Riding and Slashing

Chapter 70 Reversing Black and White

It was Earl Auden who introduced Leon into the throne room.

As the person in charge of signing the pioneering certificate for Li Ang, although Auden has resigned from the House of Nobles, he still has to attend this conferment as the introducer and witness of the new baron.

At the same time, as a witness, there is also the acting administrator of the eastern region of the kingdom——Duke Alma, who is now "helping the posthumous son of a friend to manage the regional government affairs."

This is because Li Ang's territory is located in the eastern region.

Originally, there should have been a witness, that is, the lord of the county where the territory is located, Baron Godric.

But he was temporarily unable to come due to something. It is said that his wife was ill—Godric's wife now lives in Yazhu Village, which is also Godric's hometown, and it is now his son's territory.

White Hart Castle was often fought, and it was indeed not suitable for sick people.

There were two or three other people in the hall, but Li Ang didn't recognize them.

"Leon Griffin, I heard from Earl Auden that you contributed a lot to the logistics support of this war? It was really hard work..."

Probably because the war had achieved its goal, King Ulrik seemed to be in a good mood, but Li Ang seemed to hear a hint of ridicule in his voice.

"Your Majesty, this is my duty as the lord of the kingdom..."

Li Ang smiled and spoke very modestly.

Ulrik stood up, stepped off the throne, and stood in front of Li Ang.

"I heard that your territory is called Maixiangling? Godric praised your territory back then, what...what is it?"

Ulrik turned to ask the middle-aged man next to him.

"It is said that His Excellency Li Ang has a good governance, and he has developed the territory full of vitality in just a few days..."

The middle-aged man was wearing a bachelor's robe, and he was probably the king's personal advisor.

Thin body and haggard face, it seems that a gust of wind can blow it down, looks weak, only two eyes are shining.

Ulrik nodded: "Yes, just a few days... Ha... This is really rare."

The sarcasm in the king's words intensified.

Li Ang didn't speak, and looked back at the thin middle-aged man seriously.

Even his hair seemed to be wilted.

"Your Excellency Li Ang probably doesn't know me. I'm Igor, who is just a servant who writes for His Majesty. He is entrusted by His Majesty to temporarily handle the affairs of the House of Nobles."

The middle-aged man saluted his chest, smiled, and seemed quite kind.

Li Ang felt a little strange - no nobleman would call himself a servant, they were all partners, and it was impossible for him to call himself a servant of the king.

"Brother Igor must be a master with profound knowledge, and the younger generation is willing to listen to your teachings."

Li Ang returned a salute and said clichés.

"Don't dare. I just want to admire His Excellency Li Ang's governance ability... After all, young people who can successfully open up territories these years are rare."

Igor smiled gently, as if he was sincerely praising.

"Hmph! It's a miracle that a territory can be built in a few days!... Earl Auden spent several years building Fletcher Village..."

It was Archduke Alma who spoke, and his words were yin and yang, but there was no hostility in his demeanor and tone.

Before Earl Oden had time to speak, the young man with unfriendly eyes came out and said loudly: "That is a shameful occupation! That village is Erdegger! It is my territory! Changing the name of the village is just trying to confuse it. ?!"

That's what it means...

It looks like this is Rainier?

The Fire Cross would suit his behavior well - the Knight of the Burning Village.

At that time, after hearing about this guy burning down the village and running away, he felt that this guy had a bright future, and now it seems that he is indeed the case!

There are not many young people with thick faces and dark hearts.

However, questioning the legality of opening up the lord's territory on this occasion is tantamount to declaring war!
And it belongs to the kind of immortality!

That is the enemy.

However, since Rainier would jump out at this time, he must have been prepared. Li Ang didn't want to follow the opponent's rhythm, so he didn't speak.

On the contrary, Earl Auden came out with a frown: "Lord Rainier! Alderge has been destroyed by you! Now it is Maixiangling! I know your shameful act of burning down the village of Alderge! Are you going to turn black and white?"

Alma's yin and yang strangeness came again: "Count Oden, Rainier's strategy of clearing away the Jatu looters with a strong wall was very reasonable at the time. He led away the Jatu people with a lone army, and then fought against the enemy in the wild. It is a heroic feat—on the contrary, it is the most shameful act to take advantage of the enemy's invasion and occupy the territory of other nobles..."

Hey!
The duke is worthy of being a duke. Burning the village and running away can be said to be "hardening the walls and clearing the fields", and being chased, killed and robbed by the Jatu people can be said to be "fighting against the enemy". The lord even admires him a little bit.

Li Ang smiled, he understood their method - it was nothing more than messing up his conferment on the grounds of 'the legitimacy of the territory is difficult to distinguish', and then killing himself in private, and taking back the well-rebuilt Maixiang collar.

Probably knowing that they made money, Mai Xiangling developed again. It seemed that they regarded themselves as a fat and weak persimmon.

But... do you really know what money does?

Seeing that Auden seemed to be going to refute, Li Ang took a step forward, ignored the uncle and nephew, and said to King Ulrik instead: "Your Majesty, you led the knights under your command to fight bravely a few days ago. Lei, the majesty and majesty are fascinating..."

King Ulrik was confused and looked puzzled. Why did he suddenly flatter him?
"Your Majesty left the battlefield after defeating the enemy. It can be said that your majesty left the battlefield in a hurry! When I was ordered by Earl Auden to clean up the battlefield, I 'picked up' the spoils that your majesty left there—— It was a box full of dinars..."

Ulrik's eyes gradually widened, as if interested.

But Duke Alma's eyes were gloomy, but he couldn't speak - Li Ang deliberately mentioned this war in order to make Alma's thoughts hard to interrupt.

After all, the Duke is also a smart person. He must have understood the king's intentions at the beginning of the war. In order to show that he had no dissent, he tried his best to hold back the main force of Emperor Marius, and lost a lot of troops because of this.

Now, Li Ang or Auden can bring up war-related matters, but Alma can't - saying anything is wrong, and even making a mistake can easily be considered by the king as 'unwilling' or 'resentful'.

"That box is very gorgeous, luxurious, and extremely heavy. It must contain at least tens of thousands of dinars... I think it must be your majesty's personal belongings that you accidentally lost..."

Li Ang smiled at Earl Oden as he spoke.

Earl Auden understood: "Yes! Yes! Li Ang asked me once, and I also think that it must be something that His Majesty accidentally left behind..."

Ulrik's puzzled expression disappeared, replaced by a gratified smile: "Oh... marching and fighting are complicated, and it is possible to lose something... Baron Leon is indeed an upright nobleman!"

Li Ang grinned.

Sure enough, Ulrik likes golden things so much, how could he not like dinars...

A king who is willing to take money is a good king!

Being willing to make money means that the fact that Rainier and Alma turned black and white to prevent the lord from becoming a regular title has nothing to do with the king.

At the same time, it also meant that King Ulrik only cared about practical interests and nothing else.

That would be great!
Pay some protection fees to the king, it should be—anyway, the lord is rich!
(End of this chapter)