The winter in Maixiangling is still as beautiful as a picture scroll.

Scattered snow fell on the blue sky, causing the nearby trees to be covered with light white frost.

There was not much snow, only a thin layer on the ground, and the chill was not too deep.

This is the first snow in Maixiangling, and it will probably be the last snow in the whole year - this is the coldest time in this place, and some years it doesn't even snow all year round.

Li Ang and Amy walked outside the territory together, leaving a long string of footprints on the shallow snow.

"Teacher, are you going to let them go just like that? Don't let them pay some ransom or something?"

Amy looked back from time to time, and a small snowflake fell on her long eyelashes. In the blink of an eye, the snowflake melted, leaving a drop of crystal clear water at the end of her eyelashes.

"If you promise to release someone, you must honor it. You can't go back on your word..."

The lord had already walked to the edge of the Aire River. He looked at Amy, whose nose was slightly red from the cold, and handed her the thermos filled with hot water.

He is teaching his students.

As soon as Leon returned to Maixiangling, he released the two governors Justus and Livius as promised without any additional conditions.

In fact, not only Amy was confused, but the lord's subordinates also felt strange - based on Sarah, Klose and others' understanding of their lord, Li Ang had always wanted to gain enough benefits, but this time he suddenly let it go so generously.

People, it makes them a little uncomfortable.

"Amy, being a trustworthy person is the basic condition for being a qualified lord."

The lord teaches his students very uprightly. Just hearing these words, one would even think that this is a person who has escaped from vulgar taste.

But the next sentence immediately lowered the grade: "If no one believes me, then I will never be able to deceive anyone again... Think about it, how scary this is!"

Amy held the thermos bottle, covered her hands, and rubbed it gently on her nose twice: "Then why don't you send someone to escort them? What if they die on the road..."

"Then it's none of my business... If they don't even have the ability to return to the Bacchus Empire, then it's useless to let them go back. Besides, in doing business, you have to make others willing.

Amy.”

The lord stood on tiptoe by the river and looked far away, saying strange things.

Amy obviously didn't understand - why does this have to do with business again?

But after a few minutes, she understood.

Because the two governors who just left this road came back in a hurry...

"Your Excellency Li Ang, um...can we borrow two horses from you?"

The speaker was Governor Justus, and his words were somewhat restrained. It seemed that he had not spoken like this in many years...

And Livius seemed even more embarrassed, embarrassed to speak at all - Liang let them go without any conditions in the morning, and he really had no shame in asking for this or that.

Although Li Ang graciously let them go and even returned their swords, the two of them immediately turned around and came back less than half a day after leaving Mai Xiangling...

The climate in Maixiangling is good, the temperature is okay and I don’t feel too cold.

But after leaving Maixiangling for dozens of miles, the north was no longer protected by forests and hillsides, and the biting cold wind was blowing... These two governors were from the south!

In addition, after walking for a long time and feeling hungry, the two governors realized these important issues.

It was freezing cold now, but the two of them had nothing - no helpers, no money, no horses, and no food.

There isn't even a map.

This is really not because they are stupid, but because of the thinking barriers caused by identity issues...

After all, these are two governors - they usually cheer each other before going out, and most of them are arranged by the servants. How could they usually think about such trivial matters...

"Ah! Lord Governor, this is my fault! I actually forgot to prepare the expenses for you..."

The lord began to show off his acting skills, and even slapped his forehead in frustration.

Then he led the two governors back.

But just after turning around and walking a few steps, several people saw Sara leading a large group of new soldiers on horseback whizzing past, exiting the village entrance of Maixiangling, and heading in another direction...

"Oops! Sarah has brought all the horses to train new recruits...I'm afraid there are no horses in my territory! How about you wait until Sarah comes back before leaving?"

The Lord Lord paused his feet, his expression helpless.

The two governors looked at each other and shook their heads in unison: "There won't be any horses left, right?"

Amy held the thermos in front of her face and pretended to warm her nose, covering her unconcealable smile...

Li Ang looked at the village hesitantly and gritted his teeth: "Forget it, I'll just lend you my own carriage!"

That tone seemed extremely heartbreaking.

The two governors really felt a bit sorry...

Livius was the first to express his position: "Lord Leon is indeed a role model for the nobles... Just treat it as if we bought it, and we will buy it at a high price!"

Justus also nodded: "Yes, yes, we have no money right now, so we will write you an IOU, and when we return to Bacchus, we will send you the money!"

…

"Amy, you should understand? If you create demand for customers, they will willingly give me money and be grateful to me..."

An hour later, the lord stood by the small river again, waving to the departing carriage.

The two governors did express their sincere gratitude to Leon, and bought a carriage and a week's rations for two people at a high price of 12,000 dinars.

The chariot was hitched by two Jatu horses that had been injured... They looked OK, but in reality... they couldn't be used as war horses anyway.

It's worth about 600 dinars, including horse and cart.

This was truly a voluntary act by the two governors. Each of them wrote an IOU for 6,000 dinars. After all, they couldn't hand it over if they didn't write enough...

And when they left, they really said to the lord sincerely: "Thank you!"

Amy nodded sincerely. She felt that Teacher Li Ang's operation was very advanced and much more reliable than being locked in a cell and asking for ransom.

I defrauded others of their money, and yet I was able to gain a favorable impression...

Sarah was already standing behind the lord, and it was only then that she realized that the lord was trying to extort money.

However, the lord arranged for her to take the horses and recruits out, but it was not just for acting.

"Sir, do you really want me to continue training cavalry?"

Sarah didn't have much confidence in military training. She had never done this kind of work before.

"Sarah, you have to have confidence in yourself! In the whole Maixiang collar, you are the best rider besides me! Just go ahead and do it, you will be fine!"

The Lord's praise and encouragement are always free of charge.

"No, sir, what I mean is... my training methods may cause them to get injured frequently..."

Sarah was still a little uneasy. Although she was very cruel when beating prisoners of war, she had always been very kind to her own people.

"There is nothing to be afraid of getting injured. Anyway, with Ansen here, his medical skills have improved greatly recently, and he is especially good at surgical first aid... It would be good to let him practice his medical skills more."

The Lord Lord said disapprovingly.

Amy reminded from the side: "Teacher, if there are a large number of wounded people in the training, the soldiers may not be able to persist, and they may escape..."

Li Ang shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry! Amy, you will know soon. This is another lesson for you..."

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The large-scale military training that the Lord had not had time to carry out before can finally be carried out.

In the past few days, the crossbowmen have come back one after another, and they have brought back a total of more than 70 mercenaries of different levels.

But the lord did not want to use pure mercenaries now, so he asked these mercenaries a question: "Are you willing to become the subjects of Maixiang collar?"

Only about twenty mercenaries are willing to stay - these people probably have a better relationship with the original crossbowmen.

Most of the remaining mercenaries say they are at home everywhere.

So the 50 people who planned to be at home all over the world were sent to White Deer Castle to supplement Godric's heavy losses.

As for Fletcher Village, Li Ang is not worried at all - Fletcher Village is a big village, and Riva, the bandit leader, is helping overtly and covertly. If Charles can't pull up a team by himself, he will die.

Forget it.

The more than 20 mercenaries left behind, together with the original crossbowmen, were reorganized into members of the Maixiangling Security Team.

There are 40 people in total, all of whom are skilled crossbowmen and infantrymen.

The captain and vice-captain are Eric and John respectively - Gou Sheng and Gou Dan.

They will also be responsible for road maintenance and business travel safety protection in Maixiangling.

With these dozens of skilled soldiers and the fact that it is now a leisure period for farming, the lord began to vigorously train the new recruits.

There are 62 pure recruits, plus 28 heavy-armed archers who have seen the world and fought in battles, but their actual level is still not very good. They all rely on equipment to support them. (Originally there were 30, Rainier attacked Mai.

Two of them died in the battle.)

There are 90 people in total. After taking off their equipment, they are actually all new recruits. The 28 archers are actually on the same level as militiamen when they are naked.

The new recruits were re-divided into three parts, the archers were also changed to new professions and remade, and they began high-intensity special training that was impossible in this era.

Every morning, there are three hours of basic subject training.
To be continued...