Travel through time and become a member of the Warhammer Empire

No matter which country they are in, businessmen are a very strange group.

Although they are similar to adventurers and like to go to various places, there are still essential differences between the two.

An adventurer chooses a place, or hears stories about a place, and then sets out on an adventure.

The businessman sets out on the road first, then looks for business opportunities, and then completes such business opportunities.

In other words, merchants are a group without a clear destination. They may have been doing business in Bretonnia before, and once conditions permit, they will go to Ulthuan to get a share of the pie.

The value orientation will cause Windlow to do many things that are not in line with ordinary people's understanding, but are absolutely in line with the increase of profits.

However, he was also very clear that he was now at a dead end and could only complete this task temporarily.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who had become Knights of the Kingdom, were ready to hit the road, so Windlow had no choice but to buy a carriage and a lot of local goods and set out again on the journey back to the Empire.

This journey is not dangerous, it is just a simple mapping mission.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse had previously served as mercenaries in Altdorf, and assisted Karl Franz in suppressing the rebellion in Reikland.

They were able to rely on their intuition to safely reach the territory of Rick, but they did not have the ability to draw a map.

The six people set out and moved along the edge of the Kingdom of Gollonni.

There is nothing dangerous or alarming about the roads here.

By following the Grey Mountains, you can easily reach Marienburg. Almost all the knights of Bretonnia know this road.

Even the Knight of Justice raised the Nuln flintlock pistol in his hand and pointed it at the Grey Mountains not far away, where there used to be a place called Gint Mine, which has now been completely occupied by Bretonnia.

Originally, the Gint Mine was the Empire's marble production base hundreds of years ago, and was donated to the Empire by the Dwarves when they were shrinking their defenses.

Later, as Marienburg and the entire Westerland broke away from the empire, this place naturally came under the control of Marienburg.

However, as the mayor's council placed more emphasis on commercial trade rather than mining development, the Gint Mine, which only had marble as a resource, was gradually abandoned.

Endless greenskins occupied that place in the next hundred years and developed a very large tide of greenskins, attacking the northern city of Cologne and Marienburg from time to time.

However, the green-skinned orcs in this place are now extinct.

"More than a decade ago, the greenskins in the Jinte Mine even posed a threat to the city of Gollonni. Now, there is not even a single mushroom to be found there."

Perhaps in the eyes of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse this means the strength of Bretonnia. After all, the Gint Mine is now under the control of Bretonnia, and even more than 30 knights of the kingdom have been conferred.

But in Windlow's eyes, he saw through Bretonnia's current situation.

A large number of second-generation cavalrymen who have received military education have completely lost the opportunity to exchange military merits for land and wealth.

He was even forced to take over a barren place like the Gint Mine as his fiefdom.

During the break, Windlow took out the map of Bretonnia and began to draw it. He looked at Mount Oka in the middle of Bretonnia, which was also a place where the greenskins had wreaked havoc in the past.

"Okasan? What's the current situation?"

The honest knight who was drinking water immediately covered the water bag again.

"Mount Oka has been divided up between the Kingdom of Carcassonne and the Principality of Quellis. On average, each knight killed three greenskins."

As Windlow expected, Bretonnia basically conquered all the places it could in its territory.

This is not good news, as more and more mounted thugs, the so-called chivalrous knights, will drag down the entire Bretonnia economy.

And the so-called knight's oath is not a noble act of chivalry.

It’s just because there are too many knights, the knights who could have received high salaries can only join the knights of other kingdoms at a much cheaper salary than before.

Of course, for the sake of saving face, one has to say that it was due to the influence of the knight's oath, something like chivalry, or the will of the goddess.

Even the maintenance costs of a team of chivalrous knights are lower than those of a team of imperial provincial troops, and the greatswordsmen of the empire can get wages far exceeding those of chivalrous knights.

Windlow silently closed the drawing book. The situation here was already very clear. All he had to do next was to reach Aldorf safely and smoothly.

But in the end, he glanced to the side and looked at the honest knight who was about to drink water again after speaking.

"If a civil war breaks out in Bretonnia, who will you support? The new generation of chivalrous knights, or the knights of the kingdom who have already occupied the land."

The honest knight was so surprised by this question that he even spat out the water he had just drunk.

After a quick wipe, she knew she hadn't heard it wrong.

"Civil war? That's something that only the empire would do. You had the Three Emperors Civil War, the Plague Civil War, and the Electors Civil War. We won't have a civil war in Bretonnia. We haven't had any civil wars for thousands of years."

"If, I mean if."

"Then I will definitely support the chivalrous knights, because we are the chivalrous knights."

Although the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have already obtained the status of Knights of the Kingdom, in essence they are still operating like the Holy Grail Knight.

Not only did they use muskets as weapons, but they also set a precedent in the system that a well could be used to enfeoff knights of a kingdom.

The lands that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were initially granted were not much, just small villages in the east, west, south and north directions of the city of Glamorgan.

When Windlo passed by, he saw it clearly that the population of each village was no more than 30 people at most, which was not enough to support their four full-time knights.

The additional expenses required would naturally be paid by the Holy Grail Knight himself.

The proof is very simple. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were appointed by King Lauen himself, but now they are obeying the orders of the Holy Grail Knight.

There is no need to continue disturbing the Honest Knight while he is drinking water. If you continue asking, she will definitely say something about the Holy Grail Knight or the symbol of the Goddess.

Wendlow silently looked at everyone in the team. They were leisurely, happy, and even they were exercising and looking at himself.

But the disaster of civil war is about to fall on Bretonnia. The saddest thing is that currently in Bretonnia, the only people who can see through this matter are himself and the Holy Grail Knight.

He did not care that he did not have as good a physical fitness as the knights and the dread lords, and his body, which was already sore from driving the carriage, did not have much time to relax.

"We have rested enough. Let's go. We must reach the empire as soon as possible."