Heroes of the Invincible Knight

The River Valley is located between the Northland and the Great Central Plains, and is the hub connecting the kingdom's north and south. Although its area is less than 50,000 square kilometers, it is quite rich.

There are more than fifty lords living in the entire river valley and millions of civilians,

In this productive environment, it is definitely a densely populated place,

Different from the poor lords in the Northland, the nobles in the River Valley are all very rich, and almost every family has a small town like Ironwood City, instead of just a lonely castle.

The largest city in the river valley is Bolai, which is located in the center of the valley. Bolai, which is located in the golden position of the river valley, has a prosperity that is not at all inferior to Jinlongdu.

The resident population is nearly two million, accounting for almost one-third of the population of the River Valley.

With such a dense population, it is naturally impossible to rely on agriculture to support it. Burley's industry and commerce are very developed. The merchants from south to north provide a lot of employment for Burley. Many landless farmers simply live in Burley. Work for a living.

If the ruling model of the Northland is still dominated by feudal landlords and military aristocrats, then the River Valley has entered the embryonic stage of capitalism.

If there is any difference between the development of Bolai and the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries of Richard's hometown, it is that there are powerful knights in the Golden Dragon Kingdom, and the mountains of feudal nobles are more than ten times stronger.

Even if a certain class has mastered some means of production, it can still only be the money-making tools of these feudal nobles, relying on their noses to survive.

Since there is no great noble in the River Valley similar to the Lanster family in the North, there are no leaders in the entire River Valley, and Burley does not have a lord family like the Snow City.

Bolai City was jointly built by twelve surrounding lords. After years of development, it has become its current scale. The decision-making body of the entire city is the Twelve-member Council. The twelve nobles who built the city each occupy a seat.

Under the council, there are daily management agencies such as the city hall, the public security station, and the city guard, which are responsible to the twelve-member council.

There is only one special force in the city, which is outside this system, and it is the River Valley Defense Army directly under the Kingdom.

In principle, the entire legion has 20,000 soldiers, and the head of the legion is directly appointed by the kingdom and is directly responsible to the capital, and has nothing to do with the river valley.

Of course, this kind of thing in principle can only be an ideal state. Although the army commander is directly appointed by the king, the main soldiers are all from the valley, and some supplies and grass must be provided by the valley. It is impossible for the kingdom to transport grain thousands of miles.

The head of the legion will always have ties with the nobles of the river valley, and there is only one question of depth of this kind of ties.

At this time, in the council hall of Burleigh City, all twelve noble families were present, and there were thirteen people sitting around the round table.

In addition to the twelve nobles who built the city, the extra person was Dane, the commander of the garrison army stationed in the valley by the kingdom.

And this battle will only appear when Burley City makes some important decisions, and it has not been seen once in a few years. At this time, there are so many people gathered, so it is naturally a big event.

"Everyone knows about the Jingbei Army."

At the round table, a wealthy middle-aged man asked first, if it weren't for the fact that only nobles could sit on the round table council, this man would look more like a wealthy businessman than an aristocrat.

"It's been a few days since the Lanster family's request for help has been sent. I want to see what each family's attitude is."

"Hey, isn't he, Marquis Wade, who looks down on us noble merchants, and now thinks of begging us?"

"Two words, no help!"

A man whose face was covered in makeup and whose ten fingers were covered with rings of various gemstones resolutely rejected Beidi's request for help.

"What if the northern land can't stand it and the ogre rushes to the valley?"

"What are you afraid of? If the ogres want to enter the river valley, they have to break through the north gate. If not, the kingdom is still there. It's not our turn to save the savages of the Lancet family."

"Do you want to give me the food and grass?"

"What do you give? Brothers have to settle accounts clearly. It's okay to ask for food and grass, and buy it with money."

"Yes, buy with money, exchange things, there is no reason for us to give things for nothing in the River Valley!"

"boom!"

When the nobles were discussing fiercely, a man with a big belly slammed the table, attracting everyone's attention.

"Enough! Are you in the eyes of Qian Qian!"

Everyone was taken aback by his yelling, but someone responded immediately.

"Dane, what do you mean, you said that I can lose money, and you take less of your usual money?"

This middle-aged man with a big belly was actually Dane, the commander of the River Valley Defense Legion.

It's hard to imagine that when he came to River Valley to take up his post ten years ago, he was still a burly military officer, and now he has already grown a big belly.

In the past ten years, Dane's cultivation level has not improved much, but he has gained a lot of weight, and his family wealth has become more than ten times thicker.

"Supporting the Northland is an order from the royal capital. Don't you want to disobey the order?"

At this time, Dane felt a little regret in his heart, why did he get on the gangster's boat,

I thought they were just greedy, but I didn't expect this group of people to be stupid, completely lost in the eyes of money, completely unable to see the form.

After Dane finished speaking, the nobles who built the city finally calmed down.

"The kingdom's order is for the garrison to support the Northland, and it has nothing to do with us."

"shit!"

"The military field of the garrison has been in the field for so many years, but your families are vomiting it?"

As soon as Dane said, the nobles on the opposite side stopped talking, and his family occupied a lot of garrison land, all of which were fertile fields near the city of Burley, how could they retreat.

The garrison was stationed in the river valley. Originally, the kingdom set aside a large piece of military land around Burleigh to raise 20,000 troops for the garrison army.

But I don't know when, the military field of the garrison army has been occupied by the surrounding nobles, and there is no other industry at all except the garrison.

"Okay, okay, everyone is not here to argue,

The Kingdom asked us to support the Northland this time, and also sent a high-ranking official from the capital to supervise it. We still have to think of a way to deal with it earlier. "

The person who spoke was an old man in a brocade suit. Although his hair was gray, he seemed to be in good spirits.

"Mr. Sade is right. We are not sitting here today to quarrel. It is estimated that in a few days, the big man from the capital will arrive. Let's think about how to deal with it first.

When the time comes, people will press the garrison to go north, and there will be less than 5,000 people in the battalion holding 20,000 Jinnar every year. The king will pursue it, and none of us will be able to escape. "

"It's easy to handle. You can have two full meals a day and add a few coppers. There are as many people as you want. Anyway, let's get through this level first.

If the army is allowed to be dispatched, Lord Dane will find a way to delay it. This can always be done. "

Dane nodded after hearing this, and it's always fine to find a reason to delay for a while.

Insufficient food and grass, banditry in river valleys, and insufficient defense forces. There are a lot of reasons for this.

The nobleman in the river valley wears a pair of trousers again. No matter what reason he finds, everyone can cooperate.

A strong dragon does not overwhelm a snake, and even if you are a dragon crossing the river from the capital, you have to be played around in this river valley,

Thinking of this, Dane was also relieved.

"Does anyone know the person sent by the capital?"

"The king's capital didn't say anything about it, it only said that he had a command arrow, and he would know when he arrived."

"It's mysterious, and I don't know which big man it is."

"Okay, each family will follow the arrangement just now, and hire some people to fill in the vacancies of the garrison in the past two days."

"It's okay, let's leave, everyone."

Everyone dispersed as promised, only Dane stayed alone until the end.

Why do I still feel like my heart is jumping?

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