Chapter 451: Archduke Cedric's Travels
But if you think about it carefully, there are profound reasons in it.
In the past, the selection of the queen was generally carried out under the auspices of the old king, not so much the queen, but the future queen, who I don't know how many years it will take to have the opportunity to sit on it, and I don't even know if there is a chance to sit on it.
The temptation was far less great than this one, and it was not surprising that in a year or two she would be able to ascend to the throne of the queen.
The second is that Lao Wang already has the balance and intention in his heart, and his will plays an absolute role, and it is difficult to use external forces.
This time, Prince Laurie also has a regent princess on it, and the other party will definitely support the Stritch family.
But Sister Wang and Lao Wang are not comparable, especially in the early stage of abdication, and the voice of discourse is declining.
On the surface, the Streich family has the biggest chance of winning, but in reality, they are the smallest.
Because in order to make themselves more likely, other families will invariably snipe together, and only by killing the Straych family with the greatest possibility will they have a fair chance to compete.
Anyway, the entire royal capital Valesta was very lively by them, and even overpowered the limelight of the broken blood horse led by the Grand Duke Cedric, after all, lace news is the most eye-catching.
Not only are the long-tongued women happy to discuss, but even the men who are usually not very interested in gossip also widened their eyes this time, wanting to see where the queen's position belongs this time.
The little princess of the Kingsley family is good, not to mention her own cousin, it is said that she is soft and weak, charming, and most importantly, she has a good father, who has countless gold and silver mines, although this time she lost the battle for the Desperate Swamp with the Eternal Night Commander, and the family fell into a financial deficit, but the gold and silver mines at home will not run, and it is a matter of time before they make a comeback.
Uncle and father-in-law, that is a kiss and a kiss, the Lancelot royal family and the Kingsley family are two swords, they want food and food, they want money and money, they want soldiers and soldiers, and the world is worry-free.
The charm girl of the Twin Peninsula is not bad, needless to say, she has a charming demeanor, just by being glanced at by her, she can make all men unable to walk, since anyone who has seen her smile, her bones are crispy, and there is nothing else in her head.
Not to mention the forces behind it, the Twin Peninsula and the powerful witch secret meeting can also make most of the Ashane Continent submit to their feet.
Not to mention the holy daughter of the Holy Aether Holy See, the awe-inspiring aura of the Holy Aether is so inviolable that people can't look directly at her face, but those who are lucky enough to see her face can't help but praise it, it's really an angel descending to earth.
Needless to say, the richness of the Flower Language Plateau is not under the plains of Asia Minor, and the most important thing is the influence of the Holy See, and the godfather of this holy woman is St. George, who has recently become in the ascendant.
I heard that he solved a great mystery and made great contributions to the Holy Aether Holy See, and was recognized by Pope Delt, although he did not publicly express his position, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the chances of St. George becoming the next Pope have skyrocketed, and if he can get the full support of the Holy See of St. Aether, the reputation of the Lancelot royal family will reach an unprecedented height.
Even the black pearl from the sea is very competitive, and she is full of wild and exotic beauty that is very different from the ordinary Byronic woman.
The Cummins family standing behind it in the past hundred years, a group on the edge of the Byron Alliance, between the officials and bandits, if they can be through marriage, the two sides are tied up, it is not a great help to the Lancelot royal family, the power of the Cummins family on the sea, it is obvious to all, although the North Sea Fleet of the witch secret society is competing with them for dominance of the sea, but they have always been in an advantageous position.
The Dragonwreck Battleship has an unrivaled advantage in naval battles.
Well, I forgot to mention that one of the two competitors from the Strachage family is said to have the blood of the Odin orc and lion clan, which is one of the two royal bloodlines on the Odin steppe, not to mention the appearance, the half-breed is easy to absorb the advantages of the two races and form a unique beauty.
This queen contender is one of the best, with the height and wildness of the Orcs of Odin, and the luxury and grace of the Byrons, full of little wild cats, and the Streich family standing behind them does not need to be promoted, and the Valestans have just seen the monstrous power of Archduke Cedric, and there is such a powerful army guarding the border, even if they sleep.
Choose one of the five, it's really hard to choose, it's so entangled, I really want to catch it all and sleep together, so that the world will be peaceful, hahaha......
This kind of thought, just thinking about it, makes countless men so excited that they can't sleep, and they can't wait to exchange their bodies for Prince Laurie.
Because Prince Laurie avoids these women who make countless men salivate.
It's not that he's stunted, and he doesn't know how good a woman is.
In this area, the lords and nobles of the Byron alliance are quite open, and many lords and nobles have already completed the coming-of-age ceremony by the personal maids carefully selected by the family for them when they are thirteen or fourteen years old, and have received the corresponding pre-marital education.
Most of this is done for the sake of proper guidance and prevention of them from becoming addicted to women after they have power.
The Lancelot royal family is naturally not lagging behind in this regard.
Although Prince Laurie is not very old, he has never lacked women around him.
Others only saw the glamorous side of these queen competitors, but they didn't see their terrifying side, which were all carefully cultivated by the major families as tools of interest, out-and-out creatures of interest.
They not only have beautiful and moving appearances, but also have deep scheming and old political skills.
If anyone indulges in their appearance and can't extricate themselves, they will eventually be eaten without even bones left.
Prince Laurie has grown up since he was a child, and the women around him are all this virtue, even if they weren't originally, but there are many people who can't stand peeping at Prince Laurie's identity, and they slowly become like this.
That kind of situation is like watching too many palace fighting dramas, the same drama, from the beginning of being sensible, it has been more than ten years at a glance, and no one is tired of changing it.
There are so many beautiful women in the world, as long as you want it, you can beckon, why do you have to provoke the most terrifying ones?
Looking at their ugly faces of sisters on the surface and stabbing knives in the back, it is not as interesting as petting their own little griffins, which is unique in the real sense, and they are currently their own unique.
The little one is always in the stage of rapid development, and his appetite is getting bigger and bigger day by day, and now it is quite amazing, and Prince Laurie is not surprised.
The more you eat, the faster you grow.
This simple concept is understood even by old farmers.
In just half a year, the two little griffins have increased by four or five times compared to when Sean sent them.
When it was first delivered, it was a calf at best, but now it is larger than a two-year-old warhorse, and can fly short distances with its wings fluttered.
According to the current rate of development, it will not take a year or two to fly at high altitudes, and the dream of manned lift-off will be realized in less than three years.
Most importantly, the little griffin has shown a good intelligence, and is now able to understand simple commands, and has the ability to discern people, and is even more close to those who are genuinely good to him, and very pleasant.
Who can refuse this kind of domineering and clingy pet mount?
At least Prince Laurie, who has a young heart, can't refuse.
Princess Regent Sophilia still has a way of lecturing Prince Laurie on this point, as she herself is addicted to griffins.
I don't know how those candidates for queen would feel if they knew that they weren't as important as a little griffin in Prince Laurie's mind.
As a result of this once-in-a-millennial event, the Valestans soon forgot about Archduke Cedric and the news he had brought.
That's right.
Many people do know the importance of the Broken Blood Keep to the Lancelot royal family, but this knowledge only exists in ancestral legends, and many people have not personally experienced the horror of the Odin orcs.
Because the Streich family guards the Broken Blood Castle too well, the Odin orcs have not broken the edge for several generations, and those who have suffered from the Odin beast ** are gradually aging and dying, and those terrifying memories are naturally buried in the dust of history.
It's not that the Valestans are insensitive, when they mention the Odin orcs, they still grit their teeth with hatred, and they also give the highest praise and praise to the Broken Blood Rider.
But let them donate money to help break the blood fortress, then they need to hesitate for three points, after all, the Odin orcs are a little too far away for them, and the attack on the steppe is the two major Odin empires in the east and the west, dog-eat-dog, their border passes should not breathe a sigh of relief, and there will be no battle for a long time in the future?
Why do we need to raise military rations?
Even those lords and nobles who have received a systematic education do not necessarily have such a far-sighted vision.
There are very few people who can clearly recognize and understand the long-term idea that if the Odin Empire is reunified, the Byron Alliance will be more dangerous.
Even if you realize it, you don't necessarily agree with it, because that is decades or even a hundred years later, and I have been in the ground for many years, what does it have to do with me?
Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and when that time comes, they will find their own way to go!
Human nature is inherently so selfish.
Archduke Cedric was not prepared to let them go so easily, and after the royal capital Valesta reached a border trade agreement with Sean and the Valesta Chamber of Commerce, he continued south to the Kingsley family, where he had a cordial and heartfelt meeting with Archduke Buck.
I don't know what the specific agreement was, but not long after Archduke Cedric left the Kingsley family, a large number of convoys transported a large amount of iron ore to the vicinity of Valesta, and then the Valesta Chamber of Commerce took over and transported it to the Broken Blood Fortress.
After leaving the Kingsley family, Archduke Cedric went around the Jacob River for most of the richest part of the plain of Asia Minor, and went to St. Eden, the holy place of the Holy See of St. Aether, where he met with Pope Dert, who was about to build a civil house, and stayed for a week.
Soon after his departure, Pope Dert issued a holy parable, to the effect that the Broken Blood Citadel was to fight for the protection of the Byronic people, which coincided with the concept of the Holy Aether Holy See, and the two sides were natural allies, stationed in the Broken Blood Citadel, and also to protect the Holy See, and the papal knights should take the initiative to respond to the call, raise their swords, and fight for it.
After the promulgation of the Holy Word, the Holy See sent a thousand-strong Holy See Knights directly from St. Eden to the Broken Blood Fortress, and scattered believers and knights from all over the country responded to the Holy Word, packed their bags, and embarked on a journey.
This matter does not seem to have much impact at the moment, and so far the Broken Blood Fortress has only received a few thousand new troops.
But the impact is far-reaching, and every year in the future, there will be devout followers of the Holy Aether Holy See, in response to this holy parable, spontaneously going to the side of the Broken Blood Fortress.
As long as the Orc threat remains and the Broken Blood Citadel stands, this parable will be in effect for one day, because once Pope Dert is summoned by the God of Truth, it is likely that this parable will become a legacy parable.
Unless the successor is in serious conflict with the ideas of the Dert pope, this legacy will not be abolished easily.
This made the world wonder what Archduke Cedric had promised Pope Delt to promulgate such a parable at the end of his life.
It's just that the two parties remain silent, and no one has the courage to ask, so they can only secretly guess that there are not many things that can make Pope Dert pay so much attention.
The Holy See has just sent its own holy daughter to elect a new king and queen, which should be counted as one.
The impending change of power for the Holy See is another matter.
Although the former is important, it is nothing compared to the latter.
Could it be that Pope Delt wanted to exchange a legacy parable for Archduke Cedric's support for his chosen heir?
This possibility is really not small, after all, the character and methods of Archduke Cedric are the most worthy of entrustment, and he controls the most elite and powerful army in the whole world, with his support, even if there is a big chaos in the change of power of the Holy Aether, it will not rise to the stage of force.
It's just a bit inappropriate to let an outsider participate in the change of power within the Holy See, isn't His Majesty Pope Delt a little confused?
However, this kind of thing only dares to be criticized in the heart, and absolutely no one dares to say it.
And Archduke Cedric's journey continued, and after entering the Manyu Army, the first person he visited was neither the puppet Grand Duke Patlem, nor Viscount Philip, who was very related to the Broken Blood Castle, but the Countess Angel Bena, an old-fashioned old man who praised her and publicly recognized her status as a countess.
Because after the Manyu military leader was split into three, she was the only one who was still sending supplies to the Broken Blood Castle, and it was quite a considerable kind, which definitely far exceeded the responsibilities that she should bear as a countess.
With the public admission of Archduke Cedric, no one can talk about the fact that Countess Angie Bena was canonized by a false Grand Duke, otherwise it will be a slap in the face.
This made Angel Bena overjoyed, she donated materials to the Broken Blood Castle at the beginning, but she didn't think that there would be this benefit, it was all for a good name.
Overjoyed, Angel Bena decided on the spot to donate three Red Cross hospitals to the Broken Blood Castle.
This made Archduke Cedric even more satisfied, and signed a further cooperation agreement with her, with Broken Blood Castle helping the Red Cross Hospital train Hospitallers, and the Red Cross Hospital helping Broken Blood Castle train various military medics.
The Red Cross and the hospital of this world all originated from Sean, but they were carried forward in the hands of Angie Bena, including the application of ordinary medical skills among ordinary people, and Angie Bena's Red Cross Hospital has been in front of the Eternal Night Army.
It is true that the Eternal Night Commander does have a medical research base presided over by Lady Elena, but it is a bit off track in its development.
First of all, because of the large-scale biological rejuvenating mutation induced by the energy reaction chamber, the medical research base was split into two, and the Institute of Biological Anomalies was split from it, and the study of biological anomalies became their main topic for a time, and a large amount of manpower and material resources were inclined to this side.
Since Ms. Elena was not good at this area herself, and her interest in this area was not very great, she waited for the Institute of Biological Anomalies to improve a little, so she let go and turned her attention to the medical research base again.
Limited by Ms. Elena's own experience and knowledge, what she is most interested in and good at is alchemy, as well as the production of finished medicines that extend from above, especially after discovering those at-home mutated magic creatures and at-home mutant magic plants, their unique medicinal properties and powerful medicinal effects, it is even more out of control, and she is running wild on this road. 8)