The icy rain hits the face, with a faint smell of the sea.
"My lord, you'd better go back to the cabin and rest. We are already familiar with this sea route, and we can drive to the Northland with our eyes closed. Now there is no need to slow down or anchor at night. As long as there is wind, we can sail with full sail." .Now it takes only eleven or twelve days for us to travel from Hilovas Island to Northland. We will be back to Oxhorn Bay in two days. "
Lorist was standing on the slipway wearing a black poncho made of animal skin, and Farea was standing beside him urging him to go back to the cabin.
"It's okay, I just came up to take a look and breathe some fresh air. Just go about your business and leave me alone." Lorist said.
Now Lorist is on a large ocean-going three-masted schooner, which is also the ship of Farea, the commander of the Sea Corps. This time, Farea brought twenty-eight medium-sized two-masted armed merchant ships back to the Northland. It is to prepare to transport the accumulated large amount of Warcraft fur to Hilovas Island to implement the trade agreement reached with the Peterson Chamber of Commerce.
Lorist took Dolles and El back to Northland on Farea's boat, and left Josk and Jim with Fatty. Farea and Sambawood alone lead a fleet of ships wandering in the sea every day. Lorist felt that the island needed a golden knight to sit in command, so he asked Josk to stay on the island.
After Farea was sent away, Lorist stood alone at the front of the berth, watching the ship cleave through the waves in the cold wind, drizzle, and rough sea. Now he is in a very happy and relaxed mood. The news of the Glass War between the Ford Business Alliance and the Kingdom of Trimble and the news that His Royal Highness led an army over the Snowy Mountain to capture King Ridley’s King’s City made him feel relieved. The development plan can proceed as usual.
Now Lorist only hopes that the two wars will be delayed as long as possible. It is best that after the business alliance cleans up the Trimble Kingdom, there will be a dispute with the Second Highness who eliminated the first prince for the Duchy of Rulm, and the two armies will fight again. Confrontation, the more time left for the development of their own family territory, the better.
When I go back to the north to research the artillery and put it on the battleship, then even if the Chicod Chamber of Commerce wants to come and seize Shilowas Island again, there will be no threat. The warships equipped with artillery will smash their merchant ships one by one on the sea, and then people will know who is the real overlord of the sea...
Thinking about it this way, Lorist realized that he would be very busy on his trip back to the North, and there were many things waiting for him to do, and most of these things could not be explained, and he had to do it himself, so his mood began to change again. bad.
El also came to Lorist's side wearing a poncho and leaned against the railing.
"Lock, I've been wondering these few days. Before returning to Northland this time, you told me to go to the barony of Dina on the west side of Qilin Port, and send a thousand gold Ford and a batch of gifts. I'm just very strange, what are you doing? The sister Hua of the baronet that I met back then? Well, that aunt is also a big beauty, and they seem to know you very well. That sister scolded you when she heard that you didn't go, it was heartless.
I have always been unable to figure it out, I am the commander of your bodyguards, and I almost always follow you, why didn't I know when you hooked up with that pair of sisters again? By the way, that aunt must also have an affair with you, and she is very concerned about your topic. But after hearing about your identity, they seemed very upset, and then they dealt with it very politely and let us come back. What exactly is going on? "
Every time El called Lorist Locke, he indicated that they were conversations between friends rather than conversations between upper and lower poles, which meant that he was really curious about this matter.
Lorist cracked his mouth, he understood what El meant when he said that they were depressed after knowing their identities. If Lorist is just a knight of the Norton family, then his status is equal to that of his sister, and it is not a problem for her sister to marry him with her sister. But he is the head of the Norton family, and his identity is the earl, so the two sisters will not be able to climb high, unless they also have the title of nobility, not the sisters of the baron...
"It's nothing. Didn't I sneak out with Dolles and Karitoke that night in the imperial capital? We attended a party that time, and I met that sister and her aunt. The girl thought I was Just a knight, wish I could marry her..."
"Tsk tsk tsk, my lord, you have a lot of good fortune, just one night, let that sister and aunt give up on you..." El turned back to his subordinate.
"Okay, don't talk about me, you're not too young. Isn't the youngest daughter of the Mancheni technician very close to you? Do you want me to propose a marriage for you when you go back this time and let him marry his daughter to you?"
"Uh..." El didn't expect to get angry, and Lorist turned the topic to himself.
"Well, Locke, I think it will take another year or two, and I will propose to her after I am promoted to a golden knight, so she will feel more beautiful. And there is a knight's manor, so I don't have to worry about what happens if there is something good or bad about her later. What happened to my life…”
Lorist patted El's shoulder heavily, and said angrily: "Nonsense, what do you mean if something happens to you? Stay with me, and I will guarantee you a long life and a full house of children and grandchildren."
El didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "My lord, when you say this, who are our guards..."
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On March 11th, Lorist returned to the Northland.
Farea was right, the return trip only took eleven days.
Schwader stood on the pier red-eyed and waited for Lorist to disembark. The last time Lorist forcibly sent him back to the Northland, just as he said, if the Chickard Chamber of Commerce wants to attack Hilovas Island, then Lorist will definitely appear at the forefront, and he will deal with Great swordsman. In that case, it would be very dangerous for Shi Huade to be by his side. It would be better to go back to the Northland early so that he would not be easily distracted.
Touching Schward's hair, Lorist smiled and said, "Why, are you still crying at such a big age? All right, let me see this harbor city first, and let the carriage go around first."
This seaport city located on the seaside highlands of the Black Mud Marsh has begun to take shape. Two communities have already been built and residents are living in. Of course, these residents are all pirate families who were relocated here from the pirate fishing village in Sembawood. , as well as the residents who relocated from Hilovas Island, they took advantage of the first step.
Master Siluoba, who was in charge of this city construction project, planned this harbor city very big. Lorist found out that there are still ten communities under construction when all the projects are completed. It is estimated that this harbor city can accommodate 50,000 to 60,000 people. Residents left and right. And there is still a lot of room for expansion.
In the center of the harbor city, there is a large mansion and a large garden square, which is the same as other urban planning in Galintia, but Lorist will have to wait a few more years to move into this mansion. , Now this area is still digging foundations for basic engineering construction.
"That's right, Master Siluoba did a good job, remember to give him and those project leaders some rewards later. By the way, has this harbor city been named?" Lorist asked.
"No, it should be named by adults." Schwader said.
"Then tell Master Siluoba that I will give him the right to name this harbor city in recognition of his achievements in designing and building this harbor city. After the completion, I will order people to make bronze statues of their meritorious personnel Standing at the port for future generations to commemorate. By the way, by the way, remind him that the Baili Long Causeway over there has been named Xiluoba Causeway by him. I don’t want to hear about Xiluoba City anymore. Tell him to think about it Call for your name," Lorist said.
At the end of last year, nearly 200,000 laborers took three years to build a long embankment along the Lancang River from the harbor city to Guishan. After three years of hard work, the embankment will not only prevent the Lancang River from being flooded Entering the black mud swamp on the side of the original family territory that developed thousands of hectares of fertile land, you can also guard against the monster iron ridge crocodile from the black mud swamp on the other side of the Lancang River crossing the river here.
The family invested no less than 500,000 gold dollars on this long embankment along the river, and the more than 50,000 captives were the main labor force, but they will be released this year when their hard labor period expires. In addition, there are 60,000 to 70,000 migrant laborers recruited from Winston Province. They will build villages near the long embankment with their families, and turn the black mud swamp on the original family territory into food for another family. Production base.
In addition, all the armed and garrison teams of the family have to come to serve three months of hard labor every year, plus those who came from Fengleyuan and Xing'anyuan to earn some labor wages during the slack period, it took three years to count. Finish the Causeway. When announcing the good news to Lorist, Master Xiluoba asked Lorist what name he planned to name this embankment, or let them name it.
Lorist didn't think too much and was too lazy to think of a name, so he wrote back and asked them to discuss the name of the embankment. As a result, Master Xiluoba named the embankment after himself, and erected a monument to commemorate it. The rest of the people were envious and angry enough, but Master Xiluoba was as confident as holding a chicken feather as an arrow after receiving Lorist's reply. Everyone had nothing to do with him, so they had to hold their noses and approve of Xiluoba The name of the embankment.
This time Lorist learned a good lesson and forbade Master Ciroba to use his name, so that this good-name guy would not engrave Ciroba’s name on all the projects he was in charge of, but Lorist believed that for this The guy's reward for making a bronze statue will make him work harder...
During the remaining 20 days in March, Lorist inspected military camps and people's conditions in various places, and only stayed one day each in Maplewood Villa and Miss Tresty's Nicole Academy Preparatory Office, and then rushed to the Head to Rock Castle, where the New Year's family meeting will be held soon.
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On April 5th, Rock Castle, the Norton family's New Year's meeting was officially held.
The process of the conference was the same as in previous years, except that Fatty Shi and those who stayed on Hilovas Island were missing, and there was an additional commendation and bestowment agenda. This time, Manager Kedan replaced Fatty Shi as the host of the conference.
After summarizing the work achievements made last year, it's time for commendation and bestowal. Lorist announced that the eight Golden Knights of the family, Bodfinger, Tiger Ross, Josk, Farea, Berunek, Malek, Terman and Yuri, will each obtain a knight manor located in Xing'anyuan . And this knight manor will become the hereditary property of their respective families, regardless of whether their descendants can become family knights, this knight manor will belong to their family.
Next, Lorist ordered Sodkamp to develop and build eight settlement towns and eight knight manors in the former Viscount of the Red River Valley of the Kenmes family, following the example of Xing'an Plain, and this place was named Red River Plain. This decision has been questioned by many retainers. With the family and the Kenmes family allied, is it appropriate to occupy the original territory of the Kenmes family and develop it, and will it cause an overreaction by the Kenmes family
Lorist laughed. The Kenmes family is now focusing on their territory in the eastern part of the Northland. The Viscounty of the Red River Valley has actually been abandoned by them. local development. If we occupy this place and engage in development and construction, the Kenmes family will really feel relieved, because they believe that we have really let go of the grievances and grievances that occurred between us and their family...
The last topic is the expansion of the army. This is the idea of the more than 50,000 captives who will be released after serving the hard labor period, and the 300,000 troops of the Second Highness finally made Lorist feel a little uneasy. After sweeping the Kingdom of Iberia, His Highness has nothing to do, will he make plans to go to the North? It's always good to be prepared.
Bodfinger's heavy armor was expanded to two regiments, Tiger Ross's Lancers were also expanded to two regiments, and Dolles was in charge of forming another chariot and crossbow regiment. For now, without horses, Lorist is going to see himself Whether a vision in my heart can be realized, if possible, the chariot steel crossbow corps of Dolles will become a foot steel ballista corps.
After the meeting, Lorist left Master Sid, the person in charge of the black iron refining base named Ironforge, and Chief Camorra, the person in charge of the weapons production base named Stormwind City, and gave them two tasks.
One is Lorist's idea. He drew a picture of the unicycle in his previous life, and wanted Master Sid to test whether it is possible to install the steel crossbow on the chariot on the unicycle. It is troublesome, and it does not affect the movement of the steel crossbow, its rapid deployment and flexible shooting preparation. Even some hills and hills where the chariot cannot go up, the wheelbarrow can carry the steel crossbow up to occupy a favorable firing position...
The second is to let them design a batch of gorgeous standard equipment again, which only needs to be lower in defense than the white lion standard armor. This is to be sold to the business alliance. With the temperament of a businessman, the more fancy and beautiful it is, the more it will attract their attention and make them interested in buying it...
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On April 5th, at noon of the same day, in the box of a hotel in Morente City.
Murray Barker, the third young master of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, was holding a cup of tea and meditating. The one who had just left was an informant from the Peterson Chamber of Commerce that he paid a lot of money for, and this informant was still accompanied by the vice-chairman. One of the slaves who traveled to Hilovas Island for a long time. From his mouth, Murrayback learned a lot about Hilovas Island. For example, there are tens of thousands of migrant laborers under development and construction, an elite guard force of 3,000 people, that Earl Norton is also on the island, etc...
But even if he knew the situation on Hilovas Island, the third young master was helpless. All the arrangements went smoothly, but suddenly the situation changed drastically, and everything I did was useless. The third young master gritted his teeth with hatred when he thought of Trimble VII, who had only one nerve in his head. It was this lunatic who stepped in and messed up all the plans of the seven giants of the business alliance, and now they have lost half of them. It is really sick to refuse to admit defeat even if the country is already in the land.
The third young master, Murrayback, is known in the chamber of commerce for his calculations and shrewdness. He also understands that under such circumstances, the chamber of commerce can no longer get its hands on Hilovas Island. After the Kingdom's Royal City, it became clear that not only the Chicod Chamber of Commerce, but also the Double-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce and the Peterson Chamber of Commerce had given up their ambitions and strategies to obtain the territory of the Chamber of Commerce from the Kingdom of Ridleys. No one is willing to resist the attack of His Highness the Second Highness...
But the third young master was holding a fire in his heart, he was very unwilling to let that bastard just let go of the earl lord who didn't look down on him, the third-level great swordsman is so amazing, killing so many people in our chamber of commerce When nothing happens? He arranged all the interception at sea last time, but it caused the Chamber of Commerce to suffer heavy losses. Thinking of the second child who looked at him with sarcasm, the third young master couldn't bear it and wanted to have a fit.
"By the way, is the northern fleet going to set sail in a few days?" the third young master asked.
"Yes, young master, we will be leaving on the twelfth." The old personal servant standing beside him replied.
"Notify me, I will set off with them at that time. I will go to the Kingdom of Shaysia and the Kingdom of Haneyabad." The third young master made a decision.
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On the afternoon of April 5th, the front line of Trimble Kingdom.
President Camberlett of the Two-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, who led the commercial alliance army, saw that the number of troops under his command was increasing to nearly 150,000, and the winter rainy season was over. It was as noisy as a vegetable market, and finally gave an ultimatum to the confronting Allied forces of the four countries. If they do not withdraw within three days to make way for the main road, the troops of the Commercial Alliance will attack them without hesitation. The coalition bears…
Well, the commander of the Allied Forces of the Four Nations felt that they had resisted the army of the Commercial Alliance for three months, and they could give Trimble VII an explanation, and no one wanted to really annoy the Commercial Alliance, so they wrote back saying three Guaranteed retreat within days. The three-month sit-in war of growing up is over…
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On April 5th, the afternoon of the same day, the King City of Federica in the Kingdom of Ridleys.
The flag of the Royal Guards of the Kingdom of Antinac, the first to depart from the southwestern front, finally appeared below the royal city.
The Second Highness standing on the city wall finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the more than a month since the surprise attack on Federica King City, he has hardly had a good night's sleep, his cheeks are very thin, his chin is full of beards, and he has trouble negotiating with the 70,000 defenders in Campona Province The force finally made them put down their weapons. Now that the legion under his direct control has finally arrived, the next step is to sweep away the remnants of the enemy and capture the eldest prince alive.
"Come here, send messengers to the nobles in the province of Andover, ordering them to offer their loyalty and respect to me, otherwise I don't mind wiping out their families and territories."
"Yes, Your Majesty, your will is our mission. But what should the nobles of the territory do if they have their prayers?"
"Do they still want to pray? It is that they and the eldest prince disturbed the peace of the empire and ignited the flames of war. I have already forgiven their crimes a lot, spared their lives, and spared their families. Don't they think it is enough? Tell them, if it satisfies me, the most they will accept is the punishment of reducing and transferring the seal, I believe this is enough... "
"Yes, Your Majesty, we will set off immediately to convey your will."
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