Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 234 Conversation

　　Lorist did not live in Shiratori Town. In the development plan of Fatty Shirowas Island, Shiratori Town will move more than one thousand meters eastward, and the vacated area will be expanded into a dock area and a city wall will be built. The current Shiratori Town is too close to the pier. In the positioning of the Norton family, Silovas Island will become the most important fulcrum and transfer station of the sea channel. Therefore, not only the dock area must be expanded, but the wooden trestle bridge must be converted into a permanent stone dock.

　　 Shi Fatty’s plan is to build the residential and commercial areas of New Shiratori Town, and then replace the old houses with the residents of Shiratori Town after completion, and then demolish the old houses to expand the dock area and build city walls and defense facilities. Therefore, Lorist built a temporary wooden barracks on the open space outside Shiratori Town, and lived in a large log house.

"Ah, it hurts... Let go, Christya, I am Earl Norton, the head of the family, I order you to let go..." Just as soon as he returned to his big house, Lorist was caught by Kerry. Siya grabbed her ears.

　　 "I am now teaching my dear cousin as a cousin, and it has nothing to do with the earl's family." Krisya said.

　　 There is such a saying? Lorist was taken aback, and then lost his temper: "You get out of here and watch what is going on. Haven't my sister taught my brother before? Shuad, don't run, cook a pot of mico for my dear cousin. Think about it."

　　 So El, Josk and the others laughed and went away, it is rare to see Lorist eating turtles. This will be a very interesting conversation in the boring military camp life.

"Okay, cousin, it's time to let it go, you don't save me a bit of face in front of my knight. Now we are all grown-ups, and you are no longer the little yellow-haired girl with a runny nose when you were a kid. "Lorister said.

"You only had a runny nose when you were a child, and you were still a crying ghost. When I caught you, you would cry..." Chrissy let go of the hand that twisted Lorist's ear and fell into a long memory: "At that time, although the family territory was in the remote Northland, the manor was very lively and fun. Every summer, I urged my father and mother to go to the family territory to play. My mother was always unwilling to travel too far. It takes two months to go back and forth..."

　　 "Well, if it's all right now, I found an outlet in the family territory, and it will take ten days to make a boat from Silovas Island to the family territory." Lorist said.

　　 "Tell me, Locke, what did you do when you became the head of the family? What changes are there now in the family territory?" Klithia asked.

Lorist began to talk to Krisya about the changes in the family over the past few years, such as the Bailugang family cemetery, resisting the tide of Warcraft, building a rock castle, developing Fengleyuan and Xing'anyuan, defeating the second prince, and the three major family alliances in the North. thing.

　　 Chrissy was lost, and murmured: "I really want to go back to the family territory to have a look. In a blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed..."

"Family territory welcomes you at any time, Kristia, I almost forgot about the business after talking for so long, tell me what you want, is it because the Second Highness is going to deal with the Norton family?" Lorist poured a glass of fresh water for Christia Michaels sent here.

Chrissy squinted at Lorist: "You are amazing. I heard about your heroic deeds as soon as I returned to the imperial capital. At the welcoming banquet held for you by His Highness, Viscount Aslan was killed in public and defeated. With the Great Swordsman of Cremondo, your Highness would not be able to come to the stage. If you hadn't caught the second prince and sent it to His Highness, you would have done a great job for the kingdom, and your Highness would want to turn your face...

The aftermath of here is still there, but there is another news. You brought the five hundred clan armed forces and beat the seven thousand five hundred elite of the Royal Guards to the ground. You also killed the Earl of Aslan who led the team. Demonstration with his head stuck on the beach. You are amazing, I don't know what to say about you, cousin. Compared to when you were a child, you have changed so much..."

　　 Lorist chuckled a few times, and said modestly: "People always change. Besides, I'm not as wise and martial as you boast..."

Chrisia was so angry that he reached out and pinched him again: "You hear what I said is a boast of you. It is true that you are getting more and more arrogant. Locke, you are acting too high-profile and too arrogant. The family is on the cusp of the storm, and the nobles of other kingdoms will regard the family as their threat..."

　　 "Kristia, it's okay, don't worry, the family has this strength now, we don't need to fear anyone." Lorist interrupted Kristia's nagging.

Chrissy sighed: "Locke, it’s good for you to have this confidence, I won’t say much. Your Highness asked me to come this time not to blame you, he asked me to inform you that he has treated Aslan The family’s disposal, and I hope you can help him and advise him in the imperial reunification war..."

After hearing what Christia said about the handling of the Aslan family by the Second Highness, Lorist took a breath: "This is too cruel, the Aslan family has no hope of resurrection. No, Christya, how do I feel that the real purpose of the Second Highness's disposal of the Aslan family is to check their property for use."

　　 Krisya nodded helplessly.

"No, is the kingdom's finances really so tight? Why are the two His Royal Highnesses still trying to unify the empire? He can't rule the Antinac kingdom first, let the people live and work in peace, and wait for the kingdom to become strong before attempting the great cause of unification? "Lorist expressed his surprise and puzzlement.

"Kristia, I don’t understand. Why did the Second Highness decide to unify the empire so hastily? Three hundred thousand army, maintaining so many troops is a big mistake in itself, the six provinces of the kingdom simply cannot support so many soldiers. I believe that His Royal Highness has already spent all the savings of the royal family on this unit, and once the war begins, the cost will be even greater. How does His Royal Highness plan to solve the problem of logistics, soldier compensation and supplies?"

　　 Kristia made a gesture, and Lorist's eyes widened: "No, just rely on robbery to supply it on the spot?"

Krisya nodded helplessly again, and said with a stern face: "Locke, I know you would think this is ridiculous, but for the kingdom, this is really no way to do it. If I tell you, the kingdom actually has one What do you think when the legion can't support it?"

　　 Lorist shook his head: "This is impossible. There are six provinces in the kingdom. How can it be impossible to support even a legion?"

Chrissy's expression is serious: "This is true. Since the establishment of the Antinac Kingdom for nearly ten years, there has been almost no external commercial circulation. As the orthodox inheritance of the Christian royal family, the kingdom has always been honored. The commercial blockades and trade boycotts implicitly and secretly carried out by the business alliances. Even through smuggling channels, the value of our commodities has been suppressed very low, and the prices of smuggled commodities have almost doubled several times or even more than ten times.

　　 There is no monetary gain without commercial transactions. The kingdom's taxes are very few, and most of them are offset in kind. The kingdom is located in the Great Plain of Antares. It used to be the commercial center of the empire. After the Civil War, the refugees were everywhere, and basic food and clothing became a problem. Five years ago, the family convoy swept across the three provinces of the kingdom with arms, and took away a large number of refugees. The Second Highness spent all his efforts to basically stabilize the situation in the kingdom.

　　 Next, the Second His Royal Highness defeated the invasion of the prince and forced the prince to cede the two provinces. Together with the province of Yunga Chandra which was seized from the hands of the prince of Madras, the kingdom had six provinces, but its resources were very scarce. The past few years have been fairly flat, but all the taxes collected are grain. The most lacking resources in the kingdom are iron ore and war horses.

　　 In the previous Empire, none of the seven iron ore mines were distributed in the kingdom. The Kingdom of Ridley and Iberia each had two, the Fakel duchy of the four major duchy had two iron mines, and the Duchy of Handra also had one. But without commercial transactions and commercial blockade, we cannot use our own production to buy the materials we need. The development of agriculture requires a lot of iron and farm tools. The kingdom now uses wood instead, which is extremely inefficient.

　　 His Royal Highness II didn't want to rule the kingdom first, but there was no way. In recent years, the prince of the Kingdom of Ridley has driven nearly 400,000 refugees into the kingdom. In addition to the large and small groups of deserters and refugees who have been living in the territory before, the second highness is helpless. In order to maintain the peace of the kingdom, they will be one of them. Once contained, they were reorganized into a reserve army.

　　 is like the Tornado Legion. Although it is known as one of the three major legions of the empire, it has always been outside the direct jurisdiction of the Second Royal Highness, and is becoming more and more independent. The Second Highness also disbanded it to avoid accidents and merged it into the Royal Guards, but it has been misunderstood.

Just reorganize and reorganize. The army is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of troops is getting bigger and bigger. If they are disbanded, the kingdom will be in chaos again. It is necessary to find a goal for the 300,000 army, and the Second Highness proposed unification. The strategy of the empire is to use the dividends of the unification of the empire to maintain military spirit and morale.

　　 The real goal of His Royal Highness II is actually the Kingdom of Ridleys, as long as the difficulties faced by the Kingdom of Ridleys are annexed, it can be alleviated. The Antinac Kingdom will be able to obtain the most needed resources, and His Royal Highness will be able to establish a preliminary self-sufficient business circle, which will no longer be affected by the external blockade. As for the other principalities, the two Highnesses did not want to see each other in battle. The general trend is that those big guilds will return to the embrace of the empire, and the rejuvenation of the empire is just around the corner. "

"Locke, the prince is the enemy of our Norton family. If it were not for his rebellion, then my father, third uncle, and eldest master would not have died. The death of our relatives is directly or indirectly related to the prince. If you want to defeat the prince, you should help him. The Second Highness admires you very much. He said that your military strategy and planned surprise attacks will always win. This was the case five years ago, and it is still the case now..." Kristia looked at Lorist beggingly.

Lorist shook his head: "Kristya, since the Second Royal Highness has assembled an army of 300,000, why not launch an offensive as soon as possible? Instead, it has been delayed until now for nearly a year, leaving the Principality of Madras and the Kingdom of Ridlis on the border. The above is fully prepared for defense, what is this for?"

"Oh..." Krisya sighed again: "Isn't it because the third prince didn't die... I was lingering on the bed several times but was critically ill but survived. If the Second Highness goes on the expedition, then the ruling center of the imperial capital will come. It is easy to lose control and influence because of the long distance. If the third prince suddenly wakes up and commits a will that is unfavorable to the second, it will be too late for the second to cry..."

"Haha," Lorist laughed: "The authorities are fascinated by the bystanders, Kristia, you are in the game and you don't know it. You believe in the Second Highness too much, so you take his excuses true. Three hundred thousand soldiers raise one. At least five or six hundred thousand gold fortunes in the year, how can you not afford a standing army with so much money? With the equipment supplies of 300,000 troops, your Royal Highness invests at least one million gold fortunes. Such a large investment is spent. It's really a pity in the army. What can't you do if you work hard to develop and construct the territory?"

　　 "But I have checked the kingdom's tax list. The annual commercial tax is less than 40,000 gold ford. It takes more than 100,000 to raise an elite regular army..." Krisya argued unconvincingly.

"Chrisia, if the Great Plains of Antares can only farm, then the empire will not arrange the emperor there. Read more books and you will understand that the Great Plains of Antares are rich in gold and jade, which is known as the land of gold and jade. You can get hundreds of thousands of gold fortune. The commercial blockade is just a joke. The merchants are very profitable. Under the high profit, they dare to do decapitating transactions. Are they afraid that they will not be able to obtain the resources you need? Think about it for yourself, there is really a lack of iron ore. In that case, how did Your Highness equip 300,000 troops with weapons...

　　 I think that His Royal Highness is just sailing along the river, taking advantage of the situation. What he has in mind is hegemony, the ambition of unifying the former empire. You compare the family territory with the kingdom, whose situation is more difficult. But our family still insists on opening up and building. In the past five years, the family territory has been refreshed and its strength has greatly increased. Even the 100,000 army of the second prince was swept away by our family's armed forces. Therefore, development and construction is the way to truly increase strength. Blindly increasing military strength is nothing more than seeking the last. "Lorister said.

"Forget it, Locke, I don’t want to quarrel with you. The Second Highness does not want to force you. If you refuse to help him, then the family armed forces in the North will stare at Duke Fesabrun in the war of unified empire, don’t let him give Your Highness, can you add chaos?" Krista took a step back.

　　 Lorester touched his chin and walked around the room for a long time before reluctantly agreeing.

　　 "One more thing, give me the soldiers of the Royal Guards you caught, don't make their minds." Krisya said.

　　 "Well, you can take them away." Lorester reluctantly said: "I need your compensation. If you really want to pay their ransom, it would be at least a hundred thousand golden fortune."

　　 Kristia knocked Lorist: "Don't dream, there is no copper plate for you."

　　 "Then I can't explain to the knights under me. In fact, I need their labor to bring them back to Silovas Island." Lorist opened his hands.

Kristia was angry: "They are all well-trained elite soldiers. Do you treat them as coolies? No way, I want to take them away. If you need labor, recruit them yourself. Most of those refugees are in the southwestern provinces. "

　　 "His Royal Highness allows us to recruit refugees?"

　　 "Of course, he hopes you all take away the refugees."

"Then, UU reading www.uukanshu.com Krisya, I agree with you to take away those prisoners, but you must ensure that we will not be obstructed in recruiting the refugees, and let the Second Highness agree that we recruit some civilian posts in the imperial capital. Officials. The family territory needs to bring in talent..." Lorist said.

　　 "Deal!" Krisya agreed very happily.

　　 After only staying for one night, Krisya was anxious to go back. What was a bit troublesome was that there were three sea ships on the island, or small, and it took several times to transport more than two thousand prisoners back.

　　 After sending away Kristia, Lorist said to Fatty Shi: "I have to go to Morient."

　　 "What are you doing?"

　　 "Buying a boat, but also ordering a large amount of food." Lorist answered.

　　……(To be continued.)