"This is life!" Lorist sighed contentedly.
At the moment, he is in the study on the third floor of the main building of the central castle in Raging Bear City. The warm November sun shone warmly on his body through the huge windows, making Lorist, who was leaning on the recliner, involuntarily feel a little tired. . Well, last night, I slept with Sylvia and the four concubines in the middle of the night, and I was woken up by the crying of the baby son early in the morning. I would like to fall asleep in the sun.
However, the arrival of Fatty Shi and others interrupted Lorist's wishful thinking.
"Hey, your Highness, you've been resting for five or six days since you came back, so it's time to get down to business..." Fatty Shi complained. He couldn't see Lorist's comfort the most. Lazily basking in the sun, his heart became unbalanced.
Lorist sighed and stood up, but when he saw the stacks of documents held by Fatty Shi and the three attendants behind him, he couldn't help but sighed: "No way, why are there so many documents?"
Fatty Shi instructed the three attendants to put the documents they were holding on the desk to let them leave, and at the same time ordered Genorio, who was standing beside him, to bring him a bottle of fruit wine, and by the way, ordered the kitchen steward to wait until noon. Get some delicacies and send them directly to the study, he will stay here to work today.
"There are still too many documents?" Fatty Shi said dissatisfied: "Go to my office to see if there is still a place to stay. It is full. The documents here are the summary of various affairs in the past two years. Basically, I It has been processed. Now you have a look at it and sign it, so that I can collect all the executive documents in the office and go to the archives."
This is the rule of the Norton family. Even if Fatty Shi can handle various family affairs in place of Lorist, the relevant documents cannot be included in the archives room without the signature of Lorist. The process must be summarized according to the procedures for Lorist to review, so that the head of the family can know what he knows.
However, Lorist was also very quick in processing these documents, almost signing after reading ten lines at a glance. As the chief knight of the Norton family, Fatty Shi handled these affairs properly. Lorist approved of his handling plan, and a few documents that Lorist was interested in were picked out and put aside for preparation. I will take a closer look at the details of Asking Fatty Shi. He quickly processed a large stack of documents on the desk, but there were still three stacks of the same documents on the desk.
"By the way, Your Highness, hasn't Schwader come back yet?" Seeing Lorist stretched and stopped, Fatty Shi, who was tasting fruit wine, asked.
"Well, Reddy went to pick him up, and he will probably be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." The two-year retreat period has passed, but it is said that Shi Huade has touched something in the process of cultivation, and he is still grinding in the back mountain of Rock Castle. Practice your sword skills. After Lorist returned to the family territory, Reddy was ordered to go to Rock Castle to pick him up.
"Are you going to let Shi Huade take over the guard camp when he comes back?"
"En." Lorist nodded, "But the most important thing is to let him get married first. Before he came back this time, Duke Felim complained that his daughter was going to be an old lady. I have already promised him that he will marry his daughter by the end of this year." After the new year celebration, I will arrange the wedding of Schwarder and Katrina."
"Didn't Duke Felim say what her daughter's dowry is?" Fatty Shi asked very interestedly: "He has already been promoted to Duke, so I think his daughter's dowry must be generous, at least it must be available. "
Lorist smiled and shook his head: "You are also aware of the situation of the Felim family. Now the entire southern province has become their family territory. Duke Felim would like to split a gold coin in half and spend it in half. The province is poor and white, and it is really difficult to support the development of the entire southern province with the income from his original family territory. Therefore, his daughter Katerina's dowry property is not much, but he plans to combine the entire area of the Bodrichi Mountains into a Viscounty to give His daughter is the dowry. It’s just that I need my help to develop this Viscounty.”
Fatty Shi clicked his tongue and said in amazement: "Duke Felim is a big deal. The Bodrige Mountain area accounts for almost one-tenth of the area of the entire southern province. This dowry will shock people. This kid Schwader It's really lucky to have a Viscount without a title."
Lorist nodded: "Actually, this is also a helpless move. We returned to the former Second Highness to see him off, and asked me to say something to Duke Filim. Is it inappropriate for the Norton Family's Rock Legion to be stationed at the border of the Eastern Wilderness Province in the territory of the Lim Family? The implication is that I should withdraw the Rock Legion."
"None of his business." Fatty Shi cursed in a low voice, very dissatisfied.
"People's words are terrible." Lorist said: "After all, the southern province has become the territory of the Felim family. We deployed the Rock Legion on the border of the Eastern Desert Province to guard against the Feisabrun family and to help the Felim family. The Duke of Mu. But others don't know, they will think that our Norton family is oppressing the Felim family by force and usurping the benefits of the southern province.
So I am going to hand over the defense line of the border of the southern province to the newly formed garrison army of the Felim family, and withdraw the Rock Army. The Duke of Felim's plan to use the Baldridge Mountain area as his daughter's dowry just solved this problem. By placing the Flying Tigers on Mount Podoliki, we will be able to guard and respond to the border defense line of the southern province, and we will be able to respond to the changes of the Fesabrun family immediately. "
Fatty Shi chuckled: "If we withdraw the Rock Legion, I bet the first one to fidget is Duke Felim, he has no confidence in blocking the raid of the Border Ranger Legion under the command of Grand Duke Fessabrun. "
"No way, His Royal Highness is currently sitting in Hans City, and is digesting the newly acquired eleven provinces. He will definitely rely on the Feisabrun family to hold our four alliances in the north. Asking us to withdraw the Rock Legion is to prepare to release the south The border of the province. The Duke of Felim also did not want the southern province of his family's territory to become a smooth road for the Second Royal Highness and the Fesabrunn bus. Therefore, he combined the Podrige Mountain area into a Viscounty as his daughter's dowry We just don’t want us to withdraw the legion and stay in the southern province to help their family prevent the threat of the Feisabrun family to the southern province.” Lorist analyzed.
"Do you think Grand Duke Fesabrun will send troops to the southern province?" Fatty Shi asked.
"No, he is an old fox, and he understands the current situation very well. At present, he will only stay in the family territory to develop his strength, and it is impossible to provoke war again. The general situation is gone, and the Kingdom of Iberia has become history in the past. It is impossible to dream of dominating the Northeast region. On the one hand, we have the four alliances in the Northland, and on the other hand, the Second Highness who has newly occupied eleven provinces. If he has any wishful thinking, he will only let the Feisabrun family The whole fell into the abyss." Lorist replied.
"Then we can breathe a sigh of relief and live a peaceful life for a few years." Fatty Shi said.
"Yeah, let's see when the Second Highness will start messing around again." Lorist nodded, remembered something, turned around and picked up a document he just picked out from the desk: "By the way, this document It is said that the standard steel crossbow of the Chaser Legion has been mass-produced and distributed, how is the effect?"
"Very good." Fatty Shi cheered up immediately: "Your Highness, you don't know that the steel crossbow made by Master Sid this time is simply a long-range attack weapon for personal use. For accurate shooting, the force is still very strong. The most important thing is that it can be easily wound on horseback. According to him, he borrowed from the lever winding device you proposed, and installed a lever handle on the body of the crossbow. The body rests on the shoulders and can be wound by pulling the lever handle.
Jost couldn't put it down, and he was stepping up to urge the soldiers of the Chasseurs to familiarize themselves with the use of crossbows, and to conduct a training called cavalry line shooting. According to him, after completing this kind of training, the combat effectiveness of the Chaser Legion will increase several times, bringing the enemy a storm-like attack, and the Chasseur Legion will become a nightmare for the enemy. "
"Really, it looks like I have to go to the Chaser Legion to see their training results in a few days." Lorist put down the document in his hand and picked up another one: "This is the budget for this year's New Year's celebration. Do you need so much money?"
"Your Highness, don't forget that our family has not held a New Year's celebration for two years. This year, Princess Sylvia gave birth to a son-in-law, and you came back from a victorious expedition. How could you not hold a grand New Year's celebration? Besides, the knights above the family leader They will all be present, and the Dukes of Kenmes, Dukes of Felim, Dukes of Shaheen and all the nobles of the territories under our jurisdiction will come to participate. It is estimated that there will be at least nearly a thousand people. If the grade and cost of our New Year's banquet are low It's the dignity of our Norton family that's been lost."
Well, Fatty Shi made a lot of sense, Lorist threw the New Year's budget document on the table resentfully, and muttered, "I just think this expense is pure waste, and seven days cost seventy thousand Dokinford…”
Lorist's temperament is like this, he spends a lot of money on the development of armaments and family territory, but he hates these expenses spent on the face of the nobles. Fatty Shi said nonchalantly: "Your Highness, this is an essential expense. For our citizens and nobles participating in the New Year's celebration, the more we spend and the more luxurious the banquet, the more they will Think that our family is powerful, which is convenient for us to govern them."
Lorist nodded, and picked up a document again: "What's the matter with that supervisor Hansk? The construction cost of the Northland traffic road has exceeded the budget by so much?"
"Your Highness, I have already sent someone to find out about this, and I have also carefully checked the account books of expenditures. The main problem is that there are too many reworks. Those mountain barbarian laborers assigned to build roads are very restless and caused a lot of trouble. The progress of the entire project was delayed, and the construction period had to be delayed. Not only has the budget exceeded half, but the original three-year completion period will also be delayed to four years..." Fatty Shi replied.
"Then how is Supervisor Hanske responsible? Doesn't he have no punishment for those barbarian laborers?" Lorist asked with a frown.
"Your Highness," Fatty Shi took a deep breath, "Actually, Supervisor Hanske caused these labor problems. He wanted to speed up the construction period, so he extended the working hours of the laborers, and at the same time reduced those labor problems. The most basic welfare of the barbarian laborers, and even the dissatisfaction of those barbarian laborers reached the climax. However, Director Hanske adopted harsher punishment methods, which finally aroused the riots of the barbarian laborers. Although they were suppressed by the guards , but then people panicked, and the barbarian labor has been grinding since then... "
"Why don't I know these things?"
"Your Highness, I don't want to interfere in these matters. After all, Director Hanske is the person in charge, and he suppressed these things. I didn't pay attention at the beginning. I didn't feel something was wrong until Director Hanske asked for an increase in the budget. I sent people to investigate and found out that this is the case. And Tager went to Morente City again, and it’s not easy for me to intervene on his side. I think you will come back soon, and I will wait for you to deal with it.”
Lorist nodded. Fatty Shi was right in doing so. The Volibear Intelligence and Investigation Bureau over at Tagle must have a file on Hanske's supervisor, but Tagle went to Morente City to investigate the business alliance and Regarding the battle situation of the coalition forces of the Central South Kingdom, the intelligence here has slowed down.
Loris pulled the bell rope by the wall, and Genorio came in from outside the study.
"Genorio, go to the Volibear Intelligence and Investigation Bureau and bring over the information on the war situation of the Commercial Alliance and the Central South Kingdom Alliance, as well as the dossier on Director Hansk." Lorist ordered.
"Yes, Your Highness."
"If I remove Hanske from his post, who do you think can replace him to complete the construction of the Northland road transportation facilities?" Lorist asked.
Fatty Shi thought for a while: "Your Highness, I think the key to this project is the labor of the mountain barbarians. The mountain barbarians have always been rebellious, and they are more difficult to manage than the labor of the prisoners of war captured by our family before. We must give them grace and power to let them Follow orders, and I think Director Cordan fits the bill very well."
Lorist thought for a while, then nodded: "Yes, I will think about it."
"There is one more thing, Your Highness must deal with it as soon as possible." Fatty Shi stood up, and found a blue folder among the three stacks of Lorist's unprocessed files: "Your Highness, this is the time when you need to be promoted to the title of knighthood this year." Take a look at the list. If it is confirmed, I need to arrange territory for them and prepare various supporting documents."
Lorist opened the folder, looked at the list, nodded, picked up a pen and added a name on it: Reddy.
"Your Highness, Reddy hasn't been promoted to the Golden Knight yet..."
"Hehe..." Lorist laughed: "He can't be promoted at all, but his current level is almost the same as that of a first-level great swordsman."
Fatty Shi patted his forehead annoyed, how could he have forgotten that Reddy was Lorist's first disciple, and he practiced that oriental monk's cultivation method, and he was a guy pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger just like Lorist. He also laughed: "I see."
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