Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

　　 Chapter 82 Crossing the River and Arriving

Viscount Komas didn’t do anything with the materials handed over at noon the next day. Perhaps in his heart he wished that the sooner Lorist left his Viscount, the sooner he could be relieved, so that he gave Sedkamp. A big surprise. The seven carts of grain and three carts of fine linen cloth provided by the Lord Viscount for Lorist’s motorcade were actually delivered with the cargo carts, which made Sedkampsi, who could not buy long-distance cargo carts in the town of Fengyata. Can't help it.

With ten more freight wagons, Sederkamp no longer has to worry about the shipment of materials. After overnight maintenance and preparations, Loriste set foot on the northbound journey again on the morning of February 11th. .

　　 Three days later, Lorist’s convoy arrived at Nadgas, a border city between the Kingdom of Antinac and the Principality of Madras. After a rest day, they set off again and entered the Principality of Madras.

　　 Compared with the Kingdom of Antinac, the situation in the Principality of Madras is significantly better, both in terms of people’s livelihood and public security. This is due to the Grand Duke of Madras, who was dedicated to protecting himself during the civil war in the empire. Whoever invades and fights, no one invades him and does not attack. He just keeps close to the border and strengthens the defense facilities. This has earned him the title of a hedgehog. , Which also made the Principality of Madras suffered less damage during the civil war.

　　Lorist’s motorcade ran from southern Xinjiang to northern Xinjiang in the Principality of Madras. During the journey of more than 1,300 miles, only two groups of bandits and a group of horse bandits were encountered within seven days. Of course, these short-eyed guys soon regretted the idea that they shouldn't play this team. When they reached the Mitombo River, the natural boundary between the Principality of Madras and the Northland Plateau, there were already more teams in Lorester. Six carriages full of trophies, and more than seventy prisoners.

"My lord, after crossing the Mitobura River, you will reach the edge of the Northland. There is only nearly seven hundred miles left. We don't need to travel overnight. Even if we walk one hundred miles a day, it will be enough to reach the family by March. Territory." Sedkamp breathed a sigh of relief, and finally did not delay Lorist's return to inherit the title and family territory because he and Pat insisted on carrying a large amount of supplies to return.

　　 The Mitoba River in front of me is spacious and calm, and the clear water flows quietly.

　　 Across the Mitobura River, you can see the vainly elevated terrain in the distance, with patches of verdant dotted among the endless mountains and hills.

　　 That is the Northland, the hometown of the original owner of this body, Little Locke...

　　Lorist stared into the distance, where he would be his new hometown...

　　 "I remember that when I left the Northland with the family caravan ten years ago, I passed a cable bridge. The river under the bridge was surging, and there was no such peace and tranquility..."

"My lord, what you are talking about is the Hendry Fortune Bridge, which is on the upper reaches of the Mitoba River, more than a hundred miles away. Cross the Hendry Fortune Bridge and you reach the Grand Duke Lukin of the North. The Frederick Castle in the territory of Lord Sri Lanka. At the beginning, you said that you don't want to deal with this grand prince for the time being, so I chose to cross the river from here. This is one of the two ferry crossings that cross the Mitoba River to the north. After crossing the river, we will pass through seven more territories to reach our family territory.” Saidkamp explained.

　　 "Where is the ferry?" Lorist asked.

　　 "It's not far ahead, that's the territory of Baron Shuras. We cross the river so many horses and horses will make Baron Shuras earn a lot of ferry fare." Saidkamp said.

　　 "The money that should be paid still has to be paid. Let's go, camp on the spot after crossing the river, and rest all day." Lorist said.

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　　 As a noble, it is free to pass in the realm of other lords. For the team led by Lorist, as long as the family badge is shown, it means that this is a family team and not a caravan. It does not cost money to clear customs or pass through other lords. But crossing the river is not the same, Lorist also has to pay the ferry fee.

　　The ferry terminal of Baron Shuras is not big, there are only two ferries. A big sign was erected on the pier with clear prices for various ferry boats: one person, one empire silver coin. A horse, ten empire silver coins, a four-wheel long-distance freight wagon full of goods, an empire old man's head gold coin, etc. Even the nobles do not have free preferential treatment and discounts, and the only care is the priority of passage.

　　 Lorist said that this is a priority for passage. Few people want to cross the river at all. The boatmen on the two ferry boats have herded sheep, and an old man is on the boat repairing the oars.

The arrival of the convoy made the secluded ferry so noisy, so much so that it alarmed Baron Seuras, and brought a small group of garrisons to the ferry to personally check, check the vehicles and horses to cross the river, and finally took Luo. Riester gave the convoy the ferry fare, and the bulging bag of gold coins seemed to laugh from ear to ear. The relaxed Baron Seuras deliberately ordered someone to return to his manor castle to fetch a few bottles of fine wine, set tables and chairs at the ferry, and sincerely invited Lorist to come and taste it.

　　 Lorist felt so painful. A ferry boat carried a carriage and a few people at a time. Four boatmen were rowing desperately, and it took an hour to go back and forth. With nearly one hundred carriages and six hundred horses in his own fleet, how long does it take for more than 500 people to cross the river on these two ferries? There are only eight boatmen. They will be tired and need to eat, sleep, and rest. If so, it will take at least six or seven days for the team to cross the river.

　　Baron Shuras felt very sorry. After all, he charged so much ferry fare, but there are really only these two ferry boats and these boatmen in his territory, so he can only express his helplessness.

　　 Lorist asked, is there any rope?

　　Baron Shulas nodded, there are many ropes. Because the territory is on the bank of the river, there are many reeds growing along the river. Every year, Baron Shuras orders people to harvest a large number of reeds, and then use the reeds to weave straw mats and ropes. This is also a special product of his territory. Can increase the income of two or three gold coins for Baron Shuras.

Lorist asked Baron Seuras to send a lot of ropes. First, he connected the ropes, tied a rope to the bow and stern of the two ferry boats, and ordered them to make four large reels on each side. Connect the rope and use the reel to tow the ferry. This not only saves the physical strength of the boatman, so that only two boatmen are required on the ferry to ensure the stability and docking of the ferry, but also greatly reduces the round-trip time. One round-trip in an hour becomes less than half an hour, which speeds up the ferry River.

　　 Even so, it was already the evening of the next day when Lorist was the last crew member to set foot on the ferry. Sedkamp, ​​who came with the boat to greet him, looked at the baron Shuras, who had come to see Lorester off specially and waved his hand, angrily said: "This trip of our motorcade will let Baron Shuras make money. Nearly one hundred and fifty imperial gold coins were collected. No wonder he was so diligent that he came to see him off when it was almost dark."

Lorist also waved his hand at the Baron Shuras on the shore. Last night he accepted the invitation of Baron Shuras and took Ovius to the Baron’s manor as a guest, but he moved the old bearded bandit. unbearable. In fact, Lorist took him only because Josk brought Pat and Sedkamp across the river to arrange camping affairs. Only Reddy, Oviz and Lorist were left here. Lorist was invited to consider Let Reddy stare at the follow-up chariots and horses crossing the river more at ease before bringing a big beard to the banquet.

　　 Lorist brought a set of gold-striped half-body plate armor to Baron Seuras as a gift, which was the spoils of the horse thieves who met on the road. I don't know which hapless noble the horse thief robbed from, and was worn triumphantly by the horse thief leader. Because it was too gorgeous and too dazzling, he was stared at by Josk and sealed his throat, killing the horse thieves. This gorgeous set of plate armor was in Lorist's hands.

　　Lorist estimated that this set of half-body armor should be specially tailored by a horse as a gift for the male children of a noble family, so the family crest has not been engraved on the armor. It is very suitable as a gift. Lorester doesn’t like the gorgeous style of this half-length plate armor anyway. Wearing such plate armor is simply calling to the enemy, come attack me and shoot me with an arrow. This kind of self-defeating method is not Lorester. Dishes.

　　 Baron Seuras was very fond of the gift from Lorist, and Jane couldn't put it down. After the banquet, Oviz, the beard, consciously left to the dock to assist Reddy in arranging for the fleet to cross the river overnight, while Baron Seuras invited Lorist to the study to enjoy his collection of dozens of bottles of old wine. .

　　 In the study, Baron Shuras once again expressed his gratitude to Lorist. He said that in the past three or four months, there were many family convoys of the Northern Lords who wanted to cross the river through the small ferry in their own territory. However, due to their limited capacity, many convoys did not want to wait and went to the Hendry Bridge to cross there. Jiang, let himself lose a lot of ferry fees. Now the ferry at the pier has been improved by Lorist, which has almost doubled its efficiency. I believe it will attract many Northland family fleets to cross the river from here.

　　Lorist is very strange. He didn't want to deal with the Grand Duke Lukins before choosing this road to avoid the Northland Grand Ducal Territory. Why did other Northland family caravans choose to cross the river here?

　　 "Isn't it said that the cost of crossing the river at the Hendry Ferry Bridge is half the cost of your ferry here, Lord Baron? Why would the Northland family fleet choose to cross the river here?" Lorist asked.

Baron Seuras smiled triumphantly: "Lord Luckins, Grand Duke of the North, is famous for his insatiable greed. The cost of crossing the river at the Hendry Bridge is half that of mine. Sid Castle. Archduke Lukins set up a strict checkpoint there. Although the nobles are tax-free, as long as the archduke finds that there are materials of interest in the convoy, he will forcibly collect them and only give half of the market price. If you are lucky, you will only lose. One or two horse-drawn carriages, half of the convoy was expropriated with bad luck, and the Northland nobles complained, but they couldn't help but they would rather choose to cross the river through the small ferry here."

　　 Lorist stood on the ferry, and the cold river breeze blowing on him made him feel exceptionally clear-headed. I recalled what Baron Shuras said last night. Although the Northland is vast and the Mitoba River is a natural danger, there are only two main roads to the outside. One is the Hengdeli Fu Cable Bridge connecting the two sides, but that is in the hands of the Grand Duke of the North. The second is the midstream of the midstream of the Baron of Shura, where the Mitobro River is turning and flowing, but this section of the river is extremely vast and can only rely on ferry boats to build bridges, which is very time-consuming.

　　 The natural danger of the Mitobula River being relied on as the Northland lies in the fact that the sections that it flows around the Northland are either cliffs or rugged rivers with turbulent torrents. Except for the more than a dozen rivers in the middle reaches of the Baron of Shuras, where the turning river of the Midobro River is relatively peaceful and peaceful, there is no way to sail across the other rivers.

Lorist suspects that the Northland is sparsely populated, and it is difficult to attract the refugees to the wasteland to fully develop the Northland. It is because the main traffic throats are in private hands, like the Grand Duke Lukins and the Baron Seuras. What they are looking at is the fees charged by crossing the river, which is their inexhaustible source of gold mines.

　　 Even if Fatty Shi’s motorcade successfully reached the family territory in the future, the main roads of external communication are in the hands of other lords, and they can cut off the family’s external contact at any time. In that case, the family territory still cannot be fully developed and sustained. Like the popular propaganda slogans in previous lives, we must first build roads to get rich, but how can this unreachable territory develop?

　　 Maybe after he inherited the family territory, he had to plan to open up a new way of external communication to avoid being pinched by the throat. Alas, there is a long way to go. Lorist looked at the distant mountains and fell into deep thought with a touch of sadness and full of heart.

　　Because the crossing of the river was delayed for a day, Lorist led the convoy to re-enter the family territory on February 25th. He decided to run the remaining six or seven hundred miles in five days and reach the family territory before February 30.

　　 After setting foot on the Northland, Lorist discovered that Fatty Shi had said that when the family knights' meeting made the northward plan, the situation of the Northland was full of smoke and chaos, which was not hearsay, but a real fact that happened before his eyes.

　　 Only after passing through three territories, I met five territorial wars. There are conflicts between the old nobles and the new nobles, some call nearby lords to help them fight the invading territory, some help friends lords invade other people’s territories, some old lords fight the old lords because of old grievances, and there are new lords and new lords because It's all in one group for various reasons. In short, it is a one-piece, there are shouts and screams everywhere.

　　 is also due to the vastness of the Northland, and the war between these lords is a village-level battle in the eyes of Lorist. Generally, the lord brought two or three family knights and dozens of garrisons, and then recruited one or two hundred peasants to launch a large-scale collective fight against the hostile lord. The largest army of lords that Lorist encountered was only four to five hundred men, all of which were ragged peasants and soldiers.

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　　 In order to avoid the idea of ​​the convoy being stunned by those lords who were stunned by the fight, Lorist ordered the guard squad to carry out parade escorts on horseback and horseback. Sure enough, there would be no more flies leading soldiers to harass. Even on the fourth day, the two lord armies, which were fighting in full swing, deliberately truce and relinquish the highway in order to allow the convoy to pass first.

　　 On the fifth day, the endless virgin forest and endless mountains appeared in front of the convoy.

Sedkamp and Pat cheered: "My lord, our family territory has arrived. That is the Black Forest. The high hills in the distance are the Magic Dragon Mountain Range. The undulating hills past the Black Forest are the Morgen Hills. , After the Morgen Hills motorcade ran one day and we arrived at our family chateau..."

　　 It took more than a day for the team to bypass the edge of the Black Forest. The Morgen Hills appeared before my eyes...

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