Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 128 Letter from Bailiu City (4000 words)
The ditch must not be sold. The lord felt that the trolls in the blacksmith shop had been a little slack recently, so he ordered the Fed blacksmiths to make them work overtime and strive to work from sunrise to sunset.

First, fully open the arms trade market.

As for working overtime at night? Are candles free? Or are oil lamps free?
Finally, the orcs who had just returned to rest for two days were taken by the anxious lord to the wilderness to act as troublemakers.

At one point the surrounding wilderness tribes were howling in terror, and some who had received the news in advance packed up their bags and fled overnight.

I was just cursing someone in my heart. We used to keep to ourselves, but I don't know if he went crazy during this period and started biting anyone he caught.

No matter how much they are scolded, they still run the fastest.

During this period, High Cliff Castle was the most famous in the wilderness. It defeated a large number of wilderness coalition forces, seized iron mines, and then dealt with the unusually active army of dragon followers. It was said that the dragon was also slaughtered.

No one would mess with this kind of ruthless guy. As soon as they saw a flag embroidered with mountains, flames and the sun, the bandits who had just gathered to rob would quickly scatter and run into the depths of the wilderness, fearing that their parents would lose a leg.

In a tribe that was attacked by orcs, the lord was sitting on a blue stone with a golden sword on his horse. He was wearing fine leather armor and excellent deerskin hunting boots, with a beautiful long sword made of mithril hanging around his waist, looking very stylish.

At this moment he was checking the system panel.

In addition to nearly 5,000 subjects and more than 1,000 slaves of various races, Gaoya Castle had a total of about 390 full-time soldiers, excluding the Royal Guards.

There were a total of two hundred people in the Fed tribe, but unfortunately a dozen of them had their necks chopped off by the leopard-headed men who rushed up the hillside, and even the "surgery" and "treatment" skills could not save them.

The orcs who served in the front row and could withstand the most pressure suffered even greater casualties, with more than twenty killed and thirty or forty injured.

Two wolf cubs of the werewolf scouts were shot down by leopard-headed archers and were eventually overwhelmed by the army.

However, this casualty ratio was still much better than Levi had expected. After all, it was a legion of 4,000 people, with a strength ratio of nearly ten to one. It was impossible for no casualties to occur.

However, the orc guards who were going to tackle the tough challenge of the Minotaur suffered no casualties. Only a few of them sprained their wrists due to the recoil force when they confronted the Minotaur head-on, but they would be fine after a few days of rest.

This group of veterans who have followed him from the beginning not only have the best equipment but also top strength, so it is actually very difficult for them to suffer any damage.

Apart from these casualties which were within expectations.

The attack of the dragon army also allowed Gaoya Castle to gain a huge amount of experience.

The Feder archers were originally fourth-level Feder longbowmen. In the battle against the Dragon Legion, they actually killed the most people and gained the most experience.

This also allowed dozens of them to advance to fifth-level Fed Rangers. According to the system's classification, this level is enough to be called elite.

Among the large armies of the seven countries, he is a hero among heroes and a ruthless character among ruthless characters.

The second group was the orc warriors who had just defected to Highcliff Castle and were incorporated into the Burning Legion Infantry Regiment. Nearly a hundred of them were second-level orc warriors, and only a handful of dozens were third-level orc warriors.

But in this battle, all members advanced to third-level orc warriors.

When they reached the upgrade standards, Levi, who had been paying attention to the panel on the battlefield, clicked on the upgrade without stopping.

After all, the matter of "the gift from the God of War" is now basically known to everyone in Gaoya Castle, so in order to substantiate this statement, the lord naturally has to pay more attention to it.

The old man from Gaoyabao, who had already experienced the gift from the God of War, accepted the power bestowed by the system with peace of mind, but the newly joined orc warrior was experiencing for the first time what it felt like to advance.

They are all experienced warriors who know that improvement in strength is accumulated bit by bit over a long period of time. This method of quickly improving strength by a large amount just through fighting makes them dazzled and deeply addicted to it.

He began to actively request to take over the task of patrolling the area around Highcliff Castle with the jackals.

Levi had no objection. It was a good thing that soldiers were warlike, so he let Muto take them out to look for bandit groups in the wilderness.

However, no one in the fifth-level guard corps has yet to meet the upgrade standards. But Levi predicts that they will be able to meet the upgrade standards after just a few more battles.

This level requires the most experience at present. The barbarians have been stagnant at one level for too long. Levi guessed that the sixth-level Berserker, which is apparently a top-level soldier, is definitely a world apart from the fifth-level.

As long as they cross this level, it means that the orcs and barbarians will be the top warriors in the entire medieval continent.

Therefore, the experience required is so vast that even several consecutive battles are not enough to accumulate enough experience.

"Boss, everything has been loaded into the truck."

Zat, wearing a horned helmet, walked out of the conquered tribe, followed by several horse-drawn carriages loaded with goods and cattle and sheep that were driven together.

Levi calmly closed the system panel, brushed off the dust on his butt, turned over and sat on a tall horse next to him: "Let's end this raid here, and set off back to Gaoya Castle."

He was not crazy when he swept through the surrounding tribes. One reason was to collect food, livestock and various spoils of war, and the other was to eliminate all unstable factors around Gaoya Castle.

The northern wilderness is about to usher in the long-awaited cold season. In this season, the entire wilderness is covered with ice and snow. The biting cold wind like a steel knife makes even the brown bears with thick skin and fur unwilling to come out of their caves.

This was no less than a catastrophe for the tribe that relied on hunting for food.

Not to mention the small tribes, even some large tribes might not be able to survive, and for this reason they often choose to go south to plunder Debe's villages.

Levi managed to eliminate these threats in advance to prevent them from forming a large coalition force.

The result of the sweep in the past few days is that there are no other forces within a radius of fifty miles of Gaoyabao.

"Boss, is it raining?"

Zat suddenly touched his bald head. Suddenly, something cold fell on his head. He reached out and touched it, only to find that it was water.

"No." Levi shook his head and looked up at the already dim sky. "It's snowing."

I've heard that the seasons in the northern wilderness are as unpredictable as women. The temperature was still cool yesterday, but today I can already feel a noticeable chill.

Compared to the south of Germany, winter in the north often comes a few months earlier and lasts longer.
Now that October is approaching, the wilderness has welcomed the first wave of cold waves.

What made Levi feel slightly relieved was that the winter wheat seeds he specially purchased had all been planted a few days ago.

You just need to wait until May or June of next year to harvest.

When the team was only half an hour away from Highcliff Castle, a gnoll with the Highcliff Castle flag on his back came running over.

Levi still had some impression of the wolf cub that had always followed Hogg. He remembered that its name seemed to be Scarface.

"Sir, the butler asked me to deliver a letter to you."

When it was about ten steps away from the lord, it dismounted from its wolf position and trotted over, kneeling on one knee on the ground, its eyes full of admiration.

It naturally needs no further explanation of its admiration for this lord. It can be said that as long as it is a soldier, there is no one who does not admire this lord. Being assigned to deliver the letter, it felt a sense of unreality and fantasy all the way.

"Oh, whose letter is it?"

Levi asked curiously.

With Beristina's personality, she would not come to him unless it was a very troublesome matter, and would basically solve it by herself. The fact that she sent someone to find her specifically meant that this letter was very important.

After thinking it over, the lord really couldn't remember who would be worried about him, so he wrote to him specially.

Standing up and handing over the unopened letter, Scarface explained respectfully, "The steward only said that it was a letter from a friend of yours in Bailiu City."

"Lorina? Miriel?"

Two names came to Levi's mind, but then he shook his head.

The former only had business dealings with him, and they each got what they wanted from each other, so they couldn't be considered friends. The latter was at most an acquaintance who could chat and saved his life.

For example, when the dragon army attacked, the half-elf went to Bailiu City the next day after seeing that his advice was fruitless.

Of course, Levi wasn't blaming anything. Miriel had already done her best by giving him some advice.

But these two people can't be called friends in any way.

However, when Levi saw the name on the envelope, he knew what was going on.

The person who wrote the letter was Leah, the grandson of the Duke whom she had not seen for a long time and who was in fact also his feudal lord in name.

When he was in Cologne, Levi played some tricks with words. Now that I think about it, he had not yet transformed from a mercenary's sloppy character into a nobleman.

If he were any other feudal lord, his behavior would have probably stripped him of his noble status long ago.

Levi thought about it carefully. He realized that he was the only knight personally appointed by the duke's granddaughter at that time. He was the only team she could rely on, so he could only condone his behavior.

The last time he wrote to Leah, the implication was that he would abide by what he had sworn.

Only after becoming a complete noble did Livy realize the importance of reputation, and the image of a vassal who kept his promises, abided by agreements, and was loyal was obviously extremely important.

Therefore, I will subconsciously maintain this reputation now.

After all, those who are righteous have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous have few supporters.

A capricious villain, obviously no one would want to be friends with him.

After opening the envelope, Levi read slowly. He had to say that Leah's handwriting was very beautiful and it was pleasing to read.

However, the implication of this made Levi frown, but he shook his head and said to himself: "It is really a troubled time!"

Apart from a long and boring greeting, the letter only contained two lines of text that actually contained information, but the content was so important that the lord raised his eyebrows.

The first piece of information was that Miss Leah was coming to see how her vassal was doing, and the second was... the wilderness was about to be in chaos!

The lord lived up to his relaxed and leisurely appearance and hurried back to High Cliff Castle in a hurry.

The first step was to have Bairistina arrange people to occupy the maple forest of the Fengyong tribe, and then make maple syrup regularly.

Various things happened one after another recently, and the lord actually forgot about such a place. Until he saw Bem working hard in the blacksmith shop just now, he remembered that there was a maple forest in the Fengyong tribe that was destroyed by the dragon army.

The sap produced by these maple forests can be boiled down to make maple syrup, which is a hot commodity in Derby and is basically easy to sell.

At least a thousand gold grams can be earned a year, which can be regarded as an additional source of income for Gaoya Castle.

The second thing is to start tidying up the appearance of High Cliff Castle. If the kids running around naked don't wear clothes during this period, they should be prepared to endure the mixed doubles game ordered by the lord.

Some ugly houses were also demolished and replaced by beautiful single-family loess houses rebuilt by Feder craftsmen.

Then a tall and exquisite wooden house rose up next to the lord's hall, and the furniture inside was as exquisite as possible.

"It would be best to place candles all over the place so that it can be as bright as day at night, and then add some flowers to decorate it." The lord guided the people step by step. "It would be even better if there are tulips."

"Where is the maid?" Bai Ruishina on the side asked some details.

"After all, the goat girl is a foreigner. Except for our king, the other Debe people are often prejudiced against foreigners. It is better to choose some smart girls from your tribe."

The Lord thought for a moment and said.

As Leah is about to arrive, it is obviously not possible to be perfunctory, whether for superficial efforts or for the sake of Highcliff Castle's reputation.

We must show great importance to it.

The more he values ​​his mistress, Liya, the better it will be for Gaoya Castle's reputation. This is obviously a beneficial thing.

"This Miss Leah is about your age. You should understand girls' minds better. I'll leave these things to you. I'll buy you a drink tonight."

Finally, the lord rubbed his temple and said helplessly.

A bunch of troubles came together, giving him a headache. First, he had to take full control of the fruits of victory after defeating the dragon legion, such as slaves, spoils of war and so on.

Secondly, I have to devote some energy to taking care of Sophia, the silver dragon.

Third, with the arrival of Leah, we have to start decorating High Cliff Castle. If nothing else, at least a rest room has to be set up.

The fourth one is the worst news... The negotiations between Flina and the Kexianri tribe broke down!

Leah didn't go into detail in the letter, but only hinted that the wilderness might be in chaos, and she would elaborate on the details when she arrived.

In fact, Levi didn't expect to be able to negotiate successfully with a group of bigwigs at the beginning. It would be most effective if the two groups fought with knives and saw the real deal.

So just after the battle with the dragon army ended, High Cliff Castle once again began to prepare for war.

The soldiers began to train vigorously, and the blacksmith shop began to work hard to make equipment for Gaoyabao's own use.

(End of this chapter)