Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 416: On Allies

"Has an agreement been reached?" Lorist asked quietly.

This is a very splendid mansion in the aristocratic district of the King City of Windbury. It was originally the residence of a southern province earl of the Iberian Kingdom, but its owner was executed four years ago by the Grand Duke Feisabrun on charges of treason. The luxurious mansion was sealed. Lorist, as the Grand Duke of the North, could stay in the Rose Palace, but he didn't want to be with the Second Highness and the others, so he chose this mansion as his place to stay.

When Fatty Shi came back, it was almost dusk, and he found Lorist sitting in the gloomy study window watching the sunset in the sky. Hearing Lorist’s question, he took off his outer cloak and handed it to Genorio, who was next to him, and instructed: "Get me a bottle of fruit wine. After drinking for a long time, the tea tastes faint. ."

"His Royal Highness, an agreement has been reached. Grand Duke Feisabrun is willing to give horseshoe gold worth one million goldfords as a free ransom for the 40,000 soldiers of the Third Border Rangers Corps, but what they want is that we allocate these 40,000 soldiers. Equipped with weapons." Fatty Shi pulled a chair over and sat beside Lorist.

"Haha..." Lorist sneered: "It seems that the family of the Fesabrunn family is very rich. They have just dedicated one million to the Second Royal Highness. In a blink of an eye, they can still spend one million as a ransom. The price of their goods has to be doubled. However, for a mere one million, he wants us to equip 40,000 people with weapons and equipment. His idea is really good."

The frontier rangers of the Fesabrunn family are equipped with cavalry 103-standard armor and weapons customized from the Norton family, and a set of 65 Kingford is needed. After the surrender of the Third Border Ranger Corps, its equipment and weapons were recovered by the Norton family. Now Archduke Feisabrun wants to use horseshoe gold worth a million goldfords to rearm the 40,000 surrendered soldiers. No wonder Lorester said He has a great idea.

"His Royal Highness, this agreement still needs your consent to be implemented. If you disagree, we will slowly wrestle with them. Anyway, it is not us who is anxious," said Fatty Shi.

Lorist shook his head slightly: "It's not that simple. What did our three allies say?"

Fatty Shi took a glass of fruit wine brought by Genorio, and sipped a sip: "Earl Felim and Earl Shahin think that we and Archduke Feisabrun are now in the same kingdom of Antinac, and we are in common. The allies of the four principalities in the central region can let them go. There is no need to press them so tightly. The Duke of Kenmax tried his best to help us bargain, but Prince Fesabrunn killed them. This is their bottom line, except for this. For a million, they will never be able to take out a goldford anymore. As for our King, of course he is speaking for the Fesabrun family, and he has signaled several times that we will accept it as soon as we meet, not to be too much..."

Lorist was silent for a moment, and sighed: "Forget it, there is no need to care about it, lest people say that our Norton family is a small family. The soldiers of the Third Border Army are different from the troops we captured before, and their families are all different. In the domain of the Fesabrunn family, and they were forced to surrender, they have been unconvinced, thinking that we defeated them was a trick. Especially their legionnaire took the responsibility of surrendering in front of them and drew his sword and killed himself. It also made those soldiers harbor resentment and desire for revenge against our Norton family. We cannot let them be used by our family. The longer we imprison, the deeper our hatred, so let them go back."

"His Royal Highness, then you are not afraid of letting the tiger go back to the mountain. If the Fesabrun family wars with us again in the future, these soldiers are super powerful?" Fatty Shi was a little disapproved of releasing these 40,000 veterans.

"Haha, super-powerful? Just rely on them?" Lorist laughed and dismissed it: "I admit that mental strength can make these soldiers more powerful in the future when fighting our Norton family armed forces, but So what? Are we afraid? Real strength is not only dependent on spirit, but also requires excellent weapons, perfect defense, long-term cooperation, hard training and invincible confidence. Wait for these soldiers in the future Really fight against our family armed forces. After we are defeated again, they will fear us and fear us from the bottom of their hearts. When the spirit is crushed by us, they will be useless. What kind of combat power is there."

Fatty Shi poured the fruit wine in the cup in one gulp: "Okay, then follow this agreement."

"Wait..." Lorist said, "Don't make money for that old fellow Fisabrun. Go ask Director Speer, I remember that we seized a lot of ragged leather armor after the Principality of Madras was destroyed. Weapons like scrap copper and rotten iron were all gathered up by Superintendent Speer and thrown in the warehouse to become moldy. Go and transport these ragged pieces to equip the 40,000 prisoners of the Third Border Ranger Corps. If Fiesabrunn If the old guy protested, he told him that the original 65 sets of cavalry type 103 equipment is now being sold at a discount of 50 Jinford. If you bring another two million, you will change them, otherwise you will come to me and turn your face. Right."

Fatty Shi was amused: "His Royal Highness, you are too poisonous. The old fellow Feisabrun has to vomit blood. This is simply a real slap on the face, okay, just do it, anyway, the agreement only says to equip them. , But there is no stipulation on what equipment we must give them..."

Lorester sighed again: "I don't want to be like this. Once this happens, I'm afraid that the second majesty will slander us in the back. The Fiesabrun family will hate us to the bone. But I'm sorry, I can't help Watching the Fei Sablon family regain their vitality and strength. Compared to the Second Highness, the Fe Sablon family is our biggest threat."

Fatty Shi stopped smiling, and after a while he also sighed: "His Royal Highness, are you angry for Earl Felim and Earl Shaheen? They are allies of our family, but now they are holding us back, maybe we It is time to consider dissolving the alliance with them. In fact, many people in the family believe that if there is no Northland Four Alliance, maybe our Norton family's power will expand faster and more..."

Lorist finally stood up, walked to the window and stood by the window, looking at the street houses in the distance, and asked: "You think so too? The Northland Four Alliance is a drag on our Norton family, not Help?"

Fatty Shi shook his head: "Although I don't think so, I also feel that your Highness seems to value the alliance with the three allies too much. In fact, even if the three allies are united, they can't resist our family's soldiers. Since the Duchy of Delas and the Kingdom of Iberia, some people in the family have always believed that His Royal Highness took care of the three allies too much. Like the Kenmes family, which monopolized a province, we also allowed him to establish a maritime merchant fleet to bring the North Sea The gains from trade gave them a share.

As for Earl Felim, we not only sent troops to help him return to the family territory, we also sent troops to help him stabilize the situation, and even sacrificed and lost tens of thousands of loyal family armed forces for them to fight with the Felim family. Many family knights and officials think that our attack on the Iberian Kingdom is actually a big loss, allowing the Philim family to take advantage of it.

There is also Earl Shaheen. He was originally just a golden knight under the former Grand Duke of the Northland, Duke Luckins. Without the support of our family, he would not be a member of the four families in the Northland. How could he be qualified to be with our Norton family? Is it on par?

Although I do not support these statements, I also think that your Highness really takes care of the three allies. But I think there must be a reason and profound meaning for your Highness to do this, but our eyes are not as far away as His Highness, so we can't see clearly. "

Lorester "poofed" with a sigh of joy: "Okay, stop flattering, you just want to shoot decently, but I don't think you have any talent for flattering."

"Maybe you don’t believe it. I originally proposed to form four alliances. I didn’t think much about it. I just wanted to find a way out for the newly produced goods in the family territory. Compared with the four alliances in the North, I’m more The most important thing is the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, hoping to sell the family’s goods to other provinces through the Chamber of Commerce. As for the Northland Four Alliances, the initial significance is only to suppress the shock of those three.” Lorist lowered his head aside Plating step while talking.

"Shocked?" Fatty Shi was amazed. Lorester had never revealed this to anyone.

"Yes, shocked." Lorester said: "At that time, we just joined the three of them to dig a hole for the second prince, and then with the cooperation of the three of them, the first army of the Iberian Kingdom destroyed the second prince. Allied with tens of thousands of nobles. Then you went crazy and swept away all the nobles in the Northland except for the three allies. The excuse was that they helped the second prince attack our Norton family territory.

Think about it for yourself, if I did not propose an alliance at that time, what would happen to the Northland. Obviously those three will unite against our Norton family. Because our Norton family has swept away the territorial nobles in the entire Northland. For those three families, if they don't want to repeat the mistakes of those territorial nobles, they can only unite to deal with our powerful enemy, the Norton family. And if we want to use family arms, although we can wipe out the three of them, the loss of our family arms will be great, not worth the loss, and the North will become more turbulent, even affecting the development and development of our family territory. Construction.

That's why I proposed the four alliances to settle the hearts of the three allies, so that we will no longer have war in the North. We all work together to fight the threats from the Principality of Madras and the Iberian Kingdom. Buy time for our family's development plan. It’s just that I didn’t expect that this guy, Ken Max, managed the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce so well, and even used profits to tie the four of us tightly together, so that this covenant has been maintained until now. "

Lorester has plated more than half of the circle in the house, and he continued: "In the beginning I didn’t value this alliance very much, but until our family’s Silovas Island was attacked and led to our expedition to Hanea Bada. Islands, after the destruction of the slave kingdom, I discovered the important role of this alliance. Without those three allies to help us isolate the pressure from outside the North, it would be impossible for our Norton family to hide in the North so securely. The development and construction of the ground has enabled the family's strength to grow rapidly.

The North District Committee is really too big. It is a province of the empire, with an area as large as three Dremque provinces. With the previous strength of our Norton family, even if we control the entire Northland, it will attract countless coveted wolves. Especially the Northland’s external traffic arteries are only in three directions. If we are blocked by people, our Northland will be isolated from the territory of the former empire. To say that it sounds good is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and that it is awkward is to survive alone. Even if Niujiao Bay in Beihai City can lead to the outside world, a sea route alone cannot support the sale of a large number of goods and commodities produced in our family territory.

So even if our family's armed forces are strong enough to sweep the entire Northland, I still maintain the Northland Four Alliance. Even if I wanted to monopolize the entire Northland, I adopted the method of territory replacement instead of tearing up the covenant and using force. The Kenmes family is said to be the first hostile family to be violent with our Norton family. Before I returned to the family territory, they were launching an aggressive offensive against our family. At that time, the Norton family was beaten into a tortoise. Can only be beaten passively.

Logically speaking, I should destroy the entire Kenmes family and thwart my bones to dispel my hatred, right? It is a pity that the father of Duke Kenmez is indeed a man with unique vision. He swiftly avoided my soldiers and ran to the eastern part of the Northland. Finally forgiven them. Then during the contact, I found that the business talent of this guy Kenmez is the same as you, but you are in charge of the overall situation, and his focus is on business and interpersonal communication. It is this appreciation that makes us friends.

Among the three allies, the Duke of Kenmax is the one who has seen the farthest. He knows that as long as he maintains this alliance, the Kenmax family can smoothly transform from a business family to a traditional aristocratic family. This is what he spared no effort. The reason for the dedication to operating the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. Similarly, with the expansion of the sphere of influence of our four Northland alliances, the influence of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce has also increased day by day. For the Duke of Kenmes, this is the best of both worlds.

I once heard someone say a vernacular, which means three piles for a fence and three gangs for a hero. Although the Norton family has been inherited for two to three hundred years, it is still a small nobleman in the northern border, which is incomparable to those powerful noble families with a long history on the mainland. In the former Christian Empire, the Norton family was known for its loyalty. That’s why we insisted on loyalty to the Christian royal family’s orthodox heritage and the Antinac royal family. This is like putting a heavy burden on our family. Easy to remove from the back is difficult.

You should be very clear about the scruples of the Second Royal Highness towards our Norton family, and our family has not yet been promoted, and has reached the top of the title. Unless we can establish a duchy independently, this is impossible and is not allowed by the Second Royal Highness. . If you rebel, the Norton family’s two-hundred-year reputation of loyalty will be ruined. This is not something I can afford. The reputation of rebellion is not good, and I don’t want to be criticized.

So now, the four Northland alliances have become very important. Think about the tacit understanding of our four families at the beginning, which caused the Second Highness to suffer a big loss, but our Norton family took a big advantage and obtained the jurisdiction of Dremque and Winston provinces. Has become the sphere of influence of our Norton family. In the eyes of the Second Royal Highness, the four families in the Northland are one with each other. He can't target any one, he can only find a way to destroy our alliance first.

If there is no such Northland Four Alliance, then the Second Highness only needs to deal with one of our Norton family, and using rumors to slander can make the reputation of our Norton family plummet~www.readwn.com~ But we have three allies, Second Highness Normal moves are not easy to use, which is why I am fortunate to have established an alliance. Regardless of which house the Second Highness targets, he must consider whether he has the ability to withstand the other three counterattacks.

This attack on the four principalities in central China was a bait, but we had to swallow it. Count Philim is bent on reviving the reputation of the Pegasus family. At present, the family territory is encountering a manpower bottleneck. It is not surprising to turn his attention to the four central duchy. Count Shaheen has never been good at territorial management, and it is excusable to want to plunder wealth. They swallowed the bait thrown by the Second Highness, so we have to accompany them. Just like you said to me, our family will also benefit from attacking the four principalities in the central region, so the four Northland alliances must be consistent with the outside world. Steps, rather than being easily provoked by the Second Highness to form a barrier.

It's just that I didn't expect the Second Highness to pull in Grand Duke Feisabrun this time. The old guy asked for the release of the soldiers of the Third Border Regiment who had surrendered to us and made it clear that he wanted to restore his strength. Earl Felim and Earl Shaheen have now been dazzled by the benefits of attacking the four central duchys, while the Duke of Kenmax does not understand the power of Archduke Fisabrun, so they are unwilling to speak for us because they are worried about the attack. The decision of the four principalities of the central part made waves again. This is why I agreed to release those soldiers. The only pity is that without these free labor, many of the projects we have to carry out have to stop. "

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