Chapter 158 (1/2)

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.