People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 136 Coercion
Accompanied by Marles, there were more than a dozen apprentices trained by him, as well as several newly recruited hussars and Varangian guards.

Lothar asked Marles to choose the site by himself and prepare to build the blacksmith shop.

The supporting hydraulic forging hammer, water mill, ore crusher, hydraulic blower and other tools are very particular about the flow rate of the water area, and the Jordan River and its tributaries have dry seasons and wet seasons.

The hussars and Varangian guards returned to their respective ranks.

It is worth mentioning that Pepin also changed his job to become a hussar, which can be regarded as stepping into a circle that Lothar can trust without reservation.

"Send Julia over here."

Julia, this female vampire with wheat-colored skin and long brown hair, has soft facial features of mixed Dacians and Greeks.

"Stephanie will leave it to you to solve it, can it be done?"

Julia showed a look of embarrassment: "Stephanie, that stinky woman, has been wary of me for a long time. She is surrounded by guards holding magic gold weapons at all times. I'm afraid I can't do it, my lord."

"You can't even assassinate a secular lord?"

Lothar frowned deeply.

Isn't this vampire too embarrassing?
Julia murmured, "I'm just a little fifth-generation vampire, and I'm not that powerful. If Huaiya is still alive, I'm still a little bit sure."

Speaking of Huaiya, she didn't feel much regret.

The vampires don't have such a deep relationship, they just fly separately when the disaster is imminent, and it is precisely because Huaiya "flyed" earlier that she died under Jeanna's holy spear.

However, Julia's belittling of her ability was actually just an excuse. She was very sure that she would kill Stephanie.

I didn't do that before, because those who wear shoes are afraid of going barefoot.

This is not the case now, anyway, even the territory has been deprived, and it doesn't matter whether the identity of the vampire will be exposed.

The reason for the shirk is purely unwillingness to work for Lothar.

"Fifth Generation?"

Lothar frowned: "Tell me in detail how your vampires are classified?"

Julia said happily: "This is not a secret, it is measured according to the concentration of the true ancestor's blood that we inherit."

"The fifth generation of vampires like ours has the largest number, and they often refer to young vampires who have grown up but are under three hundred years old."

"The average age of the fourth-generation blood family is over 500 years old, and they exist widely in Transylvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia as lords. The third-generation blood family is even dubbed 'Duke' Or the title of 'Prince', owning a large and vast territory, and many fourth-generation blood clans have surrendered to them, and it is just a legend."

Aren't these three "Asia" the territory of later Romania?
Losa was thoughtful: "Then what generation do you think Fringilla is?"

"It should be the third generation, but I... I can't be sure. The lady's blood breath is completely different from what I know. She is full of vigor and vitality."

Lothar pondered for a moment, and felt that it would be too risky to send Fringela to try to unify the vampire forces alone, but in the future, after her strength breaks through to Elite [-], she should be able to try it.

"One more thing, do you know which places in Hebron are the most powerful and notorious?"

It is said that it is a local tyrant, but in fact it owns a manor and raises private soldiers. It is no different from a lord, but there is no legal support, and an extra layer of taxes is paid to the lord.

"Hussein near Hernus Castle, he is a cruel and stingy guy. He started his business by selling grain and salt, and secretly supported many bandits. In my territory, there were taxpayers crying to me that he robbed their caravan , but this Hussain was very sensible and offered me a tribute, so I didn't get involved in this matter."

"That's it."

Lothar was thoughtful: "How many people does this Hussein have under his command?"

"There are only a dozen guards on the surface, but it is said that the bandit gang he sponsored has hundreds of people."

Lothar couldn't help but said: "There are hundreds of people armed, and you, as the lord of Honus, don't care?"

Julia said indifferently: "I am a human noble to enjoy, and not really to govern the territory? If he annoys me, I will find a time when the night is quiet and kill all his family." "

Lothar frowned and said: "Okay, I know, get ready, and set out to assassinate Stephanie immediately. The method should be clean and neat, and don't be seen by others."

Julia said dissatisfied: "My lord, I said I can't do it!"

Lothar frowned.

He didn't speak, just stood up from the lord's throne.

The blood magic power is like a long blood-colored snake, winding around his body, winding up, and the majestic magic power forms a ferocious silhouette of a beast behind him.

The pitch-black scales, the huge eyes like lanterns, and the pair of giant wings that occupy the entire wall just by curling up.

It is so majestic and terrifying.

The bony horns on the head are like an iron crown.

The majestic body seems to almost support the dome of the entire castle - this is a dragon, an ancient dragon lurking in the blood of Lothar's dragon descendants.

Because the blood magic power comes from the blood in his body, it is naturally contaminated with the breath of the dragon.

Lothar's eyes turned into the cold vertical pupils of a giant dragon. He emphasized his tone and said again: "Let's go immediately, if you can't do it, you have no value in living."

Julia's face was pale, and the fangs at the corners of her mouth stretched out unconsciously, piercing her lips, and she stayed in place without speaking for a long time.

Until the shadow of the dragon dissipates.

Julia just sat down on the ground.

Her lips were trembling.

My heart was screaming crazily.

"I, I'm so stupid, really, I just know that this guy is lucky, has the allegiance of witches, werewolves and vampires, so this guy is really the scariest monster."

Lothar raised his tone: "Did you hear that?"

Julia hurriedly said: "I heard it, I heard it, I will set off immediately, even if I risk my life, I will kill Stephanie—and that Leonard, if you need it, I can also go Get rid of it."

Lothar waved his hand: "No, just take her life. You are too weak and of limited value to me. If you can't do this well, I will ask Fringilla to release your blood contract." .”

Julia tentatively asked, "You want to set me free?"

Lothar smiled, showing two rows of white teeth: "What do you think?"

Julia immediately understood that what Lothar meant was that if she had no use value, she would not be qualified to occupy a place in the blood contract of Fringila at all.

The end is naturally still a word of "death".

After spending the first few days of welcoming and sending off with the nobles, Lothar was at leisure again.

As a lord, indulging in pleasure every day, leading the guards to go hunting in his spare time, or robbing passing caravans, bullying unruly people, and playing with Persian female slaves is a normal life.

How can there be so many government affairs to deal with?

Let’s just say that these days are relatively busy, and I am also busy accepting audiences and visits from lower-level vassals.

He has received a lot of presents, and there are very few things that he really needs to deal with.

In the eyes of the people below, with the status of a lord, it is enough to just collect taxes, and the rest such as enacting laws, intervening in city guilds, and dispatching patrol officers to supervise illegal activities-isn't this enough to support you?
Marles' blacksmith shop has already opened in a manor by the Jordan River, but manpower is still tight, and more than a dozen apprentices are hard to use.

After the output stabilized, only one pair of plate armor, three pairs of simple breastplates, and ten swords would be produced daily.

Most of the iron ore currently used by the blacksmith shop is purchased from merchants in the territories of his vassals.

Lothar rushed to slay the dragon without the first time, because there are so many things at hand recently, it is impossible for the vassals to come to visit after a long journey, only to find that the Lord is not there.

Moreover, there are many kinds of creatures like giant dragons, but most of them are extremely powerful except for a few dragons that are shamed by giant dragons or dragons that are in their infancy.

If many human nobles found a giant dragon appeared in their territory, they would spend a lot of money to hire witches and other spellcasters to drive it away.

Or it is to issue a reward, so that a group of landless knights who are not afraid of death will go forward and embark on the journey of slaying dragons-the result is often that the dragons they hate can't sleep peacefully, so they have to leave while cursing bad luck.

But there are also a few weaker dragons that are really dealt with by knights. The dragon slayers gain fame and the corpses of dragon creatures as prizes for bragging rights.

At this time, monetary rewards are not important.

Because reputation is sometimes more important than money for knights.

Possessing the reputation of a dragon slayer, not only may he be accepted as a vassal by the lord and rank among the ranks of real nobles, but he may also marry a beautiful widow and directly inherit the latter's position, which can be said to be a step up to heaven.

In short, this is a road to promotion with great benefits but a very small success rate.

In recent decades, Lothar has never heard of the deeds of the truly famous "Dragon Slayer". Of course, this is also related to the slow flow of news in this era.

"A reputation as a dragon slayer should be able to scare away many people with ulterior motives."

Lothar said to himself.

Outside the lord's hall, there was a sound of horseshoes.

More than a dozen hussars were ready, and Lothar decided to take Rangna, Hannya, and Fringila, and all the troops were dispatched, leaving only Ulm and other courtiers to handle Hebron's affairs.

(End of this chapter)