Crown of Chaos

PS: My uncle broke his grave-sweeping hand. I went to the hospital to see him today. The correction will be postponed until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I will definitely make it up. The Emperor swears by "The Words of the Emperor"!

In early June of the year 1368 in the valley calendar, there was a heavy downpour outside the big tent, submerging the Dragon Mountains in the heavy rain curtain.

The rainy season in early summer is as poetic as a song. The turbulent rain washes away the blood, covers the corpses, and completely covers the traces of gunpowder smoke and magic that originally filled the battlefield. Big drops of rain water pour into the soil of the Moon Sea, watering the earth. It has become a vast ocean, pouring out ponds one after another.

Inside the tent, Aaron once again convened everyone to discuss matters.

At this time, the valley army of Elminster and others had withdrawn. They had come to destroy the Zhentarim. Seeing that Zhentil Keep had been destroyed, Elminster did not intend to stay any longer. He led The Valley Army and the three Northland Seven Sisters quickly withdrew from the Moon Sea and returned to the Shadow Valley.

Before leaving, Elminster reiterated the two previous requirements to Aaron.

One, withdraw from the Moon Sea. Two, assist in the recovery of Myth Drannor.

Aaron stated that he thought Elminster would prevent him from returning to Cormyr.

"There is no immortal dynasty in this world, and there is no eternal tomb." Elminster said meaningfully before leaving. The great sage held his pipe in his mouth and sighed: "But I still I hope you don’t do this. All things are created to support people, and people have nothing to repay to heaven. All gods are watching, and you should think about yourself.”

"Alice Searle treats you well, I hope you can think about it carefully."

After saying that, Elminster looked at Aaron again and hesitated to speak.

He originally wanted to ask Aaron about the emergence of Ghost City and his views on the battle for the Eno Oak Desert. As far as he knew, Aaron seemed to have reached a three-month truce agreement with Ghost City.

The City of Shadows is not trustworthy, and the Nese people are not trustworthy either!

But Elminster finally decided to keep his mouth shut.

Aaron no longer needs his guidance. If he talks more at this time, it is likely to be counterproductive. It also violates Elminster's long-term decision not to personally intervene in politics and only support the country's good causes from behind. planning.

Wow~

It was still raining outside, and the rain was falling down along the edge of the tent.

After Aaron sent away Elminster, he sent away Kelben Blackstaff and his wife Lyra Silverhand.

"Don't forget, don't forget." Kelben held Aaron's hand and whispered: "The future balance of the country depends on you."

Aaron returned to the big tent. All the generals of the Western Army were sitting there. On the left were the direct descendants of Aaron from the Shepherd Legion, mainly Eleanor, Maximian and Robert. On the right were the major descendants. The forces participating in the war are led by the Zhentarim tyrant and Bane's Chosen Fuzor Chebery.

Yes, after completing Ben's instructions, Fu Zuoer returned to the country, and he expressed his surrender to Aaron without any doubt.

Bane needs time to recover his divine power, and Bane needs time to regenerate his strength. For the god of tyranny, although Aaron is the culprit who shattered the crown of strife and hunts down his life and death enemies, the current situation is very difficult for Bane. unfavorable.

So when it's time to surrender, when it's time to surrender, when it's time to be a tortoise, time is close to infinite for the gods.

In fact, because of the humiliation of Saint Catastrophe's fall and resurrection, Bane no longer wants to come to the main material plane. He even believes that unless the security is perfect, the God of Tyranny will not even want to send an incarnation. Just give an oracle.

Now that Fu Zor will appear here, it is also a benefit of the proxy war. Bane can choose one from "I had good intentions, but the voters implemented it crookedly" and "I don't know anything, the voters walked alone" at any time. Excuse yourself.

"Your Excellency Fu Zuoer!" Sure enough, Aaron said loudly as soon as he entered the tent.

"Here!" Fu Zuoer stood up nervously. The Ben elector had already felt a row of unkind and disgusted eyes from the left side, as well as a circle of vigilant eyes around him.

Does Aaron want to settle accounts with his wife?

"Without your help this time, it would be difficult for our army to achieve this great victory!" Aaron, wearing a flying dragon crown and a purple dragon-patterned robe, said with a smile: "I am Aaron Salian. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! ”

"I dare not take it seriously." Fu Zuoer quickly followed Ben's instructions and said: "We have cooperated many times and had some unpleasant experiences. Please don't take it to heart. If necessary, I am willing to apologize to you. "

"This military exploit is enough to atone for my sins." Aaron nodded with a smile: "All the past grudges have been wiped out!"

"I am deeply grateful for your majesty's magnanimity!" Fu Zuoer breathed out lightly.

"It's just..." Aaron changed the subject.

"!" Fu Zuoer immediately raised his head and raised his heart again, "Your Majesty?"

"Don't call me Your Majesty." Aaron gently untied his flying dragon crown and placed the crown on the table: "Who do you think I am?"

"Fuzuoer, according to the agreement, our army will withdraw from the Sea of ​​the Moon in the near future. From now on, Zhentil Fort will be your territory." Aaron ordered lightly: "From now on, you only need to visit regularly and pay tribute every year. , I won’t care about anything else!”

"I will give all the land in the Moon Sea to all of you sitting here without taking any of it!" Aaron shouted to the mercenary leader sitting on his right, the local lords of the Moon Sea and the forces from other countries who came to join the war. He said: "Please respect my banner of the Purple Dragon King of Cormyr and my banner of the General of the Conquest of the Barbarians!"

"yes!"

"Then, everyone, listen!" Aaron took out a silk document from his arms.

"The first one, Fuzor Chebery, I will make you the Grand Duke of Zhentil Castle, with a territory of 1.2 million stones!"

"Yes!" Fu Zuoer immediately knelt in front of Aaron. The tyrant of the Moon Sea bowed to Aaron with a little humiliation, but also with some gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for abiding by the agreement!"

"I abide by the agreement because Ben also abides by the agreement." Aaron smiled and said in Fu Zuoer's ear: "Since he let Disma live, it is difficult for me not to abide by your conditions. Agreed to negotiate a peace, the time is 100 years, 100 years later, Ben and I will have a battle. "

"When the time comes, I will definitely follow my lord and compete with His Majesty!" Fu Zuoer replied firmly: "Before that, please accept my allegiance!"

Aaron's canonization of subordinates was based on Shi Gao's standards, which was different from everyone's imagination.

Generally speaking, there were three criteria for canonizing a feudal lord in ancient times, namely based on land area, population, and land output.

The land area is very simple, such as Bailihou, and it is also easy to understand based on population, such as Wanhuhou.

The mode of enfeoffment based on land output is relatively rare, but there are traces to follow. For example, in ancient Japan, daimyo were enfeoffed based on land output.

The total stone height in Japan detected in the Taiko Inspection Area is about 18 million stone (there is concealment, the actual stone height should be more than 20 million stone), and according to this stone height standard, the total stone height in Oimei across the sea is about 570 million stone. Stone to 650 million stone.

Aaron feels that this method is better than the first two, because through food production, a force's war potential and reserve military service can be roughly estimated and controlled.

Of course, Aaron's enfeoffment was based on normal grain production. If the enfeoffment was based on Buyer's enhanced production increase standards, then the following group of people would probably rebel.

"The second place, His Excellency Earl Greymane from Thrall, is granted a title of 860,000 stones from the Kingdom of Thrall."

Aaron conducted a major reshuffle of many forces in the Moon Sea. Most of those who joined the Eastern Army and were hostile to the Western Army had their territories confiscated. In serious cases, additional penalties were imposed. A few who were not so determined to participate were also He was fined and demoted, and his status changed from a large aristocrat in a vast area to a small aristocrat with only a few small villages.

Aaron named the ten mercenary lords with the greatest merits, the local lords of the Moon Sea, and the knight mercenaries who came from all over the country to join the Western Army as dukes, earls, and barons, and raised his golden law banner Grant them.

These ten lords thus occupied the richest land in the Moon Sea and became the outer vassals of the Salian Shogunate.

They are also known as the "Ten Banners of Salian".

Aaron's direct descendants sitting on the left watched Aaron's enfeoffment calmly, and no one expressed dissatisfaction.

The reason is simple, their rewards are not here.

The Aino Oak Desert, which is being prepared for greening, is their fiefdom, and the Aino Oak Desert is closer to Cormyr than the Moon Sea and is more fertile.

After arranging the enfeoffment, Aaron saw Egil sitting next to him and Maximian and others below him already ready to make a move. He signaled you not to worry and listen to me first.

"One more thing, I need your support." Aaron pressed his elbows on the table, intertwined his fingers in front of his head, and pressed his index finger on the bridge of his nose. His deep eyes, as if they were far away, exuded divine power. : "This request may be a bit presumptuous... I'm sorry, I understand your enthusiasm, but I have no intention of standing on my own, nor do I intend to usurp the throne and become a rebellious traitor!"

"Hey, what are you talking about!" The great dragon Egil quit after hearing these words. She stood up directly: "If it fails, it is called a rebellion. If it succeeds, shouldn't it be called a revolution?"

"Your Excellency Egil is right!" Robert also said anxiously: "Your Majesty, we have already given you the purple robe. If you are not willing to be the king, who else will do it?!"

"Your Majesty, you can retreat, but we people don't have to retreat." The Holy Tree Knights and Furnace Knights sitting behind Robert responded one after another: "You can continue to be your general to conquer the barbarians, what should we do?"

"Your Majesty, do it! We wholeheartedly support you!" Ramsey said.

"Your Majesty, we put the purple robe on you because of the state of mind of a ferocious beast!" Norrington and Havre also shouted.

"Do I have to be a king if I put on the purple robe? Do I have to be a king if you put a crown on me?" Aaron scolded his subordinates. He took out his family crest and pressed it on the table. Above: "I am a soldier. Soldiers are very simple and are born to be loyal to their country! Moreover, if you think about it carefully, what is there that the Obeszil royal family has done to me and us? Ten years ago, I was just Viscount, known as the last Salian! Ten years later, I am already the Duke of Rivellon and the general of Cormyr. What about you? You are also about to transform from soldiers and knights-errant without fiefs and official positions. Land knight, actual lord! Isn’t this enough for you?”

There was silence below.

It was raining all the time and the atmosphere was not very harmonious.

Amid the sound of rain in the tent, the only sound left was the breathing of everyone.

The lords on the right who had just received the canonization were quite gloating about their misfortune, especially Fu Zuoer.

The direct descendants of Aaron on the left only looked disappointed.

An Nuoming turned his attention to Eleanor and Charlotte, who was sitting next to Aaron. Seeing that neither of them expressed anything, he lowered his head in disappointment: "But, Your Majesty..."

Aaron shook his hand and said meaningfully: "If we don't rebel, we have other ways!"

"?!"

The audience was in an uproar. People looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn’t understand what Aaron meant.

Aaron just smiled.

He remembered that he once played a game called The Great Evil 2 and chose to start with the Ilkhanate. The monarch was the third-generation Mongolian superman Hulagu. At that time, he wanted to find a suitable wife for his youngest son. As a result, I searched around and found that the princesses of the Byzantine Empire had a characteristic called "Born in a Purple Chamber", which increased their reputation every month.

This is so kind! Aaron then married each generation of the Byzantine Empire, and each generation of Khans married Byzantine princesses.

So one day, Aaron suddenly discovered, why did my Ilkhanate suddenly merge with the Byzantine Empire? !

Am I the Great Khan of the Ilkhanate again? The Byzantine emperor again?

Luo! horse! just! System!

Now, everyone is a Roman, the Roman nation is united, and Rome and Mongolia are one family.

There is indeed no point in bullying an orphaned girl and a widowed mother, and there is really nothing that Alice Sayre feels sorry for Aaron about.

So, Aaron's plan was.

"Everyone, please listen to me." Aaron motioned for everyone to listen to him first: "Please do me a favor!"

"I'm going back to Cormyr this time to propose marriage to Her Highness the Regent!" Aaron stood up from his seat: "I want to get married, and I plan to marry three at once!"

"They are Eleanor Dineful, Charlotte Caradena and Alice Searle Obeschier!" Aaron said loudly: "Among them, Suellen's mother and Charlotte's father are both He has agreed to my proposal, but I can’t be sure about Alice Searle’s side!”

"I want to marry Alice Searle, I really, really want to. In fact, Alice and I met once when I was attending a New Year celebration when I was a child. At that time, I happened to be following my father and saw His Highness Assange IV. And Alice, I’ve fallen in love with her since then, but I had to give up because of her inferiority in title and strength.”

"But it's different now!" Aaron laughed loudly and slapped the table: "I want to marry!"

Before Aaron could finish speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the big tent.

"Well, Your Highness the General, you already have Eleanor and Charlotte, and you still want Her Highness the Regent!" Robert pointed at Aaron's face, and his cousin couldn't stand it any longer: "You are worthy of them. "?"

"Hey, servant...Aaron, what do you want to do? You are going to kill everyone! Count me in!" Dalonglong also jumped up, and Egil thought to himself: "I want to marry three people in one go." , Has the Royal Family of Obeschier agreed?"

"I am not sure."

"Not sure you still want to marry?!" Egil complained.

"That's why I need you." Aaron turned to everyone in the audience: "I need your help. If the Kingdom Council doesn't agree, then you will need to appear. Everyone, remember, Alice is the Dragon Seat. The sole heir, and her children and I will be the only legitimate heirs to the three titles of Salian Shogunate, Grand Duke of Rivellon, and the Throne of Cormyr!”

Snapped!

A thunder exploded above everyone's heads.

understood!

So that’s it!

This is what Aaron had in mind!

He also wants the dragon throne, he also wants beauty, he also wants fame, he wants them all!

Aaron’s heart is known to everyone on the road!

"We will work with you! Your Excellency, please give the order! We will always follow your words!"