When a family or a kingdom accumulates strength to its limit, it will either launch wars externally and expand its territory; or it will experience internal conflicts, and knights, nobles, population, wealth, and even advanced technology will flow out to other kingdoms.

This situation is particularly serious in the United Kingdom of Borui.

The Borui people have established the kingdom for more than 700 years. All the land that can be developed has been developed, and all the potential that can be tapped has been tapped. The five major families occupy five of the seven major islands, and the remaining two islands are nominally the kingdom's common land and belong to the elders.

Although it is under the jurisdiction of the Academy, it is actually still controlled by the five major families.

The new families in the United Kingdom were squeezed to the north bank of the Great River Bend, and the fertile river beach land was carved up hundreds of years ago. If you expand further to the outside, you will find the worthless Devil's Grass Sea. Develop that land.

There is no difference between the family and the exiles.

On the other hand, the Kingdom of Suss has a history of only more than 900 years. The Lords of Suss worked tirelessly to open up the Dusk Forest in the north, and the territory of the kingdom expanded by more than half. The people of Suss are still exploring the northern border, and many of the pioneers have

He is a noble son of Borui Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Suss has been drawing fresh blood from the United Kingdom of Borui through marriages. It has become a common practice for the noble children of the North Shore families of the Great River Bend to go to Suss to show their ambitions. And aren't the knight children of the North Shore families all the blood of the five ruling families?

Not a vassal of a vassal - this ironic statement sums up Burry's relationship with Seuss.

The great lords of Borui were eager to change the current situation of the kingdom being overflowing with water. Crossing the river to expand southward was their only option. 90 years after the first southward expansion failed, His Royal Highness Andre of Borui Kingdom tried to fight with

Although his purpose was to guide the two countries to form an alliance and jointly develop the Southern Continent, the marriage of the eldest princess of Gombis, the marriage of a golden knight into another family is enough to illustrate the mentality of Lord Borui.

Today, almost all kingdoms have development directions and have formulated executable development plans. Only the Borui Kingdom's development strategy cannot be implemented because their negotiations with Gombis have made no progress.

This time, the church lit the red smoke beacon, nominally calling on the lords of the kingdoms to jointly fight against the Centaur invaders. However, the outcome of the war can be expected to be a major breakthrough in the northern expansion strategy.

This seriously irritated the sensitive nerves of the Borui people.

Grand Duke Peter felt pressure from within the kingdom, and he passed this pressure directly to Victor.

However, what role can the Borui play in giving the little princess of the Kingdom of Suss as a gift to Earl Golden Eyes?

This question depends on how you interpret it. For Victor, the hegemony of Fish Lake must not be given up, let alone Princess Celine, even if Queen Seuss comes, it will be useless. However, any good thing can only be found if it runs into the West

Sylvia's pocket, don't think about her taking it out again.

Celine is Sylvia's niece and has a rare purple-eyed bloodline. The offspring of the purple-eyed noblewoman and the sun elf is worthy of everyone's expectations. Kite Castle already has Sophia, the Marquess of Wimbledon, and Centaur Hills has Celine.

York is more satisfying to Sylvia.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Duke Peter chose the daughter of Duke Medin and Queen Sousse.

Whether Celine can knock on the door of the Elemental Sea and become a semi-golden female knight of the raging waves is yet to be seen, but with her purple-eyed bloodline, she will definitely be able to squeeze into the core circle of Centaur Hills and exert her own influence. Moreover, Celine

She was not fostered in the York family since she was a child. She is nostalgic for the Kingdom of Sousse, will take into account the interests of the Kingdom of Sousse, and can give full play to the role of political marriage. Borui and Sousse have been married for generations. If there is Princess Celine in Gambis,

Then the high lord of Gambis can invite Borui scholars and generals to help train the family navy.

This is undoubtedly the beginning of the new pattern of southern expansion established by Borui, Sousse and Gombis.

In the short term, Celine's joining the House of York was the result of Duke Peter's efforts, who sent a clear political signal to the Lords of Bury:

We have made substantial progress in our cooperation with Gambis in our plan to expand to the south.

This will help Lord Borui stabilize the hearts of the people, enhance the cohesion of the kingdom's nobles, and prevent the knights' children guarding the Dusk Forest defense line from completely falling into the arms of the Kingdom of Suss.

Doing nothing is the worst.

Grand Duke Peter's move seemed small, but it could soothe the anxious mood of the Borui nobles. But Victor was very depressed. Even though Peter apologized and helped connect Victor and Princess Celine, nothing could change it.

The fact that he forced His Highness Randall.

Victor's political influence in the Kingdom of Cambis is increasing day by day, and no one opposes the Lake Fish strategy he formulated. However, his diplomatic experience is still insufficient, and he did not expect that the Golden Knight would roll up his sleeves in front of him.

, turn over the table.

If you think about it carefully, in order to realize the Borui Kingdom's wish to cross the river and expand southward, the Golden Knight Andrei was willing to marry into the August family. It seems that it is not surprising that Duke Peter did not care about His Highness's face and went into battle shirtless.

The aroma of roasted jerboa came from downstairs. Victor went down to the first floor, followed the smell, and walked into the kitchen. He saw Caligula wearing a cook's apron standing in front of the stove, busy flipping dozens of barbecue grills.

, while sprinkling various spices on the barbecue skewers. The skinned jerboa meat was grilled until golden in color, and the fat dripped down the grill onto the charcoal fire, making a crackling sound, a little smoke rising, and the whole kitchen was filled with a smell.

Attractive burnt aroma.

This scene evoked Victor's memory from another world. At that time, he was living alone at the bottom of society. Whether he was in a good mood or not, he would meet two or three friends to cook skewers and drink beer.

Victor suddenly became interested in drinking and having fun. He sat down casually, patted the greasy table, and greeted Nelson next to him: "Go and get a barrel of good Sasan ale. Let's drink here."

Eat meat.”

Nelson is not an alcoholic, but he loves wine. However, Victor forbade his subordinates to drink alcohol, so now he does not dare to drink too much. It was rare that his master invited him to drink together. Nelson was surprised and happy, and hurried outside to look for him.

The sardson ale the master requested.

After a while, Nelson returned to the kitchen with a small wine bucket in one hand. On top of the wine bucket were two large trays filled with vegetables and fruits. With a slight shake of his arm, the fruit and vegetable platter fell steadily on the table.

, casually unscrewing the seal of a wine barrel, and the wine line flew into the oak cup in front of Victor.

Sasan ale is brewed from green wheat. The liquor is light green and rich in nutrients. The aroma of the liquor is mixed with a light aroma of wheat. Its taste is completely different from the beer on earth. It is closer to the strong taste of soju. The taste is actually very bad.

It tastes spicy and bitter in your mouth. However, as long as it is wine, you will find it satisfying once you get used to it.

Victor could use x-3 to adjust his taste and drink the bitter wine to taste like fine wine, but this time he allowed the bitterness of the ale to roll over his taste buds, frowned and drank the entire glass of wine, wiping it with his sleeve.

From the corner of his mouth, he yelled: "Aka, is the barbecue ready? Let's get some skewers to try."

Caligula immediately brought over 20 skewers of roasted jerboas, two on each skewer. He wanted to cut the roasted jerboas and put them on a plate, but Victor stopped him.

“It’s fun to eat like this.”

Taking a skewer and taking a bite of the barbecue, Victor felt that it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and tasted great. He couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised: "Aka, your barbecue skills are better than the chef of Silver Moon Manor.

Be nice!”

Caligula showed a naive smile and returned to the stove to grill the meat even more diligently.

Nothing makes Aka happier than his master's praise.

The master drank so boldly that Nelson did not care about any aristocratic etiquette. He drank a large glass of ale and finished two roasted jerboas in five mouthfuls. He reached for the second skewer and said: "Sir, you are a little different today.

.”

"What's the difference?" Victor asked without looking up as he was busy handling the skewers.

Nelson scratched his head, picked up the wine glass and said, "I can't tell, but it's different from before."

Victor drank a drink with Nelson and said with a smile: "I suddenly figured something out."

"whats the matter?"

"Hmm...I can't tell you clearly, drinking wine and eating meat."

"oh."

Nelson finished off 3 more skewers, drank 4 glasses of ale, looked at Caligula who was busy, looked back, put on a curious smile on his face, and said: "Sir, Aka will definitely not understand.

Maybe I can understand."

After the war, Victor was going to make him a baron. It was rare that Nelson showed his curiosity about politics, so Victor decided to give him some advice, "Just now, Duke Peter and I

You have been listening to the conversation, did you hear anything?"

"It seems that Prince Peter's son sent someone to assassinate you. He came to apologize to you, pay a large sum of money, and propose to you on behalf of Princess Celine of Sousse."

"...By the way, sir, did the assassin sent by Prince Peter's son actually assassinate you? I think that if there is really an assassin who tried to kill you, it would be better to kill Raymond, lest he wants to harm you in the future."

Nelson bared his teeth and said.

Victor glanced at him and said: "If the saber-toothed tiger wants to eat you, of course you have to kill it; if the rat wants to kill you, do you also have to kill the rat? Raymond Peter is not worthy of me to deal with him, and Duke Peter is even more

He did not compare his eldest son with me. Moreover, Raymond Peter has been compensated by the Peter family to the Kingdom of Sousse. If I really want to hold him accountable, I would also go to Duke Medin of the Kingdom of Sousse. Therefore, Duke Medin

The Sousse royal family compensated Princess Celine to Centaur Hill to appease my anger... Celine was originally Raymond Peter's fiancée, is this considered a humiliating punishment?"

Nelson was a little confused and said: "It seems... Susi used a princess to compensate the Peter family of Borui. This..."

"It's blood. There is no more sincere compensation than the noble blood of knights."

Victor shook his head and smiled: "The death of the lover chosen by Queen Suss must have something to do with the Sussian nobles. They did not allow the Eleanor family to create another bloodline of the Storm Knights. Eleanor has learned a lesson,

Choose to compromise. The Medin family, the most powerful in Sousse, can covet Raymond's bloodline of the Storm Rider. He is willing to sacrifice a daughter for this. Because he believes that Raymond's attack in the Dusk Forest was planned by our Gombis."

Nelson choked and said: "Then... Grand Duke Peter does not need to compensate you."

"He did not compensate me. He came to tell me that if I didn't take him to the Southern Continent, he would find someone else to play with."

Victor smiled freely and said: "Grand Duke Peter made me figure out one thing. There is actually no difference between the behavior of great lords and ordinary people. Every day I live will not blink an eye more than a refugee, and a refugee's daily time

He won’t blink an eye less than me.”

"Isn't that the case all the time?" Nelson said confused.

"The truth is that simple...power and strength have corroded my mind. I unknowingly regarded myself as a god and looked at problems from a superior perspective. In fact, I am still a human being." Victor nodded and said with emotion.

: "I tell everyone that we should not talk about cooperation with the Borui people now. I asked the nobles of Gombis to keep in contact with the Borui people to delay until our fleet is formed and completely controls the waters of Fish Lake. However,

How dare the lower nobles oppose the will of the guardians of the kingdom? Whenever the Borui nobles talk to them about cooperation, they either shut up or groan... The communication between the Borui people and Gombis has not progressed.

Grand Prince Peter had to come over and lift the table with me."

"The correct approach should be not to express an opinion and let the people below talk about whatever they want. When both parties are satisfied, I will nod."

"Sir, I think...it's so complicated." Nelson dropped the stick and ate eight skewers without any delay.
To be continued...