Chapter 360: The Night Banquet

The clouds were thick and the wind was howling. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But the barracks on the mound were still in full swing, and His Royal Highness had learned how to use skis under the guidance of Lorist, and the excited Second Highness ordered the soldiers to rest the snow in the entire barracks and turn it into a huge ski resort. Braving the cold wind and heavy snow, he had a lot of fun with his knights......

Looking at the knights and soldiers chasing and running on skis in the barracks, Lorlist's heart moved, maybe skiing and skating can be well publicized in the family domain and become a winter competition event, which is better than the habitual hiding in the house in the winter of the family domain. It's a shame to say that now that the family territory is in winter, the third town of Fengleyuan has made the sheep hitting festival a well-known event, and other towns are basically resting for food.

It's not that Lorist doesn't want to lure some sports from his previous life into his family territory, but it's inappropriate. This is a world of vindictiveness, for example, the three major balls, to play with the ball, it is simply open, kicking the ball, throwing the blue with one hand, and the entire blue board is smashed to pieces. As for rugby, not to mention, the high level and use of vindictive spirit is the key to victory, to put it mildly, a golden knight can hold the ball from his backcourt to the opponent's frontcourt to score, slaying the dragon generally, the opponent's whole team has no way to take him, just because his fighting spirit is golden.

At present, the more fashionable sports in the Lorton family territory are those old traditional sports such as swordsmanship, archery, spear throwing, throwing axes, horseback riding, etc., Lorist did not have the idea to hold a sports meeting in the family territory or something to unite people's hearts, but then he really couldn't find a suitable popular sports to stop this idea. Sometimes holding such a sports event is not just a matter of excitement, Lorist is thinking of taking the opportunity to circulate the economy in the family domain, so that the gold coins of the people can be spent instead of being stored blindly.

His Royal Highness stood in front of Lorist with a beautiful big loop, and the guards all applauded, and Lorist also clapped a few times as if he was playful: "Your Majesty, your skills are getting better and better, you are really talented, and you can learn everything quickly!"

The Second Highness smiled smugly: "It's okay." In fact, it is not difficult to learn this skiing technique, but it is difficult to master balance and body coordination. I've found that soldiers who awaken vindictiveness learn faster than soldiers who don't......"

"Yes, Your Majesty, you are right. ”

"Locke, you're still so polite, I've told you a long time ago that we're privately called brothers. You're the only one left in the Norton family, and the blood of the Chrisson royal family is now only in me. The two of us are in the same fate. ”

"Hehe, Your Majesty, the Norton family lacks me and I still have a lot of collateral blood, such as Chrisia and her brothers, as well as several of my half-brothers, and I myself have three sons and two daughters. Your Majesty should take care of your body, you haven't shed a little blood for the Andinac royal family!"

His Royal Highness sighed deeply: "My mind is full of shameful things about the restoration of the country, and I don't have anything else to think about." Well, the weather is about to improve, and today the snow has stopped and the wind has lightened, so it looks like it will clear up tomorrow. Locke, are you going too?"

Lorist bowed his head: "Yes, Your Majesty, we have been staying for three days, tomorrow as soon as the sky is fine, we will set off back to the Northland, there are many affairs in the family territory and cannot be delayed, not to mention that after the beginning of the spring of the New Year, we will launch an attack on the Iberian Kingdom, this is a big matter, we can't delay it, we have to go back early to check the situation of various war preparations." I'm sure Your Majesty would also like to see the fall of the Kingdom of Iberia, right?"

His Royal Highness nodded: "Of course, this is a kingdom established by rebellion, although the rebellious second prince has been executed by me, it is indeed unpleasant to see that the Iberian Kingdom named after him still exists." It's up to the Locke brothers to do this, and I hope that the Norton family forces will soon destroy this hateful and pathetic kingdom. ”

"Hehe, Your Majesty, the destruction of the Iberian Kingdom is not the business of our Norton family, His Royal Highness Duke Kenmeth, Lord Count Philip and Lord Count Shaheen's family forces will all send troops together as agreed. Only in this way will we be able to destroy the Iberian kingdom in one fell swoop with the greatest superiority in our forces. It may take a long time to end the war against the invasion of the frontier rangers of the Fisabrun family and the raid of the southern provinces by the four central principalities...... "Lorist has long been mentally prepared for a long-term war against and the destruction of the Iberian kingdom.

However, His Royal Highness was absent-minded, and he wondered if he was listening to Lorist. took off the skis on his feet and kicked the snowdrift next to him with his leather boots, and the second highness raised his head: "You are leaving tomorrow, then I will invite you to a drink tonight, just the two of us, it can be regarded as a farewell for your departure tomorrow, do you think it's okay?"

Lorist smiled and saluted: "Of course, it's my pleasure." ”

In the evening, Lorist only brought Schward and two skins of the refined grain brewing to the meeting, the refined grain brewing is a kind of high-grade liquor made by Lorist according to the way the farmer brewed rice wine in the previous life, with selected rice after three steaming and three brewing, but the quantity is limited, after all, it is too food-intensive, and it is generally enjoyed by Lorist and several family leaders.

The snow hut where His Royal Highness was located was really empty, and there was no one but two cooks who were busy roasting meat outside the big tent, and Lorist told Schward to stay outside the tent to burn the wine, and he stepped into the big tent.

The Second Highness was leaning on the table and didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't even notice that Lorist had entered the tent, until Lorist softly called His Majesty three times in a row, and then quickly got up and invited Lorist to sit down, and then clapped his hands and ordered the cook outside the tent to serve the food quickly.

His Royal Highness sat at the head of the Great Tent, and Lorist sat at the bottom of his left. The table in front of the two of them was soon filled with dishes such as roast meats, boiled apples, and smoked turkey.

The Second Highness raised his wine glass and said: "It is located in the wilderness, and the supply is limited, so it cannot be compared with the feast in the imperial capital in the past, and I hope that the Rock brothers will not be surprised." ”

Lorist also raised his glass: "Your Majesty does not need to be polite, the delicacies of the mountains and seas, the wine and delicacies, how can I be worthy of the honor of Your Majesty to accompany me personally? ”

His Royal Highness also drank the wine in the cup with Lorist: "Thank you......"

"Your Majesty, I have also brought a kind of wine of my own making, but this wine is a bit strong, and you need to drink it slowly to taste its taste. I wonder if Your Majesty wants to give it a try?" said Lorlist.

"Okay, you bring it to me and let me taste it. "His Royal Highness was a little curious.

Lorist clapped his hands and let Schward in, first poured himself half a cup of hot fine grain brew, and then poured half a cup for His Second Highness. His Royal Highness looked at the steaming wine glass with interest.

"Your Majesty, this wine is only good when it is hot in such a winter, but it must be drunk in small sips, just like me. "Loristami took a small sip of refined grain to demonstrate.

His Royal Highness laughed, he felt that Lorist was too stingy to drink like this, he took a sip of the cup, although it was not big, but it was not small, and then his whole face was red all of a sudden: "It's so spicy, hot, it's so hot......"

It took a long time to get back to normal, and then his eyes lit up: "I understand, Locke, those guards of yours followed you on a thousand miles on skis in such a winter, do they all carry such a skin bag with such a strong liquor around them, and take a sip to recover the heat when it is cold?"

Lorist nodded first, then shook his head: "Your Majesty, my family guards do have spirits around them to prevent body temperature loss in the snowstorm. But they are served with roasted potatoes, which is very different from my refined grain brew. This is made from Mana Hill rice, and such a small skin bag is worth more than a dozen gold fords, and if I were to match everyone in the family army, I would have gone bankrupt a long time ago.

Moreover, the potato roast prepared by the family guards is also a ration for each person, and it is absolutely not allowed to drink too much for a day. Your Majesty, this is the advantage of having fewer people, easy to supervise. You think that a legion can rely on skis to carry out a wide range of maneuvering transfers in winter and raid enemy strongholds anytime and anywhere, in fact, cold clothing, not getting lost are just two ordinary defects, take this ration of spirits as an example, a legion, no matter how strict the military law can not stop the soldiers from stealing drinks, then you will get a drunken army, and the combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed. ”

His Royal Highness sighed deeply, raised his glass again, and this time he gently embellished a small sip: "Tsk......"

"Locke, I've wanted to talk to you for a long time, so let's talk openly and honestly tonight, shall we?"

Lorist looked serious: "As you wish, Your Majesty." ”

"Locke, my brother, what I have never understood is why you are not willing to help me, with the strength of your Norton family, if you are willing to help me, you would have already unified the territory of the former Cresson Empire, and then you and I can leave a good reputation in history......"

"Your Majesty, you think that our Norton family is very strong, but do you know how this strength came from?" Lorist sat up straight and said very seriously: "Your Majesty, do you remember the first time we met ten years ago? Our family's northbound convoy was blocked on the border of the Duchy of Madras, and we were in a dilemma. Two or three hundred thousand people are desperate and facing collapse, but they are the key to the rise of our Norton family in the Northlands.

Your Majesty, do you know what my family's domain was like when I first returned to the Northlands? Outside, the Grand Duke of the Northlands, Duke Lukins, was coerced to pay allegiance to him, and there were rebellious people inside, occupying the only small town in the family's territory and standing on their own feet. There are only 2,000 people left in our family on a maple grove manor, and at that time, I still have to face the invasion of the Kenmas family, the lord next door, who forcibly occupied our family territory.

Do you remember our meeting at that time, Your Majesty, you were in a better situation than our family I don't know. You used our northbound convoy to wipe out the rebellious nobles of the kingdom and regain power in the kingdom. Then, together with our family forces, they swept through the Duchy of Madras and seized the province of Yungshandra. After our convoy marched north, you led your army to turn east, and Liushuichuan defeated the Great Prince, forcing him to cede the two southwestern provinces to sue for peace. That year, Your Majesty's reputation spread all over the world and was hailed as a new generation of military gods.

But in the next five or six years of truce, Your Majesty, you went the wrong way. You have greatly expanded the kingdom's army, and you have organized an army of more than 300,000 people, which has spent almost all the output of the entire kingdom on this army, missing the best time for the kingdom to grow and rest.

Your Majesty, please don't interrupt me, let me finish first. Maybe you have your reasons, you have always wanted to restore the territory of the former empire, to restore the prestige of the former empire. But you have forgotten that war is not simply a competition of military strength, just like your 300,000 army, do you know how many of them are willing to fight for your dreams?

The civil war in the empire lasted for seven years, and the nobles of the kingdom, who had finally settled down for two or three years, became restless again. Your Majesty, do you remember the hundreds of thousands of homeless people who wandered the kingdom at that time? We took half of it, and Your Majesty, you used the territory of those nobles who were killed to settle the other half, and this was in exchange for the stability of the entire kingdom.

Their most urgent desire is to live a stable and peaceful life, but Your Majesty has perfunctory their words of patience and dedication, waiting for the unification of the empire to compensate them, which is also the real reason why Your Majesty, after the defeat of the Kingdom of Redlis, the nobles of the entire Kingdom of Antinac rebelled and appointed Princess Kerry as the queen and all the troops did not resist, because your promise has become an empty word.

When Your Majesty vigorously expanded your army to prepare for war, the displaced people who accompanied our convoy to the Northland were able to live in peace. We kept our promise to let them no longer experience the pain of war, so in addition to fighting against the tide of Warcraft and countering the attack of the second prince, we have been staying in the family territory to develop silently, paying attention to the people's livelihood, spending a lot of money to develop the family territory, and trying to give these displaced people who followed us to the Northland a stable and peaceful home. So much so that our Norton family is ridiculed as a bear on the ground, and we are reluctant to leave our den.

Your Majesty, when you arrived in the Northland to express your appreciation for the prosperity of our Norton family's domain, do you know how much effort and price our family has put into developing our family territory? If you had not organized an army of 300,000 to prepare for the war, the kingdom would have been prosperous. You've missed an opportunity to regain your kingdom, and if you put your heart and soul into it, you'll be able to sweep away the former empire in ten years. ”

After listening to Lorlist's heartfelt statement, His Royal Highness just silently took a sip of the refined grain brew in the cup, and remained silent for a long time until he finished drinking.

"Locke, my brother, maybe that's the biggest difference between you and me. I hope to complete the unification of the former empire first, and then redraw the course of how to develop the empire on the map. And you have developed one place before reaching out to other places. I can't grow the kingdom first like you, and I've always feared that an overly quiet life will ruin all my ambitions, and make me content with pleasure rather than ambition again.

I will not be so desperate to put everything into armaments, I will learn from your family, control one place and move on to the next goal, and develop production and armament forces to achieve both. But I'd like to get your help from the Norton family along the way, and give me some of your weapons. His Royal Highness finally spoke, but his tone was pleading.

Lorist hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty, please explain your request, if you can do it, I will definitely agree." ”

...... (To be continued.) )