PS: The new month is here, and I'm begging for a guaranteed monthly vote! If I have nothing to do today, I'll try to write as much as I can and see if I can add more chapters.
Be it Brittany's nobles or the Empire's nobles, they were all extremely militaristic in nature.
In the Empire, if a titled noble hadn't been on the battlefield at his age, he would be mocked and ridiculed by everyone at all kinds of banquets. More importantly, after Ludwig's reform, the titles of nobles with military merits would decrease with each generation. The previous generation would still be a count, the next generation would be a viscount, and then a baron. In order to prevent their titles from being revoked, the nobles of the Empire would almost certainly send one of their direct descendants to serve in the court of the Emperor or the Elector. When the Emperor or the Elector's court called for war, the nobles would also have to lead their own troops to ensure that they could achieve military merits and not be excluded from the military system. Otherwise, their titles would be reduced and their territories would be confiscated at any time.
When Emperor Karl-franz first ascended the throne, he did this. When the Emperor led his army to the Nords Kingdom to fight against the barbarians, many nobles in Ricks refused to respond to the Emperor's summons. They thought that it would take time to see if he was a qualified Emperor. Emperor Karl-franz didn't say anything and left with the army of the nobles who supported him.
Then, the emperor won, and Karl Franz came back to deal with the disobedient nobles with the prestige and the spoils of victory. Nobody dared to say anything. A large group of nobles had their lands confiscated and became civilians. The new nobles with military exploits were all waiting for those people's lands to rise up!
"Don't be fooled by your good behavior today. Be careful of your list in the future. This will all come true. Don't do this kind of thing. There's always a King above you, so you must respect him, "Laing said maliciously," The Empire is like this, and so is Brittany. "
Veronica could feel the faint warning in Laing's words. She nodded silently. Laing's meaning was clear. If Veronica wanted wealth, he would give it to her. If she wanted a large amount of resources, he would give it to her. If she wanted a high position, he would give it to her. Therefore, as the first female official of the court, she must stand by his side and listen to his orders.
Even though Veronica was smart and didn't need to be reminded, Laing still had to say it again.
Brittany was actually similar to the Empire. They were both countries ruled by military merits. In the Knight King's country, you could say that the Black Knights were stupid, greedy, and corrupt, but no one would say that the Black Knights were cowardly. When war came, the knights would take up arms and fight to the death against evil.
It was also because of the huge external pressure and the constant need to fight against evil that the knights and nobles still maintained a good spirit even after thousands of years of Brittany's founding. Coupled with the constant encouragement of the Lake Fairy and the Holy Grail system, Brittany was able to stand strong to this day.
If so, was it really necessary for Ryan to take such a huge gamble and embark on the Great Expedition of Knights?
Veronica thought for a while, and the answer was yes!
In this dark age and the huge external pressure, as well as the special status of the knights and nobles, Laing was destined to have to win the war to ensure the stability of the country and the expansion of his personal authority. What did Laing rely on to get to where he was today? Wasn't it because he had never lost a battle since he came to Brittany? No matter how difficult or strong the enemy was, he had always won. That was why the knights and nobles of the kingdom were willing to let him be the Knight King.
This was the only way, and the only way to centralize power.
This was the man she had chosen, the man who could make the impossible possible. Thinking of this, Veronica's eyes softened like water. She reached out her beautiful black foot with rose red nail polish and gently rubbed Laing's face with her soft sole. She said playfully, "My dear, what do you think we should do if we lose this war?"
"I won't lose." Laing reached out and pinched Veronica's beautiful foot. He held it in his palm and kissed it. He smiled and said, "Have some confidence in your man, my dear."
"Hypothetically, just hypothetically." Veronica was still not satisfied. Wizard Garland's face was a little red. "What would you do? My king? "
"Then I would have to go back and inherit my entire army and family business, and obediently follow my father into the sea of stars." Laing said with a smile.
"Heh, you're talking nonsense again." Veronica felt that Laing really liked to brag. How could she not know her own man? Where did his father come from? Laing's adoptive father, Norman, was now retired in White Wolf City and did not pass his territory to Laing. His Godfather, Ivan, the Griffin Duke, had an independent army, but what did that have to do with Laing?
However, Veronica soon thought of Laing's brothers. They were all demigods! His father was very likely a true god! If that was the case, perhaps Laing really did have a huge family business and army to inherit?
His origin was very mysterious. The two had been together for nearly 20 years, but there was still a lot of mystery about Laing. She could not see through him.
Anyway, he would definitely not abandon her, Veronica thought happily.
After chatting for a while, there was a knock on the door. Knock, knock, knock.
"Ah!" Veronica screamed and quickly sat up. Her face was red as she pressed down on her skirt. She immediately grabbed a pillow on the sofa and pressed it on her knees. She was embarrassed and angry. "Someone's here, my dear. Olica, go open the door!"
The dark elf went to open the door, but it was the servant who brought in some logistics documents that Laing wanted.
After closing the door again, Laing looked at the documents and shook his head. "Okay, I'll look at them tomorrow. Olica, make the arrangements. I'm going to take a bath."
"Yes, master." Olica nodded. The dark elf smiled sweetly. "Master, do you need me to scrub your back?"
"I can scrub your back too, my dear!" My dear! "Veronica stood up too.
"No need." Laing said that the bathroom was too small. "I'll do it myself. You can take turns."
"After we're all done, we still have to discuss how knights and witches work together!" Laing said meaningfully. "Wait for me!"
"No problem, master."
"Okay, we'll wait for you!"
Just like that, the Poseidon fleet escorted the Brittany Knight King's flagship, the Landuin, across the vast Eastern Fjords, heading towards Estalia's Magritte.
… I'm the division line in the battle …
Just as the Brittany army approached Marlinburg, the Eight Peaks Mountain bonds were officially sold in all of the human countries.
The first issue of Eight Peaks Mountain bonds was estimated to be fifty thousand gold marks. They were one-year bonds with an annual interest rate of ten percent and were repaid using Brittany crowns. They were issued through Duke Schultz of Marlinburg.
Surprisingly, even though the bonds quickly spread throughout Brittany and the Empire, apart from the Nur, most of the citizens held a wait-and-see attitude towards the bonds issued by Laing. Even though there were many citizens who asked and expressed interest, not many bought them.
Nour's sales were better only because Emmanuelle had openly visited the place where bonds were sold when she passed by Marienburg. She bought a bond worth ten gold marks, which was why Nour's sales were better. But overall, the Bafeng Mountain bonds weren't selling well. A week after they started selling, the Bafeng Mountain bonds that were supposed to be worth fifty thousand gold marks had only sold a little more than ten thousand gold marks.
As Duke Schultz of Marlinburg expected, the ones who were most against the Eight Peaks Mountain bonds were the business princes of Marlinburg. Among them, President Van Hugmans of the Juden Chamber of Commerce, President Casanova of the Gentlemen's Alliance Chamber of Commerce, and the leader of Marlinburg's underground organization, "Romantic Guest" Adabay Hensman, were the ones who were most against Laing's Eight Peaks Mountain bonds.
The so-called bonds only had an annual interest rate of 10%. The business princes didn't care about this small amount of income at all. They wanted more and more.
The business princes of Marlinburg had already planned how much money they should lend to the ambitious new Brittany King, how many unequal treaties they should make him agree to, how many debts they should use to control Laing's Wood Elven goods monopoly and the shipping route from Lucia, and how they should make Laing agree to give them all the spoils of war.
Even Adabay Hensman, nicknamed "Romantic Guest", had his eyes on Laing's Queen, Suria. This 50-year-old pervert had this idea ever since he saw Queen Suria during Laing's coronation.
If he couldn't repay the debt, then His Majesty Laing could use his own Queen to repay the debt.
With the protection of Schultz's power, this group of people couldn't use violence or sabotage to stop the bonds from being sold, but they had plenty of ways to prevent the bonds from being sold.
In this way, the business princes of Marlinburg banded together to boycott Laing's bonds. They first advocated "don't buy", "don't look", and "don't ask". They called on the people of the Empire not to "be impulsive", "stay rational", and "investment is risky. You need to be cautious". They used this method to stop the sale of the bonds.
Because the number of free people in Brittany was very small, and many of them participated in the conscription, the business princes' method worked.
"I'm just a passerby. I'll be frank. I really don't think the bonds will sell."
"Citizens, fellow citizens, think carefully. If the Brittany didn't lack money, would they sell the bonds? Selling the bonds means that the kingdom on the other side of the mountain doesn't have confidence in this expedition. When the time comes, it's very likely that they won't even be able to get back their capital! "
"Perhaps His Majesty Laing is indeed a powerful knight and an excellent king, but open your eyes and look, this is a great expedition! Look, the expeditionary army has to travel so far, so far! Can they win? "
"In the long history of mankind, how many great expeditionary victories have there been? In the end, didn't they lose soldiers and generals, and the gains don't make up for the losses? "
"The Sea God Fleet is indeed powerful! But Eight Peaks Mountain is deep in the Badlands! The Grail Knight is indeed powerful, but the Badlands and mountains are the territory of the Green Dwarfs! "
"You've all been deceived by the Dwarfs. There's no treasure under Eight Peaks Mountain! Have you seen it with your own eyes? "
"This expedition is destined to fail. Please don't joke with your hard-earned money and savings!"
The business princes launched a huge propaganda campaign. From Marlinburg to Brunswick, the capital of the Empire, from Colona to Nur, there were merchants everywhere. People were frightened by the endless propaganda and warnings. The citizens were of course very worried that their hard-earned money would be thrown into the sea.
The bonds could not be sold at all, and the number of citizens who asked about it was getting fewer and fewer.
A few days later, the business princes invited a famous scholar to come out for an interview. The next day, a huge headline appeared on the front page of the Mannen Daily.
"Belega = Failure Expert?"
"Recently, everyone must have been confused by the news about Eight Peaks Mountain's national debt. Because of this situation, our reporter Wallace specially interviewed an expert on the Dwarfs, a professor who graduated from the University of Nur and is sponsored by the major Marlinburg Chamber of Commerce. His name is Mr. Jose Magical Bird, and he wants to give everyone a detailed understanding of the history of Belega's Angran clan and his recovery of Eight Peaks Mountain."
"Mr. Jose Magical Bird, what do you think of the expedition of Eight Peaks Mountain and the deeds of King Belega?"
"Belega is an expert in failure!"
"Obviously, I'm a professional scholar on the Dwarfs. Since I entered the University of Nur, I've been studying the Dwarfs for twenty years, twenty years! I dare say that no one in Marlinburg knows the Dwarfs better than I do! "
"Belega is the King of the Angran clan, and this clan has a glorious history. This is undeniable, but please note that no matter how glorious it was, it was a long time ago. At that time, our Charlemagne had not yet risen from Rickdorf, and the Carolin Tribe had not even formed. At that time, the human kingdom was still called the Wizard Empire, a puppet force supported by the Elves. After the fall of the Wizard Empire, there were very few historical records left after the Great Catastrophe. At that time, Eight Peaks Mountain was indeed the most glorious and prosperous Dwarfs Kingdom."
"But please note that that was thousands of years ago. During the Green Skin Frenzy, this Dwarfs Kingdom, like many other Dwarfs Kingdoms, fell, and the Angran clan was forced to evacuate."
"After King Belega succeeded the throne, he had already launched three attempts to reclaim Eight Peaks Mountain. Of course, he achieved nothing. Apart from reducing the population of his clan and exhausting the little wealth of his clan, he did nothing."
"During the first attack on Eight Peaks Mountain, King Belega let his clan's elite army suffer heavy losses and almost fled alone."
"During the second attack on Eight Peaks Mountain, our friend, Supreme Dwarf King Solgrin, personally led an army of 10,000 Dwarves to support Belegar. The Dwarves fought bloody battles in the ancient stone pillar hall of Eight Peaks Mountain for several days and achieved great results. Then, they quickly retreated before the Green Dwarves arrived. I mean, if destroying a few of the giant statues built by the Green Dwarves is considered a great result, then? King Belega was really invincible! "
"Then, during the third attack, his army of 8,000 was almost wiped out. King Belega only brought a few hundred people back to the Sea Gate. At this time, the failure expert was facing a situation where no Dwarfs Kingdom was willing to provide him with troops and resources. So, this guy thought of his heroic brothers on the other side of the mountain."
"Now, this is the fourth time. Citizens, fellow humans of the Empire, this is the fourth time! It has been eighty years. Has the Dwarfs King's career gained any results? Is his persistence right? "
"Obviously, Belega is a failure expert. Because if you don't get anything for 80 years, it means that you've failed. To me, if I fail once, let alone 4 times, I, Joze-Magical Bird, will leave Nur and never return."
"Now, everyone knows about the national debt of Eight Peaks Mountain, right? Everyone knows what to do, right? "
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