Chapter 577 Disarmament Proposals

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Lorist lies comfortably under the shade tent made of gray linen light yarn, watching his wife and children splash around on the beach. This is life, Lorist breathed a sigh of relief, trying to forget all the unhappiness and troubles he had encountered in the imperial capital.

The Duke of Kenmath came with a small wooden barrel containing two bottles of cider in the form of saltpeter-cooled ice. After taking a seat beside Lorlist, Duke Kenmeth took two glasses from the cask and opened a bottle of cider. The amber wine is clear and translucent, with a charming fragrance in a transparent glass.

Passing a glass to Lorliste, Duke Kenmas took a sip of the wine in the glass and exclaimed, "I wonder how you could have so many wonderful ideas in your head to make ice cubes on such a hot summer day." Drinking a glass of cold cider in such weather is truly an unbeatable treat......"

Lorist didn't speak, but drained the wine in one gulp, then poured himself another half glass, and took two ice cubes from the small barrel and threw them into the glass.

It is now the beginning of September, and after attending the enthronement ceremony of the Second Highness in the imperial capital, there were some disputes with the Second Highness, which led to the dissolution of the celebration banquet in the evening. So Lorlist, Kenmeth, Philim, Shaheen and the other three archdukes left the imperial capital early the next morning with their guards without saying goodbye. He returned to the island of Hilowass and joined his family.

This is the white beach in front of Wanghai Manor, which is much smaller than the white sand beach of the Kenmasse family, but it is enough for the families of the four Grand Dukes to play in the water. Looking at the crowd frolicking on the beach, Duke Kenmeth sighed deeply, he spent a huge amount of money to invest in the platinum sand beach of his family territory, and built it into a summer resort for the entire kingdom, preparing to welcome a large number of kingdom nobles and their families to visit every summer. Then the Second Highness came down and persuaded the nobles of the kingdom to send troops to fight for the business alliance, and as a result, after three years of bloody battles, all the nobles of the kingdom suffered heavy casualties, and they no longer had the heart to go to Platinum Beach to play and escape the summer, and everyone stayed at home to lick their wounds......

"It's okay, next year you invite those nobles to play on Platinum Beach, it's been five years, and you should forget about it, now that the empire is revived, there should be no more wars in the past few years, and everyone will naturally go to you to play when they have money in their pockets." Seeing Duke Kenmeth staring at the beach in a daze, Lorist certainly understood what was in his mind.

"Ah, no......" Duke Kenmas came back to his senses, "I'm not worried about this, what I was thinking about just now is what His Majesty meant by the disarmament proposal at the dinner that day?"

After the enthronement ceremony, His Royal Highness held a grand welcome banquet in the palace to entertain all the imperial nobles and their families who came to attend the ceremony. Although some unsatisfactory things happened before this grand ceremony, with the efforts of His Royal Highness, today's enthronement ceremony can be said to be a complete success. At the banquet, His Royal Highness announced his policy for the next three years, which was nothing more than focusing on internal affairs and people's livelihood, increasing the financial revenue of the empire, enriching the national treasury, encouraging commerce to vigorously develop mineral resources, and streamlining the administration......

The focus is on streamlining the administration of the army, His Royal Highness thinks that the empire is now revived, so he is ready to restore the three legions system of the former empire, that is, the Royal Guards Legion guards the imperial capital, the White Lion Legion conquers externally, and the Tempest Legion cleans up bandits and bandits internally. At the same time, a garrison corps was established in each of the provinces directly under the royal family to suppress the localities. In addition, His Royal Highness will also prepare to establish the Royal Knights again, recruit the relatives and children of the nobles of the kingdom to become royal knights, serve the Clisian royal family, and so on......

These are actually the old systems of the Clisson royal family, and everyone doesn't care. Just like the Royal Guards Legion, the White Lion Legion, and the Tempest Legion are the three standing legions of the former Krisson Empire, which are directly under the royal family, as long as His Royal Highness can afford to build a few more legions, everyone has nothing to say. As for the Royal Order, it is a way out for the children of the imperial nobility who cannot inherit the title and domain, and sometimes in order to avoid strife in peacetime, these children cannot even join the arms of their own family, so as not to cause confusion and threat to the heirs of the family. Like Lorlist's second uncle, who has died on the battlefield, is the deputy head of the former Royal Knights of the Krisson Empire.

However, what all the imperial nobles did not expect was that after talking about the standing military system of these empires, His Royal Highness put forward a disarmament proposal to the imperial nobles present, saying that now that the empire is revived, peace can be expected, and the nobles of the empire's territory should not continue to expand their family arms, and should invest their limited money in the development of the territory. Therefore, he suggested that the territorial nobles of the empire should streamline their family armaments, and discuss the establishment of a family armament system that everyone should follow to limit the family armament of all territorial nobles.

His Royal Highness believed that an imperial baron, he could build two or three hundred-man teams as a family arm, the viscount could have five hundred, the earl could build a thousand-man family arm, and the imperial marquis could have a maximum of three thousand men. As for the Duke of the Territory, he can form a family armed regiment or a small family armed regiment. For example, the current 45,000-strong corps can be reduced to four 6,000-strong corps plus a 1,000-man corps in charge of logistics, and the total number of such a corps will be only about 25,000.

His Royal Highness emphasized that this was for the sake of the wallets of the imperial nobles, after all, supporting a large-scale family armed force in the peaceful years was a lot of expenses and burdens for any imperial noble. His Royal Highness believed that the reduction of military expenditures would help the nobles of the empire to better build their territories and enjoy a better life. As for those mountain bandits and rogues who are entrenched in various places, the empire will vigorously clean up the bandits after forming the Tempest Legion, and there is no need for the territorial nobles to bear the responsibility of suppressing the bandits.

His Royal Highness Second Highness said compassionately that the three-year bloody battle on the Falcan Hill Plain had almost caused all the nobles of the empire to suffer a lot of casualties, so reducing the armament expenditure of the nobles of the territory was the compensation given by the empire, and the future foreign conquest would be completely responsible for the three standing legions of the empire, and the family armed forces of the nobles of the territory were responsible for guarding their respective family territories, unless the empire was threatened by the death of the country, otherwise the second highness would not recruit the family arms of the nobles of the territory to go to the battlefield.

As for the disputes between the nobles of the territory, the Second Highness said that he did not want to see such a war in the noble domain, and if there was a contradiction, it could be submitted to the noble court for adjudication, after all, it was worth the loss for everyone to start a territorial war, whether it was won or lost, the three standing legions of the empire were likely to intervene in such a noble territory war, in order to calm down the conflict and wait for the ruling of the noble court on this territorial war.

All the nobles present at the feast focused their attention on Lorlist, the Archduke of Fisabrun, and the three Grand Dukes, Kenmes, Philim, and Shahin. It is a well-known fact that the strength of the Norton family's armed forces exceeds that of the imperial armed forces commanded by the Second Highness, and even if the Second Highness completes the formation of the three standing armies of the empire, it will be difficult to compete with the Norton family's armed forces. If you add the family armed legions of the three Grand Dukes of the Four Alliances of the Northlands, then it is enough to sweep the entire empire, even if the Second Highness plus the Fisabulun family, and the family armies of all the nobles of the other empire territories, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the front of the family armed alliance of the four alliances of the Northlands.

Obviously, the Second Highness suddenly threw out this disarmament proposal at this moment, targeting the four alliances of the Northlands led by the Norton family. For the nobles of the other imperial territories, this disarmament proposal of the Second Highness did not matter to them, even if it was the three of Archduke Handla, Archduke of Forendo, and Archduke Sabaji, they were more in favor of the disarmament proposal of the Second Highness. As His Royal Highness said, this disarmament proposal did reduce their armament burden, and there was no need to maintain the full strength of the family's armed legion. In the future, even if they received the conscription order from the Second Highness, they would not have to send so many men and horses to help in the battle.

Perhaps because he had already been angry with Grand Duke Fisabrun, Grand Duke Fisabrun stood up: "Your Majesty, the Fisabrun family firmly supports Your Majesty's disarmament proposal, and I am willing to return the Frontier Ranger Regiment to the imperial military system and bring it back under Your Majesty's command. ”

At this moment, I don't know how many imperial nobles are secretly scolding in their hearts. As long as anyone with a little brain understands, the old fellow of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun is cheap and good. The Frontier Rangers, although not one of the three standing armies of the Empire, are also a prestigious Imperial legion. Originally formed to deal with the predatory of the frontier areas of the empire by the barbarian tribes of the steppes of the northeast, the Frontier Ranger Regiment is correctly defined as a local armed force.

It was only when dealing with the looting of the captives of the barbarian tribe that the border rangers fell into the hands of the Fisabrun family and became the armed forces of the Fisabrun family. At present, the Frontier Ranger Regiment has two regiments, the first and second regiments, with nearly 80,000 men and horses, and is the main force of the Fisabrun family. Lorist formed a family armed chaser regiment and deployed it in Makinohara Province, mainly to prevent and deal with the border ranger regiment.

The Grand Duke of Fisabrun said that the Frontier Ranger Regiment will return to the imperial military system, that is, according to the establishment of the former Krisson Empire, the Border Ranger Corps has 45,000 men and horses, which is the local armed force belonging to the empire, and its military pay and equipment are the responsibility of several provinces in the northeast, which is not considered the armed force of the Fisabrun family. Therefore, what the Grand Duke of Fisabrun said soundly sounded and was reincorporated into the command of His Royal Highness II, but in fact the entire legion was still in the hands of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun.

The old guy had a brilliant idea, to pull out one of the Frontier Rangers, and the other to be rebuilt into the Armed Regiment of the Fisabrun family, but with a new name, in fact, both legions were still under the control of the Fisabrun family. Moreover, in this way, the Fisabrun family only needs to pay for the armament of one legion, while the cost of the border ranger corps is apportioned to the localities, which will greatly reduce the burden on the family, and there will be more armament resources for the family's garrison corps and the reserve corps formed in mercenary mode with the grass barbarian elite cavalry as the main body.

His Royal Highness smiled and nodded: "Grand Duke Fisabrun is loyal to the country, and he doesn't remember to lose, which is worthy of admiration." In this way, I remember that the cost of military expenses and equipment of the Frontier Ranger Regiment was shared among the three provinces of Makinobara, Winston and Southern Provinces. Then, according to the precedent, the Grand Duke will be responsible for the annual expenditure budget of the entire Frontier Ranger Regiment, and obtain funds from these three provinces in accordance with the previous proportion. ”

At that time, the provinces of Makinohara, Winston, and Southern were all the hardest hit areas by the barbarian cavalry, so the three provinces proposed to form a frontier ranger regiment to prevent the barbarian tribes from plundering, and the military expenses would be shared among the three provinces. However, with the fall of the Frontier Rangers into the control of the Fisabrun family, and the Eastern Wilderness Province was opened, the Southern Province and the Winston Province were no longer threatened by the barbarian cavalry. However, with the Frontier Rangers becoming the armed legion of the Fisabrun family, this agreement to share military expenses has long been nullified.

The Southern Province is now the domain of the Philim family, while the provinces of Winston and Makinohara are also under the jurisdiction of the Norton family. This will be the Second Highness carrying the banner of returning to the imperial military system to let the three provinces re-apportionment of the armament expenses of the Frontier Ranger Regiment, which is clearly disgusting to the four alliances of the Northlands, and use their own money to cultivate the opponent's armament, but it is so righteous and awe-inspiring, it is really difficult for the Second Highness to spend such thoughts.

Duke Philim slammed the golden cup in his hand on the table with a "bang" and stood up angrily: "This is absolutely impossible! The Frontier Ranger Regiment was formed to deal with the grass barbarian cavalry, and now the grass barbarian tribe is still a threat? The border guard ranger regiment has become the family armed force of the Fisabrun family, so why should we pay for it?"

Lorist sighed and stood up, stopping Duke Philim's anger: "Back then, the Southern Province was not Duke Philim's family domain, so it was normal to share the cost of armaments, but now that the Southern Province has become the family territory of Grand Duke Philim, it is not appropriate to allocate the military expenses of the Frontier Ranger Corps to the Southern Province." In this case, Your Majesty, Grand Duke Fisabrun, our Norton family is willing to take over the armament expenses of the Frontier Rangers, and ensure that the Frontier Rangers will not be starved of military expenditures......"

His Royal Highness was overjoyed: "Brother Locke understands things and is willing to contribute to the country." ”

Grand Duke Fisabrun was also very happy: "What Archduke Norton said is true? In front of so many imperial nobles, you can't go back on what you say......

"Of course, words count. Lorist nodded: "In addition to military pay and daily expenses, the Norton family is also willing to re-equip the Frontier Rangers." However, this will require the Border Rangers to be brought to our Norton territory for reorganization. And retrain according to the characteristics of the equipment. Everyone knows that our Norton family is an elite arm. We are willing to pass on our training experience and combat experience to the Frontier Rangers without reservation, and it will only take half a year to ensure that we will return an elite Frontier Rangers Regiment to Your Majesty. ”

Archduke Fisabrun's face turned white all of a sudden, and he was brought to the Norton family for half a year of training and reorganization, can the anti-ranger legion still listen to himself here, and ensure that even the people and horses have become part of the Norton family's armed forces, and even the military salary is taken from the Norton family, will this still listen to the command of others, and he will only send the border ranger regiment to the Norton family territory if he is stupid......

His Royal Highness also understood this, and Lorist said a few words softly to resolve the problem he had made: "Let's discuss this, anyway, it's not in a hurry now." By the way, my brother Locke, what do you think of my disarmament proposal just now? Now that the empire is peaceful, you Norton family don't need to maintain so many family armies, I think your Norton family can completely reduce four family legions to two, or even one family armed legion is enough. ”

Lorist shook his head: "Your Majesty, I regret that I cannot agree to your disarmament proposal. Because this will affect our family's plan to send troops. ”

"Dispatch plan?" The Second Highness was shocked: "Where else do you Norton family want to conquer?"

"It's not a conquest, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it at all. Lorist said: "In the next stage, our Norton family is preparing to expand into the Demon Dragon Mountains and the barbarian plains further north, preparing to expand the land and establish provinces in the north to open up new territories for the empire. Now two of the family's four legions will be preparing to go north, another will be deployed in Makinohara Province to defend against the grass barbarian tribes, and one legion will defend the northland. In fact, our family's strength is also very tight, and we may need the help of several Grand Dukes' family forces......"

The Archdukes Lorist points to are the Duke of Kenmeth, the Duke of Philim, and the Duke of Shahin. In this way, the Second Highness's attempt to force them to reduce the family's armament was put an end to it.

His Royal Highness's face turned pale, and he thought that Lorist was completely making an excuse to refuse to reduce the family's armed legion. However, after taking a few deep breaths, he still reluctantly endured: "By the way, Locke, since you are not willing to reduce the family armament, I will not force your will." But should you change the name of your Legion of the Guards, after all, he and my Royal Guards have the same name, and some people may gossip ......about it."

Lorist laughed, "Yes, Your Majesty, according to your wishes, from today onwards, our family's Guards Legion will be renamed the Iron Guard Legion." ”

For Lorist, it doesn't matter what the name of the legion is, since His Royal Highness is not against the name of the Guards Legion, then it is better to change the name of the Guards to the Iron Guard, which is simple and easy to remember. But what he didn't expect was that as soon as the name of the Iron Guard Legion was spoken, His Royal Highness became angry, he kicked over the table in front of him, turned around and left the main hall, and the celebration banquet was dissolved.

When he got out of the palace, Lorist was still inexplicable, and he was a little annoyed in his heart. Second Highness, is this turning his face to show me?

Duke Kenmax laughed: "Locke, you are really amazing, if you knew that you changed your name to the Iron Guard Legion, it would be better not to change your name." This is simply a big slap in the face of our Majesty......"

"No, I still don't understand why it can't be called the Iron Guards?"

"Haha, have you forgotten? The Grand Duke of Madras formed an Iron Guard Legion, 8,000 men and horses to defend Kebo City, and the father of His Royal Highness, the former Prince Antinac, led the entire Royal Guard Legion with 60,000 horses to attack for more than six months, but could not attack for more than six months, but lost most of the men and horses, and only more than 20,000 remnants of the army came back in ashes, and the situation of the empire changed greatly, resulting in the final fragmentation. You said that the name was changed to the Iron Guards, isn't this a slap in the face of His Majesty......?

Lorist was dumbfounded, he was unintentional, but His Royal Highness must have been intentional when he was interested, and now the estrangement between the two has become deeper and deeper. However, Lorist had no intention of explaining, and left the imperial capital early the next morning.

Lying comfortably on the sand, Lorist said: "His Majesty's disarmament proposal that day is actually a trap for us, he doesn't care whether we cut the family armed forces or not, the important thing is to determine the establishment of the armed corps of our various families. After clarifying the small armed structure of this family, if we expand the army, he can accuse us of expanding the army for bad intentions. If we don't expand our staff, we can only ask him for help, and then he can let the standing armies of the three empires meddle in the internal affairs of our family domain...... That's what I guessed. ”

Duke Kenmath drained the wine from the glass: "Your Majesty has a lot of thoughts now. ”

"Of course......" Loris nodded: "There is no threat from the outside, and Your Majesty is now concerned about our four alliances." Perhaps for him, the four alliances were more threatening than the business alliance back then. Therefore, the armed legions of our four families cannot be reduced, and we must practice from time to time to maintain combat effectiveness, so as to ensure the continuation of our family and the safety of our territory. ”

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