"Your Highness, we have to be prepared. I think the peace talks with the Business Alliance may not go so smoothly..." Fatty Shi reminded after returning to the inner city.
Lorist nodded with a gloomy face: "I understand, maybe the business alliance still expects to use a Morente city to drag down our Norton family's armed forces, and send people to sneak into Morente city to incite the residents to stir up riots. Discrediting the reputation of our Norton family will also cause us trouble and consume our family's armed forces. As long as our family's armed sword sees blood, we will naturally form a blood feud with the residents of Morente City. It will become another urban battlefield.
No one can stay in a city full of hostility and hatred for long until we can't bear it anymore and kill or are forced to leave. The business alliance is likely to have this idea, and they can easily recover Morente City without any effort. As for the death or injury of more than a million residents because of them, they don't need to consider. Anyway, they can push the blame to Our Norton family has absolutely nothing to do with them... "
Lorist was really annoyed. Since the business alliance is in the first year of junior high school, he might as well do it in the fifteenth year. At this moment, Lorist wondered whether he should choose one of the high-level personnel from the captured business alliance's various chambers of commerce. It's fine to hang him if he approves it, let's kill chickens to make an example to monkeys. For example, the vice president of the Liward Chamber of Commerce and the guarding first-level great swordsman are very good candidates. I believe hanging them above the city gate will be very eye-catching.
Fatty Shi coughed a few times next to him, successfully attracting Lorist's attention: "What's wrong with you, do you have a cold or catch a cold?"
"No..." Fatty Shi couldn't laugh or cry: "I talked to you just now, but you didn't seem to hear..."
Lorist blushed: "Sorry, old man, I was distracted just now, please say it again."
"Well, what I mean is that maybe we should be patient, because the Viscount Penelope and his party you mentioned have just arrived in Mawy Forint Province according to the itinerary. If the Business Alliance is willing to respond to our peace talks, it will take another ten or so We won't get the exact news until a few days ago. As for the gift that Ledos gave us, I guess it is very likely that it was the arrangement of the armed forces of the business alliance when they retreated. I don't know that we want to negotiate a peace with the business alliance to stop this war..." Fatty Shi analyzed.
"You are very reasonable. I will order Tager to conduct a strict interrogation of these two people. I must also interrogate their bare buttocks when they were young. I will be merciful until I get an official reply from the business alliance. Spare the life of these bastards. But if the business alliance wants to make peace with us while playing ghosts and conspiracies, I will teach them a deep lesson and make them regret it forever. Which chamber of commerce sends people to Morant City to sabotage me? Hang all the captured executives of any chamber of commerce on the city wall to dry! At the same time, I will order Tagle to catch the spies sent by these business alliances one by one, and never let them slip through the net easily!" Lorist said viciously.
Fatty Shi smiled and shook his head: "Your Highness, if you want to catch the spies, without the cooperation of those local snakes in Morente City, Mr. Tagle will only be a deaf and blind man, because he can't tell the truth among the millions of residents. Who is the secret agent? The meeting with Ledos gave me an idea, I still need time to investigate and consider, and perfect this idea, maybe my idea will not only get us out of the predicament, but also have unexpected gains , I’ll take my leave first.”
Lorist was very interested in Fatty Shi's thoughts, but Fatty Shi ran too fast and brought a group of family officials to investigate the next day. Two days later, when Lorist wanted to ask Fatty Shi to find out what happened, he ran out of time again, because the Second Highness came to Morente City aggressively with the nobles of the Antinac Kingdom.
This time, His Royal Highness led the nobles confidently and asked Lorist to share the spoils with everyone. Anyway, this time the nobles of all the territories of the Antinac Kingdom united under his command and fought bloody battles with the commercial alliance forces on the Faliqiu Plain for two years. Not to mention the heavy casualties of each family, at least there is no credit but hard work ah. The Norton family attacked and occupied Morente City, the most famous commercial city in the mainland. When I eat meat and my mouth is full of oil, I must give everyone a few bones. You must know that eating alone is the most hated.
Of course, the Second Highness would not directly tell Lorist that they would share the shares, and he was also worried that Lorist would not be able to step down in that case. After all, Lorist is now the Sword Saint of the Kingdom of Antinac, with one man under ten thousand, and he can even veto his king's policy of governing the country, so the Second Highness and those nobles are in Lorist A bittersweet drama was performed at the banquet welcoming them.
First, His Royal Highness lamented the hardships of the bloody battle with the commercial alliance armed forces in the past two years, and then the nobles cried poorly in front of Lorist, talking about the heavy casualties, huge losses and unsustainable predicament of their own family armed forces. I just hope that Lorist can show mercy and give everyone something from his hands to help everyone. Anyway, Morente City is very rich, and the Norton family should share some of the profits with everyone.
Lorist looked sullenly and listened to these nobles performing all the tragic scenes, and threw the gold cup in his hand on the table: "Come with me!"
His Highness and the nobles were very happy, thinking that Lorist was persuaded by them to share something with everyone. As a result, Lorist led them to the meeting room and told the guards to take the seized list and account books after occupying Morente City and throw them in front of the Second Highness and the nobles: "Look for yourself, who just said that Morente The city is very rich, and there are Jinford's everywhere. You go out and pick them up for me. The seizures are here. In the name of the Norton family, I guarantee that these account books and lists are not fake and true. What do you want to see? Things speak for themselves!"
The Second Highness and the nobles were all dumbfounded. No one thought that the Norton family who occupied Morente City would only have such a small profit. Baron Shaheen looked through the account book and said cowardly, isn't there still about four million gold dollars, which is a huge sum of money!
huge sum of money? Lorist slammed the table and cursed: "The family fleet of labor and management sank almost all the armed warships in order to defeat the Armada of the Commercial Alliance. The loss alone is worth tens of millions. Even now, the pensions for the sacrificed soldiers of the family are not enough. I know where to get it! You think Morente City is very rich, right? Let me show you this. The labor-management family has occupied Morente City with armed forces and now has to shoulder the responsibility of feeding 1.34 million residents! Participate in this The labor and capital of the war are at a loss!"
Lorist threw a large stack of investigation reports on the commercial alliance's implementation of the food and daily necessities ration distribution system for millions of residents in Morente City to the Second Highness and the nobles. The Duke of Kenmes flipped through a few pages and shouted: "Wonderful, this is almost out of nothing. Using white strips to replace gold coins not only saves the loss and storage of gold coins in the process of market circulation, but also effectively stimulates the market. regulate and monopolize all aspects of the…”
"Wonderful fart!" Lorist said bitterly: "Labor and management have occupied Morente City, and now all the chambers of commerce in the city are gone, and this shitty quota distribution system is also finished. There are more than one million residents in the city. With our livelihood now falling on our Norton family, I feel like I'm sitting in the crater of a volcano that's about to erupt.
Fortunately, Your Majesty and you are here. I can hand over all the five fortress cities that are under the control of our family's armed forces, Morente City and Faliqiu Plain, to His Majesty the King and everyone.
Our Norton family participated in this war to stop the bloody battle between the Merchant Alliance and our kingdom. Now that we have wiped out the Armada and occupied Morant City and the Plain of Faliqiu, our goal has been accomplished. The rest of the peace talks with the business alliance is up to His Majesty, and the soldiers armed by the Norton family really hope to return to the family territory and relatives... "
Lorist didn't even want moral integrity in order to get rid of the blame. He completely forgot that he had written a letter more than ten days ago to ask His Highness to settle down, and not to spoil his plan of peace talks with the business alliance. If the Second Highness is willing to take the hot potato of Morente City to Lorist, he will be thankful. As for how the Second Highness makes troubles in Morente City, it is none of his business. It is better to leave early and go back to the north to accompany his wife. Best policy.
However, His Royal Highness is not a vegetarian either, he immediately smiled and said that Lorist is the kingdom's guardian swordsman, and the Norton family's armed forces are the most powerful fighting force in the kingdom, and there is nothing better than Lorist and the Norton family's armed forces sitting in Momo Lent City and Mana Hill Plains are more suitable candidates. As His Majesty the King of the Antinac Kingdom, he has always regarded Lorist as his brother, and believed that everything Lorist did was out of loyalty to the Kingdom and his Majesty the King...
Therefore, His Royal Highness immediately appointed Lorist as the frontline commander of the Antinak Kingdom on the Faliqiu Plain, responsible for all operations against the Commercial Alliance. At the same time, Lorist also serves as the plenipotentiary ambassador for the peace talks between the kingdom and the business alliance. All the terms of the peace talks are decided by Lorist. His Highness has unconditional trust and support for Lorist.
In order to show his sincerity, His Royal Highness also decided to give up the Bruvik fortress city he occupied. Although he has no gold coins, all the military rations stored in Bruvik City can be transferred to the Norton family's armed forces...
Dizzy, Lorist didn't expect that instead of throwing the blame away, he would sink even deeper. But what His Royal Highness said is also very reasonable. As the kingdom's national sword master, if the business alliance also has a sword master, if he doesn't sit on the front line, who will sit on the front line? Except for Lorist, no one could stop the storm sword master's surprise attack.
Only the Juggernaut can resist the Juggernaut, or like the previous business alliance, the casualties of dozens of great sword masters and more than a hundred golden swordsmen were piled up to kill the former Juggernaut of the Krissen Empire, but the price paid was too high No one can afford it anymore. This is also Lorist's duty and obligation to the kingdom as the sword master of the country. He has to sit on the front line to guard against the enemy's sword master.
As long as Lorist is on the front line, it is impossible for the Storm Swordsman of the Commercial Alliance to go deep into the territory of the Antinac Kingdom to attack other nobles or His Majesty the King. Because if he did that, Lorist would also attack and retaliate against the top management of the business alliance. It is absolutely impossible for the top management of the business alliance to exchange their lives for the life of a nobleman in the Antinac Kingdom, even if it is the Second Highness. So does the king.
"Then where does His Majesty plan to station the troops after releasing the city of Bruvik?" Lorist asked.
"With Lord Locke on the front line, I can rest assured. After two years of fierce fighting with the Commercial Alliance on the Fali Hill Plain, the kingdom's noble coalition forces are now exhausted and have no fighting power at all. So I am going to disband the coalition forces and let everyone They all brought their family armed forces back to their respective family territories to recuperate. And I also want to take my troops back to the imperial capital, I haven’t been back for three years, so it’s time to go back and have a look.” The Second Highness said affectionately.
Lorist was dumbfounded!
The Second Highness dared to use the Norton family's armed forces and Lorist as a shield, but he wanted to run away!
When Lorist was about to express that I didn't want to do anything and I wanted to go home, the Second Highness grabbed Lorist's hands and begged, "Please, Sir Locke, everything depends on you. It is very beneficial to our kingdom. The business alliance not only lost the Armada, but also surrendered more than half of the 400,000 armed forces assembled. His unrivaled feats will always be extolled and admired by future generations.
I believe that after this series of battles, the rulers of the business alliance have realized the military gap between them and our kingdom, and it is very likely that there will be no major conflicts and wars between our two countries. I think the Merchant Alliance will negotiate peace with us as we wish, and peace is not far off.
Sir Locke, please wait here for a while, as long as you negotiate an armistice agreement with the business alliance to restore peace, you can return to the Northland. After I return to the imperial capital, I will immediately mobilize a batch of grain and send it to Morente City, and I will never let your family bear the responsibility for the livelihood of more than one million residents of Morente City alone... "
His Highness the Second Highness and the nobles of the Kingdom of Antinac only stayed in Morente City for half a day and one night before leaving in a hurry, leaving faster than coming. Of course, Lorist didn't let them go back empty-handed. The batch of luxury goods seized from the inner city became their personal souvenirs of their visit to Morente City. Lorist was quite thoughtful about this.
It's just that after the Second Highness and the others left, Lorist fell into deep distress. Why couldn't he be as decisive as the protagonists in those online novels in his previous life? His Highness the Second Highness said a few good words about those nobles who flattered them but were not sympathetic. In the end, they took this thankless job. It seems that I really don't have the life of the protagonist, even if I become the top few in Galintia. One of the sword masters, but he's still a layman!
After complaining for a long time, Lorist looked up and found that Fatty Shi had entered the study and sat on the sofa at some point, with a bottle of fruit wine in his hand.
"Yeah, when did you come in? Where have you been these few days?" Lorist asked.
Fatty Shi continued to take two sips of wine before answering: "When you were lying on the table just now, I thought you were asleep, so I didn't wake you up."
Fatty Shi handed a document beside him to Lorist: "Look, this is what I thought a few days ago..."
Lorist opened the folder and read two pages before jumping up in surprise: "What? You want to create another business alliance?"
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