Chapter 489: Bad News

In fact, Lorlist's return to the Northland to quell the rebellion can be called lackluster, uneventful. No one www.biquge.info Pen "Fun" Pavilion shot an arrow at him, and basically everywhere Lorist went, whether it was the soldiers of the First Guards Legion, the veterans of the five garrison battalions, or the garrisons of various towns, as soon as they saw Lorlist's figure, they obediently put down their weapons, and let the soldiers of the Rock Legion disarm and guard them, and no one dared to resist.

On July 21, 178*9 of the common calendar of the Continent of Gaylinthia, the Grand Duke of the Northland, the head of the Norton family, and the newly promoted sword Saint Norist arrived in Beihai City under the escort of the North Sea Fleet, and the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Corps of the 1st Guards Legion on guard duty in Beihai City lined up at the dock to greet them, and took the initiative to surrender to the Rock Legion that came with them by boat, waiting for Lorist's departure and disposal.

Immediately, Lorist personally went to Maple Grove Villa to rescue the Golden Knight Bélunec, who had been placed under house arrest after taking Qi Dispersion, and ordered all the people in Maple Grove Villa to be put in prison, even Lady Irina and her fat second son.

Starting from Beihai City, recovering Poplar Town, to Maple Grove Villa, and then to visit Dressy's mother and daughter at Nicol Academy, Lorist went straight to Rock Castle overnight, and when he passed through the Seven Towns of Fengle Yuan, Lorist only showed his face under the walls of Seven Towns, and hurried to Rock Castle. After taking possession of the Rock Castle without blood, Lorist ordered the chasseur of the Chasseur that accompanied him to go around the Northland to announce his arrival.

But the first to bring bad news to Lorist was Schward of Sakura Ridge Manor, who rushed to Rock Castle overnight and told Lorist a piece of bad news that made him angry, the artillery training base in the Blade Mountains was discovered by the great swordsmen who were searching for Lorlist's whereabouts in the Northland, and because of the heavy security, the great swordsmen mistakenly thought that Lorist was hiding there to heal and launched an attack on the base.

Lorist looked at Schward with a pale face and took out a list of damages, two hundred bronze guns lost one hundred and forty-one guns, two hundred artillery firing groups and two thousand guards suffered one thousand three hundred and seventy-seven casualties, one guard brigade responsible for the back of the hand suffered eight hundred and twenty-four casualties, the commander Jim was seriously wounded, and the deputy commander Paul Binns was killed in battle......

When Lorist heard Schward's report that the Ironforge Fort Weapons Production Base in the Blade Mountains had also been searched, and even Master Sid's Darkiron Refining Base and Weapons Research Institute and Master Falin's Bow and Crossbow Manufacturing Workshop had been turned upside down by the soldiers of those garrison battalions with a few great swordsmen, and a lot of weapons and bow and crossbow design drawings had been lost, he couldn't help but erupt, and kicked over the desk in front of him.

"Who, who gave them the order to dare to search our family's most top-secret production base?" Lorlist's eyes were red and he was furious.

"Yes, it's Governor Hanks, who ordered the soldiers of the garrison battalion to go with a few great sword divisions. He said that he was also forced to be helpless, and those great swordsmen had kidnapped Mrs. Irina and the second young master, and he had to cooperate with the order to bring those great swordsmen over. He said that anyway, Your Highness, you can't be in the Blade Mountain Range, since those great swordsmen want to find it, let them run for nothing and see what it matters......

And he also said that the family spends between one million and one and a half million dollars a year on Kingford, which is the biggest hole in the family's finances, and the bills are not clear and secret. Next, the Blade Mountain Range belongs to the territory of the original family and is under the jurisdiction of the eldest young master, and it is absolutely impossible for him, as the general manager, to allow this kind of corruption to take advantage of the family, and when he has time, he will personally check the account books of these production bases.

That is, when those great sword divisions searched the artillery training base and gunpowder laboratory, Master Jim refused the search order, clashed with the great sword divisions, killed dozens of soldiers, and drove away the great sword divisions and the garrison battalion soldiers who led the way. As a result, the artillery training base was suspected by those great swordsmen.

Three days later, the fourteen great sword divisions attacked the artillery training base, and Master Jim had already made defensive preparations and ordered the bronze artillery to be placed on the top of the mountain, and the first round of fire killed the three great sword divisions. There were also four Great Sword Masters who were seriously wounded. The remaining Great Swordsmen had no choice but to retreat with the wounded, but in the middle of the night they launched another night attack, breaking into the valley and slaughtering. The seven great swordsmen couldn't stop it at all, and in retaliation, they also cut off the barrel of the bronze cannon......"

"Where are those great swordsmen now?" Lorist really wanted to kill now, and he was holding his breath in his heart. The 3,000-strong artillery battalion was a trump card in his hands to deal with enemies who were also armed with long-range weapons such as catapults and steel crossbows. Now the countries of the Gelinthia continent are spending energy and huge wealth to develop catapults, but the Norton family is one step ahead and has already built bronze cannons. It's just that Lorist didn't expect that an accident would result in the loss of the artillery battalion that he had worked so hard to accumulate......

"Your Highness, those great swordsmen left the Northland in May, and the Governor of Hansk gave them a passage letter, and they were seven men and three women in all, two of whom were wounded, and one is estimated to have died of his injuries. There were also more than forty of their retinue, who left the Northland by boat from Beihai City, and the ship they were on was not our family's, but they knew that they were all the way to the south, and they were nowhere to be found. Schward replied.

Lorist touched his chin, daring to feel that he had been recuperating in the hunting house of the Barony of Diner for a year, and no great swordsman had come to check on him, so it turned out that they had all gathered in the Northland to find their whereabouts.

"How many drawings have been lost from Master Sid?" Lorist asked.

"The blueprints of the Super Steel Crossbow, the blueprints of the three catapults, the blueprints of the sixteen standard armor models, the blueprints of the new standard crossbow equipped by the Chaserers, and many of the weapon design blueprints designed by Master Sid that have proven to fail. Fifty-seven drawings have disappeared. The only good news is that Master Yu's material formula data is well preserved and has not been lost, and it is estimated that the person who took away the design drawings cannot understand it. Schward finally told Lorist good news.

Lorist breathed a sigh of relief, this was also a blessing in misfortune, he would rather the design drawings be lost than the material formula was taken. Without the material formula, it would be difficult to create the same weapons and equipment, even with Master Sid's brain-wrenching weapon and armor design drawings. You must know that all of Sid's designs are based on the existing materials that the Norton family can refine, and without them, the weapons and armor he designed will not be able to achieve the effect of their design.

"Celevia, are they alright?" asked Lorlist.

"Your Highness, Madame, the four maids, and the two young masters are all very good. They asked me to tell His Highness that I don't have to worry about them, and that I should take care of the affairs of the family domain first. Lady Celivia says they will spend the summer at Cherry Blossom Ridge Manor before returning to Angry Bear City. Schward replied.

Lorist nodded: "When I came to my senses last year, I heard that Genorio and the Great Swordsman of Theseus led the guards to attract the attention of those Great Swordsmen all the way back to the Northland, and at that time Reddy and I were still worried about him, why didn't he come with you to see me this time?"

"Teacher, junior brother, he is now sitting in the Sakura Ridge Manor to help me investigate the unrest within the family, and identify all the henchmen of the head of Hansk, who are too busy to come to visit, please don't blame the teacher. ”

Lorist laughed: "It's okay, you guys did a good job this time, and Genorio did a good job, how can I blame you? I heard that when you were in Angry Bear City, those great swordsmen once invaded the Inner Palace, and you also fought with a sword against a great swordsman and fought without a victory, is there such a thing?"

Schward touched his head a little embarrassed: "Teacher, I suffered a loss and injured my right hand, so I had no choice but to pull Genorio over to help me write and review the investigation information." Who made him write well? I know that my swordsmanship level is only about the golden two-star rank, and it is also a blessing for you to be able to withstand that first-level great swordsman.

That time, six great swordsmen came to investigate the inner mansion of Angry Bear City, wanting to see if there were any clues about His Highness. At the same time, because of the fact that His Highness has become a Sword Saint, their snooping is very cautious, and they have no intention of hurting people. At that time, in addition to the Great Swordsman of Xiusi, there were also Grandpa Injerek and the Great Swordsman of Cindy, and they were the ones who drove away the six Great Swordsmen. ”

This is Schward's merit, he does not delegate to others, he does not take credit, and he is very modest. Lorist thought for a moment and said, "Schward, now the artillery training base has been attacked and the damage is huge, Paul Binns was killed in battle, Jim was seriously injured, and the mess needs to be cleaned up." I want to appoint you as the commander of the artillery battalion, reorganize the artillery battalion, and I will let Master Sid replenish the damaged artillery, and you will choose the firing crew, what do you think?"

"Yes, Your Highness. Schwartz saluted: "But can the internal security affairs of the family over there be handed over to Genorio?"

Lorist shook his head: "Genorio is still young, his cultivation is not yet home, and the internal security affairs of the family are complicated, and handing it over to him will delay the progress of cultivation, so let him follow me." Do you have anyone else to recommend?"

"Your Highness, I think Baron Christon, the Director of Crime, is a good fit. ”

Lorist was interested: "Why do you say that?"

"Your Highness, I believe that the internal security affairs of the family are to weave a vigilant net in the family territory to prevent and guard against the security of the family territory. This point has been deeply realized after I took over the internal security affairs, but unfortunately there is no time this time, the timing of the launch of the Hansk Governor is too coincidental, because I will be cleaning up and investigating the garrison and the town garrison in the future, but it is a step late, it is my fault.

Baron Christon is in charge of patrolling police units and criminal cases in the towns of the family domain, and he has been in contact with me at work. He had reminded me that the garrisons in many towns were deeply discriminatory and bullying against the new arrivals, and that this was a bit abnormal. But I didn't take his warning to heart, and it turned out to be a catastrophe.

The patrol teams in the towns of the family domain are actually an important part of the internal security of the family, and it is a bit overkill for Baron Christon to only be responsible for the criminal work of the family territory, since His Royal Highness wants me to select a suitable candidate, then the only thing I can think of is Baron Christon. Schward's face was solemn, and this was a decision he made after careful consideration.

"I see, I'll summon Baron Christon when I get back to Raging Bear City. Lorist nodded solemnly.

On the 25th of July, Lorist arrived at Bear City, and the gates were wide open, and Lorlist's cousin, Chrisia, as the commander of the new First Guards Legion, led his troops to salute Lorlist. The Rock Legion disarmed one of the guards stationed in Bear City and took them into custody, leaving Chrissya alone to follow Lorist to the Central Citadel and the Lord's Mansion.

"Locke, it's not fair, the soldiers of the First Guards Legion they just obey orders, they are not rebels of the Norton family. On the contrary, they are also the most loyal soldiers of our family, and you can't treat them like that......" Chrisia protested strongly behind Lorist against the Rock Legion's disarming of her soldiers.

"Shouldn't I reward them heavily, give them gold coins and wine and meat, and give each of them a beautiful woman to make them happy?Reward them for opposing my behavior as the head of the Norton family?Chrisia, you are my cousin, I am glad that you have stepped out of the shadow of your feelings and are willing to come out to serve the family, and I am glad that you have done everything to Cilivia and them to stop the civil war in the family territory. But there are some situations that you don't understand, and what you think is good for the family actually causes more harm to the family. I've been holding back my anger, knowing that I would now like to order the beheading of all rebellions......"

"No! Locke, you can't do that. The soldiers just obey orders, and they are all loyal......" Chrisia exclaimed, she couldn't understand why Lorist was so angry.

Lorist smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Krisya, the soldiers of the Rock Legion, the Flying Tiger Legion and the Chaser Legion are loyal. The soldiers of the Guards simply obeyed orders, and it is difficult to say whether they were loyal or not. You should understand that almost all the soldiers of the Guards Regiment were once enemies and prisoners of war of our family, and after several years of hard labor they were drafted to become soldiers of the Guards of our family. For them, it's more of a breadwinner's career.

Because of the preferential treatment of our family to soldiers, they will slowly increase their centripetal force and loyalty to the family during their service. Whether it is the Rock Legion, the Flying Tiger Legion, or the Cavalry Hunting Legion, if the commander of the legion is missing, a large number of middle and high-level generals are replaced, and then receive an order from others to march to the capital of the family territory and prepare to attack, then I can guarantee that if I did not personally give this order, then the other people who gave this order would have died miserably. No one would believe him, and the soldiers would spontaneously go to arrest these rebels.

In the absence of a big seal appointed by the family and without an explanation, a cat and a dog who came out of nowhere can take over the management of the legion under the pretext of the missing legion commander's warrant, and adjust all the middle and high-level officers, not so much that these soldiers obey orders, but that they don't have long brains. Don't they want to think about the unreasonableness of this, and do you think that such a soldier is loyal to his family when he knows that he is wrong and obeys the wrong order?"

Chrysya was speechless, and after a while she asked, "Locke, what will you do with the soldiers of the First Guards Legion?"

Lorist was silent for a moment: "They can't stay in the Northland anymore, I will let them and their families move to Makinohara Province, either retire or be demoted to a garrison legion." ”

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