Mount & Blade: Wind of War

[Micro Life Ring: This is a special ring that can slightly increase the owner's vitality after being equipped. When the owner's vitality drops to one-fourth of the normal level, the passive healing effect is activated, which can continuously replenish the owner's vitality until 50% is restored or the ring's reserve energy is completely exhausted. The healing effect can be activated once every twelve moments. ]

[Additional attribute: 1.5 cubic meters of space. ]

The oriental noble young man, dressed in a formal dress and with his hair very neatly arranged, looked down at the ring on his left index finger.

He felt that it was worthy of being the artifact of the civilization inheritance of the sage civilization, and it could even conceal the power of the "system".

In fact, he knew that neither life nor space ability was the real power of this ring. If he could pass the extremely difficult test in the ring, then he could directly inherit most of the legacy of the sage civilization of the previous era.

However, thinking about the previous entry-level test, Rhodes almost shuddered and felt that he could not bear to look back. For people who don't like mathematics, even if they can do it, it will never be a particularly good experience.

"Please welcome Lord Rodhart from Redwood Town."

At this moment, a young waitress came to the hall, her eyes searching, and finally fell on Rhodes.

"The Countess invites you in."

"It's my honor."

Hearing this, Rhodes stood up, and amid the envious eyes and whispers of the pioneer lords around him, he followed the waiter into the inner hall.

At this time, twelve days and a half a month had passed since the initial defense of Silver Frost Town. Most of the defeated troops in the wilderness had been wiped out. Even if there were some fish that slipped through the net, it would be the work of the Silver Frost Town security forces.

After this battle, with the development potential of Silver Frost Town, it would not take long for it to develop into Silver Frost City. People with certain knowledge can easily judge this.

Therefore, although they had just experienced a war and an earthquake, the Countess still rewarded the pioneer lords in time and did not let the pioneer lords gathered here wait too long.

In this town defense battle, the Countess focused on rewarding three pioneer lords, but she did not reward the three strongest and most meritorious pioneer lords.

Among the three rewarded pioneer lords, there was Lord Rodhart of Redwood Town. Although he ranked last among the three rewarded lords, it seemed a bit strange, which of course made people envious and talked about.

"The first lord who is rewarded will receive a reward of 2,000 gold coins and can fully cooperate with Yinshuang Town in politics, economy and military affairs."

"The second lord who is rewarded will receive a reward of 1,000 gold coins and can fully cooperate with Yinshuang Town in politics and economy."

"The third lord who is rewarded will receive a reward of 200 gold coins and can receive materials worth 200 gold coins from Yinshuang Town."

"This is to catch all the pioneering lords of the upper, middle and lower levels in the northern border in one fell swoop, taking care of all aspects. It not only cooperates with the powerful lords, but also makes those weaker lords not completely hopeless. The means of this Yinshuang lord are really clever. This way, he has established a foundation among the pioneering lords in the north." Rhodes thought to himself as he followed the servant walking in front.

The strength of the big lord is strong, and full cooperation with him will benefit all aspects of Yinshuang Territory, but the number of small and medium lords is large, and if they can be gathered together, they will also be a considerable force.

If Silver Frost Ridge only cares about building relationships with powerful pioneer lords this time, then if there are similar things in the future, the pioneer lords with weak comprehensive strength will have no enthusiasm to come. Now that he has set up such a banner, no one can say that the Silver Frost Lord is not fair.

This is a very normal approach. If Rhode were in that position, he would do the same as long as he thought it through.

The corridor led by the servants was not very long, and soon Rhode walked into the room with thick cashmere carpets.

There are several bookcases around this room, and the bookcases are full of various books. In this era, books are precious carriers of knowledge inheritance. Many wealthy families use parchment or carve words on metal. Therefore, let alone several bookcases of books, even a book is too expensive for ordinary people, and it is a symbol of heritage for nobles.

Stone fort, carpet, bookcase, in the center of the room is a small round table with exquisite candlesticks and brass goblets. In such an environment, a beautiful woman in a black gauze dress sat there, holding the wine glass in both hands and looking at Rhodes, smiling elegantly.

"Mr. Hart, please sit down."

"I am very fortunate to see your beauty again, noble and beautiful lady."

"Thank you for your compliment, Mr. Hart. First of all, I would like to express my most sincere respect to you for your bravery in fighting with the soldiers of Redwood Town."

With the more than 20 militiamen in Redwood Town, they have successfully killed more than 100 fleeing soldiers (beheaded) in these days, and successfully killed two ogres, including an ogre warrior. With such a weak force, they have achieved such an impressive record, which makes Rodhart stand out among many weak pioneering lords. There is no other reason. On the side of Silver Frost Castle, they chose him simply because of Rhodes' military merits.

"Opening up the northern border and spreading the light of civilization is our responsibility, and it is also the mission given to us by history." Faced with the toast from the beautiful woman in front of him, Rhodes, who sat down, also raised his tall copper cup in response, Then they drank the wine from the glass together.

The taste of this wine is dry and pure, giving people a long aftertaste. Even if you have no appreciation for wine, you can still know that this is a fine wine.

Originally, this meeting was just a formal honor. Next, Rhodes only needed to listen to Mrs. Martha Pesce's hymn-like praise and occasionally answer some questions. After all, the strength gap between the two territories in all aspects was very different. What can be a collaborative space.

Compared to the two previous pioneering lords, Lord Silver Frost summoning Rhodes and giving him his current status and treatment were more symbolic, serving as a call to other weak lords.

However, Rhodes was unwilling to follow the normal process, or in other words, he was unwilling to give up this excellent opportunity.

"Well, Mrs. Pace, although it is very, um, very rude to say such a thing suddenly, the fact is that Redwood Town is facing a serious financial crisis. If we can't get through it safely, I'm afraid I will have to sell my current property. The territory then left. If this were the case, it would be an embarrassing thing for Silver Frost City, right?" While saying this, Rhodes looked directly into the eyes of the beautiful woman in front of him. Try to sound sincere and apologetic.

"Right now, I need a loan of five hundred gold coins. This is a completely insignificant amount for Silver Frost City, but for me it is an important fund to tide over the difficulties."

Entrepreneurs don’t need face. The core need of entrepreneurs is to make their careers successful. If their careers succeed, they will naturally have face. If their careers fail, no matter how much they care about and strive for, there will be no face. Rod’s actual psychology At over ninety years old, he knows the truth all too well.

"...Ha, Mr. Rodhart, you are really a wonderful person. As far as I know, the income you gained from this war will not be less than 500 gold coins. Now you have to borrow another 500 gold coins." One hundred gold coins, is there any project in Redwood Town that is particularly worthy of investment, so that Mr. Rodhart is so desperate?" Martha Pace looked at the young man in front of him with some amusement, she was really being tricked? Got interested.

Most men tend to have a very strong desire to express themselves in front of a beautiful woman like themselves. This is an instinct, just like the two pioneer lords she met before.

Mashapas knew very well that "the gentle words of a beauty are far better than the intimidation of a sharp sword." In the meeting just now, she had more or less secured benefits for the territory, but she didn't expect that here, she would be counterattacked by the other party. To make a move, of course, this is also because Mashapas does not understand the "power of poverty" enough.

This war has indeed brought a lot of benefits to Rhodes and his Redwood Town, but if the five hundred gold coins in money and materials are repaid to the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, there will basically be nothing left. Now winter is approaching. , the grain reserves in Redwood Town are seriously insufficient. If they can't borrow money here, then Rhodes can only take Raymond and the others to hunt other wilderness tribes in the wind and snow of the wilderness.

It must be an extremely cruel competition for survival. Redwood Town does not know how many elderly people and children will freeze to death and starve to death. As a lord, Rhodes feels that he has the responsibility to do his best to prevent this from happening.

Faced with Rhodes' request in this situation, Mashapais didn't have much room for choice. He couldn't let the three military nobles who had just been promoted as a key reward at Silver Frost Castle suddenly disappear within two days. Bit.

What's more, five hundred gold coins is indeed not much for Yinshuang City. The power behind Lord Yinshuang is beyond the imagination of some ordinary little nobles and small pioneer lords.

After Rodhart left with satisfaction, Martha Pesce stretched her body slightly with her hands, revealing the infinitely beautiful figure of a mature woman, and behind her, the bookcase turned over, and the silver-haired and red-eyed female elf Isa Walk out from behind the flipped bookcase.

"What do you think of this person?"

"Sharp, smart, dares to gamble, and doesn't have the aristocratic habits of so many established nobles. It's a pity that his foundation is too weak. If he hadn't caught up with this era, he might have been able to grow up. Now, the entire Northern Territory is about to be in chaos. We I'm afraid I can't get back those five hundred gold coins." Masha took a sip of wine after hearing this, and then expressed his evaluation.

"No, you are wrong. It is not just the entire Northern Territory that is about to be in chaos. In this era, without enough support behind you, no matter how talented you are, it is difficult to protect yourself. Unfortunately, the exploration of the goblin ruins failed "It should be that our mining work inadvertently activated the defense mechanism of that ruin. It will be very difficult to have such an opportunity in the future."

If she had lost the goblin ruins simply because of Master Dawen, Isa would definitely kill this guy directly, no matter whose subordinate he was. However, after thinking carefully, Isa felt that it was more likely It was my own early exploration and excavation that had touched the defense mechanism of that ruins. Fortunately, the flint musket technology and an arsenal production line have already fallen into the hands. These alone are enough to occupy a huge early development advantage in the subsequent recovery of the demonic tide.

On the other side, after Rhodes successfully borrowed five hundred gold coins, he began to purchase a large amount of various materials in Silver Frost Town.

The income from killing over a hundred fleeing soldiers by the Redwood Town militia was fifty gold coins and seven silver coins, which already included the sale of spoils and beheading bounties. Rhode chose to give each militiaman one gold coin so that they could buy something they liked and bring it back to Redwood Town for their families.

The two hundred gold coins and supplies worth two hundred gold coins awarded by Silver Frost for military merit, plus the five hundred gold coins in Rhode's hand, was a huge sum of nearly a thousand gold coins.

But again, although this money was enough for ten ordinary peasant families to live comfortably for a lifetime, for a territory that needed to be built: baggage, food, building materials, weapons, if you want to meet all these aspects, it is simply a bottomless pit. Nearly a thousand shining gold coins, all invested in it, just caused some ripples.

At the Silver Frost Town Weapon Shop, Rhode noticed that Raymond's eyes turned green when he saw a top-grade war bow, but after asking the price, his face also turned green.

The price of a top-quality war bow is more than enough to buy twenty ordinary bows. Good things are so expensive, and this is an ordinary weapon shop. If it is the enchanted equipment in the legend, any one of them is enough to equip an entire army.

Of course, in this era, a lord's private soldiers may only have one or two hundred people, and the few may only have fifty or sixty people. The cost of raising a large army is not something that ordinary lords can afford.

"Okay, okay, we will definitely be able to afford good bows in the future. I promise you that day will not be too far away."

"My lord, I, I will take a look. This is a rip-off. Whoever buys it is stupid." Raymond himself is also aware of the current financial situation of the territory. He said this while touching his head.

Twenty high-quality hunting bows, forty iron-tipped spears, forty thick iron-clad shields, and sixty leather armors... The gold coins in Rhodes's purse flowed out like water.

However, he didn't care much about this, because Rhode knew very well that fighting power was the real hard currency in the wilderness. In such a place, no one would care about you even if you held up a bag full of gold coins. Only sharp swords and flying axes were the standard for measuring everything, and they could also serve as general equivalents.

In addition to weapons, Rhode also bought a large amount of daily necessities such as wheat, bread, air-dried meat, cheese and salted fish.

"Sir, we can just buy wheat and take it back. Why do you buy so much meat and fish, so many luxury goods? You can't eat them all by yourself?" Except for the purchase of weapons, Raymond had no opinion. Seeing Rhode spending money like water, Raymond was frightened and even began to feel pain, even though the money had nothing to do with him, he felt pain for Rhode.

"You have followed me for two years and suffered for two years. This time, the harvest is quite good. Let's satisfy everyone's cravings and have a good winter."

When she was in Redwood Town, she ate white bread by herself. She refused to eat a piece of her bread even when Cress gave her a piece. After Rhodes left, she swept some bread crumbs from the table and put them in her mouth, licking her fingers with a look of aftertaste. She was actually fifteen years old, but because of malnutrition since childhood, she looked like twelve or thirteen years old. Even though her brother became the captain of the militia in recent years, he could not make up for it.

Now if she reserves a few more carts of food, she should not be so afraid anymore.

At the same time, in Redwood Town, which is a hundred miles away.

With the gradual arrival of the terrible winter, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find food in the wilderness. This year's winter not only comes earlier than in previous years, but is also colder and more brutal, destroying life.

However, even in such unbearable weather, work still needs to be done. The men try to go out hunting or searching for wild fruits, while the women carry wooden basins and come to the river water that has not yet frozen to wash clothes. Although the skin exposed outside the clothes is frozen red and frostbitten, these women still laugh and play, and have long been accustomed to such pain.

Cress, a small woman with orange-red hair, also mixed in with them. As the lord's maid, and younger in age, although she also has to wash clothes and work when the lord is not around, the women consciously surround her in the center to protect her from the cold wind.

"Kress, I heard that nobles have the right of first night. Has the lord used you? How does it feel? Is the master strong?"

"Do you need to ask this? If he had, Kress would not be like this now, just like a bean sprout that has not grown."

"Hahaha."

"The front and the back are equally flat."

Although they take care of Kress, these familiar women will still talk and joke with the little guy. There are no entertainment activities in this era, so the women's private dirty talk often makes the men who hear it stunned.

"You...you."

The young Kress was so angry that she stomped her feet. Her cheeks and ears turned red, but looking at her own figure and the figures of the women around her, she felt that any words of rebuttal were powerless.

But at this time, accompanied by the sound of horse hooves kicking and trampling, the laughter and joy on the riverside gradually stopped.

Because a group of men in tattered clothes but holding weapons appeared in the women's field of vision. Some of them were injured, but they stared at the women in front of them with a wolf-like gaze-the wilderness thieves.

“Dangdangdang!”

Not far away, the alarm bell in Redwood Town suddenly rang. At this moment, all the men in the village, regardless of age or strength, picked up pitchforks, sticks and other weapons and ran out of their homes and gathered together.

Since we live in this chaotic world, we will naturally adapt, especially humans with very strong adaptability.

"Dear adventurers, we are all honest farmers. We don't want to offend you. If you are tired and hungry after working hard all the way, just go to the village to rest. As long as you don't hurt anyone, it's fine." Eng, the elder of Redwood Town, who was leaning on a long staff, saw the number and status of this group of thieves and thought it was not good.

There were more than ten people on the other side and there were only more than twenty young and strong men left in the village. If they fought hard, even if they could cause some casualties to the other side, Redwood Town would not have a chance of winning in the end. Therefore, the first reaction of Elder Eng was to stabilize the group of thieves in front of him.

Redwood Town was poor enough and had no oil and water. Killing people here would not make any benefits, but might cause losses. Usually, such a poor place, even wilderness thieves rarely come to plunder and occupy.