<h4>Chapter 178: The Development of Baron Dn</h4>
The champion of this tournament was obviously the vassal knight.
The chubby butler personally brought a silver te. With the light blue linen cloth at the bottom, there was arge silver coin as big as an egg on it. The edges were decorated with exquisite patterns, and in the middle was the head of the Archduke of Leo, Cameron.
This represented the legal tender recognized by the Castle of Leo.
It was a recently minted silver coin as well.
The gentries who attended the banquet subconsciously swallowed their saliva.
Just for the value of these 100 great silver coins, it was more than enough to buy over 100 acres ofnd in the vige near the Stone Pass. However, no one was so stupid.
Thend in the northern county was very poor.
If they bought more than a hundred acres ofnd in here, it was estimated that they would not be able to earn back the 100 great silver coins even after ten years of production!
The vassal knight took the silver te respectfully and sincerely thanked Baron Dn. At the same time, he left under the apuse and handed it to his most trusted servant to put it back in his room for storage. After everything was arranged properly, he returned to the banquet. The atmosphere of the banquet was very harmonious.
Kant was still holding his wine ss and chatting with Baron Dn.
The topic was also the tournament in the afternoon.
“Little Kant, I see that you are drenched in cold sweat. This is not a good sign. Although your noble etiquette is impable, your courage should also be improved.”
Baron Dn instructed him as an elder.
Kant lifted his wine ss in embarrassment and took a sip. “I will.”
“Hahaha.”, seeing Kant’s expression, Baron Dn shook his head andughed. He hid the scorn in his eyes and looked at the guests in front of him. He raised his wine ss and shouted to everyone, “For the arrival of Little Kant, we congratte him with a toast!”
“We congratte Baron Kant on his arrival!”
In the entire Lord’s Hall, the gentries, celebrities, and the vassal knights all raised their wine sses.
The sweet scent of drunkenness had already begun to spread.
Although they were raising their sses for Kant, all of them were looking at Baron Dn. To them, the actual controller of the Stone Pass was the person they should respect.
As for that Baron Kant?
Oh, don’t joke around!
He was just a pitiful person who had been exiled to the Nahrin Desert.
Everyone in the Dukedom of Leo knew that Cameron did not like this son of his. Even all the noble families did not like him. Otherwise, they would not have banished Kant and given the barrennd of the Nahrin Desert to him.
The northern county was already sorrow and barren, and the Stone Pass was the most barren and deste area in the northern county.
Butpared to the Nahrin desert.
That was the true wilderness, the forbidden area of civilization, a terrifying area and all the harsh environments that one could describe.
An area that even escaped ves were unwilling to set foot in.
They would rather be caught and killed instead of entering the Nahrin Desert.
Because living in the Nahrin Desert wasparable to the greatest torture in prison!
Once, the Dukedom of Leo issued aw in the chaotic political situation a hundred years ago. The prisoner who hadmitted treason and the crime of regicide was given a dull knife, a water sack, and a piece of bread. Then, they led a team to the Nahrin Desert, to throw this criminal into the depths of the desert.
Thisw was effective in intimidating during the chaotic political situation at that time, and it had continued until now.
It was enough to show the terror of Nahrin Desert.
.........
The dinner endedte at night.
The drunken gentries and celebrities still maintained good manners and thanked Baron Dn.
Then, the dinner was dismissed.
With the help of their respective servants, they returned to their own homes in a carriage.
Many people’s homes were close to the official residence at the Stone Pass.
There were also many people who came from many viges outside the Stone Pass.
Even the vassal knights left in the end. They had drunk quite a lot tonight, they were also drunk and satisfied. After all, for these people, the tournament and the sumptuous banquet were extremely exciting.
“Uncle Dn, I’ll go to bed now.”
Kant’s face was full of excitement, and he said gratefully, “This is really a beautiful day.”
“As long as you’re happy, Little Kant.”, Baron Dnughed and patted his shoulder. His slightly red face had a bright and forthright smile. “I won’t forget the help you’ve given me. We’re the best of friends, and we’re also the best of family. No one can break us!”
“Yes, no one!”, Kant nodded firmly.
Only then the two of them separated.
Kant returned to his room. After drinking a lot of wine, he quickly fell asleep.
Manid and the ten Sarrandian horsemen who followed him also fell asleep in their respective rooms.
The entire mansion returned to silence.
However, Baron Dn appeared in his living room. The two vassal knights were also there. The drunken look on their faces caused by the wine had disappeared. Even the redness on their faces had disappeared.
They looked like they had not touched a single drop of alcohol.
However, the three of them did not care about this small matter.
“How is it?”, Baron Dn turned his head to look at the vassal knight and said with a depressed expression, “That Terrence actually became a grand knight. Did you feel anything?”
“He just became a grand knight not long ago,”, the vassal knight said.
“Of course.”, Baron Dn snorted. “It seems that it has not even been half a year.”. He narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression was very awful. “Half a year ago, this guy was still polite to me. Now that he has be a grand knight, he dares to be rude to me. If it wasn’t for that old bastard, Viscount Wayne, I definitely wouldn’t believe it!”
“It’s also very coincidental that he appeared at the tournament.”, another vassal knight said, “They have a spy.”
“Let the rats handle it.”, Baron Dn waved his hand. “They know what to do. I don’t want to let these rats eat and drink for free. They are useless. Now there’s a spy, find them all.”
“Understood.”, the vassal knight nodded.
He was in charge of leading the spy group, the rats.
“We need to speed up our n.”
Baron Dn opened his mouth and asked the two vassal knights, “I asked you to arrange for people to go to the territory of southern county to find some mercenaries. Any news?”
“Yes.”, the vassal knight nodded.
“How is it?”, Baron Dn asked.
“There are 500 elite mercenaries who are willing to ept our recruitment. The price is 30 great silver coins per month. If we start a war with the enemy, we will need an additional 20 great silver coins per month during the war as well as a monthly silver coin reward,”, the vassal knight replied.
“500 people.”, Baron Dn automatically omitted the so-called elite ranking and nodded. “30 great silver coins per month. I ept this.”
“There are still 500 pirates who are willing to join us. We only need 10 great silver coins per month.”
The vassal knight shrugged. “I think it’s useless to have them. We don’t have a river here. I think that these people were captured by the river patrol team of Lionheart City. They just want to hide from the storm When the storm passes, they will definitely return to the river of Resniston and won’t listen to our orders at all.”
“Then tell them to get lost.”, Baron Dn snorted coldly.
“Yes.”, the vassal knight nodded.
However, Baron Dn frowned and asked in a serious tone, “Are there no other mercenaries willing to ept our long-term employment? This is not in line with those greedy people that grasping of money!”
“You know.”, the vassal knight smiled bitterly. “Those famous mercenary groups in the Dukedom of Leo are in fact the forces of various noble families. If we really hire them, Stone Pass might be targeted by some noble families in the future. After all, our current table salt trade has already attracted the attention of Viscount Wayne of northern county.”
“That old dog!”, when Baron Baron Dn thought of that old thing, anger rose in his heart.
He mmed the table heavily and stood up with his hands behind his back. He paced back and forth in the conference room as if he had thought of something, he turned his head and said to the vassal knight who was in charge of this matter, “Oh right, can we find the mercenary group from that crazy Countess Elsaiah in east county?”
“No,”, the vassal knight answered helplessly.
“Why?”, Baron Dn frowned.
“The territory of countess at east county is still locked down, especially the recent conflict with the Silver tter Kingdom on the other side of the river. It is said that they even shed with each other on the river and almost started a war with the lord of Nazaire Castle on the other side. Our forces are unable to infiltrate.”, the vassal knight shook his head.
“Hmph, it’s still the same battle from ten years ago.”, Baron Dn snorted coldly. He was used to it. “If it wasn’t for Archduke Cameron ceding countess’s Nazaire Castle to the Silver tter Kingdom, their blood-rted rtionship wouldn’t be so stiff.”
This wasn’t a secret. He had obtained his title during the war between the Dukedom of Leo and the Silver tter Kingdom.
Now, it had nothing to do with him.
Baron Dn frowned and ordered, “These are all minor things. Go to other ces and contact them. As long as they can introduce qualified mercenaries to us, I can give themmission. The higher the quality of the introduced mercenary and the more there are, the higher themission will be. It will be settled in great silver coins, and there will be no limit!”
“Understood!”, the vassal knight nodded.
Another vassal knight asked, “Lord, what about Baron Kant?”
“Don’t act rashly,”, Baron Dn said.
His face was slightly solemn, he slowly said, “Princess Sofia’s forces are still lurking, and they have only just revealed themselves. Sixteen years is not enough topletely wipe out them. Ten years ago, the Silver tter Kingdom won the battle, and it is probably the result of the spies left behind by Princess Sofia. Now Kant is still developing rapidly, and it is probably supported by them. We only need to wait slowly and then contact them.”
“But... They have already given up on us.”, the vassal knight hesitated.
“Give up? Ha!”, Baron Dn sneered. “No, we are now the lord close to Kant. We control the Stone Pass, the only passage between the Dukedom of Leo and the Nahrin Desert. How can they give up? They wille back for us!”
There was a dangerous look in his eyes. “I will make a fortune this time!”