Time passed day by day, and it was March in the blink of an eye.

Determined that no oil and water could be squeezed out of the Orc Empire, and the threat of the plague became more and more severe, the Terran Alliance had to abandon its demand for reparations.

Under the mediation of various ethnic groups on the mainland, on March 13, 99990 in the sacred calendar, the representatives of the coalition forces and the orc emperor formally signed an armistice treaty.

The content is very simple: the two sides will take the area under their actual control as the demarcation line, and from the date of the signing of the treaty, both sides will cease all acts of hostility.

There are no war reparations, no punishment for war criminals, and even a clear verdict on who is on the right side in the war.

It can only be said that this treaty is very much of the Aslant continent. Race wars are all fought for the living space of their respective races, and there is no distinction between justice and evil.

As a witness to history, Hudson has always been a spectator.

Everything comes from strength, and the orcs suffer in the armistice treaty, which is the price of defeat.

The orc steppe is owned by the Terrans, and the mountains and wastelands now occupied by the coalition are assigned to the orc races that defected to the Terrans.

Everything was arranged by the coalition forces clearly. The Orc Empire can only pinch its nose and admit that it is better to have an extra group of orcs as a strategic buffer than to directly border the human race.

Theoretically, as long as no major changes occur later, the orc empire can continue forever. After all, the rotten land they occupy now, the Terrans will not be interested at all.

With the signing of the treaty, there was also a lively atmosphere within the alliance. Around the distribution of loot, the parties have turned on the noisy mode again.

It turned out that how much I looked down on the orc savannah, and now the scramble is as fierce as it is. There is no doubt that the aristocracy is a bunch of duplicitous masters.

But all of this has nothing to do with the Alpha Kingdom. Fortunately, the border line was moved hundreds of miles outward, otherwise there would really be no gain at all.

Everyone was busy distributing the spoils, but Hudson, the logistics director, was in a hurry to catch up.

The war is over, and the follow-up strategic materials naturally do not exist. Every day that the coalition forces are on the front line, they are eating stocks.

It doesn't involve his own interests, so Hudson didn't bother to pay attention to it, and the tricks of all parties were revolving.

At the coalition command meeting, Hudson formally submitted his resignation. Prior to this, he had already completed the final distribution of strategic supplies.

Judging from the accounts, all the logistics materials of the coalition army have been distributed, and the duties of his logistics chief have come to an end.

Retention does not exist. Everyone was busy competing for benefits, and even the withdrawal of the Alpha Kingdom did not cause any waves.

Hudson is not clear about how to deal with the follow-up problems. The main reason is that the area of the orc savannah is too vast, more than the sum of the three alpha kingdoms.

Such a vast land, once developed, is another imperial foundation.

With such a big cake and so many Terran forces involved in the distribution of spoils, it is obviously impossible to monopolize it. The grassland pattern in the future will definitely be very lively.

led the army back home, and Hudson's position as coach was also achieved. Without anyone coming to hint, he took the initiative to submit his resignation.

However, many things backfired, and the more he tried to resign, the more Caesar III pressed him.

It's not because of the importance of his ability, it's mainly that there is no manager in front, and the next distribution of benefits will be directly aimed at the king.

Every day, with the mud, about the distribution of interests, the parties are arguing. When it comes to vital interests, it is not easy for anyone to come.

……

"Your Excellency, are you really ready to move north?"

Hudson asked incredulously.

As the second family of the southeastern provinces, the Holliser family has all their inheritance in the south. According to the previous plan, it was also to expand to Fengyun Province, but I didn't expect to choose to move north in a blink of an eye.

Theoretically, the North has the greatest chance at the moment. With the nobles of the Northland suffering heavy losses, even the Snake of the Lands that hindered their development to the north no longer existed.

But it's all theoretical. The newly recovered unclaimed provinces in northern Xinjiang are all uninhabited areas.

It is indeed difficult to get into the ownership, but the human, material and financial resources required to develop these areas are astronomical.

Anyway, the Coslow family doesn't have the strength. Even if Hudson made a lot of money in the war, he still couldn't afford this huge development cost.

As a veteran aristocrat of the kingdom, the accumulation of the Hollisr family is far from being comparable to an upstart like the Coslow family.

Once the decision is made to shift the strategic center of gravity northward, the manpower gap should be able to be solved quickly. As for whether the financial and material resources can hold up, it is not for Hudson to know.

"Hudson, the family made this decision out of necessity.

The aristocratic forces of the entire southeastern province were severely damaged in this war. According to the original plan to participate in the competition against the Fengyun Province, the Holliser family had no chance of winning.

There is a huge gap between the middle nobles and the big nobles, and once this opportunity is missed, it is not known when the next time will be waiting.

The Hollisers can't afford to wait, and I can't afford to wait. In addition to choosing the relatively weak competition in the northern frontier, we simply have no better choice! ”

As he spoke, Viscount Orlan looked at Hudson with envy. As the biggest upstart in this war, the Coslow family already has the strength of the hard-bar Dalton family, and there is no need to move the nest at all.

It just so happened that a large number of nobles had died in the southeastern provinces, making room for the development of the Coslow family.

As the commander of the army, Hudson still has a lot of conveniences. At the very least, when choosing a fief, there is priority.

With the current military strength of the Coslow family, it is completely dependent on the continuous collection of scattered fiefdoms, and the Dalton family is divided into southeastern provinces.

Of course, when it comes to specific operations, the replacement of fiefdoms is indispensable.

Although theoretically these operations are not allowed, as the commander of the army, as long as he does not go too far, the king will most likely still give some face.

Thinking of the past, Hudson had made a lot of friends in the aristocratic circles of the province, and Viscount Orlan understood his calculation in an instant.

The existence of human debt undoubtedly creates favorable conditions for the next fiefdom replacement and integration.

The small and medium-sized nobles in the province, even if they don't want to see the Coslow family grow and develop, they can't come out to oppose it because of the existence of favors.

The only obstacle was probably the Dalton family and the king. With his knowledge of Caesar III, the king would not have personally ended up even if he was against it.

After all, Hudson was still valuable to the royal family. In the face of the chaotic distribution of interests at home, the king also needs Hudson to take the lead to reconcile the contradictions between the parties.

Even if the Dalton family stood up against it, it couldn't stop Hudson's determination.

Thinking of this, Viscount Oran became more and more determined in his choice. The southeastern province has entered a pattern of confrontation between the two powers, where is there still room for the development of the Holliser family?

The original second family of the province is now directly downgraded to the third family. If you don't take the initiative to leave, it will be a tragedy to wait until the future boss and the second child fight, and mistakenly beat the third child to death.

"Your Excellency, you can rest assured. After the Holliser family's strategic center of gravity moves northward, your foundation in Arbor County will not be impacted.

In the unlikely event that the Northlands fails, Arbor County can be your way out. However, the stakes are high, and I suggest that you consider it carefully.

The competition in Fengyun Province is indeed fierce now, but if the Holliser family is willing to give it a go, there is still a one-third chance. ”

It's all true, and with Hudson in the position of Viscount Oran, he can't make the decision to move the strategic center of gravity north.

Although the competition in Fengyun Province is fierce, the interests inside are also great! A well-developed province is far more valuable than a piece of raw land.

Even if you can't afford to take control of a province and grab a county or half a county, that's a good choice.

It can only be said that the Holliser family's appetite is too great, and they want to step into the threshold of the great nobles in one fell swoop and add a few new fiefs, which can no longer satisfy their appetite.

This kind of thing can only be decided by yourself. As an ally, Hudson can only support.

"Hudson, I'll leave it to you next. We will find a way to coordinate the relationship between all aspects, but Wang Du still needs to help him speak. ”

Viscount Oran said with a serious face.

There was no specific goal, and it was clear that the Holliser family was not sure of the victory of this operation. In order to increase the success rate, he simply played with casting a wide net.

For Hudson, too, it's a good thing. If the Holliser family really wants to collide with other nobles, it will also be a trouble.

Like now, although it is possible that several middle nobles may dominate the pattern of a province, it also avoids the tragedy of failing to crash and being directly eliminated from the game.

After all, it is still not enough. No matter how deep the background is, it will take a long time to transform it into the strength at hand.

In this respect, the Earl of Pierce also did a good thing. If he hadn't brought the nobles of the Southeast Province to the gutter, the Holliser family would never have been so neat and sensitive.

Everyone is crowded together to develop, no matter how good the relationship between them is, sooner or later there will be a day when they turn their faces.

The voluntary departure of the Holliser family was also a good thing for Hudson. This means that the two families will not become enemies because of strategic conflicts.

"Your Excellency the Viscount, rest assured, there will definitely be a fief of yours in the Northland, which is only a lot more than the Arbor County!"

Hudson promised haughtily.

As the commander of the army, he still has a great say in the division of fiefdoms.

The Holliser family wants to become a great nobleman, and he doesn't have that ability, but it is not difficult to let them enter the Northland to get a piece of the pie.

Now it's up to each of them to develop. Whoever has the best development and stands out from the crowd of competitors will be able to cross the threshold of the great nobility.

The game behind this is not only within the kingdom, but also outside the kingdom.

As far as Hudson knew, many of the great nobles in the Alpha Kingdom were ancestors from the southern and central countries of the continent.

With the passage of time, this relationship has become very weak, but with the division of the orc steppe by the major forces of the human race, this relationship has been further promoted.

After all, the next development of the orc savannah is indispensable to obtain the support of the neighbor of the Alpha Kingdom.

If there is a connection, it is natural to connect. Even if this relationship is far away, it is also a bit of incense.

Hudson felt it himself. The branches of the Coslow family extended abroad, and people came to visit him to contact him.

It's a pity that these branches, like the branches in China, are not very mixed. Even if the faction takes a big piece of the cake, all they can get is a barony or a knighthood.

Running to contact the relationship, in essence, is still to seek support. Within the scope of his authority, Hudson did not provide them with convenience.

This is still the case for the small Coslow family, not to mention the big nobles of other kingdoms.

In the next reshuffle, whether the Holliser family can stand out depends not only on the efforts of the Viscounts of Oran, but also on the help behind them.

……

One fief after another plan for dividing the fiefs kept coming out of Hudson's hands, and they were constantly beaten back, making the army angry.

Looking at the angry crowd, Hudson also pretended to be annoyed and said: "The king has once again vetoed our proposal, and the new plan that will be discussed will be signed by everyone together!"

If the royal capital continues to veto it next, then everyone will pack up their things and go directly to the royal capital to discuss with those ministers! ”

And the dilute mud is also limited. Faced with the anger of the aristocracy, Hudson felt that he was not hard enough to be hard.

On the king's side, all he could say was that he did his best. It is simply impossible to want a group of nobles to take the initiative to accept mixed sand.

"It's long overdue, it's been dragging on like this, when is it a head!"

The Count of Calais echoed as he pretended not to know.

Immediately after that, everyone responded, as if they were all tired of Wang Du doing things, and wanted to put pressure on Wang Du in a group.

Everybody is acting, and it's a big theater. Hudson was very helpless about this farce.

Don't look at the plan that has been revised several times, it is essentially the original plan. The only difference is probably that with each modification, the boundary line of everyone's fiefdom changes slightly.

If you don't look closely, you won't always be able to find out.

The last revision seems to be putting pressure on the royal capital, and Hudson deliberately said it to everyone.

Remind everyone with practical actions: the king also needs face, and now is the time to make appropriate concessions.

It's a pity that all this is destined to be useless. The king's cards in front of the great nobles cannot be said to be completely absent, but they are not so big either.

Everyone refused to make substantive concessions, and Hudson didn't bother to be a villain, and directly summarized and reported the final results.

In addition to the collective absence of the nobles of the Northland, this document signed by the great nobles of the kingdom can represent the kingdom in itself.

……

In the Emerald Palace, looking at the final report, Caesar III's face was very ugly.

No one has to complain about anyone, everyone's demands are excessive. Not to mention the nobility of other kingdoms, just looking at Hudson's own requests, there are projects that cannot be completed.

Regardless of the expansion of fiefdoms in the southeastern provinces, as long as the enclave problem is not considered, it is reasonable to take away a part of the borderlands with Hudson's contribution to the war.

However, in addition to these demands, he also proposed to recover the "ancestral land of the Coslow family". This "ancestral land" is not just a castle, but the entire territory of the former Coslow family in the Northlands.

There is no doubt that this is impossible for the Lockonards to accept. Even if they had suffered heavy losses before, it would not have been possible for the Coslow family to extend their tentacles into their hinterland.

These are all historical issues, and it is impossible for the kingdom to overturn the case for the Coslow family, otherwise it will be a large-scale historical overturning scene, and the legitimacy of countless aristocratic fiefs will be challenged.

Hudson still raised it knowing that it was impossible, and this is a matter of principle.

Without any surprises, Caesar III had to jump out and veto the proposal himself. There are many more proposals that are like impossible to complete, and there are many more in terms of processing reports.

The most difficult thing for him to accept was that the nobles of the kingdom chose to compromise with each other and did not check and balance each other as expected.

Again vetoed?

As soon as he picked up the pen, Caesar III hesitated again. Even if you are a king, you must consider the position of the nobles of the kingdom.

As a joint-stock country with dispersed shareholdings, the king, as a major shareholder, cannot fully achieve its word.

After much hesitation, Caesar III took up the pen and annotated and revised the report. This kind of fine-tuning is destined to be only done by him personally, counting on everyone's consciousness, which is purely a dream.

The crown prince on the side was watching quietly from beginning to end. It's not that he doesn't want to get involved, it's just that he doesn't know how to deal with such a complicated scene.

After the changes were completed and checked, Caesar III slowly raised his head and said, "Prime Minister, send the final result to Earl Hudson, and let him find a way to persuade all parties to accept it." ”

If anyone pays attention to the content of his annotations, they will see that it is a naked transaction.

Hudson's demands, with the exception of an unrealistic plan to regain his ancestral land, were largely met.

In order to get all this, he had to find a way to get the king's will to follow. If this is not possible, Caesar III's consent can only be invalidated.

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(End of chapter)