Mount and Blade: Summon five outlaws at the start

Paul, who went to Rhine Town to purchase food and supplies, finally returned to Kingsley Manor on the morning of the sixth day after leaving. He looked exhausted, and his eyes revealed a hint of anxiety and uneasiness.

When he saw Hood, before he could ask, he couldn't wait to say: "Boss, I'm back. This time when I went to Rhine Town, I found something wrong."

Hood frowned and asked: "What's going on?"

Paul took a deep breath and said slowly: "Now all kinds of grains in Rhine Town are strictly controlled."

After listening, Hood fell into deep thought. After a while, he asked thoughtfully: "Is it because of the upcoming war?"

Paul nodded and continued: "I think it should be, boss, and now entering and leaving Rhine is also very strict. There are guards checking at the gate of the city. If I hadn't told you that you are also a knight and gave two gold dragons to the captain of the guards, I think those guards would probably not let us leave."

Hood frowned slightly, looked at Paul and asked: "How much food did you buy this time?"

Paul thought for a while, and then answered seriously: "If all kinds of edible things are counted together, it is roughly estimated that we can eat for more than a month."

Hearing this answer, Hood fell into deep thought.

More than a month's worth of food reserves might be sufficient in normal times, but now Rhine Town has begun to implement strict control measures on food.

According to the current situation, it is almost impossible to successfully purchase enough food again before the war with the Kuyers is completely over.

After a long silence, Hood finally raised his head, his eyes firm, and said in a serious tone: "Paul, we can no longer rely on buying food from outside to maintain our livelihood. We must find our own stable and reliable source of food!"

Then, he pointed to the direction outside the manor and gestured: "Look, there is a large area of ​​idle and barren land outside this manor."

"My idea is to organize some people as soon as possible to reclaim these wastelands and plant various crops and vegetables and fruits."

"At the same time, arrange another part of the people to find a suitable place outside the manor to build a large-scale breeding farm, and transfer all the existing livestock and poultry in our manor to carry out large-scale breeding management."

"In this way, in time, when everything is on the right track and matures, even if we no longer rely on external procurement, we can completely achieve self-sufficiency!"

After hearing Hood's suggestion, Paul's originally worried eyes lit up instantly.

He slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Boss, you are right! Why didn't we think of it before? We can plant it ourselves!"

Then, Paul seemed to open up a chatterbox and continued to talk: "You know, we also have those new recruits from Valandia. We were all honest farmers at the beginning!"

"Before we became criminals, we were not holding swords in our hands, but real farm tools!"

"When it comes to reclaiming wasteland and planting crops, we are all experts!" At this point, Paul was so excited that he couldn't help but hoe the ground.

He held the imaginary hoe tightly with both hands, swinging it vigorously, as if he was really working hard in the fields.

From his expectant and enthusiastic expression, it can be clearly seen how much he cares about this matter and how eager he is to put it into practice as soon as possible.

Seeing this, Hood nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Okay, in this case, the important matter of reclaiming the wasteland will be left to you. You can use the manpower and material resources in the manor at your disposal. Remember, this matter concerns all of us, and we must do it well!"

"I understand, boss! Don't worry!" Paul responded loudly, and then turned around and ran out of the room like an arrow from a string.

Looking at his impetuous appearance, he seemed to be more anxious than Hood who came up with this idea, and he wanted to turn this barren land into a green wheat field immediately.

The next day, Paul gathered some robbers and went to the outside of the manor with them holding farm tools, ready to reclaim the wasteland immediately.

And everyone, whether the robbers or the new recruits of Valandia, were quite excited about this matter. For them, no matter how many enemies they killed, it was not as fulfilling as reclaiming their own wasteland.

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Just as Hood was in the new training groundWhile checking various equipment, an elite robber hurriedly came to him: "Boss, there is a group of outsiders outside who claim to be the cavalry under the Marquis. They hope to see you and say they have a letter to give you."

"Marquis Angana? Deliver a letter?"

Hod raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and then thought of something, and said to the elite robber: "Then let them in, let them wait for me in the reception room."

As he said, he led Nott and the other four to the reception room.

When he arrived at the reception room, there were already four men wearing chain mail, chain mail hoods, and long swords hanging from their waists standing in the reception room.

"Good day, respected Knight." Seeing Hod come in, the four men immediately bowed their heads and saluted.

"Where's the letter?" Hod nodded slightly, and then sat down in the main seat.

A man took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Nott. Nott took it, checked it, and then handed it to Hod.

The four men seemed to have not noticed Nott's inspection, and quietly waited for Hood's reply.

Hood opened the envelope, took out the letter inside, read it carefully, pondered for a moment, and then said to a robber leader: "Go call Paul over, I have something to discuss with him."

After that, Hood turned to Nott and ordered: "Nott, take these four to rest for a while, and arrange some food and rooms for them."

Nott nodded in understanding, and immediately left here with the four messengers.

After a while, Paul came here panting, with sweat on his forehead and mud all over his body. He should have run from the wasteland after receiving the news.

"Boss, what happened?" Paul asked.

"Take a look at this letter..." Hood didn't explain, and handed the letter in his hand to Paul.

After Paul finished reading, he held the letter in his hand and said in surprise: "The Marquis ordered us to take the soldiers to Milda Castle?"