The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

Unlike Laurie, White, a true Lars Knight, preferred to lead from the front rather than sit in the rear and command like Laurie.

After being singled out and criticized by Lind, White slightly changed his ways. Although he still moved his own tent to the front line, at least he stopped personally charging into battle.

As the war progressed, White's biggest feeling was that no one was giving him pointers anymore. Although the Lars family rose to prominence through military achievements, not everyone was cut out to be a general. Some Lars, even if they knew nothing about war and had no command skills, still liked to sit there and give orders.

They especially liked to make small gestures like having the spearmen advance five steps, which was not only ineffective command but also easily caused chaos in the ranks.

The individual combat skills of the gray-collar workers were indeed capable of ordering a certain unit to advance five steps, while the governor had never engaged in any micromanagement.

Although the governor often said that he didn't know how to fight and that he had to rely on the generals for everything on the front lines, White felt that just by understanding this point, the governor was not completely ignorant of military affairs, and being a city-defending general would definitely not be a problem for him.

However, this time, the gray-collar workers sent a messenger, which is very unusual for them, at a time when they were not in regular contact.

When he met the messenger, White was already prepared to be taken over command. If we were to translate White's current thoughts into a modern context, it would be: since the progress is going so smoothly, what's wrong with letting the boss log in and play a game?

Besides this speculation, White also thought that the governor might feel the progress was too slow and wanted the troops to move faster. After all, White also felt that the current approach was too cautious. Now that Gray and White had a strong and well-equipped army, they could try a more aggressive strategy.

However, upon seeing the letter, White's forehead veins suddenly bulged. After carefully placing the letter down, White slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "Assemble! Assemble! Cross the next territory and raid Copper Mountain Territory!"

At this time, the Ambrose family was still immersed in the fantasy of soaring to great heights. Dean was admiring his masterpiece. He believed that even if the governor ignored these rumors and gossip, he would still be able to plant a seed.

Then Lise could just whisper a few words in Lena's ear and kick Lena out of office, becoming the governor's wife herself.

"Father, what do you think of this one?"

Lise was showing off the long dress she had just bought.

The situation in the territory was already quite difficult, but for his daughter's happiness, Dian began to increase taxes in the territory. In addition to bringing forward the taxes that were originally going to be collected, Dian also added a new tax, requiring the farmers in the territory to pay extra taxes or provide items as "wedding gifts" for his daughter.

The long dress Lise is wearing now was custom-made by an alchemist using the tax money that was just collected.

In addition, contacting booksellers to spread those ballads and articles also costs money. In Dian's memory, this method was basically always effective. After all, no lord had such control that he could find out who wrote an article in an inconspicuous publication.

Besides, what does it matter if I wrote it myself? Maybe my article even touched the heart of the Governor-General?

"Beautiful, so beautiful! My daughter is more than qualified to be a princess. I've seen the portrait of the current Queen, and she's not as beautiful as my precious daughter."

Lise held her head high like a proud swan, and even snorted, saying, "How can that little dwarf compare to me?"

"That's your future adopted sister, show her some respect!"

Dian gave Lise a stern lecture, but then he laughed at himself.

"I wonder how Damm is doing? Is he living a comfortable life among the white-collar workers now?"

Dean sighed. Although Dam had never been very bright, he was still his son and the future governor's brother-in-law. He shouldn't have been wronged, right?

Just then, a servant rushed into the living room in a panic, shouting, "Sir, something terrible has happened! The Grey-White Collar's army has ignored the other territories and is heading straight for us!"

But Dian angrily rebuked, "What kind of behavior is this, rushing around like this? Can't you see the young lady is trying on clothes?"

The attendant had no choice but to bow and say, "Sir, the Grey-White Collar's army has not attacked other territories as planned, but has instead begun to move directly towards us."

The style of the Grey and White Collar Army has always been steady and methodical. They have never been reckless, and they would never ignore the territories they haven't attacked yet and directly venture deep into Doug's territory to attack a single territory. This would be an extremely risky move. If their retreat is cut off, they would truly be isolated.

Tongshan Territory was the first territory to receive this treatment.

"Oh, what's so strange about that? Maybe they've come to pick you up for the wedding. It seems that Dam did a good job; the governor has already come to fetch you. He's really impatient; he can't even wait a little while."

"Ugh, Father, what nonsense are you spouting?"

Lise feigned shyness, but her eyes were fixed on the long dress she was wearing, filled with anticipation. Once she married him, she could wear this dress every day, right?

Meanwhile, White's army welcomed a special guest.

"Young Master Colin, what brings you here?"

Although White wasn't very familiar with Colin, he knew that Colin had been somewhat inhumane and ruthless when he was a lord, but he had reformed in the gray and white collars, at least he did a decent job as an inspector, though his methods were still somewhat ruthless.

"My brother-in-law sent me."

Upon hearing this, White immediately understood; he guessed that Colin was being sent to investigate the matter.

Colin glanced at Copper Mountain Territory in the distance and said, "General White, don't attack too quickly this time. First, establish a blockade, then attack carefully and search slowly, understand?"

White was a little dazed. Although he was also angry that his young lady had been slandered and personally attacked, he had never heard of fighting a war carefully.

Seeing White's bewildered expression, Colin sighed and said, "Sigh, it's true that General Laurie would have handled this much better. It's a pity he can't come over right now. In that case, let's just leave it at that. General White, just start the fight according to your plan. Don't worry about me. My brother-in-law said I'll listen to you when things happen."

At the same time, Colin leaned against White, as if he were no longer the gray-collar inspector, but the playboy he once was.

"I'll split all the earthworms in Tongshan in half vertically, shake all the eggs evenly, and scald all the ant nests in their houses with boiling water, understand?"

White swallowed hard, nodded, and indicated that he understood.

"very good."

After he finished speaking, Colin spread out a large sheet of paper on the table, which looked like a list.

"Lord Colin, what is this?"

"Oh, it's nothing, just a family genealogy of a certain family."

Colin replied, "General White, you don't need to worry about this. My men will handle it."