Dating?
Before Du transmigrated, this was definitely the most ambiguous word in a certain social media app.
But at this point in time, it had a very subtle and magical effect.
As a black dragon who infiltrated the human world and mingled with the nobles, Onyxia was indeed a strange dragon with high political attributes.
It was precisely because she knew that it was impossible to take away all of Duque's fiefs, that she set her sights on the power struggle from the start.
The Marcus Family's power in Stormwind was not without reason. Firstly, the Marcus Family's territory was the largest, and secondly, the Marcus Family had a frightening number of ways to make money, and the taxes from their territory only accounted for less than one percent of their total income.
It would be too fake if a family that controlled almost all of the kingdom's economic lifelines did not retaliate.
Duque's current approach was a classic example of a lose-lose situation.
The nobles did indeed control all the railways leading to the Red Ridge Mountains, the Swamp of Sorrows, and the Cursed Land. They also claimed that if Duque did not yield, they would continue to raise taxes, from 100% tolls without limit.
Duque simply did not allow the trains to pass through, nor did he allow any transport vehicles to enter the Elven Forest. After all, trains had been used in the forest for more than fifteen years, and the cheap train transportation had long since destroyed all the traditional horse transportation industries.
If not for the fact that the technology to shrink the steam engine had not yet matured, and there were no cars, perhaps even horse carriages would have to leave Stormwind. Currently, horse carriages were mostly responsible for secondary transportation. If they were suddenly asked to bear the heavy burden of long-distance transportation, the amount of transportation was simply a drop in the ocean.
Duque's stopping of the train was undoubtedly a blow to the Marcus Family's trade, but it also damaged the supplies to the Cursed Land's Overwatch Stronghold.
The fish from the Red Ridge Mountains and the conversion of the Swamp of Sorrows into farmland were barely enough to meet the needs of the Overwatch Stronghold's garrison. But that was during peaceful times. Once war broke out, the army would flood into the Overwatch Stronghold, and it would be utterly inadequate.
Now, if the Overwatch Stronghold wanted to obtain other supplies, it had to pass through the dock set up at the Reed Coast. But there was another problem. There was the Temple of Hakkar in the middle of the Swamp of Sorrows, an area that Duque had strictly forbidden to explore. Therefore, the passage from the northern part of the Swamp of Sorrows to the Reed Coast dock was not completely safe.
Therefore, the high toll of the nobles would definitely not last for long. If the Overwatch Stronghold, the Alliance's greatest defense system was damaged, Duque could use his status as the Alliance's commander-in-chief to push down the huge hat of 'damaging the Overwatch Stronghold's defense system and allowing demons into the World of Azeroth', and the nobles would have to bear the consequences.
The current Storm Nobles were much cleaner than the ones from the first year of the Dark Portal. Unfortunately, it was still not clean enough.
Back then, Duque had used the Bloodsail Pirates to exterminate the nobles, but failed to obtain Laing's full support. As a result, he had left behind a trail. When Duque had gone missing twice, Laing had allowed quite a number of noble descendants to inherit the main family and restore their family names. Perhaps it was out of the mentality of compensation, or perhaps it was because he felt that the meeting hall was too empty.
It was just that Laing had never thought that after his and Lothar's deaths, the restoration of the aristocratic forces would be so fierce. Moreover, as the regent, Bolvar, was also a great noble. As a result, a new batch of parasites was born.
These fellows did not have the courage to go head to head with Duque. From their point of view, as long as they kept their power, Duque would still be able to give them the toll, and that would be perfect.
After Duque's actions caused both sides to suffer, the voices of the conservatives asking for peace also became prevalent. The nobles all told Katrana to stop while she was ahead.
The Black Dragon Princess was here to cause trouble, and before she had completely seized the highest power in Stormwind, she did not want to shed all pretense of cordiality. Therefore, from her point of view, Duque was using the excuse of a Valentine's Day date to ask for peace.
"A good excuse. It also suits his identity as the Duke of Chastising. "The Black Dragon Princess, who had transformed into Katrana, smiled faintly.
A few dukes came up to her, "Then … Anristo, what are you going to do?"
"Date? Of course I will go. The essence of politics is to compromise. Since there is no benefit to either side, peace talks are the only way out. If Grand Duke Marcus is willing to give up his Queen's lovers, and the price is high enough, how about I marry him? "
Haha! If he only found out that I was a dragon on his wedding night, and I tore him apart, the great hero of the Alliance with only half of his body left … Hmm, that expression would be great!
Onyxia's evil and charming smile was seen by the nobles as having a card up her sleeve.
The stagnation of the logistics caused a considerable degree of chaos within the kingdom, but there were two places that were not affected.
One was the Western Wilderness, where the railway was still supplying supplies to the pioneering army that was developing the territory in Stranglethorn Vale.
The second was Stormwind City. Although the supplies that were supposed to be transported to the Elven Forest were all piled up in the warehouses of Goldshire Town, the supplies supplied to Stormwind City were still there.
It seemed that the upcoming Valentine's Day event on the 14th of February was not affected at all. The army continued the tradition of more than ten years, routinely giving all soldiers who were not on urgent missions or on guard duty a holiday. A large number of soldiers in civilian clothes poured into the streets of Stormwind City, dressed up with a few months' worth of military pay in their hands, so that it was convenient to express their love, or directly buy gifts for their girlfriends that they had not seen for a while.
As one of the large-scale series of activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Alliance, Stormwind City held a big event on Valentine's Day this year. The Marcus Family took advantage of their developed marine products to have the Nagas bring a large number of incomparably beautiful giant corals and shells from the bottom of the sea, and then specially made a 'Lovers Island' in the center of the Mirror Lake outside Stormwind City.
It was a hollow man-made island with a zigzag interior.
Couples could spend up to ten silver coins to rent a beautifully decorated two-person boat and row into the caves of Lover's Island. In the deep but well-lit waterway, they could listen to the melodious violin and piano concerto that could be heard all over the island while admiring the decorations on both sides of the waterway that looked like the Dragon Palace in a fairy tale. They could enjoy the romance and warmth.
There were a total of 1024 waterways provided to ordinary people, each of which was 300 meters long and had a time limit of 10 minutes.
There were 108 waterways provided to the upper class, each of which cost 10 gold coins and had a time limit of 90 minutes. There was also a small private dock at the end of the waterway that could be uploaded, providing all kinds of 'you know' services.
As for the highest grade of waterways, there were only a mere 12, and the fee was even more exorbitant – as high as 1000 gold coins. He did not know about the others, but in any case, as early as three days before Valentine's Day, the nobles who used it all said it was good!
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