Chapter 158

Hongye town is a small town with a small population. There are only more than 2000 people in the whole town. It is the smallest of the three small towns in pandaling, the former kingdom of dabion. Later, the territory was ceded to yasna by the kingdom of dabion, but yasna did not choose to accept it out of strategic considerations. Therefore, in order to protect themselves, the people in the town could only start to vigorously establish a civil corps, and then hired a mercenary corps to help defend.

After that, this nameless town was named Hongye town for the reason that "there is a kind of maple planted in the town, and red leaves fall every autumn".

Hongye town is rich in a kind of red maple wine. This wine is not high in strength and stamina, but it tastes sweet and not greasy. It is very popular, so the tax situation of the town is actually pretty good. In the past, it was also one of the important tax sources for panda to receive every year, but at that time, the town only needed to pay one-third of the income of the whole town. However, since hiring a mercenary corps, nearly two-thirds of the income of the town should belong to that mercenary Corps.

In fact, the town is not without complaints, but their militia can't beat each other, and they have been severely repaired by those mercenaries who have really seen blood in many disputes. However, fortunately, this mercenary regiment did not go too far, so the situation in Hongye town is actually better than that in another town called dabron, which is really bad.

In fact, if there is a choice, no town will invite a mercenary corps or mercenary corps to stay for a long time. Who knows what the character of these mercenaries is. If you accidentally invite a bandit and bandit, you will end up a little pitiful. However, the three towns originally led by panda have now become Ownerless and are not protected by any Lords. Moreover, they are so close to the wilderness that it is better to be bullied by their own people than to be burned, killed and looted by outsiders in the wilderness.

The stone wall of the town was only two meters high and nearly 20 centimeters thick.

However, since a mercenary regiment was invited to garrison here to assist in defense, the stone wall has been raised to nearly five meters and the thickness has reached 50 cm. This height and thickness is nothing compared with the real city wall, but it is enough to ensure that people below the upper silver can't easily turn over or break through. Even experts of the upper silver need a little strength to jump over.

In the construction of defense facilities, the mercenary corps also made some hard work, but unfortunately, these work can only make the mercenary Corps look more like a clown. On the contrary, the other two towns did not change the stone walls of the town at all - the mercenary regiment in dabron wanted to clean up everything in the town, while the other town increased the expenditure on stone walls and invested in real fortifications.

Of the three towns, this is the one most likely to successfully resist the looting from the wild.

At the gate of Hongye Town, several old men in plain clothes gathered here to chat. The content was a little vague, but finally it came to the topic of the new Lord.

"I heard that our town was finally accepted by the marquis." A thin old man suddenly said.

"I heard that I saw with my own eyes that a knight master sent the official document to the mayor a few days ago." Another old man vowed, "the head of the mercenary went to the mayor that night, and it is said that there was a quarrel."

"Those mercenaries are becoming more and more arrogant now. It's time for a lord to take good care of them." The thin old man who first spoke clearly nodded, "look, what's the name of the town..."

"Dabron." A little old man who had been pursing his mouth interrupted.

"Even if there is a good name." The skinny old man was dissatisfied with the interruption of his words. He tilted his mouth and quarreled. He seemed to forget what he wanted to say at the beginning. "In the past, what were the names of our small towns? If that small town didn't take such a name at the beginning, we wouldn't take what name with it. According to me, We used to call it Puda. It's good. "

"What if you have a name?" The old man who said he saw the knight Master said, "I've heard that if those lords don't approve, it's useless for us to have fun. They won't have any registration at all."

The little old man seemed to want to say something, but he finally closed his mouth and didn't speak anymore. He just sighed helplessly.

"Where did I just say?" The thin old man finally remembered that he still had something to say, "anyway, that town is ruined. The mercenaries they found are basically a group of bandits and robbers. It seems that they fought with the town next door the other day. I don't know the result. "

"Even if you know the result, what else can you do?" The fourth old man glanced. He had a temperament obviously different from that of several other old men. It seemed that he had participated in the army when he was young. There was a kind of ability belonging to soldiers. "Anyway, none of these mercenaries is a good thing."

These words are obviously a little extreme, but for the old man's words, several other old men don't refute or say more. They just look at him with some pity in their eyes, and then sigh with each other.

The old man did become a soldier when he was young, and it is said that he participated in the regular army of the Kingdom rather than the private soldiers of the nobility. Later, he was injured and retired before returning to his hometown to marry a wife and have children. The two sons were recruited into a heavy cavalry by the count of the kingdom of dabion because they were big enough. It was originally a happy thing. As a result, no one expected that the war suddenly broke out. Then, in the war with the female warrior God of the Principality of Ryan, both his sons died in the battle. It was said that they were evaporated by magic and didn't even leave a body.

The old man fell ill on the spot. The younger son had no children, but the older son left a son. Now he has joined the militia in Hongye town. However, when the appointment document of the Marquis came a few days ago, the mayor of Hongye town proposed to end the entrustment contract with the mercenary regiment. As a result, the domineering mercenary regiment refused to give up easily. Instead, he asked Hongye town to refuse to obey orders. As a result, a small-scale conflict broke out, and his grandson was seriously injured in the conflict.

Fortunately, however, his life was saved and he just needed to rest for a period of time, which was a great burden for the old man's family. Now, the old man had to start trying to make some money to get some supplements for his grandson and make him recover as soon as possible.

"Hum, I see. Even if a new Lord comes, it's not necessarily a good thing." The old man snorted stubbornly, "these lords are a group of hateful guys comparable to vampires. Can you guarantee that they do better than those mercenaries? I don't like these mercenaries, but I think they are much more friendly than the LORD sent by the Marquis Female martial god? Bah. "

The old man spit a mouthful of thick phlegm.

As a result, several other old men lost the nature of conversation. In fact, they are worried about the new Lord. After all, if the new Lord is more hateful than these mercenaries, it's better to continue to accept the rule of these mercenaries. At least they are dabion people, and the situation in Hongye town is better than that in dabron Town, at least not to that sad level.

However, they are not as extreme as the old man. In addition to worrying about the new Lord, they also have some expectations.

Just then, they saw a very burly young man running out of town.

The man's height is definitely more than one meter eight, but this is not the key point. The key point is that the man is holding a huge shield with a foot of one meter five in his left hand and a long gun in his right hand. He is running fast. Only one person gives people the feeling of thousands of troops and horses, raising a piece of smoke and dust.

Originally, there were several mercenaries gathered at the gate of the town, who were responsible for collecting fees for entering the town. In the past, the town had no such rules, but only after the mercenaries came. As a result, fewer and fewer peddlers came to the town to buy fruit wine. Now, when the mercenaries saw the burly man running, no one dared to intercept, or even get in the way, and they chose to avoid.

"This man is too terrible." The thin old man murmured.

"This is the northern barbarian." The little old man frowned slightly and wondered in his voice, "how can there be northern barbarians here?"

Then, several old men saw that at one end of the horizon, a big man and a small man in hoods appeared, and when the northern barbarian ran to the two men, he stopped and seemed to be talking to each other.

So, the strange trio walked towards Hongye town.

"Report unitary long." Ann Nuo said with a smile, carrying a half shield and a long gun.

"I've said it many times. Don't call you long. Now call me boss." Sean sighed helplessly.

"Good unitary length." Ann Nuo said seriously, "report to you, I already know where the mayor's home is."

Cecilia burst out laughing, and then seemed to realize something. She quickly put her hand over her mouth, and it turned into a giggle.

Sean shook his head helplessly: "forget it, I'm too lazy to correct your problems After you've been in town for so long, what else do you know besides the mayor's home? "

"Well." Arnold frowned and thought, "Lord William said that in addition to asking about the mayor's house, it's best to try whether the mercenaries are fierce or not."

Sean suddenly felt a headache: "did you try?"

"Weak explosion!" Ann Nuo said proudly, "I can beat five!"

Cecilia suddenly felt that it was familiar.

Sean thought it would be rash to bring only Arnold and Cecilia（ To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)