Chapter 415: A New Enclave

After Black Python City was captured, the takeover work was handed over to the three Regiment Commanders: Meilongnika, Kabier, and Sanduoluo.

Knight Squads under other nobles would also help search for suspicious individuals; after all, the threat of Mofisite still remained.

Lulansi and Luoning, grandfather and grandson, strolled through the castle, discussing the distribution of war merits after this war ended.

Looking at the whole picture, the war did not last long, and the consumption was not as great as imagined.

Although the nobles who came to help suffered losses, they were not too significant.

Moreover, the main force was the three Knight Orders of Wushan Castle, and the key to deciding the victory of the battle was also the credit of Luoning and the others.

Therefore, this time, for the Noble Allied Forces, Lulansi prepared to give rewards such as money or resources, while for the people in the three Knight Orders, he needed to reward them emphatically.

Only Kabier was temporarily being enfeoffed, as Sanduoluo was already a Viscount, and Meilongnika had only recently become a Baron.

Although he would not promote their titles, Lulansi would slightly expand the scope of their territories.

For example, for Meilongnika, some territories of the Haide Bojueling near Wushan Town could be partitioned to him as a fief.

Besides the Regiment Commanders, he would also select a few people in the Knight Orders who performed well to be enfeoffed as Honorary Knights, which was also something many people pursued.

As for Luoning, he naturally had to be treated specially; who told him to be the grandson Lulansi favored?

"Your Wubei Territory is already large enough, and you have Jushi City and Chishan Town as fiefs, and Anbian City is also guarded by your knights. If I give you the Haide Bojueling as well, it would be somewhat inappropriate."

Luoning couldn't help but smile; it was indeed inappropriate. If he kept receiving land like this, his territory would occupy one-third of the Wushan Territory, larger than the land directly administered by Wushan Castle.

"Although I won't give you the Earl's territory, I will still give you a piece of land."

Luoning was stunned, "If you really want to give me land, which piece?"

Lulansi said: "Zilei Territory. Its former owner was 'Taini Zilei'. You might know this person; he was Balindun's father-in-law."

Luoning nodded. Both Taini and Balindun died on the battlefield outside Cuican City, and now this territory should have been inherited by his son.

However, because Aosen committed such a serious crime, he would be deprived of his territory, and the vassals under him would naturally lose their land as well.

"The Haide Bojueling is not only the third-largest grain-producing area of the Wushan Territory, but it also possesses horse supplies comparable to Muma City. Although most of it was held in the hands of the Haide Family, as the only Viscount territory under Aosen, the territory of the Zilei Family also has many horses and grain."

Luoning's eyes lit up.

Horses were strategic resources; he would need quite a few for the Knight Squads and Knight Orders he would form later.

Although he was not short of money to buy them now, where could it be as convenient as producing them himself?

"Besides grain and horses, Zilei Territory also has a relatively large population. Although it hasn't reached one hundred thousand, as far as I know, it should have seventy or eighty thousand. Moreover, this war was far away from Zilei Territory, so apart from the losses of the troops Taini brought out, there shouldn't be any other losses."

Horses, grain, and population—these three things were all resources Luoning needed. Lulansi giving him Zilei Territory was clearly well-considered.

Although this old man had recovered, it could be seen that his inclination of resources toward Luoning had not changed.

Luoning couldn't help but say sincerely: "Grandfather, you are so good!"

"Hahaha~"

Lulansi stroked his beard and laughed, "I haven't finished speaking yet, don't be happy too early."

"Eh?"

Luoning scratched his head, "What else is there?"

"The geographical location of Zilei Territory is not very good."

Lulansi walked to the side, picked up a branch, and drew on the ground, "Its left side faces the Earl's territory, and its right side backs onto the Heisong Mountain Range. Like the Wushan Mountains, this mountain range separates the Wushan Territory from the Vila Principality."

He used the branch to simply draw the diagonal line of the mountain range, and then drew a circle at the southernmost position of the mountain range.

"It is located at the bottom of the mountain range, and you can go directly to the Vila Principality through this main road in the south."

Luoning suddenly understood.

He had thought that the "bad location" Lulansi mentioned was because of the Heisong Mountain Range; if it was just this, he really wouldn't be afraid.

However, upon hearing the last sentence, he finally understood.

The reason the other party said the location was bad came from the neighbor of Zilei Territory, the Vila Principality.

When Aosen was there, he had a friendship with Andreya, and the relationship between the two sides was quite harmonious, so Taini naturally didn't need to worry about the threat of the Vila Principality.

But it was different now; the feud between the Wushan Family and the Vila Family was not small.

"In other words, if I become the Lord of Zilei Territory, I will be invaded by the Vila Principality?"

Lulansi shook his head, "He won't openly invade you, but perhaps he will do some despicable little tricks. For example, there will be bandits harassing the border, etc. Haven't they been doing this all these years?"

"Understood."

Luoning rested his chin in his hand and fell into deep thought. He was wondering, after taking over Zilei Territory, would it be better to arrange for Ruidar or Maiken to come over?

Since it was his own territory, the guards naturally had to be his own people.

Although he was the Regiment Commander of the Fifth Knight Order, he could not use "public vehicles for private use."

So if he transferred Ruidar over, the Knight Order would still need to remain in Anbian City.

"Jushi Territory is in the hinterland and has no risks. It just so happens that Qiaofuli is also forming a Knight Squad, so it is more appropriate to hand it over to him to be responsible."

After some thought, Luoning decided to let Maiken come over.

Maiken was now also a Silver Moon Mid-stage knight. This strength was at the top tier when looking around, and it was enough to guard Zilei Territory.

"Why, are you afraid to take it over?" Lulansi asked with a smile.

Luoning came back to his senses, "Haha, Grandfather, you really know how to joke. As long as you dare to give it, I dare to take it. I won't complain that the territory is small!"

"That's quite a big tone!"

Lulansi laughed and scolded: "However, your strength is worthy of such words."

Looking at the entire Wushan Territory, Zilei Territory would only be secure if it were handed to Luoning, and the chaos at the border would only be reduced.

"You have too few Knight Orders under your command."

He said: "You must hurry up and build them. At the beginning, you don't need to be picky about the knights who join, as long as they listen to your orders and do things. Build up the combat power, and then examine their background and character to weed out unsuitable people."

"I have already had people forming them!"

The formation work had been going on, and to be honest, he didn't even know the current number of Knight Squads.

"By the way, Grandfather, there is something else I need to tell you."

Lulansi turned his head to look at Luoning; since the other party brought it up himself, it likely wasn't a trivial matter.

"Daianni came to see me, hoping we could spare the Haide Family. I remember Balindun's son and daughter are still at the Supernatural Academy in Wushan Town. How about we let them go?"

To call this brother and sister unfortunate, they escaped the fate of being turned by Mofisite while hiding in Wushan Town;

to call them unfortunate, from now on they will no longer be nobles and have lost almost all of their family.

Lulansi smiled slightly; he had wondered what the matter could be.

"You were the one who killed Balindun. Are you not afraid they will come to take revenge on you in the future?"

Luoning shrugged; if he gave them time, they still wouldn't be able to catch up to his strength, so revenge was out of the question.

"Rest assured, even if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have made appropriate arrangements for them."

Lulansi thought of Daianni; the latter's recent performance had been satisfactory.

After all, the Haide Family was Daianni's maiden family, and he still needed to give his daughter-in-law some face.

It was unexpected, however, that Luoning would speak up for Daianni.

It seemed that the relationships among the members of the Wushan Family were quite harmonious.

Thinking of this, Lulansi smiled and patted Luoning on the shoulder: "Alright, you've been tired lately, so you can have a good rest for two days, and then prepare to take over Zilei Territory." (End of chapter)