Chapter 293: European Storm
Laura, Helen, and Sophia, plus Gwen resting on the bed, the women didn't know what they were talking about, and the conversation was in full swing.
"Oh, you're back? Done with the matter?" When Laura saw David walk in, she greeted with a smile, "I heard that the royal capital sent a messenger?"
"Yes, His Majesty has summoned the lords to the royal capital, and the border does not seem to be very peaceful."
Briefly recounting the situation, Laura also realized that David might be out for a while next.
"Are you going together?"
"This ......" Gwen wanted to go, but she had to go to school, which was too embarrassing, "I probably can't go."
"Of course I want to go!" Laura didn't think about it and said that she wanted to go to the royal capital with David, and the last time she went to the royal capital, she missed it because of something, so she must go to see it this time.
"I can go back and see my father and mother, too." Sophia also wanted to go back and see it, she wandered around all day after arriving in Winterfell, and learned all the strange things in Winterfell very quickly.
She knew very well how convenient and fast the planes were on Winterfell's side, and it wasn't a hassle for her to return to the royal capital.
In the same way, it would not be difficult to return to the royal capital and then return to Winterfell, and she would not suffer on the way.
After living for a while, Sophia felt that Winterfell was indeed her ideal place, she felt that it was convenient to live here, and even when she was thinking about her parents, she could go back to the royal capital to visit them in a short time, so Sophia didn't think about choosing anyone else at all.
The only question is, how can you get David to marry him? It might be a good idea to talk to the women next to David and get to know his preferences.
"By the way, can I go back with my power armor on?"
"Of course!"
This time to the royal capital, all members of the Winter Knights will be wearing Blizzard power armor, and this set of equipment will soon be known to the high-level of the Kingdom of Tiran.
There is a high probability that it will be seen by the Holy Gaunt Kingdom, and there is no need to hide it.
As for whether the Royal Alchemy Workshop of the Kingdom of Tiran will "steal" the power armor technology as a result? If they can come out, David will even give these alchemists a thumbs up.
"Helen going?"
Gwen can't go, Laura and Sophia will go with him, and David looks at Helen again, who thinks about it for a while and decides to stay in Winterfell.
She wasn't very interested in going out and seeing other cultures or anything, and she felt that even if she stayed in Winterfell, she could learn about all kinds of civilizations.
Moreover, David specifically mentioned that this trip to the royal capital would not affect his original plan, and David would still go to Sparta before leaving Winterfell to go to the royal capital.
David is willing to take care of his family and country, she is already very happy, and this trip to the royal capital will not cause chaos for herself.
Helen felt that when David took Princess Sophia back to the royal capital, it would probably not be a good thing if there were too many women around, and it would be bad if it detonated the conflict between David and the king of the Kingdom of Tiran.
After asking a few people if they wanted to go to the royal capital together, David asked the next few people what they were talking about just now, but no one was willing to tell him, but instead said good night to him one after another, and they dispersed.
Over the next few days, David and a group of people traveled to the kingdom of Sparta to discuss plans to unify the Balkans with King Tyndareus of Sparta.
Tyndareus attached great importance to this mission given by the gods, but he was worried that the strength of the Spartan Kingdom would not be enough to complete this mission.
It wasn't until he learned that David would give them crop seeds that could produce a lot of food, teach them more advanced cultivation knowledge, and provide them with a variety of advanced weapons, that Tyndareus realized that the kingdom of Sparta was about to reach a new peak.
After looking at the map brought by David, Tyndareus even said that he would not only bathe the entire Balkan Peninsula in David's light, but also turn all the fertile land on the northern shore of the Mediterranean into a place of holy light
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As for how long it will take to achieve this goal?
Tyndareos didn't care at all, even if he couldn't accomplish the goal in his lifetime, he had two very good sons, and they would definitely be able to accomplish it.
As for David's self-reference to "giving the slaves a hope to work hard", Tyndareus didn't understand it very well, but he also tried hard to figure out what should be done.
For this reason, Helen began to popularize all kinds of "advanced knowledge" to her father during this time, and Tyndareus began to realize that simple oppression and exploitation were creating greater hidden dangers.
The Helot system in Sparta was a very pure oppression and exploitation, and as a slave, the Helot did all kinds of dirty work and heavy work without any guarantee of survival.
Their presence ensured the comfortable life of the upper class of Sparta, but it also brought countless wars to the kingdom of Sparta.
With David's "status", he could have forced the Spartan Kingdom to abolish slavery, but he did not do so, he did not think that it was a good choice to directly abolish the slavery system, and the vested interests of the Spartan Kingdom would definitely be dissatisfied.
Moreover, the kingdom of Sparta was not a system of the king's word, and casually changing the basic system would plunge the entire kingdom into turmoil.
At the same time, he was also curious about how Tyndareus, who had received some hints from himself, would solve the crisis caused by the Helot system.
As a result, the day after David's departure from Sparta, Helen asked herself if she could send some of the Periasis and Helots to Winterfell for training.
"Spartan IV?"
"It's not."
Helen shook her head, the members of the Spartan heavy infantry regiment were all Spartans, and in the Spartan kingdom, these were all human beings, after all, in the eyes of Tyndareus, only the great Spartans were qualified to serve the gods, and the lowly inferiors and slaves did not have this qualification.
"With only relatively basic training, my father is ready to form a new legion that will serve as the main force for the unification of the Balkans."
There weren't enough elite warriors who had been trained from David and returned to Sparta to be eliminated and reused, and even if they were reused, they wouldn't be able to conquer that much land with so few people.
Therefore, Tyndareus is ready to build a larger number of legions, and in addition to this, he also wants to use this method to let go of a small opening: soldiers who join this legion and make meritorious contributions will receive the status of "Spartans", instead of the Periasians and Helots, giving the lower classes a way up.
"Of course that's fine."
David didn't think it was a big deal, if he found good soldiers in this group, Winterfell would be able to intercept them.
If Winterfell wants to keep people, will Sparta refuse? Of course not, they would be even happier!
It just so happened that Helen would be staying in Winterfell and she could follow up on the whole thing.
By this time, David had almost arranged everything at hand, and Baron Thorken began to remind Earl of Glamorgan in a relatively cordial and obscure way whether it was time for Earl Glamorgan to go.
"It's almost arranged, we will leave in these two days, and the specific time can be determined today or tomorrow."
Hearing David's answer, Baron Soken was also satisfied, as long as Earl David-Glamorgan responded to His Majesty's recruitment, his task would be completed.
He was a little worried that Baron Glamorgan didn't want to go to the royal capital at all, in which case something might happen, and he might not end well as an envoy.
Now, he can put half of his heart back, and the other half will not fall until the real departure.
Watching Baron Soken leave, David glanced at Edwin Van Cleef, who had been quiet, and the head of intelligence in Winterfell was sitting in the corner, looking very non-existent.
"What has this Baron Soken done lately?"
"Walk around Winterfell." Ever since Baron Soken arrived in Winterfell with the emissary group, everyone has been watched by Edwin Van Cleef and his men, "The barracks and docks are the places he goes to the most, this one
Baron Willy-Soken is not supposed to be a professional intelligence officer, but he has some military training, so he is more interested in military things."
"Hmm!" It's not surprising that when people from this world come to Winterfell, they don't look around curiously, "What about his men?"
"Most of them are normal, except for one person." Edwin Van Cleef tapped the frame of his glasses with his hand, and then a ray of light emitted from the temples, forming a clear hologram in front of David: "This man is a very ordinary escort of the Emissary Corps, and after arriving in Winterfell, he has been in frequent contact with the Rains missionary."
"People from the Temple?"
"Possibly!"
"Do you know exactly what they were talking about?"
"Here."
Edwin Van Cleef took out a pen, fiddled with it twice, and played the sound directly, waiting until the brief conversation was over to explain that the sound information was obtained by someone lurking around Rains - to be exact, there were eavesdropping devices in various areas of the building where Raines lived.
Even Raines had it on his body, and Raines was completely unaware of it, even though he used magic props to block out the surrounding sounds during his conversation to prevent being overheard, the conversation was still recorded by the eavesdropping device on his body.
"Heh~" Hearing Raines' situation, David couldn't control himself from laughing, and then discussed this part of the intelligence information with Edwin, who was also smiling: "What do you think of the conversation between these two people?"
On the surface, the two seem to be just a simple small talk, but Van Cleef, who has been professionally trained, has already deciphered several possibilities from it.
After careful analysis, Van Cleef believed that Raines was probably saying that his development on the Winterfell side was not going well, and he hoped that the Templars would give him more support.
(End of chapter)