Byrne, red blood castle.
There are still five days before the agreed celebration banquet and "mysterious wedding".
Nevertheless, the red blood castle has been lively, like countless banquets.
From the palace to the outside of the city wall, there was a lot of noise everywhere - Charlotte, with the help of the power of the Byrne church, spread the celebration to every Byrne people from planning to official publicity!
Wandering knights with swords, peddlers who do small business, farmers who have almost never left their land, aristocrats who are related to the count of thirteen leaders; And the dwarves in the south, the horseback people in the big green sea
Relying on the reputation won by Loren in the battle of eboden, Byrne, who has been silent for a hundred years, has finally become the hometown of knights in the eyes of the imperial people again - countless outsiders, either because they admire the reputation of black haired wizards, or because they are purely curious, or simply want to challenge. See what the Duke is great
Regardless of the reason, cause and purpose, the unprecedented flow of people from all directions converged to the red blood castle, so that the whole red blood castle and even the whole Bain were not as lively as now.
The number of outsiders gathered in and out of the city alone has reached three times that of the castle - and looking at the endless roads day and night, I''m afraid the number will have to double in five days!
At this time, the thirteen leading comrades gathered in the round table Parliament were all a burst of happiness. If they had not concentrated their troops in the red blood castle in advance, they would not be able to raise enough people to maintain the law and order of such a large flow of people for a time.
What''s more fortunate is the arrival of the Duchy''s tax official, little Joad. Because of the arrival of these people, those old black bread piled up in the warehouse can finally appear on the table of the tavern; And the grape puree that is brewed into vinegar can also be sold as real wine
Flow of people is gold! Is wealth! When a group of people walk on the road, they are mobile wallets and long legged businesses - although Bain people are not good at doing business, when they see that the owners of pubs and hotels have tripled the house price, the "kind and hospitable" Bain people also use their spare space to entertain guests.
Of course, it''s definitely a charge.
The barons of Byrne, especially the round table parliament, immediately recognized the significance of these people - no matter what the final outcome, Byrne and this Byrne celebration will spread throughout the Empire in their footsteps.
Holding a legendary celebration and banquet to make the reputation of the hometown of knights resound in the next 100 years... Has immediately become a consensus in everyone''s mind.
Recognizing that this is not just a celebration similar to the Midsummer Festival, the Earls immediately began to mobilize their families in their respective territories to sponsor the Turin family. At the same time, they should also hold their own family banquets in the city to entertain knights from all directions free of charge.
For bishop Weber of Byrne church, this will be his only chance - whether he succeeds or fails, his teachings will be sent to all parts of the empire with these returning knights.
This will be Weber''s first step against the Holy Cross!
After setting the goal, Weber even put down the work of the church and took the initiative to take the priests to the streets to publicize his "new doctrine" to foreigners.
Pious but not fanatical priests, wizards who coexist peacefully with the church, hospitable nobles, a wide variety of goods, rich land and people
What nobles, businessmen and tourists from all sides of the Empire saw, heard and contacted was a brand-new "Byrne principality" that was completely different from their imagination and even completely different from their past memory.
Only by seeing it with their own eyes can they really understand why Byrne of the past 14 generations has always had the courage and strength to compete with the Empire.
The red blood castle alone is so rich that it has 13 leaders and is connected with the blood of the Principality of Boye. The empire can''t compete with it only with the human and material resources of the two Saxophone leaders!
Of course, they did not know that Byrne had completely defeated the dwarves in the Southern Civil War after the Centaur war, and several dwarf city states along the border had become the substantive vassals of Byrne; The eboden wizard who lost his territory has also joined the wizard guild of Byrne under the persuasion of master Halin van ashamay.
Today, Bain is apparently a principality, but in fact, it already has the financial resources no less than the three principalities, the military strength of the two principalities and two or three strong peripheral allies;
In addition, the Byrne church has been completely separated from the Holy Cross Church, and Byrne... Has absolute control over the South and part of the east of the Empire, reaching a level that is essentially rival to the sky palace!
Without this strength, even if there is still an alliance of dragons, Charlotte would never dare to imagine taking away the legal principle of ruling the empire from the desallion family; Connor would not agree to Lina desallion''s marriage with Isaac and compromise with Byrne.
Connord was a very practical man. After the complete failure of his "imperial governor policy", he understood that the rise of Byrne was inevitable; So since it is inevitable, it should be used to let Byrne bear more responsibility in this elf war.
The same example is Brandon, the "soon to be worthy" Prince of East Saxony; Conrad''s purpose is very simple and clear. Whether Brandon who wants to seize power or Byrne who wants to rise, they must unite under the Empire and win the elf war, otherwise all their efforts will be in vain.
Because of this consensus, the two sides can make compromises and concessions to each other and focus on the common enemy - as for how the future Empire should recover or maintain its power, that is not what he should consider now.
If the Empire still exists, everything will have a basis for discussion, otherwise it will be meaningless.
It is the mission of the 14th generation of emperors to maintain the imperial jurisprudence and rule, win the invasion of Azores and all possible invasions, and ensure that the empire can be smoothly handed over to the next generation of emperors as complete as possible.
Connord thinks so.
But that doesn''t mean everyone thinks the same.
At least hilwick doesn''t think so at all.
The gloomy deacon of the Holy Cross Church sat alone in a corner of the banquet hall, looked at the happy and different people in the hall indifferently, and suppressed endless anger in his pupils.
After his "reasonable" request was rejected by Loren, or even humiliated face-to-face, hilwick had completely abandoned the idea of "compromise" and was determined to fight the "arrogant Wizard" to the last minute.
But the gap between goal and reality is an invisible natural chasm.
In a short period of one month, the Turin family showed financial, human and material resources to a point that frightened him - as sylvik, who is in charge of some real power of the church, especially financial power, he is very clear about how much it will cost to maintain order and stability if he wants to hold such a grand celebration.
But Byrne succeeded, not only did he succeed, but the crowded red blood castle could maintain at least apparent stability; Although the market is chaotic, the fluctuation of prices is not exaggerated.
What does this mean? It means that the financial and material resources in the hands of the Turin family are astronomical, which means that they can easily concentrate the financial and material resources of Byrne in their own hands.
In hilwick''s memory, only the Empire represented by the heavenly palace can do this!
What really frightened him was the attitude of the Byrne church towards the Holy Cross Church, which had been full of hostility from the original "cooperation as much as possible" to now; That bishop Weber''s understanding of doctrine can be called heresy!
With strong financial resources, efficient execution, no less than the military strength of the Empire... Coupled with the local church that did not cooperate with the church, Deacon hilwick was stunned to find that he could not find any effective means to contain the arrogant Duke of Byrne.
Just when he was helpless, a man who had never imagined came to the door.
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"Archduke Arles?"
Holding back his surprise, Deacon hilwick stared at the young man dressed in a black robe as an ordinary priest.
"Yes, Duke Nolan URD ordered me to come and help the distinguished Lord hilwick, the representative of the Holy Cross Church." under the black robe, the thin and small young man looked very indifferent:
"The Duke believes that we have a common enemy, the increasingly powerful Byrne and Turin families."
Hilwick raised his eyebrows, which was no surprise to him.
Arles is next to Byrne and poor. Apart from the rampant monsters, which are bigger than ogres, there are no "specialties" to take. Arles want to live. In addition to doing business, they rob and do business.
In the eyes of the Holy Cross Church, even these so-called "Arles nobles" are basically the same as robbers and bandits - from the ERD family, basically "big robbers" to "small robbers". Everyone is greedy and has no loyalty and integrity. Betrayal and rebellion are just a blink of an eye.
Under such a premise, a strong and United Byrne is absolutely a natural threat to the Arles - if the thirteen leaders of Byrne unite under the Turin family, it is sheer wishful thinking to rob this rich neighbor.
But understanding is one thing, consent is another.
"As far as I know, Duke Nolan URD and Archduke lottel are good friends, and Duke Bain is close to Archduke lottel." hilwick sneered:
"With such a premise, you want me to believe that Duke Arles is against Byrne?"
"The friendship between individuals is not worth mentioning compared with the interests between the two families and even the principality." the young man''s extremely cold attitude made hilwick tremble:
"The strong Byrne is the end of Arles, which has been proved by the black Duke era."
Looking at the young man''s emotionless face, hilwick pulled the corners of his mouth.
It''s not like a child can say.
"Then, what does Archduke Arles want to do?"
"What we do has nothing to do with the Duke. It should be Lord hilwick. What you... And the Holy Cross Church behind you do." the young man shook his head:
"According to the imperial code, the principality cannot interfere with each other unless it is permitted by the heavenly palace."
Of course, otherwise, what would the heavenly palace do.
But hilwijk knew better that the other side was shirking its responsibility - it was obvious that although Prince Nolan ERD of Arles wanted to target Bain, he did not directly offend the Turin family, so he would never take the initiative and could only encourage himself.
Hilwick was not surprised at this. Even Bain in the split period could not be provoked at will by a remote poor country like Arles, let alone now.
But that alone is not enough to persuade hilwick.
"Even so, how can I trust you?" hilwick asked. "Even if I can trust the sincerity of Duke Nolan ERD, how can I believe that you are the man he sent, not the trap others prepared for me?"
When he was suspected, the young man was still not in a hurry, not even a little angry, as if he didn''t mind these.
This indifferent and cool attitude made hilwick a little nervous, but also vaguely had some convincing ideas.
Those who hear doubt and desperately want to prove themselves are either fools or ghosts.
"Lord hilwick, the Duke wants to cooperate with you out of common interests - we all want to see the destruction of the Turin family, but we don''t want to see the destruction of Byrne." the young man whispered:
"A rich but not powerful Byrne is what we all like to see; therefore, our goal is only to eradicate Loren Turin, not to completely destroy Byrne."
"As for whether he believes in our help, it''s your problem. Lord Nolan doesn''t care - of course he wants to fight Bain and the Turin family, but it''s not as urgent as you and the Holy Cross behind you."
Hilwick sneered again.
If it is not urgent enough, why are they so impatient to find themselves; If it wasn''t urgent enough, why did they know that they and the Holy Cross were trying to be hostile to Duke Byrne?
Obviously, you have been flustered, but you still want to leave yourself out and encourage the Holy Cross Church to do it - hum, dream!
Hill Vick as like as two peas, he has no idea that his thoughts are exactly the same as he thought when he encouraged Lauren.
"However, if you really need evidence..." when talking about this sentence, the always indifferent young man finally showed a smile, but the smile looked creepy:
"We can give you a very critical information, an information that can instantly ruin Loren Turin!"