The war is finally over. The Second Highness is very busy. As the king of the Antinac Kingdom, he has to deal with very complicated affairs. First of all, he has to arrange the new family territories of Grand Duke Handela, Grand Duke Volendo and Grand Duke Sabaji. After discussions, the two southwestern provinces became the new family territories of the Grand Dukes Handra and Sabaji, while Yungeshandra Province, which is connected to the Dremke Province, became the family territory of the Duke of Volenda.
The two southwestern provinces, officially named West Deliga and South Deliga, were called the Deliga region before the establishment of the Krissen Empire, and were later divided into two provinces by Christen I. West Deliga The province is also known as the Northwest Province. Both provinces are adjacent to the Campona Province, which was forcibly occupied by the Ford Business Alliance. In some administrative documents during the Krissen Empire, these two provinces are collectively referred to as the Southwest Provinces. Now They are called the Southwest Frontier Provinces.
The whereabouts of the Royal City of Frederikal was unknown when the Second Highness was defeated. Queen Kerry, who usurped the throne, once ceded the two southwestern provinces to the Commercial Alliance, and the Commercial Alliance did not directly annex these two provinces, but established a Duchy of Bullitt. As a buffer between the Business Alliance and the Kingdom of Antinac. However, after the Second Highness took back the throne with the help of the Norton family, the Flying Tigers destroyed the United Principality of Bullitt and brought the two southwestern provinces back to the kingdom.
The two southwestern provinces have been the bases of the White Lions since the restoration of His Royal Highness, and they are also the frontiers to prevent the commercial alliance from attacking the Andinaque Kingdom. However, the two southwestern provinces were the hardest-hit areas during the imperial civil war. Not one out of ten people survived, and people's livelihood was desolate. There were more than 500,000 displaced people. Although His Highness the Second Highness worked hard to restore people's livelihood and develop the economy, His Royal Highness's attack on the Kingdom of Ridleys and the ceding of the two provinces by Queen Kerry have exhausted the last sliver of vitality in the two southwestern provinces. Even though these two provinces are plains, they are barren and devastated, and sparsely populated.
His Highness the Second Highness arranged the two southwestern provinces as the new family territories of Grand Duke Handra and Grand Duke Sabaji. Let them restore the economy and land development in the two southwestern provinces. This is also the reason why he allowed each family to bring a legion to the new territory. With these 45,000 soldiers and their families, the southwestern provinces will change the plight of lack of manpower. In the final analysis, manpower is the most important resource.
As for the Duke of Flanders, he became the new Grand Duke of Yungesandra Province. Although Yungeshandra province is small and barren, it is a strategic location. From the north to the imperial capital, the route is Dlemke Province, Yungeshandra Province, Verbasya Province and the central province where the imperial capital is located. His Royal Highness granted the province of Yungesandra to the Duke of Fulunduo as a new family territory. Thinking about it in a bad way, it is tantamount to erecting a gate on the main road from the sphere of influence of the four northern alliances to the imperial capital.
What does this guy mean? Starting to take strict precautions against us now? Lorist rubbed his chin in thought. After learning about the Second Highness's arrangements for the new family territory of the three Grand Dukes, Lorist had to admire the Second Highness's ability to be a king. No wonder he would allow the three grand dukes who surrendered to each have a family armed army to take to the new territory. It would not only allow the three grand dukes to take away the loyalists from the original family territories, stabilize the hearts of the people in these provinces, but at the same time allow the three grand dukes to Becoming his own new defense barrier, this calculation is really sophisticated.
If the Grand Duke Faker hadn't gone into exile, Lorist believed that His Royal Highness would definitely arrange him in Limad Province, which is adjacent to the Southern Province. This is equivalent to closing the two directions of the four northern alliances Passage gate. It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven is. Grand Duke Faker refused to surrender to His Highness the Second Highness and fled to the Commercial Alliance. In the future, it is unknown whether the Commercial Alliance will use the name of Grand Duke Faker to cause trouble for the Second Highness.
Everyone is busy. The Second Highness is busy taking over the new territory directly under the Central Government, arranging defense inquiries, warehousing, stabilizing people's hearts and starting production. He is so busy all day long that he can't even see a person. The three central princes were busy reorganizing their armed corps, gathering soldiers and families, collecting chariots and horses, and preparing to set off for the new family territory. The Grand Duke Fesabrun was entrusted by the Second Royal Highness with the important task of reorganizing the men and horses who had been cut down by the three central princes, and then handed them over to Knight Riperede, the head of the White Lions Legion, who would supplement the elite of them into the White Lions Legion. Another two garrison regiments will be reorganized.
As for the Duke of Kenmes, he is busy doing business with the three Central Dukes. Although each of the three Central Dukes has paid a donation of 1.5 million gold to His Royal Highness, this should be part of the property in their hands. half. The Duke of Kenmes took aim at this wealth and used his three-inch tongue to lobby the three central princes to purchase all the materials they needed from the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. Whether it's armaments or production, as well as food and living supplies, the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce has everything. Dear, we also provide direct delivery...
Earl Felim and Earl Shaheen were busy looking for the whereabouts of the Second Highness, and they demanded a reward for sending troops. After this battle, the two earls have been automatically promoted to the title of duke, which is a promise made by the former second highness of the four principalities in the central region. However, Duke Felim and Duke Shaheen are not looking for the Second Highness for the title. Duke Filim wants 30,000 young and strong laborers to develop the southern province, while Duke Shaheen wants the Second Highness to give him a large amount of resources and minerals. provinces as their family territories.
It's just that His Highness's whereabouts have become elusive, and no one can find him. Lorist suddenly found that he was the most leisurely one. Except for the first few days, the three grand dukes in the middle of the country invited him to a banquet and contacted him and thanked him for his righteous words and refused to continue to attack. The rest was to listen to Duke Felim every day He and Duke Shaheen complained endlessly about not being able to find the Second Highness.
Lorist reassured the two of them that there is no need to search for it. It is impossible for the Second Highness to hide from you. Now that his whereabouts are uncertain, he must be inspecting these newly acquired provinces. He will naturally come back after a while. Having said that, Lorist also became a little impatient. He could just pat his ass and take the Flying Tiger Legion and two guards back to the Northland directly. It doesn't matter even if he doesn't get the three-year tax exemption certificate signed by His Highness the Second Highness, he doesn't care if he has this piece of paper. He will be very happy if he turns his back on him and refuses to accept his debt. He really wants to see if the Second Highness will summon an army to attack him, a traitor who refuses to pay taxes...
Thinking about the half-year-old child and Princess Sylvia, Lorist had a feeling that he couldn't fly back to the Northland. It can be seen that the second highness of the ghost is going to inspect some territory at this time, and let a large group of people stay here in Hans City to wait for him to come back, it is really unreasonable! So the impatient Lorist simply brought his family's armed forces across the Nibaraku River and returned to the Demon Plain. Anyway, if he had nothing to do, he might as well go hunting a few times to earn some extra money.
Seeing that August was coming to an end, Lorist finally received a messenger's order on the Demon Field, and the Second Highness asked him to go back as soon as possible and stop wandering around the Demon Field. So Lorist calmly brought the Flying Tiger Legion and two guards back to Hans City, the capital of Delama Province. After waiting, it was discovered that the three grand dukes in the middle had already armed a legion with their families, the families of those soldiers, and some citizens who voluntarily followed the three grand dukes to move to the new territory and set off.
And the Duke of Kenmas also obtained the two-year tax-free certificate from the Second Highness from the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce in the whole country and left. The Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce has contracted the logistics supplies needed for the three Central Dukes to move all the way, so he has to go immediately. Carry out the allocation and transportation of various materials. In the letter left to Lorist, it was declared that this was a big business, with an estimated transaction value of nearly one million. If the three grand dukes are satisfied, and then provide the production materials needed for the development of the three new territories, then this business will become a long-term big deal...
Grand Duke Feisabrun also left, returning with a full load of rewards from the Third Frontier Ranger Legion and Reserve Legion, as well as the rewards given to him by His Highness the Second Highness, and did not meet with Lorist. Only the Dukes of Felim and Shaheen remained in Hans City, as well as their family armed forces. In addition, there are two newly reorganized kingdom garrison regiments. As for the reorganized and supplemented White Lion Legion, they left for Majik Province half a month ago after receiving the order from the Second Highness. They were deployed by His Royal Highness on the border with Andover Province to prevent the invasion of the business alliance.
Duke Felim and Duke Shaheen who came to welcome Lorist had very bad faces, with aggrieved expressions. Lorist was very puzzled and asked them what was wrong. Duke Felim handed the letter left by Duke Kenmes to Lorist, and then he pouted bitterly before telling the truth. The agreed 30,000 young adults were changed to 30,000 by His Royal Highness, of whom less than 7,000 were young and strong, and the rest were young and strong family members.
Duke Felim complained that for the same reward, the 50,000 youths that the Grand Duke of Feisabrun received were all young and strong. Together with their families, a total of 170,000 people were relocated to the territory of the Feisabrun family. However, when he complained to the Second Highness, the Second Highness suppressed him with righteousness. The Second Highness said that the Grand Duke Feisabrun opened up the territory for the kingdom, so he must increase the population of his territory, so as not to be reduced to the grassland tribe's pasture again. . The southern province is located in the hinterland of the kingdom, there is no external threat, and the population will naturally increase after 20 or 30 years of breeding...
In addition, His Royal Highness also compared Archduke Fesabrun with him. His Royal Highness said that the reserve army of the Fesabrun family had suffered heavy casualties in the war against the four central duchies, sacrificing nearly 10,000 cavalry. But your Pegasus Legion, apart from serving as scouts and light cavalry for reconnaissance and security, the casualties are extremely slight. Therefore, the rewards given to you are different from those of the Grand Duke of Feisabrun, which is also compensation for their great contributions to the kingdom.
Duke Felim could only admit that he was unlucky. Duke Shaheen was another matter. His Highness the Second Highness gave him two options. One was to choose one of the two provinces of Limad Province and Meishan Province as the family territory. The second is to wait until when the kingdom recovers several provinces that were forcibly occupied by the business alliance, and then confers the province of Puerto Org, where King Federica's city is located, to Duke Shaheen as the family territory.
Duke Shaheen does not want both options. Limad Province is specialized in stone and wood. The aurite, black crystal and red maple produced there have always been high-end materials in the building materials market. But now, no one is going to get these things in the turmoil. Meishan Province can also be regarded as a province rich in mineral resources, but it is more about quantity than quality. For example, the two silver mines and one copper mine it owns are all small veins, which were dug out after 20 to 30 years of mining. The other three All iron ores are of poor quality and are included in the scope of inferior ores.
Duke Shaheen didn't want to choose between Limad Province and Meishan Province. The most important factor was that these two provinces were ruined by the coalition forces of the territorial nobles in the early days of the war, and there were few people left. Of course, the four northern alliances headed by Lorist are not without benefits. But what he didn't expect was that His Royal Highness would hand over one of these two provinces to Duke Shaheen as the family territory, which made Lorist feel ashamed.
No matter whether the official is Meishan Province or Limad Province, no matter which province the Duke of Shaheen gets as his family territory, he will have to spend a lot of money to recruit refugees for development and construction. The second choice given by His Royal Highness made Duke Shaheen even more angry. Puerto Org province is now one of the seven giants of the business alliance and the territory of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce. It is true that the province of Porto Org, where King Federica is located, is indeed a province with a large mineral resource in the former Cresson Empire, but the question is when will the Second Highness recover it
Duke Shaheen’s first worry is that this time is far away. He is afraid that he will never see the day when Puerto Orge Province becomes a family territory until he dies. The second is that he is worried that once he agrees to make Puerto Orgue Province his family territory. In the name of regaining the lost land, the Second Highness is likely to tie the Shaheen family to his chariot for him to drive, and even sow discord between the Shaheen family and the other three families in the four northern alliances...
Regardless of how Duke Shaheen played the role of a brave man in the four families in the Northland, he is greedy for money and has no brains, and his family background is the most ordinary. But he is not stupid, and he understands what the current status of the Shaheen family depends on. Without the support of Lorist, Kenmes family, and Duke Felim's family, he is nothing, maybe in this troubled world If you can't even make a wave, you will be submerged.
It would be better to stick with the Second Highness than to stay by Lorist's side all the time. After all, Lorist is more benevolent and righteous than the Second Highness. At least Lorist will not forget himself when he eats meat. Unlike the Second Highness, let alone meat and bones Yes, being able to drink two sips of soup is considered luck for those who follow him. The Second Highness's behavior is to offer you as a guest of honor when he needs you, and not even look at you when he doesn't need you. Duke Shaheen can see this very clearly.
Therefore, Duke Shaheen rejected the proposal of His Highness the Second Highness and asked for the province of Kribia in the former Principality of Faker as his family territory. The province of Cribia is also a province rich in mineral resources, rich in rock salt, gold and silver, copper, white lead and black iron, and more than a dozen other mineral materials, which add hundreds of dollars to the pocket of the former Grand Duke Faker every year. Dovan Kingford. Duke Shaheen has long set his sights on this province.
His Highness the Second Highness rejected Duke Shaheen's request without hesitation. He believed that Duke Shaheen was not qualified to make such a request. Whether it was his contribution to the kingdom or the feats he made in the battle, it was not enough for him to send Kribi Alberta was confiscated as the territory of the Shaheen family. During the period of the Krissen Empire, the province of Kribia, as a province with rich mineral resources, has always been under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family. That is to say, during the civil war of the empire, the royal family was beyond their reach, and had no choice but to entrust it to the Grand Duke Faker. As a result, it was annexed by the Faker family and became a province of the Principality of Faker.
His Royal Highness said coldly to Duke Shaheen that if he cannot choose between Meishan Province and Limad Province, and refuses to accept the promise of recovering Puerto Org Province and then conferring it as the territory of the Shaheen family, then I am sorry , he will think that the Duke of Shaheen has automatically given up the reward for this campaign against the four central principalities. As for the province of Crimea, he should save his worries and stop wishful thinking.
Duke Shaheen left in a rage.
"Henned, so you did it for nothing this time?" Lorist asked.
Duke Shaheen shrugged his shoulders and made a very angry expression: "It should be like this, I can only admit that I am unlucky, and I will never trust him again in the future."
Lorist patted him on the shoulder: "Be patient, anyway, you didn't have any losses this time, and you also made a lot of money when you cleaned up those territorial nobles in the Duchy of Forondo. The only pity is that we I haven't negotiated the specific conditions with him, forget it, I'll meet him first and see what he has to say."
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