Urban Sims

In the blink of an eye.

Several months passed.

The long and cold winter is finally over.

After entering the warm spring, the warm sunshine melted the ice and snow on the ground, and the roads became slippery and muddy.

People who have been cooped up at home for several months are beginning to go out, bask in the sun, and get busy with various things.

Farmers in the countryside have also begun to prepare for spring sowing for the next year.

Zhou Ming, who is already 18 years old, is rushing to turn 19.

…

Outside the royal capital of Dillow, Medicine Bottle Castle.

A staff member of the Continental Chamber of Commerce handed a letter to Zhou Ming.

The letter was written by this person's father, Cohen Leilin. The general meaning is that the families who are still staying in Heihe Town have got on the carriages and officially set off in the past two days. Except for a few family members, they will stay in Heihe. town, most people decided to return to the royal capital.

For example, Zhou Ming's mother Verani, mother Olenna, his eldest brother Roger, second sister Ciri, third brother Jon and uncle Philemon are all back.

Including Cohen Lelin himself, he will also go back to the royal capital to meet with the king.

Of course, he also wanted to see Zhou Ming, whom he hadn't seen for almost three years.

only……

The family has no place to live in the royal capital, and his father Cohen hopes that Zhou Ming will help him find a place to settle them.

Zhou Ming thought for a while, called Defoe, who was appointed as the housekeeper, and asked him to go to the city to find a mansion, buy it, recruit workers to decorate it, hire a group of servants, and clean the mansion at any time. Prepare to welcome your family.

"It's best to complete this matter within a month. Don't care how much money is spent. In short, don't wait for everyone in my family to arrive. The mansion is not ready yet."

"Yes sir."

Defoe, who was wearing a butler's tuxedo, bowed and immediately started getting ready.

After the rebellion last year, hundreds of noble families in the kingdom who were divided into Duke Paris's party were purged. Many of these families purchased mansions in the royal capital, and now they are basically empty. Defoe thought Purchasing a mansion in good condition does not take much effort.

Zhou Ming was also mentally prepared for the upcoming arrival of his family and how to deal with the relationship with various family members.

Anyway, no matter how many red faces or black faces there are? In the Leylin family, his role and weight must be recognized and valued by everyone.

Zhou Ming also hoped that it would be best if some mentally retarded person doesn't show up and insists on being slapped in the face, then he will be a little embarrassed.

…

Spring New Year, February 11th.

Zhou Ming attended a palace meeting.

Discussing a more important issue.

Regarding the issue of "marriage between the two countries" proposed by the neighboring Kingdom of Solyu on the eastern border.

The special envoy of the Kingdom of Soliu proposed: Hearing that His Royal Highness the Princess of the Kingdom of Yadud is beautiful and virtuous, and that she is of marriageable age, His Royal Highness Prince Jeffrey of the Kingdom of Soliu admires her very much. King Weber also hopes that the relationship between the two countries will be further developed, so he requested a marriage between the two countries. , let his son Prince Jeffrey marry Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Kingdom of Yadud.

Marry that princess?

Of course it is King Jaime's only daughter-Princess Xiverness.

After receiving the marriage request from the Soliu Kingdom, the noble ministers had a heated discussion at the palace meeting of the Yadud Kingdom.

"What does the Soliu Kingdom mean?"

"Our country and the Soliu Kingdom have not had a marriage relationship for more than two hundred years, but they have fought dozens of wars. What do they want to do this time?"

"Why does the Soliu Kingdom marry our Princess Xivenis? Our noble Princess, is their Prince Jeffrey worthy of her?"

"Marriage between the two countries is okay. There are three princes in our country. I heard that King Weber of the Soliu Kingdom has three daughters. Instead of marrying three, how about we only marry one?"

"Hahahaha~"

The palace suddenly burst into laughter.

Obviously, the noble ministers of the Yadud Kingdom were not very interested in the request for marriage from the Soliu Kingdom.

But after the shriveled and ugly envoy sent by the Soliu Kingdom spoke a few words in a sinister tone, everyone's expressions changed.

"Our country's request for marriage to your country is for the sake of reconciliation between the two countries. If your country refuses, it will be rude and contemptuous of our King and Prince!"

"If His Majesty the King of our country is angry, the consequences will be serious."

"I also heard that last year, your country's Duke Paris launched a rebellion. All 300,000 border guards were used to attack the king. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. It is said that there are less than 100,000 border guards left in your country."

"Now that the ice and snow have all melted, the roads will soon become easier to walk. I want to ask your country: Can your army of only tens of thousands of people deployed in Dongjing be able to stop the invasion of our country's 500,000 elite army? ?”

"Let me ask your country again, which one is more important, a princess, or the long-term peace between the two countries?"

The special envoy of the Soliu Kingdom finally revealed his shameful purpose.

Boom~

The noble ministers of the Yadud Kingdom suddenly became extremely uproar.

King James's face was even more ugly.

threaten!

This is a naked threat.

A nobleman walked up to the special envoy with his fists clenched and said, "Excuse me, what do you mean by your country? What do you want to do?"

The special envoy turned his head: "It's not interesting, I don't want to do anything."

"I'll kill you!"

The nobleman punched him.

"Earl Cady, don't do it, don't do it!"

"Don't be impulsive, Count Cady."

Two people grabbed the nobleman named "Kedi" and told him not to be impulsive.

The special envoy raised his head and looked at the people in the palace with disdain.

In fact, around March of last winter, after the rebellion launched by Duke Paris and almost all the border troops were mobilized, the upper echelons of the Soliu Kingdom across the border could be said to be ecstatic.

Incomparable ecstasy.

The Kingdom of Yadud fell into civil strife. Didn't their opportunity come?

You must know that the relationship between the two countries has never been very good. They have to fight a war almost every ten years, and the Soliu Kingdom is obviously stronger, so the Yadud Kingdom has always been on the defensive, and the Soliu Kingdom cannot take any advantage.

Now that the Yadud Kingdom is in chaos, how could the Soliu Kingdom let go of this opportunity? How could it not want to take a big piece of flesh from the Yadud Kingdom?

only……

This winter season is so embarrassing.

Not only are the roads inconvenient, but it will take four to five months just to prepare supplies for a large-scale war.

Then march into the ice and snow, fight in an environment of 40 to 50 degrees below zero, it would be strange for the soldiers not to mutiny!

Therefore, Suoliu Kingdom, which wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, had to express its helplessness.

In addition, although Duke Paris is out of his wits due to his power, he is not without any defense against the Soliu Kingdom. At least 20,000 more elite troops have been stationed on the front line without leaving any gaps... Duke Paris does not want to capture this kingdom by himself. The kingdom was finally plucked by its old rival.

So after waiting for the winter to pass and the spring snow to melt, the Soliu Kingdom couldn't wait to send a special envoy to propose a marriage between the two countries.

The Kingdom of Qisuoliu made two preparations.

One, if the Yadud Kingdom agrees to the marriage and the Soliu Kingdom gets a beauty, then they will not stir up trouble for the time being and marry the beauty first.

Two, if the Yadud Kingdom refuses the marriage, then the Soliu Kingdom will use this as an excuse to send out an army of 500,000 to devour the Yadud Kingdom!

In short, no matter what choice the Yadud Kingdom makes, it all means the same thing: The Yadud Kingdom is in trouble.

It's a big deal!

Faced with the Soliu Kingdom's provocation, the noble ministers of the Yadud Kingdom were angry, worried, and at a loss for a while.

"No! No one can get involved with our Princess Sylvenis!"

"Is Her Royal Highness the Princess' holiness something that you, the Eastern Barbarians, can touch?"

"No marriage! Get out!"

Several young nobles who had a good impression of Princess Xivenis expressed strong opposition.

"Aren't you afraid of a war breaking out between the two countries?" the special envoy asked arrogantly.

"Just fight, who is afraid of whom?"

There was an immediate fight here.

but……

When thinking of the half-million-strong army of the Soliu Kingdom, some of the older nobles and ministers took a deep breath.

"Five hundred thousand, how can you withstand this?"

"Now there are only a few defeated soldiers left in the Border Guard Corps, with a number of only 80,000. This..."

"The Soliu Kingdom is much stronger than our country, and several small neighboring countries are suppressed by it. If we insist on it, I'm afraid..."

"It's better..."

Some old aristocratic ministers expressed in a tactful tone that they might agree to a marriage.

Moreover, Princess Xivenis is already 22 years old. There are very few people in the kingdom who are as old as her and have not yet married. Xivenis herself has high standards and seems to be looked down upon by no one. She is still single to this day.

She became an older leftover girl.

It is better to make a big contribution to the kingdom and gain a few years of development opportunities for the kingdom... Several ministers think so.

"this……"

After receiving this information, King James was very angry. Xivenis was his most beloved daughter. How could he push his daughter into the fire pit?

But after three consecutive days of discussion, the number of noble ministers who believed that the marriage should be agreed to the marriage slowly exceeded half.

After all, the rebellion started by Duke Paris had just ended, and no one could afford to experience another war.

"Um...Leylin, you are the financial controller of the kingdom. Do you think we should accept the marriage between the two countries?"

After the day's discussion reached an anxious state, King James, who had a severe headache, turned his attention to Zhou Ming, who had never spoken much.

Hope to get his opinion.

King James asked.

The others stopped arguing and focused their attention on him.

Everyone wanted to hear what the financial controller had to say.

Even Princess Xivenis, who was hiding behind the curtain, also pricked up her ears, wanting to hear what he would say?

"this……"

Faced with so many eyes, Zhou Ming, who had been in a state of soy sauce, had to think for a while and expressed his opinion:

"I think……"