Start as Inherited Baroness

When Yang Xuan returned to his camp, it was dusk. The sunset glowed in the sky, illuminating the earth with a golden red.

On the plain, thousands of serfs were cultivating wasteland with the cooperation of oxen. The fields were crisscrossed everywhere, which was very pleasant.

In addition, the sheep and goats brought with them also enclosed dozens of acres of grassland for breeding, but it was still a little less and could not provide too much meat.

These days of practice have proved that hunting is not easy.

The dozens of archers can basically only catch some small animals such as pheasants every day, which is difficult to provide too much food.

Fortunately, Simon's storage pen has a large amount of rye and barley, enough for 3,000 people to eat for a year, and the food transported by horse and ox carts is enough for three months.

The harvest next year is also enough to be self-sufficient. If everything goes well, there is no need to worry about food shortages.

Simon returned to the hall and listened to Mad, Yaman and others report on today's work. There was nothing surprising.

It is worth noting that Yaman found limestone in the hilly area in the north, which can be used to burn lime. It is a good resource.

He knows how to burn it, so Simon doesn't have to worry about it.

After these people dispersed, Simon took out heraldry to study. Unless you have a photographic memory, it is really not something you can remember in three days or half a month.

As time passed, it was time for dinner.

But at this time, Sarit came to report: "Baron, Jilong is here."

"Huh? Really? Ask him to come and see him. Go and ask Aile to come."

Simon frowned slightly and said softly.

He was a little curious about what Jilong encountered, and for some reason he finally followed him.

After a while, Aile pushed the door open and entered, followed by nine heavy infantrymen, who were stationed on both sides of the hall.

A moment later, Sarit walked in with Jilong, followed by two mercenaries carrying long boxes.

There was no significant change in the appearance of this burly man.

He immediately half-knelt and saluted, shouting: "Baron, I have completed the task and have a treasure to offer!"

"Oh? What treasure?" Simon heard this and became interested, as if there was really something good.

Jilong waved his hand, and the two mercenaries behind him opened the box, and saw that it was shining with gold and there were many metal coins.

The styles of the coins were different. There were golden eagles and silver deer, as well as some gold and silver coins of unknown origin, and there were also many copper coins.

There were even gold and silver nuggets, and even raw ores with relatively high content. Simon saw several nuggets of gold.

In addition, there was a bloody hardcover book on the top, and Simon now recognized the words on the front, called the Bloody Book.

In addition, there was a staff at the bottom, about 1.6 meters long, with a scarlet gem inlaid on the top.

"Oh my! This Jilong is so brave, and he really has something good." Simon was a little surprised.

"Go call Winis over." He said to the Yingti slave girl who was serving beside him.

"Yes~" the slave girl responded obediently and then went out.

After a while, Winness came to the hall accompanied by a group of maids.

She saw the things in the box at a glance and said in a lost voice: "Bloody Book?! Scarlet Staff?!"

After being surprised, she walked to Simon and sat down.

"Do you recognize these two things?" Simon asked.

"These are things that only vampires above the viscount level have. Did you wipe out a vampire's nest?" Winness asked puzzledly.

"Are these two things valuable?" Simon asked.

"The Bloody Book records spells that only vampires can learn, and the same is true for the Scarlet Staff. Others can't use it.

But there are always some precious materials that can be recycled." Winness said this, but did not directly point out the value of the two.

"By the way, have all the vampire forces that own these two things been killed? Otherwise, the remnants will find ways to take them back."

She seemed to have thought of something again and said immediately.

"Oh, Jilong, tell me what's going on. What happened these days?"

Simon nodded, and then asked in the hall.

"My Lord, I followed Aride that day..." Jilong began to tell the story with emotion.

To Simon, this was no less than a thrilling battle story, which contained a strong sense of drama.

Jilong and Aride seemed to be heroes, destroying some kind of conspiracy of the vampire viscount.

But he didn't tell what the vampire was planning after all.

Simon was confused.

"Jilong, how many people do you have?" He asked with a faint smile.

"Thirty-one, Baron, more than half of my people were killed or injured."

"Oh, call them all over, I want to see these warriors.

Oh, by the way, where is Aride, the silver hunter?" Simon asked with a smile.

"He said he had to deal with other commissions and didn't come with us. He left after dealing with the vampires.

Please wait a moment, sir. I'll call the brothers to come and see you." Jilong replied.

"Yes." Simon nodded in response.

Jilong immediately walked out of the hall, and Sarit followed with several heavy infantrymen.

"Go and call our people over, and surround Jilong's people later. Also, prepare some garlic." Simon ordered in a deep voice.

At this time, the sun had set, and darkness once again ruled the world.

"Go and get my staff, and..." Winice also looked a little depressed, whispering to the trusted maid beside her.

The maid and the guard left in a hurry, while Ai Lei held the hilt of the sword firmly and stood on Simon's left hand.

Soon, there was a bustling sound outside, and the sound of armor and weapons colliding.

Jilong stepped into the hall, looking a little nervous, but still saluted respectfully: "Sir, they are all outside."

"Well, your mission this time was very strange.

Just in case, I need to verify whether there are any vampires among you."

Simon said bluntly. At this time, more than 300 soldiers surrounded the hall and were armed.

Seeing this, the people of the Iron Bear Mercenary Group also raised their weapons back to back, as if they were facing a great enemy.

They looked very angry and frightened at first, but after hearing what Simon said, they eased a lot.

"Baron, how do you verify it?" Jilong asked with a slightly gloomy face.

"Each of you eat a head of garlic first." Simon said softly.

"Okay." Jilong agreed without hesitation.

At this time, a servant brought a plate of garlic over. Jilong immediately grabbed a handful and put it in his mouth to chew. He swallowed it without chewing it for a few times.

He smacked his lips a few times, looking unsatisfied.

Other mercenaries followed suit and also grabbed garlic and stuffed it into their mouths, but some ate too quickly and choked, coughing non-stop.

"I ate too quickly! Cough cough cough!" These people blushed and explained hurriedly.

The soldiers around them stared at them nervously, with spears, fine iron swords, shields, battle axes and bows and arrows all ready.

After a while, they all ate the garlic, but except for some people choking, there was no special reaction.

"Yeah." Simon nodded slightly, but his expression was still stern, because Jilong's loyalty had always been maintained at 75, and he didn't know why.

Not being afraid of garlic only means that there are no low-level or medium-level vampires among these people. Whether there are high-level or even more powerful ones is still unknown.