Chapter 200 The Cowardly Baron
Chapter 200 The Cowardly Baron
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Night blindness is simply the inability to see in the absence of light.
Barbecues are something that requires fire and doesn't require running around, so leaving it to the people shouldn't be a problem.
Moreover, Ziyi and Zian had already considered the matter of splitting into teams, so they decided to make this their first task after splitting into teams.
But Li Mosi still wanted to confirm it.
He had seen the differences in babies and was familiar with the strangeness of goblins and bear-men.
This made him somewhat unsure whether the knowledge he had gained before his time travel could be applied here.
Zivan nodded.
"Yes, sir. All light is a gift from the God of Light, and naturally it can dispel curses."
That must be night blindness.
Ziyi and Zian also realized the problem.
"Master, should we have the people come and barbecue?"
Zi Yi spoke first.
Zi'an then added.
"We've already assigned them to teams, so we can delegate this task to them and let them get used to it!"
Give the barbecue to the locals?!
Something connected in Zivan's mind.
The cursed people could indeed see clearly in front of them by the light of the fire at night.
But you can only see that small distance!
Once night falls, the people have no ability to cause trouble!
Once the task of grilling meat is handed over, the goblins and the newcomers will have nothing to do!
He spoke to Li Mosi with a serious expression.
"My lord, since your warriors are out of work, you should hurry and occupy Baron Stern's territory. Otherwise, by the time the steward there realizes what's happening, he might strike first!"
"what?"
"Wow?"
"Um?"
The saintess, Ziyi, and Zian simultaneously uttered three different voices of doubt.
But after this question, the saintess looked up at the sky and began to ponder.
Zi'an asked, puzzled, "What does this have to do with the butler?"
No matter how strong the steward is, he can't be stronger than the lord!
He takes action.
What could he possibly do?
Zi Yi asked, "Is the butler very strong?"
After observing for several days, he gained a deep understanding of the importance of power in human territory.
Without power, life will be miserable.
Power is the key to dominating everything!
But after these few battles, it seems that only the lords have the power?
Is the butler also very powerful?
Seeing that the three were interested, Ziwang was pleased.
But Li Mosi didn't react, so he could only continue talking.
"My lord, your power far exceeds the limits I can imagine, but the situation in the baronial territory is indeed different."
"As far as I know, Baron Stern has no children. His, uh..."
As he spoke, Zwan glanced at the saintess and lowered his voice.
"His two eggs broke in an accident before he inherited the title."
Holy crap?
Li Mosi's expression finally changed.
The eggs are all broken?
No children yet?
Zi'an frowned, then relaxed.
What does this have to do with eggs?
Oh, could it be that...
Zi Yi's body trembled.
This is terrible!
Zivan spoke a few points faster.
"His brother, who is also the steward of Baron Stern, has two children. And he is not a bastard."
"Although he only possesses the strength of a knight, if the baron were gone, he could easily take over the entire territory!"
Li Mosi then understood.
No matter how powerful Baron Stern was, he never had any children.
The butler is just waiting to take over!
They have claims, they have power, and they have offspring.
It's impossible to say that he had no ulterior motives.
However, due to the rules and power restrictions among nobles, he could not take action himself if he did not want his family to fall.
But what if he finds out that Baron Stern has been murdered?
Just take over directly and that's it.
Not to mention that he was a butler himself.
Baron Stern probably doesn't know the territory as well as he does!
Li Mosi didn't know what to say.
"The nobles here are quite interesting."
Since he couldn't find a suitable adjective from the original owner's language system, the word "wonderful" could only be said in Chinese.
Ziwang didn't understand the meaning of the word, but thought it might be a noble term.
But he sensed Li Mosi's emotions.
"Yes, sir, you are right."
He nodded.
"Therefore, sir, you'd better hurry up and get started."
Once this lord accepts the Stern Baron's title, he can go home!
Li Mosi asked.
Tell me about the situation in Baron Stern.
"Yes, sir. Let me think..."
Ziwang tried hard to recall.
"My lord, the territory of the Stern family is smaller than that of the Talis family. Apart from the territories allocated to the two knights, it consists of only a dozen or so manors."
"However, because he rarely sells slaves on his estates, each estate has a larger population, about two hundred people. It's just that because they are close to the forest, each of his estates is slightly larger."
"There are many people in his territory who do not grow wheat; they do things like beekeeping, quarrying, bird hunting, fishing, and even sawing timber."
Li Mosi understood.
Compared to the small but complete Valos Knights' territory, Baron Stern's territory, due to its larger population, developed a more diverse and detailed division of labor.
This is indeed not seen within the territory of Baron Talis.
Because the slaves there always died or were sold.
According to the original owner's memories, there were only a little over two hundred people in the town of Baron Taliss's territory, and a typical manor had only a little over one hundred people who could work.
All those people had to work around the fields.
His status as a "capable worker" is still based on the standards of this era.
Once a child can walk freely on their own, they are considered capable of working.
Even if they aren't used as part-time laborers, they still have to help with the work.
After all, if one less person in the family is contributing, then the food rations he needs will fall on the shoulders of others.
This is very dangerous.
That being said, even if the methods of land conservation in this era were terrible, there was still so much arable land per capita.
If taxes weren't so high, people wouldn't have any problem getting enough to eat.
The nobles treated their subjects like dirt.
Ziwan then spoke, pulling Li Moss's wandering thoughts back to the main topic.
"But sir, those manors are usually guarded by only four or five soldiers. They're lazy and not very effective in combat. I'm sure they'll surrender immediately if you send them out!"
Those soldiers were usually selected directly from the young men of the manor, whose families often lived in the manor they were guarding. The adults just played games and did not harm the people.
The soldiers will surely lose their will to fight once they know that Baron Stern is dead!
"Although the town is protected by wooden walls, the guards have never encountered any danger. Even if a relatively strong animal escapes from the forest, the steward or the baron can handle it easily, and the soldiers do not suffer too many losses."
"Apart from the few who were specially selected by the Baron and trained in actual combat, they basically have no ability to organize a battle."
Li Mosi understands this.
This is the F2A section.
What could he possibly say?
"Are you capable of organizing battles?"
Zi'an asked curiously.
She remembered when Zwan organized their charge.
Zivan's initially excited expression suddenly froze.
He paused for a moment, then nodded quickly.
This guy is practically a command node, even if you round it up.
Li Mosi did not dwell on this topic.
"Tell me more about the situation in Stern."
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