Chapter 361: Unexpected Results

Lorist knew very well in his heart what His Royal Highness wanted, nothing more than to tie the Norton family to his chariot for him to drive. Writing "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Lorist couldn't understand this, why should the Norton family dedicate themselves to the ambition of the Second Highness? But what can the Norton family get after helping the Second Highness unify the former empire? The Norton family has reached the pinnacle that a kingdom nobleman can reach, and there is nothing that the Second Highness can reward, do you still want to use the so-called true words to persuade Lorist to agree to let the Norton family arm to die for the Second Highness, and sacrifice in vain?

The Norton family's current status was not obtained for nothing, it was in exchange for its great contribution to the Kingdom of Antinac, which His Royal Highness himself also understood. However, on the one hand, His Royal Highness was jealous of the strength of the Norton family's armed forces, and on the other hand, he was very enthusiastic about the prosperous development of the Norton family's territory, and he believed that if Lorist was really willing to help him, then he would definitely realize his ambition of unifying the territory of the former Krisson Empire in the fastest possible time.

This is what annoys Lorist the most, and this time he made it very clear that it was His Royal Highness who took the wrong path and couldn't complain about others. If it weren't for the Second Highness's vigorous expansion of armaments and warfare, the development of the Antinac Kingdom would only be faster than that of the remote Northland, and the quality of the people and the production environment would be many times better than that of the Northland. But His Royal Highness missed this best opportunity, and only thought about developing armaments to unify the former empire, and as a result, it collapsed when it encountered a setback.

Don't think about the idea of conquering the Andinac Kingdom and hitting the territory of the Norton family after the scourge, this is also the reason why Lorist said very bluntly, Second Highness, you have returned to the throne, and the territory of the Antinac Kingdom has returned to rule, now it depends on whether you grasp this second chance. Is it like our Norton family learning to bury their heads in the development of production in their territory and wait ten years later to have the capital to try to unify the former empire, or is it like last time to vigorously expand the armament and make the people tired......

The Second Highness also knew very well the meaning of Lorlist's words, he had already failed once, and he still promised so many unfair conditions and signed a humiliating oath to let the four major families of the Northland serve him, and it was the Norton family that relied on the Norton family to regain the throne. Although in the eyes of outsiders, the current Kingdom of Antinac is in full swing, destroying the Duchy of Madras, connecting the northern land and the imperial capital, and the territory is almost two or three times larger. But in the heart of the Second Highness, he did not have a trace of pride and glory, without him, because the victory of the destruction of the Duchy of Madras was not obtained under his command, he had no sense of accomplishment, and even a little anger and inferiority complex that was neglected.

His Royal Highness also knows that there is no way to fool Lorist with empty words, people are not stupid, and they are very satisfied with the current situation, but they still maintain a certain degree of independence as a kingdom, because their previous actions have made Lorist maintain a sense of vigilance and alienation from his own lord. However, this situation makes it impossible for His Royal Highness to force Lorist to comply, whether it is personal force or family strength, it has formed a rolling suppression of His Royal Highness's current strength, in addition to vigorously wooing and keeping close, avoiding unfamiliar relationships or turning against each other is what His Royal Highness needs to do the most.

The Second Highness thought about it for a long time, and finally chose to balance production and armament, and then retreated and asked the Norton family to give him some support, and put the shelf very low. Lorist breathed a sigh of relief and began to bargain with the Second Highness, he knew that the Second Highness's purge of the nobles in the imperial capital had accumulated a large amount of money in his hands, and instead of letting the Second Highness put these funds into the hole of the bottomless armament, it was better to let him take out some of it to increase the family's financial income.

After a night of fierce bickering, until the sky turned white, His Highness and Lorist finally reached a series of agreements on the trade of armaments and goods. As Lorist expected, His Royal Highness's main focus was still on armaments, and there were few agreements on the resumption of production and development, just as the few workshops to be opened in the imperial capital were mostly related to armaments. However, Lorist was not prepared to do much, anyway, he himself did not expect to be able to knock out so much money from the hands of the Second Highness.

And His Royal Highness was also very happy, he didn't expect that most of the armaments and materials could be obtained from the Norton family at a very low price, and even some of the equipment was more cost-effective than setting up a workshop to produce it himself. In the plan of the Second Highness, the property worth tens of millions of gold and fortune in his hand is the guarantee for him to control the kingdom and the army, and he was originally going to put most of it into the whole armament war, but he didn't expect to spend only three or four million to buy the equipment and materials that were originally expected to cost six million from Lorlist, as well as those thunderbolt catapults that he dreamed of, which couldn't help but make him very excited, so that when Lorist was leaving, the Second Highness still held his hand tightly, and the people next to him looked at it with goosebumps......

At noon on December 19, Lorist bid farewell to his reluctant Second Highness and set out on his return journey, and after leaving the Tugang barracks, he ordered Tagger to release a letter eagle and send a message to Parker and the Great Sword Master of Hughus, who were encamped at the other end of the Egret Lake Marsh with a large group of guards, asking them to return to the city of Vandenas and wait for their arrival.

On December 22, Lorist and the others arrived in the city of Vandenas. After a day's rest, we set out again, arriving at the pontoon bridge in the lower reaches of the Mitobro River on December 30, and after crossing the river, we hurried to return to the Rock Castle in the evening of December 34.

"Thanks to the god of war, Sigwa, for his patronage, my prayers have finally come to fruition. Shi Fatzi tugged at Lorliste's sleeve and didn't let go: "Your Highness, I really can't imagine what kind of lively scene it will be when the family holds a New Year's celebration banquet for the first time, as the Grand Duke of the Northland, you can't appear in front of the family knights and vassal realm nobles, it must be the most humiliating ...... for the Norton family in more than three hundred years."

Lorist cried and laughed: "Okay, okay, don't complain, aren't I coming back...... It's not good to take it as an example, after all, it's just a shame to delay the New Year's celebration banquet, and if I don't go this time, it's not just Reddy, but even Your Majesty will be in danger. ”

"Ah, why did you implicate our bloody majesty again?"

Since His Second Highness bloodied most of the territorial nobles in the imperial capital, he has added the title of Bloody King to the rumors of knights and nobles.

Lorist briefly recounted the process of rescuing Reddy and His Second Highness.

"It's a pity, why can't you arrive half a day late, Your Highness? Your Majesty died heroically on the battlefield or was captured, and Reddy took advantage of the chaos to escape, that is the best ending. Shi Fatzi looked regretful.

"What nonsense!" Lorist reproached, "He is His Majesty the King, the only existing bloodline of the former Cresson Empire, who will kill him, who will dare to kill him? The purpose of the Great Swordsman of Xiandi and the Great Swordsman of the two principalities was only to take His Majesty captive and plunder the four central principalities. If this happens, it will be a problem for our family, and as the highest-ranking Grand Duke of the Northland in the Kingdom of Antinac, I don't have to come forward to solve this matter. Whether it is pooling money to ransom him back or dispatching the family forces to rescue him, it will disrupt the arrangement and execution of the family plan. I was glad that I arrived earlier to solve this problem. ”

"I'll just talk about it. Shi Fatzi muttered unconvinced: "Your Highness, tomorrow is the last day, and tomorrow will be the New Year's celebration." Now all the realm nobles and family high-ranking knights and the lord knights are here. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kenmeth, Count Philim and Count Shaheen also arrived, and they still stayed in the old place. Also, all the rituals have been prepared, including the family crests of the vassal families and the new nobles, do you need to check them?"

"No need, anyway, I've seen the pattern before, as long as there is no violation, I am relieved that you are responsible for all this. What else is there to do? I want to go and rest. By the way, help me tell the Duke of Kenmax, the Count of Philim, and the three of Count Shahin, and say that I will invite them to lunch tomorrow at noon. Lorist turned around and prepared to go back to Fort Behind.

"Your Highness, I know you've had a hard time, but there's something else here that requires you to make an immediate decision. Shi Fatzi said as he rummaged through the folder in his hand.

"What's the matter?" Lorist stood and turned.

"It's Edith, Viscount Schindler, Baron Claus, and Baron Wede of Winston Province that they have come. Shi Fatzi's face was a little strange: "They came to join our family, and they also brought their nephews as hostages." No, this is the letter of allegiance they wrote. ”

"What did you say?" Lorist didn't take the stack of animal skin papers handed over by Fat Stein, and looked at Fat Fat in surprise: "Viscount Edith, Viscount Schindler, Baron Claus and Baron Weed, aren't they the traditional territorial nobles of the Iberian Kingdom? What is this Viscount Edith running here with his three allies for?"

"Your Highness, they really said that they came to serve our Norton family, and this is their letter of allegiance. I told them you're really not here, or you'll come back again in the spring of next year. But they refused, saying they had to see you. I've been waiting in the castle for thirteen or fourteen days. Fat finally handed the stack of allegiance letters to Lorlist.

Lorist lowered his head and quickly read the four letters of allegiance, and the well-behaved Schwart behind him hurriedly took a candlestick from the corner of the wall to illuminate it.

After reading these four letters of allegiance, which were similar in content, Lorist raised his head: "This way, Schreid, you can arrange for them to come to the study to see me in an hour, I will take a shower and eat something first, and meet them in the study, and ask what makes them so desperate to serve our family, so be it." ”

Turned around and patted Schward's shoulder: "And you, didn't you listen to Lord Schreed, Count Philim is here, and he is still staying in the old place, and your beautiful fiancée must be here, I don't need you to serve here, hurry up and go back to clean and tidy up, and go and meet your wife." By the way, be temperate at night, you're still young......"

"Your Highness!" Schward glared at Lorist angrily, but finally couldn't resist the desire to see his fiancée, and ran away with a red face.

Shi Panzi laughed and shouted in the back: "Don't forget to call Reddy over......"

Because of the many secrets involved in Lorlist's study, servants are generally not allowed to come in to clean it, and all cleaning tasks are done by Reddy, Schward, El, Parker, or Jim. However, later Reddy went to the back mountain to practice, El and Parker became their own families, and Jim was sent by Lorist to the gunpowder laboratory to receive a secret mission after his injury, so the cleaning of the study was basically done by Schward. Now that Schward has been taken off vacation by Lorlist, Fat Shi wants to find Reddy instead, otherwise he and Lorist will have to clean up by themselves.

Lorist took a shower and ate something and went to the study, and sure enough, Reddy had already cleaned the study. The fireplace had also been lit, emitting a warm heat that dispelled the chill of the study without an owner for a month.

Seeing Reddy cooking Max, Lorist couldn't help but fall into deep thought: Schward has a fiancée, and Elf is also married, but Reddy is still alone, if you don't ask him if he has a favorite girl, he should find him a wife......

While he was thinking about it, the door of the study was slammed, Reddy went over and opened the door, and Fat Man walked in with four nobles, Viscount Edith, Viscount Schindler, Baron Claus and Baron Weed, and the faces of the four of them were still full of disbelief and surprise, as if they suddenly saw the arrival of a rescue ship on a sinking ship.

Lorist stood up and solemnly apologized to the four nobles of the territory: "I'm very sorry, I really neglected you to have four adults waiting here for a long time. Because the apprentice was out on some business, he had to rush to bring him back, and he did not return until today. I've heard that the four Lords have been waiting here for more than ten days and have written letters of allegiance to our Norton family, and I'm curious about what made you come to serve?"

The four nobles of the territory stood in front of Lorist and respectfully saluted Lorlist, and Lorist also accepted the salute very politely. The four nobles breathed a sigh of relief. Viscount Edith stepped forward as the leader, and said to Lorist with a wry smile: "Your Royal Highness, the four of us are already desperate, and there is no other way to survive except to come to serve you......"

With Viscount Edith's narration, Lorist and Shi Fatzi realized that these four territorial nobles were all forced by the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, and as they said, they were really desperate, or accept the conditions of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, which was to watch the family go to extinction. Either you can only join the Norton family, so that there is still a way to live......

After the knights' jousting tournament in May last year, the 20,000 soldiers of the Frontier Rangers brought to the royal city of Winderbury by the Grand Duke of Fisabrun did not withdraw with the Grand Duke's departure, but were stationed. Subsequently, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun and the Four Central Duchy allied and destroyed the Duchy of Melein, relieving the Iberian Kingdom of its great calamity. The Grand Duke of Fisabrun then returned to the royal city.

This time the Grand Duke was not as foolish as before, and he again brought more than 20,000 horses with him, bringing the number of soldiers of the frontier rangers stationed in the royal city of Windbury to a legion. With this legion in hand, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun bared his fangs to the nobles of the royal city, and killed the killers, and every day either the nobles were arrested and imprisoned, or the nobles were executed for rebellion. More sophisticated than His Second Highness, Grand Duke Fisabrun spent more than half a year slowly rectifying these nobles, and he also purged the nobles, and His Second Highness was a killer and made himself infamous. And the Grand Duke of Fisabrun used the method of boiling frogs in warm water, and the nobles who could die in his hands were not much less than those of His Second Highness......

Lorist has already known these things very well through the spies arranged in the royal city by the family's Volibell Intelligence Investigation Bureau, anyway, when he occupies the royal city of Windbrie, he will also attack those nobles, since the Grand Duke of Fisabrun is willing to do Lorist on his behalf, at least he doesn't have to dirty his hands, and even after occupying the royal city, he can pour dirty water on the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, publicize his wanton massacre of nobles, and then find some family members of the nobles who survived to spread it around, and ensure that the reputation of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun will spread all over the world. Therefore, the order given by Lorist was to let the spies stay in peace, and secretly record and collect evidence, so as not to spoil the good deeds of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun......

However, after purging the nobles of the royal city, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun turned his attention to the traditional territorial nobility of Winston. He decided to have these nobles swear allegiance to him and move them to the Southern Province. This provoked an uproar among the nobles of the territory, and they raised their banners to resist. And the Grand Duke of Fisabrun waited for this moment, and immediately declared that these territorial nobles were rebellious, and in two months they destroyed more than twenty territorial nobles, the men were hanged, and the women were rewarded to those who served in the frontier ranger regiment......

Although the four of Viscount Edith and the other four families did not raise their banners to resist, they received an order to transfer the feud that they must take their families and no more than a thousand people and garrisons to the Southern Province to receive their new territory by May after the beginning of spring next year, and the current territory will be managed by the emissary of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun. Everyone knows what the southern province is like now, with soldiers and bandits, bandits and bandits like ants, and the whole province has become a ruin. Under such circumstances, a team of more than a thousand people going to the southern provinces was simply fat and fell into the wolves, and no one dared to guarantee whether they would have the life to reach the new territory.

"Your Highness, that's why we've come to serve you, we know that Grand Duke Fisabrun is also cleaning up the nobles of Winston Province in order to prepare for a decisive battle with the four major families of the Northlands, and the news I have heard is that the Grand Duke of Fisabrun is preparing to transfer the young and strong people in various territories of Winston Province to their own family domains in the Eastern Wilderness Province. The old and weak, women and children gathered in the royal city. With my Walker Town as the boundary, the front wall is clear, and the Walker Town is built into a military fortress, as a barrier to the royal city, and also as the first line of defense against the invasion of the four major families in the Northland. ”

Lorist nodded: "I am glad to accept the surrender of the four of you, the Norton family will treat you as their vassal family, and transfer your family territory to the province of Dramke without any reductions." As for the sons and nephews you have brought, I will put them in my guard. Gentlemen, are you willing to accept such an arrangement?"

The four nobles were overjoyed, and immediately knelt on the ground, swore in the name of their family ancestors that they would be loyal to the Norton family wholeheartedly, and were grateful for a long time before respectfully leaving.

Fat Shi squinted at Lorist, and waited for no one else in the study to ask before asking, "Locke, tell me, what the hell are you doing?"

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