Chapter 272, The Empire Comes

Winter's footsteps reached the Earl of Glamorgan and the castle of the Earl of Glamorgan.

The first heavy snowfall in mid-winter came earlier than in previous years. Compared with Nord, Brittany is located in the south. It is indeed too early for heavy snowfall at the end of November. When people wake up in the morning, the sky is full of snow I don't know when the sky of the town was covered, and the sky was full of dark clouds.

Winter has indeed come, and the townspeople in Jin Town hurriedly built fires to keep warm, starched and washed clothes, and did handicrafts by the way. Due to the strong wind and snow, many buildings in the collar were closed, and the serfs took the money they earned. Went to the tavern, drank cheap barley wine, ate brown bread and fried beans, and chatted loudly about all kinds of interesting things.

Dozens of taverns have opened in the town, and new taverns are constantly appearing, even special taverns for dwarves and wood elves... Of course, it is very expensive, at least the serfs cannot afford it. A glass of ordinary Barley wine only costs a few copper coins, but a glass of wood elf fruit wine can't be bought without a few silver coins.

The guys in each bar stood at the door and greeted customers enthusiastically. They said one by one: "Gentlemen, folks, it's cold, come in and have a drink, we have the best bards and the best barley wine .”

Astute bar owners know that this year's "folks" have a lot of shiny coins in their pockets.

In the earl's castle, Ryan and Suria are leaning together, drinking hot coffee and tasting delicious jam cakes. The heavy snow outside the window did not affect Ryan's good mood, on the contrary, it brought a special feeling to the two. Such a mood.

Ryan's hands were not very honest around Suria's waist. This was the first time for the female knight to sit with Ryan and have a good talk since she was engaged to him. Every time she came to find Ryan, she was called to the lake. The fairy in the middle tower went to receive "training". Ryan didn't know what the fairy in the lake had trained Suria, but it was true that the two couldn't meet.

Until Ryan complained to the fairy in the lake: "Ma'am, are you engaged to Suria or am I engaged to Suria?"

The fairy in the lake laughed so hard that she burst into tears, and then released the female knight to reunite with him.

"It's snowing so hard, Ryan, brothers...are they okay?" Suria leaned on Ryan's shoulder, covered with a thin blanket, and she was a little worried on her dignified and noble face. The female knight was wearing a suit today. A dreamy peach-pink orange bouquet windbreaker with a beautiful white sweater inside. It is beautiful but not warm enough, especially with a pair of skin-colored pantyhose under the knee-length skirt to keep out the cold. Ryan wrapped the girl in a blanket. The knight's beautiful legs, leaving only a pair of little feet wearing bear slippers, comforted him, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

"Well, I trust you." Surya has a kind of mysterious trust in Ryan, which may be the reason for the engagement, or maybe Ryan has created too many miracles.

The atmosphere in the room was very quiet. Olika was sitting by the fireplace, adding firewood slowly. Delicious pies were being baked in the fireplace, which would be their lunch today.

"Suria, are you staying here for a few days? The envoy from the empire will arrive here in a few days. Come and meet him with me." Ryan touched Suria's tender little hand and said softly .

"Emissary of the Empire?" The female knight blushed a little. At first, she thought Ryan had malicious intentions.

"Well, the envoy of the empire, and also my old friend and brother-in-law, Anton Ferdinand, Earl of the Griffon." Ryan relaxed his body into the sofa chair: "This meeting will have a lot of meaning , I need you to meet my righteous brother with me."

"Of course I will meet your brother-in-law with you." Surya nodded again and again, and the female knight asked curiously: "Anton? heard about it."

Ryan smiled wryly and shook his head: "The godfather didn't marry until he was nearly fifty... Speaking of which,

Yuli hasn't planned to get married yet? Are we not too good to be ahead of him? "

After hearing this topic, the female knight smiled wryly. She leaned on Ryan's chest: "My brother, my father doesn't bother to talk about it. My brother is only thinking about fighting and chivalry. My father successively asked someone to introduce Carcassonne to him." The granddaughter of the Duke of Hubald, the second daughter of the eldest son of the Duke of Bastogne, Berhemond, and several daughters of the earl, the elder brother is not very satisfied... now the father is too lazy to talk about it, compared to most Duke's daughter, I am... very happy now."

"It's my honor to be engaged to you." Ryan's face was a little rejoicing. The female knight has a good character, outstanding strength, and noble status. It is his luck to marry her.

This is all thanks to François who taught him well and pampered him rightly. It is very important for Ryan to have a gentle and virtuous wife who can help him a lot.

Casvann, the Duke of Palavon, has a well-known evil wife. This duchess was born noble, and she is the great-granddaughter of King John I of the previous generation. It was spread all over the old world that she was not pretty and had a very bad temper, always trying to catch any of her husband's faults and then blaming her like a mad dog, biting Kasvann like a mad dog, it was really frustrating bored.

Ryan believes that some small conflicts between husband and wife are inevitable, and mutual tolerance and understanding are very necessary in life, but the Duchess of Kasvann is not the case. Telling the embarrassing things about her husband to win everyone's sympathy, her nitpicking way of doing things disliked all the knights, but she herself didn't realize it.

Francois once said with dissatisfaction that the duchess especially liked to break in suddenly when the dukes and the king were meeting in the capital to discuss matters, and then took the opportunity to pour out her dissatisfaction in front of all the dukes, making Cass Fann's face was shamed again and again, and under her influence, Casfan's temper also became irritable and gloomy.

This shows how important it is for a newly-rising nobleman like Ryan to have a wife like Suria. Divorce between big nobles is very difficult and involves a lot, especially for a champion like Ryan. Under the marriage contract bestowed, it is almost impossible for him to divorce.

Looking at the heavy snow outside the window, Ryan was silent for a long time, and then he said softly to Suria: "Suria, the purpose of the imperial envoy's visit this time is not that simple. First of all, I used the godfather's relationship to buy value from the empire." The magic ore of Qianjin Mark, due to the preciousness of these ores, it is very likely that Anton personally brought the Griffin Knights to transport them. Also, recently, the friction between the Duke of Palaion and the Empire has become more and more frequent and intense... ...I suspect that the Empire is here to test it out."

"Testing? Testing your and...father's position?" Suria immediately realized something. The female knight raised her head, and her exquisite beauty showed some seriousness. As the Duke's daughter, her political sensitivity even Even better than Ryan: "The empire... is already preparing to go to war with the Duke of Palaion?"

"Maybe...we won't know until we meet Anton."

"Ryan... May I ask your position? How do you plan?" Surya hesitated for a while, and she asked in a low voice: "Father and the empire have always had a good relationship..."

"It is unwise to consume the precious power of human beings in internal fighting. On this point, I support His Excellency the Duke." Ryan decided to give the female knight a complete explanation, so that she could feel at ease.

"Thank you, Ryan, you are very kind." Su Liya subconsciously felt that Ryan didn't want to put herself in the middle of a dilemma. kissed himself.

The two entangled on the soft sofa chair for a while before getting up. Suria blushed and smoothed the wrinkles on her dress, unable to lift her head shyly. Ryan let her go with a chuckle, and the earl himself was a little proud A box was moved in from the outside: "Suria, look what I got?"

Open the box, inside is the best beef, the surface of the beef has a beautiful marble pattern.

"This is... snowflake beef?!" Su Liya said in surprise, "Ryan, how did you get so much snowflake beef?"

Snowflake beef is a kind of beef. It is famous in the old world for its fragrance, freshness and tenderness.

"This is sent by His Majesty the Elector Boris. I think we can eat it together." Ryan said with a smile, beef can be regarded as one of the most precious foods in this world: "Bring some when you go back, Let the duke and the duchess taste it together!"

"Lian... Thank you." The female knight was very happy, she let Ryan hold her little hand, and the two came to the kitchen together.

"Today I will teach you how to make a pan-fried snowflake steak~"

"Fried?" Su Liya became interested. The cooking methods that the female knight knows are stewing, roasting, and boiling. This is a cooking method that she has never heard of.

"That's right, come on, let me show you~" Ryan hugged Suria's beautiful body from behind, and whispered in her ear: "After you learn it, you can go back and cook it for the Duke and Duchess, or Dedicated to the lady."

"Ryan, don't say that, it's too utilitarian~" Surya turned her head shyly, and only Ryan's laughter was heard.

The Earl of Glamorgan's Castle under the heavy snow has a special warmth and fun.

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Anton's arrival was three days later. The Earl of Griffon led dozens of half-griffin knights and more than a hundred great swordsmen to land from the Principality of Bordello, and then escorted a large amount of goods to Ryan. territory.

Ryan opened the gate of the castle, and led the remaining knights and his retainers to welcome the arrival of the Earl of Griffin, Anton Ferdinand. He was wearing a Bretanian standard earl dress, and Suria beside him was wearing a standard dress. In the heavy snow and cold wind, they look like a pair of lovers.

"Welcome, Anton, on behalf of the Kingdom of Britannia, I would like to extend my sincere greetings to you and wish you good health." Ryan saw the figure in bright gold full-body plate armor at the head, and stepped forward.

"Hello, Ryan, my brother, I bring the greetings of His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire and the Duke of Griffin. May your pond be as clear and beautiful as the melting snow on the mountains." A man who looked about thirty years old and had a heroic face, With shining eyes, the imperial general with short black hair and sideburns rode on a huge griffin, leading dozens of half-griffin knights and more than a hundred imperial swordsmen to the front. Count Gryphon, Ryan's foster brother Anton Ferdinand.

Anton Ferdinand brought a huge amount of magic ore this time, as well as several barrels of kerosene, which Ryan desperately needed. After he wrote to his godfather, Duke Ivan, Ivan returned I specifically consulted with Emperor Karl Franz.

These things have always been listed as strictly controlled rare materials in the empire. If they want to sell them, they must be approved by the emperor or the elector himself. Fortunately, Ryan's prestige and his special relationship with the empire finally made Karl Franz This order was passed, and in exchange, Ryan would export six mixed-blood elf horses and a large amount of wood elf medicine to the empire.

Britannia is short of ores, especially magic ores.

Some people may find this situation inconceivable. Brittania was founded hundreds of years later than the Empire. Logically speaking, the mining of ores should be far inferior to that of the Empire. How could there be a lack of magic ores?

It couldn't be counted that way, because elves had colonized the Gray Mountains for thousands of years before the Bretons showed up here.

"Long time no see, Ryan, you are already an earl, it's really unpredictable, when you swore to me that you would get a chance here, I thought you were an opportunist, but I didn't expect...you won the bet? "Anton looked at Ryan, who was wearing Earl's costume, with interest: "Father has found a way to buy what you want."

"Thank you very much!" Ryan thanked very sincerely. The dwarf's blacksmith workshop needed fire oil, and Veronica's wizard tower needed magic ore. Ivan was willing to help and Ryan was relieved.

"What's the matter? We also need your medicine and half-breed elf horse." Anton shook his head: "That's because we need each other, so father agreed to help."

"No, didn't I remember that there is a trade route from my side leading directly to Marienburg? Mr. Oliver, the imperial merchant, is in charge of the operation of this trade route. You can buy the medicines of the wood elves in Marienburg." Ryan looked Watching Anton jump off the griffin, he said doubtfully.

"Too little. The Wood Elf goods from your side were snatched up almost instantly. Many nobles and merchants are desperately buying and hoarding the rare Wood Elf medicines. We can buy them on the black market in Marienburg. Some, but those unscrupulous businessmen took the opportunity to raise the price several times." Anton shook his head: "We need more... Who is this?"

Earl Griffin noticed the female knight standing beside Ryan.

"This is my fiancée, Suria-Kumani-Antri-de-Winfort." Ryan took Suria's hand and introduced to Anton: "This is my brother-in-law, Anton Ferdinand, Count Griffin."

"Hello, beautiful Miss Suria, my future younger sibling." Anton's eyes lit up, he knew that Suria was Francois' legitimate daughter.

He was more sure of completing the task.

"Hello, Your Excellency Anton." Suria expressed her respect to Anton with perfect etiquette.

"Let's go in, Ryan...I'm here this time because I want to discuss something with you." Anton quickly turned his attention away from Suria, and whispered to Ryan.

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