The two have talked a lot these days, but neither of them mentioned the marriage contract, and no one asked such words as "would you like to", as if they were completely unaware.

Maybe they all know that they were born in a noble family, and whether they want to or not can't actually change anything, this matter has been determined and cannot be changed.

Even if they didn't know each other before, they must learn to accept each other now.

Personal feelings are not to be cherished, and family interests are above all else!

Everything went smoothly, the engagement ceremony took place in the church of Horay City, and in the presence of the priest, Ryan and Aisha completed the tedious ceremony and exchanged rings with each other at the end.

The ring that Ryan gave Aisha was the one he had captured after defeating Baron Bruce to increase the power of his supernatural powers.

This is the only transcendent equipment on Ryan's body other than the [Soul Eater Ring], and even now it still has a certain increase for Ryan.

Similarly, Aisha, who is a magician, can also use it, and Ryan took out this ring to show his importance to Aisha and the Malton family.

The ring that Aisha took out was not ordinary, it was also an extraordinary piece of equipment, and with the background of the Malton family, it was not a problem.

This ring can trigger a 360° magic shield with no dead angle defense at a critical moment, which should be used for his self-defense considering that Ryan is about to go to the battlefield.

This is enough to show the importance that the Malton family attaches to this marriage.

Since it was only an engagement ceremony, Ryan didn't make a big deal about it, but just held a small banquet in the castle, and all the high-ranking people from all sides of the territory came.

After all, Aisha will be the mistress of the territory in the future, and she should also take care of it.

In this world, especially in the circle of human aristocrats, the attitude towards marriage is very solemn, and the two have exchanged rings, and this matter has basically been closed.

Even if Ryan unfortunately dies in the snow, Aisha is still a member of the Black family.

As night fell, the banquet was coming to an end, and the guests were leaving.

When the last guest left, Ryan breathed a sigh of relief and came to Aisha and Kailenman.

Since the beginning of the banquet, Karillin Man has been pulling Aisha to talk non-stop, the two have talked and laughed happily, and now they are holding hands, which is very clear, showing that Mrs. Kariman is very satisfied with Aisha.

Such a scene is naturally what Ryan wants to see, in his previous life, he heard too much about the contradictions between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and he was still a little stunned in his heart.

However, Kailinman and Aisha are both gentle people and should get along well.

As soon as the two saw Ryan coming, they both closed their mouths tacitly, and Ryan was puzzled for a while.

"Lei, I'm a little tired, so I'll go rest first, you have to take care of Aisha, you know?" Kariman stood up and put Aisha's small hand into Ryan's hand.

Aisha seemed to blush easily, and with such a single action, her face was stained with two more blushes.

Karillin Man gave Ryan a meaningful look, and then returned to the room with Susan, who was probing her brain on the side.

For a while, only Ryan and Aisha were left.

Ryan looked at the pretty woman in front of him and smiled: "Beautiful young lady, are you interested in going out for a walk, the moonlight is beautiful tonight." ”

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Half an hour later, the two of them came to a low hill outside the city, which was the highest point in the vicinity of Dorman City.

As Ryan said, the night sky tonight is beautiful, cloudless, and the dense stars dot the sky like jewels, exuding a charming brilliance.

"It's really rare to see such a starry sky at this time." Aisha looked at the stars in the sky and muttered softly.

Ryan clenched the soft wattle in his hand and said with a smile: "Maybe this is to bless us?" ”

Aisha's eyes twinkled, and she smiled, but finally did not speak.

The two of them stood so strangely, looking at the stars in the sky, with different thoughts.

"I'm going to report to the army in two days." Ryan said suddenly.

Aisha bit her red lip lightly and whispered, "Then I'll go with you." ”

Ryan was stunned, he turned his head to look at the fiancée standing beside him, she was wearing a light blue dress today, like a slim jade blue flower.

She looked up at Ryan with determination in her eyes.

He suddenly smiled and said into her eyes: "If I dare to take you there, His Excellency the Viscount will not spare me, besides, it is not appropriate for you to go to the bitter cold land in the north." ”

A hint of stubbornness suddenly appeared in Aisha's eyes: "Why can you all go, but I can't?" ”

Ryan was speechless for a while, he wanted to say that war is a man's business, but in this world, there are not a few female transcendents in the army, and Aisha, as a middle-level magician, is obviously not appropriate to say this by himself.

But he didn't want Aisha to follow him, after all, anything could happen on the battlefield, and if something happened to Aisha, how could he have the face to see Chels? I will regret it for the rest of my life.

The two looked at each other like this, and no one had any intention of giving in, and the atmosphere was a little solemn for a while.

"I ...... Just wanted to help you. After staring at each other for a long time, Aisha finally lowered her head and said softly.

Ryan felt that something was touched in his heart, and looking at the person in front of him, he hesitated slightly, and then firmly hugged the other party into his arms.

The two just hugged each other and didn't say anything, but they seemed to have said everything, and silence was better than sound at this time.

On a small hill far away from them, Sterling sat on the ground with his sword in his arms, looked at the two people hugging each other and whispered: "Master of the family, Ray finally has his other half, the girl is very good, if you are still there, you will definitely be very satisfied." ”

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The next day, Ryan held a high-level meeting of the territory and spent two days and two nights to set the direction of the territory's development in the next three years.

At present, the territory trade is expanding year by year, especially the water trade, which has become one of the economic pillars of the development of the territory, so it is good to continue to expand and extend in accordance with the current direction.

The construction of Linshan City is also accelerating, and it is expected that it will be completed in the next two years, and then Dorman City and Chert City will also be renovated to a large extent.

The focus in the coming years will again be on technological development and population expansion.

Ryan has compiled some of his ideas for rune technology into a book, hoping to bring some inspiration to Liman and them, and it will be up to them how to develop in the future.

Although the population has been increasing in various ways over the years, it is only about 70,000 people so far, but fortunately, there has been good progress in the mountain people.

In the past, Durus has persuaded twelve small tribes and formed a territory tour group to visit the territory, and the response is not bad, and some tribes have the intention of migrating.

This is a very good start, the scale will get bigger and bigger in the future, and the population problem will be alleviated, but with such a large-scale integration of the foreign population, how to get along with the locals is the main problem.

Fortunately, the territory has expanded rapidly over the years, and the officials of the Government Affairs Department are very experienced in dealing with these issues.

Finally, there is the arrangement of the left-behind personnel, this time the situation is a bit special, because the "Tiankeng" war is imminent, so Ryan must determine a military commander who presides over the overall situation.

Looking at the circle of generals in front of him, Ryan said after a half-mutter: "Order." ”

Everyone snapped to their feet, their heels colliding in unison.

"On this expedition, Alan will go with me as my adjutant, and I will take the first battalion with me."

"Yes." Alan answered the call.

"In addition, the 'sinkhole' operation is in full charge of Delai, and the second to fifth battalions, as well as the directly subordinate heavy brigade, mountain man brigade, and artillery battalion are all left to you.

In addition, Mr. Stirling will be the chief military advisor of the realm this time, and he has the fullest understanding of the devil, so he can listen to his opinion. ”

Delai said solemnly: "Obey the order, and the task will be completed." ”

"Very well, ladies and gentlemen, the safety of the territory will be up to you for the rest of the time." Ryan got up and said solemnly.

"Do your best!"

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Two days later, Ryan set out with the first battalion, this time with the army, in addition to Allen, several staff officers from the staff, Evans was among them, and a small army of field nurses with the army.

Because the territory is also in need, this time neither Tanya nor Lilia went with the army, but this time with the addition of Aisha, the medical ability has not decreased, but has been enhanced.

An intermediate-level mage of the mysterious department accompanying the army will be able to play a huge role.

From Kanna to the western border, Ryan's party walked on the road for more than twenty days, mainly because they carried too much baggage.

The first battalion is the main field force of the Kana Command, and it is one of the first units to complete the rearmament, with more than 1,000 people in the battalion, all equipped with iron cuirasses, and then there are combat knives, crossbows, grenades made of crystal bombs, etc., which can be described as fully armed.

Ryan is very desperate, and if he doesn't have a sufficiently elite army around him, his heart is not steady.

After arriving at his destination, Ryan first visited Houston, the Grand Duke of the West, known as the Kingdom Shield. O'neill.

Compared with Douglas, the Grand Duke of the South, this one seems to be a little more affable, and he is even more praising Ryan, although they are all scenes, but there is not much pressure to get along.

"Your Highness, what is the mission of our legion?" Ryan asked, pretending not to know what's going on.

The Grand Duke of the Western Realm smiled and said, "Before arranging the mission, you should first take a look at the information of the Ninth Legion. ”

As he spoke, he handed a bound booklet to Ryan, who raised his eyebrows slightly, and the material used was actually the yellow paper of the "Kanna brand", it seems that the products of the territory are indeed very popular.

Glancing at Houston out of the corner of his eye, he saw that there was no special expression on his face.

He opened the booklet and read it at a glance, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should be happy or depressed.

Happily, the Ninth Legion was an expanded legion, with a full eight battalions, that is, a size of nearly nine thousand men, plus the first battalion he brought, numbering more than ten thousand.

Ryan had never commanded an army of this size, after all, the entire Kanna Territory had only an army of less than 6,000 men, and he had never attacked all of them.

But what made him depressed was that more than half of the people in the Ninth Legion were rookies with little combat experience, which would lead to a significant decrease in the combat effectiveness of the entire legion.

Truth be told, Ryan would rather have five thousand veterans than so many rookies.

The only consolation is that the weapons and equipment are all in accordance with the configuration of the border regiment, and they have all undergone military training for half a year, not pure recruit eggs.

"Your Highness, this seems to be a bit unruly, the laws of the kingdom stipulate that the number of recruits in the Frontier Legion cannot exceed thirty percent of the total, and the Ninth Legion is almost half."

Even if the identity gap between the two sides is huge, the rights and interests that should be fought for will not give an inch, after all, it is he who wants to take this army to the battlefield.

The Grand Duke of the Western Realm's expression remained unchanged, and motioned for Ryan to sit down and said: "The laws of the kingdom do stipulate this, but special treatment in special times, to tell you the truth, your mission this time is not to fight the orcs, but to lead the troops north to participate in the Fourth Kuwait Campaign."

This time, His Majesty had already made up his mind to regain the territory of the Kingdom lost in the Second Battle of Kuwait, so in addition to the 100,000 men of the Northern Legion, 30,000 men were to be sent north in the south and 30,000 in the west.

You know, it's going to be a lot of stress for us. ”

Ryan suddenly understood in seconds, his feelings were making up the number of people, and at least half of the 30,000 people transferred from the Western Territory had to be recruits, right?

Sure enough, there are policies and countermeasures, compared to the battles in the north, the west is the basic territory of Houston, and he is already very conscientious if he does not arrange all the recruits.

But understanding is understanding, it's him who goes to the battlefield, no matter how much he drops, he has to give some compensation or something, right?

Probably hearing Ryan's subtext, Houston smiled and said: "I know that this is a little unfair to you, Viscount Black, so I can give you a certain amount of compensation, whatever you want, I will be satisfied." ”

As soon as these words came out, Lane's profiteer value exploded instantly.

He rubbed his hands together and said, "Since you say so, then I will have the cheekiness to ask you for a team of battle mages, this request is not too much." ”

Houston frowned and said, "How many people do you want?" ”

Ryan stretched out a hand and shook it: "Fifty people, according to the normal configuration ratio." ”

Houston frowned and thought for a while, and finally agreed to Ryan's lion's mouth, fifty people is not a small number, but it is nothing to be able to play their value.

"Yes, I agree, go and receive your troops, give you a week to rest, and then go north directly with the Eighth and Tenth Legions."

"As you wish." The goal was achieved, and Ryan was still very happy.

Don't look at the fifty people, they are enough to show their strength on the battlefield is no worse than a field battalion.

A week later, after completing the initial integration of the army, Ryan led his team to the battlefield in the north...... (End of chapter)