No matter how intense the war in the south was, it would not affect the various factions in the north. Just as some of the family's officials and knights had said in private, the Crisen Empire had been at war for more than ten years after the fall of the Three Kings. Now, it was finally time for the south and central regions of the continent to be at war.
Lollister was not interested in these two battles. Right now, he was busy moving from Monolith Castle to Raging Bear City in the southern part of the Northern Lands. He had many things to do. Even though Laurist was usually full of vigor and was able to command thousands of soldiers and horses, he only felt that there were too many things to handle when it came to family matters like this, and he was helpless. Fortunately, Princess Silvia was there. She showed the demeanor of the matriarch of the Norton Family. She commanded the servants to go around in circles. Those that should be packed were packed away, and those that should be abandoned were abandoned. Very quickly, they packed up neatly and left.
Laurist happily praised Princess Silvia for her orderly handling of matters. However, Princess Silvia did not care. "I've done this many times in the past. It's nothing to be surprised about."
On the 21st of September, Laurist brought the various administrative departments of Monolith Castle to Bearfury City. From this day onwards, Bearfury Fury City became the capital of the north. The Norton Family ruled over the entire north.
From a geographical point of view, Bearfury Fury Fury Fury City was just a flat city. It did not have any geographical advantage that made it easy to defend and difficult to attack. A few hundred years ago, there had only been a small stone hill that was no more than a hundred meters tall. A noble whose name was unknown had built a simple stronghold on this small hill as his family's castle. After a few owners, this simple stronghold was gradually transformed into a stone castle. Until a hundred years ago, when the Luckins family was conferred the title of Grand Duke of the North, the first Duke Luckins was not used to living in this cold stone castle, so he invited two famous architects of the time to rebuild the largest city in the North, with this simple stone castle as the center.
After a hundred years of development, this city, named after the two architects, became the first large city in the north with a population of more than a hundred thousand. Because of this city, the southern part of the north developed into the heart of the north. Before Laurist returned to his family's territory, this was once the most prosperous and lively place in the north. Compared to this city, the Norton Family's Maple Forest Manor was just a small manor castle in the most remote countryside.
The current Duke of the Northern Lands, Duke Lujins, could only blame himself for finding the wrong enemy and treating Lollister as a fat sheep, causing the Lujins Family to become history in the Northern Lands. After defeating Archduke Lukins, the capital of the Northern Region welcomed the wolf-like second prince. The founder of the Iberian Kingdom did not hesitate to seize the property and property of the defeated Lukins Family, and escorted Archduke Lukins to the capital of Wendbli with the excuse of recuperating. The poor former Grand Duke of the Northern Region was suddenly attacked by horse bandits after he left the Northern Region, and his entire family was killed. The Luggins family of the former Crimson Empire was destroyed.
After Laurist defeated the second prince and the allied army of a hundred thousand Northland nobles and swept through the Northlands, they established an alliance of four families. Gildusk City became Baron Shahin's residence, and the Grand Duke's Mansion became his residence. However, after Laurist's two attacks, the capital of the Northern Region became much more desolate, and all the rich people ran to the Norton Family's territory. Although Baron Shahin was in charge of the city, his income was not much, and he could not make ends meet, so he did not pay much attention to the management of the city.
After the exchange of territory, Baron Shahin was promoted to Earl, and his family's territory was moved to the Delamuk Province. The capital of the Northern Region finally fell into Laurist's hands. Because of the superior transportation between the Northern Region and the other provinces, Laurist decided to move the Norton Family's center of governance here, and ordered Master Xiluba to redesign the century-old city, bringing it back to life.
Laurist was not satisfied with the first blueprint that Master Xiluba brought out, and he asked Master Xiluba to design a city that could accommodate at least three hundred thousand people. Even though the city's population was less than thirty thousand, Laurist believed that with him and the various administrative departments of the family moving in, the city would soon become lively again.
However, Master Xiluba was put in a difficult position. The original design of the city could only accommodate a hundred thousand people, and the area of the old city was only that big. Laurist said that it was easy. They could build a central castle in the center of the city, and it would be the administrative center of the Norton Family as well as their own residence, just like Monolith Castle. Within the protection of the city walls, there would be a few small areas for the rich and nobles to live in, and the rest would be divided into plazas, commercial areas, military camps, and other facilities. The civilian residential areas would be built outside the city walls, which would double the size of the city, and save the trouble of rebuilding the city walls.
Now, the east of the city was connected to the two special areas for nobles, separated by a three-meter-wide canal. From afar, dust could be seen flying in the air. It was obvious that the nobles who had bought land were building their own manors. The streets were bustling with people, and it was a lively scene.
The new central castle of the Northern Region was more than twice the size of the original Duke's Mansion. The original Duke's Mansion had a garden design, but Master Xiluba had built a five-storey castle according to Laurist's request. It would be the administrative center of the family, and he cleverly connected the two without destroying the original landscape of the Duke's Mansion. For safety reasons, Laurist's residence was arranged to be on the small hill that was a hundred meters tall. A new castle was built there, connected to the administrative center by the city walls. It was like a small fortress had appeared in the center of the Bearfury City.
By the time Laurist and the others settled down, it was already early October. Laurist also started to get busy, meeting with the nobles who had arrived early to congratulate him. On the 17th of October, Laurist's cousin, Gold Knight Krisya, arrived at the Bearfury City with her family.
This time, Kristia brought her mother and two brothers back to the north. Before Lollister transmigrated, Locke remembered that his second uncle's wife, who was also his aunt, was a frail and beautiful woman. She looked pretty much the same as he remembered, except that she looked a lot older and had a lot of problems. She was afraid of the wind, the cold, and the light. After chatting for a while, she would get sick and go to bed. Locke didn't know how she survived the civil war.
It was the first time Laurist met his two cousins. One was twenty-eight years old and was a two-star Silver, obviously not as talented as Krisya. The other was twenty-two years old and was also a two-star Bronze, which was even worse. However, Krisya said that he was talented in literature and could become a civil official in the future.
Krisya had changed a lot. Her face was pale and she was very thin. Laurist's sharp senses told him that something was wrong. So, he asked about the second prince. Krisya was unwilling to say more. In the end, she helplessly said that she had broken up with the second prince, which was why she resigned from her position as the commander of the guards. This time, she brought her family here to return to her family. She didn't want to return to the imperial capital.
Why? Laurist was puzzled. Why did the second prince want to break up with Krisya? Didn't he know that this would mean that he would no longer receive the support of the Norton family? It might even attract the hostility of the Norton family. Not to mention the fact that Kristia's father, Lollister's second uncle, had died on the battlefield as the former vice commander of the Royal Knights, Kristia had loyally followed the second prince for almost twenty years. Not only had she fought for him, but she was also his lover. How could such a long relationship be broken just like that?
However, Krisya refused to explain the reason for the breakup. She also looked disheartened. She said that she was physically and mentally exhausted. This time, she returned to the Northern Region to return to her family and live in seclusion. She brought her whole family back for the sake of her two younger brothers. Because of her, her two younger brothers could no longer have a good environment to grow up and develop in the imperial capital. Now that the Norton family was at its peak, she wanted to hand her younger brother over to Laurist. Her younger brother would go to Dawn Academy. Although he was a little old, he was still very smart and eager to learn. He would have a bright future.
Although Laurist was curious, he couldn't force Krisya if she didn't want to tell him. As for the arrangement, it was very simple. Princess Sylvia and her four concubines each chose one of the eleven beautiful manors around the Raging Bear City. There were six left, and Krisya could choose one. Even if Krisya only wanted to live in seclusion and didn't say that she was willing to serve the family, she was still the only Gold Knight in the family. It was only right to give her a manor.
Laurist did not suspect that Kristia was a spy sent by the second prince. Breaking up would only make people laugh their heads off. Looking at Krisya's haggard expression, it was obvious that she had suffered a heavy emotional blow. Otherwise, she wouldn't have said that she wanted to live in seclusion. As for the two younger cousins, the arrangement was also very simple. The older one would go to the Guards Camp, and the younger one would be sent to Dawn Academy to join classes.
Two days later, Laurist threw the matter of Christian to the back of his mind. Other than ordering Tagger to send people to the imperial capital to inquire about the details, Laurist was busy receiving the nobles who came to visit him. At most, he received 16 nobles a day, and his face was stiff from smiling. The date of the wedding had been set. It was November 8th. Therefore, there was an endless stream of nobles who came to congratulate and give gifts. There were also many merchants who had the status of honorary nobles of the Andinac Kingdom who came to make connections. They asked Laurist to expand the two special noble districts so that they could also buy land and build manors there.
Fatty Shi came to Laurist and told him a ridiculous truth. The Norton Family had made an announcement last time, saying that honorary nobles of other countries could spend a sum of money to convert their honorary noble status into an honorary noble of the Norton Family. This way, they could buy land and build manors in the special noble districts. However, this sum of money was a little expensive, and many merchants were not willing to pay it. Therefore, they took advantage of the loophole. After all, the Norton Family still belonged to the Andinac Kingdom, so they went to the imperial capital to buy the honorary noble status. Because the price was reduced by half, the second prince earned more than 100,000 gold merit points, and the North gained nearly 100 honorary nobles of the Andinac Kingdom.
Fatty Shi said that the third special noble district could be sold. In order to teach those greedy fellows a lesson, this time, only merchants who had the status of honorary nobles of the Norton Family were qualified to participate in the auction. They had to take care of their family members first. Even if they belonged to the same kingdom, there was still a gap between them. Of course, if those honorary nobles wanted to buy the land, there was no land available. However, those small villas could be sold. This was also the only chance for those fellows to live in the special noble district. Of course, compared to the nobles who bought land to build manors, it would make them feel a lot inferior. This was also a lesson for them.
Laurist nodded and agreed to Fatty Shi's plan. He was wondering why there were so many honorary nobles of the kingdom. He thought they came from the imperial capital, but it turned out that this was the case. No wonder he had been so busy for the past ten days.
On the last three days of the end of October, two messengers from the Fisablen Family, Chief Steward Alidok and Napier, appeared in front of Laurist again. They brought a reply from the Duke of Fisablen. The armistice agreement was signed for three years, and the Duke had already signed, stamped, and left his fingerprint on it. However, Chief Steward Alidok's expression was not good. When he handed over the agreement, he mocked Laurist. Since when did the famous Monolith Army of the Norton Family become a local garrison army?
It seemed like the Fisablen Family had already discovered that the Monolith Army stationed at the border of the southern province had added the word 'garrison' on their flag. This was the Norton Family's armed forces taking advantage of the loophole in the agreement, but they could not do anything about it. Laurist did not blush at all. He smiled and said that the Monolith Army was originally a local garrison army. They were originally stationed at Monolith Castle, and now they were just stationed at a different place.
The two messengers did not expect Laurist to be so shameless and insist that the Monolith Army was a local garrison army. They were so angry that their faces turned green. This time, other than handing over the armistice agreement, they had two missions. The first was to ask for the redemption of the 40,000 soldiers of the 3rd Border Ranger Army. Previously, they had ransomed the family knights and those from the Fisablen Family. This time, they believed that since the armistice agreement had been signed, Laurist should allow the captured and surrendered soldiers of the 3rd Border Ranger Army to reunite with their families.
Loriste rejected the suggestion of the two envoys without even thinking about it. What a joke. Once these 40,000 soldiers were released, Grand Duke Fisabulon would be able to form another Ranger Legion. No matter how much trouble he caused, he would never agree to this request. Fortunately, the two messengers roughly understood that this request had touched Laurist's bottom line, so they did not force it.
The second mission was to invite Princess Sylvia. They said that this was an order from the Duke, and that they had come to deliver something to the princess.
Out of curiosity, Loriste sent someone to summon Princess Sylvia. Together, they went to see what gift Duke Fisablun had prepared for her.
Unexpectedly, after opening the three tightly covered four-wheeled trucks, Princess Sylvia hugged Laurist and cried when she saw the contents of the trucks. These three trucks were filled with toys, clothes, daily necessities, and furniture decorations that Princess Sylvia had used since she was young. Even a small carpet and a small cushion had been transported over. In addition, there were also a dozen or so servants. They had all taken care of Princess Sylvia since she was young.
Princess Sylvia held back her tears after crying for a while. She thanked the two messengers and ordered the castle's servants to pull the three large trucks to the back. Then, she took out a bag of gold coins and rewarded the dozen or so servants who had taken care of her since she was young. However, she rejected their requests to continue staying by her side. Then, she returned to the back garden.
Laurist ordered the servants to settle down the two messengers and the servants. He also expressed his welcome to attend his wedding with Princess Sylvia. Then, he hurried to the back garden, only to find that Princess Sylvia had started a fire. She threw the contents of the three trucks into the fire, crying as she did so.
Laurist curiously asked her what was wrong. Princess Sylvia threw herself into his arms and cried as she said, "Loke, I only have you now."
All sorts of feelings welled up in Loriste's heart. He immediately understood and hugged Princess Sylvia tightly.
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