Chapter 151 Caravan Departure
The next morning, the castle vestibule was bustling with activity. The guards were fully armed, even wearing Gervey's special combat vests on the outside. 14 guards including Laurie lined up and waited for the convoy to depart.
The servants of the castle carefully loaded boxes of goods for sale onto the carriages. There were five carriages in the vestibule. These were the carriages that Gervis had acquired after he intercepted and killed Lanny's convoy. However, Gervis certainly would not be stupid enough to use the stolen carriages openly.
In fact, Lanny's carriages had been exchanged with Gerveth's when Nashen returned. Gerveth's carriages were used by Gandalf to transport supplies, while Lanny's carriages had been taken to Gandalf's territory.
"Thomas, the important task of this caravan is now in your hands! I hope you can bring back wealth for me and Storm Nation."
At the gate of the inner castle, Gervis looked at the busyness in the vestibule and spoke to Thomas behind him.
"Sir, I will do my best. If there is any mistake, you can hold me accountable!"
This business trip is neither difficult nor easy.
Because this was the first time for Gervis to do business, these men of Gervis had no experience. The goods sold by Gervis were all food, and they were not food that the general public had never come into contact with. Ice cubes were okay, but ice cream and golden oysters were new things, so it would take some effort to open up the market.
Of course, the advantages are also obvious. Since they are all related to eating, taste is the most important. Needless to say, the taste of ice cream and golden oysters has been tested and is absolutely delicious. Now it depends on how to open up the situation. As the saying goes, there will be a second time after the first time. How to get people to taste this first time is exactly what Thomas needs to do.
"Very good, Thomas! Thank you for your hard work this time! The carriage is almost ready, go ahead and get busy! I'll go to Laurie to give instructions!"
"Yes, sir, please take care of yourself during my absence!"
Thomas bowed respectfully to Gervis and then walked towards the carriage.
"At ease! Stand at attention! Greetings, sir!"
"grown ups!"
When Gervis arrived in front of the first squad, each guard stood as steady as a pine tree, with his chest held high and his eyes looking straight ahead.
"Today, your team will follow the caravan out of Storm Territory. This is your first mission since becoming a guard, and it is also a mission without me leading you. I hope you can remember the military regulations, stay vigilant at all times, and guard the caravan well!"
"Tell me! Can you do it?"
"Yes, sir!"
The guards puffed out their heads and chests and shouted in unison.
"Very good! I am waiting for your triumphant return!"
Gervis felt that the speech before departure was necessary. A proper sense of ceremony could enhance the cohesion of the guards. If they were following him and just protecting the caravan, there would be nothing to say. But if he was not there, it would mean that their greatest spiritual support and greatest deterrent would be gone. So Gervis had to give some encouraging words at this time.
"Laurie, I leave the safety of the caravan in your hands!"
"Yes, sir, I won't let you down!"
After Gervis had given instructions to Thomas and Lowry, the team was ready to set off at any time. Gervis looked up at the rising sun and said to everyone, "It's time to set off!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Set off!"
As Gervis spoke, Thomas, the steward, bowed respectfully to Gervis, then mounted his horse. At an order, the caravan slowly moved. With the sound of clattering hooves and creaking wheels, a total of 26 people and 5 carriages slowly drove out of the castle. In the caravan, except for Thomas and Laurie, everyone else was walking.
After watching the convoy leave the castle, Gervis walked to the stable to check the war horses he had obtained yesterday.
"grown ups!"
"grown ups!"
When Gervis arrived at the stable, there were a few unfamiliar faces there, five in total. These people were the serfs that Thomas had transferred from the territory yesterday.
"How are the horses? Are they behaving well?"
"My lord, these horses are still wild and are very agitated from being locked up in the stable!"
Gervis randomly grabbed a groom and asked him questions. The groom looked to be in his forties or fifties. When he heard Gervis's questions, he immediately answered Gervis' questions honestly.
Gervis knew nothing about raising horses. After listening to the groom's words, he looked into the stable and saw that the horses that were kept alone in the stable were stamping their hooves restlessly, and some of them were even neighing from time to time.
"Sir, I think these horses need to be tamed first, and then we need to communicate with them more. Once we develop feelings for them, the horses will behave themselves!"
"Oh? You know how to raise horses?"
This surprised Gervis a little. Before he came, the guard squad was the only one in the entire Storm Territory that owned a horse, and it was also taken care of by the guards. He had not expected that this serf in his forties also knew about horses, otherwise how could he have answered so confidently.
"Yes, sir, I was a stable boy for a while when I was young!"
It was lucky for Gervis. This old serf was a knight's groom when he was young. He was not from the Principality of Jean. He was captured by the Jones family because of the war and became a serf. Because of his old age, he was finally assigned to Storm Territory to help raise dairy cows.
Yesterday afternoon, when Thomas was looking for a groom according to Gervis' instructions, the first person he looked for was of course a serf who knew how to raise livestock. After learning that the serf not only knew how to raise cows but was also a groom in the past, he immediately brought him to the castle and assigned the cows to other people.
"May I have your name?"
Since there is someone who understands horses, Gervis feels relieved. According to the value of this world, these war horses are more expensive than people. If one is not careful and feeds the horses poorly, it will definitely be a huge loss.
"My Lord, my name is Kenny Ponytail!"
"Oh, Kenny, from now on you will be responsible for taking care of the horses! By the way, you have to teach your experience to the four of them. If they do a good job, you will definitely be rewarded!"
It's true that people love what they do. Surnames in this world are so casual. Gervis is used to it. Knowing that Kenny has experience as a stable boy, Gervis handed the position of stable manager to him without hesitation. After all, Gervis has no other choice at the moment. Whether Kenny can stay as the manager for a long time depends on whether he has real ability.
"Thank you, sir!"
Kenny immediately knelt on the ground and bowed deeply to Gervis. These were top-quality war horses! Now that the lord had handed these horses over to him to manage, Kenny felt that his glorious moment was about to come again.
Thanks to "Rotsen" for the ear tip!!!
(End of this chapter)
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