Great Nobleman

Brand stopped paying attention to the activities of the [Red Ring] delegation within the empire after learning a little about it.

In his eyes, the most important thing at the moment is to strengthen the military of Chenhua Ling.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed slowly.

In the past month, Chenhualing has begun high-profile military development, stockpiling of supplies, and even launched a long-term recruitment campaign.

War resources in Morning Flower Collar and surrounding areas have seen significant price increases.

Although the empire is not as direct as the Morning Flower Leader, it has also begun to strengthen the military field in a subtle way.

Some businessmen with a keen sense of smell noticed something was wrong.

Their business practices changed from radical to conservative.

This series of actions and feedback come down.

When Chris routinely reported the income of the territory last month, she shook her head helplessly and said:

“Because of our strong military operations.

Morning Bloom's business tax revenue, which had been growing month-over-month since a year ago, began to stall this month.

In addition, based on the information of Free Iris.

Somewhere in the Human League.

News about the joint expedition on the three continents of Ventim, Rios, and Sweetin is gradually spreading.

Maybe some people let the cat out of the bag.

Of course, it may also be that the mysterious organization from which the information came came does not like the secrecy of various countries.

All in all, it is expected that people in all countries of the Human Alliance will definitely be able to receive relevant news in two months at most.

By then, the business of our Human Alliance, which has only been prosperous for a few years, will begin to turn into depression due to panic. "

Brand shook his head and said:

“As long as war is certain to come, our Human Alliance’s business, which has been rising since the founding of the Griffith Empire, will sooner or later suffer setbacks.

And if the war does not come in the end, business will return to prosperity sooner or later.

However, according to the latest statistics from various ethnic groups in the mainland a few days ago:

Judging from the increasing number of stowaways in the three continents of Ventim, Rios and Sweetin.

Things are clearly taking a turn for the worse.

At the same time, the intelligence I obtained on Rios continent is also very detrimental to us.

Now more and more forces in Rios continent are beginning to contact the [Yaohuo Palace] and join their ongoing conquest.

So the problem now is not that mainland business development is stagnant and declining, but that it is not declining fast enough! "

After a brief pause, Brand continued:

“According to Free Iris’ intelligence, some countries in the Human Alliance have not made any movement until now.

In the past month or so, our Chenhualing has recruited more than 3,000 soldiers.

They also formed an offensive and defensive alliance with the Yinyan Leader, the Xuexing Leader, and the Golden Sword Leader.

In the next three months, we will use Fanhua Bay as the core and build defenses along the coast in both east and west directions.

Selen will lead Naga to start the battle arrangement on the seabed within the Morning Flower Territory.

Louise will also start sending people to help us train new recruits.

In addition, the library has canceled all holidays and is fully engaged in research on combat effectiveness improvement and adaptive practical training.

Hisari led the guard group and began to inspect the entire territory for deficiencies in defense.

I will also discuss the further procurement of war weapons with various forces.

We are preparing for war with all our strength, but they are still lying around and don't know what they are doing!

Not to mention anything else, the undead, demons, and swamp cave races are appearing more frequently, and the frequency of caravans being robbed while passing through the wild is increasing.

In the past month, our Free Iris caravans in some places abroad have also encountered bandits, haven't they?

This may be related to those stowaways.

However, the local lord had no idea of ​​strengthening the military and simply issued a commission to suppress the bandits. "

Speaking of this matter, Chris said helplessly:

“Free Iris has begun to adjust its trading routes.

Next, they will conduct business more conservatively.

However, the negative reactions of these lords cannot be entirely blamed on them.

After all, they are not on the border of the Human Alliance.

If a foreign enemy invades and a continental war breaks out.

There is a high probability that they will play last.

In this case, they will inevitably have the idea of ​​slacking off. "

Brand waved his hand and said:

"I just said it casually.

They like to be lucky and passive and let them do it.

They will cry when those stowaways make big moves.

Okay, let’s stop talking about these troublesome things. "

At the end of the sentence, Brand took out two invitations and handed them to Chris, then smiled and said:

“This morning, the Claude and Cecil families sent me invitations.

These two guys, Andy and Finn, finally became magisters as well.

They invited me over to celebrate. Do you want to join me? "

After looking at the contents of the invitation in her hand, Chris shook her head and said:

"I'll forget it, the Huangqiangwei Chamber of Commerce is moving to our Morning Flower Territory, and I need to support Grace in the territory recently.

The lord has been busy for so many days, so he just took this opportunity to take a good rest. "

Hearing this, Brand said helplessly:

"Katherine is preparing for promotion recently, sister Celine and Hedilyn want to strengthen the castle's defense, and Ivy is leading people to stock up on food.

If you don't go either, who will help me deal with those enthusiastic ladies? "

After hearing this, after thinking for a moment, Chris suggested:

"How is Sister Sonia? She should be free recently.

And your wedding has spread now, hasn't it?

Our North Holland family will marry the royal family. As our close allies, Claude and the Cheshire family obviously need to get closer to the royal family.

It's just right to let Sister Sonia accompany you this time.

In addition, Janice, as the eldest daughter of the Cheshire family, can also accompany you to the banquet."

After thinking for a moment, Brand nodded reluctantly:

"Okay."

...

A few days later in the morning, in a wide hall of the Cheshire family castle.

Under the auspices of Janice and other library members.

The portable teleportation array began to operate.

Soon, Brand and Sonia were teleported.

Seeing this, Finn and Andy, who were waiting on the side, smiled.

After a welcome and reminiscing, Brand joked:

"You were promoted to mage quietly. I didn't know about it until I received the invitation.

And judging from your current state, you should not have been promoted recently, right?

Did you two hide it too well? You didn't even tell me!"

Hearing this, Finn said calmly:

"It's just a promotion to mage. There's nothing to brag about.

Didn't you complete the promotion a long time ago? You were much faster than us!"

Andy crossed his arms and echoed:

"Finn is right.

Because you completed the promotion so early, I didn't feel any sense of accomplishment in this promotion.

And unlike your successful promotion this time, Finn and I both failed twice.

I just feel a little embarrassed about this!

If the master hadn't insisted on celebrating, I wouldn't have told anyone else!"

Brand was surprised:

"Can you blame me for this?

Then I'll tell you later after the next promotion?"

Hearing this, he was about to continue teasing.

But when the words came to his lips, Andy couldn't help but frown and ask:

"When will your next promotion be?"

Brand said seriously:

"How can it be so easy to be promoted to the mage stage?

I need to practice three elements.

And as a lord, my affairs are so busy.

Even if I have good talent, it will take seven or eight years to be promoted!"

Although Brand said this, Finn still had some doubts:

"You won't say the month as the year like last time.

You will be promoted to an intermediate mage in seven or eight months, right?"

While secretly surprised at Finn's intuition.

On the surface, Brand asked loudly with a surprised look:

"Promoted to an intermediate mage in seven or eight months!?

Do you think I am a 'magician' in a biographical novel?"

Hearing this, Finn couldn't help but smile and scratched his head, apologetically saying:

"It's just a joke, and it's my fault!

Let's not talk about this. Andy and I will take you around the neighborhood in the next two days."