The geographical locations of the Near Forest Territory and the Qinghuang Territory are very similar. They are both territories within the Musen Territory and adjacent to the Black Dragon Mountains.
The difference between the two territories is that the land of the Qinghuang Territory is outside the outer boundary of the Black Dragon Mountains, while the land of the Near Forest Territory has penetrated deep into the outer boundaries of the Black Dragon Mountains.
This also resulted in the Qinghuang Territory and other territories relying mainly on growing crops, while the Near Forest Territory could not rely on planting alone to support the entire territory due to the scarcity of land.
Therefore, most of the people in the Near Forest Territory make a living on the Black Dragon Mountains. They hunt wild beasts to obtain furs, find precious wood in the forest to sell, and there are also some precious dishes unique to the mountains. These are not only deeply loved by the nobles, but also support the people.
The entire near forest area.
However, the Black Dragon Mountain Range has lush foliage and numerous wild animals, snakes and insects. In order to survive, several people in the forest territory will be killed by poisonous wild beasts and insects every year.
At this time, the night was already deep, and the purple-black moonlight spread across the entire forest area.
Near Castle, in Baron Scott's study.
Scott looked at his daughter who ran over in such a hurry at such a late hour and said in confusion.
"Liv, is something wrong? It's so late..."
"Father, I heard that you sent Mr. Vincent to Mu Sen City to accept the surrender to Baron Jean? But why? Our territory..." Miss Liv hurriedly put away the doubts in her mind before Scott could finish.
He came out, his purple eyes staring closely at his father, full of confusion.
Vincent is Liv's tutor and Scott's right-hand assistant. He often helps him make suggestions and solve problems in the territory. Although he has no specific position, his status in the territory is quite high.
Scott smiled and said to Liv: "Liv, do you think our territory is actually very strong and not as weak as what is said outside, why do we still want to surrender to Baron Jean? We can definitely fight for it.
The position of Viscount Musen, right?"
Liv didn't say anything but nodded affirmatively.
"Oh, I shouldn't have let you know the true strength of the territory!" Scott shook his head regretfully.
But Scott had no choice. Among his children in the territory, Liv was the only one he could use. In order to train Liv, Baron Scott let Liv participate in the management of the territory. Naturally, Liv also
Know the secrets in the territory.
You know, when Scott was not yet a baron, the strength of the Near Forest Territory was still very weak. It was not until Scott became a baron that he accidentally discovered a ruins in the Black Dragon Mountains and found four elements of potions in it.
and a large amount of property, this was also the beginning of the development and growth of the Near Forest Territory.
After receiving an unexpected fortune, in order to guard against prying eyes from other territories, Scott kept silent, secretly recruited troops, and secretly built a secret camp in the Black Dragon Mountains.
After years of development, there are already more than 300 cavalry warriors and 200 soldiers in the camp. However, Scott pursues excellence, and the 200 soldiers are about to break through the cavalry.
Through four doses of elemental potions and secretly purchased elemental potions, six low-level knights appeared in the camp.
Including Baron Scott, the Near Forest Territory has seven knights. Within the Musen Territory, the Near Forest Territory is the strongest, of course, if you don't count the Qinghuang Territory.
The strength of the Near Forest Territory is unprecedentedly strong.
Since Liv knew all these things, she was even more puzzled as to why her father surrendered to Baron Jean, who was weaker than herself.
"Liv, do you think you can defeat the combined efforts of other barons with the strength of your territory?"
"No!" Liv shook her head after thinking.
Although Liv believed in the strength of her own territory, she was not so arrogant as to think that she could resist the alliance of other barons on her own.
"You have to know that once the Immortal Territory shows that it wants to compete for the Viscount, it will become the enemy of other barons. If you want to become a Viscount family, you have to risk the life of the entire family. Without absolute certainty, I will not do this.
What a stupid thing!" Scott explained what he was thinking.
"Then we give up?" Liv asked uncertainly.
"No! No. I'm just waiting for the opportunity! Once the time comes, I will win Viscount Musen," Scott said confidently.
Scott wanted to let the other baronies fight each other first and consume their own strength, and then restore the undamaged Konsen to harvest the fruits. Compared with the viscount title, the reputational loss of surrendering to Baron Jean and rebelling would be less.
Nothing.
"Then? How can father be sure that Baron Jean will agree to your request for surrender?" Liv said with some doubts.
Scott smiled knowingly: "Haha! Jean has now occupied Musen City and has become the target of public criticism. Do you think he would be unhappy if there was one less enemy?"
Liv also understood and smiled. When her father surrendered to Baron Jean, Baron Jean became one less threat and relieved the pressure. Therefore, she no longer had any worries about her father's sudden surrender to Baron Jean.
"By the way, father, eldest brother went too far. Just because he was in a bad mood, he whipped several servants passing by to death today! Now, the cruel remarks of the baron heir are secretly circulating throughout the territory." Liv encouraged.
Face, she suddenly complained, which was one of the reasons why she came to see her father.
Girod, the heir to the Baron of the Near Forest Territory, has a reputation for cruelty and cruelty.
As soon as he heard about his son, Scott's original good mood was wiped out. As the heir to the baronet, he didn't look like an heir at all, which had a very bad impact on the territory.
However, Scott felt guilty that his son had become like this. Over the years, because he had been focusing on the development of the territory, he had neglected to educate Girod, which resulted in him being like this and unable to take on the important role of a lord in the future.
This is why Scott focuses on training Liv, hoping that Liv can help Girod in managing the territory in the future.
"Same as before, you can give instructions tomorrow to pay some compensation to the families of the servants who were harmed." Scott said with a headache.
"But father! Brother, he..."
"Go! Stop talking, I will handle his affairs."
Liv also stopped disturbing Scott and retreated.
After his daughter left, Scott vented his anger. His whole body was shaking with anger. He slammed the table and shouted to the guard outside: "Quick! Tie that guy Girod over here."
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"Yes! Lord Baron!"
The guards had no doubts. After all, they had done this once or twice. Every time Master Girod made a mistake, the Baron would punish him in the study. Basically every time, the young master would lie down and go out with whips all over his body.
The blood mark, but Master Girod would not change it.
Late at night, the maid brought Liv the good news that Girod was carried out of the study. After nodding with satisfaction, she lay on the bed and entered her dream.