Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 274 Arrived Successfully (Thanks to the Pure Man's Monthly Ticket)
After a week of traveling, the large army led by Butler Henry had arrived at the north of Thorny Ridge.

The amount of goods escorted this time was far greater than last time. There were 500 slaves alone, and there were also more than 2000 gold coins worth of furs, grain, daily necessities, weapons and armor, potions, ores, etc. The size of the team was also smaller than last time. Much bigger.

Moreover, the emotions of the slaves were relatively stable this time. After learning about Sean's policy of "gradually transforming slaves into free citizens," no one thought about escaping, and everyone began to look forward to the future.

Moreover, Sean purchased slaves on a family basis. The ratio of male to female slaves was not only close to 1:1, but there were even 5 elders over the age of 50.

Although these elders do not have much labor, they have rich life experience, can persuade young people not to do stupid things, and even have some secret recipes for curing diseases passed down from their ancestors.

Therefore, the slaves did not cause any trouble along the way, and the escape rate and death rate were maintained at a very low level.

Looking at Thorn Ridge from a distance, the butler Henry couldn't help but smile, feeling extraordinarily comfortable:
"Haha, it's almost time to cross the Thorn Ridge! These few days have exhausted me!"

Lilith, the leader of the Dark Gold Rose Mercenary Group who followed behind on a horse, also showed a smile:
"It's really hard for you to run around outside at a lot of age!"

"Ah! Those of us who are servants really can't help it sometimes."

Henry sighed:

"But this batch of goods hardly suffered any damage during the delivery, I hope the master will be satisfied!"

"I think His Royal Highness Sean will be satisfied. I have been a mercenary for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen a slave so obedient! And the death rate is so low that it was almost unimaginable before!" Lilith exclaimed.

Henry laughed and said, "Haha, after all, our master didn't treat them as slaves, but as future citizens.

As long as the slaves worked normally, they could become free people in half a year at the earliest, and at the end of three to five years.With hope, the death rate of slaves will naturally be low. "

Before Lilith could speak, a clear girlish voice suddenly came from behind:
"I've said it before! Only a lord like His Highness Xiao En has such courage!"

The girl who spoke was naturally Sophia, ever since she thought that she could see her long-lost father and His Highness Xiao En today, her smile never stopped.

Hearing Sophia's words, Lilith couldn't help curling her lips:
"Isn't it because he is rich? Other viscounts are not as rich as him, and they almost emptied the river family's liquidity."

While talking, Lilith looked jealously at the carriage with the River family crest engraved at the end of the team:
"That's a total of [-] gold coins! If it wasn't for the escort of a gold-ranked powerhouse from the He family, I really want to rob him and leave!"

However, Lilith also noticed the staring eyes of the gold-ranked powerhouse, and shrank her neck, not daring to continue speaking.

Sophia didn't notice the interaction between Lilith and the gold-ranked powerhouse. At this time, she was happily looking towards the direction of River Beach Town:

"Anyway, I can finally see Dad and Your Highness Xiao En!"

Hearing Sophia's words, Lilith seemed to think of something suddenly, and blinked at Sophia mysteriously:

"I've been paying attention to you for a long time along the way. You mentioned His Highness Xiao En more times than your father. To be honest, do you like His Highness Xiao En?"

Sophia was taken aback, and hurriedly denied: "No, no, how is it possible?"

At the same time, Sophia quickly covered her face, because she felt as if her face was burning.

Seeing Sophia's expression, Lilith naturally understood Sophia's thoughts.Wasn't it like this when she was young?

Fifteen years ago, like Sophia, she was an ignorant girl who had a crush on the big brother next door, and her life was full of sunshine.

Later, Mason River appeared in her world, and the nightmare began, and she has not woken up until now.

Thinking of this, Lilith felt that her tough nerves began to tingle again, and she couldn't help but sighed when she looked at Sophia with a shy face:
"Sophia, let me tell you something."

Lilith clung to Sophia's ear and said in a very small voice:

"Aristocrats are not good people! Nobles are not short of women, especially this kind of big nobles with territories!
The aristocrats only see you as a novelty, and they will ignore you after they get tired of playing. They will also prohibit you from marrying other men and even give you to other nobles. You are likely to live in the shadows for the rest of your life.

If you believe me, listen to me and stay away from any nobles, including His Royal Highness Sean! "

Sophia said affirmatively: "I know that His Highness Xiao En is not such a person!"

"." Lilith suddenly felt that her explanation was a little weak.

Just about to continue explaining, Sophia said, "Aunt Lilith, I won't tell you more about Dad! Your Highness Sean!"

Sophia shouted loudly, and then steered the horse forward.

Lilith looked towards the Thorn Ridge, and she saw a few "small black spots" galloping down from the Thorn Ridge, which should be His Royal Highness Xiao En and the others.

Lilith sighed again, called the butler Henry to steer the horse, and quickly followed Sophia.

Not long after, the three of Sophia joined Sean's team.

Sofia has been dependent on her father Olga since she was a child, and she has not seen Olga for more than half a month and misses her father very much.

When she was three or four meters away from Olga, Sofia jumped up from her horse and rushed towards Olga, shouting loudly:
"Dad, I miss you so much!"

But Sophia miscalculated Sean's horse speed.

Because Anduin used [Heaven's Feather] to speed up while riding the horse, Sean's horse speed was faster when there was a buff, and slower when there was no buff.

The time point when Sophia rushed over [Feather of Heaven] buff time just disappeared, and the speed of the horse slowed down.

So Sophia, who was in mid-air, had no time to turn, and threw herself straight into Sean's arms.

Sean was caught off guard and had no choice but to catch Sophia who was flying over.

The bodies of the two collided heavily.

……

Immediately, all eyes turned to them, and there were two coughing sounds from Xiao En's side.

The first cough was naturally Olga's. Although he tried his best to match Sean and Sophia, seeing his daughter take the initiative would make even a father feel uncomfortable.

The other cough came from Vivienne. The appearance of a beautiful girl of the same age made her feel quite threatened.

Sean rubbed Sophia's head in embarrassment: "Okay, good girl, everyone is watching!"

Although Sean has always regarded Sophia as his goddaughter, Sean still feels a little uncomfortable when Sophia suddenly calls her father.

(End of this chapter)