Lord, he is not a man [infrastructure]

Gu Hui was very proud of the fact that he had tripped Tang Bo.

No matter what Tang Bo did, the white deer collar would definitely be torn off by the tax official this time.

It would be best to force Tang Bo to sell his territory. For the neighbor's sake, he would give him a few gold coins so that the boy would not starve to death early.

Of course, he also knew that Tang Bo couldn't give up so easily, otherwise the other party wouldn't be able to buy so many slaves back at once. Isn't this why Tang Bo wanted to imitate because he was afraid and greedy when he saw that Sanshu led the soldiers secretly training soldiers? ?

But Tang Bo is still too immature, does he think raising soldiers is so easy?

If you want to have good fighters, you must let them be completely out of production, and let them do a lot of training every day.

In order for soldiers to withstand a lot of training, they must make progress, and they must not eat poorly.

Even if you are injured, you have to manage it.

To train a soldier, it costs at least 1.5 gold a year just for basic necessities.

Not to mention getting armor and weapons for these soldiers.

He only raised about two hundred soldiers in secret, and it already made him feel strenuous and painful.

It's not that he looks down on Bailuling. With the size of Bailuling's territory and current financial resources, it's difficult to raise even [-] soldiers, let alone [-]!

It happened that the butler was telling Gu Hui about the results of his investigation on those people brought back by Tang Bo: "I have already sent someone to ask, and from the news along the way, those people should all be wild animals that Tang Bo bought from Sita County. civil."

"What else did he buy but slaves?"

The housekeeper shook his head: "He probably didn't have much money on him. After buying the slave, he walked back quickly, and there was no delay on the way."

"Idiot!" Gu Hui's face drew a deep sarcasm: "As the winter approaches, he buys almost the same number of slaves as the people in the territory. Does he think he has so much food to feed so many people? Those slaves hoarded for meat?"

The housekeeper flattered: "That young master is still too young. He thought that he could scare others with a large number of people, but he forgot that when people brought them back, he had to eat and drink them."

"There is another possibility." Gu Hui snorted coldly: "He doesn't like his own people, and he doesn't want to pay so many poll taxes for free people, so he wants to let slaves replace the people. He brought so many people before winter. When the slaves come back, let them seize the fields and houses of the leaders."

The housekeeper chuckled: "Isn't that better? There is a shortage of serfs in our territory. If the leaders of the White Deer collar flee privately, we can take them in."

"That's why I said he was stupid." Gu Hui's face was full of disdain.

The butler also agreed.

Gu Hui knocked on the table: "Have someone come to Sita County to check carefully for me. I want to know where those wild people came from and whether they are really wild people. If there are free people among them, I will let Tang Bo That kid can't eat and walk around!"

Butlers should be.

"Let's keep an eye on the white deer collar. Once there is any news over there, come and tell me immediately." Gu Hui waved the housekeeper down.

"Yes."

Whether Gu Hui was in a good mood or in good spirits, he decided to contact the lady from Hongshan collar to get in touch.

The Hongshan collar is located at the junction of the three tree collar and the white deer collar, and its shape is a bit like an irregular heart.

The three tree collar is just above the heart valve on the left, and the white deer collar is on the top right, and there is also a pointed point inserted into the heart-shaped depression by the way.

Lord Hongshan has two daughters, the eldest daughter is 16 years old, and the youngest daughter is 12 years old. They were rumored to be beautiful, elegant, and good-natured when they were very young.

In the Principality of Luma, there is a very strange law. Daughters do not have the right to inherit titles and territories, but grandchildren can inherit the property and titles of their grandfathers.In addition, when a daughter gets married, she can bring the land and wealth bestowed by her parents to her husband's family.

For example, Lord Red Mountain, if he dies, his territory will be passed on to his nephew. If he himself does not want to, the Duke of Green Hemp will take back his territory and title, and his two daughters will have nothing.

If he wants his two daughters to live a prosperous life, the best way is to find a good husband for each of them, then divide the territory and family wealth into two, and let them take them to their husbands.

But the lord of Hongshan was not willing to lose his position as lord just like that, nor did he want his daughters to lose their protection.Of course, he didn't want to pass on the title of lord to his nephew, nor did he want Duke Luma to take back his territory and title.

For this, he has only one method left.

The lord of Red Mountain negotiated with the eldest daughter to find a husband for her. When a boy is born in the future, the boy will inherit his title and territory.Also let that boy protect his mother and aunt.

His eldest daughter agreed, and the father and daughter began looking for a suitable candidate.

This man must be easy to control and have no ambitions. His character and appearance should not be too bad, preferably the non-eldest son of a small noble family.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Gu Hui, the lord of the Three Trees, and he did not meet any of the conditions for the leader of Hongshan to recruit a son-in-law.

But Gu Hui has long had the ambition to annex the surrounding territories, and he has been monitoring several nearby territories. He covets the two daughters of Lord Hongshan for a long time.

Not coveting the beauty of other girls, but coveting the huge benefits they can bring to him.

He hoped that Lord Red Mountain would marry his daughter to him, and give him the territory as a dowry by the way.

When he heard that Lord Hongshan started looking for a husband for his eldest daughter, and that he intended to let him marry him, Gu Hui became anxious.

Not long after he killed his wife, he originally wanted to wait until the spring of next year before going to Hongshan to express his desire to get married, but he did not expect that the lord of Hongshan, who has always loved his daughter, would suddenly become so impatient.

Gu Hui immediately asked people to buy off the pharmacist of Lord Hongshan, but if the pharmacist couldn't buy him, he bought off the drug boy next to the pharmacist, and finally got an important news.

The lord of Hongshan suffered from a strange disease. He suffered from abnormal headaches and could not see light or water. If he saw light or water, he would go crazy and hurt others.

The pharmacist said that Lord Hongshan was invaded by evil spirits, and if the evil spirits could not be expelled from his body, Lord Hongshan would only last a year.

This is why Lord Hongshan was anxious to find a husband for his daughter.

With Lord Hongshan's efforts to facilitate this matter, they quickly found a fairly suitable candidate, a young man from the Red Taro collar who was not of noble origin.

The young man's name is Yuqing. Although he is not from aristocratic background, his family has a brotherly relationship with the lord of the Red Taro Land two generations ago. His father is the caravan manager of the Red Taro Landlord. He is the second son of the family. , Also very good at accounting and managing accounts.

Yuqing originally planned to go to Luma City to find a job, but when he heard that the Hongshan leader was looking for a son-in-law, he thought this was a good opportunity.

Whether he goes to Lvmacheng or Hongshanling, he is dependent on others. If he can enter Hongshanling, he can be regarded as one person with hundreds of people under him. At least in the future, he only needs to look at his wife's face instead of Watch a lot of people.

If his wife loves and respects him enough, he can live a more dignified and happier life.

The most important thing is that he went to Luma City to find a job. If he didn't have good luck, he could barely support himself. It was obviously difficult to get rich.

But if he is married to Hongshan collar, he will be able to live a noble life in the future where he opens his mouth and stretches out his clothes.

Yuqing expressed his wishes to his family, and his family was also very happy that he was willing to join the Hongshan Territory. It would be a good thing for their family to have a grandson of the future lord.

So Yuqing went to see the leader of the caravan in Hongshanling and expressed his intention to visit Hongshanling.

Shanyan, the eldest daughter of Hongshan, was in the caravan. She followed the team to the red taro collar, just to find out if there is any suitable marriageable person here, and if there is, she will take it back directly.She also knows very well that her father's time is numbered, and she doesn't have much time to pick and choose.

If the news of her father's serious illness spread, that cousin of hers would probably live in their house permanently and would never leave again.

And once her father falls, her cousin and cousin will probably marry the two sisters as quickly as possible, regardless of who they marry, whether they marry well, and will not bring them a lot of money. dowry.

Yuqing came to visit, and Shanyan came out to meet her generously.

The two talked together for a while, and then walked outside together. Shanyan's perception of Yuqing was okay.

In order to develop a relationship with Shanyan, Yuqing bids farewell to her family and decides to send Shanyan back to Hongshanling.

Shanyan didn't object, and she didn't care about Yuqing's poverty, who had all his property with him, no more than three gold coins.

But just as they were about to pass through the three-way zone between Peacock Collar, Red Taro Collar and Lord Three Trees, the caravan encountered robbers.

Shanyan was taken away, and Yuqing was seriously injured in order to protect Shanyan.

The Hongshan collar caravan had no choice but to rush back to Hongshan collar with the injured team members and the remaining goods.

Shanyan thought she was going to suffer disaster this time, and when she was thinking about whether to use her identity and her father's status and wealth to simply persuade the bandit leader to let him marry him, she was saved.

A hunting party spotted the bandit, and the leading man defeated the bandit and rescued her and some of the Hongshan collar goods.

The hero who saved the beauty was Gu Hui, the Lord of Three Trees.

Smart people know that there will be no such coincidences in the world.

But Gu Hui thinks that a 16-year-old girl knows something, as long as he is careful, he will not be afraid of showing his feet.

Shanyan also expressed her gratitude to Gu Hui, but the girl also suggested several times that she wanted to go home early, and she would ask her father to repay Gu Hui.

But Gu Hui has been looking for reasons to delay, and said that he has notified the Hongshan leader to pick him up.

"Do you like this garden? It's a pity that no matter how delicate the flowers are here, they can't compare to your beauty and fragrance." Gu Hui walked into the garden and smiled at the girl standing in the garden.

Shan Yan was disgusted, but he had to force a smile, turned around, and saluted Gu Hui: "Master Gu, good day."

Gu Hui bent down, plucked a bright yellow flower artfully, walked up to the girl, and was about to insert his hand into the girl's long hair.

Shan Yan took a step back, "Master Gu, you said that you have sent someone to look for my fiancé, did you find it?"

When Gu Hui heard the words of his fiancé, his face became uneasy, and he twirled the stem of the flower, "I haven't found it yet, maybe he has already left with the caravan in Hongshanling, maybe he is dead."

"I believe he is not dead. He has been protecting me. I saw that he was only cut on the chest. As long as the rescue is timely, he will be fine." The girl seemed to be convincing Gu Hui, but also seemed to be convincing herself.

Gu Hui suspected that the girl knew his purpose, otherwise how could she use the word fiance to call that taro green.Because according to the news he got, the two were not engaged.

Now both are stalling for time.

Gu Hui is waiting for the reaction of the Red Mountain Lord. He has already sent a letter to the Red Mountain Lord to clearly express his love for Shanyan, and more clearly express his intention to marry Shanyan as his wife.

In the letter, he also promised that if the lord of Red Mountain was willing to marry his eldest daughter to him, he would protect his sister-in-law and let her marry a well-matched nobleman.At the same time, he will also protect his wife and aunt's due property from being plundered by others.

Gu Hui believed that as long as Lord Hongshan was not too stupid, he would definitely agree to marry his eldest daughter to him.

Otherwise, that man will definitely lose his eldest daughter, and he will also create an enemy for his territory and his younger daughter.

Shanyan is also waiting, waiting for his father to send someone to rescue her and take her home.

Gu Hui is not a very patient person in the relationship between men and women, and he is not interested in coaxing little girls. He forcibly inserted the flowers in his hands into the girl's temples, and simply said:

"Shanyan, you are a smart girl. I believe you have already felt my deep affection for you. I hope you will consider your husband more carefully. A useless and incompetent commoner, and a powerful and A middle-aged noble with strength and wealth, no matter how stupid a little girl is, knows how to choose."

Shanyan didn't expect Gu Hui to say that, which made her a little flustered.

Opposite him was a man in his early thirties, she was only 16 years old, and he posed a great threat to her just by standing there.

Shanyan didn't run away immediately, but he was already very courageous.

"Thank you Sir for your kindness, but I already have a fiancé."

"Didn't you understand?" Gu Hui grabbed the girl's wrist, "I want to marry you, whether you have a fiance or not. You will be my Gu Hui's wife and the mother of my future child. I have made people Send a letter to your father, and if he agrees, we shall be married when his men come. Here, in this castle. The room in which you live now is the room of the mistress of the castle."

Shan Yan's face changed drastically, and he tried hard to break free from his wrist: "You can't do this! I didn't even know you before, and I'm very grateful that you saved me, but it doesn't mean I have to give it to you, I..."

"Shh, don't be afraid, I just like you so much. I fell in love with you at first sight. Your beauty, your character, and your intelligence all fascinated me." Gu Hui lowered his head, wanting to kiss the girl's cheek.

Shan Yan tries to dodge.

Gu Hui pinched the girl's chin, and said with a half-smile: "Maybe I'm too gentle with you, or we don't need to wait for your father to agree, we can be husband and wife now, when you have my child, I believe you Both your father and I are very much looking forward to the birth of this eldest son."

"Eldest son? You obviously already had a wife, and you also have a legitimate son. Let me go!" the girl cried anxiously.

"That's a bastard, and it's different from the child you gave birth to me. Or are you not a good girl anymore, and you have already had a relationship with that commoner?" Gu Hui doubted, and his face darkened.A man who has been cheated on can never bear the fact that his second wife has someone else in her heart, and her body already belongs to someone else.

Shan Yan blushed, "You bastard! Let me go!"

"Then let me see if you are still a good girl." Gu Hui picked up the girl by the waist and strode towards the bedroom.

All the servants in the garden lowered their heads, as if they didn't see the girl's struggle, nor heard the girl's cry for help.

Tang Bo, who watched the play nearby for a long time, couldn't stand it anymore.

When Gu Hui entered the bedroom with the girl in his arms, he quietly followed.