Because it was already evening when Lant arrived at Dragon Tooth City, and after reporting several times in the palace, it was time to eat. As a palace viscount, Lant naturally did not have the chance to have a happy meal with the kingdom's senior officials, but His Majesty Duson was very interested in Lant's successful general. Rislav was very satisfied with the barrier east of Lokilav Pass, and even more satisfied that Rand could personally report on the situation on the night of the 28th, so he arranged for Rand to dine alone in a small restaurant in the palace, and said that Rand would be sealed within the next two days. Especially for the court count.
Since Lant landed directly on Longtai Mountain on a griffon this time, and there were no horses after leaving the palace, Tierney, who lived nearby, had to rely on Tierney to send Lant back to the Chamber of Commerce in the city.
The time for the canonization of the palace earl is set for this Sunday, May 33. What makes Lant a little depressed is that it only took 2 days from when he received the news of Teresa's accident on the 27th to the complete resolution of the eastern border issue on the 29th. However, he had to spend four days in Longya City from the 29th until the 33rd before he could really leave Longya City.
Fortunately, the main work on the eastern border now only has the finishing touches. What Lant really needs to do is to buy a large amount of Warcraft meat to supply the three mid-level Warcraft that are competing for each other.
"Sir, we have contacted you. Wendy has set up a communication room and a magic mirror in White Wolf City Castle. It still needs magic crystals to maintain it." In the evening, Lant contacted the little cardinal through the magic mirror. I haven’t received any information about the territory for days.
"Judging from the news obtained from White Wolf City, Salma, Benny and Xi Laina all have good qualifications. They have been recognized by the gods and are expected to become junior priests soon." Lant asked Wendy to start at 28 The ship stopped every day just to wait for all the life priest apprentices and boilers. Now I heard that the apprentices have good qualifications, and I am very happy.
"The boiler has been installed. Jonny and Fianna Furnace Flame Tutor jointly tested the new magic patterns. In addition, today, Teresa and Tenia made some special breeding tanks. Tutor Tenia She said it would be best to come to the Royal Capital to find Dragon Blood Thorns to experiment with, and she was thinking about how to get to the Royal Capital more conveniently."
"I understand. Anyway, I have a court earl conferment ceremony on the 33rd. Before that, I have to stay in the royal capital." Lant nodded.
"Well, the current knights on the eastern border have decided to practice for another two days. Knight Bit Baixiao has arrived. He will lead the knights with Mentor Teresa to escort the Tuotapala tribe back to Yeqi City." The current territory There are a total of 4 high-level knights. Once Lant is tied up in the royal capital, the remaining 3 high-level knights will have to be mobilized in turn. Neither Lant nor the magic goblins dare to let the tribe with more than a dozen low-level monsters act without authorization. This is the only last resort.
"Things in the west are relatively stable. Knight Petraeus and Mentor Elsa Iron Rock have arrived at the Iowa Pass..." Little Cardinal reported on the situation in the entire territory, from the east-west border to Yeqi City, Lotland, iron mines, salt mines, and even a few stand-out castles.
She can even plan the import volume of grain and Warcraft meat for Rand in the next six months based on the food consumption situation in various places.
And with this data witch, Lant can basically dispatch the entire Galloping Horse Plain from the royal capital.
On the morning of the 30th, the Chamber of Commerce sent Lant more than a dozen invitations to various balls and banquets. The news that he was about to become a court earl had spread to everyone as early as yesterday afternoon. Many neighboring viscounts and barons even I have already arrived at the Chamber of Commerce Hall to say congratulations.
Such a group of neighbors is not easy to deal with, especially since they all bring their fifth son, sixth son, or four daughters and five daughters, hoping that Lant can arrange a position in their own knights.
Lant had two lifetimes of experience with this kind of favor, so he bluntly said that he would face the orc army within this year, and the children of whichever family could defend Galloping Horse would be kept.
The threat of war did make some neighbors hesitate, but no less than 10 families decided to leave their children on the spot.
After all, for these families, the establishment of the Knights on the Galloping Horse Plains is not a waste. As for the risks of war, what kind of war will not kill people?
How can children from noble families be afraid of risks? .
"Oh, I really didn't expect Earl Lant to receive these guests in person." When the neighbors were leaving one after another, the blue dragon Antreq came in at the right time.
"Your neighbors are all viscounts and barons of the palace. If you receive them in person in the future, I'm afraid you will be exhausted every day."
"There's nothing we can do about it, are they all neighbors?" Lant said with a wry smile.
"How could it be? You are going to move house soon. Even I know about this," Antreqi said with a smile.
"You have already captured Yeqi City. One of the count consuls has not escaped. His Majesty Du Sen has decided to hand over the former Galloping Horse Kingdom's headquarters in Dragon Tooth City to you. It is estimated that it will only happen in the next two days."
"Ah?" Lant was a little surprised,
"Don't worry, it's a good place in Longtai Mountain. You won't have to squeeze in here in the future."
"My Chamber of Commerce can't move to the mountains, right?"
"Of course, fortunately, the Benma family also had a large area at the foot of the mountain back then, just like there was an area in Yeqi City where the Red Dragon, Blue Dragon, Feilong, White Xiao and other Dragon Kingdom families lived together." An Treqi said with a wink, and after hearing this, Lant naturally understood his purpose.
"Ah, if that's the case, it would be easy to handle." Lant naturally followed the blue dragon young man's words and began to say,
"It's just that most of Yeqi City is still in ruins. There are some temples and magic platforms. I don't know which part of it used to belong to each family in our Dragon Kingdom. Why don't we find time to send someone from each family to come to Yeqi Check it out on the map of the city, and then I’ll send someone to clean it up.”
"That's great. Mr. McLaren said before I set off, Mr. Lant, you will definitely protect the interests of the dragon's nobles." With a good exchange of interests as a starting point, Antreq took the Rand went to several properties in the Galloping Horse Kingdom. On the carriage, Lan Long mentioned another thing that Lant had heard about but was not clear about: the Galloping Horse Family Fund.
This fund can be traced back to before the fall of Benma, and is composed of the overseas assets and shares of the Benma Kingdom. No one embezzled this money during the turmoil, but after the empire settled down, it became an angel investment for many magister workshops. fund.
After hundreds of years of operation, the scale of funds has become so large that it has become the ballast stone of the Imperial Treasury and the treasury of various kingdoms.
"Lord Lant, Lord McLaren asked me to remind you that the Fiat Marquis family is currently in charge of the distribution of annual interest. The scale of the interest alone is hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and the scale of its principal is so large that it cannot be touched. Please be sure to communicate with the dragon nobles before raising any matters related to capital to the empire. Such huge funds are completely controlled by the legends of the imperial capital, the red dragon, Kirislav and the elves. Once you are not strong enough, you can To take it back..." Antreqi's meaning is very clear. Mortals should not fight for gold coins from the evil dragon, nor should they expect to rob the small treasury of the legends. Instead of thinking about the principal, it is better to take back the interest distribution rights.
"I'm not that stupid," Lant said simply. He had seen a large number of bonds, shares and fund transfer certificates in the documents of the Department of Finance, but he did not expect that these money could actually turn into a huge amount within a few hundred years. funds.
Probably the finance departments in various places really regard this fund as a ballast and only add or subtract figures in their accounts.
"I just want to know, on what basis does our Marquis of Fiat allocate funds to the children of Galloping Horse?"
"I heard it was based on the royal family tree copied from Padmila Mountain a hundred years ago." Antreqi said hesitantly.
"The ancestors of Fiat brought a copy from Yeqi City."
