Chapter 571 The Duke and Father

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"This bastard daughter!" Calvin, the Duke of the North, grabbed the teacup on the table and wanted to throw it on the ground, but stopped halfway through the swing - this cup is made of high-quality crystal glass, and it is worth two to three pieces Jin Long, he was really reluctant.

After thinking for a long time, he slowly withdrew his hand and put the cup back to its original position.

This feeling of worrying about gains and losses made him even more depressed.

The letter from Edith was spread out on the table - he never expected that His Majesty would directly take back all the entrustment rights of the nobles, and what was even more unexpected was that his daughter, who was always able to take advantage of him for him, would agree to it immediately. Under the conditions of His Majesty, he also persuaded himself to recognize the situation and not to resist stubbornly.

Look at the wording, it makes him sound like a prisoner!

The Duke thought bitterly, is it because his daughter turned her elbow out!

"My lord, what happened?" The guard outside the door probably heard the noise, and asked with his head.

"Go away, don't bother me!"

Reluctant to vent his anger on the cup, Calvin immediately vented his anger on the bodyguard. The door was quickly closed, and he panted for a long time before turning his eyes back to the letter paper.

If he followed His Majesty the King, he would no longer be the master of the Northland, at least he would not be able to say the same thing as he is now. I just settled the Huos family and the Lista family, and I can finally enjoy the feeling of being in charge of the whole territory. I didn't expect to return to the original point soon—no, it should be a step back from the original point.

What about not following His Majesty?

It's clearly stated on the letter.

Familiar tone - Calvin could even imagine Edith sneering as she wrote this letter. Whenever she talks about failure, she always describes her end in an extremely calm tone, as if she has been waiting for this day all the time. As long as his daughter starts to lure her in this direction, it will be very difficult for him to resist. It is obviously a threat, but Calvin has never been able to summon up the energy to scold her.

Anyway, Edith Kant was his biological daughter after all, and the only crystallization of him and his first wife.

Although her tone is quite exaggerated, it is indeed impossible to deny the existence of this possibility.

And he often heard about the fourth prince's style comments.

Thinking of this, the Duke gradually calmed down.

But having said that, are those dark steel machines really as magical as she said?

In the three letters, the daughter used a full page to describe what she saw and heard in Border Town—no, Neverwinter.

Twice as much as His Majesty Roland.

She said that they have unimaginable power and can easily do things that ordinary people cannot achieve. As long as they surrender to the new king, the Northland can introduce these black iron behemoths that can bring earth-shaking changes to the territory.

It can be seen that Edith attaches great importance to this thing.

In the end, she also suggested that he send a formal oath to His Majesty to express his submission to the northern border, and at the same time send some literate servants to learn the rules and administrative methods of the city hall, so as not to be ignorant of the emerging system when the time comes Know.

Calvin sighed, put away the letter paper, and spread out a new blank paper.

Now that Edith had made a decision, he had no choice but to believe in her plan and write a letter to His Majesty to pledge his allegiance to the new king.

But as a duke, he had to make the final effort in his own way—if the interests of the two families could be tightly bound together, Calvin would undoubtedly feel much more at ease.

Like... making a daughter a queen.

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In the border area of ​​Neverwinter, beside the Chishui River.

The sun was sinking into the mountains little by little, and the afterglow of the mountains dyed the river brilliant golden.

Every time the cooking smoke rises from the front of the shack, the faint smell of porridge has already made the snake's teeth salivate.

When he got close, he even smelled a hint of meat.

"I'm here!" As soon as he entered the camp, Tiger Claw saw him, "Come here!"

Snake Ya walked quickly to his side, "Why, do you have meat today?"

"Yeah, you came back too late and missed the notice. This is a reward from the lord."

Snake Fang rubbed his numb shoulders, "What's the reward? The residential area over there is still far from completion."

"It's the Kingdom Avenue that's been completed!" Someone around came over and yelled, "The Border District and Changge District are finally connected together. I heard from them that it used to take three days, but now it only takes one day to ride a horse!"

That's it, Snake Fang nodded. Whenever a major project is completed, they will be able to drink a bowl of meat porridge - as advertised on the square, the construction team has not less than two months in the border area. A piece of food, and no salary was deducted. Now he has accumulated fourteen silver wolves in his hands, and by the end of this month, there will be seven more.

If he can get a golden dragon, he can get a house in the city hall, and thus become an official resident of Neverwinter, no longer a nameless mouse.

But to actually buy that house, he would have to work for at least twenty years.

Of course, Snake Fang is confident that he will find a higher-paying job in the future... such as a kiln worker, or a masonry worker.

Everything seems to be changing for the better.

The only regret is that he still hasn't seen the blank paper.

"When you get the meat porridge, remember to eat it quickly," Tiger Claw whispered in his ear, "otherwise you won't be able to grab a good seat."

"What... location?" Snake Fang asked confused.

"To celebrate the completion of Kingdom Avenue, there will be a new play on the plaza tonight. I heard that the Star of the West will also be on stage. My God... I can't wait!"

"You can find someone else," he lacked interest, "I feel a little tired, and I don't want to move today."

"That's right, but today is the premiere," Tiger Claw smiled mysteriously, "The locals know that when the Star Flower Troupe premieres, the lord will also appear with a witch, maybe you can see a blank paper! "17-02-06 11:18:03