Lord of Hyranza

"The Baroness of Goss wants to visit you!"

Suldak glanced at the guard in astonishment, and asked him:

"Are you sure it's Baroness Goss, not Baron Goss?"

"Yes, my lord." The guard stood up straight and answered loudly, as if he could not demonstrate his loyalty by doing so.

"Please come in!" Suldak ordered the guards, and then said to Samira and Andrew next to him, "I thought Baron Goss would show up this time."

The magic caravan drove into the barracks, and Baroness Goss got off the carriage in front of Suldak's tent. When he saw Suldak's burly figure and handsome face wearing a baron badge on his chest, his pair of thin and long eyes brightened.

It was only after his eyes fell on Selina standing beside Suldak that his pupils shrank suddenly, and a faint aristocratic smile appeared on his face, and he said to Suldak:

"You must be Lord Baron Suldak!" Her imperial language had a faint Bena accent, and her voice was soft. "I'm Nellie Goss, wife of Baron Merlin Goss. Arlo and Joe have caused you trouble this time. We usually neglect these two children and always cause trouble everywhere."

Baroness Goss's white chest made Suldak squint his eyes. Seeing Selina's disdainful eyes, Suldak quickly looked away and said to Baroness Goss:

"It's nothing. After all, the two young masters have not committed any mistakes, and you don't need to apologize to me. I just hope this incident is a wake-up call for the two young people. If this incident happened in Hailansa, Joe will Likely to be whipped."

Suldak raised the curtain of the tent and made a 'please' gesture to Baroness Goss.

Then he added: "Fortunately, this is Kieran."

Baroness Goss didn't expect Suldak's tone to be so sharp, she walked into the barracks tent and said:

"Many outsiders who have just arrived in Kieran are not familiar with the folk customs here. At least half of the population in the town are immigrants from Bena City, and the other half are local aborigines. They are some uncivilized local aborigines. For The laws of the empire are very indifferent and wild, and they often make some bold and barbaric actions. Of course, the town has been basically civilizing this group of aborigines, hoping that they can keep some rules."

She went into the tent and turned around inside.

The gorgeous dress skirt is like a blooming flower, matched with her delicate face that can't tell the age, the charm of a mature beautiful woman is fully displayed by her.

She asked Suldak who came into the tent behind him: "Baron Suldak, I heard you are from Hailansa?"

"Well, I work in the Hailansa Guard Battalion. I am the sheriff of the barren land outside the city of Hailansa. This time, I was invited by Marquis Luther to officially join the Luthor Legion and enter the Bailin plane to accept the garrison mission." Sulda K sat down and said.

Baroness Goss was about to sit on another chair, and the maid behind her hurriedly adjusted the long skirt behind her.

She asked kindly, "If you say that, does it mean that the garrison in Kilan Town is about to switch defenses?"

"That's right, the heavy armored infantry regiment heading to Kilan Town is already on the way, and our cavalry battalion is just one step ahead of them." Even if Suldak knew the news, even if he didn't tell him, the heavy armored infantry regiment of the Luthor Legion three days later When they arrive in Kieran Town, the news will also be made public.

Suldak also didn't know what kind of etiquette should be followed when talking with a baroness. He was extremely lacking in this aspect, thinking that if Hathaway or Beatrice were present, the scene probably wouldn't be so embarrassing.

After a short silence, Suldak said:

"Baroness Goss, how long have you and Baron Goss been living here? Well, I mean to run the ranch in the Bailin plane."

As if the tent was a bit stuffy, Baroness Goss kept fanning her chest with a handkerchief, glanced at Suldak, and replied with a half-smile: "It's been a long time, too long to remember." On a clear day, from the foot of the mountain here to the outskirts of Wilkes City, the Bailin River area is our pasture."

The exquisite magic-weave silk handkerchief brushed her turbulent chest muscles intentionally or unintentionally, and she said in a tired voice:

"If Baron Suldak wants to buy livestock such as cattle and sheep in the future, he must take care of the pasture of our Goss family. The white sheep on our pasture are tender and juicy, I don't know how delicious it is..."

Not only is Suldak a bit big-headed, but he thinks that no matter how hungry he is, he will not be interested in a middle-aged lady whose son has participated in the coming-of-age ceremony...

He coughed lightly, glanced at Selena next to her, and looked away from her. After thinking for a while, he said to Baroness Goss:

"Cows and sheep. I don't have a purchase plan yet, but I want to buy some excellent war horses. You must have noticed that I have a cavalry battalion, but the number of war horses is only enough to satisfy all the cavalry. It is far from enough for a mobile and flexible cavalry battalion, I still need to continue to replenish war horses to the barracks, I wonder if your ranch, Baroness Goss, is willing to sell me some war horses?"

Baroness Goss probably didn't expect that Suldak would propose to buy war horses at this time, she was slightly taken aback and asked:

"Baron Suldak, how many war horses do you need to buy?"

Suldak thought of the high-quality Gubolai horses on the pasture, stretched out his hand and said, "Five hundred horses."

Baroness Goss did not expect that Suldak would buy so many war horses in one go, she thought for a while before asking: "Five hundred war horses are still available for our ranch, but I want to know what you want? With what to pay, magic crystal? Gold coin?"

"Magic crystals and gold coins are fine," Suldak said.

Baroness Goss was silent for a while, then she stared at Surdak and said, "I don't want your magic spar, nor your gold coins...I wonder if there is another way of cooperation between us .”

Surdak didn't expect that the other party didn't want gold coins, so he asked suspiciously, "What way?"

"We cooperate with each other's families!"

Baroness Goss said with a smile: "The Goss family will provide you with horses and some logistics supplies, so that you can recruit more cavalry soldiers in the future, and then go to occupy those Bailin planes to open up The land of the Grimm Empire is based on the four-three-three distribution rule for nobles to open up territories in the Code of the Green Empire. I hope that some of the land you occupy will belong to the Goss family."

"Sorry, Baroness Goss, I can't accept your proposal. Compared to this, I would rather you raise the price of the war horse."

Suldak refused without thinking.

Afterwards, Baroness Goss left without talking for a long time.

Watching the magic caravan slowly leave the camp, Suldak couldn't help thinking that the big gift given to him by Marquis Luthor was hidden in the Warcraft Forest north of Dodan Town. How could he be here? Time to talk about cooperation, even if you want to cooperate, you have to talk about cooperation with the Luthor family, the Gopher family, or the Casement family. Just relying on a few horses to talk about cooperation, this idea is a bit too ambitious...

Chapter 703 The Slums of Kieran Town

The slum area and the rich area of ​​Kilan Town are clearly separated on both sides of the street. To be precise, the two most prosperous streets in Kilan Town are located between the boundaries of the rich area.

The dividing line between the slum area and the rich area is the high courtyard wall on the south side of the long street. It seems that if the courtyard wall is not built higher, the warehouses in the courtyard will lose their things. The rich people in Kilan Town almost Immigrants who all came from Bena City, they have lived in Kieran Town for so many years and have accumulated some wealth.

As for the people living in the slums, they are almost all local aborigines. They were deprived of their land by the army and forced to migrate to the small town. At that time, they had nothing. Now... except for some people who leak rain in summer and blow wind in winter Outside the shack, there is still nothing.

The rich people build their houses on the slopes of the mountains. The more you look at the mountainside, the more gorgeous those houses will be, while the shacks of the poor are built at the foot of the mountain. The shacks spread to the banks of the Bailin River, and even a few crooked logs formed a four-corner frame, and then surrounded by straw mats or felts, these aborigines lived on the ground in the shacks.

Many poor families do not even have an iron pot, and it is not uncommon for several poor families to share a pot. Usually, this pot will always be boiled with boiling water. Everyone only eats one meal a day, which is one meal at noon. After lunch, before eating, the poor families who share the iron pot will put some food into the iron pot, such as broken rice, vegetable leaves, animal meat, etc., as long as they can be cooked and eaten anyway.

If you don't want to put food in the iron pot, don't run over with a wooden bowl to grab food when you eat.

Usually the person guarding the iron pot is the most respected old man in a few poor families, or the real owner of the iron pot.

Nika, the aboriginal girl rescued by Suldak, lived in a hut by the river. She was carried home from the square by her mother. The penalty stone was chained for nearly three days, and his physical strength had long been exhausted. His body was extremely weak, and he could only lie down in a damp shack when he returned home.

It is summer now, and there will always be some sharp-billed white-scaled fish in the Bailin River, so the life of the poor is still passable, and there will always be some half-grown children with good water skills who can fish some white-scaled fish from the river and throw them into the iron pot At this time, there are endless wild vegetables on the pastures, guinea pigs and hares can be found in some burrows, and snakes and lizards can also be seen from time to time. As long as you work hard, you can always get some food back.

The few friends who were envious of Nika being able to work as maids in the baron's manor at Goss sat silently beside Nika at this time. Nika took care of them a lot, and would always bring back something they didn't taste from the baron's manor. This time, Nika was chained to the punishment stone and was almost sunburned to death. The shock to them was too great.

A girl gave Nika a little water from a wooden spoon.

Then a boy said:

"Nika, you are so lucky. If it weren't for the Lord Baron Suldak today, you might have been sunburned on the punishment stone. Although there are so many people gathered here, once the infantry regiment in the garrison camp I am afraid that no one will dare to block the spears of the infantry regiment."

What he said was the truth. Although everyone sympathized with Nika and was willing to go to the square to demonstrate for her, and would like to raise wooden planks to shield her from the sun, but once the infantry in the garrison camp ran to the square to disperse them, no one would fight Spear front stuck too long.

Once it is judged by the local garrison as an aboriginal riot, Nika will not be the only one who died.

Another girl also said from the side: "We know that you must not have taken that vase, but what's the use of that? The young masters of the Goss family believe that you did it, and no one can refute it."

The girl with the wooden spoon in her hand said:

"Nica, I think you and your aunt should thank the baron. Maybe this is what he wants. He is willing to save you from the punishment stone. At least we should thank you."

Nika opened her eyes and looked at the girl, her eyes were moved and timid, and she was so weak that she couldn't get up at all.

At this moment, a child suddenly shouted outside:

"Nika, Nika, the baron who rescued you at noon is coming towards your house."

The shacks in the slums were closely connected. The child's voice was almost heard by many poor people in the surrounding shacks. Many people ran out of the shacks to watch the excitement.

The girl with the wooden spoon in her hand said happily: "I said, the baron must have taken a fancy to Nika, so he would be willing to save her from the punishment stone."

The boy sitting next to Nika looked downcastly, secretly lowered his head, and said nothing more.

But the middle-aged aborigine woman sitting at the door of the shack—Mother Nika was at a loss for a moment. She wiped a couple of hands on the linen dress in a panic, and said absent-mindedly: "How can this be?" Do, there is not even a decent thing in the house..."

The girl holding the wooden spoon stood up and said to Nika's mother at the door, "I'll go and see if lunch is ready, or we can treat the baron to eat wild vegetable and fish soup."

"He is the baron, and he would be willing to eat your pot of chowder, save yourself!" someone among the friends said.

……

Suldak and Samira walked along the river. Apart from the stench, the road was also very muddy and difficult to walk.

Although these aborigines in the slums look very pitiful, sometimes they cannot fully attribute the responsibility to the cruel exploitation of the imperial people. They are poor for reasons of poverty, especially their life attitude of getting by, the kind of people who have food today. The inert thinking of not thinking about tomorrow if they are young, and not thinking about winter when it is not cold in summer is another reason for their poverty.

The terrified aborigines ran outside the tent one after another, watching Suldak pass by their door.

Suldak just asked a child where Nika's house was. Unexpectedly, the child enthusiastically took Suldak to Nika's house. Opened a road leading to Nika's house.

The child pointed to the shack surrounded by some felt and tattered linen and said, "My lord, that is Nika's home."

Suldak and Samira looked at each other and approached slowly, only to find Nika's mother bending down and waiting outside the shack. Seeing her humbly prostrate on the ground, Suldak said to her: "Hurry up!" Get up, we're here to see how Nika is doing."

Nika's mother got up from the ground, and said respectfully to Suldak, without patting off the dirt on her knees, "Thank you Baron for saving Nika."

Suldak glanced into the shack, and the girl lying on the mat covered her face with her hands in embarrassment.

There was almost nothing in the hut except two clay pots and a wooden basin in the corner. All the linen, felt, and straw mats were covered over the hut, and piled in the corner of the hut. Some red plant rhizomes are about as thick as a little finger.

Surdak didn't get into the low hut, but stood outside the hut and said to Nika's mother, "I'm here this time to ask you and Nika to come with us. We're leaving Kilan tomorrow. I am worried that Baron Goss will still trouble you, we will go to the town of Dodan, if you are willing to go with us, please find me at the cavalry camp before tomorrow morning..."

Chapter 704 Choice

A group of aboriginal boys and girls stood at the door of Nika's house, watching the backs of Suldak and Samira leaving, they got into the tent one after another, looking at Nika who barely got up from the straw mat, with envious expressions on their faces Said: "Nika, the baron is going to take you out of Kieran Town, he looks really gentle!"

The streets in the slums are full of sewage, some weeds grow on both sides of the road, and there are dirty puddles everywhere on the road.

When Suldak and Samira left, they both walked very slowly.

For a half-elf archer whose vision and hearing are too sharp, Samira hates someone following behind like a tail.

She turned her head and glared at the aboriginal boy hiding behind the hut, and the aboriginal boy who was secretly hiding behind the hut and followed all the way ran away in fright.

Samira turned her head and continued walking, ignoring the horrified boy.

The boy ran back to Nika's house panting, put his hands on his knees, and said to Nika: "I took a peek at the archer who was with him. I'm sure she's an elf. I saw her hiding in the hood. The ears inside are long, and they are as crystal clear as in the rumors, and I can even see the capillaries under the skin of the ears..."

The slums are very close to the river, and some shacks are even built on the river.

A group of young men and women will sit on the wooden raft. Although Nika has some injuries on her body, she is also sitting with everyone. She looks at the dim sunset in the distance, and her eyes are shining with hope for tomorrow.

One of the girls who had a good relationship with Nika glanced at Nika who seemed a little nervous, and comforted her and said:

"Nika, stay with the baron, learn more skills from him, and it is best to become one of them. He also invited some of our horsemen in his barracks. Since he is willing to take you away, it is estimated that at least not will hate you."

"En." Nika nodded seriously, and the gaze in her eyes became firmer.

Another girl put her arm on Nika's shoulder and said to her:

"Nica, if you become prosperous in the future, don't forget about us. If you have a chance to come back in the future, take us out of here. I'm really fed up with this place!"

"Yes." Nika agreed again.

"I really envy you. Although I have experienced a catastrophe, I also had such an encounter." The girl squinted her eyes and looked at Nika's thin face seriously. She saw that her nose was straight and her thin lips were shaped like a water chestnut. Slightly tilted, although she looked a little embarrassed, she already showed the appearance of a beautiful woman, and said with some sourness in her heart.

Nika put her arm around her back and said to everyone with a vow:

"If I can succeed in the future, I will definitely come back."

Golden scales shone on the sparkling river, and beyond the meadow was the sky, a gray cloud dyed red by the setting sun.

"You haven't left Kiran Town yet, don't make promises lightly now." The girl who was best with Nika told her softly.

Nika boldly jumped into the waist-deep river water, not caring that the river water soaked her tattered long skirt, and held the clear river water to her face with both hands.

The river water fell on her body, making her feel much more comfortable.

She stretched her hands into the river, and the red skin on her arms turned into dead skin, which fell off little by little, revealing the fairer and more tender skin inside.

"Could that Lord Baron be a priest? He must be using divine magic, otherwise how could he heal Nika so easily!" The girls sitting on the raft looked at Nika in surprise. , discussing with envy.

Nika seemed very excited, and ran home only after it was completely dark. Even after returning home, she still couldn’t restrain her excitement. She sat on the straw mat in the shack with some excitement, and said to her mother who was sitting on the straw mat in a daze:

"Mom, you said we need to bring something, do you want to tidy up these tents?"

In the dark night, her eyes are clear and bright.

Without waiting for her mother to answer, she laughed softly and said:

"Actually, there is nothing to clean up. I can finally leave here."

She stood up, walked to the side of the shack, picked up the only long dress hanging there that could be worn out, and picked up the two clay pots. Feeling that the pots were a bit bulky, she said to her mother worriedly:

"I'll take two earthen pots and a linen skirt, mother, do you think we can carry that much? They're a troop of cavalry, and they're going on horseback, neither of us know how to ride, and we don't have horses, He doesn't know that he doesn't have a carriage, do you think the baron will let us ride in his carriage?"

Nika's mother looked at her daughter softly, stretched out her hand to stroke her smooth forehead, nodded slightly, but said nothing.

Nika put her arms around her mother's waist, leaned her head in her arms, looked up at her mother's somewhat melancholy face, and asked:

"Mom, Mom, what are you thinking, pack your luggage with me, wait until tomorrow morning to do it, maybe it will be too late!"

Nika's mother remained silent, as if the whole shack had fallen silent.