At the engagement party, Art was toasted in turn by the enthusiastic residents of Fort Sapp and the squires and elders. Although Angus and Ron Lusignan blocked the drink, he still drank a lot.

I slept in the guest room of the inner house for a whole night.

It wasn't until noon on the second day that Art climbed out of bed with his heavy head on his shoulders. The maid standing at the door quickly walked into the guest room with a brand-new set of uniform linings to wait on Art to put it on.

"No, I'll do it myself." Art refused the servant's service and took the clothes and put them on himself.

"What time is it now? Where are my guards?" Art asked.

The servant lowered his head and replied: "Back to Master Art, it is noon now. Your guard drank too much yesterday and is still sleeping in the front hall and guest room. Miss Lottie personally waited on you to sleep last night. It was early this morning.

Miss Lottie has just come to see you, and now she is going to the kitchen to prepare food for you."

A noble lady personally waited on the drunken self. Art was a little embarrassed. He said to the maid in front of him: "Well, then thank Miss Lottie for me."

The maid couldn't help but chuckled softly and said: "Master Art, if you want to thank me, please leave it to my lady in person. She will be here soon."

As soon as the servant finished speaking, Miss Lottie, dressed in tight-fitting silk casual clothes, walked from the Langfang to Art's guest room carrying a small wooden tray.

"Lottie, thank you. I drank too much yesterday and made you worry about it."

Lottie put the tray on the wooden table beside the bed, picked up a bowl of fragrant venison soup, handed it to Art, and said: "Yesterday, your bodyguard Ron drank too much to stop you from drinking.

I was worried that the servants would not take good care of me, so I personally arranged for you to sleep. However, your guards were so powerful that they knocked my brother and the knights, squires and elders in the castle into unconsciousness. Especially that one

Ron and Felix drank till midnight last night, I just went to see Felix and he was still vomiting in the room."

Art smiled and said: "Felix has just turned fifteen and is about the same age as Ron, so the two of them can drink together."

Lottie adjusted the belt around Art's waist and said softly: "Well, yes, Felix already discussed with his father yesterday. He said that he wants his father to intercede with you and ask you to allow him to enter your army.

Give it a try. Felix has been doted on by his father since he was a child, and now he is rarely willing to endure some hardships to give it a try. Don't refuse his plea when the time comes."

"Why didn't your father send him to the feudal lord's house to be trained as an attendant?"

"The year before last, my father sent Felix to Viscount Jonathan's house as a page boy. Unexpectedly, Felix beat Lord Jonathan's only son soon after he went there. As a result, he was sent back by Mrs. Jonathan. Felix

He has a simple and honest nature, but he has a bad temper, and he will take action if he doesn't go his way." Lottie complained about her brother.

"If Felix really wants to come to our army for training, there is no need for Mr. Galvin to say it himself. I can agree now. But you have to tell your father that joining our army has its own rules and hardships."

Suffering is inevitable, and occasional battle injuries are unavoidable. Don't say that I didn't take good care of him when the time comes." Art has been in contact with Felix, and he feels quite good about this future brother-in-law, although he has suffered a lot since childhood.

He is doted on, but he still has a very energetic personality, and unlike Baron Galvin, this guy likes battle formations and has some martial arts skills.

"Okay, I'll tell father and Felix right now." After saying that, Lottie picked up the underwear that Art had changed and planned to leave.

"Lottie, let Ron wash these clothes. I am embarrassed to ask a noble lady to do these chores for me." Art quickly stopped Lottie.

"Okay, drink the venison soup. If you are really embarrassed, hurry up and build your knight's mansion~" Lottie said and left Art's guest room with a shy face...

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In the afternoon, in the official room of Lord Sapp's hall, Art and Angus were discussing with Baron Galvin and his inner knight and castle guard captain about fending off enemies and suppressing bandits.

"Lord Galvin, our biggest difficulty now is not to worry about those bandits coming to attack Sapp Castle, but also how to wipe out those wild wolves that are roaming around. Since I took office as the patrol officer, I have wiped out several groups of bandits, but basically

They all take the initiative to attack me. We can rarely trace these guys. They basically don't have a fixed nest. They usually rob a settlement and stay there for a few days, and then move to the next place to continue plundering when they are empty.

"Art said, tapping the table gently.

"Yes, I also sent people to clean up some time ago, but those bastards led us around in the mountains and ravines. We chased us for two or three days, and we were worried that the bandits would take the opportunity to harass Sap, so we had to return. As a result

Those bastards started to appear around Sapp again." Mr. Galvin frowned, with anxiety in his tone.

Art thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked: "Lord Galvin, how long will it take for your caravan to return to Sap?"

"The caravan transported a batch of old grain to Provence and is expected to return to Sap in two days."

"How many guards does the caravan have?"

"The caravan carrying grain this time only had eighteen carriages, but I sent twenty-eight guards and drivers. These guards are the elite force of my Sap. I was worried that those bastards would harass my caravan, so I added more caravans.

Team escort."

After hearing this, Art calmed down to think for a while and murmured a few words to Angus. Then he turned to Galvin and said, "Lord Galvin, I have a plan here. Tell it and we can discuss it."

Galvin frowned and said, "Please tell me quickly."

Art cleared his throat, glanced at the people in the room and said, "We can use the caravan as bait to lure the bandits to plunder, and then we can wipe out the bandits in one fell swoop."

"Tell me more details." Galvin put down his wine glass and leaned forward and asked.

"The reason why those bandits took the risk to attack Sap was just to rob the money in the fort. Some time ago, they encountered a problem in Sap and knew that Sap was too fat to eat. Now they are wandering around Sap and they must be thief.

If they don't die, since they want to eat meat, we will put the meat under the noses of those wild wolves and let them swallow it with saliva."

"Lord Galvin, there are many people in Sap and the personnel are complex. I guess there must be bandits in the village. In this case, you let people "blunder" and reveal that there will be a caravan transporting a batch of coins and valuables next week.

The goods arrive in Provence, and then…”

Art whispered to several people in the room a strategy to lure the wolf out of the cave and set up an ambush to counterattack...

In the next two days, Art took Angus and Ron Lusignan to train the guards in the castle and recruit peasant soldiers for Baron Galvin in Sapp Castle.

What surprised Art was that although Baron Galvin didn't have much interest in battle formations, there was a lot of weapons and armor in the arsenal of Fort Sarp. According to Felix, his father was a miser. In order to protect Fort Sarp

In order to ensure that the caravan is not disturbed by bandits and bandits, his father has purchased a lot of weapons and armor for the castle guards and caravan guards in recent years.

Since it was to strengthen the defense force in Sarp Castle, Art, after obtaining the consent of Baron Galvin, distributed all the spears, daggers, battle axes, shields and other equipment in Sarp's arsenal to the green men in the fort.

Strong, in addition to the more than twenty peasant soldiers who have become castle guards and are equipped with cotton armor, iron helmets, spears, swords, shields and other weapons and armor, more than thirty young and strong men in the castle are also distributed with a short sword.

Simple weapons such as a spear, a battle axe, or a single sword, once a group of thieves attack, these young men with weapons and simple training can play an important role in the critical moment of defending their homeland.

On the sixth day after entering Sapp, the caravan that Baron Galvin went to Provence to transport food returned. The leader of the caravan reported to Baron Galvin the situation of the caravan's north-south trade. Galvin also called Art.

In the official room.

"Art, sit here with me." Galvin guided Art to the chair next to him.

"Martin, please tell Sir Art about the situation on the trade road." Galvin said to the caravan leader standing in front of the official table.

"Yes, Mr. Art, our caravan encountered two waves of bandits along the way. One wave was fifteen miles south of Sap, and the other wave was in an abandoned small village forty-seven miles south. Because we were trading

The caravan was accompanied by more guards, so the two waves of bandits did not dare to approach..." The leader of the caravan detailed the situation on the southern trade road...

On the other side, Angus and Ron were also busy. According to the arrangements of Art and Baron Galvin, they were quietly removing the bravest young men among the Sarp guards and caravan guards with the help of the captain of the Sap guards.

They were selected and brought to the courtyard of Baron Galvin's residence to be equipped with well-equipped weapons and armor for individual training. This group of carefully selected warriors totaled twelve people. They were all guards or castle guards who had followed the caravan for many years.

Angus gave them leather and cotton armor, broadswords, battle axes, shields and other weapons and armor, and then specially took them to practice how to hide in carriages to make sudden counterattacks against sneak attack bandits and how to form shield arrays.

Kill each other to protect ourselves...

............

While elites were training behind closed doors in Lord Sapp's mansion, in the largest tavern in Sapp Castle, Master Felix, the only son of Lord Sapp Baron Galvin, was drinking with the sons of several noble squires from the territory.

Face flushed.

Felix drank another large glass of ale and said to the people around him in a vague tone: "I want to ask everyone, do you want to follow me to Provence? I'm going to Provence soon, you can

You can go play with me for a few days, but I am almost going crazy after being locked up in the castle every day."

A 17 or 18-year-old son of a squire, dressed in gorgeous clothes, burped from wine and said: "Master Felix, why are you going to Provence? Bandits are rampant all around. It's very dangerous to go out."

Felix turned around and said: "This time we will go quietly, and there will be warriors to protect us. There will be no danger. You guys have to think about it. If you want to go out with me to see the world, you should tell me earlier. I will come in two days."

It’s time to leave, but don’t say I didn’t take you with me when the time comes.”

"Master Felix, what is it that requires you, the young master, to go in person? Didn't your caravan always go to Provence in the past?" asked another dandy.

Felix filled the wine glass in front of him with ale again, glanced around, and asked a few people to listen, "This time I am going to Provence with 50,000 pfennigs and a batch of goods to exchange for a batch of valuable southern goods. My father

I said, from now on I will slowly take over his trading business. This is my first time to go out to do big business. If you are willing to follow me, I can secretly take out five hundred pfennig from the payment when we get to Provence.

Are you going to have fun? What do you think? Do you want to go or not?"

"Just give us 500 pfennig for the 50,000 pfennig trade. It's so dangerous along the way that I don't want to go." A squire's son said loudly.

Felix quickly stopped the loud-voiced guy and said, "Keep your voice down! This time I will go to Provence disguised as a small caravan buying groceries. Those bandits don't like it, and there are caravan guards around, so they don't like it either."

Don’t dare to provoke us easily…”

The "secret" that Felix revealed drunkenly was soon revealed by several sons of noble squires who were also drunk.
Chapter completed!