Chapter 0824 - Copying Steel Ridge (Second Update)
"I need to get back to my father. Antony did not give any answer to Liszt's proposal, and he needed to carefully calculate it with the Grand Duke of Sapphire before he could answer.
Li Si nodded: "It's just a proposal, there is still a period of time for this year's development order, and the Grand Duke can think about it slowly...... Personally, I am still very willing to promote this kind of cooperation, and when the Eagle Kingdom is weakened, I should use thunder means to accelerate its decline. ”
"Your Highness, please rest assured, when the funeral of the Marquis of Merlin is completed, I will immediately return to the Blue Sky Qingshan Palace and bring all the words of His Highness to my father. ”
"Good. Liszt picked up his teacup and took a sip of the slightly bitter tea - the green tea trees of Black Horse Island are exclusively owned, and after long-term cultivation, they have a high yield.
Because he, the dragon knight, had to drink tea every day, he quickly guided the sapphire ethos, and the great nobles would buy a batch of tea from Black Horse Island and go back to brew and taste it. Even the Sapphire family ordered a lot of tea from Black Horse Island, and it is said that the Grand Duke liked to drink tea very much, and he attached more importance to the sapphire tea drinking atmosphere.
Of course, how many people really like to drink tea, Liszt doesn't care.
Originally, he just wanted to drink tea by himself, even if he fries a pound of tea for a few gold coins now, he can't look down on the profit of tea.
Sea salt, white paper, and glass have always been the three pillars of the Flame Realm's trade.
There was no alcohol at the dinner, just a simple meal, which was proposed by Liszt, who thought that it was the funeral of the Marquis of Merlin, and it was not appropriate to drink alcohol - in fact, Sapphire did not have a rule that alcohol was not allowed during the funeral, but Liszt personally felt that the drinking atmosphere was too high to be suitable.
The dragon knight made a request, and the nobles were naturally embarrassed to mention it again.
So they had a hasty dinner, and then they went back to rest, and Liszt found an opportunity to talk to the Marquis of Oxtail alone: "Father, let's go to the study and talk." ”
"Well, it just so happens that I have a lot of questions for you. ”
"Am I going to participate?" asked Levi excitedly, keen to get involved in the family's affairs.
Li Si nodded: "Of course my brother can participate, but later my brother will help me make sure that the area around the study is quiet enough, so that the conversation will not be heard by others." ”
In the study, Ah Ke was still reading and writing by herself, she just said hello to William Li, and then re-immersed herself in her own world - busy studying the magic teleportation array, leaving all other experiments aside, and striving to complete the magic teleportation array as soon as possible.
Liszt took the wine and the glass from his servant and motioned for himself to come.
When the servant closed the door, Levi also went out for a circle, instructed his servant not to be disturbed, and then returned to the study.
He took the wine glass handed by Liszt: "There is no one outside, Liszt, what can I say." ”
Liszt sat down in his chair and asked first, "Father has already heard my uncle mention it?"
William Li nodded solemnly: "Messiro told me...... Three-headed dragon, I stayed up all night last night for the news. "He arrived at the Taro Castle yesterday, and then Messiro told him about it, and he only thought that he was amusing himself.
It took a long time to reluctantly accept the facts, but he was still skeptical.
The same goes for Levi.
"I do have a three-headed dragon, this is where I am ready to directly establish a kingdom, the kingdom of flames is established on the sea, I believe that no kingdom dares to casually launch a dragon slaying war against the kingdom of flames...... As for the location of the Flame Kingdom, the address has been chosen - the Flame Islands. ”
Without waiting for William Lee and Levi's to react, Liszt took out a drawn map directly from his arms.
"This is the map of the Flaming Islands, which is about seven thousand kilometers away from the Sapphire Islands, which is a bit far, but it's not too much of an obstacle. Father, please see, this largest island is the Flame Island, and it will be the direct territory of my Flame Family. ”
Unable to express his shock at the three-headed dragon, William Li immediately followed Liszt's finger and looked at the map: "How big is this island?"
"About three million square kilometers have been mapped. ”
"Three million, isn't that bigger than the Sapphire Islands combined?"
"Yes. Liszt smirked, it was indeed worth being proud to be able to find the Flame Islands, "The Flame Island is the territory of the Flame Family, so the second largest island in the Flame Islands, this one, I have named it Tulip Island, is the fief I gave to the Tulip Family. ”
"How big is it?" asked Levi impatiently.
"About 450,000 square kilometers, which is half the area of Iron Shoe Island. ”
"Four hundred and fifty thousand!" Levi's eyes lit up, and he instantly felt extremely eager for this island that looked much smaller than the Flame Island, "Liszt, when do you plan to build the country and when will you develop the Flame Islands?"
"What does Father think?" Liszt decided to ask William Lee what he thought first.
Marquis Oxtail, who touched his chin and forced himself to calm down, slowly spoke after seriously examining the map: "This is my idea to develop first and then build a country, the Flame Islands are still an unknown environment, and the resources on the island have not yet been explored, so it is difficult to guarantee that it will be suitable for habitation." ”
He paused, then continued, "Moreover, the Sapphire Islands are too far away from the Flame Islands to be fully prepared, and the resources spent on the exchange are likely to be wasted...... Our family's industry is still very weak, and it is likely that the gains will outweigh the losses if we rush to the Fire Islands to cultivate. ”
"Father's idea is the same as I thought, but development still needs to be developed, and a group of knights can be sent to pioneer first. I'm recruiting knights from Ironhoof City, and you can recruit knights from your father, and all the knights eliminated by Sapphire can be recruited and thrown to the Flame Islands to pioneer the wilderness. ”
As long as the earth knight eats more meat, ordinary people can be promoted, and the trainee knight is too numerous to mention.
And there are very few knights who can really make achievements, and most knights eventually have to put down their spears, sell their horses, and go back to farming or miscellaneous work. Liszt's birth, all knights can see the opportunity, and it will inevitably make unwilling people fight for it.
It will not be forced, the dangers and benefits of the pioneer will be clearly stated, and the rest will be left to the will of the knights themselves.
William Li nodded and said: "That's okay, there is no shortage of knights on Iron Hoof Island, and the fall of the Bull family has forced many knights to dismount and farm." ”
"By the way, father, although in the past few years, I will focus on developing the desert islands of the Flame Islands, and I am not in a hurry to establish a country. But the court structure of the Flame Kingdom still needs to be determined earlier, I don't know if my father has anything to teach me?" asked Liszt.
The state system under the knightly system is very different from the state system on earth.
First of all, as a sub-feudal system, the lord is the largest ruler of the fief, except for paying taxes to the superior lord, all other affairs are handled by the lord himself. Even the real royal court is more responsible for managing the king's own fiefdom and coordinating with his lords.
Before Liszt was appointed Marquis of Oxtail, he held the position of court groom.
This position looks like that of a servant, but in fact the positions held by the nobles in the court are basically similar honorary positions, such as the chief of catering, the minister of the inner court, the winekeeper, the groom, ...... As for the Minister of Finance, Minister of Military Affairs, etc., there are no similar positions.
The main administrative positions in the king's domain will be held by special vassal nobles, and cities and towns will be managed by advisers and administrative officials.
The war was left to the Knights - except for elite knights who had been specially trained, most of the knights fed themselves without the need for the lord to worry about.
The head of the Order will be selected from among the great nobles to prepare the knights for the kingdom in chaos. Before his retirement, the Marquis of Merlin served as the captain of the palace fleet, which was equivalent to the position of head of the knights on land. Every time the large knights of the Pioneer Order are basically led by the Marquis.
In the first two Frontier Orders and the Battle of Iron Hoof Island, he and William Lee fought under the name of the Coral Island Knights, but they were still under the command of the large knight commander who presided over the battle.
William Li thought for a moment, and then quickly replied, "Just copy the Iron Ridge Kingdom. ”
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