When the sun shone on El Calloon again, a fleet flying the flag of the Kingdom of Ribelia was heading at full speed towards the imperial capital's harbor at the place where the sky and water met. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Standing on one of the largest big ships, Juventus? The Prince of Brittany was overwhelmed with emotion, and since the age of twelve, he had followed the diplomats of the Empire to the countries of the Alliance and the colonies of the Empire.

Living and studying outside the country for many years made him very unfamiliar with his family and the emperor, but more of a disturbance about the status quo of this so-called empire, from the Korsaland Peninsula in the Near East one after another uprisings and killings, the empire consumes a lot of resources there every year, so far three members of the royal family have buried their bones, and now the eldest brother of the crown prince as the commander is even more understaffed, and does not know when he will receive assistance.

On the New World, he only stayed for a year and encountered more than fifteen offensive and defensive battles of the slave city-states, plus those disgusting freedmen and stupid squires thought that only by driving out the empire could they be exempt from taxes, not to mention that the supplies they provided to various guerrillas every day, especially the Green Forest Brotherhood, were higher than taxes, and once the rule of the empire really disappeared from their heads, what would they do to defend their homeland, using shotguns and pitchforks against slave warriors? It is estimated that it will not take half a year to be eaten up and robbed by the slave owners and become slaves, as for those guerrillas, ha, they must have already taken refuge in the slave city-state.

Not to mention Dongying in the Far East, the so-called general is simply a fool, not only to suppress the king but also to face the challenges of the princes, while asking the onmyoji, witches and monks to suppress the monsters, but on the other hand, they wantonly suppress and expel these strong people, Juventus is also very strange why these strong people who have power have not rebelled, I really can't figure it out.

As for the legendary origin of gold and silk, it should be said that the Silk Continent in the ancient chronicle is now renamed the Troubled Continent, not to mention that the civil officials and nobles there are so unreasonable, very much like the aristocratic faction within the empire now, but they just didn't have much force, and came up with a strange supervision system, the general didn't know a soldier at all before taking office, and the same was true for the soldiers, and it was easy to disintegrate the army.

The good thing is that the risk of civil strife is greatly reduced, and the disadvantage is a bit terrible, the surrounding nomadic countries that are no longer a threat to the Norman League and the St. Orlando League have actually swept the civilized country again in this era of steel, gunpowder and magic, pray that the people of the troubled continent can live, although there is little hope.

Juventus, the farthest Norman kingdom and the continent of Mazkadan, did not arrive, on the one hand, because of the weather, and on the other hand, the emperor asked him to study in the kingdom of Riberia, and if possible, to soak in their princesses.

Thinking of this, he looked at the general standing at the bow of the ship with a puzzled expression, it was a man with short black hair and a boat-shaped hat, wearing a red Admiral Riberia uniform, wearing the rank of general...... Female generals, although it is said that it is a tradition to keep women away from warships, but this one's force is really oppressive to all beings, once single-handedly beat down six high-level soldiers, and he was only slightly injured, and the more terrible naval simulation war creatively lost one-third of the troops, wiped out the opponent's two main fleets, and dominated the Royal Naval Academy, even the retired former commander of the Third Fleet, Admiral Hugh, once said that this is definitely one of the strongest admirals in the world.

"That...... Ms. Catherine, I would like to ask ......."

"Don't talk nonsense, don't say anything, please ask, and I'm not married yet!"

His Royal Highness Juventus, who sprayed directly in a rough tone, couldn't speak, this is a well-known female man in the navy, "We will soon arrive at that small and broken port, I hope you are ready, the kingdom has lost an entire main fleet and an army corps for the maintenance of the alliance, if the emperor does not have a satisfactory answer from me to go back to the errand, hum!" ”

That's it, this time to return home is to pull reinforcements for the royal family, and at the same time, it is also the sea kingdom that came to ask for the guilt, after all, the other party has suffered such heavy losses and has not yet started a full-scale war, really to say that His Majesty's endurance is comparable to that of an old turtle, alas, it is really a painful errand.

The two of them, who were not in conversation, stood there like this, until the fleet followed the guide ship into the harbor, Catherine frowned, this time the escort fleet only had forty ships, and the large battle ships only had her own 'Skyfire' and the old-fashioned sixty-four guns of the 'Count Liel' following behind, but now most of the mooring places here were occupied by camouflage warships, which was absolutely impossible to hide from her eyes, and the sailors on the shore seemed to feel ill-intentioned.

Just when Catherine and Juventus entered the port area, in a nearby three-story mansion, the bold elf female first mate held a red wine glass in her hand and looked at Ribery's warship with a smile, "I really didn't expect that it was the little girl Catherine who led the escort, which is a bit of a headache." ”

"Eldest sister, we are all out this time, and the spies who were on the Riberia side before have also sent back a message, once something happens to her, no one will help her, and the threatening guys have already moved their hands and feet to make them temporarily unavailable, this time I won't give her a chance to turn over."

"Well, well done, let the brothers endure for a few days, and when the time comes, let's do it together, I'd love to have fun in her battleship room." With that, she took a sip of the red wine, which made her feel excited just thinking about it, and turned and walked towards the bedroom, where there was still a young man who looked a little tired.

"Dear Prince, don't sleep, let's have fun together......"

"But I'm so tired...... Yes...... Don't ...... Hiss ......"

Then there was another spring in the bedroom, and the sound of love between men and women was endless, and the subordinate had already left.

After landing, Catherine's uneasy feeling increased again, as if she had broken into a trap set up long ago, but this time she found no trace, even if a few of the sailors she met on the road were indeed on the North Sea Storm Ocean, and the pirate king Rogers' subordinates were not armed now, and he could be sure that they were not on their backs, so they couldn't do it.

"General Catherine, what's wrong with you? From the moment you get off the boat you look very uneasy. ”

"Well, you sissy prince, all you see is a bunch of sailors, and what I see is a bunch of pirates, all of whom are pirate Rogers' men."

"So that's the case, please don't worry about this, I've already got in touch with the Mirror Palace, these people should be mercenaries found by Clovis's younger brother, it's hard to say what the quality is, but there are about four thousand people in number, it's really difficult for him."

Catherine shook her body, looked around and saw that no one had a weapon on her, and pulled Juventus forward quickly, "You guys are crazy! Recruited 4,000 pirates in El Calloon who don't know when they will betray!? ”

"No, Rogers' men should be very committed to them, and it is said that the people who hired them say that they can do the job perfectly."

"And then when you arrive at your destination and wait for them to leave the port with a full load, they are captured and sold as slaves, which is all too common."

"This ...... Let's take a look at the specific situation, let's go to the emperor first. ”

Juve directly avoided the topic, much to Catherine's surprise, who was not at all worried about the possibility of a large-scale attack on the capital?

In fact, the second prince may not understand this truth, and he can see this threat, but what can a prince who is away all the year round do? There are no generals and soldiers, and the nobles will not support him, and even if he only has a royal guard in his hand, it is still the kind in the form of an honor guard, except for the knowledge in his mouth and head, he really has nothing to do, after all, there is no money, no power, no soldiers, what you say is just used as a reference, and that's it.

Arriving safely at the Mirror Palace made the two breathe a sigh of relief, and the old emperor invited himself to receive them, but in the face of Catherine's questioning, he still said the royal predicament, "Since the failure of my reform, the finances of the empire have never improved, the cost of the army has risen every year but has been diverted by the military department, there is not a year in which the various territories are not crying poor, and the seven dukes are even more dissatisfied with the disaster relief and alliance expenses of the imperial showdown." ”

"It's just that during this time, I still have to face the military threat of the Normans, and I have to repeatedly squeeze out the financial resources of the people, and now there is no financial resources to speak of, but the interests of the nobility must not be touched, this is a dead knot, in order to maintain the empire, I must obtain funds from the nobility, otherwise the government will be paralyzed, as a representative of the nobility, I can't be too harsh from them, in fact, I can't touch it, what do you say I should do?"

"This redeployment is clearly just another armed march, but in fact it has turned into the beginning of a civil war, and I must be prepared just in case, so I accept your questioning by Admiral Catherine, but please also understand the difficulties of this empire."

In the face of such an embarrassing situation and situation, Catherine really didn't know what else to say, as for the reconstruction cost of the kingdom, the old emperor was full of promises, but unfortunately the treasury was clean and could run rats, unless it could help the royal family squeeze some finances from the nobles, otherwise this negotiation was destined to be nothing.

On the other hand, the Duke of Koman, who did not respond to the call of the nobles, was also not idle, because the army composed of different races was passing through his territory, looking at the army in front of him, the duke was very satisfied, and the commander of the imperial army who was firmly tied behind him looked at him with an angry face.

"Hey, don't look like this, you guy, you said I was for the empire."

“****！ You traitor, what do you say for the sake of the empire, let the Norman emperor and his army enter the country, this is called for the empire!? ”

"So what, the royal family is useless, and the nobles didn't take much advantage of sending me, and they wanted me to charge into battle at least get the money out, which the Normans did much better, and he deserved to be an emperor of great talent."

"As for you, I want to think about what to do......"

"How about cutting off his head in front of everyone, my dear Duke of Coman."

Several strong men escorted a blonde young man in, wearing silver armor and a long sword pinned to his waist, whether it was the accessories or texture of the clothes, it was the best of the best, and the handsome and chic laugh was the ruler of the Norman Empire, Emperor Winster? Irving.

"Ah, Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to come in person."

"Don't talk nonsense, if you want to show loyalty, do what I say, if you want to be neutral......"

Before he finished speaking, several guards looked at the Duke with weapons in their hands and looked at the Duke with an unkind expression, and there seemed to be something fluctuating in the shadows, it must be the assassin of this guy on the other side.

"That'...... Then do what you say......"

On the day of the return of the second prince Juventus, the Duke of Koman publicly executed the commander of the border garrison and led all the people to surrender to the Norman Emperor, because the intelligence work was excellent, and no news has come out so far, giving him plenty of time to build a portal, this time the army under the command of the Emperor will bring more changes to the chaos of Elkalorn.