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In this moment of dead silence, the attendant followed the knight and swaggered open the broken door and walked into the manor.

The broken door fell to the ground with a creak, and a cloud of dust fell out.The baron came back to his senses in the voice, and with a livid face, he jumped and cursed: "Who told you to shoot arrows! Hurry up and welcome Miss Tanya!!"

Not long after, Tanya, Baron Sandy and other big figures had already started to exchange greetings. George, the attendant, acted as the hostess's assistant and arranged for the whole team.

Under his command, the black lake sergeants directly and brutally took over the place. The city walls, gates, towers, and even the entire castle were gradually erected with black pearl banners.

Looking at the Black Lake soldiers who took the place of guarding the manor, as well as those of his own people who had been beaten bruised and swollen, Baron Sandy smiled reluctantly at Tanya.

The comparison of strength is too reluctant.Not to mention those ruthless male and female knights in black battle armor who didn't say a word, it seems that people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.It's those guys called the Knights of the Black Lake, who even wear better armor than themselves!

As for my dozen or so knights, several of them were even wearing chain mail

Indeed, although many of the Knights of the Black Lake did not have Dawn Armor, before leaving, the Sanctuary remodeled the heirlooms of all the nobles in the entire valley!So their equipment is better than the thin-skinned dreadnought armor of the first generation of white knights.

The equipment of the soldiers on both sides is also very different.The attire of the guards didn't even form a standard.Most of them looked worse than the soldiers in Garvey's hands. They were nothing more than militia-level trash with iron pieces sewn on their leather.

To be honest, when they seized control, the guards looked at this group of menacing bandits and did not resist at all.However, the tempers of the old soldiers were not very good. Those who moved slowly and complained were all beaten.

At this point Baron Sandy already knew that they had all become captives

He never thought that this would be the result!This group of people has no aristocratic demeanor at all!

But it's also strange, this is Miss Elizabeth's personal soldier, who is used to being arrogant and domineering.Besides, Miss Tanya is leading the team today

This eldest lady's temper is even more difficult to provoke than Ms. Elizabeth.Thinking of her father gave Baron Sandy a headache.

I've had a bad day today.

The nobleman still maintained his due demeanor, turning a blind eye to the groups of Black Lake soldiers, very gentlemanly ordered the servants to prepare the dinner, and like a real master, let the disarmed knights With the guards, they arranged the barracks for the guests.

As he ordered, he invited Tanya and her knights to visit his manor.And as he saw the quality of those Black Lake soldiers compared with his own, his attitude became more and more enthusiastic.

Completely the opposite of the beginning.

It can be seen that in the entire manor, many houses are temporarily built, and many are even simple shacks, similar to the slums in Bianhe.As for the population, counting the guards and servants, there are a total of 3000 to [-] people, and young and strong men account for the vast majority, and there are almost no old people in sight.

In this manor, handicraft workshops, mills, bakeries, blacksmiths are all available, and there is also a small church.It is a typical castle manor layout, if the residents' houses are not so simple and lack streets.It can already be called a town.

In fact, most farmhouses on estates don't have so many of them.Because a standard barony often has tens of thousands of acres of land, it is actually only a dozen square kilometers.The population is scattered in various farms, and only the main buildings are built in the core manor, which is convenient for collecting messy fees such as mill tax and bakery tax. People need to spend money to borrow mills, even baked bread.

As Tanya said, the fields here have always been bordered by the farm fields that belonged to Wing Wind City.

And because it is located in a plain area, although the fields are not as fertile as the valleys, there are a lot of arable fields.Before the mist, there were herds of cattle and horses here, and the plowed fields that took turns to rest would be used as pastures.There is even a dedicated horse farm in the north.

Therefore, the population is very scattered, and there are not many densely populated towns in the entire western region.The current population of this manor is so large, and it is entirely because the population of the surrounding farms has gathered here.

This made it impossible to cultivate the fields in the distance, and people did not dare to go far in the mist.There are not many fields to cultivate.

In addition, the land near the manor has not been given a rest because it has been in use.The weather is also getting worse, making the overall output far from what it used to be.The people in the support manor can only say that Kan Kan is enough.

But the vassal is to perform military service and provide taxes for the lord.Now it's war again.

In order to complete the task, not only a large amount of food must be provided, but also leather-producing cattle, wool-producing sheep, and even military horses must be maintained.The living conditions of the residents of the manor are naturally self-evident.

Those livestock eat better than people, and there is a stench between the simple huts and farmhouses.

People will starve to death from time to time, and in order to maintain the young and strong population, refugees are often accepted here.

But entering this shelter is just a lingering life, two more years of life.Among the dying crowd, what the Black Lake soldiers saw were pairs of desperate eyes

It is true that the calamity that the Valley endured was far worse, if not much worse.But the people in the valley are living better than those outside.

Because the valley has never experienced real famine.

"The Kuroshio? Are you referring to those zombies?" Baron Sandy said, "Occasionally there will be, but they won't be around here for too long."

George, who was listening on the sidelines, nodded.The monsters they encountered on the road were indeed very scattered.And there are indeed very few monsters near this manor. It seems that the guards here often lead people to deal with them.

It seems that the governance of the various territories in the western region is similar to that of the former Rat Territory.And because there is no defiler, no cause of serious corruption and contamination.There is also more land under cultivation.However, because of the domestication of livestock, animals are more important than people, and the lords have not realized that there are fewer and fewer people because of the replenishment of refugees. This makes the ratio of food to livestock even more out of balance, and famine is spreading.Gradually formed an endless loop.

The Duke's control over the entire western region is still very high, and the lords dare not slaughter cattle and horses at will, which allows the Duke's armed forces to be maintained and can be drawn out to fight at any time.

In addition, because the western region has always paid attention to animal husbandry, although the residents eat less and less, there is no shortage of winter clothes.

"However, the time of zombie siege has been longer than in previous years recently. Whenever the tide of corpses comes, I can't go out to work for a long time. Many livestock have starved to death." Baron Sandy sighed, Full of despair about the autumn harvest: "This year's livestock task is okay, but the grain task may not be completed."

The inside of the manor is not big, and it took a while to walk around, and the sky was completely dark.At this time, the work of the Black Lake soldiers was almost finished, and temporary tents were set up.Large torches were lit around, illuminating the entire manor brightly.

The guards had already worked together with the servants and serfs, carried out firewood and other materials, and lit big bonfires.

On the road, George also saw people slaughtering cattle and sheep. Obviously, Baron Sandy had already arranged it.It seems that not only a few of them, but even the Black Lake soldiers can eat meat today.

It's no wonder that the baron is unwilling to entertain his own family. One day when the army is stationed here, the manor will be harmed by one day.This year's situation is already bad, and I really can't entertain guests a few times.

But it's useless to keep those cattle and sheep, all the sick old cattle and sheep are killed.Tomorrow, when the knights lead the refugees here to relocate, they will not be able to take all of them away.

Of course, Baron Sandy still didn't know what George and the others were planning.Having already calculated the sunk cost, the smile on his face reappeared in the reminiscence with Tanya.Not long after, Tanya and some knights entered the castle under the hospitality of Baron Sandy.George and other attendants stayed behind under Tanya's orders, and made a final inspection round.

When passing by a farmhouse, George stood at the window and looked in, and saw three or four sheep and seven or eight chickens inside.

A long head stuck out and opened its mouth as if eating George's hair, but before reaching it, it was slapped by a hand, and then fell silent under the caress of that hand.

It was only at this time that George realized that Aji had appeared by his side. Maybe the bodyguard had been there all along, but he didn't notice it.

He looked at the military horse in Aji's arms, and his eyes couldn't help but become weird.

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This horse is a little different from the tall horses commonly seen among nobles. Its size is not too big, and it looks about the same as Little William, who has just turned two years old. The shoulder height is about 1.4 meters to 1.5 meters, and it looks a bit ruined. None of them are handsome.On the contrary, it is somewhat ugly.

However, their body shape is somewhat special. They have big heads and short necks, strong physiques, broad chests and long manes, thick skin and thick fur.It is a specialty near Wing Feng City.

Aji had seen these horses when he was walking here before, and now he leaned into George's ear and said, "Master, the quality of these horses is not as good as those collected by the Black Pearl Manor. But they are serious. Qingfeng Ma."

"What is Qingfengma?" George asked with wide-eyed eyes.

"The Qingfeng horse is mainly made of green hair, and it runs thousands of miles as fast as the wind, so it got its name." Aji patted the horse's head and said the first

Hearing this, George opened his mouth.Generally, a horse carrying a person for thousands of miles will probably be exhausted long ago. Even if you take a spare horse and change trains on the road, the spare horse will have to run behind. If you can run a thousand miles continuously, that is [-] kilometers. This is by no means An ordinary horse can do it, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is a thousand-mile horse!

Of course, there was some bragging in Aji's mouth, although in history there were indeed teams that ran overnight and then won the battle.But that's nomadic cavalry!And it is five hundred miles a night, not five hundred kilometers a day.

In more cases, the army generally ran for many days in a row to reach this number.

But this is also extremely terrifying!A horse that can meet this requirement is definitely an excellent military horse!

Seeing Aggie's enthusiasm, George listened and wondered what kind of horse this kind of horse was.