Prince Ward brought little Blake to the front yard, and happened to meet Richard and Messiah. The two parties exchanged symbolic greetings. Messiah was a little reluctant to let go in front of the eldest prince, and no longer clung to Richard.
, but stretched out his hand to say hello to the eldest prince. The Charman family's cultivation model made the family relationship relatively indifferent. Messiah was not too familiar with the eldest prince, so she could only say hello when they met now.
"This is little Blake. I'll ask my brother-in-law to salute the teacher later."
"Hello teacher."
Although little Blake is only a teenager, he does decent etiquette. Richard was not polite this time and stood up to receive the ceremony. The relationship between masters and disciples in this world is quite close. If the civilian class treats children
Handing it over to a certain master is almost handing over the power of life and death to the other person. Sometimes this connection is closer than the relationship between father and son.
After waiting for Little Blake to raise his head after giving a long salute, Richard carefully observed the young man in front of him.
Little Blake also has the standard appearance of a Charman family male. He is wearing a dark aristocratic robe. Although he is young, he is not as active as he should be at this age and looks heavy and majestic.
"Um"
Richard nodded.
"There are no preparations this time. I will make up for the meeting gift when we return to the North. We will set off back to the North in two days. You should go back and prepare first."
"No, Blake's things have been brought here. I just have to deal with military affairs these two days, so just let Blake adapt here for two days."
Richard thought for a while and nodded in agreement. These two days were a good time to see the character of this apprentice. Although he was forced to accept him, he still had to bear the basic responsibility.
After a few words of greeting, Ward seemed to really have something important to do, and quickly left the Hou's Mansion, leaving only Blake in the Hou's Mansion.
The guys like Charman are each more hard-hearted than the last. Fortunately, Richard has no intention of participating in the kingdom's fight for the heir, otherwise it would be really difficult to choose. The rest of the people don't know much about it. Just between the fourth prince Paley and the eldest prince
It would be difficult to choose Richard between Wards. Both of them are like masters, but the eldest prince deployed military power first, while the fourth prince accumulated economic power.
"I'll take little Blake to settle down first."
No matter how strong and precocious little Blake appears to be, he is still a little at a loss when left alone in an unfamiliar environment.
Although Richard has been a man for two generations, he has never had the experience of taking care of children's emotions. He gave a few random instructions but had no plan. At this time, Messiah, as Blake's aunt, stood up first and took him to settle down. After hearing
With Messiah's words, Blake finally found his backbone. He, who had been in a state of nervousness, quickly ran to Messiah's side. For him, even Richard, the teacher, was actually a stranger. Only
Messiah is an "acquaintance" whom I meet a few times every year.
"Well, it's up to you to arrange his life."
Richard couldn't handle such small details by himself, so it seemed a bit perfunctory to leave it to the servants. It was also a good thing that Messiah could share some of it.
"But remember to go to bed early at night and start training with me in the morning from tomorrow."
"is teacher!"
Upon hearing Richard's instructions, Blake reacted very loudly, as if he had received certain military training. This response was so loud that even Messiah was startled.
He is very good, very spirited, and seems to be a promising talent.
Richard waved his hand and signaled Messiah to take him to settle down first, while he returned to the office to handle the day's affairs.
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half a month later
In the river valley, a team of several hundred people is marching. This team is not large in number, but if they have any ideas, they can beat up the garrison in Burai City at this time.
"Richard, are we almost there?"
Messiah poked her head out of the gorgeous carriage and asked. After half a month of travel, even though Messiah was in good health, she was still a little tired.
"Bolai City is ahead of us. Today we will go into the city to rest for a night. After leaving Zhenbeiguan this week, we will reach Ironwood City soon."
There are more people in the team than when we went there. Not only Messiah and Blake, but also more than fifty knights and one high knight want to join Richard's army. Most of these people are from bad backgrounds.
Landless knights, or the second sons of noble families, who have brothers who have advanced to knighthood, have no inheritance rights and have to strive for wealth like the commoner knights.
A top powerful marquis like Richard, although his fiefdom is far away, has a strong aura, and has gradually become the main target for these knights to seek refuge. There are always more people who can provide icing on the cake than people who can help in times of trouble. This time Richard is in the royal capital.
After showing his strength, Richard gained another group of subordinates. If the Northland was not so far away, this number could even be doubled.
"Little Blake, if you are tired, just get in the carriage and sit for a while. You don't have to ride the horse all the time."
Turning his head, Richard looked at the somewhat stubborn Blake and said.
He doesn't have the concept of a strict teacher. In his eyes, a twelve-year-old can only be considered a brat. It's just that people in this era are a little precocious.
Riding a horse for a long time is actually quite exhausting. This time, except for Messiah and Blake, there is no ordinary person in the team. Even the driver who drives the horse for Messiah is a knight-level expert.
Traveling for half a month is not difficult for them at all.
But young Blake is different. Although he received training early, due to age restrictions, he has not yet fully developed. In terms of physical fitness, he is definitely not as good as these knights. He has been gritting his teeth for at least so long that it has become visible to the naked eye.
Visibly tired.
"Teacher, I can still persist. Those soldiers wore heavy armor and walked all the way without getting tired. How could I get tired while riding a horse?"
Richard knew that little Blake was talking about the group of Crusaders led by Ron. They wore heavy armor and walked all the way. In the eyes of others, their physical strength was ridiculously good, especially the newly recruited knights, many of whom were newly recruited.
If you have military experience, you can better understand the power of this.
Richard didn't know how to explain it. This group of crusaders were all knight-level masters, and with Richard's skills and treasure bonuses, this kind of march could really only be said to be trivial. Poor Blake took them
As a comparison object, it is really inappropriate.
Fortunately, Burai City is not far away, and he can go to the city to rest today, otherwise Richard would really be afraid of exhausting little Blake.
"Speed up and spend the night in Burai City tonight."