After making money, the husband who abandoned me came back

And this place turned out to be Ruhrburg, a place that was almost squandered by Milton.

"Are you sure those grain carts are full of grain?" Edward asked sullenly, sitting on a wide high-back chair.

"Yes, grandfather, I also saw large grains of wheat exposed in their two bags, which are round and full, definitely not what we can produce here." Locke Finn said cautiously, "And the Dale family's The Knights are also following the grain truck, they should be escorting them."

Edward nodded slowly when he heard the words, and said again: "You continue to ask people to watch to see if they will have other food teams entering Korbaff in the future, and whether they have bought other things besides food. .”

Locke nodded obediently, and went out with orders.

Edward was sitting in the study room, half of his old wrinkled face was in the shadow of the light, the corners of his lips were tightly drawn and slightly drooping, revealing a trace of inexplicable cruelty.

Kolbaugh, it seemed, was more alluring than he had imagined.

In the following month, Locke observed the entry and exit of two grain trucks, and more and more grain trucks pulled grain into Korbaff.He estimated in his mind the number of grain carts he observed during this period and the grain on them, but he came up with an astonishing number.

"Half-year rations for 1 people?! Why does he buy so much food?" Winnie Finn—Edward Finn's youngest daughter—asked incredulously when he heard Locke chatting with them. He said, "Do so many people in Nat's family need to eat? This food has been stored for a long time, but it will go bad."

"Besides, the price of grain is much higher than before. Where can they buy grain in dinars?" Winnie's older sister, Petty, couldn't believe it.

"Grandfather has sent someone to Korbaff to investigate, and there should be news soon." Locke replied honestly.

"I remember my father was engaged to a lady from Kolbaugh," Winnie said, suddenly remembering the incident, "I really don't understand why my father should be engaged to a lady who has lost his position. Sandberg brings any wealth and we go out and be ridiculed for having a mother like that."

"If you're talking about Miss Emily, then I'm afraid your news is a little behind. I was out at this time and heard that Joyce Daller, the heir to the Daller family, was courting our father's fiancée .Why do you think he wanted to pursue her?" Petty smiled mysteriously at Winnie.

"Why?" Winnie asked curiously.

Petty glanced at Locke with a smile, and then Locke said: "Miss Emily's brother Harold Nutter has returned. He drove the former lord of Kolbaugh out of Ruhrburg, Regained control of the entire Kolbaugh. Now Miss Emily is Korbaff's noble lady again."

"And if Kolbaugh really has such wealth, this Miss Emily will probably have a huge dowry. Our father's marriage is not a loss." Petty concluded.

Winnie curled her lips disdainfully when she heard the words: "In this case, she should stay at home and wait for her father to marry her, instead of going out to flirt with a married man."

Petty laughed loudly: "Joyce Dale is no longer a married man. After Harold regained control of Kolbaugh, he quickly abandoned his wife—Kolbaugh's predecessor The lord's daughter—afterwards, she devoted herself to the pursuit of Emily."

"This Joyce—too shameless!" Winnie said with her eyes widened.

"He has always been like this, and it's not the first day we met him. I was surprised that he chose to marry Janice!" Petty sighed, "It's just that Ruhrburg has never proposed to change the engagement with us. I am afraid that the new lord will pay more attention to the high dowry we can give."

"Of course! The Dale family is no richer than us. Ruhrburg is so poor, of course they would choose us!" Winnie touched the cat on her lap and said proudly.

Petty sneered slightly in her heart when she heard the words, and Winnie completely forgot what Locke said about the grain truck.

One day after spring, Harold received a letter from his neighbor, Edward Finn.

The letter first congratulated Harold on regaining the ownership of Ruhrburg, and then mentioned his marriage contract with Harold's sister Emily.He expressed in the letter that he hoped to marry Emily as soon as possible and become the closest friends with Harold and Kolbaugh.

In addition, a list was attached to the letter, which stated the betrothal gifts he would give Korbaf.That long list would have driven Milton mad with joy had he been handed it.

But Harold felt nothing about it, and even tore up the letter in a rage after reading it.Then he hurriedly found Yang Yuan, told him the matter, and said that he would hold a wedding for Emily and Joyce.

Of course, Yang Yuan has no objection to this matter.In the previous famine, Joyce also came to help a lot.The cotton and linen in the garment factory and weaving factory were purchased from Joyce's territory, and the price was very low.At that time, the grain-buying team, considering the military strength of Ruhrburg itself, borrowed a group of people from Dale's family to transport the grain back to Ruhrburg safely.

Of course, when they had enough money, they also gave feedback.

But this matter cannot be handled so simply and rudely, "You must at least send him a letter back, telling him that the previous engagement was made by Milton, and that Milton owned Ruhrburg through usurpation, so The decisions he makes don't count."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. We should find other people to come over and discuss it. At the very least, we should understand Edward's character and background, and then make plans." Edith also said aside.

"If you don't marry, you don't marry! It doesn't matter what kind of character or background he is? Even if Emily doesn't marry Joyce, she will never marry this bad old man!" Harold said angrily.

Edith still said calmly: "I'm just worried that his goal is not Emily, but we waste too much time on this, and we will be caught off guard by the other party in the end."

After thinking about it, Yang Yuan also felt that it made sense.Emily would not marry Edward anyway, so Emily would have no problem marrying Joyce whenever she wanted.But they had to figure out the real purpose of this Edward.

So several people called Reed Duncan and Pulis to inquire.

"Edward Finn is not our neighbor. There is even an earl's territory between him and Kolbaugh. This man is cruel. He was originally the second son of the Finn family, but in his When he was 20 years old, he led people into Kunsen Castle, killed his parents, brothers, and even all his sisters, and thus took control of Kunsen Castle and the Fenori territory." Reed told them in detail Edward's background.

"After that, he married five wives successively, but none of the wives lived for too long. These five wives brought him a large amount of dowry, allowing him to form a team consisting of a thousand The army composed of two knights has become the most powerful in this area, and is the lord with the most territory and people."

"In other words, this Earl Edward is not a bad old man who is obsessed with beauty. Then why did he conclude such a marriage contract with Milton at that time? After all, at that time, Emily could not bring him a large amount of dowry "Yang Yuan said with a frown.

Pulis knew about this, "Earl Edward once married an orphan. But he left with his entire knight order, and returned with the head of this bride and all her relatives. He It is said that his bride's relatives killed her on the eve of her wedding and replaced her with another girl. But he recognized him, so he wanted to use this method to avenge his wife. This is Edward's first The second wife married into Kunsenburg with a human head."

This way of fighting reminded Yang Yuan of the Trojan horse.

And the feelings of the two girls were stronger than all the men present.Both Edith and Feline shuddered when they heard the words. Feline touched her arm and said incredulously, "This man is simply too terrifying. His methods are so bloody and cruel that he is simply inhuman."

"In other words, his purpose is not to marry Emily at all, but to occupy Kolbaugh. And he set Kolbaugh as a new target a long time ago. And after seeing After our changes this winter, it aroused his greed even more, so he accelerated his actions." Yang Yuan concluded.

"Yes," Reed nodded and said, "The dowry list after the earl's letter is hard for most people to resist. And more than 30 years have passed since what Pulis said just now. He probably thought that many people had forgotten. So he planned to use this method again to annex Korbaff."

"Then the question now is, how should we respond?" Edith asked sullenly.

"Of course it's a war!" Harold said bluntly, "Pliss temporarily put aside the affairs of the porcelain workshop, and returned to the Knights to start training again. And the people on Grant's side also let them Come together. I will take people out to buy weapons and equipment. I don’t believe that so many of us can’t beat him.”

These preparations must be done, Yang Yuan thought for a while, nodded and said: "In the end, Edith and I will not set up a magic circle in the border area—"

"This is not acceptable! This is a fight for honor, and mages cannot participate." Harold said firmly.

Although he has been a mage for several years, he still can't get rid of the inherent thinking of nobles.

Then he explained to Yang Yuan: "Generally, magicians do not participate in the battle between two lords, unless one party uses a magician, then the other side will also ask its own magician to join the battle. But generally Assassinate many. And the side that puts the magician in the battle first will be condemned after all."

Yang Yuan frowned and thought about it before he realized that the status of a magician in this world is probably like a nuclear weapon in modern society.Rich lords will more or less keep a magician as a deterrent, but rarely ask them to actually participate in secular warfare.

"Actually, there are more wars between countries where magicians participate, but people like the great magister rarely participate in small-scale wars. Otherwise, a forbidden curse from the great magister can destroy a city. With a few curses, a country will be gone," Pulis added.

Yang Yuan smiled when he heard this, he hoped that he could reach this level, but so far he can only light one candle.

But even so, Yang Yuan didn't intend to really stand by.

Edith thought for a while and said: "You just write him back and tell him that Emily had a marriage contract with Joyce of the Daller family, and the marriage contract between the other party and her was set by Milton without authorization. It can’t be counted. But as a friend who has always had a good relationship, we are also very sorry for the fact that he was deceived by Milton. So we plan to make some compensation for him, and people will send a batch of gifts in a few days.”

Harold didn't understand, "Why do we still give them gifts. We know they are going to call, why do we still try to curry favor with them?"

"Because we need time. Edward will definitely not agree to give up the engagement, so we have to wrestle with them for a while before finalizing the marriage. Then we have to send someone over to discuss a wedding date with them. Go through the whole process Come down, at least it should be able to buy us two or three months.

"During this period, we need to speed up the training of new knights, expand the army, and purchase armaments. We also need to add some defensive measures in the territory of Korbaf. Our original knight order only has about 1000 people. Compared with the other side The more than [-]-strong knights are not powerful at all. So now we can only buy time to strengthen our defense capabilities." Edith analyzed.

"I don't think Edward will be so stupid. He won't give us so much time. Today's letter may be just a temptation. He can see our background and strength from our attitude. And once he reads Because of our weakness, it is possible to put aside this excuse and attack directly." Yang Yuan had a different opinion.

"But if our attitude is too strong, it may also provoke him and make him go to war early." Pulis thought for a while.

"I think we can delay time by continuously sending money." Reid said suddenly, "We first begged him to give up the engagement, and then kept sending him money."

"But constantly sending money will make the other party more greedy, and it will also strengthen his heart to capture Korbaf. Isn't it like this?" Yang Yuan asked puzzled.

"He originally wanted to capture Korbaf. If we don't send money, he will come. However, if we send money, he will think that he is constantly weakening our strength. In this way, when he comes to attack us, he will not need to spend money. That's a lot of strength. Knights are very expensive resources, especially to train a mature and experienced knight who can participate in battle and has a full set of equipment, at least one or two thousand dinars." Reid analyzed, "For him Said, the less wear and tear of the knight, the better. His territory is not richer than our Korbaf."

Yang Yuan shook his head when he heard the words, and said, "In this way, Edward has a thousand knights, which is 100 million dinars. How can we Korbaf have so much money now?"

Reed looked at Yang Yuan blankly, wondering if what he said was serious.

Of course, Korbaf does not have 200 million dinars, but it has porcelain workshops, garment factories, weaving factories, brick kilns and plantations, with a monthly output of 40 to [-] dinars.And most of them are porcelain that don't need to worry about sales at all.As for other products, the caravans formed by the locals have already been taken out of Korbaf.

The first group of caravans who went out just came back recently.According to what they said, although they did encounter robbers on the road, those robbers were not as strong and brave as they were, and they were not even as good as their weapons.They struggled to survive the famine, had an empty stomach, and ran past the Knights to reach their front, only to be lucky enough to enter Ruhrburg.

However, they also said that a group of people who went out a few days later than them were robbed by the lord of the territory they passed by, and none of them came back.

But even so, there is still an endless stream of people going out.The products that the lord sold them were too cheap.If they come back safely, they can earn a lot of dinars.

Under the temptation of such huge interests, Kolbaff's production was continuously taken out, and dinars also entered Ruhrburg in an endless stream.

And now Ruhrburg no longer needs to continue to purchase food, and all production can be exchanged for dinars.In other words, Ruhrburg now has a monthly income of 40 million dinars.

Listening to Reed's analysis, Yang Yuan nodded half-understanding, and then asked: "Then how much should we give him this time? Too little should not work, right? How about giving him [-] dinars first?" ?”

Pulis almost spit out the tea in his mouth, he coughed a few times, and then said dumbfoundedly: "Do you want to send him another hundred knights? One hundred thousand dinars, I am afraid it is Edward Faye Yin's territory - Fenori's tax for a year. If you send it over like this, Kolbaugh will be besieged the next day."

Although Korbav's purchase of grain in large quantities was very suspicious, their grain did not enter Korbav through only one route.Edward would never have imagined how rich Kolbaugh is now.

But what Yang Yuan did was tantamount to exposing Kolbaugh's family background to Edward's eyes.

As soon as you open your mouth, it is someone else's tax for a year, and I am afraid that the saints will be moved.

In the end, what everyone negotiated was to give the other party [-] dinars first, and wait for the other party's reply to see if they want to increase or decrease.

Harold was just a little angry at first, but the other party threatened him with Emily, and he didn't care about the loss of Dinar.

And he has always been used to following Yang Yuan's opinion, since Yang Yuan agreed, he finally nodded with a stern face, and then went out.

Jin, who was playing with kittens in the corridor, saw him coming out, and quickly stood up, looking at him helplessly, not knowing what to say.

Harold sighed helplessly when he saw him like this.

It has been more than a month since Jin was resurrected, but his memory still shows no signs of recovery, and he looks silly, completely different from the previous him.

Sometimes he would tell himself that as long as Jin is alive, it is good, don't ask too much, otherwise he will be punished by the Holy Spirit.But when he thinks of the gentle and kind Jin before, he can't restrain a burst of sadness in his heart.

And his mood often affects Jin's mood, so he can only try to avoid Jin as much as possible, which may be good for both of them.

In the end, he just smiled at Jin reluctantly, then turned and left.

On the contrary, Yang Yuan came out and said to Jin: "Something happened to him, he's not in a good mood, don't worry about it."

Jin quickly smiled and shook his head at him, and said in a low voice: "I just saw him come to you angrily, so I knew something might happen to him."

"It's not a big deal, it's just that someone is jealous and wants to share a piece of the pie," Yang Yuan said indifferently, "Anyway, it will happen sooner or later, it's not a big deal."

Jin nodded with a vague understanding, then squatted down to play with the cat again.

After the [-] dinars were sent over, as expected, there was a reply from Edward soon.He still insisted on marrying Emily in the letter, but at the same time, in order to thank Ruhrburg for his generosity, he attached an extended dowry list to this letter.The value of the new betrothal gift added obviously exceeded [-] dinars, and it seemed to be really sincere.

"Of course, he doesn't really need to come up with these dowry gifts. When he comes with the knights, will he really pull a caravan of dowries behind the knights? If he doesn't pull a caravan of weapons and equipment That's great—obviously, this is impossible." Harold said sarcastically.

"But it seems that Earl Edward was still moved by the [-] dinars, and we should be able to delay some more time with him. Most of the workers in the porcelain workshop and kiln factory were summoned to build defenses The fortifications are finished, and the progress is very good. I think it only takes half a month to complete the blueprints designed by Your Excellency Yang Yuan." Reed said with a smile.

"It's just that the training situation of the Cavaliers is not very good recently. The time is already very tight. We should be training except for sleeping time, but Grant insists on praying and evening classes at night, wasting a lot of time." Pu Lis said from the side.

Yang Yuan was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and then probably guessed what these blessings and evening classes were for.He has indeed felt the gradual increase in the power of faith in his body recently, but to be honest, the power of faith itself is very small, and this increase is even more difficult to detect.Its only advantage is that it allows Yang Yuan to cast healing magic more smoothly.

"In this case, I will talk to him." Yang Yuan said.

He has just made preparations recently and intends to select some of the knights and reserve knights for strengthening.It's just that it's hard to choose this candidate.

He didn't want to expose the existence of magicians in Ruhrburg, so he decided to use Fan Luosi's identity to strengthen these people after careful consideration.

This can also strengthen his own belief power, Yang Yuan thinks it is not a bad thing.Of course, he was more inclined to choose Grant's people for reinforcement, especially those who came out of Aka Village.

But if only the people on Grant's side are strengthened, Pulis will definitely have an opinion.

So in the end, he planned to give half of the places to both sides, adding up to a total of 100 people.

For Yang Yuan, as long as the other party can cooperate and mobilize the vein energy in the body, they can be strengthened directly without the need for puppet crystals.

This saves a lot of money.

Although he didn't plan to make a thorough enhancement, this number is still terrifying to Yang Yuan.

And this was a huge surprise for the members of the Kolbaugh Knights, and some even fought for it.

This is also inevitable.

For a highly talented knight, he may be able to upgrade to a high-level knight at the age of 30 or 50, and of course this kind of person is only one in a hundred thousand.As for those who are slightly worse, this refers to those who are less talented among those with natural abilities. When they are [-] or [-] years old, they can almost become middle-level knights.

However, most people with natural abilities cannot break through to a low level in their lifetime.

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