Lord: Start with the Pioneer Knight

One is the Holy Mountain Dwarf Kingdom, a parish state belonging to the dwarf mountain god Modimus.

The other is the parish state belonging to Lansander, the god of the morning, the Third Kingdom of the Holy Dawn.

There is an essential difference between a diocesan state and a religious state.

Compared with the country of faith that implements a two-level governance structure of king and nobles, the parish state implements a two-level governance structure of church and parliament. Military power belongs to the church, and local political power belongs to the parliament and is supervised by the church.

Therefore, the diocese of the god is naturally stronger than the military power of the country of faith, but it is far weaker than the country called the empire.

In a sense, empires and gods are equivalent.

"With Ms. Anastasia in charge, there is no need to consider the safety of the Lake of Praying Stars. The most troublesome thing now is the impact of extreme weather."

Five months later, it’s time for autumn plowing, which is definitely a huge blow to planting.

"Purchase food, and start buying and hoarding food when you get back."

"Take this opportunity to make a good plan to expand the territory's population."

Afterwards, Weilin stood up, threw the stones in his hands into the lake, causing ripples, and then turned back to the camp to rest.

Six days later, Weilin, who had been away from the Lake of Praying Stars for three months, felt a little excited when he looked at the territory that appeared in his sight.

As the interim head of the Lake of Praying Stars, Baird started preparations early in the morning and kept issuing orders, preparing to welcome the lord back and show off his achievements in the past three months.

"Stand up straight and show me your best side."

"If anyone slips up, I will make his life difficult for the next six months."

Cassius, the leader of the Lake of Prayer Army, glanced seriously at the 150 soldiers in the three squadrons and reiterated his previous speech.

Not long after, the shadow of the caravan appeared in sight.

Baird was a little excited, as were the three guardian knights Cassius, Imogen and Orion who stayed at the Lake of Praying Stars.

At the same time, sensing their master's aura, the two rock monitor lizards lying on the ground opened their eyes, spread out their legs and ran towards Weilin.

Sitting on the roof of the carriage, Weilin felt a slight vibration and couldn't help but raise his head, watching his two pets approaching.

"Ouch——"

The rock monitor swung its tail, raised its head, and looked at its master with longing eyes.

Seeing this, Weilin jumped off the roof of the carriage, landed firmly on the back of one of the rock monitor lizards, patted its head, and signaled him to move forward.

After receiving the order, the rock monitor lizard turned around and crawled quickly in Baird's direction.

Raimundo on the side watched the frightened packhorse recover from the fright, and waved his hand to signal the caravan to continue moving forward.

"You're so fat, it looks like the food is good." Weilin said with a smile while touching the rock monitor lizard's head.

Hearing Weilin's words, the other rock monitor lizard howled a few times.

"Welcome back, Lord." Baird and the other four bowed and said respectfully.

Three squadrons, one hundred and fifty soldiers, and twenty knight attendants raised their chests and stared at their lord.

Weilin stood on the rock giant lizard, looking past Baird and the other four, scanning the warriors behind him, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, they have all developed fighting spirit."

"Baird, Cassius, Imogen, and Orion, the four of you have done a great job during my absence for the past three months and have lived up to my expectations."

Weilin got off the rock monitor, came to his chief steward, patted him on the shoulder, and looked at the others with approval.

"Lord, this is what we should do."

Seeing that his achievements were recognized by the Lord, Baird showed a rare smile.

Seeing this, the three of them felt relieved.

In the past three months, under the urging of his captain and general manager, Alexander has not been able to eat well and sleep well. Maybe he can sleep well tonight.

"Let's go back to the castle first. I have something to discuss with you."

Returning to the territory, Verin took Baird directly to the castle on the hill without resting.

Cassius and the other three saw their master leaving and Raimundo's figure, and went to greet him with smiles on their faces.

"Raimondo, long time no see."

The three of them stepped forward one by one and hugged Raimundo politely.

"Cassius, Imogen, and Orion, you three stay in the territory and your life is much happier than mine."

"You're overthinking it. The captain is staring at the three of us like he's urging us to die. There's never an easy day." Imogen said with a bitter smile.

When Orion heard this, he couldn't help complaining: "If I didn't know how to do business, I would really like to exchange with you."

"By the way, who is this behind you?" Cassius looked at the young man behind Raimundo and asked.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce you." Raimondo patted his head, pulled Duke in front of him, and explained to his old friend, "Duke Grosvenor, the second son of Baron Wesker Grosvenor. , Bronze mid-level strength, is the new knight squire accepted by the Lord during the journey, and now I will guide the training. He is a good young man. "

"Duke has met all the seniors." Duke performed a standard knightly etiquette to the three Cassiuses.

"That's right. I believe it won't be long before you can catch up with the rest of us."

"Senior is so complimentary."

"Hahaha, I'm not just talking politely."

After hearing this, Duke was a little confused. Seeing that the three of them were reminiscing with Raimundo, he couldn't say anything more.

…

Stepping on the wide road between the village and the castle, Weilin looked at everything familiar around him and felt particularly happy.

"My Lord, among the 150 soldiers, 52 have just become warrior apprentices, 87 have reached the mid-level warrior apprentices, and 11 have entered the high-level warrior apprentices."

"The 20 knight attendants we led have all grown into mid-level knight apprentices at the lowest, and three of them have reached the high-level knight apprentices."

As soon as Baird finished speaking, Weilin turned around and said to him: "Everyone has entered the apprentice stage, and we can prepare for the next step of military expansion."

"My Lord, there has been no war recently, is it urgent to expand the army now?"

"I received news that in the second half of the year, the kingdom will launch a military operation against the monster clan in the Gray Wasteland to avenge last year."

"My Lord means to participate in it." Baird saw this and asked impatiently.

"Yes." Weilin nodded, and then said, "This is not the most important thing. The most urgent thing is to expand the granary and purchase grain, with the upper limit of 30,000 people's three-year rations."

"Yes, I understand."

Baird did not ask about the reason for purchasing grain.

Even if he did not ask, he knew his master's intention, which was nothing more than expanding the population, which was normal.

It's just that the population is a bit large, but it's not a big deal.