Chapter 69 The Battle Begins(1/2)
There are many candids in this world, but there are also many smart people.
I did not know that Ender made great contributions and was to be canonized by the Lord today. People with ambition will naturally investigate early.
So far, Ender's life trajectory is very clear. All his growth process and interpersonal relationships are limited to Leicester Town, and there is no way to see any background that can support him in doing such a great cause.
You should know that whether it is a strong martial arts or a decision to kill enemies, it must be tempered and will not fall from the sky out of thin air.
With courage and luck, it is still possible to kill one or two thieves; can you kill an entire thief group?
Not to mention a sixteen-year-old boy like Ender, even if veterans like Telligan, Corey and Lerera return to their old careers and work back to the adventurer's old business, they would never be able to deal with a whole thief group.
How could Ende, who was taught by these three, be more likely than the three of them to join forces?
In Valk's opinion, there must be another background behind this young man, but this background is very hidden, and everyone doesn't know it.
In this way, even the Lint Thieves may not be really the boy who was destroyed independently, but the helpers were unwilling to show up and let him receive this achievement alone.
In addition, the baron was granted a title to the Lord this time, but did not ask Ender to issue a pledge of allegiance, which further illustrates this.
Thinking of this, Valke's smile became more and more sincere: "Sir Tilles, I can borrow a thousand gold coins for you without interest, for a year!"
This is not a small number. Just the interest rate of this thousand gold coins per year, Valk will lose at least 500 gold coins, which shows that he has really invested a lot of money.
"Well-this is almost the same." Lerira nodded with satisfaction, signaling Ender to accept the other party's kindness.
"Thank you, Mr. Valk, this money is very helpful for me to develop my territory." Seeing Lerira nodded, Ander nodded.
One thousand gold coins are no longer an unattainable astronomical figure for Ender now, but with this money in front of it, many Shadow Guilds and Khruv's money can be used to share the spoils, and will not arouse others' suspicion.
From the map, Baron Leicester took good care of Ander, and the territory he distributed was the land that Ander was now expanding, extending to the fifteen square kilometers of the woods, with most of the area being the weeds used by Ander to kill the Lint thieves.
Although this is a weedy field, the growing weeds means that the grass and trees are flourishing here and can be developed into farmland. There is a stream flowing in it. Although the water is not large and it is impossible to take a boat, it is enough for drinking water and even irrigation.
But even so, it is not easy to turn a piece of weed into fertile fields and villages.
The initial investment in territory development is essential, both manpower and material resources, and not to mention that the people are led by the people, you have to find a way for them. Any lord, as long as he has to be more handsome, will not resell/transfer the people to others. Of course, if it is his own biological son (second son), it is in line with the morality of this era if he is his own biological son (second son), and he will take part of his father's part of his leading people to his own territory.
With Valk as the beginning, many gentry at the banquet expressed their willingness to provide help to Ender. In just one or two hours, people cleared weeds, built manors, and even purchased livestock, and people nodded to help. Even the price was agreed. Seeing that a thousand gold coins had not been obtained, more than eight hundred had been spent.
This is because today is the grand day for Ander to win the title, and everyone is sitting in the banquet hall of Baron Castle. The price offered also has the meaning of gifts. It can be said that it is not seeking profits, half sold and half given away.
If Ander wanted to negotiate to purchase these services and supplies on weekdays, even if he had two thousand gold coins, it might not be enough.
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A banquet is not a dance party, no matter how complicated the tape is, it will end in one or two hours.
"Sir Tills, please come over." A servant with a tulip on his neck stopped Ender, who was about to leave the castle like everyone else, and said respectfully.
"Oh? Who is it?" Ander asked casually.
"He is your teacher's friend." The servant said respectfully.
"Uh--" Ander knew who the other party was, but he didn't expect that Knight Vincent would claim to be a friend of Night Demon.
Anyway, Ande didn't think that when he played the role of "Night Demon", the two had formed some friendship, but it was true that they almost broke the head.
"Aunt Lerira?" Ander turned around and looked at Lerira beside him and sought her advice.
When Ander sought Lerira's opinion, it was not that he had no idea, but that Lerira had been busy with the ceremony of giving him the Lord since yesterday. Now Ander could not throw Lerira down for a word from others.
"Lord Lerira can also go together." The male servant Gabu quickly added.
This was not his own decision, but Knight Vincent had ordered that he should be polite when inviting this new Lord.
Lerira is Ende's elder, and even a blind man can see Ende's respect for her. How dare you offend this kind of relationship?
If Lerira is rejected and Lord Ender turns his head and leaves, wouldn’t he be ineffective?
Now is the most critical moment for the Leicester family. As a lord who has won military achievements, Ender's status as a lord is extremely important - not to mention that there is another more important person behind him - he must not offend at this critical moment.
Lerira nodded reservedly, feeling excited.
This male servant was not an ordinary male servant. He was Gabu, the personal servant of Baron Leicester. His status in the territory was higher than that of those gentry of lower levels. It was very polite to see him respectfully called "Lady".
The two followed the male servant Gabu to the high tower on the left side of the castle.
Gabu's servant made a loud noise, then pushed open the door for Ander and Lerira, reached out to ask them to enter the room, while he himself guarded outside the door.
A majestic figure stood at the window with his hands behind his back, looking out at the field in the distance.
He just stood there quietly, making the air pressure in the room heavy, as if a storm was about to come.
"Mr. Vinson, what are your instructions for asking us to come?" Lerira squatted slightly, pulled open the hem of her skirt and curtsy.
Perhaps because of nervousness, she almost fell down, and Ande quickly helped her.
Lerira hadn't reacted when she met last time, but after she returned, she became more and more wrong with her thinking. There were only two high-level knights in the Kingdom of Gilt, and the high-level knights of the Wind were unique.
Vinson turned around, with a smile on his face, and he nodded to Lerira first: "Your name is Lerira, you're so lucky."
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The words of Knight Vincent were so stupid that Lerira was a little confused.
Knight Vinson did not mean to explain to her, but turned his head and ordered to Ender:
"Ander, you must contact your teacher as soon as possible. This time, Baron Rochway and Baron Drood attacked Leicester in two ways. I will personally kill Baron Rochway. As for Baron Drood, please let him take action once--you must not let Baron Drood go back alive."
"As the price of this move, Baron Surrey Lester will grant Lerira and Corey the Lord after this war."
After saying that, Knight Vincent nodded meaningfully at Lerira.
Suddenly, when he heard this explosive news from Knight Vinson, Lerira, who was not mentally prepared, had his eyes wider than grapes, and his mouth wider than duck eggs, he just stood there and lost consciousness.
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"Auntie Lairella? Auntie Lairella?" A familiar voice was floating, as if calling his name in the horizon.
"Ah, ah? Haha, haha——" Larira suddenly woke up, gasping for breath. After a while, her eyes gradually recovered and she could see what was in front of her.
It was a familiar and unfamiliar face. It was because the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth on the face were all seen growing like this little by little.
It was strange because at such a close distance, Lerira discovered that although the child he had grown up had facial features, his skin became as tender as a baby, and there was a faint light flowing in his eyes.
It looks delicious - by the way, Ender has grown up!
Well? No, I just heard that I was going to be a title. Isn’t this a dream?
Larira suddenly reacted.
"Auntie Larira, you finally woke up."
Kneeling on the edge of the sofa, helping Larira to massage her temples and the people, finally letting Ander, who woke Larira up, breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.
"An, Ander, what Lord Vincent said just now is true?" Lerira didn't care about looking at the surrounding environment and grabbed Ander's hand tightly.
"It's true, Aunt Lairella, it's true!" Ander quickly answered affirmatively.
Lerira let go of Ender's hand and rolled on the sofa: "Is this true? This cannot be true! No, no, little Ender won't lie to me, this is true! No, calm, calm, you should still be dreaming and not awake yet."
Looking at her shaking her head, nodding, affirming, and denying her, Ander couldn't help but feel worried - this wasn't too much surprise, which caused Aunt Lairella to have mental problems?
This is not a joke. There are all stories about "Fan Jin passed the Ju". When people are overly surprised, there is no difference between being overly scared.
If Lerira was crazy by this good news, Ender didn't know what to say - is it blamed himself or herself?
I can’t find someone to shirk responsibility!
"Ahem, your aunt, um--it's very interesting."
Knight Vinson stood beside Ander, with a strange look on his face.
He has seen many strange things in the capital, but he has never seen anyone who has been half crazy and half stupid by the good news.
Especially the good news was told by herself. Seeing Lerira rolling on the sofa made Knight Vincent laugh and cry.
However, as an earl, you can ask someone who is good at to solve the things you are not good at.
Vinson ordered outside the door: "Gabu, call a maid who is quick-handed and good at caring for people."
"As for the order, sir, come soon." An answer came from outside the door, and then the footsteps gradually faded away.
"Hey, don't call anyone, I'm fine! Lord Vincent, was what you said just now true?"
Lerira wasn't really crazy, she just couldn't be sure whether she was dreaming for a while.
When she heard that Knight Vinson distributed people to find the maid, she quickly turned over and jumped up from the sofa. At this time, Larira didn't care about any ladylike etiquette (of course she was not originally a lady), so she confirmed the news first.
"Of course! In order to get the title, your nephew asked his teacher "Night Demon" to take action twice for Leicester." Knight Vinson said angrily.
Larira suddenly turned her head and stared at Ender in disbelief - the child did such a thing without saying a word!
After a moment, she suddenly stepped forward and hugged Ender tightly in her arms.
"End—good kid, good kid!"
Tears overflowed in Lairella's eyes - the kindness of the past would have received such rewards.
Such things are not even similar plots in the singing stories of the minstrel.
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"Hurry, hurry up, we must take advantage of the main force of Leicester's Baron leaving the territory and capture Leicester Castle before they return to the army!"
To be continued...