Lord of War

  Black Swan Castle has been very lively in recent months.

  Because the black swan reappeared on the Black Swan Lake of this ancient castle, the long-lost castle was finally restored to the ranks of the famous castles in the southern continent. For this reason, the reputation of the already famous Void Principality once again swept the entire Southern Continent, especially in the aristocratic circle of the Kingdom of Lane. Many nobles even uninvitedly wanted to visit this castle famous for viewing.

  In this regard, originally Cecilia did not agree to let these unnecessary people in and out of the castle.

  It’s just that Diana didn’t know how to persuade Cecilia, so the Black Swan Castle has now become a holy place in the Void Principality for a limited time. Of course, the inside of the castle is forbidden to visit. For this reason, the workload of the Void Shadow Guards has been forced to increase a lot-but this is also part of the strength of the Void Duchy. In addition, the movement path to the top of the castle is strictly limited. , Visitors who enter the castle must abide by this rule, otherwise they will be triggered by triggering the private property protection law of the Void Principality.

  Private property protection decree, this is an important new decree issued by the Void Principality.

  It clearly announced the privatization of property, that is, nobles must not maliciously occupy the property of civilians. It is seriously inconsistent with the system of "property lord ownership" issued by the lords of other territories-if it is not true that the Void Principality is not defeated, the surrounding lords want to declare war on the Void Principality, because the promulgation of this decree makes other lords' territories appear A large-scale relocation of civilians was initiated, for which Neal had to issue a new decree.

At the same time, the Void Duchy’s citizenship certificate is more difficult to obtain than ever before—In Void Duchy, without the nameplate to prove your citizenship, you will not be able to enjoy the protection of Void Duchy, you can only be protected by the vagrant issued by Void Duchy. It is only protected by law. Although this behavior has effectively prevented a large number of foreign residents from moving. However, there are still many vagrants who are willing to stay in the Void Principality, trying to obtain the official status of the leader of the Void Principality.

  Of course, the Void Principality has a large number of job opportunities and various favorable treatments, which are also potential factors to attract these vagrants.

  Hasas Zoanton, the son of a noble family from the Millennium Covenant Empire. It's because when I came to visit the Black Swan Castle. I accidentally ran into Cecilia, who was also walking, and was shocked on the spot, so he launched a series of dating requests that he considered romantic, but Cecilia was extremely annoying. Even more than a week ago, this aristocratic child with a very good reputation has formally proposed to Cecilia.

  It’s just that, he thought of a handsome and romantic proposal, but Cecilia relentlessly and straightforwardly rejected it. Don't even say anything polite.

  If it is a narrow-minded and powerful noble. Will definitely be so irritated and choose revenge. Even if it is an ordinary nobleman who is so rejected by the other party, most of them will lose face.

  As for Hasas, it is unclear whether he is narrow-minded, but the Zoranton family behind him is indeed powerful according to William's statement. Because this is one of the few veteran aristocrats who support the new emperor of the Millennium Covenant Empire, with a heritage of more than a thousand years, the highest rank of the family has been among the princes. In the entire family history, there have been double-digit dukes, and this alone is enough to explain everything.

  Now the patriarch of the Zoanton family. It's the Duke of Hamson: Purhus Zoranton. He is more than eighty years old this year. He has served as the marshal of the Millennium Covenant Empire, commanding the southern frontiers of the empire. The most popular thing is that he has resisted three outbreaks of death in the black earth, not to mention his achievements in the wild land. -Even now, Puhuus's name and his black wolf banner with a black wolf head on a green background and red border are still the nightmare of many old people in the wild.

  After retiring from the position of Marshal of the Southern Xinjiang Front Army, this legendary duke entered the Millenium Covenant Empire’s military headquarters with the highest decision-making power. After that, he stayed in this position for a full thirty years. Until two years ago, the internal unrest of the Millennium Covenant Empire could not be stopped, and there were even signs of intensification before the old duke was re-armored. Go into battle.

  According to the investigation information of the Void Realm, this time the internal strife of the Millennium Covenant Empire was finally suppressed and stopped, and this old duke had a very strong feat. However, because of his perseverance and interception tactics, the old duke is said to have suffered a very serious injury-he has never stepped into the sanctuary state in his life, and after this injury treatment, it is said that he has regressed to the bronze state.

  There are other rumors that the next patriarch of the Zoanton family will be selected from among his grandchildren. That is, the generation of Hasas, and regardless of the side branch or direct line, can participate in the election-and unlike the patriarchal elections of other families, those with excellent combat talents cannot run for the patriarch. Bit.

  The selection of the heir to the patriarch of the Zuo Anton family does not test personal force, but political, military strategy, and even economic talents.

  Hasas, it happens to be the one who has the right to compete among the younger generation of the Zoanton family, and his main talents are concentrated in the political and economic aspects. It’s just that his inheritance right ranks third, and there is a sister and a brother above him. These three of them are called the three masters of Zoan Dun-in other words, if there is no accident, the next one The patriarch of the Zoanton family was born among these three.

  For many nobles, whether or not Hassas can successfully win the position of the patriarch of the Zoanton family, he is a very ideal marriage partner. And if he is lucky enough to become the next patriarch of the Zoanton family, then unless Shaun can upgrade the void principality to an empire, even if it becomes a first-class void principality, the power possessed by Hasas Zoranton will Not necessarily much weaker than Sean.

  Of course, the level of a super-class kingdom is another matter.

  This is the glory and power brought by family heritage.

  And this is also the same that Diana will try her best to dissuade Cecilia, so that she will not conflict and contradict Hasas because of her temper. However, the future fourth largest tycoon of the Void Principality is obviously not a kind-hearted person. She is also making arrangements in private. If Cecilia and Hasas are really quarreling, then she will It must be ensured that this man of heaven will never be able to return to the Millennium Covenant.

  The traffic of Black Swan Castle has been increasing day by day recently.

  Many of them are regular visitors who have been here several times-although the daily opening hours of the Black Swan Castle are only four hours from 2 pm to 6 pm. But every time, some food is carefully prepared. Of course, the visit to the Black Swan Castle is not free, but the nobles who can travel thousands of miles here will naturally not lack this little money, so it is naturally also very good to prepare exquisite food for these nobles. Necessary.

  So far, the Black Swan Castle has not held any dinner or banquet. Nobles who had come here made suggestions to Cecilia. But Cecilia declined with a smile.

  If Hasas hadn't been blocked by this fly, there might be many people who would really express their love to Cecilia.

This can be seen from the time Cecilia walked out of the study to the conference room-she had to walk through a public staircase to the Black Swan Castle, so she also spent almost 20 minutes smiling with many people Say hello, and then finally be able to successfully escape from this **** that made her feel impatient.

   "I think the castle must be rebuilt. We are going to build a new staircase. External!" Cecilia whispered.

"I feel that if Lord Sean comes back, I'm afraid there won't be so many people coming to visit." Diana replied with a smile, "Maybe, if Lord Sean finds it too noisy and troublesome, it will be closed. The current visit day."

   "If it's Sean, it's really possible." Cecilia thought for a while, then smiled. The impatience on his face quickly disappeared, "However. You must have a way to persuade him, just like you persuaded me in the first place."

Seeing Cecilia's sincere and sweet smile, Diana smiled, and then said, "I don't dare... Master Shaun doesn't care about these superficial images. I don't dare to make any rebuttals about what he decides. Opinion. Only Master Cecilia can you dare to say these things in front of Master Sean."

"You are wrong about this." Cecilia said seriously, "Sean is not the kind of unreasonable person.... However, he really hates trouble. Although you have been in the Void Duchy for a while. It's more than a year, but you haven't been in contact with Sean a few times, so it's normal not to know him. You'll know when you have the opportunity to work together in the future. He is probably the lord who is the least like a lord in the world."

  Dianna just kept smiling and did not answer the conversation.

  She knew that Cecilia couldn't understand how terrible Shaun was in her mind. Because the first time she met with Sean, she had been severely shocked by Sean, I am afraid that she would never forget the feeling of fear and suffocation that made her feel. As long as she is in front of Sean, she feels as if she is naked, and everything will be thoroughly seen through. This is also one of the main reasons why she never thought of betrayal after taking refuge in Sean.

   Soon, Cecilia and Diana came to the door of the conference room while talking and laughing.

  Maybe used to casually in the Black Swan Castle, so Cecilia pushed the door of the conference room open without even thinking about it, and stepped in.

"Oh, my dear Miss Cecilia, your smile today is like the light from the brightest pearl in the world." A pleasant male voice suddenly sounded with a little exclamation, "In you In front of him, even Tiffany Pearl was overshadowed by it."

   Hearing this sound, Cecilia's face turned black in an instant, and her smile disappeared completely: "Who is your dear? We are not so familiar with each other."

  It is Cecilia’s number one suitor, Hasas Zoe, who can say these words of praise so naturally. He has brown hair, blue eyes, and handsome facial features. He is a rare beautiful man, especially the clothes on his body are obviously tailored by the hands of a famous teacher. This kind of elite temperament is unparalleled.

At this moment, he was showing a sad look, looking at Cecilia, and then said: "Oh, we have all met so many times, and even have eaten several meals together. Isn't this still familiar? ?"

   "It doesn't count." Cecilia said mercilessly, "And in the future, I won't dine with you anymore. You have to die."

   is probably already used to the conversation between Cecilia and Hasas, so Diana just showed a helpless wry smile, and didn't interrupt to say anything. As for the several guards brought by Hasas, they would not even interrupt in this way. Because they serve the family knights of Hasas Zoanton, even Hasas did not speak, and of course they would not be boring.

   "Oh, beautiful Cecilia, I am to you..."

"I came here when I heard that you have something to discuss with me. If it's still such nonsense. Then I don't have time to waste here." Cecilia interrupted this mercilessly in her opinion. It was obviously nonsense from a person with a "brain hole", and he said indifferently, "Dianna, I must remind me to make a sign when I look back. The suitor and the dog are not allowed inside! I want to put it outside the castle!"

  The bitter smile on Diana's face was even more obvious. In the study, she might still be able to discuss something with Cecilia gag. But now in this conference room, especially in front of the person who was listed by Cecilia as one of the three greats of Zoanton. Of course she would not speak so ignorantly. Because Cecilia said it would be fine. But if she also followed up, she might become the target of revenge for this noble child.

   "Okay, okay." Hasas' expression looked extremely sad and disappointed, and he said helplessly, "Then, let's talk about business."

  Cecilia then sat down on the side of the meeting room, Diana quickly closed the door of the meeting room, and several void shadow guards stepped forward quickly. Guarded in front of the room.

   "Let's talk about the project you want to cooperate with Void Duchy." Cecilia said lightly. Although she has read the summary information sent by Diana and knows what Hassas wants to cooperate with, she knows that she can't talk about this kind of thing first, otherwise she will fall into a disadvantage. middle.

  Hassas glanced at Diana from the corner of his eyes, but saw her look calm and normal. He sighed slightly in his heart, and then quickly reduced his expression and turned to a serious look. He cleared his throat, and then said: "I think Miss Cecilia should know the current situation of my family, the Zoanton family?"

  Hassas, who has converged his courtship mentality, does possess an unparalleled elite temperament and charm. When talking about official affairs, he looked serious and solemn, and his words were clearly organized, and even contained a lot of tentative confrontational words. It can be said that Hasas at this moment is the third pick of the Zoanton family. The true gesture of the heir, not the romantic man Cecilia saw during this period of time.

  However, Hasas is testing Cecilia's intelligence, and Cecilia is not evaluating Hasas.

  The intelligence between the two parties is not equal to each other, and it can even be said to be incomplete. Therefore, mutual evaluation, review, and testing are all very normal diplomatic methods. It's just that Hasas is accustomed to strong offensives, so he spied on Cecilia's Zoranton family intelligence now, which feels a bit aggressive. Of course, Cecilia was not a fledgling newbie, her expression remained calm and indifferent from beginning to end.

   is the same as the previous attitude towards the proposal of Hasas.

   "Slightly heard." Cecilia said softly.

  The content of the discourse is not much, only four words, but the derivative content that can be guessed is extremely wide. Of course, this also tests the interlocutor's thinking ability and shrewdness, because different people will naturally have different understanding of these four words. Some people think it is bluffing, some people think that this is also an intelligence spying strategy, and some people think it is a humble statement.

  But Hashas knew that Cecilia’s statement was not humility or bluffing, but an attitude.

  Not blindly, nor conceited, but sincerely express one's position.

   "If I hadn't thought about competition, then I'm afraid I don't even believe in this kind of thing." Hasas gave a wry smile.

  However, Cecilia remained indifferent, but quietly waited for the following of Hasas.

  This attitude and reaction caused Hasas to make a helpless move of reaching out to stroke his forehead—but people who are familiar with Hasas’ temperament and behavior know that this is a small gesture that Hasas will only appear when things are tricky. He was observing his opponent with the stroke of his forehead, thinking about the rhythm and content of the next negotiations, and at the same time, he could conceal some of the expressions in his eyes.

"This time, I met a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Soon, Hasas decided on the next negotiation strategy, because he found that Cecilia had given him enough hints, if he is not good. If you are sure, then this negotiation will probably end in failure. "As everyone knows, the empire fell into a political civil unrest before the millennium. This war has been going on for a long time, and it wasn't until a few days ago that the war finally entered. It's the end.... It's just that the rebel party is still stubbornly resisting, so the final clean-up action did not go smoothly. Of course, no matter whether it goes smoothly or not, the final victory is only a matter of time."

"I have received news before that the Resistance Party has a group of secret support. It is entering the empire from the savage land, and the marching path has been found out." Hasas saw Cecilia signaling him to continue, so he continued to speak. Said, "But what is helpless is that I am not good at military strategy and tactics, and my subordinates do not have enough troops...or in other words, my subordinates simply don't have any troops capable of fighting fortified battles."

   "So you mean, you want to borrow someone from me?" Cecilia finally said.

"Yes." Hasas did not deny, "I have heard that Archduke Void has three ace armies. The lion of thunder is the best at attacking tough battles, the steel wings best at defensive battles, and belongs to Cecilia. Your Royal Highness, your guards who claim to be able to meet all tactical requirements....I don't expect to be able to invite Commander William to take charge of this opportunity, but as long as you can invite the Thunder Lion or your Royal Guards, it will be enough. "

   "This appetite is not small." Cecilia let out a chuckle. Although there is no meaning of sarcasm or contempt, the meaning in the words is very obvious: Where is your bargaining chip?

"I will give you half of all the supplies of that secret army." Hasas said in a deep voice without even thinking about it. Obviously, he has already thought about the reward, "Moreover, you can choose first. There is no limit on the quota... According to my information, this batch of materials is enough to allow the rebels in the southern part of the empire to persist for more than half a year, so the material reserves are extremely abundant."

"But if this attack plan is successful, your gains will not be small." Cecilia smiled, her voice very soft, but the content of the words made Hasas a little dull, "At least, your future He is destined to become the Patriarch of the Zoanton family.... But in turn, it is our Void Principality who endures enemies. In general, our losses are far greater than this gain. So if it is only this kind of reward, then please forgive me. Rejected." (To be continued~^~)