Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

As late September approached, the wilderness gradually began to cool down, and some of the weaker residents even put on outer garments.

With the increase in the population of High Cliff Stronghold, the division of various areas naturally could not be as hasty as in the early stages.

Centered around the pool with a spring on the hill, the Ferde craftsmen built a four-blade-high wall, enclosing an area, and constructed buildings inside, the most conspicuous of which was a three-story wooden building.

The three-story wooden building was the administrative center of High Cliff Stronghold, accessible only to high-level personnel.

Subsequently, these houses within the wall were only for the soldiers of High Cliff Stronghold to be stationed here, considered a military stronghold, and basically no idlers could enter.

The remaining residents settled around like egg white surrounding the yolk.

As for the slaves of High Cliff Stronghold, they could only solve their settlement problems at the foot of the hill.

However, Li Wei didn't need to worry about these things. As the lord, he was probably the most relaxed person in the entire High Cliff Stronghold.

Having free time, he teased a group of wolf cubs, instructing them to pick up pebbles by the river.

Li Wei would reward the one who picked up the most with a piece of roasted venison he had prepared himself.

"These little cubs will all be brave warriors in the future."

Li Wei looked at these vigorous gnoll cubs with satisfaction, picked up a skewer of roasted venison and handed it to Hogg, who was loyally guarding him.

Hogg quickly raised his hand to refuse. Seeing that it wouldn't eat it no matter what, Li Wei didn't insist, and threw it to a small gnoll instead.

It respectfully bowed with a hand on its chest before enjoying the seasoned skewers, leaving its companions swallowing saliva on the side.

"Look, others can't necessarily get it even if they want to," Li Wei curled his lips and mocked Hogg.

Hogg just grinned and didn't say much.

If Zha Te were here, he wouldn't even need to be told. That big fool would just grab it and flaunt it, focusing on eating it first, regardless of whether he'd get scolded later.

It could be said that throughout High Cliff Stronghold, only Hogg, Zha Te, and Bai Ruisi Tina had the honor of having the lord personally roast skewers for them.

Li Wei cherished these hero units like treasures in his hands.

"Boss, why are you roasting meat here by yourself without calling me?"

Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives. Zha Te's loud voice soon rang out, and he reached for the skewers on the fire.

Slap!

"Roast your own!"

Li Wei slapped his hand away expressionlessly. Zha Te curled his lips, and under duress, his huge body could only squat on the ground and slowly pick up the skewers to roast.

As a result, he finally managed to roast it, and was about to eat it when Li Wei snatched it away.

"The outside is a bit burnt."

The lord gave a pertinent evaluation, and Zha Te looked as aggrieved as a seven-hundred-pound baby.

But there was nothing he could do, since Li Wei was his boss. He could only pick up a bunch of skewers and act as a barbecue worker.

"Have Mu Tuo and the others made a decision?" Li Wei asked while eating.

"Yes, they've decided to set off in a few days to migrate their entire tribe from the far north, so they can be back before winter."

When it came to serious matters, Zha Te was very serious.

Li Wei was about to speak when a sound of horses' hooves, approaching from afar, disturbed the leisurely barbecue time.

The flat grassland terrain allowed people to see far, and with his exceptional eyesight, he could easily see a group of human cavalry heading towards High Cliff Stronghold.

Without Li Wei's instructions, Hogg howled, and a team of eleven gnoll cavalry rushed down from the hill. He rode his dire wolf and took the lead.

In a few months, with the gnolls' growth rate, some of the wolf cubs in the gnoll tribe had grown up to the point where they could serve as warriors.

The two sides stopped when they were a hundred or two steps away from each other. The leader of the attacking human cavalry took the initiative to exchange a few words, and the gnoll cavalry dispersed to let them pass, but still surrounded them vigilantly.

As long as the situation was not right, they could launch an attack immediately.

Finally, when they were fifty steps away from Li Wei, the cavalry took the initiative to dismount and led their horses over.

These cavalrymen were tall and burly, all wearing chain mail, equipped with cavalry swords, and carrying crossbows on their backs. They were among the elite even among Debe's soldiers.

"Good day, Baron Li Wei."

The leader was a middle-aged knight in chain mail, and he respectfully saluted.

Before Li Wei could ask how he could recognize him at a glance, the middle-aged man took the lead and said.

"Duchess Fulina and Miss Liya asked me to send their regards to you."

"You're here to pick up the mithril caravan, right?"

Li Wei put his hands in his pockets, and the wind on the wilderness slowly blew his bangs back, revealing his fair forehead.

"You guessed correctly," the middle-aged knight complimented.

His eyes were full of curiosity about this baron. Before coming, Duchess Fulina told him to befriend this baron, but when he was about to leave, Miss Liya found him again and asked him to send her regards.

Along the way, he wondered which baron could be valued by both "Duchesses" at the same time, and only understood after meeting him.

Leaving aside other things, the baron's appearance alone was enough to make a group of upper-class ladies fall in love.

It seemed that his previous guess was correct, this mithril chamber of commerce must be related to Fulina, Li Wei thought to himself.

At this time, Mireille, who heard the movement, also rushed over.

"Okay, you guys talk. Let me know when you're ready to leave."

Li Wei waved his hand, the gnoll cavalry dispersed, and he lost his mood for barbecue, putting his hands in his pockets and walking towards the hill.

"Knight Sykes, thankfully you've finally arrived."

Seeing the reinforcements, Mireille finally felt relieved. She hadn't been sleeping well these past few days.

"I apologize, Lord Mireille. We encountered some wilderness bandits on the road, and it took some time to deal with them."

The middle-aged knight, who seemed to have a not-so-low position, was still respectful to Mireille.

"Don't mention it, you've traveled a long way, take a good rest for a day first."

Mireille greeted the thirty-man cavalry team and walked towards the caravan's camp.

Along the way, Sykes curiously looked around the pioneer territory, and his expression changed from casual at the beginning to serious.

"Are you shocked?"

After discovering that it was Mireille who asked the question, Sykes nodded: "Before coming, Duchess Fulina only told me that this was a newly developed territory, but from what I've seen along the way, whether it's the residents or the strength of the guards, I'm afraid even some earldoms can't compare."

In fact, Sykes concealed a point. Duchess Fulina asked him to pick up the mithril chamber of commerce and also asked him to investigate how High Cliff Stronghold was developing now.

If the development was not good, in Duchess Fulina's words, it was to try to recruit this knight.

But the current situation obviously made it impossible to recruit him.