Chapter 558: Withdrawal of troops and lease of land

For His Royal Highness, it was the most glorious moment of his life when Archduke Cumberlet, the supreme consul of the Business Alliance, signed his name on the armistice and the memorandum of understanding and bowed to him three times to apologize. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoFor more than a hundred years, his ancestors had no problem with the Business Alliance, and even failed miserably at the hands of the Business Alliance many times, and today, he, a descendant of the Clisson royal family, finally made the Business Alliance bow his head and admit defeat, and respectfully apologized to himself.

At this moment, the Second Highness forgot that it was the Norton family that really defeated the business alliance, not the noble alliance of the Andinac Kingdom under his command. Perhaps in the heart of His Royal Highness, Lorist is his courtier, then the Norton family is also a member of the armed forces of the Antinac Kingdom, not to mention that he also sent the White Lion Legion to fight with the Norton family forces, and the victory should belong to him half, so as the victor, he is justified in appearing here.

At the celebratory banquet held by the ruling council of the Liberal Alliance to celebrate the advent of peace, His Royal Highness was in a good mood, and unsurprisingly a little drunk. However, the Second Highness was not rude or drunk, he still looked a little sober, and came to Lorlist's side with a glass of wine.

"Locke, I really want to thank you this time, if it weren't for you and the Norton family, then this war with the business alliance would never have ended so quickly. I, the king of the Kingdom of Antinac, will not be the victor...... "It's not bad, His Royal Highness is still sober, and he knows that he has taken a big advantage.

Although Lorist appeared at the banquet, in view of his identity as a sword saint, there were no cats and dogs to get around, and the only people who could talk to him were Ledos and His Royal Highness, as well as a few heads of central and southern countries, and more guests toasted to each other, which also made him a lot cleaner. Just like when the Second Highness came to his side now, the people within five or six meters around him automatically dodged, so as not to be mistaken for intentional eavesdropping.

Lorist raised his glass: "Your Majesty, this is nothing, the Norton family is a member of the nobility of the Kingdom of Andinac. Our victory, of course, is His Majesty's victory, and it makes no difference. ”

"Alas......" Second Highness sighed, "I really want to say sorry to you, in fact, I didn't know that my stupid son could be so greedy that he took advantage of your family's idea, and even ruined the grain trade agreement agreed between us, which caused a bad impact on both of us." After I returned to the imperial capital, I have already executed the group of villains who bewitched him, I hope this unpleasant incident will not affect our relationship, and I hope you can forgive me for that boy who does not know the height of the sky......"

Lorist took a gentle sip of wine, then replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have never taken the actions of the Knights of Wickus to heart, and I forgive him for his rashness and impulsiveness. After all, he didn't cause any loss to our family. But as a loyal subject of His Majesty, I have to remind Your Majesty that the knightly lessons he received from a young age do not seem to be suitable for him to become a wise monarch and king, and unless Your Majesty implements a strict royal education for the Wickan knight in the future, cultivates his overall view, and changes his character, I still ask Your Majesty to reconsider whether to change the heir of the Clison royal family. Now that His Majesty also has a son-in-law, and as a great sword master, His Majesty still has at least fifty or sixty years to cultivate a qualified heir to the throne, rather than making a decision on the ownership of the throne now. ”

Well, although Lorist's words are very tactful, the meaning is still very straightforward, and he clearly expresses his opposition to the Knights of Waixus as the heir to the royal family. Labor and management are very unhappy with him, if you, the king, insist on putting him on the throne in the future, then don't come to me if anything happens in the future. In fact, you still have a lot of time, and you have just given birth to a son-in-law, so why bother to determine the heir to the royal family? Why don't you educate a qualified prince yourself......

His Royal Highness understood what Lorist meant, and he explained with a wry smile: "Wickus is still young, and he has always been very filial. His heart is not bad, but he is just bewitched. Of course, he did not receive any lessons from the orthodox aristocracy as a child, and because of the war, he and his adoptive father had a very difficult life, and I led troops to fight abroad, and I did not help them much. And his adoptive father, the Knight of Thorm, was old and weak, and was often bedridden, so the Waix boy had to live in the market and contracted a little problem. But I think he just doesn't have enough vision and pattern, let him go through some more scenes, he will experience it. ”

Lorist shook his head: "Your Majesty, I don't think the same as you, you say he is filial, I think he is pretending." If you calm down, you'll find out what he's suspicious about in the Queen Sissi affair. If he is really filial, knowing that Sissi is your queen, how could he have the courage to have an affair with her. Even if Queen Sisi took the initiative, then those who kept their duty would refuse, because nominally they were mother and son. Only those who are bold and have no concept of right and wrong will be as willing to obey each other as beasts.

There is a saying in the Northland that a slap does not make a sound. Your Majesty is a wise monarch, but the anger and shame of the time have clouded your heart, and I have heard that the Knight of Willus, after being placed under house arrest, put all the blame on Queen Sissi for seducing him, forgetting that Queen Sissi was eight months pregnant and about to give birth. From this point of view, he really lacks the responsibility of a knight and the sense of honor that has the courage to admit mistakes and correct them.

Your Majesty, I'm not trying to overturn the case for Queen Sissi, but haven't you found a little fault on the part of the Wickus Knights from this incident? Imagine if the Wickan Knights really became kings, what would have happened to him this time when he coveted the Harbor Liquor Market? I am sure that he would have sent all the kingdom's armed forces to attack the Harbor of Lim, and accused us of the Norton family of being a traitor to the kingdom, so you can know what the end would be......"

"It's not that serious......" Second Highness wiped the sweat from his forehead, in fact, he knew very well that what Lorist said was not a hypothesis, but a fact. If it weren't for Captain Ripired's refusal to obey Wickus's orders to send the Royal Guards to attack the port of Qilin, it might have turned into a big event, and once the Norton family was forced into rebellion, the kingdom would have ended.

"You know it in your heart......" Lorist didn't give the second hall a name, and said lightly. After the Knights of Vicus sent the royal guards were escorted back to the imperial capital, they went to the headquarters of the Royal Guards in a rage, and it was very obvious what he wanted to do. However, the commander of the Royal Guards, Knight Lippired, did not give him much face and refused to obey his orders, causing him to return to the palace in despair. All this can't be hidden from those who have a heart.

"I see. The Second Highness said bitterly: "I'll think about it again after I go back, maybe it would be a good idea to give him a fief." But, Locke, I hope you will promise me that in the future you will take Hlesd as an apprentice. ”

Hlested is the crystallization of the newborn love of His Royal Highness and the new Queen. Since Lorist opposes the Second Highness to appoint the illegitimate son of the Knight of Wickus as the heir to the royal family, then the Second Highness wants Lorist to become the teacher of the newborn little prince Hrested, which shows that the Second Highness has decided to spend his heart on this little prince, and at the same time tie Lorist and the little prince together.

Lorist smiled and raised the golden cup in his hand: "Your Majesty, if the little prince of Hlesd can awaken his fighting spirit before the age of sixteen, I can promise to take him as an apprentice and teach him carefully so as not to disappoint Your Majesty." ”

His Royal Highness was overjoyed: "Okay, it's decided." ”

The two of them raised their glasses and drank it all.

His Royal Highness picked up a bottle of wine on the table and filled Lorlist's golden cup with his own hands: "Locke, there is one more thing. The commercial alliance has surrendered, the kingdom has finally settled the question of the ownership of the territorial borders, and the empire has been unified. When I return this time, I will prepare for the enthronement ceremony, which will be set for August 10 next year, which will also be the founding day of the Krisson Empire. On that day, I will announce the restoration of the name of the Chrissian Empire and the rebuilding of the royal legacy. What do you think?"

Lorist put down the golden cup in his hand and bowed his head in greeting: "Your Majesty, this is a blessing for the royal family and the kingdom. The empire was once torn apart by war. Now in the hands of His Majesty, it has been unified and reunited, which is the merit of His Majesty, and it will remain in the history books. It is believed that all the nobles of the kingdom will be like the Norton family, looking forward to that day as soon as possible. ”

This was said very appropriately, and the Second Highness laughed happily: "Brother Locke, your exploits will also be famous for a thousand years with the revival of the empire. I will never forget the Norton family's contribution to the unification of the Empire. The Nortons are a model of loyalty to all the noble families of the Empire, and you will be the object of praise for generations to come......"

His Royal Highness stayed in the city of Moriente for another three days, loading the two million goldfords handed over by the Commercial Alliance into a carriage before returning to the imperial capital with his thousand-man guard brigade. After Shi Fatzi came back, he complained that His Royal Highness was too much. The Norton family armed and fought with the Business Alliance for three years, consuming countless gold coins. The Second Highness became the winner because of the Norton family's armed struggle, and extorted five million gold fords from the business alliance, but he didn't expect to give the Norton family an armed share, and he took it all, and when he left, he also took ten four-wheeled transport carriages of the Norton family to carry two million gold coins, and he had never seen such a stingy king......

Lorist smiled and said, "Forget it, there's no need to care about this little money, our family has taken a lot of advantage this time." Not to mention the Schward Sea Castle Fortress at Cape Romané, where more than a million goldfords can be charged a year. The market of nearly 10 million Kingford in Moldant City alone has made our family overwhelm. In addition to these, although our Norton family has not reaped benefits on the surface, it has won widespread praise in the central and southern parts of the continent, which is difficult to buy even with money.

Your Majesty may be stingy, but this is also because the current economy of the kingdom is too bad. With this compensation delivered by the business alliance, he can alleviate the dilemma of lack of money. And next year he will hold an enthronement ceremony and restore the title of the Krissian Empire, this money will be of great use to him, and we don't need to intervene. What's more, last year, our family occupied a share of his grain sales and earned more than a million more. And in Qilin Harbor, we also received an additional 500,000 goldfords last year. ”

"Didn't Qilin Harbor also give 500,000 gold fords to His Majesty the King last year?" Shi Fatzi muttered unconvinced: "By the way, Your Highness, have you really decided to withdraw all the family forces to the Northland by the end of this year? As far as I can see, it would be better for us to have a legion stationed here, firstly, to protect our rights and interests in the sale of goods, and secondly, to deter unwilling commercial alliances. I always feel that the business alliance may be planning some kind of conspiracy this time when it concedes in defeat so briskly......"

"There's no need for that. Lorist shook his head: "If the business alliance does not admit defeat, then no one will have any objection to our family's armed stationing here, because our enemy is the business alliance." But now that the business alliance has bowed its heads and the countries around have reached an armistice and an understanding, almost everyone believes that peace has come. Then our family forces will become extremely sensitive if they are stationed here again. Some people may think that our family's armed forces are stationed here to show off their military might, boasting of their strength, as long as someone is willing to provoke it, it may lead to violence against and resist us, but in vain to reduce our family's reputation.

Besides, we are not withdrawing our troops immediately, but before the end of the year, there is still more than half a year to go. The first to go were the Flying Tiger Legion and the Cavalry Hunting Legion, who had been away from the Northland for more than three years, and the soldiers were looking forward to returning home as soon as possible. The Guards Legion had to stay for another three or four months, and only after training the two legions armed by the Kingdom of Peterson could they withdraw. The Rock Corps, on the other hand, will not be able to withdraw to the Northland until the end of the year, when all the defensive fronts in the province of Cuvadro are handed over to the armed corps of the Kingdom of Petersen.

As for the business alliances, I'm sure they can't jump up to it. By the time they announced that they would send messengers to sue for peace, they had already given up the war. Even if the Kingdom of Peterson and the Four Kingdoms of Zhou announced the implementation of the salt monopoly system at the same time, the business alliance could only knock out its teeth and swallow it in the stomach. Because the kingdom of Peterson also joined the agreement of the twenty-one countries in the central and southern parts of the country, and became the twenty-second country. If the Business Alliance were to go to war again, it would face an army of twenty-two nations. The current business alliance can't afford to provoke so many enemies.

As far as our family forces are concerned, we have withdrawn the four main field corps on land, which has perfectly demonstrated our sincerity in maintaining peace. But we are not prepared to withdraw our family's maritime power. It is unlikely that the Freedom Alliance will invest in the development of their naval fleet in the next few years, and it will be up to our family's North Sea Fleet to maintain the security of the waters beyond the Zangjin Bay. So now you go and negotiate with Ledos, and we will lease the land around the mouth of the Golden Bay to build a garrison for our family fleet. I am sure that Ledos will not refuse this reasonable request from us. ”

"Okay, I see, I'll go and talk to Ledos about renting land. Shi Fatzi said.

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