Start as Inherited Baroness

Simon listened to Fick's narration quietly, and felt deeply moved. The free people lived a hard life, sometimes even worse than slaves. At the end, he asked, "Are there many refugees in Xigodi?"

"Sir, there are quite a few. When we left, the road was full of free people on the road.

And we heard that there was a commotion in the Stone City. A... bandit broke through the Baron's castle.

They should call themselves... Green Forest... oh yes! Green Forest Brotherhood! They are very aggressive." Fick recalled.

"Oh, so powerful." Simon nodded, but didn't take it seriously.

Although Xigodi and Xisedi both have the word "Xi" in their names, they are not adjacent to each other. The forest valley separates them.

Although there is only an earldom in the middle, there is still a barrier. If there is something wrong, they will take over first.

"I need two servants. Are there any willing ones in your Anning Village? The monthly salary is 20 bronze stars."

Simon suddenly said before leaving.

Fick was stunned for a moment, then looked at the villagers and said carefully: "Sir, what do you want?"

"One man and one woman, under 18 years old."

Simon said casually, he would not use these two servants, just to do some peripheral chores, the purpose is to deepen these people's ties with the Yongyi Territory.

"We are happy to serve you, please wait a moment."

Fick said respectfully, and then went to discuss with the villagers.

After a while, he led two young men over, a man and a woman, both of whom had a childish look in their eyes.

They should be no more than sixteen years old.

"Sir, their names..." Fick reported the names, but Simon didn't remember them at all.

"Well, Mailan, send two cavalrymen to take them back and let Kailin arrange some work.

Pay them twenty copper stars a month, and provide food." Simon ordered.

"Yes." Mailan responded, and then went to arrange it.

After that, Simon led people to leave Anning Village and continue to go south.

This time he was going to the southern border to take a look. The borders with Fearless Territory were Greenwood Territory and Longwind Territory.

Both were baronies, the former was the territory of Baron Kenler, and the latter was the fief of Baron Deacon.

Longwind Territory was to the southwest of Fearless Territory, about 800 square kilometers.

The quality of the territory should be average, and the parchment map showed that there were many hills and mountains.

The Greenwood Territory was much smaller, only about 300 square kilometers, and the terrain was flat, but more than half of it was forest.

The forest extended all the way to Longwind Territory, and then spread endlessly into the depths of the mountains.

Fearless Territory also touched the edge, but in comparison, there was very little woodland.

In the afternoon, Simon finally led his men to the border, and there was a forest on the border between Fearless Territory and Greenwood Territory.

He thought about it and finally decided to let Shelt and others station on a slope several miles away from the river.

The view in the forest is blocked, which is not conducive to observation. Moreover, it is a bit chaotic and dangerous at night.

Since the address has been selected, the soldiers rolled up their sleeves and started working. After a few hours, a camp covering an area of ​​7 or 8 acres was built.

The outer wall is made of double-layer logs, more than five meters high, and quite strong. Three sentry towers are built inside, which can observe all directions without obstacles.

After the camp was set up, it was already dusk, and it would be a bit late to go back, so Simon decided to stay here for one night.

Fortunately, the food they brought was sufficient, and there would be no problem eating a meal tomorrow morning.

They brought several carts of rye, which was food for Shelt and other mercenaries, and this amount would be transported every month in the future.

As night fell, the soldiers had already picked up enough firewood from the forest, and now they had set up a pot and cooked dinner.

It was relatively simple, just rye porridge with black bread. They had just settled here and had not had time to catch any prey.

Simon gnawed expressionlessly, making a bang-bang sound, but he also patiently filled his stomach.

After chewing slowly, he even felt that the black bread had a little sweetness.

"Damn! This thing will definitely sell well if it is made into a diet meal on Blue Star!"

He really couldn't swallow it anymore, so he threw the last bite into the wooden bowl.

"Ah~~Ah~~" At this time, melodious wolf howls came from the forest, one after another.

Simon looked in the direction where the sound came from.

"Sir, it's a forest wolf. Our camp is more than five meters high. They can't get in."

Shelt, who was standing guard not far away, explained flatteringly.

"Well, you seem to know more about things in the forest."

Simon smiled slightly, glanced at him, and said softly.

"Sir, my hometown is the Narrow Cliff Castle in the Forest Valley, where the forest is dense. I grew up in this environment since I was a child..."

Shelt stepped forward a few steps and smiled respectfully.

Simon listened with interest, and felt that he had learned a little more.

There are many wolves in this world. Although forest wolves are not big, they usually move together in groups of hundreds.

The threat to humans is not small, and many people die in the mouths of wolves every year.

At this moment, the soldier on the watchtower suddenly shouted: "Sir, there is a fire in the forest!"

"Huh?" Simon glanced at the soldier on the tower, and then Airey and Shelt climbed up the tower to watch.

After a while, Airey shouted: "Sir, there are people in the forest!"

"They seem to be entangled by the wolf pack!" Shelt added.

"Is that so."

Simon heard this and climbed up the tower to take a look. He cast a lighting spell, which made the area of ​​dozens of feet bright as day.

However, he still couldn't see the situation in the forest clearly.

He could vaguely see people swaying and running, and heard terrible screams and excited wolf howls.

Not long after, the light dimmed. The lighting spell has a time limit.

"Why are there still people in the forest at this time?" Simon frowned slightly, puzzled.

Aire and Shelt didn't say anything, waiting for the order of their own baron.

But Simon didn't move, just looked into the forest silently.

After a while, several people stumbled out of the forest and cried in despair: "Help! Help!!"

They hit the outer wall of the camp, hit it desperately, and begged.

Simon immediately cast another lighting spell, which scared the forest wolves that chased out of the forest, and they retreated one after another.

But they were still wandering and howling at the edge of the woods.

"Go and bring those people in." Simon whispered.

"Yes!!" Shelt answered first, then turned and climbed down the sentry tower and walked quickly.

The corners of Ai Lei's mouth twitched slightly, and he was a little speechless.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

At the moment when the camp was opened, several forest wolves jumped out and were shot on the spot.

Simon was secretly surprised. These wolves were really brave and wanted to rush into the camp.

He shook his head and climbed down the sentry tower.

At this time, Shelt had brought the people outside into the camp.

There were only three people, sitting on the ground in the light of the fire.

One of them was a man and a woman. Although their clothes were tattered, they were all made of high-quality fabrics.

There was also an armored soldier, who was panting at this time, with empty hands, and his iron helmet and weapons fell somewhere unknown.