The Sun King's Evidence

As the regent of the kingdom appointed by the King of Knights, Lawn was having a very unhappy time.

During this period, what is the plan of the northern knight nobles headed by Lawn? Obviously, as mentioned before, a great expedition to Obiun was planned. Lawn wanted to change his embarrassing status, the northern nobles wanted to obtain more benefits and improve their status, and the serfs and free people wanted to To change fate, everyone wants to fight Obien.

According to the intelligence, it is known that Obion Island has very rich magic mineral veins and various gold and silver treasures, and even many fascinating ancient holy ruins. Now, except for a small amount in the south, Obion Island is occupied. Apart from the True Worder Tribe and the Empire's newly-established territory "Newland", the remaining area has been basically occupied by the northern barbarian tribe "Vanaheim Forest". This barbarian tribe is powerful and rich in a large number of marauders, spearmen and plunderers. The hunter, whose tribal chief is called Leif Gulbranson, is a powerful and legendary peak Chaos Champion. He has more than 12,000 barbarian raiders and hundreds of Chaos Warriors under his command. In addition, he is corrupted. There are countless Truthspeakers and many beasts of Chaos.

Therefore, Lawn knew very well that Obien could fight, but before that, he had to reorganize the army of the northern nobles.

In other words, to defeat Obien, Lawn must first solve the problem of army decay. Unlike the knights and nobles in the south who followed Ryan to complete the reorganization and intensive training of the army, the knights and nobles in the north are semi-professional soldiers. They were equipped with a large number of firearms, and established the Old Guard, one of the most powerful armies in the old world.

What Raun now has in his hands is only a few hundred elites left after following Ryan to complete the Great Expedition to the Eight Peaks Mountains. Raun organized them into an independent legion and named it the Connet Royal Highland Guards.

However, it costs money to form this kind of elite army that is completely independent from work! Ryan is rich, he can afford elites like the Old Guard, Francois is rich, he can form the Unicorn Guard, even Bohemond and Bodrick are rich, the Red Dragon Guard and Mannann The guard has also been formed.

However, the troops of the northern nobles headed by Lawn are still being reorganized and trained, and they need to be equipped collectively with muskets and artillery, which requires a large amount of financial support and food supplies.

This involves the third issue to be solved, money and food taxation.

Then the problem comes again. Although Raun is the regent of the kingdom, it is impossible for him to command the palace established by Ryan. After Queen Surya, who was previously in charge of property, followed Ryan to Ulthuan, the remaining The people responsible for managing the finances are the two deputy finance ministers appointed by Lane, Geffen from the Empire and Steve from Brittany. These two people are bureaucrats appointed by Lane. They only follow Lane's orders and want to appropriate funds. , they will only approve projects that Ryan has asked to allow before leaving and some established matters that Ryan has formulated before.

Is the expedition to Albion a matter of course? Obviously not, and it was something that the king was clearly opposed to. Lawn could not even hope to get a single copper coin for military expenses from the treasury.

Therefore, it extends to the fourth question, which is the political system of Britannia. As we all know, Britannia is a two-headed political system, namely the Holy Grail system represented by the Lake God Witch Morgiana and In the secular feudal system represented by Lane, if the northern nobles headed by Lawn want to get military spending, they must deal with at least one of the factions, or try to persuade Morgiana to carry out a chivalry war, or find a way to get the help of the bureaucracy left by Lane Expedition to Albion.

Who can Lawn take down?

So during this period, the kingdom's regent was tossed back and forth like a ball was kicked. The framework left by Ryan made him uncomfortable. He could do many things within the framework, but once it went beyond the framework, everything would be rejected. This regent really deserves it. A bit boring.

However, opportunities are rare. Recently, Raun has keenly noticed that the barbarian armies in the northern Chaos Wasteland and Norsca have greatly reduced their plunder of the old world. They seem to be shrinking their forces. Obviously, the northern barbarians cannot suddenly become "good" , then there is only one possibility, that is, the barbarians are preparing for a big move.

This was a good opportunity. Lawn put the document aside. After thinking for a long time, he told the attendant: "Did she say what the reason was?"

"Ms. Aurora said that she recently obtained some information from Nord, Oster, and Kislev, and wanted to exchange it with the Regent about the movements of the barbarians in the north." The attendant said respectfully.

"Oh?!" Lawn suddenly became interested. Originally, the regent was still considering whether to meet this holy witch, who is famous for her mature beauty. When he heard that Aurora brought this news, he felt that he would be interested. It's necessary.

Otherwise, the regent of the kingdom had no intention of meeting Aurora. As we all know, the MI7 established by Aurora is only responsible to Ryan. She is Ryan's personal advisor and courtier and is not subject to the existing system in Britannia. jurisdiction.

Moreover, there are vague rumors in the kingdom's court that Aurora is actually the same as her daughter Theresa, a forbidden favorite of Knight King Ryan. This status makes many people envious and fearful, and for some people who try to prove it, Europe Aurora often smiles or refuses to talk about this topic, which makes many people believe in this idea. Therefore, Aurora can often walk sideways in the kingdom, if it weren't for the Lake God Witch Morgiana who always monitors and Knock on her, this Sanctuary witch is sure to be heavily involved in various court social events for her own benefit.

Lao En didn't want to see her to avoid suspicion, but now she had to go: "Bring her in."

A minute later, Aurora appeared. Today, the Holy Witch was wearing a black satin classical dress and a white fox fur coat. She showed off her proud figure and the shiny black dress. The skirt is clearly distinguishable from the white fox fur coat, and a row of metallic buttons of different sizes are more fashionable. The slender legs wrapped in skin-colored stockings lie quietly under the skirt, and a pair of black matte high heels are put together. , Aurora saluted Lawn, her face was serious: "Hello, good afternoon, Your Excellency the Regent, I'm sorry to disturb you, you must be very busy, right?"

"Fortunately, I'm surprised that you actually found me." Raun motioned Aurora to sit down, and the Kingdom Regent got straight to the point: "I heard that you have information to share with me?"

Aurora's mature and beautiful face showed a little helplessness.

The witches of the Sanctuary have not been having a good time lately.

Ever since Ryan left, Aurora's life has become very sad.

In the Garland Council, she and Teresa were comprehensively suppressed by Veronica. Obviously, Veronica was the speaker appointed by Ryan. Her status was higher than Aurora, and the two sides had never been on the same page. Before When Ryan was there, Veronica was a little more restrained. As soon as Ryan left, Veronica threw Aurora and Theresa aside and started to rebuild the Sorceress Assembly. It was obvious that all the important positions in the Sorceress Assembly were... Teresa was fine with being assigned one of her own by Veronica, but Aurora was very dissatisfied with the current situation but could do nothing about it. Veronica had participated in the Eight Peaks Mountain Expedition and had a special status in the eyes of the knights and nobles.

Recently, Aurora's intelligence network that she had managed to establish in the Empire and Kislev reported something to the Holy Witch, which aroused her attention.

It seems that there is a Chaos Power who is integrating all the forces of all barbarian tribes and Chaos tribes in Norsca and the northern wasteland. The barbarians are shrinking their forces on a large scale and have completely stopped plundering southward.

Aurora instinctively realized that things might be unusual. Once this happens to the northern barbarians, there is only one possibility, and that is that a certain Chaos Champion, Chaos God's Chosen, or even the Chaos God's Chosen Champion and a more terrifying existence will get it. After hearing the evil god's oracle, he began to integrate his power.

However, after receiving the news, Aurora discovered a problem.

Neither Ryan nor Lidya Su is here, and they are too far away to contact each other. Who should I report to?

She first went to Veronica. Veronica said that this matter is not my responsibility. Did you find the wrong person?

Aurora then went to the palace butler Katzenberg and maid Sylvia appointed by Ryan, who also said that this was not their scope of responsibilities.

This didn't work, and that didn't work either. In the end, Aurora had no choice but to bite the bullet and go find Morgiana.

Morgiana was already very prejudiced against Aurora, but she still listened to Aurora's description, and then asked three questions coldly.

First, you said that there may be a Chaos Power that is integrating the barbarian armies across Norsca and the Northern Wasteland. So who is this person?

Second, can we predict the approximate time when the barbarians will go south?

Finally, what is the specific distribution of barbarian forces along the Norsk coast and the Kislev border? Have you investigated it?

Aurora couldn't answer any of these three questions. Morgiana laughed angrily after hearing this. The Lake God Witch said that this is the result that you spent a lot of money on Ryan in a year? You have to apologize to the entire knight kingdom for doing this!

After saying that, Morgiana said that I still have a lot of things to deal with, and I don’t have time to talk to you now. I’ll wait until Ryan comes back or you can get relatively accurate information.

But Aurora is also aggrieved. The Holy Witch cannot tell her the pain. The intelligence network she originally designed and laid out was almost completely destroyed in the destruction of Jialan. It is not easy to get this information now. She got it through the connections she had painstakingly cultivated with Kislev and Nord.

So after much deliberation, she simply came to find Lawn to see if she could exchange some valuable information from Lawn.

Lawn has detailed information about Obion Island, and he has indeed pointed out that the northern barbarians have recently shrunk on a large scale and stopped raiding, leaving Obien Island with empty defenses.

Aurora clearly pointed out that according to the intelligence, there should be a Chaos Power who is integrating all the barbarian forces. According to the intelligence from Nord and Kislev, the barbarians are shrinking their forces and preparing to concentrate their forces, and may be going south in the near future.

"I see, I understand what you mean, Ms. Aurora." Raun's eyes lit up after hearing Aurora's information. The regent of the kingdom thought, I am just thinking about how to find a suitable opportunity to attack Obien. Well, in the end, Aurora came with a good reason. Now, didn’t he have an excuse to fight Obien?

The regent of the kingdom thought about it and tried to express his gratitude in polite but distant language: "Ms. Aurora, thank you very much for the information you brought. It will be beneficial to our next meeting and the direction of the kingdom. I Thank you on behalf of His Majesty Ryan."

"No need to thank me." Aurora heard the hidden meaning in Rao En's words. The Holy Witch sighed softly and smiled reluctantly: "We each get what we need, exchange valuable information, strengthen It’s just communication.”

"Yes." Lawn also nodded politely, and the Kingdom Regent said very cautiously: "Special times, special treatment, special handling, but Ms. Aurora, don't you have a way to contact His Majesty Ryan?"

"Originally, there was, but my contact information would be ineffective if it was too far away." Aurora said helplessly: "Now that I can contact Ryan... His Majesty, the only one who can contact me is Her Majesty Morgiana, but she is unwilling to help."

"That's it, okay, I will explain this matter to Her Majesty Morgiana." Lawn thought for a moment and then added: "Also, we still need to collect as much information about the northern barbarians as possible, and wait until His Majesty Ryan You can report to him directly when you come back."

"I will." Aurora became even more helpless. The Holy Witch knew that she had really become Ryan's private property now. Everyone was eager to distance herself and draw a line, but she was already at Ostermark's place. Having hit a wall once, it’s not difficult to accept it now, but I’m just a little unwilling: “If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first, Your Excellency the Regent.”

"Please, I am also going to prepare to participate in the Duke's meeting." Lawn did not say anything to persuade him to stay, and the regent also had his own things to do.

After Aurora went down, Lawn adjusted his dress, stood up, and walked towards the conference hall of the palace.

Five minutes later, the attendant pushed open the ten-meter-high dome door of the conference hall.

At this time, all the Dukes of Britannia and Morgiana, the Lake God Witch, are already here. Each Duke is accompanied by an attendant, and most of them are their juniors, such as Francois Take Sir Gerald, let's say Bodrick takes his son Fedmund.

As usual, Hubbard, Duke of Carcassonne, was not here. He was the only absent Duke.

"You're late, Lawn." Morgiana, the Lake God Witch, said coldly. She sat on the back bench next to the throne, and her tone didn't sound very good: "Let's start as soon as possible."

Raun first said "yes" to Morgiana, then came to his seat and sat down. The position of the Kingdom Regent was not far to the left in front of the throne, which was vaguely related to the Lake God Witch: "Your Majesty Ryan, go to Ulthuan has left several orders before, and today we have gathered everyone to discuss how to continue to implement the king's orders, what problems were discovered, how to solve them, and how to report to His Majesty Lane when he returns."

The Dukes had different expressions, but they all nodded seriously.

"In general, there are a few things like this." Lawn stood up, took out a thick stack of parchment, and motioned for the courtiers to deliver it to each duke.

Duke Adehad of Lyonnaissance frowned. He had just taken the parchment from the hands of the courtiers. The first sentence on it made the Duke's head feel as heavy as a bucket and he broke out in a cold sweat. Lyonsese had always been in a complicated situation. In a place with many hills, Ryan can hold it down, because he has prestige and strength, but if it were me... Your Majesty, you want me to die!

It was written on the parchment: "Further reduce the title, change the title, and eliminate the incompetent knights and nobles."

Duke Bohemond of Bastogne also took the scroll. He frowned and read the first item, and nodded knowingly. He thought that the incompetent knights and nobles really needed to be rectified. As Arthur's direct descendant, He couldn't bear to see future generations, but when he saw the second item, Bohemond also showed a troubled expression.

"Further eliminate exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, uniformly reduce tariffs, and encourage trade and population circulation."

Francois, Duke of Winford, was very good at cultivating qi. He kept seeing the third item and couldn't help but twitching his lips. This son-in-law of his was indeed very thoughtful.

"Establish permanent warehouses and strategic grain reserves, and appropriately subsidize grain prices."

This is what Francois wanted to do. He hadn't brought it up yet. He originally wanted to wait until Ryan came back to discuss it.

Looking at the next item, all the Dukes frowned.

"Each principality must build at its own expense no fewer than five permanent military fortresses along the borders of its kingdom."

"Everyone, if you have any opinions or suggestions on the national policies His Majesty left, you can put them forward directly at the meeting." Seeing that Morgiana was silent and the Lake God Witch looked like she was in a state of confusion, Raun had no choice but to say it himself: "Your Majesty I have said that if you have any questions, you can raise them as much as you want and everyone can discuss them, but if you don’t say it to your face and just talk nonsense behind your back, it will be an unreasonable discussion of national policy.”

After speaking, Raun gave the Dukes some time to digest, and the Dukes immediately started discussing with their relatives or courtiers.

Five minutes later.

"objection!"

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