Chapter 152 is not a big problem

"Your Highness, can you tell us about the strength of the Duchy of Madras?" said Lorlist.

His Second Highness nodded and cleared his throat: "Okay, let me tell you what I know about the situation in the Duchy of Madras." ”

Lorist stood up, removed the table in front of him, and hung up a large map of animal skins with Reddy for everyone in the tent to see. This is a map of the Duchy of Madras, which was enlarged by the small map by Schreed overnight last night.

"Your Highness, please come here. Lorist handed a small, slender wooden stick to His Second Highness.

The way this situation is described is really novel, and the Second Highness took the small wooden stick and quickly understood what this small wooden stick with a thin end and a thick end was for. He walked over to the map and began an instructional briefing.

"The Duchy of Madras consists of three provinces, the province of Yungeshandra, bordering the Kingdom of Andinac to the south and the Duchy of Fakr and the Duchy of Sabaji to the east.

The province of Delemke, the largest province in the Principality of Madras, is bounded by the Mitobro River in the north and connected to the Kingdom of Iberia in the south. This province was a famous granary in the pre-imperial period, and the grain produced by it could ensure the consumption and reserves of nearly two million people in the three provinces of the imperial capital business circle during the imperial period. As long as this province is taken, not to mention 100,000 displaced people, another 300,000 or 400,000 people can get enough food.

After the Great Duke of Madras, a group of territorial nobles were transferred to the province of Delemke, and now there are about 100 territorial nobles in this province, and only the city of Kebo is directly governed by the Grand Duke of Madras.

Finally, to the west is the province of West Degrad, which is the home of the Grand Duke of Madras and is only connected to the province of Yungshandra. After transferring all the former territorial nobles to the province of Delemk, the entire province of West Degrad came under the direct jurisdiction of the Grand Duke of Madras.

The Principality of Madras is currently estimated to have more than 1.7 million men, using garrison service. All the nobles of the realm and their towns were mainly guarded by garrisons, and once a major war broke out, the Duchy of Madras would draw garrisons from all over the country to form a temporary legion and go to the front to meet the enemy.

In addition, the country of Madras also formed two standing legions, the Haishan Legion, which is the starting line of the Grand Duke of Madras, with a total of 24,000 men and horses, well-equipped, stationed in the province of West Degrad all the year round, and is the most trusted army of the Grand Duke of Madras.

The other is the Iron Guard Legion, which is currently blocking the border and stationed in the fortress of Liechdana, with a total number of 28,000 people, known as the strongest defense in the world......"

His Royal Highness smiled bitterly and said to all the people in the big tent: "In fact, the fame of the Iron Guard Legion was obtained from my father's body, in the fourth year of the imperial civil war, the Grand Duke of Madras, who had been vacillating, was encouraged, and finally decided to establish a principality, the situation at that time was that I led the White Lion Legion to counterattack the army of the Great Prince, and the Tempest Legion assisted the Grand Duke of Melein to defeat the Second Prince, and the situation was very good, and we all thought that it was not far off to put down the rebellion of the Second Prince of the Great Prince."

But no one expected that at this moment, the Grand Duke of Madras would actually establish a principality, and he also proposed external neutrality and blocked the border. In this way, the connection between the imperial capital and the four grand dukes in the central part was severed, and there was no longer material support from the central region, nor could there be food supplies from the province of Delemke.

In such a situation, only by breaking the blockade of the Grand Duke of Madras could the empire be restored, and my father led the Royal Guards of more than 63,000 men to sweep through the province of Yungeshandra, only to attack the province of Delemk, with more than 60,000 men blocked in their way under the city of Kebo.

At that time, the only people who defended the city were a few nearby garrisons, a total of more than 8,000 people. But it was these garrisons who stubbornly resisted the attack of my father's royal guards, and my father waved his army to attack Kebo City for half a year, unable to conquer it, and finally vomited blood in anger.

Because the reinforcements sent by the second prince arrived and the front and rear of the Archduke Madras, my father had to retreat, and less than 20,000 Royal Guards soldiers of more than 63,000 men returned when they went out to fight.

Less than 1,000 of the 8,000 garrisons defending the city were given the title of Iron Guard by the overjoyed Grand Duke Madras, and expanded into an army with these garrisons as the main ones, claiming to be the best in the world in terms of defensive capabilities.

Since that war, the vitality of the empire was greatly damaged, due to the lack of military food and grass materials, had to shrink the defense line, as a result, the prince found the opportunity to send a partial division to bypass the defense line to attack the imperial capital, although I heard the news and led the troops to arrive, eliminated this partial division, but the imperial capital was mostly destroyed, the prosperity of the past has become a cloud, the displaced people are everywhere, and the lives are devastated......

From this point of view, the Grand Duke of Madras is the one who really divides the empire, and he only hates me for being powerless and unable to punish it. Now he sent the Iron Guards to seal the border again, and the idea was to let these 100,000 displaced people once again disrupt the situation in the Kingdom of Antinac. The more chaotic we are, the more he can rest easy.

Therefore, we must take advantage of the fact that there is still food to drive these 100,000 homeless people to attack the fortress of Liechdana, and even if we cannot conquer it in the end, as long as these homeless people are exhausted, it will save us a lot of trouble.

It's not that we don't want to save these 100,000 displaced people, but we really can't do anything, and we have to sacrifice them for the sake of the more than 1.5 million civilians in the Kingdom of Antinac who have just settled down and resumed production......"

Lorist stood up with a smile and interrupted His Royal Highness's words: "Your Highness, we don't need to do this, and we don't need to attack the fortress castle of Liechita. In fact, time is on our side, and there are many ways to save these 100,000 displaced people, and I will not risk the lives of these 100,000 displaced people......"

There was a sudden sound of discussion in the big tent, these 100,000 displaced people have become the biggest burden on the convoy, and the accumulated grain is consumed like flowing water. Although His Royal Highness's idea of driving the outcasts to attack the fortress was very cruel, many people believed that it was the only solution.

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Lorist took the small wooden stick in the hand of the Second Highness, walked to the front of the map and clicked the map with the small wooden stick: "Here, you seem to have forgotten about this Egret Lake." It was the largest inland lake in the empire and the natural dividing line between the Kingdom of Andinac and the Duchy of Madras.

Let's start with the first question, there is a lack of food, but there are fish in this lake, so why don't we catch fish? In addition to fish, there are many edible aquatic plants and other wild vegetables in the water, and we can completely rely on these catches and wild vegetables mixed with a small amount of grain to feed the stomachs of the displaced people.

Fishing was forbidden in the past because the lake was the border between the two countries, but now we don't care about that? Even if the Duchy of Madras sees us fishing, it won't be a nosy, as long as we don't approach the border of the lake on its side.

As we all know, it will be winter in two months, and when the severe winter comes, the snow will be flying all over the sky, and when the Egret Lake will freeze over, do we still need to worry about the fortress and castle of Liechitän? That's why I say, time is on our side. ”

As soon as Lorist finished speaking, the atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became warm, yes, why didn't everyone think of it? As soon as the weather is cold and the lake freezes, anyone can pass through, so why are you still staring at the traffic arteries under the fortress and castle in Liechnda ? Also, everyone knows that the savings of grain and grass can only last for three months, but there are fish and aquatic plants in the Egret Lake, and these can also be used as food? Fishing has been forbidden for a long time in such a large lake, but it is conceivable that the catch must be extremely abundant, let alone a month or two, maybe half a year's worth of food.

His Royal Highness patted Lorlist's shoulder affectionately, and said with a very happy smile: "You are worthy of Earl Norton, I heard that you used to be a top student of Dawn Academy, and your reputation is well deserved." As soon as we came, we solved the two old and difficult problems, and now we don't need to worry about these 100,000 displaced people, haha. ”

"Your Highness, you still call me Locke, it's too much to be called an earl and an earl. Lorist replied with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll call you Locke, and you'll have to call me Oro. His Royal Highness said with a smile.

"Well, Oro, I need your help in this fishing matter, and I will immediately call someone to build and weave the nets, as soon as possible, so that the catch can be dried into dried fish in good weather for long-lasting preservation. Lorist said.

His Royal Highness nodded: "Okay, this is the right matter, you are very thoughtful." I'll go back and handle it. ”

Lorist grabbed His Royal Highness and smiled: "It's not a hurry, I have a banquet here in the evening and I want to invite His Highness to come and attend." I'm going to promote and recruit some family knights, and I'm going to make His Highness a witness. ”

The Second Highness was stunned, and then laughed: "Okay, I'll witness the demeanor of the Norton Family's Raging Bear Knight." ”

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The banquet in the evening was very lively and sumptuous, not only did everyone in the convoy get a small portion of wine and meat, but even the 100,000 homeless people could eat a full meal with their stomachs.

A total of forty-eight meritorious people became knights of the Norton family, and to Schreed's displeasure, twenty-six people on the list of more than seventy refused to become knights of the Lorist family, for the same reason, they had already promised the second prince to escort the convoy to the Northland and then go to the royal family of Antinac. Among them, seven are veterans of Dawn Academy.

Lorist doesn't mind, everyone has their own ambitions and can't be forced, and the twisted melon is not sweet. He valued Rod Wells, Mons Malek, Zino Farea, Dorus, Renmerd and others who didn't leave. It's just that in this way, in addition to Zivos, who was killed in battle, sixteen of the remaining thirty-seven old students of the Dawn Academy have taken refuge in His Second Highness, and only twenty-one have become knights of the Norton family.

Schredd, Telman, Yuri, and El, who had just recovered from his injuries, stood next to the Second Highness, deliberately reciting in a voice that the Second Highness could hear about the old students who had taken refuge in the Second Highness, who were ungrateful, had different thoughts, betrayed their feelings and righteousness, and only made the Second Highness restless and embarrassed. In the end, Chrisia couldn't see it, and asked Lorist to take the four mischievous guys away.

First, Rod Wells and Zino Farea, two gold-rank veterans, swore allegiance, followed by Mons Malek, Dorus, Remard and other nineteen old cadets of the Dawn Academy, and finally more than twenty Silver Knights who were promoted for merit. Most of them are the family knights of those territorial nobles who were exterminated by Count Cobilly in the northwest region of the Kingdom of Redlis, and after being rescued by the team, they joined the team, and stood out in the team with their respective talents and became the targets of this promotion.

When the last knight swore allegiance to the Norton family, Lorist waved to Jim, who was standing next to Reddy and watching the ceremony with an envious expression, Jim thought that Lorist had something to look for him, so he hurriedly ran to Lorlist's front and saluted: "My lord, what do you command?"

Lorist stepped forward and patted Jim on the shoulder: "Jim, you have been following me for a while, although you still have some mercenary habits, but your loyalty, diligence and bravery are outstanding, are you willing to be my knight and charge under the banner of the angry bear of the Norton family?"

"Of course I do. Jim replied without thinking, and looked at Lorist with a look of ignorance: "My lord, why are you asking this?"

El and Boderfinger next to them burst out laughing.

Reddy came over and kicked Jim: "Stupid, the lord wants to accept you as a family knight, why don't you kneel down and swear ......"

"Huh?" Jim jumped up excitedly, "My lord, can I really, really be your family knight?"

Lorist smiled and nodded.

Jim hurriedly tidied up the outfit on his body, but there was nothing to tidy up. He knelt down on one knee in front of Lorlist, and was just about to swear, when he saw Reddy next to him stroking his forehead and scolding: "Stupid, it's not this foot, it's that knee that falls to the ground......"

There is also a standard for knights to swear to kneel on one knee, and it is standard to kneel on the right knee with both hands or one hand on the left knee.

Jim blushed and changed his posture, and then solemnly swore like those knights just now: "I, Jim, am willing to be loyal to the Norton family, follow Lord Norton Lorlist, and do my duty to maintain the glory of the knights of the Norton family." I am willing to be a sword in the hands of Lord Lorlist, and fight under the banner of the angry bear until the last breath of my life. ”

Lorist also solemnly drew his saber and slapped Jim twice on both shoulders: "Get up, my knight." ”

Bodfinger took the Silver Bear badge from Pat, pinned it to Jim's left chest, and hugged Jim tightly, "Welcome to you, my brother." ”

The knights, who had just joined the family, were drinking and laughing loudly......

Lorist came to the side of the Second Highness with a wine glass and toasted him, and saw that Krisya next to him was crying......

"What's wrong with her?"

"I'm glad for you, so many talents have been invested in you, and the revival of the Norton family is just around the corner. His Royal Highness was not without jealous explanations.

"Hehe, Your Highness, are you still digging from me? I have less than twenty knights. Lorist raised the silver cup and gestured to His Second Highness before taking a sip of wine: "Your Highness Oro, take them away when you go back." ”

"Why? don't you need them to escort you to the Northlands?" asked His Highness.

Lorist shook his head: "There's no need, we can't delay their future." Your Highness, the Kingdom of Antinac, which you are now governing, is in ruins and needs manpower. Let them come to your subordinates as soon as possible, so that they can make meritorious deeds as soon as possible. It would take them too much time to follow the convoy to the Northlands, and I had recruited so many family riders that the convoy was about to be reorganized, so it would be useless for them to stay in the convoy anymore if they would have no seats. ”

The Second Highness was not hypocritical, nodded and said, "Okay, I will take them all away when I go back." ”

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