Chapter 348: The War in the South of the Continent

"Your Highness, isn't it too hypocritical for you to do this? Obviously, you want to exclude him from the family center, but you still say it so beautifully, his name will be remembered in history for a hundred generations, and it is related to the long-term peace and stability of the family for the next hundred years......" Watching Director Hansk go out in a hurry, after Genorio closed the door of the study, Shi Fatzi stretched his waist and said: " In fact, we have coordinated all the departments and set up an independent construction department responsible for this project, as long as it goes according to plan, it doesn't matter if there is a director of Hansk or not, even your highness, you can put your name on it, I think that after Director Hansk understands it, his face must be very good-looking. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Otherwise, what then, do you have a big quarrel with him? Don't you see the look of a quarrel when he came in? If you really quarrel with him, the family will be panicked, after all, he is an old courtier of the family, and he must save some face. Lorist shrugged: "An old courtier like Hansk thinks that the family is now at its peak, and they have achieved fame, and now they are holding on to this family business. Therefore, some of our new measures are strongly opposed, thinking that everything is better to be stable, but they don't know that now is a troubled time, if they don't advance, they will retreat, although the family occupies the entire northern land, and the power is all over the five provinces, but the outside is not without covetous enemies. They can't see the situation clearly, and they really think that the world is peaceful?

Director Hanske was the head of the family's remaining civilian officials and has now become the banner of the conservatives. Don't think I don't know, the family civil management officials he promoted are basically from Maple Grove Villa, thinking that these are the old people of the family who are reliable, even if they have no level, they are forcibly ascended, and they are also very repulsive to you outsiders who followed me to the Northland. As for some family documents and problems in the implementation of policies, the report submitted by Tagger should also be read by his faction when the three mayors of Fengle Yuan were arrested for corruption last year.

Like this marriage between me and Cilivia, most of the middle-level civil officials of the family who oppose it are from the Maple Grove Villa faction. Originally, I didn't care about all this, thinking that it should be normal for there to be a lot of factions in the family, as long as I didn't delay my business. If it weren't for Director Kodan's reminder, I really didn't expect Director Hansk to ascend to the top and call out, and two-thirds of the middle-level civilian officials in the family would respond. So he doesn't go to the wilderness to blow the wind and eat the soil, even if he understands it, it can't be done, and I didn't lie to him, completing the road traffic infrastructure planning in the Northland will indeed make him famous in the annals of history, and the carriage track is a new thing. ”

"Your Highness, don't forget, we have made comprehensive preparations for the planned transportation and road facilities in the Northland, and with the seventy or eighty thousand mountain brute laborers, I estimate that it will be completed in two or three years at most. When Director Hansk returns with great prestige, what are you going to do with him?" Fat Shi reminded.

Lorist smiled: "It's okay, Winston Province and Dramke Province have been included in the family's sphere of influence, and these two provinces also need to re-plan road transportation facilities, at least the carriage track should be laid to speed up the transportation of materials, which is also the key to the family's control of the territory of these two provinces." When these two provinces are completed, as well as the southern provinces and the western provinces of our allies, the director of Hansk will stay on the construction site for the next ten years until he is forgotten, and he still wants to return to the family center......?

Shi Fatzi opened his mouth and stammered, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "Locke, you are becoming more and more like a grand duke......"

"Can I take your words as a compliment?" Lorist leaned back in the big chair: "It's been almost fourteen years since I returned to the family territory in a blink of an eye, and people change, if I appeared in front of me fourteen years ago, then I would definitely not recognize myself." I remember that when I just returned to my family territory, the residents of Kitano Town rebelled, and I took my family arms to attack, and when I found that the enemies were all old and weak, women and children, I couldn't do it, resulting in the failure of the siege. But now, I can not hesitate to order the soldiers to cut off the heads of hundreds of thousands of captives without changing their faces and being indifferent!

What is a nobleman? The lord of the past ten years has only now come to understand that your enthusiasm cannot change the world, on the contrary, the world has changed you. Just like me, at first I just wanted to protect the family territory, and then every time I was forced to fight back, leading you to fight east and west, and as a result, the entire northern land was brought under the jurisdiction of the family. When I became the Grand Duke of the Northland, I found that this son was like sitting on a volcano, and if I didn't expand and enterprising, what awaited me would be the annihilation of the family......"

The knock on the door sounded again, interrupting Lorlist's long-hearted speech. Genolio pushed the door in: "Your Highness, Lord Tagger wants to see you." ”

Tagger brought a lot of new information about the war between the Fort Business Alliance and the Central and South Kingdom Alliance.

"Hmm...... Did the coalition of the Central and Southern Kingdoms go to war first, and the Commercial Alliance was forced to fight back?"

"Yes, Your Highness. Tagger took out a newspaper and put it in front of Lorlist: "This is a large-scale clash between the two sides in November last year, and it was the Central and South Kingdom coalition forces that first attacked a barracks garrisoned by the Self-Defense Corps of the Commercial Alliance, killing more than 300 people and forcibly occupying this camp. The Business Alliance then sent out the Legion to retaliate. The two sides fought for that camp for more than 20 days, and did not return to the camp until winter came. ”

"Didn't their negotiations come to fruition?" asked Shi Fatzi beside him.

"Nothing came of it, and a three-month-old Manahill newspaper published a secret story about the negotiations between the two sides, here. Tagger found the Manahill Times in a large number of newspapers: "It says that the countries of Central and South Africa have demanded that the tax revenue of the commercial alliance when conducting business activities in each country be increased from 10 percent to 20 percent of the total trade volume, but the commercial alliance refuses. And the business alliance's request for countries to resume trade routes was also rejected......"

"And what's the current state of the Business Alliance?" Lorist asked.

"Your Highness, this is a report from the Knight of Lenmoud on the front lines of the war. As you might expect, he was forcibly drafted into the army because of the lack of pharmacists on the front lines. Although he was on the front line, there was nothing wrong with his safety. And we've sent two silver-tier skies to guard him. Targer took out a few pieces of letter paper and handed them to Lorlist.

Lorist hurriedly browsed, and in the letter, Lenmud complained that he was unlucky and forcibly conscripted into the army, and his seven wives were too ruined, but he was worried about his sixteen children, and asked Lorist to let Lorist adopt his sixteen children if he had a good one, and at the same time give each of his seven wives a pension so that they could live their lives without worrying about food and clothing.

Just when Lorist was angry at Lenmerd's nonsense and inconsistencies in the letter, Lorist finally got down to business before Lorist tore up the letter. After a brief report on the situation after the war, Renmerd found a very strange phenomenon, that is, the warring parties seemed to be fighting a tacit battle, both sides had spare strength, and several famous chamber of commerce armed legions belonging to the Big Seven in the business alliance did not reach the front line, and the side of the Central and South Kingdom coalition seemed to be satisfied with a small fight on the front line, and did not press on the large army. And each time they attacked the front line, it was the armed forces of several kingdoms and principalities that fought in the main battle, and they were bleeding in front of the well-established defenses of the commercial alliance.

"The commander of the coalition forces of the Central and South Kingdoms is Duke Luo Fei Fausta of the Kingdom of Chigeda, a first-class great sword master. Lorist looked at the letter and said, "This name is a little familiar, as if I have heard it somewhere." Tagger, do you have any personal information about this Grand Swordsman Duke?"

Tagar shook his head: "Your Highness, no, the countries of Central and South China are too far away from our family's territory, and our intelligence personnel can't arrange to go so far." ”

However, the fat man on the side replied leisurely: "I know this person, he went to Moriente City fifteen or sixteen years ago, but he was still a marquis at that time, and he was a golden one-star fighting rank. The reason I remember him is because he married one of the most beautiful flowers in Dawn College, a girl with the surname of Windsor......"

Lorist only felt a "coaxing" in his head, and the memories buried in the depths of his heart came flooding up. He remembered that moonlit night, when the girl of his first love snuggled up to the middle-aged gentleman, holding his arm and whispering intimately...... At that time, his heart was painful, and he struggled to return to his lodging, but the next day the middle-aged gentleman appeared at his bedside and politely asked him to leave the girl's house. I didn't remember what the man looked like, only that he had a golden firebird badge pinned to his chest......

The only first love between the two lives, the girl who looked like an elf in the silver moonlight, is she okay now, she is married to this duke named Luo Fei Fausta. Fifteen or sixteen years have passed, and there has been no news from all over the world, and the passage of time has not only healed the wounds in my heart, but even the memories are almost blurred and disappeared.

Lorist glanced at Shi Fat Man gratefully, because Tugger was present, so he used such a tactful excuse to remind himself. However, as his memory recovered, Lorist remembered the past, and also thought that this Duke of Luo Fei Fausta was not a simple nobleman, and that a series of plans for family revival that he had formulated to help his first girlfriend were completely broken by this duke, and finally let him successfully hug the beauty.

Looking at the confrontation and petty fights between the Commercial Alliance and the Central South Kingdom Alliance on the front line, Lorist frowned: "This is very abnormal, this Duke Fausta's level will not be so low, as the commander of the 200,000 Central South Kingdom Alliance Army, how can he be stumped by such a simple defense line as the Commercial Alliance? If such a line of defense is against us, any legion of our family can sweep the enemy in three days......

"Your Highness, it's a little weird. Shi Fatzi pondered beside him and said: "I remember that one of the seven giants of the business alliance, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce at the bottom of the rank, seized the Principality of Ulubaha as their chamber of commerce territory, the location of this Principality of Ulubaha is at the end of the golden coastline, and the middle of the commercial alliance is separated by the Titanini Mountains, that is to say, it is sandwiched between the twenty-four countries in the central and southern regions, and the Kingdom of Chigda is also a principality away. Since the alliance of the Central and South Kingdoms sent troops to the business alliance, why not destroy this Chikde Chamber of Commerce territory that was mixed between them first? It stands to reason that this is indeed too abnormal. ”

Loristra rang the bell rope, and Genorio knocked on the door and came in: "Your Highness, what are your orders?"

"You go to the Accounting Department and bring over the transaction records of our family in the past six months on Hiloas Island, the Petersen Chamber of Commerce, and the Chikde Chamber of Commerce. Lorist commanded as he got up and went to get a map of the continent of Garinthia.

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

The transaction records were quickly taken, and Shi Fatzi and Tagel checked them briefly: "Your Highness, the commodity transaction records of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and our family have not changed in the past six months, they are all fixed material lists, and there are no special requests for additional armament materials. The good news is that the Peterson Chamber of Commerce has been gradually repaying our family's arrears in the past six months, and currently only owes our family more than 300,000 gold fords, and it is estimated that we will be able to pay off all the debts in another year. ”

Lorist was a little unwilling: "Didn't they ask our family to sell them grain?"

"No, Your Highness. Shi Fatzi shook his head: "In the past two years, the imperial capital and the southwest provinces have had good weather and rain, and the grain has been harvested. The Business Alliance, which occupies several provinces of the former empire and borders the two southwestern provinces, I believe that they have also had a bumper harvest, and the problem of food scarcity in the Business Alliance should have been solved long ago. ”

Targar said: "Your Highness, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce has been trading with us more and more every time, except for two-thirds of the share of spices, the materials they have increased are basically all kinds of daily necessities and luxury goods produced by our family. Our intelligence officers have tested the sailors of their fleets, and it is said that these goods and luxury goods are transported to the Empire of Romon and the Khanate of Havestan for sale, and they praise us for the speed and supply of these goods there. ”

"Didn't they ask for our armaments and weapons?"

"Nope. Targar shook his head.

"I smell the smell of conspiracy. Shi Fat shook his head and said.

Lorist touched his chin and pondered: "Looking at the map of the continent, the southernmost Romon Empire and the Khanate of Haavistan have gone to war again after twenty or thirty years of peace. This time, they had a tacit understanding to destroy the Kingdom of Kylia in the middle first, and then fight hard. And the central and southern parts of the country are at war with the 24 countries of the central and southern regions, and the mainland is full of beacons. On the contrary, it is really strange that the northern part of the continent, which has been fighting on our side for more than ten years, has calmed down......"

Shi Fatzi thought about another question: "The Sword Saint Town Kingdom of Kailia has been destroyed, and the whereabouts of the Storm Sword Saint are unknown." It's really funny. I don't know if it was the two Sword Masters of the Romon Empire and the Havistan Khanate who joined forces to force out the Storm Sword Saints. ”

Tagar asked: "Lord Sred, there are four famous sword saints in the continent now, all in the south of the continent, except for the Romon Empire and the Havistan Khanate, each has a sword saint, and the rest are the missing Storm Sword Saint and the Flying Fire Sword Saint of the Chigeda Kingdom, right?"

Shi Fatzi nodded: "Yes, but the Flying Fire Sword Saint of the Qigeda Kingdom is said to have lived in seclusion for more than twenty years and has never appeared in front of people. I don't know if it's still alive. In addition, there were two Juggernauts in the former Krisson Empire, but both fell in the hundred years of conquest with the business alliance. The Business Alliance also had a Juggernaut, but he died with a Juggernaut in the Empire. Then the Business Alliance designed to trap another Sword Master of the Empire on the battlefield, and of course they paid an extremely tragic price, and also created the history of using a great sword master to kill a Sword Master. ”

Shi Fatzi is very familiar with these miscellaneous histories.

Lorist said, "Alright, the Juggernaut is too far away from us. The mainland's struggle for hegemony still relies on the armed forces of various countries. Targer, I hope that you can send a group of reliable and shrewd intelligence officers to the Central and South countries of the mainland to see what the situation is like, especially to learn about the materials of those outstanding people in the Central and South countries, such as the personal and family situation of the commander of the coalition forces, Duke Rofe Foster. Time can be longer, I believe that the beacon fire over there will not be able to die down so quickly. Although the two wars over there are far from our family territory, I would like to know some details. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

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