With the great assistance of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Count Veron continued his ferocious offensive against the various lords in the south of the Duchy of Stantin.

In a few months, Count Weilun not only completely defeated the alliance of the four lords who united against him, but also defeated the three lords, and pocketed a large territory of more than 10,000 square kilometers.

The current Count of Willon has become the most powerful lord in the Duchy of Stantin, and there is no one.

The Duchy of Stantin in the north is in turmoil, and the south is similarly peaceful.

The Ankru has been accumulating strength in the first few years, and although it has been constantly expanding its territory and increasing its strength, it has attracted a lot of attention in the south of the Duchy of Staten, but compared to the Lord of Weilun, it can be regarded as extremely obscure.

However, since the beginning of the continental calendar in 3785, the Anglo has gone against the norm and began to develop vigorously in the south of the Duchy of Staten.

In just half a year, Anglo has more than tripled the size of its territory, which now covers more than 10,000 square kilometers.

Although he is not the lord with the largest territory in the southern part of the Duchy of Stantin, in terms of strength alone, especially on the battlefield, absolutely no one dares to doubt that he is the most powerful one.

The reason is simple, because he has the full support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

After signing the agreement with the Lord of Veron, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce cut off the supply of military magic machinery to all lords in the Principality of Stantein, except for Lord Verun and Ankru.

Without the supply of follow-up ammunition and the provision of repairs and maintenance, it is naturally impossible for the military magic machinery to last long.

At first. Other Lords can also use their inventory to contend with the Lords of Veron and the Angloru. But after some time. When the military magic machines in their hands were unable to exert their combat power, the other lords were crushed by the attacks of the Lord of Weilun and the Ankru, and they had no ability to resist at all.

Everyone knows very well in their hearts that the key to determining the victory or defeat of the war between the lords of the Duchy of Stantin lies in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

To put it more bluntly, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can even completely influence the development of the situation in the Principality of Stantin.

After realizing this, many people naturally can't sit still anyway.

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"Know--know-know--"

There are many places on the continent of Sainz that are very different from Earth. But there are some similarities.

The summer cicada is one of them.

Every summer, when he hears the sound of cicadas that he has been familiar with since he was a child, Xu Yi always feels a sense of intimacy in his heart.

It has been eight years since he came to this world, and although he has long adapted to the life of this world, and has married and had children in this world, and started a family, Xu Yi still often misses Yiqiē on the earth.

Listening to the sound of cicadas, he seemed to return to the happy time when he was still on earth when he was a child, and every summer he and his friends held homemade fishing nets and chased butterflies and cicadas all over the mountains.

Summer is still hot this year. Xu Yi was busy and took advantage of the shade in the backyard of the manor. Listening to the constant chirping of cicadas overhead, remembering the time on the earth in the past, suddenly a childlike heart rose, so Linda found a thin net and a piece of wire, and then broke off a branch of the right thickness from the tree, and skillfully made a dipping net.

"Hey, Freya, Dad will take you to catch butterflies, can you catch cicadas?" Xu Yixiang asked with a smile to Freya, who had been staring intently at his netting by his side.

Freya is already two years old, although she is still at an ignorant age, she can already run and jump, and she speaks very fluently, hearing Xu Yi's question, she looked up at the net in Xu Yi's hand, and asked in a milky voice: "Dad, why do you want to catch butterflies and cicadas?"

Xu Yi squatted down with a smile, pinched Freya's little face, and asked, "Freya, do you think butterflies are good-looking?"

"Well, butterflies are the best. ”

"Okay, do you want to get closer and see why the butterflies are so beautiful?" Xu Yi asked again.

"Think, Daddy, can you call the butterflies over so I can take a good look at them?"

"Absolutely. Come, follow Daddy, and I'll take you to chat with the butterflies!"

If it were in an ordinary climate, it would already be mid-August, and there would have been no butterflies for a long time.

However, because the Duchy of Stanting is located in the south of the continent, the climate has always been hot, and Xu Yi's private territory is close to the sea, the air is humid, and there are still countless butterflies fluttering at this time.

Xu Yi took the elated Freya into the grove next to the manor, and at a glance he could see several colorful butterflies shuttling back and forth in the woods.

Freya shouted and pounced, but was so shocked that butterflies flew everywhere in the air, and Xu Yi stretched out his net into the air, easily catching several butterflies.

Xu Yi carefully plucked a butterfly and put it in Freya's palm, and the magic power in his body flowed, forming a small cyclone near Freya's palm, just enough to press the butterfly into Freya's palm, so that it could not fly away.

Freya looked surprised, carefully held the butterfly with both hands, looked left and right for a while, but suddenly raised her head to Xu Yi and asked, "Dad, why doesn't it fly?"

Xu Yi was a little strange: "Don't you want to chat with the butterfly? It's in your hand now, wouldn't it be nice for you to play with it for a while?"

Freya shook her head, "But I just liked the way it flies." It's not nice to stop like this. As he spoke, he looked at the net in Xu Yi's hand, pointed to the butterfly stuck to it, and said, "Dad, put them down too, they are so pitiful." ”

Xu Yi glanced at Freya in surprise and couldn't help laughing.

Although Freya is only in her early two years, she is a kind-hearted little girl, and this is exactly what he values the most.

Xu Yi picked off the butterflies one by one according to Freya's instructions and released them all again.

Watching the flocks of butterflies flutter in the woods, Freya laughed happily once more, and ran back and forth in the woods with small steps. It seems to be full of energy.

Look at Freya's happy face. Xu Yi also felt that his whole body became happy.

During this period of time, he was affected by various problems in the internal situation of the Black Rice Wasteland and the Duchy of Stantin. It's very busy, and playing with Freya for a while now is simply the best relaxation.

When she was about to take Freya further into the forest, Lisi, who had been guarding outside the forest and leaving Xu Yi and Freya a separate space, suddenly rushed over.

"Host, a guest has arrived. ”

Seeing the slightly nervous look on Lisi's face, Xu was also a little strange.

"What kind of guest?"

"It was brought by the Chief Executive Officer, and it was said that it was an emissary sent by Archduke Stantin. ”

"Sent by Grand Duke Stantin?" Xu Yi was stunned. Then he laughed. "That's right, this grand duke should not be able to bear it. ”

After handing Freya over to Lis, Xu Yi went straight to the front yard and met the envoys sent by Kennard and Archduke Standin in the meeting room.

The three envoys were all acquaintances of Xu Yi.

They were the three ministers under the Grand Duke of Stanting that Xu Yi had come into contact with since he first came to the Duchy of Stantin.

Over the years, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has invested a total of at least two million gold coins in front and back of them, feeding them all with fat stomachs, and when they saw Xu Yi, they were naturally extremely polite.

After the two sides greeted each other with a smile, Xu Yi asked about the purpose of the sudden arrival of several people.

The three of them looked at each other, and one of the chubby ministers replied with a smile, "President Xu, no." Viscount Xu, we are here this time. I'm here to report good news to you. ”

"Good news?" Xu Yi sighed. "What's the good news?"

The chubby minister laughed and said, "Viscount Xu, in view of the non-negligible contributions you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have made to the Duchy of Stantin, the Grand Duke has decided to promote your title from viscount to earl." In other words, from today onwards, we will call you Earl Xu. ”

Kennard on the side looked surprised.

He was born in an aristocratic family, and he attached great importance to his noble status, and he had always been distressed by Xu Yi's low title, because he himself actually had a baron status in the Lampari Kingdom.

If Xu Yi has never had a title, it would be equivalent to him, the baron of the Lampari Kingdom, being under the hands of a commoner.

Although no one will really treat Xu Yi as an ordinary civilian, the difference in identity is here, which will make him feel a little guilty.

Now Xu Yi has been promoted to an earl, even if this earl status is given by the Grand Duke of Stantin, it is naturally a huge gap compared to the earl of the Lampari Kingdom, but as long as Xu Yi has a suitable noble status, it is enough.

Xu Yi looked calm, smiled, and nodded to understand.

The three envoys looked at each other again, and the fat minister took out a drawing from his arms and spread it out in front of Xu Yi.

"Xu Hui...... No, Viscount Xu...... Oh no, Count Xu, since your title has been promoted, according to the rules, your territory should also be expanded accordingly. After research, the Grand Duke finally decided to canonize this land as your domain, can you see if you are satisfied?"

Xu Yi's gaze followed the fat minister's fingers on this extremely low-precision map of the Duchy of Stantin, and after reading the newly sealed territory of the Duchy of Stantin, he immediately sneered in his heart.

The territory that Grand Duke Stantin canonized to Xu Yi was a large piece of territory that was only twenty-four square kilometers before him, and at first glance it seemed to be several times larger.

But if you look carefully, you will find that this new territory is simply the new territory that Count Willon is now occupying.

If Xu Yi accepted this territory, it would be equivalent to snatching it from the hands of Earl Weilun.

Archduke Standin obviously did this on purpose, and this was undoubtedly done in order to destroy the existing cooperative relationship between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Count of Willon.

It is clear that the Grand Duke of Stantin has become jealous of the strength of the Earl of Willon.

To destroy the cooperative relationship between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Count Weilun is to fundamentally knock down Count Weilun.

This is a very low-level trap, not to mention Xu Yi, Kennard next to him also saw it at a glance, and his face sneered.

With his understanding of Xu Yi, Xu Yi must be more than just such a low-level trap.

However, after Xu Yi was silent for a while, he smiled and said: "Thank you for the gift of the Grand Duke, I want this territory." ”

Kennard looked surprised, but the three messengers were smiling.

Xu Yi also looked at the three of them with a smile on his face, as if he didn't know the danger at all. (To be continued......)