The signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance between the Empire and Britannia represents the complete establishment of a national defense alliance between the Kingdom of Knights headed by Lane and the Empire headed by Karl Franz.
It is not the previous earldom of Lane, the principality, or the Reich territory of Emperor Karl.
Now, both the external environment and the internal environment give both parties the best opportunity to sign a contract, because both Ryan and Carl have temporarily unified the situation through their own efforts. At this time, they can
On this opportunity, taking advantage of the presence of most of the important people from both parties, the two parties signed a contract inside the Kurona Palace.
The "Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance" mainly contains the following contents.
1. The Contracting Parties undertake to jointly endeavor to take all necessary measures to jointly fight against invasions, sabotage and any hostile actions by northern barbarians, beastmen, greenskins, vampires, Skaven, dark elves,
Once either contracting state is attacked by the above forces, the other contracting state will do its best to provide military and other assistance.
Second, redefine and measure the border issues between the Empire and Britannia, and agree that each country will withdraw its troops from the border and not send more than a thousand border troops to garrison their respective border fortresses.
Third, the two sides should open more trade markets, agree that customs clearance tariffs must be negotiated together, and no private increases in tariffs or additional fees are allowed to promote the further development of economic and trade between the two sides, and use Marienburg as a free trade city to specialize in bulk commodity trade.
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Fourth, Britannia will pay a fee of 100,000 gold crowns, paid in ten years. In view of His Majesty Lane's good relationship with the empire and his repeated aid to the empire, the empire will give special preferential treatment with an annual interest of 1%.
By introducing advanced industrial technology and industrial talents from the empire, the empire will do its best to help Britannia establish its own industrial system, starting with Mousilon and slowly extending to the entire kingdom.
5. The empire can hire Britannian knights to carry out chivalry wars through covenants at a price no higher than the market price. Similarly, Britannia can also hire imperial mercenaries through covenants. If the empire needs to hire
For Holy Grail Knights, the price needs to be negotiated separately, and the same applies to the Empire's war machines.
6. The treaty is valid for twenty years. If neither party raises any objections before the expiration date, it will be automatically extended for ten years, and so on.
The leaders of the two countries signed the contract respectively. The religious representatives of both parties, Morgiana, the Lake God Witch, and Casmir IX, the great chanter of the Church of Justice, represented justice for their respective gods, announcing that the relationship between the two countries has entered a new era.
At the signing ceremony, there was thunderous applause, Ryan and Carl shook hands enthusiastically, and both sides showed standard smiles. At this time, the two countries were officially united.
The champagne was opened, the king and the emperor clinked glasses, and Karl-Franz immediately used his vulgar sense of humor: "Ryan, guess what our scene looks like in the eyes of the greenskins?"
"Two hammers and shrimps?" Ryan sneered: "One is not green enough, and the other is not waaagh enough?"
"Hahahahaha~" Karl laughed loudly: "Oh, I like this joke, hahahaha~"
Ryan laughed a little awkwardly. He thought that the emperor's smile was indeed confusing, but it was a good thing to reach an agreement. Compared to the southern countries, the empire and the Brittanians had a natural sense of mutual recognition.
The southern country is different. The origin of the southern country is not the tribe when the empire rose at that time. Whether it is Tyrell or Estalia, their origin is actually named Titus (now the Skaven Demon).
After the fall of Titus, the surviving humans were divided into two factions. In the ancient kingdom of the Rat Waste City, the surviving humans were divided into two factions.
Under the guidance, they settled in Estalia and Tyrell, where the people never felt obliged to fight against Chaos or the Greenskin craze. Instead, they were obsessed with the ideals of democracy, civil liberties, and justice.
, the eternal city-state system, the ever-chaotic political situation, and the ever-present attitude that things have nothing to do with oneself, this is the southern country.
To put it simply, there is a big gap in the views between the two sides. For example, if the empire asks the southern countries to send troops to fight against the greenskins and chaos, the answer of these southerners is probably the following: Why? Why? I want it because of your responsibility
What does it have to do with me and lowering my quality of life due to obligations and obligations? You go ahead and bear the burden, I just want to sedate the years and be quiet.
Therefore, neither Ryan nor Karl-Franz has much expectations for the people of the Southern Kingdom. It is good that they can hire mercenaries from the War Dog Tyrell and the Mirmedia Church of Estalia to contribute.
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On the other side, Elector Boris was holding a wine glass and said with some indignation: "The benefits are all for those two people, saying it is industrial support, 10,000 gold marks a year, but everyone in the empire knows that the empire's industry
Basically, it is completely focused on Reikland, Brunswick and Noor. Our Baroness and Ryan have that kind of relationship. Hey, Noor is going to make a lot of money this time, and we can only make some soup.
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"It's better than nothing." Elector Marius is still wrapped in a bandage. He fell off the ring yesterday and broke his arm and ribs. Even if Ryan has good medicines like high essence and wood essence, he still needs at least two.
It takes a month to heal: "Hey, I was wondering, if the greenskins attacked from the Blackfire Pass and saw a large group of Brittanian knights, what would their expressions be like?"
"They will be very excited." Elector Wolfram-Hertwig looked helpless: "With opponents, these green moss will never be cleaned up, I swear."
"But they can be contained." Hubbard, Duke of Carcassonne, frowned.
"Maybe you're right."
The signing ceremony in the morning ended, and immediately at noon there was a larger banquet and personnel appointments. Ryan had to reorganize the kingdom's court. He had to replace Richard's people and replace them with his own people.
Lane quickly reorganized his court in the afternoon.
The new king's court was composed as follows:
Religious representative and theocratic advisor: Morgiana, the Lake God Witch.
The heads of MI7 and spymasters: Holy witch Aurora Trowick and legendary sorceress Theresa Trowick.
Chief female courtier and wizard advisor: Veronica, the holy light and fire witch.
Marshal of the Brittanian Border Guards: Roland Marshall.
Regent of the Kingdom: Grail Knight Raun-Leo, Duke of Cornwall.
Lord Chamberlain of the Kingdom: Katzenberg.
Palace Finance Minister: Sulia (temporarily concurrent), Steve (deputy), Geffen (deputy).
Commander-in-Chief of the King's Imperial Guard: Baron Armand, Knight of the Holy Grail.
Chief Justice of the Kingdom: Baron Eduardo Candreva.
Lord Admiral of the Kingdom: Baron Fedmund, Knight of the Holy Grail.
Royal Housekeeper: Olica (chief), Sylvia (deputy).
As for Britannia's ambassador to the empire, Ryan trusted the Earl of Florence Beaumont whom Richard had appointed before, and had no plans to replace him.
After the reorganization of the entire palace, there was a series of banquets and various trivial matters, including whether the new king should inherit or abandon a series of policies of the old king, including a series of contracts on diplomacy with wood elves, diplomacy with dwarves, and diplomacy with high elves, including
The pardon for the kingdom's political prisoners also included the mobilization of the national army and promises to the dukes.
Because in terms of the entire structure of the Kingdom of Knights, Ryan has to some extent seriously damaged the foundation of the entire Britannia nation since its founding.
Normally speaking, the "divine right of kings" of the Knight King of Britannia is always supervised by the Lake Fairy and controlled by the Dukes. If a king cannot conform to the wishes of the Lake Fairy, he can guarantee the interests of the Dukes.
, he will not sit on the throne for long.
But for Ryan, he was the first king in the history of Britannia who broke this rule. Up, the Lady of the Lake clearly gave up the legal rationale for his divine right to king, while down, Ryan and Mo
Jaina formed a close alliance. When the king's power could not extend to corners, he could borrow the power of the Church of the Lady of the Lake to enforce his will.
In other words, Ryan's king's authority at this time has been over-expanded and huge, and there are signs of losing control.
After he ascended the throne, many rumors circulated in the court, doubting whether the new king would reverse the course of history, try to abolish the independence of the principalities, and directly command their armies without the dukes.
After hearing this rumor, Morgiana had not yet responded. Sulia immediately found Ryan. The intelligent and politically sensitive queen asked him to hold another Duke Conference. Sulia made it clear that as the king, Ryan, you should protect him.
The interests of the kingdom.
Ryan was also aware of the problem. He immediately convened a meeting of dukes and announced that a new chivalry war would be held. The harvest of the Eight Peaks Mountain expedition would be related to the eliteness and quantity of the troops sent by the dukes. At the same time, he promised to protect the independence of the principality.
Inherit Britannia's glorious history and fine traditions.
Although the great nobles still had doubts in their hearts, they still said that they would send their own elite troops from each principality to participate in the expedition to Bafeng Mountain. This was not only a show of goodwill to the new king, but also a covet for the endless wealth of Bafeng Mountain.
Many affairs have made Ryan dizzy. Since the beginning of this year, both Richard and Lawn have actually stopped dealing with major internal affairs, waiting for Ryan's ruling. Coupled with various meetings and banquets, this busy time lasts three days.
For three nights, Ryan worked at his desk for about twenty hours every day before finally finishing most of the squeezed official documents.
This caused a lot of resentment in Ryan's backyard, especially a certain goddess who had agreed with Ryan that they would consummate their marriage after he ascended the throne. Seeing that Ryan was so busy that he had to trot all the way to his daily routine of prayers, the fairy in the lake was already prepared.
A set of high elf wedding dresses and a complete ceremony, but seeing that Ryan was so busy and was about to prepare for the expedition to the Eight Peaks Mountains, the goddess could only tell Ryan that when you come back from the expedition, we will secretly hold another wedding.
At this time, Emperor Karl-Franz had already embarked on the return journey with most of the Imperial Council, and only the Imperial Baroness stayed. Thanks to the autonomy of the Weisen Territory and the Nuer City Council's full ability to govern itself, Ai
Milia plans to stay here for a few more days.
As for Olica, she accompanied Ryan on official duties very attentively. She did not complain at all, but enjoyed it. It was not that she took the opportunity to monopolize the king's life, but that she put forward many solutions to the problems reflected in the documents.
, some are even enough to make Ryan’s eyes light up, they seem dark.
The dark elves gained a lot of knowledge and made great progress in some aspects. The king casually asked Olika if she had any special gains. Olika just smiled and said nothing, and Ryan was too busy to take care of it, so
He didn't ask further questions and just enjoyed the dark elf serving him tea and water, massaging his shoulders.
Surya and Morgiana are also preoccupied with many things, Veronica is busy preparing to gather an entire coven of witches, Teresa and Aurora are also focusing on establishing a branch in Corona, and everyone has their own things to do.
, only Emilia and Olica accompanied Ryan. The Imperial Dame would change into her old maid outfit from time to time and take Ryan's children around the palace. Ryan really didn't have the energy to care.
"Huh~" After three full days and three nights, Ryan finally finished processing all the squeezed official documents. He was so tired that he really wanted to bury himself in all kinds of documents and sleep directly. He was so full of energy that he was so backlogged that he couldn't see anything.
The official document at the end was almost overwhelming. He could now understand why Richard looked so old.
"Master, are you done with the matter?" The dark elf Olika stood behind Ryan. Her small hands wrapped in white lace gloves were massaging Ryan's shoulders: "It's a bit stiff. You must have accumulated a lot."
"Hey, I'm exhausted." Ryan looked at the office and saw that there was no one else except Orika. Emilia had gone to attend Sulia's noble lady's banquet, and then complained like a thief: "
If Lidya Su and Morgiana are willing to help me, I can at least reduce my workload for one day."
"Your queen and your Lake God Witch have their own things to be busy with, Master." Orika said with a smile: "It's not okay to be lazy. Master, don't forget, you have an appointment tonight.
Lord Teclis is having a candlelight dinner together in the courtyard of the palace!"
"Banquet, banquet, another banquet." Ryan said with a wry smile: "The banquets during this period of time are really enjoyable. Now I just want to go back to the kind of bacon sandwich and inferior cider that I had when I was a knight errant, that kind of unpretentious and...
A boring life."
"Anyway, I will always accompany the master." Orica gently hugged Ryan from behind, and she buried herself on Ryan's back: "Tomorrow, master, you can be lazy for a while. There is still some time now, so you can
If you sleep for an hour, I will wake you up and go to the banquet together."
"Thank you, Olika." Ryan's heart warmed when he heard this, and he nodded slightly. The king really needs to rest, even if it is just for an hour. If he sleeps for a while, Ryan will soon regain his energy.
Just now, Olica helped him solve a problem.
This year, the canal from the Sandness River to the Grismoray River was finally completed, so Lane immediately ordered to summon workers to prepare to continue building the canal, this time from the Grismoray River to the Chinon River.
, passing through the principalities of Bordero and Bastogne.
On this issue, Lane encountered strong resistance. The progress of the canal was not ideal, the compensation for land acquisition was not in place, the kingdom's finances were tight, and there was a shortage of labor. The number of laborers recruited for service in each region was always in short supply, and the labor and rest system
And the execution is very good, so the project often cannot be carried out continuously in 24-hour shifts, and it is always done intermittently.
What's more important is that the local nobles, especially the small nobles, are very, very disgusted with the canal passing through their territory and destroying farmland, woodland or roads. They either adopt a non-violent non-cooperation attitude, or violate it in secret, or reluctantly agree, but
I kept making fuss about the demolition compensation, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to extort a little more money.
Ryan is troubled by this. In this world, people pay much more attention to land than in the dynasty of Ryan's previous life.
But Olica provided Ryan with a new solution, that is, land acquisition is calculated at market price, but after land acquisition, the benefits generated from the development of the land will be divided into dividends according to a certain proportion to the people affected by the land acquisition and demolition.
If the other party insists on compensation, a public auction can be held, but the future benefits will have nothing to do with you.
As for those who resolutely refuse to requisition, just let the canal take a detour. There won't be many die-hards like this. After all, Lane's personal prestige is there and the money is ready.
Ryan suddenly realized that he was right. He had never thought of it. This was demolition and resettlement. He had seen so many things in his previous life. He had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running away!
I can only say that after staying in this world for a long time, my thinking has changed a bit.
After sleeping on the small bed in the back room for a full hour, Ryan got up again under Olika's call, washed up, and then went to meet Tigris in the courtyard of the castle.
Amidst the silver tableware and candlelight, Tigris and Lion sat opposite each other. On the table were food from the high elves, and the two sides discussed how to proceed with the next step.
"Sunfire Amulet?" Teclis was a little surprised: "Are you looking for that? Is that what Lilith meant?"
"Well, yes, are there any clues?" Ryan used a fork to fork a piece of fruit salad: "If we can find the Sunfire Talisman, we can be more certain about the end of the world."
"...the matter of the Sun Fire Talisman must start with the famous Phoenix King 'poet' Isis."