Start as Inherited Baroness

In a blink of an eye, half a month later.

During this period, affairs in the territory were running in an orderly manner, and Simon's daily life was also quite regular.

At the end of the day, practice spear or sword skills in the morning, read or meditate in the morning, practice knight breathing in the afternoon, and patrol the territory in the evening.

Sometimes we do patrols in the morning, but this is not always the case.

During this period, Sir Halls had led his team away from the Valorous Territory and seemed to have no intention of causing trouble.

But Simon did not dare to take it lightly, because the nobles were very good at using tricks behind their backs.

Sir Halls doesn't know him very well yet, so he may have gone to get some information.

The two mercenary groups that Mader is responsible for recruiting are also in place, one is called the Brave and the other is called the War Eagle.

Both are legal mercenary groups, the former comes from Stormwind, and the latter comes from West Hills.

These are two teams with completely different development concepts.

The Brave Mercenary Group has more than 130 members, mostly light archers and spearmen. The armor coverage rate is relatively low, with only a dozen people wearing iron armor.

Others are inlaid with iron or leather armor, and there are even some with cloth armor.

As for the War Eagle Mercenary Group, they fully revealed their elite and tough temperament. Almost all members wore iron light armor, and the leaders were equipped with heavy scale armor.

It can only be said that they are indeed from Xiqiu District, and they are indeed wealthy, but the number of people is small, only fifty-one.

After the leaders of the two mercenary groups met with Simon, they were assigned to perform patrol and defense tasks.

They were mainly used to defend against attacks from Lord Halls of Maple Leaf Castle.

But you can't just do nothing on weekdays and just arrange some work.

In addition, the Iron Ax mercenary group of the honorary knight Odd has also achieved great results recently, killing nearly 200 kobolds and jackals.

Dozens of live animals were also captured. Now in the forest area to the west, within a dozen miles deep, these orc races can no longer be seen.

These kobolds captured alive can be sold to passing caravans of slave traders, and each can be sold for one or two silver deer.

This thing is okay for mining. It is relatively obedient. Although it is a little weak, its endurance is pretty good.

On this day, Simon heard about Odd's impressive achievements and personally led his troops to the west woodland for a patrol.

"Lord Baron, you see, the kobolds we captured are all imprisoned here." Odd guided respectfully.

I saw that the current West Post has been rebuilt and doubled in size. One area has been turned into a prison, with fifty or sixty kobolds in it.

As soon as Simon and others arrived, they all looked over, their eyes full of fear and pleading.

"Are they quite honest?"

Simon stood outside the prison, watching with interest, and asked.

"Sir, as long as the kobolds are caught, bound, and beaten, few of them will dare to resist.

Just kill all the disobedient ones. Cut off their heads in front of them and scare them, and there will be no disobedient ones. "Odd replied respectfully.

"Can they understand the common language of the kingdom?" Simon asked.

"No, but you can understand some of our gestures and simple communication is no problem.

I heard that some kobolds who have been domesticated for a long time can understand it and even speak it. ”Odd responded.

"That's right, let's do this. For every kobold you catch and tame them briefly, I will reward you with a silver deer. The upper limit is one thousand."

Simon thought for a while and said.

"Yes! Sir!" Odd immediately saluted and assured, with a happy expression on his face.

“Tie these kobolds around their waists with hemp ropes, string them together in groups of five, and send them to Yaman to pound the earth.

Let the soldiers keep watch and if anyone is disobedient, just kill them on the spot. Simon ordered.

"Yes!" Mailan responded and immediately arranged for someone to do it.

After that, there was nothing interesting to see here at the West Post, so Simon went back home.

But as soon as he returned to the Lord's Hall, Sarit came to the door and reported: "Sir, Sir Halls is here to visit."

"What? What is this guy doing again?" Simon frowned slightly, confused.

"Ask him to come over." He thought for a moment and said, intending to see what medicine he was selling in his gourd.

"Yes." Sarit responded.

After preparing some bread and salt for Hols and others to eat, they dared to follow him outside the lord's hall.

"Sir, Sir Halls has arrived." Sarit pushed open the door and stepped aside, letting someone behind him follow him.

"Meet Baron Simon!"

Halls saluted respectfully.

"Please sit down. I wonder what's going on with your visit this time?" Simon looked at him and said softly.

“I came here today to ask for Lady Bara from your family, please do it for me, Lord Baron.

Maple Leaf Castle will give 500 golden eagles, 800 pairs of leather armors, 100 sets of iron-clad light armors, a group of Serai slave soldiers and 500 serfs as betrothal gifts! "

Halls said with sincerity.

Simon was stunned when he heard this.

"This guy actually wants to be my father?"

He quickly came to his senses and looked at this person with contempt.

Bara's mother's family is not a noble, so she still uses the surname Huolun and is a member of the family.

If Halls really marries Bara Hollen, he can justifiably take over the Valorous Territory by giving Simon one.

There is also a claim to the Dreadnought Land.

He actually used such an obvious trick openly in front of Simon. He was really looking down on him!

"Baron Simon, I hope you can agree to this. If our two families become relatives, I can also bring warriors from the North Wind Land to serve you.

You only need to give me a fiefdom knight.

And, if you encounter any trouble in the future, our Maple Leaf Castle will definitely lend a hand."

Horses saw that the person on the main seat was silent for a long time, and he couldn't help but speak again.

Simon looked at him as if he was an idiot, but he had no awareness.

Simon really felt that this matter was a bit difficult to deal with.

Since Halls said that there were 500 golden eagles in the betrothal gift, then this money should be in his team.

It's not a small amount. If it is all used to recruit mercenaries, it can hire almost 500 or 600 brave warriors to fight a tough battle.

And Halls also mentioned a group of colored thunder slaves? Simon has heard of this. It is a commodity sold by slave owners in the Parthian Islands.

This is also an active area for slave traders, just below the Slave Bay.

But he doesn't know how many people there are in such a group of slaves.

"How many Serei slaves are you talking about?" Simon asked calmly.

"Sir, there are 256 people, a standard battle formation." Hols smiled.

Simon's heart sank when he heard this. Sarit said before that his team only had more than 300 people, obviously not all of them came.

Hols's team, plus the serfs, is more than 1,000 people, it can only be more, not less.

"Fuck! It turns out to be a tiger!" Simon was shocked.

"If I refuse him, he is likely to disguise himself as a bandit to launch a strong attack, kill me, find the baron's seal, and write the marriage certificate himself.

If I agree to him, if he wants to obtain the territory, he must kill me, so he may not attack by force, but assassinate...

What if..."

Simon's mind was full of thoughts, and he took the time to stare at Hols for a while, and found that he was emitting black smoke, like a demon.