Release that Witch Chapter 121: Looting
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After Five Major Families asked all of them, Roland breathed a sigh of relief.
He leaned on the chair, Nightingale walked to the back, extended both hands and rubbed his shoulder.
It only took one day from defeating Duke to occupying the feudal lord castle in the city.
Things went more smoothly than he thought. When Duke died, most people chose to surrender. The mercenaries even stepped down and knelt down on the ground, expressing their willingness to play for His Highness the Prince.
The mercenary guards surrendered Knight and noble, the First Army guards mercenaries, a group of people march forward to the east, and arrived at Longsong Stronghold at 3:00 PM the same day. The guards guarding city gate, after seeing the head of Duke Ryan and the captured noble, immediately opened city gate and welcomed Fourth Prince into the city.
Roland did not summon all the nobles in the city to announce to them the ownership of the city, but went to the feudal lord castle as soon as possible.
The castle is at the highest position in the center of stronghold, like a city within a city. When entering the castle area, a small-scale battle broke out. After Nightingale blasted the gate of the garden with dynamite, more than 20 guards who did not follow the Duke attempted to prevent Roland from entering and were killed by First Army. The opponent used a crossbow during resistance, resulting in five The team members were injured, and two of them were seriously injured. Fortunately, Nana who followed the army immediately cured them.
Ten other personal guards secretly took the Duke family to escape from the back door of the castle. They were found by Lightning under aerial surveillance and were then rounded up. Duke's wife and two sons were arrested until this time. They were still in the dark and knew nothing about the defeat of Duke.
After controlling the feudal lord castle, Border Town First Army soldiers immediately took over the defense of the castle area. I have to say that the castle of Duke Ryan is three or four times larger than Border Town's and its shape is much more magnificent. Six watchtowers form the outline of its regular hexagon, and the main tower in the middle is almost five stories high. It is a rare high-rise building in this era. There are all stables in the garden, and there are even private cells in the basement of the castle.
He put valuable captives into the cell with the Duke family members, all the civilians were disbanded, and the mercenaries confiscated weapon and were placed in batches into the idle rooms of the garden. At the same time, several leaders were selected to give high pay and let them take care of themselves. In the eyes of Roland, Northern Slope Mine is the best destination for this group of speculators, but he now has more important things to do.
That is the most popular important loot link after a battle.
Roland turned the castle up and down with a dry witch. Even God Punishment Stone, which was placed in the vault and the secret room, did not miss it. After a search, the results were touching. Just two large boxes of gold royal found in the basement warehouse, conservatively estimated as many as 10,000. Nightingale found dozens of eyeball-sized gem in the dark grid of the bedroom, and Echo found a dark room behind the fireplace. After entering the secret room, it was not only filled with various gold crafts, such as scepters, crowns, etc., but also many dazzling pieces of jewelry, and the whole simultaneously was hung on the wooden stand of the wall.
This is the financial strength of a Duke!
Roland is looking at this huge wealth, and thinking about Border Town's autumn and winter seasons, with a total of less than 500 gold royal ore revenues, and I am filled with emotion. The temptation of plunder is that if he did not come from a highly developed industrial society, he would probably be addicted to it.
But with emotion, I still have to accept these things. In the foreseeable future, the labor force of Border Town's will increase significantly, and before the development of territorial agriculture, he will need a lot of money to import food from other places.
Then Hummingbird reduced the weight of boxes of treasures, and Iron Axe and Prince personal guard were responsible for escorting them, and the loot was returned to their castle through H.M.S. Little Town for storage. Taking into account the time it takes for large items attachment magic, it takes about three days to complete the delivery.
This is why Roland decided not to ask for gold royal as the ransom the next day. Eating an Duke has benefited him a lot, and now he needs more living people and livestock.
"Your Highness, do you really only stay here for a week?" Nightingale asked.
"What's the matter?" Roland closed her eyes and enjoyed the bursts of soreness coming from her shoulders.
"This is the largest city in Western Region?" she whispered, "Do you want to stay in this more prosperous place than Border Town?"
"Longsong Stronghold forces are complex and not suitable for what I want to do. Everything is fine. If changes are to be made, the resistance will only increase, and I ca n’t rude them now. Eliminate them together. "Roland smiled," Of course the most important is that the people here are deeply affected by Church, it is difficult to accept you in a short time. I said, I hope witch can walk freely on the street, Border Town This has already been done. "
"Yeah," Nightingale softly, "You fulfilled your promise."
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In the early morning of the third day, Petrov hurriedly brought his list, and Roland received him in the lobby as usual.
"My Highness, I have made my choice."
"Let me see." Roland took the list. As expected, the big head filled in the list is a serf with a score of 2, about 800 people, a total of 900 cattle and 300 sheep accounted for 900 points, and the rest are all types of craftsmen.
"Your Highness, is this okay?"
"Of course, you only need to make three thousand points." Roland returned the list to Petrov, "When can you gather these people and supplies?"
"You can do it today. This is my arrangement based on the property on the Honeysuckle territory and citizen. However, Your Highness, if you want to bring them back to Border Town, it may take about half a month."
"You have to do it yourself," Roland said on the table, "You should have experience in organizing caravan transportation, right?"
"Yes, Your Highness." Petrov hesitated, "then my father ..."
"You can take him back today," the prince smiled, and handed him a piece of sheepskin paper roll. "If you think there is no problem, sign it and press your handprint."
"This is ... the agency contract?" Petrov glanced at the beginning, and the voice became excited. "Are you promised to grant the agency right to Honeysuckle Family? Please wait a moment." He flattened paper roll and started to carefully Read the contract.
Roland nodded with satisfaction as the other party showed prudence. As a collaborator, attaching importance to contracts is the most basic requirement.
Petrov was only raised head after a while. "The above is basically the same as what you told me yesterday, but there is one point ..." He pointed to the end of the contract. "His Royal Highness, shouldn't you write my father's name here? He is Count Honeysuckle is also a representative of the family. "
Roland smiled, "Of course not, it's you, not your father, who talks about the agency with me. So, of course, write your name at the end of this contract."
Petrov hesitated for a moment, and some ca n’t believe it, “Your Highness, do you mean to let me come?”
"Yes, you will take the place of Duke and host Longsong Stronghold for me." Roland nodded. "If the contract is executed smoothly, you can continue to own the city after I become King." He paused , Put away a smile, "But if you break the contract, you will end up like Duke. I can score Longsong Stronghold once, and I can do it the second time. Do it well, Mr. Ambassador." (To be continued. If you like This work, you are welcome to start casting, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please read.)