After a day and night of heavy snow, the sky was clear. Both sides of the road were covered with thick snow that was slowly melting. The snow on the road was trampled by people and horses, and after melting, it turned into mud. The frozen-hard road also became muddy during the day.
Became muddy.
"Fuck!" Wolf Lord Cardo cursed angrily, and then complained to Wolf Lord Arsedan dissatisfied: "Tell me, how disgusting this heavy snow is, it has made a good road so bad, what should we do?
Only then can we return to Bangshui Town."
Wolf Lord Asedan shook his head helplessly when he heard this, "Listen to what Sogg said, if we want to travel as quickly as possible, in addition to traveling during the day, we must also continue to travel when it gets cold at night and the ground is frozen, otherwise the speed will be very high.
Slowly."
When Wolf Lord Kaduo heard this, he curled his lips and complained dissatisfiedly: "Is this the God of the Ocean testing us again? There is mud and water on the ground, and the brothers' shoes are soaked. We have to continue walking at night. Isn't this torture?
Well."
"Hi!" Wolf Lord Arthedain sighed, patted his shoulder, and said comfortingly: "I robbed so much money, food and supplies in Amondin this time, what's wrong with suffering a little? The God of the Ocean gives
If I give you a gift, you will inevitably undergo some tests."
"Hehe!" Wolf Lord Cardo smiled after hearing what Wolf Lord Asedan said, "You explained it really well. I feel much relieved after hearing what you said."
As he spoke, he took out a ruby necklace from his pocket and handed it to Wolf Lord Asedan. He said with a smile: "I heard that your daughter is getting married to the adult's son. As an uncle, I will give it to my niece first.
It’s a gift. In fact, I wanted our two families to become in-laws, but it’s a pity that I got it first.”
Wolf Lord Asedan shook his head with a smile. He looked at this exquisite ruby necklace and said with a smile: "Then you and I will work harder. This time when we go back, each of us will make a child. They are all sons, so let's
If they are brothers, and if they are both daughters, let them be sisters, and if there is a boy and a girl, let them be in-laws."
"Hahaha!" Wolf Lord Cardo laughed happily after hearing this, "Okay, let's make it a deal!"
The day after Wolf Lord Cardo returned to the city of Amundine, Count Escalade ordered the troops to evacuate. With the large number of horses and carriages they snatched from the city, they easily transported a lot of supplies.
Viscount Merri's years of hard work have all become the spoils of the pirates, and many people in the city have also been robbed by them.
Due to the muddy road, the Toba pirates did not move very fast after they evacuated, so as to prevent the pirates from setting an ambush, Bellian only moved after the Toba pirates had withdrawn for a day and repeatedly confirmed that there were no ambushes or traps inside or outside the city of Amondine.
Lead the team into the city.
This county town directly under the county, a relatively prosperous commercial town in the northern border of Brick, turned into a sad and dilapidated scene after a few days of being captured by the Toba pirates. The city was littered with the corpses of its residents.
Many people's houses were burned down by Tuba pirates.
The main young population in the city had been robbed by Tuba pirates. Only the elderly and children were left in the city. These vulnerable people who had lost the mainstay of their families cried and cried as they looked at their homes that had been robbed. They were speechless.
Balian and Bess looked at the tragic situation in the city and felt very unbearable. However, war is war, and ordinary people are destined to suffer the greatest suffering. Balian, who is weak, can only do so much.
After entering the city, Balian asked his soldiers to take control of the city defense, and asked Bess and Eomer to organize people to help the remaining residents in the city clean up the town. The corpses were transported out of the city for burial. All the burned-down houses were demolished and replaced with tents.
There are still people to live in.
Although the Toba pirates tried hard to plunder the city, they still failed to steal most of the things. Currently, there are about ten Schaeffers' worth of grain in the granary in the city. After random inspection, it was found that the grain had not been poisoned.
, after all, poisoning so much food would be quite difficult to hold off the pirates.
Balian asked the soldiers to distribute most of the food to the residents in the city, so that they would not only have food for the winter, it would be enough to eat for more than half a year. Balian also gave the residents the cloth in the warehouse that the pirates had not taken away.
Distributed some.
The only remaining residents in the city of Amundine, after seeing the lords of Fort Nolanden entering the city, not only did they not bully them, but they also tried to help them get out of the shadow of the war so that they could have supplies to live well. They all
Extremely moved.
Some people actually asked Balian to take them with him when they left the city of Amundine. This was considered to be relying on Balian.
However, Balian did not refuse directly. After explaining the policy of becoming his own subjects, he still accepted some of the available people after screening. Of course, these people were mainly the craftsmen group.
One of them, a stonemason in his fifties, surprised Bellian because this stonemason was not an ordinary stonemason. He was a sculptor. He used to sculpt stone statues in the city of Valombre, but after offending a palace noble, he stayed at home.
He moved to the city of Amundine and started carving tombstones.
Balian doesn't have high requirements for the decorative items in his territory now, and it can be said that he has basically never asked about them. But what he wants most in his heart are some stone sculptures, just like the ones he saw in Paris, France in his previous life, including lions and knights.
, angels, etc. These vivid and lifelike stone statues can greatly enhance the cultural perception of a city.
Therefore, after Bellian learned that there was a sculptor, he almost jumped up with joy. After he simply drew some signs and showed them to the sculptor, the old man said that there was no problem, but these were more complicated. He alone,
Without help, the construction period will be longer.
Balian waved his hand and said that manpower was not a problem, as long as he could realize his wish. Now he asked Bran to focus on taking care of the sculptor and his grandchildren. The old man's son and daughter-in-law were killed by Tuba pirates, and a family of five
There were only three of them left.
While he was busy with these things, Balian sent several letters in succession, first to the city of Valombre, in addition to directly reporting to the palace the news that he had recaptured the city of Amundine.
Balian also sent letters and gifts to the Minister of Security, Earl of Alpine Castle, asking him to speak more kindly for him in front of the monarch. Although he had made great contributions, in the eyes of the great nobles in the palace, Balian was
This kind of military-leading nobleman who comes from a small family is still easy to be ignored.
In addition, Balian also sent a letter to Earl David, informing him of the war, and asked him to help Viscount Merry cover up his responsibility for the defeat and loss of the city. Although Balian knew that, needless to say, Earl David would also help his students.
But his purpose in doing so was to make his position clear and at the same time make Viscount Merri grateful to him.