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steel! You've taught us so much. Your mills, the factories, your
excellent hunt! Did I tell you that I have thought on a way to do one
of your 'Mongol hunts' on all of my lands, and thus clear them of
the wolves and bears that have been killing my people?"

"No, my lord, you hadn't." Count Lambert had gotten entirely too
good at the modem far-flung sort of chess-style. This time I threw
an old-fashioned Stonewall attack at him.

"Well, you remember that the problems were that my lands are
many days' walk across, and if the peasants acting as beaters had
to be out more than one day, we would have difficulty sheltering
them at night, for the hunt must take place in the late fall, when the
game is the fattest and the furs are good."

"Also, no one knew how we could keep the wolves from sneaking
out in the dark."

"The solution is simple. Not one big hunt, but a lot of smaller ones!
I shall divide my lands into many smaller 'hunting districts.' Each of
these will be of such a size that a man can walk from the border to
the center in less than a day." He replied to the Stonewall in the
standard manner. He hadn't forgotten a thing!

"Interesting, my lord, but what stops the animals from crossing
from one district to another between hunts? You could have one
district cleaned out, and then have it reinfested before you cleared
out the next." I fianchettoed my queen's bishop.

"Not if we do all of them on the same day! I think I have peasants
enough to do it, and if the nobles tire of the sport, why, the
commoners can help with the killing as well. Also, I think that many
knights from the surrounding counties might well come if invited."
He was pushing in at my center again.

"It sounds good to me, my lord. You can count on my support." I
castled king's side.

"More than that, Sir Conrad. I was counting on your leadership. I
want you to organize the thing."

"Well, if you wish, my lord. But are you sure that I'm the best man
for the job? I really don't know much about hunting. I don't know the
borders of your lands at all. And I don't know which of your knights
and barons own which sections of your lands. I don't even know
who the surrounding counts are, except for your brother."

"It could be a very remunerative position, Sir Conrad. As Master of
the Hunt, you could claim a certain portion of the take for yourself.
All the deer skins, for example."