Chapter 995 977. Adjust the atmosphere
“Good day, my lord.”
Lincoln, who was already waiting behind the door, first bowed to Lan En on Qilin's back and said hello, then straightened up and nodded towards the kitten standing on Qilin's head.
“Good day, flannel ball.”
“Hello to you, Lincoln!”
Lan En rolled over and dismounted, and Lincoln stepped forward to give him a courtesy support.
ˆˆ expresses the status relationship of a subordinate.
When Lan En stood on the ground, Lincoln seemed to be curious and wanted to slowly put his hand on Qilin's neck and stroke it.
But then, “Whoops!”
Qilin turned his head to his side and exhaled, the hot air expelled from his wet nostrils still carrying an electric arc.
Lincoln, who was wearing knight armor, was given an electric slap.
“Eh~”
“It’s called Qilin, and he’s my friend. No, there’s no need to take care of it, it can play happily on its own.”
Now, a mount that could match Lan En's size was already unusual.
But Flanbuqiu and Lan En were watching the fun with a malicious smile.
He is also an old acquaintance with the members of these knights. After all, they fought side by side in Sintra.
But after not seeing each other for such a long time, he just felt that these people were completely different from the original group of stragglers.
Last time Lann went outside the city of Gos Velen to receive his knights again, he did not ride the unicorn.
White Wolf handed Carrot's reins to the members of the Ember Knights who were waiting.
The knights in the castle were also in an uproar.
The electric current caused a trembling scream to come out of the knight's mouth, which stopped after a moment.
After all, considering their receptivity, a talking Elcat would be quite amazing.
Coupled with this expensive and heavy magic horse gear, there is also the majestic temperament of Qilin itself.
“What if? All my horses are called this, you know.”
Lann said as he called for Geralt to follow him.
“Long time no see, I’ll leave it to you, He Lin.”
This voice was faintly heard among the knights.
Hair still wet with sweat from training, the knight lying on his forehead smiled and took the reins.
“Is this a unicorn?!”
“Isn’t this horse still called Carrot?”
"It seems that you have been busy during this period." Lincoln trembled with his hands and looked at Lan En with a grin. It was obvious that he was not used to the feeling of being lightly shocked. "Achieve a lot?"
“Haha!” Lan En, who succeeded in the prank, leaned over and put his arm around Lincoln’s shoulders and shook him.
The two smiled at each other and patted their shoulders. After Geralt waved again, he quickened his pace slightly and rushed towards Lan En and the others who were walking in front.
As soon as he stepped forward, Geralt noticed an acquaintance approaching.
Stewart Lynn, son of Hackthor Lynn.
“You are the son of the royal steward, Stuart.”
Lan En opened his hands slightly, as if he was waiting to watch the show.
“We are all a bunch of ‘idiots’ who only know **** people. Can you still expect them to introduce me to me?”
Laughing and cursing without malice is a good way to heat up the atmosphere, especially for people with higher status.
So the people around me were laughing together without caring.
Stewart sighed and shrugged, and walked to the front of the row as if resigned to his fate.
"Then, please allow me to introduce to you this castle where the Knights are based, my lord."
Stewart does seem to have been influenced by his father a lot.
As far as posture and etiquette are concerned, there is nothing wrong with it.
He stood by the road and bowed slightly, while extending his arms toward the castle as if to invite entry.
The flannel ball lay on Lan En's shoulder and followed the group in curiously.
“King Foltest’s material support has never stopped, and we have also returned all donations from other countries in accordance with your instructions.”
“There are currently sixty-one members of the Order of Ember in High Hill Castle, but there are also almost twice that many servants, as well as two Temerian royal liaisons.”
“The main body of the castle is made of local rocks and is a typical hill fort. Functionally, it is a defensive military fortress, and its appearance adopts the style of a tower castle.”
Following Stuart's introduction, Lann walked into the main body of the castle.
As the son of the former steward of the Cintra royal family, although he later became a knight, Haxor's knowledge still influenced him.
ˆThe speed and pitch of speaking, the order of introduction, the brief and detailed arrangements. These are all details that cannot be discovered by untrained people.
Military castles do not consider comfort issues, so even the commander's room is not spacious.
But after walking all the way, Lan En still saw large furniture in the room that fit his size.
This room belonging to the owner of the castle shows a rare level of comfort.
Lan En sat on the big chair behind the desk. Next to the big chair, Lincoln placed a small chair that fit the shape of a velvet ball.
After Lan En sat down, the flannel ball also jumped up excitedly.
This is considered entering the scene of formal conversation.
“As usual, this is the ledger for this period, my lord.”
Lincoln's armor is no different from that of other members of the Knights of Ember, but the large notebook hanging on his waist like a crossbody bag is very eye-catching.
It can be regarded as his personal symbol within the Knights.
Lincoln opened the tome, pulled out a key from the pages, then opened it on a metal safe in this room, and took out a notebook.
Financial records, or traces of resource flows. If the controller of any organization does not have control over this thing, he is just a puppet put on stage.
Lan En flipped through it a few times, and Mentos had already sorted out all the details.
In addition to the initial large amount of funding, Foltest was also responsible for the replenishment of supplies and the monthly input of funds.
The first fund was twenty thousand orens, and two thousand orens were allocated every subsequent month. The supplies were calculated separately, and Lann estimated that he put the pressure on the supplies on Weeserad, the Governor of Waylon.
Even for the established knights in Temeria, this treatment is completely beyond the standard.
A wealthy knight can get dozens of orons of agricultural products or a small amount of coins from the village under his name every month.
If you join a knighthood, the great noble to whom the knighthood belongs will give the knight a symbolic monthly allowance.
But none of the members of the Knights of Ember are wealthy knights. Even if they had property before, they now belong to Nilfgaardians.