In any case, the success or failure of the plan to unite the Steel Ridge Kingdom was still uncertain.
The lack of population had always been a huge problem for the Fire Kingdom, and Liszt, who was bent on doing things quickly, was not willing to slow down the development plan.
Therefore, the best way was to launch a war for the expansion order.
"However, the content of the expansion order has to be innovated. Plundering the hinterland of the Eagle Kingdom once a year is too frequent." Liszt said. He naturally understood that you couldn't just grab a place and pull it. You had to move to another place to continue pulling it.
"If we can't plunder the Eagle Kingdom, we can only plunder the Snow Wind Duchy." Leewilliam said.
"Then inform Marquis Yevich Waterpeanut of Realgar City and Marquis Amat of Thorns Left Territory to speed up the attack on the Snow Wind Duchy. Before June, I need to send back at least five hundred thousand serfs from the Snow Wind Duchy. The more Knight the better."
The Snow Wind Duchy was not a large duchy. It was located on a plateau and was very barren. Its population was only six or seven million.
When the civil war between the first prince and the second prince had just started, Yevich had already cooperated with his father-in-law Amat to secretly transfer more than five hundred thousand people to the Fire Kingdom. Now they had to transfer more than five hundred thousand people. In just a year, the population would be reduced by one-fifth.
In addition, the Yellowstone Plain Kingdom was also secretly pulling the wool. Perhaps by the time the two princes decided the winner, the Snow Wind Duchy would only have half of its population left.
Of course, this had nothing to do with Liszt. He was only concerned about the development of the Fire Kingdom.
"Then I'll go arrange it."
"By the way, Father, I plan to hold your dukedom enfeoffment ceremony on January 15th. I'll have the palace prepare for the ceremony. Father, you can just wait for the 15th."
"I'm not picky. Any time is fine." Leewilliam's calm face revealed an unconcealable smile.
Once upon a time, he was just a count of the Sapphire Duchy, struggling to become a Marquis.
He thought that before his qi was exhausted, being promoted to a Marquis would be a blessing of the Knight's glory. However, with the rise of his second son, Liszt, his dream became within reach. Unknowingly, he had already obtained the title of Marquis and obtained the Domain Knight's Secret Book.
Becoming an existence below the Dragon Knight.
Strength and ambition always complemented each other. However, it hadn't been long since his ambition had been aroused. Just as he had begun to look forward to the position of Duke, the position of Duke had already arrived.
Everything seemed like a dream.
When he left the Palace of Stars, he felt as if he was floating. Of course, a Domain Knight could fly in the air for a long time.
His mount, the Storm Dragon Horse with a broken horn, was pacing back and forth in the palace square.
The broken horn on the head of this super dragon was much more magnificent. Not only was the main body made of magical metal alloy, but it was also embedded with fine gems and engraved with magical runes. It was custom-made by the Magic Association. It was equivalent to a powerful piece of magical equipment.
William mounted the horse and shouted, "White Dragon Horse, let's go."
The Broken Horn Storm Dragon Horse immediately flapped its wings and soared into the sky like a bolt of lightning, charging towards the Flame Royal City. A moment later, he stopped in front of the tall, stately building of King City's administrative office.
The entire administrative office was a six-story building from the Victorian era. It faced the triumphal arch and was painted gold. It was very eye-catching. The building was very long and divided into three sections. The first section was the bureaucracy of the King City, the second section was the bureaucracy of the cabinet, and the last section was the bureaucracy of the outer court.
William's office was on the sixth floor. It was spacious and luxuriously decorated. He allowed his valet to take off his coat and went directly to his stone desk.
He signaled to his assistant, "Summon the ministers of the outer court and hold a magic forum meeting. The time is set for 2: 30 pm."
"Yes, sir." The female assistant, whose appearance could be rated 80 out of 100, twisted her slender waist and walked into the small meeting room that came with the office.
She was tapping on a slightly larger and more complicated magic forum.
Her fingers were slender and magic flowed at her fingertips. She was obviously a Magician. Of course, the term Magician in the Flame Kingdom was about to be abolished. She was now a registered Arcanist. She specialized in communications and was specially trained to operate the magic forum.
The magic forum lit up. Like a projector, it projected more than ten screens on the walls of the meeting room.
Very quickly, some of the screens turned from grey and white to colour. Then, some people dressed like the female assistant appeared on the screen. Just like on Earth, from text communication to video communication, the magic forum also entered the video era after continuous development and improvement.
The Flame Kingdom had already conquered the teleportation magic circle. Developing video communication didn't pose any technical difficulties. A Qi used her free time to come up with a video communication plan and handed it over to the Magic Guild to design.
However, the cost of the video magic forum was extremely high. Currently, the production was only enough for the cabinet and outer court members to use and train professional communication Arcanists to operate it.
Others couldn't touch it yet.
"Assistant Portia, is the Prime Minister calling for the magic forum meeting?" A woman on the screen asked.
"Yes, Assistant Olivia. Please inform the First Minister of Internal Affairs to attend the magic forum meeting," the female assistant replied.
"I'll inform Sir Jeffrey now. However, he's currently patrolling the territory. He might need some time."
"The meeting will be held at 2: 30 pm. Please inform the First Minister of Internal Affairs."
"Yes."
In this way, the female assistant notified the people on the screen one by one and determined the time of the magic forum meeting. When she finished the notification and was about to close the magic forum, Leewilliam came in with a glass of red wine.
"Portia, contact Tulip Castle for me."
"Yes, Sir." Portia's assistant operated on the magic forum and soon projected another screen. However, when the magic forum was connected, the screen was still grey. Tulip Castle didn't have a video magic forum. In addition, Tulip Castle was a newly built Duke's castle on Tulip Island.
The Coral Island had been returned to the Sapphire Duchy. The former Tulip Castle had become a thing of the past. Only Black Horse Island was still in the form of an enclave, belonging to Liszt. There were natural nodes on Black Horse Island. In the future, the magic teleportation circle would be opened to increase control over the Sapphire Duchy.
"This is Tulip Castle." A male voice came from the magic forum. Although video communication couldn't be done, the ordinary magic forum had already been upgraded to voice communication.
"Levis?" Leewilliam asked.
"Yes, Sir Father."
"How is Loria's body?"
"Very good. The medical arcanists are constantly observing. The twins in her belly are developing healthily." Levis's voice revealed excitement. This was Loria's second child.
"Yes." Leewilliam was also very happy. Although his four-year-old grandson Richard had shown excellent talent, he still had expectations for the unborn twins. After all, with the example of Liszt, who could guarantee that the second son wouldn't be a legend?
In fact, since the rise of Liszt, his legendary story had changed the embarrassing situation of many aristocratic second sons.
It turned out that most aristocrats were indifferent to their second sons and let them do as they pleased. After all, the eldest son was the inheritance system. As long as the eldest son was cultivated, the family could continue. But now, while many aristocrats cultivated their eldest son, they were also willing to share resources to cultivate their second son. They didn't want to give birth to the next Liszt.
As long as the second son could make a little success, the cultivation would not be in vain.
And Liszt had also become an irreplaceable idol in the minds of many aristocratic second sons. Every day, a large number of aristocratic second sons from the three kingdoms and many duchies came to seek shelter from thousands of miles away. Many of the aristocrats in the city were such aristocratic second sons.
Without family resources to use, they were completely dependent on Liszt's support and became a vassal of the Flame Family.
After a pause, Leewilliam said indifferently, "Levis, my nobility ceremony is on the 15th. You calculate the time yourself, bring grandmother and the others, and rush to the Sun, Moon, and Stars Palace."
"Nobility ceremony on the 15th? Please rest assured, Sir Father. I will arrange for my family and immediately rush to the Sun, Moon, and Stars Palace!" Levis laughed.
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