Chapter 131

Cavalry training is not achieved overnight. In addition to horses, cavalry should also have various equipment, horseshoes and saddles, which also need to be prepared in advance.

This is just the most basic. The light cavalry is OK. They don't need to prepare horse armor. The heavy cavalry also need to prepare a full set of horse armor. However, sulun doesn't plan to train the heavy cavalry for the time being. There are a group of strong barbarian soldiers who can replace the heavy cavalry to a certain extent.

At present, the territory lacks some light cavalry. Light cavalry can be used to detect, harass, sneak attack and deliver messages. They are widely used.

The weather gradually turned cold. When she got up in the morning, there was white frost on the window. Just yesterday, Suellen met another wandering hero, hunter, in the tavern.

This is a small head of a caravan. He once worked in various places, knew the prices of various goods, and was familiar with various operations of the caravan. When Su Lun invited him, the small head of the caravan agreed without thinking about it, and then went to cancel the employment relationship with the caravan supervisor.

Suellen appointed him as the tax officer of zhenbeibao, responsible for collecting taxes on the traveling caravans. Chris and Jean were responsible for these things before, and now they are handed over to Marnes, but he still needs to report to Chris every day.

"Name: Marnes, loyalty: 82

Occupation: merchant tax officer

Grade: Grade 5

Strength: 6

Agility: 7

Spirit: 6

Physique: 6

Charm: 7

Commander: 20

Characteristics (talent): valuation, observation, listening, actors, trading, eloquence, decent behavior, gossip, shrewdness.

Businessman: he used to be a businessman. He trafficked goods all over the country for a long time, so that he could know the prices of various goods and understand various tricks of businessmen who wanted to evade taxes (tax + 1).

Skills: proficient in mathematics, law, basic fencing, information collection, intimidation, search dark grid.

Weapon Proficiency: sword weapon 60, bow and arrow 75, riding: 83

Evaluation: This is a qualified tax official. He will detect all acts of tax evasion.

You need to pay him a fee every month. "

With the tax official, the tax revenue of the territory will be clearer. Moreover, under the role of hunter, those who want to evade tax will also be punished, which greatly reduces tax evasion. Sulun can foresee that the tax revenue of zhenbeibao will increase again.

In fact, the official structure of Zhenbei castle is not reasonable at all. There are no staff for the posts of town mayor, bodyguard, garrison officer and Castle housekeeper.

In fact, Chris is in charge of the mayor and the castle housekeeper. As for the bodyguard and garrison, Johnson and boulder are temporarily appointed. In fact, they are not qualified. There are also no diplomats in the territory. After all, the position of diplomat is very important.

To a certain extent, he is Su Lun's spokesman. Basically, all diplomats are born in aristocracy. After all, this era is a confrontation between aristocrats. If you don't understand aristocratic etiquette and way of speaking, you can't become a qualified diplomat at all, so this position can only be vacant. Maybe he can cultivate one himself in the future.

Because of the formation of cavalry, Su Lun has been directing slaves and refugees to build horse farms and stables these two days. The winter in the northern wasteland is still very cold, and the thermal effect of the stables must keep up, otherwise these horses are easy to be frostbitten when there is a heavy snow in winter.

The stables were built in the southeast outside the town, where there was a large open space. Su Lun also specially led a canal from the Hongsha River, and selected five long gunners and five archers from the spirit of war to be stationed here.

Although it is only a team of ten people, these war spirits cooperate tacitly and are well equipped. There is no problem to deal with small-scale jackals or bear goblins. If they enter the territory on a large scale, they will be found at the first time, and the barbarian guard of the territory will solve it at the first time.

The construction of the stables was very fast. Su Lun took the time to turn mud into stone and turn the walls of the stables into rock structures. Soon the stable was built.

[stables: a place where war horses live and rest. A good rest environment can make war horses stronger. Cleanliness + 3, energy + 2, energy + 1, disease reduction + 2, warmth like spring + 2]

After the stables were built, the Centaurs who came to trade also arrived. Su Lun asked people to prepare 200 iron armor and 20 food delivery vehicles for trading, and then personally led them to the place agreed by both parties.

The camel pulled the heavy cars forward, and more than 20 cars formed a long team. Su Lun took the barbarian guard to guard next to him, and there were 30 war spirits next to him. It can be said that Su Lun had brought out most of the strength of the leader for this transaction.

He wouldn't naively think that he had negotiated a deal with those centaurs last time and sent them directly. There is no law on the wasteland. The fist here is truth. It is popular to convince people with reason.

If Su Lun doesn't prepare enough deterrence, despite the harmonious communication between the two sides that day, once a lot of interests are involved, he believes that those centaurs will never mind guest acting as robbers. The grain of twenty carriages and two hundred sets of iron armor are enough for the Centaurs to take risks.

Don't think they will care about what credit, the rise and decline of tribes in the wilderness, and the replacement of new and old is too fast. They have no time and qualification to see long-term development. Su Lun will not take his goods to test the reputation of the Centaur, because nine times out of ten they can't stand the test at all.

The trading place of the two sides is on a plain outside sulun territory. The terrain here is open. As long as a few people are arranged to stand on the nearby highland, they can see everything for several kilometers. There is no need to worry about being attacked. Even if it is a centaur charge, they also have enough time to surround the motorcade into a vehicle array.

Soon as a scout, he galloped to the horse and kicked off the horse cleanly.

"Sir, I've explored it. There's no ambush around."

"Explore again!" Su Lun nodded, and the Scout turned over and got on his horse and ran away again.

The motorcade continued to move forward. About an hour later, the motorcade came to the agreed place. At this time, the Centaurs also appeared on the other side. Su Lun looked from a distance. Except for the war horses, at least 300 centaurs came.

......

On the other side, the Centaur who just came here also saw Su Lun's team.

"Kane, is that the Lord who traded with you? Unexpectedly, we only brought so many people. Shall we eat them directly?" a half man, naked, tall, muscular and covered with all kinds of scars, whispered next to Kane.

"Cantor, don't do it first. These humans can stand firm in the wilderness, which shows that they are not weak, but you can try their depth first." Kane thought for a moment and said. "If your strength is poor, you know what to do."

"I see. I'll go now."

Although I saw the head of the ogre wizard and the head of the ice pterosaur on the wall of Zhenbei Castle last time, Kane still had some doubts. After all, in his opinion, these short humans are not as powerful as the orcs and run slowly. They have almost no other advantages except well-equipped and good at farming.