Heroes of the Invincible Knight

Time passed quickly, and with the arrival of summer, the climate began to heat up. The Northland is still cool now, but the royal capital located on the central plain has already turned on the grilling mode.

royal palace

King Rennes and several important ministers he trusted were discussing matters in a gazebo.

The gazebo is originally located in a shaded place, and its unique design makes the corners of the eaves still circulate with water, which plays a role in cooling down. It is much cooler to discuss affairs here than in the palace.

"Your Majesty, more than five million troops have been gathered in Longxi Pass, and the number of people recruited has exceeded 10 million. Even if it is next to the central plain, the cost of food transportation is low, and it cannot withstand such consumption. "

"Yeah, our grain storage is not enough, and the grain storage at Longxiguan is still increasing. In fact, we can suspend the progress of the grain storage at Longxiguan."

In order to support Longxiguan, food is transported from all over the kingdom to Longxiguan, not only for the soldiers to eat, but also to continuously increase the storage capacity of the granaries in Longxiguan. It is also because the foundation of the Golden Dragon Kingdom is strong enough to withstand such consumption. .

"I also think that it is possible to suspend the transportation of grain to Longxiguan. Now, because of the transportation of grain to Longxiguan, the price of food in various places is a little tight. Anyway, we are sticking to it. There is no need to transport so much grain to Longxiguan, and then consume it like this. Go down, and the kingdom's grain bank will be emptied."

Now Ren's approach can be called militarism, because of the threat of orcs, everyone has reached a consensus on this kind of militarism, but there is a difference, the materials hoarded at Dragon's Rest in Ren's order have exceeded the defense's It's necessary, others don't know because of the secrecy, but all the ministers sitting here know it clearly.

It's just that they don't know that Ren and Sol have made a very bold plan, and they will not announce it until the last moment. Ren's purpose is not passive defense. He is hoarding supplies, and he is doing things with Sol. Xiguan made active preparations, and now it seems that the secrecy work is done well, and even the high-level officials in front of them are completely unaware of this plan.

"How is the summer grain this year?"

"We haven't started to receive the goods yet, but if there are no accidents, it should be a bumper harvest."

"That's just right. There is a bumper harvest on the Central Great Plains, and the harvested grain is transported directly to Longxi Pass. We will hold on for this period of time. I don't think you will be able to hold on for a little longer."

"this…"

"No problem, Your Majesty."

After a little hesitation, the minister in charge of money and food gave Ren an affirmative answer. The Golden Dragon Kingdom has been in a period of peace over the years. Although the local nobles have been corrupt, they are not bad at all, whether it is private or official. There is a lot of food in stock. If Ren can follow the example of Richard and find some of the richest nobles in the central plains to raid their homes, the kinnar and supplies he will get will definitely be richer than that of Richard. The foundation of the kingdom still exists. Although it is difficult to keep tens of millions of people in Longxi, it will be squeezed out after all.

"Also, for this year's summer grain, all lands will be levied 10% more, and the nobles must pay taxes as a whole. I don't want to hear that the nobles pay less land tax. Harris will be responsible for this matter, at least the taxes on the Central Plains." It has to be enough."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After hearing Ryan's order, Sol stood still. Paying more taxes and paying less taxes did not mean much to him. Several ministers hesitated in place. Tax increase is a very sensitive matter, especially The ruling class of the Golden Dragon Kingdom, the nobles and the knights, were basically landlords. Normally, increasing the land tax would definitely cause fierce backlash, and these ministers might come out to oppose it.

But now is a special moment, they had to hesitate for a while, and did not speak immediately, but Harris, who was in charge of the black prison, reacted quickly, and jumped out to express his opinion after Ryan gave the order.

"Then, when the summer grain is collected this year, a layer of collection will be added on top of the original."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

A general tax increase policy was settled in these few words.

"Is there anything else? If not, let's go back first, and take care of the people under your command. This time, the black prison will not hold back."

There was a hint of threat in Ryan's words. Except for Saul and Harris, all the people present were terrified, especially the left and right ministers. It seemed that Ren's words were specially addressed to them. They are all busy and say they dare not.

Ren is very clear about the well-informed among the nobles and bureaucrats in the kingdom. Those who can sit here are the big bosses of various factions. He can't control these people's strife for interests. Five hundred years There are always some things that are hard to get back in the dynasty. Some interest groups seem to be parasitic on the kingdom, and they cannot be moved by just a wise monarch.

But now the situation is special. Under the general situation, these people must know how to cooperate. If any one does not cooperate with the kingdom's actions at this time, then Renn will have a fair reason to take tough measures.

"Your Majesty, recently, many nobles from the River Valley came to the capital to complain, which made some people panic."

Just when Ren thought it was time to end the show, the left minister in charge of the affairs of the House of Nobles suddenly mentioned the matter of the River Valley.

"Oh? It's our guardian of the Northland, the Grand Duke Hunter, who did something?"

"Your Majesty is wise. After entering the river valley, Sir Richard's army wiped out a total of more than forty nobles, and confiscated the properties of each family. They did not pay attention to the rules of the kingdom. Now some nobles who escaped from the river valley They have to come to the Court of Nobles to sue Li Cha every day, and many nobles in the capital also have a lot of opinions on Li Cha, Your Majesty, do you think?"

Hearing what the prime minister said, Ren's eyelids twitched. After Li Cha agreed to dispatch the giant dragon to participate in the Eastern Expedition, Ren basically took his eyes off the Northland. Now, the most important thing for him is to follow the War of the orcs.

He thought that after the River Valley was granted to Li Cha, at most he would grab a piece of fat from the pot of the nobles in the River Valley to eat, but he didn't expect this kid to be so ugly, so he took all the pot away, and copied more than forty people at once. Nobles, the nobles of the River Valley asked him to copy half of it.

I'm jealous!

It's a pity that the throne of the Charlemagne family is based on the existing aristocratic system. Richard can do things by force, but Renn wants to maintain the system that binds him instead.

Of course, it's a pity that it's impossible for Ren to say such words, and he still has to act angrily and make a gesture of smashing the glass.

"How dare he!"

"Lord Richard did go too far in the valley."

"Then I don't know how Prime Minister Zuo thinks we should deal with it."

"We should send someone to admonish him, and then order him to return the confiscated noble property."

"Okay, let's do it like this, and send someone to the valley to deliver a message to Richard in two days."

"Well, then I can also reply to the group of river valley nobles in the Noble House."

Although the words are beautiful, everyone knows that Ren's attitude is just to put on a pose, and Li Cha has copied the homes of half of the nobles in the river valley. How can he be in awe of the rules of the kingdom? It can be said that if you want to be serious, don't send hundreds of thousands of troops to make Richard compromise? Maybe hundreds of thousands of troops are useless, and each million-strong army plus all the dragon knights are dispatched, and there is really nothing to do with the current Richard.

Prime Minister Zuo said this as a gesture. After all, he represented the interests of the nobles. Li Cha's behavior broke the rules among the nobles and damaged the interests of the nobles. It would be wrong for him to do nothing, but he At the same time, it is also clear that the kingdom can't do anything, Ren's attention is not on the Northland, and Ren has no time to care about the interests of the nobles in the valley. Both sides have a certain tacit understanding, which is why this acting is still online The performance is only used to reassure the hearts of nobles.

After a few people finally discussed some innocuous matters, several ministers left the palace early, leaving only Saul and Harris, the two close ministers of the king.

After everyone left, the angry face of Renn's face instantly returned to calm, which perfectly reflected the cultivation of a qualified politician. Saul and Harris on one side were not surprised by this, and Renn also It is not necessary to pretend in front of everyone, and it is not necessary for Saul and Harris.

"Uncle Saul thinks, how did Li Cha do this time?"

"It's bold, but His Majesty can rest assured."

Ren nodded after hearing this. There are some things that don’t need to be explained clearly. Although Li Cha broke the rules this time, although it was a bit risky to the world, it was actually a good thing for Ren. He is extinct from all the nobles, and if he wants to grab Rennes' chair again, all the nobles will desperately oppose him.

"Where is the army in the western region now?"

"The 300,000 western cavalry have already passed Longjiang, and they may reach the capital in a few days."

"The Duke of Ross has brought all the family property from the western region this time. If all the nobles in the kingdom were like the Ross family, we wouldn't be in such a difficult situation."

"Receive the Western Territory Army well. When the Duke of Ross arrives, we will have a welcome banquet in the palace."

The approach of 300,000 foreign troops to the capital was originally a nervous matter, but seeing that neither Sol nor Renn looked on guard at all, it was obvious that they had enough trust in the Duke of Ross in the West Territory.

"Harris, what are my precious sons doing lately?"

Ren's conversation turned and turned to several princes. In addition to supervising officials and nobles in Harris' black prison, the princes are obviously also under his supervision.

"The eldest prince is still reorganizing the garrison teams in various places, and currently controls many local garrison forces."

"not bad."

Regarding the matter of the eldest prince's meddling in military power, Renn was not shy at all, and instead gave a good evaluation.

"The others are all managing their own force, but they are not as powerful as the Eldest Prince."

The eldest prince is born with an age advantage, and he is also a superior individual, so it is normal for him to be ahead of the other brothers.

"However, in addition to running his own forces, His Highness Paley in the south is currently repairing the river."

"The river repairer?"

"Yes, His Royal Highness Paley organized manpower in the south to repair the southern section of the Dragon Army, and built several dams to divert water for irrigation."

"Diverting water for irrigation? The fourth child is quite ruthless."

Ren made a leisurely comment on Paley. Sol and Harris didn't talk to each other. The three people present knew a lot of things, and they were not stupid. They could guess some motives from Paley's actions. Not to mention the truth, I even vaguely felt that Paley's move was right.

…

The northern snowfield is already close to the wilderness.

Several snow giants were running at top speed on a vast expanse of white land, and more snow giants behind them were chasing non-stop. When the snow giants ran, the huge movement and stillness shook the ground trembling.

"Don't run! Stop!"

"Hand over people! Our Xuefeng tribe can let you go!"

"What should the patriarch do! Still can't get rid of them!"

"Brother, why don't you run first? Let me cut off the rear for you?"

"Break your head, you will be in the tribe soon, why are you going back at this time?"

"I can't hurt the people of the tribe!"

"Keep running, run back, there are humans who will help us block the people of the Xuefeng tribe!"

The group of hunted people on the snowy field were soldiers from the Ice Flame Tribe such as Mangu. Mangu, who had been cautious all the way, failed to watch his younger brother Xiaoman in the final stage. The tribes competed for prey, although that place is not strictly speaking the hunting ground of the Xuefeng tribe, but the Xuefeng tribe is a large tribe, and they are used to being domineering, even if they chase out of the hunting ground, they will bring their prey back.

Xiaoman is also a mean person, he successfully pulled the Mangu who wanted to calm down into the conflict, and seriously injured an important figure of the Xuefeng tribe during the conflict.

Seeing that something was wrong, the barbarians ran away with their people, but a large tribe like the Xuefeng tribe reacted very quickly, and soon more than fifty snow giant warriors began to chase after them, and the leading snow giant was even taller than Mangu is also one meter taller, and in terms of strength, he is already a strong man of half a step to the sky. Mangu and others are not opponents at all.

Fortunately, they were still able to run. They ran all the way for several days, but they were finally chased up by people from the Snow Wind Department today. As a result, he and Xiaoman died, and the others were forcibly annexed, but now Mangu still has some hope.

It is about to arrive at the territory of those humans, and they have powerful giants, they should not sit idly by.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise behind Mangu and the others, and the people of the Xuefeng tribe suddenly became quiet, because the leading warrior sat on the ground convulsively.

At this time, a string of black dots appeared on the horizon, and it was Elena who rushed to meet them with her fanatics and giant titans.

As early as more than ten miles away, investigators discovered the huge movement of the snow giant. Elena led people over without hesitation, and rescued Mangu and others in a very timely manner.

"Master Elena, I have caused you trouble."

Mangu came to Elena first, regardless of his exhausted body, he knelt down and bowed to Elena...