Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 2 Bandits

Riverside Village is one of the nine villages under the leadership of the Arthur family. Because it is close to the Red Fork River and has several small handicraft workshops, the entire village is considered a famous and wealthy village nearby.

It is also the village that pays the highest amount of taxes to his family.

Since it is his source of income, Arthur cannot neglect it, at least not before running away.

He asked the guards to come in with the village chief.

Then he sat on the main seat in the hall, ready to perform his leadership duties.

We have also experienced the addiction of medieval masters.

According to the rules of Tesweilo Continent, the subjects pay taxes and provide voluntary labor for the lords and property-owning knights, while the lords and property-owning knights provide security protection and satisfy public petitions for the subjects.

Older nobles could also set up courts and appoint judges to hear cases.

But the Bracken family was a very small aristocracy, only stronger than some wealthy knights, so naturally they couldn't afford to support a judge.

Therefore, in the territory, Lord Arthur works part-time as a judge and a policeman.

As a rule, the king generally does not interfere in the internal affairs of the Seven Kingdoms.

It is very unusual for Ned to send Beric Dondarrion (the Lightning King) to the Riverlands to capture the Mountain in the name of the king.

In fact, first his own lord had to come forward to capture the Mountain, and then Hoster Tully, the guardian of the Riverlands, sent people to arrest him. After these two layers of protective relationships expired, it was the king's turn to come forward.

Because Horst is the lord of the Bracken family, he should also fulfill the obligations between the lord and his subjects.

The same is true for the king, the lord of the lord.

The peasants directly crossed two levels to find King's Landing City. This shows how cowardly the Yu family Tully is.

If it's the Northern Territory of the Wolf Family Stark, the Vale of the Eagle Family Arryn, or the Western Territory of the Lion Family Lannister, you can kill the Mountain directly if you capture it.

Soon, the guards came back and led six villagers in.

The leader of the villagers was probably in his forties, slightly more decently dressed, and he looked like the village chief.

Before Arthur could speak, the village chief took the lead and spoke loudly of his demands:

"Lord Arthur, you have to send troops to help us catch those damn bandits. Those inhumane, evil-doing demons cannot even be accommodated by the seven hells."

Arthur sat upright and said with a serious face: "Speak slowly, don't be in a hurry."

A middle-aged farmer next to the village chief said loudly: "We can't hurry. My daughter was kidnapped by them."

The village chief turned back and glared at the unruly farmer, then turned around and replied: "In addition to Tony's daughter and my wife, the gang of bandits also stole most of our silver deer and copper plates, as well as some clothes and food."

A young man with his left arm bandaged added: "And my ax, I just bought it from the beauty market."

"Why are you yelling in front of the lord?" The village chief seemed to dislike this young man's interruption.

He also regretted that he should not have brought several victims to the lord's castle. A farmer wearing dirty clothes would not only arouse Lord Arthur's disgust, but also lower his evaluation in front of the Lord.

"Why can't you speak? Jace, you are just a farmer. What do you mean? If Lord Arthur hadn't thought so highly of you, you would still be digging potatoes in the field."

The young man was obviously not an honest man, so he immediately fought back and flattered Arthur.

This flattery is not right, not to mention that the current Arthur came from time to time, and the appointment of village chief Jace was also done by the original owner's father.

But this sounded different to village chief Jace.

Jess turned sideways and stared fiercely at the young man who was taking over his duties, "Didn't you agree that I would report the situation to the adults alone? Is it reasonable for you to interrupt in the first place? Your father who dug out the cesspool didn't teach you how to respect others. ”

Not to be outdone, the young people started to spray even though they were holding their necks.

When Arthur saw that something was wrong, he immediately shouted: "That's enough, be quiet!"

The young man glanced at Arthur, and then turned his head reluctantly. The village chief Jace looked at the young man triumphantly, and then turned around to face Arthur.

Arthur also had a big head for a while. I don't know how the village chief's head grew. His own wife was kidnapped and he was still quarreling with people over trivial matters.

If it were later, his wife would become the "overnight wife".

After coughing lightly, Arthur asked: "When did the bandits come to your village? How many people were there? How were their equipment? Which direction did they run to afterward?"

A series of questions were asked from the lord's mouth. The village chief Jace was stunned for a moment, and then slowly recalled: "It was probably before dawn that the bandits came. They first robbed the money, then the clothes, and then the My wife also robbed a lot of bits and pieces..."

"I'm asking you how many people they have, what their equipment is, and in which direction they are fleeing. I'm not just listening to your nonsense."

The village chief, Jace, blushed, and the young man next to him replied urgently:

"There are about twelve or three people. Only the two or three leaders are wearing armor. The others are soldiers with swords and their equipment is definitely not as good as yourselves. From visual inspection, they should have run towards the Divine Eye Lake."

The old farmer who intervened earlier also added: "Actually, they arrived much earlier than dawn, but the village chief's house in the center of the village was the last to be robbed, which made him think that the bandits came later."

"They ran in the direction of God's Eye Lake. There were only a few people on horseback. They probably didn't run far. We can still catch up now." Another farmer also added.

Arthur nodded, acknowledging the information provided by these people.

Seeing that the lord was not very fierce, several peasants became bolder and shouted at the same time.

"Master, please help us."

"That is the wealth of our whole family."

"If we don't recover these grains, we will have no money to pay taxes."

...

At this time, a blue light screen appeared in front of Arthur:

[Task: Find the bandits and help the people recover the stolen property]

Hmm? There is a task panel.

Then Arthur knows how to play this system.

Finding the bandits and taking back the looted property of the farmers in Riverside Village can not only increase experience, but also improve the relationship between himself and Riverside Village.

In the future, when recruiting soldiers, you can also recruit more.

Among the new recruits of Mount and Blade, the strongest one is the old farmer with a dung fork.

Not only can he stop the frontal charge of the heavy cavalry, but he will not lose blood. He can fight with a dung fork.

Maybe Arthur's future army will be these old farmers, so he has to have a good relationship with them.

The Brackens have thirty-five soldiers equipped with chain mail, which makes them more likely to win than a dozen bandits without armor and with ordinary weapons.

Moreover, this is their own territory, and they can also call on strong farmers nearby to help.

Some farmers who can shoot arrows are no less powerful than untrained bandits.

"Silence."

The hall fell silent.

Looking around at the faces of these farmers, in their expectant eyes, Arthur said loudly:

"I will lead people to capture these lawless bandits."

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