Chapter 451: Five Southeast Provinces (Part 1)
In Bick Castle, Earl Bick sat on the balcony with red eyes, drinking sips of wine, thinking about something as if there was no focus.
After a while, Earl Beak finished drinking the wine in his hand. He threw the bottle in anger and shouted "Get the wine."
There were no other attendants in the room.
It turned out that the servant who was waiting for the waiter had been beaten to death by Count Bick and was driven away by blood. Count Bick, who found no one was serving, angrily slapped the table and muttered, "Everyone has betrayed me!" while walking into the room to look for fine wine.
At this moment, the old man walked in with a bottle of wine.
When Earl Beck saw the old man's respectful appearance, he smiled a little relievedly, waved his hand and said, "Come on, we haven't drunk together for a long time, so we must have a good time this time." Then he returned to the balcony.
The old man wiped the cup clean like the Count in the past, and then carefully poured two glasses of wine.
The Count was a little anxious to drink the cup in front of him and then said in a swaying tone: "You are the most loyal. I know that only my wife and my son..."
When the count said this, his face suddenly froze and blood appeared on the corner of his mouth. He noticed his situation and looked at the old man with disbelief.
The old man smiled and picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all, saying, "Since you know, why should you persist so much? Alas! I can't help but drink this glass of wine."
"This world..." Earl Bick made a smile with difficulty, and then fell down with a bang, while the old man was far away, without saying anything, but just smiled bitterly. Then he closed his eyes and stopped breathing.
Hearing the sound, three men walked into the door. The three of them carefully checked the following count and the old man, and then immediately left the room.
After a helpless chat, Cons sent the offender who was partially awarded, and then opened the Sheepsie Zi to watch. After seeing the following, he smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Count Bick would really betray all relatives."
"Master, what's going on?"
As soon as A saw that the nobles present looked both curious and embarrassed, he knew that they were still concerned about their previous identities, he couldn't help but ask.
"The wife and prince of Count Bick expressed their willingness to surrender, and they were willing to introduce Bick Castle and unload the throne of Count. However, I wanted me to grant the crown prince a viscount and give a piece of territory so that they could maintain the continuation of the family, and expressed their willingness to be loyal to me."
As soon as Cons said this, everyone present knew that Earl Beak was abandoned by his wife and son. It was probably because this guy refused to surrender and decided to fight to the end. It was really because everyone was betrayed.
But everyone did not feel sorry for Earl Beak.
In this world, it is really not worthy of being so ignorant that you want to take your relatives, friends, friends, and ministers to accompany him to hell.
You should know who has no parents, who has no wife and children. If you see that things cannot be done, who is willing to go the same way as you!
The Countess and the Crown Prince dared to issue such an announcement, indicating that they had received the support of most people in the castle and that Count Bick was about to be finished.
At this moment, I suddenly heard the continuous cheers outside, which was much longer than the sudden stillness after I shouted just now.
Everyone immediately stood up and looked up, and found that the Bick flag above the castle had disappeared, and replaced it with a white flag. At this time, the guards rushed over and reported: "Sir, Bick Castle has surrendered, and the cities have been opened."
As I said just now, is it true now?
When he thought that he had not changed after being pressed over his head for so many years, he felt that he could not fight against him, and all the nobles felt a little emotional about impermanence.
Cons, who entered the castle, realized that Earl Beck was plotted against by his confidant and the old man. Although the old man committed suicide afterwards, he betrayed Earl Beck. The reason for this is that everyone understands, who has no wife and sons? How can he force the whole family to drag the abyss? It would be strange if a normal person encounters such a thing. Of course, the broken brain does not count.
Cons, who completely accepted Bick Castle, made a fortune. Earl Bick is a person who controls the entire Bick Territory and is also an ambitious person who wants to develop upward. The legacy left by such a character is really rich.
Anyway, it took hundreds of accounting rooms several days to count the seizures. Seeing the list, Cons, who had long been used to the big numbers, couldn't help but feel excited.
In addition to money, grain and supplies, Cons' biggest gain was the more than 10,000 elite guests and hundreds of craftsmen who were surrendered. These two were enough to make Cons's physical strength immediately rise a few times.
Cons was also a person who kept his promise. Not only did he not touch the private finances of Earl Bick's family, but he also gave him another 300,000 gold coins. From this alone, we can tell how much Kens's gains were.
Of course, Cons also found a fertile territory for the prince who was waiting to be enthroned as a viscount. If it weren't for the important road of Bicci, Cons would have wanted to return the castle to the prince of Bicci directly.
At this point, everyone understands that Cons has naturally become the master of one of the thirteen earls of the Bickey Principality.
You can tell clearly that Cons, a lord who has not yet taken office, is definitely the lord with the strongest control since the establishment of the lord of Earl Bick.
The grassroots nobles of the entire territory gathered around him early on by sworn allegiance, while those high-ranking nobles or those who opposed Cons were either destroyed or fled from other places.
It can be said that except for the Tibetan nobles who are still neutral in the Hal Territory, all the registered nobles have surrendered to Cons and are willing to be re-enthroned by Cons, and have truly become Cons's servants.
Although everyone speculated that these nobles might have recognized them with a strong nose, after all, everyone knew that the aristocratic system of the Cons system was really stingy compared to the current aristocratic system. It was not forced. No aristocrat was willing to accept such a new system. For those who were still neutral Tibetan nobles, those who had some brains thought that these people were idiots.
It is reasonable to be neutral when Count Ke is stronger than you, but if Cons is stronger than you are neutral, it is simply a desperate situation. It is impossible to say that after Cons ascends the throne, he will immediately dispatch troops to destroy you. He is really a fool who can't see the current situation clearly!
Those who commented never thought that these Tibetan nobles rely on their background, and believed that Cons was the only one who scolded them. After all, the topic was a descendant of the ancient country, so why should they give face?
Of course, no one knows the result, because Cons hasn't made a decision yet.
When Cons received the news of Bick Castle completely spreading out, on the Flying Mall Flag Montasuri, which was sandwiched between the Snow Country and the Empire, countless tribes were busy raising cattle, sheep and horses, but they could not see the young and strong, all of them were working, the weak, women, children, and sick and disabled herders.
If God has brought disasters to the coastal areas that are the world's first-class disasters, then for the herders of the grasslands, they have endured disasters that are the world's second-class disasters.
The long-term ice and snow weather made the winter preparations made by herders based on their past habits not useful at all. A large number of cattle, sheep and horses starved to death and froze to death, and the newly born children died one after another.
These are nothing. What makes people despair is that because of the delay, the snow in winter melts for a long time, which makes the grass grow up and the hungry cattle, sheep and horses that are hungry as soon as they emerge, so that the herdsmen can only transfer the pastures to the constant stop.
This kind of action not only fails to feed the animals, but also chews all the grass roots that you see. People with normal brain meridians will know that this year's harvest is over.
Once a person cannot survive, he can do anything. The first thing that emerges is that horse thieves are rampant, which is more rampant than before, and then there is a battle between tribes. Tribes can only rely on war to grab pastures, materials, and reduce the population burden by war.
It can be said that after the end of the Heavenly Condemnation, hunger, death and war were stolen on the prairie. For such a situation that was a bit crazy, the leaders of the Feimu Banner Alliance immediately announced a comprehensive war of robbery from the outside. This proposal was recognized by everyone, including Ma Dao.
Everyone believes that instead of competing for a small amount of supplies on this grassland, it is better to go outside to plunder things. Moreover, the most consumed soldiers and war horses left, the women, children, young and old on the grassland also have better conditions to survive.
For such a simple reason, all the male cavalry in the prairie began to gather. After arriving at the prairie border, regardless of how many enemies there were on the other side, whether they could win, they would directly attack the city with a crazy state.
The countries connecting the prairie, especially the borders of the Ultraman Empire, were frightened by these crazy prairie soldiers. These prairie cavalry, who had no political intentions, were just to loot and consume the population, swept away everything they passed by like locusts.
With the grassland cavalry advancing like a wave, there were endless carriages behind them carrying various spoils to the grassland.
For these spoils, no one can calculate how many grassland cavalry died, and no one can know how many grassland cavalry are preparing to die in battle.
The prairie began to fight for its future, but this situation was really common.
You should know that the world after the punishment of God is full of sorrow. Although some places are lucky enough to struggle out of the punishment of God, more places are deeply trapped in the quagmire and cannot be delayed.
When everyone thinks that being able to die of old age is a luxury, the first thing people with an unbalanced mentality is to take up weapons and kill their compatriots who are competing for resources with them.
Some more united nations directly target outsiders, so after God's punishment, war is the theme of this world.
The imperial provinces close to the prairie were all over the place because of the crazy invasion of the prairie cavalry. The new emperors and separatist forces in these places had lost the ability to attack the empire in a concise manner, and it was amazing to survive.
In addition to gloating about the disasters facing the northern border forces, the heads of power in the empire and coastal areas only scammers the chassis of one force. This force is the Southeast Governor's Office, which is unified by the five southeastern provinces.
The reason why this name is used directly instead of the name of the power is because everyone knows that the director of this power was young when the God of Condemnation broke out. Now the people who are in charge of this power are just a group of subordinates of the original master.
Although this force is strangely not divided, everyone believes that such a force managed by many people is definitely not as flexible and convenient as the dictatorial force of artists.
So the forces of the five Southeast provinces have targeted the five Southeast provinces. Even though everyone was shocked by Cons's force not long ago, they were almost starved to death and were still in charge of so many people. Everyone was ready to sacrifice a group of men to find the bad luck of the five Southeast provinces.
Therefore, under such a state, the strength of the five southeastern provinces and the fact that the great marshal of the empire will be the chief commander of the five southeastern provinces are not taken into consideration by the world.
Although the whole world is in chaos, the Wilt Business Alliance, which is mainly composed of the Port Alliance, remains stable. In this chaotic era, a stable family life will definitely be terrifying for those countries that are in chaos.
Fortunately, the Wilt Alliance, who originally liked to fight with the Empire, changed its mind and focused all its energy on how to win the wealth of the world.
Wirt's merchants hang Wirt's flag and began to roam around the world. The empire, a country close to him, is of course the main market for these merchants.
Therefore, although the empire is in chaos, the merchants of Wilt are still able to walk in the empire. As long as they are not unlucky to encounter a large number, no organization, or large leaders, the safety of the merchants of Wilt is worry-free.
So, a team of Wilter caravans passed through several provinces safely and arrived in the southeast.
A curtain of a horse was lifted, revealing a majestic face. The people who knew him immediately knew that this was the Imperial Marshal Zotra Reinhardt, exiled by the Emperor of Ultraman.
Of course, this reputation is not worth two coins in this chaotic world, especially after leaving the imperial army he created.
Of course, the Imperial Marshal knew that he would definitely be like a rootless person after leaving the army. He could refuse the emperor's orders. He was confident that as long as he refused, the emperor would never dare to force himself. However, in this way, the emperor's prestige would no longer exist.
So why do I have to do this? Anyway, I cannot betray the empire. I can do whatever the emperor asks me to do. The existence of my imperial marshal is just to reflect the emperor's majesty.
If the emperor can use his old ministers to destroy them and establish prestige and truly control the forces under his command, then he can suffer some grievances.
But the Prime Minister is not as comfortable as he can, I just hope that the emperor will not be as straightforward as he does to deal with the Prime Minister, otherwise it will be another huge disaster.
I wrote a letter to remind the emperor, hoping that the emperor could pay attention to his methods.
The Marshal of the Imperial Empire, who was still thinking about it, had no idea that his letter was destroyed by the eunuch before it was passed to the emperor.
"Your Excellency, this is the boundary of the five southeastern provinces. Among so many provinces in the empire, the security index of these five provinces ranks first, but it is just behind the imperial capital."
The businessman leader who led the team said to the marshal who was dazed out.
The awakened marshal said oh, then he focused his attention on the surrounding environment.
This view made the Marshal unable to help but be stunned because he saw the busy pastoral scenery, the hurrying passers-by, and saw that although everyone's faces were not very good, everyone had a relaxed smile on his face, unlike other places that were numb and dead gray.
All of this is fine, it just shows that the Southeast Governor's Office has the ability to ensure the security of the territory. What is important is that the five southeastern provinces have actually started farmland labor!
This is the first time I have seen someone farming in the province I have passed through so many provinces along the way.
You should know that the ground that has been destroyed by God is so uncomfortable that it can be cultivated. If the government did not organize it, no matter how hard the farming work would be, it would be half the result with twice the effort.
Chapter completed!