Chapter 1309: Trends in the Rizal Family

A few days ago, the headquarters of the Duke of Risa, White Fox Castle.

It is said to be a fortress, but in fact it is a group of fortresses. There is no integral city wall. Instead, the low hills are arranged like iron barrels according to the terrain and the tunnels between the fortresses. All the dignitaries of the Rizal family live scattered in this fortress complex, guarded by the family's loyal soldiers.

One side of White Fox Castle is a large lake. The fortress group is located high up, and you can have a panoramic view of thousands of sailboats.

Under the hill where the castle is located is the location of White Fox City. Built on the back of a mountain and a lake, relying on water conservancy and road transportation, it gathered a large population and merchants from all over the country, making White Fox City the brightest pearl in the Risa family's territory. Moreover, the city and the castle were guarded separately and relied on each other.

The name White Fox comes from the fact that the white fox was once produced here. When he was young, he was only at the level of an ordinary beast, but as an adult, he has the opportunity to transform into a magical beast, which can bring disaster and disaster.

The fur of this exotic beast is white and soft. Whether it is a cub or an adult, it is very popular among nobles. In particular, the fur of the white fox monster can be made into magic fur. It is beautiful, warm and has enchanting properties. It is an excellent magic material.

Therefore, white foxes were hunted in large numbers by humans and eventually became extinct. There is no such thing as animal conservation in Lost Land. It is best for these monsters that attack human gathering places to die cleanly and everyone will be happy.

The white fox is no longer seen in White Fox Castle, but the people living here still live a peaceful life. There were only 16 grand dukes in the empire under the emperor, and the prosperity of the place where the castle was located was only inferior to that of the imperial city of Nineveh.

After all, Duke Rizal was an expert in domestic affairs. Not only did he manage the empire in an orderly manner, but his own territory was still prosperous. But this was more than half a year ago.

Duke Kawei raised the bloody flag of revenge. Even if he didn't attack the White Fox Castle for a while, it did bring harm to the Risa family's economy.

In particular, the emperor's ban on other families' involvement caused other nobles to more or less restrain their manpower in White Fox City. All the formal official articles were stopped, leaving only some shady exchanges behind the scenes. Despite this, fewer and fewer people are willing to side with the Risa family, and the number of long-term residents in White Fox City is also declining.

Especially under the clear military threat posed by the Kawi family, the Rizal family made every effort to recruit troops and deploy troops to resist. Not only were the capital accumulated by the Rizal family for many years dug out, but even private businesses were exploited by Rizal to the point of being seriously injured. There are people who go bankrupt and lose their homes and commit suicide.

Just a while ago, an unconfirmed news came, which made the residents of Risa Territory even more panic-stricken.

With the help of the bank, Kaweigong started trade with the three small northern countries. The emperor could only prohibit the imperial nobles from communicating with the families of the two grand dukes, but could not prohibit other kings from doing things.

Besides, the geographical location of the three small countries that the Kawei family is in contact with, even if the emperor ordered a conquest in anger, the main attack would be the Grand Duke of Kawei, and it is unlikely to mobilize troops from other places. Even if they really ordered the army to travel a long distance, they would still have to pass through the territory of the Kawei family. As a local snake, it is extremely easy to do something.

In this case, for the three small countries, it is obvious that the friendship between the emperor's decree and Duke Kawei is more important.

However, just opening up trade would not cause the Risa family to feel anxious. It was rumored that Duke Kawei intended to hire soldiers to launch an attack from outside the northern border and attack the Risa Territory. This is what matters!

Is this rumor credible? Judging from the past habits of that military expert, as long as he could win the battle without too many sequelae, he would most likely do it.

For example, driving the common people to be the vanguard and consuming the enemy's vitality may damage the reputation of benevolence and be detrimental to post-war rule. Such a behavior would not be done by that great nobleman who knows how to fight.

But if it is paid and people are willing to be the pioneers, the employee's death can only be blamed on the employee's poor eyesight and lack of strength. It would be strange if the great noble didn't do this kind of thing.

Even Mr. Rizal himself understands that troubles that can be solved with money are not troubles. In addition to the family's private army and territorial recruitment, he also hired a large number of mercenaries who were good at group combat to serve as regional guards. Because if you don't do this, your troops will not be enough to defend your territory and that of your vassals.

It's just that the situation in the Rizal family is obviously not good, and those mercenaries who are greedy for money dare not easily agree to be hired. It's true that those people love money, but if they don't have the life to spend it, no matter how much money they have, it's useless. Some mercenaries got on the bus too early, and when they saw the overwhelming situation, they couldn't get off even if they wanted to.

Not to mention having to pay compensation for breach of contract, breaching the contract would be the same as offending Mr. Rizal. If the Rizal family is finally wiped out by the Kawi family, then nothing will happen. As long as there is some blood left behind, their behavior which is tantamount to betrayal will definitely be retaliated against, so these mercenaries who have signed the contract are also very troubled.

If there is insufficient evidence that the three small northern countries were hired to attack, it is unlikely. Then there is another, more obvious thing, which is simply killing people.

Judging from Duke Kawei's military preparations, he already has the ability to launch an offensive. It's just that this winter, the heavy snowfall prevented Duke Kawei from launching a winter offensive.

In the lost land these days, even if you have warm clothes, once it snows in the latitude where the Gwane Empire is located, it will make people give up the idea of ​​going out, let alone setting off an army. Therefore, Kaweigong's plan was to launch an attack in early spring after the winter. This information also trickled into the ears of Duke Rizal.

Whether it was the undercover intelligence officers in the Dukedom of Kawe who were highly skilled, or whether the old man who was good at using soldiers revealed it himself, no one in the Risa family knew. They only understand one thing, the spring attack is a very vicious move.

Although the Gwana Empire is no longer a major agricultural country, agriculture is still the foundation that countries big and small dare not neglect in an era when trade was not prosperous like Midi. Launching war in the spring basically means giving up spring plowing, which will also have a significant impact on the harvest of the year, and even a complete harvest is not impossible.

It is true that if you have money, you can buy food from other people. However, the nobles in the empire have basically cut off contact with the two major ducal families for the time being. Only after they decide the winner, gain the emperor's approval, and re-enter the order of the empire, can normal business and trade resume.

Without such pressure, the nobles in the empire would provoke disputes and attack each other at will, and the empire would never be peaceful. This can be regarded as the silent pressure given by the emperor. Either hurry up and fight a dozen, and the damned ones will die, and the damned ones will take money to beg for their return. Either continue to delay until both families can no longer breathe, and then the emperor will come forward to harvest. Anyway, the person sitting on that throne would be happy to watch the show since he was sure to make money without losing any money.

If you want to buy grain from a grain merchant... Not to mention the small grain merchants, the largest grain merchant in the nearby Gwana Empire is the Jialong Chamber of Commerce. One of the brothers, Nguyen Van Viet and Van Chao, was as good as Mr. Kawei as if they were wearing the same pair of trousers. Buying grain from the Jialong Chamber of Commerce is even harder than going to heaven.

In today's Jialong Chamber of Commerce, although the two brothers Wen Yue and Wen Zhao do not hold the power of the whole family, they are still at the level where the society is frozen. Because the main force for transporting food relies on trucks produced by the automobile manufacturing and R&D center, even the drivers are trained by the two brothers.

It can be said that even if the Rizal family offers a higher price, there are people from other branches of the chamber of commerce who want to sell. The two brothers Wen Yue and Wen Zhao said that the truck was still heading to Duke Kawei's territory, and it was useless for anyone to say anything.

Even the two brothers Wen Yue and Wen Zhao were persuaded or overpowered by the Ruan family from other branches. The manpower guarding the auto center is half of Duke Kawei's Duke's Guards. If they want to kick out the influence of the Ruan brothers and swallow up all the technicians, it will not be as easy as drinking water.

Now that the second automobile manufacturing plant has not yet been established, once being expelled from the automobile manufacturing and R&D center, it is almost the same as being kicked out of the automobile industry. Even if you use your maintenance skills and existing cars and trucks as templates to re-enter the automobile manufacturing industry, how much effort and effort will it cost. This does not require catching up to the level of the center.

When the opportunity costs on both sides were laid out, those who clamored that the Risa family could buy food at a better price also shut up. The price of selling that grain for gold is not even worth the money it would cost to build an automobile factory from scratch. And is it possible to sell grain to the Risa family as gold?

Therefore, the Jialong Chamber of Commerce is firmly tied to the Kawei family's chariot, and no one can break the corner.

This also means that from a commercial perspective, the Rizal family basically has no chance of buying enough food. Once he gives up the spring plowing in his territory, how long can he deal with the Kawei family?

Besides, the military strength mobilized by the two parties is not at the same level at all. The Kawei family was fully prepared, but they only had 30,000 soldiers plus auxiliary troops. In order to defend various places, the Rizal family mobilized nearly five times more manpower, more than 150,000 soldiers and auxiliary troops.

The difference in quantity between the two means that the Kawei family still has manpower for spring plowing. There may be some things that cannot be taken into consideration, but with the food purchased from the Jialong Chamber of Commerce, it will not be difficult to survive this year.

However, the Rizal family drained all the potential in their territory, and then reluctantly defended those key nodes. Moreover, there is no guarantee that any place can survive Kaweigong's fierce attack. At most, it will only give the defenders in other places time to rush for reinforcements.

As for gathering all the troops to fight in the open field of Lakaweigong?

The Risa family has no confidence!

If it comes to fighting for the core troops, Duke Rizal is confident that the equipment and training he supports are even better than those of the Kawei family. But in the battle between the large armies, he did not have the appropriate strategic and tactical talents to compete with Ricardo Carvey, the talented military god.

Once the motley crew he hired with money dared to appear in the wilderness, they would definitely be laughed at by that old ghost Ricardo. As long as you lose a few miscellaneous troops, your own morale will probably collapse. Not to mention that the remaining miscellaneous troops are about to disperse, even their own core army is not stable.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

So if we don't fight defensively, Mr. Rizal really has no confidence!

The key factor in all these disadvantages is that the emerging product of "cars" brings unparalleled mobility to the old man who likes to run. This is like adding more power to a tiger.

In order to even out this disadvantage, Grand Duke Angie Rizal set his sights on the airship. The opportunity that can be taken advantage of is - the Sid.