Transcendent Noble

The Marquis of Solim knocked on the table, and the noisy hall suddenly fell silent.

No one can despise the dignity of Earth Knight, especially he has reached the final moment of transformation. No one can ignore the opinion of a high lord. Although the bronze bloodline of the Solim family is declining, the army of the copper city still tops the southern lord.

"This may be the last time I attended the meeting of Elder's Council... There are some things, I'll just say it."

The old marquis was very satisfied with the attitude of the lords, and raised his voice. "Before the establishment of Gambis, Solim established a settlement on the north bank of the Jinshui River. It has been 632 years. As the guardian of the southern border of Gambis, Solim also has a history of 364 years."

"Although we are the guards of the southern border, all the adults here are well aware of the situation in the southern part of the kingdom... surrounded by mountains and inconvenient transportation. The murlocs on the Jinshui River and the forest men and horses on the west side are indifferent to each other... I must admit that for a long time, Solim's contribution to the kingdom is too little. As a guard of the south, Solim does not fit his name." The old Marquis sighed in a low voice.

The contribution is too little, and the name does not match the real name.

One sentence explains the root cause of the decline of the Solim family. The four princes were also embarrassed after hearing this.

The Solim family was once the court count of the Rand Imperial Family. In order to balance the growing power of the Augustus lord group, the Imperial Family canonized Solim as the southern guard of the empire, leading a legion to open up the wasteland on the north bank of the Jinshui River, and forming a double-teaming force against Augustus.

The Neowest family loses power, and Thorim surrenders to the Iris family. But there is a natural estrangement between Solim and Augustus, so much so that they gave up the title of Duke of Gambis and refused to marry the royal daughter.

The Knights of the Great Family of Gambis responded to the call of the Kite Fort and went north to the Kingdom of Dodo to fight against the invading Sasanian. Only Solim pushed back and forth, sending only a small number of vassals and soldiers to respond to the king's war order. The lord of Gambis' coalition forces resented Solim, and the soldiers of the Copper City naturally did not end well.

The elite soldiers of Copper City are always wiped out. The Solim family was even more convinced that Augustus was targeting them, so they didn't even send vassals and soldiers, and only used some prisoners, refugees and mountain people to pretend to be family soldiers to deal with the matter.

This situation exacerbated the conflict between Lord Gambis and Copper City. And the Knight family of Dodo and Naville looked at Solim who was in a corner, and were unwilling to marry Copper City.

There is no strong enemy outside, and internal troubles are spontaneous. Knights from other families are spoiling the battlefield. There are more and more Knights from the Solim family, and they are married to the noble daughters of small families. Bronze Knight gave birth to trainee Knight, trainee Knight gave birth to ordinary nobles. The vast number of noble heirs are entangled, and Thorim's internal conflict of interests becomes more and more fierce.

Beria and Chebman are the losers of Thorim's internal fighting. It doesn't count that they were driven out of the Copper City, and even Solim's surname was stripped of them. As independent lords of Gambis, they gradually opened up the situation.

Kite Castle seized the opportunity and exchanged high-quality cleansing potions for the resources of the Copper City, completely disrupting Solim’s bronze bloodline. Eventually Solim fell apart.

"His Royal Highness Regent King, on behalf of the Solim family, I accept the royal tax officer's entry into the copper city." The old marquis stood up and bowed deeply to Williams,

It's too late to admit defeat... Enbis sighed secretly.

The York family once had similar worries to Thorim. However, Fangcheng is flat and there is no danger to defend, and the strength and bloodline of the York family are not as good as Solim. Apart from striving to cater to Augustus, Fangcheng has no choice. In the war against the Sasan Empire, compared to Joshua, Wellington and Nimes, the Knights of the York family always take on the most dangerous tasks and are ruthless to Sasan Knight. The first high-ranking Knights sacrificed by Gambis came from Fang City, and more than fifteen Knights were killed or captured by the York family.

Due to the heroic battle of the family Knight, Fang City not only integrated into Gambis, but also won the respect of the nobles of Dodo and Naville. Through the introduction of the high lord of Naville, the York family was introduced as Austrian aid by Branstedt, exchanged children, maintained the bronze bloodline, and finally gained a firm foothold in the eastern part of the kingdom.

Even so, the York family is still very difficult to deal with being suppressed by the royal family. The actual control territory of Tusk City has been reduced by nearly 30%, and it is used to house Lord Knight, a servant of Kite Castle. But the territories that Deepwater City took out were very pitiful. York and Joshua are in constant friction and hostility towards each other. The outer lords are all wall grass, constantly causing trouble to Fang City.

The joint suppression and penetration of the royal family and the Joshua family resulted in the overall strength of the York family being the bottom of the Gambis lord. Otherwise, Ryan Augustus would never dare to divide the three eastern provinces in front of the Spiritual God Knight. As a result, Yubao shot himself in the foot, and even the future queen became the Guardian of the York family.

Too courageous is not enough, too courageous is not enough... How can Victor say it, it's like walking on the ice, cautiously going forward courageously... Enbis.York looked at Williams , Looked at the Marquis of Solim and then at the Duke of Joshua, straightening his back uncontrollably.

If he has a waist.

"As for the specific details of the new tax collection, my successor will be responsible for it. I will not discuss it." The old Marquis Solim looked around and continued: "Building a port and building a ship is related to Gambis. The future of the kingdom. As the guardian of the southern border of the kingdom, I have a suggestion."

"Your Excellency Solim, please speak up." Regent King raised his hand.

The old Marquis turned his gaze to Enbis, said with a faint smile: "I totally agree with Duke York's view. Gambis wants to expand south, there must be enough ports and ships. However, the Golden Water River arrives from Centaur Hills The river section of Solim’s Neck is mountainous on both sides, with fewer beaches suitable for port construction, narrow river channels and rapid water flow. Large sailing ships are difficult to cross. They can only descend along the river and gradually approach the south bank, and they have to look for suitable landing sites. The place where the port was established."

"Have you ever thought, if our ship goes up against the current, how can we return to Hong Kong?"

The venue was silent for a while, only the clerk's quill The rustle of writing parchment.

Duke Joshua of hair grey-white squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Solim doesn’t have to worry about the problem of ships heading up against the water. Every year in the wind season, Borui Kingdom’s large-scale Fishing and hunting boats traveled westward for thousands of kilometers by virtue of the monsoon wind and sailed into Lake Forners near Suse Kingdom, where they cast nets to fish and hunt water lizards. Our battleship can completely..."

" You can drive into Fez Lake first. In the windy season, the battleship will sail westward from Fez Lake and return to the port nearly a thousand kilometers away."

The Marquis Solim interrupted Joshua with a dull expression. The Duke’s speech turned to: "You adults did not speak just now. Everyone obviously understands that the shore of Lake Fes in the south of the kingdom’s east is the best place to build a port."

"Since we want to To start the Murloc War, since we are going to build two ports upstream, why can’t we build another port on the shore of Lake Fez, which has a more favorable geographical condition?" Minutes of the meeting, in a hurry, left the Conference Hall with anxious expression, and ran to their respective lounges.

The Jinshui River flows from west to east for tens of thousands of miles. The section of her river in Gambis is densely covered with hills on the north bank and sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces on the south bank, which is not suitable for crossing the river and landing. Fortunately, the Jinshui River flows through the southeast corner of Gambis and merges into Lake Fes, the largest lake in the human world.

The area of ​​Lake Fes exceeds 100,000 square kilometers. The lake surface is more than 700 kilometers long from east to west, and the widest point is more than 300 kilometers from north to south. The northern shoreline alone is more than 1,900 kilometers. The coastal forests are densely covered with gentle terrain. shoal. The four major tributaries of the Jinshui River merge into the lake. Except for the Blinol River and the St. Louis River, the other two major rivers originate from the Southern Continent, namely the Pitulu River and the Weeping Red River.

It is said that more than 10,000 years ago, in order to avoid the slaughter of Chosen One, the northern Barbarian Race gathered millions of people, felling forest, making rafts, and breaking through the obstruction of murlocs. Flee to Southern Continent through the Weeping Red River.

Barbarian Race’s raft can cross Fes Lake, not to mention Gambis’s large battleship?

In fact, the Gambis battleship is to sail into Lake Fes first, and then find a suitable place for landing. The Krumen Baron collar of Gambis Kingdom is located at the mouth of Lake Fess. The current is gentle there, and the south bank shallows are only 43 kilometers away. Krumenling is the perfect place to build the port.

If Crumen Baron owns a port, Gambis ships will come and go if they want. The battleship travels from north to south without waiting for the monsoon, and then heading westward against the current, returning to the distant Chebman Harbor and Rose Harbor.

Everyone knows the geographical conditions of the Baron of Krumen blessed by heaven, but no one mentions it except the old Marquis Solim.

There are also Two Great Influences, El Kingdom and Rand Empire on the northern shore of Fes Lake. If Gambis starts a murloc war at the mouth of Lake Fes, Nahtigal and Neowest will surely take advantage of the momentum to clear out the large-scale lakeshore murlocs and build their own ports.

Once the murloc war of Gambis becomes the common murloc war of Three Great Influences, it becomes a matter of political stance. King Ryan fell into the hands of Emperor Rand, and Gambis must not allow Rand Empire to grow stronger again.

It is ridiculous that Emperor Rand is still the nominal lord of Gambis Kingdom, and the proposal of Marquis Solim is not a betrayal.

As the guardian of the east of the kingdom, Duke Joshua, the Sect Master of Krumman Baron, must express his political position and does not need the advice of the family think tank.

"I am against!"

Duke Joshua got up from his seat, first looked at the smiling Regent King, his eyes scanned the audience, and calm said: " The number of murlocs on the northern shore of Lake Fes exceeds one million, and provoking them is equivalent to launching a full-scale war. Everyone will not forget that Borui Five Great Families fought the murlocs for 80 years in order to eliminate the murlocs on the river beach, and it was almost on the verge of collapse. We must not repeat the mistakes! The mountainous shoreline of Gambis is our biggest strategic advantage, because the number of murlocs is relatively small and the population is scattered across the river beaches, which makes it easier to deal with."

"Our so-called murloc war is based on attracting river murlocs and building ports. It is by no means to mobilize all the power of the kingdom to fight a meaningless race war, and then to make neighbors in vain."

"How can the original strength of Five Great Families of Borui compare with Gambis? How can the murlocs of Lake Fes and the murlocs of Dahewan mention on equal terms?"

Marquis Solim pushed his chair away , Walked in front of Williams, under one-knee kneels, said solemnly: "His Royal Highness, I swear that Solim has never betrayed Augustus. This is the case in the past, the present, and the same in the future."

Williams said with his jaw head: "Well, I'm sure of this."

"Your Highness, the main force of the Al Church is in the eastern part of Sasan and the Dusk Forest of Suse. Only Neowest and Na The power of the Two Great Families of Hertigal could not eliminate the murlocs in Fes Lake, let alone build a port. But the great development has become the consensus of mankind. When the nations lay down their guard against each other, when we and the Borui Kingdom are in Southern For the success of Continent, the church must have its own port. I think even if the Radiance Knight group can’t make a move, Suse Kingdom will cooperate with Ayr to build several ports on the banks of Lake Fes. In that case, why can’t we unite? , To clean up the murlocs of Fes Lake together?"

Williams said with a amiable smile: "I prefer Suse Kingdom to open up the Eastern Alliance, or to cooperate with Borui Kingdom... Your Excellency Solim Please continue to express your opinion."

The old Marquis of Solim lowered his head and said solemnly: "His Royal Highness has shown me the path to promotion. I need a vigorous battle. Solim I am ashamed to be the guard of the South and I have not fulfilled my due obligations to the kingdom. I am willing to donate 1.5 million gold sols as the cost of building a port in Lake Fes, and summon 5,000 copper city elites to serve as the murloc slaughter. Main force. If I die on the shore of the lake, I shall be regarded as making up for the past faults of the Solim family. If I'm lucky enough to set foot in the Golden Domain, Solim is willing to act as a sword in the hands of His Highness, to overcome obstacles for Gambis in Southern Continent, and he will never hesitate to die. "

Final Struggle of the Solim family. Williams feels very tricky.

The king should create favorable conditions for the promotion of the high-rank Knight. The Marquis of Solim bet on all of the family’s Wealth and strength, swear allegiance to the royal family. Kite Castle still rejected him, it seems that Augustus has no kingliness. Williams is particularly embarrassed, and it also makes other lords feel suspicious.

If Williams Accepting the request of the Marquis of Solim, Gambis is bound to cooperate with the Neowest family. Williams even wants to cut off Neowest's head, how can he form an alliance with Emperor Rand?

Marquis Goron sits quietly In the corner, it looked like a lifeless statue. Williams retracted his gaze, knocked on the armrest, and said calmly: "Your Excellency Solim, please get up. "Speaking, Regent King stood up and said to everyone: "I personally support Marquis Solim's proposal, but I don't have the right to vote. Then, with regard to the proposal of the Marquis Solim, you sirs, please vote. "

"No. "

"No. "

"No. "

Amidst the opposition, it was the York family's turn. Enbis took the letterhead just handed over by the clerk and glanced at it. Said solemnly: "The York family seconded." "

The venue fell into deathly silence. Everyone looked at Duke York in disbelief, and even Marquis Goron opened his eyes.

Williams was the first to react. Come over and say: "Only Duke York seconded. His Excellency Solim's proposal could not be passed. "

The old marquis smiled carefreely and said: "If this is the case, I will retire first." I will go north soon to see if the centaur clan in the northern wilderness is not just in name only, but also in reality. "

"I wish Your Excellency Solim a prosperous future. May your long sword taste the blood of the enemy, and may you ascend the position of Peak. "Everyone got up, bowed, and said in unison.

The Marquis of Solim walked towards the wooden door of the Conference Hall without saying a word. Before leaving the door, he turned to Duke York and said with his jaws: "Your Excellency, please help me Tribute to His Royal Highness Sylvia. "

When the Marquis Solim left the Conference Hall, Enbis trembled the fat on his cheeks, lowered his head, and muttered in a voice that everyone can hear: "You should tell Viscount Randal Congratulations..."

Now the gazes of the participants are even more weird. Enbis felt that it was a bit wrong to cheat Victor so much. He quickly thought of a way to eliminate political influence, and continued whispered: "This The guy and the lady of Chebman's family are fighting fiercely, and he doesn't want her to marry someone... Well, I don't know the importance. "

Everyone stared at Regent King in unison. Williams said sternly, "Continue to the next topic." "

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Blinol, the residence of the York family.

Sylvia Both hands crossed near chest, facing Victor who was looking at the map while playfully pouting: "You give me a reasonable explanation. Why support the proposal of Marquis Solim? This makes us very passive! "

Victor lifts the head, said with a smile: "Because it is reasonable. "

"Because it is very reasonable to build a port on the shore of Lake Fes! "