Whether a country is morally great or not can be seen in its attitude towards animals.

- Mahatma Gandhi (the founding father of modern India, India's greatest political leader, founder of Gandhiism)

"Bai Feng, since you led the army north, we haven't seen each other for a long time. The Duke of Nice, who rode his horse in front of Bai Feng, did not wait for Bai Feng to speak, he greeted Bai Feng with a smile and said, "Your achievements in the northern frontier of the empire are really embarrassing for us old guys!"

Unlike the Marquis of Besançon and other imperial feudal officials, the relationship between the Duke of Nice and Bai Feng is not as close as that of the Duke of Rundstead and the Duke of Kleist, but it is also closer than the others, after all, there are still Melken and Miles between them.

"Uncle Maddis, if you are an old guy, then what should my grandfather do?" Bai Feng, who regarded the Duke of Nice as an elder, responded with a smile: "In our Bai family, if anyone dares to say that my grandfather is old, he will definitely be beaten by my grandfather." ”

"Haha, it seems that Old Man Bai is still strict in governing the family, which is why he taught you such an excellent good boy. The Duke of Nice, who looked up and laughed, said helplessly after laughing: "It's like those two bastards in my family, who have not been motivated at all since they were children." ”

"Uncle Maddis, if you're going to say that about Malcoln and Miles, then I'll have to be fair. Bai Feng, who knew that the Duke of Nice was joking, defended his roommates: "They are just young now, and they are just a little rejecting their parents' arrangements. ”

"Even if they rejected their parents' arrangement, they still went to the Imperial Academy and entered the military department, which shows that they still understand their parents' good intentions in their hearts, and in my opinion, with their potential, their future achievements may not be worse than that of your uncle!"

"Haha, if these two boys can have half of my ability, it will be enough for them to sit in Nice Province for the Empire!"

“......”

I never thought that the Duke of Nice, who was calm on the surface, would have such an 'arrogant' side, what else could he say about this kind of self-confidence that he had as a father but a wry smile?

With the Duke of Nice's personal response, the city defense troops in Nice Province that were blocking Bai Feng's advance quickly retreated under the command of his wing commander;

"If all the soldiers of the Standing Legion of the Empire can have such combat power, why worry about the instability of the Empire's borders?!"

The Duke of Nice, who was riding side by side with Bai Feng, said with a smile: "Bai Feng, you kid have never seen the battlefield performance of our Nice Provincial City Defense Army, how dare you assert that their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Imperial Standing Legion?"

"Besides, the standing legions of the empire are not only those newly formed recruit legions, the dozen or so standing legions that your kid once commanded, and the thirty-two standing legions of the empire, how can the combat power of these legions be comparable to the city defense army of our province?"

"Uncle Maddis, you're testing me!" Bai Feng, who had his own strength in his chest, said with a smile: "Not to mention the combat strength of the standing legion I once commanded, taking the first thirty-two standing legions of the empire as an example, there are not many that can compare to your provincial city defense army." ”

"I don't know much about the other legions, but I still know the situation of the fourteenth and sixteenth legions that fought under my command, and when these two legions were first assigned to me, you don't know how miserable their situation was!"

To Bai Feng's surprise, before he finished speaking, the Duke of Nice took over and said, "General Louis's Fourteenth Legion and General Di Maria's Sixteenth Legion are both strong armies of the Empire, how can I not know their situation?"

Facing Bai Feng's surprised eyes, the Duke of Nice explained with a smile: "After the Fourteenth and Sixteenth Legions were heavily rebuilt, General Louis sent someone to ask me for assistance, and I took about 5,000 sets of weapons and equipment from the city defense army and smuggled them to him. ”

Suddenly learning of this unknown matter, Bai Feng asked suspiciously, "Uncle Madis has an old relationship with General Louis?"

"If it's just the old ones, will I give him five thousand sets of weapons and equipment?" Duke Nice said: "Although those five thousand sets of weapons and equipment are not as sophisticated as what you see at the moment, they are not a small number, and they are the standard weapons and equipment that are being used by the city defense forces of our province at that time." ”

Bai Feng, who didn't speak, just looked at the Duke of Nice quietly, waiting for his further explanation, and the Duke of Nice, who seemed to have a look of remembrance in his eyes, was silent for a while, and then said in a leisurely tone:

"In fact, every high-ranking aristocratic family that can survive in the empire has its own family's unknown secrets and hidden forces, especially those top families with their own family fiefdoms, and their family power is extremely huge. ”

"Compared with the five major duke families of the empire, our Nice family is indeed more than a star and a half behind, but it is barely one of the top families of the empire;

"Twenty years is enough time for your Bai family to control the province of Llorente as a marquis, and in more than a hundred years, the title of Duke of the Empire, our Nice family can do far more than you think. ”

"Uncle Maddis, you mean that General Louis and General Di Maria were secretly cultivated by your Nice family?"

"No, our family has never deliberately cultivated anyone, but has only supported some small families in the empire that are relatively dilapidated, and fortunately, two of them have each produced a general who can fight well. ”

Although the Duke of Nice said it lightly, Bai Feng was still slightly shocked and said: "The hundred-year-old duke's family is really extraordinary!"

"Bai Feng, you still don't know enough about the power of the empire now, in other words, the time for your Bai family to rise is still too short. The Duke of Nice admonished Bai Feng with a sincere face: "Although the four dukes of one family are illustrious, you lack the background of a top wealthy family. ”

"Do you still remember the 50,000 elite troops sent by the five major families of the empire to the command of Duke Rundstede when the orc army came to the city before? Do you really think that the five major families of the empire will take out all the private armies of their respective families?"

Facing the Duke of Nice's earnest eyes, Bai Feng replied in a deep voice: "Uncle Maddis, I know that the strength of the five major families is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface, but no matter how strong they are, they are still families under the rule of the imperial family after all, aren't they?"

The Duke of Nice, who was not satisfied with Bai Feng's reaction, patted Bai Feng's shoulder, and said with a long sigh: "Bai Feng, I understand the purpose of your coming to me this time, but I can only tell you that I will not intervene in the battle between you and the Eighth Prince, do you understand what I mean?"

"Uncle Maddis, from the moment you told me about your relationship with the two generals, Louis and Di Maria, I knew that you would not intervene in the internal affairs of the Eastern Doge, and I would like to say that you can rest assured that I will not let you down!"

Looking at Bai Feng, who was solemn, the Duke of Nice, who was full of relief one second, joked with a smile the next second: "Bai Feng's nephew, your five thousand war horses are going to be given to me, right? I was just about to form a cavalry, but I didn't expect you to send them to me." ”