Chapter 259: April 5th

The icy rain came to the face, with a faint smell of sea.

"My lord, you better go back to the cabin and rest, we are very familiar with this sea route, and we can drive to the north with our eyes closed. Now there is no need to slow down or anchor at night, as long as there is wind, you can sail with full sails. Now we travel from Hilois Island to Northland, and it takes only eleven or two days to make a trip. We'll be back in Cowhorn in two days. ”

Lorist stood on the slipway wearing a black poncho made of animal skin, and Farea was standing beside him to persuade him to return to the cabin.

"It's fine, I'm just coming up and taking a look and getting some fresh air. You just go about your business, and don't worry about me. Lorist said.

Now Lorist is on a large ocean-going three-masted schooner merchant ship, which is also the ship of the Captain of the Sea Legion, Fareia, this time Farrea brought twenty-eight medium-sized brigs back to the Northland to prepare to transport a large amount of monster furs to the island of Hilowas, to enforce the trade agreement reached with the Petersen Chamber of Commerce.

Lorist took Dores and El back to the Northlands on Farea's ship, leaving Joske and Jim with Fat Man. Farrea and Sambarwood alone and a fleet wander the seas every day, and Lorist feels that the island needs a golden knight to be in charge, so he lets Joske stay on the island.

Sent away Farea, Lorist stood alone at the front of the slipway, watching the ship cleaving the waves in the cold wind, drizzle, and rough sea. Now he is in a very happy mood and relaxed. The Glass War between the Fort Business Alliance and the Kingdom of Trimber, as well as the news that His Royal Highness led his army over the Great Snow Mountain to seize the royal city of the Kingdom of Redlis, made him relieved, and finally no one had the idea of fighting the Isle of Hilowas, and all the original development plans could be carried out as usual.

Lorist now only hopes that the two wars will drag on as long as possible, and it is better that after the business alliance has cleaned up the kingdom of Trimber, and then there is a dispute with the Second Highness who eliminated the eldest prince over the Duchy of Rum, and the two armies will face off again, so that the more time left for the development of his family territory, the better.

When he returns to the Northlands to research the artillery and mount the battleship, there will be no threat even if the Chikde Chamber of Commerce wants to take the island of Hilois again. Ships with artillery will smash their merchant ships into the sea, and then people will know who is the real sea lord......

Thinking about it this way, Lorist found that he would be very busy on this trip back to the Northland, and there were many things waiting to be done by himself, and most of these things could not be explained, and he had to do it himself, so his mood began to deteriorate again.

El also came to Lorist's side with a poncho on, leaning against the railing.

"Locke, I've been wondering a few days ago, before I go back to the Northlands this time, you told me to go to that Barony of Dina on the west side of Qilin Harbor and deliver a thousand gold fords and a batch of gifts. I'm just curious, when did you know that sister of the barony? Well, that aunt is also a big beauty, and they seem to know you very well. That sister heard that you didn't go and scolded you for having no conscience.

I've always been unable to figure it out, I'm the commander of your bodyguards, and I'm almost always by your side, so why don't you know when you hooked up with that pair of sisters again? By the way, that aunt must also have a leg with you, and she is particularly concerned about your topic. However, they seemed frustrated when they heard who you were, and then they dealt with it very politely and let us come back. What the hell is going on?"

Each time El calls Lorist Locke, it is clear that they are friends rather than polar conversations, suggesting that he is very curious about the matter.

Lorist cracked his mouth, he understood what El meant when he said that they were frustrated when they found out who they were. If Lorist is just a knight in the Norton family, then he is equal to his sister, and it is not a problem for his sister to marry him with her. But he was the head of the Norton family, and his status was that of an earl, and the two sisters could not climb to the top unless they also had a knighthood, not the sisterhood of the baron......

"Nothing, didn't I sneak out with Dorus and Caritok for a night in the imperial capital......?

"Tut-tut, my lord, you are very blessed, just one night, let that sister and aunt be dead to you......" El turned back into a subordinate.

"Okay, don't talk about me, you're not too big yourself. Isn't that Mancheni technician's youngest daughter very nice to you? Do you want me to help you marry your daughter when you go back this time?"

"Uh......" El didn't expect to get angry, and Lorist turned the conversation to himself.

"Well, Locke, I think in another year or two, when I'm promoted to the Golden Knight, I'll propose to her, then she'll feel more glamorous. And there's a knight's manor, so I don't have to worry about what to do with her life in the future......"

Lorist slapped El on the shoulder and said angrily: "Nonsense, what do you mean in case there is a good one? Follow me, I will guarantee you a long life, and you will have a full house of children and grandchildren." ”

El couldn't help but laugh: "My lord, who are our guards when you say that......"

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On March 11, Lorist returned to Northland.

Farrea was right, the return trip took only eleven days.

Schward stood on the dock with red eyes and waited for Lorist to get off the ship. Last time Lorist forcibly sent him back to the Northlands, as he said, if the Chikde Chamber of Commerce were to attack the Isle of Hilovas, then Lorist would definitely be at the forefront, and he would also be dealing with the Great Swordsman. In that case, it would be very dangerous for Schward to be with him, and it would be better to go back to the north early, and he would not be easily distracted.

Touching Schward's hair, Lorist smiled: "Why are you crying when you're so old?" Okay, let me see this harbor city first, and let the carriage go around first." ”

The harbor city, nestled in the seaside highlands of the Black Muddy Swamp, has already taken shape with two communities that have been inhabited, of course by pirate dependents who have been relocated from the pirate fishing village of Sambarwood, and residents who have moved from Hirowas Island, who have taken advantage of the first step.

Master Siroba, who was in charge of the construction of the city, planned this harbor city very largely, and Lorist turned around and found that there were still ten communities under construction, and when all the construction was completed, it was estimated that this harbor city could accommodate about 50,000 or 60,000 residents. And it also leaves a lot of room for expansion.

In the middle of the harbor city is a large lord's palace, and a large garden square, which is the same as the rest of the city plans in Galintya, but Lorist will have to wait a few more years to move into this lord's house, and the area is still digging foundations for basic construction.

"Yes, Master Siroba has done a good job, and I will remember to give him and those project leaders some reward when I look back. By the way, did you have a name for the harbor city?" asked Lorlist.

"No, it should be named by an adult. Schward said.

"Then tell Master Siroba that I will give him the naming rights of this harbor city in recognition of his merits in designing and building this harbor city. When it is finished, I will also have the bronze statues of these meritorious people molded in the harbor for future generations to commemorate. By the way, by the way, remind him that the hundred-mile causeway over there has been named by him as the Xiroba Causeway, and I don't want to hear any more Xiroba City, so ask him to come up with a nice name. Lorist said.

At the end of last year, the construction of the embankment along the Lancang River along the Lancang River from the harbor city to Guishan was finally completed after three years of hard work by nearly 200,000 laborers.

The family invested no less than half a million gold fords in the 100-mile embankment, of which more than 50,000 captives were the main laborers, but they will be released at the end of their hard labor this year. In addition, there were 60,000 or 70,000 displaced laborers recruited from Winston Province, who would build villages near the causeway with their families, turning the black mud swamps of the former family domain into another family's grain production base.

In addition, all the clan armies and garrisons had to come to serve three months of labor every year, and it took three years for the levy to be completed by the lords who had come from Phuilewong and Hung Yen to earn some labor wages during the slack period. When he gave Lorist the good news, Master Siroba asked Lorist what he was going to name the causeway, or if they could name it.

Lorist didn't think much about it and didn't bother to think about what the name was, so he wrote back to them to discuss the name of the causeway, and as a result, Master Siropa named the Causeway after himself, and also erected a stele to commemorate it. The rest of the people were envious and angry, but Master Siroba's reply from Lorist was as straightforward as holding chicken feathers as an arrow, and everyone had no choice but to pinch their noses and recognize the title of Siroba Embankment.

This time, Lorist learned to be obedient and forbade Master Siroba to use his name, saving the well-known guy from carving the name of Siroba on all the projects he was responsible for, but Lorist believed that the reward for creating a bronze statue of this guy would make him more dedicated......

For the remaining twenty days of March, Lorist inspected the barracks and the people, spending only one day each at Maple Grove and Miss Theresty's Nicol Academy, and then hurried to the Rock Castle, where the New Year's family meeting was to be held.

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On April 5th, at Rock Castle, the Norton family's New Year's party was officially held.

The flow of the conference is the same as in previous years, except that there is less Shi Fatzi and those who stayed on Hilowas, and there is another agenda for commendation and conferral. This time, it was Chief Officer Codan who replaced Shi Fatzi as the host of the conference.

After summarizing the achievements of last year's work, it is time to commend and confer awards. Lorist announced that the eight Golden Knights of Bodfinger, Tiger Ross, Joske, Farea, Belunek, Malek, Telman and Yuri will each receive a knight's estate in the Heungan Plain. And this knight's manor will become the hereditary property of their respective families, regardless of whether their children and grandchildren can become family knights or not, this knight's manor will be owned by their family.

Next, Lorist ordered Sedercamp to follow the example of the Hung Yen Yuan in the Red River Valley Viscounty of the former Kenmax family, and establish eight reclamation towns and eight knights' estates, which was named Red River Plain. This decision has been questioned by many retainers, and with the family and the Kenmath family becoming allies, is it appropriate to occupy the original territory of the Kenmath family and develop it, will it cause an overreaction from the Kenmath family?

Lorist laughed, the Kenmax family is now focused on their territory in the eastern region of the Northlands, and the Viscounty of the Red River Valley has actually been abandoned by them, and they dare not and do not want to develop so close to our family. If we occupy this place and do a lot of development and construction, the Kenmax family will really feel at ease, because they believe that we have really let go of the grievances and grievances that occurred between us and their family before......

The last topic is the expansion of the army, which is the idea of the more than 50,000 captives who are about to be released after serving the hard labor period, and the 300,000 army of the Second Highness finally made Lorist feel a little uneasy, who knows if the Second Highness will fight the idea to the north after he has nothing to do after the Second Highness swept the Iberian Kingdom in the future, it is always good to be prepared.

Bodfinger's heavy armor was expanded to two corps, Tiger Rose's lancers were also expanded to two corps, and Dorus was responsible for forming another chariot steel crossbow corps.

After the conference, Lorist left Master Sid, the head of the Darkiron Refining Base called Ironforge Castle, and the head of the Weapons Production Base called Stormwind, Chief Camorra, and gave them two tasks.

The first is Lorlist's idea, he drew a pattern of a wheelbarrow in his previous life, and wanted Master Sid to test whether he could install the steel crossbow on the chariot on the wheelbarrow, which not only saved the trouble of taking care of the chariot and war horse, but also did not affect the movement and rapid arrangement of the steel crossbow and flexible shooting preparation, and even some mountains and hills where the chariot could not go up, the unicycle could carry the steel crossbow up to occupy a favorable firing position......

The second is to let them design a batch of gorgeous standard equipment again, which only needs to have a lower defensive power than the white lion standard armor, which is ready to be sold to the business alliance. With the temperament of a businessman, the more fancy and beautiful it is, the more it will attract their attention and make them interested in buying it out of their pockets......

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On April 5, at noon on the same day, in a private room at a hotel in the city of Moriente.

Murray Buck, the third young master of the Chicked Chamber of Commerce, was pondering with a cup of tea, and the one who had just left was an informant of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce whom he had spent a lot of money to buy, and this informant was one of the servants who accompanied the vice president to Shiloas Island. From his mouth, Murray Buck learned a lot about Hilovas Island. For example, tens of thousands of displaced laborers who are undergoing development and construction, an elite guard force of 3,000 people, and the Earl of Norton are also on the island......

However, even if he knew the situation on Shilowas Island, the third young master was very helpless. All the arrangements went well, but suddenly the situation changed dramatically, and everything I had done was useless. As soon as he thought of Trimber VII, who had only one tendon in his head, the third young master gritted his teeth with hatred, it was this madman who intervened sideways and stirred up all the plans of the seven giants of the business alliance into a pot of porridge, and now he has lost half of the country and still refuses to admit defeat, which is really sick.

The third young master, Murray Buck, is known for his calculation and shrewdness in the Chamber of Commerce, and he also understands that under such circumstances, the Chamber of Commerce can no longer touch the island of Hilowas, especially after the news that the Second Highness of the Antinac Kingdom has raided and occupied the royal city of the Ridlis Kingdom, it is even clearer that not only the Chiked Chamber of Commerce, but even the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce and the Peterson Chamber of Commerce have given up their ambitions and strategies to obtain the territory of the Chamber of Commerce from the Kingdom of Redlis. No one wants to resist the Second Highness's troops......

But the third young master was holding back a fire in his heart, he was very unwilling to let go of that bastard who didn't put himself in his eyes, the third-level great sword master is so amazing, killing so many people in our Chamber of Commerce should it be nothing? The last interception at sea was all arranged by him, but it caused the Chamber of Commerce to suffer heavy losses. As soon as he thought of the second child who looked at him with sarcastic eyes, the third young master couldn't stand it and wanted to attack.

"By the way, will the northern fleet set sail in a few days?" asked the third young master.

"Yes, young master, we will leave on the twelfth. The old servant, who was standing beside him, replied.

"Let me go, and I'll set off with them. Then go to the kingdom of Shayia and the kingdom of Haneyabada. The Third Young Master made a decision.

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On the afternoon of April 5, the same day, the front line of the Kingdom of Trimber.

Seeing that the number of troops under his command was increasing, nearly 150,000, and that the winter rainy season had passed, he really couldn't stand the noisy vegetable market in his big tent, and finally gave an ultimatum to the confrontational four-nation alliance forces, and if they did not evacuate within three days, the troops of the commercial alliance would not hesitate to attack them, and all the consequences that occurred at that time would be borne by the four-nation alliance......

Well, the commander of the Four-Nation Alliance felt that they had resisted the forces of the Commercial Alliance for three months, and that they could give an explanation to Trimber VII, and that no one wanted to really mess with the Commercial Alliance, so they wrote back and promised to retreat within three days. The sit-in war that grew up for three months was over......

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On the afternoon of the same day, on the 5th of April, the kingdom of Redlis, the royal city of Federiga.

The banner of the Royal Guards of the Kingdom of Antinac, the first to set out from the Southwestern Front, finally appeared under the royal city.

The Second Highness standing on the city wall finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had barely slept well in the more than a month since the surprise attack on the royal city of Federiga, his cheeks were very emaciated, his chin was full of beards, and he had to negotiate with the 70,000 defenders of Cambona Province to make them lay down their arms. Now that his legion has finally arrived, the next step is to sweep away the remnants of the enemy and capture the eldest prince alive.

"Come, send messengers to the nobles of the province of Andervow, and order them to offer me their loyalty and respect, otherwise I will not mind sweeping away their families and domains. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Will is our mission. But the nobles of the realm have their prayers, so what should they do?"

"They still want to pray? It is they who have disturbed the peace of the empire and ignited the flames of war with the great prince. I have now forgiven their crimes and spared their lives, sparing their families, and they still don't think it's enough? Tell them that if they can satisfy me, the most they can accept is the punishment of reducing and transferring the seal, and I believe that is enough......

"Yes, Your Majesty, we will set out at once to convey your will. ”

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