Chapter 159: Establishment of a Duchy
Augustine has only two legitimate queens, one has long since passed away and is the mother of older princes such as Lloyd, and the other is the current queen, no matter what the queen's eldest child is just a little child and is completely unthreatening, no matter which one of them now does not take the queen's child in his eyes, all Augustine's words are completely to the children of his former queen.
"yes! You're all grown up. Augustine sighed again.
"Among you, Lloyd is a man of great proportion, fully qualified as a king, and the most suitable person to lead the Kingdom of Mali in the future. After Augustine said this, Lloyd looked up in surprise, while Tesla looked dismayed.
"Tesla, you have ambition and ability, but you are not suitable for the current Mali Kingdom, the current Mali Kingdom has been fighting for many years, and it has been greatly damaged, and you must cultivate and recuperate in order to develop better. Looking at Tesla's lost expression, Augustine also sighed, his children are all very good, and even the cowardly Stilly is also a genius magician, and he may be able to reach the realm of the Dharma Saint in the future.
"Of course, Gna, you're also very good. Speaking of Augustine's children, they can be said to be well-rounded, but this fourth prince is the most dissatisfied with him, of course, not in personal strength, but in his head. Compared to his brother, Gnar was a simple-minded and reckless man, and even made Augustine wonder if his bloodline was a barbarian, or why would he give birth to such a son who was more like a barbarian than a barbarian.
Hearing Augustine's praise, Garner proudly straightened his well-developed pectoral muscles.
"You are so good, so I decided to support you to go out and establish your own principality. Suddenly, Augustine said something that stunned his sons.
"Father, do you mean the establishment of a principality?" asked Lloyd, who had always been calm, without offending or forgetting to address Augustine's honorific title.
"That's right, you come with me. With that, Augustine led the way to another room.
When the dusty door was opened, the whole hall was clean and empty, and in the middle of the hall was a huge map on the ground.
The value of a very detailed map in this world can be said to be invaluable, and it is no less important than the role of one or two Holy Rank powerhouses.
This map uses lines of various colors to record the mountains, rivers and lakes in the kingdom of Mali in detail.
Several princes looked at the huge map in amazement.
"This is the territory of our kingdom, it is through the efforts of our ancestors that today's kingdom of Mali was created, and now the development of the kingdom of Mali has fallen into a stage where we cannot improve our national strength in a short period of time, so I intend to support you to go out and establish your own principality, now which of you wants to establish your own kingdom?" Augustine asked with a smile, as if building a country was as simple as drinking water.
Lloyd shook his head first, not to mention that his temperament does not like to go out and trespass, with his current status, the eldest prince of the Kingdom of Mali, there is no need to take this risk if he wants to become the head of this country in the future.
"I'll go. Tesla and Gna both stepped forward, while the third prince, Steely, stayed where he was and didn't say anything, but his lips trembled, as if he wanted to dissuade Tesla, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
Tesla has understood that this is Augustine and let them choose, if they don't choose to build their own country, then they have to stay in this country honestly and be an invisible person. Such a choice may be suitable for the steady and generous Lloyd for the cowardly Stillly, but it is not for him, he is an ambitious man who wants to build his own country, he wants his principality to become a kingdom, he wants to make an empire an empire within an empire, he wants his voice to spread to the whole world, he wants everyone who hears his name to tremble, and not to retreat in peace in this small country with only a dozen or so provinces and a few million people.
Tesla half-knelt on the ground and gave a standard knightly salute: "Father, I want to build my own country, and I want my name to be engraved in the history of mankind." ”
"You'll be my pride. Augustine nodded approvingly, and then looked at his fourth son, this time to support the establishment of the duchy is actually completely for Tesla, what does this fourth son want to do.
Unlike Tesla, Gnar performed a ritual of a believer in the Temple of the God of War: "We receive the whip, hone the body, and strengthen the will, which makes us strong warriors, but the god of war guides us, only war can baptize a person's soul, and only war can let us know who should live in this wonderful world." ”
Augustine frowned and motioned for him to continue.
Gna continued: "You just said that the kingdom of Mali needs to recuperate, and I need war. ”
"Gna, life is more than war. Augustine paused, and persuaded the son, who didn't know what to say.
But Gna was unmoved, and patted himself on the chest with his arm that was stronger than the average man's calf: "Only war can make us sublimated." ”
"Your request is granted. Augustine, the son of Augustine, who was different from this, could only nod his head.
"Then you two choose a direction, where you want to establish a principality. Augustine said, pointing to the map.
"I'm going to build my country here. It was Gna who spoke first, and he pointed to a place southwest of Arrowstone Castle.
Augustine took a closer look at the place that Gnar was pointing to, and saw that it was surrounded by two steep mountain ranges, leaving behind him a river that led directly to the River of Life and an outlet that faced the werewolves, this place Augustine knew that he had been to, here two mountains and one water formed a C-shape to surround a large plain, plus an exit that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, it can be said to be a very ideal battle-type danger. The only trouble is that the exit faces the werewolf, which means that the werewolf must agree to enter and exit, and if the werewolf surrounds this place, it will become a turtle in an urn.
"Have you thought about it?" Augustine looked at his son solemnly, he didn't want his son to lose his life as soon as he was hot-headed.
"I've thought about it. Garner didn't hesitate.
"What about you, where do you choose?" Augustine asked about Tesla, leaving his mindless fourth son aside for a moment.
"I chose here. Tesla's hand pointed in the southeast direction of the Kingdom of Mali.
The Kingdom of Mali is located at the very edge of human society, and its reputation is only better than that of the Kingdom of Moon, which has titles such as bandit raiders, but it still can't get rid of the title of a wild land, not only in terms of wealth but also in terms of cultural level.
The Kingdom of Mali is a richer country in the west than in the east, and this is because the country's focus is on the west, which is densely forested, rich in natural resources, and has a lot of natural risks, which can be said to be a good place to build a country. At the same time, the complexity of the problem here is not comparable to that of the Flame Province, although there are many various races in the Flame Province, but there is a very difficult race in the east of the Kingdom of Mali, the "Cryptmen" , These races that exude strange smells from the ground from time to time to hurt people are really a headache, and the Kingdom of Mali is already a headache when facing werewolves, and there is no extra strength to deal with the Cryptmen, as for the Moon Kingdom, which also intersects with the Cryptmen, it can't come here because of geography, and the Resas Kingdom, which is the only one that has the strength to deal with this place, is afraid of misunderstandings because of this place.
Now Tesla chose such a place, but Augustine is not favored, also because of the elves, the elves who are often hurt by a bad part of the human race, although the senses of human beings are not up to the level of mortal enemies, but they are not easy to get along with, and it is not clear how many humans who go to the Elven Forest every year to hunt slaves or have other ideas disappear.
In the same way, more risks mean more benefits, although this place has not been occupied by people for one reason or another, but this place has two usual roads connecting the Kingdom of Mali and the Kingdom of Dawn, and the Kingdom of Dawn connects its mother country, the Star Empire, if these two roads work well, it is not a problem to feed the Kingdom of Mali, and the specialties in the border are still very popular in these two countries.