Chapter 351: Inspection

Four or five days after the wedding, Lorist took Princess Celivia and her four concubines to Sakura Ridge Manor. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info it stands to reason that when they get married, it is the relationship between the husband and wife that is as strong as honey blending oil, and it is a little unreasonable to take a concubine. But Princess Celivia can't do it, who told her that her physique is too sensitive to withstand Lorlist's conquest. It was often when Lorist was in high spirits, and Princess Celivia was already in a mess, paralyzed as mud, unable to even move her fingers, and finally had to find four concubines to help Lorist let go of her.

Lorist went to the Cherry Blossom Ridge Manor on his own, leaving all the administrative affairs of the territory to Shi Fatzi to deal with, and stayed away until the end of December before rushing back to Angry Bear City in the heavy snow. Without him, the New Year's celebration is about to be held, this is the second time the Norton family has held a New Year's celebration, and more nobles have come to participate this year, whether it is a territorial nobleman or a nobleman with a title, they all rushed to Angry Bear City with their families, and the streets were full of cars and people, adding a touch of warmth to this cold winter.

One of the most important events of this New Year's celebration is the canonization, now that the Kingdom of Iberia has fallen, and the province of Winston is firmly in the hands of the Norton family. The promises made by Lorist to the nobles of the Dramke provinces who had surrendered were now kept. A total of nineteen nobles from the former Duchy of Madras will be transferred to Winston, while the seventeen traditional nobles from Winston who have defected to Lorist will be transferred to Drymke.

Compared to the nobles of the former Duchy of Madras, who were a little depressed, the nobles of Winston Province were elated. They took refuge early, and when the army of 100,000 barbarians besieged the city of Pedro with their own private soldiers, they sent out their private soldiers to reinforce and make great efforts, and besides, the province of Dramke has always been the granary of the former Cresson Empire, the land is fertile, and the production is two or three stories higher than that of other places, and no one is happy to transfer the territory there. The nobles of the former Duchy of Madras were on the wrong side, and the transfer to Winston Province not only reduced the feud, but even the territory became even more barren.

In addition, Lorist had to announce the list of the Norton family's honorary nobles, most of whom were merchants who had spent money to buy titles, followed by more than a dozen meritorious officials newly promoted by the family. For example, the butler Boris who went to the Haneababada Islands to serve as the governor, Professor Bob of the gunpowder laboratory, and the criminal director Christon who was in charge of the security of the family town, and so on. However, this time Lorist did not canonize the family's territorial nobles, not that no one was chosen, but these candidates either did not have enough merit, or the number of years of service for the family had not arrived.

The New Year's celebration usually lasts for three days, but most of the nobles who came to attend have set up a separate residence in the wealthy part of the city, and Duke Kenmeth bought a large mansion as his residence in the closest place to the Grand Duke's Palace, almost next door to the central castle. After the New Year's celebration, a banquet and dance party were held at home, and there was a lot of noise. As he told Lorlist, Lorist liked to be clean and lively, and he liked to hold such events with the money he earned from the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, rather than on the development of the family's domain and the armament of the family's armed forces.

After spending a few days in the central castle, he couldn't stand the noise of the Duke of Kenmeth's palace not far from the next door, so Lorist took Princess Celivia and four concubines and ran back to Sakura Ridge Manor in a sleigh. Then he stayed until after the rainy season, when the winter wheat was harvested, and then he was ordered to pack up and return to Raging Bear City.

After staying in Pyrrhino City until after the spring ploughing, he took Princess Celivia and four concubines to start patrolling the territory, this time it was not like last year. Rather, inspections are carried out in every place. In particular, it is necessary to take a look at each of the towns in the seven developed original areas of the Northland, and at the same time, it is also to let Princess Celivia show up to accept the cheers of the people, so that everyone knows that Princess Celivia has become the head mother of the Norton family.

It was also a trip to send money, as if every member of the garrison in each town had received a large silver coin from Princess Celevia. It is estimated that after the end of this inspection, the reward for the family armed forces alone will reach two or three hundred thousand gold fords. However, this bounty was originally calculated in the cost of the wedding, and there was no need for additional expenses.

Because there are many places to inspect, the trip is very slow. It was only in July that they arrived at North Sea City and sailed to the island of Hirowas on a North Sea Fleet ship. While on the ship, Lorist received another detailed battle report from the city of Moriente.

The war between the commercial alliance and the coalition forces of the Central and South Kingdom is still in an unhurried standoff, but the armed forces of several countries of the Central and South Kingdom coalition have been damaged in the battle on the front line, and it is very unfortunate that three countries are located near the Kingdom of Chigda, that is, not far from the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce. At this time, the merchant alliance was outstanding, and several legions attacked from the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce by sea, and invaded the three kingdoms and principalities that lacked major generals.

Duke Fausta, the commander of the alliance forces of the Central and Southern Kingdoms, was shocked, and hurriedly waved his troops to counterattack, although he repelled the legions of these commercial alliances, but the royal families of the three kingdoms and principalities have been killed by the legions of the commercial alliance, and there is no other heir to be found except for the survival of a little princess of the principality. Duke Fausta had no choice but to personally garrison his troops in those three countries to prevent another surprise attack on the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce......

In addition, the war between the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khanate, the southernmost part of the mainland, became more and more intense, and the two sides fought three general battles of more than 100,000 people, with heavy casualties, and each fought a real fire. Now it is impossible to strike the troops and make a truce, both sides are transferring troops and reprimanding generals, and the front line is inextricably fighting, and it seems that they are ready to settle the grievances of more than 200 years at once......

Lorist touched his chin and pondered, the authorities were fascinated by bystanders, there was really a conspiracy! Recalling his ex-girlfriend's Windsor family territory, isn't this the case? With the nobles of the four territories sent troops to besiege the Windsor family territory, and when the veteran soldiers were tired, they highlighted the surprise soldiers, annihilated the four lords in one fell swoop, and took away the four territories without much effort. Now the war between the commercial alliance and the alliance of the Central and South Kingdoms is also this routine, so that the armed forces of the three countries are exhausted on the front line, and then the legions of the commercial alliance sweep the three countries, and the Duke of Fausta leads his troops to recapture it, as a result, the royal family of the three countries is extinct, and the Duke of Fausta can only garrison guards. Lorist believed that the presence of this army would soon bring the three kingdoms into the territory of the Kingdom of Chigda......

Looking at the war between the Romon Empire and the Kingdom of Harveistan in the south of the continent, Lorist suddenly wondered why it was so coincidental that these two great powers would go to war, and as soon as the war started, they would destroy the Kingdom of Kelly, which was sandwiched in the middle. You must know that these three countries have a Sword Saint Town, although the Kingdom of Kylia is small, but it is the balance of these two powers, no matter who starts the war, the Kingdom of Kylia will fall to the other side, which has kept the two powers at peace for decades. After all, no one wanted the two great sword saints to join forces to deal with them.

But this time it was very strange, the Romon Empire and the Havistan Khanate actually sent troops to destroy the Kingdom of Kailia at the same time, forcing the whereabouts of the Storm Sword Saint of that town country to be unknown. Then the two powerful countries let go of their hands and fought hard. If they don't have a war, then the war between the commercial alliance and the alliance of the Central and South Kingdoms is likely to attract the attention of these two powers, and even the Kelly Kingdom will hit those Central and South countries with the idea of expansion. But now that the two great powers are at war, it is a good time for the careerists in the Central and South countries to expand......

The timing was so good that the nobility of the three countries he had sent troops to defend it, as Duke Fausta had done, and even wished to do so, to incorporate it into the kingdom of Chigda. Their enemy is the Business Alliance, and it is the Business Alliance that has severed their royal inheritance, and only the Grand Duke of Chigda Kingdom Fausta has the ability to turn the tide and save them from fire and water, so they should hug their thighs and change their courts, and there is nothing to hesitate about.

Lorist shook his head and smiled bitterly, this conspiracy was too cleverly designed. First of all, he instigated the Empire of Romon and the Khanate of Havestan to fight each other, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner in a short period of time with the grudge between the two countries for more than 200 years, and even if there was a final result, it would be nothing more than a defeat for both sides, so as to relieve the worries of the Kingdom of Chigeda. Then they launched a war between the Central and South countries and the commercial alliance, and annexed the kingdoms of Zhou, so that the Kingdom of Chigeda could also become one of the continental powers with an expanded territory.

Lorist had already decided in his heart that this conspiracy was set up by Duke Fausta, the commander of the alliance forces of the Central and South Kingdoms, and it was conceivable that when the war between the commercial alliance and the alliance forces of the Central and Southern Kingdoms ended, the situation on the Gelinthia continent would change greatly. It's just that Lorist doesn't know how big this Duke Fausta's appetite is, and how many of the remaining twenty or so countries in the central and southern regions of the continent he has to swallow to be satisfied.

Picked up another folder on the table, and after opening it, Lorist stared, this is some character information about the Central and South Kingdom Alliance, the first one is Duke Fausta, the commander of the Central South Kingdom Alliance.

Duke Luo Fei Fausta, a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Chigda, is the military commander of the kingdom, and is in charge of 80% of the kingdom's armed forces. His family territory even exceeded the direct domain of the royal family, so much so that in the kingdom of Chigeda, he was called the king who was not the king, or the shadow king.

His eldest wife, Rafina, has long since passed away, and now the second lady Windsor Belina is in charge, and she and the Duke have three sons and a daughter, and the husband and wife are extremely affectionate......

Lorist threw down the folder in his hand weakly, and his face seemed to be crying and smiling, and he couldn't tell what it was like. Remembering that moonlit night, in that dark room, the girl sat on the floor and wept about the marriage proposal she had to agree to for the sake of her family, and Lorist remembered her own sadness that night, and the curse hidden in her heart, and he cursed this hypocritical lady for a series of misfortunes when she left her and threw herself into the arms of the Marquis Fausta...... It's just a pity that the truth is not what he imagined, and it is clear that this girl who was in love for his first time is now living very happily......

Forget it, after such a long time, the eldest lady may have forgotten herself, and now she has Celivia, as well as Diliana, Fenna Gary, Daisy, Maria and they are by her side, why bother with a young relationship more than ten years ago......

Lorist smiled self-deprecatingly, picked up the character information folder again, and carefully read Duke Fausta's personal and family information, as well as some hearsay deeds, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, since this Duke Fosta has such ability in the Kingdom of Chigeda, then why didn't he usurp the throne and make himself king? Is he really so loyal to the royal family of Fubao Chigeda? Or is there some unavoidable hidden intention?

On the ship, there was no one around to discuss, Lorist had to take this question to heart, left these documents and war reports to Genorio to pack up, and went out of the cabin to the deck, where he saw Princess Celivia and his four concubines shouting and directing the guards to throw fishing nets into the sea to catch fish. Although the battleship is moving, it does not prevent a fishing net from being dragged behind the ship, and sometimes there are some surprises, such as a large shark attracted by beef......

Three days later, the ship arrived on the island of Hilowas, where the Golden Knight Pachko and the Governor Hicke had already met them at the docks, and after inspecting the four guards battalions on the island, Pachko reported a surprise news to Lorlist. The Great Swordsman of Xiusi, who was originally cultivating behind closed doors in Wanghai Manor, said that he felt that the time for promotion had come, and entered the volcanic area of Shirovas Island with a sword on his back, saying that he should not send someone to find him, if he was successfully promoted to a second-level great sword master, he would come out, and if the promotion failed, then he would not appear again.

Lorist knew that it would take a long time for the promotion of the Great Sword Master, at least a year. Moreover, each promotion is a kind of summary of previous cultivation, finding out one's own shortcomings, sorting out the context of past cultivation, and groping for further direction of swordsmanship cultivation. Therefore, many great swordsmen go to uninhabited places or places with harsh natural environments, not only to hone themselves, but also to better understand the natural changes of heaven and earth, and to understand the opportunity for swordsmanship to progress. It seems that the Great Swordsman of Xius has also chosen this path, and Lorist can only wish him all the best.

After staying on the island of Hilovas until the end of August, Lorist returned to the Northlands with Princess Celivia and four concubines. This time they also had to inspect the Huntsman Legion in the eastern region of the Northlands and the Flying Tiger Legion stationed in Winston Province, as well as the Rock Legion on the border of the Southern Province.

When I returned to Raging Bear City after this lap, it was November again, but this was November 1780 in the universal calendar of the Galinthia continent, and a year passed in such a round, I could only blame the Norton family for being too big. Before Lorist stayed in his study for two days, he saw Shi Fatzi hurriedly entering the study: "Your Highness, Your Royal Highness is out of the customs......

"What, how did I get out?" Lorist didn't hear clearly, inexplicably.

"No, not you. Shi Fatzi took a breath before replying: "I'm talking about our Majesty the King, he is out of the customs, and he has been promoted to a first-level great sword master!"

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