Perro leaned over to the crowd, "What's going on?" he asked.

"Lord Hermon," someone saw the honeysuckle crest on his chest, "we're talking about the lord of the border town. He confiscated the property of the nobles of the fortress in the town. ”

"Just call me Perot, what's the situation?"

"Let me explain it to Mr. Perrault," Simon squeezed forward, smiling flatteringly, "That's right, we are on the orders of the Duke, and we usually live in the border town, and manage the mines of the northern slope for the lord's family. Every winter, we return to the fortress with the townsfolk to protect them from the beasts. At the end of this year's Demon Month, one of my colleagues, Colis of the Fletcher family, was told by the Frontier Town Lord that his house had been demolished by the townsfolk without any compensation!"

"Either admit that the house does not belong to you, or send you to a prison cell and be hanged for defection," he imitated the words of Roland, the fourth prince, "Sir, what is the crime of defection, which is what every mine manager has done for a hundred years." ”

Perrot couldn't help but think of the young gray-haired man, and although the outside world had a terrible rumor about the prince, Roland Wimbledon was by no means ordinary in terms of the two contacts he had personally experienced. And the crime of defection in this method of handling is just a reason that the other party casually finds - the prince has never thought of convincing these people with reason.

He had already broken with the fortress of Changge completely, and Pero thought, or think a little deeper, would the prince not know that every year the townspeople and nobles had to take refuge in the fortress? He knew it clearly, but he wanted to impose a crime, force the other party to make a choice, and let the other party pass back the results of such a barbaric treatment to Changge Fortress, what did the prince want to do?

"But he is the lord of the border town," said the man who had previously scoffed at Simon, "and the lord has the right to adjudicate the laws of the realm. ”

"The border town is also under the jurisdiction of the Western Rulers!" Simon said coldly and unhappily, "Do you question the authority of Lord Lane? Now that Roland has taken all the nobles' houses for himself, this is a blatant confrontation with the Six Families, and Lord Ryan will never sit idly by. ”

"You're talking about the executioner who hanged Hills-Dmied and didn't even give him a paper?" Wren came over at some point, "My father was furious about it. ”

"Mistress Med," Simon saluted, "this is the man. Now that he is acting more aggressively, I am afraid that only the Duke can stop him, and I hope you can convey it to us. ”

"Don't worry, whether there's such a thing or not, Lord Ryan is ready to do something to him. Wren said nonchalantly, "I'm coming back for this matter, my brother is negotiating a trade in the royal city, and I am the only one in the Elk family who can lead the team." ”

"Really? That's great. Simon said happily.

Perro frowned, although he knew that since the letter was issued in winter, when His Royal Highness the Prince chose to stay in the border town, there would be such a day sooner or later, but he didn't expect his friend to also put on armor. Ignoring the strange eyes of everyone, he pulled Wren aside directly and dissuaded: "Don't go, that's the prince." ”

"I know he's a prince, a prince of the knots," Wren Med patted Perro on the shoulder, "Don't worry, Lord Ryan won't hurt a royal bloodline, maybe he'll surrender as soon as we get over." Even if we wanted to resist, as long as we got on our horses and rushed, wouldn't all those peasants and miners run out? The fourth prince couldn't wield knives and guns, and I guess he wouldn't be able to hurt a single hair. ”

No, I'm worried that you'll be hurt by him...... Perro opened his mouth, but he didn't say it, he knew that the other party would not believe him, because even he could hardly believe that the prince could rely on those miners to defeat the Duke's coalition army. But for some reason, he was always a little uneasy in his heart.

"Young Master Pero, your father asked you to go back, he has something important to look for you. A white-haired butler suddenly hurried up to Pero and whispered.

"I see," Perro nodded, and after saying goodbye to Wren in advance, he and the butler got into the carriage and returned to the Earl's Court of Honeysuckle.

"Father. He walked into the study, where Charafel Hermon was writing something on the table.

Hearing Pei Luo's voice, the Earl did not stop writing, "You go and collect the output, number and income of the territory and give it to me." I'm going to make arrangements for the spring expedition. Duke Lane's conscription order has come down, and when the snow melts, all five of us will provide knights and mercenaries for him to go to the border town. ”

"How much?"

The Earl's hand paused slightly, and he raised his head, "What's the matter, you never cared about this kind of problem before. He opened a letter on the table, "There are at least twenty-five knights, and the corresponding servants and horses. There are forty mercenaries, and they must be fully armed. Free people or serfs of more than 100 shall be equipped with improvised weapons. ”

Pei Luo estimated in his heart that the total number of the five families was about 1,000, plus the duke's own men, and they could already be regarded as invincible in the west. Even if the Long Song Fortress didn't come out of the nest, this team was not something that the Frontier Town could resist. There were only about 2,000 people there.

"Father, can you not go to battle?" he hesitated, but said anyway.

"What's the matter, child," asked the Count strangely.

"I'm worried about your safety. ”

Xia Rafei couldn't help but laugh, "Do you know what you're talking about? What danger would there be if an elephant trampled an ant to death? His Royal Highness the Prince only has a few knights and less than fifty personal guards, and we are ten times as many as him!"

Theoretically, this is true, and Perot would have thought so before he had met His Highness. However, ...... "Father, everyone says that the muddy city wall will collapse when it rains, but the city wall that His Royal Highness presided over the construction of the prince did not. They also said that it was impossible for the miners of the border town to stop the evil beasts, but not only did His Royal Highness do this, but even by the end of the Demon Moon, no one fled back to the fortress. "Now, everybody thinks that the Duke's victory over Roland Wimbledon is nothing more than an elephant running over an ant, father, but will that really be the case?"

"That's enough!" said Sharafi slammed the table. He shook his head and stood up and walked to a wall where portraits of his ancestors hung from the past. "It's normal that you prefer to do business and talk about business rather than fighting. But a merchant is not the same as cowardice! Those who sail across the ocean face the threat of death every day. "Look up here, your grandfather, your grandfather's grandfather, all of them with swords and bows to gain a foothold in this land full of wild beasts, outcasts, and bandits. I'm so disappointed that you're so afraid of fighting!"

No, father. Perot lowered his head and stopped arguing, but muttered in his heart, you also know that it is grandfather and grandfather's grandfather. Look at those powerful faces, and then look at your loose belt and overflowing double chin. Father, can you still mount a horse-drawn bow now?(To be continued.) )