Chapter 70: The Celebration Banquet
"Long live Tanis!"
A group of soldiers clinked glasses and shouted.
Stannis felt his head be blown up, and he took Robert to the Big Tent to a dinner party to celebrate his victory.
But the journey from the garrison to the Great Horde took twice as long as before, for the narrow dirt floor was clogged with drunken soldiers.
After returning triumphantly, these soldiers spent all their money on the maids and wine merchants, and as for why even the most ordinary soldiers were rich, Stannis also deliberately studied a careful study about the composition of the income of soldiers in the Western Continent.
Although each soldier nominally received a subsidy from the lord for the expedition, his income was very meagre, not to mention that it was often deducted, so most of his income was in the hope of plundering the spoils of war from the battlefield.
And after each battle, they did not have to worry about not being able to sell the booty, because the camp was also mixed with merchants who specialized in buying the booty like lice on cowhides, and their presence allowed the soldiers to quickly cash in their hands without having to travel thousands of miles to bring them back to the market to sell. Now that they had the money in their hands, the girls and peddlers would not let them take these shiny knick-knicks back, and they or they would do everything in their power to empty every soldier's pocket.
And what Stannis is seeing now is the result.
But he was too lazy to spit out this corrupt military discipline, and perhaps the knights with a better education would be better off.
With this in mind, he stepped into the tent.
"Long live Tanis!"
A group of knights clinked glasses and shouted.
Stannis sat down with his face covered, and the food was already set up on the long table, but no one had touched it yet.
"I'm dying of hunger after a day of fighting!" he complained.
"Don't worry, boss, it's customary to give a speech before eating. Robert comforted him.
Soon the banquet began, and after the long and boring speech of the Duke of Tanis, just as the hungry Stannis could finally eat, the Marquis of Wolff walked to the main stage again.
"No......" Stannis was about to break down, he knew this guy's eloquence.
"Yes, I fully agree with what His Royal Highness the Duke of Tanis just said!" The Marquis of Wolff, who was standing in front, obviously did not hear his complaints, and began to speak passionately again, "Today's victory is not easy to come by, and we are the result of the joint efforts of all of us, but we have to start with the day when the Kingdom of Tanis was born seven hundred years ago......
After an unknown amount of time, the middle-aged man with white hair finally finished speaking.
When it was finally over, Stannis couldn't wait to reach for the bread, but Robert was knocked on the back of his hand with a dinner knife.
"Boss, you haven't said the toast yet, why did you start eating?" said Robert.
How can you break so many rules for a banquet?
At this time, the eldest son of the duke stood up, took the lead in raising his glass, stood up and said loudly: "Long live Tanis." β
"Hooray!"
Then, it was the Imperial Special Envoy Sean Bin, who raised his wine glass tremblingly, "I wish His Majesty the Emperor eternal health!"
"Healthy!"
Then one lord after another stood up and said a toast, and it seemed that everyone who was unnamed in attendance had to make a formality.
Finally, it was Stannis's turn, he was too hungry to use his brain, since the duke himself, his family, his territory, the principality, and the emperor had all been told, he would like to congratulate the empire.
"Long live the Empire of Illisis!" he said, standing up and feigning excitement.
As soon as these words came out, the big tent, which was still very lively, instantly fell, and everyone looked at him with the same eyes as they looked at the monster.
I don't seem to have any cold field skills, do I? No matter how I look at myself, Stannis is at a loss.
"Turnip, did I say the wrong thing again?" he asked quietly.
Before his younger brother could reply, the voice of Vane, who considered himself his old enemy, rang out.
"I know that you are a descendant of the royal family of Illisis, but you don't have to show it off all the time, right?
Isn't it the Ilisses Empire? Stannis is completely confused, since he crossed over, everyone has kept repeating to him that he is a descendant of the Holy Dragon Family, and he should also be a vassal of the Ilisses royal family! How did he become the lord of this Condor Empire?
However, it was only a little memories, and Stannis realized that he had made a mistake of principle.
That is, he is not a vassal of the Ilisses Empire, but a lord under the Duchy of Tanis, which is thousands of miles away! And the Duchy of Tanis is one of the seven kingdoms under the rule of the Condor Empire, so there is no doubt that he is loyal to the Emperor of the Condor Empire!
It turned out that after a long time, he was loyal to the wrong crown, but what is this Condor Empire?
The Condor Empire, also known as the Holy Erathia Empire, is now the only overlord of the Western Continent, with the Twin Seas of the southern city-states in the north, the Anchor Islands of the Endless Ocean in the west, and the Black Forest in Tanis in the east, nearly 50% of the territory of the entire Western Continent is owned by it or under her protection, and can be regarded as the co-lord of the Western world.
However, now is not the time to engage in popular science, Stannis turned his mind and found a step, he changed his words, and continued: "Because it is the only one who can compete with the Condor Empire for eternity!"
As soon as this sentence was said, the audience was instantly detonated, and the lords showed their joy, although the Condor Empire has also been established for nearly 400 years, but compared with the thousand-year-old empire Elixis, which has been established since the Silver Age, the immortal dragon fire has been passed down, and it is obviously not orthodox and prominent, so the national lords of the Western Continent, regardless of size, have tried to rely on their family lineage to the Elysses lineage, and now there is a descendant of the Orthodox Ilis who has been appointed by the King James and said that the Condor and the Holy Dragon can be on an equal footing, and the lords who accept the rule at the bottom of them of course also feel that they have a light on their faces, and they are forced to riseγ
"This kid is really good at talking!"
Stannis was very proud to hear more than one lord boast about himself like this.
When he sat down, Robert looked at him with an admiring expression, "Boss, I didn't expect you to be so eloquent, these guys were stunned." β
Of course, if the traverser who didn't come to cross with a golden finger didn't practice his eloquence a little better, he really couldn't mix.
Soon, the toast was all over, and Stannis was finally ready to eat.
However, before he could finish the first loaf of bread, he saw Bernard Seanbin winking at him.
It seems to let himself go out with him.