"Do you want to monopolize a province?" Lorist asked Earl Kenmes, who was looking for good wine in the wine cabinet.
Earl Kenmax was the fastest to arrive among the three allies, Baron Felim and Baron Shaheen estimated that it would take another day to arrive.
"Do you want to do it?" Earl Kenmes raised his head with two bottles of wine.
Loris nodded.
"Which province? If it's not good, I don't want it." Earl Kenmes said.
"See for yourself..." Lorist pointed to a purple-black curtain hanging on the wall.
Earl Kenmes put down his drink and came to the front of the curtain and opened it, revealing a huge map pasted on the wall. There are two red arrows drawn on the map, one pointing to Makinohara Province and the other pointing to Dlemke Province.
"You want to attack the Principality of Madras and the Feisabrun family?" Earl Kenmes asked in surprise, "Can we sustain attacks from these two directions?"
Lorist shook his head regretfully: "It's impossible to launch two attacks at the same time. What I'm going to do is to attack the Principality of Madras first, and after it's occupied, set up an attack on the lower reaches of the Midobro River, which is the blocked river. A few pontoon bridges will connect Dremke Province and the Northland, thus expanding the sphere of influence of our four Northland families. Then I will target the Kingdom of Iberia to see if there is a chance to annex Wens Dayton and Southern Provinces.
But before that, you have to replace your family with a good family territory. Your family's legion is defensive, and it can't pose any threat to the Feisabrun family. So I want to take back the eastern part of the Northland, which is your current family territory. Only by placing the Flying Tiger Legion there can Grand Duke Feisabrun feel nervous. He must at least send a Ranger Legion to Muyeyuan Province to sleep peacefully. with. "
Earl Kenmes came in front of Lorist, stroked Lorist's forehead with his right hand, then stretched out three fingers and shook: "How much is this?"
Lorist stared angrily, "What are you doing?"
See Earl Max said: "See if you have a fever and are talking nonsense. Is the Principality of Madras so easy to attack? The old tortoise, the Duke of Madras, has not done anything for the past few years. Castles, fortresses and defense facilities were built in the territory. Although the section of the lower reaches of the Mitobura River is calm, the opposite bank is full of arrow towers and walls. Last time that kid Henned wanted to get some fresh river fish, he ordered several boats to be built to fish in that section of the river, but it turned out to be a little closer to the opposite bank, and two boats were sunk, killing seven or eight people. That guy can't wait to fly over and fight them.
Look at the border between the Kingdom of Iberia and the Principality of Madras, which is the junction of Winston Province and Dremke Province. Back then, the Grand Duke of Madras defeated the second prince in the battle of Kebo City, and finally regained the southeastern part of Dremke Province. In order to prevent the second prince from invading Dremke Province from the southern border again, the Grand Duke of Madras spent three years building seven castles and fortresses along the small mountain range of Hinderson. With an iron wall and an impregnable wall, a 40,000-horse Hindelson Garrison Corps was formed to defend. All the arms deals between our Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce and them go through there. You don't know me, but you know how well defended there is. Are you going to consume all the family's armed forces under that castle fortress? "
Lorist rolled his eyes: "Have you finished talking? You don't have to worry about how to attack, I'm sure of taking down the Principality of Madras."
"Sure? Hmph," Earl Kenmax said with concern, "Locke, I really don't understand. Even if the Grand Duke Fessabrun refuses to marry Princess Sylvia to you, you should remain calm. You shouldn't do that." Looks so irritated. You can't be so impulsively ready to start a war..."
Lorist didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's none of Sylvia's business."
"Then why are you so impatient?" Earl Kenmes couldn't believe what Lorist said: "Now our Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce has basically monopolized the trade of salt goods and daily necessities in the Fisabrun family territory. As long as you With more patience, we can control the import of salt and other daily necessities or reduce the trade volume to force the Grand Duke Fessabrun to bow to us. If they don't want chaos in their family territory, they have to accept our request , then you just wait to be the bridegroom. This is also a war, a commercial war, it’s better than you using knives and guns, right?”
Lorist shrugged: "The Principality of Melain has perished."
"What did you say?" Earl Kenmes couldn't hear clearly: "What perished?"
"The four principalities of the central region joined forces with the Fisabrun family to send troops to the Principality of Melain. The Grand Duke Melain died in battle, and the principality perished. The detailed battle report is in the blue folder on my desk." Lorist pointed to the book on the desk. folder said.
Earl Kenmes rushed over, opened the blue folder on the table and jumped up after only a few glances: "Send troops, you must send troops, and take the southern province immediately to block the four principalities in the middle and lead to the eastern barren province The trade route! We cannot let the efforts of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce in the past few years come to naught! Even if we cut off the snow salt trade, they can still get a large amount of rock salt from the four central duchies. If the Fesabrun family can get this trade route, Then the commercial monopoly of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce in the three provinces of the Feisabrun family territory is over... "
This will suddenly turn Earl Kenmes into a militant.
Lorist pulled him to sit on the sofa angrily and funnyly, and handed him a glass of wine: "Calm down, now you understand why I did it? The Grand Duke of Feisabrun is obviously going further and further with the four central duchies." It is getting closer and closer, and it is very likely that they will become the enemies of our four Northland families in the future. If the Principality of Madras is not taken down, the land transportation in the Northland only depends on two chain bridges, and it is very likely that it will be destroyed by Feisa. The entire Brunn family was trapped to death.
So I decided to take action against the Principality of Madras. After taking it, I will replace your family territory, deploy the Flying Tiger Legion there, increase the military pressure on the Makinohara Province, and force the Feisabrun family to engage in a military confrontation with us. They have no time to deploy calmly in the Kingdom of Iberia, and we wait for an opportunity to take Winston Province, then we will have an advantage, and we can advance, attack, retreat, or defend. "
Earl Kenmes drank the wine in his glass and walked to the map on the wall: "Which province are you going to take as my family territory?"
"Here." Lorist pointed to the province of West Degrad: "This is the old nest of the Grand Duke of Madras. I am going to hand over this province to your family as a replacement territory. You should know the benefits of this province, Yi Shou Difficult to attack, the only exit to the outside world is a Sith castle fortress, and the seaside is a silver sand beach. There are no other nobles in this province, so you don't have to argue after you win it. It is much better than your current eastern part of the Northland. "
Earl Kenmes gritted his teeth after looking at it for a long time: "Not enough, it is difficult for me to explain to the people in the family just the province of West Degrad. It would be fine if the province of Dremke was handed over to us."
Lorist shook his head: "No, I'm planning to distribute the province of Dlemke, and I can't hand it over to your family."
"Enfeoffment? Are you going to found a country?"
"No, there are seventeen noble families in the North who are supported by us in the Rock Castle. You know that their territory has been occupied by us. They are all nobles from the former Cresson Empire, and they have friendship with our family. I am not going to return the territory of the Northland to them, so I want to transfer their territory to Dremke Province, where the land is fertile and suitable for farming, I believe they will be very happy. And in the future, the family knights will immediately When I make great efforts to distribute the titles and territories to accommodate the vassal families, I will also arrange them in Dremke Province." Lorist explained.
"In this case, our family also supports five northern land lords. If you arrange them to Dremke Province as well, and hand over the city of Vanades to our family, then I agree to replace the family territory." Earl Kenmes took a step back.
Lorist still shook his head: "The five nobles supported by your family can be arranged in Dremke Province, but the city of Vandenas cannot be handed over to your family. It is the largest commercial city in the Principality of Madras, and it is also The largest trading market in the Northwest will become a commercial hub connecting the four directions in the future. It cannot be controlled by your family, but I can let you serve as the city guard of this city for a period of five years. If you do well, you can continue for another term. In addition, I can compensate your family and build a pier by the sea for you, and then your family can build a sea caravan."
Earl Kenmes widened his eyes: "What you said is true? You can also build a pier on the cursed coastline? You didn't lie to me, did you?"
Lorist took out a roll of blueprints from a vertical wastebasket: "See for yourself, this is a blueprint for a wooden box dock that can move on the sea. Our family has already established two such docks in the Blade's Edge Mountains. Very good. Your family can use this movable pier for sea transportation and trading. However, if you want to build a permanent pier that can shelter from wind and waves, you have to survey the terrain yourself and carry out reclamation projects."
Kenmes held the drawing of the movable wooden box dock and couldn't put it down: "Okay, I've done it, then when will you let us replace the family territory?"
For the Earl of Kenmes, who was born in a commercial family, mastering a sea trade route and building a sea merchant fleet is no less than injecting a steady stream of wealth into the family, which is better than digging the dwindling gold mines in the east of the North Where to go. Now he can't wait to replace the family territory as soon as possible.
"Don't worry, it will take a while, but I promise you will need to mobilize the family to relocate next year." Lorist said.
"Then what do I need to do? If you need our family army to go into battle, you have to notify me earlier." Kenmes will volunteer very much.
Lorist smiled: "No need, my family's armed forces will take West Degrad province and hand it over to you intact. What you have to do is, while completing the family relocation, take care of the security of the new family territory Work, and then deploy your family army in Vanades City to deter the army of the Antinak Kingdom in Yungeshandra Province in the south, and to prevent the sneak attacks of the Principality of Fakr and the Principality of Sabaji in the east. Although The road connecting the two countries is a thousand-mile-long path through the Bailu Lake swamp, but it still cannot be ignored."
Earl Kenmes nodded: "Don't worry, although our family's army is not good at attacking, it is more than enough to defend. But how do you plan to arrange Henned and Baron Felim?"
Lorist pointed to the southeastern part of Dremke Province: "After taking this place, I will hand over this area to Henned. He and Baron Felim are both military nobles. Unlike you, the family Armed forces are also relatively effective. The Hindelson Mountains are at the junction of the two provinces, and Henned can carry out a flank attack on Winston Province at the same time. If the city of Vanades is attacked, he can also attack immediately. reinforce.
At the same time, I will build a few pontoon bridges on the lower reaches of the Midoburo River to connect Northland and Dlemke Province as one, so you don't need to worry about backup. As for Baron Felim, his dream is to regain the southern province as his family territory, which was the old territory of the Pegasus family a hundred years ago, and we will help him realize his wish.
The southern province is now in ruins. Baron Felim still needs our efforts and our help if he wants to restore the Pegasus family to its former glory. If we can occupy the southern province, we will be equivalent to locking the prairie lion of the Feisabrun family in a cage. At that time, we don't have to worry about that old fox messing with us behind our backs. The old fox had no choice but to bow his head in the business of the family territory. "
Earl Kenmes looked at the map and pointed to Winston Province and Windbury King City: "Then what are you going to do after taking these two places?"
"If all goes well, the southern province will be handed over to Baron Felim, and the Winston province will be used by the nobles who have surrendered to us. If we attack the Principality of Madras, there will definitely be nobles who surrendered to us. These people I am planning to transfer all of them to Winston Province. As for Windbury City, I am planning to make it the commercial center of the southeast region like Vanades City, and drive the development of this area." Lorist said.
The eyes of Earl Kenmes sparkled: "Locke, I suggest that you take over the Principality of Madras and the Kingdom of Iberia and become the king. Norton Kingdom, I think this name is very good, and I am willing to become a member of the Norton Kingdom." noble."
Lorist laughed loudly: "Let's talk about it again, it won't be too late to think about this issue after Grand Duke Feisabrun bows to me. For now, we still need to win the Principality of Madras first, so that our first step of strategy will be successful first. After Henned and Felim arrive, we have to discuss it carefully, and I need the cooperation of the two of them."
"Locke, I'm curious. Are you sure you can win the Principality of Madras? It's not only a tortoise, but also a hedgehog. If we are dragged into a long-term battle, even if we win, it will not be worth the loss. Next, we will deal with Fesabrun The family is even more difficult." Earl Kenmes asked Lorist again.
"Don't worry, I'm really sure. After Henned and Felim arrive, I'll take you to see the secret weapon of our family's armed forces." Lorist nodded affirmatively again.
"What secret weapon?"
"We'll know when the time comes."
"You're so mean, Locke, can't you tell me first?"
"no."
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