Lord Harland.

Chapter 273 Royal Seal
After signing the Territory Exchange Agreement, it still needs to be approved by the noble council before it can become legally effective.

The Jonathan family has great influence in the noble council, and the Harland family also has a high voting right in the noble council. They are the leaders of the nobility in the Gedda province. The two great nobles jointly promote the noble council, as long as the royal family does not object. , it is not difficult to pass the proposal of exchanging territories.

The Grant royal family has contributed to the westward migration of the Jonathan family, so naturally they will not object to the exchange of territories.

After the territory was exchanged, Li Cha began to prepare to withdraw his troops.

After a few months of expedition, the soldiers' homesickness was already very serious. In addition, Li Cha was very strict about military discipline, prohibiting the soldiers from killing and indulging, and the morale was already very low.

Many noble officers asked Li Cha to write a letter, hoping to withdraw the troops as soon as possible.

However, the situation in the Grand Duchy of Stanik is unstable, and the [-] intervening troops cannot withdraw all at once.

The commander of the three-way army communicated several times and decided to withdraw the troops according to the priority.

The northern army has the most soldiers, Duke Jonathan's army has completely controlled the situation, and the Iron Lions were the first to withdraw.

The next step is the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces. According to the conditions negotiated by Richard and Duke Jonathan, the withdrawal will begin in mid-July.

The army on the southern front has the most supplies and needs to contain the great nobles in the south. The withdrawal time will be later, until the first ten days of September.

All three legions were withdrawn, and in the end only the legion directly under Duke Jonathan would be stationed in the Grand Duchy of Stanik. Due to the attrition caused by the war, the number of soldiers of Duke Jonathan was about 4.

However, after the war, Duke Jonathan incorporated about [-] Linus Guards, and he directly controlled the total force of [-] troops.

Compared with the power directly controlled by the Linus family, the Jonathan family has about 4 fewer people.

Besides, the [-] surrendered troops were incorporated, and the interior was a little unstable.

Now the Jonathan family's control over the Grand Duchy of Stanik is far inferior to that of the Linus family.

The power of the Jonathan family is somewhat out of balance compared with the great nobles of Stanik.

To maintain the balance of the country, either continue to transfer troops from the Kingdom of Grant, or expand the army as soon as possible.

The Duke of Jonathan organized three legions of regular troops, two of which were transferred to the Grand Duchy of Stanik.It is impossible to give up the territory of the Kingdom of Grant, and it is imperative to expand the army.

Fortunately, the territory directly under the Stanik royal family is relatively rich, with a good economic foundation, and it is relatively easy to expand the army financially.

The only difficulty now is that there are temporarily not enough grassroots officers and elite soldiers to train.

Time passed quickly, and twenty days passed in a blink of an eye. The Allied Forces of the Three Provinces were ready and waiting for the order to withdraw their troops.

One day in mid-July, Duke Jonathan arrived at Ria Castle with his entourage and light car Jane Cong.

For the past month, Ria Castle has been the garrison of the three-provincial coalition forces.

The vicinity of Ria Castle was not affected by the war, and more than [-] tons of summer grain were harvested.Li Cha received [-] tons of grain, completely getting rid of the trouble of food shortage.

During this month, the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces lived very comfortably and peacefully.

After arriving at Ria Castle, Duke Jonathan went around the barracks. After returning to Richard's camp with a blank expression, the Duke said, "The soldiers don't seem to have high morale."

"It has been five months since we set off in February. The soldiers are quite homesick. In addition, after winning the battle, they have received a lot of spoils. Now they want to go home and have no intention of fighting."

Duke Jonathan nodded and said: "To be able to lead such soldiers to victory, the Earl's ability to lead troops is very good, even I can't do this."

Although the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces was not considered a mob, it was the first time for Li Cha to fight with soldiers who were not in agreement.The key reason why he can firmly control the troops is the fairness of rewards and punishments.

In every battle, Li Cha never avoided the arrows and charged forward, which played a good leading role for the soldiers and established a high prestige.

In the crucial few battles, Li Cha led the soldiers of Harland's territory to act as the backbone and played a decisive role.

Relying on the soldiers of the Harland Territory, they controlled the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces.Only by being fair and just in the distribution of spoils can most of the noble officers be united and the balance maintained.

After the war, Li Cha felt that his ability to lead troops had improved a lot, and his ability to unite officers had been greatly improved.However, in the next war, Li Cha is unwilling to continue to lead the coalition of nobles to fight. With the coalition of nobles, there is always a need to weigh the pros and cons, and it is too worrying to do a good job of internal balance.

A team with discord is a mob.

Giving Richard 5000 soldiers from the Harland Territory is enough to sweep away [-] troops from the three-provincial coalition.

Hearing Duke Jonathan's compliment, Li Cha hastily said modestly: "Your Excellency, Your Majesty is overrated."

Duke Jonathan said: "It's not too much praise. In my opinion, the officers who can lead the noble coalition to victory are all excellent generals. Besides, in this war, you played a key role with the three-provincial coalition. Otherwise, I You won't be granted a county.

You let the idlers go out, I have something to talk to you alone. "

Li Cha waved his hand, and drove out the staff and guards in the general's tent. Seeing that the people had gone far away, he said in a low voice, "What does the Grand Duke want to ask?"

"Did you invent a new type of alchemy bomb?"

"The territory of Harland did invent a new type of alchemy bomb." Because it was used more on the battlefield, Richard did not hide it, and chose to tell the truth.

Since a large number of alchemy bombs were used in the war, Richard had prepared himself in advance, and had already planned to make a deal with Duke Jonathan and the Grant royal family.

"Is the refining cost of this alchemy bomb high?"

Alchemy bombs are not uncommon, the key is the cost.

"The cost of making an alchemy bomb is not high. The material cost adds up to about sixteen silver coins, plus the labor cost, which is less than two gold coins. It is far cheaper than the alchemy bomb made by the heart of the elements."

"Could it be that your alchemy bomb doesn't need flint?"

"Your Excellency's guess is right. With the addition of flint, the cost of materials will be greatly increased, which must exceed thirty gold coins. Alchemy bombs made with the Heart of Elements cannot compete at all."

Seeing that Li Cha knew everything, Duke Jonathan was very satisfied. He said happily: "Would you like to exchange this alchemy bomb manufacturing technology with me? I will pay enough price to make you satisfied."

"Your Excellency, the Harland family has no shortage of general resources. Unless it is a treasure that is very important to us, we are not willing to exchange it. Even if we agree to exchange the alchemy bomb manufacturing technology, we have additional conditions. First of all, Your Excellency the Duke. Spread the alchemy bomb manufacturing technology, and secondly, the Jonathan family cannot sell alchemy bombs.

In order to guarantee the transaction, a royal contract must be signed. At least ten people from the Duke family must sign the contract. These 20 people must be important members of the Jonathan family. I need to ensure the security of the transaction. "

The kingship contract can only bind professionals below legend.

Duke Jonathan is already at the second level of legend. If the Duke signs the contract, as long as he is willing to pay a certain price, he can be exempted from the royal seal attack.Therefore, the ones Richard asked to sign must be other important members of the Jonathan family.

If the minor nobles were to negotiate a deal with the Jonathan family, Duke Jonathan would be able to get rid of it with three melons and two dates, so he would definitely not agree to harsh additional conditions.

However, when trading with a big noble, you can negotiate relatively fairly.The Harland family is already a hereditary earl, and they have enough power to negotiate terms with the Jonathan family.

The main purpose of the Jonathan family trading alchemy bombs is to defend the territory and fight against the enemy.

Although the Linus family was defeated, the Grand Duchy of Stanik lost 4 soldiers. Even if the Jonathan family entered St. Jonathan Castle with two legionaries, the number of soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Stanik was [-] fewer.

In the face of the orc attack, the pressure on the front line will increase a lot with the loss of [-] troops.Even if the Jonathan family expands their army immediately, the new army formed two years later will have mediocre combat effectiveness and will not be able to fill the gap at all.

Duke Jonathan was very worried about whether he could stop the orcs after two years.

Equipped with cheap alchemy bombs, the combat effectiveness of the army can be increased by at least [-]%.Each squadron is equipped with dozens of them. Even if the army does not expand in two years, with the current strength, Duke Jonathan is sure to defeat the orcs.

Duke Jonathan said: "We can consider the request of the Harland family. Since I came here to negotiate a deal in person, I naturally have the resources that the Harland family urgently needs. I have a royal seal here, which can be exchanged for the alchemy bomb manufacturing technology."

The royal seal is a replica of the artifact, and it is also an important resource for the royal church to control the nobles.

The value of each royal seal is equivalent to a legendary magic item.

The value of legendary magic items cannot be exchanged for gold coins or magic crystals at all.

Although the background of the Harland family is shallow, Li Cha's luck is very good. Up to now, the family has three pieces of legendary magic equipment. Whether it is the lightning staff, the star bottle, or the star necklace, it is impossible for Li Cha to exchange gold coins. , magic crystal and other common resources.

Relatively speaking, there are more royal seals, and their value is slightly lower among legendary magic equipment.

But for the great nobles, the royal seal is still a very important magic item, which is related to the ruling power of the great nobles.

After Richard was promoted to Earl, he immediately went to the Church of King Power to report and line up, hoping to trade a seal with the Church of King Power.Normally, if the earl wants to exchange a seal, he has to wait in line for 30 years.

The Jonathan family has a profound heritage and has been a noble family for more than 700 years.They were once the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, with seven royal seals in their hands.

Although the royal seal is very important to the Harland family, for the Jonathan family, there is no shortage of such treasures.

After all, according to the strength of the Jonathan family, it is simply impossible to expand the seven main central armies, and it does not need seven royal seals.

The royal seal that Duke Jonathan traded for came from the fled Linus family.

Although the background of the Linus family is a little shallower, after all, they are also great nobles for hundreds of years. They have controlled the Grand Duchy of Stanik for more than a hundred years, and they also have six royal seals in their hands.

Because of the internal turmoil in the Linus family's court, the three royal seals were lost during the war.

After the Jonathan family took control of the Grand Duchy of Sternik, they found the two lost royal seals through divination magic.After careful consideration, Duke Jonathan decided to exchange one with the Harland family.

The treasure that Duke Jonathan took out immediately moved Richard.

With the development of the Harland family to the present level, it is really in urgent need of a royal seal.

Both parties were very satisfied with this transaction. Richard immediately drew up a contract in the military tent, signed his name, and then rode back to St. Jonathan Castle with Duke Jonathan on the iron horned horse, and asked important members of the Jonathan family to sign the contract.

After signing the contract, Li Cha wrote down the formula for the alchemy bomb, the manufacturing process of the shell casing, and the manufacturing technology of the explosive rune, and obtained the ownership of a royal seal.

With the royal seal in hand, one has control over the middle and lower levels.

Pranayama and meditation will become more difficult.

With some advanced industrial technologies and magical technologies, it is much easier to keep secrets, and the pressure of anti-spies has been reduced.

After completing the transaction, Li Cha returned to northern Xinjiang with the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces. After returning to the territory, it was already mid-August.

Starting in early February, he went out to fight for half a year, and finally returned to the territory.There were 3 captive soldiers and more than [-] family members of the captive soldiers who returned with the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces.

Although these captive soldiers have rich experience in warfare and can skillfully use various equipment, it is very rare to practice breathing techniques, and there are not many officers among them.

The aristocratic officers in central Stanik all have the blood of the Linus family. These people seldom surrendered, and basically fled to the Dron Kingdom with Viscount Nero.

Most minor nobles don't like the spread of breathing techniques, especially in the central region of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, where the pressure of orc invasion is relatively low, and the nobles mainly guard against internal challengers.

Those who can practice breathing methods basically have noble blood and are members of the noble branch.

Even if he didn't practice the breathing method, his physical fitness is very average, and this part of the captured soldiers, Li Cha plans to recruit them all.

Although these people's physical fitness is average, after all, they have many years of war experience. They only need to practice breathing techniques to grow into qualified soldiers, and the training period is shorter.

After Richard returned to the territory, he began to hand over the territory to the Jonathan family.

Earl Roger owns four castles, more than [-] villages, and a population of about [-].This territory is very close to Harland's territory, and Richard easily gained control.

At the end of August, Richard settled the families of the captive soldiers near King's Castle in Duke Roger, and began to mix the soldiers.

Many of the newly recruited soldiers are illiterate. If they want to practice breathing, they need to learn it from scratch.Only after you have learned common words can you understand the content of the breathing method. Generally speaking, this process takes about a year.

Soldiers with average talents can only be promoted to professionals after joining the army for ten years and become first-class officers in the squadron.If there is a complete breathing method, it will take three to five years for soldiers with better talents.

The intervention war lasted for half a year, and the casualties of soldiers in the Harland Territory were relatively small, with no more than [-] killed in battle, and there were not many seriously wounded retired from active service, which would not affect the expansion of the army.

(End of this chapter)