Chapter 451 Special Mission

Rednor held the Holy Glorious Empire envoy for two days, allowing Lord Harland to make a plan in advance. When the envoy came, Richard had already thought of a way to deal with it, and he was no longer nervous and calm.

Although Rednor said all the good things, he violated the envoy's wishes. After arriving at Fort William, the envoy was not very happy.

The Holy Glorious Empire is the most powerful country in the Dawn Plane, with a glorious history and a long heritage. It is rumored that the royal family of the Holy Glorious Empire is the blood descendant of the God of Glorious God.

Although the Holy Glorious Empire is thousands of miles away, Richard still showed due respect to the envoy, and the welcoming ceremony was particularly grand.

The envoy's name is Rosen. He has a noble status in the Holy Glorious Empire and is the second heir to an earl.

The title of the Holy Glorious Empire has always been superior to others, more valuable than the title of the Kingdom of the Central Continent. Generally speaking, the earl of the Holy Glorious Empire has a higher status than the duke of the Eastern Countries.

But Rosen's status is not comparable to that of a powerful duke like Richard.

The current strength of Harland is no less than that of a kingdom. Although Richard does not wear a crown, his actual status is almost the same as that of a king. After all, in the Dawn Plane, people are conquered by force. Even in the Holy Glorious Empire, he is equivalent to a dukedom, which is also at the top of the food chain.

Richard's status is far more important than Rosen's.

Although there is a big difference in status, Rosen represents the Holy Glorious Empire, so he is basically equal to Richard in terms of etiquette.

After Rosen got off the magic ship, he looked into the distance and suddenly saw a long steel dragon outside the Black River Fort. He asked thoughtfully: "Is this the legendary railway?"

Seeing that the envoy asked about the railway as soon as he got off the ship, Richard nodded and said: "The envoy guessed right, it is indeed a railway."

After receiving Richard's affirmative answer, Rosen asked with great interest: "I heard that the railway in Harland is a peculiar magic prop, like a legendary golem, with powerful power, which can drag hundreds of tons of cargo at a time. I wonder why there are no steam engines and locomotives on the railway line?"

In order to avoid being in the spotlight, Richard notified the railway department in advance and asked the steam locomotive to return to the factory for inspection a few days after the special envoy arrived. In order to avoid being seen by the envoy of the Holy Glorious Empire, the locomotive would be made a request that was not easy to refuse.

"The locomotive is very fragile and has been under maintenance in the factory for some time."

Although Richard had secretly expressed his refusal, Rosen shook his head without comment and asked persistently: "Can I go to the locomotive manufacturing project to take a look? I want to see the magic locomotive with my own eyes."

"The locomotive manufacturing factory is a confidential unit and is not suitable for outsiders to visit." Richard waved his hand and decisively rejected Rosen's additional request.

There are many strange magic methods in the Dawn Plane. Richard did not understand the messenger and naturally did not want the messenger to visit the confidential factory. Although it seemed very abrupt, Richard still decisively rejected the messenger's temptation.

"Is there a place that the envoys of the Holy Glorious Empire cannot enter?"

Richard hadn't spoken yet, and Soros said directly: "If you have a handwritten letter from Edward VII of the Holy Glorious Empire, you can certainly enter the confidential unit for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor. But your weight is really not enough, so we can't agree to your request."

"My uncle is drunk, please don't be offended, Mr. Special Envoy." Richard interrupted hurriedly, as if he was afraid that Soros would say something unpleasant.

In fact, Richard and Soros had already made a plan, one played the good cop and the other played the bad cop. All the words that Richard was embarrassed to say were all said through Soros's mouth.

Soros' words immediately made Rosen pale with anger.

But in Harlan's territory, Rosen had no way to save face. Soros was a powerful professional at first glance, and Rosen didn't dare to risk throwing gloves at him and dueling according to the rules of the nobility.

Rosen had no soldiers or generals under his command, and the only thing he could rely on was the tiger skin of the Holy Glorious Empire. Only by relying on this tiger skin can we use the power of the tiger to scare the wolfhounds of the Eastern Kingdom.

Although the Holy Glorious Empire is a ferocious tiger, it is too far away from Harland Territory after all.

The two sides are tens of thousands of miles apart. Even if the Holy Glorious Empire goes on an expedition, it cannot send too many troops. I am afraid it cannot defeat Richard, the grown-up fierce dog. Unless the Holy Glorious Empire can give up the interests of other directions and spend several years coordinating the interests of all parties, it can organize a large-scale expedition to solve Richard, the distant opponent.

However, Harland Territory and Richard did not violate the interests of the Holy Glorious Empire, nor did they cause trouble for the Holy Glorious Empire. They can't mobilize troops and give up a lot of interests to cause trouble for Harland Territory just because the reception of the envoy is not thoughtful.

Once this tiger skin can't scare, Rosen will have no way to deal with Harland Territory. Seeing that Soros was so disrespectful and Richard spoke out to protect him, Rosen could only hold back his anger and suppress it back in his heart.

Although Rosen was very angry, he quickly controlled his emotions and did not say anything bad.

Rosen had been the regional envoy of the Kingdom of Ryan for six or seven years and had heard a lot of rumors about Richard.

After all, Richard had a history of insulting and abusing envoys, and the Harland family had a low reputation in the nearby kingdoms and was said to have barbarian blood. Rosen did not dare to really offend Richard and cause trouble for himself.

Richard's courage has long been rumored. Once he killed the messenger in anger, even if the Holy Glorious Empire avenged Rosen in the future, Rosen would not be able to revive. As the saying goes, a good man does not suffer a loss in front of him. Seeing that Richard and the high-level officials of Harland were not afraid of the halo attached to the Holy Glorious Empire, Rosen knew in his heart that it would be difficult for Harland to agree to his additional conditions.

Because Richard did not give him face, Rosen put on a stinky face along the way and showed an expression of "no strangers allowed".

For a while, the atmosphere became solemn, and the officials beside him did not dare to speak easily.

Although the messenger was unhappy and gave Richard a lot of looks, Harland still did his best to be a host and provided very thoughtful service. Even the banquet that was not usually held was held in the Duke's Mansion, and the best song and dance troupe of Harland was invited to perform.

After the banquet, Richard also gave Rosen a beautiful magic prop gift.

This gift took a lot of thought, including a wizard robe, a magic pen, a fourth-level magic core, and a magic dagger. The total value of this gift is more than 160 magic crystals, which is considered a very generous gift among nobles.

You should know that the annual salary of legion commanders such as Soros and Jennings is only about 600 gold coins. With subsidies, bonuses and other miscellaneous income, the annual salary income of a legion commander is only about 700 to 800 gold coins.

However, at the level of legion commanders, they are all hereditary nobles, and salary is not their main income.

In addition to the economic benefits of the territory, the main income of the legion commander is also an important income from business dividends.

For example, Jennings, he invested in the Odaye Flour Mill and received dividends of two to three thousand gold coins every year. In addition, Jennings also owns several shops on the most prosperous commercial street in Williamburg, with a real estate income of about four to five hundred rents every year. With the income of five to six thousand gold coins from two baronials, Jennings' annual income is about nine thousand gold coins.

As the territory continues to be developed, the income of the two baronial territories is still increasing. Jennings's annual net income is roughly equivalent to about 60 to 70 percent of capitalists such as Odaye and Immorton.

Jennings's fiefdom is relatively large. In order to save the cost of raising soldiers, he rewarded 100 acres of land and recruited one soldier, which is equivalent to paying 60,000 acres of land to maintain a standing army of 600 people.

Although Jennings served in the main army, the noble private army could only be managed by old subordinates and old comrades, but because this noble private army soldier owned a large piece of land, each soldier had two or three serfs, and could earn 20 gold coins from agriculture every year.

With high economic income, you can eat a lot of meat, which is very helpful for practicing breathing methods. In addition, with sufficient economic income, you can also provide your own equipment and buy excellent armor and war horses. The 600 standing troops under Jennings are equivalent to 600 gentry who own land. Although their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the main army of Harland, they are also quite good.

The soldiers under Jennings' command are equivalent to the otherworldly version of the palace soldiers. He granted 60,000 acres of land, occupying about two-fifths of two baronies. Through a one-time reward of land, Jennings's military expenses are relatively small, and he does not pay military salaries at ordinary times. Only after winning a battle, a small amount of reward will be issued.

A new noble like Jennings has an annual income of less than 10,000 gold coins, plus some expenses to maintain the territory, and the annual net income is about 8,000 gold coins.

Richard's gift is equivalent to one-fifth of Jennings' annual income, and his sincerity is not insufficient.

After receiving the generous gift from the Harland family, Rosen's attitude immediately changed greatly. He thought in his heart: "It seems that the rumors are not reliable. Richard of the Harland family is not a barbarian who does not know etiquette. Since he held a grand welcome banquet for me and sent precious gifts, it seems that it is not impossible to communicate. I don't need to find a way to suppress Lord Harland."

Rosen came to Harland Territory with a mission.

Of course, Rosen's mission was not for the railway and magic crystal charging technology. The main cities of the Holy Glorious Empire have built teleportation arrays, which can be used to transport materials. Although the transportation of materials requires a relatively high cost and consumes a large amount of magic crystals, the Holy Glorious Empire does not value railways.

In the eyes of the great nobles of the Holy Glorious Empire, Harland Territory uses magic steam engines to pull trains, which also consumes a large amount of magic crystals, and there is no essential difference from magic teleportation arrays. In fact, most of the railways operated by Harland Territory are steam locomotives, which only consume coal and use industrial technology.

The difference between industrial technology and magic technology has not been figured out by the Holy Glorious Empire yet.

The Holy Glorious Empire does not attach importance to railway technology, and Harland Territory has magic crystal charging technology, but it has not been exposed to the outside world. The occasional rumors are just the suspicions of the hostile nobles of the three nearby countries. Envoy Rosen is not aware of it, and it is even more impossible to figure out the details.

Rosen came to Harland Territory, and his main task was to bring the crown to Richard's head, split the Grant Kingdom, and restore regional balance. Jennings, Soros and others had already guessed his purpose.

The reason why the Holy Empire was impatient was mainly because the expansion speed of the Kingdom of Grant in the past ten years was too frightening.

In ten years, the Kingdom of Grant defeated the orcs in the north and defeated the coalition forces of the East Coast and Delong in the south. Even the nearby powerful Kingdom of Ryan, which joined forces with the two kingdoms of East Coast and Delong, could not win against the Kingdom of Grant.

Including the Dukedom of Harland, the Grant Kingdom now has a land of 2.6 million square kilometers and a population of 54 million. It is almost the overlord of the northeastern region of the Central Continent.

If the Grant Kingdom were to annex the three countries of Lane, East Coast, and Delong, and then take over the Northern Prairies and Silver Wolf Mountains, it would form a powerful kingdom with an area of ​​7 million square kilometers, a population of more than 100 million, and a large number of magic wells.

Even if other kingdoms in the southeast region join forces by then, it is estimated that they will hardly be able to compete with the Grant Kingdom.

Once the Grant Kingdom is allowed to devour the eastern countries, its power will soon undergo a qualitative change. By then, in the eastern part of the continent in the plane of dawn, a powerful opponent will appear to challenge the Holy Glory Empire.

The Holy Radiance Empire has implemented a regional balancing policy for three thousand years, and of course it is not willing to see the rise of a powerful country that threatens its own interests.

The growth of the Magic Kingdom in the southwest region has diverted a lot of energy from the Holy Radiance Empire and suffered a lot. With the situation in the east, the Holy Glory Empire is naturally unwilling to develop to this point.

Therefore, as long as there are signs, the Holy Glory Empire will intervene and prepare for a rainy day. Separating the Harland family from the Grant Kingdom is the top priority of Special Envoy Rosen's current mission.

Harland's army is strong, but the population is insufficient, and the land is vast and sparsely populated. It will take a long time to develop. However, the Grant Kingdom has lost the elite soldiers of Harland Lord Richard, and its national strength has also been greatly damaged. It is not the east coast, The opponents of the three-nation alliance of Delong and Lane.

Once the Duke of Harland becomes independent from the Grant Kingdom, the threat from the Grant Kingdom will be much reduced, and the regional situation will be restored to balance.

The most critical step now is to contain Richard's power and prevent him from having the energy to support the Grant royal family and intervene in the southern region.

Achieving this goal is the most important task of Special Envoy Rosen.

After Special Envoy Rosen received the valuable gift, his attitude immediately improved a lot. He found Richard and said directly: "The Duke is a vassal of King Roger. In terms of aristocratic etiquette, the Harland family has been a vassal for generations. To serve the Grant royal family.

The Duke's power is so strong that he can gain a foothold in this area on his own. The Duke's descendants no longer need the protection of the Grant family. Today's Grant royal family has become the shackles and shackles of the development of the Harland family.

If the Harland family wants to continue to develop, they may have to bear the reputation of killing their lords. Once they have such a reputation, it will be almost impossible to gain a foothold among the nobles.

I think the situation has developed so far that the Duke needs to break this shackles.

I heard that the Duke has a close relationship with the Church of Dawn, and it should be easy for him to be canonized by the Goddess of Dawn. As long as the Duke is willing to serve humanity in the Dawn Plane, Emperor Saint Sith of the Holy Radiant Empire will be willing to forge a crown for you and recognize the status of the Harland royal family.

When the time comes, the Harland family will become the frontier vassals of Emperor Saint Sith, taking on the task of development. The empire is thousands of miles away, and there is no need for the Harland family to fulfill their obligations as vassals. The descendants of Duke Richard will play an important role in politics. The Admiral will be completely autonomous.

We can also write this on the canonization contract, and the Duke can put aside all worries. The only obstacle now is whether the Duke is willing to contribute to humanity in the Dawn Plane and whether he is willing to serve Emperor Edward? "