Chapter 386 The capital, I'm here!
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Lei Wen frowned, bent his mouth, and moved his shoulders.
He prepared for this funeral for 3 months, and wanted to see who dared to cause trouble on such an occasion!
Following along the sound and separating the crowd, the scene in front of him made Lei Wen's expression a little weird.
Two people are fighting—to be precise, one is hitting people and the other is being beaten.
The evil person who hit someone grabbed the hair of the person being beaten with one hand, and scratched the person being beaten with the other hand!
Looking at the person who was beaten, his face turned blue and white, and there were still a lot of blood. He didn't dare to exert too much force on his hands, but just shouted: "Stop - stop!!" >
"I'm not polite if I keep stopping!"
The hitter raised his eyebrows and did not allow him at all: "Stop? Why don't I stop stopping when I ask you to stop talking? Now you either kneel down Apologize, or I will grab your face! "
The person who was beaten couldn't break free for a while, but he couldn't attack a woman, so he had to look for help on both sides, but there was no noble next to him. If they wanted to get involved, they avoided their eyes.
Finally, he found someone who could ask for help: "Baron Lei Wen, you finally came out. Let this crazy woman stop!" Lei Wen, who was originally watching the show Touching his nose, coughing and walking forward, "Okay, Mrs. Doreen, you can let him go first."
Seeing Lei Wen's arrival, Doreen let go and grabbed the other person. The hair hand shook off the hair stuck to it and saluted respectfully to Lei Wen: "Baron Lei Wen!"
"The funeral has not ended yet, why are the fights started?" Lei Wen glanced at the silence of the The hitter: "And you are too heavy to attack, and your eyes are red..."
"My eyes are like this!" The person who was beaten opened his hair and revealed a blood-stained face: "It's me, it's me!!!"
Lei Wen then "suddenly realized" and Apologized tone, "Ah, I'm so sorry. I didn't see clearly when it was dark. It turned out to be a little skinned viscount."
"Madam Doreen, although Xiao Haiwei is young, she is also a viscount after all. No matter what, , you have to apologize to him."
Asking about apologizing, Xiao Ping's face showed a hint of unnaturalness, and he coughed, "No need, after all, it was Mrs. Nancy's funeral... "
"No need? If you say no, there is no need!?" Mrs. Doreen blushed and stared at Xiao Feipi: "If you are still a noble, you should say what you just said again! ”
Lei Wen suddenly understood the truth, and his eyes looked at Xiao Feipi as sharp and cold as a razor: "Little Feipi Viscount, what did you say just now?"
The tone was calm, and it was heard in Xiao Feipi's ears. But it was as cold as the wind blowing from the glacier.
He shivered suddenly, his eyes turned to the side, and said to him: "...uh, maybe it's because there are so many people and the voices are confused. Mrs. Doreen misheard, I'm nothing. I haven't said it before."
This is of course a lie.
Xiao Peel has always been disgusted with Raven. After Raven penetrated Aivor, this jealousy became more and more swelling and even became uncontrollable.
He didn't understand why Lei Wen was always able to get so many support.
After his subordinate Dalton came back, he praised Lei Wen. Viscount John fought for Lei Wen without hesitation for his life - he suffered too much damage last time and could not even attend this funeral!
Of course, the situation is stronger than others. Raven's current momentum is at its peak in Nord Province. Even the Slater family wants to give him face. Of course, Xiaopie knows the pros and cons.
So come to the funeral obediently.
But unexpectedly, Lei Wen actually held Nancy's funeral so luxuriously, which made him follow the funeral from early morning to night.
In fact, according to Nord tradition, after the Requiem Mass, the nobles can leave the funeral to rest and enjoy the cocktail party, but Raven's influence is so great that many nobles spontaneously followed and sent Nancy to the end. One journey.
Not all nobles are willing to do this, but they are not sociable. However, they are taboos in aristocratic social occasions, so Xiaoshai has to follow him unwillingly.
As a result, Lei Wen stayed in the cemetery for nearly 2 hours!
Xiao Baixi was really tired and impatient, and complained in a low voice: "This bastard Lei Wen really treats a down-and-out nobleman who has lost his family as a treasure?" br>
This sentence was heard by Mrs. Doreen, and the previous scene happened.
Watching Xiao Feipi is silent, Mrs. Doreen becomes more and more annoyed: "Okay, don't you say it, right? Then I'll tell you for you!"
Little Feipi is in her heart Tighten, Raven is not something he can provoke now. If Mrs. Doreen really lets tell the truth, he will be in trouble.
"I didn't say anything at all, don't go crazy here!"
"Crazy? Yes, I'm just going crazy!" Mrs. Doreen's eyes suddenly turned red.
In Mrs. Doreen's heart, she always had two dreams.
One is to marry a noble and brave hero and become his wife.
The other is that you become a respected woman, just like the legendary "daughter of war", inspiring every woman to fight for her destiny.
Nancy, and she lived just as she wanted.
She has an amazing husband like Lei Wen, and she is very strong.
Eagle City was surrounded before, and it can be said that it was because of Nancy's decisive decision that she could defeat the horse thieves and pirates.
Not only allowed Eagle City to be rescued, but also avoided greater disasters!
Dorin's life path has been locked and there will be no change. Nancy is her ideal self in her mind, and the sustenance of her dreams and soul.
So a woman who is perfect in Dorene's heart actually withered and fell at the age of 25. How could Dorene not feel sad or regretful?
But Xiao Peeling said that kind of thing at the funeral, on such a solemn and serious occasion, which made the pain in Mrs. Doreen's heart burn into anger!
"But don't worry, I'm not you, I won't say such a nasty thing." Mrs. Doreen covered her chest with one hand and pointed at the small skin with the other hand:
"But, you must Now apologize to Mrs. Nancy! Otherwise, after dispersing today, you will get a war! "
Xiao Baixi wanted to laugh for a moment.
Dorin is just the widow of the baron, and her territory is less than 1/5 of the small skinned ones. To start a war is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
How dare she?
But his eyes fell on Lei Wen, and Xiao Baishai's heart became cold-Doline didn't have many soldiers, but Lei Wen had many, and they were all elite soldiers in a hundred battles!
If these soldiers were wearing the Simpsons' robes...
"This..." Little skinned the collar that was being messed up by Doreen, and his eyes for help fell not far away. Minsk in the body.
Minsk is Tyron's eldest son, the next head of the Slater family, destined to inherit the title of Earl and the leader of the Iron Legion.
If he spoke, he could resolve the dilemma faced by Xiaoshang.
Minsk moved his pace and spoke calmly: "I also think that Xiaosai Viscount needs to apologize to Mrs. Nancy!"
Little Baisai glared around Eye.
Am I crazy or Nord Province crazy?
No matter how you say Slater is, you are also the Earl family. You are not as shameless as pleasing Raven so much, right?
Minsk's face was calm.
He spoke this time not only to gain Lei Wen's favor and strengthen the connection between the two families.
More importantly, he knew better than everyone present what kind of achievements Nancy had achieved.
Since Raven attacked Ever, his Iron Legion has not moved. Even if His Majesty the King asked the Earl of Jonah, who was far away in Molinir, he did not move the only one in the three northwestern provinces. A special imperial legion.
Why?
That's because Insa didn't just look at Lei Wen to make a move, they also responded.
Although the territory is more barren than Keynes and the population is only 2/3 of that of Keynes, Insa's comprehensive national strength has always been below Keynes.
The key is that Insafen faces the sea three times, and there are stable maritime trade routes and channels in the east and west of the mainland.
The sea is not smoother than the land, and pirates, sea clans and sea monsters emerge one after another.
In order to maintain the maritime trade route, Insa has two top maritime fleets.
The "Rich Fleet" located in the Western Storm Sea and the "Silver Dragon Fleet" located in the Eastern Endless Sea.
The Mengen River in Nord Province flows westward into the Storm Sea.
The Iron Legion held its troops unmoved in order to prevent the raid of the Nutao Fleet!
If Nancy hadn't defeated the group of horse thieves and pirates, then chaos would inevitably arise in the province, and the Iron Legion would have to withdraw it back to the province to suppress and suppress bandits.
In that case, the Storm Fleet will lead straight in and the situation will be so collapsed.
When no one was standing on his side, Xiao Peeling gritted his teeth.
Forbearance!
He faced Lei Wen and bowed respectfully: "Baron Lei Wen, I would like to express my deep respect to you!"
After saying that, he was about to get up, but his legs were bent and he suddenly felt stressed. He was standing unsteadily and fell to the ground with one knee.
Mrs. Doreen took back her feet that were kicking Xiao Peel's legs and shouted, "And Madam Nancy!"
"You--!" Xiao Peel's head suddenly raised, wishing to put it on Doreen swallowed alive.
But when he saw Lei Wen's cold face without any smile, he still restrained the swear words behind him and said humiliatedly in a kneeling position:
"I am here, Express your sincerest respect to the deceased Mrs. Nancy! ”
The blood all over his body was getting cold. A viscount actually wanted to kneel down to a woman to apologize. What a shame!
Leiwen's face showed a smirk that anyone could see: "Haha, the little skinned viscount is too fast, why did you kneel down?"
"Quick..."
I wanted to say "Come on," but before I finished speaking, there was a sound of flapping wings.
Hu——
The sound of the wind approached, blowing away a thick layer of roses on the ground. A monster with a snow-white body with an eagle head, a horse body, a lion's claw, a tiger's tail and a rib-born wings fell to the ground.
Griffin!
On the griffin's back, a knight turned over, holding a cloth bag in both hands, raised it high, and shouted: "Who is Baron Raven!?"
On Raven The previous step: "It's me."
The knight shook his lips, and his two greasy horoscopes were moving around, as if he was surprised by the baron's youth.
But the surprise did not last long. The knight straightened his body and whispered: "Perspect the noble King of Keynes Empire, the guardian of human civilization, the lord of the Middle Earth, and the inheritor of the blood kingdom. The most noble king of kings on Middles continent, Habs Mann Keynes, and His Majesty Keynes XVI, summoned Baron Raven to enter the capital of the capital, Naegal, and carried out the The Earl's Prisoner's Celebration Ceremony!"
Puzzle
It was originally just a small skinning kneeling on one knee, and both knees fell completely to the ground!
Earl...Earl! !
Levin actually surpassed the rank of Viscount and became the Count! ?
How many years have the empire not released a new earl?
300 years? 400 years?
Low but undepressed discussions sounded around.
"Woo..."
A sob sounded, and Mrs. Doreen covered her mouth and nose with her back, but tears still flowed out uncontrollably.
"Mrs. Nancy, you should witness this scene!"
As soon as this sentence came out, Jenny, who had been busy since Nancy's death and was always as strong as ever, suddenly knelt on the ground. , collapse and cry!
Crying sounds are always contagious, and this is even more so in this occasion.
For a moment, the crying spread.
Infected by this emotion, while Raven remembered Nancy, Old Gordon's face flashed into his mind again.
Unfortunately, he couldn't hear the news clearly.
"Repent...it always runs through a person's life."
The knight walked to Lei Wen and handed out the leather bag in his hand:
"Please allow me to express my condolences for Mrs. Nancy's death."
"I also know that this is not appropriate, but His Majesty the King's order is in his hands, and I have to do so."
"Understand . "Levin took the leather bag and didn't open it: "What do you call me?"
"Eggio, just call me Eggio." The Knight wiped his beard: "The funeral will continue, I won't bother you much. If you have any questions in the future, please feel free to come to me."
Raiven nodded and watched Egio leave.
According to the custom of Nord Province, after the funeral, there is a continuous banquet, meaning that relatives and friends are with the deceased and accompany them through the last journey of their lives. Depending on the financial resources and status of each company, the time ranges from 7 days, 14 days to 1 month.
This time, Nancy's funeral banquet lasts for one month.
But most nobles' attention is no longer on the banquet itself.
Levin is about to be canonized as an earl and has become the hottest topic in the entire Nord Province and even the entire empire.
While dealing with the guests, Lei Wen took the time to read the imperial edict.
The content is quite simple. In addition to the usual polite and official words, it first emphasized the historical achievements of the Griffith family, and also praised Raven for conquering the Principal of Aivol to the empire. Great contributions brought.
The last thing is to point out the theme, and Lei Wen was asked to go to the capital to be granted the title of "in line with the etiquette and identity of the nobles."
As for what it means to "conform to the etiquette and identity of aristocratic people", Lei Wen asked Egio in detail, who was also a messenger, who knew everything and said everything.
So in the second half of the banquet, Lei Wen began to order to raise any matters before departure.
On the one hand, Nancy's funeral must be thorough; on the other hand, she should not be too anxious, as if Lei Wen was particularly concerned about this title.
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Lei Wen of course cared about it, but some things are something that can only be done or not said.
Lei Wen also underestimated the difficulty of preparation. It took nearly 2 months to prepare until early December.
In order to be etiquette, Lei Wen brought a full 500-person personal guard this time, and there were 80 carriages with the Griffith family's emblem - the wheels of each carriage. It is the Count's privilege and obligation to cover silver.
In terms of personnel configuration, most officers and extraordinary people, including Eric, Simon, Link, etc., were left in Eagle City.
Raiven took away only the captain of the guard, Hyena, and a few extraordinary people who did not have training tasks, such as Julia.
This time I went to the capital, there was a rare opportunity. Many people wanted to follow him to learn more, such as Eric's son Thor, Raven's clerk Hu Xia, and Weiston.
The gray dwarf Sohei and Boweier were quarreling and wanted to go to Wangdu to see the world, but the forging factory could not be left unattended.
In the end, based on the reason that "weapons cannot be maintained without humans", the forging master Sohei followed the team.
Meng'en City is located in the northwest border of the empire, and the Eagle Leader is in the northwest of Nord Province. If you want to go to the capital, you need to cross nearly 2/3 of the empires.
From the province of Nord, heading eastward, and after leaving Nord, you must pass through the Western garrison among the four provinces of Beihai Province, Shanpulongs Province, Mangtaine Province, and Guarding Province, one after another. Only by the Provincial Department of Vatican can we reach the province directly under the jurisdiction of the royal capital.
Even if you ride a horned eagle or griffin, it will take at least 12 days, and this is a straight line distance!
If it is a fast horse on the ground, it will take at least 2 months - this is still the speed of the official station.
While Lei Wen led so many people and supplies this time, and his speed was not much faster than that of the infantry marching, this time was probably-
10 months!
Of course, it is not without a more convenient method. In the east of Hovey, there is an ancient teleportation array established about 600 years ago - to be precise, 622 years ago. If it is activated, it will be possible in an instant. Go to the city of Sinaga.
But this ultra-long-distance teleportation array requires at least 230,000 gold coins to be activated just by activate the magic crystal, and each person is transmitted, it costs at least 1,000 gold coins.
500 soldiers, plus more than 100 escorts and servants, just teleporting them requires more than 600,000 gold coins.
Not to mention, there are 80 carriages full of specialties!
Magic items need to pass through the teleportation array, but extra money is required!
So, unless it is an important event at the national level, this teleportation array will basically not be activated.
12-7.
Levin left the Eagle City and marched towards the royal capital, Naigar City.
The long journey will always be accompanied by various accidents.
Including or not only snow disasters, heavy rains, floods, etc.
So, when Lei Wen led the team to the province directly under the jurisdiction, it had been 13 months!
In the past 13 months, in addition to Nord, Lei Wen has also gained a lot of experiences through five provinces.
The clear blue "Beihai Lake" in Beihai Province left a deep impression on Lei Wen.
The enthusiastic beauty of the Shanplons province almost tripped the footsteps of Raven's troops.
The Mangtaien Province can be said to be the "bridge of six provinces", which brings together the specialties of most of the empire, and the prosperity of commercial activities surprised everyone.
In Mangtaine Province, Lei Wen saw a giant commercial city with a population of more than 1.2 million for the first time.
What impressed Lei Wen the most was the horse manure on the street that was endless and looked like a humus layer in the primitive jungle.
It was also after entering the province of Mangtai, that Lei Wen encountered the first group of blind bandits.
The deeper he went into the empire's hinterland, the more Lei Wen could feel the corruption under the superficial prosperity of the old empire, and recorded it one by one in his accompanying notes.
Time comes to January 11, 202, evening.
The hinterland of the province directly under the jurisdiction of the province.
The outline of the royal capital has appeared on the horizon. "Brother!" Outside the tent, Weisdong's slightly impatient voice sounded: "Can I come in?"
"Come in." Lei Wen put down the letter in his hand.
For the past 13 months, Lei Wen has maintained communication with Eagle City, with a frequency of about one letter every half month.
The overall situation in Nord Province has not changed much.
Old Gordon was still in a daze, and the Eagle Corps was also running smoothly under the host of Denise and Raven's remote control.
But this letter tells a small detail.
That is, since Nancy's funeral, the funeral customs of the Eagle Colonel have changed a lot. Nowadays, when a woman dies or is buried, a red ribbon will be hung at the door, and guests must also wear it. A red rose.
This custom is spreading to the five northwest counties at an astonishing speed.
Nancy's grand funeral, along with her heroic deeds against horse thieves during her lifetime, weave a lasting legend.
Apart from this, it is the news of Viscount John's death.
This elderly nobleman passed away on November 27, 1201.
"Brother!" Weiston got into the tent.
The 13-month arduous journey made Weiston look more and more agile.
With the baptism of the Principality of Aivol and the precipitation of this year, he has now successfully broken through to level 2.
While rubbing his hands, Weiston sat opposite Lei Wen, pursing his lips: "...I can't sleep." Lei Wen glanced at him: "Then go find a woman by yourself Ah, why are you looking for me? "
"No, brother, although I haven't been as good as you for a while, I haven't messed around everywhere. Don't slander my innocence out of thin air!" Weiston was bitter Face:
"Isn't this coming to the capital soon? I always have no confidence in my heart."
Lei Wen sighed and closed the letter and said, "It's coming soon, I have no confidence. Go in and see You will know it just by looking at it."
"Brother, you are still great." Weiston gave a thumbs up: "If it were me, I'm afraid I'll turn around and run away now!"
The situation in mainland China has also changed a lot in the past 13 months.
1 In early March, 201, nine months ago, the Empire and the Fedon City-state reached an agreement.
The empire withdrew from the army in Aivol, but could retain the garrison of the high wall for 50 years; in exchange, the city-states of Fedon should make every effort to provide logistical supplies to the empire's Markk city, and must also mediate with Insa's war.
This agreement will take effect only if Insa agrees to a ceasefire.
1On August 17, 201, with the mediation of multiple parties, Keynes and Insa officially reached a ceasefire agreement.
Insa Empire withdrew its troops and the borders of both sides returned to before the war began; and the Keynes Empire, in addition to giving Insa a war reparation of 10.77 million gold coins, also needed to give Insa the right to free trade on the northeastern border. The tax amount of Insa commodities cannot exceed 7% of its own value.
The war ended.
1 On September 20, 201, the contract concluded between the Keynes Empire and the Fedon City-states came into effect.
Earl of Tyrone and Earl of Jonah led their troops to evacuate the Principality of Evor, but Lancha still retained his previous titles and positions.
Qentin took up the position of marshal of the Principality, continued to control the national army, and served as the regent.
But anyone with a discerning eye knows that the only one who truly controls the power of the Principality is the current Grand Duke's wife Cui Qi.
And due to the end of the war, a voice appeared in the Keynesian Empire:
If Raven hadn't broken the deadlock for the empire in the Principal of Aivol, then the empire would have suffered a humiliating defeat this time. Not to mention compensation or some trade discounts, it would be impossible to even cede land or surrender!
The news spread, and even Weiston, who had always been nervous, realized the crisis.
This is pushing Raven to the opposite of all the high nobles of the empire!
How could the noble families in the royal capital with a long history tolerate a baron riding on their necks?
The more we thought about it, the more wrong it was: "Brother... I haven't arrived at the capital yet, otherwise I'll bother my mother and let her pretend to die. Then we will ride the Wind King back and take this Did the gust of wind escape? ”
"You--"
Levin pointed at Weisdong with amusement and tears: "Not to mention how bad your idea is, I'm here to be a ban!"
" Now I turn around and leave. Do you want the title? Where can I put His Majesty the King's face?"
Vis's citadel pupae: "But it's really too dangerous. It's almost like this royal capital. It's even more chaotic than our Nord!"
This is the truth.
Since entering the Western Guards Province, Lei Wen has seen the profound corruption under the superficial glory of the empire.
War requires money, compensation requires money. The money is first put on the shoulders of nobles at all levels, and the nobles have to plunder the pockets of civilians and serfs.
On the streets, it is common for free people who have signs hanging because of bankruptcy and want to sell themselves as slaves.
In the countryside, there are countless down-and-out knights and serfs who are unable to exploit and become robbers because they are unable to exploit them.
In the ravines, there are babies with old and new overlap and abandoned because they cannot be raised. There are both men and women, and even more boys!
In a small town with a size of 300 people, there are only 17 abandoned babies accumulated in half a year.
Weston was really afraid that someone would have bad intentions, so he sent a team of dead soldiers to kill them quietly, and then pushed them all onto the rioters! "Don't worry." Lei Wen said: "Unless it is the Imperial Title Army, no one can eat us firmly - and in the province directly under the jurisdiction of the government, mobilizing the army can't be hidden from the eyes of His Majesty the King." >
"But what if I enter the city?" Weisdong smacked the teeth and said, "The Eagle Army cannot go in with us!"
"Then I'm not afraid." Lei Wen said: "I am the count you have appointed by Your Majesty. Who dares to touch me in the king's capital?"
Weisdong still wanted to speak, but Lei Wen yawned: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, get out of here, I still have to sleep if you don't sleep!"
"Yes, brother, good night!" Wei Si Dong stood up, moved to the door reluctantly, and slapped on the door frame: "That... can I sleep in your tent tonight?"
"Get out!"
Leiwen looked at the shaking curtain and sighed.
This kid still needs to be tempered!
After stretching, Lei Wen fell asleep peacefully.
The next morning, in the snow, Lei Wen and his party set out.
At noon, the snow stopped.
Without the curtain-like snow curtain covering, Yan Naigall City jumped out of the horizon and crashed into Lei Wen and his party's vision.
A sound of gasping in the air sounded.
The 15-meter-high city wall almost blocked everything, but it could not block the mountain-like royal court!
This is the city of Yannaegal, the pearl of Middle Earth, and the most prosperous city on the entire continent!
"Wang Capital, I'm here!"
Looking at the towering wall, Lei Wen clenched his fists secretly.
Although Weiston's worries last night were mostly out of the blue, only one thing was right.
This time the enthronement is destined to be full of resistance.
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(This chapter ends)