The others withdrew from the room, and Charles took out a secret letter and presented it to the king: "From Adobe."
Adobe, a country next to Blasey, King Adobe's queen was the cousin of Ferry III.
The king understood that the letter should actually be from Blasey.
The "ally" from Legrand, Ferry III.
The king unfolded the letter and read it quickly.
The letter is divided into two parts, one part is from the hand of Ferry III himself, and the other part is obviously from Blasey's overseas spies - it is a piece of information on the movement of the Low Countries across the sea from Legrand.
Low Countries.
The king frowned slightly, and he got up and walked to the "World Cloth" map hanging in the room.
To the north of Blaise are more than a dozen small countries such as Hull and Caliland, collectively known as the "Low Countries". They are across the sea from the northern area of Legrand, but there has been no dispute between the two sides.
Ferry III was not a fool, and he wouldn't do anything useless at this juncture.
"What are you looking at?"
Charles got up, walked behind the king, and examined the map hanging on the wall with him.
"Do you know anything about the Low Countries?" asked the King, thinking.
Charles turned his attention to the dozen or so small countries, and shook his head slightly suspiciously: "If you are talking about the lowland countries before the twelfth century AD, after they were completely occupied by the sea barbarians, they used to have decent strength. But Today's Low Countries are in decline, and for three centuries, they have not been involved in any major event on any continent."
As Charles said, the Low Countries have kept a low profile for hundreds of years.
Perhaps because they know that their strength is not good, they only focus on developing maritime commerce, and try to avoid any major political disputes. To this end, they even endured the relatively high customs duties of Legrand, Blaise, and many other countries.
What they paid so much for was that despite the weaker military of the Low Countries, they still managed to survive by means of commercial transport.
"No competition with the world?"
The king shook his head slowly.
He returned to the desk, quickly spread out the letter and picked up a pen, and wrote to the Duke of Buckingham at the Rose Palace.
Across the Abyss Strait, Legrand's perception of the Low Countries is definitely not as good as that of Blaise, who is close to the Low Countries. If the king is not mistaken, in return for Legrand informing him of the deadly trap of the coronation ceremony, the meaning of Ferry III's letter is to warn Legrand:
Watch out for the Low Countries, they too are taking part in this brewing upheaval.
"Let our overseas spies be careful," the King said to Charles at the same time.
"You don't like Blaise?"
Charles noticed this.
"Yes." The king asked Charles instead of answering the question directly, "What do you think of our Cossoaia city councilor?"
City Councilor of Cossoaia.
One of the group of city officials just now, they are here to report to the king about the New Year's celebration.
Charles recalled that he had to deal with many officials along the coast at this stage, and he had also heard about this high-ranking official in Cossoa City-generally speaking, this is a little more lover, and he is relatively more in all aspects. Mediocre, not too great not too bad city officials.
But at this time, being mentioned by the king may not be a good thing.
"Our mediocre gentleman is not mediocre at all." The king said in a complimenting tone with a smile, "His lover has an extraordinary relationship with the priests, and this broad-mindedness is not ordinary. A gentleman can't do it."
"what do you mean?"
"It's hard for him to be able to manage complicated government affairs and at the same time find ways to send the secret letter to the bishop of the monastery."
The king smiled, as if he was sincerely praising the chairman.
But Charles understood that the king had already moved to kill.
Charles was slightly moved.
Before the wandering painter Mr. Grac came in, the king talked to the city officials as usual. Although he was majestic, he was not stern, and even he did not notice anything unusual. I am afraid that Mr. City Councilman would never have imagined that when he thought he was going through the sea, the king had already set a death date for him in his heart.
The king looked at Charles: "In Legrand, in Cossoa where I came, there were people who accepted branches from the Holy Court, not to mention Blacy in the shadow of the Holy Court?"
His tone was slightly mocking.
The Holy Court of this world will only become stronger.
because-
This world "God" really exists.
This time the Black Death, the king himself can use the power of hell to enhance the glory of the kingship. But in the same way, the Holy See can also use its extraordinary power to consolidate its position in the Black Death - in the letter of Ferry III, it has been pointed out that the Pope and his party rescued the Black Death patients and won the support of the great nobles. .
The power of the Holy See in this world is more stable and stronger because of those "sacred saints" that really exist.
"Tell our gentlemen to be wary of those from Ferry III's faction who come into contact with them."
The king gave an order.
Charles understood the meaning of the king, and he silently accepted the king's order.
The ghost ship is real, hell is real, and the eyes of the gods looking at the earth are also real... For thousands of years, human beings have been struggling to move forward under the shackles and live under heavy shackles.
However, some people are unwilling to live under such surveillance, and are unwilling to accept such a fate.
So in this long history, generations of the Qiangwei family have stained the earth with blood. What they want is that human beings will no longer be the lambs of the gods, the servants of the gods.
The king was silent for a moment: "Recruit sailors, the blockade cannot be relaxed."
A Qahtani chose the Holy See and brought a great plague to Legrand.
But at this time there were so many plagues and shipwrecks at sea, and the king did not think that the Holy Court would be limited to a great plague of Cossoaia. The coastline is long and there are always weak spots. Even, if the target of the first great plague was not a large port city like Cossoaia, the Holy See could completely drive some ordinary fleets to "send the plague" to Legrand.
If he was the Holy Court, then he would definitely not use this low-cost means of causing great damage to the enemy only once.
This is conspiracy.
Next, there must be ships that will try to introduce the plague into Legrand.
- The king guarding the southeast is also to deal with this.
"When the epidemic ships are active, they have to act."
the king said quietly.
At this moment, Kossoya's bell rang, and the bell rang loudly.
Charles looked out the window: "It's almost a new year."
"a new Year."
The king also looked out the window.
The sun's rays in the last days of 1432 shrouded the port mall.
The snow is falling, and most people in the city are celebrating the passing of a catastrophe and waiting with joy for the new year. They have no idea what kind of dark tide is surging, let alone what kind of turbulence is about to break out.
These turbulent waves, at present, will only weigh on a small number of those who see it.
"When our court painter wakes up, let him paint a picture."
The king suddenly spoke.
"What do you want him to draw?"
Charles was a little curious. The king who became the Legrand monarch from birth naturally received the most outstanding education, and most of the monarchs had good cultivation in all aspects. But the king has always been more concerned with drama than painting.
"Night of the Plague on Kothsoa."
The king answered.
He wants everyone to remember the dead cavalry, the brave pirates who died in the sea.
Charles was stunned for a moment, and he turned to look at the "King and His City" that was still placed in the room - there is no doubt that this is an outstanding painting that will remain in people's impressions. He didn't quite know what the "light of literature and art" in the king's mouth represented, but at this time he understood what the king's actions meant.
If this is the dawn of literature and art.
Then the king did not think of concentrating the light on himself, but cast the glory on those who lay on the ground.
How many monarchs will remember the soldiers who died for them
In war, the most worthless thing is human life. If the dead soldiers are not nobles, they have nothing to worry about, and a little compensation is enough to pass. People have always thought and accepted it.
- they will be remembered.
That night, where the pirates buried their bones, the king promised.
He believed it.
And the king was not ashamed of his belief.
Charles laughed.
He thought that he could already see the scene where the will of the crown was directed by the iron cavalry in the future.
"People will envy Legrand."
he said softly.
The king looked at him slightly surprised.
Charles just smiled softly without explanation.
- I envy Legrand for having such a monarch.
…
Legrand Northland at the time when the King alerted the Duke of Buckingham to the low country letter being sent.
Newcana.
The panic caused by the Black Death did not affect this place. After obtaining the rich ironwood resources from Anger, the military castle ordered by the king last year to build here is progressing much faster than before.
Following the refusal to ask the king for more money, James, the architect of the castle, wrote to the king "with the zeal of writing letters to his little lover".
The first half of each letter is a detailed explanation of the new idea for his military castle, and then the second half of the letter is the same - more money from the king.
The commander stationed here accidentally saw the letter written by James, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
He felt that the king did not match the rumors.
- Just because James is so daring and asks the king for money every day, the king still allows him to live to this day. How could a tyrant be so forgiving.
Anyway, since the "War Madman Attribute" was lit up, the commander looked strange to the original church designer... This guy not only crouches on the observation deck every day, thinking about how to improve the archery holes, but also keeps on going. Urging him to ask the king to privately build a batch of hard crossbows...
The commander had to wonder, is he a soldier, or is this guy a soldier
And the king actually promised to build a batch of forbidden crossbows for Newcat.
However, building a batch of hard crossbows is obviously not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time, so since then, the commander has avoided James almost every day, for fear that the guy will spit out a batch of hard crossbows when he meets this guy.
"Don't you think it's a little strange?"
On this day, the commander carefully avoided the place where James often haunted, and was about to take a sip of strong wine when a faint voice suddenly came from behind.
He was almost scared to spit out a sip of wine. When he turned his head, James was standing behind him with unshaven beard and dark circles under his eyes.
"You, you, you..." The commander twitched the corners of his mouth and finally said helplessly, "What's wrong?"
"The convoy hasn't arrived yet."
"It's snowing heavily, my dear designer!" The commander was full of bitterness. "You've asked hundreds of times in the past two days! Listen to me, and give those poor craftsmen a break too!"