Start as Inherited Baroness

"What do you want to do with him?" Simon asked the woman.

She was about 1.6 meters tall, wearing a brown skirt with a tight waist, which made her breasts and buttocks look big.

However, her skin was not good, wheat-colored, and she looked young, but her face was quite regular and without freckles.

"We want to meet Lord Simon. My sister is Sir Sal's fiancée." The woman said openly.

"May I ask what your last name is?" Simon smiled and asked.

The woman did not have any coat of arms on her body, and she did not look noble, but there are always exceptions to everything, so it is better to ask clearly.

"My name... My name is Milin, and my father is a businessman." The woman said a little shyly.

Simon nodded, thinking to himself: "Why is Sal engaged to a merchant's daughter?

Even if he is a new noble, he should not be unable to find other nobles to marry, right?"

"You are Lord Simon, right?" Milin guessed at this time.

"Yes." Simon nodded and admitted it.

It is estimated that this merchant will give a good dowry when marrying his daughter. It is normal that Sal was just a commoner before and had no knowledge.

"Lord Simon, my father is over there, please meet him." Milin begged, with a pitiful look in his eyes.

"Okay." He nodded and agreed, wanting to know what the merchant had to say.

They were not far from Simon and his men, and they could be seen at a glance. It was estimated that they were less than a hundred meters away.

They looked quite powerful. There were more than a dozen horse guards. Their equipment was quite good. They were all wearing chain mail and zipper armor, and they were carrying cavalry guns.

They didn't look much different from elite cavalry.

"Thank you, Lord Simon, please wait a moment." Milin turned around and waved to the back, and several horsemen ran over immediately.

Simon stared at the leader for a few times, and he was a little confused in his heart. The man who came was full of martial virtue.

"Lord Simon, hello, I am Kalair, I own the Fengjian Chamber of Commerce and the War Spear Mercenary Group."

A burly man dismounted, saluted Simon, and introduced himself.

The five cavalrymen he brought also followed suit and stood a little further away.

In addition, there was a woman in an exquisite brown robe who dismounted and walked behind Kalair.

The woman was about 1.68 meters tall, with a convex front and a curved back. Her thin waist and plump hips matched each other, showing an amazing curve.

She wore a hood, but revealed an extremely fair and delicate face.

"Hello, Kalair, what do you want to talk to me about?" Simon tried to pretend to be calm and asked.

"Lord Simon, your cousin Baron Sal once made an engagement with my daughter Winnies.

I hope you can marry Winnies on behalf of Baron Sal. Please consider it carefully."

Kalair said respectfully, and took out a parchment scroll and handed it forward.

Simon took it calmly, without looking at it, and said directly: "Since my cousin died in the war, the engagement is naturally cancelled.

The Eagle Kingdom does not have the legal basis for inheriting engagements."

Kelley heard this, his face still respectful, and said: "Lord Simon, you may not know the situation of Yongyi Territory.

In addition, your current situation is also extremely difficult. If you have an accident, the territory will have no one to inherit, and the kingdom will take back the fiefdom.

There are many nobles who want to take over this territory, especially those masters in the southern province. Their desire for land is like vampires thirsting for blood.

Please forgive my gaffe."

After hearing this, Simon silently opened the map of Xisai made of parchment.

"Do you know the situation of Yongyi Territory? Tell me." He cast his eyes on an area on the map and said softly.

The words marked on this place are Yongyi Territory, such a large piece of land, it is hard to imagine that this is just a baron territory.

He had previously roughly estimated based on the map that the entire Xisai land is about 300,000 or 400,000 square kilometers, not too big or small.

The Yongyi Territory is more than 1,000 square kilometers. The specific details can only be inferred by looking at the actual objects. Obviously, it is far beyond the standard of a barony.

However, this is not a special case in the Xisai Land. After comparison, the smallest barony is more than 100 square kilometers.

The largest one, located in the north, is more than 3,000 square kilometers and is also a barony.

However, from the map, the larger the territory, the more complex the terrain, while the smaller the territory, the flatter it is, suitable for farming.

"Lord Simon, the Yongyi Territory is very large. The baronies in the entire Xisai Land have much more land than other places.

However, while enjoying the excess land, the obligations they bear are also much heavier than those of the nobles in the inland provinces.

You have ample opportunities to be promoted to the title." Kelley said with some deep meaning.

"Where is the castle of the Yongyi Territory? Show me." Simon nodded, smiled, and asked.

"Lord, you don't have a castle yet, and there is none in the entire Xisai Land.

This land is the newly acquired land of the kingdom, and we all have to thank Marquis Val." Kelley grinned.

Hearing this, Simon quickly looked at the map again. No wonder there was no castle marked on it.

He had thought it was too crude.

It turned out that these places were all wilderness.

"Is that so! No wonder Thrall was willing to sign a marriage contract with a merchant's daughter. She must have a rich dowry." Simon understood.

"Lord Simon, the Courageous Territory is indeed vast, but it is completely undeveloped now.

To cultivate the land, serfs and oxen were needed. The price of a high-class serf was eight silver deer, a middle-class serf was five silver deer, and a low-class serf was two silver deer.

A ox cost five silver deer, and an iron hoe cost one or two silver sheep.

To cultivate this land that had never been cultivated, at least middle-class serfs and a large number of oxen were needed.

This required a large amount of gold eagles, not including the cost of building a castle.

And to build a decent small castle, at least three thousand gold eagles. "Kelley said slowly, with a smile on his face.

Simon fell silent after hearing this.

It seems that Sal is not stupid. Their family has no foundation. They are a family of freemen with few people. They can't develop such a large territory at all.

Even if they marry the daughter of a noble, they can only marry a baron at most, and they won't get much support.

And if there are nobles above the viscount who are willing to marry, they have to be careful, there is a great risk of being annexed.

After all, there is only one seedling left in the family.

After comprehensive consideration, marrying a wealthy merchant's daughter is a better choice.

After the family has been farming for decades, multiplying and thriving, and its status is stable, they can consider political marriage.

"How much support can you give me?" Simon thought about it and asked directly at Kelley.

"Three thousand golden eagles, plus a slave army, including fifty light infantry, twenty spearmen, and thirty archers.

I will provide their equipment, all of which are foot soldiers trained by superior serfs.

Moreover, I will personally lead the Spear Mercenary Corps to escort you from here to Eagle City. "Kelley said confidently.

Simon was speechless. There are only a hundred people. What kind of legion are you talking about?

But think about it. For a baron, a team of a hundred full-time soldiers is already a considerable force.

"Let me think about it and give you an answer in the evening."

Simon thought silently for a while and said.

"I can give you a maximum of 4,000 golden eagles.

Please consider it carefully."

Kelley suddenly felt that this young man was a little difficult to deal with. He still didn't give up even after all this. What a great fortune.

He dared to say that there were not many barons in the whole of Xisai who could get so many golden eagles to support them.