Different World Development Manual - Chapter 212

[Chapter 40 The Frontier Baron]

On the southwestern border of Cape Duchy, a local baron is hunting in the woods with his squire.

Bows and arrows hung from the horse’s harness under the baron’s crotch, while a knight’s sword was pinned to the baron’s waist.

More than a dozen cavalry is the baron’s current income, the upper limit that he can support.

If you want to raise more cavalry, then the territory will inevitably fall into a situation of making ends meet.

The baron walked slowly in the woods with his cavalry, while his entourage was scattered, looking for prey around him.

The baron is a talkative guy, he said to the cavalry around him: “I see, King Carinthia was really blocked by Duke Capet on the south bank of the Aran River.

It’s just a pity that all the territory on the south bank of the river belongs to the king of Carinthia.

”

The war between Carinthia and Cape seems to have fallen into a stalemate. After the king of Carinthia stationed his army on the south bank, he all retreated.

Although Jon sent a lot of spies to Carinthia, most of them never came back.

Even if they went back, the only information they heard was that the Carinthian army had withdrawn from the station.

This has to be said of the staff of the Time and Space Administration and the control of the newly recovered territory by the Carinthian garrison.

Things like newspapers, with the arrival of Chinese people, paper also began to become cheaper.

The dissemination of information is also spread through newspapers, a medium whose status is getting lower and lower in the modern information society.

Various newspaper offices in China have also submitted applications for approval to the Time and Space Administration. The branches of one newspaper office began to move into Anriburg and started one by one newspaper business.

Of course, the Dehebas Newspaper, which Renri and An Rui cooperated with, was changed to the Carinthia Newspaper with An Rui’s title.

The wasteland reclamation in Mobei Province also provided a large amount of high-quality wood as raw material for the paper industry for the manufacture of paper.

The newspapers that have been reviewed and approved have also started to launch a variety of newspapers in Carinthia, mainly in Chinese characters, Granite, and Panda.

In the cities of the Duchy of Dehebas in the west of Carinthia, various newspapers can be seen everywhere, with new newspapers every day, and newspapers with the same content printed in three languages every day.

Of course, the deciphering of the Aghanim language and text is also thanks to An Rui’s translation ball, Panda, Gran, Furry Official, Campbell, Emerald Forest Elf language and text have been deciphered 100%.

And the language and characters of important forces such as Semir, Avalon Official, Ottoman Official, Tomir Official, etc. are also in the process of deciphering.

Although less than 1% of the thousands of languages and characters in the entire Aghanim Continent have been deciphered, the Time and Space Administration has achieved considerable success in the language of the main forces and ethnic groups.

And the three-language newspapers were not only published in the Duchy of Dehbas. With the recovery of Kafa, the newspapers also began to be published in the Duchy of Kafa.

All of a sudden, the domestic newspaper industry actually glowed with spring, and the stock market began to boom.

Before the backward market in the north has entered the information age of electronic appliances, newspapers are undoubtedly an important commodity for this market in the north.

He can not only help the Time and Space Administration to effectively control the public opinion under the “controlled area” in the north, but also guide the public opinion in the direction he needs.

It is precisely because of this that the newspapers are hyping the news that An Rui has recaptured the south of the Alan River, and has begun to recruit and train the new Carinthian army on a large scale.

The misleading public opinion made all the spies sent by Jon believe it to be true.

But the newspaper reports are indeed 70% true and 30% false. Carinthia has indeed started a new round of military expansion plan. The number of more than 40,000 Carinthian troops is simply not enough to meet the security issues of the current Carinthia kingship. .

When faced with media items like newspapers for the first time, Jon’s spies, after conducting on-the-spot inquiries, confirmed that what was reported in the newspapers was the real news, then took the newspapers and passed the information to Jon’s ears.

However, at this time, An Rui was riding a motorcycle, with a Carinthian army of 18,000 people, from the north bank of the Aran River in the Marquis of Duran, entered the dense forest eastward, and quietly advanced to the east fortress of Mantuen.

The hunting baron obviously did not know that he was about to meet the army of Carinthia.

“Wuwuwuwuwu…”

The roaring sound of the large row of motorcycle engines made the baron tremble, and he immediately waved his hand to stop the team: “Listen, what is that sound? Is it the snoring of the jungle beast?”

Legend has it that this forest inhabits a magical monster whose fur can be used to make luxurious coats and warm quilts.

And its meat melts in the mouth, with a hint of the fragrance of the dense forest. Once eaten, the strength and speed of the eater will be greatly improved permanently, but the side effect is that there will be a small permanent decrease in intelligence.

The baron who believed in these nonsense, of course, didn’t care about the gain or loss of intelligence. With the power, no one dared to disobey his will, even if he was an iron man.

Putting the bow on the arrow, the baron pouted, signalling the cavalry to prepare for battle, and whispered: “I heard that the jungle Voldemort is very strong in combat, but that guy is sleeping, it’s not a big problem, we will take its head while he is asleep. .”

The baron and his cavalry cautiously moved towards the direction of the snoring beast in the jungle, the sound was getting closer and louder, and the hearts of the baron and the cavalry could not help but get nervous.

Peeling open a bush, the baron and cavalry suddenly appeared on a forest path.

I saw a man riding on a group of steel monsters, his big eyes flashing with white light, and his butt was making a sound of “wuwuwu”.

Looking past the man, I saw a long line of guys in red clothes with strangely long poles on their backs, and the team could not see the end at a glance.

In the queue, what the baron saw was Anjia’s Yin-Yang Fish Banner and Carinthia’s King Banner.

The baron immediately reacted: “Damn it! It’s Carinthia’s army! How did they appear here!!?”

Looking at the team, the squires that he sent out to hunt for him were all tied up by the Carinthian Army, with rags in their mouths, and looked at themselves.

The rider on that steel monster, needless to say, must be King Anrui of Carinthia.

Damn, that guy is the king of riding, right? He can even tame this steel monster?

The baron panicked, how could he fight with the Carinthian army in front of him with only a dozen cavalry.

His legs were trembling, he clamped the horse’s belly, and stood on the spot, not daring to move.

Neither is attacking, nor is escaping.

However, An Rui glanced at the baron, opened his mouth, and asked unhurriedly, “I am the king of Carinthia. As the lord of Carinthia, are you willing to be loyal to me?”

It goes without saying that the baron who had a strong desire to survive took his cavalry off his horse on the spot, ran quickly to An Rui, knelt down on one knee, and saluted the imperial nobles: “I am willing to give allegiance to His Majesty the King. , your friend is my friend, and your enemy is my enemy.”

An Rui nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, “Who was your original superior lord?”

The baron hesitated for a moment, for fear that he would say something wrong and be killed by the man in front of him.

“Matthew?”

Although An Rui is an aristocrat of the empire, An Rui, as a salted fish, does not know much about the political situation of the empire.

Before Huaxia Dao came, An Rui’s eyes were limited to his own one-acre and three-point land.

Collecting taxes, packing equipment, taking risks, and driving, this is Anrui’s daily life.

However, now, at Guan Lin’s request, An Rui made up for the various political forces of the Panda Empire, especially the current enemies, the nobles in the Cape Duchy before the expedition.

Matthew is the younger brother of Jon, the current Duke of Capet, and the lord of Fort Mantoun.

The fortress of Mantoun, a strategic point for Carinthia northwards into Cape, controls the confluence of the rivers Iris and Aran.

Once the Mantuen Fortress is taken, the gateway to the north from Enriburg is opened.

And the supplies can also go north by boat directly from the Iris River to the Fort Mantuen to provide support for the troops fighting on the north bank.

An Rui glanced at the baron and said slowly, “Lend your family crest for use.”

[End of this Chapter]