Lord Chronicle

Chapter 129 Territory Transformation

Sure enough, although it was still hard to hide his anger, Robert still raised his hand to signal Saul to continue.

"The savages are not as uncivilized as most people think, but they are quite civilized. Well, that's beside the point, I will say that for some reason I have had contact with savages, and Maintained a fairly good relationship, so I can try to persuade them to send troops to help." Sol quickly explained.

Robert was a little moved: "Is what you said true?"

Sol nodded: "Of course, no matter how bold I am, I won't make fun of this kind of thing. At present, the orc civil strife is still not over, and most of the troops are sent to attack Duanjianxia Fortress, and the rear must be empty. As long as the barbarian army moves , and even without any substantial action, they will definitely retreat."

Infected by Saul's bright prospect, Robert said excitedly, "You are somewhat sure."

Sol had thought about it carefully before coming here. With his friendship with the barbarians and the fact that this matter is of great benefit to them, he should not worry about their refusal.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth: "I am absolutely sure that this can be done."

As he said that, he added: "But relatively, His Majesty may have to pay some conditions."

"Oh? What conditions, you can just say it." The already hopeless situation suddenly had a great turnaround. Robert is now full of joy, so he doesn't care about any conditions.

Secretly thinking that’s what you said, Saul smiled and started to cheat public affairs for personal gain.

"First of all, the barbarians are very powerful in combat, but they lack enough weapons. We need to provide them with a batch of weapons as a prerequisite for asking them to send troops to assist." Sol first stated that he had promised the barbarians to help them The problem of providing weapons is solved.

Unexpectedly, Robert nodded again and again: "Of course. I immediately ordered a batch of large weapons to be dispatched to them."

Feeling secretly happy, Sol said again: "There are also things such as living supplies, medicine, food, etc..."

"No problem, these can be allocated immediately." Robert said without hesitation.

Although half of the country has been captured, Dinar is the richest kingdom on the mainland after all. It has accumulated countless material wealth for thousands of years. Despite the protracted war, it can still easily allocate a large amount of materials to support the barbarians.

The first two conditions are allowed, the next is the key.As long as Robert can agree to this condition, Saul is almost 100% sure that the barbarians will help.

After a short pause, Sol followed suit: "Finally, I hope His Majesty can recognize the status of the barbarians and treat them as an independent country."

"What?" Robert shook his head immediately: "This is absolutely impossible."

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that he refused so simply, Saul was also a little anxious.

The barbarians built Xueyuan City in the hope of establishing their own country, so it was every barbarian's dream to be recognized by a kingdom with a long history like Dinar.If Robert could agree to this condition, even if Thor had nothing to do with the barbarians, he might be able to motivate them to send troops.

However, from another perspective, in the eyes of Robert, the Dinard royal family, the barbarians are still just a group of uncivilized savages.The current situation is so critical that they need to rely on their strength. The support materials are already a great gift. It is absolutely shameful and humiliating for him to treat the barbarians as an equal country.

To put it bluntly, in Robert's eyes, the barbarians may not even be considered "human beings", at best they are just a group of emergency tools.Will you be on an equal footing with the tools?
Sure enough, Robert said: "Mr. Saul, you don't need to say any more. I can provide them with whatever they want, but admitting that they are a country, this, this is absolutely not acceptable!"

"Your Majesty, but this is the key to persuading them." Saul still wanted to persuade.

Based on the friendship between Sol and the barbarians, with the previous two conditions, they can also be persuaded to send troops.But Thor still wanted to try his best to win something for these simple big men, and give them a dream of building a nation. After all, this time the barbarians are likely to pay a heavy price in blood.

Robert waved his hand resolutely: "Needless to say, for the dignity of the royal family, this is absolutely impossible."

Damn it... Sol suddenly became a little angry. Who is it for me to work so hard?Is the so-called royal dignity and deep-rooted prejudice so important?For a group of people who are going to die for your country, but you can't even do the most basic equal treatment, what qualifications do you have to lead a country?
For a split second, Sol suddenly had the violent feeling of not wanting to do anything, just letting the country take its course.Never at this moment, the superior in front of him would be so inferior in his eyes.

Jessica, who was familiar with Sol, felt his emotions, she didn't say anything, but quietly reached out to hold Sol's clenched fist.Jessica's gentle touch made Sol feel relieved, and the churning negative emotions in his heart gradually subsided.

"Your Majesty, can I say a few words?" Jessica raised her head at this moment.

"Miss Jessica, if you have anything to say, just say it." Robert had a good impression of this smart girl, and nodded upon hearing this.

"Because of Lulin's invasion this time, even if we can defeat the enemy in the end, the national strength will be greatly depleted. After eliminating the internal strife, the Orc Empire can concentrate on expanding outward. With the disparity in strength, I am afraid that Dinar There will be another war against the orcs immediately." Jessica slowly said something astonishing.

The content of these words was too horrifying, Sol couldn't help but glanced at her, wondering why she would say that suddenly, and Robert was even more shocked.

But thinking about it carefully, her words were not without reason.The orcs have always coveted Dinar's riches and always wanted to invade the inland, but because of Dinar's strict defenses, they had no chance to succeed.But after this war, Dinar's national strength has been greatly damaged, and the orcs will definitely take the opportunity to go south again. In fact, aren't they doing this now?

Thinking of the frightening future, even if this war is won, Robert will face even more ruthless enemies. Robert couldn't help but said, "Since Miss Jessica said so, is there a way to avoid it?"

Jessica said: "Yes, that is, we must cultivate new enemies for the orcs to share our pressure, and we must start doing it now."

Sol suddenly understood what Jessica wanted to say, which was her usual trick.Compared with Saul who is eloquent and likes to use persuasion skills such as temptation and fictitious nonsense, Jessica prefers to attack in a roundabout way, attacking from the side to achieve her goal, and the opponent is often guided by her words without knowing it, etc. When I woke up, I realized that I had accepted her point of view.

After all, he is also the lord of a country, Robert quickly realized: "You mean a barbarian?"

Jessica nodded: "The barbarians have been oppressed by orcs for a long time, and this time they took advantage of the orcs' civil strife to try to become independent, which is a big taboo of orcs. It can be said that the conflict between the two sides has reached the stage of life and death. If we can take advantage of this The opportunity to win over the barbarians is equivalent to driving a nail around the orcs, and if the orcs want to attack Dinar in the future, they will have to consider the danger behind them."

Although he admitted that Jessica made sense, the royal dignity still made Robert shake his head and said: "Although this is the case, it is still a great deal for those barbarians to be equal to my thousand-year-old Dinard as a country." Shame. No, as king, I cannot do this."

"You old man, you still want to save face when you die. I think you won't cry until the coffin is seen. When the orcs attack the city of Dusk, you will cry." Sol's hatred at this time, I really can't wait He rushed up and slapped him hard to wake up the fool.

Although she was rejected, Jessica was not discouraged. She smiled slightly and continued: "Your Majesty should understand that if you give up this opportunity, once the orcs are free, the barbarians will have to submit to their feet again. In this way, we will not only The loss of a reliable ally, and the possibility of retaliation from the barbarian's resentment, may allow Dinard to face more than just an enemy."

Without waiting for Robert to react, she continued: "On the contrary, if Your Majesty can decisively seize this opportunity, the barbarians will be dead set on us from now on. And given the differences in strength and civilization between the two sides, they will Will be our affiliation for a long time."

"With just one promise, you can get a loyal vassal state and an ally to fight against the orcs. What is this compared to subjugation? Your Majesty must be clearer than us about the importance of this." Finally, Jessica took her time to draw conclusions.

I have to say that her persuasive power is really very strong.From the beginning to the end, she never mentioned the matter of asking Robert to recognize the founding of the country by the barbarians, but she did stimulate his nerves all the time.

Maybe it was Jessica's last sentence that played a role, or maybe it was the thought that once the country is subjugated, the dignity of the royal family will be nothing.Robert hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Your Jessica is right, well, I can agree to this condition."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, your decisiveness has saved the entire Dinard." In the end, Jessica did not forget to put on a tall hat for him, which somewhat calmed Robert's frustrated mood.

Once he agreed, Robert thought about it, and asked, "When can Sir Saul leave?"

Sol thought for a while and said, "The Orc Empire is impassable, so there is only one road left. I need to go back to Lovell first, and then turn to the frozen plateau."

"Very good, go when you are ready, I will send someone to pay you all the supplies you need." As he said, Robert leaned forward slightly: "Please remember, Sir Sol, the fate of the kingdom is in your hands It's in your hands."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will live up to my trust." Thor and Jessica bowed together.

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"Please look, Lord Marquis. These are the weapons in the capital's reserve. I have received the king's order and will try my best to provide everything you need."

Early the next morning, Thor and his entourage came to the reserve in the capital, preparing to select the supplies to be transported to the frozen plateau.After assigning everyone's responsibility, Thor came to the arsenal.

As the warehouse door slowly opened, what appeared in front of Sol were hundreds of rows of three-story wooden frames that could not be seen at a glance.There are all kinds of weapons and armor on it, ranging from swords, bows, flails and hammers, leather armor and even horse armor, wooden shields, tower shields, etc. Dusk is worthy of the capital of the entire Dinar, just a city The weapons in reserve are enough to arm a hundred thousand troops.

Accompanied by warehouse officials, Sol wandered among the maze-like wooden frames, picking up a weapon from time to time to look at it, and shaking his head to put it down again.It's not that he has a picky eye, the weapons here are all the standard equipment of Kaweiling, and they are well maintained, and the troops can go to the battlefield immediately after taking them out to equip them.

But this time, they wanted to raise weapons for the barbarians. Ordinary swords could not be used by those giants.Ordinary longbows in their hands are no different from toy slingshots, let alone armor made according to the standard of the Dinar people.

After looking at it for a while, Sol asked directly, "What kind of large weapons do you have here?"

While flipping through the documents in his hand, the official said: "For large weapons, there are two-handed giant swords for knights; warhammers for heavy infantry; and spears for cavalry charges; The tower shield used in the city."

That's all for the secret passage, Sol said: "Move out all of them for me."

"You, you said everything?" The official was taken aback.

"Why, can't you?" Thor glanced at him.

Anyway, the order received was that Lord Marquis would give whatever he wanted. The official wiped off his sweat and said to the porter who was waiting beside him, "Bring out all these weapons."

Hundreds of workers pushed carts and began to move weapons out of the warehouse in an orderly manner.The two-handed sword was specially designed for use by cavalry on horseback, requiring horsepower to swing it, but it was just right for a tall barbarian.

And those spears are more than 4 meters long, and they are all made of the best oak. They are specially used by infantry to defend against cavalry charges, and they just fit the barbarian's figure.Not to mention the Warhammer and Tower Shield, they are simply tailor-made for them, presumably the barbarians will be very satisfied.

Seeing the piling up of all kinds of weapons, Sol was very grateful. I was wondering where to get weapons for those barbarians, and a good thing came to my door.Even if there is a way to get these things, I am afraid it will cost a lot of money. Now that the king pays for me, is there anything more enjoyable than this in the world?
For the generosity of others, Saul has always been unwilling to be left behind.He kept yelling at the workers to speed up the transport, so as not to miss one piece, and at the same time he had already figured it out in his mind. When he arrived at the frozen plateau, did he mean that these things were all sent by me?Or did I send it with the king?

More than an hour later, tens of thousands of weapons had all been shipped out of the warehouse. After counting the quantity, they began to be loaded onto the freight carriage, ready to go to Lovell with Saul.

At this time, Jessica also came over: "My lord, other supplies have also been counted."

"Very well, tell Kress to get ready, we should go home." Saul nodded.

After a busy day of preparations, all supplies and weapons were loaded into more than 60 large carriages, and under the escort of a squadron of cavalry, they began to march towards Lovell in a mighty manner.

"It's not bad. I have been cheated of so many things by you in just a few days. I finally understand how you became a Marquis." Looking at the endless convoy, Mary said to Saul.

Saul could only smile wryly at this, it would be great if it was really mine, but it is a pity that it is to be given away.However, he still has a considerable sense of accomplishment for winning so many things for the barbarian with just one mouth.

Although fighting continued in the south, the northern part of the kingdom was relatively calm. The convoy avoided the Overland and Ruhrlands where the two armies were facing each other, detoured through several territories in the north, and arrived in Lovell smoothly half a month later.

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When everyone came outside the familiar town, they were all stunned by what they saw.Although Lovell always brought them some new changes every time he left, it was clear that the changes this time exceeded the sum of all the previous ones.

Most of the dense woods outside the town have been cut down, leaving an open space.Right now outside the town, a huge fortification is gradually taking shape.

This is a defensive wall made of huge logs and stones. Judging from the rough construction, it is more than 5 meters high. In terms of the size of the small town of Lovell, it is magnificent enough.

Hundreds of laborers, mainly refugees, pushed wheelbarrows and built a huge earth wall with carts of soil. Outside the ever-thickening earth wall was a scaffolding like a spider web built by dwarves.At the moment, on the scaffolding, more than 100 dwarves are doing preliminary reinforcement of the outer wall.

They used simple pulleys to hang logs one by one outside the earth wall to strengthen the defense, and left necessary arrow stacks and drainage systems on the wall.The entire construction site was filled with the sound of ping-pong-pong, and there were people coming and going everywhere, and it was a busy scene.

"Oh my god, what is this?" Thor stared at the magnificent construction site in front of him in a daze.

"I don't know, they seem to be building a wall." This time, even Jessica was a little dumbfounded.

Soon the people on the construction site discovered the convoy outside the town. After a little fuss, a small team of the Territory Guard ran towards them vigilantly.However, after seeing Sol and the others in front of the team, the defenders showed surprise on their faces.

"My lord, are you back?" When the first person hurried up, Sol recognized a guard named Hart.

"What's going on here?" Saul asked, pointing to the earthen wall outside the town.

"Oh, this is what Mr. Manson decided to build. After discussing with the dwarves, he thinks that the town is open on all sides and has no defensive advantages. Therefore, a fence needs to be built to ensure safety. This has been approved by Reed and Vince. Sir's approval." Hart explained.

Sol and Jessica looked at each other and both agreed with this decision.Judging from the lessons learned from the last undead invasion, Lovell's defense is indeed too weak. If there had been such an outer wall, he would not have paid the price of burning down a large area of ​​houses outside the town.

But dwarves are dwarves, and only they dare to carry out such a large project in a small town like Lovell.It is said that the construction of the outer wall has only been carried out for more than a month, but it has reached the current scale, and there are not many workers on site, which can only be attributed to the dwarfs' terrible construction planning ability.

"My lord, please go to the town to rest. I will inform Mr. Manson and Mr. Vince." Hart led Sol and his party to the town through a gap in the construction site.

Along the way, many refugees recognized Sol, the great benefactor who took them in, and bowed respectfully. Sol greeted them while looking around. There are many people, and there is great strength.

The situation in the town is also no worse than that outside the town. It seems that the Ik dwarves have performed their duties to a super standard.In other words, the undeveloped virgin land of Lovell greatly stimulated their natural construction frenzy.

In addition to the road in the relic forest, the other three roads planned by Sol started construction at the same time, digging the inside and outside of the town upside down.Every construction site has a dwarf in command, and the refugee laborers are sweating profusely, contributing their own strength to the construction of Lovell.

Thick smoke rose into the sky from the blacksmith's shop in the distance, and it seemed that the heat could be felt here. It was obvious that the dwarves craftsmen were sparing no effort to forge various items.

Along the way, Sol was delighted to see a coal convoy passing by him.According to Hart, with the participation of the dwarves, the amount of coal mining has greatly increased, and the mines in the mountains have begun to lay wooden railcars.

Everyone walked all the way, watching the huge changes in the surroundings. They only left for a few months, as if they didn't know their territory anymore.Even Mary couldn't help but said to Sol: "Did your territory just be established?"

After all, having dwarves is different, otherwise, even if Sol was given several times more labor, he would not be able to make such a big noise.Thinking of this, he couldn't help being proud of the fact that he had agreed to let the Ik people move here without hesitation.

When approaching the lord's mansion, Jessica said to Kress: "You take the convoy and the guarding knights to rest first. These supplies are to be given to the barbarians, so they must be well protected, understand?"

"Don't worry." Kress nodded, greeted several men, and led the team to Lovell's warehouse.

Sol, Jessica, and Mary continued to walk towards the lord's mansion. When they came to the foot of the hill, Mary looked at the dilapidated houses above, and couldn't help curling her lips: "This is where you live? It's too bad Alright."

Jessica has never had a good impression of this familiar woman. Hearing this, she snorted coldly: "There are good hotels in the town, you can stay there if you don't like it."

How could Mary be afraid of her, and immediately retorted: "Is this the Lowell way of hospitality?"

Jessica was not to be outdone: "If the guests come, we will naturally treat them wholeheartedly."

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, let's go up quickly." The whole journey was peaceful, and I didn't expect the two women to quarrel here, so Sol hurried to smooth things over.

Looking at each other fiercely again, the two snorted at the same time, turned and walked towards the hillside.

Sol could only smile helplessly in the back. Kafir just left, and Mary came again. Isn't my life a quiet day?

The three of them came to the villa outside the house. Jessica was about to call Marlene when she suddenly heard a rattling noise from the house, followed by a rattling sound from the window, and something rushed out quickly.

"Huh?" The three of them were caught off guard, and they were all taken aback.

"What?" Mary nervously took out a magic spar from her satchel.

The visitor came at an extremely fast speed, and when he passed Sol, he paused suddenly, and then hopped up and down to the gate of the yard.Only then did they realize that it was Mira who jumped out. She still looked sloppy. She stopped when she saw Sol, and just crouched on the ground and looked at him.

"What's the matter, there are beggars in your house?" Mary was puzzled.

"No, she's actually..." Saul was at a loss for words, and he really couldn't explain this matter for a while.

At this time, Jessica waved to Mira: "Mira, what are you doing?"

Mira tilted her head and looked at the three of them for a moment, then suddenly raised her hands to Saul, put her palms together and squeezed them hard, with an anxious expression on her face.

"What is she doing again?" Mary turned her head and asked.

"Mira can't speak, maybe she wants to tell me something..." Saul scratched his head.

He was about to ask Mira, but when he heard the door open behind him, Mira immediately became nervous, turned around and ran down the hillside.At the same time, Marlene's voice came from behind: "Mira, stop for me...huh?"

Immediately afterwards, her voice turned into a huge surprise: "Master, sister Jessica, you are back!"

Just as Sol turned around, Marlene had already rushed into his arms.

"Marlene, how are you these days?" Saul gently stroked her hair.

Marlene smiled and nodded: "I'm fine. Grandpa Vince took good care of me after you left."

Not seeing her for a while, the little girl has become much stronger, at least she won't cry every now and then.

Speaking of which, Marlene looked at Mary suspiciously: "Master, who is this?"

Before Sol could answer, Jessica said coldly, "Just call her Aunt Mary."

"Who is aunt? I'm much younger than you." Mary retorted viciously, then smiled and said to Marlene, "I'm beautiful sister Mary, and I'm your young master's closest classmate."

Hearing that she deliberately emphasized the word "closest", Jessica became furious.Seeing that the two were going to fight again, Sol quickly changed the topic: "Marlene, what happened to Mira?"

Marlene shook her head: "I don't know, it's just that she has become very irritable recently, and she runs outside at every turn. I can't control it at all."

"It's okay, this girl has such a personality, I will be surprised if she stays in the house." Sol, who knows Mira's temper well, said indifferently.

"No, young master, listen to me..." Marlene seemed to want to say something else.

At this time, Mary has already walked into the house honestly: "Come here, let me see how your kennel is. By the way, where is my room?"

Confused by her uninvited presence, Marlene couldn't help but look at Sol.

"Uh...she's my former classmate, and she's going to live in Lovell for a while, Marlene, please arrange a room for her." That's all Sol could say.

"Don't worry too much, just find one." Jessica said.

"I see, young master." Marlene nodded and hurriedly chased after him.

"Jessica, don't you need to be so hostile?" Saul said to Jessica with a wry smile.

Jessica snorted: "I always think this woman is weird, but she insists on following us from Bamke to the territory when she's fine. What on earth is she trying to do?"

Saul has always been puzzled by Mary's behavior. If you say she has ulterior motives, what is there to attract her in her own territory?If you say she's just here for fun, there's no need to travel thousands of miles, right?

Could it be that she really fell in love with me, that's why she followed her husband thousands of miles away... Sol suddenly had this idea in his heart, and he was startled immediately.

I don't look handsome like that, besides, I already have Jessica, Marlene and Kafir, isn't that a little too sentimental?But she came here by herself, and she is a beautiful woman anyway, so it doesn't seem to be in line with my style to refuse...

Thinking about it, he actually stood there annoyed.Except for Marlene, none of the three have a good temper. Who will be the bigger one?It's not easy to do, you have to think about it carefully.

"I think it's better to treat everyone equally." Thinking wildly, he muttered to himself.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Jessica's words woke him up.

"Ah, it's nothing, I, I suddenly lost my mind." Facing Jessica's puzzled gaze, Sol explained in a hurry.

"I really don't understand you, let's go." Jessica shook her head and walked into the room.

"Looking at it now, it's better for Jessica to be an adult..." Sol muttered, and then slapped himself severely: "Damn, I'm still in YY. When that day comes, I'm sure I won't know how I will die."

Shaking his head to shake off the messy thoughts in his mind, Sol also stepped into the room.

(End of this chapter)