Transcendent Noble

Victor ascends to the fourth floor of the lord’s mansion, and Nicole in a yellow tunic dress is cheerfully standing in front of the Conference Hall.

"My dear, come in quickly." She smiled forward and took her sweetheart's arm, and pushed open the iron oak door, "Madam is about to send someone to find you, and you will be back."

In the Conference Hall, the big and small lords of the York family and nine silver knights gathered together, dozens of pairs of eyes were looking at Victor who walked in. Sylvia sat on the main seat, turned her head and smiled at Victor, and said softly: "My dear, please sit by my side."

The Conference Hall on the fourth floor of Silvermoon Manor is different from the traditional Lord Hall. .

The lord’s hall is similar to a classroom. The lord is high on the throne. The right hand is the lord’s wife. The left hand is the first heir of the family. Opposite the throne is a three-person table, representing the position of the couple and heir of the vassal lord.

This Conference Hall is modeled after a modern Conference Hall, with an oval redwood table in the middle, which can seat 40 people, and there is a circle of leather sofa chairs around the table. Such a layout is better than being cordial and easy-going, but it does not reflect the authority of the family leader, and it can't be considered on formal occasions if it violates the etiquette system.

However, Victor doesn't want to see Duke York and Sylvia sitting together, which makes him very awkward. Of course, Enbis.York is also unwilling to stay by Sylvia's side. Spiritual God Knight’s disgust always uses divine might pressure to clearly show the signal of “Don’t approach me”. It is difficult for mortals to resist this invisible pressure. Once Enbis gets close to Sylvia, he will sweat coldly, like sitting on pins and needles.

Victor sat down beside Sylvia and saw Enbis and Katerina opposite the long conference table. People around turned a blind eye to this, as if he was the Duke of the York family. Victor couldn't help feeling a little bit ridiculous. After careful observation, he found that the seating arrangement of the Conference Hall was strange.

The left and right hands of Duke York and Mrs. Katerina are Great Knight Bruce and Tracey’s big brother Viscount Raven, followed by the four Lord Baron. They have a common feature-they are all newly canonized vassal lords, relying heavily on the support of the duke, and they can be regarded as the direct line of Enbis.

Next are the Great Knight Viscount Girith and Viscount Metlow. Their territories guard the Duke’s direct leadership. The two take turns guarding the central fortress, and they have a closer relationship with Enbis.

Then there are Viscount Hanas and Viscount Walter. These two Great Knights once served the two counts of the three eastern provinces. After their lord was hanged by Neowest on charges of treason, they accepted Sylvia's solicitation and swore allegiance to become the vassal lord of the York family. Their position happens to be in the middle of the conference table.

Further on, Viscount Fred, Mrs. Audrey, Count Terlandon and Mrs. Ulena, the four Great Knights sat opposite each other. They are Duke York's younger brother and cousin, and their strength, bloodline, and inheritance are enough to challenge the position of Enbis and Katerina.

The last ones are the think tank members of Rose Manor, Nicole, guardian Knight Tracey, Victor and Sylvia.

If you look backwards, Enbis and Katerina are the main seats. They are arranged according to distance. Looking over, Rose Manor arranges seats according to the strength of the vassal lord.

Victor thought about it carefully and found that Sylvia deprived Enbis of the right to enter and exit Rose Manor after Katerina was promoted to Great Knight. In other words, regardless of the existence of Victor, Sylvia had to let Katerina act as the Duchess. The responsibilities of Rose Manor out of the limits of the Duchess’ mansion, became the highest authority of the York family.

When Enbis was weak, Sylvia had to support him. Bruce and Katerina stepped into the silver realm one after another. Enbis lineage was full of wings, and she got rid of the role of the duchess and exercised the authority of the family Guardian.

Spiritual God Knight puts too much pressure on the vassal lord. Only by acting as an objective and fair Guardian can Sylvia establish her own authority and ensure the unity and stability of the York family.

Actually, Sylvia is now the queen of Centaur Hills, Tracey and Nicole are the queen’s guard leaders, Victor is the inner minister, Enbis is the heir to the throne, and the others are the queen’s lords.

This is a royal meeting of Queen Rose!

Victor propped his chin and stared at Sylvia's perfect profile, thinking: I just crossed over and slept with a queen... Or I was lucky enough by the queen when I came here. ?

Sylvia has a keen spirit and a delicate mind. She knows the psychological activities of her intimate lover. She quietly smashed Victor’s instep with high heels, and raised her eyebrows and said: "My dear, the Pope’s What did you talk about?" Faint smile seemed to say: Wait for me, and I will clean up you later.

Victor pursed his lips and spoke out the conversation with Clement without omission and in detail.

"The Pope supported my hiring of Legion. He clarified three conditions. First, try to settle the refugees; second, hire Legion and the priest not to participate in the war between the lords; third, Randal led The stewards, deacons and military officers must be trained in the school as a trainee pastor.” He concluded.

Sylvia thought for a moment and asked: "From the standpoint of the Randal Family, what do you think of the Pope’s proposal?"

Victor mused: "I have two Choose, continue to absorb the refugees, expand the employment of Legion. Or absorb the refugees to a limited extent, transform the existing refugee families into Randal families, and concentrate on training the next generation of soldiers. I prefer the second choice."

"First of all, absorbing a large number of refugees will challenge Randal’s administrative system and increase placement costs. Second, the training time for refugees hired by soldiers is too short, battle strength and loyalty are difficult to guarantee, and they are particularly vulnerable to infiltration. Finally, hire soldiers Because of their lack of strength, their casualties must be very high. With too many people dead, I will be very passive, and even risk being sanctioned by the church."

"The Pope solved most of the problems for me. He I arranged for a trainee pastor to open a school to help me transform the refugees, train soldiers and deacons. The combat pastor cooperated with the mercenaries to fight, to a certain extent, improve the soldiers' battle strength, courage and survivability. The combat pastors all get involved, and the church has no reason to pursue it. My responsibility. In other words, the sacrifice of mercenaries in the pioneering war is reasonable and legal."

"The most important thing is that I have no choice." Victor shrugged, spreading his hands and said: " If I reject the Pope’s proposal, it means that the church reserves the right to be held accountable. As long as the priest encourages a little bit, then I can only dissolve Legion, but my vassals are too few and no mercenaries. What shall I do to guard the southern fortress? Not to mention the development of Southern Continent." He turned his head and said, "My dear, I can only agree to the conditions under the pope's crown." Sylvia slightly lowered her jaw and asked: "Then you Do you know Clement's intentions?"

"elusive..." Victor shook the head and said: "I think you must have the answer here."

Sylvia nodded and said:" I have received news that Saen of the Southern Diocese of the Kingdom will succeed Lazarus as the red-clothed Archbishop of Gambis. Thain is a close friend of the Patriarch of Tamor, and Tamor has competed with Clement for the pope’s throne."

"The relationship within the church is tangled and complicated. The three chief pastors of the Cardinal House are Clement, Tamor, and Friedes. Friedes backs the Radiance Knight group and controls Sasan Empire and Wharton. Educational Affairs of the Prairie. Dod o The kingdom and the red-clothed Archbishop of Suse Kingdom are both close friends of Tamor. The kingdoms of Naville, Gambis, and Borui belong to Clement's sphere of influence. "Sylvia paused: "Now, Gambis' educational affairs are about to fall into Tamor's hands. Do you have any thoughts about this?" "

Victor frowned, muttered: "Pierot is also a popular candidate for Gambis red-clothed bishop. He is the bishop of Centaur Hills, so he lost the opportunity to put on red robe... Why did Clement make his dísciple? Give up the Gambis Major Sect area? "

Sylvia chuckled, her blue eyes shining with wise rays of light: "The next twenty years will be a period for the lords to promote new agriculture and animal husbandry, accumulate strength, and integrate inside and outside. Clement's judgment is correct. Once the new farming and herding succeeds, the lords and vassals will expel the migrants and hired workers to make room for their families. "

"The Sasan Empire has been defending against the orcs in the northern wilderness. The Radiance Knight regiment shoulders the responsibility of eliminating the threat of the orcs and restoring the homeland of mankind. They use the refugees to migrate and integrate the forces within the empire. No one can blame them. If I'm not mistaken, Friedes will throw the Prairie Diocese to Clement so that he can take over the burden of resettling the refugees. "

"As the contemporary pope, Clement has the duty to resettle the refugees. The question is, how to arrange it? "

"Centaur Hills has land, and Naville Kingdom needs a large number of hired workers to build a super large-scale water conservancy project, and it also has the potential to develop land. However, it is not in our interest to settle a large number of refugees. "

"We need loyal people, brave soldiers. Twenty years are enough time for the people to multiply and grow. Why should we accept weak refugees? "Sylvia looked around the audience, indifferently said: "Almost all lords think so. Clement obviously has a different view. "

"Whoever develops, who owns it." If we follow the traditional development method, we cannot compete with the Augustus family, and Naville cannot compete with the Sasan Empire. And Victor's hiring of Legion may be an opportunity for us to rise in development. "

"Similarly, if Sasan Empire takes the lead in the development, the Radiance Knight group can convene more priests, and Friedes’s reputation will increase accordingly. He will definitely represent Radiance Knight. The regiment reinstated the Cardinal and became the new pope. But if Naville Kingdom and Centaur Hills use Legion to take the lead in the development, the resources of the church will be skewed towards Clement. This is his only chance to turn defeat into victory. "

"The resettlement of the refugees is the overall situation, and the expansion of the territory is the overall situation. The overall situation lies on Clement's side, and the Radiance Knight regiment has to bow to the Cardinal's Court. "

"Our original strategy was to expand the Fang Legion, form a pioneering militia, and recruit refugees to serve as heavy soldiers. With the Fang Legion as the main battle force, the pioneering militia as the main defense force, the migrants and the heavy soldiers undertake the logistics tasks of transporting supplies, building defense facilities, and opening up cultivated land. Now, Clement gave us the second choice to train the refugees to hire Legion and let the hired soldiers participate in combat missions. "

Sylvia stood up and said with scorching eyes: "Everyone, this is a major strategic decision. I need to fully listen to different opinions!" "

Everyone was meditating, no one spoke. After a while, Viscount Fred took the lead in breaking the silence of the Conference Hall.

"Since the Pope’s interests are in line with ours, we You can abandon the conservative strategy of heavy troops and thoroughly implement the Grand Legion strategy of Viscount Randal. "He laughed at Victor and continued: "Everyone has seen the military parade in Flatlake Town. The hired soldiers have strict discipline and high morale. Although the battle strength is weaker, the bravery performed by the pope's crown made up for this. Shortcomings, that is an army that can be combated. Please pay attention to two points. Legion has only been established for two and a half years, and they still have a lot of room for improvement. Second, there are many people who hire Legion, with more than 2,000 people, almost close to half of the force of Legion, and it can continue to expand! "

"The orc monster does not accept surrender. It is very cruel to open up war. For us, every vassal soldier in the family is precious. If the refugees hire Legion as an auxiliary, the number of casualties of the vassal soldier will be greatly reduced. Actual combat is the best way to train elite soldiers. The Pope encourages us to use land to canonize elite hired soldiers. This means that opening up wars will not damage the vitality of the family, and we will become stronger and stronger! "

The Viscount Fred slapped the table heavily, instantly igniting the enthusiasm of the participants, everyone whispered, discussing spiritedly.

Great Knight Ullina's posture will be beautifully spilled on her chest Qian's hair reached his shoulders, and his red lips lightly opened and said: "My Uncle Baron was fostered in the Asia Xia Family of the Borui Kingdom since he was a child. He once participated in the pioneering war of Vanguard Fort. Kadia Uncle believes that the reason why the Borui Kingdom failed to develop Southern Continent was that the number of troops and artisans invested was too small. "

"The Borui people made full preparations before opening up Southern Continent. Their scouts spotted a land of beautiful lakes, and then mobilized 70,000 troops. This is almost the limit of the Borui Kingdom’s mobilization. Exceeding this amount will halt the production of the seven major joint islands. The Borui people raided the Barbarian Race settlement near the lake. Barbarian Race suffered heavy casualties and fled in all directions. The Borui people took that piece of land in one fell swoop, began to build a pioneer fortress, and wiped out the scattered small Barbarian Race tribes around them, never encountering a strong opponent. The Pioneer Fortress gradually took shape. Just as the Borui army concentrated on building the South Bank Pier, one hundred thousand Barbarian Races flocked to them. They cut off the connection between the South Bank Pier and the Pioneer Fortress. The 6000 elite of the Fort were besieged by the Barbarian Race and left alone. They persisted for a year and a half before being rescued by the church coalition forces. There were fewer than 3,000 survivors, and the total number of casualties in the Borui Kingdom exceeded 30,000. "

"Facts have proved that Southern Continent’s Barbarian Race has excellent intelligence and strong individual strength. They used the pressure of foreign enemies to first integrate large and small tribes, temporarily not confronting the human army, and the others built it. The fortress, accumulated supplies, improved production facilities, launched a fierce attack, drove the main human force down the river, turned the tide of the battle, and then besieged the Pioneer Fort and snatched the Borui people's supplies and production facilities. "

"If the Borui people mobilize 150,000 troops and build two fortresses that are horns to each other at the same time, they may have a firm foothold in Southern Continent. Now, relying on the pioneer fortress and production facilities, Barbarian Race has formed a powerful Barbarian Race kingdom with a population of more than one million, which directly threatens the security of the seven islands of Borui. "

"So, when we face foreign opponents, we must come up with a final word, and we must not give them any chance to breathe! "

"We need to implement the Big Legion strategy. "

Victor stood up from his seat, stroked his chest and said, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Trandon Count, please allow me to interrupt you." I have a question to ask. "

Ulena's eyes flashed, and she looked at Victor with interest, said with a lovable smile: "Your Excellency Randal, please ask. "

Nicole turned her face and rolled the eyes with Ulena behind her back. Any high-level Dame who tried to pursue Victor was her love rival. Tracey glared at Nicole and Victor again. Nicole Her jealousy made her feel ashamed as a teacher, but her lover became so jealous because of the influence of the sea of ​​elements, which is ultimately due to Victor.

Victor ignores this pair of master and disciple He was angry and jealous, and asked politely: "Barbarian Race has ever intermarried with humans. Have the Borui people had a conversation with the Southern Barbarian Race? "

Ulena lightly said with a smile: "Barbarian Race once intermarried with humans, and there are blood feuds that cannot be solved, let alone we want to seize the land of Southern Continent..." At this point, she frowned The slender eyebrows showed a thoughtful expression.

Sylvia was surprised to say to Victor: "Are you worried that the Borui people will inform the Barbarian Race Kingdom and pull our hind legs? "

If you can intermarriage, you can communicate, and communication represents all possibilities. Facing a powerful Barbarian Race kingdom, Borui people’s plan to develop Southern Continent is blocked. They can spread the news of Gambis going south and disperse Barbarian Race. The strength of the kingdom allows them to realize their plan to land.

Ulena said, "There is such a possibility. The Borui people can catch a few Barbarian Race prisoners..."

Viscount Hanas grinned, gloomily said: "Then we need overwhelming strength! "

Sylvia stared at Victor deeply, and lightly said, "What do you think?" "

Victor leaned back in his chair and sighed: "Implementing the Big Legion strategy, we will never fail to develop Southern Continent!" "

"The reason is very simple. We are a strategic offensive, while the southern indigenous races are strategically defensive. Both sides fight for consumption. Our territory is intact, with an endless supply of hired soldiers and combat equipment, while the southern natives have continuously lost blood. We can cross the river at any time and fight as we like. We will sweep their hunting grounds today and destroy their gathering grounds tomorrow. The indigenous races cannot cross the river, they can only be beaten and cannot fight back. How can they win? After a pause, he shook his head again: "I am not worried about Southern Continent's pioneering war... Ant talents are a big concern for us, and these monsters are also in a strategic offensive situation. Although we have high wall fortresses, sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces, but Ant-Man rushes over 200,000 at a time, then Centaur Hills must maintain at least 15,000 permanent troops...This is the original intention of my grand Legion strategy. "

"Two-line combat! "Terlandon count laughed, and said, "It seems that recruiting refugees and forming a hired Legion is imperative!" "

The lord and scholar started talking again, this time most people were nodded.

Katerina stood up, looked across the audience, her voice was soft and pleasant: "Since the big Legion has So many benefits, why can't other lords think of it? Why does His Highness Sylvia hesitate? "

"In fact, Big Legion was not the first creation of Viscount Randal. Do you still remember the Black Emperor Gardermel? "

As soon as this statement was made, the audience was silent and the atmosphere was almost frozen.