I was regarded as a demon god by a witch

Chapter 373 Blue Blood Law and the Sponsorship of the Church and the Kingdom!
Ivita frowned. He didn't expect to have support from his own family, but it was indeed something he desperately needed now.

But there is only one thing, which is very troublesome.

It is the other party's support for me, and now it seems that it is not without cost. How to weigh the support from the branch of the Mangoya family and the price I promised after my success is a big problem.

Ivita thought about it and said to the messengers: "If I occupy Cross Island, what do you need?"

Throwing the question back is also a way of responding, and it can also test the other party's intentions and bottom line for oneself.

The two envoys from Mangoya looked at each other, and then said to Ivita: "For us small countries, the most important thing is to ensure the survival of the mainland. Even if we have a vast ocean space and a great king and loyal faith , but because of the small size of the land, it is easy to be taken over by a strong enemy."

"Therefore, the Kingdom of Mangotooth always needs allies. Our recent allies [Kingdom of Champagne and Brandy] have had religious heresy and turmoil, which makes us no longer able to rely on them. This makes us next to the Kingdom of Pearltooth, which is a historical friend on the surface. We are ready to make a move, and the pagan countries across the ocean have begun to have evil thoughts about us."

The messenger bowed his head to Ivita and said: "Therefore, we need a real ally to supplement our unstable ally in the past."

"If you get the kingdom in the Black Sea, maybe you can form an alliance with our kingdom and join the No.13 Holy War to send troops against the kingdom on the other side of the sea."

Ivita did not refuse, "These are not problems."

I always need allies, so Mangoya Kingdom asked me to become their ally in the future, which is not even a requirement for me.

As for the second point, join the Holy Religion War.

That's not a problem, in the magical black forest, one of the main responsibilities of the nations is to join the holy war against the armies of the heretics.

Ivita quickly realized that this was because the Mangoya Kingdom had made an idle move against herself before it was sure whether it could achieve its goal.

Therefore, they didn't even make too many demands on themselves, it was something win-win.

In order to confirm his guess, Ivita asked the messenger. "So, if I accept your kingdom's funding for me, how much resources can I get every year?"

The two envoys looked at each other, and the leading envoy said to Ivita, "We will give you fifteen hundred gold pounds in war aid every year."

Evita smiled wryly.

Okay, although this amount is not too shabby, it is really not too much.

The leading envoy of the Mangotooth Kingdom said to Ivita: "In addition, our Mangotooth Kingdom will give you a lot of supplies as a priority, even including finished products such as extraterrestrial plants and secret medicines, but knight inheritance and secret medicines are not provided. System inheritance."

Ivita nodded, saying that the other party only sells finished products, not principles and formulas.

This is also human nature.

The current situation is as if one of the five permanent countries on earth is funding its own weapons, but will not give itself the technology.

Evita straightened up. "Then I would like to ask, how to increase your country's funding for my territory?"

The two envoys glanced at each other again, and then said solemnly: "There is also a way, Lord Ivita. That's right, our king [Alfonso III] is not very interested in the fleet and treasures of the Black Sea, but we are interested in the Black Sea fleet and treasures." The one thing that the big pirates are interested in is... the sea charts in their hands."

"If you agree to share the sea chart with our kingdom to the greatest extent after you get the Cross Island. Then our kingdom can sponsor you a fourth-level knight, a third-level witch, and a 500-man infantry team and A hundred artillerymen, and a hundred ordinary cavalry."

"But you have to pay the annual commission of this army yourself, which is about seven thousand pounds a year."

Ivita lowered his head and thought for a while, probably guessing the purpose of this cheap uncle of his own.

Nautical charts are very crucial for maritime countries and are the main basis for their fleets to explore unknown sea areas. Therefore, it is difficult for land countries to understand the determination and interest of maritime countries in collecting nautical charts.

For the Mangoya Kingdom, the information recorded on the charts in the Black Sea in various strange sea areas in the world is like a delicacy.

People in Mangoya Kingdom are salivating just thinking about it.

Moreover, Evita and the Hearthstone Witch speculated on the volcanic island that Marco Anson's fleet had found the New World, so it is hard to say whether his cheap uncle Alfonso III also knew this and asked Share the charts of the Black Sea yourself.

But despite this, for me, what I want has always been the Kingdom of Alsace on land.

And it is impossible for one person to eat the new world.

The new continent that has not been developed is like a barren and barbaric place, where neither taxes nor soldiers can be collected.

Although it is against common sense to say this, in fact, rashly developing a new continent can easily bankrupt a weak king directly.

As for the cost of the army, considering that this mercenary team has a fourth-level knight, it is reasonable to pay seven thousand gold pounds. Anyway, it costs every year to raise the thousand-man army (rabble) of that guy Kino Kennedy. Five thousand gold pounds.

It's just that in this way, it is equivalent to spending almost all of the finances of one's own territory on military expenses.

Ivita thought for a while and decided to get the army first. As for how to get the money, she would figure out another way.

If it doesn't work, the worst policy is to use war to support war.

In layman's terms, if you have no money, just rob those pirates on Cross Island.

Ivita nodded and said to the two messengers: "I agree. Tell my uncle Alfonso III, I send my greetings to him, and hope that the God of All Things can bless him."

The two envoys immediately showed expressions of relief.

Being able to successfully complete the scheduled mission is also a lucky thing for diplomats like them.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness Ivita Alsace has a good character and did not embarrass them.

The leading messenger said to Ivita: "My lord, my name is Vojth Savoy. I am honored to serve you. Really, there are very few young and promising people like you in this world." gone."

Wilson behind Ivita raised his eyebrows, and then whispered to Ivita: "My lord, Savoy is a famous family, and they are the ruler family of the Principality of Waldo."

Ivita looked at the messenger in surprise.

By the way, once in Ambrose, there was a bishop who reminded himself that he could marry the Monferrato family of the Principality of Waldo, because although the Monferrato family is only a lord family of the earl country, it is related to various principalities and Kingdoms, especially those of the Franks, had deep affinities.

Therefore, marrying into that family will be of great help to one's career.

But that was based on the premise that in the bishop's eyes, he would only be a baron, and for himself now, there was no need to marry the daughter of an earl's family.

After all, the blood of the earl's family is all in the kingdom and the principality, and it is impossible for him to marry a side branch.

It's just that Ivita didn't expect that he would meet a diplomat from the Savoy family on Cross Island.

Vojth Savoy smiled wryly at Iveta. "I'm just a branch of that great family. It's nothing. The law that governs the Principality of Waldoux is the [Blue Blood Law], and the people there value the blood honor of nobles most. Bloodlines like mine are relatively humble. People who have not received any help because of this status."

Iveta swept over Wilson, and Wilson said to Iveta: "I have also heard of the blue blood law. Under the blue blood law, there are two types of people in the Principality. The first is the blue blood nobles, and the second The second type is ordinary humans."

"Blue-blooded nobles don't mean that their blood is really blue. It's just because nobles never do physical work and naturally don't get much sun. Over time, their skin has no blood color, only fair skin, and the blood vessels will be clear on the back of their hands. It can be seen that this kind of people are called blue blood nobles."

"The blue-blooded law grants these blue-blooded nobles a lot of rights. There are certain things that only the blue-blooded nobles can do. Ordinary people will break the law if they do it, and the soldiers will arrest those civilians."

"For example, there is an anecdote that a commoner ate a mouthful of rice cakes on the streets of the Principality of Waldo, he was arrested by the soldiers of that country, and was whipped thirty times, just because of the blue blood law Under these conditions, only blue-blooded nobles can walk and eat on the road at the same time."

"Also in that country, civilians cannot eat refined rice or drink refined wine. Weddings and funerals must be approved by the lord, and they must be paid to the lord with the lord's consent. That principality prevents the people from They all ran out of their country, and many guard posts were placed on the border to prevent people from escaping from their country."

"My lord, the interesting thing is that the Principality of Waldo and the Principality of Lombardy are neighboring countries, and there is only a mountain in the middle to separate the two countries."

Ivita raised his forehead and was a little speechless. He had seen the lives of the people of Lombardy Duchy under the laws of the Iron Crown, but he did not expect that his neighboring country, the Duchy of Waldo, was even more outrageous than it.

Is it true that the two countries do not belong to the same family?

Sure enough, the neighboring countries of the wonderful country will definitely be abnormal.

Wojter Savoy smiled wryly. "Yeah, that country is outrageous. That's why my grandparents tried to get out of that country."

Ivita said: "I'm a little tired. Go down first."

After the two envoys went down, Ivita asked for the envoy from Antioch to come over.

Soon, a young priest with a slightly haughty expression walked into the side hall, wearing a white cassock with a golden sacred number '4' embroidered with gold thread on the collar. Use your nostrils to read people's expressions.

Evita is also not surprised.

People in the church are inevitably a little arrogant.

"You are Mr. Ivita." The priest said: "On behalf of General Antioch, I express my goodwill to you. This is the personal goodwill of Lord Antioch."

He paused, as if waiting for Evita to thank him devoutly.

But he was disappointed to see Iveta, just looking at him curiously.

Ivita waited for a while, took a sip of tea, and saw that this guy still had an expression of your happiness and gratitude, and then realized the purpose of this messenger.

"Hmm...thank you, General Antioch."

The priest pursed his lips, what is Iveta's reaction called?

This is too perfunctory.

But for the sake of business, he didn't pursue it any further. Instead, he said to Ivita: "The Isenhanjian pirates have plundered many church ships. General Antioch is very grateful to you for eliminating this scourge in the world." satisfy."

He paused again, waiting for Evita's reaction.

This time Iveta has already understood the nature of this bird man, which is to save face, so Iveta also said very cooperatively: "Eliminating scum, I think it is the basic morality of everyone to be a human being."

The priest showed a satisfied look, nodded and said: "Mr. Ivita, I guessed right, you are indeed a devout believer. General Antiochus decided to thank you for eliminating pirates, and he will soon eliminate more pirates. Support some high-level professionals to make up for the lack of high-level professionals in your army."

"This includes a senior knight of the fourth level, a ranger of the third level, and a sharp archer of the third level."

Evita blinked.

This is, as long as I have the strength in place, will sleepy send you pillows?
Unexpectedly, he could only occupy two earldoms, and there were two forces in the front and back to actively support him.

Now he has been sponsored into the army and so many high-level professionals.

In this way, his own power has been stabilized.

Ivita thought of many self-made overlords in previous lives. They were all difficult before easy, and a large number of families were willing to invest in them after they developed.

In fact, strength is like a snowball. The early stage is the hardest and most difficult, but in the middle and late stages, it is very easy.

Ivita got the benefits, so she thought it would be better to satisfy the vanity of the good-faced priest. "Thanks to the great Lord of all things, to the great Church."

"Thank you General Antiochus and you, this has been a great help, but what do I have to pay?"

The priest who was already very satisfied pressed Ivita's shoulder in a very excited mood and said emotionally: "Mr. Ivita, you only need to maintain your firm belief in the Lord of All Things. The only request to you."

"But if you really want to do something for the church and the cause of the God of All Things, then after you get everything you want, join the No.13 holy war, and that's it."

This is the second time Iveta has been invited to participate in the holy war today.

Ivita asked suspiciously: "I heard that the No. 13 Holy War has already begun. Could it be that our record on the front line is poor?"

The face of the good-natured priest faltered with embarrassment.

He coughed and said: "All of this is God's test for us. He hopes that we can still strengthen our faith even in the most critical times. The victory of the pagans is only temporary."

(End of this chapter)