On January 1, 1205, the first day of the new year, a series of bombshells detonated the whole of Sisemlia. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

First, the focus of the long-standing dispute between Erebonia and Calvard, and the fact that Crossbell, who had declared independence with his anomalous powers a few years ago, made big news again - Crossbell's announcement of annexation to the Empire.

Immediately afterwards, the Erebonian Empire officially accepted Crossbell's annexation as the fifth province of the Empire, and granted the most meritorious young hero of the Civil War, Rian Schwarzer, as a territory.

Lee, who officially turned 18 this year, was promoted to marquis at the same time, not a marquis in the traditional sense, but a lifelong marquis only for individuals.

Yes, with the power of a great victory in the civil war, Kent III, who had endured for many years, finally began to officially exert his strength and played the first card of comprehensive reform.

Unexpectedly, the hatred that Lane had intended to carry on his own was taken over by his own father, and the proposer of this epoch-making proposal of a lifelong aristocracy became Osborne, and Lane became the first test or "victim".

In the eyes of everyone, everyone, whether nobles or commoners, the most important thing for the title of nobility is hereditary replacement, leaving a "golden rice bowl" for the family to descendants, although the nobles who cannot be hereditary are glorious, but they are also very sad - "The Gray Knight" who worked hard to get such a result is the greatest sorrow.

The world misunderstood, but Lane did not care, and after quickly returning to the imperial capital to accept the edict, he quickly returned to Crossbell, and did not even attend the celebration banquet at the end of the civil war - because the Republic issued an official diplomatic document protesting against the unilateral breach of the contract between the Empire and Crossbell, and said that if he did not come to his senses, the Republic would resort to force.

At the same time as the official diplomatic documents, there was also information on the republic's build-up of heavy troops in the city of Altai.

On January 3, 1204, the Republic sent troops in the same manner as the joint military operation two months earlier.

The process and the result were also strikingly similar, and the vanguard of the coalition forces was blocked by a silver-gray knight's statue before they could see the wall of the Tanggula Gate.

"Warning, ahead is the territory of the Erebonian Empire 'Crossbell State', please leave immediately, otherwise you will be attacked by our army."

In accordance with international practice, Rien prepared to give three warnings, but the second attack was launched before the Republican Army could be exported.

Ten minutes later, the ground forces of the Republic were reduced to carts, the airboat units were blown off their thrusters, completely incapacitated, and the gray knights seemed unscathed.

"Warning-uh, the official rhetoric is too cumbersome, I'll get it straight to the point."

"Listen to me, I dismantled the magic machine that you regard as a demon, this time it's just a small punishment, and next time you come back, be ready for the annihilation of the whole army!"

Being beaten like this by a single person and a single machine, what else can the Republic Army do? There is only one option to retreat.

With the experience of dealing with "Purple Divine Machine", the Republic did not dare to make a big attack this time, at least not until the details of Riehn were clarified, and Crossbell, who should have ushered in a big war, showed a strange calm.

The battle on the table stopped, and the dark battle off the table had just begun.

Kirika Loulan, the head of the "Smith Agency" who has worked with Lane, has high hopes from the military, hoping that she will find a solution to "The Gray Knight".

However, in the entire republic, Lane was most wary of Misty Fragrance, and before the "Smith Agency" officially launched the operation, Lane invited Claire and her right-hand man to establish the Crossbell branch of the "Railway Gendarmerie".

Li En has always believed that Claire is a good opponent for Wuxiang, and in the case of occupying the right time and place, Wuxiang can't take advantage of people. In fact, it is indeed as Li En thought, and the misty incense, which is seriously under-resourced, is firmly suppressed by Claire.

As for Rian's family, they are all in the imperial capital at the moment, under the noses of Yukent III and Osborne, this can happen, then there will be no safe place for the empire.

Along with Claire, Lane's friends were the Thorz Military Academy's Special Science Class VII, who was invited by Lane to come for an internship, and by the way, helped Lane master various developments in the state. After all, it is indispensable to defend against people, and Li En doesn't want to be played as a fool.

Macchias and Jusis went to the government.

Laura and Faye went to the garrison.

Miriam continues to team up with Claire, bringing with her the new Black Rabbit Artina.

Eliot was the busiest, helping out at Orchid Tower during the day and part-time violinist at Rainbow Theatre at night.

Gaius Storion opened a pass, and he wanted to get around the most prosperous city in Western Semliya on his own.

Emma and Alyssa were placed in the IBC by Lai to be in charge of the monitoring work, with Emma acting as the auditor and Emma acting as Alyssa's secretary.

In the brief exchange after the ceremony, Yukent III and Osborne adopted Dawn's proposal to nationalize the IBC, and for this purpose, a large amount of manpower and material resources from the financial department, the intelligence department and the RF Group were drawn to form an unprecedented team to enter the IBC to carry out asset inventory and equity transfer.

Rien went to prison specifically about this matter and had several deep talks with Dita, who eventually agreed to exchange his assets for Crossbell's equality and long-term peace.

With Dita's acquiescence and the cooperation of the information obtained by Lixia earlier, the handover went quite smoothly, and the small gestures that the IBC executives thought they had planned were completely reduced to a joke.

Under the secret instruction of Riene, the information of these ill-intentioned people was written down by Emma and Alyssa one by one, and when the handover period was passed, they would come to liquidate, or they would be rolled up and leaved, or they would go to prison to accompany Dita.

Also waiting to be liquidated are the large and small moths in Crossbell's government department. Because of the seventy years of wrestling between the two powers, the composition of Crossbell's public service is far more complex than that of any other country, with various factions intricately intertwined, each with backers and countless agents.

The drier the water, the easier it is to fish, so Crossbell's corruption is worse and more stubborn than anywhere else in Semria. Although after Dieta came to power, a group of people were rectified, and after the "founding of the country", there are still quite a lot of moths that are either hidden deeply or have not had time to uproot them in consideration of the impact -- none of these people will be spared.

The question of social impact Li En does not need to worry, the sky above Cross Bell's head has changed, what is not affected, besides, the style of the empire has always been steel and fire, and Li En, who was born as a guerrilla, is well-known among the people, and he has far less resistance than anyone else to rectify corrupt officials and corrupt officials. Moreover, Rien is not the kind of person who likes to follow the rules, as long as he thinks that you have a problem, even if there is no evidence, I will arrest it first - whoever makes me the lord here, I have the final say.

In addition, Riene's path is also wilder than Dita's, the information of the Empire, the information of Crossbell, the intelligence of the Guild, the information stolen by Lysia, the information bought from the underground, and the abilities of Kia and Theo, as long as you do it, you are not afraid of not being able to find it.

Some people may say that corruption is inevitable as long as there is politics, and killing can never be clean, but Dawn firmly believes that after clearing this group, Crossbell's rule will be clear for a long time, and his reputation among the people will be more prominent, and no one will be able to shake his rule at that time.

In this way, all kinds of things are stacked, and Rien has almost become a workaholic like Kolotia, busy in the dark, unable to distinguish between day and night.

By the time everything had settled down, a full month had passed.

Just as Rien was about to take a vacation and lazy, Levi appeared in front of him and brought him two offers.

The first is an invitation from "Alliance Leader", inviting Li En to go to the Land of Origin again.

The second is Liana's war letter, the day Rian returns from the Land of Origin, which is the time when the two fight.

PS: Actually, it's actually quite interesting to expand this chapter to write, and it can write the content of a volume, but this book has written more than 2.6 million words, so it won't drag on anymore, so as not to be slapped in the face by flash 3, although the traitor has been determined to be slapped in the face through some channels.