"Johnny, I'm going to take part in the game held by the barons of Uxhall, get my equipment, and find me a beautiful robe."

"Understood, my lord."

Johnny quickly reached out his hand, took the package that Byron threw over, and staggered back two steps.

Johnny rummaged in the package for Byron's gorgeous robe, and Byron was preparing for the trip.

He has become accustomed to calling this young man. In these days, the young man has learned a lot. He knows how to help Byron with those chores. He knows what is in Byron's luggage and where to find those things.

Kenrad came here with Byron, and Byron asked him to take time to teach his little servant some fighting skills. At first Johnny was a little resistant, because he felt that Ken La was an old mercenary who was not easy to get along with, and he didn't look down on him a little bit. But when Byron told him that this mercenary was formerly known as a "camel" and that there was a **** storm on the border between Sarand and Khergit, Johnny didn't have any more opinions.

During this time, he has learned how to hold a sword and control a shield under the guidance of Kenrad, and how to ride a war horse.

In the same way, he also played to his advantage. He could help Byron deal with some unimportant text messages and write something for Byron. But this was also deliberately arranged by Byron to allow him to contact some unimportant information, so as not to make him use his own intelligence.

Similarly, on some noble occasions, Byron was often invited, and Johnny would also go with him as his attendant. Before that, Byron's participation in noble activities would only bring two noble heirs, Fatis and Eleon. Kenrad's reputation was enough to allow him to enter the occasion, but he himself had always sneered at it.

In the Swadia city outside of Dehrim, Byron's status as a servant is much more important than an ordinary member of the Golden Hand family. At least as a servant, he can visit the knight nobles with Byron, enter the banquet hall, and get a place on the servants' table.

All the powerful barons of Uxhall took their troops to the battle. Among the barons who participated in this banquet, except for the barons who had lost too much and withdrew, were the barons who did not have a fief and only took care of part of the work for the earl. None of them Stronger than Byron.

This is very beneficial to Byron. Many nobles look down on Byron in their hearts, but the strength of this upstart is really something they can't afford. Therefore, everyone in the house is very polite to Byron, even the strong as attendants. Nepal has also received preferential treatment to a certain extent.

But Byron was not just satisfied with this. He came to this banquet to inquire about news from the front. The Earl Dilinard’s letter had just arrived, and the front line had won the battle. The barons who remained behind gathered to celebrate this moment, and took this opportunity to shirk each other’s responsibility to deliver supplies to the front line.

The Baron Grasse, who presided over the banquet, read the letter in public. He was Count Dillinard’s helper in Uxhall. He was the most prestigious among the barons of Dillinard. He was responsible when the Earl was away. Manage town affairs.

"Cheers, sir, Lord Dilinnard has taken Veluga for our King, King Harous! Once again, Veluga is already Swadia's!"

As the voice of Baron Glass fell, the whole banquet hall was plunged into cheers. The barons all stood up and toasted.

"Long live Swadia! Long live His Majesty King Harous!"

If you just listen to these cheers, there is indeed a kind of popular meaning to King Harous, cheering for the victory of the kingdom.

But when Byron stood up, he read different meanings from the different smiles on the faces of these barons.

Some people’s smiles were full of greed, and the kingdom occupied a large city and the surrounding land. For some people, these are likely to be rewards paid by Earl Dilinard, or at least part of it belongs to him. As a vassal under him, the benefits are naturally indispensable. In addition, many things in the occupied area will be confiscated and confiscated, which will be a sharing of interests among the nobles. As long as you can eat one bite, you can prosper the whole family.

Of course, there are some barons who are not so happy, and even mean a bitter smile.

War is not a good thing for them. Their position prevents them from taking advantage of the interests of the occupied areas, but even so, they still have to bear the obligations during the war. When Rhodok was invaded, Uxhall, as a large southern city, had to continuously send soldiers and supplies to the front line, and it was basically free of charge. Every baron in this room has paid a lot for this.

The occupation of Veluga does not mean that the war will end this way. King Haraus may go one step further and continue to go south. Or the Rhodoks launched a counterattack, and the two sides fought fiercely in Veluga. In any case, the kingdom's army will empty the granary in the occupied area and plunder their trophies, and the rear will still have to continuously transport supplies, weapons, and Swadia's tall horses that cannot be replenished in time in Rodok.

Soon, the cheers ended, and Baron Glass began to question the barons present one by one, asking them what they could contribute to the war.

Whether it was the baron who laughed happily before, or the baron who was helpless and sad, at this moment all began to tell their efforts in this war, and cite various examples to prove how poor they are now. In the end, they will symbolically donate one thousand eight hundred dinars and dozens of bags of supplies~lightnovelpub.net~ to show their loyalty to the kingdom.

Byron could see that Baron Glass was dissatisfied, and set his sights on him.

Byron has a lot of money, but he will not show his wealth in this situation.

If he, a foreign aristocrat who is not in the Uxhal aristocratic order, would easily come up with a large sum of money, it would be a disguise to persuade the local barons to pay, which would be too offensive.

So Byron stood up and said that he had to respond to the king's war call at any time, and he was not well-off. Had to come up with 1,000 dinars and a few good horses to show their support.

Byron's shots were relatively ordinary, and Baron Glass didn't say much, and the other barons were also relieved, all expressing that after ideological struggles, they decided to sacrifice the interests of themselves and their family and come up with something more. Of course, the number will not exceed half of the previous one.

After the banquet was over, although a sum of money was spent, Byron still had a long "chatter" with the barons in the middle of the banquet, and chatted with Baron Grasse on war issues and aristocratic relations for a while.

Johnny also learned a lot at the banquet. Perhaps some nobles have bad personalities, but their experience is very precious and helpful to him.

But when he left, Byron had a doubt.

"The war in Swadia went so well this time, and it went so well that it made people feel wrong...".

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