Chapter 11 9. Plans and Changes

In Maned Wolf City, there is a huge suite in the Earl's Castle, which has a complete living room, reception room, study room and bedroom, and even a sports hall and meditation room.

Everything here is customized according to the floor height of 10 meters, and the sports hall of several hundred square meters even has a super height of 30 meters.

The owner here, the northwestern Earl of the Dragon Kingdom, Kempins Maned Wolf, once built this lord-only room after he broke through to become a Silver Knight. At that time, he firmly believed that he could continue to break through to become a Sky Knight and fly in the air with fighting spirit.

At this moment, the 3-meter-tall Earl is resting in the living room. He is thin and half-lying on a magic rattan chair. This kind of chair can adjust the angle and length, is very sturdy, and is very popular among those who support magic.

The count closed his eyes and recalled the days more than ten years ago, when he had just become a Silver Knight.

The most important goal of every noble is to continue to make breakthroughs, to allow the family to obtain excellent bloodline inheritance, and to allow the territory to continue to produce extraordinary output.

Earl Maned Wolf was no exception. At that time, he was very ambitious. In order for his family to advance further, he had to continuously serve a big family.

Until that day he took his wife into the trap of conspiracy...

"Master? The young master is already outside the door." The housekeeper stood behind him at some point and reported softly.

The count opened his eyes. "Oh, he's here? Let him come in."

The 4-meter-high door was opened, and a handsome knight walked in quickly.

"Father, I just received it." The person who came was Fernando Maned Wolf, the eldest son of the Count. This young man has been the most dazzling child in the entire Maned Wolf City since he was a child. He was already a junior knight at the age of 15 and broke through to the intermediate level at the age of 20.

At the age of 25, two years ago, he broke through to the senior level.

The Earl took the note and sighed, "Lot is really good at making money. 10,000 gold coins in 7 years. Aren't you afraid of choking to death?"

"This greedy guy, who only sells salt and iron, dares to smuggle armor and war horses to the Frostwolf family," Fernando said through gritted teeth.

"The way nobles deal with things is to give space to their subordinates so that they can develop, but not to be too indulgent. In the past few years, I have focused my attention on Dragon Tooth City and neglected the management of these border nobles." Earl.

He attaches great importance to the cultivation of his eldest son and hopes that he can realize his wish to revitalize the family.

"You will face the same situation in the future. If you want to handle it well, you must have a good attitude."

"How should I master it?"

"Let the knights assemble, but don't set off yet. I want to teach Lot a lesson."

"Yes, father"

In the eyes of the Earl of Maned Wolf, the winter of 996 will be a little cooler on the border, but it is only slightly colder than previous years. As long as his Maned Wolf Knights are at hand, there will be no accidents.

.........

Roth territory, Viscount Castle study room. Although Viscount Roth and Baron Galloping Horse belong to the same clan, the magnificence of Viscount Roth's castle is far from comparable to that of Baron Galloping Horse.

The Viscount's castle also has three floors. It is very similar to Hack's castle in function, but is three times larger than the Baron's castle in area. Besides the main castle, there is also a large auxiliary castle and warehouse.

The current Viscount of Roth, Bob Roth, was once the deputy leader of the Maned Wolf Knights. Eight years ago in 988, there was a large-scale barbarian invasion. At that time, Viscount Roth entrusted the people of the territory to Huck Galloping Horse, and he

He led his knights to fight against the barbarians, but unfortunately died.

Bob inherited the Lott Territory, and the Lott Territory has developed rapidly since then. Bob has two business methods, the merchants in the Galloping Horse Plains and the royal capital network.

He hooked up with the Frostwolf family, a large trading firm in the royal capital, Longya City, and sold specialties from the Galloping Horse Plains to the royal capital through Frostwolf, earning higher profits.

Today, the Viscount Roth has 60 households and a population of more than 600. There are 5 knights in the Roth family, 12 family knights in the castle, and 8 knights in the 4 fiefdoms (including reserve knights). Such strength lies in 8

It was accumulated through Bob's management on the basis that the group was almost wiped out a few years ago.

At this moment, the Viscount is in his study. He has just finished writing a list of supplies to be sent to the Gray Goose Tribe.

Although Viscount Bob was the deputy leader of the Knights, he once studied in Dragon Tooth City, and his business contacts also came from his study days.

Bob looked at the list in his hand and felt reluctant to part with it. He had worked hard to save it over the past few years. Every copper coin should be used for more meaningful things.

In Bob's opinion, when the critical moment has arrived, it is a normal operation for a big noble to scatter the side branches as chips.

More than ten years ago, the Frostwolf family in the royal capital was involved in a scandal involving liaison with barbarians. They pushed the business manager out to talk back. It is said that the whereabouts of the brother and sister were later unknown.

Now I am just following the example of the big family.

He didn't agree with his brother's idea of ​​rushing to the front and letting his subordinates take care of the people.

In his eyes, the Lot family, as the main branch, should be preserved.

But this side branch was so unconscious that he actually fled with all the people in the territory when there was only one knight apprentice left, a knight apprentice. Even if he saved the people, he couldn't inherit the baron territory, so why couldn't he contribute himself to save the entire Roman Empire?

What about special territory?

Every year when Bob went to the Galloping Plains to do business, he brought Huck with him. Over the years, Huck and his sons were considered the best barons in the entire northwest earldom.

Why should I lead you to make a fortune? Isn't it just to let you in at the critical moment? Why don't you show any gratitude at all, and now you actually need me to pay so much money to feed those barbarians?

Viscount Roth was very angry.

The study door was pushed open, and Bob's son Del Rotter came in, "Father, is the list finalized? That Gray Goose messenger can't wait any longer."

"Then let him get out!" Bob roared. Bob cared very much about the identity and status of the nobles. He could not tolerate an ordinary barbarian demon wielder bossing around in front of him.

"Tell him that the count's knights will be here tomorrow, and then his gray duck leader will have to lead them back to the plains like flying."

"Father, this is the second thing I want to say." Del took out a note, "This was sent by Captain Croni Red Dragon."

"What?" He just sent someone to hand over this note? Crony Red Dragon is the nephew of Kempins Maned Wolf and once worked with Bob Rote in the Knights of the Maned Wolf.

The two are not only classmates in the capital, colleagues in Earl City, but also partners on the business route from the Galloping Horse Plains to the royal capital.

Now that he is in dire straits, after asking for help from Maned Wolf City, only a note came from him?

Bob finished the note, took one look at it, then rolled it up into a ball and threw it on the ground. "This jackal, a scavenging hound, a fool who can't get enough to eat!"

You actually said that the Knights are temporarily unable to mobilize? Do you think that if you bleed me, those barbarians will leave after smelling the blood?" The above words are scolding the Maned Wolf family. In fact, Bob Rotter and Feinan

The relationship between maned wolves and maned wolves is better.

Fernando Maned Wolf has become the first deputy leader of the Maned Wolf Knights since he broke through to become a senior knight three years ago.

The leader is Count Maned Wolf, the first deputy leader is Fernando Maned Wolf, the second deputy leader is a senior knight in charge of training, and the third deputy leader is Crony Red Dragon, Red Dragon

The surname is the royal surname of the Dragon Kingdom.

The Earl of Maned Wolf intermarried with the Red Dragon family, and invited a nephew of the Red Dragon to come to the Knights to serve as the deputy leader in charge of external liaison to show his favor with the royal family.

Since Bob started large-scale smuggling 7 years ago, he is well aware of the dangers of eating alone, so every time he goes to Maned Wolf City to do business, he will give Fernando the Maned Wolf a share.

Fernando Maned Wolf naturally accepted Bob's overtures, so in Bob's view, Maned Wolf City acquiesced in his business.

Not only Fernando the Maned Wolf, but also Croni, the Count Butler and the captain in charge of city defense often receive Bob's benefits.

"Are these bastards so blinded by the gold coins that they think I can just pick up a random horse on the plains and sell it to the Maned Wolf City?"

"Father?"

"Every time I go out in a caravan, you have to share. My iron armor can only be sold to you at a low price. You always want to keep the best of my black scale horses. I lead the Frostwolf family into the plains. You are better than Frost

It's still uncomfortable when a wolf enters your castle.

Now that I am rich, I actually stood idly by when the barbarians invaded. Even if the barbarians drained my blood, they would not feed it to you!" Bob was furious now.

People are always like this, they seem so justified when sacrificing others, and they even feel that the person being sacrificed is not very sensible.

When you are sacrificed, you will feel that the whole world has betrayed you.

"Tell the barbarian downstairs that these things will be delivered to Galloping Horse Territory in three days." Bob handed the list in his hand to his son, "Let all the knights gather at the castle. These barbarians will not be fed so easily. We have to

Let them learn to keep their promises.”

"Yes, father"

........

In a small hotel in Maned Wolf City, two young people were drinking in a room.

"Everything is going according to the chief's plan. The Baron of Galloping Horse has been emptied. Gray Goose's next step will definitely be to eat Lot. The maned wolves who sit back and watch their subordinates being destroyed by the barbarians will be punished by the dragon and the empire. This

The two territories will become the chief meat in the multi-party game."

"Those are just two border territories. They live on a little private salt and private railroad every year. What really matters is guarding the Cornico Pass."

"Yes, the chief has captured Lot, which means he has closed the door to Cornico. At that time, he can send troops to explore Yeqi City, as long as the magic circle in Yeqi City can be restored."

"Then the Dianqian Secretary will become the master of Ye Qi and own the entire Benma Plain!"

"At that time, Yeqi City will become a stage for civilian mages and knights."

"Brother, just because you are a senior mage, you will definitely get a bigger stage. When the time comes, brother, you have to think of me."

"No way, aren't you the chief's fellow disciple?"

"What fellow disciple? Chief, when he studied under Master Zhuo Qin, I was still a child. By the time I joined Master Zhuo Qin, the chief had already entered the palace department."

"Hey, then you are also from the same sect. At least in the eyes of us outsiders, you are brothers."

"What? I'm just an intermediate mage. Back then I was just an apprentice among the master's disciples. Now I'm afraid I don't even have the chance to break through to the advanced level."

"How could it be possible? Once the Dianqian Secretary captures Yeqi City, we middle-level mages will have the opportunity to break through."

"Come, let's do it for Ye Qi"

"cheers"
To be continued...