In the Council Hall of the prime minister''s tower, Whitestone castle, the king''s capital, eastington.


    "Ladies and gentlemen, I think you should have made a decision!" the court prime minister and Duke of the East, Mond Flavi, looked around at the vassal in front of him with a grim face.


    The vassals all lowered their eyes and sat in chairs, quiet as silent stone statues.


    The sun shone through the diamond window on the stone wall on the back of Duke flavy''s chair and on the council table in front of him. His blond hair, which was smeared with grease and taken care of concisely and meticulously, was like a crown made of pure gold in the sunlight. His golden eyes swept through the crowd without saying anything.


    The vassals bowed their heads in silence, and no one dared to look up at him.


    After a long silence, he said again: "the Schiavo family, the ambel family, the SMIT family, the Edel family, the gneit family, the Naida family and the Kahn family have agreed to form the eastern border Corps."


    "Duke," said a vassal in a difficult tone, "we are not against your proposal, but in the current situation, if half of the knights in the territory are transferred to form an army, once the South starts war against us, I don''t have enough people to deal with it."


    "Yes, my Lord!"


    Seeing that someone finally made a noise, another vassal of the territory bordering the South also said quickly: "You know, it takes at least 1500 soldiers to guard the two main roads on the andoin river. There are more than 100 knights in our territory. Now we have summoned vassals and a large number of serfs, but if there are not enough knights to fight, serfs who only use spears can''t resist the army in the south."


    Another vassal bordering the South also said: "the wall of gravel Valley needs at least 1000 soldiers. In addition, many places need knights to command."


    "The forked valley also needs at least 2000 people," said another vassal.


    After glancing at the embarrassed four, Flavi glanced at the other silent vassals: "they want to guard against the south, what about you? Who do you want to guard against?"


    "My Lord, the northern border has to be guarded," said a vassal bordering the northern border, lowering his head.


    "Yes, sir, although the Davidson family and the Green family are still loyal, the kewilt family is strong. Once we go to war with the south, it is inevitable that the old fox will not attack behind our backs!"


    "Sir, we can''t afford not only to dispatch knights to form an army, but also hundreds of gold coins a month."


    A fat official in a luxurious silk robe with gem rings on his hands said: "In the past, the iron mines were controlled by the Green family, and we could get iron ore at a low price. But this year, the tustra family has raised the price of all kinds of iron products several times. In order to buy weapons and armor, the colint family has been heavily in debt! Sir, I really can''t get more gold coins."


    Count Jean collint was almost choking. When he mentioned the gold coins, several other nobles who were also in debt or not well-off also quickly vomited bitterness and cursed the tustra family.


    After listening to the bitter water of the vassals with an expressionless face, Mond flavy looked at the gold ring on count Jean collint''s hand: "Jean, the richest of the whole collint family should be your ten fingers."


    Count Jean collint immediately put his hands under the table and looked at Mond flavy with a funny smile.


    He sneered at him, and Meng Flavi coldly swept over the four vassals who complained just now: "and you! Each of you said that you couldn''t take out gold coins. Is this really because of Lingfeng castle? Tell me how many gold coins you spent, how many weapons, armor, spears and arrows you bought - 2000? 5000? Or 10000 gold coins?"


    "Sir, there are many places in the territory that need to spend money. This is a huge expenditure..." a vassal whispered.


    "Expenditure, what expenditure?"


    FengChen was asked to be speechless. Looking at him, Mond flavy smiled contemptuously: "I think it''s your spending on drunkenness, eating and drinking and singing all night!"


    "Lord Piero hill." he pointed out a feudal minister who shouted that he had no money. "I heard that you married another young girl a month ago. It cost nothing. Which wife is this, thirteen or twenty-three? Do you know what the civilians in the East call you?"


    The vassal named Piero blushed and whispered discontentedly, "it won''t cost her a few gold coins, so I bought her some cheap jewelry and some clean clothes. As for those rotten civilians, just say it. In short, don''t let me know who it is, or I''ll cut his mouth!"


    Looking at him, there was a flash of murder in Mond Flavi''s eyes.


    This guy, in addition to many wives and lovers, his son and daughter can form an army! A noble Lord, but he got the nickname of "stallion count", and became the laughing stock of the whole kingdom!


    Such a guy, living is a waste of food.


    Looking at the dodging eyes and the thoughtful faces, Mond flavy said again: "After so long consideration, you only came up with these excuses? Guard the fortress, eh! Sir David Trier, give you 1500 people, can you block the southern army? Sir Gabriel Erno, can you guarantee that the southern army can''t pass through the gravel Valley as long as there are 1000 soldiers? And you, sir Cami Clegg, there is only one valley, and the narrowest place is not After more than ten meters, you need 2000 people to hold! Are you going to use a human wall to stop the enemy''s attack! "


    "I tell you, as long as the king of Olivier is still alive, the South and North will never dare to act rashly! Of course, if you think the wild people will fear the king, you don''t have to agree to my proposal!"


    "Sir, i... we are not totally opposed to your proposal. We are also willing to take out some gold coins and form an army to resist the wild people."


    A vassal hesitated and said, "we can summon serfs or civilians, or hire mercenaries everywhere! If 10000 people are not enough, 20000 people! Just, you want us to dispatch half of the knights in the territory, this, this..."


    "Sir Trier," interrupted Mond flavy, "didn''t you say serfs were useless? Why, now you think they can resist savages and giants?"


    "Put away your narrow ideas, I know what you are worried about! With your own forces, you can''t deal with the invasion of wild people at all, and will only be slaughtered by wild people one by one! The river leader still knows that he is united under the threat of Warcraft, but you are making excuses here. I don''t mean to discuss with you, agree or refuse, survive or destroy!"


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