Chapter 727 3rd Fleet (Part 1)

On Blue Earth Island, Prince Xiu Senya is preparing to return to the royal capital.

According to his agreement with the king. Every year, he can only come to Lantu Island a few times, and the time to stay can't be too long. For most of the year, he still has to stay in the capital.

After all, as a direct descendant of the royal family, before the next heir to the kingdom is determined, there are many compulsory courses to learn and do.

As children of the royal family, although they have the glory and enjoyment that belong to them, they also have corresponding responsibilities that they must shoulder. Things like running their own property should be done after these things.

"You carry these things onto the ship, and those things, too." Standing at the pier, Prince Xiu Senya, accompanied by a group of officials, was personally directing the moving matters.

The new year has passed, and the cold weather continues.

At the pier, the sky was high and the sea was wide, with a chilly wind blowing towards everyone on the shore. Sharp as a knife.

Prince Xiu Senya was wearing a slightly bloated thick leather robe, but it did not diminish his demeanor at all. Standing among a group of officials, he stood out as if he stood out from the crowd, revealing the aristocratic temperament of the royal family.

Different from Romon's refined demeanor, no matter how elegant Prince Xiu Senya's demeanor was, his inherent nobility could not be concealed.

This is the difference between born aristocrats and acquired aristocrats. From birth to growing up, such a long period of edification is enough to imprint a certain aristocratic temperament into a person's bones, not on the surface.

"Your Highness, are these also being moved onto the ship?" Several large carts arrived at the pier at this time, loaded with some local specialties, and the officials in charge of moving saw that so many things were brought in, hurriedly Came over respectfully and asked His Royal Highness Xiu Senya for instructions.

"Well, put all the things in these cars on the No. 3 ship. These are for the gentlemen and packed separately from the gifts for the royal family members." Prince Xiu Senya said.

"Yes, Your Highness." The ordering official trotted over quickly, directing everyone to move the things on the car to the No. 3 ship.

Xiu Senya felt a little cold at this time, and hurriedly tightened her clothes.

It's not that he has reached the point where he has to do everything by himself, in fact, the previous ships are all ready. The ships in front of him were loaded with a large number of gifts that he had brought for the close ones of the royal family. He had to come to select and direct them himself, and no negligence could be tolerated.

In matters of diplomacy,

Every member of the royal family seems to be born with this kind of ability, to know what to do and what to say to whomever they meet, and Prince Xiushenya, who has undergone a lot of training, has become a member of the younger generation of the royal family in this regard. of the best.

The temperament, appearance, demeanor, and talent that the noble children admired were all well displayed in him.

At least, in the eyes of many people now, the one who can be the next successor of the real Esk Kingdom must be Prince Xiu Xenya!

Although his elder brother and younger brother also have handsome looks and decent diplomatic demeanor, there is a huge contrast between the former and the latter, and the achievements of Prince Xiu Senya in recent years are all in people's eyes.

If so, at first. Some people also questioned the king's partial attitude on the issue of children, and now most people already understand why the king favors the second prince so much.

Under the circumstances that have already begun to benefit him, Prince Xiu Senya still did not relax his requirements on himself, and continued to maintain a cautious attitude, and he attached great importance to the issue of bringing gifts to everyone when he returned to the capital.

"Your Highness, everything has been loaded onto the ship." Many people started working together, naturally at a very fast speed.

After a while, the official trotted over again, and replied respectfully.

With the progress of the times, the bureaucratic system is also developing, but officials are still far behind the nobles, they can only be regarded as vassals and supplements of the noble system.

Prince Xiu Senya nodded, and said to the people beside him: "Send more people to watch the boat, so that there will be no mistakes, you know?"

"Your Highness, please rest assured, the subordinate will definitely send more manpower, and will not cause any problems to the ship." The officials beside him responded quickly.

Only then did Prince Xiu Senya bring a team of guards back to the palace on the island temporarily.

Just then, he received the news.

"What? Baron Rocas, formally hand over the territory and title to Viscount Tetashaw?" The prince was very surprised, and his face changed slightly.

"Yes, Your Highness, it was publicly expressed at the banquet, and was witnessed by the priest of the God of Order."

"In this way, the Tertashaw Territory has reached the standard of the Earl Territory?"

"Yes, according to our calculations, the Tertashaw Territory, including the Overseas Territory, has fully reached the standard of the Earl's Territory."

"The hard target for being promoted to the earl, what else has not been achieved?"

"It is almost qualified in terms of merit, and even more so in terms of strength. The only hard indicator that is not up to the standard may be the population of Yuanfan Port."

Citizens are freedmen, and they also get rights that ordinary freedmen do not get.

"What is the population of citizens in Yuanfan Port?"

"According to our estimate, there are about 6,000 people, but it is said that there are many people who apply to join. Viscount Tetashaw's review of citizen qualifications is very strict, which is almost the same as the conditions for attracting new citizens in the capital."

"Then how long do you think there will be 10,000 citizens?"

"We have analyzed that it will only take three to five years."

"Three to five years!" Prince Xiu Senya listened, thoughtfully: "Understood, by the way, is the time for the ship's departure set?"

"Your Highness, the sailing time is set in the early morning of tomorrow, so you can catch up with the New Year's celebration in the capital."

"I see, you guys go to work!" At this time, the sunset was setting in the west, and it was going to be dark soon. After dinner, I had to go to rest.

The affairs on the island had been arranged as early as yesterday. Nothing to say all night.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Prince Xiu Senya boarded the battleship back to the capital with a large group of guards.

The fleet took a short-cut route and did not pass by Yuanfan Port. However, Romon had been sent to inform Romon before, and the other party also agreed to assist in the defense of Lantu Island during his absence.

"Your Highness, His Majesty will be very happy when you go back this time." A close friend of Prince Xiu Senya stood on the deck with him. Seeing him staring forward with deep eyes, the confidant said with a smile.

These people are not low-born, and they can become close ministers of His Royal Highness, which one is not a nobleman?

Although these nobles are all court nobles, there are not many children of real nobles.

This time they went out with His Highness, except for a few unlucky ones who died in battle, all of them got rich, and after returning to the capital, His Majesty’s rewards are also indispensable. The whole group is looking forward to returning to Beijing this time. Of course, this time It's military merit. If you accumulate it several times, you might even get a fief.

Fiefdoms, granted land, owning fiefdoms means owning the land, and the sovereignty of the people on the land. Although they must be loyal to the monarch and undertake military service obligations, they have jurisdiction over the people in the fiefdoms and can levy taxes. Can be hereditary, and can create private soldiers.

It can be said that obtaining a fief is the highest dream of all noble children, even beyond titles and money.

Only nobles who own fiefs are real nobles, this sentence has been engraved on their bodies and minds.

Recently, Prince Xiu Senya has been able to gain more people's support because of the 120 square kilometers of Lantu Island. This island has invested four or two thousand dollars, which has caused a significant change in power.

Prince Xiu Senya also knew it in his heart, and glanced at him: "Your Majesty may be very happy, after all. We won the battle and did not dishonor the glory of the father and the royal family. He will definitely be happy!"

In fact, there are still some territorial benefits in this battle, but three to four Lordships are not easy to deal with!

"Then why do you seem to have something on your mind, Your Highness?" As expected of the prince's confidant, although Prince Xiu Senya was smiling, he could tell at a glance that His Highness was not very happy.

"Just before my father told me to go back, His Royal Highness Hai Lancha suddenly asked for orders in front of my father, wanting to command the Third Fleet and go on an expedition to the elves..." Prince Xiu Senya smiled faintly at this point. "I'm afraid that when I go back this time, I will see him fulfill his wish."

"His Royal Highness wants to command the Third Fleet?" Prince Xiu Senya learned about this through a secret channel, and he has not mentioned it to the people below. When this person heard this, he was immediately stunned, and after a while, he shook his head and sighed. He said: "However, isn't this what you need, Your Highness?"

"It was designed by me. Only through comparison can I show my talent. It's just that my father is thinking about agreeing so easily, which makes me a little uneasy!"

Prince Xiu Senya is very aware of his father's disposition. Although he has a preference for him, he is still a monarch in essence. Before the monarch officially delegates power, any uneasy factors will arouse his vigilance.

Although he is his favorite child, his father will still feel uneasy if he just sits and lets his power grow a little bit.

Now that his prestige is only a little higher, his father began to feel uneasy. Someone must have whispered gossip in his ear.

Thinking of this, Prince Xiu Senya squinted his eyes. It seems that after he goes back, he needs to clean up the stones in the palace. He can't wait until the stones really stumble, can he?

"Your Highness, Your Majesty shouldn't have such an idea. Hasn't he been silently supporting you all these years?"

"Yeah, you've been supporting me all the time!" Prince Xiu Senya twitched his lips, and didn't continue to tell his cronies what he really thought.

In the past, I was relatively weak and talented, and my father certainly supported me. Now, I have the prestige and power that surpasses my brother, so it is difficult to think about my father's thoughts.

Of course, this can't be said. Sometimes, no matter how close people are, they can't speak freely. This is the price that must be paid as a contender for the throne.

"It's too cold outside, go back inside, go to the cabin and tell me about the few business suggestions you gave me last time, and after a while, call other people to have a meeting, yes Everyone expresses their opinions on this matter." Patting his subordinate on the shoulder, Prince Xiu Senya walked in first.

This confidant looked at the back of Prince Xiu Senya, with a thoughtful expression on his face, and immediately followed. When the wind blew the hem of his clothes, it exposed a very small logo on the hem, which was actually a small and cute pattern of a lucky beast.

If Romon was standing here at this time, he would definitely recognize this pattern, which is a sign of the insiders of the Pilgrimage Business Association!

As a mysterious business association organization, its power has penetrated widely, which is really shocking!

Just as Prince Xiusenya's fleet was marching towards the capital, in the palace, the eldest prince Hai Lancha was sweeping all the things on the table with a gloomy expression!

"Why is father so partial!" The eldest prince Hailancha growled unwillingly: "What am I inferior to him? Why can he command the Fourth Fleet, but I can't command the Third Fleet?"

After finally venting, he sat back on the chair out of breath, and the cronies who were serving at the side hurriedly asked someone to clean up the room, and at the same time, they leaned up to him and said with a smile: "Your Highness, why are you so angry? Didn't His Majesty reject your proposal? There is still a chance."

"What chance is there?" The eldest prince Hai Lancha said angrily: "I knew that I was biased, but I didn't expect him to be biased to this extent!"

As he spoke, he slapped the handle of the chair hard, obviously feeling extremely depressed.

The confidant and valet cautiously reminded: "Your Highness, this is not an option, how about..."

"Why not? If you have any idea, hurry up and say it, what are you doing?" The eldest prince scolded impatiently.

This confidant couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Your Highness, Earl Fikam next to His Majesty loves money the most. For example, let's send someone to give him some gifts..."

Before the confidant and valet finished speaking, the eldest prince Hai Lancha couldn't help but raised his foot and kicked him on all fours: "What are you talking about? I am a prince, can I give him a gift?"

This confidant and valet secretly despised the eldest prince's shallow knowledge, no matter what kind of prince you are, before you ascend the throne, you are in trouble, the phoenix is ​​not as good as the chicken, and the real strength in your hands may not even be as good as a baron.

You see that Prince Xiu Senya is flourishing, it is because he has mastered a real territory and given hope to the people below, so he is getting more and more prosperous.

If the eldest prince Hai Lancha does not break through, how will he compete in the future?

Although Earl Fikam is only a court nobleman and only owns one manor, he is deeply trusted by His Majesty and has a great influence on His Majesty!

For this breakthrough, he still needs his help. What is some money?

However, as a close servant, he is almost all prosperous and all is lost, so he still has to continue to persuade.

"Your Highness, this is the best way now. Earl Fikam has always been trusted by His Majesty. You just need to ask him, maybe you can solve the problem. The most important thing is to achieve your goal. Otherwise, in the future, time will The longer it takes, the more the Second Highness will gain power."

"What you said...is not unreasonable." After the eldest prince Hailan found out that he was not a fool, he immediately thought about it. After thinking for a long time, there was no other good way, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay, since This is the only way, you go and do it, I will leave everything to you, you must do it for me, otherwise, hehe!"

After spending so much time and effort thinking about the master, but in the end, this confidant and servant was secretly depressed, and suddenly felt that his master was really not as good as that Second Highness, but now he couldn't help himself, so he could only follow orders. (!)