Mercenaries and Adventurers

Team on the other side.

The rest of the people, led by the baron's personal guard Lubis, were led by the local lord's confidant, Mr. Pavey, who knew the local area very well, and walked towards the pasture exposed by the algae head.

Mr. Pawei has reminded before that the herdsmen in those pastures are all stubborn guys. Even if he takes them to grab people by himself, he has to fight with those guys to achieve his goal.

So Lubis went back to the militia team guarding the corpse, called half a team of militiamen, and followed them to get people.

Mr. Pawei and his three local soldiers looked curiously at Kendall's militiamen, and the militiamen also looked curiously at the local soldiers' equipment.

The equipment of the soldiers in Grass Rat Town has been introduced before. Most of them are flexible animal leather clothing that has not hardened, which is tough and flexible. This made the militia captain and the militiamen of the 'Nightingale' team look eagerly.

Even if this kind of leather clothing is not used for combat, it is also a very useful protective clothing for daily wear. He would definitely be envied by the rest of the village.

The people in Grass Rat Town also looked at the simple crossbows of the Kendall militiamen with envy. Mr. Pawei was not ignorant, but he was very surprised after asking that every Kendall soldier had a crossbow. .

"If you have all the equipment, it's not cheap, right? Just for maintenance, no matter what, you have to keep a workshop."

Mr. Pavey wondered about the management and maintenance of the crossbow after it was equipped with hundreds of soldiers.

Rubis smiled: "It's generally like this. But our Kendall City has two particularly powerful places. One is the vast fertile land outside the city. The other is a single professional craftsman area in the city."

As he said that, he stretched out his hand and gestured, his arms spread wide: "The craftsman's district is about half the size of your town."

Mr. Pawei's eyes widened, feeling incredible, and then came back to his senses, thinking that Rubis was bragging and coaxing him: "Yes, but I know that the Northwest Province is the last and least populated area in the kingdom. Woolen cloth?"

"That's right, generally speaking, but you can ask the businessman and let him tell you the situation."

The businessman Ou Luobi immediately went to Mr. Pawei's side, and graciously introduced the situation of Kendall County to him, as well as the Bingxun Pass where the businessman's strength is the backbone.

Mr. Pawei was fascinated by the stories from afar, and the job of leading the way had to be done by local soldiers.

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The terrain outside the town is gentle, and large tracts of grass and plants full of flowers and shrubs of various colors fill every field of vision under the sky.

The crowd followed a route with low weeds on the ground and walked towards the place where there was cooking smoke in the distance. Because there were some undulating and gentle hills blocking them, they could only see the smoke behind the hills in the distance, and could not look directly at the person who was close to the mirror. Mirror Water Ranch on Water Lake.

I heard from Mr. Pawei before that the best cattle and sheep in Caoshu Town can only be eaten in Jingshui Ranch, because it is close to Jingshui Lake, the pastures there are the most tender and juicy, and there are cattle and sheep that eat the forage Also one of the best around.

"Speaking of which, the establishment of the ranch was a few years earlier than our town, because at the beginning, the town was still next to Jingshui Lake. At that time, people had just moved here. They didn't know that Jingshui Lake would rise every year during the rainy season. rise up and expand."

Mr. Pawei introduced a sentence to everyone, because when they passed between two gentle hills, everyone could already see the sparkling Mirror Lake in the distance.

Mr. Pawei pointed to the surface of Jingshui Lake reflecting the blue sky in the distance, and pointed to the contiguous low mud buildings on one side of the lake, as well as the large number of cattle and sheep surrounded by wooden fences.

"Look, that's Mirror Water Lake, isn't it like a hand mirror lost by a god? And not far away, there is Mirror Water Ranch."

Seeing the target, everyone walked straight towards the pasture.

Soon everyone from Kendall felt something different. Different from the knee-deep grassland that everyone walked through before, although the grassland next to Qingshui Lake is often eaten by cattle and sheep, it is not very high, but the grass blades here are wet and contaminated with a lot of water from Jingshui Lake. Moisture.

Mr. Orobi picked off a plant of green grass near his feet, and after a brief observation, he found that the grass here was different from the grass near the town. The color of the grass here was darker, and when he rubbed it with his nails, more grass juice remained on his fingertips.

"No wonder the cattle and sheep here are the best. Look, how good the grass here is!"

Mr. Pawei smiled proudly: "It's all a gift from the gods, we are just enjoying this generous gift."

Due to the wide view by the lake, they and their party were seen by the ranch from a long distance.

Immediately, six or seven horses galloped out of the ranch buildings, and approached quickly amidst the urging of the herdsmen.

Mr. Pawei stopped chatting with Merchant Orobi and walked in front of the crowd. While waving his hands high, he took out a large stone axe from the leather pouch on his waist.

What is amazing is that this stone ax that is only as big as one hand exudes a cold and pale light. When everyone looked at it, it was as if their eyes had been stung by a poisonous bee, which was quite uncomfortable.

Looking at Mr. Pawei again, he didn't pay attention to the things he took out, and his fingers skillfully held the end of the handle with the weakest light on the stone axe.

Even so, his fingers were constantly trembling, obviously uncomfortable.

"The visitor can see clearly, this is my uncle's token! I am Pawe-Anville!"

Mr. Pawei yelled loudly at a distance from the herdsmen, he had to do this, because when those herdsmen rushed over from the pasture, everyone saw those herdsmen riding on bare horses with their backs on their backs. Holding several short spears, and a sling in his hand, he rode close to him while whirring the sling already loaded with stones.

Although the three local soldiers who followed also had throwing short spears behind them, the short spears that stood still and relied entirely on the strength of their arms to throw were completely incomparable to the throwing short spears that were mounted on horseback and could be boosted by the speed of the horse.

Naturally, the shooting range was also one section short.

But fortunately, Mr. Pawei took out the token of the knight lord, and the herdsmen who rode fast and approached the circle immediately put away their fierce side obediently and obediently, not only put away the sling that Wuwu was carrying, but also Slowed down the horse, jumped off the horse, and approached the crowd on foot.

This is part of the gesture of goodwill.

Lubis and the two town guards put away their respective weapons, and followed Mr. Pawei with a sigh of relief.

Mr. Pawei changed his hand and held up the stone ax token until he got very close to the herdsman and let the other party see and confirm the token with his own eyes. Then he put the stone ax token into the leather bag on his waist like touching hot iron. stored in.

"You guys are so rude to your guests!"

Mr. Pawei reprimanded several herdsmen rudely, shaking his hands.

The herdsmen have brown skin and wear extremely simple animal fur clothing. They are not tall, but they are particularly strong.

At a glance, Rubis knew that with a little training, these people would be more elite soldiers than the militiamen, and more effective in combat.

"Big, my lord. Spring is here, and there are too many, too many wolves who want to take away the sheep of each family. We have to guard against it."

Pawei rolled his eyes: "Wolves can't walk on two legs, so they greet you."

But the leader of these herdsmen smiled slyly: "That's, but I can't say for sure."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, I have something to do, let's talk about it at your ranch."

Mr Pawell waved his hand, and everyone walked towards the pasture together. Although the herdsmen talked with guns and clubs, they still flattered Mr. Pawei. They immediately sent the strong horses without saddles to Mr. Pawei, and immediately a young herdsman knelt on the ground and let Mr. Pawei step on him. mount.

But it seems that because of the presence of Kendall from other places, Pawei was embarrassed, so he showed his hand.

He waved his hand to decline the herdsman's kindness, then walked to the horse's head and looked at the horse he was riding, and the horse was also looking at him.

Then Mr. Pawei suddenly reached out and twisted one of the horse's ears, and the horse dropped its head, neck, and even its front legs strangely.

Pawei then raised his legs on the horse's neck and turned up, and then let go of his hand, and the horse stood up again.

That's it straight up.

"Hmph, don't underestimate me, my uncle taught me a lot of skills." Pawei sat on the horse and smiled proudly at everyone.

Seeing Pawei riding on horseback, the herdsmen led the crowd towards Jingshui Ranch.

When approaching the pasture, several herdsmen whistled a few times, and several herdsmen hiding among the flocks came out with bows and arrows in hand. They were all dressed in woolen sheepskin, and even put a few sheep horns on their heads specially for the fur caps.

"These herdsmen are really on guard, remember to be careful for a while."

Lubis whispered to the two guards and the merchant Orobi. Everyone else nodded.

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From a distance, Jingshui Ranch is located by the beautiful Jingshui Lake, surrounded by vast grasslands, the sky is the same color as the lake, and the scenery is extremely beautiful. It seems that the Jingshui Ranch is quite cute from a distance, especially the sheep like Baiyun, and the cattle like the precious carpet are moving slowly in the fence.

But closer to the ranch, places that were invisible from a distance became apparent.

Wet wooden fence with mushrooms, and it has not been trimmed for I don't know how long.

The excrement of the cattle and sheep in the fence smells very strong and pungent, although the herdsmen seem to be unable to smell it.

Low and dilapidated mud buildings, and even most of the buildings are semi-underground in their original appearance. On the roof, more stone chips are used as roof tiles, rather than special tiles to deal with rainfall.

The lighting methods in the ranch are even more inadequate, even if the bustling Grass Rat Town is not far away, every low and wide mud building here is dark inside, obviously reluctant to light up the torches or oil lamps for lighting during the day , even if there is no shortage of animal fat in the local area, but there is a shortage of wood raw materials for torches.

"It looks dilapidated and backward." Ou Luobi shook his head and sighed while watching.

Then he felt strange: "It is logically wrong, this is so close to the town, and according to Mr. Pawei, the cattle and sheep here are the best in the vicinity, so it shouldn't be so poor. No one comes to do business ?"

Mr. Pawei snapped his fingers: "Ha, you are right, no one really came to do business. Because there are too few businessmen who can be recognized by these herdsmen."

He raised his chin at the throwing pistol on the herdsman's back, and the meaning was self-evident.

Those who were not recognized were attacked when they approached the ranch.

"That is to say, my family sometimes buys some cattle and sheep to eat. Other times, they usually go to the town to exchange cattle and sheep for things. Presumably, the algae head Parian was the one who knew the ranch at that time."

He guessed.

The building of the entire ranch was roughly in a concave shape. After everyone walked to the center of the building, they did not enter the dark, low, semi-underground room, and directly talked to the leader of the ranch outside.

It is said to be a pasture here, but it is actually more like a small semi-civilized tribe. Although they are all composed of migrants who migrated from the empire, there are also people from different parts of the empire among the migrants. I chose today's life, far away from civilized society, and degenerated into this primitive tribe.

But this is only on the surface. From the fact that most of these herdsmen have ironware and pure imperial accents, it can be seen that they are not retreating to barbarism and primitiveness, but have actively chosen to embrace this way of life.

The leaders of the ranch were a few old people. The old people dressed in spotted cowhide came out of the dark house surrounded by young herdsmen. They all knew Mr. Pawei.

"Oh, isn't this Master Pawei? Why did you bring so many soldiers here today?"

The oldest leader in the lead looked at Lubis and the others with eyes like a falcon.

It seemed that Lubis and the others were outsiders from the equipment and position. The old man changed his tone: "It's difficult to introduce us to the partner? No need, although life is poor today, it is just right. That's what we're after all our lives, isn't it?"

Mr. Pawei knew that the other party guessed wrong. He must have thought that the merchant Ouluo must be the purpose of this trip, and Lubis and others were the merchant's guards. He came to introduce the connection.

"Haha, respected Mr. Alutukia, you guessed wrong. I'm not here to match your ranch this time. It's about an outsider who was killed in the town."

Pawei's words caused the surrounding herdsmen to whisper to each other, and some young people couldn't help but look at the house in one direction, which was immediately noticed by everyone.

Obviously, the thugs from Fanny and Shuizatou are hiding there, and the other party may have honestly explained the reason why they hid to these herdsmen, so when they heard about the killings in the town, the reaction of these herdsmen was like this so big.

The old man saw his men's self-confident appearance, and coughed several times in anger. He had no choice, no matter how cunning and difficult this old man is, the children seldom deal with outsiders. would be so innocent.

Although he was angry, he was also very pleased.

Because this is what these old guys have been longing for all their lives.

There is no conspiracy and cunning, no oppression and destruction, no separation of wives and children, and no painful days.

Most of the immigrants from the empire wanted to get rid of one of the above, and these old guys came here from the empire to get rid of all of the above.

The leader of Alutukia took a deep breath and looked at Pawei: "It seems that the people around you are the outsiders you mentioned." He paused the wooden stick in his hand on the soft grass Ton: "I know some things, from the poor girl. But before I pass any judgment, I want to hear from you. What the **** happened? To find us here for a dead businessman .”

The old man closed his eyes and then opened them: "Although that girl is terrified, she is not a murderer. I trust my eyes and the boys' intuition."

As soon as he finished speaking, the young herdsmen around shouted loudly: "That's right, Fanny is so weak, she can't kill. Look at our strong arms. This is the strong arm that can defeat the enemy."

Some hot-blooded young people directly took off the wool fur coats they were wearing, revealing their brown and black muscular upper bodies. An especially excited young man was the most robust. He held a throwing pistol in each hand, and while showing off his strength, he shouted and roared.

The female herdsmen were happy to see it, and they booed and applauded, or took back their own children who were playing tricks in embarrassment.

Mr. Pavey turned to look at the Kendall: "It seems that I have to explain to others, Rubis?" He spread his hands.

Lubis, the baron's personal guard, nodded, patted the businessman next to him on the back, stepped forward, and began to explain what happened in the morning loudly.

The businessman next to him also interjected to explain.

The herdsmen listened carefully to this fresh murder case as if they were listening to a story.

The story ended quickly, and the old ranch leader pondered for a while, trying to judge whether what Lubis and the two had just said was true or false.

He whispered a few words to a few old companions, then called a middle-aged ranch steward, asked him a few questions in a low voice, and got an answer.

In the end, the old man looked at Lubis and the others and said, "Although we can't judge the authenticity of what we don't understand, there is nothing wrong with some relevant details. I agree with what you said."

Approved?

Rubis is kind of weird, is that all?

But he immediately remembered what Pawei said before ~www.readwn.com~ It seems that there are still activities to do next.

Sure enough, as Rubis expected.

The old head of the herdsman continued: "But Fanny's child is taking refuge in our ranch after all, and we have an obligation to protect her. Even if she is involved in a crime and wants to take her away, then you have to defeat the one who swore to protect her this morning." Only a few of her lads will do."

After finishing speaking, the old man waved his hand, and six young and strong herdsmen who obviously did not have a family came out from the herdsmen. They were excited, yelling and saying things that would not let Rubis and others take them away.

Mr. Pavey spread his hands towards Rubis, indicating that this is what he said before, and at the same time made a look of helplessness. He took a few steps back with three local soldiers, saying that he would not participate in this matter.

Lubis looked at the six young herdsmen, chuckled, and was about to take a step to say something, but the town guard Kayan next to him took a few steps and walked in front of him: "Guard Lubis, this battle, let us Shall I come? How? I don’t think I’m worse than Kiel, six of them, I can beat them.”

Lubis looked at the old leader of the herdsmen, and the other party immediately said: "Since it's the three of you, it's three against six. Although the number is twice as many as yours, that's how it is. We will let you Take that Fanny girl."

"What about the rules? How many pairs? Or one-on-one? Can you wear armor or use weapons?" he asked.

The old man just said: "Empty hands are fine, others are not limited."

Lubis breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the throwing short spear behind the herdsman is still very dangerous, and that thing is not something that the armor on his body can resist.

If it's just empty-handed, then it doesn't matter, it's okay to give the opportunity to the young guards.