The Sun King's Evidence

The appearance of the first Holy Grail Old Guard caused an uproar throughout the Knight Kingdom and even the Old World.

When Ryan learned about this, he was preparing to take Nur's envoy to Musilon to inspect the Musilon Gun Workshop. When he learned that the first Holy Grail Old Guard had appeared, Ryan He could only shake his head and sigh, his lady was looking for trouble for him again.

The appearance of the Old Guard of the Holy Grail was the result of discussions between Ryan, the Lady of the Lake, and Sulia. Its purpose was Ryan's plan to further cancel the privileges of the nobility and force the knights and nobles to self-elite and eliminate them. A large number of wastes waiting to die.

In fact, since Ryan came to Britannia, he has been deeply aware that the distribution of resources in the Kingdom of Knights is very unbalanced. The entire kingdom basically tilts its resources towards the knights and nobles.

As for this national policy, Ryan cannot arbitrarily say that it is not right at all. The empire has the characteristics of the empire, and the Kingdom of Knights naturally has its own characteristics. Just like Ryan said to Alfred, if he comes up, he will not hesitate. Abandoning the source of pride and glorious tradition of the entire kingdom, then the entire Britannia will suffer a huge crisis.

After all, Lane also talks about theoretical confidence and cultural confidence.

But there is a key issue here, that is, although the majority of knights and nobles are brave and capable of fighting and willing to die, after all, thousands of years have passed since the founding of the country. Those who rely on the shelter of their ancestors, rely on their blood to eat and wait to die, or even do evil and enjoy privileges There are also many knights and nobles, and this is an inevitable situation for a country.

Ryan has already dealt a blow before by confiscating territories and canceling titles, and now, he and the Fairy of the Lake have agreed to use the incident of the Old Guard of the Holy Grail to strike again and eliminate a group of decadent nobles who are waiting to die. , on the one hand, it reduces the pressure on the kingdom's finances and serfs, on the other hand... the kingdom's resources are tilted to this point, and there is really no need for the existence of those knight's crumbs. Even if it is done, Ryan has the support of the Fairy of the Lake. , he has the absolute right to speak and the right to justice, and no one can say anything about this.

From a certain point of view, this is a deliberately created crisis, because since ancient times, the knight aristocracy in Britannia has always monopolized the right to obtain the Holy Grail. The appearance of a Holy Grail serf at this time will have an extremely huge impact on the entire knight aristocracy.

Why is it so huge?

you know.

So the old guard of the Holy Grail still surprised Ryan. What surprised him?

What surprised him was that it was the Fairy of the Lake who was chosen. The King of Knights had always thought that the Fairy of the Lake would be the commander-in-chief of the Old Guard, Bertrand, or someone else, not this man during the Great Expedition on the Eight Peaks Mountains. Nicolas, who accepted the call and became a dragoon with the Old Guard only after the battle at the Wallaya Gate... Mr. Davout.

In the private office of the Duke's castle, Ryan was still thinking about this issue. The king was sitting behind a desk made of cherry blossom wood. He was wearing a full set of king's uniforms and holding the resume of the first Holy Grail Old Guard in his hand. He carefully thinking.

His Queen Sulia was sitting next to her. The female knight's face was gentle, even with a hint of joy. She said to Ryan: "Lian, Duke Berhemond has written a letter. He said that this happened in his territory." In this matter, he had already ordered the deprivation of Baron Gascoigne's title and the confiscation of his territory, and at the same time exiled his family and Baroness Shirley who had collided with the lady. His uncle who recommended Gascoigne as a baron was demoted by the earl. As a baronet, succeeding his nephew's barony of Tyne and Wear."

"Well, I understand." Ryan sat behind the table. He looked at his queen and sighed, my stupid wife.

Sulia's wisdom and internal affairs ability always surprise the king, but when it comes to the matter of the fairy in the lake, Sulia's position has always been that she hopes that her husband and his goddess can get along intimately, regardless of each other, and love each other deeply. The husband, the goddess who worships and is as close as a sister, the three of them together are twice as happy.

"It is said that Mr. Nicholas has come to Jean City surrounded by knights. Do you plan to hold a grand banquet to see him?" A mature and charming voice came from behind Ryan, Imperial Baroness Emmanuel is wearing a full set of maid costumes, with a headscarf on her head, a white lace ring around her neck, and white garter stockings on her long legs. She has become Ryan's little maid. Emilia, she was standing behind Ryan, reaching out to rub his shoulders. Emilia was obviously happy with it. She put her head in with a smile and said: "If such a person appears in Nuer, there is no doubt that I will I will open the gate of Nuer City and personally welcome his arrival, Sister Sulia, what do you think?"

If Nuer could see it, Emilia's performance would most likely make Nuer feel extremely ashamed and as mad as a public execution. This Imperial Baroness, Nuer's mistress, actually changed into a uniform in a grand manner. In the black and white maid outfit, Ryan became a maid again, and she seemed very happy.

Your Excellency the Baroness of Noor, are you lowering yourself a little too much? Lidya Su also makes jokes from time to time.

This will probably make Nuer great engineer Wagner, Nuer champion Theodore Bruckner, Nuer Iron Armored Army commander Jubal Fokker and others who followed Emilia to Britannia complain about their inability to directly Return to Noor and prepare to establish a new duke and declare full-scale war on Britannia.

Ryan also asked Amelia not to do this.

But Emilia doesn't care. This also corresponds to Ryan and Sulia's private speculation to a certain extent, that is, Emilia is actually not very interested in becoming a great nobleman. Maybe she will wait for more than ten years. , little Frederic grows up to be able to stand alone, and Emilia will pass all her titles to her son.

"I have sent people to prepare the banquet." Sulia looked up at Amelia. The recent interactions between the Knight Queen and the Imperial Lady always had a faint smell of gunpowder.

"Master, Ms. Veronica, Ms. Teresa, and Ms. Aurora have teleported to Sky Castle." The dark elf maid Orica came in from the outside carrying a silver plate. She smiled sweetly at the scene in front of her. He said very meaningfully: "Obviously they can't make it to this event."

"Is Bertrand here?" Ryan ignored the Shura field between his knight queen and the imperial lady. The king did have many things to deal with. In addition to this huge event, they would leave for Musilon soon. He wanted to personally visit the Invalides and the newly built Mousilon gun factory.

The Mousilon Gun Factory was established by the Brittanian Knight King Lion with a cost of 100,000 gold crowns. The Empire Nuer provided comprehensive technical guidance and supervision. At the same time, the dwarves also provided a lot of help. The Mousilon Gun Factory was divided into For the first workshop and the second workshop, the chief engineer of the first workshop is Dugan-Tiehan, an engineer from the dwarf Angland clan. He and his unit "Duggan's Black Powder Brotherhood" were in the series of Lane's It played a great role in the war and the Great Expedition to the Eight Peaks Mountains.

Ryan originally thought that Dugan and others would follow Bellega and the others to stay in the Eight Peaks Mountain and rebuild their home, but Dugan did not think so. On the contrary, the dwarf offered to take his people back to Britannia to serve His Majesty Ryan. The following industrialization will provide more help, and his reason is also very good, that is, the dwarves owe Ryan. Although after successfully conquering Bafeng Mountain, the dwarves have repaid the knights' efforts by opening the treasure house of Bafeng Mountain, but Dugan and the others still Firmly believing that they still have debts to repay.

Belegar agreed with Dugan, so the dwarf chose to return to Britannia, and Lion hired him as chief engineer of the first workshop of the Gunsmiths.

As for the chief engineer of the second workshop, Ryan is still waiting for news from Beria.

Previous news showed that Beria's operation was very smooth. The king was not only a little emotional, but the former tsar Boris Bocaha drained the treasury and internal funds and used all his energy to cultivate this group of outstanding scholars and technical workers. Got it at such a cheap price and in such a simple way.

It’s really a shame that I don’t feel bad for selling my field!

It can only be said that the thinking circuit of wizards is indeed very different from that of normal nobles, especially in this country controlled by the ice witches. As far as Ryan knows, Galt is doing very well in Solland, from the top to the bottom of the nobles. There is no one among the common people who does not praise Galt's level of governance and various internal affairs abilities.

"He is already outside." Olica nodded: "Master, he looks a little uneasy."

"It's normal to be uneasy. It's a problem if Bertrand shows he doesn't care." Ryan nodded slowly, my lady, you really gave me a problem.

For the Kingdom of Knights, the general Holy Grail Knights will only be loyal to the Holy Grail Knights, but the Lady of the Lake did this, which obviously made Bertrand, the commander of the Old Guards, very embarrassed. Ryan even wondered if the goddess did it on purpose? How would Bertrand order Nicolas Davout?

Countless questions were in a mess, and the King of Knights felt very irritable in his mind. He signaled Olica to bring Bertrand in. He wanted to try to appease the old Guards commander, and at the same time how to arrange Nico Pulling the Old Guard of the Holy Grail also gave Ryan a splitting headache, and there was also the Garland Gathering that was about to begin, the Musilon Guns Workshop, the construction of the Invalides and the Old Guard Royal Manor, and the Bei The news from Leah, the plan on how to distribute and use the wealth from the Eight Peaks Expedition, and the news that Fulgrim will arrive in a while.

Thanks to the Emperor's blessing, Lion can multi-task, but even so he often feels tired, not to mention that his three children are causing trouble in the palace all day long, and the king must also spend some time every day to teach them how to use psychic powers. , and Emilia has been pestering him a lot recently, and she also has friction with Sulia from time to time. Not only does Morgiana not help, she often finds opportunities to sneak into his office in the afternoon or evening.

The regent he appointed, Raun, went back to Curona to handle the affairs of his principality. During this time, the king had to do many things himself.

Ryan can now understand why the strength of previous knight kings often stagnated after taking the throne.

Why are most of the Supreme Lords of Terra exhausted to death?

But for now, Ryan must deal with the old guard of the Holy Grail first.

Three days later, Nicholas Davout, the old guard of the Holy Grail, returned to Jean City with his family and was treated like a hero in the kingdom. People from every household rushed out to greet him, just to catch a glimpse of this old guard of the Holy Grail. Wei's style.

The welcoming scene was packed with people. The knight queen Surya gave Davout (hereinafter referred to as Davout) a half-blood elf war horse for him to ride. Wherever he went, he was welcomed by everyone in the city, especially the free people and serfs. In order to see the heroes of the kingdom with their own eyes, people even risked their lives to go to the rooftops to watch.

Flowers and ribbons were flying in the air, and people shouted Davout's name or surname. The old guard put on the platinum Holy Grail cloak. He was already a noble and was knighted by Duke Berhemond on the spot. , but Davout was very determined. The lady asked him to serve under Ryan and obey the orders of Bertrand, the commander of the Old Guard. Davout did so. He knelt on one knee in front of Bertrand with the glory of the Holy Grail to show that he still He was a company commander and subordinate of the Old Guard. This made both Ryan and Bertrand relieved. The King of Knights accepted Davout's allegiance and promoted him to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Old Guard, in charge of the dragoons. The camp is still under Bertrand's control.

After a grand welcome ceremony, a banquet was held in the Duke's Castle to welcome the brave and fearless old guard with extremely high standards of etiquette. Queen Surya personally entertained Davout and invited him to sit in her Next meal.

Ryan also expressed cordial condolences to the old guard of the Holy Grail and gave him warm hospitality. By the way, he also asked him about what he had seen and heard along the way and the situation in his hometown. Davout did not hide anything and answered everything truthfully. .

Ryan was very satisfied with this. After the king finished asking, Emilia couldn't wait to ask Davout two questions, one was whether he was married and whether he planned to use long-range weapons. Davout answered faithfully that he was not married yet. As for As a long-range weapon, he has always used firecrackers and will continue to use them in the future.

The Imperial Lady rolled her eyes when she heard that Davout was not yet married. She didn't know what she was thinking. The nobles present, especially Duke Berhemond, seemed very excited and angry. He waved his hands vigorously: "Female Your Majesty, you can't do this, we men from Bastogne never marry outsiders, we will arrange for a gentle and virtuous noble daughter, so you don't have to worry!"

"Hey, Lord Bohemond, this is an old idea. We in Nuer now advocate freedom of love and pay attention to what men and women like." Emilia said without hesitation: "Why choose this? Freedom, please don’t interfere at will.”

Being disturbed by Emilia, the banquet seemed a little awkward, and Ryan was also a little depressed due to the recent extremely complicated internal affairs and various "public food activities". Fortunately, the dishes were ready to be served at this time.

The main dishes of today’s banquet are pan-fried sole fillet rolls, Bordello sole with lobster mousse, lamb rolls with salad, lamb slices with potatoes, carrots and other vegetables. In addition, Queen Surya has also been arranged My favorite roasted venison tenderloin with Wenford red wine truffle sauce. This dish is slightly less popular among the public. It reflects the culinary tradition of knights and nobles hunting game in winter. The braised purple cabbage and celeriac pumpkin tart on the side are also amazing. .

Dessert is egg and milk pudding and pie with vanilla cream. The fruit is a delicacy cake made of three flavors: mango, dark chocolate and lime. The dark chocolate is made into a button shape and sprinkled on the surface. The gold powder looks almost identical to the buttons on the old guard's clothes.

The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves at the banquet, but the Holy Grail Old Guard, who was born as a serf, was exposed after all. When all the dishes were served, Davout looked at the row of dazzling sterling silver tableware in front of him with embarrassment. , helplessly whispered to Queen Surya: "My Queen, I'm sorry, I don't know how to use these tableware."

Sulia smiled when she heard this. The queen nodded gently and replied slyly: "Don't worry, I will tell you a secret secretly. I don't know how to use these tableware. Just watch and use them."

An even more embarrassing thing happened later. When the waiter brought lemonade for mouthwash, Davout took the cup, drank the lemonade in one gulp, and ate the lemon slices in the cup.

Ryan and Sulia smiled at each other when they saw this. The king and queen first picked up the cup and drank the lemonade in one gulp, and then ate the lemon slices.

Seeing the king do this, all the nobles present grabbed lemon slices, ate them, and drank the lemonade.

Looking at this scene, Emilia, who had always been calm, nodded secretly in her heart. The Imperial Lady knew that under the leadership of Ryan, the knight nobles had really changed. They began to understand that etiquette is face, and strength is pride. Rather than the idiot who talks all day long about "noble spirit" and "it takes three generations to cultivate a nobility".

Davout has used his own strength and performance to gain the respect and recognition of the knights and nobles, and has won his own ticket. The knights' kingdom has begun to gradually move closer and evolve towards the empire's system, and the nobles are becoming a clan of themselves.

This country has really become different.

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