Vol 3 Chapter 258

Act 258: The War Without the Smoke (Part 2)

Antitina nodded to Brando and came out with a stack of parchment papers. In a sense, she was still the quiet young girl who calmly calmed down like Gujing when she first saw her, but she had a healthy redness on her pale face and a slight brow. Wrinkled, the whole person looks much older than before.

She turned around, raised her eyelashes slightly, and slightly swept the others on the assembly hall with her eyelids, and put a fist on her lips and coughed gently: "Since the repulsion caused the countless invasion by Count Denel— There was a slight laughter below, and Antitina raised her head and stared at the bad guys. She didn't roll her eyes as much as Qian did, but this silent look would make People felt helpless, "Everything in Fir Collar, Grisport and Minthai is normal, all plans and work are being carried out in an orderly way ..." After the venue was quiet, she organized the entire territory and Egypt. Luin's situation was elaborated.

Overall, Fir collar is on the path to healthy development. The most urgent food problem is that the food bought from Ampersel has been effectively resolved. At present, the food in the Firburg Fort warehouse is sufficient to support April of the year of the sword. The rest will depend on the winter wheat harvest, but It may also buy some more grain. When the girl mentioned this issue, she expressed her views on the current situation. The northern war is overwhelmed, and the price of food is likely to continue to rise in the next few months. Therefore, if the territory needs to purchase food, it should be sold as soon as possible. .

Brando naturally agrees with only a few members of the territory who are involved in internal affairs, such as Burrow, Roman, Oldham and Shire. He wanted to go to Amperse right away, just in time to buy a batch of food, and now the nobles of the north and the south gathered in the permanent neutral trade port of Ampersel under the arrangement of the temple, and are preparing for the final negotiations on the future of the kingdom. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is the last hope to keep the civil war from erupting, and businessmen are still watching. Although the price of food fluctuates, only a few people are hoarding it in secret.

However, Brando understands that there is no room for reversal between North and South. The negotiations on the surface are to maintain the peace of Eruin, but under the table, the two sides are actually fighting for the power of the kingdom. His Royal Highness Princess Regency will take this opportunity to meet with Annek and reach an agreement on marriage. From the news that Brando has received about the North, it is also known that the Royal Party and the envoys of the King have already passed through the North. The envoy of the Gong and Wang's eldest son arrived at Ampelsel in one step.

Among them, the strange outsiders are not very clear, but he has known through history that His Royal Highness Princess and Archduke Enrique himself are likely to be in the mission, but there is no public announcement. Although today's Tonigel has almost no eyeliner in the direction of Ampelsel and even north of Firth, all sources of information and transmission almost rely on the merchant ships of Ampelsel who have established a short-term relationship with the fir collar, but Even without such news, it does not prevent Brando from knowing the truth behind it.

Because this is nothing more than a preview of history.

He still has a little time.

At this time, Antitina continued to mention agricultural issues, and by the way, mentioned spring ploughing. Anyone can see that Brando wants to open up a larger situation, but if he intends to increase the agricultural scale of Tonigel, Then the following spring ploughing requires a lot of labor. In normal years, except for homeless people, no one would be willing to migrate to such a remote area. Fortunately, the Black Rose War created a large number of war refugees. Master Bower has written to his students who are everywhere to organize these. The refugees moved to Tonigel.

The problem between them is mainly the wear and tear on the road. This sounded so sad in Brando's life, but his living life had to calculate wear and tear like goods and goods. This reminded him more than once of the history of the world in the past. Slave trade. But in fact, if these peasants and craftsmen who were driven out of their homes were left in the war-torn homes of Viero, Karasu, and Golan-Elson, the end result would be nothing more than self-destruction, only Very few people can survive, and the elderly and children basically have no possibility of survival.

This is the helplessness created by war, and the reality that this world must accept. Brando, as half of the modern man, can only express silence when receiving this knowledge. He has never paid attention to these backgrounds in the game. It seems that Vond has only those magnificent myths, but the NPCs interpret the cruelty of this living world, but no one cares about it.

"... One problem is that these refugees are more or less accommodated by local nobles, but the nobles only need strong labor and fertile women, and the rest are mostly elderly and children ..."

Having said that, Antitina stopped and looked back at Brando with her black eyes as if to talk. There was a kind of deep sorrow in the girl's eyes. She said that these homeless people felt like they felt the same. If it was not Brando, she was also the bottom part of the world's weak and strong food; but on the other hand, Antiy Tina also had difficult contradictions in her heart.

"It doesn't matter, the old man has experience that young people cannot reach. As for the child, Tonigel needs children, and the child is the future of the territory. They have experienced the hardships of war, and will know how to cherish the hard-won peace of life. They can be contained. "Brando took a quiet breath.

He is now a lord and there are many people standing behind him, which means that he needs to mature to judge, but maturity does not mean that he must be as common as the nobles of this world; Brando always believes that even if one day civilization World becomes barren, but the noble and beautiful culture that humans have shaped in the shining history of thousands of years will not be weathered with it. On the contrary, humans will come out of the wild first, relying on the light of human nature .

It was just his own opinion, but Brando looked at others with respectful eyes. There was an unspeakable complexity on the face of Antinina's girl. She hoped that Brando could calmly reject her, but then she was bound to be disappointed. But he reassured her--although he knew it was a naive, impulsive decision, it was full of inspiring power.

At that moment, she felt as if she had seen an endless darkness in which a young knight was holding a shining flag and advancing against the current. The kind of indomitableness almost melted her heart into it. She hoped for a moment Help that young man go one step further so that this gentle light can exist for a few moments before the dawn of Eruin.

"Elderly people do not all have experience, let alone how many old people are needed ..." The aristocratic girl muttered, and then smiled softly unconsciously.

"I have never seen such a stupid person, forget it, I will help you to the end ..." Of all the people below, Master Bai Lu shook his head in the crowd, but his eyes were forgiving and comforting. After experiencing the life of ***, he understood to what extent the bottom layer of Eruin had fallen. Who can save Alluin? The blood he experienced when he was the royal party has cooled down. He is no longer sure whether the royal party can help Alluin. The support for the princess is worse than one. This kind of inertia for one's own past.

It wasn't until he saw Brando's decision today that he felt that perhaps there was something in this young man that the nobles of the Eruin were missing now. He suddenly made up his mind to write letters to his more proud students and a few old friends, and let them come to Tonigel to see everything here.

After talking about the refugees, Antitina briefly mentioned the development of the territory. In fact, there is nothing to say. The White Maned Guards haven't had a shadow yet. The main reason is that the army is far from enough, and the armor and weapon workshops are not enough to start a full army. The "Giant City" built by Old Man Odum is still on the paper. According to his words, he runs east and west every day to build forts and tunnels on several mountains like rabbits digging holes, which is really a ghost.

The Shavrund Silver Mine operates steadily and is the main source of funding for the Territory. The future growth of the territory's financial resources Brando mainly focuses on the Black Forest. With the help of Druid, he can easily develop the border zone of the Black Forest. Now the most important thing is the crystal-rich mine he found. Although the output is not too high, the monthly income also has a slight tendency to catch up with the silver mines.

Other specialties such as alchemy materials, wood, fur, and some rare objects are small heads, and only Tamar praised him once for these praises. Incidentally, Tamar has now increased his alchemy level by one level, reaching level 12, which is what Brando concluded from the quality of the Dragon Blood Elixir he helped to refine.

In the end, it was mainly the expansion of the Grisport. The small fishing port has now been expanded with two berths for large vessels, and a new trestle has been built. It is no longer the calm and small port of the past. Its main task in the future is to maintain the increasingly prosperous business activities. It took a lot of manpower to renovate the port. However, Roman did not recruit the people, but used a method of labor to complete the project. There was grumble, but it won a consistent reputation.

The only problem with Brando's prestige in the territory today is that it is unsound and the residents of the territory are more or less worried that war will happen. But otherwise, most people have recognized the wise and kind master-at least not as many times as Grudin.

On the other hand, in fact, the expenditure of hired workers was finally returned through food recovery. Romans intentionally left a small part in the people. According to her words, small money will be born in the hands of hard-working people. Little money, Roman only needs to earn them back then-as if the money was already in her pocket.

But Territory Rich is Brando Rich, Brando doesn't mind how she tossed.

"... The situation in the Territory is now almost the same, because the North is in a hurry, and Count Deneel is in danger of being involved in the war with the Archduke Viero. As a result, the situation is unstable today, but Tonigel can just win the respite. "

After Antitina stopped talking, she raised her eyelids slightly and looked at Brando. Today Tonigel can be said to be thriving, everything is on track, everyone on the field can't help but give birth to hope. Most of the people who followed Brando were desperate. They never thought of this step today, but they did not expect that this miraculous young man would lead them step by step to kill a living path. Then again, let Denet Who would have thought that this young man could bring from the Black Forest a covenant with the druids, tree elves, and centaur?

Everything that has happened in the past few months is, to everyone present here, a miracle like a dream.

But this miracle did happen on the ground, and it is now.

Then, they seem to have caused an established fact. Occupy this territory and become a real lord, everyone may have a status of a vassal, no longer a drifting mercenary, adventurer, ranger, wanderer or whatever.

Brando nodded slightly to Antitina.

"Just half a month ago, each of us did our best, sweated, and even shed blood to make this new territory come out of the shadow of a war. Maybe you think we can finally take a breath and take a ride The nobles have no time to split up and enjoy a peaceful day. "

Everyone nodded subconsciously.

"But what I want to tell you is the opposite." Brando shook his head. "Next I'm going to Amperse and his party. I can't predict what will happen to this party, but I can be sure, wait for me. Come back here again. Tonigel will be involved in a real war. "

"Compared to those you have seen before, these wars are nothing more than pediatrics. This war will be involved in the two largest factions of the whole kingdom and several princes, countless powerful The real lords are fighting for this. The most outstanding knights you have ever seen are only cannon fodder on the battlefield. Every enemy you have to face can crush you once as if you were a ant. "

"And these mighty enemies are likely to unite and kill us. And what Tonigel is going to do next is an unimaginably difficult, thorny forest, surrounded by powerful enemies and even intolerable by the entire Eruin. path of."

As soon as Brando finished speaking, there was a dead silence in the meeting place surrounded by ten ancient banyan trees, and the needles could be heard. Everyone looked at Brando standing high on the platform, but couldn't make a sound.

"Master Lord ... why?" Someone finally asked.

Brando thought for a moment: "Because I am going to stop a true princess of noble blood, the most legitimate heir of the kingdom, from falling into a trap. To this end, Tonigel may offend all her enemies, and The princes and nobles who can't get what they want at the negotiating table will also unite. The war will spread to the entire Eruin. We have few allies and can only rely on our own strength to save this crumbling kingdom. "

Everyone listened, but Antitina, who really understood the truth, simplified the words of Brando in my heart-I was going to grab a marriage. The aristocratic girl could not help but let go of her lips, she suddenly thought of something, and looked down at a pendant on her chest—this pendant was still a relic left by her father.

"But what do those nobles have to do with us, they have never given us any benefit, why should we fight for them?" The people in the original Gray Wolf mercenary group could not help asking, among all the people present, these Those who had been deceived by Makaro were the most distrustful of the nobility.

"The reason is very simple. In fact, we can stand here because of the approval of Her Royal Highness. We nominally regained this territory from Madara, whether you want it or not, if you lose this moral Foothold, then wait until the nobles of the north divide the victory and breathe, and then look back, then we are their next goal. "

"So we can only join one side and defeat the other. Although hope is slim, we have no choice," Brando replied.

There was another silence at the rally.

But suddenly a voice exclaimed: "Masha is on, Lord Lord! Then, if we help Her Royal Highness Princess Griffin defeat her brother and help her ascend to the throne, shall we not be in danger? The Lord's Merit? At that time, with the lord's credit, it is only natural to be named a duke! "

Brando looked back, but found that Cargalis said with a look of timidity: "If you are the Duke of Lords, our family members must at least have the status of a baron! Ha, look at my old man then How dad taught me, I can be considered higher than his identity. "

When Caglis said this, his face was vulgar, and Melia beside him pulled his sleeves straight with red ears, so anxious that he couldn't wait to find a place to drill down. She had never seen such a vulgar aristocracy, nor did she know how Sir Mintai educated this fellow.

But Brando laughed secretly. Of course he could see that the alert young man was childcare for himself, but at least from this point, Carglis supported him.

Caglis' words really caused a commotion, why not? The first thing everyone sees in front of benefits is the benefit rather than the risk behind them, not to mention that they have to fight anyway. Since there is such a generous reward, the risks that need to be taken seem to be worthless.

Indeed, if they helped Her Royal Highness win the throne, then Carglis's conjecture is entirely possible. Anyone knows that Her Royal Highness is now helpless and icing on the cake is easy. Sending charcoal in the snow seems very precious. What happened to the first family that followed the Emperor Aike?

Anleke, Sifaher, Viero, which one is not the real Grand Duke?

The thought of everyone's heart is moving.

Brando saw the look of these people and knew that there should be no problem. He knew that those closest to him would definitely follow him, and then the veterans of the November War of the Red Copper Dragon Mercenary Group would not have objected. They were originally potential royal supporters. He The main purpose is to appease the remaining mercenaries. The mercenaries have no faith. He must let them know that they are fighting for themselves, otherwise troubles will occur in the future.

He nodded and replied, "That's right, so I hope you are prepared and the rewards will be very generous, but only the person who wins in the end can get paid. These do not need me to say that I think you should also understand."

"Of course, Lord Lord!"

"We understand."

"Lord Lord, rest assured. With your wiseness, it is really her luck that Her Royal Highness can get your support!" This is a statement of packed tickets. It seems that some people are already confident. Brando certainly knows that most of these guys are shooting horses, but anyway, at least the motivation of these guys has been mobilized.

Sometimes the subordinates' hearts float, and it is impossible to foresee the worst results, but once the worst results are known to be so, then when the real war breaks out, Tonigel will certainly be able to join the war in the most perfect state. Brando couldn't help but touch his chin, and to be honest, he wasn't sure of the next war himself.

It is not that he is not confident enough, but that the enemy is too strong. He didn't tell the truth. If the plan is not successful, he may forcibly destroy the marriage between Princess Griffin and Annek, but whichever one may cause Annek to sullen into anger, The best result is to remain neutral, and once the worst results, it means that Tonigel has to face the pressure of the entire Eruin almost alone.

Eruin's strength is not strong, but that was said after comparing Madara and Cruz, and with the strength of the six or seven archduke of Eruin to face a Tonigel, it is the same as that of adults and children. The strength comparison between the two is almost the same. By then, his only ally would be the poor help beside His Royal Highness.

As a matter of fact, Brando has no complete response for the time being, but the time left for him is not enough to prepare him thoroughly. He will never let history repeat itself. Ampersel's trip is imperative. At this time he saw Shire coming up, and he knew that the other party was going to tell him that the ship to Ampelsel was ready.

From Tonigel to Ampelsel, it only takes one week.

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(Ps: First of all, thanks to [Yefengfengyunyun] [Tenye tlanfeng] [Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]] and everyone who posted it helped me organize the information.

Then correct two bugs, one is Kuran's gold median strength, and one fire giant. I looked at the fire giant spirit. The card is at level 45. The level 45 has the strength of the silver peak near the first stage of gold. It can be counted as the first stage of gold.

Finally, there is Medisa. Although her absolute strength is only under gold, her combat effectiveness is gold-medium. )

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