Chapter 1050 A little trouble (seeking a monthly ticket)
Chapter 1050: A little trouble (please vote for me)
Lorraine was really familiar with that voice.
These days, the owner of that voice has been harassing him a lot. Sometimes Lorraine even has nightmares about it. After being awakened, her first subconscious reaction is to find her wallet.
You know, the owner of this voice is really not a thing. Every time he comes here, he always eats and takes things. He fully carries forward the good style of walking around when he can't eat, and he hugs a lot of things, which often makes Lorraine himself want to eat.
There is famine.
This also made the lordship very strange: how much Catherine hated her father, the grand duke of the empire, the administrator of the ten eastern provinces, the brother of His Majesty the Emperor, and the biological father of the future Emperor, to be so shy.
I go to other people's places to eat and drink, and if I can't finish the food, I have to take it away.
If you say this, it will not only disgrace the Ruman Empire, but also disgrace Leo and Catherine, disgrace the son-in-law Lorraine, and even disgrace all the royal families in the feudal era.
How could the dignified second-in-command in the royal family be so miserable? I wonder if he thought he and Catherine were bullying this old guy.
But having said that, this is understandable. Even though Julius Julius was quite wise and mighty when he was fair, whenever his brain got hot, he would become very unreliable and act according to his temper.
The Grand Duke originally wanted to capture the strongest city in the world, the Parthian city of Samarkand, and achieve his dream of military glory.
He led a huge Eastern army and carried bricks to fight with Parthia.
Although he has repeatedly failed in battles, he has been hit hard. Usually, before the attack reaches the target, the logistics cannot keep up.
However, he remained unyielding and fought against repeated defeats.
Every once in a while, I have to run over and try. She is even more punctual than the girl’s aunt.
This made the Parthians lose their temper at all. At this time, the Parthian general at that time and the current Parthian emperor would have a headache for a long time.
I saw it in Parthia. Since you Ru Manran know that you can't win, but you still fight every year, isn't this a mental illness?
As a result, the grandson basically comes here once a year. It's a big border area, so it's not enough if we don't take precautions.
Therefore, every year the Parthians invested a large amount of manpower and material resources on the border with Ruman, accompanying Archduke Julian to fight what they considered to be a meaningless war of attrition.
The Mamluks were so angry that the Achaemenian general's teeth almost fell out. It was like a toad crawling on his feet, not biting anyone, and just showing off his diaphragm.
If the city of Samarkand wasn't so important, he would have thought of throwing the city in Grand Duke Ruman's face and giving it to him.
That bastard in the province was always thinking about it. He had been thinking about becoming emperor for so many years, but in the end he couldn't realize it because he had to deal with the invasion of the Grand Duke.
Of course, although Grand Duke Ruman could not achieve his main war goal-to capture the city of Samarkand, he also successfully completed the second goal-consuming the national power of the Parthians through an arms race and forcing the Parthians to
The demi-humans raced against the Ruman Empire with their burdens on their backs.
Emperor Rudelun has always adhered to the attitude of neither supporting nor opposing, leaving it up to Grand Duke Julius himself.
Anyway, Prime Minister Russell is a well-known iron rooster in the empire. He will not allocate a penny to Archduke Julius. All funds are raised by Archduke Julius himself. As long as he can afford it, he can fight as he pleases.
Although the Eastern Province is located in a converging position, with fertile land, numerous business travelers, prosperous trade, and a large amount of tax revenue every year, it cannot withstand such a military campaign.
Grand Duke Julius mobilized more than 100,000 or 200,000 people every time he made a move, and the fighting lasted for several months, and there were countless small fights.
But he still didn't want to give up. He just wanted to be a hands-off shopkeeper and just have fun, leaving all the financial burden to Catherine.
In order to save expenses, Catherine can only increase revenue and reduce expenditures in various ways, and reduce the internal treasury.
The family lived a frugal life, and buying a box of cosmetics back then would have made the old guy feel as painful as pulling out a tooth.
Later, although Lorraine conducted a war game to let him know that without heavy firepower like the Urban Cannon, his army alone could not defeat the city of Samarkand.
He put aside that idea for the time being. There was no major war in the past two or three years, and he also received a lot of military expenses from Lorraine.
Now the Grand Duke of Constantinople also has some money in his inner treasury, but it is still far behind compared to wealthy wealthy people like Lorraine.
After all, as a government agency, there is only a deficit every year and there will be no surplus. This is the normal state of the government. The Flying Eagle Group is a profitable commercial company.
In this case, there was a big family to eat, and Archduke Julius certainly enjoyed it very much.
But he was happy and kept good things in his pocket, but Lord Lorraine couldn't stand it.
Whether it is cigarettes, wine, sugar, or tea, they are all high-end luxuries. Just throwing one away is enough to keep a middle-class family from eating or drinking for a year.
Not to mention, that old guy would take whatever he caught. As expected of being father and son with Leo, they were both masters at catching things.
Even Sir Alex's Patek Philippe 24k solid gold and diamond watch was almost taken away, as well as countless other gadgets.
For example, Lorraine hid the lighter for fear of disappearing suddenly. Now she uses Vera to light the fire manually.
Lorraine shouted in a low voice, "No, a bad visitor is coming to the door" and quickly gave Vera a wink.
Vera hesitated.
The young girl with a pure heart looked at Hilmeria next to her with some embarrassment. After all, she was also the Grand Duke. Sister Catherine and Leo's father could also be considered a family.
The young master is guarding against him like a thief. It seems... seems... maybe... maybe... something is not right?
But seeing Lorraine's eyes staring, she had no choice but to bite the bullet, put her little white hands into the desk drawer, and then gently twirled her fingers.
Half of the contents in the drawer disappeared out of thin air in an instant.
Lorraine quickly scanned the desktop again to make sure that nothing good was exposed on the table.
At this time, Archduke Julius had already strode in.
He walked in and said with a smile: "Lorraine, have you heard that Hadou is deflated again? Hahaha..."
Lorraine could only helplessly spread her hands.
Seeing Hilmeria, Archduke Julius was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Ha, Melia is here too.
By the way, did your subordinate Xander or Sang make another meritorious deed yesterday?"
Hilmeria couldn't help but rolled her eyes: Is there such a thing? You can't even remember the other person's name, but you come over to congratulate her. It's obvious that you're taking the opportunity to come here to fight against the autumn wind. Can't you be so obvious?
But then he smiled slightly and said humbly: "It's Santos, an archbishop. But that's nothing. There are many such archbishops in our Holy See.
If he knew that His Highness praised him so much, he would not be so proud, hehehe..."
Grand Duke Julius said absently, "Hmm," and said, "Santos, right? Very good. That guy ruined an operation that Hadou worked so hard for. It's really satisfying. Do you think we should celebrate this?"
With that said, Grand Duke Julius opened Lorraine's drawer as if he were at home, and touched it in the old position with great skill.
After emptying everything, the Grand Duke said "Hey", glanced at Lorraine, and said dissatisfied: "You are not kind..."
Lorraine spread her hands and said with a wry smile: "It's really gone."
Grand Duke Julius looked at the smoking cigar in Lorraine's hand angrily and said, "What is that in your hand? A firewood stick?"
Hilmeria covered her lips and snickered.
Lorraine said: "I only have a few stocks left in my hand. There are still twenty days left in this month. My dearest Grand Duke, you can't just ignore my autumn wind and want to buy it yourself."
Grand Duke Julius murmured: "Who am I to look for if not you? There are good things hidden in your hands right here. Hum~! Nicole is becoming more and more unfilial now. Whenever she gets any good things, she always thinks of you first and doesn't care about her at all.
This lonely dad.
There is no way for a female college student to stay in college. I raised her up like this by pooping and peeing, and it was all in vain..."
After hearing his complaint, Lorraine couldn't help but feel a headache. She thought to herself: It's not because you spend too much money and mess up things.
Grand Duke Julius simply pulled up a chair and sat down.
When Lorraine saw the old guy putting on a posture, he seemed to want to talk painfully about the history of the revolutionary family. If he didn't shed some blood, he would probably have to pack lunch for him. By then, the newly arrived Louis XIII
…
He could only sigh helplessly, and sighed in his heart: Nicole and the others always said that I taught Leo bad things. It is the conscience of heaven and earth. That little gangster obviously learned bad things from this old gangster.
Then he pretended to have an expression of regret, took out two cigars, stuffed them into Grand Duke Julius's hands, and said angrily: "There are only so many left, and I don't have any anymore. You can use them sparingly."
Grand Duke Julius grabbed it and murmured in a low voice: "You are so stingy. Don't think I don't know. Be careful if I tell Nicole that you are hiding your private money."
Lorraine touched her nose and looked at Hilmeria awkwardly.
Grand Duke Julius also turned around and said: "Oh, Melia, today's affairs are kept secret, don't tell Nicole."
Hilmeria smiled and shook her head, saying: "I don't care about you anymore, just pretend that I haven't been here today. I don't know anything, haha."
Hilmeria stood up and walked out with a chuckle all the way. Being with this old guy, the pressure was really too much.
Archduke Julius took out a pure gold limited edition zippo lighter from his pocket and flicked it very beautifully. With a crisp sound, the lighter suddenly burst into orange flames.
The Grand Duke was not in a hurry to light a fire, but closed his eyes and listened carefully. After another breath, the lingering sound after the metal collision dissipated - this is what happened in Laohe's army recently.
The pretend 13 criminals' favorite.
When those guys have nothing to do, they will gather together and compare themselves with their own lighters, just like the American soldiers.
It lights up every time, which is nothing strange at all. Only...note, only a lighter that can make such a crisp sound with a lingering sound is a truly good lighter. It can be used to show off.
If you take one that doesn't sound crispy, it must be some fake and inferior product like Kang Shuaifu. Let's all despise him~!
After listening to the sound like a wind chime, the Grand Duke smiled with satisfaction, then put the cigar close to the flame, lit it, took a deep breath, leaned back in the chair, and put his feet up on Lorraine's desk.
, snorted comfortably, and then said: "We are in a little trouble now."
When Grand Duke Julius took the things and refused to leave, it meant he had something to say. After hearing what Grand Duke Julius said, Lorraine nodded and said yes.
Grand Duke Julius scratched his head and said distressedly: "The battle line is too long, and the response and logistics of the front troops can't keep up."
Lorraine sighed helplessly.
The entire south is now a battlefield, with battle lines spanning thousands of miles. The closer they get to Hadou's home base, the more intertwined the battle lines become. Logistics supply has limited the advancement speed of the troops.
Lorraine also scratched his head in annoyance and said: "We see that we must increase the number of military depots. Hadou has also been eyeing our supply depot recently. Losing one military depot No. 69 is enough to bear. If he succeeds a few more times,
, it’s hard to say, our offense will have to come to a standstill.
If we can’t successfully capture Haligard, this winter will be difficult~!”
Julius thought for a while, then turned his head and looked at the huge military map next to him marked with various flags. He pondered for a moment, and then said: "The tricks Hadou is using now are everywhere, and the whole south can see them.
His troops, we have to follow him everywhere to put out fires. Those New Army bastards are simply a bunch of idiots.
The larger our chassis is, the more dispersed our troops are. We still have to beware of the undead clan causing mischief behind our backs, and I feel a little anxious right now. Tell me about this Hadu, why is he so difficult to defeat?"
Archduke Julius took a long drag on his cigarette and accidentally swallowed it into his lungs, which made him cough.
Lorraine smiled and said: "On the other hand, Hadou's division of troops is also very impressive, isn't it? His demise is already doomed, and he knows this better than anyone else.
The closer we get to Halua Province, the stronger the resistance we encounter, which shows that we have already broken through Hadou's armor. As for the undead clan, we can ask people from the Holy See for help.
As long as Hadu didn't want to be killed by his own people, he would not dare to let the undead tribe come to light, and he would hide them to death.
In this case, although he can cause a lot of trouble, it is just trouble."
Grand Duke Julius nodded with deep understanding. If Hadou dared to openly collude with the undead tribe, then this battle would be won without their peacekeeping troops, and Hadou's men would kill Hadou.
After all, the conflict between humans and the undead is a major issue of right and wrong that affects the bottom line.
Lorraine clicked on the map on the table and said: "The forward has approached the gateway of Halua Province, Desai City, but the progress is getting slower and slower.
These guys only know how to blast with artillery. I gave the artillery to them, not for them to use for fun.
Millions of shells have been fired, but they are still lingering around Halua.
I think I’d better go to the front line in person and tell those prodigal bastards that artillery isn’t fired like that. You also need to sit in the rear and coordinate the command.”
Julian lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded and said seriously: "That's fine. Our goal of training the team has been basically achieved, so now we can play with Hadou seriously. But before that I have a request."
Grand Duke Julius looked at Lorraine solemnly and said: "Leave me enough inventory for one month, or when you leave, I will tell Nicole that your private money is hidden in the shoe cabinet."
Lorraine was surprised: "How do you know?"
Grand Duke Julius blew out a smoke ring and said with a vicissitudes of life expression: "Boy, those are all tricks I have used before."
Lorraine weighed it in her mind, stood up reluctantly, walked to the bookcase, and opened a row of dozens of three- to five-hundred-page theological monographs.
This kind of boring theological work is the safest. Leo would not choose them when he was looking for a book to stand on.
Archduke Julius was surprised to find that all these books had been cut into half, leaving a space of more than a palm wide in the bookcase.
Lorraine reluctantly took out a dark purple wooden box and stuffed it into Grand Duke Julius's hand with a pained expression on his face.
Grand Duke Julius pointed to the bookcase and said with a smile: "And that bottle of crystal port wine. Do you think I can't see it if I tear off the label?"
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In the golden autumn of October, the land south of Almohad is also a golden color.
The leaves turn yellow and fiery red, and the mountains and fields are covered with this color.
This is a pleasant climate, the weather is neither cold nor hot, and the air is neither dry nor humid.
The autumn air is crisp and clear, and standing on the top of the mountain, you can even see the blue-green mountains on the horizon.
At the foot of the mountain, a long black dragon composed of soldiers was winding along the mainland. The head could not be seen in front of it, and the tail of the team could not be seen behind. It was impossible to imagine how many soldiers there were in this team.
Lorraine stood on the top of the mountain, facing the autumn wind and the bright sun, looking at the marching peacekeeping troops below her feet.
Behind him, several local nobles who had their hearts set on Queen Isabella were reciting their sour poems praising Lorraine and the peacekeeping forces.
Lorraine listened to two sentences, and they were probably all crooked poems such as "My horse, why do you have four legs, and the sea, you are all fucking water."
It made Lorraine want to kick them off the mountain so that their ears would be clean.
There were also a few people surrounding Lorraine, constantly flattering Sir Lorraine.
Lorraine was so annoyed that she secretly muttered: Why didn't Hadou kill all these bastards?
As soon as the peacekeeping force arrived, these nobles left and led the peacekeeping force to steal the money of the local Southern Army.
A few steps away, the female relatives brought by the nobles covered half of their faces with fans, flashing their big watery eyes and firing wildly at Lorraine. Some of them pulled the clothes on their chests from time to time, revealing large areas of white and greasy skin.
Lord Lorraine had been sleeping on the camp bed for several days. When they were exposed, Lord Lorraine's eyes became a little straight.
To be fair, these ladies are not bad looking, but compared with Vera next to Lorraine, they are like the difference between the stars and the moon, and they are not enough.
Vera is still dressed in a dashing Gestapo-style black military uniform. Coupled with Vera's charming and innocent temperament, she is truly charming and captivating.
But no one in the surrounding area dared to take another look at Lord Lorraine's little maid, so they could only sneak a quick glance when there were not many people around.
Vera held a ripe mountain fruit in her hand, and she always stood in front of Lorraine intentionally or unintentionally, blocking the electric light radiating from the eyes of those nymphomaniac women.