"Your Highness, the gains from the capture of King Federica's city are recorded here." Malek put an animal skin folder on the table.
This is the city lord's mansion in the inner city of King Federica. After occupying the city, it naturally became Lorist's lodging place and command center. However, because the president of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce and a group of high-level chambers of commerce set fire to it before they evacuated, almost half of the original magnificent city lord's mansion was burned down, and only a third of the intact buildings were rescued.
Lorist was standing in front of the window at the moment, and this relatively neat side hall had been arranged as his study, and it was also the office where he summoned his subordinates to discuss matters. In front of the side hall, a large piece of ruins that had been burnt to ruins and broken walls had already been dug into several large pits. Many guards were searching for belongings in the rubble with small shovels in the pits and on the ruins. Stone garbage was piled up into several small mounds beside the big pit.
Lorist looked up at the cloudy sky, sighed and turned to ask Malek, "Today is already February 33rd, and the rainy season will come in two days. Depending on the weather, it might rain tomorrow." Yu, has the accommodation of those refugees and captives been arranged? It will be difficult to stay in the house for the next month... "
Malek replied blankly: "Your Highness, please rest assured. All the captives were gathered in the barracks in the West District, and Lord Bodfinger was in charge of guarding the city. Lord Jost was in charge of the city defense, and the refugees were arranged in the East District. They are emotionally stable and willing to serve our family armed forces. Lord Dolles will be responsible for their supplies and order during the month of the rainy season."
"Then is the garrison of our family armed forces arranged?" Lorist asked again.
"That's fine. Lord Tiger Ross has arranged the Flying Tiger Legion in the South District and the Rock Legion in the North District. They have already built temporary barracks. There will be no problem in getting through the rainy season," Malek said.
"You guys did a good job, very meticulous and thoughtful." Lorist praised, went to the table and picked up the animal skin folder, opened it and looked a bit surprised: "Huh? The Jinford we seized this time is the only one." Four million?"
"Yes, Your Highness." Malek said, "These goldfords were all found in the vault. I asked the staff in charge of the vault, and they said that it was the reserve fund of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, and most of it was used to prepare to pay for the armed forces of the Chamber of Commerce." The salaries and benefits of the legionnaires and employees of various departments under the Chamber of Commerce for one year, and the rest are used to prepare for the shortage of funds.
The total value of all the materials we seized this time is equivalent to nearly ten million Jinford. But it is a pity that most of the grain, grass and material storage warehouses were set on fire when the high-level executives of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce fled. Our soldiers rescued not many grain, grass, and military supplies. More warehouses are expensive but for us. Various alloy materials that are useless in the current situation. "
This is expected. The Vicia Chamber of Commerce is the largest weapon and armament manufacturer in the Commercial Alliance. It has a self-contained mining, refining and forging system. Naturally, a large amount of expensive alloy materials are stored in the production and experiment process. Spare in warehouse. It's just that these materials are useless to the Norton family. Not to mention the long distance to transport them back, the weight and storage quantity alone will cost huge transportation costs.
For the Norton family, these expensive alloy materials are simply tasteless, and it is a pity to lose them. After all, they are worth several million goldfords. But it is useless to transport it back, and it will cost transportation costs. You must know that the Norton family has a refining and forging department, and the family-standard equipment produced is not inferior to the weapons and armor produced by the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, or even worse.
Lorist really wanted to find someone to sell him the alloy materials in King Federica, but the problem was that it was difficult to find a suitable person to take over the alloy materials worth several million. The Second Highness is a good candidate, but he also doesn't have that much money, and he has a thick skin. Lorist was sure that if he wanted to transfer this batch of alloy materials to the Second Highness, he would guarantee that he would get IOUs instead of gold coins.
Pointing to the piles of documents and materials piled up in the corner of the study, Lorist smiled wryly and said, "In the past 20 days or so, I have carefully checked all the documents and files that were not destroyed by the fire, but I couldn't find the production of those alloy materials. Matching materials. I suspect that they were all burned. I don’t know if Reddy and El have found clues about material matching technicians among the captives. I really want to know what is the big iron gate inside the North City Gate? Materials cast from…”
"Sorry, Your Highness, I have no right to ask about this matter. I don't know if Reddy and Al have made any progress." Malek still had that expressionless face.
"Oh, I forgot, I really shouldn't ask you about this. Forget it, Malek, there were many accidents during this siege, which prevented the realization of our original plan. But we finally captured Fei Delijia King City, with the destruction of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, has accomplished two goals. When the rainy season comes, you will be responsible for all material distribution and jurisdiction!" Lorist patted Malek on the shoulder and said.
Malek stood at attention: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will try my best to fulfill my duties. But the biggest problem now is food and grass. I have sent someone to budget. At present, the armed forces of our family and the rescued from those burning warehouses Grain, if the supply is slightly reduced, it will be enough for us to survive the rainy season. But after the rainy season, we will face the plight of food shortage.”
"It's enough to survive the rainy season." Loris nodded, "After the rainy season, it's winter wheat harvest time. The large wheat field outside the city is enough to provide food for all of us for a period of time. When the weather clears, Tiger Ross will lead The Flying Tiger Legion swept away all the territorial nobles in Puerto Org Province who were canonized by the Vicia Chamber of Commerce. At that time, food, grass and materials would naturally be seized. At the same time, Bodfinger will also lead the Rock Legion to attack Campona Province. At that time, they can fight the enemy for food .
And when the weather clears, the logistics supply team in Andover Province will also escort a large amount of supplies. At the same time, Josk's Chase Cavalry Regiment will also arrive here, and they will escort more than 100,000 immigrants to the Northland. If the 100,000 people are subtracted from the population of King Federica, the food pressure will naturally be reduced. At that time, the captured and newly harvested winter wheat is enough for our family's daily consumption for several months. "
What Lorist hates the most is that when the high-level executives of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce abandoned the city and fled, they actually set fire to the commercial area and grain storage warehouses in the south of the king's city. Don't leave the royal city intact to the Norton family. Since the senior officials of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce can do what they say, Lorist is not willing to break his promise. After capturing the high-level personnel of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce who had fled, regardless of the status and influence of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce in the business alliance, they insisted on killing the high-level personnel of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce and their relatives, which led to the expulsion of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce.
When the food warehouses caught fire, Lorist immediately gave up hunting and led the guards into the firefighting operation. After two days and three nights of hard work, only one third of the food reserves were saved, and King Frederick's city was destroyed. After the capture, the total number of people in the city was nearly 280,000, and the supply of food and grass really began to be tight. So for the next ten or so days, the Norton family's armed forces have been escorting the captives to search for food hidden under the ruins in various districts of the royal city.
Reddy and Al arrive after Malek leaves. After the miner garrison newly formed by the Vicia Chamber of Commerce put down their weapons and surrendered, Lorist entrusted Reddy and El with the task of identifying technicians and useful talents among these captives. Judging from the expressions of the two of them, it was obvious that this task was accomplished well.
"Your Highness, this is the list of 178 people who have been screened out. Most of them are technicians, and some are technical management personnel. Their family members are all lucky not to die in the battle. We believe that moving them to After the Northland, they will all be integrated into our family territory smoothly," El reported.
"Your Highness, we also found the material refiner who cast the big iron gate. His name is Mortila, he is forty-seven years old, and he is single. According to those who know him, he is a technological lunatic obsessed with material extraction and synthesis." Reddy told Lorist another piece of good news.
"Oh, how did you find him?" Lorist was delighted.
"Well, he ran out by himself." Reddy laughed: "When we were asking someone in the prison camp, this Mortila suddenly rushed over and hugged a guard, muttering something, we all I was taken aback. At first we thought we were attacked and almost cut him down. But then we found out that he hugged the guard because of the steel armor he was wearing, and then he looked at us wearing His armor eyes were shining, we thought he was a lunatic, but when we asked the people next to him, we found out that he was really a technical lunatic, and he forgot everything when he came across the materials he was interested in. We heard that The two big iron doors on the door were also cast with the materials he provided, so they brought him back directly. Your Highness, do you want to see him?"
"What is he doing now?" Lorist was really curious.
"He held on to our armor, and we threw him a spare stainless steel gauntlet after we brought him back. Now he is studying that gauntlet in a room, and he doesn't care about giving him food. He only needs paper and pen , seems to deduce the ratio of the stainless steel material of the gauntlet..." Reddy guessed after thinking for a while.
"Forget it, let him study the fine steel gauntlets there. After the rainy season, send him to our family's iron ore refining base as soon as possible and give it to Master Sid, tell him that this person is a valuable talent, Don't wait too long." Lorist said.
"Yes, Your Highness."
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The mountain road was stained with blood, and corpses fell one by one on the road. Their bodies were either pierced with feathered arrows or a large piece of bone collapsed, which was the wound from being hit by a heavy object.
"Your Majesty, we really can't attack, the mountain road is too slippery during the snow melting period, the enemy is condescending, and there is a well-protected castle. We have lost three hundred-man squads, but we haven't even touched the edge of the castle..." Lipire Standing dejectedly in front of the Second Highness, De, as the most trusted golden knight of the Second Highness and the most elite armed force of the Antinac Kingdom, the commander of the Blizzard Assault Corps, led 3,000 people to attack a small castle with less than 1,000 people. But the loss of soldiers and generals made him feel ashamed.
His Highness the Second Highness also had a pale face, looking at the small castle standing on the edge of the cliff at the end of the mountain path, and his mood was extremely depressed. After the winter raid on the Northwest region was launched in December last year, good news spread one after another, and they were invincible all the way. First, they cleaned up the garrison army deployed by that shitty Grand Duke Zithuram in the border fortress, and brought this army of more than 28,000 people to a good start for the raid.
Immediately afterwards, His Royal Highness led the Storm Raid Corps to sweep across most of the Northwest Region, eliminating more than 30 territorial nobles conferred by the business alliance, while the Storm Raid Corps under him lost less than a thousand people. It was at this time that the enemy finally discovered the surprise attack of His Highness the Second Highness, the alarm bells rang, the flames were ignited, and smoke was everywhere.
At that time, His Royal Highness thought that the enemy's situation was over, and there was no other way but to surrender. The Second Highness was very proud, and decided to torture Grand Duke Zithuram severely before executing him.
Back then, Zithuram was still an earl of the Kingdom of Ridleys, whose territory was in Andover Province. Because he opposed surrendering to His Highness the Second Highness, he gathered nearly ten thousand people to fight against the Kingdom's counter-insurgency army, and set up a conspiracy to lure the counter-insurgency army into a trap. .
The Second Highness hated this Grand Duke Zithuram to the bone. At that time, he defeated the King City of Federica. This Zithuram joined the business alliance and was named the Grand Duke. The Province of Stemos, together with the Northwest Territories, established the Principality of Zithuram as a buffer state between the Commercial Alliance and the Kingdom of Antinac.
Later, with the help of the Norton family's armed forces, His Royal Highness overthrew the usurper Queen Kerry and re-ascended the throne, and asked the Norton family's armed forces to recover the province of Hans Demos. The Grand Duke Zithuram was very knowledgeable, and he withdrew his troops back to the northwest region, allowing the Norton family to win without a fight and regain Hans Demos province for the Kingdom of Antinac.
In the next few years, the Grand Duke Zithuram stayed in the northwest region very peacefully and did not make any provocative actions against the Antinak Kingdom. His garrison army also stayed on the border line with a sense of current affairs. Ten miles away, he guarded according to danger to avoid conflict with the Royal Guards guarding the border of Hans Demos Province.
It's just that no matter how the Grand Duke Zithuram behaved as harmless to humans and animals, he was still a thorn in the heart of His Highness the Second Highness, and he couldn't pull it out. The Second Highness used the winter raid this time to catch Grand Duke Zithuram by surprise. With the help of the severe winter, he had nowhere to escape, and became the second Highness's defeated opponent so that the Second Highness could take revenge...
However, His Royal Highness did not expect Grand Duke Zithuram to arrange the alarm system in the northwest region so well, and he was ready for a decisive battle in his own castle as soon as he received the alarm. His Royal Highness besieged the castle of Grand Duke Zithuram until mid-February, before breaking the castle with the help of a catapult that arrived late. It's a pity that Grand Duke Zithuram ran away again. When the snow melted in February, His Royal Highness's blizzard raid regiment couldn't use the skis. As a result, Grand Duke Zithuram fled to this small mountain on the edge of the cliff with more than 300 cavalry. In the castle.
The mountain road was rugged and slippery, and the attacking soldiers would fall if they were not careful. After attacking several times, they were beaten back by the guards in the castle with crossbows and rolling wooden stones, causing heavy casualties.
"If the catapult can come over, we will be able to capture this small castle with the cover of the shield vehicle!" Lippired said unwillingly.
His Royal Highness shook his head: "Now the road is muddy and difficult to walk, and it will soon be the rainy season again, so the catapult can't come right away. Let's do it first, don't worry, he can't run away, let's withdraw our troops first, and choose a nearby highland to set up a camp. We will attack after the rainy season. Then the treasonous traitor will still fall into our hands..."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Lippired said.
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