Pinghu Lake is the largest lake in victor. When there is no wind, the 6000 mu lake is as smooth as a mirror and beautiful. In the windy season, when the fish are fat and the crab is strong, the lake is sparkling. A few feet long fish jump out of the water from time to time, and groups of waterfowl play and prey here. At this time, Pinghu has a bumper harvest.
Victor stood by the lake, overlooking the scenery of Pinghu Lake, which is not only beautiful, but also the most fertile land in the territory. More than 20000 mu of farmland can be reclaimed around the lake. The grain harvested each year is enough to feed more than 2000 people, with half of the surplus. There are lots of fish and shrimp in the lake, including delicious white belly fin fish, several foot long black scale fish, fat, tender and juicy loach, huge mud crab, delicious green shrimp, and so on. Such rich aquatic products make Pinghu a natural granary. If Bayer had not occupied this area first, Victor would have chosen to build settlements here.
However, the biggest problem in Pinghu area is that there is no danger to defend. If Victor really establishes a settlement here, it is he who is flattened by the ant man. Looking over the ruins of Pinghu village, Victor sighed. Nelson got rid of the ant colony and buried more than 600 people in Pinghu village, which is absolutely a shocking tragedy in modern society. Nelson didn''t care about it. When he passed the ruins, he spit water on the ground.
Victor just lamented that he could directly run over Pinghu village and kill all the rebels, and the rest would naturally submit to him. But Victor wanted to avoid unnecessary killing. Despite the advice of Edwin and Bruce, he tried to use tricks to solve the problem of Pinghu village. Now I think he was really naive and stupid at that time.
Victor had no sympathy for those who died in Pinghu village. On the surface, the villagers of Pinghu village were deceived by Bayer, but in fact, they were not. Most of them were the leaders of the three eastern provinces. They would not know the end of challenging the Lord''s dominance, but they did not choose to leave Bayer and join the hill camp. After all, it''s not because these people don''t like Victor. They want to use Bayer as a shield to live an autonomous life. As a result, most of the people who followed Victor survived, but they died. The reality is that everyone should be responsible for their own destiny, and it is not a pity for those who follow blindly.
"Unfortunately, now is the harvest season. More than 5000 mu of crops here have been eaten up. Ant people are really pests!" Dwight held the hilt of his sword, pointed to the abandoned farmland and said sadly.
Victor smiled. On the 11th day of Gillian''s distress, count chebman sent a team of elite soldiers to protect the heirs of the family, led by the great Knight Dwight. Seeing the family, Gillian asked to salvage her equipment immediately. So Victor took the chebman knight to Pinghu. The salvage equipment was naturally completed by soldiers and knights, while victor and two big Knights stayed on the shore to see the scenery.
"Lord DeWitt, what do you chebmans think of ant men?" Victor asked with a smile.
Dwight said bitterly, "ant man is a recognized pest! Their habits are similar to wild bees. They tear up whoever provokes them! The difference is that wild bees make nectar, while ant man eats crops. With this alone, we can''t coexist with ant man. Even if they don''t attack humans, we have to destroy them!"
"In general." Victor nodded in agreement and asked, "take the liberty to ask, how many crops have not been damaged in the chebman collar? And how many ant people have stayed?"
Dwight twitched at the corners of his mouth and sighed, "there are less than 40% of the crops left in the territory. In order to prevent ant people from eating crops, we have three castles fighting ant people. At present, there are more than 9000 ant people left."
"Yes, the ant colony eats crops at an amazing speed. If there is no fierce battle to attract them, the ant people will eat all the crops, and the York family will lose all the harvest. It is said that the same is true for the Buryat family, and the Duke of Neo also has a lot of losses. Of course, there are no grains of wheat in my territory, and I can''t resist the ant colony." Said Victor in a low voice.
Dwight seemed to hear something else. He said tentatively, "Viscount Victor, it seems that you still have a lot of purple sugarcane forest. Don''t ant people like purple sugarcane?"
"They like purple cane very much, but there are fish people in my territory in addition to purple cane." Victor smiled.
"What?!" Dwight whispered that Victor''s information moved him.
Victor jaw first pass: "At first, more than 30000 ant people poured into our territory, some into the chebman collar and some into the Buryat collar. The eskri collar was also invaded by ant people. There were about 7000 ant people left in our territory. Later, I found that they fought with the fish people on the river bank. So far, the number of ant people here has been reduced to 3000, so the purple sugarcane forest can be preserved."
Dwight solemnly saluted Victor, "Viscount, thank you very much for revealing this information to us."
Count chebman is also close to the Jinshui River. The length of the river bank in their territory is longer than victor''s, and the number of fish people is very objective. Because count chebman resolutely resists the invasion of ant people, the ant colony has not collided with the fish people. Now with Victor''s information, the chebman family can also use the fish people to share the pressure of the ant colony. In this way, they will fight The loss will be greatly reduced.
Dwight was overjoyed, but Victor warned: "if you think ant people are simple and brainless, they will be seriously killed and injured!"
"Victor, I''ve always had a question." Gillian asked, "are you ambushing the silver ant man and just saved me?"
Victor smiled. Few people knew that he had the ability to monitor territory, and he would not explain this to Gillian, nodding: "Yes, I''m ambushing the silver ant man. Recently, the York family launched a battle to attract the ant colony. They found that there were particularly powerful ant men in the ant colony, and these silver ant men would take the initiative to attack the great knight. Mrs. Sylvia believed that eliminating these escaping ant men could really weaken the strength of the ant colony and slow down the attack of the next wave of ant tide. This information is from the York family The clan has informed the royal capital emissary. I believe you will receive the notice soon. Mrs. Sylvia also warned that silver ant people are mixed in the ant colony, difficult to identify and very dangerous. She doesn''t think the big knight can survive under the siege of ant people. "
Dwight and Gillian have ugly faces. Only monsters that can threaten the Silver Knight can be called silver monsters. The great Knight will not be afraid to fight with silver monsters, but he will never be attacked by silver monsters, especially in battle.
"No wonder Viscount Buryat died at the hands of the ant man." Dwight said dully. Viscount Buryat was the first great knight to die in the ant disaster. His death shocked the kingdom of Gambis, which directly led the local lords not to send knights to eliminate the ant colony, but to adopt the strategy of Castle Defense.
Gillian frowned and asked, "is there no way to distinguish? Under what circumstances will silver ant people escape?"
"I don''t know." Victor shook his head and said, "maybe if they lose cover, they will escape. For example, the number of ant colonies has been reduced to a certain extent. They are like assassins and soldiers in bee colonies. When the ant colonies are threatened, they will take action. In short, you should be careful."
Gillian and DeWitt looked at each other and sighed, "it seems that only the elite cavalry can attract the ant colony to the river bank."
"Sacrifice is inevitable. Soldiers must have such consciousness." Dewey''s head.
"Lord Gillian, your equipment has been salvaged." A chebman soldier came to report.
Gillian was overjoyed and could no longer worry about the fate of the elite cavalry of the family. She walked to the lake in high leather boots. Her body was originally very tall. After wearing half high-heeled leather boots, she not only looked more tall and straight, but also walked with a trace of enchanting posture. Many chebman soldiers were secretly peeking at their eldest lady.
After the raft landed, Gillian couldn''t wait to take over her armor and sword from the family knight. After careful inspection, she confirmed that it was not damaged. She immediately smiled.
"This great Knight''s equipment is made of refined gold, secret silver and refined iron. It is not only extremely strong, but also corrosion-resistant. It won''t rust even after soaking in water for half a year." Dwight explained to victor.
"Very good." Victor smiled noncommittally. He was waiting for DeWitt''s following.
Dwight pondered for a moment and said: "Although refined gold is called gold, it has nothing to do with gold. They are extremely strong and light. As long as a small amount of refined gold is added, the quality of weapons and armor can be greatly improved. Refined gold is also very rare. If Borui kingdom had not found a large number of refined gold mines, its value would not be much lower than secret silver. Nevertheless, Borui people still restrict the sale of refined gold. And we khibu The man family happens to have a fine gold mine.
Victor, we are very grateful that you are willing to sell Mithril to us. But in addition to Mithril, we also need refined iron ore and copper mine in Renma hill. I wonder if these can be within the scope of the transaction. "
Refined iron is strong, heavy and corrosion-resistant. It is an important material for making weapons and equipment. Refined iron must be mixed into the equipment of elite soldiers, and refined iron is also the main material of Knight''s equipment. Therefore, refined iron is widely used and is an indispensable metal. The human horse hills are short of iron ore, salt ore and flax, but there are rich refined iron and copper ore. The chebman family proposed the idea of trading refined iron and copper ore The request is also reasonable, but they obviously take Victor as Sylvia''s spokesman. Victor doesn''t intend to continue to explain this misunderstanding.
"Trade between free people should be free trade. I don''t know. I don''t collect taxes, block or hurt. I hope the chebmans can hold the same attitude." Said Victor softly.
Dwight frowned and mused, but Gillian put down her armor and sword, stared at Victor, and said excitedly, "including purple cane wine, crude sugar, snow sugar and coffee?"
"Except for purple cane wine, I can''t violate the notarization before God." Victor smiled.
Gillian leaned over and kissed Victor''s lips in Victor''s stunned eyes. After some tongue entanglement, she said with a crimson face: "this is a reward for you to save me. I will save you in the future."
Looking at the charming miss chebman, Victor smiled and said, "I don''t want this day."
With a fierce stare at the stunned Dwight, Gillian said to victor, "I''m leaving."
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The chebman family are moving away. Nelson went to victor and asked, "Sir, did they promise?"
It''s really astringent! Victor touched his numb lips and said, "they have to discuss with count chebman, but the chebman family will certainly agree. Secret silver is too important for high-level knights. Not all great Knights have secret silver equipment."
"Then why don''t we exchange with the York family? If they know, they''ll be very unhappy." Asked Nelson anxiously.
Victor sighed, "just can''t let the York family know!"
Secret silver is too scarce. There are many knights in York family. If they know that there is a secret silver mine here, they must take it for themselves. Sylvia cannot distort the will of the vassal family and favor victor. Eventually, the territory where the secret silver mine is located will be delimited, and victor will get some compensation at most.
Victor''s men had no knights and didn''t care about the ownership of the secret silver mine, but they couldn''t tolerate the York family to delimit his eastern territory. Otherwise, his territory will be completely isolated, which will cut off Victor''s contact with the outside world.
To the west of Victor''s territory is the Everglades, to the south is the Jinshui River, to the north is the eskri collar and Heibao Town, to the northeast is the Buryat collar, and to the East is the chebman collar. North, West and South are dead ends, and the Buryat family in the Northeast once cooperated with the queen to plot Victor, which is hostile to each other. Therefore, if Victor wants the free civil and commercial corps to go out, he can only choose to go east, pass through the chebman territory, go straight into the sphere of influence of the southern Lord of the Kingdom, then go east, pass through the RAND Empire and the kingdom of El, and finally arrive at the United Kingdom of Borui.
Similarly, Victor sought a small territory at the north end of the man horse hill. In addition to monitoring the ant colony and occupying the mountain resources, he also aimed to take it as the starting point and go all the way north to open up the business routes of Dodo Kingdom, sassanne Empire and Teutonic principality.
This is Victor''s strategic idea of going north and East. The deal with the chebman family is the first step for victor. Therefore, he needs to have a good relationship with his neighbors in the East, even if they have stolen their own secret silver and purple cane.
"Nelson, let''s go! Clean up the ant people in the territory."