Warhammer Throne

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Every principality needs to build five permanent military fortresses?

Almost all dukes expressed their unacceptability to this article.

Does our majesty the knight king have no idea of ​​an everlasting military fortress?

Each principality builds five permanent military fortresses, which is enough to bankrupt the principality's finances! And it is a terrible disaster for civilians.

The dukes were silent, and the first to speak was Duke Taubout of Le-Angoulan: "I have objections!"

"Say." Lawn also frowned. Duke Taubert, as Richard's successor, is counter-reform in his bones, and he has never dealt with Ryan very well. Of course, he is now unable to face Ryan's top reputation. And strength, but it is completely possible to contradict oneself.

"First, the Principality does not have enough financial and manpower to build these so-called five permanent fortresses. Secondly, I don’t understand why such a fortress should be built. Of course, we know the pressure of the northern barbarians on our coastal areas, but we defend the north. The barbarians have thousands of years of experience. We have built strong castles and fortresses in almost all important locations. Thirdly, this kind of military fortress requires a lot of money and energy to maintain and garrison. Who is the maintenance fee? Come and solve it." Duke Taubert was sitting behind his seat, spreading his hands: "I don't think this is a reasonable decision, except for the labor and the money, at your own expense? Your Majesty Ryan is serious?"

Everyone nodded, and even Duke Bodrick said: "If every duchy has to build five immortal fortresses, it means that the entire kingdom must now recruit at least 400,000 manpower. Our census has just ended, and all of them are about eight hundred. With a population of over one million, does that mean that we have to recruit 5% of the manpower, all of whom are adult men? There is still no way to grow this land?"

"Wait, I want to correct a little." Raun quickly added: "His Majesty Ryan said that the power of the whole kingdom is to be gathered. Every principality must contribute to build five permanent fortresses on the border of the kingdom, not every principality. Five must be repaired."

"We are not talking about quantity now." Duke Adehad of Lyonasse waved his hand, and he said dissatisfiedly: "As you can see, Lyonasse has just been relieved from the previous series of wars. Come, we can't guarantee the peace of our home now. How can we use such a large amount of manpower to repair the fortress? The entire Brittany Grand Canal was just completed two months ago!"

"Yes, we understand what His Majesty Ryan meant. Of course building a new fortress is good for our national defense, but...is it necessary?" Duke Hagen of Gisoleaux also echoed: "First of all, our existing defenses The system has been strengthened many times. After the successful peace talks between His Majesty Ryan and Emperor Karl-Franz, the external defense pressure we face has been greatly reduced. Moreover, the loss of the Bafeng Mountain Expedition is not small."

"I can't do it." Even François shook his head: "This is a bit disregard of national conditions. Our manpower and financial resources are limited. His Majesty Ryan meant that the five should repair together?"

"No, it's repaired one by one, first lay the foundation." Lawn shook his head.

François nodded. The Principality of Winford is now very rich, and it is acceptable to repair one by one.

"But it's not fair!" Duke Le-Angouran mentioned the old story again, and he said angrily: "Everyone knows that in a series of wars, our Northern Principality did not get much benefit, but the price was very high. Great, I don’t want to say that the distribution is unfair. His Majesty Ryan was fair in the past, and I also believe that he will be fair in the future, but we now have no money or manpower. At this time, if you tell us to repair the fortress, you have to pay for it yourself? Our nobles, even serfs can't support it! I just leave it here, I can't do it."

"Yes, it can't be done." The five dukes in the north, including Theodoric, Duke of Berleon, disagreed, and even Raun knew that if Aurora hadn't told him there had been a large-scale assembly of the northern barbarians. Activities, I most likely think that Ryan's idea is a bit too much, the country is not so tossing.

And the most important thing is that everyone thinks that there is no need for such a high defense cost. As Duke Taubert said, you need money to build a large permanent fortress, garrison and maintain it. If you don’t need it, repair it. These things are just to take a look, our output may not keep up with the cost, and in the thousand years of war in Bretania, its defense system has been very perfect, the dukes are not fools, the security of the duchy It's their vital interests, so there are a lot of castles to be built. At this time, Ryan proposed to build a new military fortress, which really made them incomprehensible.

For example, the attack power of the barbarian is 10, and the current defense system of Bretania is 20. If it is not proved that the enemy has an attack power of 100+, then repairing will be a waste. Maintenance costs.

The regent was sitting in his place, and Raun was thinking about how to find a chance to put forward the idea of ​​the expedition to Obian. The regent of the kingdom glanced at the quarreling dukes sitting on both sides of the conference hall, and suddenly recalled that Richard had treated him. the words said.

"The king's position is not that you can order the nobles of the kingdom at will after you sit down, but that you can order the whole kingdom more conveniently if you can convince the crowd to sit down!"

Lawn sighed deeply. The Kingdom Regent was suddenly very frustrated. Since becoming the Regent, Lawn felt more and more how difficult it is to do something for the Kingdom.

If you want to reverse the decline of the entire kingdom, you must fight against the inertia that Brittany has formed over the millennia.

As the king of knights, Ryan has saved the kingdom from distress many times, regained Moussilon, defeated Mathieubad in the championship, and formed an alliance with the empire, coupled with the completion of the great miraculous victory of the Eight Peaks Expedition, so splashy The power of heaven, such as the prestige of the sky, coupled with the extraordinary personal bravery and commanding ability of Ryan himself, there is such a huge resistance to doing something.

If you become a knight king, it is probably the same ending as Richard. In the first few years after he was enthroned, he was determined to forge ahead, and then he kept hitting walls. In the next ten years, he will spend all his energy with the knight nobles and the fairy church in the lake. In the game.

When his energy is exhausted, physically and mentally exhausted, and after another failure, he is also likely to start messing around, becoming more conservative and maintaining stability like Richard, and beginning to be the spokesperson of their will as all the great nobles expect. With rubber stamps?

Therefore, a person's destiny, of course, depends on self-struggle, but also considers the historical schedule. Lawn knows that he does not have the ability to go against the sky and reverse the trend like Ryan.

The issue has thus stalled, and the incompetent knight nobles are further eliminated, and they are sent to the Arabi Expeditionary Army to accept the "hardship and training". King Arthur’s direct descendants are not afraid to offend others, and no one dares to speak of incompetence to Berhemond, because the old duke is very strict with his children. Three of his nine children did not survive. He died at the age of thirty, and two of the remaining six children were arranged to enter the monastery as handymen due to incompetence.

The matter of Changping and the strategic reserve was handed over to the two dukes of François and Bodric. They have experience in doing this, and they are also a hard-core ally of Ryan and the Knights of the Holy Grail. Trustworthy.

There are two issues that cannot be decided. The first is to further abolish excessive taxes and reduce tariffs uniformly, and the other is to build at least five military fortresses on the border of the kingdom and the dukes must pay for themselves.

Lawn announced that the meeting was temporarily adjourned, and the meeting will continue to discuss the issue at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Everyone had a morning meeting, and their stomachs were hungry. The dukes called their attendants and prepared to arrange lunch. Raun seized an opportunity and blocked the corridor in the palace, who was planning to return to the house to pray and dine alone. Mogiana: "His Royal Highness Mogiana? Can you give me some time?"

"What's the matter?" Morgiana stopped, her blue eyes staring at Ryan, and there was no expression on her beautiful goose egg face: "Your Excellency, what's the matter, you should have said in the previous meeting, no It should be said here."

"I have something very important to report to you." Lawn also said seriously.

"..." Morgiana frowned. The Lake God Witch looked at Lawn's expression. After confirming that Lawn was serious and not joking, she nodded: "Well, come with me."

Two people arrived in the Chapel of the Holy Grail one after the other. There were a lot of lake gods who were sorting out the scene of the chapel. Mogiana motioned to Raun to sit down. She said coldly: "Now you can say it."

Lawn told Morjana all the information he had learned, Aurora’s information, and his investigation of Obiann over the past few months. Finally, he concluded: "His Royal Highness Morjana, I think, It is completely appropriate to organize an army to attack Obian. The barbarian defense is empty, and we must also detect the movement of the barbarian."

"You should be very clear, our Lord Regent, Ryan, he has clearly opposed the Orbien expedition." Morgiana raised a leg under her skirt, and the Lake God Witch frowned. She thought about it for the first time. It was the national policy formulated by Ryan: "As his appointed and trusted regent, is this how you helped him with his internal affairs? Do your own thing while he is away?"

"But the situation has changed, my lord." Lawn emphasized: "The movement of the barbarians is very strange now, and you must be aware that every time the movement of the barbarians is strange, it is always when something big happens. This is how the intelligence shows. Yes, I think there is a need for investigation."

"Just investigating is to form an expeditionary army? Your regent, your investigation is really large and fanciful." Mogiana said sarcastically, "Don't think that I don't know anything. Once Ryan is gone, you want to be your own way. NS?"

"We don't want to do our own thing, Your Highness." Raun said sincerely: "We hope that through you, the message will be communicated to Your Majesty. It is up to your Majesty to decide whether to allow it or not. I know that you must have a way to contact His Majesty Ryan. , Am I right?"

"Do you mean to inform Ryan of this plan?" Morjana raised her eyebrows.

"Notify Ryan, and it's best to ask the lady to see if she allows..." Raun hesitated to speak.

"What is allowed, Chivalry War?" Morjana understood Raun's meaning. The Lake God Witch suddenly closed her legs and raised her golden eyebrows: "This is what the entire northern nobles mean?"

"Yes, it is everyone's meaning." Raun asked earnestly: "Please be sure to convey it, and also the attitude of everyone about the construction of the military fortress before, please also convey it together."

Morjana was quite unhappy. Apart from facing Ryan, the Lake God Witch hated this feeling of being controlled and intimidated, but she also knew that Ryan was telling the truth.

After hesitating for a long time, Maugiana finally nodded. She looked very unhappy: "I know, I will tell Ryan and the lady about this, but whether I agree to it or how they decide is not my choice."

"I'm grateful!" Raun was relieved. He knew that he had offended the Lake God Witch because of this incident, so he quickly got up and retreated.

On the other side of the palace, in the Royal Hotel, several dukes were sitting together for dinner.

This is a round table. The dukes here are François, Bohemond, Hagen, and Boderek, and Boderek's eldest son Federmond, sitting together.

In Brittany, eating at the round table symbolizes the highest level of glory, and the status of several holy grail knights is envious of the waiters who serve around them.

A large pot of bullwhip was stewed in the middle of the round table, and bubbles were bubbling.

"Boss, you fellow, I was still thinking before, what is the good thing you have been talking about." François filled a bowl of cows and tins, and Duke Winford said silently: "The result is this ?"

"Why, don't you like it?" Berhemond used a spoon to scoop a piece of stewed bullwhip, ate it in his mouth and chewed it up: "This is a very tonic thing, as a good knight, whether it's getting on the horse Even if you dismount, you must ensure that your lance is full of combat effectiveness! This is the teaching of His Majesty Louis."

"No, I mean, it seems that after this thing is cooked, it has no other effect than filling the stomach." François wondered if Bohemond was deceived again.

Berhemond did something similar. He used to like to eat stewed beef heart for several years, until a serf asked him to complain when he went out once, saying that his courtiers were forcibly levying cattle everywhere, and the reason was— -Your Excellency the Duke wants to eat a cow's heart, and every time he eats a cow's heart, his courtiers will force a cow from the people.

Berhemond didn’t understand. Niu Xin is obviously cheap cow entrails. If you see it in the market, you can buy a bag with a silver coin. Why does it become a cow’s heart and his attendant will collect one. How about the whole cow?

I don’t understand, but in order to prevent the suffering of his people, the duke of high moral character has ceased to eat his heart. His courtiers have repeatedly stated that the duke does not need to give up his hobbies for these inferior people, but the duke refused to do it anymore. Eat beef heart.

His patience lasted for more than ten years. Until the last few years, Ryan’s reforms made the market economy and the commodity economy prosper, and the goods circulated on a large scale. Berhemond discovered that the market can directly order and buy bull hearts. A food trade association specializes in buying and selling them in the market of Bastogne Castle, and they have a fixed price, which is very cheap. Only then did the duke regain his hobby of eating cattle.

Unlike François, all courtiers and merchants in the Principality of Winford knew that their Duke could not be fooled, otherwise they would be thrown into the pit with a smile and drowned, and all their property would be confiscated by the way.

The holy grail knights who have participated in the holy grail expedition are basically aware of some problems, for example, nobles are not destined to be noble, for example, they are not destined to be rich.

"Hey, if I want to do so much, I think it's beef." After taking a few more bites, the Duke of Red Dragon reluctantly said: "Look at your son-in-law, he really likes tossing. Fengshan, after a few days of good life, I went out to sea to find elves, and now what tax cuts and fortresses are going to be done. Isn’t it okay to have a good life for a few days with peace of mind?"

"That's our king." François said helplessly: "Ryan, he never does anything boring..."

"Yes, he is our king, but he is also your son-in-law!" Duke Hagen said angrily: "It's okay for you to marry Suria to Ryan. The advantage is all you get. Now you have to reduce taxes. It's our turn to repair the fortress? Isn't this too unfair?"

"That's right." Berhemond said vaguely with Niu Tintin in his mouth.

When François saw this, he put down his bowl and spoon. Ryan’s old man took a look and found that the other three dukes had the same idea. In short, they enjoyed the current bonus period and did not understand Ryan’s Why don't you let the kingdom live a good life for a few years, but have to toss again, and also make tax cuts for the great nobles and send the unqualified nobles to the Araby to die.

"I didn't want to start the class at this time." François let out a sigh and shook his head: "Everyone, can I ask you a question?"

"What are we people, for this country, and for the Knight Kingdom, what are our duke families?"

…………I am Niu Dingding with the dividing line in his mouth…………

At the same time, the far north, the chaotic wasteland, and the northern court.

The chaotic rift throbs on the top of the world, shining with light. One by one, four armies of chaos demons gathered in front of the throne chosen by the eternal gods, each of which was led by a highly respected great demon.

More than a dozen Chaos Demon Army has assembled in front of the throne of the legendary Northern Kingdom Court.

After more than a dozen Chaos Demon Army, there is an army of as many as 120,000 barbarians. Countless barbarians cover everything that can be covered by the entire Chaos Wasteland. Hundreds of tribes are gathered here, ready to The name of the God of Darkness follows the Eternal God's choice to go south to obtain the endless glory and rewards that are unimaginable for mortals.

The King of the North, the Dark Iron Predator, the King of Norsca, the leader of the Destruction Legion, the son of the blood red sky, the unparalleled warrior who defeated the wife of the blood god, the beloved of the four chaos gods, the new choice of the chaos eternal god, the black iron- Mottkin stands proudly here.

Below the throne full of skulls and blood, hundreds of chaotic champions and chaotic gods are standing under the throne. Hearing orders, only when the king gives an order, they will go south and bring destruction to those who are weak and rejected. Accept civilized southerners.

The evil **** Chosen Hal-Eye of Eternity stands on the left side of Motkin. He is a sacred magic wizard who came from the depths of the wasteland with the evil god’s oracle.

Cha-Zaneike, the champion of treacherous **** selection, stands behind Hal, he is not willing, but this is the will of the demon bird god.

Hal-Eye of Eternity walked in front of Mottkin. The king had been sitting like this for a month or two. He kept saying things like "Empire", "Osterner", and "Oleg Von". -Zhukov's words "revenge", every time he says it, the power in him becomes stronger.

"Your Excellency Eternal God, a small part of the pioneer army has been assembled and ready to go." Hal-Eye of Eternity walked up to Mottjin and said respectfully.

"If the commander is in command, hand it over to the chosen champion..."