Chapter 710, Reorganizing the Court

The signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance in the Empire of Brittania represents the complete establishment of a national defensive alliance between the Kingdom of Knights headed by Ryan and the empire headed by Karl Franz, instead of the counties and duchies of Ryan Or Emperor Karl's Rickland.

Now, whether it is the external environment or the internal environment, both parties are given the best opportunity to sign a contract, because whether it is Ryan or Karl, they have temporarily completed the unification of the situation through their own efforts. This opportunity, taking advantage of the presence of most of the important figures from both parties, the two parties signed a contract in the Krona Palace.

The Dibu Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance mainly includes the following contents.

1. The contracting parties undertake to make joint efforts to take all necessary measures to jointly resist the invasion, sabotage and any hostile actions including but not limited to northern barbarians, beastmen, greenskins, vampires, skavens, dark elves, Once any of the contracting parties is attacked by the above-mentioned forces, the other contracting party will do its best to provide military and other assistance.

Second, re-determine and measure the border issue between the Empire and Brittania, and agree to withdraw troops from the border respectively, and not to send border troops of more than 1,000 people to garrison their respective border fortresses.

Third, the two sides open more trade fairs, and agree that customs clearance tariffs must be negotiated together, and that tariffs and additional fees are not allowed to be raised privately, so as to promote the further development of economic and trade between the two sides, and use Marienburg as a free trade city, specializing in bulk commodity trade .

Fourth, Britannia will pay a fee of 100,000 gold kroner, which will be paid in ten years. In view of His Majesty Ryan's good relationship with the empire and his many aids to the empire, the empire will give special preferential treatment with an annual interest of 1 for Introducing advanced industrial technology and industrial talents from the empire, the empire will do its best to help Brittania establish its own industrial system, starting from Mousilon, and slowly extending to the entire kingdom.

Fifth, the empire can employ Britannia knights for chivalrous warfare at a price no higher than the market price through a covenant. Similarly, Brittania can also hire imperial mercenaries through a covenant. For example, the empire must hire For the Holy Grail Knight, the price needs to be negotiated separately, and the war machine of the empire is the same.

Sixth, the validity period of the treaty is twenty years. If neither party raises any objection before the expiry date, it will be automatically extended for ten years, and so on.

The leaders of the two countries signed the contract respectively, and the religious representatives of both sides, the lake god witch Morgiana and the great reciter of the Justice Church Kasmir IX represented their respective gods and justice, announcing that the relationship between the two countries has entered a new era.

At the signing ceremony, there was thunderous applause, Ryan and Carl shook hands warmly, and both sides showed standard smiles. Now, the two countries are officially united.

The champagne was opened, the king and the emperor clinked glasses, and Karl Franz immediately brought out his vulgar sense of humor "Lane, guess what our scene looks like to the greenskins"

"Two hammer shrimps" Ryan sneered, "One is not green enough, the other is not aaagh"

"Hahahahahaha" Carl laughed out loud "oh I love that joke hahahaha"

Ryan smiled a little awkwardly. He thought that the emperor's smile was indeed confusing, but it was a good thing to reach an agreement. Compared with the southern countries, the Empire and the Britannia had a natural sense of mutual recognition.

But the southern kingdom is different. The origin of the southern kingdom is not the tribe when the empire rose at that time. Whether it is Tyrell or Estalia, their origin is actually named Titus and now Skaven. The ancient kingdom of the abandoned capital,

After the fall of Titus, the surviving humans were divided into two factions. Under the guidance of the war goddess Mirmidia, they went to settle in Estalia and Tyrell. It is their duty to fight against the tide of chaos or greenskins. Instead, they indulge in the ideals of democracy, civil liberties and justice, the eternal city-state system, the political situation of eternal chaos, and the attitude of never having anything to do with themselves. It is the southern country.

To put it simply, there is a big gap between the three views of the two sides. For example, if the empire asks the southern countries to send troops to fight against the greenskins and chaos, the answer of these southerners is probably these few sentences: What does lowering my quality of life have to do with me?

Therefore, neither Ryan nor Karl Franz have much expectations for the people of the southern country. It is already very good that they can hire the mercenaries of Tyrell, the dog of war, and the Church of Mirmidia in Estalia.

On the other side, Elector Boris held his wine glass and said a little indignantly, "The benefits made those two people stand up, saying that it was industrial support, 10,000 gold marks a year, but everyone in the empire knows that the empire's industry is basically The above is completely focused on Rickland, Brunswick and Nuer, our Countess and Ryan have that kind of relationship again, hey, Nuer is going to make a lot of money this time, we can only get some soup to drink."

"It's better than nothing." The Marius Elector was still wrapped in bandages. He fell from the ring yesterday and broke his arm and ribs. The moon can heal "Hey, I was wondering what the greenskins would look like if they came from Blackfire Pass and saw a large group of Bretanian knights"

"They will be very excited." Elector Wolfram Hertwig looked helpless. "There is an opponent, and these green moss will never be cleaned up, I swear."

"But they can be contained." Hubald, Duke of Carcassonne, frowned.

"perhaps you're right."

The signing ceremony in the morning is over, and at noon there will be a larger-scale banquet and the appointment and removal of personnel. Ryan must reorganize the kingdom's court. He wants to replace Richard's people with his own people.

Lane quickly reorganized his court in the afternoon.

The composition of the new king's court is as follows

Religious representative and theocratic advisor Morgiana, the lake god witch.

The head of MI7, the chief spy, Aurora Trovik, the sanctuary witch, and the legendary sorceress Teresa Trovik.

Chief female courtier and wizard consultant Veronica, the bright fire witch of Sanctuary Department.

Roland Marshall, Field Marshal of the Britannian Frontier Guard.

Kingdom Regent Grail Knight Lawn Leo Duke of Cornwall.

Katzenberg, the Kingdom's Minister of State.

Su Liya, the palace's finance minister, will temporarily serve as deputy to Steve and deputy to Geffen.

Baron Armand, Commander of the King's Guards, Knight of the Holy Grail.

Baron Eduardo Candreva, Crown Officer.

Lord of the Royal Navy, Grail Knight, Baron Feldmund.

Royal Housekeeper Olika Zheng and Silvia Deputy.

As for the Britannian ambassador to the Empire, Ryan trusted Earl Florence Beaumont appointed by Richard before, and did not intend to change him.

After reorganizing the entire court, there will be a series of banquets and various trivial matters, including whether the new king will inherit or abandon a series of policies of the old king, including a series of contracts for diplomacy with wood elves, dwarves and high elves, including The pardon of the kingdom's political prisoners also includes the transfer of the whole team and the promise to the dukes.

Because in terms of the system of the entire Knight Kingdom alone, Ryan has to some extent severely damaged the foundation of the entire Britannia since its founding.

Normally, the "divine authority" of the Knight King of Brittania is always under the supervision of the lake god and witch, and is restrained by the dukes. If a king cannot meet the wishes of the fairies in the lake upwards, he will guarantee the interests of the dukes downwards. , His throne will not last long.

But for Ryan, he was the first king in the history of Brittania to break this rule. Up, the fairy of the lake clearly gave up the legality of his divine right to the king, but down, Ryan and Mo Jaina has formed a close alliance. When the king's power cannot be extended, he can borrow the power of the church of fairies in the lake to enforce his will.

In other words, Ryan's king's authority at this time has been overinflated and huge, showing signs of getting out of control.

After he ascended the throne, there have been a lot of rumors in the court, doubting whether the new king will reverse the history, try to cancel the independence of the principalities, and directly command their army beyond the dukes.

Hearing this rumor, Morgiana did not respond. Suria immediately found Ryan. The intelligent and politically sensitive queen asked him to hold another duke meeting. Suria made it clear that as a king, you should protect Ryan. interests of the kingdom.

Ryan was also aware of the problem. He immediately convened the duke's meeting and announced that a new chivalry war would be held soon. The harvest of the Eight Peaks Mountain expedition would be related to the elite level and quantity of the dukes' troops. At the same time, he promised to protect the independence of the dukedom. Inherit the glorious history and fine traditions of Britannia.

Although the great nobles still had doubts in their hearts, they still said that they would send their own elite troops from each principality to participate in the expedition to Bafeng Mountain.

Many affairs made Ryan dizzy. Since the beginning of this year, both Richard and Lawn have actually stopped dealing with major internal affairs, waiting for Ryan's ruling, plus various meetings and banquets. This busy is three days For three nights, Ryan worked at his desk for about 20 hours a day, and finally finished processing most of the squeezed documents.

This caused a lot of grievances in Ryan's backyard, especially a certain goddess who had negotiated with Ryan that he would consummate the house when he ascended the throne. Seeing that Ryan was so busy that he even had to trot all the way for daily routine prayers, the fairy in the lake was already ready. A high elf wedding dress and a complete ceremony. Seeing that Ryan is so busy and about to prepare for the expedition to Bafeng Mountain, the goddess can only tell Ryan that we will secretly hold a make-up wedding when you come back from the expedition.

At this time, Emperor Karl Franz had already set foot on the return journey with most of the Imperial Council, and only the Duchess of the Empire stayed. Leah plans to stay here for a few more days.

As for Olika, she accompanied Ryan very caringly in dealing with official duties, without any complaints, but enjoyed it. It’s not that she took the opportunity to monopolize the king’s life, but that she proposed many solutions to the problems reflected in the documents. , some of them are even enough to make Ryan's eyes shine. It seems that the dark elves have gained a lot of knowledge and made great progress in some aspects. The king casually asked Olika if she had any special gains. Olika just smiled and said nothing , Ryan was so busy that he couldn't take care of it, so he didn't ask, and enjoyed the dark elf's serving of tea, massage and shoulder rubbing.

Suria and Morgiana were also entangled in various affairs, Veronica was busy preparing to gather a whole witch group, Teresa and Aurora also concentrated on establishing a branch in Corona, everyone had their own affairs , only Emilia and Olika accompanied Ryan, and the Duchess of the Empire would change into her previous maid outfit from time to time, and take Ryan's children around the palace, and Ryan really didn't have the energy to care.

"Huh..." After three full days and three nights, Ryan finally finished handling all the squeezed documents. He was so tired that he really wanted to bury his head in all kinds of documents and go to sleep directly. He was so energetic that he was backlogged like a mountain with no end in sight. Almost overwhelmed by the papers, he could now understand why Richard was so old.

"Master, are you done with the matter?" The dark elf Orika stood behind Ryan, and her little hands wrapped in white lace gloves were massaging Ryan's shoulders. "It's a bit stiff, you must have accumulated a lot."

"Hey, I'm exhausted." Ryan looked at the office and saw that there was no one else in the office except Olika. Emilia went to the banquet of Suria's noble lady, and then complained like a thief, "What if Surya and Morgiana are willing to help me, and I can save at least one day of work."

"Your queen and your lake god and witch have their own things to do, master." Olika said with a smile, "It's not okay to be lazy, master, don't forget, you have an appointment with Tai tonight." Your Excellency Gris is having a candlelight dinner together in the courtyard of the palace."

"Banquet, banquet, and banquet again." Ryan smiled wryly, "The banquet during this period of time is really enjoyable, and now I just want to go back to the kind of bacon sandwiches with inferior cider when I was a knight-errant, that kind of unpretentious and boring life."

"Anyway, I will always be with the master." Olika gently hugged Ryan from behind, and she buried her on Ryan's back. "Master, you can be a little lazy tomorrow. There is still some time, you can sleep In an hour, I will wake you up and go to the banquet together."

"Thank you, Olika." Ryan felt warm when he heard the words, and he nodded slightly. The king really needs to rest, even if it's just for an hour. If he sleeps for a while, Ryan will regain his energy soon.

Just now, Olika helped him solve a problem.

This year, the canal from the Sandnes River to the Grace Murray River was finally completed, so Ryan immediately ordered that workers be summoned to continue building the canal, this time from the Grace Murray River to the Chinon River. , to pass through the duchies of Bordereau and Bastogne.

On this issue, Ryan encountered strong resistance. The progress of the canal was not ideal, the compensation for land acquisition was not in place, the kingdom's finances were tight, and the labor force was insufficient. The number of laborers conscripted in each region was always in short supply. The implementation is in place, so the project is often unable to continue in 24-hour shifts, and it is always stop and go.

More importantly, the local nobles, especially the minor nobles, are very, very disgusted with the canal passing through their own territory and destroying farmland, woodland or roads. He kept making fuss about the compensation for demolition, hoping to take the opportunity to extort more money.

Ryan is very troubled by this. In this world, people pay more attention to land than the Celestial Dynasty in Ryan's previous life.

But Orika gave Ryan a new solution, that is, the land acquisition is calculated according to the market price, but after the land acquisition, the benefits generated by the development of this land will be distributed according to a certain proportion to the people whose land is acquired and demolished.

If the other party insists on compensation, then a public auction can be held, but the future benefits have nothing to do with you.

As for those who resolutely refuse to requisition, just let the canal make a detour. There will not be too many such diehards. After all, Ryan's personal prestige is there, and the money is ready.

Ryan suddenly realized, he thought right, why didn't he think of it, this is demolition and resettlement, he has seen so many in his previous life, he has never eaten pork, and he has seen pigs run away

It can only be said that after staying in this world for a long time, my thinking has changed a bit.

After sleeping on the small bed in the inner room for a full hour, Ryan got up again under Orika's call, washed up, and then went to meet Teclis in the courtyard of the castle.

Among the silver tableware and candlelight, Teclis and Lion sat opposite each other. Food from the high elves was placed on the table. The two sides discussed how to proceed with the next step.

"Sunfire Talisman" Teclis is a little strange, "Do you want to find that is what Lilith means?"

"Well, yes, is there any clue?" Ryan used a fork to pick up a piece of fruit salad. "If we can find the Sunfire Amulet, we can be more sure about the final moment."

"The matter of the Sunfire Amulet starts with the famous Phoenix King poet Isis."