On the way, Sir Shandon suddenly said, "Mr. Richard, why do you only provide half of the normal share of food to the prisoners of war? This is contrary to the customs of aristocratic."

This question was expected by Richard, so he spread his hands and answered bluntly: "The number of my subordinates is less than half of the number of prisoners of war. In case of precautions, they must limit their food rations. If they are not full, they will have no energy to escape. I know this is not very consistent with the noble tradition, but the situation is special now. Besides, just feed the noble Lord Shim, isn't it enough?"

Sir Sandon nodded in agreement, and then said solemnly: "Richa, as my personal advice, no matter how prejudice you have against Viscount Him, try not to hurt his body as much as possible. Among the last four generations of royal bloodlines, Viscount is the only bloodline owner who awakens the superpowers of the Holy Beast, so he is of great significance to the entire royal family. As far as I know, His Majesty the King and the Elders House have planned to leave Viscount Him with at least twenty descendants."

"Do I just let Him launch an attack on my territory?" Richard asked back.

"Have you let him go?" Sir Shandon was not a fool. He asked back with a smile and left Richard with nothing to say for a moment.

The two conflicts between Him and Richard ended with Richard's victory, and the development of the situation was largely done by Richard. As he and Liusha said, Viscount Him was a rare enemy.

Sir Shandon did not continue to ask, but said to Richard: "But as long as the Viscount's body is not hurt, it will not touch the bottom line of the royal family. The dispute between Viscount and you is purely a personal grudge between the nobles. The Duke of Grasberg and the royal family will remain neutral and will not intervene. The worst case is that the Viscount's father Earl Canglu, the Earl of Canglu, will intervene in the war, but I don't think he will openly participate in the war, and at most he will fund Viscount Shim's combat operations in the form of private assistance. Judging from your past achievements, Earl Canglu is a threat, but it cannot shake your foundation. Moreover, once he participates directly in the war, it means that he will give you the legality of attacking his territory at the same time. I don't think he will do this." As he said that, Sir Shandon laughed a few times. "The most famous specialty of Viscount Shim's territory is daffodils, but the Earl produces Lafite iron."

Richard glanced at Sir Shandon, nodded, and said, "Okay, I know what to do. Then I won't give in this ransom negotiation."

The messenger's residence was a separate two-story wooden building, which was a temporary building just like Richard's residence. However, when he saw the desolate scene in Richard's territory, Shandun was not too picky. After a simple washing, Shandun invited Richard to share afternoon tea in the living room. The black tea and refreshments were brought by the jazz himself. When he saw his tea making gestures, he should pay great attention to this aspect of enjoyment.

After serving a black tea, Shandun asked the servant to leave the living room, then took out a letter and handed it to Richard, saying, "This is the handwritten letter from the Duke to you."

Richard opened the envelope and there were two pages of letter paper.

After the polite greetings, the Duke mainly mentioned the relationship between the royal family and the three major dukes.

The Duke of Grasburg, who has royal blood, is a natural ally of the royal family, while the Duke of Cang Wolf and Tulip will unite at some point to fight against the Duke of Grasburg and the royal family. The royal family and the three dukes have conflicts with each other, so in this case, politics is a very important factor.

The unique and mysterious bloodline power is the root of the royal family's fortune, but as time goes by, the bloodline power is becoming thinner. Therefore, the emergence of Viscount Shim's meaning to the royal family is particularly important. If Shim successfully gave birth to descendants with bloodline power, the royal family will be carefully cultivated and may become a generation of powerful people in the country. But that is at least twenty or thirty years later, and the duke implies between the lines that a powerful person in the country has no ability to change the situation at all, let alone a possible strong person in the country in twenty years?

Richard fully understood the Duke's hint. Viscount Shim himself was a standard playboy and had no use. If you consider the chance that the bloodline power person would appear in his descendants, and consider the chance that the bloodline power person would grow into a country-controlling power person - that is, the standard Sanctuary of Norland, there was not even one percent. Richard was willing to let go of Palin, how could he kill Shim for a vague and ethereal future Sanctuary?

Richard continued to read. Next, the Duke stated the importance of Viscount Shim, but also revealed in a vague way that the royal family valued the Viscount's reproductive ability, not his face. Richard couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and read the passage again, which seemed to imply that he didn't have to worry about the appearance of a powerful man of the Holy Land in a small conflict between aristocrats in China. The most interesting thing is still behind. The Duke even hints that the existence of Viscount is actually a burden to the Duke of Grasberg and the royal family and cannot be easily destroyed. This is the same as Richard's view to some extent.

At the end of the letter, the Duke mentioned that he sent a batch of supplies to Richard as a prepayment for the next batch of components. The supplies included four heavy city crossbows and supporting crossbow arrows, as well as equipment enough to arm the 200 warriors. Although it was not a heavy magic crossbow, it was more than enough to equip his small and simple castle.

The Duke also mentioned that a 300-man swordsman camp was stationed not far from Richard's territory, which was nominally to increase border defenses for the Duke's expanded territory. If Richard could not cope with it, he could go there to hide. The command of the swordsman camp would temporarily belong to Richard to protect him to arrive in Deep Rock City.

Seeing this section, Richard's eyes swept across at normal speed and did not stop for much.

The second page is a list of the materials brought by Shandon and the steel components for castle defense that will be shipped in the future.

After reading it, Richard lit the letter paper on the candlelight and burned it all. Then he said to Shandun: "Thank you very much for your generosity! Is there anything else to say to me?"

Many words cannot be put on paper.

Shandun smiled and said, "The Duke asked me to tell you that he is preparing for a war against the Duke of Baiyan. The army should set off within half a month. This time the target is Earl Galleon of the Duke of Baiyan. The Duke's real purpose is a dragon skeleton displayed in the Earl Galleon Castle. Well, that's all. After you count and check the supplies, I will rush back to the city of Deep Rock. The Duke needs to know the current situation of Viscount Shim. When the army sets off, I will escort the second batch of supplies over."

"Thank you for your hard work. But what should the Baron Fontaine do with me? He cut off the road between me and the Duke." Richard asked. Baron Fontaine broke away from his vassal relationship with the Duke and was in a critical rush of transportation, but his military strength was still weak at this moment.

Sir Shandon pondered for a moment and said, "I don't have any personal suggestions for you in this regard. However, before I set off, I discussed this matter with the Duke. The Duke means that you have the full responsibility to deal with it."

"Full responsibility?" Richard frowned. This is a very broad concept.

"Yes, it's all right! You can take whatever way you think is necessary to deal with the relationship with the Baron Fontaine." Shandon said.
Chapter completed!