Proof of the Sun King

ps: In today's first update, I saw many people say that the last chapter was very watery, saying that I was perfunctory and dealt with it. What I want to say is that yesterday, in order to add an update, I went back to the dormitory at night and started writing the second update until eleven o'clock. After finally finishing the second update, I was about to write today's update. I was so tired at that time. I can't even open my eyes, but in order to keep updating or procrastinating, I insisted on writing until 2:30 in the morning to finish the first update of today. Besides, I planned to write this kind of content very early, plan After a long time, I watched a lot of simulcasts and press releases, and checked a lot of information, but I didn’t understand it. I said that I am a bit watery, because I also know that it is relatively watery, but if I really perfunctory readers or have a bad attitude, I will Will you be working hard to write the second update yesterday?

In the future, there will be less thankless things, already tired, and uncomfortable sitting for a long time.

In any case, let's add another chapter today, the emperor is here to apologize.

…………I am the dividing line that separates the text and ps…………

A melancholy face, wearing a very luxurious electoral dress, hanging a lot of gold and silver jewelry, wearing a colorful hat and feathers, the elector who was about forty years old stood in front of Ryan, his face It's all arrogant and harsh. The silk coat is embroidered with golden sun and golden fleece patterns. Obviously, this is the family crest of the Tuscan electoral family. Two swords hang from his waist, a long The sword was the Imperial Elector's holy sword, and the short sword was a silver short sword enchanted with dwarf runes. He was handsome, but his melancholy watch and poker face ruined his facial features.

"Let me introduce, this is the new Elector of Tuscany, the Grand Duke of Ivey and the Grand Count of Iveheim, Marius-Leitdorf." The emperor smiled and patted Marius's. Shoulder: "The last Elector, Umberto Corleone finally decided to retire after serving as Elector of Tuscany for two hundred years. Marius is his fifth descendant, a legendary pinnacle. The strong man, when competing for the title of Marquis within the family, defeated all the competitors with the double swords in his hand and stood out. I think you will have a lot of exchanges. Marius has always been the most determined in our family. Political allies and military partners, the friendly relations between Rikerland and Ivey go back two thousand years to the noble friendship between Charlemagne and Sigurd, the first Elector of Tuscany."

"It's an honor to meet you, Your Excellency Ryan Macado." Marius squeezed out a smile: "If there is a chance, I must ask you for a lesson in swordsmanship."

"Welcome at any time." Ryan reached out and shook Marius's hand, and the Crown Prince of Brittany hesitated for a moment: "Crazy... Count?"

"Hahaha~" The emperor couldn't help laughing when he heard the word Crazy Earl, but Marius didn't respond. He replied sternly, "They brought it on themselves."

Of course Ryan knew about Marius, and of course he was concerned about the change of the elector in the empire. After Marius Lightdorf was selected as the first in line to the elector, the first thing he did was to announce that Mutter would not be accepted. Aiweiling businessmen levied a high "calf tax".

What is a calf tax?

In Mutland, the homeland of half-humans, in order to protect the interests of half-humans and prevent humans from over-occupying the homeland of half-humans, half-humans will impose a "calf tax" on humans who enter Mutland, that is, humans with a height of more than one meter three. If you want to enter the half-human town, you must pay a large amount of tax. This tax was originally designed to protect the largest granary of the empire, Mutter, from being re-infiltrated by humans and regaining the territory.

But as we all know, no matter how good the starting point of a tax is, as long as there is no follow-up and supervision, it will eventually become a tool for the ruling class to accumulate wealth. One of the richest provinces couldn't take it anymore. The first thing Marius was chosen as his heir was to lead the Knights of the Golden Fleece, the Knights of the Black Bear, and the unique expeditions of the Ivyland towards the Mutland. The half-man declares war and asks the other side to lower the calf tax.

As a result, the half-man got a steam tank that had been scrapped from nowhere. They added a trailer to the back of the steam tank and installed the famous half-man crucible behind the tank. Relying on this steam tank, the half-man After a battle with Marius on the border, Emperor Karl Franz came out to mediate, and the Ivey and Mutter leaders signed an agreement to reduce the calf tax for half of the people, and Marius withdrew his troops.

Relying on this surprise and the performance of screaming wildly on the battlefield, charging in person, rough demeanor and bad sense of humor, Marius-Leitdorf was nicknamed "The Crazy Count".

By the way, Marius Leitdorf's brother is Hans Leitdorf, who is the chief of the Paladins mentioned above and Alfred's immediate boss.

As for how this scrapped steam tank came from... Ryan thought that it must have something to do with Emilia.

No way. In the previous Tamu Khan invasion, the army of Aiwei was busy guarding the Black Fire Pass and did not participate. The emperor was also fighting with the Chaos War Gang of the Brass Fortress in Hawke. Nur was extremely dissatisfied with these two provinces. , the two sides have a lot of friction during this period of time, mutual hostility, and the relationship has declined.

After introducing Marius, another very strong, bear-like middle-aged man stood in front of Ryan. He was wearing a bear skin and a lake-green cape. The big man with the patterns of sea ships and wind and waves behind the cape also appeared. At the emperor's side, his hair and beard were already gray, his eyes were wrinkled, and he had a long goatee down to his stomach. He was like a true northern warrior, stubborn, tenacious, belligerent and fierce.

"I think you may have met, Theodoric Geisel, the current Grand Duke of Nord, the holder of the right to elect the Nord Kingdom, the Grand Baron of Sessenmond, the fear of Norsca , you have all made great achievements in the process of fighting the Norsca invasion, maybe you are also very topical." The emperor raised his glass.

"I met him." Theodoric Geisel's voice was rough, he was no longer young: "Ryan, he was just a ranger knight, wandering around Nord, looking for opportunities for promotion. "

"Is His Majesty Harald in good health??" Ryan raised his wine glass and clinked glasses with Geisel. If His Majesty Harald was not good enough, the empire would lose another sanctuary strongman who could hold the ground.

"The great-grandfather is too old to deal with internal affairs. He is almost three hundred years old this year." There was impatience in Geisel's voice: "He has retired, and now it's our young people's turn."

Ryan thought to himself that you are in your fifties this year? Is this young?

However, the powerhouses in this world do have to live longer, and whether they are the elector of the empire or the duke of Brittany, they will pay relative attention to strength when choosing their heirs. After all, the heirs must live long enough to stabilize the territory.

By the way, Geisel's daughter, Anne-Tairis, is the wife of Elector Boris Todbringer.

Geisel, like his great-grandfather Harald Frank, was a ruler obsessed with territorial size and particularly fond of forgery claims, and after he took over as Elector, he publicly declared that he had inherited Marienburg from his great-grandfather. The prince's title, and rightfully so, the Marienburg City Council immediately issued a statement listing Geisel as an unwelcome object in Marienburg.

"It looks like you are all familiar with each other." The emperor was a little surprised, and he smiled heartily: "Am I being a little presumptuous?"

"No, it's an honor, Carl, you actually brought such a luxurious visiting group this time." Ryan felt the cold wind blowing through his body at night, and his attitude was very friendly: "I thought you would come, but I didn't expect ... you This is bringing in half the empire."

"No, it's an empire." Marius stretched out an index finger and pointed at the emperor: "He is the empire."

This untimely cold joke made Ryan twitch the corners of his mouth and made the whole atmosphere instantly embarrassing. Karl Franz laughed dryly. He really didn't know what to say. Geisel snorted from his nostrils, mouth He muttered "boring Southerner" and walked away with his cup in hand.

"..." The awkward atmosphere lasted for ten seconds, Karl-Franz and Ryan, look at me, I look at you, they don't know how to answer this, Marius has no sense of his inappropriate humor I didn't notice, and I didn't intend to speak out to resolve the embarrassment.

"Okay, Ryan, I heard that you hired a team of Erlengrad Sea Soul Guards from Kislev through the relationship of President Amancio of the Estalia Merchant Union. Tell me, who are you? How to do it." After thinking for a while, the emperor decided to change the subject, he shrugged, pretending to be relaxed: "Can you talk about it?"

"Come with me, I'll show you something." Ryan motioned for the emperor to follow him. Karl and Marius looked at each other and immediately followed.

The three came to a small room in the palace, and Ryan carefully opened a large gold box, which contained five white enamel outer layers and golden eggs made of gold: "Look, Carl."

"This is... a Fabe egg?!" Karl Franz and Marius both widened their mouths in surprise: "This... isn't this Kislev's national treasure? God, Ryan, how did you do it? Here?!"

Ryan opened the first easter egg with a smile. Inside the egg was a small golden hen, and in the belly of the golden hen there was a mini crown made of diamonds and a miniature egg made of rubies. The forging skills are astounding to everyone. Only Karl Franz's royal treasury has the same egg. It was a national gift from the Kingdom of Kislev to the emperor. As a symbol of friendship, each Fabe egg is different. And there is a powerful protection magic sealed inside, which can be recharged and used repeatedly.

"How did you get it? Some people need money, some people need things, and some people have channels. That's how they got it." Ryan looked at the five Fabe eggs with satisfaction, he smiled and said, "Amancio has a way, as long as there is Sufficient money, Kislev is in urgent need of funds to pay pensions and rebuild the army that has suffered heavy losses. Her Majesty Katarin's magic research also requires a lot of expenses. The kingdom can't provide so much tax revenue. This is how it came, and the same is true for the Sea Soul Guard. There are some things we can’t do openly, but in private, the tsarist royal family is willing to transfer their national treasures. As long as the price is right, there is nothing that can’t be sold. Amancio has a list in his hand. "

"Oh! Charlemagne is on, Helena will like this." Karl Franz understood, the emperor smiled even more happily: "Helena will like this, I will tell Amancio, let him also give I have one."

"I want one too, no, two!" Marius' eyes lit up, and there were only these five Easter eggs left in the eyes of the mad earl. Ryan thought that this is what I want to give to the lady and Suria, and What does it have to do with you, so Ryan immediately closed the treasure chest again, and the three came out of the room. The emperor thought about it and asked tentatively, "So, your expedition to Bafeng Mountain is also for the endless wealth in it?"

"The knights always need a reason for their expedition." Ryan did not answer Karl Franz's question directly: "King Bellegar has a proper reason~www.wuxiamtl.com~ also helped us a lot."

"Black Heart Repp is the border prince you support?" Marius asked quite directly: "I heard his name more than once in Aiwei, and he seems to have a stable and sufficient source of troops, and he can get a lot of money from Haimen Pass at any time. It is impossible for the mercenary chief to do it without the support of others, he now owns three towns and a dozen villages, and more than three thousand swords."

"Littlebird? Maybe, who knows?" Ryan said speciously: "He may also come this time when he is enthroned. Can you ask him when the time comes?"

Having said that, the emperor and Marius knew what they had in mind. Karl Franz thought about it for a while and felt that the empire did not have the energy to care about the border princes. He laughed a few times and stopped a man wearing a fur coat with a head The leader of Midden, wearing a felt hat, said to Ryan, "By the way, Ryan, I almost forgot, this time I want to introduce you to a hero of the empire, my right-hand man."

"Marshal Imperial Hunter, Marcus Wolfhardt!"

While there was a noisy state banquet and reception in Curona's palace, under the dark night sky, another group of visitors approached the capital of the Knight Kingdom along the ancient road.

Schultz, the Grand Duke of Marienburg, led his own personal guard and the elite pioneer cavalry "Border Rangers" of Marienburg, along the road of Curona, to the outskirts of Curona.

More than ten years of time did not seem to leave any traces on Van der Cooper-Schultz. He brought a few particularly tall people on a small hill in the Curona field, looking at the glory from afar. The city of , as it welcomes the arrival of the Emperor of the Empire today, Curona is brightly lit, like a beacon of civilization, illuminating the dark plains nearby.

"Your Majesty, your Excellencies, we are here."

"very good."