The mighty lord of online games

Chapter 159 The Enthusiastic Old Man Hanon
Walking out of the castle hall with Hanon, a civilian officer, I heard Hanon say with regret: "Young man, in fact, you should go to the position of city guard commander to train yourself instead of following that young earl. He just thought about how to make military exploits and show his loyalty to the kingdom. It is not a big deal to serve the king as a young man favored by the king, but what followed was endless Endless campaigns and great losses."

While walking, Zhang Qiang listened to the nagging of Hanon, an old man. Yes, he was a bit nagging and greedy for money.

But he is a good person, at least he dares to accept the business of a stranger like himself, and he will spare no effort to run for himself in the future. What a respectable and respectable old man he is.

The old man continued to babble, Zhang Qiang listened silently, "Do you know why Earl Plais accepted you as his knight?"

The old man asked himself and answered, "Because all his knights were killed in previous battles, besides about 30 newly recruited infantry, he only has some defenders in his territory, Lundia Castle. Elite soldiers, but as a frontier military fortress facing the Kujit Kingdom, Fort Lundia cannot be randomly selected. Now he has nothing to take from his subordinates except himself, a fourth-rank lord knight. It's the general who made the shot."

"I remember Earl Plais is not the lord of Castle Winderco? Why did he become the lord of Castle Lundia again?" Zhang Qiang vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard of this person.

Hanon carefully stepped over a slightly raised undulation on the bluestone slab ground in the city, tugged at his robe of a civilian officer, and said: "On the continent of Calradia, except for the powerful traditions like Harlengosburg, The territory of the family power will not be adjusted by the king, other people's castles and fiefdoms will be adjusted by King Harolds for various reasons, and Harolds uses this method to maintain his prestige to the lords in the kingdom."

Hanon glanced back at Zhang Qiang, "Besides, the Kingdom of Swadia is facing the siege of five surrounding countries. It often happens that the Kingdom of Swadia loses its territory and is then snatched back. Windcoburg has deployed too many troops to fight. At one point it was occupied by the Kingdom of Rhodoks."

Zhang Qiang felt that the problem was that Earl Plais had mobilized too many troops this time. Hanon continued:
"But Windcoburg is close to a big city like Uxhall after all, and soon the army of the lord of the Kingdom of Swadia took Windcoburg back."

Zhang Qiang often travels through this area, and knows that Windcoburg and Uxhall seem to be in the border area of ​​the Kingdom of Swadia, but it has always been a place for merchants to pass through, exchange goods, or go to the trading city of the Kingdom of Rhodoks. , Aaron, and even a transit point in Gelkala, Veruga, and other places. This is the frontier of the Kingdom of Swadia to maintain military pressure on Rhodoks, and it is also the third largest economy of the Kingdom of Swadia In the center, Windcoburg is the bridgehead guarding this economic center, and the Kingdom of Swadia will never allow it to be captured by the enemy.

"However, once the territory is regained, it does not have to be returned to the original lord. King Harlaus will consider it comprehensively and make a decision after listening to the suggestions of the lords he trusts. However, Earl Plais's recent years The performance has caused too many disputes among the lords, so Earl Plais has lost his fief of Windercoburg."

Zhang Qiang could think of a lord's pain when he lost his territory, base area, source of military expenditure for the army, and source of income.

Hanon continued: "This young man is very good. With his army that lost his territory, he often wandered around the border between the Rhodok Kingdom and the Kujit Kingdom, and even went deep into the territory of the two kingdoms for reconnaissance. When the kingdom besieged Dherim, he attacked from behind, not only cut off the retreat of the Kugits, but also captured Fort Lundia, which was occupied by the Kugits in the early stage, and sent scout cavalry to attack King Halaus. Ask him to be sealed."

"King Harlaus resisted all opinions and gave it to him based on the principle of who captured the territory and who had priority. These days, he finally restored the military presence of Fort Lundia on the border, but he There are not many soldiers around who can be used for field battles, and he can't repeat the mistakes of the loss of Winder Cottage. He put more than 300 elite soldiers in the castle of Rundia, and even put his lord's cavalry guards in the castle. , so now he is eager to expand his field strength."

Zhang Qiang nodded, he understood the current situation of this young man.

Hanon looked at him, pointed to a nearby tavern and said, "Let's go to the tavern to chat."

Zhang Qiang wanted to learn about Calradia, especially the Kingdom of Swadia through Hanondo, so such a request was of course a wish.

The two walked into the tavern with a dozen guards. As soon as they entered, Hanon walked upstairs and shouted: "Conan, Conan, where are you hiding? Go, bring me two jugs of good Verruga wine immediately, don’t want your blended wine in a hurry, want pure Verruga wine, let me play tricks, or I will break your dog legs.”

Zhang Qiang rubbed his nose, it seemed that Hanon had walked into the tavern opened by his family, and casually called the owner of the inn as if he were calling a domestic slave, maybe it was a waiter in the inn.

Going up to the second floor, Hanon went directly into a small cubicle, and there was room for three or four people to sit around in the cubicle. There was a cheap red willow table in the middle. The workmanship was not very good, and the shavings on it were still rolled up. Looking at it, it is extremely ugly with pits and scars, but in this era, it is already considered relatively good.

An old man with a goatee in his forties or fifties, with a stooped body, brought a set of silver tableware and distributed them to Zhang Qiang and Hanon. The others could only stand outside the door and guard them.

The two hunched old men sat down and brought up some jugs of wine and some plates of meat. Apart from the aroma of the meat, the workmanship of the meat looked rough, as if it had been picked up casually. Chunks, chunks, chopped, spiced, cooked meat.

The two chatted while eating, with their knives and forks ready, drinking wine and eating meat.

After taking a few bites, Hanon couldn't wait to put down the knife and fork that was in the way, and started to eat the cooked meat with his hands, his mouth was full of greasy, and he didn't care about Zhang Qiang's impression.

After eating almost, Hanon dropped the knife and fork, sucked a few mouthfuls on his two greasy thumbs, completely cleaned the grease on his hands and fingers, and then took the hand from Conan. The white linen cloth that came over, wiped it, and then wiped the mouth with the fine linen cloth that had been wiped off the hand.

Cai said: "I think your strength is only one level. If you go to Praise's subordinates, you may start as a small soldier. Well, I'm not saying that your knighthood is useless, but in the eyes of Earl Praise , A knight who can fight and earn meritorious service is his key training object, but don't be discouraged. Compared with those low-level fighters trained in the training camp, you still have an advantage. The attention and attention you get The loot is more than them, because you are a knight noble, and you have the right to participate in the distribution of loot. Of course, that is when you participate in the battle. If you do not participate in the war as a knight, the Earl of Plais will have nothing to do with you , a nobleman has his privileges, and no one can change this. Even if you are his knight."

Zhang Qiang doesn't care about these things. What he cares about is that once he has the status of a knight, he needs a base, a manor, where he can develop his power.

He asked cautiously: "Your Excellency, even though I did not get a manor reward from Earl Starma this time, can I buy the manor from other places?"

Hanon heard this, and his eyes lit up, "Yes, I have a few manors for sale here, but what is the price?"

Zhang Qiang said: "It can be discussed, I don't know which manor you want to sell?"

After thinking for a while, Hanon pulled out a somewhat tattered and yellowed sheepskin map roll, unfolded it, and pointed to a small village next to Fort Lundia above, "Where is there a 300-acre map in Uludana Village?" You are now the knight of Earl Plais, the lord of Fort Lundia, and you should put the manor near his territory, but Uludana is not the territory of Earl Plais, which is a bit troublesome, but Although money cannot solve all problems in this world, it can still play a role in this matter.”

Zhang Qiang also agreed with the reason he said. After all, he was a knight of the lord of Fort Lundia, and he was regarded as his subordinate. Buying a manor close to his territory is convenient for him to take care of himself, so he nodded.

Hanon hesitated for a moment, glanced at Zhang Qiang, and said, "What about the price...you can give 20 gold coins, and if you give Jing coins, then I can make half the price, 10 gold coins, that is, 10 Jing coins .”

Zhang Qiang rubbed his chin and looked at him. He only had one crystal coin, and the gold coins were almost spent now. He only had less than 3000 coins left, which was still far from his request.

Hanon looked at him, understood what he meant, and stood up, "I'll wait, don't worry, come to me when you have enough money."

Zhang Qiang said goodbye to him in the tavern. This time, Hanon didn't entangle Zhang Qiang passionately, or said he didn't say anything warmly to him, and left quickly.

Zhang Qiang wondered where to find the 20 gold coins. Jing coins were impossible. It was said that those things were only collected and not spent. Many lords had no choice but to take out Jing coins to trade with people. Coins are black iron crystals, which can also be combined with red pine wood cores, other cores, refining equipment, and making space rings. Space rings are priceless.

Walking, walking, I couldn't help walking to the largest tavern in Uxhall. I looked up and saw where Dewey was. His eyes lit up and he asked Dewey for a loan. As long as the conditions are good, this businessman is still easy to talk to.

(End of this chapter)