159 A conspiracy to use territory as bait
"The legendary victory of three hundred people flooding seven thousand, Lord Ciri, are you the only one who did it? Don't forget, I'm credited with that! ”
"Thanks to you, bullshit!"
Ciri turned his head. "Lord Borg, I haven't asked you yet, you blamed me, let me ask you, when I said that I had found the enemy army and asked you to come and help, how did you say that you also found that the enemy army could not pass, and the result? You yourself stubbornly hit a crush, didn't you rely on me to make a big splash? That's right! You were captured by the enemy, and I rescued you, right? Where's your ransom? ”
In a word, Borg's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver. Aristocrats, under the table, there are so flies and dogs, and they must pay attention to the so-called aristocratic etiquette. So Ciri's request, Borg can't refute it at all! As for the ransom money, if Borg was really rich, why wait until now to pay it when he woke up?
Just as he couldn't get off the stage, the Marquis of Pompeita, who was on the throne over there, suddenly coughed. "Borg's ransom, transfer all the merits of that battle to you, and count it as your own credit. But Siri-sama, I heard that you have captured a lot of captives, so I wonder if you can give some to everyone. ”
"Want to be captured? Okay, one reinforcement for one prisoner. As for me, I am not treated well by the king, these are all high-level troops, and you have taken advantage of it. ”
"Williosa, you're too arrogant!" An obese earl scolded.
"Little baron, why are you bargaining with all the adults who are doing it, you are the lord of the west city of this town? Hmph, it's for it, it's for Lord Jador! ”
"Just this town in the west city, give it to me and I don't want it!"
Ciri smiled.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the territory of Kante City, are you not tempted at all? I know that Brand territory is good, but there are no barbarians in the northern brandy, and there are no fierce orcs in the south! ”
In a word, everyone's hearts and eyes came alive.
Yes! Isn't a principality with no foreign enemies around Fushuo a hundred times stronger than a principality that doesn't even have its people? Domestic territory, the best region in the continent of Los Angeles. But compared to the area of more than 550 million square kilometers of the Rus Continent, the Kingdom of Zigra, which is only more than 5 million square kilometers, is too small. Even if ninety percent of the land on the continent is under the control of alien races and all kinds of demonic beasts, but think about the fact that there are more than 200 earldoms in just five million square kilometers, how can it compare to the territory of Kante's side is so vast!
Also, the former country of Kante was unanimously considered to be four poor and remote areas. But when I got to Zhenxi City, I saw that there were two large Blue Devil iron mines, and a gold mine with a decent output. Coupled with 50,000 square kilometers of territory and a decent population, it is already a very rich territory! And the territory of Zhenxi, which is so rich, is still the poorest in the Duchy of Kante, so what should the best territory of this Duchy be rich?
"That's it! What a system of noisy yelling! ”
The sound of the aristocrats shouting like a vegetable market was silenced, but Pompeitt was looking at Ciri's gaze, which was not as calm as before.
"Lord Cieri, have you taken a favor from a territory that is not yet under the control of the kingdom? Why don't you give me a copy too? ”
Conscience of heaven and earth! Pompeitt's is definitely a counterstatement, but Ciri is still serious.
"Of course, Master Pompeitt. You see that you have been born and died for Your Majesty for so many years, and you didn't talk about the fact that there was no territory in the country before, but now there is suddenly an Principality of Canter, and it is not too much to ask the king to lead a country (principality) by himself, right? ”
As soon as Ciri said it, Pombet was really tempted. For him, Zigra IX was the greatest benefactor of his life, and it was he who promoted himself to become a great nobleman under Duke Brand when he was still a little baron.
After so many years of loyalty, he doesn't want to own his own territory, but he can't stand the thoughts of those children in the family! He also knew that Ciri was completely a conspiracy to seduce everyone to do their best, but as the other party said, he earned the territory of a principality for the kingdom, and he didn't fight with those nobles in the country, so why didn't he give him a territory?
Grand Duke of the Duchy of Kante, well, that's a pretty good title!
"You've finished what you want to say, what else do I say?"
Pombert spoke, and even the gaze that was looking at Ciri softened a lot.
"Lord Siri, since you have proposed to occupy the entire Principality of Kante, what do you think we should do next?"
"Conquer the surrounding towns that are not under control, and do your best to restore order to this countydom." Ciri said flatly. "Ladies and gentlemen, I have asked the locals, the lords here recruit soldiers, and they don't even pay for settling-in, if we spend a little money, don't we have a lot of soldiers available? Moreover, this territory is richer than many places in the country. It also produces green devil iron, there is no reason for the shortage of domestic resources, but we are guarding the gold and asking for food, right? ”
After listening to Ciri's story, where can those nobles still be nervous? "Yes, yes, yes! The potential of this woodland is developed first. In this way, I want one of the two Blue Devil Iron Mines, and my territory has this excellent weapon metal production, and there is no shortage of miners. ”
"Humph! If you don't have a shortage of miners, will there be a shortage of miners in our territory? You eat such a big Blue Devil Iron Ore in one bite, aren't you afraid to kill you? ”
"Hah! A Blue Devil Iron Mine is trying to kill me? Hmph, I haven't thought about that gold mine yet! ”
"Gold mine, of course it's the Marquis's, do you dare to ask for it?"
"Okay, what's the noise! Zhenxi City has been defeated, and before the king decides who to divide it to, this is still the direct domain of His Majesty the king. ”
Pompeit's other sentence made all the nobles collectively silence, but the next sentence made everyone feel quite cold.
"The resources in Zhenxi can cover the deficit of your domestic territories, but don't forget, we haven't occupied the entire territory of Kante territory yet, isn't it too early to say this."
Listen to the sound and know the elegant meaning. With a principality, it is natural to be able to call Zigra IX. The aristocratic "IQ tree" added a bit crooked, but they are all experts in this kind of thing!
"Capture the entire Duchy of Kante in one fell swoop? I don't dare to say this kind of big talk, but what about the current Zhenxi territory...... The east and south of Zhenxi City are mountainous, and I have five thousand people left, and it should be enough to capture the two surrounding towns, which adult is willing to cooperate? Everyone reduces the loss of points. ”
"I am willing, my knighthood is not high, and I don't have many soldiers, but both legions are elite, and you will die more than half of the soldiers." (To be continued.) )