The horn sounded for a long time, and outside the capital of Windbury, Lorist held a grand welcome ceremony to welcome the arrival of His Highness the Second Highness, Prince Sissy, and Grand Duke Fessabrun and others. Standing beside him was Princess Sylvia. Hearing that her godmother, Great Swordsman Sandy, was coming to see her, Princess Sylvia was very happy, and pestered Lorist to go to meet her together.
Standing beside Lorist were Duke Kenmes and Earl Shaheen, and Earl Felim and Tiger Ross from the Flying Tiger Legion escorted His Royal Highness and his party back together.
Fatty Shi and Viscount Eddis, acting lord of Windbury, were also standing behind Lorist, and the two were arguing fiercely with their voices lowered. Viscount Eddis understood very well what Lorist meant by appointing him as the Acting Lord of Windbury City, hoping to use his commercial ability to restore Windbury City's former grandeur as the number one animal husbandry trading center in the Northeast. The quarrel with Fatty Shi was because the two had different opinions on the layout of the new livestock trading market in King Windbury.
Fatty Shi thinks that this new livestock trading market can be placed outside the city to avoid bad influence on the residents in the city. After all, a large number of livestock entering the city will have a great impact on the environment. The market was demolished by the order of the second prince. And Viscount Edis believed that the current Winston King City had fewer people and more land, and there were not many residents to chat with. The main reason for arranging this trading market in the city was to ensure safety. As for environmental pollution, a large area can be specially planned in the city to avoid affecting people's livelihood.
But Fatty Shi retorted that although there are few residents in Windbury King City, it does not mean that there are still few people after the opening of the market. Merchants and handicraftsmen who heard the news would naturally flock to settle in the city. Governance needs to be forward-looking. Putting the livestock trading market outside the city avoids the relocation of the livestock market. In this way, the increase in urban population does not need to move the trading market around, otherwise it will be a lot of trouble to relocate when the time comes.
However, Viscount Edis believed that placing the trading market outside the city would pose a great threat to the city defense, and it was not advisable from a security point of view. Fatty Shi said arrogantly that no one in Northeast China dares to offend the majesty of the Norton family. As long as the Norton family is armed, safety is not a problem...
Although Viscount Eddis was worried, he still accepted his idea of putting the livestock trading market outside the city under Fatty Shi's dominance. It's just that he wondered how many years it would take for the huge King City of Windbury to restore the grand scene of rubbing shoulders on the streets in the past. Seeing his worried look, Fatty Shi secretly told him Lorist's decision to send troops to attack the four principalities in the middle of the country. At that time, the plundered handicraftsmen and small fur traders would be arranged here. Recovery is not far away. Only then did Viscount Eddis turn his worries into joy.
A light cavalryman appeared in the distance. Seeing the welcoming crowd here, he took out the horn and blew a long horn. Second Highness, they have arrived.
"Play music!" Viscount Eddis ordered.
The welcome song sounded, which was the most solemn etiquette for the lower lord to welcome the superior lord. Lorist sat on the horse with no expression on his face. On the contrary, Princess Sylvia next to her had a look of longing. It seemed that she missed her godmother, Great Swordsman Sandy, very much.
A galloping horse appeared on the avenue in the distance, but it was the Second Highness who heard that Lorist was here to greet him, so he galloped there first. His passionate shout came from a distance: "Haha, Locke, my brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I miss you to death."
You don't want to kill me, you just want me to die. Lorist murmured in his heart, but he had to dismount first and stood on the road to salute: "Your Majesty, your loyal servant salutes you!"
The galloping man stood up, the Second Highness pulled the rein hard, flew down, strode forward and hugged Lorist: "Locke, my brother, are you alright?"
Lorist also warmly embraced His Highness the Second Highness, and said with a smile: "My Majesty, I am finally relieved to see that you are safe and sound. You must know that I can't eat after I got the news that you have gone to the Fisabrun family's territory." I couldn't sleep well, and I was worried all the time, until now I was relieved. Your Majesty, as the king of the Antinak Kingdom, you can't be so adventurous and willful in the future... "
The Second Highness looked at Lorist's radiant face, and thought to himself, is this a sign that you can't eat or sleep well? I think you wish I would never come back, but there is a very apologetic expression on your face: "Okay, Locke, you know that if I say in advance that I will go to the Fisabrun family territory, you will definitely stop me Yes. It's about the future of the kingdom, so I have to take such a risk. Fortunately, Grand Duke Feisabrun understands the righteousness, and returned to the embrace of the kingdom after going astray. My willfulness this time has also been rewarded."
Lorist had a smile on his face, looked at the Grand Duke Feisabrun who was riding on horseback behind the Second Highness, and the great swordsman Shandi beside him, and said with a faint smile: "This is really a gratifying event, King Your Majesty, it was beyond my expectation that you were able to subdue the famous Prairie Army God. I originally thought that if something happened to you, I would send troops to Donghuang Province to uproot the Feisabrun family... "
These words were very blunt, and the voice was loud, obviously heard by the Grand Duke Fesabrun and Great Swordsman Sandi who had just dismounted and walked over. Grand Duke Feisabrun just shook his body, his face expressionless. But the great swordsman Sandi beside him was enraged: "How dare you?"
Lorist laughed, and asked back, "What do you think? Great Swordsman Xiandi, long time no see. It seems that you are doing well in the Imperial Capital..."
Great Swordsman Xiandi's face turned blue and then white. She suddenly remembered that she was taken prisoner by Lorist in the Bailu Lake swamp. Now facing Lorist, she couldn't help but feel a sense of fear. . Even if Grand Duke Feisabrun stood by her side, she would not dare to draw her sword to Lorist. Fortunately, at this moment, Princess Sylvia, who was behind Lorist, gave Lorist a hard twist, rushed up and threw herself into the arms of Great Swordsman Sandy, resolving the embarrassment.
"Uh..." His Royal Highness came forward: "Brother Locke, I know that the relationship between the Norton family and the Feisabrunn family is not very harmonious. There was a war the year before last. But now the Duke of Feisabrunn has returned to the kingdom. , you are willing to do your best for the great cause of unifying the empire. And you also married Princess Sylvia as your wife. Speaking of which, we have become relatives. So Brother Locke, you should have a lot of adults. As the Kingdom’s Grand Duke of the Northland, You should set an example for all the nobles. As the king and your brother, I also hope that the Norton family and the Feisabrun family will reunite, so that the people in the northeastern part of the kingdom can live a stable, peaceful and happy life... "
Lorist really wanted to punch His Highness the Second Highness in the face, what is it called cheap and good-looking, look at his current appearance, he is amazing, right? I thought that with the support of the Feisabrun family, his back would be straightened, right? Who knows what the old fox Grand Duke Feisabrun is thinking? Do you really think that the Feisabrun family will submit to you, the king, so honestly? The old guy just wants to break the game.
However, Lorist calmed down after seeing the sincere expression on the face of the Second Highness, and he knew very well in his heart that the Second Highness also understood what the Duke of Feisabrun meant, but he didn't care, and was even happy to see Feisabrun The family and the Norton family are at odds, and the Second Highness is very happy and happy to be able to add obstacles to the four Northland alliances. Anyway, he can be the emperor's capital to watch the show, and he may wish to fight more lively. .
Lorist bowed slightly: "The Norton family is willing to obey His Majesty's orders. As long as the Feisabrun family can act in accordance with the laws formulated by our four families in the Northland, we will naturally not intentionally hostile to them, and we can get along well. This is the Northeast." Happy event for the people of the region."
Hehe, according to the laws formulated by the four northern alliances, the Feisabrun family is waiting to be squeezed to the end. Lorist is not willing to let the Feisabrun family go easily, he doesn't care whether the granddaughter of the Grand Duke Feisabrun is the queen of the kingdom, he will not do the story of the farmer and the snake, since the ferocious beast of the Feisabrun family Don't even think about getting out of a cage.
"This..." The Second Highness was also speechless, and Lorist made it clear that he would not obey his will and refused to let the Feisabrun family go. It's not easy for him to tear up his face at this moment. Fortunately, at this moment, Duke Kempis, Earl Shaheen, Fatty Shi and Viscount Edith came up to greet him, and also prevented Lorist from uttering harsh words and making everyone unable to get off the stage.
The carriage carrying the queen also arrived, and Queen Sissi got off the carriage. Lorist stepped forward to salute. By the way, he took a look at his appearance. He was also a great beauty. It seemed that the genes of the Feisabrun family were very good, and the men were handsome and the women were pretty. But compared to Princess Sylvia, she was a bit inferior, especially the proud look on her face, which seemed so remarkable that Lorist wanted to laugh. At the same time, Lorist also noticed that Princess Sylvia was standing aside, only focusing on whispering with the Great Swordsman Sandy, and didn't even go forward to greet the Grand Duke Feisabrun and his cousin, the queen. Lorist couldn't help feeling relieved.
After making noise for a while, everyone got into the car and got on the horse, and headed to the Rose Palace in Windbury, led by Viscount Eddis. Since Windbury Royal City fell under the control of the Norton family, this Rose Palace became the king's residence, and no one except Lorist could enter it. Now that the Second Highness is here, the Rose Palace will naturally become his place to stay. Viscount Eddis has ordered someone to prepare a sumptuous welcome banquet to entertain His Royal Highness and his party.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the Duke of Kenmes finally stood up on behalf of all the nobles present, and asked the key question: "Your Majesty, please forgive my presumptuousness, what you said during the inspection was correct. Is it true that the four central principalities launched a war?"
"Of course." The Second Highness put down the golden cup in his hand, and replied seriously: "What I said is the truth. The promises and meritorious rewards I made are all waiting for the warriors to get them. Here I announce a news, Grand Duke Feisabrun, the God of the Prairie Army in our kingdom, will also lead the Border Ranger Legion in this war against the four principalities in the middle of the country, and make his contribution to the unification of the empire. But there are still some small things that need to be done Negotiations, once the various armament affairs are implemented, we will launch an attack on the four central principalities. As the king, I look forward to all the nobles present here showing your bravery on the battlefield and making indelible contributions to the kingdom... "
His Highness's words caused a burst of noise and cheers from the nobles present. Lorist was playing with the cup in his hand, thinking about the information that the Second Highness had just revealed that the Grand Duke Feisabrun would lead the Border Ranger Legion to go out. The Grand Duke raised his glass to himself, which meant a toast, and then gulped it down. Interesting, old man, what the hell are you up to
After the banquet, His Royal Highness invited Lorist, Grand Duke Fesabrun, Duke Kenmes, Earl Felim and Earl Shaheen to stay for a while, and then hesitated for a while, and asked Fatty Shi to follow everyone to the side hall to discuss matters. Lorist knew that the real drama was coming.
After sitting down in the side hall, His Highness the Second Highness spoke straightforwardly about his strategies for the four central duchies. In his plan, His Highness the Second Highness was going to dispatch a white lion army of 56,000 people to attack the four central duchies after arriving in the southern province. The purpose of the first step is to recover the Limad and Meishan provinces of the former Principality of Melain, and use this as a springboard and base to attack the heartland of the four central principalities. Because of the long distance, His Royal Highness hopes to block the border between Southern Province and Limad Province first, and then launch an attack after the arrival of the White Lions. The attack is expected to be around mid-August.
"Didn't Grand Duke Fessabrun say that he would lead the Border Ranger Legion? Can you tell me where he is going to attack?" Lorist said, looking at Grand Duke Fessabrun.
Grand Duke Fesabrunn didn't speak, and remained silent.
His Royal Highness smoothed things over and said: "That's right, the Feisabrun family will dispatch two legions to join the battlefield after we occupy Meishan Province. Meishan Province borders the Principality of Sabaji and the Principality of Furundo. In the plan, we The preparations are divided into two groups. One is that the White Lion Legion and the Frontier Ranger Corps will cooperate to attack one principality, while your four families in the North will form another route to attack another principality. The two routes will take care of each other, so that the four principalities in the central region can take care of one and lose the other. It is impossible to concentrate our forces to resist. Only in this way can we capture these four principalities in one fell swoop."
Lorist sneered: "It seems that the Feisabrun family did their utmost to His Majesty the King, and even pulled out the only two surviving border rangers to attack the four central principalities. This is a rare loyalty..."
"Uh, Brother Locke, I need your consent here..." His Royal Highness said sincerely: "Now the Feisabrun family belongs to the Kingdom of Antinac just like you. And you have also signed an armistice agreement. I do As a king, I believe that you can shake hands and make peace, and work together to contribute to the great cause of unifying the empire.
I hope you can release the soldiers of the Third Frontier Ranger Legion, and let Grand Duke Fesabrunn reorganize them into a legion and lead them to the four central duchies. You know that there are only two legions left in the Feisabrun family. If they both go out to fight, they will not be able to resist the invasion of the grass barbarian tribe. So you can do a lot, and give freedom to those soldiers who surrendered. Wouldn’t it be better to let them contribute to the unification of the empire? "
Hehe, it turned out that the old fox had this idea, Lorist sneered and remained silent. The Second Highness is still chattering and persuading Lorist to think about the overall situation, and everything is to attack the four central duchies...
Lorist looked at Earl Felim and Earl Shaheen, who were looking at something with their heads down, and then looked at Duke Kenmes, only to see that he was carefully studying the teacup in his hand. Lorist suddenly felt disheartened. He smiled and waved his hands to suppress the nagging of the Second Highness: "Okay, I agree to release the soldiers of the Third Frontier Ranger Regiment. But the Feisabrun family must Give us compensation. The specific matters will be presided over by Baron Shredder and Duke Kenmes. I feel a little unwell, so I will leave first."
Lorist walked away.
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