When Granville woke up, he found himself lying in a strange room. Tony was lying on the bed next to him. Tony''s wound had been bandaged and treated.

    "Where am I now?" this may be the "it seems unfair" of most people

    "Fair? This is the German Empire, boy. The Lords do whatever they want, and we protect ourselves. He didn''t tie me up, but gave me time to sell my goods. He even asked other businessmen to give me a fair price, which is kind enough."

    "What are your plans in the future?"

    "I want to organize a caravan to sell pig iron in other places. Anyway, I''m a businessman, wandering all over the world and making a home."

    A few days later, Gladwell said goodbye to businessman Salim with Tony who had just recovered from serious injury.

    Leaving port Pulin, this prosperous port city.

    After seeing all this, Gladwell took his twenty men to the north of the Empire. He didn''t know why he wanted to go back to his original place. He always felt something calling him.

    After this series of events, Gladwell also had a certain understanding of the German Empire.

    Empire, a place where the jungle and the fittest survive. Here, as long as you hold a heavy army, what you say will work well.

    The king is just the most powerful of all the Lords. The state is just an alliance of aristocratic powers.

    The people were in dire straits and the nobles were rich. Fair, that is to fight with your fist.

    Bandits and bandits were rampant everywhere, but the king tolerated them again and again. They only think about how to expand their own interests, and never think about civilians in dire straits. And huge taxes, like a heavy courage on the people. People dare to be angry but dare not speak. What they need is a hero who can lead them.

    Along the way, what Granville saw, heard and experienced deeply touched Granville''s heart.

    "One day, I will end this evil war. One day, the power of the civilian will be higher than that of the king!" Gladwell vowed in his heart.

    The north of the empire is still an endless plain. But further north, there is a mountain range between heaven and earth. Over the mountains, it''s Northland.

    The Wilson mountains, located in Northland, is a mountain with beautiful mountains and pleasant scenery.

    Haiya castle at the foot of Wilson mountain is the destination of Gladwell''s trip.

    Haiya castle, an important military fortress in the north of the Empire. After a few days'' journey, Gladwell finally came here.

    On the city wall, guards in metal armor shine brightly under the sun. In Haiya castle, fully armed soldiers can be seen everywhere.

    It seems that any army who wants to capture here will pay the price of bleeding, at least grawell thinks so now.

    According to the residents here, count Steve, a man in his fifties, is in charge of Haiya castle. It is said that he once took over the whole Haiya castle alone.

    Gladwell really wants to meet a legendary hero like this.

    According to the regulations of Haiya castle, armed forces of any scale are not allowed to enter the city. Therefore, many mercenaries, large and small, were stationed outside the castle. These mercenaries are waiting to take advantage of the war, because once there is a war, the king will spend everyone to hire them.

    Haiya Castle happens to be a place with frequent wars, so it''s not surprising that there are so many mercenaries here. In fact, Gladwell wanted to take a chance here.

    Grawell asked everyone to set up camp outside the city. Now grawell has formed a team of more than 100 people with the weapons and money seized from holf.

    Grawell''s team, with experienced veterans, fledgling recruits, well-equipped mercenaries and villagers with wooden sticks, can be said to be mixed.

    In terms of combat effectiveness, this team lacks formal training, and is mostly infantry, lacking basic cooperation.

    Gladwell doesn''t expect this team to do anything earth shaking. He only expects to protect himself in this troubled time.

    In the built camp, Gladwell had nothing to do, so he chatted casually with the soldiers below.

    He found that a camp woman named Anna was very talented in fighting. She was good at bows and arrows and tracking. She was a good material to be a reconnaissance cavalry or guide.

    Anna was known and hired in the tavern when Gladwell came to kelandier.

    At that time, Gladwell was drinking with Tony in the pub. An armed, plain looking woman caught grawell''s attention.

    After talking, Gladwell learned that Anna had a weak father. His father married her to a lazy alcoholic. Unable to stand her husband''s domestic violence, Anna fled her husband. On a dark and windy night, she was caught by a group of bandits. Fortunately, the bandits didn''t do anything to her. What makes Anna even happier is that one of the bandits is really good to her. The bandit taught Anna to hunt and fight. But it didn''t last long. The bandit was killed because of the jealousy of other companions. The bandits drove Anna away. From then on, Anna wandered all over the world until she came to kairandier.

    After several days of understanding, Gladwell found that Anna is a very strong girl. Although she looks ordinary, her role in the army is more useful than ten beautiful vases combined.

    At night, dense campfires rose around Haiya castle.

    The mercenaries spent a rare night by the campfire in their unique way.

    "Sir, when are we going into town?" Tony asked glawell

    "No hurry, I''ll go to town with you tomorrow afternoon to buy some supplies," replied Gladwell