The knight was galloping on the road for a while, and suddenly rushed down the road and entered the grass in one place.

But it cannot be said that it was a grassland. The vague roadbed showed that it was obviously a rural road, but few people walked and had been covered with weeds. However, under the ravage of more than a dozen war horses, the weeds that were trampled to pieces could only make the rural road see the light of day again.

The cavalry ran for a short while, and the wider dirt road surface appeared. The hazy village scene in the distance had emerged, and the figures of farmers working in the farmlands beside them were also vaguely visible.

As the village got closer, farmers carrying farm tools appeared on the road. When these farmers saw the pattern of the cavalry leaning against the flag, they immediately retreated to both sides and kneeled on the ground with their foreheads close to the ground. In this ceremony of worship, the cavalry passed through the village and continued to advance.

After running again for more than ten minutes, a town appeared in front of me. In the center of the town is a slightly protruding mountain, and on the mountain is a city surrounded by wooden walls. It is called a city, but in fact it is just a small mountain village with a length of about 200 meters each.

However, the name of this village is thanks to the building in the center of the city that is very prominent, about ten meters high, which belongs to the architectural style of Feidu Peninsula. As long as you have the "Tianshou Pavilion", even if the area is small, it will be a city. This is recognized by Feidu Peninsula.

Seeing the city, the cavalry slowed down and began to jog slowly. The city also found the cavalry. The six-meter-wide wooden door was slowly opened. Dozens of soldiers and several warriors were lined up on both sides of the gate, waiting quietly for the arrival of the cavalry.

As soon as the cavalry appeared at the gate, a soldier immediately stepped forward to hold the reins of the young knight, while the others knelt down under the leadership of several warriors and shouted: "Welcome the lord back to the city!"

The young knight who had turned over and dismounted, waved his hand and said "get up" while walking into the city. The soldiers were busy, and only those warriors followed the young knights.

The young knight looked up and saw the flag fluttering in the wind at the top of the Tianshou Pavilion, which was like a cavalry leaning against the flag. He couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Oh, the customs of many years have completely disappeared after the appearance of this lord. Who would have thought that the flag of the affiliated family would actually be added to the main family emblem."

"Lord, please be careful. This is the wise nature of the palace. In this way, who is your own force on the battlefield, even the peasant soldiers at the bottom can be seen at a glance. There will never be any trash of your own people beating your own people." A warrior said hurriedly.

"Haha, the lord is very generous and will not deal with my Yamada family just because of such words."

The young knight, the Yamada family's owner, Yamadaaka, waved his hand with a smile.

After entering the lobby of the city, the master and servant sat down, Yamadaaka saw that there were only three retainers beside him, and he couldn't help feeling sad.

I think the retainers could fill the hall at the beginning, but who would have thought that they would accept the order to fight in Qingyue City but let their own strength go 90%? Now they have to surrender to their original enemies.

However, because of this, my second son, who has almost no future, can become the head of the family. I really don’t know whether to hate or thank the Lei family.

Yamadaaka, who was thinking about random things, saw that his retainers were all lowering their heads and wondering what they were thinking. He broke the silence and asked, "Is there nothing wrong with my family during my visit?"

"Please rest assured, lord, everything in the family is as stable as before." The three retainers nodded and said.

"Lord, don't you know if this interview will go smoothly?" asked an older retainer.

"It went smoothly. I was greeted by my lord alone after waiting for a week." Yamadaaka said calmly.

"Congratulations to the lord, you can actually meet alone, which shows that the hall values ​​the lord very much." The retainers hurriedly congratulated.

"It's nothing. All the wealthy families who maintain their family ranks have been received by the lord. It's just a means to win over foreign retainers." Yamadana said dismissively.

"Lord, be careful. The Dadian family has no foreign retainers now, because since the lord has accepted the salary from the Dadian, he is a direct retainer. Do you think, except for the former nobles and a few important officials, who has a real leader in the Dadian now? So as long as you make meritorious contributions, it is not impossible to become a prince of Wanshi." The retainer hurriedly advised.

Yamadaaka thought for a while and smiled, "Well, this is true, haha, those retainers were happily prepared to exercise their lordship after obtaining Ishigao, but they suddenly realized that in addition to being able to use various resources and own a piece of residential land, let alone farmland, even a gang can't even mobilize a gang.

"I went to Master Fengxing to find out that Shi Gao, who was enthroned to them personally, just refers to the amount of food that can be obtained after collecting the grain, rather than the territory that is taken for granted."

"Hmph, they really thought that territory was so easy to obtain? When the hall was enthroned, the ministers thought there was something wrong with it. How could they properly enthrone the family and individuals? In hindsight, they found that the hall was also clear."

"I think this should be the case. Only Shi Gao, who was enthroned to the family, is considered a territory. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a mess? After the matter was revealed, the upstarts who had looked down on us, immediately looked at us differently."

"Haha, this minister has heard that when the upstarts learned the news, they were all stunned. It is said that most of the upstarts formed their own families afterwards."

The retainers also catered to the jokes of the upstarts. The old rich families looked down on the upstarts who were bandits not long ago, but now they are the same lord, so they can only laugh at them privately.

"Well, okay, this time I received a mission. The lord asked us families with real leaders to send soldiers to obey orders and command according to the ratio of ten stones." Yamadana patted her legs and said.

As soon as these words were spoken, the three retainers immediately glared at each other, and then asked with joy and nervous expressions: "Lord, is the war finally going to start in the hall?"

"Although I can't guarantee that I will leave like before, I'm probably 80% sure I will occupy the land I have captured this time. After all, a large number of upstarts do not have real leaders, so the lord must need land to stabilize them." Yamadaaka said.

"Okay! Finally, I'm waiting for the day to make achievements! Lord, when will the request of the hall arrive? "A retainer jumped up excitedly.

"Well, today is fifteen days later, and my family will gather at the Kawashima Road." Yamadaaka said after thinking for a while.

"Time is a bit tight. My family actually received 1,500 stones, and it takes 150 people. Now there are 60 regular soldiers. After deducting the 30 people who need to stay, 120 peasant soldiers need to be recruited. Well, there is no problem with weapons."

A retainer muttered for a while and said, "Lord, there is no problem with my family completing the task. But these peasants and soldiers have not been trained and can only behave like this. If you really want to make merits, you still can't count on them."

"Well, leave ten permanent soldiers and twenty peasant soldiers behind, and the cavalry team also brought them with me. My family still has to seize the merits myself." Yamadaaka said.

"Yes, according to the convention, one cavalry is equivalent to five peasant soldiers. With these fourteen cavalry, we only need..." Before the retainer finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yamadana: "No, just recruit 150 peasant soldiers. We don't have to worry about these things with stingy."

"Yes, it's my ignorance." The retainer hurriedly apologized. Now is not the Qingyue City era in the past, but the Lei family era.

The Lei family emphasizes that if you have merits, you will be punished. Even if these fourteen cavalrymen are destroyed, as long as they make meritorious service, the rewards they receive will be enough to form several such cavalry teams immediately. This is an example, and there is no need to be as petty about their own losses as before.

Seeing that the matter was explained, Yamadaaka smiled relaxedly and said, "Haha, no wonder those upstarts tried their best to obtain real leadership. After all, only families with real leadership can have a single military unit. The merits established in this way are all monopolized.

"Unlike now, those upstarts can only lead their lord's direct soldiers to fight, and the merits they get must be divided from top to bottom, and when they get to the hands, they will only have a little bit of pity."

"The main hall has maintained the tradition of flying across the Peninsula well in this regard." The retainers nodded in response.

"But there are more things that have been changed." Yamadaaka sighed secretly.

In the past, a wealthy family like me could be disobedient to the master's family. After all, I was just a foreign minister of the master's family in name and had never received the salary from the master's family. No one would blame him even if he was a fence-bearer.

But now that he is receiving the salary of the master and belongs to the master's direct minister. Not to mention being a fence-bearer, just a lip service is enough to destroy the family.

However, although Yamadaaka complained about the Lei family, he was not an ignorant person. Looking at the tens of thousands of professional troops trained by the Lei family through actual combat, and looking at the princes who were still using peasant soldiers, you will know how strong the two sides are.

In addition, the Lei family tried every means to increase their wealth and supplies, and the little inventory they knew was enough to ensure that the Lei family had started war all day long. Since they were such an extremely powerful subordinate, it depends on how they rely on these advantages to make achievements and earn a rich family property for their descendants.

From the Lei family's head landing in a big way to meeting all subordinates and then the army began to mobilize, all those who have been paying attention to the Lei family are very clear about it.

Because of the existence of the Lei family, the nearby princes who were peaceful when other princes were killed and killed all sighed. The Lei family finally planned to take action. This time, they might not have sent people to rob and retreated like before.

Qingshui City is a symbolic city of forces near Lei Family, and the one that owns this city is Shanmu Family.

Although the territory of the Shanmu family is just like Qingyue City, unfortunately, there are no excellent ports in the territory, only a few small wharfs. However, even so, relying on these small wharfs, you can still get some money from the smuggling business of the neighbor Qingyue City, a neighbor.

But after the Lord of Qingyue City was replaced by the Lei family, it would be unlucky.

The first goal of the Lei family naval army after its establishment was to take advantage of the mountain and wood naval army, which dared to take advantage of the mountain and wood naval army, and then occupied these small wharfs.

However, I don’t know if it was the threat of the Yamamu Army or the fact that these small wharfs were not seen by the Lei family, but the Lei family’s naval army demolished the small wharf and left.

These small wharfs have never been rebuilt again. What's the use of building them? The sea surface here has become the sphere of influence of the Lei family's naval army.

The lack of this profitable place is not counted, but what is even more evil is that the Shanmu family is unhappy with the lunatic Lei family. When he heard that other princes wanted to make the Lei family's idea, he immediately excitedly participated in one.

But the result was that not only did it cause the loss of troops and generals, but it also plundered all the family's savings for many years, and also began a harassment war that lasted for more than half a year.

Now, although the signs of princes are still on the surface, they are actually just local tyrants. Not to mention that their foreign retainers are in charge of their own affairs, even the direct retainers have begun to disobey them.
Chapter completed!