come and go like the wind. After eating, they run away, much like bandits.

Lin En naturally couldn't tolerate this, so he immediately gathered people and went to kill the pigs.

This time he did not bring his fellow horse bandits who were skilled in hunting, but instead brought fifty new recruits.

These serfs have been training for more than twenty days, and it's time for them to see some blood.

Lynn has very high requirements for soldiers' daily training.

If you are paid enough and have enough food and meat, then you should naturally train yourself to death.

After the soldiers were able to line up in an orderly manner, Lin En immediately ordered Lao Wu to strengthen them.

In addition to the necessary formation training every day, an additional five to eight kilometers of running must be added, and the running weight must be gradually increased to exercise the soldiers' physical fitness.

Lin En doesn't plan to train too many cavalry, and he can't train them.

Traditional aristocratic cavalry needed more than ten years of training before they could become combat-ready.

He could neither afford to wait nor had the financial resources.

These days, a high-quality warhorse alone would cost fifty or sixty gold coins, and a regular knight would have at least two warhorses and one draft horse.

Infantry became his almost only option.

As long as they are properly trained, infantry is not necessarily inferior to cavalry.

For the infantry, the most important thing is the courage to face the cavalry's charge and to form neat rows.

To cultivate this courage, start with hunting.

Within a week, Lynn personally led fifty recruits to sweep through the forest in the northwest of the territory.

At the beginning, a strong wild boar could throw the recruits into disarray.

When faced with the wild boar's tusks and steel bristles, some recruits would subconsciously retreat.

But under Lynn's scolding, they had to hold up their spears and move forward.

The neat ranks and comrades beside them will give them courage, and the spears in their hands will give them infinite power.

In just two days, these new recruits completed their first transformation.

Even when facing a brown bear two or three meters tall, they would not retreat a single step.

Three soldiers working together can surround and kill the enemy with spears.

Later, these soldiers even killed a monster.

It was a wild boar larger than an adult buffalo, over two meters tall at the shoulder. Its roar echoed through the mountains and forests, and its running could even cause slight tremors.

Under Lin En's supervision, these new recruits did not dare to retreat even a single step. They formed a dense formation, surrounded the monster on all sides, and continuously stabbed with sharp spears, breaking through the monster's defense.

During this hunt, the White Bear Lord harvested a total of six or seven tons of meat, and Lin En also obtained a dark red magic stone.

(End of this chapter)