There were some things Lorist could do but couldn't do, and he couldn't even entrust his three disciples to do them. Reddy is loyal, but his brain is single-minded and straightforward. If it is handed over to Schward, it is guaranteed to be completed well, but Lorist is unwilling to let Schward get his hands dirty. Perhaps the biggest reason is that Lorist is worried that the impression of himself as a teacher will be in Schward's heart. Discoloration. As for Genorio, he was still young.
There is another reason why I can’t say it because everyone knows that Reddy, Schwader, and Genorio are all Lorist’s disciples. Any one of them appearing on the scene will remind people of Lorist. . In order to avoid gossip and suspicion, Lorist needed a pair of hands that could do the dirty work for him. Tagle may be a very suitable candidate, but as the head of the Norton family's intelligence agents, he is also famous, and he will be noticed by people who know him wherever he goes.
Baron Christon is a very suitable candidate. First of all, he is not Lorist's confidant, nor is he a senior member of the family. No one will suspect him. Secondly, Baron Christon himself is the criminal director of the Norton family, responsible for the detection and trial of all criminal cases in the family territory and in the three provinces. He is a recognized expert in criminology and reasoning. The most important point is the third point. No one would think of Lorist when Baron Christon appeared on the scene, and would only think it was a coincidence.
Just like the day Mrs. Irina passed away, Baron Christon happened to take two of his subordinates via Maplewood Villa to Beihai City to investigate a fisherman's drowning incident, and stayed overnight at Maplewood Villa because it was getting late. From the route point of view, the smuggling path from Angry Bear City to Blade's Edge Mountains, through Fengleyuan, Beiye Town, Fenglin Villa, Huyang Town to Beihai City is indeed the fastest route, if it wasn't dark so fast, Chris Baron Dunn originally wanted to stay in Poplar Township.
While the two subordinates of Baron Christon were sitting in the dining room drinking and bragging to the guards and servants of Maplewood Villa about their experience in solving crimes in the past, the room where Baron Christon stayed was still lit from the window. The young maid who went to deliver the dinner came back and said with admiration that Baron Christon is really a dedicated and elegant nobleman, even while having dinner, he was racing against time to review files and handle official business.
What made the maid most fond of him was that when Mrs. Irina cursed Lorist and wailed for Master Lesket in the night sky, Baron Christon did not panic or feel embarrassed, but just After listening quietly for a while, she said to the maid with a gentle attitude: "She is just a poor mother who lost her beloved son. You should pay more attention to her. I hope that the passage of time can make her forget the sad past sooner and return to the past." to a peaceful life…”
The young maid felt that Baron Christon was so considerate, he was really a good man, if Baron Christon wanted to, as long as he hooked his hands, the young maid would be very happy to use his towering chest and gentle embrace Accompany the baron to spend a romantic and passionate evening. Even in the middle of the night, the young maid was still considering whether to knock on the door of the guest room where Baron Christon was staying. Unfortunately, an emergency happened later that Mrs. Irina died of a sudden illness, which made the young maid and Chris Baron Ton missed a fantastic evening...
Fortunately, Baron Christon happened to be staying at Maplewood Villa, so he was able to protect the scene of Mrs. Irina's death immediately after receiving the report from the guards, and through a simple identification, it was believed that Mrs. Irina probably died of Had a heart attack and asked about Mrs. Irina's past medical history. After the pharmacist arrived, he even agreed with Baron Christon's opinion that Mrs. Irina did die of an acute heart attack.
When Baron Christon returned to Raging Bear City and handed the black folder to Lorist, Lorist directly threw the black folder into the burning fireplace. Both of them knew that the black folder contained reports from the guards and guards of Maple Forest Villa, most of which contained Madam Irina's words cursing Lorist. Lorist gave the black folder to Baron Christon to deal with, and Baron Christon took a once-and-for-all solution. This is actually a nomination certificate.
Baron Christon got his wish. From this day on, he entered the top ranks of the Norton family and became Lorist's confidant. On the surface, his position is the deputy director of the newly expanded family security department. Although he has been promoted to a higher level, he is still in charge of criminal cases in the family territory. But secretly, he is the most mysterious person in charge of the internal affairs department in the family. He is under the direct control of Lorist, and his status is comparable to that of Tagle.
This page of Fenglin Villa has just been turned, and Lorist's memory of Fenglin Villa will become a distant memory. Although it was the place where the Norton family originated, Lorist preferred the situation he created now. So when Krisya asked Lorist what he would do with Maplewood Villa, Lorist replied without hesitation, keep it for now, and when Heriles graduates from Dawn Academy, he will seal Maplewood Villa to he.
Heriles is the posthumous son of Lorist's elder brother who died in battle. Under the guidance of his stepfather Knight Pachiko, he has grown into a very good young knight. He has studied at Dawn Academy for three years and is well received by the academy. Appreciation of teaching and admiration of cadets. Lorist has always loved his own nephew very much, and leaving Maple Forest Villa to Heriles is also an explanation for his deceased elder brother.
Chrisya was very satisfied with Lorist's answer. After adopting Lorist and Elena's second son Wilward, she made another request to Lorist, hoping to leave the Northland. Krisya wanted to go to Makinohara Province to serve as the head of the garrison army there, because the garrison army was downsized from the original family armed guard first army, although Krisya only served as a temporary army for a short time Long, but also had feelings.
Lorist finally agreed to Chrisya's request, but he objected to Krisya's bringing Wilward to Muyeyuan Province. Krisya said that Wilward should also go to see the vastness of the world and experience the tempering of the wind and sand in the prairie. Only in this way can he grow into a man in the future. And since she has already adopted Wilward, Lorist has no right to object. Lorist could only watch Chrisya walk away helplessly.
At the end of November, Lorist held another family work meeting in Bear City. This meeting determined the family's development goals and work priorities for the next year. In terms of administration, it is mainly to resettle new immigrants who have moved to the north, and to divide land and housing to allow new immigrants to settle down with peace of mind. In terms of construction, it is mainly to rebuild the palace construction project that was delayed by the family's civil strife for two years, and at the same time complete the establishment of the security guard. Office system and armed patrol establishment to improve the law and order environment in the family territory.
In terms of armaments, the main thing is to reorganize and reduce the family's armed forces, and complete the work of the garrison regiments in various provinces and localities. The Ministry of Armed Forces must step up integration and improve the new command and staff system. Speed up the update of weapons and standard equipment for the main force of the family armed forces. Baron Camorra has been appointed by Lorist as the Armament Director of the Armed Forces. As for the reorganization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Artillery Battalion, these are all kept in the dark, not on the bright side.
After completing this family work meeting, Lorist finally took some time off. This was mainly due to the arrival of winter. Apart from the family's armed forces, the family's civilian officials in the administrative system basically had a long vacation. Except for some summarizing and summarizing writing work, the rest is to prepare for a grand New Year celebration, which is naturally in charge of Fatty Shi and Speer, and Lorist doesn't need to meddle in his own business.
Anna and Maria finally got pregnant, but Princess Sylvia and the remaining two concubines Fennagalli and Daisy became unhappy, and began to squeeze Lorist harder. Lorist also wanted to get them pregnant so that he could rest for a few months, but every night after exhausting the three of them, he still failed to achieve his wish. He could only lament his fate and continue to fight at night...
Towards the end of December, two uninvited guests came to the Northland. Lorist did not expect that the Duke of Kenmes and the Duke of Feisabrunn would rush to the Northland from the front line of the Fali Hill Plain. To participate in the New Year's celebration of the Norton family, but in fact the two grand dukes came to seek help from Lorist on the orders of the Second Highness.
It was only then that Lorist realized that he was busy with calming down the family turmoil, rectifying the family's armed forces and rebuilding the order of the family's territory, and forgot about the Second Highness and the army of the Antinac Kingdom who were fighting fiercely in the Faliqiu Plain and the Commercial Alliance. When asked about the battle situation on the front line, both the Duke of Kenmes and the Grand Duke of Fessabrun looked unhappy, because they found that His Royal Highness and their noble family armed forces were dragged into a big quagmire by the business alliance. It's easy to get in, but hard to get out.
The Duke of Kenmes told Lorist very frustrated that since May of this year, the Commercial Alliance has launched a total of five major offensive campaigns. The Kingdom of Antinac won three times and failed twice. However, the two failed battles caused the Kingdom of Antinak to lose two fortress cities on the plain of Mana Hill, Crito City and Liete City. At present, there is only one fortress city left in the hands of the Second Highness, Bruvik City. This is the only bridgehead located on the Faliqiu plain occupied by the army of the Kingdom of Antinak. Once lost, the armed forces of the Commercial Alliance will be able to counterattack and enter the territory of the former Krissen Empire.
The Duke of Kenmes is in a bad mood. Lorist can understand that the only armed army of their family is a heavy armored army, so he was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of defense by the Second Highness. After the five offensive campaigns launched by the commercial alliance armed forces, Kenmes The family's 45,000-strong Heavy Armor Corps now has only 18,000 people left, and the loss is extremely heavy. This has almost paid off all the looted property and spoils obtained from the invasion of Faliqiu Plain in the previous two years. For the Duke of Kenmes, this is already a very loss-making business, and there is still no way out...
The Grand Duke Fesabrun also told Lorist with a wry smile that not only the heavy armored army of the Duke of Kenmes, but almost all the nobles who participated in the war had suffered heavy losses. The two light infantry regiments of Duke Shaheen were completely lost, and the Pegasus regiment of Duke Felim was crippled with two legs. Even the two legions of the Grand Duke Fesabrun, the reserve legion has almost re-recruited the grass barbarian cavalry, and the third frontier ranger legion has also lost more than one legion.
Could it be that His Royal Highness is deliberately depleting the armed strength of the families of nobles in various territories in the kingdom? Lorist began to have doubts. But Grand Duke Feisabrun shook his head and told Lorist that the seven White Lion Legions trained by His Royal Highness back then had nearly 300,000 horsemen, except for the raid between Lorist and Storm Swordsman, who suffered nearly 300,000 casualties from the commercial alliance's raid. Out of the 40,000 to 50,000 horses, the rest fought fiercely with the Commercial Alliance on the Faliqiu Plain. After five battles, only about three White Lions were left in the hands of the Second Highness.
The casualties were too heavy, Grand Duke Feisabrun sighed, counting this year, the army of the Kingdom of Antinak lost nearly 200,000 troops in the Faliqiu Plain. . If you can win at such a high price, everyone can still grit their teeth and persevere. The difficulty is that now the commercial alliance armed forces have the initiative and advantages on the battlefield. Hope not.
The armed forces of the Commercial Alliance treat the Antinac Kingdom as if they had a century-old feud with the former Cresson Empire, and they are resolutely unwilling to compromise with the Second Highness. A steady stream of armed forces from all over the country were sent to the Fali Hill Plain to participate in the battle. Although five offensives were launched, the losses in the battle were greater than those of the Antinac Kingdom, but in less than a month, a large number of conscripted armed forces came to reinforce them, and they easily replenished the lost troops. The Kingdom of Ke formed a repressive victory.
"The commercial alliance armed forces have lost a lot?" Lorist asked.
Grand Duke Feisabrun nodded and gave Lorist a very clear answer. Just like what he said just now, if the Antinac Kingdom suffered more than 200,000 casualties, then the Commercial Alliance armed forces lost at least 300,000 people in five offensive campaigns.
But the problem is that the business alliance has a large number of people, and they can afford to lose, even a two-to-one casualty exchange ratio with the Antinac Kingdom. Especially after the Glass War, the Business Alliance started a mode of annexation and expansion, and became the country with the largest territory in Galintia. At the same time, because these annexed countries have had no war for a hundred years, they are overcrowded, and because of the exploitation of the territorial nobles of those countries, they are extremely poor. With a little money from the business alliance, a large number of young and strong people can be encouraged to go to the battlefield to work for them. So the business alliance does not have to worry about having no cannon fodder.
But the Kingdom of Antinac is different. The seven-year imperial civil war, the wars between various kingdoms and principalities in the next ten years, and the imperial unification war launched by His Highness Second Highness, all the countries in the territory of the former Krissen Empire Divided kingdoms and duchies have long been exhausted. Otherwise, His Royal Highness would not have accepted Lorist's harsh conditions in order to attack the four central duchies. It was precisely because of the capture of the four central duchies that the Second Highness had the capital and human resources to rearm an army of 300,000 to threaten the business alliance. It's a pity that His Royal Highness's plot was shattered, and the business alliance refused to accept the hard and soft, and insisted on fighting the Second Highness to the end.
To be honest, the Second Highness is now riding a tiger. The commercial alliance can afford to lose its troops, but the Second Highness can't afford to lose. He has ordered the only remaining Royal Guards in the kingdom to be brought to the battlefield. If all the hundreds of thousands of horses in his hands and those noble family armed forces were killed in the Faliqiu Plain, the commercial alliance armed forces could even march straight into the Kingdom of Antinak, all the way to Dremke Province and Wens Ton Province, by then the kingdom of Antinac will be over.
If the Commercial Alliance is willing to cease fighting, His Royal Highness is now even willing to re-send the recovered Armenia and Marivia Provinces to the Commercial Alliance as a condition for truce and peace. It is really unbearable to fight a war that would hurt one hundred enemies and self-injury sixty or seventy, so he sent the Duke of Kenmes and the Grand Duke of Feisabrun to the Northland for help. As long as Lorist agrees to send troops for reinforcements, the Second Highness is willing to send Yungeshandra Province was also placed under the jurisdiction of the Norton family.
Lorist laughed dumbfounded: "What do I want Yungeshandra Province to do?"
The Duke of Kenmes reminded him that before Lorist and the Duke of Flanders signed an agreement to jointly develop Yungeshandra Province, but it was disrupted by the Second Highness. His Royal Highness promised that as long as the Duke of Volendo participated in the battle against the commercial alliance, he would be allowed to move back to the province of Pelolina, the original family territory in the central part. Therefore, the plan to jointly develop the province of Yungeshandela was stranded indefinitely. The Norton family It took half a year and a lot of money to investigate Yungeshandra Province, all of which were useless.
The Second Highness must have thought of this development plan, so he used Yungeshangdela Province as a condition for the Norton family to send troops for reinforcements, because he couldn't come up with other benefits. This is really urgent.
A situation that the Grand Duke Fesabrun said at this time caught the attention of Lorist. Since the second half of this year, there have been many catapults and large crossbows that are almost the same as those equipped by the Norton family. Speaking of which, they are not as powerful as the catapults and steel crossbows equipped by the Norton family's armed forces, but they are superior in quantity. This is also the main reason why the Andinak kingdom's armed forces still suffer heavy casualties even though they are in a defensive position.
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