Chapter 381: A Day That Changed History

? Gawain was not at all surprised by the impetuous actions of the nobles and the church in the south—in fact, from a certain point of view, the actions of the nobles and the church were facilitated by him step by step.

Almost smashed the alchemy medicine business in the original market, subversive magic net technology, mining machinery and equipment, these things brought wealth they never thought of for the big and small nobles in the south, but at the same time as long as those nobles have a little brains, they will also In response, they are gradually being eroded and controlled by Cecil's economy in this process. On the other hand, through Viscount Andrew of Tanzania Town as an "agent", almost half of the ore business in the south has fallen to Cecil. In the hands of the El-Leslie Consortium, the suppressed noble lords happened to be the ones with the greatest military power in the southern region—after all, mastering the ore is equal to mastering the resources for forging weapons, which is equal to being able to establish and Keep a strong army.

Therefore, the nobles in the southern region, especially the richest and most powerful group of nobles, will sooner or later regard Cecil as an enemy.

"Cecil's land is flowing with gold and silver, and the ruler of this land has a 'weakness' that can be attacked." In this era, no one can resist this temptation.

On the other hand, since last winter, the territory has received a large number of Ability God believers from the Holy Spirit Plain, which is constantly stimulating the nerves of the Holy Light Church. It is difficult for those missionaries to make waves in the South, but if the nobles of the South just want to deal with Cecil at this time, then the Church of the Holy Light will have the opportunity to enter this area - this is a matter of course.

Gawain is very clear that these changes are inevitable and bound to happen - as long as he wants to establish his own new order in this world, he will sooner or later conflict with the original traditional forces. , there is no room for compromise, everything must be spoken by force in the end, so after realizing this, Gawain clearly understood what he was going to do - silently prepare to speak by force, and then look at those traditional nobles and When the church can't help but do it.

Heidi is also a smart person. Seeing Gawain's attitude, she knew that what the ancestors had been planning was the current situation, but there was one thing she couldn't understand: "Ancestor, why do you have to wait for them to take the initiative? You know, from a legal point of view, you always have a reason to take the initiative to attack without worrying about any moral issues - after all, all the nobles in the southern region currently occupy the fiefs of your year..."

"It's very simple, because the land is vast and the people are few," Gawain replied casually, seeing the puzzled look on Heidi's face, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Let them gather people together, We'll be done with a round of saturated artillery shelling and ray guns here, and the southern part of the province will be shot one by one."

Hetty: "..."

Of course, what Gawain said was a bit of a joke. Strategically, you can despise the enemy, but tactically, you must still pay attention to them—even if it’s just a bunch of old-fashioned and old-fashioned people,

The old nobles who didn't know the power of Cecil's guns were still a little threatening with their force - so Gawain took out a piece of paper from the blank letterhead next to him, and scribbled two lines on it. Then hand it over to Hetty: "This letter is for Lady Grant."

Hetty glanced at the content on the letter, and there was only a very brief content on it: "The time to clear the account has come, and the inventory will be checked soon."

After Hetty left, Gawain stood up, went to the map depicting the whole of the south, and fell into thought.

To be honest, although preparations were made early in the morning to confront the traditional forces of this world by force, if it wasn't driven by changes in the situation, Gao Wenlai would not have planned to bring the territory that was in the development stage into a state of war so early.

According to what he thought at the beginning, he wanted to silently develop the territory, continue to open up new land and establish industrial areas in the south, until he mastered the absolute crushing power, and then jumped out and beat up all the traditional nobles.

However, the plan could not catch up with the changes after all. Negotiations between Typhon and Ansu have already begun. Regardless of whether the peace agreement can be successfully signed, the relatively stable situation in the southern border will change. If a war breaks out, it goes without saying that if a peace agreement is signed, it will be resolved temporarily. The external troubles, the Ansu royal family that has freed up their hands should almost notice the Cecil leader who is rapidly rising in the southern border and frequently challenges the traditional order.

Francis II is not a fool. He can tolerate the Cecil family re-entering the stage, and tolerate this ancient family, which has been suppressed with great difficulty, to be active in the southern border. Adding a notoriety of disrespecting ancestors to the "illegitimate royal family", I don't want to give new words to those nobles who don't support the royal family.

In addition to the variables that may arise from Typhon and the Ansu royal family, there are also more and more strange and crazy moves by the Church of the Holy Light recently, and the intricate threats of various forces in the south...

All these factors combined made Gawain realize that he must solve these external troubles in the near future, at least, to completely control the situation in the southern border and make this relatively closed land his stable rear.

At that time, he promised in front of Francis II and all the nobles of the royal capital that he would not "actively" make a legal claim on the existing land distribution in the southern border. But Gawain still hopes to make his behavior more justifiable.

It is best to let those southern nobles jump out on their own.

Of course they have motives and reasons for jumping out - not just because of the greed of the nobles themselves, nor because the system implemented by Gawain Cecil on their own territory really aroused their "righteous indignation", but because The fact that the Cecil family has re-emerged in the South is enough to make the hairs of 90% of the rulers of this land stand on end.

When Cecil was weak, they might not feel threatened, but with each point of Cecil's strength, the hostility from the various noble forces in the southern border would follow. It was only after the ancestral property of Sylvia developed that, in a sense, the Cecil family had a legal claim to the entire southern part of the country.

Since their hostility will break out sooner or later, Gawain doesn't mind helping them a little and making them unite as soon as possible.

Therefore, the 25th Production and Construction Office under the Military Intelligence Bureau formulated a plan, and the 25th Production and Construction Brigade (passive), which is good at brain-filling intelligence collection and spreading rumors and lying about the military situation, implemented this plan.

Then the group of southern nobles who were already vigilant and hostile to the Cecil family couldn't help it and wanted to jump out...

Those nobles who follow the ancient etiquette don't necessarily have the courage to go to war with their ancestors, so they probably just want to jump, use a low-intensity friction to demonstrate to the Cecil family, and then follow the "noble game" way, from The Cecil family stole some benefits, but...

As long as they jump out, the scale of this "friction" is not up to them.

Gawain withdrew his gaze from the map, and then concentrated his mind. In his mind, the top-down perspective from the monitoring satellite appeared...

In the Covenant Fort, in the long hall where history was laid, a document was being read by ceremonial officials from two countries in the presence of everyone.

The voices of the two ceremonial officers reverberated in the hall almost in sync. With the blessing of magical power, the voices were not only loud and clear, but even seemed to have some kind of daunting solemn and heavy texture——

“…We collectively believe that restoring peaceful relations is the first step to jointly deal with threats, and ending the current border confrontation is the first step to ensuring peace…From the date of the signing of the agreement, the military confrontation and all mutual military infiltrations will be stopped. Action... On the basis of resuming diplomacy, resume border trade and people flow, gradually lift martial law... Jointly monitor the magnificent wall...

"...the above are all witnessed by the gods and the spirits of the ancestors, and approved by the great and wise rulers of the two countries...

"...Ansu/Typhon 736, at the Covenant Fort on the Common Frontier...

"Long live the peace."

The solemn final sound fell, and the long hall suddenly burst into warm and lasting applause.

No matter whether the people in this hall are still hostile, whether they were on guard against each other yesterday, or whether they will be separated from each other in the future, at least at this moment, everyone who has gone through a long negotiation is applauding sincerely, Rejoice at this hard-won peace agreement.

The peace agreement witnessed by everyone left the marks of the rulers of the two countries, and then a magician engraved the agreement on two adamantine plates on the spot and handed it over to the two countries for joint preservation. Will stay in this "Fortress of the Treaty", sealed in a safe made of mithril, and sunk deep into a well-protected secret room below the fortress.

But these follow-up and ceremonial things are no longer the concern of Duke Silas?? Laurent, he just watched the king and Rosetta shook hands with emotion, talked, and then presented each other with ornaments and accessories. Jian, in a peaceful and eager atmosphere, this historic negotiation came to an end.

What followed was a slightly relaxed banquet, and the grand banquet continued until late at night.

Even though the negotiation is over, Duke Silas ? Laurent has not let up in the slightest. He is well aware of how many people are watching this peace negotiation, and many of them are those who do not want peace - so even after the agreement is concluded , as long as the king is still in the Fortress of the Treaty, on this border, he cannot let his guard down.

Presumably the same is true for Typhon - because during the entire dinner, Duke Lauren noticed that the guards around Emperor Augustus of Rosetta were always close by, and there were even more staff.

But in the end, it all ended peacefully.

Under the high tension of all the guards, the two rulers spent their last night in the fortress of the treaty. On the 52nd of the month of recovery in Ansu 736, King Francis II of Ansu and Emperor Typhon Rosetta ?? Augustus left the Fortress.

Changfeng Fortress welcomed His Majesty the King with a grand welcome ceremony—for this military frontier fortress city, Francis II, who returned from the Covenant Castle, is a general in another sense, a charge to the front. , the general who returned from victory.

But the old king, who had been physically and mentally exhausted in the negotiations, did not appear in public for too long. After briefly meeting some prominent figures in the fortress, Francis II returned to his resting room.

Prince Edmund was not with him, and the one who entered the room with him was the legendary mage from San Sunil who was responsible for his personal protection.

During the days-long negotiation process, the legendary mage has always maintained a state of life link with Francis II. It can be bluntly said that for Francis II at this moment, this legendary mage has served the Ansu royal family for several times. The legendary mage of the decade is even more trustworthy than all his children.

Stretching the creaking stiff joints, the old king sat on the wide and soft slump, his slightly cloudy eyes looked at the old magician standing beside him - a thin, black-haired, calm demeanor, The old man in the purple starry robe: "You have worked hard these days, Master Duke."

The old man wearing the robe of stars nodded slightly, his voice low and hoarse: "This is my duty."

"End the life link," Francis II said. "Although this illusion of stamina is good, it lasts too long and is about to affect my sleep."

"As you wish." The old mage waved his hand, and a thin layer of magical brilliance flashed over him and Francis II. The effect of the life link disappeared immediately. In the feeling of his body becoming heavy again, the old king couldn't help it. He exhaled lightly.

He was also a powerful spellcaster, and his talent was no worse than that of the legendary mage beside him. However, as a king, he was destined to fail that last step on the road of magic—his body had inevitably fallen into decline.

"Your Majesty, I'll go outside and set up a warning rune for you." After finishing the life link, the old mage said slightly bent over beside Francis II.

"Okay, hard work."

The old mage left the room, but Francis II was about to close his eyes and squinted for a while when he heard the sound of the door being pushed open.

"Master Duke, what else..." The old king opened his eyes and looked at the door curiously, but he didn't finish his words - the one standing at the door was not the legendary master wearing a robe of stars, but a A strange man in a servant costume.

During his absence from San Sunil, theoretically, no unfamiliar faces should appear alone in front of him.

Francis II's right hand calmly stroked a ring on his left hand, and he looked into the waiter's eyes: "Who are you?"

"Your Majesty," the waiter stepped forward, bowed slightly, and politely, "Thank you for your efforts for peace, and all things will greet you in the end."

The voice fell, and the head of the waiter suddenly shattered, and the cracked flesh formed a bloody mouth, and went straight to Francis II!

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