Apart from occasionally exploring in the southeast direction, he spent the rest of his time either training Tom, Jewett and the guards hard, or walking north along the kaolin mines. To be honest, his life was a bit boring.

On this day, he was riding a horse to supervise carpenters and bricklayers building houses outside the kaolin mine. According to the instructions given by the lord when he left, this place would become a factory for developing kaolin and making porcelain in the future.

Although Riedal didn't know what porcelain was, since the lord valued it so much, he naturally had to pay attention to it as well.

"Commander!"

While Redal was patrolling the area, Juwitt rode over quickly on a horse.

Riedar could hear some anxiety in the other party's tone. Could it be that the troublesome serfs had another dispute? Or had wild beasts appeared in the mountains again? During this period of time, the serfs did quarrel and even fight, but it was basically Slaine's family members or lovers who were dissatisfied with the hard work and took the lead in the quarrel. However, after Riedar gave them two beatings, they calmed down;

There was also an incident where wild boars destroyed a vegetable field. That time, Redar did not take any action, and Baburin took care of it with his guards.

Generally speaking, the commander doesn't need to deal with such small matters. Now Zhu Weite is here. Could it be that the lord has come to the Gray Earth Village?

"What's wrong?"

When Juwitt got closer, he pulled the reins and said anxiously, "Sir, the people of the Black Collar Tribe are actually building a sentry tower in front of our village. Just now, Tom and Baburin led people to stop them, and it looked like a fight was about to break out!"

This unexpected news made Ridar stunned for a moment, and he asked in disbelief: "Are you saying that the people of the Black Collar Tribe are building a sentry tower at our door?"

"Yes!" Jewett responded affirmatively.

Riedal's expression turned cold. The Black Collar Tribe actually built a sentry tower right at the gate of the Gray Earth Village. Are they crazy?

"Come on, take me to see it!"

He was just lamenting that he had nothing to do, but he didn't expect that things would come to him on their own.

The warhorse galloped through the village and soon arrived at the southeast entrance of Huitu Village.

"Sir, you can see it when you go around the intersection ahead."

Zhu Weite pointed to the curved corner of the mountain ahead and said.

Riedal looked back. Although the location was about five or six hundred meters away from the entrance of the village, it was not yet at the level of "building a tower in front of the door", but it was not far away either.

As the two of them rounded the corner of the mountain, they saw two groups of people confronting each other on the path ahead.

On the side of Gray Earth Village, there were Tom, Baburin, Sim and several guards; but on the other side, there were more people, five on horseback, and seven or eight workers holding tools and axes who were using local materials to build a watchtower.

I don’t know when the other party started working, but the bottom of the watchtower has already taken shape.

Ridar looked cold and drove his horse closer: "What's going on?"

Baburin bowed slightly. "Commander, Fenris, the deputy leader of the Black Collar Tribe, and his men want to build a watchtower here. He said it is to prevent wild beasts in the mountains from harassing the serfs who are reclaiming wasteland nearby."

This excuse is pure bullshit.

Riedal had come here for inspection many times and had never seen anyone from the Gray Earth Village or the Black Collar Tribe reclaiming wasteland nearby.

"Who is Fenris?"

A man in the other crowd pinched his horse's belly and took two steps forward.

He had a strong physique, with clearly visible muscle lines, and he was wearing chain mail and shoulder pads, which was good protective gear.

"Are you the person Baron Ronin left behind to manage the Grey Earth Tribe? Haha, you're also the commander, what a big title..."

Fenris' words immediately caused a burst of laughter.

The people in Gray Earth Village were very angry, but Riedal was not angry.

Fenris saw that his words did not make the other party take action, so he asked coldly:

"I heard that the Gray Earth Tribe has been conquered by the Baron of Hillwood Town, so they should abide by the agreement between the nobles not to invade each other's territory. Are you trying to provoke a war between Hillwood Town and Thane Territory by stopping us from building a sentry tower?"

Fenris had a relatively complete grasp of the intelligence about the Hillwood Town and the Savage Tribe. For example, he knew the intermediate knight Baburin, and he also knew that McKen, who was under Ronin's command, had blonde hair.

He had no relevant information about the red-haired commander in front of him, but no matter how strong he was, he was probably just a mid-level peak knight, slightly suppressing Baburin.

Rydal was thinking.

Obviously, the fact that the lord occupied the three tribes has been known to the outside world. Then, knowing this news, the other party deliberately built a watchtower here, which obviously had other purposes.

Riedal said with a wry smile: "This place doesn't seem to be the territory of the Black Collar Tribe, right?"

Fenris did not back down. "As far as I know, this place belongs to the Black Collar Tribe. Not only that, the entire area to the north and south of this line belongs to the Black Collar Tribe!"

"fart!"

Baburin cursed. He had lived here for more than ten or twenty years, how come he didn't know about this? "In the past, your Black Collar Tribe always expanded to the southeast. When did this place become yours?"

Following Baburin's curse, Tom and others nearby, including the guards, all started cursing.

These guys are usually polite to Roning, but when they really start to curse, all kinds of dirty words come out.

Riedal sat on his horse in silence. He probably understood that the other party was here to occupy territory, and judging from their attitude, it seemed that they were not afraid of provoking a dispute at all.

"Perhaps, the dispute between the Lord and Lord Thane should be brought to the surface."

Rydar's aura became dangerous and he raised his hand. Seeing this, Tom and the others immediately stopped cursing.

But the other party didn't have this kind of discipline and continued to curse for several times. When he found that the other party's cursing had stopped abruptly, he also stopped, but the sound was a little chaotic.

"Fenris, huh?"

Riedal's tone was filled with warning: "In order to avoid causing conflict between the two barons, I ask you to retreat fifteen miles, otherwise..."

Fenris laughed. According to Baron Leisen's instructions, he came here to cause trouble today. They wanted to let Ronin know that the Lord of Sen was not so easy to control.

He placed his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist and said, "I warn you, if you come to obstruct us from building the sentry tower again, don't blame me for being rude!"

Riedal snorted coldly, raised his hand and threw a punch. His fighting spirit condensed into a huge fist of light that bombarded the base of the built sentry tower, directly blasting the pieces of wood that were built together into pieces.

"Hold!"

Fenris didn't expect that the other party would dare to attack first. He pulled the reins, squeezed the horse's belly hard, and rushed directly towards Redal.

Redal was not afraid at all and rode his horse to meet the enemy.

The long swords of both sides collided and Fenris, who had been so arrogant just now, suddenly changed his face. The shocking force impacted him and sent him flying backwards with his sword.

"waste!"

Redal leaped up, flew directly over everyone's heads, and killed Fenris.

Seeing how brave the commander was, Tom and others immediately rushed towards the enemy crowd as if they were injected with chicken blood.

For a moment, the two sides engaged in a melee.

Fenris is now very panicked. He didn't expect that this red-haired man is so strong.

Isn't it said that there is only one high-level peak knight in the entire Shanlin Town? How come the one in front of him can easily defeat him?

"No, no, impossible!"

Fenris's fighting spirit formed a cold armor on the surface of his body, and the surging fighting spirit condensed on the long sword, as if brewing some moves.

But at this time, Redal descended from the sky and struck Fenris with a long flaming sword, directly peeling off the opponent's fighting armor and knocking him to the ground.

Fenris felt his chest burst and blood gushed out of his mouth. He tried to stand up, but found that the cold blade was already pressed against his neck.

"Everyone, stop!"

With a roar from Redar, the two sides gradually separated.

He took a quick look and saw that although the battle ended quickly, both sides suffered injuries, but fortunately no one was killed.

"If you don't want to die, drop your swords and lie on the ground!"

Redal moved the sword in his hand and gave Fenris a fierce look.

The latter was terrified and said quickly: "Quick, do as he says!"

"You have some sense, Knight of Fenris."

Rydal laughed, "Sim, go to the village and ask the guards to come with the hemp rope. Tom, come and take off his clothes."

"Okay~"

Tom trotted over. It was a pleasure to fight with a strong commander. He won without much effort.

"Knight, you are provoking a war between two nobles!"

Fenris panicked and began to struggle violently. He no longer looked as rude as he did at the beginning. However, the sword on his neck was too sharp. He just moved a little and felt something warm flowing in his neck.

He bled...

Rydar looked down at the other person with contempt: "You are the one who provoked me."

Soon, the guards stationed in the Gray Earth Village came out in full force, bringing ropes to tie up all the members of the Black Collar Tribe from head to toe. They were wrapped so tightly that they could not stand up or use any strength.

"Arrange guards to keep watch day and night."

Rydar ordered, "If anyone tries to escape, just stab them with your sword."

After saying this, he looked at the only craftsman from the Black Collar Tribe who was not tied up and was kneeling on the ground trembling.

"Go back and tell your leader to tell the baron of Thane that if you want the person, come back in three days with enough sincerity to redeem him. Let's go!"

When the craftsman heard this, he felt as if he had been pardoned. He stood up tremblingly and ran towards the Black Collar Tribe like crazy.

"My lord, will Baron Leisen not redeem the people and directly bring people to attack us?" Baburin was a little worried.

“It’s possible.”

Rydar nodded and said, "We will strengthen patrols in the next few days. Also, Tom, you should go back to Shanlin Town now and inform the Lord of what happened here and ask for instructions on how to deal with it."

He could indeed have been temporarily tolerant, led his men back to Huitu Village, and then asked Roning how to deal with it.

But since Ronin appointed Redal as commander, the latter has the right to make his own decisions.

In Redar's opinion, there is nothing to say about territorial disputes like this. The one with the bigger fist has the final say.

Redal knew Fenris's strength, and he was sure that his fist was bigger, so he did it.

As for the subsequent negotiations, they will be led by the lord.

We are the side that is in an advantageous position and will not suffer any loss in the negotiation.

As for who started it first and who is at fault, who can tell for sure?

(End of this chapter)