The King of Knights in a Different World

"I will let the 70,000 troops here cross the river, and release more than 30,000 captives, including the prince of France."

"Don't you think your appetite is too big, King of Britain?" Bismarck's expression became serious.

This condition was also within his expected range, but it was the reserve price that he should have offered at the end. Now that Lucifer said it out loud, he had the illusion of doubting that Lucifer could read minds.

Of course, Lucifer doesn't have such a bug ability, but it's not too difficult to guess the range of conditions that the other party can accept based on the current situation.

"You think I'm going too far? Compared to us uniting with Rome and contacting Macedonia to carve up a large amount of France, this condition is no longer harsh. This land was originally the territory of Britain, and it was only acquired about fifteen years ago. You take it away. I don't want to make the mistake of the previous king and let you get a vanguard base across the river for nothing."

"..."

"Since you can come, you should be able to see the changes in the situation in front of you. However, I don't know if you can see clearly. That is, if the truce agreement is to be fully effective, both parties must be at ease. And this The Rhine is that guarantee. I don't want my south side to be in danger of being pierced at any moment."

Compared with the contract on paper, what is in reality is the real guarantee of the truce. With this big river as a natural barrier, it will be a lot of peace of mind for both parties. France doesn't have to worry about being attacked by Britain, and so does Britain.

"If you want to agree to this, the number of gold coins must be reduced." Bismarck changed a condition.

In this era, buying land with money is a normal manipulation, and reducing compensation is equivalent to exchanging the land with the money. This is not unacceptable. Bismarck was also thinking about the financial problems in France.

"The gold coins are still 700,000, but I can agree to pay the bill in installments. That is, 400,000 will be paid first, and the next 300,000 will be paid in five years, and 60,000 will be paid every year. This way, your financial pressure will be much less." Lucifer Er saw the right time and changed a payment method.

According to the information disclosed by Bismarck and the information of Semiramis, Lucifer thinks that 400,000 is an acceptable number. If you want to say it again, they may not want to give it.

Bismarck was silent for a long time before speaking.

"I need a moment to think about it."

"No problem! I welcome you to think about it for a while at any time. Gao Wen, arrange a luxurious resting place for the prime minister. Whether it's guards or food, you must treat it according to the prime minister's standards. You can't let the high school prime minister say that we don't understand etiquette. ?"

Gawain and Artoria couldn't help laughing at what Lucifer said at the moment. The words that obviously contained surveillance came out of Lucifer's mouth, but it seemed as if he was protecting them.

"Yes, king! I'll do it now."

Gao Wen said, and left here first. Following that, Lucifer also stood up first, which meant that he had no intention of continuing the conversation. Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he turned around and said to Bismarck.

"Your Excellency, personally, I welcome you to think about it for a while. But I may need to remind you that as long as the formal truce between us is not signed, it means that our two countries are still hostile nation."

Bismarck was also about to get up, but he was suddenly stunned when he heard this. After reacting, he calmly stared at Lucifer.

"Are you warning me? If you wait too long, the soldiers on the opposite side may be wiped out by you at any time?"

"No, it's a kind reminder. After all, we may soon become a truce country, and I don't want to make things too rigid before that."

"thanks for your reminder."

After speaking, both of them disappeared in front of each other. *

no.46 Truce is not peace

After a day of negotiations, France and Britain finally formally signed a truce. At the same time, they also announced the contract to the world.

A five-year truce between France and Britain. France paid Britain a total of 700,000 gold coins in compensation, paying 400,000 upfront and 300,000 in installments later. At the same time, the two countries re-demarcated the national border with the Rhine River as the boundary. France does not pursue the question of the death of the holy sword and the marshal.

In exchange, Britain would free all French prisoners, including Prince Pepin of France. And return their armor and weapons. What's interesting is that this was originally a small back door left by Lucifer, and it was also one of the bargaining chips. Bismarck also saw this and added this condition.

Thanks to this, the more than 30,000 captured French soldiers were finally able to get back their weapons, so that they would not have to spend a lot of money to buy them again later. Of course, those who died in battle were naturally confiscated as spoils of war.

About five days later, this army with nearly 100,000 wounded and wounded returned to its own country through the barely repaired skeleton bridge. After returning, Bismarck dismantled the bridge very tacitly, and dismantled it to the pier on the French side.

Regarding this, Lucifer just smiled, and instead of demolishing the bridge, he erected a stone monument beside the bridge. It bears the testimony of the friendship between the two countries.

In this way, a war between countries temporarily came to an end in a way acceptable to both sides. Lucifer led the army on the way back. On the way back, they saw Siegfried who was repairing the White Rock Fortress, and then returned to the Dragonscale Fortress for rest.

When he came back, Lucifer was walking on the street and got cheers like a hero.

Now almost everyone has completely convinced Lucifer, the new king, taking advantage of this opportunity, Lucifer used his prestige and king's power to forcibly integrate this army and bring it under his command.

In this regard, the people below did not feel that there was any problem. On the contrary, they felt that it was a very honorable thing to be able to fight for the king. After a few days of fighting, Lucifer temporarily let the army rest and at the same time told them that they might go north or east, so that they did not relax their preparations while resting.

After dealing with a bunch of affairs at hand, the night has gradually deepened. In the brightly lit corridor, Lucifer was walking towards the large bathroom in the distance.

The pool in the large bathroom looks like a swimming pool, surrounded by white marble columns, and with the ribbons falling in the air, the overall look has a Roman style. It is said that it was built when the former king came to the fortress to fight, and it was dedicated to the royal family. The design style adopts the Roman series.

At this time, the water in the pool was already heated, so he put down his clothes, and Lucifer lay down in it. The moment the body touches the warm water, the spirit of the whole person seems to relax. He put the towel over his eyes and meditated on the results of these days alone.

For now, Britain's greatest external danger has basically been resolved. France is defeated, and Ross will naturally not move. Rome will also reconsider its combat power and give up taking advantage of the fire.

Compared with the already stable external situation, we should now turn our attention to the domestic situation. With this victory, the country will no longer question my ability as a king. But there are members of the former royal family, and it is not ruled out that some people with ulterior motives will jump out and make big news.

Considering the situation in the mainland in the future, the aristocratic system may be a big problem. Sure enough, a centralized strategy should be adopted. As for Princess Morgan... forget it! I have never seen this princess before.

If Leah is willing to reveal the identity of her illegitimate child, letting her be the queen is the best solution to stabilize the current situation in one fell swoop. well! What am I thinking, only this decision, she will not agree.

Thinking about it, she also has the ability to draw a sword, and is the king's illegitimate child. But the current country does not need two kings. Rather than something like a queen, she probably wants to live as a knight. However, Leah's wedding dress... This picture is a bit exciting.

Thinking of this, Lucifer was still thinking about whether he would find some time to abuse his power in private in the future, when he suddenly sensed a familiar aura behind him. That is his guardian knight.

Lucifer raised his head, and the knight girl came into his sight. She had changed out of her armor and was wearing a blue and white dress.

Seeing Lucifer's naked appearance suddenly, Knight Ji's expression was very shy.

"That..." She turned her head, as if she didn't dare to look this way at all.

"Come down! I was wondering where I was going as a bodyguard just now?" Lucifer directly sent an invitation to the girl.

"Come down?" Artoria was stunned.

She looked at the pool, not sure if Lucifer told her to go into the water. Then……

"Yeah! After these few days of fighting, Liya must be very tired too. The water temperature here is just right for relaxing the previously suppressed spirit."

"I……"

Arturia originally wanted to refuse, but after seeing Lucifer's eyes, she understood that continuing to refuse might become an order. She thought about it and decided to obey.

(three more!)*

no.47 Wash together (ask for tickets, ask for flowers)

The dress fell gently, and after a while, a petite figure appeared in the water. However, she looked very shy, and subconsciously distanced herself from Lucifer.

"Please don't get me wrong, I'm just here to protect the king's safety." Seeing Lucifer's smile, Arturia forcefully explained to herself.

"Of course it's for my safety. You mentioned the bodyguards, so naturally we need to be together all the time. Otherwise, if an assassin comes in at any time, it's your negligence!"

"How could there be an assassin at this time." Muttering softly, Artoria submerged half of her head in the water.

"Assassins usually attack their targets when people are most relaxed. In terms of timing, now is a good opportunity. So, for my safety, my lovely Knight Princess will trouble you."

Although in terms of timing, now is the best time. But it was just timing, but this reason really convinced Artoria.

"Is that really the case? I understand, I will definitely protect the king's safety." Artoria said with a serious expression.

At this time, she subconsciously ignored the fact that Wang was actually stronger than her. But, even powerful people need guards, it has nothing to do with strength. Arturia firmly believed that.

"Just guard like this? The distance between us is a bit far away." Seeing that this reason was good, Lucifer continued to push forward.

The distance between the two of them has exceeded ten meters, this distance is absolutely unqualified for the guards. then……

"Please forgive my negligence."

The knight Ji was only thinking about the duty in her heart, and subconsciously approached within one meter. This time, with a reason, she seemed to have forgotten to be shy.

Through the mist, Lucifer saw the knight Ji in front of him clearly for the first time. His up-and-down eyes quickly caught Artoria's attention, and it was only then that she realized that they were frankly meeting each other.

"Please don't stare at me like that!" Arturia hugged her arms tightly, as if worried about what Lucifer saw.

But in fact, she didn't know that her shy expression and behavior were more flavorful than before.

"Look carefully, Leia, you said before that your body is not as slender as the noble ladies and has no feminine charm, but now it seems that is not the case. At this moment, you are like a lily blooming in the water, which makes people feel pity. A happy smile appeared on the corner of Lucifer's mouth.

Facing Lucifer's praise, Artoria should be happy at first, but her current appearance makes her unhappy.

"King!" Her voice was almost begging, and her expression was almost crying out of embarrassment.

"Okay! Okay! I won't tease you anymore. If you go on like this, if you walk away in shame and anger, I will be in danger."

After finishing speaking, in order to make the shyness in the knight girl's heart less. Lucifer put the towel over his eyes again, and then leaned back. Without Lucifer's dazzling gaze, Artoria's body temperature finally gradually began to drop.

After a while, she finally regained her composure. At this time, her gaze was inadvertently looking at Lucifer, but she immediately looked away like a thief. After she moved away, she gradually returned to the original state, and then suddenly moved away forcibly.

She repeated this behavior five or six times, and then forced herself to say it.

"Calm down! Calm down! Calm down! Just treat it as if you are at your aunt's house now, yes, that's it."

Relying on self-suggestion to herself, Artoria finally calmed down.

When Lucifer next to her heard her words, he couldn't help feeling that the girl in front of him was really cute, but if this went on like this, he might not be able to communicate normally. Lucifer thought about it and gave his own suggestion.

"Don't be so nervous, Leah! I'm not some nameless monster, and I won't eat you. I asked you to come down to take a bath to relax, don't you look more nervous now? There is a towel next to it, if you really can't If you’re calm, you’ll be fine like me.”

Since what you see makes you shy, it's fine if you don't see it. Even though their current distance felt like deception, at least they couldn't see it on the surface.

"Well, it seems to be possible! Thank you, Wang!"

After finishing speaking, Arturia picked up the towel and began to imitate Lucifer. In this way, without seeing Lucifer, she finally let out a long breath.

"Don't call me king in private. In public, I am king, your knight. But before that, we are still close boyfriend and girlfriend. As for me, I don't want you to place me too high Come on." At this time Lucifer continued.

"Lucifer?"

"If this name is difficult to pronounce, call me Lucier, or Lucifer."

"Well, Lucille!" Artoria's voice was obviously mixed with happiness, after thinking about it, she continued.

"Luciel, are we really relaxed like this now? Although we said that we have signed a contract with France, we still let their army go back. I'm a little worried."

(Four more completed.)*

no.48 The correct demonstration of washing hair (asking for tickets, asking for flowers)

Theoretically speaking, although France was defeated this time, most of their army returned after all. Even considering the number of wounded soldiers after the war, nearly half of them went back. These soldiers could become the force for the next war.

But only in theory.

"Worried? Worried about France's comeback? Now the initiative is in our hands. The previous war cost France 70,000 to 80,000 troops. France will not pose a threat to Britain in a short time, and we can also free up our hands to develop internal affairs."

Seventy to eighty thousand troops is not a small number, especially France, like Britain, is currently in an area surrounded by powerful countries. For a long time to come, they may face more internal problems, and at the same time there will be peeps from the north and east.

The defeat of France may also give other people an illusion, for example, 'France is actually very good, and I can do it. After all, you see, a new king who doesn't know where he came from made the three French legions surrender within a month. ’ This kind. Once this illusion is established, this country is likely to be regarded as prey by many people.

"At that time, I thought that Lucier really wanted to wipe out the three French legions in one fell swoop, but I didn't expect that Lucille wanted peace talks."

"Actually, if Britain's internal problems have been resolved, the previous war would be an opportunity. But unfortunately, the interior is unstable, and the powerful enemies in the north and east are still there. Time does not allow us to make too many choices."

"It's such a pity. If it wasn't for the issue of the north and the east, this war should have been the best chance for Britain to invade France in one fell swoop."

Although she appeared to be an upright knight on the surface, the girl knight seemed to have the idea of ​​defeating France, her old enemy, in her heart. It should be said that the knights here more or less have this idea.

In fact, the previous war can be said to be one step away. They were only one step away from penetrating the eastern side of France, but the timing was alas.

"It is because of the complicated situation in front of me that I want to give priority to talking with France. Not to mention that we can get the most rewards from them. Just considering the current situation in Britain, we cannot overly weaken France's strength. Otherwise, once Rome and Macedonia destroy France, we may have a two-front war when facing Rome. Rome is already strong enough, and if it annexes the territory of France, it will directly threaten the survival of Britain .” Lucifer’s mind remained calm throughout.

Break through France. It sounds very good, but the problem is that even if it is defeated now, they will not be able to hold it, and it will only benefit the neighboring two countries in vain.

With the nine countries in the mainland, helping other countries to increase their strength in this situation is almost tantamount to slowly stifling their own development. It could end up being suicide. The current Lucifer has the illusion that he is playing a strategy game. Of course, if France's bones are strong enough, you can try to drag Rome into the quagmire of war in France, but obviously there is no such if.

"It sounds complicated. I'm really not suitable for this kind of thing." After thinking about it, Arturia felt a little bit self-defeating. Or to recognize the reality.

If she was leading the army at that time, she would definitely continue to attack hot-headed, and the result would be that Rome might directly border Britain in the south. And that result could be devastating.

"Everyone has things they are good at and things they are not good at. For Leah, just focus on what you are good at, and leave the rest to me."

"Um!"

With this as a boundary, there was a brief silence between them. Lucifer was about to get up, when he took off the towel, he subconsciously looked at Arturia. It was only here that he realized that the girl's blond hair had become somewhat messy due to the previous war.

He looked at a plate brought up by the poolside maid earlier, where there were cleaning items. Lucifer found that there were only two types of water squeezed out of leaves, which the previous maid said were used to cleanse the body and hair.

shampoo? body wash?

With such curiosity, Lucifer tried it and found that it was just the most primitive method. Although it has the function of cleaning, the effect is just that. Still, something is better than nothing.

He picked up two things and looked at them, then called out to Artoria next to him.

"Leah, come here. I'll wash your hair for you."