Ten days later, Victor received a report from Silvermoon Manor.

At this time, the season of fire was coming to an end, and he stayed in the central mountains and forests of the Neville Kingdom for nearly four months, surveying 6 first-class stream reservoirs and 23 second-class stream reservoirs, and according to the severity of the gifts, he successively formulated detailed water conservancy and agriculture and animal husbandry plans for the three powerful lords of the central Naville Kingdom.

The three lord families immediately recruited 80,000 displaced people from the Cogston Basin, turned them into tenant families, organized them to build water conservancy, open up terraces, and expect to get the first new farming and pastoral income in the windy season next year.

When word reached Coghston, the central and southern lords of Neville set off another wave of gifts to Viscount Randall. Alina received a soft hand in collecting gold at the Earl's Court de Kaiser, and Victor was too busy to attend the celebration of the Centaur Great Khan's Death held by the Knights of Radiance.

In the middle of February of this year's Fire Season, alchemist creatures arrived at Warhammer Camp 4 one after another, and Victor finally had an elite force out of the sight of Lord Neville. At the same time, mercury, smuggling caravans, and copycat nodes were adjusted accordingly, and tens of thousands of people worked together to continuously gather intelligence from various regions to Warhammer Camp 4. The Hammer, the Mercenary of the War Bear, and the leader of the Mercury Interior, Feige, sit together in the Warhammer camp, providing external intelligence support to Victor and being at his disposal at any time.

Setting up a temporary headquarters in the wilderness of Neville is costly and delayed, but Victor no longer has to rely on the intelligence systems of the Kite Castle and the York family, and can get a more accurate and comprehensive understanding of external information. For example, Yeliu City changed dramatically overnight, the power of the Buryat family changed, and neither Kite Fort nor Jinshui City informed Victor.

It is not surprising that the Kite Fort attacked Yeliu City. In fact, in the first year after the ant plague ended, before Victor had yet to lay out Willow City, Archduke Williams began to woo Austin Buryatia, intending to strengthen the influence of the Kite Castle on Willow City, so as to infiltrate the southern part of the kingdom.

For hundreds of years, the bloodline of the Southern Lords led by the Solim family has always been obedient to the royal family of Gambis, and the south-central plains controlled by the Wellington family are flat and undefended, and are directly threatened by the military threat of the Copper City. The Augustian family and the House of Wellington used potions and trade to dismantle the Southern Lord bloodline from within for more than two hundred years. As the old Marquis of Solim left the Copper City and went to the northern wilderness for a life-and-death trial, the Southern Lords finally fell apart and became a plate of scattered sand.

However, due to the "principle of silence", Auguste could not openly enter the Copper City, which would cause a strong backlash from the local lords and churches of the kingdom. As a result, the Kite Castle needs to support an agent to manipulate the political situation in the south, and must also control a bridgehead capable of military intervention in the southern borders of the kingdom.

The buffer zone set up by the Solim family became the target of the Kite Bunker.

The geographical pattern of the Buryatia territory in all directions is not accidental. When the kingdom's army is in Yeliu City, it only takes 2 days for the copper city, and the more remote southern lords can send troops to the Buryat Territory to support Yeliu City, so as not to burn the hinterland of the southern lords. This is the fundamental reason why the Solim family divided the Buryat territory.

In the same way, if the Buryatia family defects to the royal family, Auguste and the Wellington family can rely on Wild Willow City and direct their troops against any southern lord. Moreover, Yeliu City is not the political center of the southern border of the kingdom, and Auguste is involved in the Buryat territory, so his appearance is not too ugly.

It can be said that August has been planning for more than two hundred years, and with or without the intervention of Victor, they will put the Buryat family under the command of the kite. It's just that Victor's status at that time was special, he was both a squire lord from Kite Castle and a peripheral lord of the York family. Williams, considering the tension between the York family and the Kite Castle, temporarily abandoned the plan against Wildwillow City in order not to irritate Sylvia.

The so-called neutrality of Yehliu is a joke at all, and during Judy's reign, the Buryat family obeyed Victor. The Wellington and Joshua families had to increase their share of trade in Yehliu in order to infiltrate the Buryatia family. Therefore, the free trade in Wildwillow City in full swing seriously harmed the interests of the Clover Merchant Group, and Williams endured it.

However, when the overall strategy of the Gambis Kingdom shifted southward, the importance of Yehliu City was once again highlighted, and none of the major forces of Gambis could sit idly by and watch Victor continue to control the Buryat family. In the name of tax reform, Williams sent a resident tax officer to Yehwillow City, on the one hand, he really wanted to incorporate the trade tax into the kingdom's financial system, and on the other hand, it was also to support the patrilineal nobility of the Buryat family.

If only for the sake of tax reform and practical influence, the Kite Burg did not have to agitate the Buryatian family to expel Juti. The problem is that Victor has a golden bloodline and great supernatural power, and the scattered Southern Lord family will gather around Victor through Judy and use the reputation of His Highness Randall to bargain with the Kite Castle.

Not to mention that Kite Castle can't accept more than two hundred years of hard work in vain, even Sylvia can't tolerate Victor changing his banner, breaking away from the Centaur Hills camp, and running away to be the suzerain of some southern family.

Judy couldn't hold up the wall, and she drove Baron Matthew's family out of Wild Willow City behind Victor's back, causing her parents and brothers to be rebelled against by the kiteburg, and she became a loner. If Judy had been a little smarter and had asked Pinghu for help in advance, Victor might have been willing to fight for her.

Now it's okay, Yeliu City is worried about internal and external troubles, and Victor is not unjustly lost.

Of course, it's a bit of a shame to give up control of Wildwillow, but Victor doesn't regret it.

Victor's original intention in planning Yeliu City was to break the monopoly of the commercial aristocracy on trade profits, sell the goods of Randall's territory, and accumulate the first development funds. Now, Victor's smuggling caravan is gradually growing, the Two-Headed Lizard Joint-Stock Chamber of Commerce has realized unified procurement and purchasing, the trade port of Raven Town is becoming more and more prosperous, and the Golden Regiment is ready to go, the role of Yeliu City is not as good as before, at best it is only a large trade terminal of the Golden Group's commercial network, and Victor can replace some of its functions as long as he builds the black market in Pine Forest Town.

In short, the Buryat Territory is not the core interests of the Randall family now, and it is not in the fundamental interests of the Randall family to fight to the end with the major forces of the kingdom for the right to speak in Yeliu City.

In addition, the prospect of the Randall family winning over the southern lords and establishing suzerainty political power seems to be beautiful and attractive, but it is actually a big hole.

Silvermoon Manor has just begun to cultivate little knights who are loyal to the family, and Victor doesn't even have an heir now, so what can he do to marry the Southern Lord? A Sect Master who can't marry and foster with his followers is not a real Sect Master, just a fool who has been picked up to block the sword.

Victor didn't expect the Kite Castle to do such a desperate job, and he swept her out of the house without even giving Judy his entourage. And Nicole sent Judy to raise pigs, which made Victor cry and laugh. However, Judy's preference to raise pigs is completely unexpected by Victor.

If you think about it, it all makes sense. The kis castle severely punished the Viscountess of Buryatia, set an example, erected the authority of the royal family, and cut off the unrealistic ideas of the southern family; Nicole is very stingy, her character and kindness and generosity have no chance, she regrets that she does not have the name of Viscountess Randall, Judy wants to take the surname of the Randall family, Nicole is polite if she does not drive her away; Judy has always had no opinions, she is used to obeying Victor's will, the only time she makes her own decisions, she stabbed a big basket when she replaced the sheriff of Yehwillow City, her confidence was greatly damaged, and she longed for her lover's understanding and comfort, and she would never be at the mercy of others until she met Victor。

The lord has no pure love, and Victor's feelings for the Viscountess of Buryatia are actually very shallow, not even as good as the Alina sisters, but Judy is not a lord now, and love or recognition will become her emotional sustenance in the future. Since she would rather disobey Nicole's kindness and wait for Victor's fate, Victor should give her woman a chance to return to the circle of great nobility.

After all, Judy is a naturally awakened apprentice knight, and taking the Golden Recovery Elixir will definitely become a senior female knight.

Let a veteran female knight go to raise pigs...... It's a bit excessive. Even the Augustian royal family didn't have that much luxury...... Victor thought about it, but decided to let Judy hone it in the Fishman Wars, and he leaned his back against the trunk of the tree, took out the quill pen he had with him, and wrote his opinion on the back of the letterhead.

"Go, bring this letter back to Warhammer Camp 3. ”

The alchemical crow on Victor's shoulder jumped on his arm, pecked his fingers, grabbed the parchment letterhead with his claws, flapped its wings, flew over the canopy, circled twice in the air, and with a croak, flew south.

After a while, the figure of the paladin Dietma appeared in Victor's field of vision, he jumped on a rock and looked around, and a metallic reflection shot from the canopy of the tree, he realized Victor's location, and walked over, looking up at the leafy canopy and shouting, "Victor, it's time for us to leave for Cogston." ”

Victor thrust his Adamantite sword back into its scabbard, slid it down from the 27-meter-high treetops with one hand on the trunk.

Dietma stepped forward and complained, "You're hard to find. ”

Victor smiled and said, "I can only see far by climbing the heights, or I will survey the terrain more accurately than the Tower Scholars?"

Dietma shook her head and sighed, "His Majesty the Pope asked me to protect you, but you ran too fast...... The retinue couldn't keep up with us, and neither could Pastor Dane. You say, should I follow you, or should I protect them?"

Victor's heart blossomed, but on the surface he said apologetically, "Maybe it's from the nature of the children of the forest...... When I saw the forest, I couldn't help but want to fly on it. Sylvia advises me to conform to the free nature of the Moon Elves, which is related to my future bloodline talents...... You still prioritize protecting the priest and your retinue, and don't need to worry about my safety. ”

Victor moved out of Sylvia and his own bloodline talent, and the paladin couldn't persuade him to follow the team anymore, so he nodded stupidly and said, "That's fine, the retinue and the priest have indeed slowed down your survey progress, and the sooner you finish the survey, we can go back to report earlier...... However, you have to keep a certain distance from the team when you are free, and if something happens, we must always get in touch in time, right?"

Victor's layout in Yeliu City has helped the Golden Regiment open up the situation and achieve its original purpose, and if he continues to entangle, it will disrupt his later deployment and fall into the dilemma of being isolated and targeted by the major forces of Gambis. Next, Victor's main focus will be on the control of the Golden Regiment and the Golden Water River Channel, but the most urgent thing at the moment is to collect the rune crystals that appear to be alchemy towers.

Victor had ordered the Alchemy Militia to go to the Grand Canyon of Akimosen to monitor the changes in the Earth's Core, and he also used the nature of the Moon Elves as an excuse to often leave the team and act alone, so that his followers and high-ranking paladins would get used to the disappearance of Viscount Randall. When it came to this year's water season, when the mountain fog was thick and obscured his vision, Victor used his speed and memory to flick off his tail and travel hundreds of kilometers back and forth overnight, trying to collect the rune crystals of the Grand Canyon of Akimosen.

"Well, this time back in Corgston, I'll ask Mrs. Dolly for a couple of red-eyed crows. In the future, I will carry a red-eyed crow with me, so you don't have to worry about finding me. Victor said with a smile.

"Hmm. Dietma nodded and smiled, "Let's go back quickly...... After four months of hiking in the forest, saplings are about to grow, and I can't wait to take a hot soak in the baths of Vespuchi. ”

Victor shrugged his shoulders and said, "Let's go, then." ”

The makeshift camp was not too far from King Neville, and Victor and the others rode the swift bird and returned to Cogston City in only six days. The return of Viscount Randall is indispensable for all kinds of entertainment. However, even King Rex had to let Victor rest for two days. Victor and Dietmar first went to Cogstone Cathedral to pray (to report their whereabouts) and then went straight back to the Earl de Caeser Palace. After a brief exchange of pleasantries with Mrs. Dolly, Victor meets Catherine at the temporary villa.

Little Don't reunite, each other is like fire, the two can't help but hug each other, rolled into a ball, almost rolled on the bed, the kiss lingered for a long time, Victor hugged the messy bun, the delicate Queen Mother, wry and smiled: "Honey, are you testing our will? Why didn't Lady Ariel spy on us?"

Catherine's long hair was draped, the hem of the dress reached the root of the legs, revealing a pair of snow-white and smooth long legs, straddled Victor's body, raised her delicate face, her eyes rippled, she bit her lover's slightly pointed ears, and said with a sigh of relief: "Baby, I don't want to test my will now, I just want to test my charm, and ...... Your will"

Catherine's provocative remarks almost made Victor lose control, and he ran the X-3 and complimented, "My dear, your charm is unquestionable, and my will ...... Mr. Ariel, if you don't come in, I'm going to make a mistake. ”

Catherine pursed her red lips, handed Victor a coquettish white eye, got off his body, sat down next to him, and straightened out the dress that had leaked out of the spring. After a while, the mature and beautiful Ariel Ariel pushed open the door, stepped on high heels and walked to the sofa opposite the two of them and sat down, her legs elegantly folded, her eyes swept over Victor and Catherine, and she smiled coquettishly: "This is the last time I will ruin your good deeds." ”

Hmm? It seems that the Wizard of Kite Castle is really able to raise the blood of babies as I imagined...... I just don't know, will the potion he configured affect the potential of the high-ranking female knight?In case, if I kill Nicole, it won't be good...... Victor blinked his eyes, and Masase said:

"I believe that transcendents should respect each other, not fall victim to each other!"

Catherine was so moved by this that she kissed Victor on the cheek and said affectionately, "Thank you, my dear...... I will explain everything to you. ”

"I hope this day is not too far away, and my will will not be able to withstand your charm. ”

Victor laughed, changed the subject, and asked, "Is there any new news from the Kite Castle?"

Ariel rose to her feet, walked to the closet, opened the drawer, took out two parchment scrolls, and handed them to Victor.

Victor unfolded the letterhead, read it word by word, and said in a deep voice: "The letter says that the Pope is committed to making the Kingdom of Neville the future Middle Kingdom, and I agree with the opinion of the Kite Castle staff. However, it also said that in order to obtain the medicinal resources of the Dusk Forest, the Borui Kingdom took the initiative to propose a marriage to the Seuss royal family......"

Catherine and Ariel looked at each other and asked, "Honey, what's wrong with that?"

Victor shook his head slightly, raised the letter in his hand, and whispered:

The letter stated that Gambis, through the mouth of the Pope, proposed to the Borui people to jointly keep the secret of the golden potion, and the five Borui families conducted an internal self-examination for this purpose, and the results of the self-examination led to the eldest son of the Duke of Peter, Raymond, to seize the territory and remove him from the chief position of the Nanfeng Chamber of Commerce...... It seems that Raymond is the culprit of the leak. Since Raymond knows the secret of the golden potion, wouldn't it be against the agreement with Gambis for the Borui Kingdom to let him join the royal family of Souss?

After hearing this, Catherine smiled slightly and said softly: "Raymond is not a high-ranking knight, and it is difficult to resist the spiritual charm of the purple-eyed noblewoman, which just shows that he does not know the secret of the golden potion. I guess that the Borui Kingdom belittled Raymond because he once advocated fighting Sophia's Bucks Merchant Group, and the five major families of Borui re-cooperated with the Buck Merchant Group in order to appease Sophia's anger, which drove Raymond away and let him join the royal family of Souss. ”

Actually, it doesn't matter if Raymond knows about it. ”

Ariel said beside him, "The value of the golden potion is too great for anyone to swallow the formula alone. Pope Clement promises us that this secret will not be passed on for the time being, not forever. When the golden potion fell into the field of vision of the high-ranking knights of the kingdoms, His Majesty Clement naturally had to inform the Rex family of the formula. The kingdom of Seuss is connected to the Dusk Forest in the north and the Jinshui River in the south, and the trade routes of the Borui Kingdom are all in the hands of the Seuss Lord. What if the apothecary of the Borui Kingdom invented the golden potion? The Suss Kingdom stuck the convoy of the Southwind Chamber of Commerce, and they couldn't even get a single grass. The Borui Kingdom first secretly stored some medicinal materials, waited for the golden potion to be released to the world, and then let Raymond take the initiative to come up with the formula and hand it over to the Great Lord of Seuss, which would help improve his status in Seuss. ”

Ariel sighed, "It is said that Duke Peter prefers the eldest son...... For Raymond, he also tried his best. ”

Is that really the case?

The Golden Potion was not an invention of the Borui Apothecary at all, and when Victor came up with the recipe for the recovery potion, it was not certain whether the Borui people possessed the Golden Potion, and he only knew that the Kamen Brotherhood had a color-changing dye, and judged that the Kamen Brotherhood was related to the wizarding organization.

Suppose that the wizarding organization behind the Brotherhood is inherited from the Council of the Chosen One, many mysteries can be solved. Victor has also been suspicious that Raymond's relationship with the wizarding organization is ambiguous. Raymond uses the Kamen Brotherhood to fight against the Bucks Merchant Group, but ultimately fails, and now he is about to join the Eleano family. Does that mean that the wizarding organization is preparing to infiltrate the Seuss royal family from the Eastern Alliance?

If you want to clarify these two questions, you must first find out whether Raymond took the initiative to ask for help, or was it deliberately arranged by Duke Peter?

Victor shook his head, it was not ordinary to find out the relevant details, and it was impossible to find out if he had infiltrated Duke Peter's cronies and butlers.

"Honey, why are you shaking your head again?, are we not right?" asked Catherine suddenly.

"Oh, I thought of something else. ”

Victor reined in his thoughts and groaned, "The gesture of sending troops and craftsmen to the mouth of Lake Fes is not enough...... It is best to swap territories with the lords of the mouth of Lake Fez. In this case, Neovest will basically believe that we are indeed interested in building a port at the mouth of Lake Fez, so that he will not be in a hurry to find the Borui to cooperate. ”

Catherine thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll send your opinion back to the kiteburg." ”

"Oh, yes. Have all the Knights of Radiance left Cogston?" asked Victor again.

"After the Centaur Centaur Celebration was over, they were all gone. At this time, they should have arrived in the capital of the Dordors with the head of Orogar. ”

Victor furrowed his slender eyebrows, dropped the letterhead, and smiled, "The Knights of Radiance are very patient...... They weren't in a hurry to show up, and I wasn't in a hurry. ”

Catherine shook Victor's hand and said worriedly, "The judgment of the Kite Castle staff should be correct...... It's not the Knights of Radiance who want to find you, it's some paladin family who wants to meet with you privately. Although, we don't know their purpose, getting involved in the ranking struggle within the Radiant Knights is a troublesome matter. ”

"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid. ”

Victor patted Catherine's slender hand, stood up, stretched, and said, "Honey, I'll go take a shower, change my clothes, and then have dinner with you." I lost my company first. ”

Victor left Catherine's single house and returned to Randall's temporary residence, where Alina, dressed in a summer dress and a few maids, greeted her with a few maids, bowed her knees, and said in a coquettish voice, "Your Excellency, welcome back." I've got hot water ready for you, would you like to take a shower first, or will you check the new gift list first?"

"Take a shower, of course. ”

Victor lifted Alina's sharp chin, picked up her beautiful and bewitching maid by the waist, and strode towards the bathroom.

He could now withstand the scorching heat and spend four months in the wilderness still clean and clean, but he needed to calm the potions.