Chapter 39: The Second Meeting with the People
The air on the mountain road was very humid in the early morning, and two horses were galloping on it.
Ronin selected the strong guards on horseback to deliver the letter. They will go to Lake Town to seek help from the Green family.
The two guards would return if Baron Hermann were willing to lend the carrier bird. Otherwise, they would return to Wushan Castle along the same route and deliver the letter.
At this moment, they had already run for dozens of miles and would be out of the mountain area in two hours.
But at this moment, two fast horses came running towards them from the opposite side.
"It's the knight from yesterday!"
"It's led by Sean. What is he doing here?"
The two messengers' hearts skipped a beat, and they couldn't help but pull the reins to stop and make way for each other.
The visitor was none other than Captain Filiton Henry, the knight of Sean County. He did not expect to meet someone from Hillwood Town here.
Feridon also stopped and asked, "Where are you going?"
The aura of the senior knight made the two guards nervous, but when they thought that Baron Ronin, the Lord of Shanlin Town, was behind them, the two messengers calmed down.
Although ordinary people have no power to fight back against the knights, if the other party kills them at will, they will have to pay a huge price once it is known, and they will have to pay a large sum of money.
"Dear Knight, we are delivering a letter on behalf of Lord Ronin." One of the messengers replied.
Feridon's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Could it be that he was sending a letter to Wushan Fort? And it was about things in Sein Territory and Shanlin Town?
"Do you know what letter Lord Luo Ning asked you to deliver?" he asked hurriedly.
"I'm sorry, Master Knight, we don't know the contents of the letter."
Feridon frowned slightly. He came here today to solve the trouble in Lord Sean. If Ronin's letter was really about this matter and he asked the messenger to send it out, it would be troublesome.
"Don't send your letters for now," said Feridon.
After hearing this, the two messengers were shocked, and their heartbeats accelerated. Would this knight really want to cause trouble for them?
"I'm sorry, but this is something our Lord has specifically instructed us to do. Without Lord Ronin's approval, we must deliver the letter. Lord Feridon, you won't stop us, will you?"
The two messengers were nervous but neither humble nor arrogant.
They had experienced what happened yesterday, and before leaving, they had to remain calm as Luo Ning had instructed them.
"Hehe, don't be nervous."
Feridon became gentle. "I am now preparing to meet with your Lord, Baron Ronin, and the matter to be discussed may be related to the content of the letter in your hand. If you send it out, it may cause your Lord to lose hundreds of gold coins!"
He was very good at picking out the key points when speaking. "If Lord Luo Ning knew that you didn't listen to my advice and caused him to lose so much money, do you think he would blame me?"
"This..."
The two messengers looked at each other and decided not to do that this time.
Seeing the situation, Feridon continued, "How about this: you come back with me to see your master, and then I will tell him that it was me who asked you to come back. I think he won't blame me."
"Also, if you need to send letters later, I can lend you the messenger bird that Sean has. It's much faster than your horses."
The two messengers were still a little hesitant, but thinking that this matter might be related to the master's wealth plan, they finally chose to compromise.
"Haha, okay, let's go then. I'll have to trouble you to help me inform them later!"
Feridon laughed and pulled the reins to continue on his way.
"By the way, Lord Roning said yesterday that there is a high-level professional knight among you. Is he the big guy who is as majestic as a mountain?"
The two messengers turned their horses around and talked with a smile.
"That's Master Macon!"
"Lord McKen is so powerful. It is said that even if two or three high-level peak knights besiege him at the same time, he can remain undefeated!"
There was a serious light in Feridon's eyes. This McKen was a very difficult opponent, and he must be taken seriously in the future!
In fact, he didn't know that the two messengers said this because Roning had specifically reminded them of this during the morning training.
Whether it was people from Shanlin Town or anyone else, anyone who asked about the guard's strength would give this answer.
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On the other side, Roning was taking McKen, Chahar and others to the grassland west of the town.
David and Tom already informed the leaders last night that they would be meeting with the people, and they agreed to meet at the western pasture at ten o'clock this morning.
There are not many people around Roning now. Ten injured guards are recovering, two were sent out by him as messengers, and five were left in the castle. There are only twelve guards who can accompany him.
Ordinary guards did not have much fighting power in front of the extraordinary people, and Roning brought them with him purely for show.
At this moment, the western grassland was crowded with people, and the leaders had arrived here early and were waiting.
The scene of the new Lord entering the town yesterday has been spread among the people. Although Princet is a traitor, this Lord killed so many people in one breath, and he is obviously a cruel person.
How dare they let the Lord wait here?
At this moment, almost all the people in the territory had come. Even those who were seriously ill and unable to walk were carried here by their families.
When Roning came to the outside of the grassland, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
His first feeling was: Oh my God, why are there so many people?
The second feeling is joy from the heart.
It's better to have more people. With more people, the difficulty of completing the [Population Prosperity] achievement will be greatly reduced.
With the appearance of Roning, the originally noisy crowd suddenly became quiet, and everyone focused their eyes on Roning, fearing that any noise would displease the Lord.
It was the first time that Luo Ning was stared at by so many people. It was impossible for him not to feel nervous.
But now he is a lord, and he cannot lose face in front of his subjects.
He took a deep breath and walked towards a higher place - there was no specially built platform, just a small mound of earth on the grassland.
Well, there's nothing grand about this kind of meeting.
But there was no way. The matter was arranged hastily, and Roning did not have a political officer.
When he thought about this, Roning really felt a headache.
Civil servants are not like servants who can be recruited easily.
If you want to be a political officer, you must at least learn to read, right?
Ronin looked at his men. Thirty guards, including David, were not enough. Besides them, there were only McKen, Elron, Chahar and Tom.
Chahar is the steward of the castle, and the others are all extraordinary people, and none of them are suitable to be political officials.
After a brief moment of wandering thoughts, Ronin returned his attention to the present. He glanced at Elrond beside him, who understood and immediately stepped forward and said loudly,
"People of Hillwood Town, the bloodline of the great Wushan family, the Lord of Hillwood Town, Baron Ronin, is standing before you at this moment! No matter who you are, now, salute the Lord and offer your loyalty!"
Elrond has read a lot of books recently, including two knight novels, and the lines in the books are like this. He made active use of them.
As he finished speaking, everyone began to salute.
The serfs knelt on the ground, and the free people bowed deeply to show their respect.
Roning looked over and saw that most of the people were kneeling on the ground.
But no matter who they were, they all shouted loudly: "Greetings, Lord!"
The simultaneous shouts of over a thousand people formed a huge sound stream that made people feel excited.
Luo Ning looked at this group of people and felt very excited. This was his foundation.
"I accept your loyalty, my people!"
He responded loudly, "From today on, we will clarify our respective rights and obligations."
Roning didn't need to say much about the situation, especially when facing his subjects.
"As my subjects, loyalty to Hillwood Town and loyalty to me is your first principle! You need to work hard for me and work to build Hillwood Town!"
"As your Lord, I will use my rights and fulfil my obligations. I will give you strong protection, stable security and a better life!"
After saying these words, Ronin glanced at Elrond.
The other party understood and immediately said: "The light from the Lord will always protect you!"
As he spoke, he slowly raised his hands, shining with bright light.
This scene directly shocked the people below.
At this moment, a beam of light came out from Elrond's hand and headed straight for a wounded man with a bandage on his arm in the crowd.
Everyone followed the direction of the light and looked at the wounded man.
The wounded man was stunned for a moment, and then he shouted in surprise, "My wound is healed!"
With an excited look on his face, he tore off the bandage on his arm. People were surprised to find that the wound on his arm, which still had blood on it, had healed.
"My God, what a miraculous power this is!" The man looked up at Elrond in awe.
At this time, Elrond used the flash spell on Ronin.
At the same time, he shouted: "This is the light from Lord Ronin. He allowed me to bestow this light upon you and protect you!"
The glowing Ronin now evoked an endless mysterious image in the hearts of these serfs and free people. They opened their mouths and eyes wide as if they had seen a god.
McKen drew his sword, his fighting spirit rising. A beam of light shot straight into the sky, majestic and impressive.
"Let us shout, long live Lord Ronin!"
The people were stunned for a moment, and then many of them reacted and started shouting.
At first, the cheers were sparse and not very unified, but as more people shouted, the cheers became louder and more unified.
"Long live Lord Luo Ning!"
"Long live Lord Luo Ning!"
"Long live Lord Luo Ning!"