In a very short period of time, Kant has completely controlled the Stone Pass.
And at this ostentatious banquet, the ambush from the East Commandery was easily resolved, and the news that even the four great knights were captured, spread throughout the Lion Principality in just half a month.
It became a matter of chatting and laughing among the nobles after dinner.
This accident happened too fast.
The nobles who were still sitting on the stage hadn't reacted yet.
But when they reacted, they realized that the situation had been easily controlled by Kant, and a hole had been easily torn open in their original arrangement.
No one expected it, including the Countess of the Eastern County, Agatha, who was as powerful as the Grand Duke of the Lion!
Just like half a month ago.
That ugly show at the end of the banquet almost became a joke.
When the nobles were talking, they were horrified and afraid of Kant's rise, but their eyes were also a bit more playful, just like watching an opera worthy of attention.
It is also related to Countess Agatha.
After all, she is Cameron's own sister.
Kant's aunt.
All belong to the royal family.
Therefore, some top aristocrats will not give up any words of suppression.
Although there will be no effect, these rumors disgust the royal family, deepen the conflict between Kant and the Countess Agatha, and eventually cause misunderstandings between the two parties, or even fight with each other.
This is a battle between royal families.
It has nothing to do with ordinary nobles.
look now.
Inside the Principality of Lions, the East County leader was already independent from the traditional aristocratic circle, and was vaguely rejected by the nobles from the North County and South County, which was equivalent to strangers from the same country who parted ways.
Although there are still exchanges in business, exchanges between politics have been interrupted for nearly ten years!
The economy is the lifeblood that cannot be interrupted.
But there is no communication between politics, or even mutual greetings.
This shows how rigid the relationship between the two parties is, even though Countess Agatha is the sister of Cameron the Lion, and was even the most favorable heir to the Duke.
Perhaps it is because of this relationship that the relationship between the two parties is extremely poor.
As for Kant.
This sensitive baron.
All the nobles are waiting in peace, watching and coveting his current rise.
Even when some minor nobles were discussing in private, they would have expected the rise of Kant, and in their impressions it should be taken for granted, that they should have risen.
Originated from the first princess from the Silver Plate Kingdom, the second wife of Cameron the Lion.
Princess Sophia.
Only this princess, who has the support of the Yinpan Kingdom behind her, and even if she dies, has already left behind her heritage, can embrace and support such a powerful force in such a short period of time.
Even behind Kant, whether there is a shadow of the silver plate kingdom, we need to observe carefully.
But they have now also faced up to Kant's rise.
This is a new force in Beijun Territory.
Master the salt trade and the upstart royal family with a steady stream of wealth!
Behind it is the legacy left by Princess Sophia from the Silver Plate Kingdom, the power that can make the entire Lion Principality vigilant, and the absolute force that can overthrow any conspiracy!
After the death of Princess Sophia, the power she possessed was quickly disintegrated by the local nobles.
Now that I think about it carefully, it might just be a cover-up to be able to fall apart so quickly.
They are lurking.
Meanwhile wait.
Finally, when Kant was exiled and appeared in the Nalun Desert, these forces appeared and successfully rescued the blood of the princess they had been loyal to in the muddy swamp.
And go to glory, so that the entire Lion Principality must face up to it.
A battle over the power of the lion.
Coming soon.
This is why the nobles feel playful.
They can accept the rise of Kant, because this is the blood of Cameron, the Duke of the Lion, the second in line heir of the entire Principality, and he is a direct son who has great discipline and has won the title of Grand Duke.
If Kant's eldest brother dies, he will become the heir to the grand duke.
And it is in the Principality of Lions, which is established by force.
something like that.
Not less in history actually!
Just like the current Grand Duke Cameron, he can ascend the throne because he has a very, very close relationship with Kant's biological mother, Princess Sophia from the Silver Plate Kingdom.
Although not explicitly documented.
But who among these nobles is a real fool can really not know.
Just pretending not to know.
At the beginning, the struggle for the throne in the Principality of Lions was extremely fierce. Cameron, the Duke of Lions, just like Kant now, led the troops to seize the status of his elder brother's first-in-line heir by force, and silently supported him behind him, providing money Supported by force is Princess Sophia.
Even in the historical works of some scholars, it is mentioned intentionally or unintentionally that if it were not for the help of Princess Sophia, Grand Duke Cameron would definitely not be the Grand Duke, and he might have died in a certain battlefield long ago.
It is precisely because of Princess Sophia's help that the Grand Duke of the Lion Principality belongs to Cameron after all.
But exactly so.
Princess Sofia's help didn't come without a price.
The power of the Yinpan Kingdom has begun to infiltrate into the Lion Principality. It is estimated that the relationship between the two parties will reach an extremely close state in a short time, and even become a United Kingdom in a few years.
This so-called alliance is naturally the Principality of Lions joining the territory of the Silver Plate Kingdom as a vassal.
The nobles are still the nobles.
It's just that the authority of the top nobles and the lion princes will be impacted.
That's why Princess Sophia fell ill and died suddenly. The Principality of the Lion and the Kingdom of the Silver Plate went to war directly. Ten years ago, the blood flowed from the fight on the banks of the Reese Niston River, which finally led to the current stalemate between the two sides.
The Kingdom of the Silver Plate dared not cross the Rethniston River lightly.
On the plain, the cavalry group of the Lion Principality is indeed powerful.
Even if the troops of the Lion Principality could be defeated, the Yinpan Kingdom would still have to pay a price in blood, and the benefits brought by conquering the Lion Principality obviously could not make up for this price.
This is also one of the reasons for the stalemate between the two sides.
The nobles don't care.
They do.
But if the nobles above them change, they can continue to choose their allegiance.
The relationship between them is not so close, and there are still struggles among these nobles. It would be great if they could use other forces to solve each other.
Even the royal family of the Lion Principality thinks so.
For example, Dongjun collar.
Ten years ago, the East County Territory had a castle and the corresponding land on the south side of the Reese Niston River.
However, because Cameron, the Grand Duke of the Lion, just came to power, in order to stabilize the Silver Plate Kingdom, he ceded the castle and the land, but in fact the land was the fief of Countess Agatha, Cameron's own sister. one.
In the end, it also led to the official replacement of the Dongjun collar with the Dongjun collar.
It's like dividing the government.
The current Lion Principality has long been mired in some kind of internal friction.
This was a hidden danger left behind when Grand Duke Cameron succeeded to the throne, but it happened to be delayed until now because of some tricks played by the Silver Plate Kingdom.
And it's still procrastinating.
Not only the Countess Agatha of the Eastern County has her own system,
Even the North County leader is about the same!
You know, the owner of Fort Rogge in the North County, Viscount Wayne, if it wasn't for the fact that the place is barren, there is no main economic pillar, and he has to rely on the food in the South County to live, he probably would have split up by himself.
But even if he forbears it for the time being, Grand Duke Cameron, who had already noticed it, put Viscount Kevin in.
For example, Marburg between the Lion Mountains and the Death Sentence Mountains.
The castle was stuck like a nail between the plains where the two mountains meet.
Even if Viscount Wayne wanted to contact Countess Agatha in the East County Territory at that time, he had to bypass this nail, but if he bypassed it, it would take a lot of time and the detour would be far away.
Not only is it inconvenient, but it may also be directly inserted by the troops of the Nanjun leader.
Directly cut off the connection in two paragraphs!
Strategically, the planning of the Nanjun leader did not go wrong.
This is also why, those nobles are still living in peace and contentment until now, and have not set off a civil strife that would hurt both sides because of the problems left over from history and the deliberate instigation of the Yinpan Kingdom.
They are all at a stalemate, and as time goes by, Cameron's wrist becomes stronger.
Eventually all problems will be resolved.
But.
Something went wrong.
The Nalun Desert, which once seemed insignificant, has emerged with new forces.
The exiled grand duke's youngest son, Baron Kant, walked out of this barren desert, officially stepped onto the stage, successfully stood his ground on the stage, and greeted everyone proudly.
It's like slapping the faces of those nobles who used to plan but are now gloomy!
That banquet ended for nearly a month.
A steady stream of salt is being transported from the Stone Pass through merchants to all the castles and cities in the Lion Principality.
No matter whether it is the North County Territory or the South County Territory, or the closed East County Territory, those nobles have obtained the white salt through their own means, which is extremely large and quite pure.
The highest quality, finest white salt!
Traces of this table salt have even appeared in the silver plate kingdom.
As for the dwarven refined salt that was once purchased in the distant valley, the unsold market was almost hit at this time, and it was on the verge of being eliminated in a short period of time, and it was about to leave the market.
The salt purchased from the dwarves is too expensive and extremely dangerous.
There are many tribes of barbarians in the wilderness passing by.
Every caravan has an accident.
However, the caravans in the Nalun Desert only need to enter the Jianshi Pass to purchase a lot of salt, and the price is extremely low. It can be sold several times and there is a profit. It can be said that it is the passion of many nobles.
Even the tax revenue of the entire Lion Principality has doubled due to the salt trade!
Some nobles are excited.
But there are also nobles who are more sombre.
Because with the ever-increasing trade in salt, there are more and more bandit groups wandering around the Lion Principality.
There may be some bandit gangs specially arranged by nobles for extra money, but more of them are from the outside world, such as the Silver Plate Kingdom, or the bandit gangs who came from the Reese Niston River and heard the news!
Of course, there are various forces behind it.
Intertwined.
Even the nobles of the entire Lion Principality need to use the noble court to contact each other and form a joint army to wipe out the bandit gangs, so as to expel the bandits that appear from time to time in their own territories.
But also because of this, those gangs of robbers with the support of local noble forces can always escape.
It's just that many nobles also discovered strange things.
I don't know when.
Just at the junction of the three counties of North County, East County, and South County, adjacent to Masburg where Viscount Kevin was located, a bandit group whistling like a gust of wind quietly appeared and wiped out any opposing voices.
It was a bandit regiment of light cavalry.
There are about 1500 people.
The combat experience is rich, and the looting experience is even richer.
If the nobles form a coalition army to conquer and suppress, this mysterious bandit group will disappear among the plains, as if hiding in a depression or hill, very cunning.
And when the coalition army disbands, it will reappear and plunder many caravans.
Looting is not massacre.
It's a commission.
As long as the caravan pays 5 Golden Eagles, it will be released, and it will also solve the threat of other bandit groups for the caravan.
In the same short period of one month, not only was this bandit group not wiped out, but because of its good reputation, many caravans were willing to pay the Golden Eagle in exchange for the next peace.
These caravans are all engaged in the salt trade.
After a trip of trade, the profit of the caravan will never be less than 50 golden eagles.
It is definitely worth the price of 5 golden eagles in exchange for peace, and not being threatened by the worse bandits who slaughter caravans at every turn.
If they were really encountered by those bandit groups, they would probably end up losing everything.
But also sorry.
The bandit regiment formed by this group of light cavalry is only responsible for the security of the area where the three counties are handed over.
Although usually, the place where the three counties meet is the most dangerous, the bandit gangs expelled from here happen to be scattered on the flat wasteland of the three counties.
It even poses a great threat to villages in some areas.
Indirectly affected the livelihood of the lords.
Of course, these are not what businessmen care about, it is enough to make money.
If they were able to hire this group of light cavalry now, it is estimated that someone would have already hired this group of elite troops directly. As for bandit gangs and the like, there is no need to worry too much at all.
Certain mercenary regiments double as bandit gangs when they have nothing to do.
This is normal.
It's just a pity that these light cavalry didn't agree.
On the contrary, sometimes they would disappear for a few days, and then mysteriously reappear in some places in the North County Territory or South County Territory, as if they were investigating or exploring the way, which really made people feel weird.
However, in the face of the huge profits of the salt trade, not many people care about these weird things.
The most important thing is to pay attention to salt trade and business routes, and see if you can make money!
(end of this chapter)