"Your Highness, His Majesty the Emperor sent you a letter..." Genorio reported to Lorist holding a light yellow envelope decorated with exquisite patterns.
"Open the letter and see what our Majesty wants to say to me?" Lorist is very busy now. Anyway, Genorio is his third disciple and is deeply trusted. He can handle these matters .
It's afternoon tea time now, Lorist is in a gazebo in the garden, the floor is covered with thick bush mats, Lorist is lying on the ground, his two youngest sons, Jedbins and Rollinos, are sitting beside him The two babies were born on similar dates. One is the little baby of Princess Sylvia, and the other is the beloved son of concubine Daisy. They are both about two years old and almost three years old. It's the best time to move, the cutest and the most naughty when you look fleshy. The two of them regarded Lorist as a big moving toy, and they were happily playing mountain climbing, climbing up and down, having a great time.
In order to prevent the two little ones from being unhappy, Lorist had no choice but to hold back with a frowning face, and from time to time separated the two entangled little ones, so as to prevent the two happy little ones from making a fuss. Originally, afternoon tea was a leisure time for the Lorist family to get together to have some snacks and drink tea, and Lorist would tease his children. As a result, Princess Sylvia and the others who were chatting suddenly mentioned that there seemed to be a new batch of autumn women's clothing in the commercial street of the Noble District. Action is worse than heartbeat, so the five prodigal wives threw their children to Lorist and went shopping in the commercial street like a bee, and Lorist became a baby daddy...
Fortunately, the other older children still need to be tutored by tutors after afternoon tea, and the rest are these two energetic little ones, and Ann, the dejected bear kid on the other side Debelle. This guy was supposed to have two literacy tutoring classes, but the tutor let him slip away without paying attention. Then the brat took a bamboo pole and stabbed a hornet's nest he found in another small garden at noon. If Pat, the commander of the guard battalion, hadn't happened to pass by, the brat would definitely have a full head.
When Pat came over with Anderbell, the tutor was suing in front of Lorist. Lorist was also very helpless, this brat was too naughty, to be honest Lorist beat him and scolded him a lot, but Anderbell just refused to change after repeated admonition. In the end, Lorist had to punish Anderbell for his mischievousness by means of Zamabu.
"Your Highness, His Majesty the Emperor said two things in the letter. The first one is about the robbery incident of the Storm Corps in Meishan Province. He said in the letter vaguely that it was a trick set by our four Northland Alliance. Now that we have taken advantage of everything, His Majesty the Emperor hopes that we will stop chasing after it, don't go too far, and accept it as soon as we see it..."
"Hehe..." Lorist snorted twice through his nose: "I regret it now? If I had known, why should I have done it before? If he wasn't blocking our door, who would design him? If you don't do what you should do, just do it." Staring at our family, not thinking about who rescued him from the plains of Fale Hill. Begging us when we need it, and throwing it away as a rag when we don't need it.
I figured it out, our emperor is a rambunctious dog, the kind who would go if it was good, and bark if it wasn't good. Just ignore him, he's just cheating on us, there's no evidence at all that we're setting him up. The Snow Salt Merchant Association sends large caravans to the central region every April and September to do business. The team has already aroused public outrage. Can we still catch the fish without biting the bait? "
Lorist took the runny-nosed Jedbins off his body and was about to find a linen towel for him to wipe, but the clean Jedbins grabbed Lorist's trousers and rubbed his face on it, Lorist was afraid that he would be hurt by dodging, so he could only endure it, and at worst, he would change his pants later.
"What's the second thing?" Lorist asked.
"Oh, the second thing is that His Majesty the Emperor is protesting that our family's iron guards have taken over the catches of the entire Bailu Lake area. He asked us to retreat to the center line of the lake and not to cross the border. The shores of the lake serve as training grounds for artillery..."
For His Royal Highness, this year has been very difficult, except for the plundering incident of the Storm Legion that made him extremely anxious, the White Lion Legion deployed on the border between Verbasya Province and Yungeshandra Province, as well as the Norton Family sent to arrange in the The iron guards by the Bailu Lake also made His Highness feel extremely unhappy. Speaking of it, His Royal Highness is also very embarrassed, because he did not expect that the relationship between the White Lion Army and the Iron Guard Army of the Norton family would be so harmonious and friendly...
Back then, His Royal Highness agreed to Lorist's request to send a legion to be deployed in Malivia Province as a reserve force to assist the Norton family in fighting against the Commercial Alliance. In view of the experience of His Highness the Second Highness who fought bloody battles with the Commercial Alliance armed forces on the Fali Hill Plain for three years, it is obvious that this legion will become a cannon fodder army. The main forces thrown out by the legion to cover their own family's armed forces can retreat smoothly.
That's what the Second Highness thought, and if it was him, he would do the same. So after returning to the imperial capital, he reorganized the two legions under his command and dispatched all the elites to the Royal Guards. Even the former head of the White Lion Legion, Riperide Knight, was changed to the Royal Guards. Legion Commander. The remaining thorns, the knights that His Highness did not like very much, and those subordinates who could not prove their unconditional loyalty to His Highness, were all stuffed into the White Lion Army, and then sent them to Marivia Province to station. In fact, the Second Highness has already given up on the White Lion Army.
The newly-appointed head of the White Lion Army, Knight Seberg, was originally a well-known gold three-star knight in the Kingdom of Antinac, and he was loyal to the third prince, the father of the Second Highness. After the death of the third prince, he didn't value the Second Highness much, because during the imperial civil war, he opposed the strategic policy of the Second Highness's surprise attack, so that he began to sit on the bench. Even if the Second Highness assembled an army of 300,000 troops to go to the business alliance, Knight Seberg only served as the head of the corps or the deputy head of the corps, and never stood alone.
However, during the bloody battle on the Fali Hill Plain, Knight Seberg saved the life of the Second Highness once. That time, the Second Highness leaned too far when watching the enemy's camp layout on the front line, and was suddenly attacked by two great swordsmen from the Business Alliance. The surprise attack, if the Knights of Seberg happened to be patrolling by, the Second Highness would have been really dangerous that time. After all, he was only a first-level great swordsman, and the other two were both second-level great swordsmen. The sword master desperately stopped one, and His Highness was still no match for the other second-level great sword master.
Thanks to this life-saving grace, Knight Seberg finally fell into the eyes of the Second Highness. It's just that Knight Seberg is a straightforward person, he speaks up when he has something to say, and doesn't save the Second Highness any face. Such a ignorant Knight Seberg was quickly disgusted by the Second Highness. The appointment as the head of the White Lions this time really came as a surprise to many people.
Although Knight Seberg has a straightforward personality, he is not a stupid person. He knows how the Second Highness appointed him as the head of the White Lion Army. However, as an orthodox royal knight, he still accepted this appointment, and then began to reorganize the army, sharing joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and soon won the hearts of the army, and effectively controlled the entire White Lion Army.
As a backup force to assist the Norton family's armed forces, the Seberg knights also soberly adjusted their positions, and obediently obeyed the Norton family's armed forces' instructions. His cooperation made the Norton family armed very satisfied, and of course he will not forget to give benefits, such as daily food supplies, military supplies seized from the business alliance will be distributed to the White Lions, and even the monster meat transported from the Northland Don't forget to ask the White Lions to come and get a copy...
Therefore, the White Lion Legion, regarded as cannon fodder by the Second Highness, lived a more comfortable life on the front line than the Royal Guards stationed in the imperial capital, especially the two armed forces that cooperated with the Norton family to attack the business alliance's territory. Not only were the tattered armor that His Royal Highness assigned to them replaced with fine iron armor and sharp weapons captured by the Commercial Alliance, but even the pockets of every White Lion soldier were filled with gold and silver coins.
The head of Seberg's Legion also likes the Norton family's armed loot capture and distribution model. It's not a matter of quick hands and slow hands, but the allocation of shares is determined according to the completion of the task. There are special troops to search for the wealth of the occupied area. , Then register and count, and then distribute according to the proportion, even how much each soldier can be allocated is very clear. And the White Lions also received the same treatment as the Norton family's armed forces, as much as they should have, without arrears or discrimination, and every soldier of the White Lions was full of gratitude.
Under such circumstances, His Royal Highness deployed the White Lion Army on the border of Verbasya Province and Yungeshandra Province in order to make things difficult for the four northern alliances. The effect can be imagined. In August, another large caravan from the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce went to the imperial capital, so the White Lion Army stopped the road and demanded a toll, a high price of one small silver coin per person. As a result, the caravan readily paid the bill. The toll for more than 4,000 people was about 40 gold coins. In addition to the huge fleet, they paid a total of 100 gold tolls...
Only after paying the toll of the hundred gold coins, the caravan arrived in the imperial capital to make a big show, and by the way, the price of the goods was increased by 20%. The wool came from the sheep, and as a result, His Royal Highness was secretly cursed by countless residents. Almost everyone blamed the rise in prices on the greed of His Majesty the Emperor. The toll tolls earned him thousands of extra profits. No matter how you look at it, this deal is worthwhile.
At the beginning of October, the incident of the Storm Legion's robbery in Meishan Province finally spread to the imperial capital. Almost all the people who heard the news believed the fact at the same time, and some even vaguely pointed the mastermind behind the Storm Legion's robbery of the caravan to the Second Highness. After all, the greed of this noble emperor is well known to everyone. Last time, he ordered the White Lion Army to block the road to collect tolls from the caravan, which caused the price of the imperial capital to rise. So in the remote and desolate Meishan Province, he ordered the Storm Legion to rob the caravan? What's so strange
Hearing this rumor, the Second Highness smashed his bedroom again. He couldn't figure out why he ordered these two legions just to make things difficult for the four northern alliances, and to use this as an excuse to bargain with Lorist. , and take advantage of the Norton family. He didn't really want to be hostile to the four northern families. On this point, the Second Highness is very clear-headed, the strength he has now is not an opponent of the Norton family at all, and he doesn't want to force Lorist to rebel. The only thing he wants to do is to take advantage of his power as the imperial family who has just become the imperial family, to force Lorist to bow his head a little, so that all the nobles in the empire can understand that the sword master of the country is nothing special, and they still have to obey the will of the emperor. …
Just how did things turn out like this? The Second Highness was puzzled. The Storm Legion may be convincing evidence, but how could they dare to rob the caravan of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce? Also, the White Lion Army only collected a toll of 100 Jinford. Why did the emperor become the emperor who was the chief culprit of rising prices in the imperial capital? I didn't do anything myself...
It's time for dinner. Tonight's main course is two fish, which is the long-tailed white fish in Bailu Lake that the Second Highness likes to eat most.
"Huh? Where did these two long-tailed white fish come from?" The Second Highness remembered that he didn't ask anyone to go fishing in Bailu Lake.
"Your Majesty, this is presented to you by the White Lion Legion. There are fourteen in total, and they are all kept in a large bucket. They are very fresh..." The royal steward who was standing by the side bowed slightly and respectfully replied.
"White Lion Legion? Are they fishing in Bailu Lake?" Second Highness asked again.
"No, it is said that these fish were confiscated from the Iron Guard of the Norton family. In addition to the fourteen long-tailed white fish dedicated to His Majesty, there are more than a dozen carts of Bailu Lake fish for sale in the city. I heard that only It took more than two hours to sell them all. The soldiers of the White Lions also said that they would go to the Iron Guards to buy another batch of fish, and they would send them over for sale tomorrow..." the manager replied.
What's the meaning? Has my White Lions become fishmongers? His Highness the Second Highness was very angry. While eating the fish, he decided to go to the White Lion Army tomorrow morning to see what was going on.
Early the next morning, His Highness the Second Highness rushed to the White Lion Army station in Verbasya Province with only a small group of royal guards. On the road, I also encountered a large group of soldiers from the White Lion Army driving a four-wheeled carriage. It seemed that they were sending fish to the imperial capital. The Second Highness originally wanted to stop them for questioning, but those soldiers ignored them and just drove the carriage fast. It seemed that in their eyes, the fish in the carriage was more important than anything else. Come to think of it, dead fish can't be sold for as much as live fish.
His Highness was so angry that he couldn't flatter his horse to chase after the group of soldiers selling fish, so he decided to deal with it in the barracks. As a result, I arrived at the White Lion Legion's garrison in the afternoon, and got angry after just one glance at the Second Highness. Where's the person? The entire barracks was empty, with only a few figures shaking.
Fortunately, there were guards on duty at the gate of the barracks, where did the Second Highness angrily question everyone? The result was an unexpected answer. Everyone went to work. work to earn a living? What kind of work do you do? The Second Highness was a little dizzy. So the guard gave His Royal Highness a detailed working guide.
First of all, the Norton family is rebuilding the fortress of the Liechtana Castle. This time the project is huge. From the original site of the Liechtana Fortress on the mountain to the Bread Hill at the foot of the mountain are included in the reconstruction plan. Most of the White Lions soldiers They all went to build this fortress. A day's wages are paid for a day's work, including two meals of meat, and ale if the work is good.
Second, help the Iron Guard to fish in Egret Lake. Pointing to the sail shadows of fishing boats densely covered on Bailu Lake in the distance, the guard said that it is also a day's wages, and if the harvest is good, you can bring two fish back for dinner at night. Now the head of the legion, Mr. Seberg, is negotiating with the Iron Guards, because he feels that it is too disadvantageous for the White Lions to only collect 10% of the catch, and hopes to increase it to 30%, but the stingy Iron Guards The legion chief named El firmly disagreed, and the two legion chiefs have been entangled in this matter for the past two days.
Soldiers of the White Lions who don't want to work can go to wholesale the fresh fish caught by the Iron Guards and send them to the towns to sell them, and they are responsible for their own profits and losses. I heard that those guys who went to the imperial capital to sell fish made a lot of money yesterday, so they set off early this morning before three o'clock in the morning. If I hadn't been unlucky and happened to be on duty today, I would have wanted to accompany them on a trip to share some profits...
How unreasonable! His Highness was furious, how could he do this! Still working for the Norton family
Come on, the soldier guarding the gate of the barracks didn't know that the gorgeously dressed nobleman in front of him was the emperor of the empire. He curled his lips and said that only one month's military salary was paid for three months. Who can support the family if they don't work. If it weren't for being a soldier of the White Lion Army, he would have gone to the north to find work.
His Royal Highness blushed a little. He was aware of the fact that the White Lions were in arrears with the military. He originally wanted the White Lions to make up for the shortfall in military expenses from the tolls collected by the caravans, but for half a year only the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce was collected. For the tolls of this caravan, other caravans diverted to sea and landed from Qilin Port. Now thinking about the 100 gold ford as the military expenses of the army for three months is really a joke, no wonder the soldiers will go to work.
Why don't you organize yourself to go fishing in Bailu Lake? Second Highness asked.
The guard replied that, first, he knew too late, and the soldiers of the White Lions only realized it after all the fishing boats of the Iron Guards had been launched. The second is that the Iron Guards are too domineering. Just look at the two sides of the strait and you will know that there are people and boats coming and going on their side, and there is no ghost on the lakeside on my side. The lakeside here was used as a training ground, and bombardment was fired from time to time, so no one dared to stay by the lakeside, let alone prepare to launch fishing boats.
The Second Highness was so annoyed that he couldn't help writing such a letter of protest to Lorist. He just wanted to get a share of Bailu Lake's catch. After a year, at least from Bailu Lake's catch It can also be divided into about one hundred thousand gold blessings...
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