Heroes of Might and Magic: Knight Chapter 193: Development and preparation

"Bang!"

In Piaoxue City, in the Lanster House, a beautiful porcelain cup was broken to the ground. The furious Marquis James was frantically destroying the items in the room,

He had no reason not to be angry. In order to suppress the development of the Hunter family, he took huge risks and cooperated with the church. Unexpectedly, Richard was still alive and kicking and had made a big name in the capital, but it was him. A huge clue was dropped, a clue that could lead to the destruction of the Lanster family at any time.

He doesn’t believe the words about the kingdom’s number one master, the Sky Knight, a strong man qualified to fight with dragons,

The more important thing is that Richard has become a popular figure in front of the king. Not only is he going to marry the princess, but he has also given several previously vacated territories to the Hunter family with a stroke of a pen. Now, in terms of territory and population alone, , the Hunter family is already not inferior to the Lanster family, not to mention that the Hunter family’s apparent high-end combat power has already given them a crushing advantage over the Lanster family.

Feeling James' anger, the subordinate fell on one knee and buried his head very low, for fear of attracting James' attention and causing him to vent his anger on himself,

Fortunately, James still maintains a certain degree of rationality and only vents his temper on some dead things, so he doesn't take it out on his subordinates.

It wasn’t until he broke the last teapot in the room to the ground that James gradually calmed down, and then asked:

"How many days have the people sent to the royal capital been gone?"

"They have been leaving for two days."

"Send someone to chase him back. There is no need."

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

James waved his hand and signaled him to retreat. Now that he heard the title of Lord Marquis, his heart no longer fluctuated much.

Not long after he took over Piaoxue City and became the new Marquis, James became a little exhausted mentally and physically, without any of the joy and high-spiritedness he had at the beginning. After experiencing the destruction of the war, the army suffered a disastrous defeat and his high-end combat power was almost wiped out in one go. Piaoxue City is a complete mess,

Although James can't be called a fool, his abilities are many times inferior to Lint. The situation that Lint was able to maintain before turned out to be a mess in James' hands, with insufficient money and food, shrinking power, and internal conflicts. Lots of them, each one of them made James heartbroken.

While James frowned and thought, the men who received James' signal retreated with relief.

The purpose of James sending people to the royal capital was to report the Hunter family's attempt to annex the Will family's territory. This matter was originally concealed under Lint's protection. James was not willing to find out about this problem after he came to power. Seeing that the Hunter family was doing well, he immediately prepared to file a complaint to the House of Lords, even if he was suspected of being slapped in the face.

But when more news came back from the royal capital, James knew that reporting this matter was just a joke. In fact, this matter was big or small. Although Richard was not clever, he It is still in compliance with the rules. Whether or not he admits it is just a matter of the above sentence. Judging from the degree of favor that Richard is now in, he will probably be beaten back when he comes to the House of Lords.

While all businesses in Piaoxue City were stagnant and James was scratching his head with worry, the development of Hunter Territory was in full swing.

At this time, Richard was sitting in the city lord's palace in the Demon City, listening to Lin Te report to him on the recent situation.

"The grain reserves are enough to support a war, and the grain reserves in the river valley are still sufficient. We can continue to purchase them at any time."

Lint was almost certain that Richard would organize another expedition to the wilderness in a short period of time. He had already begun to actively make preparations during Richard's absence. At least, there was no need for Richard to worry about logistics.

“Don’t stop buying grain. If you can’t buy it in the river valley, go to the Central Plains to buy it.”

Listening to Richard's instructions, Lin Te raised his eyes and met Richard's eyes. The two seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding,

"The granary has been built, and the purchase of grain has never stopped."

Logically speaking, there is no shortage of food in the kingdom. Many granaries are full of food. The price of food is very low. Even poor families can afford a few pieces of rye bread. It must be placed in certain dynasties. You can boast about the prosperous times here,

Although the Northland has been somewhat affected this year, according to the Hunter family's arrangement, grain production will be restored next year and there will be no shortage of grain. At this time, it seems that it is better to spend a lot of money to collect grain than to do other things. ,

If food becomes precious, unless there is some big trouble in the empire, otherwise when the world is at peace, excessive and large-scale grain harvesting like Richard will only lead to losses.

The current kingdom still seems to be peaceful and peaceful, but the actual situation is definitely not optimistic. At least after Richard communicated with Aragorn, this feeling became stronger and stronger, so he had to make plans early.

"Where's the cavalry? Are the horses enough now?"

"According to your instructions before you left, we have purchased nearly three hundred horses from the Western Region, and the matching armor and armor have also been built simultaneously. We have selected some strong warriors from the previous cavalry and have trained them. After a while, I should be able to fight this time."

Heavy cavalry is something Richard has always wanted to develop. In the past, the Northland was dominated by light cavalry. First, because the ogres were not powerful at that time, the Northland did not need such powerful shock cavalry.

Second, the cost of equipping heavy cavalry is too high. The cost of raising one such cavalry can be as much as that of a bunch of ordinary infantry. There is no point in raising too few. It is too expensive to raise too many, and the horses have to be sent to the West. The small lords simply couldn't afford to introduce it, and the Lanster family, the only one who could afford it, didn't have any urgent needs, which left the Northland blank in this area. If Marquis Wade had so many hundreds of heavy cavalry in his hands, Maybe the direction of the war will change.

When Richard comes here, he will never ignore the development of this unit. His vision will not be limited to the wilderness and the north, or even within the kingdom. There are too many races in this world that are difficult to compete with manpower. , this kind of equipment and heavy riding can somewhat close the gap.

"Well, the people of the Red Flame Knights must also be ready to go out this time."

"Don't worry, their special equipment has been built, and formation training started yesterday. They are all knights, and they adapt much faster than ordinary soldiers."

The quality of the Red Flame Horse is still much higher than that of the Western Horse. Naturally, it cannot be equipped with the same horse armor. The specially made horse armor is much thicker. The equipment of the knights is also more sophisticated and heavier. Originally, they were limited by their mounts. He couldn't bear the weight. Now that he had the matching red flame horse, the armor could naturally be made thicker.

"Okay."

Richard seemed to have nothing to say, and Lin Te was almost flawless in his work. Having a reliable internal affairs talent can really save a lot of trouble. Everything is arranged properly, and there is almost no need to worry about too many things.

"Sir Richard, Mr. Gandolf wants to see you."

"Let him in."

Just when Richard and Lint were arranging the next expedition, Gandolf came to the door again. Since Gandolf relied on the magic crystal to activate several elementary spells, Richard was very interested in Gandolf also paid a lot of attention to it, and there was no problem with courtesy.

"Lord Richard."

"Yeah"

"Look at this magic crystal?"

During the period when Richard left, Gandolf should have lived the most fulfilling period in his life. He used a piece of magic crystal to release many spells, and finally felt what it felt like to be a master. ,

But after all, there is only a small piece of magic crystal. Even if you just release some basic spells, it will take up almost a month.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After experiencing the feeling of a real master, I suddenly can't cast my spells. This kind of frustration is even more uncomfortable than being unable to cast my spells in the past few decades. This As soon as Richard came back, Gandolf shamelessly approached him and prepared to ask for more magic crystals.

Richard smiled and looked at Gandolf, who had a constipated expression on his face, and touched the tea cup and casually asked him to sit down.

"Don't worry, there will be as many magic crystals as you want soon..."