With the strong assistance of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, Count Willen continued his ferocious offensive against various lords in the south of the Principality of Standing.
In a few months, Earl Weilon not only completely defeated the four lords' alliance who jointly resisted him, but also defeated three lords, and took into his possession a large territory of more than tens of thousands square kilometers.
The current Earl of Willen has become one of the most powerful lords in the Principality of Standing.
The Principality of Standing in the north was caught in a war, and the south was not very peaceful either.
Angkru has been accumulating strength in the first few years. Although it has been constantly expanding its territory and strengthening its strength, attracting the attention of many people in the south of the Principality of Standing, but compared to Lord Weilun, it can be regarded as extremely low-key and low-key.
However, since 3785 in the continental calendar, Angkru has gone against the norm and begun to develop vigorously in the south of the Principality of Standing.
In just the first half of the year, Anklu expanded the area of his territory by more than twice, and now the total area of the territory exceeds 10,000 square kilometers.
Although he is not the largest lord in the southern part of the Principality of Standing, in terms of strength alone, especially on the battlefield, absolutely no one dares to doubt that he is the most powerful one.
The reason is simple, because he has the full support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
After signing the agreement with Lord Weilun, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cut off the supply of military magic machinery to all lords in the Principality of Standing except Lord Weilun and Unkru.
Without the supply of follow-up ammunition and maintenance, it is naturally impossible for military magic machines to be used for long.
At first. Other lords can also compete with Lord Velen and Unkru with their inventory. But after a while. After the military magic machines in their hands were unable to exert their combat effectiveness, the other lords were defeated by the attacks of Lord Weilon and Unkru, and had no ability to resist at all.
Everyone knows very well that the key to determining the outcome of the war between the lords in the Principality of Standing lies in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
To put it more bluntly, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can even completely control the development of the situation in the Principality of Standing.
After realizing this, many people naturally cannot sit still no matter what.
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"I know—I know—I know—"
There are many places on the Sainz continent that are completely different from Earth. But there are some similarities.
Summer autumn cicada is one of them.
Every summer, when Xu Yi hears the chirping of cicadas that he has been familiar with since he was a child, Xu Yi always feels a sense of intimacy in his heart.
It has been eight years since he came to this world. Although he has already adapted to life in this world, got married, had children, and started a family, Xu Yi still misses everything on earth often.
Listening to the chirping of cicadas, he seemed to have returned to the happy time when he was still on earth when he was a child. Every summer, he and his friends would use homemade nets to chase butterflies and catch cicadas all over the mountains and plains.
This summer is still hot. Xu Yi took some time off from his busy schedule to enjoy the cool air in the shade of a tree in the backyard of the manor. Listening to the constant chirping of cicadas above her head, and thinking of her past time on earth, her childlike innocence suddenly emerged, and she asked Linda to find a fine net and a length of wire, and then break off a branch of the right thickness from the tree. Skillfully made a dip net.
"Hey, Freya, daddy will take you to catch butterflies and cicadas, okay?" Xu Yi asked Freya with a smile, who had been watching him making the net.
Freya is already over two years old. Although she is still at an ignorant age, she can already run and jump, and speaks extremely fluently. When she heard Xu Yi's question, she looked up at the net in Xu Yi's hand. , asked in a sweet voice: "Dad, why do you want to catch butterflies and cicadas?"
Xu Yi squatted down with a smile, pinched Freya's fleshy little face, and asked: "Freya, do you think butterflies are good-looking?"
"Well, butterflies are the prettiest."
"Well, do you want to get closer and see why the butterflies are so beautiful?" Xu Yi asked again.
"Think about it, Dad, can you call the butterflies over and let me take a good look at them?"
"Of course you can. Come, follow dad, and I will take you to chat with the butterflies!"
If it were under normal weather, it would be mid-August now, and there would be no trace of the butterflies long ago.
However, because the Principality of Standing is located in the south of the mainland, the climate has always been hot. In addition, Xu Yi's private territory is close to the seaside and the air is humid. There are still countless butterflies flying at this time.
Xu Yi took the delighted Freya into the woods next to the manor. At a glance, he could see several kinds of colorful butterflies shuttling back and forth in the woods.
Freya cheered and rushed over. The butterflies were flying around in the air in shock. Xu Yi stretched the net into the air and caught several butterflies easily.
Xu Yi carefully picked off a butterfly and put it in the palm of Freya's hand. The magic power in his body flowed and formed a small cyclone near Freya's palm, which just pressed the butterfly into Freya's palm. Make it impossible to fly away.
Freya looked surprised and carefully held the butterfly with both hands. She looked around for a while, but suddenly raised her head and asked Xu Yi: "Dad, why doesn't it fly?"
Xu Yi was a little strange: "Don't you want to chat with the butterfly? It's in your hands now. Wouldn't it be nice for you to play with it for a while?"
Freya shook her head: "But I just liked the way it flew. It doesn't look good when it stops like this." Then she looked at the net in Xu Yi's hand, pointed to the butterfly stuck on it and said, "Dad , put them down too, they are so pitiful.”
Xu Yi glanced at Freya in surprise and couldn't help laughing.
Although Freya is only in her early two years, she is a kind-hearted little girl, and this is precisely what he values most.
Xu Yi followed Freya's instructions and picked off the butterflies one by one and released them all again.
Watching the groups of butterflies flying in the woods, Freya laughed happily again and ran back and forth in the woods with small steps. As if full of energy.
Look at Freya's happy look. Xu Yi also felt that his whole body and mind became happy.
During this period, he was involved in various problems related to the internal situation in Heimi Wasteland and the Principality of Standing. I am so busy, and now playing with Freya for a while is simply the best way to relax.
Just as he was about to take Freya deeper into the forest, Liz, who had been guarding outside the forest and left Xu Yi and Freya their own space, suddenly rushed over.
"Master, a guest is here."
Seeing the slightly nervous look on Liz's face, Xu Yi was a little strange.
"What kind of guest is this?"
"It was brought here by the CEO, saying it was an envoy sent by Archduke Standing."
"Sent by Archduke Standing?" Xu Yi was startled. Then he laughed. "That's right, it's time for the Grand Duke to hold back."
After handing Freya to Liz, Xu Yi went straight to the front yard and met Kennard and the envoys sent by Archduke Standing in the living room.
The three messengers were all acquaintances of Xu Yi.
They are the three ministers under Grand Duke Standing that Xu Yi has come into contact with since he first came to the Principality of Standing.
Over the years, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has invested a total of at least two million gold coins in them and fed them all. When they saw Xu Yi, they were naturally extremely polite.
After the two sides greeted each other with a smile, Xu Yi asked about the purpose of several people's sudden arrival here.
The three of them looked at each other, and one of the fat ministers replied with a smile: "President Xu, no. Viscount Xu, we are here this time. We are here to report good news to you."
"Good news?" Xu Yi said. "What's the good news?"
The fat minister laughed and said: "Viscount Xu, in view of the contribution you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have made to the Principality of Standing that cannot be ignored, the Grand Duke has decided to upgrade your title from viscount to earl. In other words, starting from today , we will call you Earl Xu.”
Kennard on the side looked surprised.
He came from a noble family and valued his noble status very much. He had always been troubled by Xu Yi's low title because he actually had a baron status in the Lampali Kingdom.
If Xu Yi never had a title, it would be equivalent to him, a baron of the Lampali Kingdom, being under the control of common people.
Although no one would really treat Xu Yi as an ordinary civilian, the difference in status would somewhat make him feel a little grudge.
Now Xu Yi has been promoted to an earl. Even if this earl status was given by Grand Duke Standing, it is naturally very different from the earls of the Lampali Kingdom, but as long as Xu Yi has a suitable noble status, it will be enough.
Xu Yi had a calm look on his face, smiled, and nodded in understanding.
The three envoys looked at each other again. The fat minister took out a drawing from his arms and spread it out in front of Xu Yi.
"Xu Hui... No, Viscount Xu... Oh no, Earl Xu, since your title has been promoted, according to the rules, your territory should also be expanded accordingly. After research, the Grand Duke finally decided to canonize this land as Are you satisfied with your territory?"
Xu Yi's eyes followed the fat minister's fingers as he scanned the extremely low-precision map of the Principality of Standing. After reading the territory newly granted to him by the Principality of Standing, he immediately sneered in his heart.
The territory that Grand Duke Standing entrusted to Xu Yi extended downwards from his previous territory of only twenty-four square kilometers. At first glance, it seemed to have expanded several times.
But if you look carefully, you will find that this new territory belongs to the new territory currently occupied by Earl Willon.
If Xu Yi accepted this territory, it would be equivalent to robbing it from Earl Weilun.
Archduke Standing obviously did this on purpose, and he undoubtedly did this to destroy the existing cooperative relationship between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Count Willen.
It was obvious that Archduke Standing was wary of Earl Willon's strength.
To destroy the cooperative relationship between Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Earl Weilun is to fundamentally defeat Earl Weilun.
This was a very low-level trap. Not to mention Xu Yi, Kennard also saw it at a glance, with a sneer on his face.
Based on his understanding of Xu Yi, Xu Yi must have fallen into more than just such low-level traps.
However, after Xu Yi was silent for a while, he smiled and said: "Thank you for the gift of the Grand Duke, I want this territory."
Kennard looked surprised, but the three envoys were all smiling.
Xu Yi also looked at the three people with a smile on his face, as if he didn't know the danger inside. (To be continued...)