Rise of the Empire Total War

Boom—boom—boom—

In the early morning of April 1, 1126 in the continental calendar, the bell of the Nord Cathedral was rang by the pastor as usual. The dull and distant bells spread to all directions, and soon resounded over the entire city.

After the bell ended, the reverent prayers of the priests sounded in the Nord Cathedral, and residents from all over the city also left their warm homes and took to the streets, busy with their livelihoods for the day. The Nord Royal Academy and the Military Academy also rang the class bell. A large number of colleges dressed in uniform shuttled around the campus and walked to their respective classrooms. Among them were nobles and commoners from all over the kingdom, and there were also students who came from foreign countries. However, because of the end of the war, some of these foreign students have also become citizens of the Kingdom of Winster in a sense.

In the Ippolito Palace, Richard had already woken up from his sleep. He put on luxurious clothes under the clothes of his servants and wore a heavy pure gold crown. The servants around did not dare to get too close.

On the wide velvet bed, Stephanie looked at her husband with a smile. After more than ten years of marriage, she seldom saw Richard formally wearing the royal dress and the heavy crown. Hearing from Richard, he didn’t like Such cumbersome and bulky clothes, and I don't like to wear such heavy things, so I usually show them in order to show people, but today is different, it is the day when the Nord Conference is held.

After waving the servants to leave, Richard walked up to Stephanie. He looked at his wife who had lived with him for more than ten years. Her face was still beautiful, but there were some wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. Although she usually It is well maintained, but after all, it is no match for the passage of time.

"Do I look good today?" Richard looked at Stephanie dotingly and asked softly.

Stephanie only felt that the man in front of her was radiant, and the light emanating from him made her want to close her eyes. She blinked her watery eyes and said, "It's beautiful, just like the peacock on Zane Continent."

"Heh~" Richard chuckled, he heard another meaning of Stephanie, stretched out his hand to gently pinch his wife's face, and said, "I'll clean you up when I come back at night."

"Then I'll wait for you." Stephanie said without any fear, meeting his gaze. Richard withdrew his hand angrily and touched his nose. His majesty as a king could not be felt in front of Stephanie at all. , it must be that he dotes on her too much.

"Go quickly, don't let those messengers wait for you too long." Stephanie urged him with a push.

Richard frowned, gave her a sly look, and said, "You kiss me first, and I'll go after you kiss."

Stephanie was taken aback by his straightforward expression of love, her little face blushed, and she said why she still has this virtue after being married for more than ten years,

But still obediently tapped on his lips, and then pushed him away.

Richard, who had succeeded, touched his nose with a smile, and strode out of the dormitory. When he walked out of the dormitory, the smile on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by ice-coldness like an iceberg. Seeing him walk out, the two standing outside The Imperial Guard soldiers glanced at each other and followed.

In the hall of the Ippolito Palace, envoys from all over the world gathered together. Each of them was assigned to sit in a seat. In order to prevent disputes, the court director thoughtfully staggered the hostile and belligerent countries, but this was of no use. , although the positions are staggered, they can still fight through the air with their eyes.

The entire hall was chaotic, and the envoys from various countries were discussing the purpose of King Winster's meeting. No one would be so paralyzed that Richard wanted to kill all these envoys. Most people vaguely guessed Richard's intention. Intent - He wants to become the overlord of the Vardasian peninsula.

This is obvious. The Kingdom of Winster has won the siege network, and its influence is at its peak. In addition, the most opposing force in the Wadasia Peninsula has been destroyed. What is left is only a small country in a mess. These small countries have no impact on the Kingdom of Winster. It doesn't pose any threat, even if Richard sends two legions to the south at will, the southern countries will voluntarily surrender.

In addition to Richard's intentions, there is another matter that the messengers discussed, and that is the refusal of the invitation by the Ansmara Republic After the conquest of Winster's army, it was downgraded to become a principality. Its Duke was Richard Bono, the original commander of the Third Brigade of the Second Army. This person was canonized by Richard because he was the main commander of the war of conquest. To the north of the local duke) is a relatively powerful country. They also established several colonies on the continent of Zane, which belonged to the first colonial country on the Vardasia Peninsula.

Because of the unique political system of the Republic of Ansmara, the relationship between the country and the surrounding monarchies is not very good, which may be one of the reasons why they rejected Richard's invitation.

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Amidst the envoys' discussions, Richard in full attire walked into the hall with a group of guards holding flintlock guns. Seeing today's Lord appearing, the envoys stopped talking and got up to welcome Richard.

Walking to the main seat, Richard looked at the group of heads below, smiled, and said, "It's a great honor to meet all the envoys here. I am the king of the Kingdom of Winster and the Kingdom of Ravana, Richard. De Stuart."

Then, he stretched out his hands and pressed down, and the envoys from various countries sat down and looked at the still young and powerful monarch on the throne.

Although some of them are hostile to Richard and the Kingdom of Winster, they have to admit that throughout the history of the Vadasia Peninsula, Richard is unprecedented in being able to make such great achievements at such an age. For the newcomer, only he can fight for such a huge territory from a down-and-out prince in exile in another country, and he also has an almost invincible army.

Feeling the gazes from all directions, Richard has long been used to it, he still smiled, his thin lips parted, and said: "Messengers, the reason for inviting you to visit Nord City and participate in this meeting, I think everyone must Very curious."

"The reason is very simple. The Vardasia Peninsula has been divided for hundreds of years. Countries attacked each other, and countless lives were destroyed. Facing the invasion of the Holy Kuyawi Empire and the Qibone Barbarians in the north, they could only fight on their own and eventually failed. But in the flash In the sea, pirates are rampant, plundering merchant ships, and even warships dare to take the initiative to attack, extremely rampant, but countries have nothing to do with them, they can only be forced to let the pirates continue to be active."

"I, Richard Stuart, as the king of the United Kingdom of Winster-Ravana and the monarch of the most powerful country in the entire Vadasia Peninsula, want to end the current chaos. So I hope to be able to Summon envoys from all over the world to discuss together."

"Solve the chaos? How to solve it?"

"It's nice to say, but the main battles on the peninsula involved the Kingdom of Winster..."

"It would be best to deal with the pirates..."

All the whispers from the people below reached Richard's ears. He frowned slightly, but he quickly let go. After some consideration, he was about to continue speaking.