Urban Sims

Chapter 647
In the blink of an eye.

Months passed.

The long and cold winter year is finally over.

After entering the warm spring, the warm sunshine melted the snow and ice on the ground, and the roads became slippery and muddy.

People who have been cooped up at home for several months also started to go out of the house, bask in the sun, and busy themselves with various things.

Farmers in the countryside have also begun to prepare for the spring sowing of the year.

Zhou Ming, who has already turned 18, is rushing to turn 19.

……

Outside the capital of Dillo, the Pill Bottle Castle.

A staff member of the Mainland Chamber of Commerce handed a letter to Zhou Ming.

The letter was written by this body's father, Coen Leylin. It roughly means that the family that is still staying in Heihe Town has already boarded the carriage and set off officially in the past two days. Except for a few family members, they will stay in Heihe Town, most people decided to return to the capital.

For example, Zhou Ming's mother Villani, mother Olenna, his eldest brother Roger, second sister Sherry, third brother Jon, and uncle Philemon all came back.

Including Coen Leylin himself, he will also go back to the capital to meet the king.

Of course, he also wanted to see Zhou Ming, who hadn't seen him for almost three years.

only……

The family has no place to live in the capital, and his father, Ke En, asked Zhou Ming to help them find a place to settle them down.

Zhou Ming thought for a while, then called Defoe, who was appointed as the housekeeper, and told him to find a mansion in the urban area, buy it, recruit workers to renovate it, hire a group of servants, clean the mansion, Ready to welcome your family.

"It's best to finish this matter within a month. Don't worry about how much money is spent. Anyway, don't wait for my family members to arrive. The mansion is not ready yet."

"Ok sir."

Defoe, who was dressed in a butler's tuxedo, bowed and immediately started to prepare.

After the rebellion last year ended, the kingdom was divided into the Duke of Paris's party, and hundreds of nobles were cleared. Many of these families bought mansions in the royal capital, and now they are basically vacant, Defoe thought. It doesn't take much effort to buy a mansion in good condition.

Zhou Ming is also mentally prepared for his family's upcoming arrival and how to deal with the relationship with various family members.

Anyway, no matter how many red faces, how many black faces?In the Leylin family, his role and importance must be recognized and valued by everyone.

Zhou Ming also hoped that it would be better not to jump out of some mentally retarded person who insisted on being slapped in the face by him, then he would be a little embarrassed.

……

Spring Year, February 2th.

Zhou Ming attended a court meeting.

A more important topic is discussed.

Regarding the issue of "marriage between the two countries" proposed by the Soliu Kingdom, a neighboring country on the eastern border.

The special envoy of the Soliu Kingdom proposed: I heard that Her Royal Highness is a beautiful and virtuous princess of the Yadude Kingdom. She has reached the age of marriage. Her Royal Highness Prince Geoffrey of the Soliu Kingdom admires him very much. King Weber also hopes that the relationship between the two countries will go further, so he asks for a marriage between the two countries. , Let his son, Prince Geoffrey, marry Her Royal Highness the Princess of Yadude Kingdom.

Marry that princess?

King Jaime's only daughter, of course, Princess Syvenes.

After receiving the marriage request from the Soliu Kingdom, at the court meeting of the Yadude Kingdom, the nobles and ministers had a heated discussion.

"What is the meaning of Soliu Kingdom?"

"Our country has not been married to the Soliu Kingdom for more than 200 years, but we have fought dozens of times. What do they want to do this time?"

"Why does the Soliu Kingdom marry our Princess Syvenes? Our noble princess, is their Prince Geoffrey worthy?"

"Marriage between the two countries is fine. There are three princes in our country. I heard that King Weber of the Soliu Kingdom has three daughters. How about we marry only one instead of three?"

"Hahaha~"

There was a burst of laughter in the court.

Apparently, the noble ministers of the Yadude Kingdom were not very impressed with the request for marriage proposed by the Soliu Kingdom.

But after the shriveled and ugly special envoy sent by Soliu Kingdom said a few words in a sinister tone, everyone's expressions changed.

"Our country's marriage request to your country is for the sake of reconciling the relationship between the two countries. If your country refuses, it will be rude and contemptuous of our king and prince!"

"If His Majesty the King of our country is very angry, the consequences will be very serious."

"I also heard that the Duke of Paris in your country launched a rebellion last year. The 30 border guards were all used to fight the king. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. It is said that the remaining [-] of your border guards are less than [-]."

"Now that the ice and snow have all melted, the roads will soon become easier. I would like to ask your country: Can your country's army of tens of thousands of people deployed in Dongjing be able to stop the invasion of our country's 50 elite troops?" ?”

"Let me ask your country again, is a princess important, or the long-term peace between the two countries?"

The special envoy of the Soliu Kingdom finally revealed his shameful purpose.

Boom~
The noble ministers of the Yadude Kingdom suddenly became extremely uproarious.

King Jaime's face was even more ugly.

Threat!

This is a blatant threat.

A nobleman walked up to the special envoy with his fists clenched and said, "What does your country mean? What do you want to do?"

The special envoy twisted his head: "It's not interesting, I don't want to do anything."

"I'll kill you!"

The nobleman punched the past.

"Earl Caddy, don't do it, don't do it!"

"Don't be impulsive Earl Caddy."

Two people stopped the nobleman named "Kadie" and told him not to be impulsive.

The special envoy raised his head and looked at these people in the court with disdain.

In fact, after the rebellion launched by the Duke of Paris in March last year, almost all the frontier regiments were withdrawn, the upper echelon of the Soliu Kingdom across the border can be said to have felt ecstasy.

Incomparable ecstasy.

The Yadude Kingdom is in civil strife, isn't their chance here?
You must know that the relationship between the two countries has always been not very good, and there will be a war almost every ten years, and the strength of the Soliu Kingdom is obviously stronger, so the Yadude Kingdom has always been on the defensive, and the Soliu Kingdom can't take advantage of it.

Now that the Yadude Kingdom is in disarray, how could the Suoliu Kingdom let go of this opportunity, how could it be impossible to want to gnaw a large piece of meat from the Yadude Kingdom?

only……

This season of winter is really embarrassing.

Not only is the road inaccessible, but it will take four to five months to prepare materials for large-scale wars.

Marching in the ice and snow, fighting in the environment of minus [-] to [-] degrees, it is no wonder that the soldiers did not mutiny!
So for this opportunity, Suoliu Kingdom, who wanted to take advantage of the fire, had to express helplessness.

In addition, although the Duke of Paris is blinded by his power, he is not without the slightest defense against the Soliu Kingdom. At least 2 elite troops have been stationed at the front line, without showing any gaps... Duke Paris also does not want to seize this place that he has seized. Kingdom, was finally picked peaches by his old rival.

So after waiting for the winter to pass and the spring snow to melt, the Soliu Kingdom couldn't wait to send a special envoy to propose a marriage between the two countries.

And the Soliu Kingdom has made two-handed preparations.

One, if the Yadude Kingdom agrees to the marriage and the Suoliu Kingdom gets a beauty, then let's not pick trouble for the time being, and marry the beauty first.

Two, if the Yadude Kingdom refuses to marry, then the Soliu Kingdom will just use this as an excuse, and 50 troops will be dispatched to swallow the Yadude Kingdom!

In short, no matter what choice the Yadude Kingdom makes, it means the same thing: the Yadude Kingdom is in trouble.

It's a big deal!
Facing the provocation of the Soliu Kingdom, the noble ministers of the Yadude Kingdom were angry and worried, and a little bit at a loss.

"No! No one can touch our Princess Sylvanis!"

"The holiness of Her Royal Highness, is it something you Dongman can touch?"

"No marriage! Go away!"

Several young nobles who had a good impression of Princess Syvenes expressed strong opposition.

"Aren't you afraid of a war between the two countries?" the special envoy asked arrogantly.

"Fight, fight, who's afraid of who?"

Immediately hit the past here.

but……

Thinking of the 50 troops of the Soliu Kingdom, some of the nobles and ministers, some of whom were older, took a deep breath.

"50, how can this be resisted?"

"Now there are only a few remnants and defeated generals left in the frontier defense army, and the number is only [-]. This..."

"Suoliu Kingdom is much stronger than our country, and several small countries in the surrounding area have been suppressed by him. If we insist on doing it, I'm afraid..."

"It's better than..."

Some old noble ministers said in a tactful tone that they might agree to a marriage.

Moreover, Princess Syvenes is already 22 years old, and there are very few people in the kingdom who are as old as her and have not yet married. Syvenes herself has a high vision, and it seems that she looks down on anyone, and she is still single.

Became an older leftover woman.

It's better to make a big contribution to the kingdom and strive for a few years of development opportunities for the kingdom... Several ministers think so.

"This……"

After receiving this information, King Jaime was very annoyed. Syvenis was his most beloved daughter. How could he push his daughter into the fire pit?

But after three consecutive days of discussion, the number of noble ministers who thought they should agree to the marriage gradually exceeded half.

After all, the rebellion launched by the Duke of Paris had just ended, and no one could afford the loss after another major war.

"Um... Leylin, you are the treasurer of the kingdom, do you think we should accept the marriage between the two countries?"

After the day's discussion reached a state of anxiety, King James, who had a terrible headache, turned his attention to Zhou Ming, who hadn't spoken much.

Hope to get his opinion.

King Jaime asked.

The others stopped arguing one after another and focused their gazes on him.

Everyone wanted to hear the opinion of the treasurer.

Even Princess Syvenis, who was hiding behind the curtain, also pricked up her ears, wanting to hear what he would say?
"This……"

Faced with so many gazes, Zhou Ming, who has been in a state of soy sauce, had to think for a while and expressed his opinion:
"I think……"

(End of this chapter)