Start as Inherited Baroness

Simon held the reins of the gryphon tightly and soared into the sky. Not long after, he reached an altitude of a thousand meters and was far away from the Fort of Fortitude.

The mountains, rivers and land were all at his feet, and the beautiful scenery was all in sight. Simon was so excited that he couldn't help but cheer loudly.

The gryphon did shake a little when it first took off and took off, but it was very stable when it was flying level.

In just a few hours, Simon inspected the Courageous Territory and the Fearless Territory, and also took a look at the corners of the Three Mountains Territory.

He happened to encounter two teams fighting, but he just glanced at them and flew over them without caring.

After returning to Fort Valor, Simon jumped off the back of the griffin, then turned back and touched its head and neck to show intimacy.

"Mailan, go give it something to eat, don't be stingy.

Oh, by the way, what do griffons eat? Simon asked as he looked at Carlisle.

"Lord Baron, the griffon is carnivorous, including cattle, sheep, pork, fish, etc. It will accept everyone who comes." Carlisle said with a smile.

"Okay! Mailan, go get half a pig and dozens of fish for it. In addition, build a griffon pen for it to live in." Simon nodded and ordered after hearing this.

"Yes! Sir!" After hearing this, Mailan responded and immediately went to take care of the matter.

At this time, Simon looked at Carlisle and asked with a smile: "How was this trip? Was it going well?"

"Lord Baron, I haven't encountered anything special, so it's going smoothly.

This time, my subordinates bought many slaves from Slaver's Bay, among which more than a thousand female slaves were fertile...

In addition, I bought a lot of smelters, prospectors, miners and blacksmiths, but the quality this time is indeed not as good as last year.

I heard that the war in Middle-earth has come to an end, and the source of slaves has been greatly reduced..." Kyler talked about it.

"Well! You've worked hard on this trip, haven't you eaten yet? Quickly, let the kitchen prepare a sumptuous meal. I want to meet Knight Carlyle..."

Simon was quite satisfied after hearing this and ordered.

"Thank you for your hospitality, sir!"

...

Seven or eight days later, the large force of Kazama's caravan finally arrived. It was such a long team, at least more than five thousand people.

Simon went to the city gate to greet him. At the front of the team was Airey who was sent out to protect the caravan.

"Greetings, Lord Baron! There was no danger on this trip, and there were no casualties among the five hundred soldiers.

However, they were still harassed by vampires on the way, and dozens of serfs were lost. "Ai Lei rushed to Simon and half-knelt down to report.

"Well, it's okay, this loss is still within the tolerance range.

It's been a long and tiring journey for you, so go and take a rest first. Simon nodded.

"Yes! Sir!" Ailei stood up immediately, saluted respectfully and left in a hurry, looking towards home.

Simon looked at it with a smile on his face, and said to himself: "It's different now that you have a wife, you're so impatient..."

At this time, Ma De also came after hearing the news.

"My Lord Baron!" he shouted with a respectful salute.

"You're here just in time, hurry up and distribute these slaves.

Serfs were sent to manors, and technical slaves such as blacksmiths were assigned to various workshops.

Hey, how are you preparing for the mining of copper and tin mines? Simon asked with a smile.

"Sir, more than a thousand people are ready, and the Eastern Guards have also surrounded that area.

Guardrails are currently being built around the perimeter, and it is estimated that the first batch of ore will be mined within half a month at the latest.

The subordinates felt that it would be best to build a stone outpost there to ensure safety. "Made responded.

"Okay! Let Yaman handle this matter first. The scale will be the same as Starfire Castle, let's call it Copperhearth Castle."

Simon heard this, thought about it for a moment, felt it made sense, and immediately ordered.

"Yes! Sir! I will inform you in advance." Ma De replied.

"Well, let's go do some work." Simon nodded and ordered.

"Yes! I'm retiring." Ma De bowed respectfully and left immediately.

Simon went to observe the team outside the city. In addition to slaves, slave soldiers and part of the patrol force led by Airey, there were also many mercenaries.

They must be from the War Spear Mercenary Group. After counting, there are more than 700 people, all wearing armor.

This may be because Carlyle has brought out all the belongings that were kept at the bottom of the box.

Among them, there must be four to five hundred people wearing golden bronze armor.

And the spears they used were different from ordinary ones. They were too long, about four or five meters.

"Hey, this thing is a bit like the Macedonian phalanx. The other lords don't seem to do this, right?

Could it be that this was how he destroyed a group of orc and warg cavalry? Simon murmured in his mind and guessed.

After a lot of work, all the supplies and slaves brought by the Kazama Chamber of Commerce were arranged.

In the evening, Simon held a banquet to welcome Airey and others.

During the dinner, they talked about what they had seen in Eagle City, saying that this time the Church of the Holy Spirit in Middle-earth sent an envoy to visit the king.

In addition, rebellions also broke out in Stormwind and Forest Valley, seemingly following the example of the bandits in West Gede...

When Simon heard this, he understood that these were some lower-class free people who really couldn't survive and rose up to resist.

Now that the Eagle Kingdom has too many people, and the nobles are annexing their land seriously, and the food can't feed so many people, don't they have to rebel?

"Chaos is a ladder. Could it be that I have caught up with the good times..." He thought in his heart.

Everyone ate and drank, and some newly purchased female slaves performed dances. The banquet in a harmonious atmosphere soon reached late at night...

A month later.

The three thousand freemen reserve soldiers that Mad was responsible for recruiting had already formed initial combat power under Sarit's training.

They all had spears and shields, and wore Zamubu armor. Their equipment was no different from that of ordinary militiamen.

However, with Sarit's coaching skills, their discipline and combat skills were equivalent to those of seven or eight months of training.

Simon added them to the army, reorganized the army, and put some specially trained officers into use.

As the main force in the field, the East Guard was once again assigned a thousand soldiers, with a total of 3,500 people.

Among them, there were only two or three hundred archers, and only three hundred shield spearmen wearing Zamu light armor.

The patrol army was supplemented by a thousand people, with a total force of 3,400.

The last thousand recruits were given to the security army. After all, there are more refugees in the territory now, and thieves are breeding frequently.

In addition, Simon also selected elites from the army to enrich the guards.

Together with the newly purchased 100 infantrymen, the total number of troops reached 1,100.

The army was already quite large, about 10,000 people, but the general equipment was poor and the armor rate was low.

The Zamubu armor was better than nothing, and the psychological comfort was greater than the actual protective effect.

Simon was waiting for the copper and tin mines to be mined, smelted into bronze, and then made bronze armor and arrows and other equipment.

Because the melting point of bronze is relatively low, between 700 and 900 degrees Celsius.

Therefore, it is much easier to produce objects by melting and casting than by ironwork.

This morning, after Simon had breakfast, he was about to gather the guards and set out to inspect the mining area.

The gatekeeper Hilde came to report: "Baron! Knight Somir and other nobles of the North Wind have arrived outside the city and request to see you.

They also brought some unidentified armed personnel..."