Vol 2 Chapter 55: Lord of the land

The people in the manor looked at the sudden appearance of Alexander with frightened eyes. For them, the sudden appearance of those people had made them feel at a loss because of fear, especially when they saw several villagers who tried to rebel against them. After the cruel torture, the villagers could only obey their orders in reverse.
But now suddenly another person announced his rights to the farm, and listening to the movement outside the farm, the villagers knew that fighting should have taken place.
Although this kind of thing is too common in this day and age, the sudden outbreak of the fighting scared the villagers. People watched Alexander who rushed into the farmyard and pulled the horses to shout loudly.
"What's the matter!" A soldier ran out of the farm, holding a spear with a sharp branch on the tip of the handle. He was surprised when he saw Alexander, and then he suddenly shouted. With a spear, he rushed towards Alexander!
"You asked for it." Alexander murmured in his heart, his left hand still holding the reins, and his right hand raised, as if there were already more muskets in his hand.
The soldier showed a dull look on his face, but because he was too hard, he couldn't hold his strength anymore. While he was rushing forward while holding a spear, while watching the muzzle of the black hole exclaimed in fear, Alexander Pulled the trigger.
"Snapped!"
The sound of flint hitting the iron piece was crisp and powerful, but the gun did not make a bang like imagined!
Dumb fire! When the thought flashed quickly in Alexander's mind, the soldier was already awake. His originally panicked face showed excitement, and the spear in his hand raised again to stab Alexander immediately.
Alexander, who had no time to pull out his sword, could only desperately hit the spear with the musket in his hand. With the force that seemed to be pulled, the musket was immediately picked up by the branch on the spear tip of the spear.
Alexander's body was shaking immediately, and he could even feel the cold wind that his spear rubbed against him.
After stabbing the air, the soldier did not withdraw the spear, but raised his arm high, and suddenly the sharp spear blade as a sharp axe slashed down on Alexander's shoulder.
Alexander had no chance of parrying. The only thing he could do was to use the musket that seemed to have been smashed in his hand to force up the block, and then the whole person rolled and fell from the horse.
The soldier roared and raised his spear again. At this time, he was too late to poke, but waved like holding a long-handled sword, and chopped towards Alexander with the short blade like a sword.
"You're dead!"
When Alexander tumbled to avoid the blow from the ground and could no longer dodge, he heard the soldier's cry!
"Boo!"
The sound of the gunshot this time was deafening, but the soldier didn't fall to the ground. He was frightened by the huge sound, and then looked instinctively at the place where the sound was made.
Then he saw a huge figure suddenly pierce through the thick smoke that followed the gunshot. Before he could make a scream, he had been hit by a rushing horse.
"How are you, Master!" Uliu's voice sounded, and he ran with a musket in his hand, and saw Alexander slowly climbing up. Uliu couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you, This is too dangerous. You dare not take risks. "
"I believe these muskets too much," Alexander reluctantly stood firm with his shoulders rubbed. His shoulder hit the ground when he fell off. The pain that he hadn't noticed because of nervousness and panic before began to attack. "It seems that you are outside already solved."
"Yeah, otherwise you've been hacked to death," Burelli, who brought the horse back, looked at Alexander in awkward look, and looked at the musket that had been thrown on the ground. "I thought you would be scared to pee pants." . "
Listening to Berri ’s sarcasm or praise, Alexander could only smile bitterly. He wanted to tell Berri that he was not brave, and even now he was still worried about what he had just said.
Elliot had already entered the farm at this time, and the sword in his hand was still dripping with blood, and when he saw the gray-faced Alexander, Elliot played a trick with the sword in his skillful hand.
"It seems that you have successfully declared ownership of the farm, aren't you?" Elliott asked.
"This belongs to the Cosenza family, and no one has the right to declare possession." Burelli interrupted Elliot in annoyance. "We have to wait for Miss Lasa to come and give her everything here." "
Elliott was uncomfortable with Burelli, he just looked at Alexander.
"Berelli is right, everything here can only be decided by Ruosha." Alexander asked Uliou to help him walk into the middle of the yard, looking at the villagers who were standing far from the edge of the open space, he pushed Uliu away Breathing loudly, "I am Alexander Juliant Gumbre who came to Naples at the dispatch of the Kingdom of Sicily. I will tell you in the name of His Majesty King Ferdinand, King of Sicily, I will protect the ruins belonging to the Cosenza family All the rights of Sha Kosenza, including her ownership of the farm, so I want you to obey my orders from now until the arrival of Countess Lasa Kosenza. "
The villagers stared at Alexandria blankly. They did n’t understand the relationship between this long list of titles and the claim of rights, but they knew that the farm had moved from the hands of those people In the hands of individuals, it is not for them to know whether the Miss Cosenza family will come to accept it again.
Elliott watched Alexander ’s announcement silently, and he noticed that the Burelli was staring at him closely, which made him not at all doubt that if he had any changes, this person would definitely be merciless. He started.
Before outside the farm, Elliott saw the amazing power of Burelli, especially when he saw that he had cut the cavalry breastplate with a knife, Elliart was really surprised!
Looking at this big man who seemed to be obviously hostile to him, Elliott was secretly alert despite the relaxed appearance.
"I want you to obey our orders to guard this farm until Miss Rusa Kosenza arrives," Alexander told several people who seemed to be in charge of the farm and saw one of them pale. , He frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
This is a middle-aged man with a short head. Although he was hesitant in his eyes, he still took two steps forward and said, "Master, I am a hunter in a farm. I was shackled by those guys before. God. "He paused before he continued." Because I refused to provide them with honey and venison, because I had already paid the hunting tax to the Cosenza family, this should not be My responsibility again. "
"Oh, it seems that you know your rights very well," Alexander looked at this small, but sturdy man with interest. "So if you want me to provide honey and venison to you now, you are not willing, is it?"
The man hesitated, and his eyes could not help looking at the corner of the open space. Alexander looked into his eyes and saw a short wooden stake fixed to the ground, with a chain of iron chains on it.
The man seemed to be afraid of the stake. He licked his lips, which were obviously dried by the sun because of the punishment he had received. After thinking about it, he said dully, "Master, if you want something, you can buy it from me. , I ’m willing to hunt for you and dig out honey, but if you are like those people and let me continue to pay taxes, I would rather be locked on that pile and let it dry for two more days. "
"Carlo, you're crazy!" A woman yelled in horror, and then she ran out of the crowd and grabbed the man's arm without shaking. "Quickly say that you don't think so, saying you will pay taxes." Said As the woman turned her head and looked at Alexander with fear, "Master asked you to let him go this time, he didn't want to run into you, he will bring you whatever you want, please let him go."
"Don't care!" The man shook away the woman roughly. "That's what I think. If there must be something different, at most I can charge less, but if I let me continue to pay the hunting tax, it won't work."
The man's tough attitude aroused Uliu's vigilance, and he slowly raised his musket while looking at Alexander.
"Okay, we can pay you," Alexander nodded, and when the villager gasped in surprise, then Alexander said, "Then you are a hunter, if I pay now to help you keep this for me Farm, are you willing? "
"Pay money?" The villagers were a little surprised. "Lord Lord also summoned us to fight, but I have never paid, do you want to pay me?"
"Before the Countess arrives, I want to protect this land." Alexander looked at others. "You listen, I pay you, and you help me keep it here. This is a fair deal."
"Let us be mercenaries?"
"But we don't know anything. I haven't fought."
"I don't need you to go out," Alexander said loudly. "As long as you keep your home, then you can get a reward, so if you pray to God for all the peace before the countess comes, you will get a sum of money. money."
The words of Alexander surprised the villagers. They did not know why the foreigner was so generous, but it sounded like nothing really worried them.
Everyone's eyes were on the hunter. Obviously this man had a high reputation in the farm.
"We don't have to go out to fight with you?"
"No need to."
"Give me the money when the lady comes?"
"Give it when you come."
Orion pondered, and then nodded: "I don't know about others, I promise you."
As soon as the Orion spoke, many other villagers around him shouted.
"We also agreed!"
"count me in."
Looking at these villagers, Alexander finally exhaled a long breath. He was worried that the masked man would suddenly appear on the south bank of Agri. Now it seems that as long as he stays here and waits until Rusha arrives, everything will be easy.
"You are the hunter here, I want you to be clear about everything here," Alexander said, beckoning Berelli to follow him, he knew that Bereri was certainly very wary of Elliart, actually he was It is even more doubtful. "Berelli, I gave you these people. You know what to do."
Burelli looked at Alexandria in surprise, and then greeted the hunter named Carlo with a few villagers and walked to the farm entrance.
"A few of you came over, some of those duke are still not dead," Berari yelled to the villagers. "The others also came and those who were not dead, but the things on them did not belong to you. If you want to get rich, you have to fight on your own. "
Watching a group of villagers yell and follow Bereri away, Elliott looked strangely at Alexander.
"Are you going to summon a group of mercenaries in this farm?" Elliott asked thoughtfully. "But this is totally unnecessary. Isn't your Bohemians coming soon?" "
Alexander ignored Elliott, he walked around the farm at random, looking at the houses.
Sure enough, as Zuosha said, Alexander soon found that compared with the farmhouse on the north bank of the Agri River, not only is it much smaller in size, but perhaps because the nearby forest is nearby, the farmhouse stores more animal skins and Large jars of honey and various nuts and fruits.
"What the do you want," Elliott suddenly walked two steps in front of Alexander after entering a storage room, with a smile on his face and lowering his voice "Tell you what it costs, I think Taranto I can afford enough money to help me do you good. "
Seeing that Alexandria did not immediately refuse, Elliott immediately went to the door and looked out, then came back and whispered, "Listen, I know you are very close to the countess, although this may not be fair to my father. But I do n’t care about this. As long as you can help me persuade the lady, let her treat the farm as her dowry when you get married. You can say a few for this. "
"Do you think she will marry your father?"
"What else can it do," Elliott said with a smile, "The Cosenza family cannot marry Frederick, UU reads the book www.uukanshu.com because this is definitely not what Count Modillo wants to see, and I 'S father can be a powerful friend of the count outside Naples. After all, as far as I know, the count seems to have a hard time. "
Elliott's words made Alexander feel stunned. Before that, he only thought that choosing Marriage of the Earl of Taranto was just Keizer's idea. But listening to him now, Alexander couldn't help but think that there might not be Modillo in this marriage. shadow.
After all, the conflict and hostility with the Duke of Frederick made Modillo impossible to accept Frederick ’s son as the husband of Russa, and the King of Naples, Ferdinand, had no descendants and his own bad body, leaving the Duke away from the throne Coming closer.
Perhaps for Modillo, the worst situation is that one day he will face Frederick wearing the crown. If there is one day, Alexander doubts that Modillo may choose to go into exile. If there is no way, he may even run to Florence went to surrender to Savonarola.
Alexander felt he had to think about what to do.
If these things had nothing to do with him before, then it is different now.
When turning over the peak and seeing the plains of the Agri River, Alexander knew that he saw not only a piece of land, but also a huge opportunity!
So now when Eliot talks about Ruosha's marriage, Alexander, who has been careless about his words, suddenly becomes serious.
If Ruosha marries Alfred, then this Agrig Plain may be annexed by Frederick.
And if she marries Count Taranto, perhaps the Cosenza family can still expose most of the land, then he still has a chance.
And, as Elliott said, it would cost him a lot of money from the Earl of Taranto.
Looks good, Alexander thought.
However, I did not choose!