Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 228 Family Affairs and Military Affairs

"Katerin, Shibuk, come to father."

In the garden of the Northern Palace, Herme shouted to her son and daughter.

And next, an older girl came over with a young boy.

They are Katelin and Shabuk, Heme's eldest daughter and son.

The name Shanbuke comes from the earliest monarch when humans were exiled and landed.

Obviously, this name represents Herme's expectation for his son, hoping that he will rule the north as the original king of mankind like Shabuq.

Compared to her younger brother, Katelin's personality was obviously more lively, and she jumped directly into Herme's arms.

The girl had the carefree smile of a child on her face, and she kept giggling there.

Hermey smiled and lifted Katerin up. This beautiful child was so attractive to Hermey, and Katelin smiled even harder. She always liked being lifted up by her father's strong arms.

After putting down her daughter, Hemei walked up to her son and picked up the child, who was running very slowly because he was too small, even though he was running very hard.

And this also made Sham Booker's little face, which was crying because he didn't come into his father's arms before his sister, instantly filled with joy.

Hermey pays great attention to her attitude towards her two children. Whatever she gives to her daughter must be given to her son, and there must be no bias.

To put it lightly, the reason for this is to allow the two children to grow up healthily. Children are always sensitive, and some biases in childhood will undoubtedly greatly affect their psychology.

And to put it more broadly, it means not to spread wrong signals to anyone below, nor to let your children have any misunderstandings about your ideas.

Herme didn't want her daughter to cause turmoil like the Falga Rebellion.

And every time at this time, looking at the two children, Hemei couldn't help but feel a burst of sadness. Although he was in a high position, he had to control which children wanted to get close to him.

However, fortunately, he has no preference for the two children.

"Hey, these two little guys are covered in mud again and are they playing in mud again?"

Katya, who was sitting aside, looked at the dirt on the two children and shook her head.

Compared with the Cossack woman galloping on the grassland in the past, Katya now looks exactly like a northern lady. However, although her clothes are now more cumbersome, they still ensure that she will not move because of her. Some habits are after all It can't be changed.

Then Katya looked at the two people following behind, as well as a large number of guards and maids.

The first two people are Anais, the Grand Duchess of Temeria, who is the fiancée of Shanbu Ke, and the other is Baldwin, the Grand Duke of Aedirn, who is Catherine's fiancé.

Yes, Grand Duke, shortly after returning to the north from another world, Herme ordered the kings from all over the world to remove their royal titles and uniformly convert them to titles such as Grand Duke/High Duke. At the same time, he further restricted the local administrative power and power of each country. Diplomatic power.

Faced with Hemei's actions through the crusade against the Wild Hunt, all countries were certainly dissatisfied, but what if they were dissatisfied? They had no choice but to accept it.

In the past three years, Anais has opened up a lot. King Foltest and the appearance inherited from her have begun to appear, and she is an obvious beauty embryo.

The Grand Duchess of Temeriad stood aside nervously, making a ladylike gesture and waiting there.

As for Baldwin, he is now about the same age as Katerina.

Compared to Katerin's escape, King Demavi's son was much quieter.

When she saw Anais, Katya couldn't help but frowned. Katya was very dissatisfied with the wife Herme found for her son.

Although this girl will definitely be a beauty in the future, when her son reaches the marriageable age, she will be a big girl, a full four years older than her son.

But for the sake of power, there is nothing we can do about it.

To be honest, this is pretty good.

After all, if things go wrong, the son might even marry an old woman, but being four years older doesn't matter at all.

Katya's disgust was naturally noticed by the sensitive Anais. The Grand Duchess trembled for a moment, then became more respectful.

She didn't know why Katya didn't like her, and she didn't know how to deal with it, so the only thing she could do was be more respectful.

As for Katelin's fiancé, Katya is very satisfied.

This child basically grew up under his own supervision. Baldwin was always calm. Although he didn't feel like a child because he didn't have a child's jumping-off point, it made Katya look at him more pleasingly.

Compared to Katelin, who is always careless, such a boy is more suitable to balance out her personality.

Next, as everyone stood beside the Protector and his wife, Hemei held the two children on her knees and listened to her children talking about what they had experienced.

From the perspective of adults, these children's things are of course very boring, but Hemei still showed a very interested attitude, listened patiently to the children's stories, and then responded to the things the children were proud of very appropriately. Marvel.

In contrast, Katya was drinking tea indifferently next to her.

At first glance, it makes people think that the identities of this couple have been reversed.

However, the love and concern that flashed in Katya's eyes when she looked at the pair of children still showed her love for the children.

It's just that compared to Hemei, Katya is less willing to look down in front of the children. She always has a straight face and rarely expresses her love directly in front of the children, which makes the children a little afraid of their mother.

Fortunately, they still know their mother's love for them. After all, these two little guys grew up eating Katya's breast milk. Although the mother's face is always cold, how can she not feel that kind of care for her children? come out.

Hermey enjoyed this kind of life very much. After tiringly dealing with many military and political affairs, he played with his wife and children in the garden.

Watching the children tell their stories and thinking about how these two little things grew up to be what they are now, Hermey felt comfortable all over.

After all, the child couldn't sit still. After lying in his father's arms for a while, the two little things jumped out to play, and their fiancée and fiancé quickly followed.

To a large extent, Anais and Baldwin play the role of playmates and nannies, but fortunately they are both children after all. Although they are very respectful in front of the Lord Protector, once they leave the sight of the Lord Protector, then We started playing together right away.

"This feeling is really good, if only life could go on like this forever."

Hemei picked up the tea cup on the table and drank the tea in one gulp, enjoying the feeling of the fragrance of tea leaves exploding in her mouth.

"Then come into the house with me tonight?"

"Of course, of course, since Madam wants it, of course I will accompany you."

As an old married couple, it was a common thing for Hemei and Katya to mention their affairs without caring about them for a long time.

When Katya mentioned the matter of having sex, Hemei glanced at his wife's face without any trace, and found nothing strange on it, which made him relieved.

This kind of thing has happened countless times in the past few years, but every time Hemei wanted to see if there was any strange color on his wife's face.After all, if you have a lover outside, you always feel guilty when facing your wife.

When it came to that lover, Hemei was also quite emotional. The original idea was just for fun, but unexpectedly she became obsessed with it. Hemei has not lost interest in that woman until now.

Herme's lover is the widow of an old baron, the daughter of a knight, and she married the old baron at a young age.

After her husband was "overworked", she became famous in the social circle of Aden for her beauty, but she soon disappeared from the social circle.

No one is surprised by this. After all, such a woman is not only aiming to be a canary for those big shots, but most likely she is hidden in the golden house by some big shot.

However, no one thought that what she found would be Lord Protector, and no one thought in that direction.

The Protector's confidentiality work was still very good. After all, the person directly responsible for this matter was Charon.

This widow had a graceful figure and was pretty and brainless. Compared with the cold beauty like Katya, she was full of a different kind of charm, which Herme liked very much.

And just as the Protector was recalling his lover, a voice interrupted the Protector's thoughts.

"Lord Hemei, all armies are ready and the review can start at any time."

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The streets of Petekt are now bustling with people because the Protector of the Country is reviewing the warriors who have made achievements in the cross-border expedition.

It is a great honor to be reviewed by the Lord Protector in the northern capital, and the soldiers are also very proud.

Now, the protector of the country watched the army throw flags and weapons in front of him. These flags were all the flags of the elves, and the weapons were the equipment of the elven nobles.

Countless people were also watching this scene. The Lord Protector attached great importance to this ceremony, so he performed it to the highest standards.

When seeing the trophies of their troops placed in front of the Protector, every soldier's face was filled with pride, and they were also very happy.

Although, the main reason for happiness is that the pockets are full of loot. In Tirnaria, the federal government ate a lot, and these ordinary soldiers also ate a lot.

Gold, silver and various items belonging to Ain El filled the soldiers' bags. Even though the prices of these trophies were constantly reduced by merchants, each of them still had money in their pockets.

During the period before the military parade started, the soldiers went on a spending spree in Petekt. The streets were full of soldiers throwing money. Their consumption once caused the price of goods in the city to rise.

If the Protector hadn't immediately mobilized a large number of resources into the city and brought in a large number of Ofel luxury goods, the citizens might have started to complain against the army.

The people standing in front of the Protector now are all division-level troops from all over the north.

Today, Northern division-level troops generally have three flags. One flag is the division flag, one flag represents the region from which they come, and one flag is the flag of the Northern Confederacy.

In the past three years, the army in the north has changed a lot.

When the Northern Federation was first established, the federal army was, to put it bluntly, a simple collection of armies from all over the north.

In fact, all countries still use their own mobilization systems and technical warfare models.

To say how much integration there is, it's a sad story indeed.

Hermey naturally wanted to change this status quo, and he accomplished this impact through the expansion of the General Staff.

The power of the General Staff has continued to expand in the past three years, from the initial General Staff in Aden to the General Staff of the entire north.

Taking the General Staff as the starting point, Hemei carried out a large number of interventions in the armies of various countries.

At first, it was just a unified establishment, and then the recruitment system and training methods were changed. Now, the originally independent recruitment system of the northern countries has been largely destroyed.

Nowadays, various armies are often stationed not in their own countries, but in foreign countries.

In this way, the federal government avoided as much of the local influence as possible on the military.

Of course, this also has its disadvantages, that is, the characteristics of the military systems of the northern countries are also smoothed out, and they are all turned into the same mold.

Coupled with the time required to adapt to the new mode, this will of course have a great impact on combat effectiveness.

And this is what Hemei wants. In the eyes of the Protector, no features can compare to mass-produced products, and the same is true for the Nilfgaardians.

Although ordinary products have some features that are not as good as others, their quantity is sufficient and their quality is up to standard.

Of course, it will still take several years before integration is fully completed.

But now this army is enough. After all, they don't have to face any ridiculously powerful enemies.

At the same time, the Lord Protector also established a military roster that recorded military personnel throughout the north.

These rosters record the towns throughout the north, the soldiers the nobles should send in wartime, and the equipment provided - the number of troops and the level of equipment are determined according to their financial resources.

There have always been military rosters in the northern countries.

After all, noble towns are basically obliged to send troops, and these forces must be used as much as possible.

However, due to time, these rosters generally suffer from disrepair.

Although it is generally sufficient, it still wastes a lot of resources, so Hemei needs to rectify it.

The person responsible for this task was naturally the General Staff. It was also through this incident that Hemei was able to truly establish the General Staff's status in the army in the north.

The integration of northern military resources represents such a huge power that even the most ignorant farmer knows.

After this, the northern army barely reached what Heme hoped for.

Returning to the review ceremony, after seeing all the troops handing over their trophies, and seeing the excited look of the troops, the Protector was extremely satisfied.

At this time, I don't know when, Charon walked behind the Protector and told the Protector a piece of news.

"My lord, Geralt of Rivia has traveled to Toussaint."

After hearing the news, Hemei's expression did not change at all, he just nodded.

But in his mind, he was thinking about one thing.

The story of blood and wine finally begins.

　More tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)