Chapter 349: Before the Big Wedding

No matter how lively and fierce the fighting in the south of the mainland is, it will not affect the various forces in the north of the mainland. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Just as some officials and knights of the family said in private, after the former Krisson Empire collapsed due to the struggle for the throne of the three kings, the war has been burning for more than ten years, and now it is finally the turn of the central and southern regions of the continent and the south to fight into a pot of porridge.

Lorist wasn't interested in focusing on both wars, and now he was busy moving from Rock Castle to Raging Bear in the south of the Northlands. Don't look at Lorist's usual scolding of Fang Xuan, commanding thousands of troops and horses, but when it comes to such a family matter, he only feels a thousand things and helpless. Fortunately, Princess Celivia was there, showing the demeanor of becoming the housemother of the Norton family, turning around the group of servants commanding, packing what should be packed, and abandoning what should be abandoned, and soon cleaned up neatly and left quickly.

Lorist happily praised Princess Celivia for her orderliness, but Princess Celivia didn't care: "I've done a lot of things like this before, and there's no fuss." ”

On the 21st of September, Lorist arrived in Raging Bear City with the various administrations of Rock Castle. From this day on, Raging Bear once again became the capital of the Northlands, with the Norton family ruling over the center of the Northlands.

Geographically speaking, Angry Bear City is only a flat city, and there is no location to rely on to make it an easy city to defend and difficult to attack. Hundreds of years ago, there was only a small stone mound no more than 100 meters high, and an unknown nobleman built a humble walled city on this small stone mound as a family castle. After several changes of ownership, the humble walled city was gradually converted into a stone castle. It wasn't until a hundred years ago that the Lukins family came here after being canonized as the Grand Duke of Northland, and the first Duke Lukins couldn't get used to living in this cold stone castle, so he invited two famous architects at that time to replan and build the largest city in Northland with this simple stone castle as the center.

The city, named after two great architects, grew over the centuries to become the first major city in the Northland with a population of more than 100,000, and the southern part of the Northland became the quintessence of the Northland. Before Lorist returned to his family's domain, it was once the most prosperous and lively place in the Northlands. Compared to this city, Maple Grove Cottage in the Norton family domain is just a small manor castle in the most remote countryside.

It's no wonder that the contemporary Grand Duke of Northland, Duke Lukins, found the wrong enemy and treated Lorist as a big fat sheep, so that the Lukins family became history in the Northlands. After the defeat of the Grand Duke Lukins, the capital of the Northlands welcomed the second prince like a wolf, the founder of the Iberian kingdom did not hesitate to seize the property and belongings of the loser Lukins family, and escorted the Grand Duke Lukins to the royal city of Windbly under the pretext of recuperation. After the poor former Grand Duke of the Northland left the Northland, he was suddenly attacked by horse bandits, and his whole family was killed. The Lukins family, the century-old family of the former Krisson Empire, came to an end.

After Lorist once again defeated the 100,000 allied forces of the second prince and the nobles of the Northlands and swept through the Northlands, the four alliances were decided, and the city of Gildusk became the place where Baron Shaheen stayed, and the Grand Duke's Mansion became his residence. It's just that this northland capital has been weakened a lot after Lorlist's two attacks, and the rich people have fled to the Norton family's territory. Although Baron Shaheen is in charge of the city, his income is not much, and he cannot make ends meet, so he is not so concerned about the management of the city.

After the exchange of realms, Baron Saheen was promoted to earl, and the family domain was transferred to the province of Dramke, and the capital of the Northlands eventually fell into the hands of Lorlist. With its excellent transportation links to the Northland and other provinces, Lorist decided to move the Norton family's ruling center here, and instructed Master Siroba to re-plan and redesign the century-old city, bringing it back to life.

For this newly named Angry Bear City, Master Siroba was very dissatisfied with the design drawings for the first time, and he asked Master Siroba to plan and design a city that could accommodate at least 300,000 people, even though the population of the city was less than 30,000 at that time, but Lorist believed that with the arrival of himself and his family's various administrative departments, it would soon be lively again.

However, at that time, Master Silopa was very difficult, because the original design of this northland capital could only accommodate a maximum of 100,000 people, and the area of the old city was only so large. Lorist said it would be easy to build a central castle in the center of the city, which would serve as the administrative center of the Norton family and the place where he lived, like a rock castle. Inside the city wall protection was planned several quarters for the rich and nobles to live in, and the rest was divided into squares, trade areas, military camps and other facilities. As for the civilian settlements, they were built outside the city walls, which was equivalent to doubling the size of the city, eliminating the need to rebuild the city walls.

The eastern part of the city is now connected to two aristocratic districts, separated by an artificial canal more than three meters wide. From a distance, the dust was flying, and it was clear that the nobles who had bought the plots were already building their estates. The avenue is full of cars and people, presenting a lively and extraordinary scene.

The new central castle of Bear City is more than double the size of the original Northland Grand Duke's Mansion. The original Grand Ducal Mansion was designed as a garden-style manor, but now Master Siroba has built a five-storey castle building as the family's administrative office center according to Lorlist's requirements, and has cleverly connected the two without destroying the original Grand Ducal Palace garden design. For safety reasons, Lorist's residence was arranged on the small stone mound 100 meters high, where a new castle had been rebuilt, connected by walls to the administrative center in front of it, like a small fortress in the heart of Bear City.

By the time Lorist and the others settled down, it was already early October, and Lorist was getting busy, meeting with the nobles who had arrived early to congratulate the Angry Bear City. On October 17, Lorlist's cousin, the Golden Knight Chrysya, arrived at Raging Bear with her family.

Chrisia took her mother and two younger brothers back to the Northland this time, and in the memory of Locke, the owner of this body, Lorist did not cross over, the wife of the second uncle, that is, the aunt is a weak and sickly beauty, and now it looks similar to the memory, but it is much older, and there are many problems, afraid of wind, cold, and light, and after a few words, she was not feeling well and rested, I really don't know how she spent the civil war period.

It's the first time I've seen the two cousins, Lorist, one is twenty-eight years old, with two silver stars, and obviously doesn't have Christian's cultivation talent, and the other is twenty-two years old, and he is still two bronze stars, which is even worse. However, Chrisya said that he was a good writer and could become a civilian official in the future.

Chrisia has changed a lot, and the pale face is also emaciated. Lorist had a keen sense that something was wrong. So he asked about the Second Highness. Krisya was reluctant to say more, and finally reluctantly said that she had broken up with His Second Highness, so she resigned from the position of Commander of the Guard. This time she brought her family to return to the family, and she was reluctant to return to the imperial capital.

Why? Lorist wondered why His Royal Highness had broken up with Chrisia? He didn't know that such a move would mean that he would never get the support of the Norton family in the future, and would even attract the hostility of the Norton family. Not to mention Chrisya's father, Lorist's second uncle died on the battlefield as the former deputy head of the Royal Knights, let's just say that Chrisia has followed His Second Highness loyally for nearly twenty years, not only charging for him, but also his lover, how can such a long period of affection be broken?

It's just that Chrisia refused to explain the reason for the breakup, and there was a disheartened expression on her face. She said that she was physically and mentally tired, and that she only wanted to live a life of seclusion when she returned to the Northland to return to her family. Bringing the whole family back is for the sake of her two younger brothers, because of her, it is impossible for the two younger brothers to get a good growth environment and development opportunities in the imperial capital. Now that the Norton family is in full swing, she wants to hand over her second brother to Lorist, and the younger brother will go to school at Dawn Academy, although he is a little older, but the younger brother is still very smart and studious, and he will be successful in the future.

Although Lorist was curious, Chrisia couldn't force him even if he didn't say it, as for the arrangement, it was very simple, the eleven scenic manors around Raging Bear City were each selected by Princess Celivia and the four concubines, and there were six left, just let Chrisia choose one. Even if Chrisya only wanted to live in seclusion and didn't say that she was willing to work for the family, after all, she was the only golden knight in the family, and she should be given a manor.

Lorist didn't suspect that Chrisya was arranged by His Royal Highness to go undercover for the family, and using a bitter trick like breaking up to go undercover for the family would only make people laugh off their big teeth. Looking at Chrisya's haggard expression, it was obvious that she was deeply affected by her feelings, otherwise she would not have said that she wanted to live in seclusion. As for the arrangement of the two cousins, it is also very simple, the big one will go to the guard camp, and the small one will be sent to the Dawn Academy for transfer.

After two days, Lorist left Krya's affairs behind, and in addition to instructing Targar to send personnel to the imperial capital to inquire about the details, Lorist was busy receiving those nobles who came to visit, and at most he met sixteen in one day, and his face was stiff with a smile. The date of the big wedding has been set, November 8. Therefore, there is an endless stream of nobles who come to congratulate and give gifts. There were also many merchants with the title of nobles of the Kingdom of Antinac came to the door and asked Lorist to expand the two aristocratic districts again so that they could also buy land and build estates there.

Shi Fatzi came over and told Lorist a fact that made people laugh and cry, the Norton family issued a notice last time, that is, the honorary nobles of other countries can spend a sum of money to convert this noble title into the honorary aristocracy of the Norton family, so that they can establish a manor in the noble special district. But this money is a bit expensive, and many merchants are reluctant to give it, so they take advantage of a loophole, no matter how to say that the Norton family also belongs to the Andinac Kingdom, so they turned to the imperial capital to buy the status of the honorary nobles, because the price was half cheaper, so the Second Highness earned more than 100,000 gold and merit in vain, while there were nearly 100 more honorary nobles of the Andinac Kingdom in the Northland.

Shi Fatzi said that the third aristocratic special district can be sold, in order to teach those cheap guys a lesson, so this time the third aristocratic special district auctioned land, only those businessmen who have transformed into the Norton family's honorary aristocratic status are eligible to enter the auction, and they must take care of the family first, even if they belong to the same kingdom, there is also a difference between relatives and relatives. Of course, if the nobles of those kingdoms want to buy it, the land is gone, but those small villas can be sold, and this is the only opportunity for those guys to get into the special area of the nobility. Of course, compared with those aristocrats who bought land to build estates, it will invisibly make them feel a lot lower status, which is also a lesson for them.

Lorist nodded and agreed to Fat Shi's plan. I was still wondering why there were so many honored nobles in so many kingdoms, thinking that they were from the imperial capital, and the feelings were like this, no wonder I was overwhelmed in the past ten days.

In the last three days of the end of October, two emissaries of the House of Fisabrun, Archsteward Alidok and Napler, reappeared before Lorist, bringing with them a reply from the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, on which the armistice had been signed and stamped and his fingerprint for three years. However, Archsteward Alidok's face was very unpleasant, and when he handed over the agreement, he ridiculed when the famous Rock Legion of the Norton family had been reduced to a local garrison legion.

It seems that the Fisabrun family has discovered the word "garrison" added to the banner of the Rock Legion stationed on the border of the southern province, which is a loophole in the agreement by the Norton family forces, but they are helpless. Lorist didn't blush, and said with a smile that the Rock Legion was originally a local garrison, and it was originally stationed in Rock Castle, but now it is just a different place to garrison.

The two envoys didn't expect Lorist to be so brazen, and insisted that the Rock Legion was a local garrison legion, and their faces turned blue with anger. This time they came to submit the armistice agreement in addition to two missions, one is to ask for the redemption of more than 40,000 soldiers of the Third Frontier Ranger Regiment, last time they ransomed the family knights and those people in the Fisabrun family, this time they think that the armistice has been signed, Lorist should allow the captured and surrendered soldiers of the Third Frontier Ranger to redeem their freedom and go back to reunite with their families.

Lorist refused the proposal of the two envoys without thinking about it, joking that as soon as the 40,000-strong Grand Duke of Fisabrun was released, he could form another frontier ranger regiment, and no matter how much he messed around, he would not agree to this request. Fortunately, the two envoys probably understood that this request had touched Lorlist's bottom line, so they were no longer reluctant.

The second mission was to meet Princess Celivia, who said that it was an order from the Grand Duke to send something to Her Royal Highness.

Curious, Lorist sent someone to find Princess Celivia, and went to see what gift the Grand Duke of Fisabrun had given her.

Unexpectedly, after opening the three tightly covered four-wheeled trucks, Princess Celivia hugged Lorist and cried when she saw the things on the trucks, which were loaded with toys, clothes, daily necessities and furniture decorations in her boudoir that Celivia had used since she was a child, and even a small carpet and a small cushion were brought over. In addition, there are more than a dozen servants and miscellaneous servants, all of whom have grown up taking care of and watching Princess Celivia.

Princess Celivia held back from crying for a while, thanked the two messengers, told the servants of the castle to pull the three wagons behind, and then took a bag of gold coins and rewarded the dozen or so servants who had taken care of her since childhood, but refused their request to continue to follow her, and then went back to the back garden.

After instructing his servants to settle the two messengers and the servants and to welcome them to the wedding of him and Princess Celevia, he hurried to the back garden, only to find that Princess Celevia had lit a fire, and threw all the contents of the three wagons into the fire, crying as she threw them.

Lorist asked her strangely what was wrong, and Princess Celivia threw herself into his arms and cried and said, "Locke, I'm the only one with you now." ”

Lorist had mixed feelings, suddenly understood, and hugged Princess Celevia tightly.

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