The Immortal Wizard is watching

Chapter 95 War Breaks Out ([-] words)

"Lord Ironstone, is there a letter from Ms. Vicki?"

Ronan sat in the main hall of the New Castle, looking at the two letters in front of him.

One of the seals bears the stone-hammer coat of arms of Lady Vicky's Hayman family.

At this time, five days had passed since he returned to the Cold Wind Territory, and the letter in front of him had just arrived from the Cold Wind Territory from Black Rock City.

Ms. Vicki is currently in Black Rock City and has not been able to see anyone else.

So I sent a letter hoping to come to Hanfengling in a day and get his interview.

In the letter, she revealed that the purpose of the meeting was related to the ruler of the northern province, Earl Drake.

These include steel and coal mine business, as well as the recruitment of soldiers, etc. I hope to discuss with him face to face.

"Earl Drake hopes that Black Rock City will transport steel and coal mines to sell to the Silver Collar, and lead some soldiers to support the Silver Collar's Ford family and attack the Hawk family in Dragon Tooth City."

Ronan put his fist against his head, thinking about the earl's intentions.

Previously, he rejected the marriage request of the earl's daughter Eve, and this request was obviously requested by Earl Drake.

After being rejected by herself, Eve did not leave, but continued to stay in the remote Black Rock City.

Ronan knew that the impact of Earl Drake on his royal status was not giving up, but making other arrangements.

And now, it's one of them.

Ms. Vicky lives in a remote area far from the political center, and knows nothing about the turmoil of the upper nobles in Triumph City.

But Ronan understood the current situation through Edson.

The battle between the Ford family of the silver collar and the Hawk family of Dragon Tooth City is the most direct manifestation.

Dragon Tooth City is located at the junction of Northern Province, Central Province and Western Great Plains.

Although the territory lacks precious resources, the important Insel River trade route flows through here, bringing generous commercial taxes to the territory.

And the unique geographical location also makes this a key area for the transfer of goods between the three places.

As the viscount of the local lord, the Hawke family is loyal to the royal party and the previous emperor, so that they can firmly occupy the dominant position of the territory.

But it's different now, the glorious era of the royalist party and the emperor collapsed with the new king's accession to the throne.

The Hawke family in Dragon Tooth City was also affected by this, especially since he still chose to stand on the side of the former Royalist Party.

Just ten days ago, the Ford family declared war on the silver lord in the north of Dragon Tooth City.

It is claimed that the ancestors of the Hawke family cheated Dragon Tooth City from the ancestors of the Ford family by fraudulent means.

Now they want to erase the stain of the Ford family and recapture Dragon Tooth City.

As a result, the lords of both sides started a war, and a large number of lords and soldiers were recruited to fight on the battlefield.

Normally speaking, although the battle between the two viscounts was serious, it was not enough to attract large-scale attention.

If there is not much difference in strength between the two sides, the nearby noble earl will soon come forward to mediate.

But that was in the past. The current situation is that the viscounts on both sides are fighting more and more fiercely, and the scope of the battlefield is constantly expanding.

The eyes of the imperial nobles are focusing on this.

A steady stream of supplies and soldiers are being transported to the two battlefields to fill the gap in the war for them.

Obviously, behind both sides, there are big nobles supporting and aiding, which plunged their struggle into an endless war of attrition.

The silver collar Ford family has the support of the new alliance.

And behind the Hawk family in Dragon Tooth City are the former Royalist Party, Earl Cobo of the Great Plains and others.

In the Imperial Palace of Triumph City, the fragile balance still exists.

Under the influence of interests and face, the two nobles are unwilling to be the first to tear their faces.

So the younger brothers below chose to do it for them, fighting for them, robbing territory and population.

As a member of the new alliance, Earl Drake was of course also involved.

In order to preserve strength and not irritate the opponent's big nobles.

He would not use the main force of his own Ziquan City, but secretly recruited other lord forces in the northern provinces and sent them to the Silver Territory to join the battle.

As one of them, Black Rock City is also on the list.

These include the subordinate cold wind collar, iron stone collar and beech collar.

As the acting city lord of Blackstone City, Ronan needs to coordinate the power of the lords of these territories and send them to the Silver Territory to support the Ford family.

Among the two letters he received, the other one was sent to him by Finance and Foreign Minister Aldrich, and it was about the call-up order for Black Rock City.

After reading it, Ronan found that the conditions offered by Earl Drake were extremely favorable.

Not only pay for steel and coal mines at a price that is [-]% higher than the market price.

A daily quotation of 10 silver coins during the war will also be provided to every soldier who goes to the war, and a pension of 5 gold coins will be paid after death.

This is probably a special care only given to Black Rock City, Ronan understood in his heart.

If you give this treatment to other lords.

The battle between Silverland and Dragon Tooth City has not yet ended, and Earl Drake is afraid that he will be bald by the lords participating in the war.

As for why he was given this treatment.

There is no doubt that it is Ronan's identity.

Now, after Edson became the emperor, he is constantly trying to master the power of the royal guard.

And win over the former royal party to balance the power of the kingdom.

As the current emperor, Edson's younger brother, news spread that if Ronan participated in the war between the two sides and chose to support the silver collar.

Undoubtedly, it will further deteriorate the attitude of the royalist nobles towards Edson.

It is in line with Ronan's current interests that his elder brother Edson is the current emperor.

It is impossible for Ronan to let him completely go on the road of becoming a puppet of the new alliance.

So the supply of supplies is not a big problem, but he can't send out this soldier.

"You have to find a reasonable reason to refuse, otherwise Earl Drake is not a vegetarian. No matter how gentle he is now, he will be so cruel after turning his face."

Ronan put down the two letters in his hand, and then checked the report submitted by Old Motou.

It is a summary of the development of Hanfengling during this period.

The main construction of the town and castle has been completed, the steam room is operating normally, and the trading center and Black Rock City are officially connected.

The mining of coal mines near Winter Wolf Village is also proceeding smoothly. The barbarians no longer try to escape, and begin to accept the current stable life.

"The barbarian tribes in the frozen land, speaking of which, after a long search, many traces have been found."

Ronan was going to find an opportunity to bring them together.

This time, there is no need to rush to solve it, just to give the soldiers of the territory and Black Rock City an excuse.

It doesn't matter if it's a coincidence or not, as long as it's decent.

The fifth-tier Lionheart Spear has already been prepared, and its perfection is much higher than that of the Scarlet Scythe.

Even with just one blow, it is enough to penetrate the mountains.

The power Ronan has now is not afraid of Earl Drake's anger, it's just to reduce trouble.

Not only that, after trying for a period of time, thanks to the blood recovery effect of the healing potion, he already had the first batch of holy blood parasites in his hand, totaling [-].

I just took advantage of this opportunity to invest in the vicinity of the two battlefields, so as to understand the actual effect.

If the effect of magic crowdfunding is good, Ronan will consider continuing to make it.

After all, use a little less of the most critical pure spirituality.

He is now in the Kingdom of God every night, besides accompanying Isa, he is trying to find a way to continue digging into the spirituality of the Kingdom of God.

It's a pity that after the spiritual threat of the black death gradually receded, the source of the kingdom of God would not enter, even if he waited for his demise, he would ignore him.

Ronan put away the two letters and Old Mo's report, then got up and left the main hall, and walked upstairs.

After arriving at the kitchen on the second floor, he looked at the busy work in the hands of the maids.

"How are things getting ready?"

"My lord, everything is going well, and everything has been prepared according to your instructions."

The chief maid who was directing them, a woman with thick arms, wrapped herself tightly in a gray robe, white headscarf and apron, drove over and bowed.

Her dress is exactly the orthodox maid's dress of this era, simple and conservative, looking gray and without any sense of beauty.

Ronan considered changing the maid outfit to something more in line with his aesthetics, but he gave up later.

On the one hand, the cold wind collar is really too cold, there is no need to toss these maids.

On the other hand, no matter how beautiful the clothes are, they also need the matching of models.

Ronan decided to let his eyes go.

But now.

Well, it still doesn't seem to work.

If he dared to lock the door tightly and let Alice wear that kind of clothes, she would most likely be kicked in the face by her in shame and anger.

You can't bully Isa. In reality, he and Isa are not that familiar.

Cassana is out of consideration, so he might as well wear it himself.

While thoughts were running wild in Ronan's mind, he came to the counter in the kitchen and checked various materials.

Today is Cassana's birthday, so he needs to fulfill the promise he made when he left and give her a special gift.

This naturally includes the essential birthday cake.

Low-gluten flour can be further ground and sieved with selected wheat flour. Gelatin sheets can be boiled with the help of cowhide, fish scale and fish gelatin, etc., and then used to whip the cream.Sugar was expensive in this day and age, but it didn't matter to him.

Ronan also bought a lot of sun-dried cocoa beans brought back from overseas in Triumph City.

This was used as part of cocoa drinks and medicines in the Central Palace.

Now is a good time to try making chocolate in advance to add flavor to the cake.

The temperature of the original oven was not easy to control, but fortunately Ronan started preparations a few days in advance.

The operation was carried out step by step in an orderly manner.

He looked with satisfaction at the final product, a decent chocolate fruitcake.

After letting the maids go to rest, he picked up the cake he made, went downstairs, and left the castle.

In the large garden outside the castle, in the cleared space.

Kassanna was warming up around a burning fire with Alice and Isa.

The novel experience made Alice pick up the firewood and poke the fire from time to time, watching the sparks overflowing with a blushing face.

"Be careful, don't light the blanket on your body and hurt Isa."

Ronan came over and patted Alice on the head to stop her restless behavior.

"Ronan, here!" At this moment, Cassana on the other side quickly opened the blanket on her body and called to him.

Seeing him abandoning herself and running to sit beside Cassana, Alice turned her head and pursed her mouth unhappily, and was comforted by Isa's funny touching of her head.

"What a big cake." Cassana looked at the cake in Ronan's hand in surprise, and then looked at him expectantly.

"Here's a birthday cake for you."

Ronan cut off a small piece of the cake and brought it to her with a fork.

It's just that Cassana didn't move, still looking at him expectantly.

Ronan had no choice but to pick up a fork, pick up a piece of cake and put it into her mouth.

"It's delicious!" Feeling the delicate and soft sweet taste in her mouth, Cassana's eyes kept flickering, "So in Triumph City, do you always eat this kind of delicious food for your birthday?"

"No." Alice, who had been watching them, retorted unhappily, "I've never had any birthday cake. Never!"

She couldn't help but emphasize to Ronan.

Ronan gave him a supercilious look.

At that time, he couldn't be the master of the family, so he ran into the kitchen of the servants, who knows what messed up rumors would arise.

Isa shook her head at Cassana, saying that she hadn't eaten either.

This made Cassana even happier, holding the cake in her hand cherishingly.

"All of them." Ronan divided two pieces and gave them to Alice and the others.

For the sake of Cassana's birthday, Alice decided to forgive him magnanimously, took the cake and shared it with Isa.

After eating the cake, Ronan took out the birthday present for Cassana from his arms.

Considering it was only her 15th birthday, Ronan finally decided to give her a Q version of Kassanna doll he made himself.

After all, the needlework skills that I practiced for Alice can't be wasted, right?

Facts have proved that Kassana is very satisfied with this gift and holds it tightly in her arms.

After the birthday party, the fire in the garden was extinguished and cleaned up.

After returning to the castle, Cassana happily ran back to her room with the doll in her arms, threw herself on the bed and hugged it tightly.

When Ronan returned to his room, he found an angry Alice sitting on the bed waiting for him, shaking his calf constantly.

"Didn't I give you a doll a long time ago?" Ronan sat beside her helplessly.

"But they are all staying in Triumph City now, I don't have them anymore!" Alice quibbled.

Then her mood suddenly became depressed, "Ronan, did I disturb you and Cassana, if it's true, you can tell me."

She remembered what her mother had told her, that when her brother had a wife, he would gradually alienate them.

It seems that suddenly there are more people in the family, which has a great influence on Alice.

Looking at her losing vitality, Ronan thought to himself.

Ronan opened the cabinet, took out a large one-meter-tall doll, and handed it to Alice.

"I've prepared it for you a long time ago, are you not angry now?"

Alice hugged the big doll that looked like herself in surprise, and the frustrated expression on her face receded.

She rested her head on the big doll's head and took a deep breath of enjoyment.

But then the expression was a little strange.

"what happened again?"

"It smells like you." Alice suddenly looked at him with disgust, "Ronan, did you hug it when you slept at night? It's strange to sleep with a doll that looks like your sister."

"Don't give it back to me." Ronan reached out to take it back, but she turned around and avoided it.

"No! Don't let the Alice doll fall into the hands of the villain Ronan, I want to save it back to its warm nest!" Alice quickly ran out of the room with the doll in her arms.

(End of this chapter)