In Piaoxue City, in the Lanster House, a beautiful porcelain cup was broken to the ground. The furious Marquis James was frantically destroying the items in the room.
He had no reason not to be angry. In order to suppress the development of the Hunter family, he took huge risks and cooperated with the church. Unexpectedly, Richard was still alive and kicking and had made a big name in the capital. On the contrary, he was left behind.
A huge handle, a handle that could lead to the destruction of the Lanster family at any time.
He didn't believe the words about the kingdom's number one master, the Sky Knight, a strong man qualified to fight with dragons.
What's more important is that Richard has become a popular figure in front of the king. Not only is he going to marry the princess, but he has also transferred several previously vacated territories to the Hunter family with a stroke of a pen. Now in terms of territory and population, the Hunter family
The family is already not inferior to the Lanster family, not to mention that the Hunter family's high-end combat power has already shown a crushing advantage over the Lanster family.
Feeling James' anger, the subordinate fell on one knee and buried his head very low, for fear of attracting James' attention and causing him to vent his anger on him.
Fortunately, James still maintains a certain degree of rationality. He only vented his temper on some dead objects and did not take it out on his subordinates.
It wasn't until the last teapot in the room was smashed to the ground by him that James gradually calmed down, and then asked:
"How many days have the people sent to the royal capital been gone?"
"They've been leaving for two days."
"Send someone to chase him back. It's not necessary."
"Yes, Lord Marquis."
James waved his hand and signaled him to retreat. Now that he heard the title of Lord Marquis again, his heart did not fluctuate much.
Not long after he took over Piaoxue City and became the new Marquis, James became a little exhausted mentally and physically. He was not at all as happy and high-spirited as he was at the beginning. After experiencing the destruction of the war, the army suffered a disastrous defeat. His high-end combat power was almost destroyed by a pot of Piaoxue.
The city is a complete mess,
Although James can't be called a fool, his own abilities are many times inferior to Lint. The situation that Lint was able to maintain before was like a mess in James' hands. There was insufficient money and food, the power was shrinking, and there were many internal conflicts.
Everything broke James' nerves.
While James was thinking with his eyebrows pinched, the men who received James' signal retreated with relief.
Previously, James sent people to the royal capital to report the Hunter family's attempt to annex the Will family's territory. This matter was originally concealed under the cover of Lint. After James found out about this problem, he was not willing to see the Hunter family.
Hello, I'm going to file a complaint to the House of Lords right away, even if I'm suspected of being slapped in the face.
But when more news came back from the royal capital, James knew that reporting this matter was just a joke. In fact, this matter was big or small. Although what Richard did was not clever, it was still good.
It is in compliance with the rules and whether or not he admits it is just a matter of the above sentence. Judging from the extent of Richard's favor now, he will probably be beaten back when he comes to the House of Lords.
Just when all the businesses in Piaoxue City were stagnant and James was scratching his head with worry, the development of Hunter Territory was in full swing.
At this time, Richard was sitting in the city lord's palace of Demon Suppression City, listening to Lin Te report to him on the recent situation.
"The grain reserves are enough to support a war, and the grain reserves in the river valley are still sufficient. We can continue to purchase them at any time."
Lint was almost certain that Richard would organize another expedition to the wilderness in a short period of time. He had already started actively making preparations during Richard's absence. At least, there was no need for Richard to worry about logistics.
"Don't stop buying grain. If you can't buy it in the river valley, go to the central plains to buy it."
After listening to Richard's instructions, Lin Te raised his eyes and met Richard's eyes. The two seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding.
"The granary has been built, and the purchase of grain has never stopped."
Logically speaking, there is no shortage of food in the kingdom. Many granaries are full of food. The price of food is very low. Even poor families can afford a few pieces of rye bread. It can be used in certain dynasties.
To brag about the prosperous times,
Although the Northland has been somewhat affected this year, according to the Hunter family's arrangement, grain production will be restored next year and there will be no shortage of grain. At this time, it seems that it is better to spend a lot of money to collect grain than to do other things.
If food becomes precious, unless there is some big trouble in the empire, otherwise, under the condition of peace, excessive and large-scale grain harvesting like Richard's will only lead to losses.
The current kingdom still seems to be peaceful and peaceful, but the actual situation is definitely not optimistic. At least after Richard communicated with Aragorn, this feeling became stronger and stronger, so he had to make plans early.
"Where's the cavalry? Are the horses enough now?"
"According to your instructions before you left, we have purchased nearly 300 Western Horses. We have also built the matching armor and armor at the same time. We have selected some strong warriors from the previous cavalry and have been training them for a period of time.
I should be able to fight this time."
Armored heavy cavalry is something that Richard has always wanted to develop. In the past, the Northern Territory was dominated by light cavalry. First, because the ogres were not powerful at that time, the Northern Territory did not need such powerful shock cavalry.
Second, the cost of equipping heavy cavalry is too high. The cost of raising such cavalry can be as much as that of a bunch of ordinary infantry. There is no point in raising too few. It is too expensive to raise too many. Horses have to be imported from the west.
The lords couldn't afford it at all, and the Lanster family, the only one who could afford it, didn't have any urgent needs, which left the Northland blank in this area. If Marquis Wade had had so many hundreds of heavy cavalry in his hands, maybe the war would have
The direction will change.
When Richard comes here, he will never ignore the development of this unit. His vision will not be limited to the wilderness and the north, or even the kingdom. There are too many races in this world that are difficult to compete with manpower. This kind of
Riding with heavy equipment can somewhat close the gap.
"Well, the people of the Red Flame Knights must also be ready to go out this time."
"Don't worry, their special equipment has been built, and formation training started yesterday. They are all knights, and they adapt much faster than ordinary soldiers."
The quality of the Red Flame Horse is still much higher than that of the Western Horse. Naturally, it cannot be equipped with the same horse armor. The specially made horse armor is much thicker. The knights' equipment is also more sophisticated and heavier. The original limitation is that their mounts cannot bear it.
With this weight, now that the matching red flame horse is available, the armor can naturally be made thicker.
"good."
Richard seemed to have nothing to say, and Lin Te was almost flawless in his work. Having a reliable internal affairs talent can really save a lot of trouble. Everything is arranged properly, and there is almost no need to worry about too many things.
"Master Richard, Mr. Gandolf wants to see you."
"Let him in."
Just when Richard and Lint were arranging the next expedition, Gandalf came to the door again. Since Gandalf relied on the magic crystal to activate several elementary spells, Richard had no idea about Gandalf.
I also paid a lot of attention to it, and there was no problem with courtesy.
"Lord Richard."
"Um"
"Look at this magic crystal?"
During the period of time when Richard left, Gandolf should have lived the most fulfilling period in his life. He used a piece of magic crystal to release many spells, and finally experienced the feeling of Master.
But after all, there is only a small piece of magic crystal. Even if you just release some basic spells, it will take up almost a month.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After experiencing the feeling of a real master, he suddenly can't cast his spells. This kind of frustration is even more uncomfortable than being unable to cast spells in the past few decades. This is what Richard just said.
When he came back, Gandolf shamelessly approached him and prepared to ask for more magic crystals.
Richard smiled and looked at Gandolf, who had a constipated expression on his face. He touched the tea cup and casually asked him to sit down.
"Don't worry, there will be as many magic crystals as you need soon..."