At the end of the song, Colin stopped spinning with his arms around Vera.
Thunderous applause ensued, and everyone praised Colin and Vera's wonderful dance moves.
Colin asked Vera to hold his arm, and came to the sidelines to entertain the officers attending the banquet.
After experiencing the two major battles of Silvermoon City and the Expedition to the Troll Empire, the current Black Cavalry Army has been deeply branded as belonging to Colin. Presumably, even if Marquis Garcia returns to the northern border at this time, it may not be easy to defeat this army. The strong army took away.
Colin has even started planning to change the name of the Black Cavalry Army.
However, considering that the Marquis of Garcia was about to be redeemed, Colin was not really in a hurry to change the name of the Black Cavalry, otherwise the appearance would be rather ugly.
This guy is thinking about marrying Vera home first, and then the Marquis Garcia will become the father-in-law, and it will be easier for the son-in-law to bargain again.
After shaking hands and chatting with the officers of the Black Cavalry Army one by one, Colin also found that these people looked at him with reverence and respect.
If it was said that these people only chose to serve Colin in accordance with the order of Marquis Garcia at the beginning, but now, they have already agreed with the new commander of the Black Cavalry from the bottom of their hearts.
Sure enough, the best way to subdue an army is to lead them to victory.
After walking around among the officers of the Black Cavalry Army, Colin finally came to the emissary of the dwarves.
"Respected Viscount Angelet, congratulations on your victory in this expedition to the Troll Empire. Your achievements have eclipsed the sun in the sky!"
"Haha, Earl Anka, you are too proud."
When she walked over just now, Vera had already whispered in Colin's ear the origin of the dwarf messenger.
Anka Menam, eldest son of Lord Menam.
The Menam family is the most prestigious family among the dwarves. Their fief is not in the northern border, but in the Crimson Flame Territory.
The so-called Crimson Flame Territory is actually the territory of the San Lorenzo family, the royal family of the Glorious Empire, the "Jingshi Crimson Flame". It is located in the center of the empire, surrounded by the east, south, west and north.
Therefore, the Marquis of Menam is of course also a vassal of the San Lorenzo family.
The eldest son of the Marquess of Menam in front of him, Earl Anka, was actually about the same age as Colin, but dwarves generally looked old, and they liked to grow thick beards, so they looked as if they were in their thirties or forties.
He is less than 1.3 meters tall, and his bloated figure makes him look a little funny.
"Viscount Angelet, you are too humble." Earl Anka always had a simple and honest smile on his face, but the flashes of light in his eyes from time to time let Colin know that this is not a simple role.
"I don't know why Earl Anka traveled thousands of miles to Ice Rock City, why?" Colin also put on a harmless smile.
"There are two main things." Earl Anka seemed to be impatient, and immediately said bluntly, "The first thing is to tell you that the Menam family has decided to send troops to the north."
"Oh?" Colin's eyes flickered, and he asked, "Why did the Menam family send troops?"
"Of course it is to conquer the Duke of St. Hilde!" Earl Anka said righteously, "As the lord of the northern border, this duke failed to fulfill his responsibility to protect the people and allowed the northern border to be invaded by trolls. Plagued by famine, people in the northern border are struggling to survive and wars are raging everywhere, and he must pay the price for this!"
"What price?"
"Give up the position of Duke of the North!"
"To whom?"
Earl Anka glanced at Vera next to Colin, and said in a deep voice, "I think Mr. Ji of the San Theon family is more suitable to be the new Lord of the North!"
Hearing this, Vera couldn't help shaking Colin's hand slightly.
Colin reached out and patted Vera's little hand, signaling her not to be nervous, then looked at Earl Anka calmly, and asked, "So, is this what Emperor Reinhardt meant?"
"No, this is just the meaning of the Menam family. Moreover, we also received the Marquis Dawson's request for help, so we decided to send troops to the north to conquer the Duke of St. Hilde, the unqualified lord of the north!"
I believe you ghost!
Colin complained secretly, he didn't believe that the Menam family sent troops without the consent of Emperor Reinhardt.
Without the acquiescence of the Emperor of the Glorious Empire, the troops of the Menam Family might not even be able to walk out of the Crimson Flame Territory safely.
But why
Colin immediately fell into deep confusion.
He originally thought that the in-law relationship between the San Lorenzo family and the San Hilde family would definitely help the northern border resist the invasion of the San Seon family.
What's more, there was a deep hatred between the San Theon family and the imperial royal family.
It doesn't make sense that the imperial family now connives at the Menam family to help the San Theon family.
What the hell is Emperor Reinhard thinking
Instead of helping your uncle, help your enemy instead
Seeing that Colin was deep in thought, Earl Anka had a smug smile, and then continued, "The second thing is directly related to you."
"Oh?" Colin withdrew his mind, nodded and said, "Please tell me."
"My lord father wants to exchange territory with the Angelet family!"
"Replace territory?" Colin was a little dazed, his brows furrowed deeply.
Seeing this, Earl Anka comforted him: "Please rest assured, our Menam family has always done things fairly, and the area of the territory used to replace it with you will definitely not be small, and the output will only be more and not less."
Colin narrowed his eyes, seemed to understand something, and asked again: "I'm afraid it's not just my family's territory that your Menam family wants to replace?"
"Of course there are more than that. There are also the Morrison family, the Lombard family, and the Billy family..."
Listening to the names spoken by Earl Anka, Colin also confirmed the location of these territories in his heart.
Only then did he realize that after these territories were replaced, the Maynam family would completely move to the northern border, and their territory would be integrated with the Dawson family.
Hehe, this is probably the territory of the future dwarf kingdom!
It turned out that the San Lorenzo family had this idea.
Taking advantage of the turmoil in the north, all the dwarves of Feiyan were moved to the north, and then allowed to establish their own country.
After the founding of the country, the Dwarf Kingdom will naturally become a subsidiary country of the Glory Empire. The object of the dwarf king's allegiance cannot be the Lord of the North, but Emperor Reinhardt.
And Ke Lin, the original northern lords who were replaced by the Crimson Flame Territory, may also switch their families one after another and swear allegiance to the emperor.
In this way, the San Lorenzo family divided the northern border without paying anything, and even took a large piece of territory from it.
What a good plan!
So, is this the reason why Emperor Reinhardt did not help his brother-in-law, but prepared to support the former family enemy to become the Duke of the North
Colin always felt that this reason was a bit far-fetched.
"Earl Anka, this matter is of great importance. I need time to think about it."
"Of course." Earl Anka nodded, "However, you'd better hurry up. The army of our Menam family will enter the northern border in early May. The longer it takes, the territory you can replace may be more The less."
"Hehe, I will do it as soon as possible." Colin smiled lightly, then nodded, said goodbye and turned around.
After walking a few steps, Vera asked in a low voice: "Colin, will the northern border really become the territory of the San Theon family?"
Ke Lin turned his head, looked at Vera with a worried face, and comforted him in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, if you want to change the owner of the northern border, you should ask my opinion no matter what!"
Vera looked at the confident Colin, and suddenly smiled in relief.
When facing despair many times, this magical man can always surprise her.
This time, she believed it would be no exception.
(end of this chapter)