Lord of War

After watching Apollo leave, Cecilia's eyes fell on Alfred, and then she said, "You agree to everything about Xiao Xina?"

Hearing Cecilia's words, Alfred's expression darkened.

After a long time, Alfred smiled wryly: "What if you don't agree? My daughter has grown up and has her own ideas. I thought it was pretty good at first, but... well, although I still can't accept it in my heart." , but this is Hina's choice after all."

"Void owes you father and daughter too much." Cecilia looked at Alfred and said sincerely.

"There is nothing owed or owed." Alfred shook his head slightly, "I didn't really believe that Sean could do this, but in order to have a stable home, I worked hard. Later, with Sean The miracles created time and time again have brought great changes in my heart.... Until now, my thought is to hope that this home will not be destroyed, so I can understand Hina's thoughts....Although, I really can't accept it, but I finally chose to support her."

Cecilia nodded, and the others didn't say anything.

As things stand now, even if Alfred wants to object, there is no more.

Xina has already missed the best time for surgery, and the blood of the Crypt Frost Spider Queen has been completely integrated into Xina's soul, and she can no longer be styled. Moreover, her body also began to show a slight nerubianization, and the speed was even faster than the half a year that Leis initially estimated. It may be four to five months at the most before Hina completely transformed into a nerubian.

"I'm already busy with things here. Go back and reunite with Xina through the teleportation array first. The command of the Thunder Lion is temporarily handed over to Hela." Cecilia looked at Alfred, and then comforted him.

"Alright." After a little hesitation, Alfred finally nodded. After all, his daughter's affairs are more important.

After all, Alfred didn't delay at all, he would explain something to the adjutant after he said something, and then he got up and left, acting as vigorously and resolutely as before, unwilling to delay even a single minute.

Seeing Alfred's actions, several people in the room smiled helplessly.

Alfred had already received a letter from Hina when he set foot on the land of the Principality of Rumber, knowing that she planned to give up the chance of magic surgery and retain his bloodline ability. Although Alfred tried to dissuade her, Hina also had her own persistence, so although Alfred was a little depressed, he still chose to support Hina's decision.

However, the inner worry about Hina is still unavoidable.

"Miss Hina, is there really no other way?" Diana asked.

Cecilia shook her head, and said helplessly: "Lais has already studied her bloodline ability, and even cooperated with Haitham's people, and found a very weak dragon bloodline in her bloodline. Just now It is this bloodline that has completely changed the bloodline of the Pit Cold Spider Queen, forming a brand new bloodline... No one knows the specific situation and effect of this bloodline, and it is constantly changing almost every moment. … …I thought it would be nearly a month, but in fact, it was detected that there were only 20 days left after less than three days.”

"The bloodline is evolving?" Hela's brows immediately frowned.

"According to Leis and the others, it can't be regarded as evolution, but... sublimation." Cecilia said in a deep voice, "But anyway, this new bloodline did bring too much to Hina. Uncertain factors. In fact, by the time Alfred sent back the third letter, Hina's surgery period had passed, and there was no chance of separation."

Hearing this, the people in the room fell silent for a while.

Among the people present, only Cecilia knew about the bloodline. It is precisely because of this,

So she understands even more that this uncontrollable and unpredictable bloodline can be said to be a double-edged sword, because no one knows in which direction this bloodline will change, and there is no precedent at all. And all of this can only be explored and understood by Hina herself. For Hina, it has to be said that it is a very big challenge and pressure.

"It's good to let Alfred go back to accompany Xina. In a few months, Xina may not be able to leave the underground environment." Cecilia sighed, and then clapped her hands slightly, attracting everyone Attention, "Okay, we also have some things to deal with here. Let's try to finish them all as soon as possible, and then return this land to the Maggie Empire. ... Neil's side is almost ready, even if the It is more than enough for all the Rumbers to immigrate there."

"But I'm afraid they don't want to." Diana thought for a while, and then said, "We only promise to give them a piece of land, and there are some other benefits, but these policies may not be able to attract those rich people. They are here Already have a status and status symbol..."

"Don't worry about those rich people, although they can indeed bring an economic stimulus to the Void Empire if they leave, but that's all." Cecilia shook her head, and then said softly, "The current Void Empire really lacks It is not money, but talents and various industries....These rich people are used to enjoying it. After they go there, they may be more honest at first, but they will definitely ask for new privileges soon. I don’t Any plan to give them any privileges, all immigrants have to start over, it's a weed-out."

"Then what about those nobles?" Hela frowned.

"A country that has been defeated, where is the noble?" Cecilia sneered, but Hella and Clover found that Cecilia now looks more and more like Sean in dealing with these things. Now, maybe even Cecilia herself didn't realize that she was subconsciously imitating Sean's handling of things, and gradually became infected with Sean's style, "The properties of the lords and nobles on the list will all be brought back as spoils of war." Nobles who don’t have a territory don’t need to worry about it, those who have a territory will be directly reduced by three ranks, and they are only honored nobles and will not have a territory, but we can give them a certain amount of gold compensation based on their territory.”

"Then what if they are some talented noble lords?" Although Diana is in charge of diplomatic work, she will occasionally assist Neil in handling some government affairs, so in the absence of political officials, these matters are naturally handled by Diana. Anna was in charge, "If they are handled in this way, they probably won't be willing to leave."

"Cut two levels, and then grant the fiefdom." Cecilia thought for a while, and then said, "In this regard, you can discuss with Neil and see if there is any other space in the wild land that can be allocated to them. Be a fief."

The current Void Empire has nothing but the most land.

However, Cecilia did not intend to divide all the land. Apart from partly to prepare for the future talents of the Void Empire, another part of the reason is that the barren land can be regarded as rich land. a lot of. If too much fertile land is conferred on the people of the Principality of Lumber, then it will be completely unfavorable for the enfeoffment in the future, but if it is not entrusted to these talented noble lords, then it is really difficult to attract these people to leave with them.

"And what about the ones who don't go?"

"Then they will be citizens of the Maggie Empire from now on, and have nothing to do with us." Cecilia replied directly.

Everyone understood immediately.

After discussing these things, everyone started to get busy again, preparing for these policies one after another.

Cecilia, on the other hand, started to wander around the entire Lumber Castle, after all, it is full of too many memories.

She just walked around in this old castle, and it was not until late at night that Cecilia returned to rest in the room that belonged to her.

The next day, when Diana and Hela sold the territory of the Principality of Rember to the Maggie Empire and called on the people of the Principality of Rember to go to the Void Empire together, the entire Principality of Rember boiled instantly. Immediately afterwards, various parades and protests appeared, and even some neutral nobles who were originally neutral and did not participate in Cecilia's revenge battle immediately raised their troops to protest.

All of this was naturally expected by Cecilia.

So, of course, she has already prepared the means to deal with it.

All the nobles who tried to rebel, Cecilia directly sent troops to suppress them without mercy, and those who dared to resist would be killed without mercy, and all their properties would naturally be confiscated as war spoils. And after several noble lords who took the lead in making troubles were executed one after another, the remaining lords became more honest, but there were not many nobles who were really willing to surrender to the Void Empire, only a few of them, and only one of them This is a talent recognized by Diana and Hela, who can obtain a barony in the void empire.

But Cecilia didn't bother to pay attention to those nobles who were unwilling to surrender.

When her father was murdered, these nobles still maintained a neutral attitude. Although they did not join in the conspiracy, Cecilia was still dissatisfied with their indifferent attitude, so she naturally had no obligation to go Remind these people. Because she believed that the Maggie Empire was going to swallow the entire Duchy of Lumber, but she had no intention of allowing these former Lords of Lumber to still occupy their territory.

As for the protesting civilians, Cecilia adopted a soft policy.

For these people, try to persuade them as well as you can.

It's just that, as Hela and Diana said before, there are really very few people who are willing to leave the Principality of Rumber to start a new development. However, those vagrants, beggars, poor people, and down-and-out people are very happy to leave the Lumber Principality and go to the Lumber Province of the Void Empire to start from scratch. After all, they are all people with nothing, and it doesn't matter if they fail.

In a blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Apollo also came with the nobles on Cecilia's list as agreed before.

These aristocrats looked embarrassed, and were escorted by a guard to Lumber Castle. The moment they saw Cecilia, they immediately fell to their knees, crying and begging for Cecilia's forgiveness. Of course, there were also those who cursed Apollo, and even those who blamed each other and shirked responsibility. All kinds of human nature The ugly side is all being staged in the front hall of Lumber Castle at the moment.

Looking at the nobles in front of her, Cecilia suddenly wanted to laugh.

Back then, her parents did not hesitate to fight against the St. Jolls Empire for such a group of people? These courtiers that her parents want to protect?

Cecilia suddenly felt a little disinterested, so she quickly waved her hand, and Clover immediately asked the soldiers of Cecilia's Guards to drag all the nearly thirty nobles out.

"My mission is completed." Apollo looked at Cecilia, who looked dispirited, and then said, "But I want to ask, how does Queen Phoenix plan to deal with their children?"

Cecilia glanced at Apollo, and then suddenly smiled: "Does General Apollo seem to care about similar things?"

"After all, it can be regarded as galloping on the battlefield. Although I know that this is a last resort, I also tried my best." Apollo said calmly. Judging from the handling methods, he knew that Cecilia wanted to destroy the whole of Lumber and then stand up. Unfortunately, there are too few people who can understand the meaning of this level, and many people even feel that they will continue to stay and wait for the Maggie Empire to accept it. After conquering the Duchy of Rember, they can still retain their territories, titles and privileges.

For these delusional people, even Apollo didn't bother to save them.

"They are different from my uncle. I plan to let their heirs go, but the price is that they all have to go back to the Void Empire with me." Cecilia said, "I will treat them equally, and all kinds of preferential policies will also be accepted." I will continue to implement it. Of course, if I know that they are still thinking about making trouble for me in the Void Empire, then I will never show mercy next time."

"Thank you Queen Phoenix for your kindness." Apollo said sincerely, "Now that my task has been completed, please allow me to leave."

"General Apollo, I want to ask you something." Seeing Apollo turn and leave, Cecilia suddenly asked, "Are you interested in serving in the Void Empire? With your strength, no matter which country you put in Anyone can definitely be a guest, and it is no exception in our Void Empire... If you are willing, the Lumber Province of the Void Empire will become your fief, and you will also be the Duke of our Void Empire."

Apollo, who had already turned to leave, stopped when he heard this. He turned around slowly, looked at Cecilia, and said with a smile, "What if I refuse?"

"Of course I won't embarrass you. After all, General Apollo is the hero of the entire Duchy of Lumber, and he saved the people here from unnecessary disasters." Cecilia said seriously, "And I was once a Lunbeier. Bell people, so I will also treat you as a hero."

"Was it?" Apollo caught Cecilia's words very keenly.

This also shows that Cecilia has now completely denied her identity as a Lumber. But if you think about it carefully, you will understand that the current Cecilia is the Phoenix Queen of the Void Empire, and she is also responsible for the establishment of this empire, so she naturally has to show that she is a citizen of the Void Empire, otherwise In other words, it is easy to have a bad impression on the other heroes who worked together to create the prosperity of the Void Empire.

"I am now a citizen of the Void Empire." Cecilia's words confirmed Apollo's guess, "So, General Apollo, are you interested in managing the Lumber Province?... When I was young, I often listened to my When my father mentioned those things about you, he kept telling me that you prefer and are more suitable for managing a vast territory than fighting wars. Many of the policies my father implemented back then were actually directed by you behind the scenes."

Hearing Cecilia's words, Apollo couldn't help but fell into memory.

That was nearly twenty years ago.

The relationship between him and Cecilia's father is not just the relationship between the Grand Duke and his courtiers, the two of them are actually classmates who studied together in the Royal Academy of the Maggie Empire. It is also because of this that Apollo regards the safety of the Duchy of Lumber above all else.

"I will think about it."

Hearing Apollo's words, the corners of Cecilia's mouth raised slightly, but she didn't push her forward again, because she remembered what Sean said to her: Sometimes, some things require warm water to boil frogs, take your time, too If you are in a hurry, you will fail. (To be continued.)