Warlord: King of All Clans

After arranging for Hermann to stay in a guest house next to the lord's house for one night, Leo took him to Isenpol to meet Rigolav early the next morning.

Riding on their dragon-scale horses, Leo and Herman galloped along the River Bend Road.

The Hewan Territory today is no longer the wilderness it once was.

On one side of the Hewan Avenue, there are endless farmlands, with only some huge trees left on the roadside as roadside trees.

There are crisscrossing canals in the farmland, and there are several water wheels.

For the arable land that was reclaimed earlier, after one or two seasons of planting cassava, the soil has become loose. After being tilled and fertilized, it can be used to plant wheat the next year.

On the other side of the avenue is the upper reaches of the Anzeno River, which has been repaired several times, and many low river sections have embankments built.

Even in winter, there are still ships coming and going. Some ships specially used for dredging rivers are making every effort to clear the silt and find ways to remove the reefs.

Although the river channel from Hekou Town to Hewan Town is more than 100 meters wide, only the middle 20 to 30 meters is navigable, and there are reefs everywhere, so only small fishing boats dare to pass through.

The water level here drops by at least two meters in winter, and sandbars and reefs that cannot be seen in summer are exposed in many river channels.

After these obstacles blocking the passage of ships are cleared, the water level will rise in the spring and some small cargo ships will be able to reach the river bay directly from Isenpol.

Because there were so many people walking on Hewan Avenue, the two of them could only run and stop.

Some caravans were so large and bulky that the two men had to move to the side of the road and wait for them to pass.

Hermann is now the Great Earl of the North and has never had such an experience, but this is not his territory now, so he can only wait patiently.

Most of the local people knew Leo, the little lord who wandered around all day, and they all saluted him.

But after so much time, Leo's reputation for cruelty gradually faded, and even children and kobolds were no longer afraid of him.

The subjects who were familiar with him were even less afraid. They just bowed naturally and the older ones would even ask if he had eaten.

Hermann looked at the scenery along the way, saw the iron farm tools in the hands of the farmers, and the oxen and draft horses behind them, and couldn't help saying, "I didn't expect your territory to have so many iron tools and animal power. The farmers here are really lucky. I've also visited farms around Frowald, and many places still only have to use wooden shovels to plow the land."

"From my personal experience, in the entire northern border, only Olenik under the Grand Duke's rule has such farmland."

Leo didn't respond, but suddenly asked, "Mr. Count, how many sets of armor do you have in your collection?"

Collecting armor is a collective hobby of noble lords, especially plate armor. No serious noble would be willing to wear heavy armor. The mass-produced plate breastplates and plate armor parts of the elite are all tailor-made knight plate armor.

But a person's body shape cannot always remain the same. There will always be times when they grow taller, fatter, or thinner. Therefore, wealthy nobles have far more than one set of armor at home.

At the same time, this is also a way to demonstrate strength. Placing eight or ten sets of knight's plate armor in the living room and corridor of the family castle is more enviable than standing in a row of beautiful maids wearing ribbons and gauze.

Herman is also a fan of this. He smiled and said, "Not many. Only thirteen pairs."

These thirteen sets of knight plate armor are all enchanted armor that he has worn in the past twenty years. Each set has proud military exploits and a story worth remembering.

As for other spare armor, they are not included.

Leo asked again: "How many swords, spears and guns do you have in your collection?"

"This is hard to count." Hermann thought of the swords, spears, swords and clubs in his collection room, which were usually managed by special servants, so he didn't count them himself.

Leo added: "I am relatively poor, and I have been alone so far, armed only with a sword and a knife."

Hermann looked at the people coming and going on the river bend, and after thinking for a long time, he finally understood what Leo meant.

There are not many iron mines in the North, and they are all private property of the nobles. There is not enough to make armor and weapons. How can there be extra iron tools and animal power to distribute to civilians?

But these kinds of problems are only for the petty lords to consider, and have not yet attracted the attention of the Earl.

He simply turned his attention to Leo's dragon-scale horse and said with a smile, "You are riding alone, but you are not an ordinary horse."

Although the dragon-blood horse under his mount was good, it was still a regular warhorse and not even a low-level magical beast.

Magical beasts are rare to begin with, and those that can be tamed as mounts are even rarer.

Among the common supernatural beasts in the North, there are less than ten types that can be ridden.

Therefore, it is very difficult to tame a monster as a mount, and even the Great Earl of the North may not have this ability.

His father did have a pet wolf that he could ride, but it fell in the sea of ​​orcs along with his father during the great war between orcs.

The two walked slowly along the way, and Herman said, "The Dragon Scale Horse is the exclusive mount of the Swift Wind Knight, and the control is extremely strict. Historically, retired Swift Wind Knights could only take their own Scarlet Armor with them, but they could not take the Dragon Scale Horse with them."

"The Grand Duke is really nice to you. He even makes an exception for something like this."

Leo could only be modest, "It was just luck, the Grand Duke happened to have extra at the time."

After saying this, he complained, "This thing is too greedy. It's obviously a horse, but it eats meat for every meal, and it eats as much as an ogre. Raising a dragon-scale horse is almost making me bankrupt."

The dragon-scale horse under him understood human nature and could understand Leo's complaints. It kicked its hooves in dissatisfaction, trying to kick Leo off his back.

Leo didn't tolerate it and slapped it on the forehead, and the new Red Hare immediately became obedient.

After Leo was promoted to the intermediate level, his supernatural power became even more amazing, even the intermediate level monsters had to admit defeat.

Herman smiled. Although Hewan was not yet at the city level, it was still not so small that it could not afford a dragon-scale horse. He could only nod in agreement, "Yes, yes."

As he was speaking, a group of cavalry came towards them. It was the extraordinary knights Wood and Carl who were returning from patrol with their cavalry.

Wood and Karl pulled the reins, stopped their dragon-scale horses, looked at Hermann, and exclaimed, "Lord Count Freilov!"

They were previously knights under the Grand Duke of the North and had also met Hermann.

Faced with the distinguished Earl of the North, the two men had to dismount and salute.

Herman said, "It's me, hello brothers."

Joining the Knights of the Wind is equivalent to becoming a disciple of the Grand Duke. All the Knights of the Wind have a teacher-student relationship with the Grand Duke of the North, and colleagues are accustomed to calling each other brothers.

After the two men led their troops away, Leo said, "The Grand Duke is worried that my foundation is unstable, so he gave me a team of Wind Knights. Don't tell me, we have only fought a few battles, but the expenses are more than mine. I can't afford to support them! I can't afford to support them!"

What else could Herman say but nod in agreement: "Yes, yes."