Mage? Spell Engineer!

The adjutant saw that the person who came out was a pretty young woman, so he stopped scolding them, but warned them not to get close. Richard carefully used the [Mage's Hand] to open the handkerchief on the flower basket, and inside was a few Valois pastries.

These cookies had been stored for a long time in the winter, and the surface had lost water, but the mixture of sugar, oil, and carbohydrates had not become moldy, so they were edible. The adjutants and soldiers who saw the pastries swallowed their saliva quietly.

But they all knew that only the acting commander, Major Richard, was qualified to accept and distribute this dessert. However, the master was unmoved, staring at the old servant with cold eyes.

The old servant hurriedly said: "My lord, my master is the Count of Troyes, Pont Montville III of the Holy Kingdom. My lady is the second daughter, Theresa, who... Oh, you can say it yourself."

Theresa stumbled and recited the words her parents taught her: "My lord, thank you for taking care of us, these pastries are my heart. If you need anything else, I am willing. I am willing." As she spoke, she was about to cry and could no longer speak.

The adjutant and the soldiers were all "sympathetic" and secretly cursed the earl for testing our commander with this? Which young man could withstand such a test?

But Richard had no expression on his face, and even his face began to darken, which scared the adjutant. This was a sign of anger.

Seeing the young lady's lameness, the old servant quickly responded. He wanted to smile, but others only saw his rotten teeth: "Sir, you are really a young talent and invincible! The young lady loves you, and my master is willing to facilitate this beautiful thing, you see"

The adjutant who caught Richard's anger quickly expressed his opinion and raised his whip to whip the servant: "Who is your master! He is still a count, but he is just an exiled dog. Do you know what the major is? The second daughter of the count is not worthy of being a mistress!"

The beaten old slave was about to urinate, and quickly rolled on the ground and begged: "Sir, I didn't know, I offended you and deserved death!"

Richard felt that it was a farce. He looked at the pretentious adjutant, saw the curious and laughing soldiers, and the spineless people rolling on the ground, and a nameless anger burned from the bottom of his heart.

"Enough!" The adjutant stopped and followed Major Richard's order: "You supervise the carriage to return to the team, explain it clearly to the earl, and do not disrupt military discipline again. Adjutant, you must also prevent soldiers from harassing the carriage. If there is any violation of discipline, the whip will be whipped ten times." "Yes!" This episode disrupted the rest. Richard drove the girl's trembling and sobbing out of his mind and ordered the infantry regiment to continue. Finally, they crossed the wilderness and saw a large manor. The core of the manor is a small castle. Seeing a team appearing from the horizon, they hurriedly closed the gate. There are many ragged farmers around it, slapping the door in panic. "Didn't General Karl's team take it down? Or was the castle too small and missed?" The adjutant was a little confused, but Richard had already started to prepare for the battle, because they were a baggage team, and this kind of manor must have food and grass, and they couldn't let it go. Can he solve it alone? Richard wanted to vent some anger and evaluate the difficulty of attacking it as a mage. Just when they were about to take action, the gate suddenly opened again, and a donkey hurried in, carrying a servant of the manor owner.

"Sir from the Empire! I misunderstood just now. My master has surrendered to the vanguard of the Imperial Army, that Karl"

"General Karl."

"Yes, yes, my master has surrendered to General Karl. I didn't expect that there were more than one group of Imperial Army, so there was a misunderstanding. There are too many bandits these days."

The troops and horses rested in the manor, and the manor owner's castle and the farmhouses could not accommodate thousands of people, and the uncultivated fields became military camps. Richard was invited to the manor to wash and eat.

He found that the gathered farmers were trembling and staring at the Imperials vigilantly.

Richard was a little surprised and asked the owner of the manor: "What are these farmers doing together?"

The owner of the manor changed his face slightly: "These are all refugees begging for food, but my family has no surplus food, and we have already supported your army." After that, he shouted at the farmers: "Did you hear me, you bitches? The masters of the empire are here! They are not as easy to talk to as I am, get out of here!"

After scolding the farmers, he also winked at the servants. The servants received the order, one wave wanted to disperse the farmers, and another wave seemed to be carrying heavy objects into the castle. Several people also covered up and didn't want Richard to see what was being carried.

The major, who felt something was wrong, ignored the owner of the manor and decided to find out for himself. He walked up quickly and asked the orderly to catch two farmers to ask in person.

The owner of the manor stuttered: "My lord, they may have dirty diseases, so we'd better stay away from them."

Richard used magic to shut up the chattering owner of the manor. Seeing that the farmer was pale and his lips were chapped, he asked the guards to fetch water for him to drink first.

The small kindness reduced the farmer's fear and allowed him to tell what was going on.

It turned out that Carl's vanguard was passing by, and the dog immediately opened the door to welcome the army and took the initiative to lead the imperial army to collect food from various farmers and nearby villages. With the guide, the imperial army plundered all the nearby food, and the manor owner, under the pretext of the imperial soldiers, instructed the servants to smash the farmers' farm tools and confiscate all weapons.

The farmer angrily spat at the manor owner: "You cunning beast, you lied to the enemy that you had no food, and brought the soldiers to rob us. The soldiers left, we had nothing to eat, and you took out the hidden food and asked us to exchange our land and sell our bodies for food."

Richard untied the manor owner's silence and signaled that it was his turn to confess.

The owner of the manor yelled: "You idiots, I don't want to die even if you give me your life! My lord, please don't pity these people. When the king's capital was in chaos, I don't know who instigated them to come to my house and threaten me to hand over the inheritance of my ancestors." The land deeds and IOUs passed down from generation to generation were burned cleanly! My great-grandfather is a knight of the kingdom. How dare you!

After venting his anger, the manor owner turned his head and changed his face instantly, showing a flattering smile to Richard: "Your Majesty, the Lord of Order, the army of the empire is coming, these untouchables can't be proud of themselves. I just want to recover the losses in the past. "My lord, do you think I did something wrong?"

Richard shook his head: "I don't care about these things of yours. I only care about whether you have hidden food?" As he said that, he took out his command knife and pointed the tip of the knife at the manor owner's dough covered with fat.

The farmer laughed heartily: "Haha, sir, please take away all the food! Let this fat pig starve to death with us! That way we will die more happily."

Seeing that the manor owner had fainted from fear, Richard asked the guards to drag him into the castle. He found his adjutant: "Get ready for a rapid march. The general is going to storm the capital of the Conti region."

The adjutant was puzzled that they had not received an order from the troops ahead.

"The general collected food here without waiting for us, which means he brought enough supplies and planned to capture the city quickly. We have to catch up."

As soon as they finished speaking, a Qingqi came over. Sure enough, it was the general's order, telling them that they no longer needed to collect food, and that they should give priority to transporting supplies of ammunition to the battlefield.

"There is still food here. Let's replenish our own food and grass, but it doesn't have to be full. It will slow down the march. Leave the exiled nobles here as well."

The adjutant knew that the team still had a lot of food, and the manor owner could not take away much of the food hidden away: "What if there is still some left?"

Richard looked around at the farmers controlled by the soldiers: "Then move them out and divide them among the civilians for the winter."