Mount & Blade: Wind of War

The inside and outside of the City Lord's Mansion were already filled with a joyous and festive atmosphere.

The nobles and officials had banquets, while the citizens and freemen who had stopped working and had relatively abundant wine and meat had collective gatherings and carnivals.

Even slaves could live a happier life on this day, and many slaves of foreign races had gradually adapted to their lives in Gushan City.

There was no threat from the outside world here. Although they had to work, they had plenty of food, and even if they were sick, their masters would invite doctors to take care of them. After all, slaves were their masters' property. Under the conditions of increasingly affluent life, even the cruelest people would become more tolerant.

The stone fortress of the City Lord's Mansion was paved with carpets and hung with red silk. A rich meal had been prepared on the long wooden table:

roast pork, ham, tea sausage, meat soup with pickles and fresh mushrooms, roasted small potatoes, stewed beans, fried eggs, and a large copper plate with calf sausage, mustard blood sausage, as well as pickled meat, cheese and fruit pies.

The beautiful maids who shuttled back and forth, although still wearing thick clothes inside, wore silk long skirts outside, with petals on the low collar, revealing a touch of snow-white. A silver belt was tied around the waist, which made the waist look particularly delicate and also made the chest more towering and upright.

After all, it was the first time that Lonely Mountain Castle established diplomatic relations with a foreign country. Even if the object of diplomatic relations was a group of slave traders like the City of Sin, Lonely Mountain Castle also showed considerable sincerity.

Although Lonely Mountain Castle itself was also a semi-slavery system, there were no human slaves in this town except for criminals. Therefore, everyone in this town did not think of themselves as slave traders/slave owners, but as an orthodox pioneering noble system.

This cognition was recognized by everyone, from Lord Rhodes to Chief Knight Fatis to Guard Captain Raymond and Chief Instructor Resarit, which formed the unique temperament of Lonely Mountain Castle: the kind of kindness to the human race and the majesty to the foreign races, which was called the inner saint and outer king by Rhodes. This mentality strengthened the entire city-state.

Culture represents the bottom vitality of an organization. The first element is identity, and the second element is strength. If the culture does not recognize each other, then an organization is doomed to split. If the culture is not strong, then the organization will find it difficult to survive and develop.

And what kind of culture an organization has is often closely related to its founder.

The idea of ​​great unity brought by Rhodes made almost all the citizens of the mountain castles, most of the free people, and even some slaves agree with it. This kind of thought and culture will be passed down for a long time even after Rhodes leaves this world. It is the bottom vitality.

In contrast, the people of the City of Sin envoys controlled themselves at the beginning and pretended to be polite, but after eating and drinking, some people gradually revealed their original temperament. The sound of drinking and bragging gradually became louder and more and more rude.

Because they didn't think they were good things in their hearts, they became more unscrupulous. This is the so-called low self-esteem. The higher the self-esteem, the more they will restrain themselves instinctively.

Rhodes didn't care much about the noise around him. After all, he knew what kind of people they were from the beginning.

However, when a female scream suddenly broke through the music, the collision and fighting sounds made Rhode unable to continue drinking and indifferent.

Because he saw Cress fighting with a guest, Rhode frowned slightly and walked over quickly.

Wherever he passed, the people around him quickly separated like waves, and the bald and one-eyed middle-aged man, the leader of the envoys of the City of Sin, quickly followed.

When the two arrived, they only saw a disheveled female elf crying. Her name was Sally, and she was Janice's adjutant. She was usually lively and playful. The Qingyu elves offered six elves to Rodhart. Three were directly granted marriages, and the remaining three became female officials and were retained by Rhode. These elves were at least hundreds of years old. Although they were still children from the perspective of the elves, their knowledge and experience were a wealth in themselves in the human race with a very low level of education.

Therefore, even if beauty is not taken into account, it is a wealth in itself. Rhode arranged everything after getting it, either marrying or working.

In addition to the crying elf, Cress, dressed in a lady's dress, was holding a bloody knife in his hand and confronting a sturdy man.

Seeing Rhode coming, Cress said, "Master, this bastard wants to bully Sally!"

"I didn't bully her, I just touched her."

These people in the City of Sin are beastly. They were used to being unscrupulous in the City of Sin, and now they don't think they have done anything big.

However, for the elves, being touched, they almost want to commit suicide, so Sally covered her face with her hands and ran out crying.

"Cress, go and comfort Sally, I'll handle this here, tell her I will give her an explanation."

If an elf committed suicide here, it would affect the originally friendly relationship between the Lonely Mountain Castle and the Qingyu Tribe.

Seeing that both parties had run away, West, the envoy leader of the City of Sin, breathed a sigh of relief, walked over and slapped the injured, rough man hard, then turned around and saluted Rhodes: "Your Excellency, I am very sorry that my subordinates have caused you trouble."

"It doesn't matter if you cause trouble to me, but it would be too boring to just drink at this banquet. I have long heard that Sin City is powerful in force. Why don't we have three real sword fights for everyone to enjoy. If Sin City can win, I will Promise never to start a war during the war between Sin City and Silver Frost City. Otherwise, don’t say I won’t give you a chance.”

The commotion has become so ugly that Rhodes has no interest in continuing to compromise.

Sin City is a regional cancer. Anyone with a little foresight can clearly see that it plunders a large number of people without restraint to maintain its own survival and development. However, for the northern pioneer lords, population is the most important wealth. Without a population, there would be no such thing as a so-called territorial lord.

What's more, in addition to this, Janice's matter and the matter of Sally from the Qingyu Elf Tribe just now need to be explained. It is very unfair to significantly reduce the loyalty of one's subordinates and subordinates for the sake of an enemy that must be dealt with. worth it.

"Hahahaha, adults also like to watch real sword fighting? Then you have the same hobby as our boss Constat. If there are three games to decide the winner, I will take the field in the first game."