Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

The weather has gradually turned colder, and the cold wind from the eternal frozen land has once again begun to blow in the north.

This year's autumn seems to be colder than ever before. Even the autumn wind carries a hint of chill, as if winter has arrived early.

In the past, the people of the Golden Ear Plains would probably complain that the autumn wind was too cruel, and then start praying to the goddess, hoping for a good harvest this autumn.

Or maybe you could kneel down and worship the God of Winter, so that the cold wind from the frozen earth would be delayed a little bit.

Those who are more educated began to temporarily believe in the god of nature, or asked the goddess to visit the god of nature and say hello.

But this year is different. This year, the people of the Golden Ear Plains do not need to pray to these gods, because there is not much harvest in the Golden Ear Plains this year, and there are not many people left.

The former farm now looks desolate and barren. The dry and yellow grass sways in the wind, making rustling sounds, and even the weeds are beginning to wither.

A few lonely trees stood not far away, their leaves had long since fallen, leaving only bare branches shivering in the cold wind blowing from the frozen soil.

The original Golden Ear Plain can be said to have an advantageous geographical location. Not only is there a river valley behind it with dense water systems, convenient transportation, and a large number of merchants, but it is also the largest grain-producing area. In addition, it relies on the Lars family. In theory, the Golden Ear Plain does not belong to any lord and is an absolutely neutral territory.

Having said that, in fact, the nobles in the north have already tacitly accepted that the Golden Spike Plain is part of the River Valley. After all, although it is neutral, it is closest to the River Valley. The Golden Spike Plain also needs to rely on the River Valley for trade exchanges. A large part of the reason why the River Valley can prosper is also because of its proximity to the Golden Spike Plain. The two are complementary to each other.

But unfortunately, after Doug took over the rule, there was no such thing as neutrality in the Golden Ear Plains. The so-called neutrality was just to maintain neutrality as a territory directly under the Lars family in the northern environment full of lords. But now, Doug directly rules as the heir of the Lars family.

Doug certainly knew that the output of the Golden Ear Plains was very important, but whether it was to repay the debt to the demons in the early stage or to plan for the war later, Doug needed money very much, and those rich farmers on the Golden Ear Plains were completely lambs to be slaughtered, or fat sheep at that.

No, in Doug's eyes, this was simply a succubus with goat horns, swinging her hips to seduce him. Originally, Doug could resist the temptation. After all, as long as the Golden Ear Plain was not breached, Doug would have the capital to fight a protracted war.

In addition, as long as the original policy is maintained, the Golden Ear Plain does not care who rules it. It can be said to be quite stable. As long as it is managed properly, it can supply most of Doug's food needs, so Doug can still remain sane.

But Doug's ability to remain rational does not mean that the people under him can remain rational. Soon, the nobles under Doug began to take action against the wealthy families in the Golden Ear Plains, and demanded more each time. Although they did not dare to collect taxes three times, they had already collected taxes for twenty-five years later.

After Doug learned the news, instead of stopping it, he joined the exploitation team and exploited them even more fiercely. Doug thought that it would be better to benefit himself instead of others.

Some things, once started, cannot be stopped.

One of the main purposes of issuing Dowcoin is to harvest the wealthy households in the Golden Ear Plains.

It was after harvesting the Golden Ear Plains that Doug's mentality completely changed to that of a gambler.

Today in the Jinsui Plain, most of the wealthy families have fled with their property, and the serfs have also fled in all directions. The ground is littered with broken farm tools and abandoned carriages, and only a few crows are circling in the sky.

A team of scouts were patrolling the Golden Ear Plains. Seeing such a desolate scene, the scouts couldn't help but shook their heads.

Although they are scouts, they are equipped with a lot of weapons and equipment. They are more like a complete cavalry team. They are all professionals and are ready to engage in battle at any time.

Doug's army, not far away, just stared at the team of scouts, not daring to take action, allowing the other side to conduct physical reconnaissance.

These scouts were actually Hammond's team of professionals, sent by Lowry to test the strength of the Golden Ear Plains.

Because Doug has now given up most of his territory and started to concentrate his forces on the Golden Ear Plains, all other roads have also been blocked by Doug, leaving only a few main roads leading to the Golden Ear Plains.

In order to invite Gray and White to come to the Golden Ear Plain for a decisive battle, Doug even used precious gunpowder and organized a large number of professionals to blow up the mountains, physically blocking some roads that were difficult to block, and very firmly implemented the policy of clearing the fields.

It can be said that everything Doug has done so far is to tell the white-collar workers, come on, let’s go all in at Golden Spike Plains.

Lowry and White both hurriedly asked Lind for his opinion, and Lind's reply was very clear. It all depended on the generals and staff on the front line, and if a war was to be fought, the railway here would be built faster to the Golden Ear Plain to ensure logistical supply.

After Hammond came back and reported on the current situation of Golden Spike Plain, Laurie put his legs on the table and shook his head with a worried look on his face.

"Old Ha, what do you think of this Golden Spike Plain?"

When Hammond heard this abstract nickname, he knew that Lowry was having a headache again.

But Hammond thought about it carefully and said, "The Golden Spike Plain is flat and quite wide, which can maximize the advantage of our artillery range. The firepower coverage area is wider and the deployment is convenient. Although it is difficult to guard against the enemy's close-range surprise attack, as long as we cooperate properly, we can still give full play to the advantage of artillery."

Laurie nodded, and then asked Darcy: "Xiaoxi, what do you think?"

"Just line up and shoot."

Darcy is more confident than Hammond. Gray-collar's musket is the most advanced one now. As long as they set up the machine gun in the right place, Doug's men will just be lined up and shot.

"You are all right, but if that's the case, why did Doug choose to fight us on this plain?"

Originally, Lowry's advancement was not so fast, but not long ago, Doug suddenly gave up other areas and prepared for a decisive battle on the plains and the gray-collar workers.

It was so that the areas along the road could not be described as surrendering at the sight of the enemy, but rather they surrendered like water running away, quickly and disgustingly.

"Perhaps the other side feels that they can better utilize their numerical advantage on the plains."

Darcy had little experience, and after thinking about it, he could only think of this much.

But Hammond thought about it carefully and said, "Doug sent a letter earlier, saying that he wanted to divide the territory with the Governor and give us all the land west of the Golden Spike Plain. So the Golden Spike Plain is probably the opponent's last bottom line. Gathering soldiers here not only means a decisive battle, but also a warning."

"This warning is useless."

Laurie exerted force on his waist and rocked the chair.

Doug is now just about to stick his butt out on the Golden Ear Plain and say, "Come and play, sir."

"Old Ha, I originally thought so, but the more I think about it, the more I feel it's not right. The other party would rather destroy their other territories and drag us to the Jinsui Plain for a decisive battle. But up to now, there is still no arrangement in the Jinsui Plain. Something must be wrong when things are abnormal."

Lowry’s veteran radar is already beeping, if anything.