Chapter 156 Friction Escalation
Why do you seize our cargo and caravan escorts? Do you know that this batch of goods was entrusted by the Dean family to transport it?" In the open space next to the border outpost, a middle-aged man who looked like a caravan manager shouted at Benjamin. ∟★8∟★8∟★Read∟★Book,.2▲︾
"I have said that the north is cleaning up bandits on a large scale. In order to prevent bandits from robbing the caravans from expanding their strength, the merchants and travelers carrying southern goods before the end of the sweep will not pass. I warn you that you have to go back. If you hadn't had the documents issued by the guild, I would suspect that you were accomplices in delivering supplies to bandits. To be on the safe side, I must temporarily detain your supplies and escorts. Of course, you can rest assured that I will never hurt you, and the food and accommodation provided to you here is also very cheap. There are twelve people per person per day, and you have 60 Finneys a day. You should pay for ten days first. In ten days, you should be able to return." Benjamin said and pointed to the tax collector at the side of the roadblock and signaled to hand over the food and accommodation fee to the tax collector to record it.
"You are simply robbers, you are not afraid."
Benjamin pulled out his short sword from his waist and pressed it against the manager's neck, and said fiercely: "We are afraid of whether the Dean family is our business. From now on, if you dare to say something more, I will treat you as a profiteer who is a fanatical bandit."
Benjamin turned to the two outpost guards behind him and ordered: "You two, get their food and accommodation for this manager."
The two guards at the outpost ran towards the detained caravan with a smile.
The caravan manager looked at Benjamin with one-eyed scarred and helpless look on his face, and did not dare to say anything more.
At this time, an outpost guard ran to Benjamin and muttered a few words.
Benjamin glanced at the heraldic flag of the team and ordered: "Let it go, they are the caravan of Baron Label in the county, and it must have nothing to do with the bandits. I don't think any bandits dare to rob them, let them go and let them bring Lord Yat's greetings to Baron Label."
The caravan manager in front of Benjamin began to protest again, "Sir, why can that caravan pass smoothly and we have to be repatriated or seized? It's not fair."
Benjamin said fiercely: "You lowly businessman, can you compare with Baron Rabel? Get back and stay honestly."
"Let me know, you are safe to stay in this fence. Once you walk out of this fence without authorization, you will be beheaded as bandits who attacked the camp." After that, he left straight...
"What's going on? Why are you just focusing on the caravans that have contact with Dean?" The caravan manager returned to the fence where the caravans were concentratedly detained with a despair. The fences that were originally used as the market had already seized three caravans that purchased and transported southern goods for the Dean family.
At the Mubao of the Valley, all the soldiers of the Legion have been dispatched to guard Jushi Town and the border outpost. Only seventeen newly recruited laborers and miners from the North are still receiving training for recruits. In order to deal with the crisis outside the valley, all the soldiers of the Legion have been transferred out, so the training of recruits can only be carried out by the three soldiers who have basically recovered from the injury during the battle of Jushi Town. Yat will occasionally go to the training ground to train these new recruits in person.
In the second week of July, Bass, the former captain of the first squadron who had been paralyzed on his head for more than a month, was finally able to barely speak.
When Camill told Yat the good news, Yat, who was training the soldiers, threw the halberd in his hand and ran back to the wooden fort, running straight into the small wooden house where Bass was cultivated.
"You bastard, I knew you could recover." Att rarely swears before the zodiac, but Att was extremely happy that Bass could recover his language ability after being injured and slept for more than a month after being slept. Att was extremely happy. Before that, Att thought that Bass would never speak again in this life.
In the month after being seriously injured and paralyzed on the bed, Bass has become a dead stick, his eyes are deep, his face is yellow, his limbs are dry, and his head is wrapped with thick cotton cloth. ∟★8∟★8∟★Read∟★Book,.2▲︾
He was almost dead when he was carried back to the valley from the battlefield of Jishi Town. Odo and Kazak knelt down and begged Yat for treatment.
Yat also had a deep relationship with this labor worker who was the first to follow him. He begged Thomas and Fanaz to do their best to keep Bass in the world.
Bass was sleeping for five days until the sixth day before he opened his eyes, but the heavy hammer smashed his head and could no longer do anything other than being able to swallow the porridge of clear soup.
Yat specially sent a land of lonely peasant women to wait by Bath day and night to serve him to eat, drink, defecate and urinate. Every day, Thomas and Fanaz would also replace the medicine for Bath on time and check for head injuries.
This made him paralyzed on the bed for a month, and Bass could not speak barely until now.
"Big~ man~, I~ think I can't survive anymore.~ I've seen~ God~" Bass's voice was very small and his breath was very weak. He had to divide the two sentences into several paragraphs before he could finish it.
Yat stepped forward and helped Bass, asking him to lie back on the bed, "Don't rush to sit up, lie down for a few more days, and wait until his body recovers."
After saying that, Yat called the peasant woman who had been serving Bass, "Lucia, from today on, add some chicken and fish to each meal of Bass, so that Bass can return to his former majesty as soon as possible."
"In addition, you have worked hard to take care of Bass during this period, and later you go to your wife's house to receive thirty Finney's rewards and fifty pounds of food."
"Thank you for your kindness." Lucia's husband died in Talburg. She had children to support her family. During this period, Mubao supported her family and now she still received the reward, and naturally thanked Yat.
Yat turned his head and looked at Bath with a pale face, "Bass, I will give you a mission. You can restore me to what you are like within a month. The Legion needs your return."
Tears oozed from the corner of Bass' eyes...
"When I couldn't speak, Odo told me, Ron was seriously injured," Bass cared about the clever guy around Chang Sui Yat in a weak voice.
Yat's expression of joy just now was replaced by a heavy face, "When you were in a coma, I took the caravan north to open up the trade route, but was assassinated by the Dean family's bribed killer. In order to cover me, Ron was still recuperating in Lucesen's monastery."
"But with the monastery, he should be fine."
Bass nodded silently.
Yat talked with Bass for a while and told Bass about some major battles that have happened over the past month and the situation outside...
"Father, they dared to seize our caravan. This time I can no longer tolerate it. I will take the soldiers to smash his broken outpost and kill all his black-robed dogs." Dean was furious.
Since the failure of Lucesen's assassination, the Dean family felt that Yat would not give up, so during this period, the Dean family recruited dozens of mercenaries from various places and recalled more than 20 elite caravan guards. Together with the left-behind manor guards and soldiers, a total of more than 80 people guarded one of their own manors and a farm. Once the crazy Yat dared to lead their troops to attack their legal territory, they would successfully kill the "invaders" in the territory.
However, nearly a hundred people guarded two pieces of land for more than half a month, and they didn't even see the shadow of the black-robed soldiers. Just when the Dean family thought that Yat was afraid to use a rash battle against the Dean family, news came from the southern border area that their own and allies were detained by the border guards.
"Didn't you hear it? He temporarily blocked the border in the name of clearing out bandits and blocking the robbers' material robbery. Although this reason is far-fetched, it is considered to be in the legal principles. It is not only the legal territory of that guy, but also the border of the entire Belarus Kingdom. If you rashly take people to attack, how can you explain to the palace in the future? Now the struggle of the power of the palace is subtle, and any movement may become a handle for those powerful people to clear their opponents." Old Dian's business world has been ups and downs for many years, and of course he cannot rely on his momentary joy and anger.
"Father, you just thought too much. If we had bribed people to kill that guy when he returned to the north and the battlefield south, how could there be so many troubles now!" Dean expressed dissatisfaction with his father's overthinking personality.
Old Dean ignored Dean's words, continued to ponder for a moment, and said, "I have a way."
When Dean heard a quick rush forward, he asked in front of Old Dean, "Father, what's the solution?"
"Go to the Minister of Finance to take the initiative to fight for a name for transporting palace supplies. Let's go to the border for a riot. If they dare not take action, we will break in afterwards. If they dare to kill people, hum, kill the convoy that transports supplies for the palace. This crime is barely enough for us to lead the troops to conquer~"
"Can this work? They are not stupid enough to kill a caravan with court-appointed documents, right?"
"How could he know what goods the caravan was transporting without presenting the documents in advance? Well, but before that we would send someone to negotiate, maybe that guy would retreat."
"... In short, the people sent by the Dean family hope that we will retreat when we are in trouble. In addition, they are willing to give 6,000 Finney's military expenses in exchange for the freedom of the three detained caravans." In the valley wooden fort, Angus, who was riding back on horseback, reported the negotiations that the Dean family sent people to the border outpost a day ago.
"Six thousand Finney just wants to send me aside? Have you accepted the money?"
"Of course, the meat is sent into my mouth, how can I spit it out? But the three caravans are still detained, and the sent people are also beaten back by me."
Yat laughed three times, "Sergeant, do a pretty job! These six thousand Finneys are regarded as the injury and care they paid for Ron."
After laughing, Yat's face began to be gloomy again, "I made such a big noise in the south to anger the Dean family."
"Master Sergeant, the food and food supply in the valley is almost ready. You will continue to repatriate and detain the caravan on the border. Odo will also take the garrison of Jushi Town to patrol the business roads in the next few days. Remember, the next period of time is related to our future life and death development, and using any means is not an exaggeration."
Angus knew that Yat's move was very difficult, but if they could not make it, they would not be able to get the move, and they would not be able to do this river with gold in the future, and they would not have the money to support huge military consumption.
"Sir, it's time, I understand. I will definitely accompany you on this dangerous journey." Angus answered firmly.
"good."
"By the way, sir. Our Hawkeye has sent back the news. The Dean family has now recruited nearly a hundred mercenaries and guards from all over the country. In addition, Redoan also sent someone to send back the secret letter, saying that a group of bandits were gathering bandits from all over the country to try to counterattack the border outpost. It seems that the Dean family has also invested a lot, and the bandits who were knocked down by us dared to stand up."
Yat picked up the wine glass and took a sip, put it down and replied, "Yesterday I also received a private message from Viscount Pierre. In the letter, he scolded me and asked me to lift the border blockade as soon as possible to avoid serious situations."
"Virgin Pierre also implied in the letter that the Dean family was moving around. He reminded me to think clearly about what I did. In the age of the cave chaos, the death of a knight-noble would not cause much waves."
After hearing this, Angus laughed, "Sir, it seems Viscount Pierre doesn't believe in our strength~"
"Sergeant Chief, it's not that Viscount Pierre underestimates our strength, but the strength of the Dean family is really not to underestimate it. As long as they are willing to spend money, they can gather a mercenary group of two or three hundred people. If there are really two or three hundred mercenaries attacking any of us, the situation will be very terrible. What's even more terrible is that they can give out more money than this huge sum of money..."
"So we can't let them go out, at least let them worry about their nests."
"You are right, we must also have some concerns when they are all out. Sergeant Chief, two things, first, after you settle the border guards, you will take two squadrons of war soldiers to the southwest farm in the name of chasing and suppressing bandits, and let me go around the southwest farm in the name of pursuing bandits. If you don't need to suppress bandits, just let me go a long way in front of the Dean family; second, you give Redoan orders to let him closely watch the private and southwest farms. Once the Dean family sends troops to attack us, you let Redoan attack the territory of the Dean family immediately."
"You send a batch of food and food to Redoan. You tell him that if I plunder the money from the Dean family, I will allocate it to him, and he can try to gather other bandit forces. By the way, tell Redoan that his son has been arranged by me to learn writing and combat skills in the priest's parish school. That kid performs well, so he doesn't have to worry."
"In addition, keep an eye on all the dynamics of the Dean family, and I need to know any actions of my opponent. You let Lusinian take the whistle team to inquire about the news continuously, and let Hawkeye stare the Dean family to death."
"Yes, I'll start to arrange it right away."
Angus had just walked out of Yat's office, and Spencer, the legion's baggage officer, who was injured, hurried into the room.
"Sir!" Spencer walked in and saluted Att.
"Spencer, sit!" Att asked Spencer to sit opposite the office desk.
"Is the arrow wound healed?"
"Thank you for your concern. You have recovered. It's because you feel extremely painful when the weather changes."
"It's not easy for an arrow to survive by hitting a bone. I'll ask Thomas and the others to find a way to heal your arrow wound."
"Thank you, sir."
"Sir, I'm here to report to you the preparations for the army's food and supplies."
"After going out to raise purchases and pay taxes between valleys, there are currently nearly 60,000 pounds of grain stored in the valley. After consultation with the old housekeeper, the Civil Affairs Bureau allocated 20,000 pounds of wheat to the army as military rations. The border outpost garrisons were the largest, and 10,000 pounds of grain were allocated, and 6,000 pounds of grain were allocated. Considering that the Beiguan Army Fort also had to move into the valley guards, 3,000 pounds of grain were allocated. In addition, according to your arrangement, the recruits were prepared to reinforce various places as mobile forces, so they also prepared 1,000 pounds of grain to be carried with the army."
"Sir, these grain reserves are enough for all stations to eat for three months."
"In addition, all the weapons and armor brought back by the caravan from the north have been distributed to soldiers, including the guards and peasants. The craftsman workshop is also making weapons day and night. At present, the arsenal has been emptied. As long as the war occurs, the replenishment of weapons and armor will be a problem..."
After hearing this, Yat asked, "How is the trauma herbal powder made by the medical shop?"
"I have sent a labor force to assist the two doctors, Thomas and Fanaz, to make a large amount of hemostatic powder, and the Civil Affairs Bureau has also sent people to assist in picking herbs and collecting materials~"
"Okay, I'll ask the caravan to go to the south to buy military preparations. You can first transfer and transport food and supplies."
"Yes, sir."
Spencer left the room, and Yat called Felix, "Go and invite the old housekeeper and all the officials to the public room. I want to explain to them all the affairs of the valley during this period."
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