Chapter 196 Ransom and Compensation
The Lord Inspector of Iron Tree Fort, Maloney Mansfield, was the first noble class in the world that David knew.
However, when Maloney avoided seeing him when he wanted to upgrade Cold Winter Village to Cold Winter Town, David thought that the two would never meet again, but he didn't expect to meet again so soon.
Compared to the last time I came to Cold Winter Town, the feeling of Maloney coming to Cold Winter Town again this time, compared with the last time, it is a heaven and a heart.
Especially when he saw the magnificent, beautiful, and clean town in front of him, he had doubts similar to Raines: Am I going the wrong way?
If it wasn’t for the soldiers from Rinwinter Town leading the way, who repeatedly stated that they didn’t go the wrong way, Maloney really couldn’t believe that the beautiful town in front of him was the small village with only a few dilapidated wooden houses.
"His Majesty the King is really willing to spend all his money!"
It took only one year to build a village with only a few wooden houses to this appearance. The only reasonable explanation Maloney can think of is that His Majesty Abelson, King of the Kingdom of Tilan, gave the town of Winter and Baron Glamorgan Very huge support.
He seriously suspects that there are a large number of guard knights of the Kingdom of Tilan stationed in Rinwinter Town at this time. If anyone who is not open-eyed dares to attack Rinwinter Town, these guard knights will make those guys come and go!
"The so-called pink flying dragon, was it also sent by His Majesty the King?"
Thinking of this, Maloney thought of the entrustment he had received, and he suddenly felt that the Barnett family was very foresighted, and there was no benefit at all to fighting against Cold Winter Town and its lord, Baron Glamorgan.
It is better to make friends, which is more in the interest of the family! Especially at this moment when everyone realizes that the northern plains are not peaceful.
"It's a pleasure to see you again, Lord Inspector Maloney-Mansfield." Under the leadership of the soldiers, Maloney came to Fort Glamorgan.
Then, after being inspected by the guard knight named Floyd, he was led into Glamorgan Castle and walked into the office of the Lord Baron Glamorgan.
The last time I saw him, David, who was just a young village chief, was already a big man he couldn't look directly at.
"You are too polite, Lord Baron Glamorgan. On behalf of the Mansfield family and the Barnett family, I would like to extend my sincere greetings to you."
Maroni perfectly displayed the etiquette that nobles should have, and his performance made Elias standing beside him show a satisfied expression.
Knowing that this is the ceremonial officer from the royal capital, Maloney was secretly relieved to see that the other party did not make things difficult for him, and then looked at Baron David Glamorgan in front of him.
"The Barnett family?" At this time, David was still surprised by Maloney's greeting, which is not surprising on behalf of the Mansfield family. What about the Barnett family?
"Yes." Maloney immediately explained to David that he was actually entrusted by the Barnett family to come to Cold Winter Town from Iron Tree Fort: "The Barnett family said that all actions in Iron Water Village, These are all the personal actions of the village head of Ammantis, and they definitely did not offend Cold Winter Town and Lord Baron under the instructions of the Barnett family."
"oh!"
It turned out that Maloney Mansfield had come to make peace for the Barnett family, but the Barnett family didn't just find someone randomly, hoping that a few words of friendship could resolve their enmity with Baron Glamorgan.
In addition to throwing all the blame on Ammantis, the Barnett family was also very polite, and troubled Maloney Mansfield to send the 'ransom' and 'compensation' that David deserved. .
"Ransom?"
"Yes!" Maloney said, "To thank Lord Baron Glamorgan for his kindness."
David could have taken everyone in Iron Water Village as prisoners. Among them, the soldiers loyal to the Barnett family and the contract farmers who had signed the contract could be used as bargaining chips to demand a ransom from the Barnett family.
But David didn't keep the captives, but released these people directly.
In order to 'repair the relationship' with Baron David Glamorgan, the Barnett family simply made up for this part of the ransom.
In addition to this, there are also compensation and wounded pensions paid because of Amamantis's attack on Rinwinter Town, which in turn caused 'loss' to Rinwinter Town.
"..."
Is there any loss in Rinwinter Town?
Some 30mm machine gun bullets and a few ground-to-ground missiles were launched by Arcie, a Transformer. As long as it takes a little time, the ammunition will be regenerated in her body. Lost energy.
As for the pension for the wounded, the soldier who was slightly injured by the stones splashed by his own fire seemed to have received an unexpected windfall.
Anyway, Barnett was just 'repairing the relationship' with himself, not asking him to do anything. What was their original relationship? It's just a relationship that they don't know each other!
Of course, it can be regarded as an acquaintance now, but it is definitely not a friend. If conflicts break out again in the future, it is impossible for David to hesitate just because he has collected some money when it is time to do it.
Chatted with Maloney for a few more words, and David could feel that Maloney was very restrained when facing him now, unable to let go at all, and was also very cautious when answering questions.
As a result, David couldn't get any useful information from him, but he barely confirmed a few things:
Iron Tree Fort attaches great importance to the situation on the northern plains, so it will send a large number of elites. In addition to ensuring that the newly established northern town of Snowfield Castle will not be destroyed by orcs, it also wants to clean up those orcs after the weather improves next year. Out of the northern plains.
Iron Tree Fort is very confident about this. They don't think that group of orcs is anything to be afraid of, just like when they first came to settle in Iron Tree Forest when they faced elves.
Dishonest? look for a job? Hit until you are honest!
The elves in the iron tree forest watched humans cut down the iron trees, and their living area kept shrinking, but they never did anything. Could it be because they love peace and are unwilling to use force with humans?
No, it's because the elves can't beat the humans in Iron Tree Fort!
According to what David heard from childhood, and later from Freud, Gareth Stanton, Addis and other people, the standing military force of Iron Tree Fort includes at least: Iron Tree Knights composed of two hundred knights and cavalry, Three hundred strong archers and one thousand fully armed elite infantry.
In addition, there are spellcasters such as mages and alchemists, militiamen who have received military training, and knights and soldiers of various noble families, which cannot be counted.
As an important town in the northern part of the Kingdom of Tilan, Iron Tree Fort has amazing military strength, so in the eyes of the top leaders of Iron Tree Fort, the destruction of the orcs is only a matter of time.
However, the war that will break out next, and the increasing complexity of the forces on the northern plain, coupled with the fact that the land is more barren than expected, will greatly reduce the attractiveness of this land to nobles.
That's why the Barnett family took the initiative to show their favor. The Mansfield family, who had previously closed their doors and didn't want to see David, sent Maloney to Cold Winter Town and other things happened.
Let Floyd take Maloney to live in the Cold Winter Hotel run by Jonah, and David sits in the office and thinks slowly.
With the props provided by Medivh, Helen, who had fully mastered the Common Language of Brennia in just one night, made and poured a cup of hot tea for David beside him.
Helen learned from Laura that David usually likes to drink tea and fruit juice. Among them, he likes to have fruit juice with meals, and he usually drinks tea.
At the same time, she also heard that the climate in Cold Winter Town is not very suitable for growing tea. At present, the tea in Cold Winter Town is brought by Laura.
After Helen heard about it, she planned to go back to Sparta and try to grow tea. If she succeeds, Cold Winter Town will be able to obtain tea steadily.
Just when Helen wanted to ask David how many servants the castle needed, Leon and Arcee suddenly found him.
"Is the matter resolved?" Seeing these two, David remembered that Leon seemed to be harming the small Spanish village.
"Yes, thanks to Arcee, it was easy to solve." Leon originally thought that this job would be troublesome, after all, the opponent was a strange parasite that he didn't understand at all.
The process turned out to be unexpectedly smooth, and with Arcee's help, the Illuminati and the village occupied by parasites have been completely destroyed by him.
At this time, he remembered what Klausar said to himself: the mysterious knowledge learned from Cold Winter Town will help him better deal with all kinds of strange events!
At that time, Leon thought, ‘Why are there so many weird things? ’ I just feel that I have become stronger and can better deal with zombies and other biochemical weapons.
I didn't expect to be hit by Krausa so soon! My own world doesn't seem to be much more peaceful than the Marvel Universe and Transformers Universe!
Leon, who has gradually discovered the truth of the world, feels that he should pay more attention and work harder to learn mysterious knowledge, and at the same time, he should also say thank you to David who has provided him with all this.
So after sending Ashley back to the mainland safely, they came to find David with Arcie, and came to express their thanks.
Arcee came back so late, mainly to help Leon send someone off.
As for helping Leon fight parasites and biochemical monsters, she didn't care too much. Compared with the Decepticon's combat power, these creatures were so fragile that they were not worth mentioning.
After frankly accepting Leon's thanks, David hoped that Arcee would focus on going down to Snowfield Castle in the next period of time, and it would be best to record the scene of the battle between Snowfield Castle and the orcs.
"Stop paying attention to the surrounding villages?"
"No, these villages won't last long!"
(end of this chapter)