Chapter 215: The Grand Duke's Decision

On August 13, Lorist had a daughter, and Miss Theresti, a new mother, named her baby Nicol Olgas, and Lorist had no choice but to do it...... He decides to talk to Miss Theresti about their identity, but Miss Theresy eventually rejects his suggestion and insists on living celibacy.

"Locke, I see what you mean. Miss Theresti looked at little Olrigas in her arms gently, and in her heart the child was now in front of Lorlist: "I think this is very good, don't you recognize little Olrigas as your daughter if we don't get married?" I'm a female scholar, and I'm really not suitable to be a lord's wife, because then I will spend a lot of time on boring socializing, and then I'll put all my energy on building the academy, and I'm already satisfied with little Origas inheriting Nicol's family name......"

Lorist couldn't convince Miss Theresti, who had made up her mind, and couldn't lose her temper in front of the mother and daughter, so she had to retreat in a huff.

Lorlist, who touched the ashes of his nose, was in a very unhappy mood, so he took his sword and went to Viscount Christopher, who was a prisoner of war, and now he can train with Lorliste is the first-class great swordsman. After parrying more than a hundred moves, Viscount Christopher wisely abandoned his sword and admitted defeat, and then asked curiously while taking the towel handed over by Schwart: "What's wrong with you today, it seems to be particularly violent......"

"Nothing, a little depressed. By the way, I'm going to go to Maple Grove in two days, do you want to come with me?" asked Lorlist.

Although Viscount Christopher was a prisoner of war, he was very free in Rock Castle, except that he could not go back, and everything else was treated like visiting nobles.

"No, I'd better stay here. I just want to find a leisure time to experience our experience of sword competition. I don't want to go with you, and I'm still being pulled by you as a sword target every day......" Viscount Christopher rejected Lorlist's invitation.

Well, since this is not reluctant, he went to the back hill of the castle, which is a newly built practice ground, and Reddy is practicing the Danhai Qi Induction Technique that Lorist taught him in a small stone house.

What surprised Lorist was not Reddy's progress in cultivating the Danhai Qi Induction Technique, but that Reddy's Silver Fighting Qi didn't seem to be affected in any way. It's not like when Lorist cultivated the Golden Water Decision, the fighting energy in his bloodline ran into the meridians and dantian. Lorist thought about it and thought that there might be two reasons, one was that Danhai was peaceful in the Qi Induction Technique, not as domineering as Jinshui Duel. The second is that Reddy is already a silver-rank Dou Qi, with a solid foundation, and he is still cultivating the first layer of the Danhai Qi Induction Technique, judging from the reaction of the Dou Qi, the first two layers of the Danhai Qi Induction Technique should still regret the dominant position of the Dou Qi.

Lorist sat Reddy cross-legged and sat himself on his back, palms pressed against his back. While letting Reddy run the Danhai Qi Induction Technique, he also entered the internal force to assist. The advantage of this is that it can strengthen Reddy's experience and feeling of the operation of internal force in the meridians, and it can also grasp the various situations of Reddy's learning of internal force and cultivating the Danhai Qi Induction Technique......

A little later, Lorist withdrew his palms, and the internal situation of Reddy's body was really similar to what he had guessed, and he had cultivated the Danhai Qi Induction Technique, although the silver fighting qi was still there, but Reddy was no longer able to go further in the fighting qi. In other words, he can only stay at the rank of one silver star forever, and he can no longer be promoted to the next rank.

The first and second layers of the Danhai Qi Induction Technique are mainly small Zhou Tian who are familiar with the internal force operation of the 12 meridian veins and the extended 12 meridian veins. The main purpose is to nourish qi and store energy. What is really difficult is the next three layers of realm, and the third layer is to open up the eight veins of the Qi Sutra. Connect the 12 canons, so that the internal force can run the Great Zhoutian. Practicing to the third layer is already the peak of bright energy, the fourth layer is to enter the dark energy stage, and the fifth layer is the legendary transformation of energy, compared with the fighting spirit, Lorist estimates that the transformation stage is equivalent to the realm of the Sword Master.

Lorist's return to Maple Grove in two days was not a whim. He had not returned to Maple Grove Cottage to see his precious son until he was assassinated last year, and Lorist had just received a letter from Daddy Barleck reporting that the shipyard had been built, but there was a fierce quarrel between the craftsmen and craftsmen about what kind of ship to build. It was up to Lorist to decide on the ship's plan.

Lorist instructed Reddy to stay here and practice the Danhai Qi Induction Technique, and enter the second layer within three months, and this time he went to Maple Forest Villa with Schward, so he didn't need Reddy to act as an attendant.

After returning to Maple Grove Villa, Lorist found that Irina was very happy to welcome her arrival, and the two-and-a-half-year-old little guy had already forgotten all about his father, and not only opened his mouth to cry when he hugged him, but also crawled over and bit him hard because he had taken over his mother, making Lorliste cry and laugh.

Lorist felt that he owed a lot to Irina's mother and son, and decided to let them go back to Rock Castle with him, so that the stinky boy would not fail to know his father in the future. However, Irina was just as stubborn as Miss Theresti in this regard, and she would not leave Maple Grove until she died, and Lorist finally had to grant her wishes.

After two days at Maple Grove Lodge, Lorist set off for Hornhorn Bay, a large bay where the Blade Mountains and the Black Muddy Swamp meet, named after the horns of a cow, and at first it was given by the laborers of the prisoners of war, and the name of Hornhorn Bay was also marked on the map of the family domain.

The passage between the Blade Mountains and the seaside highlands of the Black Mudmarsh has been opened, and it is less than a day's journey from Maple Grove Villa via Poplar Town. When Lorist arrived at the entrance of the Blade Mountain Range with the guard battalion, he found that Master Siroba, who was in charge of the construction project of the Black Mud Swamp Master Development Project, and his deputy Sangben were leading a group of people to measure something on the slope of the mountain.

"What are you doing?" asked Lorist as he dismounted.

After a few years, Master Siroba saw that Lorist would no longer pee his pants as before, on the contrary, he was now grateful to Lorist for giving him the opportunity to show his talents, after all, such a big project as the development of the Black Mud, with the current situation outside, no kingdom or duchy would be willing to invest such a huge amount of money in such an infrastructure. Master Siroba can be sure of that. As long as the development project of the Black Mud Swamp is completed, he will go down in history as the designer of the chief project, which is a real opportunity for him.

However, because he had regarded Lorist as a demon before, and he was scared to pee his pants several times when facing him, Master Siroba still felt a little embarrassed when he saw Lorlist. So he motioned to his deputy Sang Ben to go up and reply.

After bowing to Lorlist, Sambon said humbly, "My lord, we are going to see if we can build a fortress castle on this mountainside, and we are measuring whether the area here is large enough......

"Oh?" Lorist looked around, and found that this was a good place to build a fortress castle, which used to be a peaked peak, but now the peak was as if it had been cut in half by a knife, and the upper part of the peak had been turned into various mountain rock rubble to fill in the bottom and become part of the passage. Build a fortified castle here to overlook the Black Muddy Swamp and block the road from the Blade Mountains to Poplar Town. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as there is a corps, the safety of the harbor city built on the seaside highlands in the future will be guaranteed.

"Yes, your planning and design are very well thought out and thoughtful. Lorist praised.

"My lord, this idea is still on paper, and we are considering whether to cut the mountain next to it in half and connect it to this place. The first is to expand the area, and the second is that the mountain spring on the mountain peak behind can directly become the water source of the fortress castle. However, this will double the amount of work, and we are evaluating it......" Sanamoto reported.

Lorist nodded: "I believe in your profession, I believe that you will make a suitable choice for the prosperity of the family, this matter is up to you, I will not interfere." ”

"My lord, there is one more thing you need to decide. Sanamoto stepped forward. Pointing in the direction of the sea: "My lord, in the planning and construction of the original harbor city, the family was going to fill in the reef area near the sea, but after a year of investigation and research, Master Siroba led us to fill in the reef area with a width of tens of meters to 100 meters off the coast is a thankless task. Not only is the amount of work huge, but it will also leave a hidden danger to the safety of the future harbor city. We believe that the reef area should be preserved offshore, and that the area where the shipyard is located and two piers leading to the deep sea will be enough to meet the needs of the family's fleet......"

"Well, I'm in the shipyard during this time, and you can summarize your opinions and plans in the evening, write a report to me, and bring out your preliminary ideas and planning drawings for the harbor city, and I will convene all departments of the family to discuss and decide. Lorist said, then nodding to Master Siroba, and then got on his horse and headed down the passage to the shipyard by the sea.

The shipyard was located in a recessed place in the innermost part of Oxhorn Bay, and the open space behind it was filled with huge dried logs, and Papa Barleck and a group of master carpenters led Lorist and the others into a spacious hall, which contained a large pool of more than a dozen models of sailing ships of different sizes and styles.

Papa Barrick pointed to the models of the ships floating in the pool and said, "My lord, this includes most of the types of sea ships in Gelintya, but we can't decide what type of sea ship will be the first one to be built, some think that warships should be built, and some think that merchant ships should be built, so we will ask your lord to come and make a decision." ”

Lorist shook his head: "Our family has not yet opened up a maritime trade route, and there is no need to build a merchant ship immediately. And the long construction period of warships and the complexity of construction are not what we urgently need. When the family sailor battalion was first built, the most important thing was to build a training ship for the sailors that could sail on the sea. ”

"But, my lord, there is no such thing as a training ship among the types of sea ships...... "One of the oldest craftsmen stood up.

"You don't have this type of design, the requirements for being a training ship are very simple, the ship is medium, has a small number of long-range weapons, is easy to operate, does not pursue speed, and does not need strong defense, only requires the ability to resist storms and deep sea voyages. The purpose of the training ship is mainly to train the family sailors, so that they can adapt to life at sea, become familiar with and master the skills of piloting various sea ships, and form a preliminary combat effectiveness. You can negotiate according to my requirements and design a training ship that meets the requirements I just mentioned, can you do that?" asked Lorlist.

"Your Excellency. I think we can try it......" The old craftsman looked at the group of companions around him and nodded.

"So be it, you can go down and discuss it, and then show me the design or model, and I'll stay here for the time until you can design a ship that satisfies me." Lorist said.

......

On the grassland where the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep. Standing majestically and massively in a fortress castle, from a distance, it looks like a mighty demon tiger lying quietly on the vast prairie.

This is the center of power in the Eastern Wilderness Province, the god of war in the hearts of the soldiers of the Frontier Legion, the base of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, the third-level great sword master, and the base camp of the Frontier Legion, the famous Tiger Castle.

However, at this time, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun blushed. Furious, the silver cup in his hand has been crumpled into a ball by him. No matter who it is, if you receive several bad news in one morning, you will undoubtedly be in a bad mood, especially one of the news reports, which has touched the bottom line of the Grand Duke of the God of War.

There were still more than a dozen knights of the family of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun standing in the hall, but they were all silent at the moment, and none of them were willing to comfort their lords. Aside from pondering and meditating in the hope of finding a solution to the dilemma they faced, they were powerless to deal with the Grand Duke's temper.

"Grandpa. What's wrong with you?" Princess Celivia walked into the solemn hall in a hunting costume and walked into the solemn atmosphere, and the dozen or so family knights present breathed a sigh of relief, the arrival of the grand duke's favorite granddaughter, the grand duke will not lose his temper.

"My little girl, why are you here? Grandpa was fine, got a couple of bad news in the morning. Not in a good mood......" Archduke Fisabrun forced a smile.

"I'll see, what's the bad news. Princess Celivia picked up a few pieces of vellum paper on the table next to Grand Duke Fisabrun and looked at them: "The business bulletin of the Vesia Chamber of Commerce, they said that they would replace the mining equipment for two years, and they were willing to compensate our family for the loss of Jinford? What does this mean?"

Grand Duke Fisabrun let out a long sigh: "Celevia, your uncle. His Majesty the King actually sold the two iron mines, the lifeblood of the country, to the Vesian Chamber of Commerce for thirty years. And the Iberian Kingdom is only these two iron ores that are easy to mine and of good quality, which are the guarantee for the production of the most important military equipment of the kingdom's army. One third of the output of the previous agreement with His Majesty the King was to be used for the supply of armaments to the Frontier Corps,

Now the two iron mines are in the hands of the Vician Chamber of Commerce, and although they recognize the agreement we have signed with His Majesty the King, they are the output of the iron ore, not good military equipment. They say that they want to replace mining equipment or something, they are obviously deceiving us, even if one-third of its iron ore output is exchanged for Jinford compensation to us, what we need is military equipment, not gold coins, and now we can't buy military equipment even if we have money......"

"Grandpa, don't worry, I know that there is a place that produces very good standard equipment, I can go and help you contact it. Princess Celivia said.

"Where is it?" said Archduke Fisabrun.

"The Norton family of the Northlands. The standard armor of their family is the most beautiful and powerful I have ever seen, and it is very strong in defense. ”

"No, no, no, they are our enemies, not only have you imprisoned your uncle, our King Majesty, but also your Uncle Christopher and more than 15,000 soldiers of the Frontier Legion, and I am now in trouble with what price to ransom them back......" Archduke Fisabrun shook his head repeatedly.

"Grandpa, the Earl of Norton, the head of the Norton family, once said that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. I think if you treat him as an enemy, he may not treat you as an enemy. Uncle was to blame, he shouldn't have hit the Norton family with his mind in the first place. The Norton family didn't provoke him, they just stayed in their own family territory and kept their oath to defend the northern frontier for the empire, and my uncle had to go to conquer them, and after losing the battle, he sent the great swordsman to assassinate them, which was really despicable and not above board at all.

The Norton family wanted to retaliate by taking him prisoner, and he was merciful enough not to hang him. Besides, don't they treat my aunt with courtesy when they occupy the royal capital?, and my godmother and I have seen the Earl of Norton, who escorted us home last time after defeating my uncle's army. Just let me go to the Northlands, and by the way, redeem Uncle Christopher and the captured soldiers of the Frontier Legion, do you think that?" Princess Celivia took the hand of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun and began to coquettishly.

"There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests...... Hahaha, that's kind of interesting. Alright then, Celevia, you and Xanti will go to the Northlands and see what kind of answer the Norton family will give us......" Archduke Fisabrun decided.

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