[Chapter 120: Northeastern Outpost of Winter Town]

The Forrest Family is a relatively powerful noble family in Iron Tree Castle. The current head of the family is Earl Percy Forrest. The current mayor of Frost Town is Sean Forrest, the fourth son of Percy Forrest.

David has always remembered Sean Forrest in his heart, but he has never met Sean Forrest in person until today.

A young man who looks to be in his early twenties, handsome but gloomy, came to the southwest of Frost Town with fully armed soldiers, and noticed at a glance the handsome young man sitting high on a horse, wearing a gorgeous set of armor and a thick black cloak.

Hearing that someone was coming and that the person was not friendly, Sean was very upset. When he saw that the person who came to make trouble was a handsome young man, this upset became even worse.

“Who are you?”

Sean had just asked half a sentence when someone whispered in his ear to remind David and others of their identities.

The border guardian of the Kingdom of Tilan, the pioneer and ruler of Winter Town, etc. can be ignored. We only need to focus on the identity of the Baron of Glamorgan.

Sean was a little surprised when he learned the other party’s identity. He never expected that the mayor of Winter Village would come to him on his own initiative.

Even though the mayor of Winter Village was lucky enough to upgrade his village to Winter Town and embrace the king’s big legs, Sean never paid much attention to this person from the bottom of his heart.

In his opinion, David was just a lucky mud-legged man. If he didn’t go to Winter Town to cause trouble for him, he could secretly find a place to celebrate his good fortune? How dare he come to provoke him?

That’s right, in Sean’s opinion, David’s behavior was a provocation!

In fact, David really came here to provoke him today.

“You didn’t even salute when you saw the Baron? Are the noble children of Iron Tree Castle so uneducated?”

Sean Forrester was still gloomy and complained about David in his heart, completely ignoring the fact that there was a “Baron” standing in front of him.

It was not until Elias started to scold him that Sean realized an extremely embarrassing fact: even if he looked down on the mayor of Winter Town, he was now the Baron of Glamorgan, who was personally appointed by the King of the Kingdom of Tiran.

And Sean Forrester was just the son of Earl Forrester, and he did not have any title.

After two seconds of painful struggle, Sean Forrester suppressed the nausea in his heart and respectfully saluted David, who was sitting high on the horse: “Baron.”

In order to avoid the other party finding fault, Sean Forrester performed the most standard bowing greeting. After all, he was not a civilian, he also had an official position, and David was not the master he served, so there was no need to kneel.

“Nice to meet you, Mayor Forrester.”

David’s response made Sean Forrester feel relieved. He straightened his back again and looked at David, who was still sitting on the horse.

A huge anger surged from the bottom of his heart. It was really hard to accept that he was looked down upon by the people he once looked down on.

But he couldn’t show any dissatisfaction, he could only suppress his anger and try his best to ask the other party’s intention in a calm tone.

After all, the situation in Winter Town was too special, and he didn’t want to give the other party any excuses.

“Nothing important, but after noticing that more new villages and towns began to appear around Winter Town, I thought that in order to avoid possible disputes, I should determine the boundaries of Winter Town in advance.” David used the most peaceful tone, as if there was no emotional fluctuation, to tell a seemingly ordinary thing: “After all, no one likes conflict, don’t you think? Mayor Forrest.”

“The Baron is right.” Sean Forrest was a little confused and didn’t understand what David was trying to do?

As a nobleman, Sean Forrest certainly knew that it was very common for conflicts to break out due to unclear boundaries.

But before the conflict really broke out, no one would determine the so-called town boundaries early.

The reason is simple. Towns are all going to develop, and no one knows to what extent they will develop in the future. Isn’t it a fixed territory for yourself to determine the boundaries early?

Now the fuzziness is more in line with the wishes of the noble lords. With the development, this border can be continuously expanded.

Even if this situation is prone to conflict with neighboring nobles, no one has thought of changing this point – what if I win at that time?

“Tsk, he is indeed an ignorant civilian.” In his heart, he mocked David as a fool who knows nothing. What’s the use of getting the title of baron? Just guard your little territory and eat dirt and drink wind!

In his heart, he fantasized about developing and expanding Frost Town, uniting the surrounding villages and towns to completely block Winter Town in a corner, and he agreed with David’s words.

“Lord Baron Glamorgan is right. No one likes conflict. If the boundaries can be clearly defined early, it will be good for everyone…”

“Since Mayor Forrest also agreed, then the matter is settled.” David waved his hand gently, and the soldiers behind him had jumped off the horse and took down the signboard carried on the warhorse and the wooden plate representing the northeast sentry.

Then, under the questioning gaze of Sean Forrester, several soldiers dug a hole at the edge of the farmland in Frost Town and erected a sign. Then they placed the wooden plate that symbolized and was engraved with the Northeastern Outpost of Winter Town under the sign.

“This…” It

was not until the sign was erected that Sean Forrester noticed the words “Welcome to Winter Town” on it and realized what David was doing.

“You!” Sean Forrester’s face flushed red instantly, and even his neck seemed to be two centimeters thicker: “You can’t do this!”

“Oh? Why not?” David looked at Sean Forrester with a smile, very satisfied with his reaction at this time, wishing he could record it directly: “As the mayor of Winter Town and the holder of the Development Order, I have the right to build Winter Town’s buildings on any unowned vacant land.”

“This is against the rules!”

“The decree of the Kingdom of Tilan gives me the power to do so.”

Sean Forrester had already begun to roar, but David still responded in a steady tone. This situation made Sean Forrester’s anger burn even more vigorously. He felt that he was being played by this pariah!

After a long while of panting, the sign had been firmly inserted there. Several soldiers had already re-buried the pit dug below with soil, and moved a few large stones from nearby to press it down to ensure that the sign was firmly fixed.

Sean Forrester, who had managed to suppress his anger, secretly clenched his fists and gritted his teeth to express his dissatisfaction: “Baron, your sign does not represent Winter Town.”

“No, the building that represents Winter Town is the sentry post… See? It’s the round wooden board.”

“…” Sean Forrester only noticed the wooden board at this moment. He had just been staring at the sign. But even so, David’s behavior was too ridiculous.

He had never seen or even heard of any noble who could claim that the land belonged to him by just taking a sign and a board: “Excuse me, I can’t accept it. Baron, don’t you think this so-called border is too close to my Frost Town?”

It was simply a sign stuck on the farmland of Frost Town. How could his town open up new farmland in the future?

“First of all, I didn’t invade Frost Town even half an inch of land. According to the decree of the Kingdom of Tiran, the scope of the territory is based on farmland, buildings and other objects. The outpost of Winter Town was not built on the farmland of Frost Town.”

David pointed to the farmland next to him, and then pointed to the sign next to him, with a distance of several meters between them.

However, his actions were more like provocations than explanations, which made Sean Forrester’s anger, which he had suppressed with great difficulty, surge again and become more vigorous.

“Secondly, I came to inform Mayor Forrester that this will be the border of Winter Town, not to discuss with Mayor Forrester… Mayor Forrester, you are not qualified to discuss such things with me.”

David paused, and suddenly thought of something: “Unless, Mayor Forrester is ready to pledge allegiance to me?”

“What…are you kidding?”

Sean Forrester was completely unable to collapse. He felt that he had suffered the greatest humiliation since he was born. The angry Sean Forrester finally broke out.

“You are humiliating a noble of the kingdom!” Sean Forrester’s hand had already touched the hilt of the sword at his waist: “I want to duel with you!”

Although he was furious, Sean Forrester still retained some rationality in his head. He did not attack David directly, nor did he let his men attack David or David’s men, nor did he order the demolition of the damn northeast outpost of Winter Town.

Sean Forrester chose to challenge David himself. As long as he could defeat or even kill this guy on the spot, then all problems would no longer be problems.

Unfortunately, Sean’s strong anger still made him ignore an important situation.

“Mayor Forrest, as a ceremonial officer of the Kingdom of Tiran, I have to remind you that you are not qualified to challenge Lord Baron Glamorgan to a duel.”

Before David could reply, Elias Parker, who had been silent all day, finally found an opportunity to show himself. This time he would not let that fellow named Sheldon get ahead of him: “Only your father, Lord Earl Forrest, would be qualified to duel with Lord Baron Glamorgan.”

Sean Forrest’s hand had already touched the hilt of the sword, and his fighting spirit and anger were raised to the extreme. However, before he could explode, a ceremonial officer poured a large basin of ice water on his head, the kind mixed with ice cubes, which made him dizzy and dizzy.

In the end, he was so angry that his eyes went black and he fell straight backwards.

(End of this chapter)