As a servant who had served the Tattdu's overlord family for generations, Sidor's living standard was far more comfortable than the ordinary Roman civilian class to some extent. At the very least, he had received a certain degree of education and could read and write. He did not have to worry about food and clothing, let alone being oppressed by the herdsmen and tax collectors appointed by the nobles.
However, it was precisely because of the education he received since he was young that he had the opportunity to broaden his horizons by serving the nobles. That was why Sidor had even more unwillingness.
Perhaps those civilians who could only bend their backs and live in the dark stone houses on the dirty streets for their entire lives could obediently ignore the whips and scoldings of the warriors who were like gods in their hearts.
However, the young servant who knew that the nobles and warriors were actually ordinary people like himself could still remember the contemptuous gazes hidden behind the gentle attitude of the nobles.
'If I have the opportunity to receive warrior training since I was young, I'll definitely become a more powerful warrior than them.
'If I have the opportunity to lead a manor or a town, I'll definitely make the territory rich and populous.
'If I have the opportunity …' Sidor had fantasized about the impossible opportunity in his dreams countless times. However, in the tradition of the Roman World, the untouchables were untouchables. He knew that he would never get the opportunity he dreamed of.
However, right now, a lucky person from a foreign world who ignored or did not understand the tradition of the Roman World had miraculously passed the possibility of realizing his dream in another form to Sidor's hands.
Being redeemed as a civilian, becoming the chief necktie of a small noble, marrying a civilian woman, giving birth to a strong child and letting him receive warrior training since he was young to become a noble warrior … Countless distracting thoughts flashed across Sidor's mind. With a series of expressions, Sidor said with difficulty in a soft and dry voice, "Sir, please come with me first.
This is not a place to talk. "
"Alright then, Sidor. I do want to have a glass of milk wine first.
It's a huge test for a scholar's physical strength to travel hundreds of miles on a flying dragon early in the morning, "Zhang Lisheng said with a smile when he saw the servant's strange expression. Looking at the servant's weird expression, Zhang Lisheng knew that his seduction had succeeded, so he said with a smile. However, he did not expect that the instant his words left his mouth, trouble would come to him.
A few Tatedu warriors wearing half-body armor descended from the sky riding on black-feathered birds. The leading female warrior jumped down from her mount in a hurry and asked the servant who was running over in a hurry loudly, "Those from the foreign world …" However, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the black-haired young man's extremely conspicuous short figure. She immediately shut her mouth and ran over, "That's great, Sir Zhang. You guys haven't left yet."
"Yes, we haven't left, Countess Anadan." Looking up at the Tatedu overlord's daughter who ran up to him with an irrepressible joy, Zhang Lisheng frowned without concealing it and whispered in a strange tone.
"It's good that you haven't left. I have something very important to discuss with you." As though she did not notice that the black-haired young man was unhappy, Anadan took his hand directly and strode towards the conference hall in the distance.
At this time, Zhang Lisheng still needed to play the weak image of an Earth scholar bureaucrat, so naturally, he could not resist the strange strength of the female Roman warrior. He could only shout helplessly and uselessly, "Countess Anadan, can you please let go of my hand first? You're from a noble overlord family so you should at least maintain the basic courtesy to a diplomat … Alright, alright!
Alright, alright, if you have anything to say, we can talk about it slowly. Please don't be like this. Even if you don't treat me as a diplomat, at the very least, I still have the identity of Lord Romain. Can you … "He was dragged into the fortress made of boulders.
Striding into the stone house at the far right corner of the first floor of the conference hall, Anadan finally let go of the black-haired young man's hand and blocked the stone behind her with her body. Staring straight into his eyes, she no longer said anything.
"Oh, Countess Anadan, what are you doing? What is it that requires you to do this?" Looking back at the Tatedu overlord's daughter's crystal clear eyes, Zhang Lisheng said in exasperation, "Are both of you so unreasonable?
More than ten days ago, I've spent so much effort and violated the discipline to ask the Taoist priests to heal your father's injury, but in the end, he immediately threw our entire mission aside and launched a full-scale war against our allies.
Do you know how big my trouble is? I-I can't stay with the other leaders and colleagues of the mission anymore. I can only find an excuse to hide in Mount Xilei and wait for things to cool down.
It's fortunate that Director Shi Hongwei is a reasonable person. Otherwise, I might not be able to return to Earth in this lifetime … "
"Sir Zhang, I know that my father and Master Etfago may have used you, b-but he has given you enough compensation after all.
In the Roman World, I think you should understand how precious a title with an actual territory is by now. Is this not enough to make up for your loss? " Anadan suddenly showed a sorrowful expression and interrupted the black-haired young man's words with tears in her eyes. "Sir, no matter what my father has done, at the very least, he has saved your life before.
So, so please help him, help the people of Tatedu, okay? "
"Ah, Countess Anadan! D-Did something bad happen? D-Don't tell me that Sir Horstein has broken up with Viscount Tatedu? This is a blatant rebellion! That's impossible, right?" Zhang Lisheng was stunned. He knew that something unexpected might have suddenly happened, so he pretended to be panicked and asked.
"No, it's the Silorians! The Silorians …" Anadan replied in an unusually emotional manner. After speaking vaguely for a long time, she finally told him the entire story that was extremely complicated.
It turned out that ever since the heroic Viscount Tatedu was heavily injured on the battlefield three years ago to the point that he even lost the ability to walk, his younger brother, Sir Horstein, began to be unwilling to live in seclusion and thought that he should become the new Lord of Tatedu.
However, although Viscount Tatedu was paralyzed, the military merits he had obtained in the past were just too prominent. Not only that, he was extremely greedy for power, so he did not have the intention to give up his title according to the Roman tradition at all. This made Horstein's dream fail to come true for three years.
Of course, since he could only lie on the bed and could not leave the Town Hall, the prestige and influence of the Lord of Tatedu in the territory had been continuously weakened. As long as Sir Horstein had enough patience, he would definitely be able to force his brother to abdicate the title sooner or later. However, the appearance of the Earthlings from the foreign world had changed the situation once again.
When the secret news that the foreign world's people with magical powers could completely heal Viscount Tatedu's old injuries and let him return to the battlefield, and that the Lord of Tatedu had also established a good relationship with the foreign world's countries had reached the ears of Sir Horstein who was far away in the northern frontier, only then did he realize his complacency and carelessness.
In such a situation, Horstein, who was unwilling to let his brother turn the tables by relying on the conspiracies that did not have a high possibility of success, finally found a way to completely suppress his brother in a short period of time and force him to abdicate the title of his own accord after racking his brains. He began to send a secret messenger to secretly contact his cousin, Viscount Wordorf who ruled the Wordorf Territory.
He used the condition of ceding the land on the west side of the Xilay Mountain Range after he succeeded as the Lord of Tatedu to request Madam Wordorf to send troops to raid the Central Enit Plain.
Originally, as the most loyal ally of Tatedu, the Wordorf Territory would never treat the Lord of Tatedu with conspiracies. However, Horstein was also a descendant of the Tatedu family. According to the tradition of the Roman people for thousands of years, he should have long become the new Lord of Tatedu. Conspiring with him would not be considered as violating the covenant with Tatedu.
On top of that, after the Roman World spread out on Earth, the Nabis River that had fed Madam Wordorf for thousands of years had moved to the other side of the world along with the steep and majestic Stentes Mountain Range, causing several tributaries in the Wordorf Territory to lose their water source and become dried up. Their water supply had to rely on the irrigation of the Red Shrimp River of Thunder Mountain.
No matter how close an ally was, it would still make them feel uneasy if their lifeline was in the hands of others. For this reason, Horstein's temptation of ceding half of the Thunder Mountain Range was irresistible to the Lord of Wordorf.
For this reason, more than a month ago, Viscount Wordorf finally wrote a secret agreement with Sir Horstein and quietly dispatched two-thirds of the territory's army, a total of more than 20,000 people, to follow the secret route that the Tatedu Northern Frontier's warriors had paid a great price to explore in the Amazon jungle on Earth. They marched a long distance and launched a sneak attack on the Central Enit Plain.
Together with Sir Horstein's army, they attacked from top to bottom and conquered the territory of the Getreys in one fell swoop.
After this military operation that took a great risk succeeded, according to Viscount Wordorf and Horstein's speculation, both of them would undoubtedly receive enough rewards. Viscount Wordorf obtained half of the Xilay Mountain Range. Not only did he break away from the Tatedu Territory's water source restriction, he had also successfully expanded his territory.
As for Horstein, he had the glorious military merit of being the strongest vassal of the Silorians, the biggest enemy of Tatterdu for 300 years. He would definitely be able to force his paralyzed brother to abdicate on his own. Perhaps when he sat on the throne of the Tatedu Viscount, the act of ceding the Western Xilay Mountain Range to his ally Wordorf would cause a temporary turmoil in the territory.
However, although the Western Xilay Mountain Range was rich, it was still full of rugged mountains that could not even be built into a city. Exchanging it for the vast and rich Central Enit Plain was a very worthwhile thing no matter what. Even if the Tatedu nobles and warriors were dissatisfied, the degree of dissatisfaction would certainly be limited. As long as it was handled properly, it would soon be pacified.
Unfortunately, the development of the matter was completely out of Lord Wordorf and Horstein's expectations. At the same time when they successfully occupied the Central Enit Plain, Viscount Tatterdu had seized the last opportunity and miraculously succeeded in winning over the otherworld Earthlings, healing his old wounds and standing up again.
Not only that, he did not hesitate to issue a general enlistment order for the territory, disregarding everything else and gathering more than 90% of Tatterdu's military power to wage a war of revenge against the powerful Silorians.
Just like that, the lightning battle that was originally a sudden attack inexplicably turned into a large-scale battle that determined the survival of the territory. The situation quickly went out of everyone's control.
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