Wizard Farming Guide

Chapter 70 The Chaos Ends

"Not bad."

In the castle of Mole Town, Rhodes sat on the windowsill, nodding calmly.

He looked down at the advancing shield-and-spear soldiers on the street below.

Meanwhile, with the help of the ravens' surveillance, they kept an eye on the performance of the shield-wielding soldiers in searching the residents' houses.

To ensure the military discipline of the army and to ensure that soldiers strictly obey orders, Rhodes set two standards.

The first aspect is the generous treatment of soldiers in the military.

Compared to other industries in the territory today, the soldiers of the Third Battalion of the army are definitely well-off.

Meat was always a priority supply, and soldiers held a much higher status than ordinary craftsmen.

This can make soldiers cherish their current identity more and spontaneously abide by discipline.

On the other hand, there are naturally strict military regulations.

To prevent the emergence of bad apples in the early stages, Rhodes implemented a system of collective responsibility, dividing the team into ten-person squads.

If one person makes a mistake, the whole team is punished.

The squad leaders of the Iron Wall Battalion were militiamen who had come with him from Jianling.

He had already embraced the military's ideology and was able to effectively carry out Rhodes' orders.

Under the soldiers' own supervision, the military merit system is currently being maintained fairly well.

Soldiers are brave enough to kill the enemy on the battlefield and are not afraid of death. Few people look at the weak civilians and try to deceive their superiors.

Of course, there are still quite a few minor internal problems.

Rhodes could understand, after all, the military system was only recently established and had not yet formed a solid ideology.

As long as the framework remains intact, the rest will settle over time.

Rhodes turned his gaze away from below, raised the sword in his hand, and, under Billard's unwilling and angry glare, pierced his neck.

No blood splattered, but the chill emanating from the sword tip caused his face to stiffen for a short time.

A few seconds later, he collapsed to the ground and died.

With Mole Town already captured, the former lord has naturally lost his significance.

After dealing with Billard, Rhodes walked to the other side of the room and said:

"I am Rod Rothdale, lord of Mesa Hill and Rivermouth, the kingdom's pioneering knight. I think you should know me."

Upon hearing his words, the girl, who was huddled in the blanket, trembled slightly.

He didn't open his eyes, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

Rod came to her side, picked her up through the blanket, and carried her to a bedroom.

"Get a good night's sleep. Don't worry, I'll send you back to Sir Fule when you wake up. He should have already returned to Dragonbreaker Fortress."

Rod whispered as he placed her on the bed in the bedroom, while simultaneously rummaging around and finding a clean set of clothes to put beside the bed.

Seeing that she showed no signs of waking up, he turned and left the room.

After closing the door, Rhodes pondered the girl's identity, but unfortunately, he couldn't recall anything about her.

The fiancée of Knight Fuhrer of the Mark family?

He did have some knowledge of the identities of the various knights who came to explore the area.

But who has the time or inclination to find out about someone's fiancée's identity?

The girl was curled up in a ball, and because she wasn't wearing any clothes, Rhodes couldn't easily see her face.

If you can't remember for a moment, shake your head and stop paying attention.

More important to Rhodes than that was the situation in the mining area east of Moletown.

Using the raven's perspective, Rhodes looked in that direction.

Just as the shield-spearmen on the west side launched their attack, the mole tribe, where the mining area was located, was also attacked by the border guards.

The snowfield horse's hooves smashed through the fence and swept across.

When Rhodes looked over, the battle there was already over.

The mining area is littered with the corpses of soldiers from the Mole Tribe.

Ordinary barbarian soldiers were no match for the duchy's border guards.

The reason the enemy dared to station themselves here is most likely because Billard told them that the duchy had tightened its defenses and wouldn't be concerned with this place for a while.

Unfortunately, because of his own actions, not long after Mole Town was captured, the border guards began to rush here.

They were caught completely off guard.

After dealing with the enemies in the mining area, Viscount Marcia is leading her soldiers toward the west gate.

In her imagination, her cousin was probably still being kept outside the high walls at this moment.

This made her quicken her pace.

The child's army lacks the equipment to breach the city walls, and he will likely only be able to watch helplessly as his soldiers die beneath them.

However, when she finally arrived at the west side, she was surprised to find that it was already over.

The gates of the high wall were wide open, and squads of shield-wielding soldiers were clearing the battlefield.

Judging from the traces, it was probably even earlier than when she finished.

"Elena's judgment is indeed better than mine." After a moment of silence, Marcia suddenly said this when she saw Rhodes come to greet her.

Her gaze swept over the shield-wielding soldiers.

Having just finished a battle, she noticed that the soldiers were in an excessively good mental state.

"It's all thanks to Sister Marcia's help, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to deal with those barbarian soldiers."

Rhodes said with a smile, and walked with her toward the castle.

Marcia glanced at him, but instead of asking how he did it, she took out a document and handed it to him.

"This is the lord's document for Mole Town. Elena said she's appointing you as the temporary lord, but you should know her true intentions. From now on, this place belongs to you."

"Also, I will be leaving with the border guards tomorrow. I wish you good luck."

"Just staying for one day?" Rod was somewhat surprised to hear that she was leaving tomorrow.

Marcia nodded without explaining anything.

Rol acknowledged that he understood, and after making arrangements with Marcia and the border guards, he immediately ordered his men to begin clearing out all areas of Mole Town.

Now that we've taken over this place, the next step is naturally the much-anticipated looting.

The wealth of Mole Town is mainly concentrated in the castle and the mining area.

During the subsequent search, Rhodes found over half a million pounds of grain flour in the castle.

The price of these grains alone exceeds 300 gold coins.

In addition to the food, he also found cash and collectibles worth a total of 130 gold coins in the castle.

Of the 100 gold coins, 100 need to be given to Marcia.

This is the service fee for the border guards to come out; we can't let them help for free.

These are just minor details; what truly excites Rhodes is the population and iron ore of Mole Town.

The town's population was around 2,500, but due to the previous turmoil and war, that number dropped to about 1,800.

The residents here rely on iron ore for their livelihood; they are either miners or blacksmiths and apprentices who process pig iron.

It can effectively fill the professional vacancies in the Rhodes territory.

Besides the population, there is the mine located on the east side.

Ravens looked down from the sky, presenting the situation of the mine to Rhodes.

The mine is not large in area, and it is worth mentioning that the iron ore is mainly shallow.

At a glance, there are even many open-pit mines that can be mined directly.

As for the other mine shafts, most of them are only a few dozen meters deep and can be seen at a glance.

That's normal. Mining technology in this era was limited. If you wanted to mine deep veins, you had to be prepared to risk your life.

Although Mole Town is a border town, the territorial order is completely controlled by the lord.

But the town only has so many people, and Billard isn't stupid.

It's impossible to exchange precious labor for such a small amount of output.

(End of this chapter)