Chapter 362 – Rewards
Chapter 362 – Reward
The pirates in West Harbor were wiped out!
The heavenly good news quickly spread throughout the King’s Capital Jingyao, and the common people could breathe a sigh of relief.
In recent times, people were afraid to go out of the city for fear of being robbed and killed by pirates in disguise. To know the history of the pirate rampage, but there are a large number of examples of deep inland robbery, these guys are not what the regular army, change a civilian clothes who do not recognize.
Speaking also strange, Aldo Kingdom in the end is how it is, and is a rebellion and pirates, is the Lord of the Light offended his old man? Fortunately another scourge went.
Harrison Abbott rode a high horse and led his soldiers to enter the royal capital with a raised eyebrow from the west gate of Jingyao, and enjoyed a good heroic treatment.
Accompanied by the cheers of the people, there were constantly beautiful young girls on both sides of the street throwing flowers on this young general who was supposedly still single.
Hansel, who was right behind Harrison, looked at his brother with envy and jealousy.
Alas, what could be done? Although it is born from a single old father, but in terms of lineage, the old brother is the son of the right wife, and he himself is …… alas, don’t mention it. In terms of status, the old brother was a royal guard before, and he is only a small tax officer in the suburbs of the royal capital, and even now, he is only working under a countryside lord.
Wait, a countryside lord?
Seriously speaking, Earl Gleiman was no longer a simple countryside lord!
He is actually controlling three earldoms, and in terms of area and population, the head of the nobles in the Northwest Bay, Henry Ferdinand, doesn’t have as much as him, right?
Not to mention the fact that the various workshops run by this guy can be said to be making money day in and day out, just the porcelain alone must be making a fortune, right? Corner Bay alliance Foster family merchants in charge of Christopher, in the wine to Hansel revealed that every shipment of porcelain to the corner of the Bay are already the owner, because the buyer has long placed a good order. In Horn Bay, porcelain has become a symbol of identity and status.
Two years ago when he arrived in Arda as a royal commissioner, Paul Greiman was still under the threat of pirates, but now his situation has been completely reversed.
Following such a lord, the future didn’t seem so bad.
“Lord Abbott!”
A shout interrupted Hansel’s memories.
Was it someone calling out to himself? Hansel fixed his eyes, oh, it was for his oldest brother.
Only to see a person dressed as a royal attendant stopping the advancing group.
He saluted Harrison from his horse.
“Lord Abbott, his majesty has ordered you to come to the palace at once to deliberate.”
Harrison didn’t hesitate a bit, “Please reply to His Majesty for me, I’ll be there immediately.”
Gee whiz, His Majesty the King didn’t even mention me.
Hansel was disillusioned and greeted his brother, “I’ll go back first.”
Harrison grabbed him, “What’s the hurry? You have contributed a lot to this battle, go with me.”
After instructing the troops behind him to hurry back to the camp, the two brothers, along with a few officers, arrived at the royal palace.
The place where the king received them was the council hall, which was the place where his majesty discussed the national issues with all the ministers, showing the importance he attached to this battle of eliminating the pirates.
The two of them entered the council hall, and found that many people had already gathered here, such as the palace minister Rupert and the intelligence minister Merlin and other important ministers were already present, and the queen Phyllis was also present, in addition to that, there was also a woman that Hansel did not recognize who was sitting at the side of the queen.
Harrison quietly reminded him, “That one should be Her Highness the Little Princess Irene.”
The reason why it was supposed to be was because that female was veiled.
Hansel didn’t know much about the King’s youngest daughter, after the Abbotts had been alienated from the royal family, it was rare for his old man to come into contact with the core members of the royal family a few times during the week when he had nothing else to do, not to mention him, the second son of an unorthodox family, which meant that his oldest brother was still able to stay on as a guard in the palace because of his good publicity.
When he was young, he had once seen this highness from afar at the festival, but at that time she had not yet grown up, and then after that, the young princess went to Gabella’s maester’s tower to pursue her studies, while Hansel went to the outside of the Jingyao to take up a post, and then did not see again.
The ministers present gathered their eyes on the two Abbott brothers in unison, and Hansel’s body tightened at being stared at by so many people of high power.
“Harrison, congratulations on the big win, you’ve worked hard this time. “
The king sitting on the throne spoke.
“Thank you your majesty. ” Harrison bowed to the king with a hand to his chest, “I dare not say it was hard work to serve the kingdom. “
“Hmm. Good, good. “The king stroked his beard, satisfied with the performance of this ex-servant, a bit regretting that he hadn’t promoted him as a general earlier, blaming it on his immodest old man, the goods that pitted his son.
Harrison said, “This victory is not my credit alone, it is the fleet of the Northwest Bay that defeated the pirate’s warships, so that we can fight successfully on land. ” He glanced at his brother beside him, “It was Hansel who made the contact for us. “
Not taking credit, the king was more than satisfied with him.
The specifics of the battle the king had already read from the battle report, Harrison had written it in great detail. To be honest, this battle is nothing colorful, Harrison put the west harbor a blockade, repeatedly scout the city intelligence, and then waited until the arrival of the northwest fleet, his side has an absolute advantage before making a move, it can only be said that it is a middle-of-the-road.
However, the king now likes this kind of steady and stable generals, the kingdom can not withstand any storm now.
“Both of you have done well. Harrison, do you want any rewards? “
Without thinking, Harrison said, “Please, Your Majesty, send me to fight in the south, I’m willing to do so even as a soldier. “
The king laughed out loud, “If I make you a soldier, Heavenly Father will punish me. This group of pirates came from an unknown source, most likely sent by Jarls, but it is a wake up call, before the defense of the coast is too light-hearted, you will continue to stationed in the western port, rectify the sea defense. In addition, grant you a royal estate, as a reward for the victory. “
“Yes, Your Majesty. “Harrison accepted the king’s appointment, although he didn’t go to the south as he had just wished, but it was not bad to remain in the army.
The king looked to Hansel, his voice sinking a few notches, “And you, second son of House Abbott? “
Hansel’s eyes showed a trace of hope and said carefully, “Your Majesty, I want to stay in the king’s capital to serve …… or …… or also go to the southern army to do something. “
He inquired, old rival Matthew Stallman has already obtained an important position under the foreign affairs minister, very much in the minister’s favor, bright prospects are waiting for this guy.
Ah~ Being far away from the center of power just doesn’t work, it’s really one step to catch up and one step to whisk away.
“No! “The king refused categorically.
Hansel’s heart went cold.
The king said, “You shall continue to stay in the Northwest Bay as a representative of the royal family and act as a matchmaker between Jingyao and the local lords. In addition, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins, so do your job well. “
Still caring about your bloodline after all? Hansel’s heart was disheartened, and the phrase “do your job well” sounded like “don’t think what you shouldn’t think” to him.
This is really a bit wronged King Rodney, after this battle, combined with the previous performance, the Northwest Bay showed considerable potential, there is food, there are weapons, on the previous impression of this barbaric land must be a good idea.
Could it be that some miracle had occurred there, or had the world looked away? Hasn’t it always been a place where birds don’t shit?
Or maybe ……
“Hansel, when you go back, you should exhort the local lords to be kind to the common people. Loyalty to the kingdom is certainly commendable, but the people’s power should be used carefully and not overly solicited. “
Well, this is the most reasonable explanation that His Majesty the King can think of, how can one think that food and weapons could appear out of thin air ah, it must be that Earl Gleiman pulling out the hair and scraping the oil on the lords in order to show himself.
The group of ministers present at the meeting said yes, echoing the comments.
“Your majesty is right, this is our experience from years of politics, ah, I hope he listens well. “
“I heard that that Earl Gleiman is still under twenty years old, no wonder he is so hairy, young man. “
To the kingdom so loyal to the lapdog can be good to keep, lest because of the over-pressure of uncertainty someday by the mob hanging street lamps.
Princess Irene beside the queen gently covered her lips, as if laughing.
“Yes, Your Majesty, I will persuade him properly. “
A somewhat discouraged Hansel went along without explaining anything.
His Majesty the King nodded and looked around the crowd and asked, “Then, what reward should be given to this Earl Gleiman? For a meritorious man, you can’t chill his heart. “
“All of you, do you have any good suggestions? “
(End of chapter)