Proof of the Sun King

Ryan thought carefully about what he had done again. He should not have touched the most sensitive places of the great nobles. He could use some excuses for many behaviors, such as coming to the territory and eager to serve. These excuses . . .

It can only be said that there are very few idiots among the great nobles, and he just 'showed' some signs of this, and a king's order came to his hand.

Ryan knew that he had to bring people to the battle in person. At this time, he had to keep in step with everyone to ensure that he would not incur the collective resentment of the big nobles when he did not gain a firm foothold, and he would also take Show some performance to prove your strength.

"In this case, then I will personally lead the army of the baron to go to the Varemi camp near the Arden Forest to join the army of the Knights Road." Ryan made up his mind that what should come will always come, facing all kinds of troubles , he can only face the difficulties, rather than escape.

"I'll go with you, too." Surya said suddenly, "It's Marquis Connery's turn to serve in this year's chivalry war. He's not a nobleman who is good at military. Father means that you will command Winford. army."

"There's no need for Miss Surya..." Ryan seemed to want to persuade, but the 'female' knight's attitude was very firm: "I will definitely participate in the chivalry war, I am the Holy Grail Knight, Duke Winford's 'daughter' 'Son!"

"Then I can only say, please advise me this summer, dear Miss Surya." Ryan knew that she had made up her mind, so he didn't say more.

The 'female' knight didn't stay here for a long time. She was still unmarried and not suitable for spending the night in a man's house. After saying a few more words, Suria galloped away on a horse.

"Mr. Ryan...Are you going to fight again?" Emilia said worriedly, and the little 'maid' walked to Ryan's side, her big eyes twinkling.

"The only thing that can guarantee our survival in this dark world is war." Ryan looked at the moonlight outside the window and the midsummer bonfire, and shook his head gently.

If you want to protect this prosperity, to obtain tranquility and peace, there is only war, and only constant declaration of war on the darkness.

"You must come back victorious, Mr. Ryan." Emilia knew that she couldn't do anything, and the 'girl' could only stand by Ryan's side and whispered blessings.

"Emilia, I'm not leaving for the expedition tomorrow." Ryan smiled bitterly, and he 'touched' the little maid's head: "Study well, no one bullies you at school, right?"

"No, President Surya usually takes me with me. My classmates thought I was President Surya's 'waitress' and 'daughter', so no one bullied me." Emilia nodded again and again, "Daughter" ' The child's face is very satisfied: "Miss Sulia is the president of the college council. She is really gentle and treats me well."

"That's good." Ryan didn't say anything anymore, he obviously had something on his mind.

Emilia has a feeling that the relationship between the man in front of her and her is gradually becoming distant.

It turned out that when he was in Marienburg, there were only her and Ryan in the family, and they got along very easily with each other. He often chatted and joked with himself when he was free, even if there were other women in the family later. 'Servant, it didn't affect the relaxed atmosphere.

But now...

The 'girl' looked at Ryan's background and sighed secretly, she really wanted to help Mr. Ryan.

She made up her mind that she must study hard and strive to help him in the future.

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On Midsummer's Day, Lane and his retainers recruited about two hundred foot soldiers.

a week later.

Katzenberg stood beside Ryan with his hands behind his back: "My baron, we have recruited a total of 207 infantry, 102 pikemen, 41 sword and shield soldiers, and 64 archers."

The newly recruited army stood on a flat ground, being inspected by the lord and receiving new weapons and armor.

In fact, the baron is not very satisfied with these newly recruited soldiers. Most of them are too thin or too ignorant. There are very few qualified recruits who meet the real needs of the baron, but the baron knows that in this world, the serfs lacked nutrition since they were young, and Lack of basic training, they are naturally short and thin, and what the nobles can do is to pull the big ones out of the scumbags, and choose those who are as strong as possible and can use weapons.

So he originally planned to recruit 300 people, but Ryan temporarily changed his mind and only recruited about 200 people, which could not only ensure farming and labor, but also maintain the security of the territory.

He is not afraid of others coming to steal his home.

"The king has issued a call-up order. In August, I will take someone to the Varemi camp to report to the Marquis of Onchy." Ryan turned around and looked at his two ranger knights: "My knights, tell me, How well can you train these soldiers in a month?"

"It's difficult to train them in a month, my baron." Olivier said, the handsome knight 'feeling' the beard on his chin: "We can only do our best."

Ryan had no choice but to focus on his brother Angron.

"Don't look at me, brother, these little brats can't stand my training, I can only say that they are all waste and scum." Angron said disdainfully, the World Eater Primarch did not see these recruits: " Brother, if you want me to help you train soldiers, you'd better send me some sturdier people...like, beaten like you."

"Forget it..." Ryan thought to himself that I could withstand your beating.

After the resurrection, Angron was very weak. He had neither power armor nor power axe. The disappearance of the butcher's nail also affected his combat effectiveness. According to his brother, his current strength is only about 50% of his peak strength. In about two or three years, he can recover to 70% or 80%. As for the power armor and power axe, there is no way.

One month is not too long, not too short. If you pay close attention to the training, you can still have some effect. However, what makes Ryan unhappy is that neither of his two knights is good at training the army. Olivier is a stray 'wanderer' knight, and their ability to train new recruits is not strong.

All right, Ryan turned around and said to the last person standing in the crowd: "Then I can only trouble you, Hux."

A young knight with bright eyes and eyebrows stood behind the crowd, and his face had a thin scar from the left eye to the tip of the right nose, which made his face look a bit fierce.

This ranger knight is the newly vassalized ranger knight of Lane. He is from the Duchy of Le-Angourin in Brittany. He is the second son of the Heath family. He was sent to Brunswick, the capital of the empire, because of inheritance issues. to study at the Army Academy.

It was only when the knight returned from his studies that his family's territory had been destroyed by the beastmen, and countless populations and his relatives were turned to dust. When he found the king, he got a thunderbolt of news, because The family failed to defend its territory, and the family title has been cancelled.

Hux knew that he was unable to restore the territory, so he took the family crest and became a Ranger Knight again. After hearing that Ryan, the Holy Grail Knight, had a real seal here, he came to the Baron of Jean to recommend himself. .

Hux is excellent in martial arts and is good at training troops and formations. He was 'proficient' in infantry training and tactical command during his years of study in the empire. After inspection, Ryan quickly saw him, and he immediately moved towards the new Holy Grail. The knight swears allegiance.

"Okay, my baron." The ranger knight's face was gloomy. He rarely smiled. He only obeyed when he heard Ryan's orders.

The war of chivalry is about to start, and Ryan has a lot to do. After arranging Olivier and Hux to follow him on the expedition, while Lops and Angron stayed behind, Ryan called his housekeeper Katzenberg again. Come: "Is the grain in the warehouse enough for the army for forty days?"

To participate in the war of knighthood, the lord must provide his own food and grass for his army. This is the practice. The time for the lord to serve the king is 40 days each year. Therefore, the army led by the lord must raise food and grass for 40 days and then fight for the king for free. If this period is exceeded, the king must provide the lord with salaries and food supplies.

"If Your Excellency the Baron intends to send troops according to the Baron of Jean's standards, then it is barely enough." Katzenberg did a mental calculation and came up with a number: "It may be a little nervous, but we just need to reduce some unnecessary expense……"

"I'll ask the merchants to buy some more grain." Ryan nodded: "We can't just watch the grain depot empty."

"This is the best choice, my baron." Katzenberg felt that this could not be better. The baron's strong ability in internal affairs was admirable.

Then Ryan called Gasparton again, asked his tax officer to prepare for tax collection, and instructed him to bring church personnel and soldiers at the same time when collecting tax. It is not news that the serfs violently resisted the tax.

This situation is very serious everywhere, especially road tax collectors. This position is a real high-risk industry. It is said that road tax collectors who can live for two years are already "long-lived people".

After things were arranged, Ryan received news that businessman Oliver came to visit with someone, so he immediately said, "Bring Mr. Oliver in."

The potbellied imperial businessman walked in with a smile, and when he saw Ryan, he immediately saluted respectfully: "Mr. Baron, good morning."

"Hello, Mr. Oliver, I just happened to be looking for you." Ryan stood up to express his enthusiasm, and then motioned for Oliver to sit on the soft seat: "How is the reclamation and town development going?"

"This is also what I'm going to report to the baron. We have already expanded the town by one-third of the scale along the city wall. Many people are already interested in the large amount of newly expanded land, including...' Spirit." Oliver hesitated, but still said.

"'Spirit' spirit?" Ryan became interested.

"Well, the wood 'elves' from San Lorenzo, or the Athel Loren Forest as they are called here, they seem to be looking for stable trading partners and establishment of observatories." Oliver continued: "But they refused to negotiate with us. , they say they don't 'communicate' with vile, cunning humans, they only want to talk to the Holy Grail Knight."

"Then why didn't you bring them to see me?"

"They... don't want to be near crowded places. When the Holy Grail Knight is not there, they say they will come back in a few months." Oliver said distressedly: "How can I persuade them not to listen, I even told them to wait here. After a while, I went to the baron, and they all suspected that I was looking for the army, so..." Oliver spread his hands: "They disappeared."

"Well, it's a group of careful guys, wait for the next time. It's estimated that the sharp-eared people didn't plan to have a good talk this time. They just came to explore the bottom." Ryan smiled.

The wood 'elves' are secretive and absolutely isolated. They live in the large forest of Athel Loren in the south of Brittany. Although they have signed a covenant with Britania, it is only a loose mutual recognition and mutual help. convention.

The wood 'elves' will trade with the knights, but after being deceived countless times by "tricky" and "despicable" humans for countless years, the wood 'elves' have become smarter, and they are only with the knights of the Holy Grail lord trade.

In other words, they only trust the Holy Grail Knight.

In any case, these matters will not be resolved until Ryan returns from the expedition: "Leave this aside, Oliver, I need you to help me buy some food."

"It's easy, my baron." Oliver also replied seriously: "I have established trade relations with the merchants of Winford and 'Bo'dro, and I can buy them as long as the quantity is not too large. ."

"Very good!" The trouble in his heart was resolved, and Ryan put a stone in his heart.

Then, the baron called Hadrian again, the big trench merchant from the southern kingdom was setting up many workshops along the river, and he was the slowest, because most of the workers were building castles and clearing farmland, many He also needed to bring in the equipment and equipment from Marienburg, and what Ryan needed was patience.

"Make arrangements as soon as possible, Mr. Hadrian." Ryan said softly, as the time as the lord became longer, the Holy Grail Knight became more and more powerful.

"Okay, Your Excellency Ryan."

The rest of the time was spent dealing with government affairs and patrolling the territory. Ryan often 'takes' time to go to his brother's place to "beg for a fight". Angron is very willing to teach his younger brother. Ryan has benefited a lot for a period of time. I feel that my strength in the transfer of steps has been faintly showing signs of breaking through again.

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The time has come to the beginning of August, the season of sparkling gold, the clear sky of midsummer, and the hot sun scorching the earth~www.wuxiamtl.com~The army is ready to go.

The army that Ryan participated in the chivalry war this time consisted of him, Hux and Olivier, three knights, five knight squires, and fifty-three infantrymen. Due to the small number of soldiers, Ryan did not recruit or receive the soldiers.

Ryan was wearing a grey knight psionic 'fine' power armor, holding a gryphon warhammer, with the Holy Grail Knight badge hanging on his 'chest', riding on the body of a pure-blood 'spirit' war horse Grape, and shouting to his soldiers : "Are you ready? My soldiers?"

"My baron! We're ready!" After a month of training, the infantry in front of them had more or less the appearance of an army, at least they were standing neatly and waiting for orders.

More, can only rely on the baptism of blood and fire.

"Let's go!" The big 'door' of the town opened, and the new baron led his army out of the town, preparing to go to the Varemi camp near the Arden Forest.

In the tower, the dark 'elf' Orika was alone watching Ryan lead his army away.

"Master..." A silver 'color' pendant was hung on Orika's full 'chest', which was specially made by Ryan for her to protect her. .

Holding the necklace tightly with both hands, Orika stuck the pendant to her heart.

"Owner……"

"Master?" A dazzling white light appeared behind her, and the dark 'spirit' turned around subconsciously, and a white 'jade' hand touched her forehead.

Olika struggled in vain for a while, and then her body softened. Facing the terrifying strength of the comer, she had no ability to resist, so she could only struggle and say, "Lake...Lake Lady?"

"Olica, Olika-Corendia?" The lake fairy 'girl' had a faint smile on her face, but she couldn't tell the danger.

"You really recognized me! Lilith!"