In keeping with the tradition that has been passed down since the nomadic period of mankind, all great events must be witnessed by all.

But Pedi didn't like this custom very much, because he hated noisy scenes. Today, however, he has to follow tradition.

Eileen Phil was dressed up very beautifully today, her dark hair was covered with emerald crystal pendants, and the silver crown was inlaid with a giant bear and a triangle motif to show her esteemed status. The red and white combination of the crisp white wedding dress and the crimson cloak shows off both her beauty and her power.

Eileenfield's father, dressed in a red gown, had a terrifyingly black face, and looked at Pedi with a look of unkindness, which made the knights in charge of security look at him vigilantly from time to time.

Today's heroine entered the hall and looked at Pedi on the high platform in front of her, and the laughter and cheers of the crowd around her made her feel a little shy, so much so that she wanted to look away for a while.

"Show your confidence, kid. Turlock whispered in his daughter's ear, "You're going to be the mistress of these people, and you're going to have to convince them." ”

Her father's reminder made Erin Feier suddenly feel a burst of pressure, she subconsciously listened to her father's words, straightened her back and began to adjust her breathing, she tried to make herself look more majestic.

Her adjustment quickly worked, and her slightly cold expression made the coaxing nobles and knights subconsciously swallow the words back into their stomachs.

"Very well!" said the old mage, pleased with the takeover.

However, Eileen Fil did not pay attention to her father at the moment. As she got closer to Pedi, she couldn't hold anyone in her eyes anymore, let alone hear any other voices.

Between the four eyes, the two newcomers held hands together amid the cheers of the crowd.

"Next, you have to take the vows together. Duke Nick whispered, as if reminding the two newlyweds, and as if showing off to the guests around him.

The oath is sacred.

Once the oath is taken, it is necessary to obey every word in it unconditionally.

These were the words that Eileen Fielder's education had taught her, and it made her take her vows with great respect. Moreover, this was the first time in her life that she had taken an oath, and at this moment she was obviously more nervous than just now, which made her left hand hold her lover's hand unconsciously increase a little harder.

Pedi immediately clasped her fingers in response, and the two hands they were holding became ten-finger clasped.

"You are the princess of Eternal Wings, the mistress of Crewe. Pierdine's delicate voice, which had never been seen before, rang in Erin Fielder's ears, which made her subconsciously look at her lover beside her.

The two looked at each other again.

"The guests are waiting for your vows, children. Duke Nick's loving voice rang out again, reminding the two newcomers of what they had to face.

"Just as you meditate, reverently recite the vows you have memorized in advance to the people. Turlock said.

"Haha!" Tlock's words elicited a smile from the guests around him.

The laughter soon spread to the nobles in the seats farther away, most of whom had no idea what was happening in front of them, and just laughed along.

Soon, the laughter spread throughout the hall.

This laughter made Turlock think that his words were heard by the whole hall, which made him embarrassed.

As the person concerned, Erin Phil was even more nervous at this time.

"Do as your father said. Pedi whispered in her lover's ear in a voice that only he and Erin Filler could hear.

With that, he coughed lightly and signaled that he was about to take an oath.

The eyes of the two staggered looked at each other again,

Soon, the sacred vows began to sound:

"The gods are with us, and under the witness of the gods and the people of Crewe, I will be one with Erin Phil Briamis (Pedy Reagan), love him/her, respect him/her, and remain faithful to him (her) until I leave this world. ”

The oath is short, but indispensable.

At first, Pedi's voice was so loud that Erin Phil could only follow along, but after she spoke, Erin Phil's voice suddenly overpowered Pedi's voice.

"Very well!" said Duke Nick, smiling merrily.

Turlock nodded in satisfaction, a smile finally on his face.

"Everyone..."Duke Nick pressed his hand and said in a very small voice: "Under the witness of the gods, with your blessings, my second son Pedi Reagan and His Excellency Turlock's beloved daughter Irene Fil are officially married, and their marriage will be blessed by the gods, and his marriage is in accordance with the laws of the Empire..."

The old duke's words came to an abrupt halt, and he looked at Trok beside him.

"I declare that Pedy Reagan and Erin Phil are legally husband and wife, and that their union is in accordance with all laws. The old mage recognized the legal status of the two in the presence of everyone.

The cheers rang out first in the front row, and soon everyone in the hall joined in the cheers.

The banquet officially began, and the guests raised their glasses.

The overeating continued throughout the night, and after the feast had officially begun, all parts of the castle were open except the backyard, and the nobles and knights from all over the world gathered in the schoolyard outside the castle, and they began to drink as much as they could, after offering gifts to the two newlyweds, as was customary.

As one of the protagonists of today, Eileen Phil seemed a little bored in the rest of the time, the guests kept coming forward to offer gifts, Pedi followed the etiquette to chat and drink with them, and occasionally turned her head to look at Eileen Fil with a helpless smile.

The seats of the young knights near the entrance of the hall occasionally erupted into violent clashes, but no one stopped them from fighting, as these were part of the feasting entertainment, and many clever knights would even deliberately show off their strength in order to win the favor of the higher-ups.

By the time the tenth man was carried out of the hall because of a broken bone, it was close to twelve.

But the banquet continued.

...

It was as if the lively party had started and then ended.

Peidi, who hadn't slept much at night, was leaning against his bedroom window at the moment, and the residual taste of alcohol in his mouth was very disliked, so he kept pouring tea into his stomach.

It was already dark outside the window, and Pedi was sleepy, and he looked at his wife who was sleeping on the bed not far away, and a slight smile appeared on his face. He looked at it for a long time, and when the magic clock on the wall reached seven o'clock, he put down his teacup and slowly approached the bed, and after kissing his wife lightly on the cheek, he walked towards the bathroom next to the bedroom.

The moment the door closed, the 'sleeping' Erin Phier opened her eyes, her face a little ruddy shy.

At this moment, she almost laughed.

Half an hour later, when Eileen Phil was really asleep, Pedi was already in the small conference room in the inner hall.

Today's meeting, or negotiation, is crucial for Krelu.

There were very few people involved in the meeting... Viscount Geerbock Donner of Hallensburg, Earl Borg who has dissolved the court cabinet, and Baron Hanina, former deputy director of the Imperial Guard.

Before the start of the meeting, the most discussed thing was yesterday's wedding.

So, the atmosphere of the whole meeting was very relaxed at the beginning.

Duke Nick did not attend the meeting, and Pedy, as the host of the meeting, immediately went straight to today's topic after a brief greeting from everyone: "After half a year, we have ended the internal friction of the Crewe Territory, but the real internal friction has not ended. He glanced at several people on the battlefield, "Only by realizing the unity of the military and the government in the true sense can we end the internal conflict." ”

"I agree!" Count Jackf-Borg immediately responded, "Our internal losses are worse than last year's orc war. He smiled humbly, and looked at the other side of Jebwick Donner. Although he dissolved the court, he still legally owned a large area of land in the territory of Crewe, which was his bargaining chip.

But unexpectedly, he threw all his chips at the beginning of the meeting, and there were no preconditions attached.

He can do that, but others don't!

Gerbeck Donner was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly looked at Pedi and said, "Baron Pedy, I think it is necessary for us to meet separately. ”

Reasonable request, which was in line with Pedi's initial idea, but Duke Nick insisted that everyone be brought together for this meeting.

It turned out that Duke Nick's decision was correct.

"What about your opinion?" Pedi looked at Borg, his tone lighthearted, devoid of the seriousness and rigidity of the beginning. Because to him, with the support of Jack Borg, the meeting will be simple.

Borg flipped through the transcripted documents on his desk, "Today we're talking about trade issues in the entire Kru Territory, and how to avoid greater internal friction. He lined up several documents, "I don't think a separate meeting can facilitate our talks." ”

"Civil wars have been with our people since the empire was founded. -Borg continued, "According to the statistics of those professors at the University of Grace, the civil wars have caused far more attrition in the three hundred years since the empire was founded than the Orcs in Anku Fortress's defenses. He looked at Pedi, pulled out the personal document he was carrying, and said, "I have a very special document here... In the more than 200 years since the establishment of administrative power and the demise of the Ella family in the Hoko Islands, there has been no large-scale civil war. ”

Gerbock Donner immediately rushed to say: "Everyone looks down on the dictatorship of the Ella family. ”

"That's because they're jealous. -Borg grinned, "The political structure of the Hoko Islands is strange, they have as many lords as Crewe and Twak combined, but their territory is only half the size of Crewe... These large number of lords could only have the right to inherit and tax their fiefdoms, and the most important military and political rights were concentrated in the hands of the Ella family. ”

"Purely commercial management model. Pedi added.

"Yes, the management of the Hoko Islands has a management model peculiar to merchants. -Borg looked at Pedi, "This makes the Hoko Islands very rich, and a hundred years ago, before the Crewe Territory entered the trade period, the Hoko Islands were the richest place in the entire empire. ”

"Think about the war that took place in the Hoko Islands last year, guys. Jabco-Donner patted the document on the table lightly, and he refuted with a serious expression: "Last year, the Hoko Islands faced the invasion of the Misha Kingdom, and there was almost no way to fight back, and the army formed by the local nobles was useless, and the Ella family had to face the ravages of werewolves and dark elves alone. He looked at Pedi with a serious face, "Think about the war in Crewe last year... In the early stages of the war, we used Fort Byan alone to give the entire territory enough time to prepare!, and then, Fort Harruth and Fort Cowinde used their strong local military forces to resist the advance of the orcs and goblin alliances, providing the conditions for a final counterattack. ”

Geerbock Donner's tone of voice was slow, but he couldn't find the space to interject, "While we are facing the orc alliance independently, we even sent more than 30,000 elite soldiers to the Central Empire!

-Borg retorted in a louder voice at this time: "But the root cause of the rebellion in the Twak Territory, the Cullen Territory, the Iruk Territory, and the Felder Territory is precisely because the local territories are too powerful, if the Empire can have a unified government like the Hoko Islands, maybe the war will be over long ago, you..."

"Are you questioning the loyalty of the Donner family?" said Geebock Donner abruptly rising from his seat.

In the face of Gerbek Donner's outrage, Borg looked relaxed, and he spread his hands innocently and said, "I'm telling the facts that are happening and have happened!"

"The truth is..."

"Both!" Pedi stopped the two from arguing, "we're talking about how to avoid Crewe's growing internal friction problem. ”

"I strongly support your decision, my lord. "Jackf Borg started calling Pedy 'grown-up'.

Baron Hanina was silent from the beginning, and she was more of a bystander in this meeting. And Geebock Donner thought about it and didn't continue to say anything.

"The Borg family is willing to sell all of Byan's land, with the exception of the Northwest Territories, to support your reforms. Seeing that the others did not want to speak, Jackf-Borg continued: "In the city of Binn, except for the ten villas in the center of the city and some shops on the main street, everything else can be sold. He looked at the rival across from him with a smile on his face, "I just want to get the right to form a large ocean-going fleet." ”

The Reagan family, whose vast ocean-going fleet, or the entire empire, was in the hands of the Reagan family, who for nearly a hundred years had made their fortune from a near-monopoly ocean-going trade.

"Reasonable request. Pedi leaned back in his chair and began to look at Jack Borg.

Such an answer made the smile on Jack Borg's face even stronger. But Gerbeck Donner was surprised, his gaze swept over the two of them, and he suddenly lost some attention.

Peddy was silent for a few seconds before continuing, "Because of the growing volume of trade, my staff is suggesting that I form a new and larger chamber of commerce to manage ocean trade in a unified manner!" his gaze skimmed over the faces of the three of them, "The formation of a new ocean-going fleet is inevitable, and this time, Fort Kawar will form a more formal chamber of commerce to promote more intensive ocean trade with a more rational management method... If you wish, I always welcome you to join in. ”

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