Chapter 428: News from the Sword Master

"Sit down, is it raining a lot outside?" said Lorist, sitting comfortably in his chair, to the fat man who walked into the study. After a busy winter's work, www.biquge.info finally forcibly relocated all the refugees to temporary resettlement sites, and returned to the capital city of Angry Bear in the southern part of the Northland before the rainy season. After a long and newlywed entanglement with Princess Celivia, Lorist finally remembered that it was time for him to get down to business......

"What do you say? What I hate the most is the rainy season, this kind of continuous rainy days, even if I don't get drenched in the rain, I still feel wet and moldy, and I feel like I'm going crazy when I think about how to stay up for 20 days. Fat Shi grumbled as he walked over to the roaring fireplace, as if to dry the water off his body.

After Fat Shi felt warm all over his body and sat down on the sofa and told Genolio to bring him a bottle of fruit wine, he remembered Schward, so he asked Lorlist: "Hey, how is Schward now? “

Loris nodded: "Well, Reddy has already gone to the Rock Castle to see him, and he will be able to get out of the customs in half a year." Before returning to the border of the Southern Province, Bodfinger told me that as soon as Schward was out of the country, he would marry the precious daughter of the Earl of Philim. Seeing that there is only one Duchy of Handla left in the four central principalities, as soon as the strategy is reached, Count Philip will become the Grand Duke of the Southern Province, and Bodfinger is also starting to get anxious, and he is a little worried that after Count Philim is promoted to duke, he will not look down on his little baronial family background, which will make Schward's marriage change. “

"Hehe, is Bodfinger old and confused? Shi Fatzi was very immoral behind his back: "Even if Count Philim is promoted to duke, he still has to rely on our Norton family." Without the support and material assistance we have given him, will he be able to develop his family territory and hold the southern provinces? If the Rock Legion is withdrawn, I guarantee that he will sleep with one eye open, and will the armistice signed with the Fisabrun family really be a guarantee of peace? Once the Frontier Rangers are in the city, he will be finished. “

Shi Fatzi is telling the truth, and this is indeed the case, even if Count Philim is promoted to duke after the fall of the four central principalities, he still has to follow the Norton family, and if he really puts aside the four alliances of the Northland, he is guaranteed to be swallowed up by the Fisaburun family.

But it's time for Schward to start a family, Caterina is a good girl, and she is also a good match with Schward, and the relationship between the two is very good. After Schward came out of the country this time, I decided to let them start a family first. Lorist said. Taking out the fruit wine that Genorio had served, he took a sip and asked, "Are those newcomers okay?"

There are 230,000 refugees forcibly relocated from the Principality of Falkel to the Northlands, and the total number of immigrants from the Principality of Sabaji has exceeded 400,000, which means that the number of the entire Northlands has now exceeded 2 million.

"Fortunately, there were no incidents or riots, and even the last captives of the hill people of the hills of Pedrona were very safe and did not cause us any trouble. Fat Shi saw Lorist talking about business, and hurriedly looked for relevant documents from the folder he carried with him.

Referring to the group of mountain captives in the hills and mountains of Pedrona, Lorist was very unhappy and let out a "snort" from his nose twice: "These mountain captives must be strictly guarded. Their temperament is really unruly. Did you know that when we finally surrounded the Hot Springs Valley and cornered them, we dared to take up arms and continue to resist, causing us more than a thousand casualties among our family soldiers? I had to bring in Malek's crossbow regiment and shoot them at range, destroying most of their young men before they lay down their arms and surrender to us.

Just like the mountain legion of the Duchy of Forrendo, the garrison had been surrounded by us, and even their legion commander, the golden knight named Mountain Folk Nori, had died under the sword of Boderfinger, but these mountain soldiers still refused to surrender under the cover of the camp wall, and finally had to set fire to them and kill them. In such a desperate situation, more than 18,000 people were killed in such a mountain legion, and all the 10,000 Yu Shanmin soldiers captured by us were wounded. So I have decreed that the soldiers of this mountain legion and the captives of the mountain people shall be forced to do hard labor for eight years, after which they will be free......"

"Eight years?well, Your Highness, aren't you going to conscript these mountain people into the family army? It stands to reason that mountain people with such a character are good targets for conscription?" Shi Fatzi was a little strange.

Lorist shook his head: "These mountain people are particularly rebellious, and they have always been loyal to the Duchy of Forlandor, and they are proud to be the people of the Volendor family. And the Volendo family's policy towards the mountain people for more than a hundred years is to win people's hearts, you don't know, for more than 100 years, the mountain people have only had to pay one kind of tax, that is, blood tax, to serve as soldiers for the Volendo family. The Forendo family reciprocated by dividing the hills of Pedrona into areas inhabited by mountain people, allowing them to develop freely. Therefore, the loyalty of these mountain people to the Forundo family is engraved in their bones, and they are not like those soldiers who serve as soldiers in other families or forces in order to earn a living, and it is difficult for them to change their allegiance......"

Shi Fatzi nodded, now that he knew the reason, he didn't plan to bother with these tens of thousands of mountain captives, after eight years of hard labor, these mountain people should also know what was going on, and then he would naturally arrange for them to integrate into the family territory. He took out a document and said to Lorist: "Your Highness, the resettlement plan for the newly relocated refugees has come out, do you want to take a look?"

Lorist held his glass and said, "You can say whatever you want, and I will sign and implement the plan about the same." “

"Okay. Shi Fatzi cleared his throat and looked at the documents and read: "The refugees who have migrated to the city of Windbrie this time are a total of 2,871 families, with a total number of 98,236 people, most of whom are craftsmen and small merchants. When they settle down, there will be a big economic breakthrough in the second half of this year, and it is expected that Windbury will re-establish itself as a livestock trading and leather processing center in the northeast from next year.

More than 360,000 refugees have moved to the Northland, and they are not going to be resettled in the newly developed three plains in the southern part of the Northland, but in the Xingchang and Kangtaiyuan areas in the eastern part of the Northland, which are to be newly built this year. As for the completed construction of Pingfengyuan, Pingyongyuan, and Pingyasuhara in the southern part of the Northland, because they are located in the vicinity of the capital city of Angry Bear, the family decided to select some loyal lords' families from Fengleyuan, Xinganyuan, and Honghewon, and the remaining half will be allocated to the soldiers who are about to be discharged in the past three years to form families in these three plains.

In addition, 100 refugee families, totaling more than 13,000 people, were allocated to each vassal territory under the control of the family to develop the economy and the construction of villages and towns in the vassal family territories. That's it for the basic distribution and disposal scheme. After the rainy season, we will transport these new immigrants to the assigned places and give them land and housing, and we will try to complete the resettlement by August. Your Highness, do you see anything else that needs to be changed?"

Lorist thought for a moment and said, "That's it, this plan is very good, and it doesn't need to be modified." Just take it and I'll sign it for the people below to carry it out. ”

While Lorist was signing, Shi Fatzi took out another document: "Your Highness, this is the report submitted by Master Sid at the end of last year, and the report says that he has successfully trial-produced a new cavalry personal cross steel crossbow with spring steel, which has greatly reduced the cost. Judging from the report, the cost of a crossbow is currently only seven gold fortunes and eight large silver coins. I gave him a special grant of three thousand goldfords, asking him to reduce the cost of the Cross Steel Crossbow to less than five goldfords and form a mass production capacity......"

Lorist was very happy: "Now the standard long-range weapons of the Huntsman Legion finally have a clue to solve. But do you know the range, power, and speed and frequency of the Cross Crossbow?"

Shi Fat Khan: "Your Highness, I don't know, I'm worried about the cost...... A strong crossbow costs between two and three kinfords. I think that the range of the crossbow should be at least twice as powerful as that of the strong crossbow, so that it can reach the power of the longbow. Then it's still acceptable to double the cost price......"

Lorist raised the report of Master Sid in his hand: "It is not written on it, it seems that Master Sid wants to keep it secret." In this case, you send a letter to Josk, asking him to select a hundred loyal and reliable elite light cavalry from the Chasseur Legion, and go to Master Sid after the rainy season to put this crossbow to the actual combat test, so as to facilitate the finalization of this crossbow. After all, it is a weapon used in actual combat, and these light cavalry are the ones who have the most right to speak. In addition, there is no need to be strict in terms of price, so as not to affect the quality. ”

"Okay, I got it. Fat Shi replied.

Then the two of them talked about a few more things, and when they heard a knock at the door, Genorio came in and reported: "Your Highness, Lord Tagger is here." ”

Tagar came over this time to send Lorist a summary of the information about the battle between the Fort Business Alliance and the Central and South Kingdom Alliance, although Lorist was on the front line of the Four Duchy in the Central Continent last year, but he also knew some things about the war in the central and southern continents in bits and pieces, but most of them were transmitted by the Eagle, and the news was extremely brief. Now back in Angry Bear City, I told Tagger to send all the newspapers and information from Moriente City.

Targer approached the study with a half-man-tall stack of newspapers, which were basically the seven or eight newspapers that had been published in the city of Moriente all year last year. After putting down the pile of newspapers, Tagger handed Lorist a folder: "Your Highness, here is a summary of these newspapers and a summary of information. ”

Lorist took the folder, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he jumped up in shock: "What, that Storm Sword Saint of the destroyed Kelia Kingdom entered the city of Moronte?"

Fat Shi was taken aback by Lorlist's actions: "What did you say?"

Tagar smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, I have already reported this matter to you on the letter eagle summons......

Lorist said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Tagger, at that time, I was concerned about the intelligence of the four central principalities, and I didn't pay attention to these. ”

Targar searched through the pile of newspapers and flipped out more than a dozen newspapers: "Your Highness, the detailed reports about this Storm Sword Saint of the Kingdom of Kyellia accepting the invitation of the Fort Business Alliance to go to Moldant City are all in these dozen newspapers. However, this Storm Sword Master was relatively low-key, and he went into seclusion after being interviewed at a banquet held by the Business Alliance on the first day of his arrival, and the law enforcement agencies of the Business Alliance were also very cooperative to prevent those newspapers from continuing to follow and report. So this matter didn't make any waves except for the commotion for more than half a month, but the morale of the front-line business alliance troops has increased a lot because of the support of a sword saint......"

Shi Fatzi was already quickly flipping through the dozen or so newspapers, but soon he was a little frustrated: "The newspaper only published the legendary deeds of the life of this Storm Sword Saint, but it didn't say a word about how the Kingdom of Kailia fell, why the Storm Sword Saint left, and why he accepted the invitation of the Business Alliance, and how much the Business Alliance paid to let the Storm Sword Saint settle in Molent City, what kind of report is this." ”

Lorist pondered for a while, the arrival of the Storm Sword Saint in Moriente City means that the Fort Business Alliance has a Town State Sword Saint, and for the Second Highness who is determined to recover the lost provinces in the former Krisson Empire from the Business Alliance, this almost raises the difficulty of clearing the game from the hard level to the hell level. I believe that His Royal Highness will not look good when he knows this news. However, for the Norton family, the impact of this news is not too big, after all, it is too far away.

However, what price did the Business Alliance pay to hire this Storm Sword Saint Lorist was very interested: "You say, if His Royal Highness wants to hire this Storm Sword Saint, what price will he be willing to pay?"

What's the matter with His Royal Highness Guan Er? Shi Fatzi and Tagger were both in a daze. However, since Lorist asked, the two of them still tried to answer as carefully as possible.

Tagar said: "At least 100,000 gold fords a year, and in addition, we must choose a place to build a dojo for him to inherit swordsmanship......

Shi Fatzi shook his head and said, "More than that, your conditions are no different from those of the Storm Sword Saint when he was in the Kylia Kingdom. If His Royal Highness wants to recruit this sword saint, he has to take out a province for him as a family domain and make him the duke of the territory. ”

Lorist laughed: "This should be about the same, but it is really not good news for our King that the Business Alliance can recruit this Storm Sword Master, you know that he has always talked about the pre-unification empire, I really want to see his face after knowing the news." Even if he destroys the Central Four Duchy, he will still face the pressure of a giant-like business alliance, and I think that in the next few years, before we figure out how to deal with this Storm Sword Saint, our King will stop a little and will not continue to toss.

Soon after the rainy season, I will return to the front line of the four central principalities with the Flying Tiger Legion, although there is only one Duchy of Handla left, but it has concentrated the armed forces of the four principalities, and the terrain is limited, this battle is not easy to fight, maybe it will take a year. The things in the family will get rid of you. Tagger, pay attention to collect more information on the conquest of the business alliance and the alliance of the Central and Southern Kingdoms, and pass on any major events or changes to me immediately. ”

"Understood, Your Highness. Tugger replied with a bow.

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