In a manor fifty miles south of Biltenburg, Baron Jeffrey's "bandit-suppressing army" was completely out of the way.
Baron Jeffrey gathered more than a hundred soldiers (peasants) with great fanfare to come to the southern manor to exterminate the bandits. However, they waited for a whole day, not to mention the bandits, not even a shadow of a thief was seen around them.
At this time, there were constant quarrels in the manor.
Baron Jeffrey didn't care whether he had exterminated the bandits attacking the manor or not. The manor owner promised him 20,000 pfennigs for military "military expenses" but he couldn't even think of escaping with a single copper coin;
Baron Jeffery kept pounding the table, his tone almost roaring: "Old man, it was only because you begged in your letter and offered 20,000 pfennigs for the military expedition that I took the trouble to assemble an army from the territory to help you suppress it. What does your own wrong information have to do with me? I took the trouble to Summon the army. Do you think I'm here to attend your banquet? "
"If you don't take out the money, I will take people to search for it myself!! Then don't say that my soldiers are more barbaric than those bandits." Baron Jeffery's tone was threatening.
The owner of the manor looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, and replied in a weird voice: "My lord, Baron, I have to remind you that this manor is the direct fiefdom of the Hohens family, and don't forget that there is a city of Tebrunn to the east of Bierten."
Baron Jeffery, who had dodged his waist, was already very angry. Seeing that this old man dared to threaten him with the Sheriff and the Hohens family, his temper completely broke out. "Come here!"
The captain of the guard who was waiting outside opened the door and came in.
Baron Jeffery ordered to the captain of the guard: "Master Charis has forgotten where he put his money. Take someone to the manor to help him search. You must search carefully for me!" Jeffrey said the last few words through gritted teeth.
The captain of the guard was about to turn around and go out. The owner of the manor quickly grabbed the captain of the guard, turned around and gave an awkward smile and said condescendingly to Baron Jeffrey: "Baron, please calm down, calm down, I didn't say you wouldn't give it~"
Baron Jeffery glanced at the captain of the guard, and the captain of the guard exited the room.
The owner of the manor continued to smile and said: "Sir, you see the harvest in my manor is poor this year, and the farmers are unable to feed themselves. They really can't afford that much money at the moment. Do you think you can take less? Also leave some money and food for everyone to survive~"
Baron Jeffrey sneered and said sarcastically: "The farmers in your manor are indeed so poor that they are starving. That's because you, a vampire, have broken their bones and squeezed them. Oil. I believe they are poor, but I don’t believe you at all when you say they are poor. Don’t even think about it for a copper coin.”
"Twenty thousand pfennig!"
h "Ten thousand pfennig, any more, and I will kill you~"
h "Eighteen thousand pfennig, no matter how little, I will kill you!"
After some bargaining, Baron Jeffrey and the manor finally reached an agreement. The manor owner reluctantly handed over the "military expenses" of fifteen thousand pfennigs, and Baron Jeffrey promised to leave ten soldiers to stay in the manor for a week to ward off bandits who might appear again.
"Go to the manor to catch a few pigs and sheep and slaughter them. In the evening we will hold a celebration banquet for Mr. Charles, so that the guys can eat and drink well and have a good rest. We will break out and return to Biltenberg early tomorrow morning." Baron Jeffrey walked out of the gate of the manor's inner castle and ordered the captain of the guard who was following him.
The open space in front of Biltenberg has been filled with various captured items, from cattle carriages to iron anvils, from spices and butter to coarse salt and wheat flour, from cloth and satin to fur antlers, from blankets and blankets to iron pots and cooking utensils... Everything that can be sold, used, and taken away is piled here waiting to be loaded into the truck.
After some interrogation in the inner castle mansion, the castle steward revealed the location of Baron Jeffrey's vault. Art led people to seize a box containing three hundred large silver marks and twenty-four large gold coins from the vault. The steward revealed that these coins worth seventy-seven thousand pfennigs were the entire property of Baron Jeffrey.
Everyone did not believe that a baron from a wealthy castle had only so little financial resources after many years of savings, and they all demanded that the dying butler be tortured again, but Art still believed it. After all, Jeffrey was only a baron. Many years ago, when the Art family was at its most prosperous, they could only support fifty standing soldiers. After excluding the huge expenses, the family's remaining wealth was only one hundred thousand pfennigs. Now Swabia was in the middle of a war. Jeffrey had to spend a lot of money to support the war to win the favor of the feudal lord. In addition, he also had to support and equip more soldiers to deal with large-scale conquests that might break out at any time. After maintaining the huge expenses, it was not a small amount to still have more than seventy thousand pfennigs.
Of course, in addition to coins, Art also found five sets of silver tableware, three pieces of exquisite porcelain, and a large number of valuable items such as pearl agate and silk brocade from Jeffrey's inner castle. Art estimated that these items are worth at least 20,000 pfennigs.
But to Art's regret, Bültenberg's arsenal was almost empty. This is not difficult to understand. The north is the main battlefield, and the baggage and weapons from various places are given priority to the northern army. Biltenburg must also transfer a lot of weapons and armor to the north. Moreover, Baron Jeffrey has just recruited a large number of troops to go to the south to "suppress bandits." The only spears, daggers, swords, armor and shields left in the arsenal must have been taken away by Jeffrey.
Matt's army only seized a dozen sets of weapons and armor from the enemy soldiers left behind in Biltenberg. In addition, a hunting crossbow and a stainless steel short-handled battle ax were found in Baron Jeffrey's bedroom.
The search outside the inner castle is also in progress. Except for the thatched shacks of the poor and the church of the Holy Lord, no one is searching. The tavern, grocery store, blacksmith shop, cobbler's shop, brewery, bakery and slightly richer residences in the castle have become the focus of Att's army. The tavern, brewery and bakery will only be handed over obediently. Money and valuable goods can calm things down, but places such as the blacksmith shop, tannery shop and weapons shop are not so lucky. In addition to collecting money and materials, all the tools and raw materials in the shop and even the craftsmen in the shop and their families were packed away by the army. These are the supplies and labor that Art urgently needs, and he cannot just leave them to the enemy.
In front of the open space of the inner fort, Art was directing the soldiers to load the captured supplies into the carriages after a rough inventory. In addition to the eight four-wheeled carriages carried by the army, there were also three four-wheeled carriages and six two-wheeled ox carts parked in front of the inner fort, as well as eight or nine donkeys, mules, horses and cattle, and a dozen pigs and sheep.
Bath walked out of the dungeon of the inner castle and found Art. He reported: "Sir, all the people detained in the dungeon of the inner castle have been interrogated. Except for two who have indeed committed serious crimes, there are also 12 serfs who cannot afford to pay taxes and eight others. Slaves and three small traders."
At heard this, he was surprised: "Can you speak Swabian?"
"Those three small traders are cloth traders from Burgundy, and they can speak Swabian." Bass explained.
?“Oh, no wonder.”
"The two felons stayed, and the others were given some food and asked to help carry the supplies." Art took away all the people who might be useful.
????Bas asked again: "My lord, what should we do with Jeffrey's family members?"
"They are all nobles, we can't hurt them, but I won't be willing to let them go like this."
Ya Te stopped to think for a while and replied: "Take Jeffrey's wife and son away, and let the others go after we leave. Let them bring a message to Jeffrey, and send 50,000 pfennigs to Talburg within a month to redeem his wife and son."
Bass turned and left to make arrangements.
After a while, Tuba, who was responsible for guarding the fort gate and the wall, returned to the inner fort. "Sir, the sentries just reported that there is no enemy in the surrounding area. Ron has now taken the sentries to the south and set up a sentry post twenty miles away."
Pats's leather armor lining has been replaced by a brand new fine linen coat, and he has also put on a pair of thick and comfortable cowhide short boots. There is also a delicate deerskin bag hanging on his waist, which is full of captured silver-plated cross necklaces and other scattered small items. The clothes and shoes on the other two soldiers have also been replaced by more expensive and comfortable ones, and they also have some scattered items in their arms.
According to Art's military regulations, valuables and weapons and armor must be handed over, but these fragmentary items can be kept privately by the soldiers.
On the other side of this house, Kazak was leading the second team of soldiers to collect shovels, shovels and other agricultural tools from the houses. There were also two plowshares placed on the ox cart outside the house.
A soldier behind Kazak looked enviously at his brothers who were searching for goods in the houses, and complained to Kazak: "Sir, what are we doing collecting these farm tools? There is no farmland around Talburg. These things are bulky and take up space, so it is better to grab more food and go back."
Kazak turned around and shouted: "Weitz, where are you? There are so many words coming, and since the Lord has arranged it, it is of course useful. If you keep talking, I will remove you from the position of team leader. "
The team leader named Weitz immediately shut up, retracted his eyes, reached into his arms with his right hand, took out a set of exquisite shaving tools seized from the bakery owner, looked at it again, smiled with satisfaction, and followed Kazak.
In the lord's bedroom of Biltenburg, Angus was treating a seriously injured soldier. The soldier was hit by a heavy stone thrown from the battlements of the inner fort while attacking the inner fort. His head was protected by a round shield, but the sole of his foot was smashed by the heavy stone. The entire instep had been shattered into pulp, and several white toe bones were exposed.
Angus tied the wounded soldier tightly to the bed. The two assisting soldiers put the wounded soldier's smashed foot on a wooden pillar and held it down. Angus gave the wounded soldier a large gulp of strong ale, stuffed a rag in his mouth, and sprinkled the rest of the ale. When he reached the wounded soldier's foot, Angus took out a red-hot stainless steel short-handled tomahawk from the fire while the wounded soldier let out a dull roar due to severe pain. He quickly raised it and slashed hard, cutting off the injured soldier's broken foot sole. The wounded soldier convulsed and fainted.
"You two find a clean piece of cloth to bandage him to stop the bleeding. If the bleeding stops, apply herbs. The rest can only be left to God." After Angus ordered, he grabbed the bed sheet, wiped the sweat from his forehead, wiped the blood on the stainless steel tomahawk, touched the black and shiny ax body, and put the tomahawk on his waist, and then后去查看另外两个腹部受了箭伤和背部重重挨了一剑的伤兵……
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夜色降临，比尔腾堡外一条由十数支火把组成的长长火龙正朝着东南山区方向慢慢行进。 More than a dozen large and small carriages were loaded with goods, and the newly freed serfs and slaves were happily following the carriages carrying grain and farming tools.
At the front of the convoy was Art, who was leading the team on horseback. On both sides of the convoy were more than thirty soldiers wearing armor. Behind the convoy was Angus, who was looking behind him while driving his horse forward. Further south on the avenue is the Ron Sentinel Team, which has been patrolling all day long.
Facing this group of guys with unknown origins, the villages and manors along the way closed their doors tightly. It was not until the long fire dragon escaped into the mountainous area to the west that a few bolder guys came out of the village gate. Looking to the west, I heard the miserable and continuous sound of horn horns coming from the direction of Biltenberg behind me~
????"Oh my God! There are enemies attacking Biltenberg!!!" Several guys shrank back into the village wall again while wiping cold sweat.