Chapter 22: The Romance of Fire and Ice (2) The Duchy of Arendelle
The Duchy of Arendelle is located in a large basin between the southern part of the Kadesh Kingdom and the northern part of the Turani Kingdom, the territory of the Duchy covers an area of 185,000 square kilometers, only one-third of the size of Sichuan Province in China, with a population of about 280,000, because it is a basin, there are only two small roads leading to the outside world, and the rest of the places are high and densely forested, and it is impossible to pass at all, Ouyang Yu felt that this basin looked more and more like a super-large crater after looking at the map of the principality.
The Duchy was established at the end of the Ancient Titan Empire, the mighty Ancient Titan Empire fell apart, and the continent was full of heroes, the first Duke of Arundelle led his people through a lot of hardships in order to avoid war, and settled here over a heavy mountain, and has now passed to the twenty-fourth generation, unlike Ouyang Yu's Principality of Carlos, although the Principality of Carlos belongs to Ouyang Yu, it is still the territory of the Kingdom of Kadesh and is a semi-independent vassal state, while the Principality of Arundelle is in politics, diplomacy, A completely independent principality militarily and without any affiliation with any empire or kingdom.
Because there are only two small roads to the north and south, and it is rugged and difficult to walk, the Duchy of Arendelle is quite closed, and the vast majority of the people have never been outside, and it is difficult for people from outside to enter and have no interest in this small principality with no special products, so the people who are not affected by the outside world are relatively simple, and they don't care about the outside world, and the supernatural power of vindictiveness or magic is like a mythical story to the people, they can't see or touch, day after day, year after year, living in their own small worldγ
The land of the Duchy of Arendale is not fertile and not abundant, the production of grain crops and wheat is just enough to fill everyone's stomach, there is no extra land for growing cash crops, and there are no mineral resources, except for the plains in the northwest of the basin where some livestock can be grazing, there is nothing in the whole Duchy that is worthy of the peeping of the surrounding neighbors, which is why the Duchy of Arendelle has been able to survive between the two kingdoms for hundreds of years.
Three years ago, the Grand Duke and his wife died in an accident on their way to visit the Kingdom of Turani. DJ Arendale and youngest daughter Anna A. DJ Arendelle, according to the custom that has been passed down from generation to generation, will be the eldest daughter to inherit the title of Grand Duke and become the 19th Grand Duke of Arendelle.
Compared with her sister Anna, who is well known to the public, her sister Elsa has always been very mysterious, she has not appeared in front of the public since she was six years old, and after the death of the Grand Duke and his wife, the castle where the Grand Duke's family has lived for generations is also closed, and no one can leave the castle at will, except for a few people who buy daily necessities and food.
The people of the Principality don't know what happened to the Duchy, but the discussion is about it, and the people do whatever they want, just take the abnormal situation of the Grand Duke's Castle as an after-dinner conversation, but there is no turmoil or rebellion, after all, the Grand Duke family is still very good to the people of the Duchy, and the people in the country are also very loyal to the Grand Duke family for hundreds of years.
"Squeak...... Creak....... Ouyang Yu and Toris were sitting on a carriage on the road of the Duchy of Arendelle, and on the third day after receiving the invitation, she took Doris, the four sisters Natasha, and the twenty escorts given to her by the administrator of the Duchy of Carlos, and came to the Duchy of Arendelle.
Twenty guards rode the military horses sent by the Arendelle border guards to protect the two carriages in the middle, led by the team members energetically holding a red phoenix pennant, the more ornate carriage in front of Ouyang Yu and Toris, and the back car sat the four Natasha sisters who had become human forms.
Ouyang Yu was sitting in the carriage holding a magic note in his left hand and reading it attentively, while the seven magic crystals on his right hand were constantly rotating under her control, or they would be arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper and the six-pointed star, this method of using mental power to control items was what she saw on the stolen magic note.
Although she has learned all about Heroes of Might and Magic III The magic, but the local magic of the mainland also has uniqueness, the old Chinese saying is good, live to learn all the time, know yourself and know that you are victorious, you can't be complacent because of your current achievements, you must learn more, understand more, this is very helpful for her in the future battles, especially useful knowledge must be learned, through this period of time on the study of the mainland's native magic, a very interesting idea was generated in her mind, but there are no specific conditions for implementation.
The people who were working in the fields outside the carriage became curious about this team with a banner that they had never seen before, and couldn't help but put down what they were doing and watched the convoy from afar.
The roads of the Duchy of Arendelle were quite bad, and Ouyang Yu's convoy finally arrived at the main city of the Duchy, Arendel City, after a five-day trek along the bumpy road.
I don't know what's going on, the reception of Ouyang Yu is not the new female archduke who is about to be crowned but a group of officials of the principality, this is quite rude in terms of diplomatic etiquette, and it can be said that it is serious to despise Ouyang Yu, who has the same title as the female archduke, but Ouyang Yu didn't care, and accompanied by the apologetic officials of the principality, he stayed in a luxury hotel prepared for the guests who came to participate in the coronation ceremony.
There were not many guests who came to attend the coronation ceremony this time, in addition to Ouyang Yu, who represented the Kingdom of Kadesh and his own Duchy of Carlos, there were also Duke Caton, the representative of the Kingdom of Turani, the Grand Duke of Weston, who belonged to the Duchy of Weston, and Prince Hans of the Kingdom of the Southern Islands, a pocket kingdom, and there were no guests from other countries.
Not long after Ouyang Yu and his party settled down, Duke Caton of the Tulani Kingdom came to visit.
"It is a real honour to meet Her Royal Highness the Archduke Catherine, who is both beautiful and powerful. The Duke of Caton, who is in his forties, opened with a compliment.
"Thank you, Lord Duke Xie, please be seated. β
After some greetings, Ouyang Yu and Duke Caton sat down face to face, and after Doris served tea to the two, they stood not far behind Ouyang Yu, and the four daughters of Natasha also stood in the room.
Duke Caton first chatted with Ouyang Yu for a while, and then looked at Toris, who obviously had something to say.
Ouyang Yu put down the teacup and said, "Lord Duke, please say something, the people who can stand by my side are all my cronies, and there is nothing to say." β
"In that case, I'll get straight to the point. "Duke Caton said, "Master Catherine. "Here Caton did not call Ouyang Yu's title but master, "Master Catherine, His Majesty Avanti V, the King of our country, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Alibaba, have admired you for a long time, and I hope that you can take the time to go to the royal capital of our country to lie down, and in addition, Your Majesty will also form an eternal friendship between our country and the Kingdom of Kadesh." β
"Eternal good, can you elaborate on that?"
"Absolutely. "Your Majesty knows that you have many enemies in the kingdom of Kadesh and are willing to provide you with all the help you need to defeat your enemies," said Duke Kadon. β
"Oh, thank you for your kindness to me first, so what do I need to give?"
Duke Caton smiled and said: "You don't need to pay anything, as long as you defeat the enemy and abolish the queen's complete control of the Kadesh Kingdom, you announce the annexation of Kadesh to our country, and marry our Crown Prince Alibaba, you will become the wife of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the future queen of the Turani Kingdom, the boy born to you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will become the future king of the Turani Kingdom, and the merged Kadesh Kingdom will still be ruled by you, I don't know what you think?"