Many citizens, especially those living in the swamp town, are worried about whether they will be dragged to the battlefield.

After all, that was what Baron Leisen did. As a vassal of Wushan Castle, he would respond to the call, but that did not mean he would send out his most elite troops to fight.

When Lei Sen felt it was profitable, he would send more knights, otherwise he would send fewer knights. The least he sent seemed to be sending only three junior knights to lead the team.

With fewer knights, there would naturally be fewer well-trained cavalry, infantry, and archers. But in order to make the scale look larger, Leisen would temporarily recruit serfs and untrained militia to fill the numbers.

You say he did not respond to the call, but he actually sent more than a hundred men to join the war;

You say he responded to the call, but his team has no fighting power at all.

Given Lei Sen's actions, it is normal for the residents of Swamp Town to have such concerns.

But their worries were obviously unnecessary.

Since there was no need for logistics, Roning had no intention of recruiting serfs and militia to fill the gaps. He let them handle the autumn harvest, road construction, and land reclamation in the territory, and train more people in their spare time, which was better than wasting their lives on the battlefield.

Although he thought so, he would not publicize it in the territory.

Officials headed by Wilson would tell the public that the lord was having mercy on these ordinary people and did not want them who had not received formal training to die on the battlefield, and that this was the lord's mercy, etc.

At the same time, they were also promoting the justice of Ronin's expedition, exaggerating the enemy's hatefulness, and the serious consequences that would be brought to Wubeiling if they were defeated.

This can not only allow the subjects to feel that the war is related to them and they are not just outsiders, but also establish Ronin's image from another perspective.

Of course, these propaganda speeches may not have much effect in the short term. Some ignorant serfs do not understand these things at all, and some people who are hostile to the nobles in their hearts will even pray that Ronin loses the war.

But as long as the publicity is continued for a long time, it will definitely be effective, because Roning has indeed allowed them to survive safely, and their lives will get better and better.

Take this year's autumn harvest for example. When the people saw the lush wheat seedlings in the wheat fields gradually turning golden like waves, they knew that this year would be a bumper year.

And this good harvest is related to the guidance of the village heads and group leaders, their fertilization and care, all of which come from the lord.

On July 7, Riedal had led his team out of Wubei Territory for several days, but Ronin, who had the dragon, still did not move. He did not want to waste time on the road.

During this period, he rode Carlos to the swamp again and inspected the previously marked area.

The results from fourteen locations suspected to be wild rice seedlings have now come out.

Nine of them were ordinary weeds, and the remaining five were wild rice that coexisted with barnyard grass and had grown green rice ears!

Although the scale is small, this discovery makes Luo Ning very excited. The rice planting plan in his mind will be fully implemented in the next few years.

In order to harvest more rice, he dug out the barnyard grass from the wild rice and transplanted it aside. This thing hindered the growth of rice, but it was also useful, so Luo Ning only transplanted it and did not pull it out and throw it away.

It is estimated that the rice will mature around mid-to-late August, and Luo Ning plans to harvest it then.

Fortunately, he now has Carlos, otherwise, he would not know how to harvest the rice while being on the front line. After all, this place is too far away from Swamp Town, and it is difficult for Wilson and others to get here.

After dealing with the wild rice issue, Roning rushed back to the Shanlin Castle without stopping.

Knowing the principles of papermaking, he finally made the first piece of paper in the other world after going through the steps of pulping, slurry mixing, papermaking, pressing, and drying.

Although it is grayish-yellow in color and not as pretty as white paper, it is obviously fine to use it for writing.

Roning spent two days teaching Galen the steps required for papermaking, such as preparing raw materials and boiling fibers, and asked him to prepare more materials while he was away.

When the war is over and Ronin returns to Hillforest Castle, he can recruit some papermaking craftsmen to get more people involved in the papermaking business and help the territory get rid of the trouble of expensive parchment.

After dealing with these trivial matters, Roning saw that the autumn harvest work in the territory began to proceed in an orderly manner, so he rode Carlos out of the territory, and soon caught up with the team led by Redal.

"Sir, you are finally here!"

Seeing Ronin suddenly appearing from the woods on one side, Redal was not surprised at all. However, the soldiers in the rear were very confused. Wasn't the lord still in the territory? How could he come out of the woods?

"How was it? Did you encounter any other noble armies along the way?"

"We encountered the armies from Muma City and Lake Town."

Riedal replied, "But their logistics team is longer than ours, and their marching speed is a little slower than ours. They are probably more than ten miles behind us now."

Roning nodded. When he was in the air, he did see a team behind him, but he couldn't see it carefully. These guys didn't have the heraldic flags flying high like Wu Beiling's team.

"From what I know, it should be a team of knights led by Baron Snow."

Baron Snow is Kurami's father and a Silver Knight.

Viscount Marvin was thoughtful enough to send a team of knights to participate in this war.

"Is Baron Hermann the leader of the Lake Town team?"

"Yes, sir!"

The person who answered the question was McKen, who had followed Ronin to Lake Town and Wushan Castle and met the one-armed lone wolf Baron German himself.

"However, his team is smaller than Viscount Marvin's. I estimate that there are five or six knights, a dozen cavalrymen, and forty or fifty infantrymen."

Although Lake Town is a barony, its aquatic business is good and Hermann's family is wealthy. He should have two teams of knights under his command.

Luo Ning frowned slightly. It seemed a little too little to bring only a few people with him. But fortunately, the bronze-level lord was leading the team personally. Although the number of people was a little small, the overall strength should not be weak, which was okay.

"The Stone Territory is only a hundred miles ahead. We should slow down our march and maintain the strength and condition of our men and horses."

They also brought supplies, but not much, and once they arrived at the Stone Territory, Galil was in charge.

Because Ronin slowed down, on the third day, Viscount Marvin and Baron German caught up with their troops. The winding road was suddenly crowded with people, and it looked like a march.

Roning glanced at the two men's team.

The knight squad of the Horse Herder City naturally seemed to have a higher overall quality. Their horses and cavalry were all equipped with armor, but their infantry and archers were a little lacking.

"Uncle Marvin, I think you need to buy some iron and wood equipment for your infantry and cavalry."

Roning said with a smile.

Marvin and German could not help but turn their heads to look at Ronin's knight squad. After two months of increased production, most of his infantrymen were wearing lamellar armor, and they looked much more imposing than their own infantry teams.

And they didn’t know if it was an illusion, but the two always felt that Roning’s soldiers were more orderly and their actions were more disciplined.

"I asked Rogner a few days ago if you had any for sale, but you didn't."

Ma Wen smiled and said, "When you return this time, bring me sixty sets of armor first, so that I can arm the infantry first."

"Give me sixty sets, too."

Only a small half of Hermann's team were elite soldiers, but this did not prevent him from arming the soldiers who did not come.

"no problem!"

Luo Ning responded happily that the war had not yet begun, but two business deals had been made.

The team of three slowly approached the Stone Territory, where Ronin encountered more and more noble troops.

But the situation of their army made Roning look increasingly unhappy.

It turns out that the teams led by Marvin and German had the best quality, while the teams led by the rest were totally not good enough.

Either their numbers were too small, or they were just a bunch of miscellaneous soldiers who were staggering when they were standing, and it was obvious at first glance that they had no fighting power.

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about Baron Kona who is about to go bankrupt.

Luo Ning was moved by the other party's loyalty to Wushanbao, and that they were still participating in the war even though they were almost bankrupt.

But the opponent's team plus his own only consisted of three people, which was really not enough.

"Viscount Vitorino is not here?"

Luo Ning frowned slightly.

Viscount Vitorino of Pointed City is a Silver Knight. Without him, the coalition forces would be missing a high-end combat force.

"Who else hasn't come?" (End of this chapter)