"Your Excellency Nalant, the earl said that he hopes that you and the knights participating in the competition will be well prepared, because this birthday celebration is particularly grand, and guests from other territories in the principality will come to participate, including many heirs of great nobles!"
Seeing that Nalant had read the invitation, Piri added in a timely manner.
Such a birthday party has not been held for several years.
Stella has been studying at the Royal Academy for the Nobles in the past two years, so this time the Earl is planning to hold a grand celebration.
The invitation list includes all the nobles of the principality, big and small, and all nobles who have friendship with the Tulip family have received the invitation.
"Well, I understand! You can go down with the servant and rest for a while. It's been a hard journey!" Nalant nodded and kept this information in his heart.
He understood what the earl meant by this special explanation.
The competition between their younger sons is considered as a competition for recruiting a son-in-law. Naturally, this time they have to work hard to show off at this banquet. Even if they don't have the ability to show off, at least they can't be too bad.
Otherwise, it would be an embarrassment to the Tulip family. After all, after the Tulip family revealed the news some time ago, the entire principality was in an uproar and discussed a lot.
And they were not the only ones who were greedy for Stella. The sons of the great nobles were even more greedy than them.
Because even if these vassals really become Stella's husband, they will only get limited benefits, and the Tulip family will still be named Tulip.
But if the descendants of the great nobles get the tulip flower, they have the ability to slowly change the surname to Tulip and then obtain all the wealth of the Tulip family.
Of course, although Nalant wants to fight on his own, he still needs to do all the superficial work, otherwise the earl has specifically told you that if you are not prepared, let alone the title, you will definitely be put in the shoes.
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Time passed day by day, and although he learned that Stella's birthday would be in one month, Nalant had no time to think about that for the time being, because he needed to get through the immediate crisis first.
The Storm Territory seems calm on the surface these days, but Nalant is also working hard to make preparations.
For example, right now outside Maiye Village, wooden arrow towers were rising from the ground.
These arrow towers are not high, only seven or eight meters, but they are very solid.
Each arrow tower is supported by three wooden stakes with a diameter of fifty centimeters, and a platform above it can be used by two longbowmen at the same time.
"Tsk tsk! Narant, this is too wasteful! Such a strong arrow tower is built on the edge of this village. You might as well build it on the edge of the territory. Then you just need to put wooden walls around it to become a defense.
What a great camp!"
Boris looked at the total of seven arrow towers and couldn't help but click his tongue. Although building wooden arrow towers does not cost much material resources, manpower is necessary.
After all, just transporting a tree stump more than ten meters long and fifty centimeters thick would require at least dozens of people.
"Boris, you also know that I only have more than 20 guards, so I have no plans to build a camp on the edge of the territory for the time being!"
Boris arrived yesterday evening, and because the night of meteors was tomorrow, Narant claimed that in order to allow Boris's men to better participate in the exercise, he would temporarily let them rest today to recharge their spirits.
Boris naturally had no objection to this, since all the food and drinks were provided by Narant anyway.
And taking advantage of today's time, Narant also took Boris to check out the 'site' he had prepared for the exercise.
The Arrow Tower in Maiye Village is one of the ‘drill venues’.
In addition to the arrow tower, it is surrounded by trenches more than two meters deep. Only a wooden bridge can approach the arrow tower.
"Besides, you have forgotten that I captured some barbarians last time, so it is very easy for them to do these rough jobs!"
"I almost forgot! Mr. Nalant, what is going on with the barbarians and how many are there in number! Last time I was about to set off with the team!" Upon hearing the word barbarian, Boris's attention was immediately drawn.
transfer.
"The number of barbarians must be more than a hundred!" This matter could not be hidden from anyone, and Narant was not prepared to hide it, so he said it immediately.
"What, more than a hundred barbarians, how did you defeat them, Nalanthe!"
Boris's eyes widened. He originally thought that there were at most twenty or thirty barbarians. Even this number would be a life-and-death crisis for the Storm Territory. But now he heard that there were more than a hundred people. He thought Nalant was joking, but Nalant
Lant's expression was so serious.
"Actually, it's not really my victory. You also know that barbarians' brains are not very useful, so I used a little trick." Nalant smiled slightly, "My Storm Territory is connected to the sea, so on the beach
There are a large number of fish-men and sea monsters. I will lead the barbarians there and let the fish-men and sea monsters fight with the barbarians..."
Narant deliberately concealed the matter of slippery fish. This thing may sometimes be used as a secret weapon, so the fewer people who know about it, the better.
"This...Narant, you are so wise!"
Boris was even more shocked than before. He didn't expect to deal with barbarians like this.
Of course, although Nalant said it simply, he also knew that it must require careful planning, otherwise the barbarians are not stupid, and they will definitely turn around and run away when they see the fish-man and sea monster!
So Boris really looked at Nalant a few times at this time.
In the past, Nalant was a jealous and lucky neighbor in his heart, but now it seems that he has to add a bold motto.
"Boris, don't praise me! It's just good luck, otherwise I wouldn't have sent someone to ask for help right away!" Nalant said modestly, "Let's go! Boris, I'll take you to the Fire Forest.
Check out the edges of the field!”
Afterwards, Nalant took Boris directly to the edge of the Blazing Forest, where it borders the Quint Territory.
At this time, large areas of the originally dense forest nearby had been cleared.
Originally, the place where we settled here was only a few meters wide on a dirt road, but now it is as big as several football fields.
Moreover, these cleared woods were not only in Nalant's territory, but even the buffer zone extending to the edge of the Barony of Quinte was cleared to create a passage that was a hundred meters wide.
Therefore, now standing on Nalant's territory, you can directly see the Quint territory opposite.
Of course, when clearing the trees, Narant did it secretly. After all, he broke the unspoken rules by sending people to work close to Quint's buffer zone.
When Quint found out the day before yesterday, Nalant had already completed the cleanup, but only cut down some trees, so Quint hadn't negotiated with him yet.
"Boris, this is the second 'site' I prepared for the exercise. For this purpose, I specially cut down many trees in the buffer zone. When we exercise, the people in the Quint Territory will also be able to see it directly.
"
Narant pointed to the open space in the buffer zone and explained to Boris.
"Well, Narant, you really thought it through!" What Boris knew was that Narant wanted to show off his muscles and his ally to Quint.
So there is no surprise about what Narant did.
After all, you have to show your strength to the other party. If there are trees in the middle blocking your view, what's the difference between ogling and ogling a blind man?