Chapter 566, Mu Xilong's Night Talk
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Mousilon has recovered. After nightfall, the entire city is now under the control of the human army. The patrolling army is exploring the entire city, searching for possible enemies. The wealth in the old house is still obsessed with. They rummaged around, looking for a windfall that might have been forgotten.
It is true that a very small number of lucky people found a little wealth by luck. This matter was reported to Baron Hux of Devin. All right.
The city of Musillon is really too big. In fact, after entering the city, even an army of more than 20,000 people is not enough to search every part of the city, especially in the shanty town and the lost area. There are many hidden paths, cellars and secret basements that the army has spent a lot of time searching for, and it may be good news that some soldiers are willing to take the initiative to search door-to-door.
After the end of the Great Enfeoffment, Ryan and others stayed in the street of Landuin in Jiangxin. Ryan chose a three-story middle-class noble mansion for himself to live in. The things inside were cleaned up and changed very simply. Here's where you live.
Today, Ryan hosted a banquet here for Dietrich, the imperial general from Nur, his deputy Boris von Zhukov, Lucien, the Baron of the Spire Palace under Ryan, and his good friend Alfred.
Due to the reduction in food reserves and Mu Xilong's waiting to be done, Ryan's treat was very simple, and did not strictly follow the order of serving the dishes. Ryan prepared a total of four dishes for this banquet.
The first course is a large Cassoulet filled with potatoes, corn, pork, chicken, lamb, bacon, and various spices,
The second dish is the famous veal stew in white sauce in Brittania. The reason why it is called white sauce is because the sauce poured on this dish is white. The dish is made from the breast or shoulder of a calf boiled in water along with carrots, celery and onions. Goulash with Beaujolais is a perfect match.
The third course is Bouillabaisse Lyonnais, a dish consisting of fish soup, croutons dipped in garlic and potatoes. This coastal delicacy is best enjoyed with red wine from the Bordeaux Valley vineyards.
The last dish is Musilon's famous frog dish. Musillon has nothing else. There are indeed a lot of snail frogs. This kind of amphibian was put on the table of Britannia a thousand years ago. Today, it is still the main source of meat dishes for many people in Mu Xilong. The tender frog meat is served with garlic butter and parsley. After eating, you can feel the wonderful taste and the effect of prolonging life. It is said that Mu Xilong The Long people eat one million frogs every year. Ryan doesn't know how to calculate this number, but since he arrived in Mu Xilong, he will go to do as the Romans do and taste the famous frog dishes.
On Ryan's side, his female courtier Teresa sat with him. Due to the hot weather in July and the fact that the frozen underground river had consumed a lot of mana, Teresa was in a low state for a while, so she happened to be with Ryan. , that is, when you are on vacation.
On the dining table, the sound of silver plates colliding with knives and forks can be heard endlessly. The two imperial generals sat opposite Ryan, and they were a little cautious when eating.
The person in front of him is now a duke, having the same status as Emmanuel, the Duchess of Nuer whom they are loyal to.
And more importantly, they witnessed Lion's prowess throughout the campaign to retake Mousillon.
Needless to say, the personal bravery of the fairy champion in the lake,
The two imperial generals compared the most powerful warrior of Nuer, Theodore Bruckner, the champion of Nuer and the judge of Nuer, with Ryan, and sighed in their hearts, because it was far inferior to Theodore -Bruckner's strength is even worse than that of Callard, not to mention fighting Tzeentch first, then Landuin, and finally defeating Matthew Bard's Ryan in Korona.
The strong can be respected no matter where they are. Dietrich and Boris' original dissatisfaction with Ryan disappeared after seeing Ryan's strength with their own eyes, especially Boris von Zhukov. It's not without reason that the Duchess Emmanuel would take a fancy to Ryan.
And in a few years, he will be the king of this country.
But because of this, these two people are a little embarrassed. After all, they have complained about Ryan in front of the Duke of Lawn, and they don't know if these rumors have reached Ryan's ears. I can't afford a waist.
"Mr. Dietrich, Mr. Boris, you have worked hard from a long distance, and you have suffered a lot in this battle. You don't need to rush back and rest for a while." Ryan asked Dietrich and Boris why Mo Mo knew it well, and he didn't say anything. Duke Mousilon had a faint smile on his face: "You shouldn't be in a hurry to go back to Nur, right?"
Dietrich slandered Mu Xilong in his heart and said that Mu Xilong is now waiting to be done. Aren't we staying here for nothing? The imperial general pretended to think for a while and said in a muffled voice: "It's better to go back earlier. Now that Mu Xilong has recovered, it is useless for us to stay here, and this time we have suffered a lot. The siege equipment We also lost more than half, and when we return to Nuer, His Excellency the Countess will definitely blame us."
Duchess is the respectful title given by the empire to Emmanuel who holds the titles of three great nobles, otherwise Emmanuel who holds the three top titles (Duchess of Nuer, Elector of Brescia, and Duchess of Wesson) at the same time Li has to give a brief introduction every time she appears on the stage, which is a bit too complicated for the common people. Therefore, the citizens of Nur gradually use a single title of "Countess" to call Emmanuel, and this title will soon be used in the upper class. became popular among the nobility.
As soon as he said this, Ryan smiled meaningfully. He could tell that both Dietrich and Boris respected Emmanuel, that is, Emilia, and they didn't know what the little maid used. The method can really train Nur's subordinates to be obedient. Speaking of the losses caused, the two imperial generals are a little afraid.
Teresa, who was sitting next to Ryan, was suddenly a little dazed.
The female sorceress is wearing a black night garden star pearl bud flower skirt today, revealing her snow-white and pink shoulders. It matches with her glamorous temperament and beautiful appearance, which highlights her arrogant temperament and her character of not getting close to strangers , Unlike Veronica, Teresa never wears low-cut clothes, and the length of the skirt slightly covers the knees so that the thighs are not exposed. The slender and straight legs protrude from under the skirt, and a pair of delicate jade feet are not wearing stockings Instead of wearing high heels, she simply wore a pair of wood elf-style flat sandals, with blue nail polish on her toenails. She sat beside Ryan very quietly, thinking of the past.
Emilia is Emmanuel! Unexpectedly, the female mercenary at the beginning has now become one of the most powerful people in the empire. When the sorceress thought of this, she felt that the world was really impermanent. People think that she actually...
Teresa thought of this, and suddenly shifted her gaze to Ryan.
That's right, who would have thought that the white wolf knight who took an adventure with him ten years ago would now become the Duke of Musillon, the future king of Brittany? !
"Amy... If Emmanuel talks about this, you will say that I am the one who needs to apologize. In order to regain Mu Xilong, the Imperial Army has also made great efforts in this war. As long as If you tell her that, she will definitely not blame you." Ryan said with a smile.
"Thank you very much!" Dietrich and Boris were waiting for this, and the two imperial generals immediately thanked them.
"The imperial army has a lot to learn from us, and I have learned a lot in this war." At this time, sitting aside, Lucien, the new Baron of the Spire Palace, spoke, and he put a sausage into the On his own plate, he continued: "Mr. Dietrich, Mr. Boris, when you return to Nur, can you mail me a set of military training textbooks? I can pay for the postage and books."
"This matter is not difficult." Dietrich nodded, the veteran soldier in his fifties: "Leave it to us, Your Excellency Lucien, but you need to leave us your mailing address and contact information, and Mu Xi There is no postal system here in Long, so we can only send it to Helenhild, the capital of the Principality of Wenford, or the town of Jean, Lord Ryan."
"Then please send it to Jean Town." Lucien immediately left an address for them.
Ryan was silent for a while, and he suddenly said to Lucien: "Lucien, is there any problem with you? Do you need me to send someone to help you?"
"Of course it's fine, my Duke." Lucien was stunned for a moment, and the young baron of the Spire Palace immediately responded: "Thank you very much!"
Ryan granted the Spire Palace and its surrounding area to this young knight from the Duchy of Wenford. However, among all the entrustments, Lucien's land allocation may be the worst.
This does not refer to the worst quality of land, because the swamp near the Spire Palace is notoriously fertile. It refers to the town. In a series of previous wars, the entire Spire Palace Castle was melted, which means that Lu Xi'an was allotted a piece of white land without decent military defense facilities. Under Mu Xilong's current unsafe environment, whether this knight can protect his subjects is a big question mark.
This made the new Baron of the Spire Palace feel very distressed. Even if the castles assigned to other barons were captured, at least there are existing castles, which can be reused after repairing them. A real white land, Lucien knew that he had the lowest qualifications, and being a baron was already good, so he had nothing to say about it.
To repair an old castle, 500 kroner is enough to repair it, but if you want to build a new castle, the 1,000 kroner rewarded by Ryan is not enough, at least not enough for Lucien.
A pure-blood elf warhorse is worth a thousand gold crowns, and there is no market for it.
"Well, you go back to Glamorgan later and find Katzenberg, he will help you, but my help is secondary, it mainly depends on yourself." Ryan faced the baron under his command The guide said: "If possible, let the merchants and those churches participate. Don't forget that the pontoon bridge near the Spire Palace is one of the few important transportation hubs that can cross the Grace Murray River!"
"Understood!" Lucien thought for a while and immediately understood Ryan's meaning.
"The important thing is the population, Ryan." Teresa poured herself a bowl full of beef stew in white sauce, and the sorceress made her own suggestion: "Mousilon can accommodate at least one million people here, but we Now there are only 120,000 people, even if you can move some people from Glamorgan, the gap is still too big."
"Leo Nasai will send more than 20,000 refugees over." Ryan nodded, Teresa's words made sense.
"Not enough, only 20,000, 200,000 is not enough." The sorceress said bluntly, she said in front of the two imperial generals and Lucien: "We need enough population, otherwise it is impossible to reorganize Musillon's former luminous."
"Indeed, Ms. Trovik is right, my Duke, we need population." Lucien also agreed with Teresa's point of view, and he continued: "There is not enough population, how do we revive this place? The current The situation is that we don’t even have enough people to farm the land.”
"Hmm..." Ryan pursed his lips, and he nodded in agreement. Indeed, his Mu Xilong needs a population.
"This time, we have to ask our imperial brothers." Ryan thought for a while, and set his sights on Dietrich and Boris: "Nur and Wissen have a lot of people, right?"
"???" Dietrich was taken aback, and the imperial general hurriedly said: "This...Your Excellency Ryan, there are indeed a lot of people in Nuer and Wessen, but there are not many surplus people. Do you want Move people from us to Musillon? Uh...we can help you make an announcement, just..."
"No, I don't intend to introduce population from Nuer." Ryan shook his head, and he said calmly: "Even if I want to introduce, I will introduce technical talents, scholars, and human engineers from Nuer."
"Then... How does His Excellency Ryan plan to solve the population problem?" Boris asked suspiciously.
"Besides Nur, isn't there other big cities in the empire? Especially your downstream, where there are people, and there are a lot of people." Ryan's tone was very calm: "The population there is not only not helpful to that city , and it has become an extremely heavy burden, even so, the people of the entire empire are still frantically flocking there?"
"You mean... the capital Brunswick?!" Dietrich immediately thought of something, and the imperial general thought about it for a while, and suddenly felt that this matter might really be done.
Brunswick, the capital of the empire, has always been a city plagued by congestion and congestion. Its walls have reached their limit after several expansions. Its city can accommodate a population of about 200,000 to 300. Ten thousand.
But actually?
Brunswick has a floating population of around one million all year round. Every year when people are confused, refugees and adventurers from various territories of the empire, deserters, and those who escaped the war will move towards the capital in waves. Do your best to find all the jobs you can find in Brunswick.
Therefore, the whole city will always be flooded with crowds, stinky smells and loud noises. At this time, the population is no longer a resource, but a heavy burden.
Dietrich can be sure that if Ryan offers to accept part of the population of Brunswick, then Emperor Karl Franz will definitely be willing to sit at the negotiating table and negotiate with Ryan to get what he needs!
"That's right, it's Brunswick." Ryan nodded: "I discovered this problem when I went to Brunswick last time. I think Emperor Karl Franz would be willing to release part of the population to me. I can With the much-needed population resources, he can also reduce the population pressure in the city, but I will definitely not let him keep all the high-quality population and take over all the old, weak, sick and disabled. This can only be discussed slowly .”
"In addition, I will also leave for Brunswick next year, and then go to Nuer." Ryan took out a gold-plated envelope with a skull, laurel wreath and Iron Cross on it: "This is Emperor Karl Franz handwritten letter."
"Our Emperor invited you to Brunswick?" asked Boris von Zhukov.
"He invited me to watch the ceremony, and Emmanuel must have also been invited." Ryan raised the corner of his mouth and said with a faint smile on his face, "Because there will be a major personnel change next year."
"Next year, the eight magic academies of the Royal Wizarding Academy of the Empire will gather in Brunswick for a competition."
"In this competition, the new chief wizard of the royal family and the new supreme dean of the Royal College of Wizards will be elected!"