Chapter 16: The Mission from the Royal Capital
Stomp –
The horses' hooves were on the smooth road, the wheels of the carriage were rolling, and the people inside did not feel any bumps.
This is also a matter of course, and for nobles of their status, the carriage is naturally magical.
In the kingdom of Korot, there are not many mages, they are mages themselves, although they can't do this kind of thing, after all, it will take them a lot of time to watch operas, reward music, participate in art exhibitions, and participate in various parties, and now they are just nobles, and mages are just a condition for them to inherit the title.
'Nobles are mages' rather than 'mages are nobles' is the state of the kingdom of Kolo.
Viscount Boggs looked out of the glass window of the carriage into the fields, and saw the irrigation channels and keel waterwheels, as well as the newly built 'dragontail carts', but the ridges of the fields were not noticed by him.
These things brought him a sense of novelty, and he was not very willing to come to the Sorrowful Wind Territory at first, not only because it was in the middle of nowhere, but also because he had heard that the people here were very savage, even the common people were like barbarians in the mountains and forests.
Moreover, the successor lord is still a black dragon? I thought of the description of the black dragon I saw in a certain book, and on the way here, I complained to Baron Isaac many times.
Along the way, not only did he bathe without rose petals and hot water, but he also had to endure sleep without a soft bed, and if this task had not been given to him by Krylov III, he might have made his way home.
I don't know how Isaac, that nerd, could endure such a day - 'Oh, why can't the world accept love between humans and books, Baron Isaac must think?'
The road is quite clean and smooth, and it must have been manicured to meet them, right?
It lasted a month and a half, the eyes of the accompanying knights were full of exhaustion, full of wind and frost, originally they planned to come to the Sorrowful Wind Territory from the royal capital in two months, but along the way, Viscount Boggs had too many requirements, and they hurried all the way, and even arrived at the Sorrowful Wind Territory half a month in advance, not only them, their mounts were even more tired.
Viscount Boggs's naivety reminded them of a joke about a noble lady in the famine years who asked the butler why the starving commoners didn't eat meat and cheese.
The moment they saw the city gate, many people had a feeling of tears in their eyes.
Only a few people were allowed to sit in the carriage, except for the two nobles, and only the retinue of the two of them - Baron Isaac's retinue was only one.
The knights' squires did not have horses of their own, and many of them were so groggy that even the most ruthless knights did not doubt that they would fall down and die of sleep in the next moment.
The afternoon sun shone on the armor of a knight who did not ride his own horse, for it was too tired along the way.
Licking his somewhat chapped lips, the knight took the water bladder from the hands of his squire, shook it, and when there was not much water, the knight hesitated and fed the water to his horse.
The head of the envoy is Viscount Boggs, and the deputy head is Baron Isaac, compared to the deputy head of the regiment who is very reassuring along the way, the captain of the escort team regretted listening to Viscount Boggs on the way after coming to the Sad Wind Territory.
The captain looked at the knights behind him who were comforting his tired but somewhat irritable horses, and the regret in his heart was even stronger.
Sunny weather is a good thing for many people, but for those of them who are on the road, they really haven't experienced anything worse than sunny days along the way, except for rainy days.
They even hated sunny days more than rainy days – they had come to lose comprehension of why they liked sunny days so much before – at least they didn't dry their horses out of their thirst, and many times Viscount Boggs would make the team stop and rest.
The constant flow of caravans in front of the gate surprised both Viscount Boggs and Baron Isaac, although it was close to the Black Forest and could procure a lot of magic materials here, but there shouldn't be so many caravans - judging by the scale, it could even make people feel like they had arrived in the commercial city of 'Gordon', rather than the dangerous and backward Sadwind Leader.
The legations were impressive—the weary knights and squires were really impressive, not to mention the carriages they were carrying!
A small merchant who had followed his merchant father since he was a child pursed his lips and said in his heart: "Another court nobleman of the Kolo Kingdom!"
The eyelids of the squires were already fighting, and the captain of the knights handed over his equally tired horse to the squires, walked up to the soldiers guarding the gate, took out his identification, and said: "We are His Majesty's envoys, and we have come to congratulate the Duke of Grief on his succession, can you let us go in first......?"
The soldier touched a few silver coins that were stuffed into his hand, reluctantly pushed them back, and nodded to the shocked knight captain, "You can go in...... In front, let one go, this is the envoy group from the royal capital! Let one let go, let one go!"
The Captain of the Knight returned to the group with a look of disbelief, and the 'fright' even cleared his mind a little and made him feel less sleepy.
The captain of the knights led the team down the avenue to find a hotel that looked relatively high-end, and Viscount Boggs, who got off the carriage, nodded with satisfaction, although it is certainly not as good as the royal capital, but here, in the Sorrowful Wind Territory, how can you ask for so much? Lord Boggs is a contented person!
The knights and squires almost slept on the bed, and Baron Isaac also went back to his room to rest, which made Viscount Boggs couldn't help but sigh, the current knights really can't endure hardship, not at all like the brave and powerful during the imperial period.
After Viscount Boggs washed off the filth on his body, he fell asleep in his soft nightgown, looking forward to tomorrow.
............
"Oh, the royal capital's mission is coming?"
Serena raised her head from the complicated government affairs, then laughed, lowered her head again, and said, "Come on, come on!"
Edith smiled and said, "Sister Serena, are you really good? at least they represent His Majesty Krylov III!"
Serena blinked, shrugged innocently, and said, "But we don't have any money—in order to develop the Sorrowful Wind Realm, we have no money—I believe they will forgive us!"
As she spoke, the two girls laughed.
If it was half a month ago, the Sadwind Leader really didn't have much money, but although Bishop William didn't help them popularize the method of using tax cuts to stimulate commercial circulation to the nobles in the Kolo Kingdom, he mentioned it to his colleagues in the church, and there were many more caravans that came here.
Of course, they will come because of the benefits!
The rulers of the Moore Merchant Federation were already considering whether to try out tax cuts in some cities, after all, in the matter of taxation, 'quality' and 'quantity' must be 'quantity' more important.
A one-tenths tax rate is unheard of on the continent of Slo Mendes, and elsewhere, a one-tenth tax rate is considered benevolent, and what is the concept of a one-twentieth tax rate?
It took some time to receive the news in the royal capital, it took some time to select the personnel of the mission, and it also took time for the mission to come from the royal capital to the Sorrowful Wind Territory, which took nearly two and a half months in total.
Two and a half months have passed since Cervantes officially became the lord of the Sadwind, and the Sadwind's Lords have begun to have a new income.
The prosperity of commerce will attract more adventurers to come here to look for opportunities, because many adventurers work for money, and the arrival of adventurers means that there will be more magic materials in the Grieving Wind, that is, 'specialty', as long as it can attract some people to settle down, the Grieving Wind Collar will almost enter sustainable development.
The envoys of the royal capital could give Cervantes only a great righteousness, and there was no money...... But now the sad wind collar doesn't need this anymore.
The reason for not holding a banquet is that it is to develop the Sad Wind Collar, and the Sad Wind family doesn't have much money anymore!