Great Nobleman

Early the next morning.

Brand had breakfast as usual and was conducting research on magic tides in the laboratory with the library members.

When time comes to a certain moment.

Brand's right wrist, when the entrance device of the noble meeting began to flicker with a faint magical aura.

Brand devoted his mind to injecting mental power into it and activating the rune circle inside.

next moment.

An immersive picture is transmitted to the mind along with the mental power.

——That is the aristocratic conference hall of the imperial capital!

Because he had participated in a meeting of nobles before, Brand was quite familiar with it.

After arriving at the noble conference hall with the default image.

Brand turned his head and looked around.

At this moment, bright blue humanoid shadows were appearing one after another on the spacious seats in the conference hall.

Brand noticed that compared to the last meeting, there were significantly more seats in the conference hall this time.

Seeing such a scene, Brand couldn't help but guess that this might be because more people had gained enough military exploits through this pioneering war and successfully entered the ranks of the imperial nobility!

When identifying the identities of the figures.

Two pleasant female voices came from beside them:

"Mr. Brand!"

"It's been a long time since I saw Mr. Brand!"

After hearing the sound, he saw three figures appearing on the seat to his left.

——Master Holland, Madeleine Mandel, Shalane Alfaro!

Seeing Mr. Holland and these two ladies whom he had not seen for a long time, Brand immediately smiled and said:

"Good morning, sir!

There are also two beautiful ladies that we really haven’t seen in a while!

It makes me feel at ease to see that you are still active! "

After Brand finished speaking, Mr. Holland smiled and explained:

"Because it is the first time for Shallan and Madeline to participate in the empire's noble meeting, so I brought them in together."

After hearing this, Brand quickly began to explain his experience at the last conference:

“Although this meeting sounds powerful, it is actually just like an ordinary noble banquet.

It just has a relatively fixed theme! "

As soon as he finished speaking, Louise and Mr. Mesa also appeared in the seats on the right.

Just when Brand wanted to say hello, several other senior figures from the Pioneer Legion also appeared one after another.

Seeing this, Brand simply said to everyone:

"Long time no see, uncles and Louise!"

After hearing this, everyone responded with smiles.

After a brief conversation.

Brand then realized that everyone except him was now gathered together.

Madeleine and Shallan have now met other people as well.

In addition, Shallan, Madeleine and Louise have all earned considerable military exploits in the pioneering war.

And already has the status of a hereditary baron in the empire.

——Like him, they are also the new nobles of the younger generation of the empire!

After understanding the basic situation.

Master Claude talked about territory exchange and magic tide:

“As far as I understand, it’s because the magic tide has begun to recede.

Therefore, the empire seems to intend to reduce the battle merit required for territorial redemption in the tidal coverage area. "

Hearing this, Brand couldn't help being surprised and said:

“The price reduction started so soon?”

Mr. Holland spread his hands and said:

"After all, the magic tide has begun to recede, so a price reduction is in order, right?

For those who have the ability to harness the magic tide, every minute and second should be precious.

The empire just calculated the value of time.

Of course, no matter how the price is reduced, the value of the territories in these areas will obviously always be higher than those places that are not touched by the magic tide. "

Master Claude added:

“In fact, even if the price is reduced, there probably won’t be many people interested in these lands right away.

After all, the threshold for utilizing the magic tide is too high!

Not just because mages are rarer than knights.

In addition, His Majesty the Emperor is not prepared to lower the price at all by using the magic tide.

And for the vast majority of the nobles in the empire.

Without enough mages and without such means, the magic tide cannot be used!

In comparison, it is better to just wait for the tide to recede and then choose a suitable territory. "

Listen to what Mr. Claude said.

Brand couldn't help but recall what they had researched based on that information not long ago:

A device that can purify tidal magic and store it in the earth.

If the Empire didn't restrict them from helping other lords harness the magic of the tides.

This kind of device can be sold for a good price!

Brand didn't wait to think about it.

Directly in front of the podium.

His Majesty the Emperor has stood up and moved forward.

Seeing this, everyone stopped talking for the time being and concentrated their attention.

Stand on the podium and wait for the conference hall to become quiet.

Bohande smiled and said:

"Everyone must know it.

This Northern Expedition plan, which started when my father was still alive and lasted for 256 years and 172 days, was successfully concluded the day before yesterday.

The Orc Empire has admitted their defeat.

We have also informed the Human Alliance and even the major races on the Farnes Continent of the changes in the empire’s territory.

This is the longest, largest investment, and most sacrificed plan since the founding of our Kaya Empire!

In the past, we have also been confused.

We are confused whether this plan, which we may not be able to see the end of in our lifetime, is worth all the stress we put on it.

But the current results prove:

Our efforts, our input, and our sacrifices are not without value!

The souls of the soldiers should rest in peace at this moment, and we living people will continue to move forward. "

After a brief pause to collect emotions.

Bohande continued speaking slowly:

“The theme of our meeting today is the empire’s future development plan.

In fact, we have discussed this topic many times at banquets in the past.

When my father was still alive, he discussed with me many times:

After our empire completes its Northern Expedition plan and embraces the endless sea.

How to bring the Elf Forest into the commercial territory of our empire step by step.

How to make various products from the Elf Forest create a craze in the Human Alliance.

How can we, an empire located in a remote corner, gather the attention of the entire Human Alliance?

I believe many people here have similar experiences to me.

Of course, things are very different now than in those days.

Because the empire focused on pioneering wars, various families gradually stopped traveling through the snowy mountains to the Elf Forest.

Many of us, many families, may have become a little unfamiliar with the Elf Forest.

But in fact, many elves in the northwest area of ​​the Elf Forest still have many impressions of our ancestors from the Kaya Empire.

When you go to the Elf Forest for trade in the future.

Maybe there will be a handsome, young-looking elf who will ask about the deeds of your father, grandfather, or even great-grandfather! "