"Your Majesty, why do you have to force others... Without our Norton family, the million troops you have gathered now are enough to achieve your strategic goals." Lorist smiled wryly when he came again to persuade him to send troops to contribute to the great cause of unifying the empire. The Second Highness of Li said.
"Locke, my brother, are you just watching this great war to unify the empire from the beginning to the end, and the Norton family can only be a bystander? When your children and grandchildren ask about this great war in the future When you were in what position, you told them that you were just a spectator?" The Second Highness changed to the lyrical route.
Lorist rubbed his arms and got goosebumps all over the ground: "Stop it, is it disgusting? It's too nasty. When did His Majesty change his career and prepare to become a wandering poet? And your question is very simple, I will Tell the kids that grandpa was watching a bunch of idiots fight to the death, um, it was very exciting... "
"You..." The Second Highness was angry and stared at Lorist. Lorist didn't care, just pretending he didn't see anything.
"The Norton family must send troops to participate in this war. As the Grand Duke of the Northland, you must do your best for the kingdom and make due contributions to the great cause of unifying the empire!" His Highness urged forcefully.
"Okay, I am the Duke of the North, and I am willing to serve the kingdom. How about this, I can go to the front line alone to fight the enemy, but His Majesty has no right to let the soldiers armed by the Norton family pay sacrifices in vain. As Patriarch Norton, Duke of the Northland, I can refuse any unreasonable requests and orders from His Majesty..." Lorist looked indifferent, very confident.
"Uh..." The Second Highness was discouraged first, Lorist was indifferent, and he had nothing to do with him. What is going to the front line alone to fight with the enemy? It sounds nice, but it's not that they don't listen to orders. If you walk around the front line with a sword and kill two small soldiers, it means that you have fulfilled your responsibility, and then you pat your butt and go home to watch the fun. Isn't this the same as not sending troops
"Okay, Brother Locke, just tell me what you want, as long as I can do it without embarrassing me, I will definitely agree to your request..." The Second Highness almost said that he surrendered, as long as he agreed to send troops, no matter what the request The terms and conditions can be discussed slowly, and at worst, the question of when to fulfill the promise can be delayed forever.
"I need a sense of security." Lorist said.
"Sense of security?" The Second Highness opened his eyes wide in surprise. What the hell is this, why have I never heard of it
"If Your Majesty agrees to give Muyeyuan Province to our Norton family's jurisdiction, then I am willing to send troops to join the war." Lorist put forward the request very bluntly.
"Makino Hara? That's impossible..." The Second Highness jumped up.
"Oh, then we have nothing to say. Come, send your Majesty off..."
"Wait, Brother Locke, we can discuss it again." The Second Highness was in a hurry, what do you mean, kicking out people if they disagree, there is no such discussion.
"Your Majesty, I'll be returning to the Northland tomorrow. I wish you all the best in this expedition." Lorist shook his head and expressed that he didn't want to continue the discussion.
"No, Brother Locke, first tell me what the safety thing has to do with your request for the jurisdiction of Muyeyuan Province..." The Second Highness resolutely refused to leave, as if he would not give up if he didn't figure it out.
Lorist looked at the Second Highness with mentally handicapped eyes and said nothing, and the Second Highness became angry with embarrassment: "Lock, what do you mean?"
"Your Majesty, if you don't understand, please look back at the map hanging on the wall." Lorist sighed long.
"Map?" The Second Highness looked back, and there was indeed a complete map of the Norton family's territory hanging on the wall behind him, but the map was in color, with red, yellow, blue and green patches painted on it. What does this represent
His Highness the Second stood up, walked to the wall and watched carefully, well, the Northland was painted green, the sea was blue, the provinces of Dremke and Winston were light green, and the provinces of the South and West Degrad were painted green. Light yellow, several provinces around the imperial capital and eleven provinces in the middle are golden yellow, only the Donghuang Province and Jinchuan Province in the territory of the Feisabrun family are dark red, and the Muyeyuan Province adjacent to the Northland is light red. In addition, the Dragon Mountains and the Wildlands are black and gray.
What does it mean? His Highness quickly noticed the color markings at the bottom of the map. Green, safe area, family territory. Light green, secondary security area, family jurisdiction territory. Blue, the color of the sea. Light yellow, the secondary security area, the territory of family allies. Golden yellow, the territory directly under the royal family, the third-level security area. Crimson, enemy territory, danger zone. Light red, the first-level warning area, and the second-level dangerous area. Dark gray, unexplored areas, dangerous unknown areas.
Very good, very good, this color map is clear at a glance, but the Second Highness quickly felt uncomfortable: "Lock, please tell me why the provinces directly under our royal family are all commented as three-level security areas instead of one class?"
"What do you think? Your Majesty, the classification of this safe area is not up to you and me, but based on the feedback from the merchants and the security situation in each province." Lorist was very calm.
The Second Highness was speechless, he knew in his heart that in the past three years he had spent all his energy and thoughts on military preparations, and he didn't care much about the livelihood of the people everywhere, as long as he could maintain it. Therefore, robbery, theft, murder and crimes emerge in endlessly. No wonder all the provinces directly under the central government will be rated as three-level security areas. It means that you have to carry self-defense weapons with you when you go out to prevent accidents, and you must hire bodyguards or form groups to ensure safety.
Looking at the colored map again, His Highness quickly understood what Lorist said about the sense of security and the reason why he needed Mu Yeyuan Province. There are four external passages to the Northland, Beihai City by sea, three by land, one each from Makinohara Province, Winston Province and Dremke Province. However, both Winston Province and Dremke Province are under the jurisdiction of the Norton family. They are light green and safe. Only Muyeyuan Province is light red, a warning area. Lorist must beware of the Feisabrun family directly raiding the Northland through Muyeyuan Province...
Hehe, I didn't expect Lorist to really regard the Feisabrun family as a potential opponent, the most dangerous enemy, even though they had already signed the armistice agreement. It seems that what Grand Duke Feisabrun said about the four northern alliances forcing their families to open up trade routes and forcibly buy and sell daily necessities and supplies is true. It's just a severe squeeze on the Feisabrun family. Well, yes, the more conflicts between the four Northland alliances and the Feisabrunn family, the deeper the hostility, and the more places that can be used and provoked in the future.
The Second Highness stood in front of the colored map, thinking about it, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses: "Locke, my brother, didn't the Grand Duke Feisabrun sign an armistice agreement with the four of you? I heard that in the past three years The business cooperation between you is also very close, and you are both nobles of our Antinak Kingdom, and you are also married to Princess Silvia, the granddaughter of Grand Duke Feisabrunn. What I don’t understand is, Why do you still mark the Fisabrun family's territory as enemy territory? Don't you think it's very inappropriate to do so?"
In the eyes of the Second Highness, Lorist's request for Muyeyuan Province is superfluous. If you break the chain bridge leading to Muyeyuan Province, it will be all right? Without the chain bridge, would the Feisabrun family's armed forces grow wings and leap over the sky to raid the Northland? Besides, the Feisabrun family has already withdrawn their family armed forces from Muyeyuan Province, which is actually under the control of your Norton family. Why do you have to embarrass me and force me to recognize the jurisdiction of Muyeyuan Province? Well, everyone just turn a blind eye and close their eyes to make a default, won't it work
Not to mention that the jurisdiction of Muyeyuan Province belongs to the Feisabrun family, even if I want to transfer it to you, there is no such precedent. One family, one direct-controlled territory and two jurisdictions are already at the top. You want three jurisdictions, isn’t it? Is it difficult for me? Besides, Muyeyuan Province is not a good place. It has no population. Although the land is large, it is close to the northeast prairie. It is always facing the invasion and plunder of grassland tribes. It used to be the place where imperial prisoners were exiled. Your Norton family is now fighting for this ruined place. Is it too boring to put in so much effort
Lorist sneered: "Your Majesty, if it weren't for our four alliances in the North that drove the Feisabrun family into a corner, do you think you would have recovered the Grand Duke of Feisabrun and his family so easily? You forgot Feisabrun Did the Lun family support the second prince to establish the Kingdom of Iberia? Do you think that if you marry a woman from the Feisabrun family, you can trust the loyalty of the Feisabrun family to you and the kingdom
The Norton family will never forget who their enemies are. Even if they signed an armistice agreement with us, we will never forget that the Norton family's armed forces fell into the conspiracy of the Feisabrun family and the grass barbarian tribe in Muyeyuan Province. Tens of thousands of heroic family soldiers fought bloody battles to bury their bones. Makinohara Province, that is the unforgettable sad place of our Norton family. It is the place where tens of thousands of family heroic souls returned to the Kingdom of God of War...
For the cause of the unification of the empire, and for the will of your Majesty, our Norton family endured humiliation, shook hands with the enemy, and ceased fighting. What we have is patience, we are gearing up and waiting for the time to come. Even if His Majesty does not agree to transfer Muyeyuan Province to our family's jurisdiction, it doesn't matter. There will be a chance in the future, we will take it with our own hands, and use our own hands to avenge the tens of thousands of soldiers who died... "
The Second Highness was elated, and understood that the real reason why Lorist insisted on Muyeyuan Province was because of the shame of the family's armed army being defeated by the Grand Duke Fesabrun in Muyeyuan Province back then, and the entire army was annihilated. Hehe, now there is no need to worry about the collusion between Grand Duke Feisabrun and Lorist. If Lorist is allowed to forcibly take away the jurisdiction of Makinohara Province from the Feisabrun family as he wishes, then the Feisabrun family will also Suffering great shame and humiliation, he will definitely live forever with the Norton family...
To exchange the Norton family's troops for the Norton family to participate in the war with this shabby place in Makinohara Province, and at the same time add obstacles to the Feisabrun family, making the two families life-and-death enemies, this is really a good deal for the Second Highness. As for the restriction that a family can only have at most one directly-controlled territory and two jurisdictional territories, it can be completely bypassed, because Muyeyuan Province is not a directly-controlled territory of the royal family, but is under the jurisdiction of the Feisabrun family.
If the Grand Duke Fesabrun transfers Muyeyuan Province to the jurisdiction of Lorist in exchange for the Norton family's participation in the war, the Feisabrun family will lose face, but the kingdom will gain. As a king, I am just giving confirmation along the way, which will not have any adverse effects on my wisdom and foresight, and I don't need to pay any price...
However, the current problem has become the key to the Feisabrun family, but the Second Highness is more sure of persuading the Grand Duke Feisabrun. The simplest reason is that the Feisabrun family is facing pressure from the four northern alliances. If the king does not support them, it will be difficult for the Feisabrun family to survive the aggressive front of the Norton family. Disaster. I believe that if I repeat the colored map I saw and what Lorist said just now to Grand Duke Fessabrun, Grand Duke Fessabrun will definitely make a wise choice.
But what compensation should I give to Grand Duke Feisabrun? The Second Highness began to think about this issue. We can't let the Norton family send troops while the Fisabrun family doesn't. In that case, even Lorist will not do his best. In the first step of the strategic plan of this raid, the Norton family's armed forces occupy a very important position. , you can't fall short...
"Well, Locke, my brother, I agree to transfer Muyeyuan Province to the Norton family. But you also know that Muyeyuan Province is not directly under the jurisdiction of our royal family, but the territory under the jurisdiction of the Feisabrun family. I need to convince the Grand Duke of Fesabrun. As a king, I have no right to transfer this province to you. But since you have already made this request, I promise you to fulfill your wish. I will try my best to persuade Fessabrun Grand Duke, can you patiently wait here for three days?" The Second Highness was very sincere at this moment.
Lorist bowed deeply: "Your Majesty, in accordance with your wishes, I will wait here for three days. If you can let the Fesabrunn family transfer Muyeyuan Province to our jurisdiction, then this war to unify the empire Our Norton family will definitely do our best to serve His Majesty and the kingdom."
The Second Highness left in a hurry. Lorist smiled. Perhaps in the eyes of others, the desolate, remote, sparsely populated and unshitty Muye Province is just a piece of grazing land, but in Lorist's view, this is the Norton family and the grassland tribe on the northeast prairie. It is a treasure land for developing trade and conducting market transactions. The family will influence those grassland tribes through commercial trade, and gradually transform them into their own territories and markets.
For the next three days, this palace-style garden villa manor located by the platinum sand beach was very lively. Through various gossip, all the nobles knew about Lorist's request to send troops, and put Muyeyuan Province under the jurisdiction of the Norton family. Duke Kenmes, Duke Felim, and Duke Shaheen came to the door one after another to ask for confirmation, but Lorist remained silent, but this performance proved that the news was not a rumor.
On the first day, the Second Highness went down to discuss with Grand Duke Feisabrun. It is said that the old man was so furious that he drew his sword and wanted to find Lorist desperately. He threatened that Muyeyuan Province was the territory of the Feisabrun family, and he would not let him die. discarded. That kid Lorist was too deceitful, he would rather fight this kid to the death than give up the family honor. But the old man just screamed loudly, even if he was beaten to death, he would not go to a duel with Lorist, the second His Royal Highness stopped the old man for a while, then turned around, closed the door, and refused to listen to the Second Highness' persuasion.
His Highness was not discouraged, and came to the door again the next day. This time the old man didn't get angry, but just listened silently, keeping his mouth shut.
On the third day, His Royal Highness continued to work hard, but this time the old man's attitude was relaxed. He said that for the great cause of the unification of the empire, fulfilling His Majesty's wish, and in order not to embarrass His Majesty, he was willing to endure humiliation and transfer Muyeyuan Province to the Norton family's jurisdiction. However, he asked His Highness the Second Highness to give compensation to their family territory, and confer a piece of inland province on their family as the family territory.
The Second Highness thought for a moment, and agreed to the request of Grand Duke Fesabrun. However, the territory he promised to confer is not in the territory directly under the royal family, but is currently in the territory of the business alliance. His Highness the Second Highness promised that if the first step of the strategic goal was achieved in this raid, the recovered province of Anderwolf would become the family territory of Feisabrun.
With His Highness Second Highness's consistent nature of making promises with the enemy's things, Grand Duke Fesabrun was not surprised by this result. He agreed with Second Highness's promise, but let Second Highness sign the oath on the spot. Then, accompanied by the Second Highness, he went to the villa where Lorist lived, and under the witness of all the nobles, he transferred the Makinohara Province to Lorist, which was signed and notarized by the Second Highness. After completing all the formalities, Grand Duke Feisabrun dropped the quill pen he signed and left angrily...
On August 32, 1786, in the common calendar of Galintia, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, under the witness of King Ogethello I of the Antinak and other nobles, assigned the territory of Makinohara Province under the jurisdiction of the family to The jurisdiction of the Northland was transferred to Norton Lorist, the Grand Duke of the Northland, making the Norton family the only territorial noble with one directly governed territory and three governed territories.
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