In February 1368 of the valley calendar, the night rain began to glow, and the sky was bright.

Near the gates of Susar, the capital of Cormier, a breakfast stall was full of people, passers-by, workers, merchants, traders, and patrol soldiers all sat in their seats and ate breakfast.

This breakfast stall is a long-established restaurant in Cormier, named after the bridge built at the head of the Susar Longhu Bridge.

It's still cold, but that doesn't dampen the enthusiasm of the people, who sit around their desks and discuss the latest hot news loudly.

Six years have passed since the end of the Susar Fire, eight years have passed since the Goblin War, and ten years have passed since the Sage Havoc, and Cormier is gradually recovering from the pain of the previous war, and Alice Serre, as the regent, has succeeded Asan IV in ruling the Purple Dragon Kingdom.

Cormier's admiration and reverence for Yasan IV is difficult to describe in words.

Energetic, handsome, and heroic, King Yasan IV of Cormier was beloved by his people. As his reign continued decade after decade, it looked as if he would never die—he didn't even look old, except for a slight frosty gray hair.

The Golden Age of Cormir was marked by the defeat of the Tucan invasion, when Cormir was the leader of the central kingdoms and the northern kingdoms, and under the reign of Ahsan IV, the purple dragon coat of arms shone like a star in the multiverse.

Eventually, however, the "Magic Dragon" appeared and tried to destroy the country. Too much blood stained battle after battle, until finally, the war ended in a dark and bloody field: the dragon tore the dragon apart, and King Ahsan killed the fallen dragon and died of his own wounds.

Soon after, Princess Crown dies in childbirth, Arabelle falls, and the Queen Mother Phil Farrell declares that the country will be ruled by Alice Serre, the second daughter of Asan IV, while the grief-stricken and terrified Cormier people wait to see whether the self-proclaimed princess of steel regent is a bohemian farce or a self-righteous disaster, a tyrant or a wise and just ruler.

Alice Searle, who had never been known for being kind and cultured, was the epitome of her father's wild spirit, full of energy and passion. She crisscrossed the land to fight fugitives and monsters; She unsheathed her sword almost as often as the young nobles who flattered her.

A princess who has spent most of her life in the barracks since the age of thirteen, the Cormiers are highly skeptical that she will be able to become the face of the dragon.

But Alice Searle proved to be just as powerful as her father, the chief archmage Fluxda Heist was fading into the dust, and Charlotte, a girl from a foreign country, looked like she was about to take his place, and the pair of good sisters were suitable, passionate and energetic.

Since the fire of Susar, Alice Sel, in addition to going out, has inspected the military camp and the royal capital every day, and the wind, frost, rain and snow have never stopped, and she has shown multiple faces at the same time - when facing the nobles, she is a noble and cold regent full of majesty, in the face of the army, she is a passionate and enterprising commander, and in the face of the commoners, she is an approachable, optimistic and diligent monarch, whenever she enters the inn or tavern, hope and joy are always filled with the eyes of the commoners.

The future will definitely be better, she always said.

So, in the future, is it really coming?

It's really coming.

A ...... named Aaron Salian It is said that the "last of the Salians" has risen, and this Cormier's façade has created endless miracles since the repossession of Arabel, and his brilliant deeds are so many that it would take any Susar half a day to finish, and as a native Susalian, the name Aaron always makes Cormiers subconsciously puff out their chests.

And the benefits he brought were real - since Aaron closed the sunset collar, the price of daily necessities from the north plummeted, and Alice Seren's just right cash crop transformation edict kept every yeoman farmer's job, and the crazy business activities allowed Cormier to gradually replace Sambia as the largest trade importer and exporter in the Longhu Sea, and the endless jobs provided by Aaron made every Cormier ecstatic.

Wages are rising, living conditions are improving, endless jobs are waiting for people at sunset, and the million-stone-high ownerless land in Xinrock is waiting for the cone farmers or landless farmers to come to cultivate, so that the aristocratic estates can't even recruit enough tenants, and they are forced to increase their employment treatment again and again and begin to roll in, and Alice Sel's just right minimum working hours, minimum wage, and statutory holidays benefit every ordinary person.

Good times, advent force!

When there are a large number of jobs and terra nullius waiting for Cormiers, and when life is getting better every day, Cormier's baby boom is coming, according to authoritative data from Candlefort, the average number of births per woman of childbearing age in Cormier has skyrocketed from 2.1 after the Goblin War to 5.6 in recent years.

The commercial activities of the Silver Chamber of Commerce and the large amount of treasury revenue brought about by Alice Serre's "reform and opening up" provided the possibility for the further governance of the regent, and in the public statements of the royal family of Obiszir and the Suren Church, the concepts of "maternity security" and "medical security" first entered the brains of the Cormiers, among which the simple and crude concept of the Suren Church called "believe in our Lady of Silver, enjoy maternity allowance, medical insurance, and receive cookies and wine on holidays" made a large number of women and newborns enter the church.

The fertility rate is the best indicator of the confidence of the population in the future.

"Faith is something more precious than gold."

- Alice Serre, Lady Regent of Cormier, Obeszir

"Every Cormier deserves half a roast chicken, a pot of cauliflower, a bag of butter bread and a glass of ale on the dinner table, which I don't drink if it's not native to Susar."

—Aaron Salian, Earl of Salion

Some people are still skeptical, but now they dare to hide behind closed doors and whisper for their own dirty reasons. And the people of Cormier – in their fields, in front of their shops and in their lumber yards – no longer have doubts.

In fact, the people will stand with her in all things, both out of love and because of the trust and hope that the Cormiers have maintained in her.

Alice Searle has won the heartfelt love of the Cormiers, so now there is only one doubt left.

When will she accept the Cormiers' pleas to truly ascend to the dragon throne and become another queen of the Purple Dragon Nation?

"Not sure." Among the tables and chairs at the head of the bridge, a tall carpenter said: "His Royal Highness the Iron Regent is now over thirty years old, although she is still very young in appearance, the issue of fertility should be on the table, the country of the Purple Dragon needs a crown prince and an heir, so that we can continue this beautiful dream." ”

"Come on, our Royal Highness has bathed in the blood of the primeval dragon, and her reign will not be as endless as the crown king of the elves or the lich of Silvermoon City, but it will last for at least many years." A peasant who had gone to the city to work was holding a cigarette, and they carefully looked at the vicinity to see if there was no Queen's Blade, and then said, "Then I would rather she continue to do it, and never have an heir." ”

"Barney, what stupid are you talking about! Shouldn't we hope that Obiszir will have an heir to the virtues and talents of the Iron Regency? ”

"Chris, you idiot, Temorrah curses you, instead of gambling on this probability, I'd rather maintain the status quo, you know, every time we move from above, we people below will starve, and finally wait for Ahsan IV and His Highness Alice Serre, should we gamble on the probability again? There are always kings, but not wise and just kings. ”

"But...... Her Royal Highness can't stay single like this, right? Since the Duke of Caspar was ...... She is the only one left in the royal family surnamed Obiszir! ”

"That's not what we should be worried about, haven't you heard? Whenever someone asks Her Royal Highness the Regent like this, she always says, 'The time is not yet ripe', in our opinion, who will become Prince Cormier has long been decided~"

"Is it Aaron?"

"Of course, Your Excellency Aaron used to be a black staff ceremonial officer, and also served as a minister of the guard for a period of time, during that time, His Excellency Aaron and His Royal Highness the Regent were about three steps away, sitting in the same car, sleeping in the same bed, you said that if something happened to them, then I don't believe it, Your Highness is a few years older than Count Salian! Tsk, it's more than thirty, and I'm bathed in dragon blood again~"

"Hey, hey, hey, hey~"

"I've heard rumors a long time ago, Salian has seven in and seven out of the female evil dragon!"

"Hey↑hey↑hey↑hey~"

Bursts of lewd laughter erupted from the bridgehead.

"But Your Excellency Aaron is really good this time, he actually went to the bottomless abyss to rescue the Lady of Fortune, we said where Wokin went, hey, if he doesn't come back, some people will forget about him!"

"Li'erla's whirlwind dance is on top, a million, a million! What will Lord Aaron do with these million gold coins? ”

"Didn't you say that Your Excellency Aaron was going back to Cormier? I think we'll find out soon! ”

The lively chatter at the breakfast stall continued, and in the tall building next to it, Aaron and Duke Kenes sat opposite each other.

"The millionaire said he wanted to invite me to breakfast, and I was so excited that I didn't eat last night, and that's all the millionaire wanted to invite me to breakfast?" The Duke of Kenes looked at the meat pie and the bubbling Qiaotou vermicelli pot (with an extra pork head) on the table.

"In such a cold weather, you should warm up your body with a warm bridgehead vermicelli pot." Aaron smiled and picked up the flatbread and took a bite: "I loved to eat this when I was a child, but my mother didn't like me to eat it, and the more she didn't like me to eat it, the more I wanted to eat it." ”

"Okay." Duke Kenes reluctantly followed Aaron to eat "civilian food", fortunately the Duke was born in the army, not to mention the Qiaotou vermicelli pot, and it was not uneaten with bacon and bread and water in the hardest time.

"Hiss~" Aaron took a few bites and took out an envelope from his body: "Please Your Highness be sure to accept Aaron's little care." ”

Duke Kenes opened the envelope, and a stream of golden light shot out of the envelope.

It's a golden ticket! Am's Golden Ticket! And it's the latest golden ticket made by Waujin himself!

With a slight flick of his finger, Duke Kenes couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, I funded you with a golden ticket of 1,000 gold lion coins, and now I have found more than 20,000 yuan, this business is really worth it, but I don't know if there is any more?" ”

"It's all six-fingered gold, and it doesn't hurt to be cheap!" Aaron saw that Duke Kenes had accepted the golden ticket, and his expression was calm: "After all, I'm a millionaire!" ”

"Heh, everyone in the country knows that you have a million pure gold coins." Duke Kenes leaned back tactically: "Can you tell me, how do you plan to spend this money?" If you spend too much outside of Cormier, then we Cormiers won't agree! ”

"This money naturally has a place to go, rest assured, Your Highness, Cormier has cultivated me, and I will naturally give back to the country of the Purple Dragon." Aaron said softly: "After meeting Her Royal Highness Alice Serre, everyone will naturally know." ”

"Well, let's talk about your return first." Duke Kenes is really from a military background, and he doesn't drag his feet: "The development of the new rock is underway, what are you going to do?" Also, you've heard the rumors outside, Alice Searle, what are you going to do? ”

Aaron thought to himself that these two things are actually one thing, that is, this time back to Cormier, what does Aaron plan to do next?

"Your Highness, I am young and have limited knowledge, and both Cormier and Obiszir treat me well, and I have no reason to rebel." Aaron said in a low voice: "But to put it mildly, with my current strength, a cricket earl is no longer worthy of me, and it is impossible for me to abandon Salian's surname and join the royal family of Oberszir." ”

Duke Kenes was shocked: "You want to set up another kingdom?!" ”

"Am I not talking to you?" Aaron shook his head: "I don't want to establish another country, my Salian family has served the royal family of Oberszir for generations, starting with my ancestor Lyudorf, and if I want to establish myself as king in the rocks, then my ancestors will crawl out of the urn and hack me to death." ”

"First of all, your father, Manuel, is a loyal warrior." Duke Kenes nodded repeatedly: "Shouldn't you tell me that it is also your father's wish to be the king by himself?" ”

With that, both Aaron and Kenes laughed.

Cormier's new slang in recent years – Manuel's wishes.

"It's true to say that the kingdom has nurtured me, but it's not realistic to say that everything I have so far comes from the kingdom." Aaron whispered, "The Susars still think that my Ninth Shepherd's Legion is a child of the Cormiers, but in fact the Cormiers are no longer in the absolute majority...... They have already set their sights on the dragon seat more than once. ”

"So, in order to find something to do for my army, to make Cormier great again, to show my ambitions, and to match the right resources with the right people, I plan to ask Alice to make me the 'Great General of the Expedition'!"

"Oh? General Zhengyi? Duke Kenes savored Aaron's words, and he touched his chin: "The combat effectiveness of the shepherd army is already quite invincible, you are not in Cormier, that hahalong and that fairy princess work together, and the recovery of the rock land is also just around the corner, and you still have to conquer it?" I don't know what kind of 'Yi' you mean by 'Yi' in your mouth, Aaron? ”

"Of course, it's Yi from the north!" Aaron sneered and said, "The Great Desert of Enoch, the Great Forest of Comanso, the Fort of Santil in the Sea of Moon!" ”

Without warning, this sentence came suddenly, and the Duke of Kenes was stunned for a moment.

"But the color-resistant desert is not ......"

Aaron smiled lightly: "You are right, since the fall of Nesse, the Great Desert of Enoch has become a land of eternal dryness and withering, and any attempt to save the Great Desert has failed. ”

"But what if I have a way?"

Updated, ask for a ticket duck~