Start as Inherited Baroness

"Bring it here!" Simon ordered.

The guard at the gate immediately presented a parchment letter.

He glanced at the wax, then opened the letter and read it carefully several times.

The content of the letter was a response to Simon's previous failure to send troops, expressing understanding and other insignificant words.

He also thanked him a few times, saying that he had received ten carts of bronze stars and bronze armor, and the words looked quite familiar.

In addition, the battle situation was described. It was in a stalemate, and both sides had won and lost. It was said that the orc tribal alliance in the northwest was still in a civil war, but there was a trend of establishing a kingdom.

It was estimated that if they won or lost this battle, they might establish a feudal kingdom...

Simon pondered for a moment, put the letter away, said nothing, and continued the meeting.

"Appoint Sarit as the commander of the East Guard Corps, and Phyllis and Mordi as deputy generals, and lead the army to station at the Three Mountains Fortress.

Appoint Aire as the commander of the West Guard Corps, and Beate and Korg as deputy generals, and lead the army to station at the Fort of Courage.

Appoint Hilde as the commander of the Patrol Corps, and Shelt and Kailaf as deputy generals, and lead the army to be responsible for the defense of fortresses in various places, and the general station is in the Fort of Courage.

Appoint Okorov as the commander of the Defense Corps..."

Simon promoted a lot of new people in this appointment. They were all guards before and studied in the self-established academy.

There are hundreds of new honorary knights like this, filling all aspects, as leaders, helping Simon manage the territory.

In addition, he will set up a town in Fearless Territory, Green Plain Territory, Three Mountains Territory, Stone Pile Territory, Changfeng Territory, Water Gorge Territory, and Mountain and Water Territory recently.

Dispatch troops, relocate people, and build fortresses for defense and actual rule.

Some of the territories farther away, although nominally his, are still too far to occupy, so he will take a breath for a while.

The power should not be too dispersed, otherwise it will be easy to be defeated one by one.

Simon announced some key points at the meeting, and then adjourned the meeting, and his men went to their own business.

After that, he sat in the main seat and fell into deep thought...

"Sigel committed suicide, the royal family must punish him, and may even send troops to suppress him.

The days ahead will not be easy."

He thought to himself, but he was not very worried.

Because the royal territory is thousands of miles away from here, even if only tens of thousands of troops are dispatched, the logistics cost will be astronomical.

Even if the royal family wants to send troops, it is estimated that the preparation work alone will take a year or two, and he is not afraid of less than 50,000 troops.

Simon thought for a while and felt that he could not just wait for others to fight, but still had to think of some ways to deal with it.

After a while of consideration, he decided to prepare for war on the one hand, and ask Marquis Val to mediate on the other hand.

It is estimated that this time, there will be a huge loss, but there is a bottom line. Asking the Marquis for help cannot cost more than annihilating 30,000 troops.

It would be better to start fighting to establish prestige.

After Simon thought about it, he went to the study to write a reply letter to Marquis Val.

He wrote about Prince Seger's suicide, asked for help, and tried to find out the answer.

More than three months passed in a blink of an eye.

During this period, Simon was not idle at all, and every day was very fulfilling.

With unremitting efforts, his proficiency in bow and arrow and swordsmanship with one-handed weapons was more than 80, reaching the level of expertise.

Now in terms of weapon proficiency, he has three specialties, the last one is long-pole weapons, reaching 86, which is the most proficient.

Tiegu also increased two points through his own training.

In addition, the territory had a good harvest and harvested a lot of food, which greatly reduced the pressure of eating.

Although rye, barley and other things cannot be self-sufficient, the gap is already very small.

In addition, we planted rapeseed, potatoes, carrots and other supplementary foods, so we won't be hungry by the end of the year.

After this year's land reclamation and sowing, the food revenue and expenditure will definitely be balanced next year, and there will probably be a lot of surplus.

The fortress at Sanshankou has been completed, and Sarit led the East Guard Corps to station there to guard the southern gate.

Simon once inspected this fortress on a griffin. It was not bad. It was located at the narrowest and most dangerous part of the mountain road.

The wall was more than ten meters high, connecting the hills on both sides, blocking the road.

At most, there were small paths in the mountains that could be used, but they could not pass the army, and only those with strong physical fitness could climb over.

In addition, some slightly flat places also built miniature stone forts, stationed with varying numbers of soldiers, trying to be foolproof.

In addition, Simon also created a secret weapon during this period, which was already usable after more than a dozen experiments.

He had a cannon made of bronze, and it was finalized after several attempts. To put it bluntly, it was a cannon barrel with a frame.

Others naturally didn't know what this thing was used for, but Simon knew it well. With this thing, no matter how tall the city wall was, it would not be an obstacle.

He didn't dare to popularize it now, so he only arranged for slave craftsmen to secretly melt one, which weighed about 3,000 kilograms and could fire 10-kilogram lead bullets.

After Simon's experiments, he found that this cannon could only shoot three or four miles away. If it was farther, the amount of gunpowder added was large, and there was a risk of explosion.

As a trump card, he put this thing in the storage pen. In the future, he would only take it out for castles that were difficult to conquer.

At noon that day, Simon was practicing the two-handed sword on the training ground, and suddenly a guard came to report: "My Lord Earl, there is a letter from the Marquis of Val."

After hearing this, he immediately stopped, checked the letter and opened it to read it.

"Marquis Val has a big appetite..." Simon frowned and thought to himself.

"Go call Mad." He ordered, washed his face, and went to the lord's hall.

After a while, Mad came and saluted respectfully: "Greetings, sir!"

"Marquis Val has a reply letter, and he has a big appetite. Take a look."

Simon put the letter on the table, and the guard beside him immediately sent it over.

Mad read it silently, shook his head and sighed: "A hundred carts of bronze stars and six thousand soldiers..."

In fact, Marquis Val also scolded Simon in the letter, and his words were very impolite, almost like a grandson.

After all, he is also a member of the Bavarik family, and Seger's death is undoubtedly a slap in the face of the royal family.

"Too many.

Recently, there has been a lot of news from Kelley, and Adela's Dark Oriole Society has also found a lot of information.

The world is indeed in chaos right now. The Green Forest Brotherhood entrenched in the Forest Valley has changed its name to the Crusaders.

The Lionheart Legion has not wiped it out, and the two are in a stalemate.

Several nobles in the Forest Valley are fighting to seize the disputed territory, and even the trade route has been cut off.

There is also the Survival Army, which is getting more and more fierce. Now it has occupied half of the territory of West God, killed two earls, and is said to have 100,000 soldiers.

The bandit army and the noble army have entered a stalemate. I think it will be difficult to determine the winner in three to five years.

In addition, there are also forces in the Storm Land that are making trouble under the banner of the Crusaders. It seems that the power of the church is counterattacking..."

Simon talked freely.

Adela and her son are now imprisoned in the Fort of Courage. The Dark Oriole Society, an intelligence organization she formed, will be taken over by Simon.

It costs money to build an intelligence network, and it costs a lot. Fortunately, there is a copper mine to support it, so it can be completely withstood.

Recently Simon is organizing people to dig silver mines, so he has no shortage of money.