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64 The Return
Roland, who had no need for other slaves, did not buy them.

After leaving the slave market, Roland bid farewell to Baron Leon, and at the same time asked him to bring the surveying team and prospecting team as soon as possible.

Baron Leon said that he would try his best, because this matter ultimately depends on the decision of the Duke of Osborne.

Roland nodded in understanding, and after saying goodbye to Baron Leon, he went directly to the treasury of the Osborne family.

He demanded direct exchange for all remaining gold coins.

Although he had met Roland before and verified his withdrawal documents, the steward still followed the procedures to find out the authenticity.

Only then did the staff go inside to fetch the remaining coins for Roland.

Soon two guards came over carrying a box, and the steward came up to check the serial number, and confirmed that it was the box of gold that was opened just today and took away [-] gold coins.

"My lord, here are the remaining [-] gold coins, please check."

"No need, the reputation of the Osborne family is well known to the world."

After Roland finished speaking, he put the rest of the gold coins into the big box. Roland thought that holding a huge box like this was too conspicuous, and it was easy to be remembered by others.

Then he asked, "This steward, can you provide a carriage, it's too conspicuous to go out of the city like this."

The steward nodded in understanding, and arranged for a servant to prepare a carriage for Roland.

Not long after, the carriage arrived.

After refusing their request for help, Roland lifted the 200-jin box with both hands and put it on the carriage.

When he got into the carriage, he realized that his horse was not easy to carry. In desperation, he had no choice but to go to the mansion of Baron Leon, intending to store the horses in the mansion of Baron Leon.

What surprised him was that Baron Leon was still in the mansion. Baron Leon laughed and said that he could just hold the rein and let it go. Why did he spend so much effort.

Roland slapped his head before he could react.The carriage was running so slowly, there would definitely be no problem with my war horse following along.

And he also brought 30 imperial costumed knights with him. With their superb horse skills, there must be a way to bring this war horse back.

But it also reminded him of one thing, that is, the purchase of war horses. He planned to buy 700 war horses.

These war horses are enough for him to recruit noble soldiers for a year with his current family rank.As for the imperial private cavalry, he does not plan to recruit them now.

Because in his opinion, in most cases, mounted archers are more likely to harass, contain, or perform scouting work, and it is difficult for them to achieve the final decision.

Unlike most people's imagination, the distance of riding and shooting is very short.

Under normal circumstances, you start shooting arrows when you come to a place 30 meters in front of the enemy's formation. The accuracy of this distance does not need to be considered at all. You guessed it right, it is the legendary random arrow method.

Don't say that cavalry and archery can contain the heavy cavalry and slowly eliminate them. The heavy cavalry can completely ignore you and directly cooperate with the infantry to charge the enemy's phalanx.

You thought you held him back, but in fact he held you back!
In addition, cavalry archers often face counterattacks from enemy archers.Generally speaking, the weight and size of the horse bow are smaller than the step bow, and the step bow and the horse bow shoot against each other. In terms of strength, accuracy and distance, the horse bow is often the one that suffers.

On the one hand, the short distance of riding and shooting is due to the consideration of hit rate. On the other hand, the farther the arrow travels after shooting, the less kinetic energy it will have, and the worse the armor-piercing ability will be.With the level of armor protection getting higher and higher and the armor rate of the army rising, close-range shooting is also a choice that cavalry archers have to make.

As for how close the distance of riding and shooting is, we can get a glimpse of it through the modern riding and shooting competition.For example, in the FITE China International Archery Competition, the vertical distance from the target to the center line is 9 meters.

The heavy cavalry charge is different. In the case of a small number, of course, heavy cavalry should be considered.

When cavalry archers form large-scale clusters, they can indeed cause a lot of damage, but raising thousands or even tens of thousands of horses consumes more than the same number of people.

Moreover, they are all horses that cannot be used for production. To support so many masters at home, Roland's nascent territory does not need to be developed at all.

"Can you buy some war horses from Duke Osborne?"

Roland's question made Baron Leon a little embarrassed. He tentatively asked, "How many war horses do you need?"

Seeing Baron Leon's embarrassment, Roland said, "Not many, just 700 horses."

"Seven hundred war horses are not many? If you want one or two hundred, I can think of a way. If you want so many, I can't help it."

Baron Leon's statement did not disappoint Roland.

"Why don't you ask the Duke of Osborne? Seven hundred if you can, or one or two hundred if you can't.

Anyway, you will come later, so why not bring it here for me. "

Baron Leon took a serious look at Roland, and only now did he realize that this guy has a thick skin enough to blame himself for everything.

But he had to say what had to be said.

"Okay, let's do it like this, the cost is 2 gold per horse." Seeing Roland's pained expression, Baron Leon continued: "A war horse needs at least 3 years of training, and the food alone is about the same price. Don’t think it’s expensive, if the Duke of Osborne is not optimistic about you, you won’t be able to buy it.”

After listening to Baron Leon's words, Roland nodded in agreement. The main reason is that he is used to being poor. Even if he got [-] gold coins, he found that he couldn't help but spend them, and he couldn't help but plan to spend more economically.

After Baron Leon bid farewell to Roland, he watched Roland disappear outside the city.He wasn't too worried about the cash on delivery that Roland said, because Roland was rich.

What worried him was how to talk to the Duke of Osborne. This Roland really gave him a problem.

But these have nothing to do with Roland.

Because it was a carriage leased to other people, the family emblem on the carriage had been removed.

After presenting the development documents in his carriage, he passed the city gate smoothly under the awe-inspiring eyes of a sergeant.

Roland was not in a hurry to leave first, but put the gold coins in the box into the storage space before arriving at the military camp outside the city.

He left the barracks with the cavalry first, and then came to a remote place, considering that the speed of the carriage was not fast, and it was not easy to take shortcuts to open the map.

He took out the bag that had been prepared earlier and asked them to put some stones in it, pretending to have packed the gold coins in the box, and drove the carriage and cavalry towards the city gate.

After arriving at the city gate, Roland explained the situation to the sergeant, and then left the carriage at the city gate.

In the eyes of others, this small group of cavalry appeared to be nothing unusual, and what they carried in their cloth bags might be supplies or the like.

The carriages before might have attracted some attention, but no one cares about them now, because there is not enough lure for them.

This will keep them safe along the way.

And in the eyes of insiders, it is a 'money bag' containing gold coins, but those insiders don't think about it.

Because there are only a few people with names and surnames in the insider, if they really want to be tracked down, it can be said that there is no way to escape.

Except for the Duke of Osborne and the Baron of Leon, there are only those who manage the treasury. Those who can manage those places must be loyal and guaranteed.

　Thanks for the reward from Xiaox Niu, thank you

　　
　
(End of this chapter)