After Sir Perry went out, Viscount Merritt and his butler were the only two people left in the room. The butler looked at his master's dejected look, thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "Sir, what do you think?
Don't ask Sir Rudy to come over."
"Why did you invite him here? What can a sheriff do? What a random idea!" the upset Viscount Merrit scolded.
The butler, who had been scolded by his master, showed no emotion on his face. He looked at the unhappy Viscount Merry and explained: "Although Sir Rudy is just a small sheriff, he is Nolandon
The uncle of the man in the castle.
Moreover, there is another piece of information that I want to report to you. This morning, I heard from people in the city defense camp that a few days ago, Sir Rudy’s wife, children and a four-wheeled carriage left the city of Amondine and returned.
The businessman Gamgee, who was good with Nolandenburg, also left early the day before yesterday with his family and three large carriages."
"What?" After hearing what the butler said, Viscount Merry couldn't sit still. He walked quickly to the butler and asked anxiously: "You mean, Balian, if you had known that Aemond and the others would be so big?"
If defeated, Amundine will also be captured by the Toba pirates?"
The butler lowered his head and said softly: "Master, I don't dare to say what Lord Balian's judgment is, but judging from the two families' escape from the city of Amundine, I think Lord Balian was pessimistic about the war situation from the beginning.
manner."
"Hey!" Viscount Merry clenched his right fist in frustration and hit the palm of his left hand hard. "It's all my fault. I didn't listen to Balian at the time. He reminded me that I still made such a stupid mistake."
"Sir, look, how about inviting Sir Rudy over now and asking him to go to Norlandenburg for help on your behalf? After all, they are all from the Tucker family, so they can talk better." The butler proposed his idea to Viscount Merri.
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After Viscount Merrie walked around the room for a few steps, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Okay, I will listen to you, go and invite Sir Rudy over."
"Yes, my lord!" After the butler accepted the order, he went out to invite Sir Rudy.
It didn't take long for Sir Rudy and the butler to arrive at the county governor's residence. On the way to Sir Rudy, the butler had already introduced him to the general situation.
"My lord, my subordinates are here, what are your orders?" As soon as Sir Rudy entered the room, he quickly saluted Viscount Merry and asked Viscount Merry to give him orders.
Viscount Merri walked forward enthusiastically, grabbed Sir Rudy and asked him to sit down, and then spoke out his purpose, "Sir Rudy, you already know the matter. Right now, the city of Amundine is in danger. If
Without reliable reinforcements, we will all become prisoners of the Toba pirates!"
"My lord, I heard your butler say that Sir Aemond and the others are too trusting. The pirates have been running rampant for nearly a hundred years and are not so easy to deal with. It is a pity that Sir Pippin and the five hundred county soldiers are too much.
What a pity." Sir Rudy sighed here, not because he wanted to say this, but because Balian had sent him letters in the past two days.
In the letter, Balian told Sir Rudy that after Viscount Merrion learned that the coalition forces were wiped out by pirates, he would definitely invite Sir Rudy over. The purpose was to allow Sir Rudy to go to Norlandenburg to ask for reinforcements. He reminded Sir Rudy.
Don't agree actively, but try to get Viscount Merrill to reveal as many benefits as possible.
Sir Rudy is also an old man who has been around for many years. After reading Balian's letter, he knew what to do. If the Sheriff wants the Tucker family to help, he must offer a suitable price.
Moreover, Balian also told Sir Rudy, that is, because the coalition forces were wiped out so smoothly, the pirates may turn around and attack Amundine very quickly.
After negotiating good terms, the city of Amondine will be captured by Toba pirates soon after leaving the city.
By then, Balian and the others will have no chance of going to the city of Amundine for rescue, and there is a high probability that Viscount Merry will be captured by the Toba pirates. Therefore, when you can negotiate terms and ask for things, ask for them as much as possible.
Seeing the way Sir Rudy was talking about him, Viscount Merrie knew what this guy had in mind. He couldn't help but cursed in his heart. None of the uncle and nephew in the Tucker family were good people. They both looked easy to talk to.
In fact, I'm full of bad ideas.
However, despite the criticism, the matter still needs to be discussed. After all, the pirates are coming soon. Now in the entire direct county, only Balian's Nolandenburg Infantry Regiment is reliable, so we can only bear to discuss the terms with them first.
No matter in any time and space, there are no absolute strong and weak. When you are useful to others, there will naturally be times when you need others. Therefore, usually, you should be gentle and polite to most people around you, otherwise, wait for you
When you are at your lowest point, you don’t know how the people you have offended will deal with you.
Fortunately, Viscount Merry is usually a good person, and Sir Rudy and Balian have no intention of blackmailing him.
After a pleasant discussion, Viscount Merry reached an agreement with Sir Rudy. In addition to money, food, and armor, Viscount Merry promised to help Sir Rudy operate it after the war was over and expand his farm in the direct county into a farm that included
The knight leaders of three villages.
At the same time, Sir Rudy also obtained the conditions requested by Balian in the letter to him, that is, Viscount Merry had to give Balian a document. In addition to ordering Balian to lead troops to rescue Amundine, he also allowed Balian to
Lyon controlled the armies of other leading nobles in the county directly under his control.
In the view of Viscount Merry, this condition is of little use except to make Balian's division famous. After all, he cannot control the troops of these leading nobles as a county guard. How can Balian do it?
However, since he wanted it, Viscount Merry happily gave it to him. It would do no harm to him anyway. The most important thing was that Balian could come to rescue Amundine.
After negotiating the terms, Sir Rudy declined the kindness of Viscount Merrill at the luncheon. He directly took the documents given by the Sheriff to the warehouse of the Sheriff's Mansion and loaded six four-wheeled carriages full of things.
In addition to the 20,000 dinars allocated by Viscount Merritt to the Norlandenburg Infantry Regiment, there is also a 1,000 dinars paid to Sir Rudy as a labor fee. Of course, the money box containing silver coins does not take up space.
These six four-wheeled carriages contained two carts of pig iron, two carts of cowhide, and two carts of cloth. These were requested by Balian, because Nolandenburg now has no shortage of food and gold.
Silver coins are short of war preparation materials such as pig iron and cowhide, as well as important daily necessities such as cloth. Fort Nolandenburg will soon welcome a large number of refugees, and it will be impossible without cloth to make warm clothing for them.