Lord of Hyranza

The arm holding Suldak's arm was tighter, and the warm body was pressed against him. The sudden tenderness made Suldak's heart feel a little hot, and he clasped Hathaway's fingers tightly with his backhand.

Agnes walked through the office hall of the Quartermaster Office, walked directly to an empty window, waved to a civil servant holding a stack of documents inside, and ordered, "Hornger, come here."

Seeing that it was Agnes calling him, the young clerk immediately ran to the window and said cautiously, "Look for me, Lady Agnes."

Agnes raised her hand casually, and said to the young clerk in the window, "Go get an application form, and you can help me fill out an application form for standard weapons."

After speaking, Agnes handed the detailed list in her hand to the clerk named Horenger.

"Okay, Lord Agnes!" Hornger got the detailed list, read it carefully, and said after confirming that there is no problem, "Do you have any orders?"

Agnes rubbed the space between her brows and said, "After you fill it out, let Colvin review and seal it, and send it to my office!"

"Okay, I'll do it right away, Lord Agnes." Hornger immediately put down the work in hand, and quickly filled out an application form inside the grid railing of the counter, and those documents to be handed over, only To be by his side temporarily...

Agnes took out a white handkerchief and wiped her hands, stood there straight and looked at the crowded office hall, and said to the three people: "It will take a while to finish the process, and we don't This is taking up public resources, let's go and sit in my office for a while."

Speaking of which, the female swordsman Agnes led the three of them upstairs, walked through the patio on the second floor, and came directly to the door of the Logistics Materials Statistics Department. There were a few staff members sitting inside with their heads buried in the documents. The materials in the front pile are several feet high.

"Senior sister, it feels like your place is much busier than mine..." Hathaway lowered her voice and whispered to female swordsman Agnes.

The female swordsman Agnes smiled and asked Hathaway: "I heard that you went to the Foreign Affairs Bureau at the last party?"

She stopped at the door of a room, and a female assistant quickly stood up and opened the door for Swordswoman Agnes, who invited everyone to sit in.

"Well, I just want to experience it." Hathaway looked at the spacious office and said casually.

Agnes asked the three of them to sit down on the fabric sofa in the rest area, which is covered with a soft wool carpet, and they will stand on the clouds when they step on it. The female assistant brought refreshments, and the female swordsman Agnes The saber at his waist was hanging on the wooden stand, and he turned to Hathaway and said, "Didn't Uncle Luther always want you to join the family army? Has he given up on that idea?"

"..."

Hathaway glanced at Suldak, pursed her bright red lips, and smiled shyly.

The female swordsman Agnes patted her forehead sassyly, and then said to Suldak: "Oh, I remembered, your name is... Suldak, you are the one who was recognized by Uncle Luther." The Baron—Hathaway's fiancé? You are a lucky guy."

She stood in front of Suldak again, stretched out her hand towards him, and said: "It must be very hard to build an army, right? It's a pleasure to meet you. Let me introduce myself again. I'm Agnes, Hathaway and Bi Beatrice's best friend and senior."

Suldak looked at the noble badge on her chest, stood up and said to her: "Nice to meet you, Chief Agnes, this time I really trouble you."

The female swordsman Agnes smiled slightly and asked Suldak to sit down. She looked at Suldak a little differently and said, "Call me Agnes! You have to thank Hathaway." And Beatrice, if it weren't for them, I wouldn't be dealing with these details."

"This time, your Luthor family's legion is going to garrison the Bailin plane. Are you also preparing for this?" asked the female swordsman Agnes.

"Yes."

Suldak answered honestly.

This senior sister Agnes is quite talkative, with a strong personality, and always holds the initiative of the topic, but Beatrice interjects from time to time, deliberately avoiding sensitive topics, so the atmosphere is still It is well maintained.

Not long after, the clerk named Horenger was brought in by the female assistant, and handed the stamped application form to Agnes.

The female swordsman Agnes glanced at Hornger, took the parchment application form casually, and nodded slightly to let Hornger leave.

After receiving the application form, Agnes took Suldak directly to the door of the No. [-] warehouse of the Quartermaster Department, and happened to see two warehouse managers pushing a flatbed trailer to transport a load of supplies into the warehouse. , Seeing the female swordsman Agnes, she quickly stopped what she was doing and saluted the female swordsman Agnes.

The female swordsman Agnes nodded, walked into the No. [-] warehouse, and handed the detailed list to one of the warehouse managers, asking him to prepare all the standard weapons on the list.

The female swordsman Agnes brought Suldak, Hathaway, and Beatrice to the warehouse door.

Suldak was a little curious about what was stored in the warehouse, but the warehouse was an important place, and the female swordsman Agnes had no plans to take them in for a visit.

Not long after, the two warehouse managers rolled out a flatbed trailer full of long wooden boxes. The two quickly unloaded the wooden box at the warehouse door. The female swordsman Agnes stepped on the wooden box cover with one foot. On the top, he pulled out the long sword at his waist, cut off several iron nails on it, and opened the wooden box lid. Inside lay a knight's spear with a black and black color and a spiral pattern. The surface of the spear was full of metal texture.

Suldak bent down and picked up the knight's spear, which was heavy, far from the knight's spears that Suldak had seen in the cavalry regiment before.

It seems that this should also be a privilege that the female swordsman Agnes can give. This standard weapon is definitely a sophisticated level in the military supply department.

Only [-] knight spears had to be transported back and forth eight times by two warehouse managers. The warehouse door was almost full of such long and narrow wooden boxes, and then even heavier flails, such chain hammers with short handles, were transported out. The texture is also very good, the thorns on each hammer head are triangular, and there are some non-slip textures on the handle.

When the total price was finally calculated, Suldak realized that these standard weapons were not cheap, including knight spear, flail, knight long sword, light shield and hand crossbow, five standard weapons, among which hand crossbow and knight spear were the most expensive Expensive, five gold coins respectively, three gold coins for the flail and knight's long sword, and the cheapest knight's light shield, only 8000 silver coins, but even so, the total price of these standard weapons has reached more than [-] gold coins.

Hathaway and Beatrice were also surprised when the female swordsman Agnes calculated the prices of the weapons on the list. They were worried that Suldak would not be able to afford such a huge military expenditure, so they quickly sent Suldak When Dakla stepped aside, Hathaway whispered to Suldak, "Do you have enough money? Beatrice and I still have some savings here."

Suldak patted the money bag on his waist, and said to the two women: "This time when I was clearing out sand bandits in the desert, I captured a lot of gold and silver magic crystals, and I also disposed of two hundred horses that were eliminated yesterday. War horses, nearly a thousand wind wolf skins and wind wolf red meat. These three transactions alone are enough to pay for these weapons and equipment. I didn't know there were so many monsters in the desert. I didn't expect that hunting junior monsters would be like this to make money..."

"..."

Beatrice and Hathaway were also a little surprised that hunting junior monsters turned out to be such a huge profit.

If junior monsters were always so easy to hunt and kill, those adventure groups and mercenary groups would have made a lot of money, how could there be adventure groups living a hard life beyond their means?

Beatrice asked Suldak, "Would it be so profitable to wipe out desert bandits?"

Suldak smiled and said: "If there is a chance, I will take you to the desert to see, but I am afraid it will not work in a short time. The oases on the edge of the desert have been completely wiped from the map by me. Those desert thieves On the edge of the desert near the Badlands, there is no place to live..."

After speaking, he walked towards the female swordsman Agnes, and took out two purses filled with gold coins from his arms to pay for the military expenses of these weapons.

"Where are these weapons going? The Quartermaster Office can be responsible for sending these military supplies to any place within the city of Bena." The female swordsman Agnes called the tax officer and the clerk in charge of the transaction from the Quartermaster Office. , ask them to count the gold coins.

Suldak told the location of the barracks where the cavalry battalion was located, and Agnes nodded and said, "Will you go back to the barracks with the carriage later?"

"I'm going to send Marquis Luther tonight, but my men are still waiting outside the military supply department, and I can send him back to the military depot with the carriage later..." Suldak said.

The female swordsman Agnes nodded and said to Suldak: "Baron Suldak, if you need supplies from the Quartermaster Department in the future, just come here and find me!"

Suldak asked Andrew and his accompanying twenty cavalry to return to the military depot outside the city along with two wagons full of goods, while he would stay in Bena City and wait for Marquis Luther to summon him.

The Marquis Luther has been attending parliament in the House of Representatives all day recently, and he is usually invisible during the day, and he can only wait until he returns home at night.

Walking out of the Quartermaster Office of the City Hall, Suldak saw that the hall of the Quartermaster Office was still full of people, and the number of people queuing up to receive supplies continued unabated, and the noise in the hall was almost connected.

When the three of them walked out of the hall, Suldak suddenly felt much more relaxed, and the surroundings became extremely quiet...

Hathaway and Beatrice did not plan to return to the Marquess of Luther's mansion, the three of them walked slowly along the long street, and the magic caravan of the Marquis of Luther's mansion followed silently.

"Aunt Annabella wrote back and said that you happened to be there when the bandits rioted in Constantinople. If it weren't for your help, many people might have died at the Constantinople Guard Camp and the Firearms Workshop, Auntie." It's rare to praise a person like this." Hathaway held Suldak's arm and looked at the shop windows on the side of the road while walking.

This is considered to be one of the most prosperous neighborhoods in Bena City, and the shops on both sides of the street are high-end shops that cater to nobles.

Suldak did not expect that the news of Constantinople would reach the city of Bena, and said modestly: "I just did a little thing to the best of my ability. Unfortunately, these cannot change the current situation in Bena Province."

Hathaway stopped in front of a shop window and said: "Recently, the nobles in the entire Bena city are discussing Lord MacDonnell and the Ganbu plane. It is indeed a big loss for the nobles in the Tarapakan area, I heard that the Bena Legion is restrained by evil spirits in the Warsaw plane, and it is currently impossible to leave the war zone easily."

There is a set of magic-weave light armor on the wooden shelf in the window. The light armor is covered with golden magic-weave lines, which has a strong magical flavor.

Suldak didn't pay much attention, but asked Hathaway: "Is the situation in Warsaw already so bad?"

"I'm afraid it will be worse!"

Hathaway nodded.

As the daughter of the Marquis of Luther, Hathaway would naturally have a certain understanding of the situation in Bena Province, but she did not expect that she would maintain a pessimistic attitude towards the Warsaw Plane War.

"Will Marquis Luther's defense switching mission be affected?" Suldak asked.

Hathaway pushed open the glass door of the store and stepped in.

"It is inevitable that it will be affected, but there will be no change in the task of changing defenses. It is possible that the main force of the family to construct the swordsman regiment will not enter the Bailin plane with the large army. My father advocated joining forces with other lords of Bena City and entering Warsaw Plane, pull the entire Bena Legion out of the quagmire of Warsaw Plane War, but many people in the House of Representatives are worried that this reinforcement regiment will also be stuck in the quagmire, unable to get out in time, and the situation in Bena Province will worsen , and no one can limit Lord MacDonnell..."

Hathaway introduced to Suldak the severe problems currently exposed in the province of Bena.

Chapter 692 Conversation

The sky was swallowed by darkness little by little.

Night falls, and the sky is full of stars.

The cold wind blows through the treetops, making a whistling sound like a whistle.

A gorgeous magic caravan bearing the Luther family crest galloped across the street. The carriage slowed down slightly at the gate of the Marquis Luther's mansion. The guards at the gate ran out quickly and pushed the iron gate to both sides. Staying here for a while, the coachman used his most skilled skills to stick to the quickly opened gate, drove into the Marquis's mansion and stopped in front of the steps of the main building of the manor.

The guards from the Marquis's Mansion quickly ran over and opened the door of the carriage. Luther Marquis, who was dressed in gorgeous aristocratic attire, walked out of the carriage with his head bowed, with a trace of fatigue under his stern appearance.

After climbing the steps and seeing Suldak and Hathaway standing together in the crowd at the door, Marquis Luther stopped, looked at Suldak and signaled him to come up and speak.

Under the light at the door, Surdak stepped out from the crowd.

"I thought you would arrive in two days, are you ready?" Marquis Luther asked, putting his hand on Suldak's shoulder.

That hand was generous and powerful, which made Suldak feel warm in his heart.

Marquis Luther is a very charismatic person, perhaps because he has been in the top position for too long, and he has an aura of calmness and prestige all over his body. When people get close to him, even his breathing will slow down.

Suldak turned his head and glanced at Hathaway beside him. Hathaway walked between the two of them naturally, holding their arms with both hands. Suldak suddenly felt the pressure from Marquis Luther lessen. Not a lot.

"Hathaway and Hathaway went to the Military Supply and Logistics Department in the morning, and bought some standard weapons there, which can be regarded as fully equipped for the cavalry battalion." Suldak said as he walked.

Marquis Luther did not expect that he not only formed a cavalry battalion, but also prepared all the equipment for the cavalry battalion.

This incident is of course nothing to those young nobles with family backgrounds, but Suldak's family was poor, and he became a knight by relying on military exploits (impersonation) a little bit, and later by virtue of his outstanding performance in Vojmara City. It means that being jointly recommended by the Marquis of Luther and the noble lord of Bena City to become a noble baron, it is of course impossible for him to say that he has any family background.

But now they have used tens of thousands of gold coins to form a cavalry battalion, which surprised Marquis Luther a little.

However, Marquis Luther did not know anything. He was slightly taken aback, and said: "I heard that you gained a lot from eliminating the sand bandits in the barren land. I think the gain is not small. At least you can solve the problem of war horses, but Before you accumulate the Constructed Knights, don’t go deep into the desert to clear those sand bandits, as far as I know, those sand bandits have a very complicated network of interests behind them, and they won’t let you rampage in the desert wantonly.”

Marquis Luther was worried that Suldak would not know the details of those Sand Pirates, so he warned him:

"The province of Salta borders the northwest corner of the province of Bena. The barren land belongs to the province of Bena. This desert is a buffer zone between the two provinces. The interests here involve the province of Salta. Some lords, so it is not appropriate to go too deep into the desert at present. At the beginning, Duke Newman led the Bena Legion in an attempt to open up the trade route between the Bena Province and the Salta Province. Unfortunately, some forces hidden in the desert Blocked, the plan was eventually forced to run aground.”

Suldak didn't expect that there would be shadows of other noble lords here, and cold sweat broke out from his back, and said to Marquis Luther:

"The barren land has always been attacked by sand robbers in recent years. This time I cleaned up the oases on the edge of the desert, so that they have no shelter in the edge of the desert. If you want to come to the barren land to plunder, you must at least Through a dead land where not a blade of grass grows."

Marquis Luther couldn't help but glanced at Suldak again, and said, "Young people always have an aggressive spirit in doing things. You have to beware of those desert robbers who you drove away. They may not dare to find you." Your trouble, but you can't stop them from harassing other civilians in the wasteland."

Hathaway saw that Marquis Luther and Suldak were chatting very harmoniously, and the rest of the people could hardly get in their mouths, so they hugged their arms tighter.

After all, he was going to take his daughter away. Suldak glanced at Marquis Luther with some worry, and saw that he was not annoyed by this, so he said cautiously: "I have asked all the villagers near the edge of the desert to pay their respects. Migrate to the south, give up all the areas north of the Great Rift Valley in the barren land, and set up militia battalions in the villages in the south of the Great Rift Valley, lay road networks, build sentry posts, and strive to connect the southern areas of the barren land A whole."

Marquis Luther's eyes lit up. He didn't expect Suldak to do so many things in the past two months after returning to the barren land. He immediately asked enthusiastically, "Did you bring the map of the barren land?"

He did not go into the hall on the first floor, but turned around and opened the door and walked into a combat council hall. The entourage and several wives and daughters who followed him all stayed outside the door, and did not walk in with Marquis Luther.

Suldak took out the map of the barren land with countless lines drawn from his magic pocket.

Although this rubbing version has been simplified a lot, it still looks messy at first glance, but Marquis Luther spread the map on the table, and Hathaway helped flatten the raised corners of the parchment map with a paperweight , huddled beside Marquis Luther, staring at the map with a confused look on his face.

Marquis Luther gave his daughter a loving look, and said softly: "Usually you are asked to minor in war strategy and art of war at the Swordsman Academy, and you always have many excuses to shirk, and now you can't even understand an exquisite map. Bar?"

Hathaway glared at Marquis Luther with some embarrassment, but said nothing.

Marquis Luther looked carefully at the markings on the map, and said, "This map is very well drawn. It is not only detailed, but also extremely clearly marked. The idea of ​​these suggested symbols is also very clever, at least it can let people know the entire area at a glance. The general outline, the knights union and city hall of Hailansa City do not have such a clear area map."

"This was drawn little by little while we were patrolling the barren land." Suldak pointed to the lines on the edge of the desert, and said: "The map of the desert area was also drawn little by little in the past month. Yes, but we have destroyed all the desert oases, there is really nothing to mark here."

Marquis Luther raised his head and motioned for Suldak to sit down on a chair beside him. The walls around the room were covered with maps. If you didn't look carefully, you might think they were covered with wallpapers.

Hathaway poured two cups of black tea for the two, and then obediently stood behind Luther Marquis.

Marquis Luther said to Suldak: "Next week, the legion will make a final assembly. The situation in Bena Province is more complicated this time. The regiment may not be able to rush to the Bailin plane to perform the garrison mission."

The most elite troops under Marquis Luther's command are these two Constructed Swordsman regiments. They did not expect that they would all stay in Bena City because of the situation in the Tarapakan area.

Faced with Lord MacDonnell's frequent actions, Suldak thought that the Bena province was a little slow to respond, but he didn't expect that the Bena city was secretly dispatching elite troops in full swing.

"Not only that, the Constructed Knights of the Langdon Family stationed in the Bailin plane has already withdrawn from the Berlin plane. The other cavalry and infantry regiments of the Langdon family are also waiting for my legion to arrive at the station. After completing the handover ceremony, they will return to Beilin. Nathan province." Marquis Luther continued.

Only then did Suldak know what Marquis Luther meant by saying this—the Bailin plane was empty.

Marquis Luther said again: "This time I can't rush to stay on the Bailin plane for a long time. The deputy commander Chester Great Swordsman will be the supreme commander of the Luthor family's garrison army on the Bailin plane. Tomorrow morning, You meet me and Chester Great Swordsman."

Suldak asked with some concern: "Well, what is the character of that Lord Chester?"

But he changed his mind and thought again, this Lord Chester should be a close confidant of the Marquis Luther, so there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

"Well, his personality is the same as his sword, a little too sharp...others are fine." Marquis Luther smiled, but there was something intriguing in his smile.

Marquis Luther brought Surdak to a wall, pointed to an eggplant-shaped map on it and said, "This is the map of the occupied area of ​​the Bailin plane. Our Bena Province is located in the central city of the Bailin plane. Wilkes City, there are 43 satellite towns radiating around the city, our Luthor Legion will be stationed in the eastern theater of Wilkes City, and you can choose a station in these [-] satellite towns."

Different from other planes, after the imperial army occupies the plane, they will vigorously develop several cities to watch each other. The lords of the Bena Province occupied the Bailin plane and only developed a central city with a portal. The others are some Satellite towns surrounding the central town.

Marquis Luther continued:

"However, I want to remind you that the closer the town is to the central city of Wilkes, the longer it will be ruled by the Green Empire, and the security and order of the town will be better. The farther away from the central city is the satellite town, the order will be worse." The worse it is, especially the towns on the edge of the territory. Recently, there have been frequent conflicts with the local aborigines. There are also patrol missions every day. The garrison is also responsible for hunting those planar monsters that break into the territory. The local garrison often reports the number of casualties .”

"Of course, if there is a bad side, there is also a good side." Marquis Luther said with emotion.

"Those towns near the outskirts of Wilkes City are less likely to encounter monsters, and the army will lose an extra income. In addition, only the troops stationed in the border towns will have the opportunity to contact the undeveloped areas of those planes. As long as these undeveloped areas are occupied, according to the four-three-three territory rule of the Green Empire, you will have about [-]% of the ownership of the developed territory, and the territory is the foundation of the nobles. Those nobles who do not have land can only be poor nobles. The nobles are called noble lords."

Suldak felt that the latter sentence was the subject of Marquis Luther's words: he wanted to have his own territory in the Bailin plane.

The plane that can be favored by Marquis Luther shows that the land of this plane must be very rich.

Marquis Luther ignored the fluctuations in Suldak's heart, and continued to say to him: "The first problem you have to face when you arrive at the Bailin plane is how to deal with the conflicts between the imperial colonists and the local aborigines. While ensuring the safety of their lives and property, we should try our best to avoid unnecessary conflicts with the local aborigines, try not to use force to suppress them, and let them integrate into the imperial social system to maximize their own value. , I think you may do better than me in this regard."

He stared into Suldak's eyes and said: "You know, even I have the old ideas of traditional nobles in my mind. Sometimes I know that this kind of idea is not advisable, but I still can't get rid of the deep-rooted class concepts. .”