The Sun King's Evidence

The signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance of Empire Britannia represents the complete establishment of a national defense alliance between the Kingdom of Knights headed by Lane and the Empire headed by Karl-Franz. It is not the previous earldom, duchy of Lane or the Reik territory of Emperor Karl.

Now, both the external environment and the internal environment give both parties the best opportunity to sign a contract, because both Ryan and Karl have relied on their own efforts to temporarily unify the situation. At this time, they can On this opportunity, taking advantage of the presence of most of the important people from both parties, the two parties signed a contract inside the Kurona Palace.

The "Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance between Tibet and Burkina Faso" mainly contains the following contents.

1. The Contracting Parties undertake to jointly endeavor to take all necessary measures to jointly fight against invasions, sabotage and any hostile actions by northern barbarians, beastmen, greenskins, vampires, skaven, dark elves, Once either contracting state is attacked by the above forces, the other contracting state will do its best to provide military and other assistance.

Second, redefine and measure the border issues between the Empire and Britannia, and agree that each country will withdraw its troops from the border and not send more than a thousand border troops to garrison their respective border fortresses.

Third, the two sides should open more trade markets, agree that customs clearance tariffs must be negotiated together, and no private increases in tariffs or additional fees are allowed to promote the further development of economic and trade between the two sides, and use Marienburg as a free trade city to specialize in bulk commodity trade. .

Fourth, Britannia will pay a fee of 100,000 gold crowns, paid in ten years. In view of His Majesty Lane's good relationship with the empire and his many aids to the empire, the empire will give special preferential treatment with an annual interest of 1%. By introducing advanced industrial technology and industrial talents from the empire, the empire will do its best to help Britannia establish its own industrial system, starting with Mousilon and slowly extending to the entire kingdom.

5. The empire can hire Brittanian knights to carry out chivalry wars at a price not higher than the market price through an alliance. Similarly, Britannia can also hire imperial mercenaries through an alliance. If the empire needs to hire For Holy Grail Knights, the price needs to be negotiated separately, and the same applies to the Empire's war machines.

Sixth, the treaty is valid for twenty years. If neither party raises any objections before the expiration date, it will automatically be extended for ten years, and so on.

The leaders of the two countries signed the contract respectively. The religious representatives of both parties, the Lake God Witch Morgiana and the Justice Church's Grand Cantor Casmir IX, represented justice for their respective gods, announcing that the relationship between the two countries has entered a new era.

At the signing ceremony, there was thunderous applause, Ryan and Carl shook hands enthusiastically, and both sides showed standard smiles. Now, the two countries were officially united.

The champagne was opened and the king and emperor clinked glasses. Karl-Franz immediately used his vulgar sense of humor: "Ryan, guess what our scene looks like in the eyes of the greenskins?"

"Two hammer shrimps?" Ryan sneered: "One is not green enough, and the other is not waaagh enough?"

"Hahahahaha~" Karl laughed loudly: "Oh, I like this joke, hahahaha~"

Ryan laughed a little awkwardly. He thought that the emperor's smile was indeed confusing, but it was a good thing to reach an agreement. Compared to the southern countries, the empire and the Brittanians had an inherent sense of mutual recognition.

The southern country is different. The origin of the southern country is not the tribe when the empire rose at that time. Whether it is Tyrell or Estalia, their origin is actually named Titus (now the Skaven Demon). After the fall of Titus, the surviving humans were divided into two groups. Under the guidance of the goddess of war Myrmidia, they went to Estalia and Tyrell to settle. The people there never felt obligated to fight against Chaos or the Greenskin craze. On the contrary, they were obsessed with the ideals of democracy, civil liberties and justice, the eternal city-state system, the ever-chaotic political situation, and the ever-irrelevant political situation. The attitude of keeping oneself high is the southern country.

To put it simply, there is a big gap in the views of the two sides. For example, if the empire asks the southern countries to send troops to defend against the greenskins and chaos, the answer of these southerners will probably be the following: Why? Why? Am I going to lower my quality of life because of your responsibilities and obligations? What does it have to do with me? You go and carry your weight and move forward, I just want to spend the time in peace.

Therefore, neither Ryan nor Karl-Franz has much expectations for the people of the Southern Kingdom. It is good that they can hire mercenaries from the War Dog Tyrell and the Mirmedia Church of Estalia to contribute. .

On the other side, Elector Boris was holding a wine glass and said with some indignation: "Those two people have taken all the benefits. They say it is industrial support, 10,000 gold marks a year, but everyone in the empire knows that the empire's industry It's basically completely focused on Reikland, Brunswick and Noor, and our Baroness and Leanne have that kind of relationship where, hey, Noor is going to make a fortune this time, and we can only get some soup. "

"It's better than nothing." Elector Marius is still wearing a bandage. He fell off the ring yesterday and broke his arm and ribs. Even if Ryan has good medicines for high essence and wood essence, he still needs at least two It takes only a month to heal: "Hey, I was wondering, if the greenskins attack from the Blackfire Pass and see a large group of Brittanian knights, what will their expressions be like?"

"They will be very excited." Elector Wolfram-Hertwig looked helpless: "With opponents, these green moss will never be cleaned up, I swear."

"But they can be contained." Hubbard, Duke of Carcassonne, frowned.

"perhaps you're right."

The signing ceremony in the morning ended, and immediately there was a larger banquet and appointment of personnel at noon. Ryan had to reorganize the kingdom's court. He had to replace Richard's people and replace them with his own people.

Lane quickly reorganized his court in the afternoon.

The new king's court was composed as follows:

Religious representative and theocratic advisor: Morgiana, the Lake God Witch.

The heads of MI7 and spymasters: Holy witch Aurora Trowick and legendary sorceress Theresa Trowick.

Chief female courtier and wizard advisor: Veronica, the light and fire witch of the sacred realm.

Marshal of the Brittanian Border Force: Roland Marshall.

Regent of the Kingdom: Holy Grail Knight Lawn-Leo, Duke of Cornwall.

Lord Chamberlain of the Kingdom: Katzenberg.

Palace Finance Minister: Sulia (temporarily concurrent), Steve (deputy), Geffen (deputy).

Commander-in-Chief of the King's Imperial Guard: Baron Armand, Knight of the Holy Grail.

Chief Justice of the Kingdom: Baron Eduardo Candreva.

Lord Admiral of the Kingdom: Baron Fedmund, Knight of the Holy Grail.

Royal housekeepers: Olica (chief), Sylvia (deputy).

As for Britannia's ambassador to the empire, Ryan trusted the Earl of Florence Beaumont who was previously appointed by Richard and had no plans to replace him.

After reorganizing the entire palace, there were a series of banquets and various trivial matters, including whether the new king would inherit or abandon a series of policies of the old king, including a series of contracts on diplomacy with wood elves, diplomacy with dwarves, and diplomacy with high elves, including The pardon for the kingdom's political prisoners also included the mobilization of the national army and promises to the dukes.

Because in terms of the entire system of the Kingdom of Knights, Ryan has seriously damaged the foundation of the entire Britannia since its founding to some extent.

Normally, the "divine right of kings" of the Knight King of Britannia is always supervised by the Lake Fairy and controlled by the Dukes. If a king cannot conform to the wishes of the Lake Fairy, he can guarantee the interests of the Dukes. , his throne will not last long.

But for Ryan, he was the first king in the history of Britannia who broke this rule. Up, the Lady of the Lake clearly gave up the legal rationale for his divine right to king, while down, Ryan and Mo Jaina formed a close alliance. When the king's power could not extend to corners, he could borrow the power of the Church of the Lady of the Lake to enforce his will.

In other words, Ryan's king's authority at this time has been over-expanded and huge, and there are signs of losing control.

After he ascended the throne, there were many rumors in the court, doubting whether the new king would reverse the course of history, try to abolish the independence of the principalities, and directly command their armies without the dukes.

After hearing this rumor, Morgiana had not yet responded. Sulia immediately found Ryan. The intelligent and politically sensitive queen asked him to hold another Duke Conference. Sulia made it clear that as the king, Ryan, you should protect him. The interests of the kingdom.

Ryan was also aware of the problem. He immediately convened a meeting of dukes and announced that a new chivalry war was about to be held. The harvest of the Eight Peaks Mountain expedition would be related to the eliteness and quantity of the troops sent by the dukes. At the same time, he promised to protect the independence of the principality. Inherit Britannia's glorious history and fine traditions.

Although the great nobles still had doubts in their hearts, they still said that they would send their own elite troops from each principality to participate in the expedition to Bafeng Mountain. This was not only a show of goodwill to the new king, but also a covet for the endless wealth of Bafeng Mountain.

Many affairs have made Ryan dizzy. Since the beginning of this year, both Richard and Lawn have actually stopped dealing with major internal affairs. They are waiting for Ryan's ruling. Coupled with various meetings and banquets, this busy time lasts three days. For three nights, Ryan worked at his desk for about twenty hours every day before finally finishing most of the backlog of official documents.

This caused a lot of resentment in Ryan's backyard, especially a certain goddess who had agreed with Ryan that they would consummate their marriage after he ascended the throne. Seeing that Ryan was so busy that he had to trot all the way to his daily routine of prayers, the fairy in the lake was already prepared. A set of high elf wedding dresses and a complete ceremony, but seeing that Ryan was so busy and was about to prepare for the expedition to the Eight Peaks Mountains, the goddess could only tell Ryan that when you come back from the expedition, we will secretly hold another wedding.

At this time, Emperor Karl-Franz had already embarked on the return journey with most of the Imperial Council, and only the Imperial Baroness stayed. Thanks to the autonomy of the Weisen Territory and the Nuer City Council's full ability to govern itself, Ai Milia plans to stay here for a few more days.

As for Olica, she accompanied Ryan on official duties very attentively. She didn’t complain at all, but enjoyed it. It’s not that she took the opportunity to monopolize the king’s life, but that she put forward many solutions to the problems reflected in the documents. , some were even enough to make Ryan's eyes light up. It seemed that the dark elves had gained a lot of knowledge and made great progress in some aspects. The king casually asked Olika if she had any special gains, and Olika just smiled and said nothing. , Ryan was too busy to take care of it, so he didn't ask further questions, enjoying the dark elf serving tea and water, massaging his shoulders.

Surya and Morgiana are also preoccupied with many things, Veronica is busy preparing to gather an entire coven of witches, Teresa and Aurora are also focusing on establishing a branch in Corona, and everyone has their own things to do. , only Emilia and Olica accompanied Ryan. The Imperial Baroness would change into her old maid outfit from time to time and take Ryan's children around the palace. Ryan really didn't have the energy to care.

"Huh~" After three full days and three nights, Ryan finally finished processing all the squeezed official documents. He was so tired that he really wanted to bury himself in all kinds of documents and sleep directly. He was so full of energy that he was so backlogged that he couldn't see it. The document at the end was almost overwhelming, and he could now understand why Richard looked so old.

"Master, are you done with the matter?" The dark elf Olika stood behind Ryan. Her small hands wrapped in white lace gloves were massaging Ryan's shoulders: "It's a bit stiff. You must have accumulated a lot."

"Hey, I'm exhausted." Ryan looked around and saw that there was no one else in the office except Orica. Emilia had gone to attend Sulia's noble lady's banquet, and then complained like a thief: " If Sulia and Morgiana are willing to help me, I can at least reduce my workload for one day."

"Your queen and your Lake God Witch have their own things to be busy with, Master." Orika said with a smile: "It's not okay to be lazy. Master, don't forget, you have an appointment tonight. Lord Teclis is having a candlelight dinner together in the courtyard of the palace!"

"Banquet, banquet, another banquet." Ryan said with a wry smile: "The banquets during this period of time are really enjoyable. Now I just want to go back to the kind of bacon sandwich and bad cider that I had when I was a knight errant, that kind of simplicity, And a boring life.”

"Anyway, I will always accompany the master." Orika gently hugged Ryan from behind, and she buried herself on Ryan's back: "Tomorrow, master, you can be lazy for a little bit. There is still some time now, you can Sleep for an hour, and I will wake you up and go to the banquet together."

"Thank you, Olika." Ryan's heart warmed when he heard this, and he nodded slightly. The king really needs to rest, even if it is just for an hour. If he sleeps for a while, Ryan will regain his energy soon.

Just now, Olica helped him solve a problem.

This year, the canal from the Sandness River to the Grismoray River was finally completed, so Lane immediately ordered to summon workers to prepare to continue building the canal, this time from the Grismoray River to the Chinon River. , passing through the principalities of Bordero and Bastogne.

On this issue, Lane encountered strong resistance. The progress of the canal was not ideal, the compensation for land acquisition was not in place, the kingdom's finances were tight, and there was a shortage of labor. The number of laborers recruited for service in each region was always in short supply, and the labor and rest system And the execution is very good, so the project often cannot be carried out continuously in 24-hour shifts, and it is always done intermittently.

What's more important is that the local nobles, especially the small nobles, are very disgusted with the canal passing through their territory and destroying farmland, woodland or roads. They either adopt an attitude of non-violence and non-cooperation, or they violate it in secret, or they reluctantly agree, but He kept making fuss about the demolition compensation, hoping to take the opportunity to extort a little more money.

Ryan has a headache about this. In this world, people pay much more attention to land than in the dynasty of Ryan's previous life.

But Olika provided Ryan with a new solution, that is, land acquisition is calculated based on market price, but after land acquisition, the benefits generated from the development of the land will be divided into dividends according to a certain proportion to those affected by land acquisition and demolition.

If the other party insists on compensation, a public auction can be held, but the future benefits will have nothing to do with you.

As for those who resolutely refuse to requisition, just let the canal make a detour. There won't be many die-hards like this. After all, Ryan's personal prestige is there and the money is ready.

Ryan suddenly realized that he was right. He had never thought of it. This was demolition and resettlement. He had seen so many things in his previous life. He had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running away!

I can only say that after staying in this world for a long time, my thinking has changed a bit.

After sleeping on the small bed in the inner room for a full hour, Ryan got up again under Olika's call, washed up, and then went to meet Tigris in the courtyard of the castle.

Amidst the silver tableware and candlelight, Tigris and Lion sat opposite each other. On the table were food from the high elves, and the two sides discussed how to proceed with the next step.

"Sunfire Amulet?" Teclis was a little surprised: "Are you looking for that? Is it Lilith's intention?"

"Well, yes, are there any clues?" Ryan used a fork to fork a piece of fruit salad: "If we can find the Sunfire Talisman, we can be more certain about the end of the world."

"...the matter of the Sunfire Amulet starts with the famous Phoenix King 'Poet' Isis."

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