After February, the weather began to warm up, two or three days after the last heavy snowfall, the weather has been sunny and cold, during the day, the sun warms the earth, and the thick ice and snow that has accumulated for a winter begins to melt, but at night, it can also be cold and make people shiver, not to mention that in recent days, dark clouds cover the sky, gray m-fog fills the earth, like a faint transparent ribbon, slowly flowing on the surface of the vegetation on the ground,

The dampness on the ground is still very strong, because of the earthquake some time ago, almost all the underground waterways in Paravon have collapsed, the streets are full of mud, there is standing water in many places, and from time to time there are speeding carriages, rolling up and splashing water uā spread out on both sides, sometimes splashing on the feet of pedestrians on the side of the road, inevitably some whispered curses

Cleaners brave the cold to sweep back and forth, but they can't completely eliminate the clean. This unusually cold made the inhabitants of Parabun begin to worry a little, before the fall of the Ikadiva Empire, the winter seemed to be so cold, should Ryrdian have to repeat the same mistakes? This terrible thought flashed in the minds of many people, and then disappeared immediately, and no one dared to imagine this terrible consequences.

The news of the victory of the Vekia army in the Battle of Grimm shook the entire kingdom of Ryrdian like an irresistible ferocity.

"60,000 infantry defeated 120,000 cavalry, what kind of bullshit is this, even 120,000 pigs will not be defeated so quickly"

After receiving the detailed defeat of the military department, Shangshu Prais, he almost smashed the table in front of his desk, and scolded the Kugit people for three days in a row with his own unique tone.

So no wonder he was so angry, and finally got through a series of bloody battles, just boosted the morale of the people, who knew that in the blink of an eye, Vekia came out again, as a former opponent, everyone fought the Kujits, but his side was dragged by 60,000 Dongting cavalry hundreds of thousands of troops, and that side used 60,000 people to defeat 120,000 Kugit cavalry, this huge contrast, is simply a satire of the incompetence of the Ruierdian army,

"I can't believe it, can't it be a false alarm?"

Steinhoff, the under-secretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs, said in a hoarse voice, and after confirming the facts, he was also shut in a suffocating silence, and even King Harlaus, who had recently been in poor health, sent the court internal affairs officer, Neugren, to summon the Minister of War Prais to the palace to explain the situation.

Recently, Prais has focused his efforts on the transfer of personnel in the army, and this decision was caused by the death of a local lord, a great nobleman named Duke Bōldu, a lord of the South and Lake, who was a nobleman with the right to collect taxes, wealth, wealth and power. In the fifteen years before and after serving as an important minister of the imperial court, he has been serving as the Minister of State.

During this period, he abhorringly used his power to desperately loot wealth, and although he was often involved in many dishonorable wrongful prison incidents, the law was originally lax on the criminal behavior of the nobles, and when he really could not get away with it, he also skillfully used his power and financial resources to escape punishment.

The Count Ruger of the Ministry of Justice at the time satirized it with "wonderful thaumaturgy",

Even in the eyes of fellow aristocrats, the abuse of their privileges has reached the point of unbridled proportions. As the pillar of the kingdom, if you don't follow some of the rules of being an aristocracy, the people's dissatisfaction with a certain important minister can easily turn into distrust of the system.

The death of the Duke is really good news for the kingdom's finance and justice departments. It can be said that it is an opportunity to openly whip the corpse.

In this way, the people knew that even the great nobles were not exempt from the law, and that they could contain the innumerable "little bōerdu" that existed among the nobles, so that the majesty of the kingdom's laws and wartime decrees could not be revealed. Moreover, the public funds and bribes received by Duke Bōerdu during his lifetime must have been a huge amount, and if they could be nationalized, they would have been able to breathe a sigh of relief from the financial situation that had been strained by military expenditures

Although there have always been people among the successive financial bureaucrats who have mentioned paying taxes to the aristocracy, doing so will inevitably change the previous policy of governing the country, and may also lead to rebellion or the court. But if only Duke Bōerdu was the target himself, the opposition of the nobles would naturally be much less.

The report was followed by a military reform that had been brewing for a long time

Because of the excessive consumption some time ago, and the influx of a large number of nobles from the north into the Palaubun region, Prais had ample talent possibilities, basically, he adopted young officers of lower noble or commoner origins, so that the average age of first-line commanders dropped significantly. These young and vigorous officers have all been crowned with the title of cutting-edge, and the unique vitality and domineering of young people have greatly improved the combat effectiveness of Rui Erdian's front-line combat units. ,

But in these days, Prais always felt as if something was missing, and the brave and tactically capable front-line commanders were gathered, but there was no one who could be called a mainstay of the famous generals.

These enthusiastic young commanders may be excellent warriors, but in a short period of time, they are not qualified for more senior positions, and they still need to go through the forging of blood and fire before they can serve as the backbone of the Rui Erdian army, which are the precious wealth of the Rui Erdian army

Prais did not expect much from the aristocratic staff officers who had just been added to the school and had graduated with honors at the Paraven Knight School.

Because he knows very well that military ability cannot be cultivated by school education alone. The same is true of him himself, there is no doubt that a natural soldier will become a talent in the school, but on the contrary, the talent in the school may not be a natural soldier.

But these young nobles did not think so, they had been knightly trained since childhood, had a good upbringing and background and a strong family background, they were a privileged class from birth,

Some of them are the sons and nephews of generals in the army, and some are core members of the wealthy families in Kyoto, and now the military department has left them idle, which undoubtedly makes these young nobles who think they are nobler than the common people sad and angry.

They were the privileged people of Parabun and the group of people who had the greatest opinion on the recent personnel transfers, and for this reason, some of the wealthy ministers of Kyoto had already sued the Minister of War several times before King Haraus, saying that he had shaken the foundations of the kingdom by appointing commoners, and even some nobles under his command had called Prais "traitors to the nobility"

As for Prais's latest military reform, initially, the Minister of the Interior, led by the Minister of the Interior, was the first to oppose it.

Because of its full support for the Northern War, Prais's military affairs department was like a blood-sucking machine, constantly sucking in all the personnel and financial resources of Rui Erdian, and it was no longer just a matter of slogans for the sake of victory.

If you want to talk about pressure, the biggest is the Ministry of Government and the Ministry of Finance, in order to get together the materials that can launch a new campaign, these two departments are running almost all night, and these two departments are the places where the Paravon nobles gather the most, and now the Ministry of Military Affairs has put forward this list of front-line commanders, but most of them are not their children, how can these busy nobles be willing

"Isn't that great?" King Haraus gave a rare expression of attitude towards this controversial list, "As long as anyone can recover the lost kingdom and give a reward, sell personal favors, there will always be benefits in the future." If they fail, it is the responsibility to elect their prais. We'll have to re-order the new Minister of War."

"That's a good idea. Seeing His Majesty's attitude, the Minister of State, Di Linald, could only choose to compromise and pretend to be stupid, as Harlaus said, if these newly nominated commanders can defeat the Kujits, the reward is necessary, but if they fail, the position of Prais Military Minister will also be lost, which is definitely good news for the Kyoto nobles who have always coveted this position

"Is this true?"

In the residence of the First Knights, he was packing up his war horse and preparing to go to the three northern counties, and after hearing the news, his excited face was dyed with a layer of yīn haze, his First Knights were all composed of the children of the nobles of Kyoto, and this new appointment letter would undoubtedly cause a great blow to the confidence of his subordinates,

"Yes, the adults of the Ministry of War are really chilling: the knight guard who reported the news was in front of him, and the god said indignantly, "If those lowly people can be above the nobles, then the order of this world is not enough, do we need our noble knights to salute a commoner?"

"Yes, if that's the case, who will respect our knights, and who will fight to the death for the kingdom" Another knight chimed in, and behind him, more than a dozen knight commanders gathered together and complained to the king, "Yes, yes, if these lowly rats are allowed to crawl on their heads, it is better for me to die wearing the eagle banner now"

"Prince Alisachs's face - ugly, this news came too suddenly, although I knew that Prais would have some big moves for the new strategy, but I definitely didn't expect it to be this,

"It's a rumor, it must be a rumor," Alexachos tried to calm his feelings, turned on his horse, and waved to his subordinates who were coming around. The knight is the backbone of this kingdom, and the protector of all the Ryerdian people, this point has been deeply rooted in my soul since I was a child, because this is my beloved father, the great king Xià personally told me, so don't listen to these rumors, we should fight the twelve points of the jīng god, let the Kujit people on the opposite side teach us the spear of the knight of Ryrdian, and let the military department take a good look at the strength of our knights" After saying this, Prince Alisax almost fled away from the barracks,

At four o'clock in the morning, it was still the dead of night. The fat man stood in the dark, looking out through the window, and could only see the faint lights in the courtyard, and the temporary addition of sentry posts, in the cold season, the climate was still cold, and the air was wafting with a faint smell of nightshade.

The fat man stretched his waist, stood up from the mountain of political reform plans in front of him, picked up the hot towel on the plate next to him and wiped his face vigorously, making himself feel a little more godly, the upcoming tribal leaders conference involves all aspects of the arrangement, because of the need for secrecy, a lot of work can only be done by a few senior officers, even so, the final work still needs to be done by the fat man,

The fat man then picked up the glass of water on the table and took a sip of it. In the cup is the bitter leaf of Kugit's specialty, listening to the name to know that it is not a refreshing thing, this is a kind of bitter grass root that Kugit herdsmen often use to refresh the mind, so it tastes very bitter, so he can't help frowning, and put the cup back into the plate.

In the warm room, the fat man chose to sit on a chair, flipping a piece of worn leather in front of him, his eyes flashed with a wise light, the fireplace in front of him made a crackling sound of burning wood, and the red sparks were like warblers in the night, wafting out from the roaring light of the fireplace, and the warm breath spread around the fireplace with the fireplace as the center, dispelling the cold of the beginning

This is the fat man's study in Aichemore, it turned out to be the bedroom of a wealthy family in the city, because the fat man likes the layout here, so he keeps it for his own residence, the furnishings in the room seem to be very simple, but if you are a knowledgeable person, you will find that this is simply a luxurious and surprising place,

The room is ordinary round, just like most of the houses of the Aichmore people, the whole room is not very large, but in order to survive the severe cold, it is often covered with a thick layer of grass and soil on the roof, and it looks yellow, orange and orange from a distance, and it is like a piece of gold under the sun, so the city of Aichemore is nicknamed "Golden City" by some caravans that run border trade

To the left of the fireplace there is a simple bench, on the walls, on the ceiling, on the floor, covered with magnificent animal skins, and when stepped on it it is as soft as stepping on the most precious carpet,

Among them are the fluffy Atollas lion skin, the colorful Montese takin, the legendary extremely rare sixteen-pronged male antlers, and many species that even the fat man does not recognize.

The whole room is simply a precious leather exhibition hall, except for some priceless varieties, most of them are obviously not the products of this continent, and I don't know how much jīng power and financial resources the owner of this mansion has to buy these priceless things from those merchants who travel to and from other continents.

One of the things that interested the fat man the most was a reddish-brown leather hanging on the wall on the right side of the room, which was a map about a meter long, yes, this was a map, and the Ruierdian army and the Kugit people of Dongting who lived in the back obviously didn't notice this shabby leather, otherwise they wouldn't have been here a long time ago

When the fat man saw this for the first time, he determined from the layout of the room that this shabby leather was not simple, among the other three cherished leathers hanging on the wall, only this boxy and inconspicuous leather was hung on one wall alone, which shows that the owner of the room likes this leather Cheng dù is extraordinary.

The texture of the broken leather surface is no longer visible, but the ability to dominate a wall among the precious leathers in the room is enough to prove that other priceless leathers are not qualified to be on a wall in front of this leather

The fat man immediately asked the leather to be removed, and after a careful examination, he confirmed that this was a map from a long time ago.

The times have been unverifiable, the long years have almost smoothed out the velvet fibers on the leather surface, holding it in the hand gives people a smooth feel, with the sharp eyes of the fat man, only some faint residues can be found from the leather surface,

A triangular marker on the left side of the map, obviously the current location of Echmore, a dark blue line extends down from Echmore's marker, all the way through the southern part of Vekia, and finally extends to an unrecognizable location in the lower corner of the map, the fat man doubted for a while, and affirmed that this is a certain location after crossing the Southern Swamp,

Thinking that the ancestors of the Kugit people came from outside the southern swamps, the fat man can already be sure that this map should be something that has been handed down from the Kugit royal court, and it is likely to be one of the many treasures lost from the Kugit royal court in the northern turmoil 20 years ago, a mysterious map that records the passage between the Ikadiva continent and another continent.

"Squeak"

The study was gently pushed away from the outside, and with a crisp footstep, a graceful figure walked into the room, and the beautiful and delicate figure made the morning of the first Ūn more brilliant note

The fat man didn't have to look up to know who it was, because no one could enter the house without attracting the attention of the outer guards, except for Berlante Bonnie, the duke's personal guard and confidential secretary

Berlante Bonnie is wearing a long skirt embroidered with gold and threads, a long skirt with a corseted waist, a slender uǐ wearing black-leather long-barreled knight's riding boots, and the white-lace edges on the cuffs support a completely different dusty temperament from the past, and the delicate ponytail tied at the back of the head at will brings people a sense of impulse to be vibrant, and a pair of bright eyes are like deep green pools, which makes people involuntarily feel m-drunk.

She is known as the uā of the knights of Ruierdian, and is the dream lover of countless knights of Ruierdian, from the identity of the duke's daughter, so that she is born with a noble temperament that people dare not look at, but the previous bloated and heavy knight dress deeply covered up this characteristic, and I don't know what the reason is, I actually changed into a light outfit, which couldn't help but make the fat man stunned

"This is the news I just received" Bellant Bonnie put down the Wen Jiàn clip in her hand on the fat man's table, and said to the fat man who was concentrating, "As you expected, Rui Erdian really made a move on the three northern counties, according to our eyeliner report in Rui Erdian, just three days ago at the meeting of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the eldest prince Ali Sax personally ordered the arrest of 8 lords of the three northern counties who attended the meeting"

"Hehe, it seems that I can't help but do it"

Hearing Berlant Bonnie's words, the fat man, who didn't want to stand up, suddenly stood up excitedly, strode to the table, picked up the text on it, swept his gaze, looked at it for a while, and suddenly chuckled at the corner of his mouth, "It seems that this Prince Ali Sachs is not exactly a straw bag like the legend!" I even knew that Y-Capture was so indulgent that he first adopted a pacification strategy to reduce the vigilance of the lords of the three counties, and then in the name of the meeting, he transferred these fools out of the territory and wiped them out, and the time and place of the action were interlocking, quite sophisticated."

"That's just a puppet in front of him, if he had such sophisticated means, he wouldn't have come out now" For the fat man's praise, Berlante Bonnie gritted her teeth, she has been haunted by her father's death for a long time, only reports involving this name, Berlant Bonnie always used a contemptuous tone. F