"Father's meaning is that you will suppress the war at sea, and the knights of the sapphire will act as the main force of the war, and the taxes paid will be divided between the two of us in half. ”

Anthony named the scheme of interests of the Grand Duke of Sapphire.

In previous years, it was the Grand Duke of Sapphire who suppressed the battle situation and fought against the possible dragon knights to ensure that the battlefield remained at the level of ordinary knights. So all the harvest of the knights had to pay taxes, especially ores such as metals, which had to be distributed by the Grand Duke himself after the war.

This time, the Grand Duke of Sapphire planned to let Liszt suppress the war situation, and then divide the tax in half, which is still a more reasonable plan.

Liszt agreed after a little thought: "Yes, but you need to come up with a more detailed plan, how many ports there are in the Eagle Kingdom, how many ships there are, and the distribution of shipbuilding technicians, all of which must be investigated." I hope that it is better to wipe out all their sea power in one war, and not dare to advance an inch of the sea for decades!"

"Your Highness's ambition is admirable, and Antony, as the presiding officer of this naval campaign, will surely investigate all the details. Anthony replied in a deep voice.

Looking at Liszt, whose face still had traces of immaturity, but his tone was full of old spicy, he couldn't help but be deeply moved.

......

For Liszt, the core members of the sapphire family have a lot of discussions, especially in the follow-up period of the Dragon Slayer War, and Liszt is discussed almost every day.

Eighteen-year-old dragon knights, and possibly younger magicians, it's unimaginable.

The Grand Duke of Sapphire knew William Li very well at that time, the Earl of Coral Island, and he was full of courage and talent, and he was a relatively potential earl upstart in China. But his heir, Levi, belonged to the generation of conservatives, and he thought that it would take several generations of hard work for the Tulip family to become a marquis.

I never expected a huge variable.

At first, Liszt was not too noticeable.

That is, when the eldest prince was encircling and suppressing Castle Juniper, he looked at Liszt twice, and felt that he was a good young man, and he intended to cultivate it. Then in a flash, Liszt, who was in the pioneer order, earned the title of viscount and was promoted to the knight of the sky, stealing the youngest title in the country.

At this point, Liszt really entered the eyes of the Grand Duke of Sapphire.

As the king of a country, the Grand Duke must pay attention to the young people of the country, these are the future nobles and the objects of his loyalty.

However, before the Grand Duke could make a move, Liszt suddenly became the inheritor of the ghost swordsman, and he was able to defeat the top powerhouses of the knights in the realm. When the news was received, the Grand Duke had summoned his staff and held a special meeting to discuss Liszt's affairs twice, and Anthony was also involved.

Eventually, the Grand Duke decided to personally recruit Liszt as a follower.

But was interrupted by William Li, with a reason that "the son is ready to help his father fight for the marquis title before the separation", and the Grand Duke can't help this-he obviously thinks that it was the position of marquis left after the rebellion of the Marquis of Bull that stimulated William Li to reach an agreement with his son to fight for the marquisate position.

There's nothing wrong with that, so shelving it for now.

"At that time, Liszt was not a ghost swordsman inheritance at all, and I am afraid that he had already successfully ridden a dragon...... Naturally, the dragon knights were reluctant to pledge allegiance to my father. Anthony's mind flashed, "And William Lee's statement that Liszt was going to pledge his allegiance to me in a few years was also fooling me." ”

When I think about it like this, I will inevitably feel unhappy and be played like a monkey.

But as a qualified heir to the dragon family, Anthony did not let his personal emotions affect him. After Liszt successfully rode the dragon and teamed up with the Magus to kill a dragon knight, he had quickly changed his mindset and placed Liszt on the same level as his father.

There was no contempt for Liszt's youth.

He is deeply aware that in the future, the sea is no longer Sapphire's sphere of influence.

During the discussion within the family, my father once said with great difficulty: "The era of sapphire's maritime supremacy is over, Anthony, when this country is handed over to you, you must learn to be patient and know how to make trade-offs...... United Steel Ridge to suppress Liszt, and United Liszt to fight Steel Ridge, both require you to grasp the balance. ”

And he himself frowned and asked: "Father, what if Liszt rises to be aggressive?"

Then divert his attention, with such a large piece of meat in front of him in the Eagle Kingdom, why would he come and gnaw on the hard and meatless bone of Sapphire. Once Liszt established the state, he would understand that it would be too difficult for the maritime state to rely solely on the sea unless it was to grab the resources of the mainland. ”

"It's just father, if I can't become a dragon knight, I don't even have confidence in myself if I want to compete with a dragon knight and a magician. ”

The Grand Duke pondered for a long time before answering his heir: "Adapt to the situation." ”

......

Coming back from his thoughts, Anthony hid his inner sigh - he found that Liszt's ambitions were greater than he had imagined.

The purpose of the Grand Duke of Sapphire is to destroy the fleet of the Eagle Kingdom, but Liszt wants to destroy the port together and completely cut off the sea power of the Eagle Kingdom, which is undoubtedly treating the sea as his own backyard and not allowing anyone to touch it casually.

Don't let the Eagle Kingdom get involved today.

So will the Grand Duchy of Sapphire not be touched tomorrow?

Deeply melancholy inside, Antony was still relaxed on the surface, and after determining the general policy of the naval campaign, he talked and laughed with Liszt and chatted about some aristocratic anecdotes.

The luncheon was even more to change the glass, so lively.

In a hurry to go back and make a battle plan for the battle at sea, Anthony returned by boat in the afternoon.

When he left, Liszt, who personally went to the dock to see him off, watched the palace fast sailing ship go away, and said to his followers with great emotion: "Anthony is a good person, a qualified heir to the principality, except for mediocre talent, there are no shortcomings. ”

The followers smiled awkwardly.

In this knightly system where strength is king, the seemingly mediocre talent is the biggest drawback - of course, in fact, in terms of Anthony's talent, it is not too mediocre. The Sword Saint in his thirties will definitely become a Consummation-level Sky Knight in the future, in line with the identity of the king of a country.

As for riding dragons, many of the heirs of the principalities could not ride dragons, and this was not Anthony's shortcoming alone.

However, looking at the lord's upright back and majestic posture, the followers felt that what the lord said was not wrong - according to Liszt's standards, Anthony was indeed mediocre in talent, or 99.999 percent of the people in this world were mediocre in talent.

So no one answered.

Following such a lord is certainly the glorious favor of the knight, but it is not a lot of pressure, for fear of being disliked by the lord.

Liszt, who didn't realize that he had already caused great harm to his followers, turned around and lightly ordered: "Captain Marcus, Captain Fawkes, prepare the knights as soon as possible and form a combat force." It won't be long before we meet the war again!"

"As you wish, Your Highness!"