Twenty miles southeast of Velno, this place has been separated from the sphere of influence of Velno's garrison.

After Provence recovered the southern border, due to the peeping and confrontation of the Lombards, it was still unable to effectively control the entire border. Except for fortress castles such as Villo and the main entrance and exit passages with army patrols, the control was very weak in many villages, settlements and even ruined military forts on the border.

Therefore, when seven fully armed riders rode their horses through those villages and settlements, people closed the fence gates made of firewood and wood, as if the "fort walls" that could be kicked through with one kick could really protect their lives.

The seven riders were the five Ater and the two Virno cavalry who were ordered to go out of the city to lead the way. At this time, under the five Ater, the men had turned into a majestic Provence war horse.

Viscount Berryon led the elite border troops of Provence, so their war horses were also carefully selected and excellent Northern grassland horses. Compared with most of the mountain horses under his command, these war horses with shoulders and eyebrows ran at a glance, which made Att like it very much.

In addition to the war horses, Yat and his men also changed into the standard armor of the Provence border army. Yat was wearing a full set of exquisite chain armor. Originally, Nadord prepared a full-body plate armor for Yat, but Yat was not going to charge, and wearing a full-body plate armor was too cumbersome; Ron and Matthew were wearing long-robed chain mail or half-body plate armor, and their heads were covered with a steel half-helmet.

In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, all five of them also put on the burqa of Berion's army outside their armor.

In this way, the seven horses galloped on the road to the southeast hills.

As we get closer to the mountains from the castle, the scene along the way has also changed.

At first, farmers who went out to farm in the villages near Verno could be seen, and smoke rose occasionally in the villages; slowly, farmers' smoke was less and less, and in the dilapidated villages along the way, some returning people were occasionally seen watching the group nervously; after entering the hills, they could hardly see the weather of peaceful life. The villages built on the valley basin between hills were almost the ruins during the war, and even the villages rebuilt after the war were occasionally destroyed again.

On the night after leaving the city of Vilno, everyone rested in an abandoned village.

The village is not big, and it seems that even at its peak, there are only twenty thatched huts. The most luxurious building in the village should be the two-story wooden house in the north of the village, which can barely see a few beams. Usually, this kind of building is the mansion of the village elders or squire lords. The Yat and his men are in this wooden house burned to the point where only frames are left.

Yat looked around. Unlike those villages that had been abandoned for a long time, it was obvious that the place had just died. When he came in, the tombs outside the village were also newly built, and there were still traces of coke on the burned wood in the village.

According to the two cavalry leading the way, the place was just robbed by a remnants of rebels who had become bandits half a month ago, and none of the men, women, young and old in the village were spared.

However, this is convenient for those who rest. Since there is no victim, you can take down the wood that has not been burned to ashes and chop it up for a few seconds, which is enough for a bonfire for several people overnight.

It was a guest from afar. The two Velno cavalry planned to take the initiative to take the responsibility of guarding the night so that the guests could rest fully. However, Ron considered that the place was not peaceful, so he asked Matthew to lead two attendants to set up an open post and secret sentry to take turns on duty, and also allowed the two Velno cavalry to take turns on duty...

The Velno cavalry who was resting also took the initiative to fetch water and set fire while the vacant place was not yet taken. Soon, the aroma of wheat paste mixed with the smell of bacon and onion appeared in the deep bucket pot hanging on the tripod of the campfire.

The Vilno cavalry picked up a deep-bottom wooden dish and scooped a large spoonful of bacon and onion wheat paste from the barrel pot, and then cut half of the pickled fish that was grilled by the campfire with a knife and put it in the wooden dish. He handed it to Yat, who was sitting by the campfire baking boots, "Mr. Yat, there is no delicacy in the march, you will eat something to satisfy your hunger."

Yat put down his boots and took them with his hands, thanked him politely, and then the cavalry gave Ron a full plate of food.

After taking a few bites, the taste was pretty good. The south of Provence is close to the coastal country, so there is naturally no shortage of salt, so the pickled fish they made has a great taste.

After dinner, Ron took the guards to take over Matthew and the others back for dinner.

Yat took off the wine bag from his waist and threw it to the hard-working Velno cavalry, "Man, how long will it take for us to find Lord Berion?"

The cavalry took the wine bag and opened it. He raised his head and poured the wine into his mouth through half a fist. He smashed it, "What a good wine. I always thought that only our Provence wine is the best. I didn't expect that the wine in the North was also excellent."

Yat laughed and thought to himself that this was a wine produced in Podor, and of course the quality was excellent.

"Lord Yat, this is the border area for the rebels and bandits. Walking further inside is the place where the rebels and bandits are rampant. I only know that my elders are suppressing bandits in that area, but the specific location must be found later. However, our people are everywhere to form a siege. As long as we can find our own people, we can ask about the location of the adults' central army."

"This place has entered the war zone. For a while, we will have people wearing armor and horses and saddles. Maybe the bandits will come to find the bonfire light source."

The cavalry was not drunk either. After taking another sip of wine, they returned the wine bag to Yat.

Yatt looked around with a wine bag, "As long as it is not a bandit, I hope to cut off my head immediately as a meeting gift for Lord Berryon..."

Yat's wish to cut off a few heads of the bandits as a meeting ceremony was finally dashed. Although he was worried about the next trip, he didn't even see the shadow of the bandits and rebels.

At noon the next day, the group met sixty or seventy Velno soldiers who surrounded and suppressed the rebel bandits. From them, they learned that Viscount Berion's central army was stationed in a monastery at the foot of Mount Lameer.

So everyone kicked and ran away.

At the foot of Mount Lameer, through the mouth of the valley behind the dense forest, an ancient monastery has existed here for a hundred years.

Monasteries are essentially the same as monasteries, but monasteries are usually built in secluded corners of the city or in a quiet place in the suburbs, aiming to provide a place for saints who believe in God. Monasteries focus on "ascetic practices" other than purity. Monasteries, as the name suggests, are usually built in hidden places, and those who live in the period are monks who hate the secular world.

The rebels and bandits only opposed secular rule and did not dare to invade the places where the pure practice belonged to God. Even the army of Att had never taken the initiative to attack any place related to the church and God, even in the enemy country and the enemy territory.

It is precisely because people are religious and God's devout faith that this monastery can be undefeated for a hundred years.

As soon as they rode a horse to the outside of the valley entrance, Yat and his men encountered a patrol post. After the Velno's cavalry came forward to reveal their identity, the patrol soldiers let everyone in.

Because it is located in a remote place at the foot of the mountain, although there are narrow mountain horse carriage lanes connected, few believers come here, so the monastery is not big.

——A stone fort, five or six wooden houses, straw sheds, and a circle of earthen walls less than a person tall will make the entire monastery. A dean, a deacon and eight or nine monks are all the priests who are permanent here.

However, the monastery was extremely lively in the past two days. Fifteen cavalry, thirty-five infantry, adjutants, middle-aged officers and three or four servants filled the originally small monastery.

As the core of the battle to eliminate rebel bandits, Viscount Berryon's central command camp was set up in a wooden house next to the monastery hall.

Bellion, who learned from the sentry, was stunned when his friend from the north visited thousands of miles away. After confirming it, he looked surprised and quickly led his adjutant and his personal soldiers to the gate of the monastery to greet him.

When old friends meet, they naturally need to embrace and greet each other and express their longing and friendship.

The friendship between Yat and Berryon is not pure, and there are some close interests between the two. The most direct thing is Berryon's profit in the European trading company.

The reason why Berryon has such a strong support for the European Commercial Bank's foothold and expansion in Provence is not entirely due to his friendship with Ate. The European Commercial Bank pays Berryon profits and dividends every year, and this profit is not a small amount.

Even when the war in the north last year and the European trade bank was almost no profit, Att also instructed Salter to try his best to maintain Viscount Berryon's profits. It was because of this that Viscount Berryon was able to spend his energy to clear the obstacles along the eastern line when the southern military was plagued by the southern military affairs. It was because of this that Viscount Berryon took the time to go north to teach those lords and wealthy merchants who were difficult for the European trade bank to eliminate stubborn enemies for the European trade bank. It was because of this that Berryon could withstand the pressure from the powerful palaces of Provence and strive to safeguard the southern goods trade privileges of the European trade bank under Att's command in the eastern region.

Interest is the strongest fortress of friendship.

After more than two years of separation, both of them have endless thrilling stories and legends.

This is the battlefield, and it is wartime, and all things such as singing and dancing banquets were omitted. Berion took out some wine, meat, fruits and vegetables for Yat and the others to have a meal. Then the guest and the host sat around the campfire in the open space of the monastery and had a long talk.

Yat told Berryon the story of the past two years after leaving Provence, from the snowy journey north to recapturing the eastern border town of Wallomborgburg to returning to deal with the assassination of the Dean family, from infiltrating into the city of Thorne to siege and killing the heresy of Assassin to the heresy of Burgundy, from Bernard's revenge to send Western troops south to fight in the county north to the battle of the east and west successors after half a year of hard fighting, Yat hid all the parts that were inconvenient to show their feelings, and launched a difficult journey of promotion for Berryon, which made Berryon stunning...

"In this way, I should call you Viscount Ate!" Berion raised his wine glass, and his surprise was beyond words. After not seen for more than two years, the brave knight of the past has become a Viscount.

"Last time I heard that you were promoted to baron, I was amazed that your promotion was so fast that I envious. How long has it been since you actually ascended to the throne of viscount, envious! Envious!"

Shortly after Att was promoted to Viscount, Berryon was in the south again, so the news had not yet reached his ears.

"Thank you, Lord Berion, but it's really hard to go through the journey. My viscount's crown is made of the bones of many officers and soldiers." Attire touched the cup.

Berryon was also deeply touched, "Welcome to the dead heroic soul!"

"Respect the dead heroic soul!"

The two raised their glasses and drank them all.

Neither of them was idle and had no ordinary people. After a nostalgic narrative, they returned to the topic.

"Tell me, my friend, you came to me in person from a thousand miles away, don't you just want to have a few glasses of wine with me and show off your success, right?" Berryon grabbed a piece of fresh barbecue from the bonfire and tore off one and handed it to Att.

Yat took it and chewed it two bites. It should be the wild animals hunted by the guards in the mountains, and it tasted good.

"Mr. Berion, I have been to Lombardy before visiting you..."

Attes takes the high entry tariffs on the trip to Lombardy south as the topic, and introduces the tariff policy of Provence, and says bluntly that such heavy tariffs are just a way to break away from Provence.

Berion explained to Athens that the heavy taxes of Provence against the principality of Lombardy in the south were only temporary, aiming to punish the Lombards' crimes against Provence, and essentially using heavy taxes to force the principality of Lombardy to withdraw troops from the border areas between the two countries.

After hearing that heavy taxation was just a temporary solution, Attes felt relieved. For European trade banks, the business roads in eastern Provence are a reliance on survival. If Provence intends to use heavy taxation to curb southern goods from Lombardy, the European trade banks will also be strangled.

Yat proposed to ask Berion to send people to Minyi, a military-funded company, to directly smuggle the most expensive spices from the Bogdan southern black market. The amount of raw silk and ceramics, such as small as gold, to the Vilno Trading Company, and promised to pay one-fifth of the profits from the batch of southern goods to Berion.

Berryon was both the lord of Verno and the guardian of the Provence border. He had some other things to do on the eastern border. Anyway, there were not many southern goods, and avoiding tariffs in the name of military capital would only lose the taxes of the palace. What is this tax for the huge Provence?

So Berryon agreed happily after thinking for a while.

Yat also talked with Berion about the expansion of the European Trading Bank in Provence. Berion also had a share in the European Trading Bank. Of course, he also hoped that the European Trading Bank could occupy the entire eastern Trading Road. Berion reminded Yat to add more Provence court and lords along the way to obtain top-down support from Provence, and to ensure that after the south is completely pacified, he would personally take Salter, the head of the European Trading Bank, to walk around...

Berion also had to command the army to fight, and Yat was not convenient for a long time to disturb him. He had already said what he should have said after a long talk overnight, and the alliance he should have reached had been reached. Yat and his men slept all night and planned to bid farewell at noon the next day and headed north.

In order to express his congratulations to Yat's new Viscount, Berryon planned to give Yat a bag of gold coins as a gift, but Yat refused.

Yat is not noble, because he proposed to exchange his five riding horses for Berryon's five war horses, and it is more cost-effective to buy that small bag of gold coins.

Berryon was not stingy either, and agreed with a wave of his hand.

Since then, I don't know when I will meet again, Berryon sent Yat to the monastery for prescriptions for prescriptions.

Yat also urged the horse to leave with reluctance.

However, just after riding a horse out of the dense forest, several people found a large number of unfamiliar footprints on the road...

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