The Knight's Journey to the Empire

July 4878, 7 in the Knight Continent calendar, White Bear Territory.

As the war continued, the number of soldiers from the Kingdom of Midburg consumed on the front lines increased.

Therefore, the royal court of the Kingdom of Midburg began to issue royal orders to noble courts across the country, "urging the hereditary nobles in various places to intensify conscription to support the front battlefield."

So now, a large-scale conscription campaign has been launched throughout the Kingdom of Midburg.

Then, many ordinary civilians and farmers were forced to go to the battlefield without any military training and were forced to accept the baptism of war and blood.

Of course, more ordinary people are unwilling to accept conscription and die in vain on the battlefield.

So they chose to flee their territories, or go into forests and mountains, either to live in hiding and go hungry every day, or to become bandits and make a living by robbing people on the road.

However, although this large-scale conscription campaign was carried out "vigorously", it did not affect the White Bear Territory.

Because Marquis Saladin has been sending a conscription letter to Lord White Bear since the last time the Noble Garden of Toganise County sent a conscription letter to Lord White Bear.

It was as if they had already forgotten Sauron's existence, and there was no further communication between them.

Since there was no conscription order from the direct feudal lord, Sauron no longer needed to recruit his subjects to form an army to support the battlefield.

Of course, even if there really was a conscription order, Sauron would most likely not respond.

After all, the people in the Noble Garden of Ganise County are basically our own people!

And now Soran is working for Countess Katis, so what's wrong with using some backdoors?

Could it be possible that the nobles of Ganise County could come and sanction me?

Therefore, the White Bear Territory is still a peaceful and comfortable society.

This is in stark contrast to the chaos and disorder outside.

And since Soran left the White Bear Territory last time, he asked Adam to issue a comprehensive martial law order for the entire White Bear Territory.

No matter whether it is various traveling caravans or roaming refugees, as long as they are not White Bear Territory’s own people and have no orders from above, they are not allowed to enter White Bear Territory or stay in White Bear Territory’s villages.

Adam even arranged a fully armed team of ten knights from the White Bear Knights and two teams of ten knights in reserve at the sentry village at the "gate of the territory" to guard the entrance to the territory to prevent robbers or refugees from taking advantage of the chaos to sabotage and enter the White Bear Territory.

But today, the sentry village belonging to the "territory gate" of the White Bear Territory welcomed a large and unfamiliar caravan.

This large caravan consists of about seventy to eighty people.

And they were the team that Henry led from Connacht. They included Soren, Adam, and family members of some White Bear officials who were registered in Connacht.

Now, after more than a month's arduous journey, they finally arrived at the County of Garnese in the north of the kingdom from the County of Ulster in the south of the kingdom.

But in fact, if they hadn't encountered so many bandits and robbers along the way, they could have arrived a few days earlier.

And when they set out, it was almost the end of spring!

The environment along the way is much better than when Sauron and his companions went north!

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Because this large team was led by Henry, they naturally entered the territory of White Bear Territory without any obstacles.

After entering the White Bear Territory, Carlo Lipton came out of the carriage!

He began riding a warhorse, walking at the front of the team, carefully observing the environment of the white bear's territory.

The wide and flat Barrett Avenue of Prosperity is no less than the county road I have been walking on for some time.

On both sides of the avenue are flat and wide farmlands, where knee-high green wheat seedlings are growing.

The people who were working in the fields had smiles and happy expressions on their faces, and they were not at all sad or gloomy because of the war.

All this made Carlo hardly believe his eyes.

After all, he had heard that his brother's hereditary territory was a poor, backward and impoverished little territory.

But no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like they are in dire straits!

This level of richness and prosperity is not inferior even to some viscount territories that have been cultivated for many years!

Could it be that I remembered it wrong?

"Henry, has the White Bear Territory always been so rich?" Carlo turned around and asked in disbelief.

Henry shook his head and explained, "Of course not. Before the young master came to White Bear Territory, this place was very poor. There were barren lands everywhere, and the people were all poor and destitute. They didn't have enough food or warm clothes. That was the norm!"

"So, are you saying that the White Bear Territory developed into this state after Sauron came here?" Carlo asked thoughtfully.

"Yes!" Henry grinned and said proudly: "It is under the leadership of the young master that the White Bear Territory has achieved its current development!"

"Look at the farmland on both sides of the road. When we first came to White Bear Territory last year, it was still a wilderness covered with weeds. And this road, when we first arrived, even a horse-drawn carriage could hardly pass!"

"It's only been less than a year, and the young master has built White Bear Territory so well. It's simply too... too..."

For a moment, Henry was actually a little distressed, because he racked his brains but could not think of a word that could perfectly describe his young master.

"Very wise, right?" Carlo said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, that's right, it's so wise!" Henry responded with a smile.

Although Henry had received intensive training as Sir Jose's personal soldier, he could only recognize some ordinary daily characters.

Of course, there is nothing about literary cultivation, so it is normal that I can’t think of a good adjective at this time!

"So Sauron must have spent a lot of money to develop and build this territory, right?" Carlo continued to ask tentatively.

Henry nodded and said with emotion and pride: "Yes!"

"I heard from Master Adam that the White Bear Territory is so well built. The construction of these farmlands, roads and villages alone cost no less than 20 gold coins!"

20 gold coins!

Carlo's eyes widened instantly, and he was shocked!

You know, these 20 gold coins are nearly three years’ tax revenue for the entire city of Connacht!

And from the information revealed in Henry's words, these 20 gold coins were just the money invested in the construction of the territory.

That means, Sauron may still have a large amount of gold coins in his hands!

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