The appearance of the first Holy Grail Old Guard caused an uproar in the entire Knight King, and even in the Old World.
When Laing learned of this, he was still preparing to bring Nur's diplomatic group to Muxilon to inspect Muxilon's gun factory. When he learned that the first Old Guard of the Holy Grail Old Guard had appeared, Laing could only shake his head and sigh. His lady was giving him trouble again.
The appearance of the Old Guard of the Holy Grail was the result of a discussion between Laing, the Fairy of the Lake, and Suria. The purpose of this was what Laing had planned, which was to further abolish the privileges of the nobles and force the knights and nobles to become self-elites, eliminating a large number of useless people who were just waiting to die.
In fact, ever since Laing came to Brittany, he had deeply realized that the distribution of resources in the Knight King Kingdom was very unbalanced. The kingdom used all its resources to raise knights, and the entire kingdom basically gave all its resources to the knights and nobles.
As for this national policy, Laing could not arbitrarily say that it was wrong at all. The Empire had its own characteristics, the Empire, and the Knight King Kingdom naturally had its own characteristics as well. Just like what Laing had said to Alfred Frey, if they did not hesitate to abandon the source of the kingdom's pride and glorious traditions, then the whole of Brittany would suffer a huge crisis.
After all, Laing was also confident in his theory and culture.
But there was a key problem here. Although the majority of the knights and nobles were brave and brave, after all, it had been a thousand years since the founding of the kingdom. There were many knights and nobles who relied on the protection of their ancestors and relied on their bloodline to live and wait to die. Some even committed crimes and enjoyed privileges, and this was an unavoidable situation for a country.
Laing had already attacked them once by confiscating their territories and revoking their titles. And now, he and the Fairy of the Lake had discussed and decided to use the Old Guard of the Holy Grail to attack and eliminate a group of rotten nobles who were just waiting to die. On one hand, it would reduce the pressure on the kingdom's finances and serfs, and on the other hand … the kingdom's resources were tilted to such an extent that there was no need for those knights to exist anymore. Laing had the support of the Fairy of the Lake, so he had the absolute right to speak and righteousness. No one could say anything about this.
From a certain perspective, this was a deliberate crisis, because since ancient times in Brittany, the nobles and knights had always monopolized the right to obtain the Holy Grail. Now that a Grail serf had appeared, the impact on the nobles and knights and nobles.
Why was it huge?
You know.
Then the matter of the Old Guard of the Holy Grail still surprised Laing. What was the reason for his surprise?
What surprised him was the candidate of the Fairy of the Lake. The Knight King had always thought that the candidate of the Fairy of the Lake would be the commander of the Old Guard, Bertrand, or someone else, and not this Mr. Nikola … Davu, who was recruited during the Great Expedition of the Eight Peaks Mountain and only joined the Old Guard after the battle at the Gate of Valaya.
In the private office of the Duke's castle, Laing was still thinking about this problem. The King was sitting behind a desk made of cherry wood. He was wearing a full set of King's robes, and he was holding the resume of the first Old Guard of the Holy Grail in his hand, thinking carefully.
His queen, Suria, was sitting next to him. The female knight's face was gentle, and there was even a hint of joy. She said to Laing, "Laing, Duke Berchemund has written a letter. He said that because of this incident in his territory, he has ordered the removal of Baron Gascoigne's title and confiscation of his territory. At the same time, his family and Baroness Shelley, who offended the lady, will be exiled. His uncle, who recommended Gascoigne for the position of Baron, will be demoted from Count to Baron, and will inherit his nephew's barony of Tyneville."
"Yes, I understand." Laing sat behind the desk. He looked at his queen and sighed softly. My stupid wife.
Suria's wisdom and ability to handle internal affairs always surprised the King, but when it came to the matter of the Fairy of the Lake, Suria's position had always been to hope that her husband and her goddess could get along with each other intimately. A husband who loved her dearly, and a goddess who was revered and close like a sister. The three of them would be twice as happy together.
"It's said that Mr. Nicolas is already coming to Gene City with the knights escorting him. Do you plan to hold a grand banquet to meet him?" A mature and charming voice came from behind Laing. Emmanuelle, the Empire's Countess, was wearing a full head maid costume. Her head was tied with a scarf, her neck was tied with a white lace collar, and her slender legs were wrapped in white lace stockings. She had become Laing's little maid, Emilia. She stood behind Laing and reached out to massage his shoulders. Emilia seemed to be enjoying herself. She smiled and said, "If this kind of person appears in Nur, I will definitely open the gates of Nur and personally welcome him. Sister Suria, what do you think?"
If the people of Nur were to see Emilia's performance, they would be incomparably humiliated and go crazy in public. The Empire's Countess, the mistress of Nur, had actually openly changed into a black and white maid costume and became Laing's maid again. Moreover, she seemed to be very happy.
Nur's Countess, aren't you lowering your status a little too much? Suria even joked from time to time.
Nur's Great Engineer Wagner, Nur's Champion Theodore Bruckner, and the Armoured Nur's Commander Jubal Fokke, who had followed Emilia to Brittany, were probably speechless. They would immediately return to Nur and prepare to support a new Duke and declare war on Brittany.
Laing also told Emilia not to be like this.
However, Emilia did not care. This, to a certain extent, matched Laing and Suria's private conjecture. That was, Emilia was actually not very interested in being a great noble. Perhaps in another ten years, when little Frey Derick grew up and could take charge, Emilia would pass all her titles to her son.
"I've already sent someone to prepare the banquet." Suria looked up at Emilia. Recently, the Knight King and the Empire's Countess always had a faint smell of gunpowder in their interactions.
"Master, Lady Veronica, Lady Teresa, and Lady Aurora have already teleported to Skydome Castle." The dark elf maid Olica came in with a silver plate. She looked at the scene in front of her with a sweet smile and said meaningfully, "It's obvious that they won't be able to make it in time for this banquet."
"Has Bertrand arrived?" Laing did not pay attention to the battle between the Knight King and the Empire's Countess. The king did indeed have many things to attend to. Apart from this huge banquet, they would be leaving for Muxilon in a few days. He wanted to personally visit Les Invalides and the newly built Muxilon Arms Factory.
Muxilon Arms Factory was built by the Brittany Knight King Laing at a cost of 100 thousand crowns. The Empire's Nur provided full technical guidance and supervision, while the dwarves also provided a lot of help. Muxilon Arms Factory was divided into the first and second workshops. The chief engineer of the first workshop was Dugan Tiehan, an engineer from the Angran clan. He and his unit, Dugan's Blackpowder Brotherhood, played a huge role in Laing's wars and the Great Expedition of Eight Peaks Mountain.
Laing had thought that Dugan and the others would stay at Eight Peaks Mountain with Belega and the rest to rebuild their home, but Dugan did not think that way. Instead, he took the initiative to bring his men back to Brittany to provide more help for His Majesty Laing's industrialization. His reasoning was sound: the dwarves owed Laing. Even though the dwarves had repaid the knights' contributions by opening the treasure vault after the successful conquest of Eight Peaks Mountain, Dugan and the rest still believed that they still had a debt to repay.
Belega agreed with Dugan, so the dwarf chose to return to Brittany and Laing hired him as the chief engineer of the first workshop.
As for the chief engineer of the second workshop, Laing was still waiting for Berliat's news.
According to the previous news, Berliat's operation was very smooth. The king could not help but feel a little emotional. The former Tsar, Boris Bokhar, had spent all his energy to cultivate a group of excellent scholars and skilled workers, and he had really gotten them at such a cheap price and in such a simple way.
It was really a pity that the child was selling his father's land!
It could only be said that the thinking circuit of wizards was indeed very different from that of normal nobles, especially in this country controlled by the ice witches. According to Laing's knowledge, Gelt was doing very well in Saul Hill. Everyone, from the nobles to the commoners, praised Gelt's governance and various internal affairs.
"He's already outside." Olica nodded. "Master, he looks a little uneasy."
"It's normal for him to be uneasy. It would be a problem if Bertrand acted like he didn't care." Laing nodded slowly. My lady, you really gave me a difficult problem.
For the Knight King's country, the Holy Grail Knights would only be loyal to the other Holy Grail Knights. However, the Lake Fairy's actions obviously made Bertrand, the commander of the Old Guard, very embarrassed. Laing even wondered if the goddess did it on purpose. How could Bertrand order Nicolás Davu around like this?
There were so many problems, and it was a mess. The Knight King only felt very irritated in his mind. He signaled Olica to bring Bertrand in. He had to find a way to appease the commander of the Old Guard. At the same time, how to arrange the arrangement of the Holy Grail's old guard made Laing's head hurt. Also, the Garland Fair was about to begin. The construction of the Mu Xilon Gun Factory, the Honor Courtyard, and the Old Guard's royal manor. There was also the news from Berliat, the plan on how to distribute the wealth of the Eight Peaks Mountain expedition, and the news that Forgen would arrive soon.
Thanks to the Emperor's blessing, Laing could multitask, but even so, he often felt tired. Not to mention that his three children were causing trouble in the palace all day long. The king also had to take some time out every day to teach them how to use their psionic powers. Recently, Emilia had been pestering him, and from time to time, she would have some friction with Suria. Not only did Morgiana not help him, but she also often found an opportunity to sneak into his office in the afternoon or evening.
The regent he appointed, Lauen, had returned to Kurona to deal with the affairs of his duchy. During this time, the king had to do a lot of things himself.
Laing could now understand why the strength of the Knight King in the past often stagnated after ascending the throne.
Why most of the lords of Terra died of exhaustion.
But for now, Laing had to deal with the old guard of the Holy Grail first.
Three days later, the old guard of the Holy Grail, Nicolás Davu, returned to Gene City with his family, treated like a hero of the kingdom. Every household rushed out to welcome him, just to see the old guard of the Holy Grail.
Everyone came out to welcome him. After the Knight King, Suria gave Davu (from now on, he would be called Davu) a mixed-blood elven warhorse for him to ride. Everywhere he went, he was welcomed by everyone in the city, especially the freedmen and serfs. In order to see the kingdom's hero with their own eyes, people did not hesitate to take the risk of going up to the roofs to watch.
Flowers and ribbons danced in the air, and people shouted Davu's name or surname. The Old Guard put on the platinum cloak of the Holy Grail. He was already a noble, and was knighted by Duke Berchemund on the spot. But Davu was very firm. The lady asked him to serve under Laing and listen to the orders of the commander of the Old Guard, Bertrand. Davu did as he was told. He knelt in front of Bertrand with the glory of the Holy Grail, he expressed that he was still a company commander and subordinate of the Old Guard. This made both Laing and Bertrand breathe a sigh of relief. The Knight King accepted Davu's loyalty and promoted him to the deputy commander of the Old Guard. He was in charge of the dragonriders, and he was still under Bertrand's control.
After a grand welcoming ceremony, a banquet was held in the duke's castle. The brave Old Guard was welcomed with a very high standard of etiquette. Queen Suria personally entertained Davu and invited him to sit next to her for dinner.
Laing also expressed his cordial condolences to the old guard of the Holy Grail and warmly entertained him. He also asked him about what he had seen and heard along the way, as well as the situation in his hometown. Davu did not hide anything and answered everything truthfully.
Laing was very satisfied with this. After the king finished his questions, Emilia also could not wait to ask Davu two questions, one was whether he was married and the other was whether he planned to use long-range weapons. Davu answered very faithfully that he was not married yet. As for long-range weapons, he had always been used to using muskets and would continue to use them in the future.
When the Countess of the Empire heard that Davu was not married yet, she rolled her eyes. No one knew what she was thinking. The great nobles present, especially Duke Berchemund, were very agitated and angry. He waved his hand hard. "Your Excellency, you can't do this. Our men in Bastogne have never married outside of their families. We will arrange a gentle and virtuous noble's daughter. You don't have to worry about it!"
"Hey, Mr. Berchemund, you're being old-fashioned. In Nur now, we all advocate the freedom of love and pay attention to what men and women like." Emilia said without hesitation. "It's his freedom to choose what he wants. Please don't interfere."
After Emilia's interruption, the banquet became a little awkward. Laing was also a little depressed because of the recent super many internal affairs and various "public feeding activities". Fortunately, the dishes were ready to be served at this time.
The main dishes of today's banquet were fried flounder and fish rolls, bordeaux sole with lobster mousse, lamb rolls with salad, mutton slices with potatoes, carrots and other vegetables. In addition, there was also Queen Suria's favorite roast deer rib with Winford red truffle sauce. This dish was a little unpopular for the public, but it reflected the tradition of knights and nobles to hunt game in winter. The stewed purple cabbage, celery and pumpkin tower on the side was also amazing.
The dessert was egg and milk pudding and vanilla cream pie. The fruit was delice cake made of mango, dark chocolate, and lime. The dark chocolate cake was made into the shape of a button, and the surface was covered with edible gold powder. It looked almost identical to the buttons on the old guard's clothes.
Both the guests and the host were enjoying themselves at the banquet. However, this old serf-turned-guard of the Holy Grail still gave himself away in the end. When all the dishes were served, Davu looked awkwardly at the dazzling array of pure silver tableware placed in front of him. He helplessly whispered to Queen Suria, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry. I don't know how to use these tableware."
Suria smiled after hearing that. The Queen nodded gently and said slyly, "Don't worry, I'll tell you a secret. I don't know how to use these tableware either. You can use them as you see fit."
Then, something even more embarrassing happened. When the waiter served the lemonade for rinsing his mouth, Davu took the cup and drank the lemonade in one gulp. He also ate the lemon slices in the cup.
Laing and Suria looked at each other and smiled. The King and the Queen drank the lemonade in one gulp and ate the lemon slices.
Seeing that, all the nobles on the scene grabbed the lemon slices and drank the lemonade.
Seeing this scene, Emilia, who had been silent all this time, nodded in her mind. The Duchess of the Empire knew that under the leadership of Laing, the nobles and knights had really changed. They began to understand that etiquette was the face, and strength was the core. They were no longer idiots who only talked about "noble spirit" and "it took three generations to raise a noble" all day long.
Davu had won the respect and recognition of the nobles and knights with his strength and performance. He had won the ticket that belonged to him. The Knight King's Kingdom was gradually moving closer and closer to the Empire's system. The nobles were becoming more and more powerful.
This country had really changed.
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