Twin cities.

The first city built by the Eternal Night Army.

It began to be designed and groundbreaking in the second year of its establishment, and was officially completed in the seventh year, spanning five years.

In the eyes of the lords and nobles of the Byron Alliance, the castle built in five years is estimated to be a country estate, after all, they have spent decades or even hundreds of years to build a castle.

That can only say that they are too lonely and unheard, and their thinking is too old and conservative.

The financial, material and manpower invested by the Eternal Night Army in the Twin Cities is definitely beyond the imagination of most lords and nobles, and at the peak there are more than 20,000 strong laborers working at the same time, and even in winter, there are four or five thousand people quarrying and burning bricks in the surrounding area to prepare for the next year's big construction.

Not to mention that in this process, the Yongye Group Army used new processes and building materials such as black powder blasting quarrying, burning masonry, burning lime, and grinding cement, and the manpower saving tool of the block crane was used to the extreme.

It's hard to feel exactly how terrifying the speed of construction really is without being in it.

However, at the beginning, it was worthy of its name as the two ultimate projects of the Eternal Night Group Army.

It's just that the nature of the two is a little different, one is construction, and the other is destruction.

The destroyed, although it will be famous with the revival of the Jacob River, no, they don't even have a chance to make a name for themselves, and those who know their exploits and existence are not even too many within the Eternal Night Army, let alone outsiders, they only know that a mountain range was plucked up and how it was dug up, then it is not clear.

Princess Regent Sophilia also chose to keep the Eternal Night Army a secret.

It is more appropriate to keep it secret for herself than to keep it secret for the Eternal Night Army, she is the second person to hold black powder after the Eternal Night Army, although the amount is not particularly large, but with the cooperation with the Eternal Night Army, the amount of possession will be larger and larger.

According to her calculating nature, of course, she must pit her enemies before she is exposed, and as for who it is, it depends on who hits the muzzle.

The construction will be famous all over the world with the existence of the building, and the Eternal Night Group Army will build a man-made project far more than the Twin Cities, which is an inevitable thing, but that is a matter of the future, in a short period of time, it will be irreplaceable as a landmark city of the Eternal Night Group Army.

"What's wrong? Is there anything on my face?"

Sean thinks he's thick-skinned enough, but he doesn't feel comfortable being stared at by a woman for a few minutes.

Especially when this woman is very noble, let alone make a casual move, which is easy to cause misunderstanding, but there are two champion knights and a quasi-champion knight behind her staring at him.

"Angel Bena once told me that you started Suhui since you were a child, I didn't believe it at first, but now I believe it. ”

The princess regent put away some indecent behaviors, and once again regained her graceful and luxurious appearance.

"Why did Your Highness say this?"

Sean was confused, not that he was pretending to be stupid, but he didn't know why the other party suddenly came up with such a sentence, what was it that stimulated her so abnormally?

Condescendingly, looking down at the rolling river and the twin cities with a large number of merchant ships shuttling, Sophie Lia showed a very rare fascination: "The last time I saw it, I only felt awkward and ugly, but I didn't expect that after the river reflowed, it was so beautiful, and you didn't consider the consequences of failure when you built such a city ten years in advance?"

I've seen two versions of the Twin Cities, and I've felt a bigger impact from them.

It has to be said that Ferdinand has made a name for himself in terms of architecture, and the Twin Cities are not only sturdy, but also both practical and aesthetic, in addition to the differences caused by the topography of the two sides, many places echo each other and blend in with the natural environment of the Andes Mountains.

The mountains, the water, and the city depend on each other, and it looks very pleasing to the eye.

When the Jacob River re-flowed, although the Twin Cities did not meet the impact of the flood peak, they were sturdy and soaked in the turbulent river water for several months, but the main structure was not seriously damaged, and it was put into official use after a little repair.

The Twin Cities are now not only the water gateway of the Eternal Night Army, but also a transit and supply station, where many mountain goods are directly transported and loaded.

With the use of the Twin Cities, a radius of dozens of miles has also begun to be lively, and various villages and factories have sprung up.

It won't be long before it becomes the first large-scale industrial park of the Eternal Night Army, and although most of it is only primary processing, it is already quite remarkable.

When the time comes, it will be a city in the true sense of the word, driving the development of a region.

This flourishing scene is the most beautiful scenery in Sophia's eyes, and she can't get enough of it, and she wonders about the pros and cons of this development model to see if she can borrow it in her own territory.

"Now that we have succeeded, why should Your Highness bother with this issue again?" Sean said haha, diverting the topic, "If you can, can we go back to the conference room and continue with the topic just now, the four-party meeting is coming, but there are many topics that we need to finalize, and we must hurry up." ”

"That's it. Sophia took a deep breath, and she didn't know if she had performed some royal secret technique, and her spirit became very full and her fighting spirit was high in an instant.

"It's a tough opponent. Sean sighed sincerely, and at the same time cheered up, ready to fight with him at the negotiating table for a new round of fighting.

Princess Regent is with Sean on the front and back feet, arriving in the Twin Cities.

The four-party meeting was mainly to reach a consensus on the rights of the Manyu military leader, focusing on Philip and Angel Bena, the regent Princess Sophilia was the mediator, and the Eternal Night Army was familiar with each other, ensuring that after the Manyu military leadership was completely unified, his own water trade in the Manyu military territory would not be affected.

Philip, the first in line to the throne of the Manyu Army, was a well-known racist and hateful to the Andes.

At the beginning, Angel Bena found Patalem for the first time, except that Patalem's power is relatively thin and easy to influence, because in front of this brother, he can't talk at all.

Philip was forced to compromise under pressure from the princess regent, but many conditions were predictable that things would not go too smoothly.

The princess regent did not consider uniting Angel Bena and Sean at the same time, and at the same time cleaning up Patlem and Philip to support Angel Bena on the throne.

Sean would have liked to see such a situation, but it was not in the interests of the Lancelot royal family.

Because Angelbena's power is not pure, there is still a secret meeting of witches standing behind her.

Princess Regent did not want the Holy See to continue to expand, nor did she want the influence of the Witches' Order to continue to grow.

At the same time, there is also a problem with Anjibena's identity, and if the princess regent forcibly supports her on the throne, it will cause a strong backlash from other grand ducal families.

This is a matter of family inheritance, the princess regent can interfere in the battle for the inheritance of the Manyu military leader today, and tomorrow she can interfere in their family, they can't help but prevent it in advance.

The issue of inheritance, especially the inheritance of several major princely families, is said to be a military leader, but it is actually similar to a principality.

At the beginning, the Manyu military leader was in a mess, not because the Lancelot royal family was slow to react, but because there was no way to intervene, and they could not enter until they received the initiative of the first heir, Philip, to enter.

It looks a bit round, but it's barely recognized by other Grand Dukes.

In the transaction between Princess Regent and the Eternal Night Group Army, there are many things that cannot be said on the surface, and it is natural that a consensus be reached, an agreement will be signed, and a unified voice will be reached before the meeting of the four parties.

The reason why Princess Regent came to the Twin Cities was not Sean who went to Princess Regent's fiefdom.

It was because the meeting of the four parties was held on a river warship not far from the Twin Cities, and Sophia was purely in passing.

Compared with the agreement to compete with each other in the vegetable market, the covenant that needs to be signed in this meeting is more substantive, and the two sides must fight, for a little benefit, they fought for more than half an hour.

Of course, these involve specific things, and it is not the Princess Regent and Sean who personally come out, but the professionals on both sides who fight and make the final decision.

Only when it comes to more sensitive and important cargoes such as merchant ships or black powder do the two of them need to go out in person.

When I got to them, the progress was quite fast, because before the two sides met, these had already been estimated, whether it was their own or the other party's bottom line, they had a general idea in mind, and it was easier to make a decision.

For this kind of issue, the party who did not think of it is usually more sensitive, because there is no way to give an accurate estimate for a while, and no one knows whether there is a greater interest hidden behind it.

The only way is to get stuck in a dead card to prevent too much loss.

Overall, the atmosphere is quite good, and there is really no way to reach an agreement, so it will be put on hold for the time being, and we will talk when the other party is ready.

To put it in a fashionable phrase, put aside the controversy and develop together.

Three days are fleeting.

The lower reaches of the river, which is 10 kilometers away from the Twin Cities, are bustling with activity, not only with boats shuttling on the river, but also with people on the shore, and countless people and horses are setting up camp.

Obviously, Viscount Philip was also full of concerns about this four-party meeting, not that he was worried that the princess regent's side would be unfavorable to him.

If the princess regent wanted to deal with him, she didn't need to go to such great lengths to directly cancel the support of the Lancelot royal family for him, and he could only embark on exile.

Philip's main concern is still his half-brother Patlem, and the four-party talks involve too many forces and too many actions, so there is no way to talk about secrecy.

Excluded, Patlaim will inevitably do crazy things.

As it turned out, this concern was correct, and when Sean met the first heir to the throne of the Manyu Army, the opponent's armor had not been removed, and there were still blood stains on it that had not been cleaned up, and it was obvious that the road was not smooth.

"General Sean, you have created a miracle, no, it is two miracles, not only to complete the unification that countless people of the Andes have not been able to complete, but also to restore the Jacob River, which has been broken for hundreds of years, and the people of the Manyu army will remember your kindness. ”

As soon as they met, Viscount Philip warmly shook Sean's hand and did not hesitate to praise him.

Viscount Philip's performance really made Sean blind for a few seconds, which is completely far from the extremely racist and hateful characters in the intelligence he collected.

Before this, Sean had made enough preparations for the other party to make things difficult for him, and he had made several drafts, how to scold him back in a humble way when the time came, which not only showed his demeanor, but also showed that the Eternal Night Army could not be humiliated.

But I didn't expect the other party to react like this.

However, Sean is also a little fox who has been in battle for a long time, and a sincere smile appeared on his face: "Lord Viscount has a good reputation, and your Excellency's great military exploits, I am also like thunder, and it is really an honor to be able to see it today." ”

The moment the two hands shook hands, Sean knew that a large part of the kindness shown by the other party was fake.

The opponent's big hand is like an iron tong, slender and powerful, and it is constantly contracting and exerting force.

The information he has is even more outdated, and the other party is no longer a big knight, but a champion knight who has transformed into a humanoid monster.

The other party wants to make a fool of himself in public!

Fortunately, Sean had made sufficient preparations, a strange light flashed on the arm armor, the blood in the arm was swelling, and the strength increased dramatically, and he and Philip entered a stalemate, and under the vigorous squeezing, the hands of both sides made a gurgling sound of bone misalignment.

"Now that you both know each other, please come inside. Sophia's arrival broke the deadlock, and she turned a blind eye to the strange expressions of the two, obviously not wanting to cause any trouble.

"General Sean, please. ”

"Lord Viscount, please. ”

The two of them let go of their hands at the same time, with a bit of hypocritical politeness.

In Sean's mind, the evaluation and threat level of Philip has been raised by a standard, and this guy is far more hypocritical and cunning than he has shown before.

In other words, the character that he showed before was just a disguise for him.

One thing is true, the other party really doesn't have a good impression of the Andes.

Sean while revisiting Philip.

Philip didn't stop reassessing Sean, and when the two staggered, he subconsciously looked at Sean's arm.

What was that just now?

The bear power of the Odin orcs?

But the other party looks like a pure Andes who can no longer be pure, how can he exert the power of a bear?

Philip just felt clearly, Sean is a big knight at best, and his strength is not small compared to himself, but in an instant, the opponent's strength has skyrocketed by a notch, which is on par with himself.

This situation is very similar to the situation of those Ursa Orcs after they unlocked their racial talents.

But Sean didn't have any racial characteristics of the bear Odin orcs, which made Philip a little confused.

This guy must have some kind of secret art about the Andes.