Chapter 57: The Thunderous Duvière
When Don was thinking about how to refine potions for the guards at home, Uncle Depp, who had already set off, did not stop for a moment, and traveled overnight, which would have taken five or six days, but it only took three days to arrive.
Casparmyfort, located north of Ellington, where the Ladian hills disappear, and to the west is the remnants of the Ambries Mountains, and Casparmyfort is located on the slope of one of the remnants, dozens of meters high castle wraps the entire hill tightly, surrounded by several villages, faintly visible farmers working in the fields.
Just by looking at it, you can see that Casparmyburg is much stronger than Ellington.
Generally speaking, very few barons will own the territory, and Baron Hogg sits on Ellington because Ellington is originally an abandoned territory, and being assigned here as a lord is basically a means of punishing certain nobles, and in the period when there is no fixed lord, the lords here take turns to sit, and it is precisely because there is no fixed lord that Ellington has never developed.
Baron Hogg's full name is Hogg Pop, the Pop family is not a well-known family in the royal capital of Alinks, it can only be regarded as a small family, it is estimated that it is behind the ass of a big family that Hogg picked up such a bargain.
The Baron Duvière of Casparmyburg is different, Duvière's full name is Duvière Cadir, a member of the Arinks Kadir family, a powerful faction, and he can obtain the territory of Casparmyburg, which is won by the family in the noble council.
Casparmyfort is located in a good location, located in the northwest of the belly of the empire, west of the Ambris Mountains, a natural barrier, and north of the Marks of the Holy Sword, where the Third Legion of the Empire is stationed all year round, to ensure that the armies of several countries in the north will not invade the Ilrus Empire through the Marks of the Holy Sword - and in fact, those countries have been fighting each other in recent years, and they don't care about a sunset Ilrus Empire.
Therefore, Casparmyburg is very safe, and it is a place suitable for the children of the nobility to develop and work hard - of course, it is not a very good place, which shows that Baron Duvey's status in the family is also very ordinary.
But this is enough to make Baron Duvey's life very nourishing.
Unfortunately, he didn't know that he had put his hand in Don's pocket.
So here comes his trouble.
The butler pushed the door in, ignored the few naked women beside Baron Duvière, and said very seriously: "Lord Baron! There is important news! ”
Baron Duvey's brows furrowed slightly: "Very important?" ”
"It's important."
"You go to the bedroom and wait for me first."
Baron Duvière had no choice but to disperse the naked women, and he looked unhappy when he was disturbed about the good things: "Cole, you'd better really have something important to report, otherwise I will definitely deduct your salary this month!" ”
The butler Cole didn't hear it: "Lord Baron, something happened in the mine. ”
Baron Duvière's face was confused: "Mine? Do we have mines? ”
"My lord, Ellington, Brussels Iron Ore ......"
"Oooh! Ellington's Brussels Iron Ore Mine, I robbed it, I forgot about this stubble, and Hogg's waste has not responded to it so far, so I guess I gave up completely. ”
Baron Duvière waved his hand, looking impatient: "What can happen there?" Could it be that Hogg still dares to snatch it back? ”
"Lord Baron, the mine has really been robbed, but it's not Hogg."
Butler Cole said, "There is a soldier who has been escorted back by Ellington's men, and the news has been delivered that Ellington has now changed to a lord named Donn. ”
"Another change of lord? I've been here for ten years, and Ellington has changed seven or eight lords, right? Hogg was the one who stayed the longest. ”
Du Weier frowned slightly: "What is the origin of this Donne?" ”
"It's an imperial baron, and it's said that he paid for the identity of Lord Ellington, and I don't know anything else."
"Spend money to buy Ellington?"
Baron Duveys was dumbfounded: "Is that guy an idiot?" Actually buy Ellington? Didn't he know that there was nothing poor there? ”
"My lord, don't forget that Baron Hogg has squeezed out a lot of oil and water in three years......"
"It's not worth paying for it...... How many gold coins did he spend? ”
"I don't know...... My lord, the point is, the iron mine was taken back by that Donn. ”
"How is that possible?"
Baron Duveyer said indifferently: "I know that there are few people in Ellington's place, only a militia team of more than a hundred people spontaneously, how can it be possible to defeat the one hundred and fifty elite soldiers I sent?" And the steward...... What's it called? ”
"My lord, Rex."
"That's right! Rex, didn't I send him a bodyguard? - Eddie, that's right, that bodyguard is called Eddie, and it costs me more than a thousand gold coins a year to hire him! ”
Butler Cole looked helpless: "My lord, Rex and Eddie are dead...... My lord, let's meet the messenger, there is one of our soldiers with him, this should be true. ”
"And send a messenger? Well, I'll meet the messenger! ”
Baron Duveys put on his clothes and went out with the butler to meet Uncle Depp and the soldier.
As soon as the soldier saw Baron Duvière, he knelt on the ground: "Your Excellency! ”
Baron Duvière ignored the soldiers' wails and stared at Uncle Depp: "You are Ellington's messenger?" What is there to say? ”
Uncle Depp had the teleportation scroll that Don gave him, and he was not stunned at all, he took out the letter and said loudly: "This is our Lord Ellington, Lord Donn ordered me to hand over the letter to Duvier!" Are you Duvière? ”
"Bold! How dare a farmer call me by my name!? ”
Baron Duvière's face turned cold: "On this basis, I can put you to death!" ”
"I'm the Ellington Courier, you can't kill me."
Uncle Depp sneered: "Come and answer the letter." ”
"Go."
Butler Cole went over to take the letter, glared at Uncle Depp fiercely, and then went back and handed it to Duvier.
Du Weier opened the envelope and looked at it.
"To the lord of Casparmyburg, Baron Duvière."
"Baron Duvey, this is our first conversation, but I'm a lazy person, so I'm no longer polite, let's get straight to the point."
Seeing this line of words, Baron Duveys showed disdain: "This is like an imperial nobleman, and a bloody smell is blowing in his face between the lines!" ”
But he couldn't help it, he still had to pinch his nose and continue to watch.
"According to the laws of the Empire, the Brussels iron ore mines are the inherent territory of Ellington, and I have recovered them."
"Mine stewards Rex and Durum intended to instigate the bodyguards to murder the master, and they have now been killed."
"Forty-nine of the one hundred and fifty soldiers you sent to garrison the mine were killed by us in battle, deducting one person who accompanied the messenger, and one hundred soldiers are currently being taken into custody by us, after my consideration, I have decided to ask you to redeem them at a low price of one hundred gold coins per soldier, the ransom is a total of ten thousand gold coins, and the soldier accompanying him is an additional gift, please give a five-star review."
A hundred gold coins per soldier? A hundred soldiers is 10,000 gold coins?
Baron Duvière's eyelids jumped, didn't Don think that his gold coins were swept by the wind? And what does this five-star review mean? Some kind of magic spell?
"In addition, since being responsible for the living and accommodation of these 100 soldiers consumes a lot of Erlington's manpower and materials, I have to inform you that we need to levy a resettlement fee, which is based on the price of ten gold coins per soldier per day, and the specific amount will be calculated separately at the time of payment of the ransom, and will not be notified separately, so for your sake, please redeem these soldiers as soon as possible."
"What a joke!"
Baron Duvière roared: "The standard food of ten gold coins per soldier per day!? What do they eat? ”
Even Baron Duvière himself, whose standard food cost was only ten gold coins a day, had these soldiers caught up with his standards? Isn't this an insult to his aristocracy!?
Cole said, "My lord, please calm down and talk about it after reading it." ”
Baron Duvière gasped and continued to watch.
"In addition, I have been informed that you have been illegally occupying the iron ore mines in Brussels for a long time and have illegally earned a large amount of wealth, and that the previous lord Hogg Pope has not recovered this wealth that belongs to Ellington, and that I am forced to recover my ill-gotten gains from you because I have just taken office and my finances are tight."
"It is reported that you have occupied the Brussels iron ore mine for more than three years, because I am lazy, so the fraction is not counted, and the four years are an integer, a total of 1,500 days."
Duvier almost vomited blood, not to mention this debt collection statement, the last fraction is not counted, what does it mean to make up four years? Is there such a thing as a smear!?
"Fifteen hundred days!? That's been more than six years! There's an integer!? Does he think I can't count? ”
Cole whispered, "Lord Lord, fifteen hundred days, which is converted into more than four years and one month......"
"I want you to talk nonsense!"
Baron Duveys slapped him and shouted, "My math teacher will die sooner!" ”
Cole covered his face and retreated, and Duvière continued to look with anger.
"According to my analysis of the mines, the daily profits you make from the mines are estimated to be one thousand gold coins, and you shall therefore compensate Ellington for a total of one and a half thousand gold coins, which shall be levied by the merciful lord as to the late payment and the interest thereon."
"Please prepare this money as soon as possible, and go to Ellington as soon as possible after receiving this letter to redeem the soldiers."
"Lord Ellington, Donne, at the Ellington Lord's House on the 24th of the Jubilant Month of the Year 849 of the Order Calendar."
After reading the letter, Duvière's face was already iron-blue, and he tore the letter to pieces in anger.
"Presumptuous! Arrogant! Extremely daring! 1,500,000 gold coins!? Is he crazy!? ”
Duvière roared, "And ask me for compensation!?" Ask for ransom!? Recovery of Ill-Earned Gains!? Who does he think he is!? ”
"Soldier!"
Heavily armed soldiers swarmed in.
Duvier pointed at Uncle Depp and yelled: "Drag these two people out and cut them down!" Pass the order! Lao Tzu is going to send troops to level Ellington! ”
The face of the soldier kneeling on the ground changed greatly: "Lord Lord! ”
"Come here if you don't want to die!"
Uncle Depp shouted, grabbed the soldiers, and yelled at Baron Duvière: "You will regret this decision!" I promise in the name of my lord! ”
At the moment when the soldiers rushed up, Uncle Depp ruthlessly tore apart the teleportation scroll, and a flash of light flashed, and the two disappeared from Baron Duvière's eyes in an instant.
"What about them!?"
"My lord," Cole said, shocked, "that farmer, it looks like he's gone with a teleportation scroll!" ”
"Teleportation scroll!? How can it be! Skill owners can't buy teleportation scrolls! How could a farmer in Ellington afford it! ”
"Perhaps, it was given to him by his lord?"
"Impossible! How could a turtle lord buy a teleportation scroll! ”
Duveyer roared, "Whatever it is, I want my soldiers to level Ellington!" I'm going to make that Don kneel in front of me and lick my boots! ”
"Your will!"