When the first snow stopped, Charles, returning from the south, rode into the city.

Luo Lan and Elle were happily building a snowman on the city wall, and immediately saw Charles coming in a hurry.

"Hey, Charles, here." Luo Lan threw a snowball over, Charles tilted his head to dodge, and then dismounted and ran up the city wall.

"Your Highness, there is movement in the Southern State." Charles gasped, and a short sentence made Luo Lan solemn.

"Go back to the palace and talk slowly."

Luo Lan took the two back to the palace, and in the palace, Charles told Luo Lan about the cavalry of the Southern State.

After hearing this, Luo Lan was very puzzled: "Since it was Count Abbe who rescued us, we should be grateful, why are you so nervous?" ”

Although Luo Lan is not happy with China, he is not so stingy, since Count Abbe is a good person, it is worth thanking.

Charles took a sip of rum and said in a deep voice: "Unlike before, this time it was hundreds of cavalrymen transporting supplies, and I was really surprised the moment the cavalry appeared." In the past, at most a dozen soldiers led dozens of peasants to transport supplies, but this time they were fully armed elite cavalry, where do they need cavalry to transport supplies? ”

Charles analyzed, he obviously knew the Southern Pradesh well, and even knew about the previous shipments of materials.

Luo Lan's eyes flickered, glanced at Charles a few times, and then asked, "What does this portend?" ”

"Count Abbe did not like war, and his original ideal was to lead 20,000 peasants to live a good life, and his soldiers did not exceed 100, and there was basically no military expenditure. And now, there are more than a hundred elite cavalry transporting supplies alone. If I am not mistaken, there are now at least a thousand or more soldiers in the southern state of Utan Pradesh, and many adult farmers have been trained as soldiers. ”

Charles's analysis is straightforward, although it is all speculation, but it is inexplicably believable.

Luo Lan nodded and motioned for Charles to continue.

"Count Abbe is already old, and it is impossible for him to train in his twilight years. Therefore, it is his heirs who are training. His son, Gargo, grew up fighting and winning, and he was basically responsible for the rare bullying of people in Utan Pradesh. So, Gargo may have seized power in the southern state and he wants to expand his territory. ”

Charles even knew about it.

Luo Lan looked at him with a smile: "Charles, when you recommended yourself as an envoy, you told Elle that you were a farmer, and you are not a simple farmer." ”

Charles froze, and Ellie, who had been listening quietly next to him, jumped up: "Charles, you lied to us and said, who are you!" ”

Charles smiled wryly and knelt down on one knee and said, "Forgive me, prince, I didn't mean to deceive, it's just that my identity is too sensitive......"

Charles was a little hesitant in his tone, he was obviously reluctant to say more. Luo Lan interrupted: "It's okay, it's okay, continue the topic just now, do you think the new king of the southern state is going to attack us?" ”

"After all, the Southern State is the territory of the Sea Spirit Kingdom, no matter how bold Gargo is, he will not dare to attack the prince, he probably wants to show off his might and intimidate His Highness, so that His Highness can reward more fiefs." Charles did not think that the new king would attack the prince.

Luo Lan also felt that it made sense.

He got up and paced a few steps and thought carefully, he was not afraid of the southern state, because after all, he was the king of Hailing behind him, and the rebellion of the little lord was certain to die.

After thinking for a while, Luo Lan stretched: "When the weather is warm, let's go to the southern state to have a look." ”

"Yes." Charles didn't refuse, but a complicated look flashed in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Luo Lan glanced at him, and then asked: "One more thing I'm curious about, there are only 20,000 peasants in the southern state, they are self-sufficient in farming, weaving, clothing and raising livestock, although they won't starve, but they are not equipped with elite cavalry, right?" Could it be that their special industrial zones are even more developed than ours? ”

Luo Lan's question made Charles stunned, and he couldn't help but wonder when he thought about it carefully.

How did the farming-minded southern states equip their elite cavalry? You can't have made your own weapons and armor.

"Is it trade?" Charles frowned, "The southern states are also east of the sea, maybe they have opened up ports and traded with the countries on the other side." ”

The country on the other side?

Luo Lan walked to the map and looked at it, and found that the country on the other side of the southern state was not the Sea Spirit Country, but a small country surrounded by mountains.

This small country is called Nanshan Country, and it is separated from the Nanyuan Territory of Barron by a huge mountain range, and the mountain range that lies between the two places is also the border between Nanshan Country and Hailing Kingdom.

"The country of Nanshan is blocked by mountains to the north, and there are endless mountains to the south, but it borders the countries of the Western Regions to the west, and it faces the southern states across the sea from the south."

Charles introduced the country of Nanshan, which is not big, but it is very long, like a horizontal snake, with exits at both ends.

"In this way, the southern state directly traded with foreign countries beyond the royal power, and developed a military in a short period of time, and that Gargo has no small ambitions." Luo Lan smiled, he was not afraid, but a little excited.

Why the excitement? Of course, it was not because there was a chance to fight, but because it was a chance to test one's firearms.

The world is cruel, there will be war at any time, and you can't do without your own gun. And Luo Lan doesn't have a gun in the real sense, and now that Gargo has jumped out, he may be able to build his own gun.

Of course, Luo Lan is not a stupid war maniac, and the important reason why he has no fear is not because he has black technology, but because the southern state is the territory of the Sea Spirit Kingdom, if Gargo threatens the royal power, the king will naturally clean him up, and he will not pose much threat to Luo Lan.

While Luo Lan and Charles were discussing the matter of "sending an envoy", the plains of the southern state were not idle.

Three hundred cavalrymen were training, with archers and more than a thousand infantry, rushing back and forth on the plain, murderous.

In a small town ten miles away, a group of generals sat in the castle, listening to the lecture of the new king of the southern state, Gargo.

"I'm curious, who is that guy with wolf teeth, only the father's heir has wolf teeth, how can a lord and courtier in the north have wolf teeth."

Gargo turned his back to the group and stared at the map in front of him.

He is tall, a total of 1.9 meters tall, and his physique is also very strong, and his arms are thicker than ordinary thighs.

His face was full of majesty, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his eyes were full of majesty, and his hand grasped the hilt of his sword like a tiger descending from a mountain.

"My lord, I remembered something and forgot to tell you...... There are no lords in the north, Luo Lan drove all the lords, and this news is what I heard from Nanshan Kingdom. ”

A general suddenly spoke, and he was already in a cold sweat after speaking.

Gargo jerked back at him, his eyes lit up. Everyone was silent, and the needles could be heard.

Gargo walked up to the general, raised his big hand high, and then gently patted the general on the shoulder.

"It's just a small thing, and you don't need to report it. You are all my brothers, and when my father dies, I will immediately lead my troops north and force that waste prince to give me the Nakajima State, the West County State, and the East County State, and you can all get fiefs! ”

"Xie Xinwang!"