"My Lord, we're back," Padt said as El brought Tim into the tent.
"Oh, you're back. Redi, go and get Knight Shredder and Serdekamp. Oh, and also Captain Dolus of the caravan." Laurist rubbed his face to wake himself up. He hadn't slept at all last night because he was trying to figure out how to deal with the reinforcements sent by Count Corbili and minimize the losses of the family's armed forces.
"Have a seat. Did everything go well? Padt, get Tim a cup of wheat flour. I saw Redi fiddling with it this morning. I can smell it, "Laurist said.
Fatty Shi and Söderkamp arrived very quickly. Loriste asked them to check the rations, supplies, and valuables they had brought back, and to register them into the warehouse.
Fatty Shi soon returned with a happy face. "My Lord, it's all fine flour. There are two hundred thousand pounds of it."
"Hmm? Mr. Tim, why does Viscount Tuberly have so much fine flour? "Laurist asked.
Tim stood up and bowed respectfully. "My Lord, this is the Viscount's grain output for two years. It's all ground into fine flour for a better trade. Every two years, a caravan will come to the Viscount's territory to buy the flour. The total value of the transaction is more than a thousand gold merits. I've always been in charge of this. "
"Oh, I see. With this batch of fine flour, the caravan's food supply should be more abundant. Thank you, Mr. Tim. Don't worry, we won't take it for free. We'll buy it at market price. "Laurist nodded.
Dolus entered the tent and bowed. Laurist asked him to wait for a while. He had something to do later.
After a while, Serdekamp came in and reported to Laurist with an account book. "My Lord, there are seven large wooden boxes. The total is seventeen thousand gold merits and one hundred and ten thousand gold coins."
"Mr. Tim, as Viscount Tuberly's heir, I think one thousand gold merits is a good price for your redemption. The rest of the coins will be kept in our caravan. During this period, all the expenses of you and your subordinates will be deducted from this account until we help you get the Viscount's territory. We'll return the extra coins to you. Do you think that's fine? "Laurist asked.
Tim bowed deeply. "Sir, everything will be as you wish."
"Very good, you are very wise. How many men are willing to serve you now, Mr. Tim? "asked Loriste.
"Well, I'm not too sure either. There should be more than six hundred of them. I'll have to ask Knight Kemos for the exact number … "Tim thought for a moment and was not sure.
"Knight Kemos? Who is he? "
Tim hurriedly explained to Laurist that Kemos was Viscount Tuberly's family knight, a 2-star Silver rank. It was just that he was a little old, fifty-three years old. He had a straightforward personality and often advised the viscount on certain behaviors, so he was not well received by the viscount. If it weren't for the fact that he was a loyal knight of the Terberley family for generations, the viscount would have dismissed him long ago.
In order to prevent him from wandering around in front of him, the viscount sent him to the grange to guard the fine flour for trading. Tim was ordered by the viscount to hide this batch of grain, and it was only with the help of Knight Kemos that he was able to accomplish this. When he returned to the castle, he found that the viscount's family was finished. Thus, Knight Kemos made Tim his master and prepared for Tim to continue the bloodline of the Terberley family. He gathered the people of the grange to build a stronghold in the western mountains, becoming a force that would resist Earl Corbili.
When the troops swept through the stronghold, Tim gave the order to surrender rather quickly, so the losses to the people of the stronghold were not great. After being rescued by the caravan, Tim became the leader of the original stronghold's people. Together with a few familiar members of the stronghold nearby, they quickly gathered more than six hundred strong youths. However, Tim said that he didn't know much about military matters, so he left it to Knight Kemos to handle.
"How about this, Mr. Tim? You can go back and find your men. I'll order them to equip your men with weapons. You can take your men to the opposite camp and set up another camp. I'll allow you to raise the flag of the Tuberly Family. After that, I want you to send a few eloquent people back to the Western Mountains to spread the news that our convoy is going to attack Count Corbili's territory. Invite all the rebel forces there to gather and cheer for our convoy. They can also go to Count Corbili's family's territory to loot and keep whatever they loot for themselves. After you have arranged your men, let your Knight Kemos supervise their training, and then come back here to receive proper noble etiquette. "
"Dolus, let me introduce myself. This is Mr. Tim, the heir of the Viscount of Terberley. Due to certain reasons, Mr. Tim hasn't been taught noble etiquette. I know that you were an assistant to the etiquette teacher in Dawn Academy for a period of time. Now, I will hand him over to you. Do your best to teach Mr. Tim to become an impeccable noble in the shortest time possible, understand? "Laurist instructed Dolus, who was waiting at the side.
"Yes, my lord." Dolus saluted and said to Tim, "Let's go, Mr. Tim. Now you can go and complete the task the lord has given you. I will supervise your every move from the side to see if you need to improve your behavior and behavior. The etiquette training has already begun."
After Dolus and Tim left, Laurist said to Fatty Shi and Sederkamp, "Set up a separate account book for the food and gold that Tim brought back this time and make a copy for him. Tell him that if he needs anything, he can get it from the main camp. Deduct the expenses from this account book. This time, arm his men with the weapons and equipment that the surrendered garrison soldiers handed over. Give them a thirty percent discount according to the market price. As for the supplies that they need to set up camp, give them the same amount. Don't go overboard. It's fine if it's a little more expensive, but don't raise the price too much. "
Fatty Shi laughed, "I was just wondering if I should increase the price by a few times, but you saw through me. Forget it, Sederkamp, listen to your young master. We won't raise the price for those things. Give the weapons and equipment a thirty percent discount, and sell the other supplies to Mr. Tim at the market price. I'll leave everything to you. "
"Yes." Sederkamp bowed and left in a hurry.
Only Laurist, Fatty Shi, Ell, Padt, and Redi were left in the tent. Padt could not help but ask Laurist, "My lord, you know that Mr. Tim is a swindler pretending to be a noble, but you still let him do as he pleases. Not only did you allow him to form an army, you even taught him how to be a noble. Don't you think that's a little too much? If this were the North, Mr. Tim's head would have been hung high up on the wall as a warning to the public. "
Laurist laughed, "Padt, it's not up to us to decide whether Mr. Tim is a swindler or not. In fact, Viscount Teberly's entire family was in trouble, so finding an illegitimate child to continue the bloodline is not an issue. It's not like this hasn't happened before among the nobles. If this were the North, I would have beheaded him like the other nobles and taken over the viscount's territory. But this is the Reidris Kingdom, thousands of miles away from the North. Why would I do something so strenuous and unrewarding? Killing Mr. Tim won't do us any good. On the contrary, I'll nurture Mr. Tim and make him a noble here. He'll be a force to be reckoned with, and we'll owe him a favor. In the future, our family will have a helper in this area. Do you understand? "
Fatty Shi also spoke up. "Also, supporting Mr. Tim and helping him build his family's army is to set an example for the forces in this area who are fighting against Earl Corbili. Are you going to be our friend or our enemy? Be like Mr. Tim and be our friend. We'll give him weapons and help him take back his territory. If he becomes our enemy, we'll eliminate him without mercy. Most importantly, we don't lack gold or weapons. What we lack is people to trade with us. So, we don't need the gold and food that Mr. Tim brought. As long as we're fair, we'll attract the resistance forces to trade with us. "
… …
Just like what Fatty Shi said, ever since Tim took his men to set up another camp on the opposite side of the camp and raised the banner of Viscount Tebri, and Knight Josk went to take over the families of the dead, and Tim sent people to the west mountain area to spread the news that the convoy had wiped out the mopping troops, the resistance forces in the west mountain area had been sending people to Fatty Shi's house for a few days to negotiate or trade. Fatty Shi's weapon and equipment business was finally opened. Because the price was reasonable and the quality was guaranteed, Fatty Shi exchanged his weapons and equipment for hundreds of warhorses in just a few days, which could be considered as alleviating the lack of warhorses for his family's armed forces.
Many of the resistance forces wanted to trade their warhorses for some food, but they were all rejected by Fatty Shi with the excuse that his family was too big and the convoy didn't have enough food. However, Fatty Shi did mention that the convoy was preparing to send people to Count Corbili's territory to reap a fortune after they eliminated the reinforcements sent by Count Corbili. When the time came, the rebel forces were welcome to join them. The resistance forces were skeptical, but they still stayed behind to see if what Fatty Shi said was true. They wanted to see if the armed forces were really going to destroy the reinforcements sent by Count Corbili.
Two days later, Yuri sent someone to report that they had finally found traces of the reinforcements sent by Count Corbili. As everyone expected, it was a platoon of lancers. However, there were a few dozen carts with them. It seemed like they were transporting some kind of supplies. They had traveled for six days, and there was still one more day before they could reach the military camp. The march was so slow. Lollister thought that the reinforcements would arrive in four to five days.
The process of killing the reinforcements sent by Count Corbili was quite boring. When the platoon of lancers realized that they had fallen into the enemy's ambush, they immediately fell into chaos. Knight Josk showed off his godly archery skills in front of everyone. With three arrows, he shot down the three silver knights who were leading the platoon of lancers. After the battle, he found out that two of the three silver knights were Count Corbili's illegitimate children. Knight Josk finally let out a sigh of relief.
After that, Lollister's newly formed knight squad and Boddinger and Ross's two platoons of heavy armored lancers charged. The lancers were exhausted after traveling for five to six days in the snow, and they couldn't withstand such a fierce attack. Not to mention that their leader had already been killed by Josk's arrows. They only put up a little resistance before they surrendered.
After the battle, Lollister and his family's knights were embarrassed to find out that although they didn't suffer many casualties, the only warrior who died was accidentally injured by his own people. He fell off his horse, and his chest was crushed by the horse. There were also dozens of cases of self-injury and accidental injury. Less than ten of them were injured after fighting the enemy. After the statistics were out, Delman, Boddinger, and Ross's faces were as red as a monkey's buttocks. They couldn't even show their faces.
However, the representatives of the resistance forces who were invited to watch the battle did not notice these shortcomings. They only saw that the convoy had completely defeated Count Corbili's platoon of lancers and wiped out the reinforcements. Then, they calculated in their hearts. Huh? Count Corbili's platoon of lancers had been wiped out by the convoy. Not only that, but a platoon of guards and a platoon of guards were also wiped out. This meant that Count Corbili had lost more than half of his forces. Now, his huge territory was like a beautiful woman in thin clothes. His defense was inadequate, and he was waiting for everyone to attack him.
Soon, the leaders of the various resistance forces in the western mountains brought their men to meet up with them at the military camp. They packed the camp to the brim. Lollister and Fatty Shi gathered the leaders of these rebel forces and talked with them for a day and a night. After agreeing to provide them with military protection, the rebel forces, under the encouragement of this golden opportunity, nearly three thousand people from the rebel forces charged towards Count Corbili's territory.
The first to suffer was Count Corbili's former family's territory. Burdock Manor Castle received more than ten warnings in a day. It wasn't that the village was being robbed by bandits, or that some warehouse was being attacked. Smoke rose everywhere. Count Corbili's illegitimate son, who was in charge of Burdock Manor Castle, angrily gathered three squads of guards and left the castle to find trouble with the bandits who dared to invade Count Corbili's territory. After defeating two waves of bandits who had robbed the village, Boddinger and Ross led a platoon of heavily armored lancers and appeared in front of him. The outcome was tragic. The three squads of guards were annihilated, and the head of the illegitimate son was impaled on Ross's spear.
After seeing the head, the last squad of guards guarding Burdock Manor Castle wisely chose to surrender. Burdock Manor Castle fell into Lollister's hands.
"Let's go!" Fatty Shi rode on a tall Zino warhorse, waving his horsewhip in high spirits.
Almost a thousand carriages formed four columns, winding their way into the distance. In the military camp, the Norton Family's Furious Bear flag was lowered, and the Terberley Family's horseshoe emblem was raised.
After receiving the news from Lollister, Fatty Shi, who was already prepared, ordered the family's convoy to set off towards Burdock Manor Castle. Before leaving, Fatty Shi made a deal with Tim, transferring the military camp to him for a thousand Gold Merit Points. Tim, on the other hand, felt that the military camp's defensive facilities were much better than his stronghold in the Western Mountains, because the viscount's territory was in ruins. The two of them hit it off.
After a few days of aristocratic etiquette training, Mr. Tim looked like an aristocrat. At least, he was dressed appropriately. During this period of time, the convoy had provided him with supplies, and he used Viscount Terberley's name to recruit people and take in refugees. Now, he had more than a thousand strong soldiers and more than two thousand citizens. They could be considered a relatively large armed force among the rebel forces. What made Tim uneasy was that his savings in the convoy's account book were decreasing rapidly. Currently, there were only about ten thousand Gold Merit Points left.
It wasn't that the caravan had embezzled Tim's gold coins. On the contrary, Tim was very grateful for the help the caravan had given him. Every time the caravan traded with him, they would clearly state the price and give him a great discount. It was just that the cost of recruiting a few thousand subordinates was too much, so Tim couldn't wait to go to Earl Corbili's family's territory to make a fortune. This time, he brought 800 strong soldiers with him, and he ordered each of them to bring a large bag to store the spoils of war.
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