Lord of the North

"Lonnet, just stay with me for now." Jason thought for a while and said.

Lancelot has been by his side recently, and the affairs of the army have been a little delayed. Now that he has a powerful guard, he can finally go back and concentrate on handling military affairs.

"Yes, my lord." Lang Nat bowed his head in response, and stood beside him without saying a word.

It seems to be another taciturn guy, Jason thought to himself looking at the strong man standing by and not looking sideways.

After tidying up the items scattered around, he called the dwarf Rodney again.

"Rodney, I want to ask." Jason tapped on the armrest, looked at the dwarf who smelled of alcohol and asked, "Are all dwarves as tall as you?"

Since he is called a dwarf, there is always a reason for him, right? But Rodney's height is about the same as that of ordinary humans in the inland, which is obviously unreasonable.

"Of course!" Rodney stroked his beard and said in a slightly respectful tone.

When Lancelot took him to get the wine just now, he warned him to be respectful to his lord and respect him as his dwarf king.

Originally, he wanted to refute. After all, the king of dwarves is the most respected figure in the entire dwarf kingdom, but when he saw the eyes and breath of this gentle-looking human being, he resolutely agreed.

Although the overall quality of dwarves is stronger than that of humans, they have not awakened extraordinary power.

The dwarf king in his impression was not as dangerous as this one, so this dwarf Rodney became so respectful when facing Jason, otherwise how could the dwarf be so obedient with his carefree character.

"Then why is it called a dwarf?" Jason was curious.

"Because it's the titans who gave us names!" Rodney said as a matter of course. In the eyes of those giants who are generally about five meters tall, his own is a dwarf.

"Do Titans really exist?" Jason asked. Aren't these guys legendary creatures? If there really are such powerful creatures, wouldn't the world be under their control?

"Should there be?" Rodney's tone was not very sure. After all, he had never seen this group, but the saying that the name of the dwarf was obtained from the Titan is generally recognized in the dwarf kingdom.

"But even if there is, it is in the ancient times who don't know how many years ago." He added.

"Yeah." Jason nodded, satisfying his curiosity.

Let the group of mages explore these things. There is no need to delve into them, and it is of no use to the territory. The less you know, the better you can live.

"Do you have any experience in prospecting?"

"Every dwarf is a master prospector, because we have been dealing with ore all our lives." Rodney said proudly, there really is no one more professional than them in forging and finding ore veins.

"I found a clear heart stone vein in the north. Then you go to survey its scale." Jason said, not that he didn't trust the people of the Kyle family, but since he has a professional, why not add A layer of security.

"That kind of stone is useless, and it can't be used to forge weapons. It's just a burden to open it." Rodney waved his hand in disgust. In the eyes of the dwarves, ores that cannot be used as forging materials are waste ores.

They don't even like those gem mines that are regarded as treasures in human society. They can't think of any use other than as decorations, and dwarves are a race of things, and they pursue practicality.

This is the exact opposite of what the elves seek.

"I need them to increase income for the territory. If I don't have money, where can I buy ore for you to forge equipment?" Jason said angrily.

"..." Rodney stopped talking after hearing this, and it would be embarrassing if he continued.

"Starting tomorrow, you will go to the military factory to lead the blacksmith.

"Jason thought about it and felt that this is the most suitable place for Rodney. He likes to forge as much as he likes.

"By the way, teach the craftsmen there your experience, is it okay?" If these craftsmen can learn dwarf craftsmanship, it will also be of great benefit to their own development.

And the weapons and equipment produced by dwarves are much more sophisticated than those of human craftsmen. This is the exquisite craftsmanship passed down and transformed by this race from generation to generation.

"It's all right, my lord!" Rodney patted his chest to assure him, this is a time to show in front of your lord, you must grasp it carefully.

"Well, go down and have a good night's rest, and take up your post tomorrow." Jason nodded, and finally added: "If you do well, you should first conceal your identity as a dwarf, after all, the dwarves have not appeared for hundreds of years. "

"Good sir!"

"Go and call Lancelot in." Jason waved his hand to signal Rodney to go down.

The dwarf saluted and then turned to leave. Lancelot pushed the door open, first glanced at Langnart who was beside him.

Very strong! Strong and introverted, he is also a strong man who is about to step into the realm of the earth knight.

Lang Nat only rolled his eyes when he entered the door, and then made no other movements, standing there like an iron tower.

"Let me introduce, this is Lancelot, and this is Langnart." Jason said that understanding each other is a necessary prerequisite for their cooperation.

"Hello!" Lancelot nodded to him with a smile.

"Hello, mighty knight of Great Britain, your reputation is so powerful that I always thought it was just a legend." Langnart turned to Lancelot, looked at him seriously and said.

But his response reminded Jason of a song.

Don't be obsessed with brother, brother is just a legend...

"Lancelot, from today on I will be temporarily in charge of my safety. Go back and take care of the military affairs," Jason said.

"Also, I need you to recruit adult men from all the villages in the territory, and I want you to increase your troops to the size of a thousand this winter."

He planned to lead troops to the ice field to occupy the Clear Heart Stone vein in the spring of the next year after the frost-free period passed.

"Yes! Your Excellency!" Lancelot immediately guessed the reason for Jason's increase in troops, and responded seriously.

"In addition, send someone to inform Gareth that Erbia also needs to increase its troops." Jason felt that Erbia's three hundred soldiers were not enough, and it might be difficult to defend the entire Erbia.

"Well, there is nothing else for now, you go down and prepare." After thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing to prepare for the time being.

"Then I will take my leave first." Lancelot saluted again, then turned and left.

Jason thought for a while in his seat, then took the paper and began to write down some matters that needed to be prepared recently.

The first thing is to prepare for tomorrow's grand ceremony. This is the most important thing right now. The medals to be prepared have already been forged. Including the people who sacrificed, all 50 expedition members will get this badge.

What's more, Donne's knighthood ceremony will also be held on this day, and he needs to be given a village as a fief.

However, the villages near Iron Fang Town are not very rich at present, and only those villages on the edge of the territory are relatively rich. After all, those places are far away from Iron Fang Town, and the influence of Sir Orchi's ruling period on them is relatively small.

But the distance between these places is really too far, coupled with the inconvenient transportation, it takes several days to go back and forth, and Dawn's father Dia is the mayor of Iron Fang Town, so it is not suitable for him to be his fief.

"It's distressing." Jason pinched his forehead.

The poor village didn't seem to take him seriously, it was too far away and out of place, which really worried Jason.