Everything was as Gao Wen expected.
News from the south would make kings and nobles nervous, and with a warning from a revived ancient, the tension might rise to a little panic level—but that's about it.
Those who have never experienced the magic tide and cannot imagine the magic tide will not react too much to the news that is limited to words, even if Gao Wen brought some swords and armor corroded by the power of the elements. As evidence, it is impossible for them to make a higher level of response.
After all, although there are not many "abnormal natural phenomena" that can cause swords and armor to be corrupted by magic power, they are not without exception. They cannot be used as ironclad evidence that the magic tide is about to come back—in fact, even Gao Wen himself is only based on the information in his memory It was just some bold speculation, and he didn't even dare to pat his chest and say that the end of the world was coming.
There was nothing wrong with Francis II's response. It was impossible for him to put the entire kingdom into a state of war readiness because of these sudden news. Even if he wanted to, the bloated and backward aristocratic enfeoffment system would not allow him to do so. And even if the magic tide will come, it is unwise to prepare for the national battle now-the monsters in the south and the surge of magic power are just signs, not even the vanguard of the magic tide. It won't be there for months, or even years (if it's going to happen), and until then, it's all smooth sailing.
If the weather is calm and no evidence can be found, the Moen family may be able to do it if it is in its heyday, but the second dynasty now... has no such appeal.
Francis II even ordered the Duke of the East to not move.
A revived founding duke may be full of weight in terms of prestige, but if he wants to use this prestige to interfere with the order of the kingdom today, it would be a bit too much. Gawain is very clear about this point, he knows that he is The right to speak here is actually a scepter of flowers—brilliant and gorgeous but powerless. The foundation of the Cecil family is gone. There is no land, no one, no soldiers, no generals, and even the travel expenses to the capital are borrowed from others. Come, this is a very embarrassing situation for the always pragmatic aristocratic circle.
So Gawain held down Rebecca, who was still about to speak, and looked at the opposite king: "We have sent a message and issued a warning. As for the follow-up specific response, it is up to you."
"We will definitely take your warning seriously," Duchess Victoria Wilde said in a cold voice, "All investigations will be launched immediately after this meeting is over, and you will also get the news as soon as possible."
"Investigation... that's the only way to go," Gao Wen nodded, and changed the topic, "Then this matter will stop here, and now let's talk about the Cecil family's private affairs."
This time, the atmosphere really became tense instantly.
"Relax, don't look like 'the old ancestor jumped out of the coffin and asked to cash in the paper money burned over the years'," Gao Wen smiled and waved his hands when he saw this, and then found that no one could understand his cold joke...
So fucking embarrassing.
"I know what happened a hundred years ago, and frankly speaking, I really want to kill that unworthy descendant," Gao Wen twitched, and went straight to the point, "So I have no intention of reversing the case on this matter. Came here just to get back something that should be mine personally."
Francis II and the several grand dukes looked at each other, and the expressions on everyone's faces were more or less relaxed—Gao Wen took the initiative to talk about the earth-shattering event a hundred years ago, which made them feel relieved from the bottom of their hearts . After all, on this sensitive topic, whoever opens the mouth is a psychological pressure that can make the blood pressure soar to two hundred. It is a relief that the living ancestor in front of him can be so sympathetic to the younger generation.
But after breathing a sigh of relief, they raised their hearts again: What would those things that belonged to Gawain Cecil be
Everything belongs to the lord—this is the rule of the nobility. Everything in the Cecil family in the past, including fiefdoms, vassals, titles, etc., was the personal property of Gawain Cecil. Which one did he refer to
Everyone tensed their muscles where others were not paying attention, only Francis II glanced at Gawain calmly, and nodded slightly calmly.
"Don't be nervous, most of the things I had during my lifetime have been passed down to my heirs, and the unworthy descendants have ruined those things, and I can't force them back," Gao Wen laughed, "What I mean is Parts that cannot be inherited, such as... my right to develop."
The great nobles and the advisors looked at each other, and then these well-educated gentlemen and ladies immediately thought of the ancient and sacred pioneering decree.
It is a glorious commemoration of the second pioneering, a proof of human beings' courageous survival in desperate situations, and an oath made by mortals in the face of nature. Today, it is even a part of the basic codes of the four major kingdoms—one that has been There will be no chance of taking effect again, but no one dares to speak of repealing the law.
The original version of the pioneering decree was even individually engraved on a platinum plate and enshrined in the halls of every human kingdom.
But everyone keeps it as a souvenir! It is used to pretend to be a force for future generations! It means that he inherits orthodoxy!
Why is this suddenly going to take effect again? !
But amidst the astonishment, there was a trace of sincere relaxation hidden in the expressions on everyone's faces, and this slight change in expression did not escape Gao Wen's eyes.
So he also relaxed, and began to discuss the permanent development rights with the people present.
Gao Wen believed that this matter would not be too difficult.
Compared with a living ancestor who returned to the world and asked to honor the paper money that was burned in the past, and by the way, ask for his vast land that was so vast that it was almost a country in a country seven hundred years ago, a mere permanent development right is nothing at all—the latter Although it sounds bluffing, it will not affect the vital interests of anyone on the scene, and every nobleman (including the king himself) will be quite talkative if it does not affect his own interests.
And this is also the result of Gao Wen's deliberate promotion.
He was high-profile along the way, spreading all kinds of news, and even took out the flags from seven hundred years ago when he entered the capital, and he looked aggressive and unfriendly to the visitor. Inducing everyone's thinking—making them think that this living ancestor is aiming to reverse the case for the Cecil family and recover all the family fiefdoms, so everyone will make a response plan under this premise and prepare how to deal with it. Prepare to keep your existing interests by fighting with lip and tongue.
However, Gao Wen's goal is only permanent development rights.
This gap is basically equivalent to going out to buy a watch, the original price is 860,000, and the discount is 25 after the discount-it feels like a huge bargain.
I can't even help but suspect that the watch is fake.
But even if the twenty-five yuan watch is fake, the ancestor is also real. If he really just wants a permanent development right... then what's the point
Good, good, give it, hurry up and take your old man's right to open up wasteland, and don't come back. jpg.
If Gao Wen didn't have any foreshadowing before, and if he proposed permanent development rights from the beginning, maybe things would not go so smoothly. The greedy nature of the nobles would make them want to skimp even on this kind of thing, but with so many It is much easier to talk about the right to develop.
The kings and dukes at the scene agreed without much discussion that the development right itself should be recognized—it must be recognized if it is not recognized, because Ansu was not the only country that signed the development right at the time. The nations bordering on the four major kingdoms have also recognized this decree and promised that the decree will take effect permanently, and these "co-witnesses" include elves from the Silver Empire in the extreme south of the mainland...
Those elves who talk about their gods and gods, and are especially alive.
Those guys with an average life expectancy of over 3,000 years and who are extremely rigorous and honest are notoriously stubborn. It was precisely because of this that the elves were one of the witnesses when the permanent development decree was signed. This decree is more solemn and credible, and even a copy of Elvish language was specially written and handed over to the Silver Empire for safekeeping.
Although everyone knows that the first generation of pioneer knights can't live forever, it is probably human's eccentricity to write such a decree with the "permanent" label, and let a long-lived race be a witness …
Anyway, the representative of the elves at that time brought the copy back to the country while muttering "Human beings are really weird", and then the elf queen happily stamped on the copy-seven hundred years have passed in a blink of an eye, and it was still A newly enthroned hairy girl's elf queen is now... still an elf queen...
She clearly remembers the stamp she stamped back then, don't you admit it and try it
Anyway, Gao Wen mentioned that if Ansu didn't recognize the right to pioneer, he would take his family across half of the continent to go to the Silver Empire. Anyway, there are still undeveloped places around the elf forest, and there are many elves in the group Acquaintances, we will definitely get along well with the Cecil family...
The founding ancestor of our own family was run on at home and couldn't live, so he dragged his family to the territory of a foreign race to live in a tree. If this matter spreads, do you want to lose face
Therefore, everyone in the room agreed that such things as development rights should be retained, but where to develop specifically... This is a matter of discussion.
"There is no wasteland in the kingdom where people can live, and every inch of land has its owner," the king's former prime minister, Aiden Alfred, stood up. This calm man is the right-hand man of Francis II. Knowing the current situation of the entire kingdom, "Besides the kingdom, there are very few wastelands in the border areas with other countries, and there are also dead places with no life—such as the buffer zone of the wasteland of Gondor. Your Excellency, where do you plan to open up? "
Gao Wen waved his hand: "Bring me the map."
When the map was presented, Gao Wen glanced at it and couldn't help frowning slightly.
Even though this world has convenient magic, auxiliary abilities such as eagle eye, forest perception, and measurement can help people draw maps, but the map in front of them is still rough, and there are even problems with the scale.
Compared with the "satellite perspective" in my mind, it is like graffiti.
Perhaps it is because magic is so convenient that it affects the development of many things
As Gao Wen thought about it, he compared it with the accurate map in his mind, and then he pointed to an area on the rough map: "I'll start here."
It is a mountain range adjacent to the border between the Gondor wasteland and Typhon.
Dark Mountains.