Chapter 1317, Ryan's Training Son (Two-in-One Barely Repays the Debt)

It was July, and the slow-moving Breton Crusaders finally reached Bogenhafen, the focal point of the ax-bite pass.

After the Sun King Ryan heard about Karad's victory, he personally rode around the battlefield with his wife Suria and son Devin Hill. As Ryan described the situation on the battlefield, Ryan stayed around the battlefield where he passed, sighing for a long time.

The three armies are easy to get and one general is hard to find. Ryan immediately announced that he would award all soldiers who participated in the Battle of Hemgat a third-class Iris Medal. All soldiers who followed Karad and survived were all promoted, and serfs were promoted to freedom. People, free people get the title of sergeant, those who have the title of sergeant are directly elected into the Young Guards, the living are rewarded heavily, and the dead are compensated.

As the most important commander, Callard was awarded the honorary title of "Duke of Flanders" and a large fief, which means that he has started to be equal to the dukes politically, but there is no corresponding duchy .

The entire regiment of the Young Guards was temporarily placed under the command of Karad.

Lawn received the honor of the Grand Prix Order of the Holy Grail and was awarded the hereditary fiefdom of Chantillon. The Lane decree added the title of Lionheart to his title of Marshal, that is, he can call himself Marshal Lionheart in the future.

Sir Amanric, the Holy Grail from Carcassonne, was conferred the title of Marshal of Brittany on the spot, which increased the number of marshals to six. There are a large number of them, and they defended the already crumbling city in Hemgard, so they were named "White Horse Army" by Ryan, and Sir Amanrick was also called "White Horse Marshal".

As for Diego... Diego doesn't need rewards, and Ryan also doubts whether he is qualified to give Diego more rewards. The Gray Knight's Supreme Mentor has reached the point where there is no reward and no reward. Now that he has become the Supreme Master, could it be that Ryan gave up his position as the Primarch to him?

However, the Emperor already has a mature system of how to reward in this situation, and Ryan just needs to follow it.

The emperor said, don't be a slave to honor... Ryan thought so.

But I do.

Because of the cheapness, it is not too much for the emperor to reward him with the whole world after serving countless years, but the emperor can't do that, so what he can give is the long string that can hardly be read name.

It seems unfair and unjust, but the imperial guards regard it as the highest level of glory and the highest standard reward.

What about the Emperor? He has done so much for mankind, but has he ever asked for any reward from all mankind?

Thinking of this,

Ryan knew in his heart that the Primarch no longer felt guilty about Diego, because loyalty itself is the best reward. What we are doing is the well-being of all mankind, and we don't need to care about some details and small sacrifices.

It's over, have I also started to become Zhuang Sen?

Thinking of this, Ryan couldn't help laughing, yes, the gray knight is actually a bit similar to the dark angel.

"Father~" Devonhill's voice came from the side, and the son who was about to be twenty years old said to Ryan: "Mom is calling you."

"What's the matter, Suria?" Ryan looked at Suria not far away.

The Queen of Knights is wearing her very typical white square-buttoned military uniform with golden braid today, and a sky-blue Pegasus cloak. Her soft, delicate and sacred face is slightly frowned. Under the reflection of the white snow, it looks even more arrogant. This is a high-mountain flower, which is obviously only exclusive to Ryan. The full and firm general uniform has a high neckline. From this angle, it is more spectacular than ever. Her slender and plump figure was wrapped in white breeches and boots, fully showing her charming curves, and the charm that only belongs to a wife was revealed with the slightest bit of reproach from the master.

"I called you several times, are you thinking about something?" Suria walked to Ryan and straightened his wind-blown hair a little: "I ask you what to do next."

"Next..." The mighty peaks of the Gray Mountains still rose before them with unimaginable heights, its distant peaks blocked by thick clouds, but the hardest part of the journey was over, The knights began to carefully walk down the mountain along the gravel path full of gravel, and they were extra cautious to prevent more horses' hooves from slipping here.

The air became stale and smelly, and the soldiers of the expeditionary army could no longer enjoy the pure and luscious fresh air of Brittany, which was replaced by thicker and heavier filth.

The decayed and run-down town of Hermgart lay behind Llane, now just a rotten place blasted by the Skaven and covered in brambles.

In front is the city of Bogenhafen. After the chaos passed, there are almost no living people in the city, but the general outline of the city is still there.

This is not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is that the plague of Nurgle has spread here. The thick poisonous moss vines and shrub forests start from the city of Bogenhafen and spread to a distance of more than ten kilometers. It is as eternal as the ocean. endless.

Under the city of Bogenhafen, the knights were talking about it. They looked at the thick and tangled thorns on the city wall. Apart from that, there were vines and suffocating weeds everywhere. Everything seemed to exist. Slowly moving around of their own will, the trees clustered along the crowded road looked as if they had grown out of the rocks that had just been brought to life, their roots frozen on the crumbling masonry of the city walls, their canopies Thirsting for the gift of air and sunlight.

There are no roads, and the only place where roads should be is Nurgle Forest.

There was no river, and where the river should have been there was silt, swamps, and countless poison vines.

Suria sighed: "Belia and the others estimate that it will take at least several weeks for us to clear the road, and if this is the case throughout the empire, it may take several months for us to reach the city of Brunswick."

"We can't wait that long." Ryan thought for a while, but immediately denied: "But we can't rush to march. The army is very tired after walking through the axe pass for more than a month. What we need to do is to take a rest."

"forest?"

"The forest is not a problem." Ryan looked into the distance: "Devin?"

"Huh? What's the matter, Dad?"

"Come with me." Ryan gestured towards Suria, and the Queen of Knights blushed immediately. This was a gesture to live a married life at night, but she had no reason to refuse, saying that you should take your son for a stroll first.

Ryan took his son and galloped towards Bogenhafen, leaving behind the glamorous female knight Suria who looked at their backs and shook her head helplessly. Her husband obviously wanted to say something to her son, so she would not participate. up.

"Borgenhafen, as the focus of the ax bite pass and the communication point of dozens of water veins in the empire, is an important commercial center." On the way, Ryan smiled at Devinhill: "At its peak, here, The gold in the warehouse used to be much more than that in Brunswick. Several big families controlled the city council of Bogenhafen and enjoyed huge profits. The merchants from the nearby city of Nuer also came to the river to collect and distribute the empire. Lead and mercury from other areas, and townspeople go down the mountain to exchange wool and wine produced locally for supplies."

Devonhill didn't know why his father said this to himself for a while, and the son could only say casually: "I know, the four big families of Bogenhafen, Stein, Hagen, Timgen, Ruger Broad, these four big families control the town representative council, ensuring policies and trade taxation are beneficial to the Merchant Guild and their families, and they have earned unimaginable wealth."

"Hey, did you do a good job?" Ryan glanced at his son with a little surprise on his face, but quickly calmed down: "So what happened next, don't I need to say more?"

"The Timgen family declined because of the "Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance of Dibu." Devonhill said with a smile: "Because the empire and us directly reached a trade tariff agreement and an official bulk goods sales agreement, the business of the Timgen family It suddenly declined, and they tried many ways to reverse the process. Until the new patriarch Johannes took office, the Timgen family suddenly broke out in business and even merged the other three families on a large scale. This attracted the attention of the imperial officials and soon fought A team of pastors and demon hunters discovered the secret of Johannes joining the Chaos Sect, the entire family was wiped out, and all property was confiscated."

"Yes, it seems that you have studied history and humanities well." Ryan nodded slowly, and he looked at his son and continued to smile.

"Hey, my memory has been affirmed by my grandfather." Devin Hilton was immediately proud, and Ryan's youngest son put his hands on his hips to show that he was very strong.

His memory and psychic gifts certainly amazed the Emperor, and many of the ancient Old Ones were heirs.

"Then have you ever thought that this might be a conspiracy by the other three families? Could it be that Johannes himself is actually a business genius, and the other three families could not compete with each other so they faked the fact that Johannes joined the Chaos Sect The evidence was reported to the imperial officials, which resulted in the destruction of the Timgen family?" Ryan then asked.

"..." Devonhill was stopped by Ryan's words, and his son opened his mouth and suddenly didn't know what to say.

"Don't worry, think about it slowly." Ryan signaled his son to think first, and he noticed that his heir, Caldo Diego, was surrounded by a group of official Garland witches and witch apprentices with a troubled face.

"Handsome guy! You're so handsome~!"

"You smell delicious, which brand of perfume do you use?"

"Mr. Diego, I heard that you are a relative of His Majesty Ryan? Can you tell us something about the past?"

"The muscles on your body are so strong! Can you touch them?"

The Supreme Master of the Gray Knight who killed through the subspace was extremely embarrassed by this situation. He couldn't beat or scold him, so he could only back away again and again, surrounded by a group of idiots. There is no resistance, especially for a complete body like Diego. Ryan can't touch it. It is explicitly forbidden by the female speaker. The gray knight recruits under Ryan's command have few opportunities to get in touch. Now that Diego appears in front of him, there is no reason to let him go ?

Already a bold fourteen-year-old witch apprentice stretched out his hand to touch Diego's body.

"There is no such worldly desire, no such worldly desire!" Diego, who would not be embarrassed in the face of ten Tzeentch demon legions, was really at a loss and could only keep emphasizing.

"Hahaha~" Ryan didn't seem to have any idea of ​​helping his heir. The Gray Knight Primarch smiled for a while, then turned his gaze back to his son.

"It doesn't make sense, Dad." Devonhill finally came up with an answer after thinking for a while, and his son took the reins of his war horse: "Actually, if you think about it carefully, you can know that if Johannes is really a business genius, there is no reason for him not to Handle the relationship with the other three major families well, and even if it is not handled well, there are many other ways to solve the problem, such as buying people's hearts, giving small favors to the citizens of Bogenhafen, such as donating to the church, Provide financial support to major guilds."

"If you don't understand this point, he is not a business wizard at all." Devonhill concluded: "So I personally prefer that he really joined the Chaos Sect."

"...Being able to judge the truth of the matter by oneself and not being swayed by the instigation of others and subordinates is the standard for a qualified monarch." Ryan nodded, seized this short opportunity, and the Sun King chatted with his crown prince happily: " So you, don't simply care about the strength of your strength. Many times, the strength of your strength does not determine everything. The elves and dwarves are powerful but sparsely populated. The number of imperial troops is more than the sand on the beach. The strong, the kingdom of knights has no shortage of strong men, but it lacks powerful infantry. Both vampires and chaos are particularly afraid of beheading generals. Among them, vampires must constantly allocate energy to control the entire army, while chaos is facing eternal challenges and challenges from subordinates. An insatiable demand from evil gods."

"Then what is the real strength and weakness?" Devonhill seized this opportunity to discuss with his father. Since the ax bit the pass, the son and his father have discussed a lot, and the relationship has improved: "For example, the national The strength before the country, the strength between people?"

"There's a lot to discuss about this." Ryan pursed his lips and smiled, and he took the reins of the second generation of grapes: "The most typical, what is the most important thing at the end of the day? No one, one is food, and the other is the army , That's all, fighting requires a strong army, and the army needs sufficient food supplies, if these two cannot be guaranteed, then how can we survive?"

"Is this the so-called farming and warfare system?" Devin Hill drew an inference: "Accumulate food widely, train a strong army?"

"That's right, but what about accumulating food and training a strong army?" Ryan continued to ask: "The food for the high elves is too much to eat. The farmland near the White Tower of Hess is ripe for 8-12 seasons a year, and there is no such thing as a rich country. Strong soldiers?"

"Because... people always want something else after they are full, such as...clothes? For example...entertainment?" It’s the basic needs, then the safety needs, and then the social, esteem, and self-fulfillment needs.”

"Your mother taught her that." Ryan squinted at his son: "After eating and clothing, people will start to have other needs. As you said, they will want to have a house to live in and a pot to eat. For bowls and pans, I hope to be able to eat meat, wear nice clothes, and hope to leave my village to see the outside world.”

"Yeah." Devonhill nodded repeatedly.

"When the family has certain conditions and is able to support people who are out of production, they will hope to get rid of their fate of farming all their lives, and they will want to send their children to the church to study, and they will want to send their children to the army. Serving in the military service is expected to change the fate of mudlegs, and many children of knight nobles with higher starting points will start as apprentice knights and ranger knights. Even if their starting point is already much higher, they can't help but want to get more , They want to become the knights of the kingdom, they want to be successful heroes, they want to leave behind their own glorious epic, they even want to get the gift of the Holy Grail, they want to become the Holy Grail Knights of ladies, and return to their hometown with incomparable brilliance and glory, Be adored and cheered by all."

Speaking of this, Ryan said with a smile: "Son, do you feel that these are far away from you?"

Devonhill kept his mouth shut, he was born with everything, and he really wasn't very interested in it, but his son learned tact from Mama Lilith, and intelligence and calm from Mama Suria, and he He just said: "Everything that Dad has done for decades, the hearts of the entire Britannia are under his control. You opened up the ascending channel for knights and serfs, promoted industrialization, expedition to Eight Peaks Mountain, and swept away chaos. Thank you for the grace of Ms. , to meet the expectations of all people, to realize self-worth, that’s all, right?”

"Hey, Devin." Ryan couldn't stop smiling, and he said seriously: "In this case, let me ask you, if getting the Holy Grail means the realization of self-worth, then why do those Holy Grail knights show no mercy to themselves? What about life?"

Devonhill was stunned, and he blushed suddenly.

"You are my son, Devon." Ryan straightened his face, and now the Primarch of the Gray Knight is more like a father than ever: "You are blessed, so you should have high enough demands on yourself. I have a I want to tell you something.

"I'm listening, Father," said Devonhill seriously.

"As a descendant of the Lord of Humanity, do you expect that there will be a Brotherhood of Gray Knights and a Legion of Guards loyal to you?"

"Then get the artifact casually? The care of the uncles over and over again?"

"And then there's no pressure at all? The Holy Grail is random? Just put on a show and the lady shows up?"

"Then as long as you like the girl you like, you will agree once you pursue her?"

"No way? No way?" Ryan looked at his son with a funny face: "No way?"

Devonhill blushed.

Ryan ignored Devinhill, he just continued: "If someone said this to the serf, I would give him a slap in the face, talk to the serf about struggle? Serfs have a fart chance? They have already paid for their food How much energy? How many social resources are available for them to allocate? How many serfs join the army every year, and how many can finally enter the Old Guard? For serfs, there is a suite in the castle, they can marry a wife, and they can get a set of armor to become Freedom is their highest pursuit, we should not constantly raise conditions and difficulties for them and criticize them for not being enterprising, this is the human heart.”

"Yes." Devonhill nodded silently.

"But that's a serf, not you." Ryan laughed, but there was no smile on his face: "You are a back wave, the second generation, you are my son, you have such great potential and unique advantages advantage, you should fight the most, because you have that condition, the last thing you should do is to mess around. I know you don’t want to follow the Twilight sisters. Are you wasting your time?"

"This is also the human heart." Ryan continued: "People must have their own goals. Since ancient times, heroes who have become Holy Grail Knights are not afraid of death, so why does he obey you, respect you, and worship you? Because you Is it Devonhill? Wrong, it’s just because you are my son, the grandson of the emperor! You will leave my wings one day, what will you do then? Kill if you refuse to accept? They are not even afraid of death? Don’t you Can you kill them twice?"

Devonhill was stunned.

"If you can't even kill the old king, then why do you become the new king?" Ryan bared his teeth: "There is a wall of kings in front of you that is so powerful that you don't know how to surpass it, so you admit defeat? Then you It's better to give up as soon as possible and replace it with someone else."

"I didn't!" The younger son finally roared angrily: "You wait, Dad, I will surpass you! You wait!"

"Then, I'm looking forward to it." Ryan laughed loudly, and he flicked his horsewhip to signal Grape II to enter the city quickly.

"Wait, Dad, I have a question!" After Devonhill yelled, he immediately felt that he was at a disadvantage. His son gritted his teeth and was not convinced. He thought to himself that he must find some ground.

"Say." Ryan raised his voice and laughed, how could it be so cool to train his son.

"You let your mother wear silk stockings for you all day long, isn't that also the realization of your self-worth?" Devin Hill deliberately shouted loudly: "Dad who repeatedly realizes self-worth all day long? The great Sun King?"

Devonhill's voice was a bit loud, and the old guard and the group of Garland witches all heard the baron's words. The men showed teasing expressions of "I understand", while the witches laughed and laughed. For one thing, Lane's hobbies were no secret at the Britannian court.

Bear son! Ryan tilted his body and gritted his teeth, thinking that you did a good job!

Tomorrow you go to the Young Guards and let Karade rule you!

Without stopping, Ryan entered Bogenhafen himself.

The Plague Five have been waiting in the city for a long time.

They have a big secret about the town to tell Ryan.