Chapter 76 (1/2)

”Your Excellency, do you lances with Ferara and they both saw that the other was also surprised

Just then, the duke took them into the woods for a discussion However, the duke was extremely direct and arrived at his h money was indispensable in official businesses, the duke was too direct and 'stretched out his hand' without any warning Both of theh Rody had lived the life of a noble for a few h to learn how to speak in a roundabout way especially when engaging in shady businesses

Ferara was surprised but he also felt relieved He was no longer afraid that Rody would not receive money Rather, he was afraid that he had nowhere to disburse his money Ferara immediately smiled and said, ”I know that the war in the Northwest has causedsupplies However, I a to sell off my property to raise military funds so, Your Excellency need not worry!”

Fedol also nodded immediately but his face showed a pained expression He then said, ”Although ood, for theto donate” After that, Fedol stopped for a old coins”

Hearing those words, Rody furrowed his eyebrows Ferara was also feeling angry and mentally cursed Fedol

Since the Duke is the one who started talking about money, he must have known about the embezzlement of the military fund Yet, that idiot, Fedol, still values his !

Sure enough, the young duke was silent for a while before he slowly said, ”Very good, Your Excellency Fedol! You are very generous! 10,000 gold coins!” He paused for a e, Watt Fortress was reported to have 15,000 soldiers During the siege, the one ent up the walls to fight was Reuben and his main army Your soldiers only helped with public security! Now that the battle is over, how many soldiers are there in Watt Fortress? Watt Fortress is a first-class fortress! By the Imperial order, there should have been 4,000 bundles of arrows in reserve! However, from what I heard from General Reuben, it seems that there were not that many arrows! On top of that, the Imperial Order states that the walls of all first-class fortresses h However, when I entered the city, I wondered to myself Why are the walls so short? It seeh”

Rody spoke extrehastly pale When he heard the last sentence, he instinctively tried to defend hih? It is obviously 10 h!” The s up He immediately started to tremble in fear

Ferara atching hi oaf endlessly in his heart Heoaf if he ed to survive the ordeal

Ferara's face ier sritted his teeth ”Since Your Excellency has already explained his! Fedol and I are willing to contribute 100,000 gold coins for the military expenditure! I hope Your Excellency will be pleased!”

Rody sighed and then he smiled and said, ”I thank you two for your loyalty to the nation!”

After the conversation, they returned to the dinner celebration Rody also stopped acting He put to use the etiquette lessons he learned in the I noble Exactly ould be expected from an influential noble family

Everyone enjoyed theh there were some who felt that the duke's attitude was different and strange, they assumed it was natural for someone from one of the ant

Rody was a little drunk His bodyguards had already gone back Rody was snickering with Andy in his mind all the way back

”Andy, thanks for your help earlier I did not expect there to be sowith them”

Andy replied in disdain, ”You better be satisfied that I helped you earn 100,000 gold coins today There were so uy almost saw the flaws”

Rody laughed ”I have never understood these things Thank you for secretly telling me what to say and what to do There were a lot of times I did not knohat to say and could only show theuidance, I aht have been exposed”

Andy snickered, ”Boy, what do you think about casually earning 100,000 gold coins over dinner?”

Rody was silent for a !”

Andy coldly said, ”This is the teht now, you are just not used to it Whatever it is, the first step is already successful The rest is up to you I can help you with planning but when it co”

Reuenthal was at Redwood Base and had sent out scouts to discreetly inquire about the situation at Watt Fortress For a few days, he only found cavalrythen the defense Even the trees in a few groves were cut down and as carted back to the city The crafts the walls Within two days, the fortress was surrounded by cheval de frise, an anti-personnel barrier in the for wooden spikes The barriers were placed all around the fortress walls

After that, cavalryes to buy provisions The nearby civilians were also escorted to the city Without any doubt, it was a preparation to defend

Reuenthal had secretly dispatched two cavalries to harass them but the Duke of the Tulip Fa God's Whip' was on standby and engaged Reuenthal's cavalries In the end, Reuenthal's cavalries were defeated

Reuenthal laughed bitterly in his heart as he observed the situation A secret report from his spy in the Imperial Capital told him that the reinforceh the Duke of the Tulip Faed to launch a surprise attack before Reuenthal obtained the intelligence, Reuenthal noted that the th of his opponent was smaller than his own Even if the Eion, the Empire would still need another 2 months

On the other hand, his earlier request to the Great Moon Kingdom for a cavalry of 100,000 would arrive within two days Reuenthal cath even if he would suffer huge losses Although siege battle was a headache for hiht of attrition, he was 90 sure that he would win

The only thing that made Reuenthal furious was the people of the Roland Continent ere just resting in his barracks The special envoy of the Roland Continent could not be seen at all Before the war, he had proe number of sorcerers as reinforcements but the promise was not kept Instead, there were 10,000 cavalryht The cavalrymen claimed that they were only under orders to protect the special envoy and would not join in the battles That

The 10,000 re Central Cavalry soldiers and the 2,000 Imperial Guards led by Commander Gordon finally arrived at Watt Fortress Everyday, Rody would convene with Sieg, Gordon and those involved at the garrison to discuss military matters He did not meet with the other commanders, or discuss other official matters or visit the barracks

Everyone felt that the young Duke of the Tulip Fa to a few soldiers in the garrison, the duke usually liked to hide in his own roo duke was arguing with someone