Before the dark elf could leave, Morgiana's voice came from the door. "Laing, are you busy?"
There were only three people who dared to enter Laing's room without knocking, and one of them was Morgiana.
Today, the Lake Goddess Witch was wearing a pure white embroidered knee-length skirt with a purple ribbon tied around her waist. Morgianna's cold and gorgeous face appeared at the door, revealing her enchanting and slender figure. Because it was midsummer, Morgianna was rarely seen. She didn't wear a long skirt that reached her ankles. Under the knee-length skirt were beautiful legs that were as smooth as jade. She didn't wear stockings on her beautiful feet, only a pair of simple buckled high-heeled sandals.
Morgiana's voice came from afar. "Am I bothering you?"
"I was thinking about something." Laing poked his head out from the documents on the table and smiled. "Nothing too important. Welcome back, Morgiana. How's the matter with Culona?"
Morgiana's frown eased when she saw Laing smiling at her. She always felt relaxed and happy when she was with Laing in private. The Lake Goddess felt that the irritation that had been bothering her had disappeared. She pulled a chair beside Laing and sat down. Morgiana straightened her dress. "Overall, it's fine. Laing has recovered, and he has resumed his duties as regent. Since you did not pursue the matter, the knights and nobles in the North are relieved."
"Also, Richard has stepped down from the position of Duke of Le-Angoulême. The one who took over the position is Taubert, Richard's nephew." Morgiana continued. Her long blonde hair fell over her shoulders, giving off the fragrance of irises.
"Very good." Clayon didn't say much about this. It was clear that the traditional nobles and knights in the north had already bowed their heads. Richard didn't pass the title of Duke of Le-Angouland to his grandson William, but instead passed it to Taubert, which showed his attitude.
"Theodoric, Duke of Le-Angoulême, has finished his sentence. He came to me and asked me to pass on his apology." Morgiana continued. "He admitted his mistake regarding Fiona and is willing to continue his confinement. He said that he will unconditionally obey your reforms, but he hopes that you can help him in his current predicament in Le-Angoulême."
"Hmph, you call that unconditionally?" Laing shook his head. The old man was very cunning. He was jumping around at this critical moment. It was impossible to tell that he was a staunch supporter of Le-Angoulême.
At this critical moment when Laing was about to succeed the throne, it was not good for him to argue with Theodoric. Since he was willing to obey, Laing did not bother to bargain with him anymore. Theodoric could continue his confinement.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Laing and Morgiana sat together and discussed the next matters in detail.
"The court and I have received the accusation that the late Duke Aldrede sold military provisions to raise funds for the army." Morgiana paused for a moment and immediately continued. "But as you know, the families of the twelve founding Holy Grail Knights do not accept any accusations other than treason and blasphemy. Secondly, Duke Aldrede is dead, and Duke Adehard, who succeeded him, said that he did not know about it. Lyonnesse is facing a lot of problems now. There is too much rain this year, and the grain is facing a poor harvest. I thought about it and decided not to pursue the matter."
Laing crossed his arms in front of his chest and shook his head with a bitter smile.
Historically, the late stage of a regime often began with natural disasters, which led many people to mistakenly think that the collapse of the regime was due to natural disasters. In fact, natural disasters had never stopped, whether it was the early, middle, or late stage of a regime.
What really caused things to go out of control was the collapse of the regime's financial ability and the weakening of the ruling system's ability to respond. At this time, natural disasters were the last straw that broke the country's back.
Once they encounter a natural disaster and are unable to react and deal with it quickly, famine, plague, and rebellion will immediately follow. (Nurgle gave a thumbs up)
On the contrary, as long as the regime had the ability to respond, natural disasters would not be a threat.
Therefore, Lyonnesse could not do anything about the rebellious serfs. Therefore, Laing, who had money, food, and manpower, completely suppressed the rebellion in the south of Lyonnesse in less than half a month after he took over.
"At least give back some of it!" Laing said unhappily. "Immediately write a letter to Duke Adahad. I did not ask the nobles of Lyonnesse to give back all the food they took, but at least give out a quarter of it to the church. The church will distribute it to the serfs! If you don't agree, don't expect to receive our support in the future! "
Morgiana nodded and immediately ordered the dark elf, "Did you hear that? Hurry up and write it down! "
Damn it! This woman! Does she think she is the mistress of the house? She was wearing a black-and-white maid outfit and white silk stockings. She was very unhappy, and her displeasure was reflected on her face. She smiled and said, "Your Highness Morgiana, don't you have hands? Or are you illiterate? "
This sentence made Morgiana raise her slender golden eyebrows. Her green eyes stared directly at the dark elf who was smiling. She clenched the holy cup with one hand, and a surge of magic began to surge around her like an ocean. "Dark elf, don't think that I won't teach you a lesson just because you are Laing's maid!"
She remembered what happened during the Winter Veil Festival.
"Oh? You can try. " The dark elf's face was full of displeasure. She smiled even sweeter. "You think you can beat me with that cup?"
A second ago, the room was still talking about internal affairs. The next second, a duel seemed to be on the verge of breaking out.
"Orica!" Laing could only helplessly stop her. "We are talking about business!"
"… Hmph!" The dark elf nodded unhappily. She thought to herself, This woman is always using business as an excuse to talk to you, but in the end, she always goes somewhere else.
During this time, Teresa and Veronica were in seclusion, and Suria was pregnant, so the dark elf had been dominating Laing alone. Now that this woman was back, the dark elf was naturally unhappy.
After calming down Orica, Laing immediately held Morgiana's hand, indicating for her to calm down.
Being held by Laing and feeling the heat from his large hand, Morgiana's face immediately flushed red. Her body went soft, and she could not even vent her anger. She stretched out her slender finger and drew a number on Laing's palm.
5。
Laing's facial muscles twitched.
The duke could only nod, indicating that he understood.
With the conversation interrupted, it would be a mess if he wanted to continue. Laing simply moved on to the next matter. "Morgiana, I need your help. I want to transfer a group of people from the church."
"No problem, we will send people to help you." Morgiana held Laing's hand. The Lake Goddess Witch nodded. They had been discussing this matter for a long time.
Laing wanted to start preparing to establish his own bureaucratic system.
And in order to do so, he had to seek the help of the church.
This was something that even the nobles could not do.
Those who understood would naturally understand.
Therefore, Laing could only choose to ask the Lake Goddess Church for help, because the Lake Goddess Church was his hardcore supporter. Especially in recent years, due to the success of Laing's reforms, the Lake Goddess Church had received a huge financial income from tithes and donations from nobles and merchants. Many free people had begun to actively donate food and money to the Lake Goddess Church, because this made them feel that they had contributed to the country.
Relying on the large increase in income, the Fairy of the Lake Church had more wealth to nurture more talents, providing more possibilities for Leon's reform.
Even more commendable was that the Lake Goddess Church had always been relatively clean and efficient.
Then, as a church organization, why was the Lake Goddess Church not as highly bureaucratic as the Empire after thousands of years of development?
You understand.
It couldn't be helped. Although compared to the Empire across the mountain, Brittany's administrative ability was much worse, but in terms of church management, they were much better.
After discussing this, Laing and Morgiana talked about the Muxilon industrial belt along the river.
In fact, Brittany's hydraulic stamping technology to produce plate armor and weapons was very mature, because it was completely copied from the High Elves, and many of the technological levels of the High Elven Empire's heyday had not been caught up by humans until now.
In this regard, Laing intended to do the same as the Empire, integrate the technology of the Dwarves and the High Elves to create new and better weapons and equipment, and then replace them with the Knights in batches.
There were not many people who could discuss all kinds of miscellaneous matters after Suria's pregnancy. Taking advantage of Morgiana's return, Laing simply discussed and set a lot of policies and reforms with her.
Unknowingly, when everything was discussed, it was already night time.
"Morgiana, are you staying with me tonight? Or going to the tower? "Laing thought that they had talked for a long time.
"I'll stay with you tonight." Morgiana said very confidently, a faint smile on her beautiful face. "Or do you have other plans?"
"Uh … no." Laing also smiled, and gently pulled Morgiana. The Duke whispered in the Lake Goddess's ear, "I miss your cooking, Morgiana."
The Lake Goddess's green eyes shone with a shocking light. "You just want to eat my cooking?"
"We can have dinner together, Morgiana, and then we can …" Laing decided to take the initiative. What was the point of being passive all the time? He was a Duke, and he was going to be a King in the future. If he did not completely deal with Morgiana, how could he have the highest authority?
"Then, it depends on your performance." As expected, the Lake Goddess was very satisfied with Laing's answer. "Just the two of us, not the Dark Elf!"
"Okay, just the two of us." Laing smiled and nodded.
… I'm just the dividing line between the two of us …
Six hours later, late at night, in the castle's master bedroom, the air-conditioning was turned on.
On the soft sofa, Morgiana, who was wearing a snow-white silk nightgown, leaned lazily on Laing's chest, her face flushed. She was like a fish blowing bubbles, and Laing gently hugged her and let her sit on his lap.
The two of them enjoyed the peace after the storm.
"Are you really going to send five hundred children to Nur to study?" Morgiana gently reached out and wrapped her arms around Laing's neck, a pair of white velvet stockings wrapped under her dress gently swaying back and forth. The Lake Goddess was in a very good mood. She casually asked, "Aren't you worried that they will encounter problems?"
"What problems can they encounter?" Laing let out a long breath. He had not seen Morgiana for more than a month, and she had become more clingy.
"For example … if they can't finish their studies, or if they finish their studies but don't want to come back?" Morgiana was still a little worried about Laing's study plan. The Lake Goddess raised her concerns. "They're too young."
Morgiana did not oppose Laing's study plan. The great nobles of Brittany also sent their children to study in the Empire from time to time. She was worried that the serfs' children would have limited aptitude, or that they would simply stay in the Empire and not come back.
"Don't worry so much, Morgiana. Five hundred people can't all be talented, but as long as half of them can finish their studies, it's already a great achievement." Laing smiled. "Their families are here. Besides, they have a great sense of identity and mission here, and they also worship me. Maybe there will be a few who want to stay in Nur, but it will be very few."
"Will they adapt to life? Nur is the Old World's largest industrial and academic center. " Morgiana was still a little conflicted. Laing had paid eight thousand crowns for the deal with Emilia to send the children to Nur. If the money was given to the Lake Goddess Church, they could also nurture them.
"It's inevitable that they won't adapt to life." "Don't tell me I have to inform Amelia to arrange three study partners for each of the Brittanian students?" Ryan complained after hearing that. Then I'll have the professors and officers of Nur University and Nur Firearms Academy learn a few Brittany slang to give the children a sense of familiarity. "
"Hahaha!" Morgiana was amused by Laing's words. The Lake Goddess couldn't help but giggle. Being with Laing was always so fun and relaxing. As long as she was with him, Morgiana would feel her mood improve.
Hearing Laing say that, Morgiana knew that he had made up his mind. She didn't pursue the matter any further. "Alright, since you've said so, let's do it."
"Okay."
With Morgiana's return and the suppression of the rebellion, Laing was finally able to relieve himself of the heavy burden of internal affairs. As the Lake Goddess was the spokesperson of the Lake Goddess in the mortal world, she could help Laing deal with government affairs and lighten his burden.
However, the maids and attendants in the castle would sometimes talk about how Duke Laing, who had been freed from the heavy burden of internal affairs, looked even more tired than before. On the other hand, Her Highness Morgiana was often rosy and full of energy. Her skin looked even better.
It was a little strange.
It was the middle of the eighth month, and Suria's due date was approaching.
At that moment, Forgen and Angren finally arrived at Laing's territory after a long journey.
"Brother Forgen, Brother Angren, you're finally here!"
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