Menethil's Power

Chapter 436

"By the way, I forgot to ask these days, how are you doing in North Gilneas?"

Isaacs slowed down the speed of the steed under his crotch, turned his head and asked Alsace who was also riding on horseback.

At this time, it has been more than a week since Isaacs returned to the royal city. The two brothers were wearing very formal attire at this time, riding on a white horse with ornate decorations and heading slowly from the royal palace to the city gate, followed by a group of people. The entire guard of honor, this is obviously going to meet some important visitor.

"To put it simply, the political system of the Republic of Northern Gilneas hasn't changed much. Many people wanted to pay their allegiance directly to the king, but I refused." Alsace replied lazily.

"Oh?" Isaacs showed interest and waited for the next article.

"I asked them to issue a statement indicating that Northern Gilneas has always been a loyal ally of Lordaeron. The two sides will establish a very close cooperative relationship. The first is military integration. Northern Gilneas will accept Lordaeron's garrison. There will be no more trade barriers between them, and only the lowest level of tariffs will be imposed on each other's goods." Alsace said, with an expression like a student reporting his excellent academic performance.

"Good job." Isaacs praised,

After experiencing the natural disaster and plague, annexing the Republic of Northern Gilneas would be an easy task, but doing so at this time has fallen into a disadvantage, because Lordaeron's productivity has developed rapidly in recent years, although it is still a monarchy, But it is no longer a medieval country at all. In order to obtain enough benefits from an area, land conquest is not necessarily necessary.

Alsace obviously also understands this, and his political science and economics are qualified.

If Northern Gilneas is included in the territory of Lordaeron, it means that Lordaeron needs to spend a lot of time to rebuild social order and appease the people, and because Lordaeron is currently far more developed than most parts of Northern Gilneas, this It means that a large amount of infrastructure needs to be built for these newly added areas, which will be a very large investment.

In peacetime, this kind of investment is naturally cost-effective, but now it is really troublesome, and it is really not the time to expand the territory.

What's more, the so-called parliamentary system in Northern Gilneas is actually just those veteran nobles who decide the fate of the country by competing for who has the loudest voice. Huge trouble.

Under certain circumstances, the territory of a country is not actually bigger the better.Allowing troops to be garrisoned and opening up trade is basically a gesture of complete surrender. Lordaeron can obtain a lot of benefits from Northern Gilneas without paying corresponding responsibilities.

In a sense, this is the prerogative of the Lord of the Alliance.

"Oh, by the way, do you still remember the Crowley family? It's the family that was supposed to marry us in Lordaeron." Alsace mentioned again as if casually.

"Of course." Isaacs nodded. This marriage contract, which eventually became a dead letter, was made by the Lord Prestor. The Black Dragon Lord who infiltrated the human kingdom wanted to control Lordaeron to become the overlord of the alliance, but he had to Run away, but at the national level, he actually left a pretty good situation.

When the history books of later generations were compiled, I am afraid that Lord Prestor was not intended to give Lord Prestor the title of "Founder of Modernization of Lordaeron".

"The Crowley family is considered to be mainly responsible for the natural disasters and plagues, and they have been ostracized within Northern Gilneas. They are also the only family that opposes signing the treaties I am talking about with Lordaeron. Darius Crowley The Duke made a decision in a fit of anger, and guess what? The Crowley family actually passed through the Greymane Wall and returned to Jean's territory."

Under the leadership of Isaacs, Gilneas split because of the conflict between the Crowley family and the royal Greymane family. Now that Crowley has reunited with Greymane, I have to say that the development of the political situation is really full of wonders. .

"I don't know if the Kingdom of Gilneas will send someone to this alliance summit." Alsace said with emotion.

While talking, they had already arrived at the gate of the city, and there was already a team waiting outside, and the flying golden lion flag on a blue background showed the identity of the other party.

Although it is the furthest away, the Kingdom of Stormwind did arrive first.

Arthas saw the tall young man at the front of the Stormwind Kingdom queue at a glance, "Long time no see, Varian!" he yelled.

The two princes of Lordaeron were required to greet them in person, so naturally the king of the Stormwind Kingdom arrived in person, and the reason why Varian arrived in such a hurry was very simple. Isaacs revealed to him the news of the Outland Expeditionary Force.

Although he did not wear the crown, Varian, who has been on the throne for more than ten years, already has a majestic aura without anger. He is no longer the helpless boy he was back then. When he saw Arthas , the resolute lines on the King of Stormwind's face suddenly softened, "Yeah, long time no see."

Arthas dismounted, and Varian did the same. The two grown-up teenagers shared a real hug. Their friendship was formed during the Second War, and they haven't seen much since. Chance, but their friendship did not fade.

"Welcome to Lordaeron, Your Majesty Varian." Isaacs said politely after the two boys separated.

He didn't get along very well with Varian like Alsace, the two sides could only be said to be ordinary friends, but they established a certain comrade-in-arms friendship during the Battle of Quel'Thalas.

"I heard that you have become a wise monarch." Alsace said happily: "Where is Little Rhine? He should be able to walk now, I remember when I went to Stormwind City years ago, he pinched my finger It took a lot of effort! He will definitely become an excellent fighter like you in the future!"

Little Rhine?Isaacs was stunned for a while, and then realized that in the second war, Anduin Lothar was not killed, and Varian would not name his son Anduin in memory of him.

The new generation of Prince Stormwind inherited his grandfather's name.

"Little Rhine is with his mother," the young king's expression softened when he mentioned his son and wife. "He's healthy and cute, just like an angel."

"Strong and cute, it combines the advantages of you and Tiffany." Alsace said, and the two good friends looked at each other and smiled.

This has to make people feel that time has passed. The last time Varian came to Lordaeron, he was only a 15-year-old boy, but now he has become a father.

Isaacs was watching Varian from the sidelines. The young king should be in the smoothest period of his life. Judging from his expression, nothing out of control has happened in Stormwind City. This timeline has changed. Now, Varian probably didn't suffer as much as it has historically.

Of course, this is only a possibility. Isaacs made his own timeline completely independent, which means that no one will know the future direction, even if Isaacs inherited Nozdormu's position.

Bronze dragons have never had the ability to see through the future, they are just arranging the timeline according to an established standard flow chart.

After another exchange of pleasantries between Alsace and Varian, Isaacs said, "By the way, Your Majesty Varian, I wonder if Old Marshal Lothar will come? The expeditionary force from Outland is about to return home. If they can see The former leader’s words must be very moving.”

One of the reasons for holding the alliance summit this time is about the return of the Outland Expeditionary Force.

"Uncle Lothar was seriously injured in the Battle of Blackrock Spire. Fortunately, blessed by the Holy Light, he survived, but he was recuperated until a few years ago. Unfortunately, he can no longer use too much power Strength, let alone fighting." Varian's tone became a little heavy.

Unable to use force, this means that Sir Lothar, who was once a heroic warrior, is now just an ordinary old man.

"I was worried that his body would not be able to bear the fatigue of the horses and horses, so I arranged for a group of mages to teleport him. He should be teleported in two days." Varian continued.

Isaacs nodded. "I'll bring that to the attention of the royal mages," he said.

After the three new-generation talkers of the alliance finished talking, a short and puffy figure slowly walked out of the Stormwind queue. He was wearing a horn helmet and had brown hair so thick that it almost fell to the ground With a brown beard, he showed a very exaggerated expression when he saw the two princes of Lordaeron.

"Ha ha, boys! Look who's coming!" he yelled.

"Muradin?" Arthas called out unexpectedly, and the little prince looked very surprised, "Why are you here?"

The dwarf of this strong man was Alsace's weapon instructor, and the little prince learned his skillful sledgehammer from this guy.

"How could Ironforge be missing from the alliance summit? Just when I was about to leave, Varian happened to be passing by to visit our copperbeard dwarves, so I came along with his boat." The dwarf said sharply, and he went to In front of the two princes of Lordaeron, he sized them up, "You have grown taller and stronger." The dwarf commented, "I wonder how strong you are now?"

"It shouldn't be much worse than you." Alsace said, pretending to be modest. Under Isaacs' various supervision and teaching, Alsace finally stepped into the hero level. He can now be said to be a hero. Full of confidence, I want to compete with everyone I see.

The dwarf snorted disdainfully from his nostrils.

"Muradin, how is your research on the Norgannon Disk going?" Isaacs interrupted.

When I got the Norgannon Disc from Uldaman, Isaacs gave it to the Explorers' Association for safekeeping and research. According to the agreement, the two parties shared the ownership of this artifact and the research results.

"Don't mention it." Muradin suddenly became frowning, "The thing that took the old nose to get back is almost like an iron bump. I often study for several months and get a bunch of garbled data, which is not useful at all. Things, Brian estimates that if we want to fully understand what the disk records, it will take at least 2000 years!"

Isaacs shook his head helplessly, "Let's not talk about this for now." He looked at Varian and Muradin, "Please go to the city, you two, we have arranged suitable accommodation for you, and wait until the leaders of other countries arrive Then we will have a summit."

"Exactly." Varian nodded.

"You'd better prepare enough wine!" The dwarf yelled loudly.

"Don't worry, you are indispensable." Even Alsace showed a very helpless look.

The Stormwind envoys slowly entered the royal city of Lordaeron. Muradin, a big-hearted guy, came alone, but Varian brought a large number of entourages. Most of them were dressed luxuriously and had extraordinary bearing. A figure with status in Stormwind City.

Isaacs glanced at them inadvertently, but suddenly found a familiar beautiful face, and then his eyes locked on her firmly.

Isaacs is no longer the brat who makes a fuss when he sees any beautiful girls in Azeroth. Over the years, he has seen many peerless beauties, and even enjoyed a few, so he has long been accustomed to beauties, but this The noble girl with long black hair made him unable to move his eyes away.

There is no other reason, this is an old acquaintance, the black dragon princess Onyxia.

Facing Isaacs' gaze, Onyxia seemed completely indifferent, but she was obviously pretending to be calm. She had also deliberately hid in the crowd before to avoid being discovered by Isaacs.

Obviously, the period of detention after returning from the Wandering Isle caused a lot of psychological shadow to Princess Black Dragon.

Isaacs still had a soft heart for this little black dragon beauty, so even though the female dragon caused him a lot of trouble at the beginning, he didn't kill her, but asked her brother Nefarian to redeem her back , for this sister, the Black Dragon Prince was bleeding a lot, and sent a large number of weapons and source metal forging technology.

Isaacs can be said to have earned blood in that deal, so he does not regret letting Onyxia go back. After all, it is precisely because of this black dragon princess that he can reach a tacit ally with Nefarian relationship, but Onyxia actually sneaked into Stormwind City instead?

This is not surprising. Although Nefarian had a dissatisfaction with his father, he obviously didn't dare to show it. Before Deathwing disappeared, he left missions for the black dragon brothers and sisters. Nefarian was responsible for the research of colorful dragons and Create enough sourceium metal to prepare for his new armor, while Onyxia will complete the unfinished business of Lord Prestor - secretly control the alliance.

What has this female dragon been doing during this time?Could it be that they provoked the conflict between the Stonemasons Association and the nobles of Stormwind City as in the original history, and then indirectly killed Varian's queen Tiffany, causing the young king to fall into a rage?
Isaacs frowned. He knew it was time to talk to the female dragon alone.

(End of this chapter)