Mercenaries and Adventurers

Xuefangsite slowly said the news he inquired about.

"First of all, from the several news I heard, it is stated that all the villages and towns near the city of Borisfa have rebelled. But it is not the rebellion of the kingdom or the local nobles, but the actual manager of the city of Borisfa. opposite."

Keel frowned.

"The news spread is very chaotic, just like the news we heard from the rescued businessman before. Some said that the Viscount Beresfa, who led the troops to the provincial capital, died in a duel with others, and others said that he died in other In the political attack of the nobles, or the noble title was removed by the noble council and locked up, instead, the title of the city of Bliss is passed on to the current manager."

"I don't know if it's true or not, but the viscount has never heard of the chaos in the city of Borisfa and brought troops back. I guess the situation is not good."

Keir nodded and said, "Tell me about the specific situation of Boris Law City."

"Oh, there are many theories, ranging from thousands of people besieging the city, to tens of thousands of people besieging the city, and fighting a fierce battle with the city guard soldiers. But at least the city was surrounded by rebellious farmers , I think it is true. A businessman who risked his life to escape from there claimed that the farmers there were instigated and led by the local Saturnalia Church to resist to the death the taxes accumulated on the farmers. According to the businessman, Bo The tax collectors in Lisfal did try to impose three times last year's agricultural taxes before the rebellion."

Kiel narrowed his eyes, and played with the leather leather goods that the carriage was not attached to the horses at this time: "Trying to collect? That means that the collection has not started? And triple the tax, the city's temporary managers are crazy Is it? Don’t say that there was a lot of rain last autumn, and the harvests were poor everywhere, and it’s spring now? What kind of tax do you collect in spring? They collected what the farmers in the village would eat for the next half a year? Relying on wild vegetables Does the fruit live to this fall?"

For a moment, Keir didn't know what to say, how outrageous this matter looked.

"It's outrageous. Well, in my personal judgment, this matter is probably fake. No matter how inexperienced a person is, he would not issue such an outrageous decree. Unless that person insists on making things bad."

Xueyasite nodded: "Anyway, that's what I said, believe it or not."

Keir then asked: "So have you heard the details of the local Saturnalia Church? Be specific."

"I heard a message from a drunken priest of the Brewing God Church. Although I heard it from a drunk person, but the other party is a priest of the church, I think it is still reliable."

Kiel held out his hand and motioned for him.

"The priest of the God of Brewing said that the other churches in the city of Borisfa have long been forced by the city administrator to unite and surround and isolate the Saturnalia Church in the city, preventing the priests of the Saturnalia Church in the city from They rushed out of the city and united with the rebel farmers outside the city. However, the people who surrounded them didn’t do much, so the siege and isolation has been going on for a while.”

"Is there any information on the specific time of the incident."

Bloodfang said a date, and that was the day when other churches in Belizefa City were besieged by the order of the city administrator.

Counting the days, it was even a few days before Changmai Village, where priest Batar lived, was attacked by the defeated army. There is a certain distance between the two places, so things happen one after another, but there is not necessarily any connection. But the God of Saturn did not allow the priest Batal to borrow strength from the largest nearby Church of the God of Saturn to save people in time. Obviously, the God of Saturn knew exactly what happened in the city of Beresfa.

The one who would rather let the Batar priest go north and venture west to reach the neighboring provinces, go to the diocese of Montoka to ask for help and wait for Kiel, and did not go to the nearest city of Belizefa. Obviously he does not want the priest to get involved. It is estimated that the situation there Not safe.

There must be reasons for not being obvious.

Kiel thought about it for a while, and saw from a distance that Priest Batar had finished his morning prayer with the believers and was about to enter the tents of the injured people to heal their wounds.

So Kiel yelled twice, attracting the priest's attention and calling him over.

As soon as Priest Batar came over, Kiel asked Bloodfang to repeat the news he had inquired about.

These news obviously made the young priest who was calm and calm a moment ago flustered: "Rebellion? Impossible! It is impossible for the teachers and adults to support the rebellion of the farmers!"

"They obviously have so many other means to restrict the local nobles. They don't need to use the method of rebellion to surround the city to solve this problem. Isn't this using oil to put out the fire? Idiots will choose to do this."

Kiel and Bloodfang nodded, approving this judgment. Making a big deal out of a molehill seems like nothing ordinary, but it will turn some things that were originally solved at a small cost into uncontrollable events with a huge cost.

"However, some businessmen who fled from the local area claimed that the priests of the God of Saturn led the farmers to launch a rebellion. Although the merchants never had good things to say about the farmers, there is no need for the other party to lie about this matter. It has nothing to do with interests, right? .”

Hearing Kiel's words, Priest Batar looked embarrassed, and the conflicted emotions appeared on his face from the heart, making his face very ugly.

Seeing that the priest was about to speak, Keel grabbed his arm, interrupted him, and said first: "I know what you are going to say, but don't worry. Dorne Town is still about ten days away from there. You can’t do anything in a hurry right now, can you?”

The priest sat down on the ground, clenched his fist and slammed the ground hard to vent his anxiety. Ripples of light flashed on the surface of his shoulder armor, and he was not injured.

Kiel jumped off the driver's seat, squatted in front of the priest and said, "Since there is nothing we can do, how about doing the mission we shoulder now? This is what you said just now, after all, this is the mission entrusted to you by the God of Saturn himself. , you need to concentrate on completing it.”

The priest pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

Seeing his appearance, Keir shrugged his shoulders: "You are still in a hurry, so why don't you try to communicate with the great Saturn? After all, He didn't let you get involved in the city of Bolisifa. Instead, it led you to bypass there, and instead went to find me in the diocese of Montoka City."

This sentence seemed to be useful. Priest Batar closed his eyes after listening to it, and sat cross-legged on the spot, with an amber metal staff placed across his thighs, and the statue of the amulet was respectfully placed on the ground in front of him. , the whole person was muttering words, and he didn't know what he was muttering in a low voice.

"How is it? Can you call me back?"

Facing Kiel's words, Priest Batar replied angrily: "Try to contact the gods, don't make trouble."

So Keel and the others shrugged and walked aside.

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"You stay here in the clearing today, watch him carefully, and don't let the priest mess around."

Keir explained: "I'm going to the town to deal with some other things. By the way, do you know the underground black market in Dorn Town?"

"Underground black market? I've heard about it, but I don't know where it is. It seems that only people with connections in the local area can find it. I'm a caravan guard from out of town, and they won't take me in even if I try to find out."

Bloodfang said so.

"That's right, a businessman from the chamber of commerce I met yesterday, Mr. Stoll-Scott, is the backbone senior manager of the 'Burning Furnace' chamber of commerce here. He said that he would take me there today to buy some cheap and unknown thing."

"As long as you're not afraid of trouble, then it's up to you."

"There is another thing, the bandits we captured, I sold them to the local merchants who signed the debt contract, and the other party will send someone over in a while, you entertain them, let the other party set a price for each bandit, and sell them all Change money."

"Okay, but your absence doesn't affect things?"

"The other party will not come in person, and it is just right for you to come. If you ask me, you can answer truthfully."

"Okay, leave it to me, I'm tired of seeing those annoying guys, it's best to sell them for some resources."

Blood Fangster finally said.

So Kiel gave his companion some coins and asked him to temporarily manage the team. The 'Starry Stars' tent grocery store sent a new tent today, and he settled some future money to the other party according to the quantity. Afterwards, he ate something, fed and washed the blood licks himself, then rode out of the open space and headed for Dorne Town.

He was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, but he had removed some decorations that he wore for the banquet.

Outside the gate of the clearing, a few security guards sent by Mr. "Olier the Dry" are still here to "assist in guarding" the gate of the clearing. These people built a campfire in the narrow space between the gate and the road, and set up a triangular tent that could be rotated in to rest.

Seeing Knight Kiel coming out, the security guards stood up and performed a courtesy.

Of course Keir returned a courtesy.

Walking through the rotten streets in the slums of the town again, the blood licking grass was particularly dissatisfied, and the big horse head twisted and twisted to express dissatisfaction.

"Okay, let's find someone to clean your hooves later, will that be all right?"

Calm down, the tall horse can walk honestly.

Walking from the outer circle of the town all the way to the center of the town, Kiel easily found the tall building of the Burning Furnace Chamber of Commerce next to the central square of the town.

Unexpectedly, the building of the Burning Furnace Chamber of Commerce, which is engaged in the metal forging business, is carved out of gray rock to form rounded corners, instead of using cold straight lines and included angles, but more non-aggressive. Sexy and artistic curved edges replace architectural edges.

A sign made of pure metal hangs on the side of the gate and protrudes outwards, and there is a tapestry decoration with the logo of the Burning Furnace Chamber of Commerce on the building. The expensive tapestry shows financial power and status, and reveals the momentum and strength of one of the Dorne Town Chambers of Commerce.

As soon as Keir arrived at the entrance of the chamber of commerce, a young member of the chamber of commerce who had been waiting at the gate for a long time came over to salute: "Excuse me, is this Mr. Knight Joe Keel? I was arranged by Steward Scott to receive you."

"It's me, this horse of mine is involved in something agreed upon, where is it going?"

Kiel patted the horse's head and asked.

"Mr. Steward said, please follow me through the side door to the side court of the chamber of commerce. Craftsmen and apprentices who can deal with horse armor are already being summoned there."

"Okay, lead the way. What about Scott?"

Keir jumped off his horse and followed the man on foot into the interior of the Burning Furnace Chamber of Commerce complex through the guarded side entrance of the Chamber of Commerce.

When it comes to buildings, it is not just the three-story stone building along the street. Going inside, there are several other wooden and masonry buildings inside. The buildings are scattered, separating several internal open spaces surrounded by the buildings belonging to the chamber of commerce.

Obviously, what he is going to now is a place called the side courtyard.

Said to be a side court, it is more like a place where the horses and carriages inside the chamber of commerce are placed.

The most conspicuous thing is a two-story wooden stable. The horses go up and down the second floor through a gentle side slope, so the originally larger stable can accommodate double the number of horses and other animals.

Next to the stables on the second floor, there are two closely connected buildings. One is filled with soot, and there is the sound of blacksmithing. It looks like a blacksmith shop. In fact, when you walk in, you can see that there are craftsmen and apprentices who are busy inside. Purely only responsible for building and repairing metal parts on horseshoes and horse gear.

Next to the small blacksmith's shop is a carpentry room that makes the sound of saws sawing wood back and forth, but here is not only manufacturing pallets that can be used on horseback, but also a heavy-duty four-wheeled wagon that has not yet been completed. .

Or, instead of making it, you're repairing the broken one?

Others are connected to the warehouse with forage and the downward **** leading to the large underground warehouse of the chamber of commerce.

and wooden houses for people to live in.

At this time, as soon as Keir came in, several craftsmen and apprentices who had been waiting on the chairs at the door of the blacksmith shop and carpentry room stood up and shouted: "It's finally here, there are so many things, why is Scott still in charge?" Call us over to waste half the morning?"

"Don't ask, someone is coming. Hmph, maybe someone's child got a good horse and ordered us."

Keel pouted secretly.

Fortunately, the guy from the Burning Stove Chamber of Commerce who led him the way was quite good at handling things, and immediately announced Kiel's identity as soon as he went up. Hearing that the young and exaggerated Kiel turned out to be a knight, these artisans and apprentices who were still quite critical were honest.

"Hello, Sir Knight, I wish you a good morning."

Here comes the compliment.

Keir waved his hand: "Don't talk about compliments, I guess you will find it awkward." He clapped his palms: "Then let's start, everyone? Although it is a matter for Mr. Scott, my war horse is indeed It needs a suitable battlefield protection as soon as possible. Whoever performs well in the process, I will reward him."

Keir knows that he wants to make people motivated, and don't deal with those hypocrisy. He is not some noble lord who can promise power and status. To make people willing to do things with all their heart, throwing money is the simplest and most effective way.

As long as you don't feel bad about the money.

As a result, these craftsmen and apprentices who had made horse armor before immediately had smiles on their faces, and they were sincere smiles.

Sure enough, gold or something is a good medicine that can treat many problems including facial paralysis and depression.

These people rushed over immediately, flocking to the somewhat nervous Bloodlicking Grass, using their own skills, wooden rulers and tape measures made of long leather belts, and the original saddles on Bloodlicking Grass were also destroyed. unloaded.

All the craftsmen were busy, and the few apprentices next to them couldn't intervene. They dared to approach, but the craftsmen directly slapped the apprentices **** the head to drive them away.

The craftsmen also muttered to themselves while working, unwilling to let other craftsmen and apprentices hear their secrets. The various data of the horses recorded by each of them were written on a small piece of old sheepskin they carried.

Kiel stood aside with his hands on his hips, seeing that the apprentice wanted to help but couldn't get in, and several male and female apprentices were running around in a hurry, so he smiled and said: "When I came here, the horse that stepped on the street in the poor district The smelly mud, who will clean it up? The reward is not much, a copper coin."

Although it is only a copper coin, there are still people who are willing to do it. After all, it is just cleaning the horseshoes, a small matter. Apprentices all started by cleaning manure from stables and cleaning horses.

This kind of thing is the easiest for them.

Work under the hands of craftsmen, but there is no wages, after all, anyone can do the most menial work. Most of the apprentices can only begin to formally learn techniques from the craftsman after they have stayed under the craftsman for a year or more.

Only with technology can one formally participate in manufacturing and production in the workshop and get wages. Before that, the new apprentices could only stand and watch, and couldn't do anything.

If you dare to move, let alone the craftsman himself, the apprentices who came early would usually clean up and beat the younger apprentices who violated the rules.

But now, the apprentices who can come here are basically those who are about to become teachers under the hands of the craftsmen present, and some craftsmen are old and lack physical strength, and the apprentices can still help.

Kiel watched them busy. After the craftsmen measured the blood licking grass's various data, they began to design their own horse armor independently. Basically, everyone came up with their own unique skills.

Of course, the robustness of this young prairie horse must also be taken into consideration, and some heavy armor specially designed for real knights and horses is obviously useless.

However, the style of horse armor in the southern provinces is inconsistent with that in the north, not to mention that they are just ordinary craftsmen of the chamber of commerce, and are not familiar with the specifications and methods of making armor for knights and horses in the army.

So after a while, when the four craftsmen handed over their designs to Kiel, he was still a little surprised by the different styles of horse armor that Kiel was familiar with.

The two older craftsmen designed to protect the horses with leather armor. However, one person suggested using a full-body thick hard cowhide armor for the whole horse, which is similar to the kind of hard cowhide armor that Kiel wore on his body before. Covering the entire horse, the thick enough cowhide armor can well protect the shooting of bows and arrows. It's not that the bows and arrows can't shoot through the thick hard cowhide armor, but that the bows and arrows of most soldiers can't penetrate this armor. First.

If the shot doesn't penetrate, of course there is no harm. This set is designed to focus on protecting arrows. But for melee lance stabbing and spear impact, the protective effect is mediocre. It's not that it can't be done, but it can only provide a strong protective effect.

There is also an older craftsman who recommends adding ordinary thick leather armor, which is lighter and can ensure the running speed and long-distance distance of the horse. In addition, in the main attack area on the front of the horse, an additional metal horse armor is added for protection, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Where the side is not easy to be attacked, a multi-layer protective cloth developed by himself is used as an additional protection added to the leather armor.

The craftsman's multi-layer protective cloth is not only waterproof, but also resistant to chopping and stabbing by ordinary soldiers, but it has no protective effect against blunt weapon blows. The craftsman's explanation for this is that knights and war horses generally need to move to fight, rather than being used as a fortress on the battlefield, idly letting the enemy attack.

Kiel felt that what the other party said made sense. This man was obviously more inclined to the mobility and aggressiveness of war horses. The overall design is much lighter in weight than the former.

The other two younger, actually middle-aged craftsmen recommended metal horse armor. However, their designs here are still different. A craftsman's design is to add a metal armor piece to the basic leather horse armor to wrap the horse completely. The advantage is that the damaged metal armor can be replaced, and the armor is attached to the leather armor in series, which will not greatly affect the movement of the horse.

The last middle-aged craftsman’s plan paid more attention to protection. Several large pieces of metal armor were used to connect the horse’s head and neck with locks, and the key parts of the body were also protected by large pieces of armor. It is roughly similar to the former, except that the metal armor has also been replaced with a large horse armor with the size of a palm.

Faced with four different design proposals, Gere hesitated.

Just in time, Mr. Scott came out of the rocky building in front of the chamber of commerce, and he yelled from a long distance: "Knight Kiel, haha, how are you? Are you satisfied with the skills of the excellent craftsmen of our chamber of commerce?"

Keir smiled awkwardly: "I'm so satisfied, I don't know which one to choose."