"Your Highness, the Capetian army is coming!"

"How many of them came?"

As soon as they returned to the hall of the City Lord's Palace, all the knights of Kosol City knelt down on one knee in unison.

"About three thousand men, five hundred cavalry, and the rest were all foot soldiers, well-armed, and with some siege equipment. ”

"Where are they now?" Rafa had just taken his seat in the main seat, and Mia and Gray walked in, Gray had now sworn allegiance to Mia, but Mia had told him to obey Rafa's command, and although he had gone around in a circle, at least some of his chivalry had been preserved.

Hearing this question, the knights who knelt down on one knee were a little hesitant, not knowing whether to answer truthfully, and finally the man who looked like the leader finally hardened his head and said, "They have already swept through Kosol City and are coming towards Icefield City, let's set off with them first, and it is estimated that we will reach Icefield City in a short time." ”

"Your Highness, forgive us, it's not that we don't resist them, after the last great battle, the remaining defenders of Kosol City are only three hundred, and we ...... It's really powerless. Perhaps fearing that Rafa would get angry, the other man said hurriedly.

Rafa raised an eyebrow, "I'm not going to ask Kosol City to stop them, Kosol City just needs to report to Icefield City." ”

Seeing that Rafa was not angry, the knights who reported the news breathed a sigh of relief.

"Bernice, arrange a place for them to stay and be well entertained. ”

"Yes. ”

Dismissed the knight, Mia looked sad, "I'm sorry... I'm the one who got the hang of Icefields. ”

"Silly girl, some things should be settled. ”

"But ......," Mia tried to argue something, but her voice was lowered, "please give me back my boat, I don't want to bother you." ”

"Do you think that your ambitious brother is just trying to catch you?"

"And what does he want to do?" Gray interjected suddenly.

"Think carefully about the current situation in Ola," Rafa tilted his head behind his back, "Byron's dominance has declined, and with the Dongyun Kingdom as an example, countless powerful nobles are ready to move, wanting to seal the territory, and in such a turbulent moment, it is natural that a big family like the Capet family is indispensable. ”

"What does this have to do with the Capet family coming to attack Icefield City?" Mia was also a little puzzled.

"Of course, they are trying to test Byron's reaction," he took out the pistol he was carrying, "Jarvis probably already knows the news that I am not dead, and the Capet family, who want to do something great, will not send troops to Byron first, but will come to me as a prince first, in order to touch Byron's bottom line," he rubbed his shiny pistol and put away the ** who pulled the trigger, "If Icefield City is destroyed, Byron will not have much reaction, then he can rest assured that he will make some big moves in the future." ”

"That's ......," everyone present looked thoughtful.

"Of course, not only the Capet family, but many other families must also be waiting for the result this time, if the Capet family kills a prince and is fine, then there must be more families waiting for the opportunity, they will think

The glory of the Hevian family is over, and it's time for a change of dynasty to be even more unscrupulous. ”

"What about Icefield City?" Mia asked again.

"Nonsense, I don't care if that family wants to be the emperor, whoever wants to kill me. ”

"But now that the ship has not been repaired, and the defenders of Icefield City are only five hundred, we are probably no match for the Capetian family. Gray was a little worried.

"You are so unconfident? Renault's 20,000 troops want to come and destroy me, and the Capet family has only 3,000 people, is it enough to stuff your teeth?"

Mia and Gray looked at each other, of course they knew the news of the defeat of Renault's army, but they never knew that the 20,000 troops were wiped out, because judging from the rumors, it only said that the two armies were damaged, and did not mention how many casualties there were.

Mia knew that Rafa was not lying, and it seemed that the strength of Icefield City was much stronger than she imagined, and when she thought about it, she suddenly felt a lot more relieved.

"Sipheus, let the people outside the farm and the western city wall return to the city, and by the way, let the head of Kono lay mines, don't lay too much, and tell him to fight after the enemy is in the attack range. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

Rafa gave the order lightly, as if it was a simple effort to deal with an army that was several times the strength of Icefield City.

"Don't you want to know how to defend yourself against the enemy, who is about two hours away, go to the city walls. ”

Being reminded by Rafa like this, Mia and his party went towards the city in a hurry, Mia estimated that there must be a witch involved in the defense, otherwise how did Icefield City manage 500 people to eliminate 20,000 people?

Rafa didn't care about the impending war, because the outcome was no suspense, and apart from numbers, the Capetian army's army had no chance of winning.

He took Audair out of the Lord's Mansion and to the library, the most magnificent building in Icefield City after the apartment.

Since Helen became librarian, she has been busy making lists all day long, carefully assigning the places where the books will be placed in the future, based on the library floor plan drawn by Rafa.

Although they had planned ahead, Helen and dozens of her men were still busy as the shiploads of books were transported from the merchant ships to the library halls, and they would have been even more tired if it hadn't been for Lucy's quiet weight reduction of the books.

Walking into the huge library, you will be greeted by a hall full of tables and chairs, the wooden floor is waxed, it looks very clean and tidy, and on the inside of the hall, there are a second and third floors, on which there are also some tables and chairs, but there are many fewer than in the hall.

The glass on both sides of the library is very pure, and some places also use white materials to reflect, so the first image of entering the library is bright, as long as it is not a cloudy day, the light in the library is very good, but now the electric light is not popular, and it is not possible to do night lighting, so the closing time of the library is two hours after dinner.

Except for the table and chairs, the rest of the space is full of bookshelves, and Helen arranges the books into different shelves in an orderly manner according to the type and pronunciation of the books

And at the top of the bookshelf, there is also a tag with the general name of this kind of book, which is more convenient for people to consult.

This library can be described as all-encompassing, whether it is astrology, agriculture, literature, music, history, geography, art, fantasy literature, alchemy...... There were all of them, almost seventy percent of the books published by Ola, and they were not so varied, and in order to obtain them, Rafa simply commissioned some of the merchant's friends to buy all the books from some of the poorly run bookstores, and without many categories, and put them on the ship, and as for the ones listed by Helen, some were purchased by special people, so it is possible that there are duplicates in these two batches.

As for why such a huge library was established, one is to enrich people's ideological world and vision, although he also knows that there are not many literate people in Icefield City, and there must be very few people who will come to the library, but there are two different things, if the city lord does not advocate literacy and reading, then it is conceivable what the rest of the people will do; Now that Icefield City has a library, and anyone can enter it, this news will spread through the merchants, and its impact will be huge, and the reputation of Icefield City will be greatly enhanced, which is also a means of attracting talents, although it may not see any effect for the time being, but it will definitely work wonders in the future.

At this time, the people in the library were still busy, because there were too many books to be stacked, and there were mountains of boxes in the hall, Rafa and Audair were helping to move the books, while thinking that more people would need to be added here.

"Natural science knowledge, isn't this a new textbook in the school?" said Audrey, picking up a book as she moved the book to the designated location.

"Oh, I asked the bookseller to print it for me in other cities, and this book is not only found in Icefield City, but can also be seen in other cities, and it explains some of the most common physical phenomena, such as thunder, lightning, gravity, celestial bodies, human bodies, and ......"

Audair opened the page and saw the author's name on it, and her eyes widened suddenly, "Your Highness, you actually printed your real name, it would be bad if the church saw it!"

"If it's not good, it's not good, so let the people see for themselves whether the theology of the church's explanation is reliable, or whether the science I advocate is more grounded. ”

"Your Highness, the church doesn't care what other people think, they only care about you," Audair then flipped a few pages, and became even more worried, because it actually recorded the differences between male and female bodies, as well as human anatomy, "There are people who dare to challenge their authority, and they are always merciless. ”

Rafa sneered and put his arm around Audele's shoulder, "You should know me, I never succumb to threats. ”

The two helped for a while, and when the two left, Audair deliberately took this "Natural Science" with her, although she was Rafa's guardian knight, but she had never read it, and she just flipped through it, and she actually thought it was quite interesting.

In particular, the discussion of the differences between men and women and the birth of babies once again refreshed her understanding of the world, humans, animals, and plants. 2k reading web