Age of Empires From Scratch

  Chapter 317 Take the emperor to order the princes

  Although many nobles and officials died in the capital of Tilan, in fact, the important officials of the Tilan Kingdom were not wiped out. Most of them were stranded in White Rock City because of the war with the Holy Gunter Kingdom.

   Abelson didn't forget this matter, so he and David specifically mentioned this matter during the meal.

   In addition, he was also worried about the situation in Baiyan City.

  The capital of King Tilan was turned into ruins, and all the people in the city died. After the news reached White Rock City, Abelson was not sure how those ministers and nobles would react.

But no matter how you look at it, White Rock City seems to be unable to defend it. Even if Earl Sutton-Stewart is still loyal to the Kingdom of Tilan, he can still control the armies such as the Tilan Knights, Guards Knights, and Infantry. It would also be devastating to the morale of the army.

Now Abelson is no longer concerned about whether the border can be held, whether the southern land will be occupied by the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt, he doesn't even care about those ministers and nobles, the only thing he worries about is his own daughter, and he also worries about the Earl of Sutton-Stewart .

   "It's not a difficult task. I asked Gareth to take a team of Winter Knights to White Rock City to see the situation. If the situation is critical, I will bring them to Winter City."

  So Gareth temporarily took over a mission and headed south with a small group of Winter Knights.

   Seeing that David simply sent someone to protect his daughter, Abelson mentioned another matter along the way: "How do you plan to arrange the knights and soldiers who came to Winter City together?"

   "I have ordered Gareth and Floyd to reorganize the other soldiers except the Knights of Tiran and the Knights of the Guards. Among them, those who perform well will become soldiers of Winter City."

  David's answer was very straightforward. Now that Abelson has clearly expressed his attitude, David is not going to be polite to him: "As for the Knights of Tiran and the Knights of the Guards..."

   Abelson understood what David meant, and the other party asked him, and he respected himself enough, so he expressed his position very happily: "Let's reorganize together!"

  He sees the current situation very clearly. As a king, he only has a false name left. Power and the army are of no use to him now. It is the best choice to hand them all over to David.

   "In this case, why not keep the number of the Knights of Tiran and integrate all the Knights of the Guards into the Knights of Tiran?" Abelson was so happy that David was a little embarrassed.

  Packed up the population of the entire capital of Tilan, and the king abducted them back together, even their ace knights and guards were incorporated.

  Unknowingly, I seem to have done something similar to a certain prime minister. Could it be that he will be able to do many things in the name of the Kingdom of Tilan in the future?

  The development of things is really similar to what David thought.

   Abelson directly took out the letter of appointment written in advance, and named David Glamorgan as the Duke of Winter, and his territory included the entire northern plain.

  The territory of David Glamorgan, the Grand Duke of Winter, is a completely independent principality, which is only nominally part of the Kingdom of Tilan.

  As Abelson personally handed over the letter of appointment to David, Duke Winter will officially take office, and then he will issue an announcement to spread the news to the entire Kingdom of Tilan.

At the same time, another order and announcement was issued: King Tilan was severely damaged by the conspiracy attack of the Temple, and His Majesty the King had to go to the north for a 'temporary residence' in Winter City, which is the kingdom of Tilan. Temporary capital.

  Because of the temple conspiracy, His Majesty the King was ill and unable to handle government and military affairs. Grand Duke David Glamorgan of Winter Winter handled all military and government affairs of the Kingdom of Tilan on behalf of His Majesty the King.

   After several orders and announcements, David has become the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Tilan, except that he has not been crowned king.

   Regarding the series of appointments made by Abelson, David also accepted them neatly. In just one meal, his identity changed drastically, and even he himself was a little confused.

   It was only after returning to the office in Glamorgan Castle that he gradually understood.

   Abelson understood that the Kingdom of Tilan could no longer be brought back to life, and it was impossible for him to take power in Winter City, and lead the army of Winter City to return to the old site of the royal capital and rebuild a new city.

   More importantly, he knew that his direct army could not defeat the Winter Knights, and even the knights of the Tilan Knights and the Guards Knights could no longer fight for themselves.

   They have already been killed by the Winter Knights once, and they know that they are not opponents.

   What's more, these nearly 100,000 people are all resurrected by David, and these people's perception of David is many times better than that of the king.

  Let these people choose, they will definitely choose David instead of themselves.

  Since this is the case, why not arrange everything that can be arranged first while your false name is still a bit useful. Abelson didn't even urge David and Sophia to get married early. He didn't think that a special existence like David could be bound by a marriage.

  So it doesn't matter whether he is married to his daughter or not. Even if David wants the position of king immediately today, Abelson can immediately write the abdication document.

  In fact, it is almost the same now. Cold Winter City has become the Principality of Cold Winter. It has obtained absolute independence in terms of law, and will be recognized by all forces on the mainland.

  The Duchy of Winter can be changed to the Kingdom of Winter at any time in the future, it all depends on when David wants to wear the crown.

  I am quietly living in Winter City for the elderly. For Sophia's sake, David should not treat himself badly. Maybe there is a chance to see the day when the Holy Gunter Kingdom and the Temple are completely wiped out by Winter City.

   "So, you are the Duke of Winter now?"

  Listening to David finishing the matter, Laura was still looking at these appointment documents.

  Although the appointments and announcements are all issued in the name of King Tiran, the specific sending and posting must be done by the people of Winter City themselves.

  So although David was promoted to the Grand Duke and Winter City became the Duke of Winter, this matter always revealed a strange smell.

   "It feels like you coerced the king, and then forced the king to make appointments."

   "..." David wanted to say that he had a similar feeling, but he couldn't admit it. He waved his hands and said, "You think too much!"

   "Anyway, congratulations!" Laura put the letter of appointment back on David's desk: "It's one step closer to your goal, and it's a crucial step."

  Laura originally thought that it would take David several years to get to this level. Even so, it will not be easy to take this step in the end, and it may be accompanied by successive wars to succeed.

   Unexpectedly, the most important step was crossed so easily by mistake.

   Duchy! Changing the principality into a kingdom was just one of David's thoughts. In the current situation, it is impossible for the Kingdom of Tilan to attack David's Winter City again.

   But Laura felt that it would be better for Winter City to maintain its principality status for a period of time.

  Because of using the Duchy of Winter as a transition, it can well receive the "inheritance" of the Kingdom of Tilan, which is much more reliable than directly claiming to build a country.

After all, the signboard of the Kingdom of Tilan has been standing for hundreds of years, and people living in this land recognize it. When the entire Kingdom of Tilan is in a state of war, the people of Tilan will habitually go to other parts of the Kingdom of Tilan. Fleeing within the territory, rather than directly fleeing abroad.

In this case, the Duchy of Winter, which is still attached to the Kingdom of Tilan, can receive more population. After receiving the population from all over the Kingdom of Tilan, they can use the banner of regaining the land that originally belonged to them for the people. , to expand the territory of the Duchy of Winter to other regions.

   Not only is it irrefutable in terms of legal principles, but this kind of expansion can also gain the absolute support of its own people. When that happens, it will be a matter of course to change its name to the kingdom.

"That's right." Laura originally wanted to leave to do her own business, because she knew that David would definitely have a lot of things to deal with, but before she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered: "Is your ability going to improve again? "

"Maybe!"

  Promoted directly from Earl to Grand Duke, and the territory has also changed from Winter City to Winter Duchy. My golden finger will definitely usher in an upgrade. I don’t know what changes will happen this time.

   "I'll watch and test it later."

  Leaving aside anything else, the output of crystal mines and the energy contained in them may usher in another round of enhancement. Even if there are no other changes, this alone is enough to satisfy David.

Watching Laura leave, David originally wanted to ask Eva to deal with the announcement, but he didn't expect Edwin Van Cleef to come to him. This person must have something important to look for, so David had to make the announcement first. set aside.

"What's wrong?"

   "About the confession of the Raines missionary."

"So fast?"

  After David returned to Cold Winter City, he ordered the intelligence department to arrest the Raines missionary, and screened the people who came into contact with the Raines missionary to find out the spies sent by the Temple.

  The arrest went smoothly, and David didn't need to care too much about this kind of thing. He just waited quietly for the result of the interrogation.

   Didn't expect it to end on the second day? He thought that the missionary from the temple could last ten days and half a month!

  Speaking of this matter, Edwin Van Cleef also behaved strangely: "The missionary from the temple may...probably...have betrayed his original belief."

"What's the meaning?"

   "This Raines missionary seems to be ready to believe in the Holy Light."

   "..."

   "So after we arrested him, we didn't use any punishment at all. Basically, he would happily answer all the questions we asked."

Listening to Edwin Van Cleef's report, David didn't know how to evaluate the missionary, so he could only ask carefully: "Is it possible? He behaved like this on purpose, in order to really break into Winter City internal?"

   "This possibility is not ruled out."

  (end of this chapter)