Chapter 321: Nobleman In the tulip duke's palace in the imperial capital, Fiona, dressed in a snow-white fox fur, sat in the hall.
The soft face is reflected in the snow-white fox fur, which looks more and more delicate and moving.
It's just that in those bright eyes, there is obviously a bit of helplessness.
Although a brazier with a charcoal fire was burning in front of me, steaming, it was still cold in the room.
Fiona couldn't help but sigh, and glanced at the two large windows that had been opened, the early spring evening was still very cold, and the cold poured into the hall through the windows without hindrance.
She couldn't help but feel a little helpless and complaining in her heart: this noble man is such a strange temper, such a cold weather, but he likes to open the window to blow cold wind in the house.
But you can slander in your heart, but you don't dare to complain in your mouth.
Fiona knows very well that the person in front of her and her identity are the retainers of the Tulip family, and they are both the identity of the manager, but Fiona knows very well that this manager is not the other manager As the general manager, he is nothing more than helping the family take care of some business properties in the imperial capital.
And the chief steward in front of him is the real head of the family territory, in charge of the internal affairs of the entire tulip family's northwest territory.
If the tulip family's northwest territory is an independent small kingdom, then the patriarch of the family is the king, and the chief administrator is the position of the prime minister.
This is why he, the "general manager", can only maintain the family's business of a little wealth in the imperial capital, but the person in front of him can come to the imperial capital as a representative of the family to negotiate with the emperor in such a major event, whether it is the duchess or the emperor in the family, the person in front of him can be the plenipotentiary representative of the Tulip family A woman who takes care of the business of a shop is really not qualified to play in front of the other party.
Although the Tulip family's property in the imperial capital seems to be a huge wealth, Fiona knows very well in her heart that for the great Tulip family, the so-called money wealth.
It has never been the foundation of this family.
Even Fiona knew that if she made a big mistake, the chief in front of her didn't need to ask the patriarch at all, and she had the right to directly depose herself, and even cut off her own head if necessary Even the young duchess had to call the chief "sir" with honor.
Therefore, on this big night, the "gentleman" in front of him likes to blow cold winds, so he can only sit obediently in front of him and blow together.
Let the biting cold wind blow in, and his delicate skin became rough and stiff and numb, but he could only slander in his heart, but he never dared to show a trace of complaint on his face.
Finally, when the gentleman standing in front of the window turned his face, Fiona quickly adjusted the expression on his face to the most respectful and humble state, even when facing the patriarch of the family, the Duke.
"This year's winter is ending very quickly."
The noble man in front of him didn't seem to have any intention of answering Fiona's topic at all, and smiled casually, his tone of voice was very slow.
The accent also carries the characteristic emphasis of the Northwest: "With such a warm winter, I am afraid that this year's harvest will not be too good." ” Fiona was stunned for a moment, but immediately collected her mood and nodded.
"Back then, I heard from a teacher in my family school that if the winter is not cold enough, the eggs hidden in the surface of the ground will not freeze, and there may be insect plagues in the coming year. ” The noble man nodded.
Said lightly: "After the beginning of autumn last year, until today, there has not been a single snow in the northwest.
Just at New Year's Day.
The family sent a magician to use magic to rain a snow on Loulan City, which was just a scene for the New Year. ” Fiona immediately fell silent, and after a while, she tentatively said, "Sir means that there may be a plague of insects this year."
The noble man nodded: "I have consulted the information in the family collection, in the past forty years, there have been five such warm winters, and every time I encounter such a warm winter, there will be insect plagues in the coming year, and I think this year will be no exception." ” Fiona immediately stood up and bowed her head and said, "I will order me to go down tomorrow and send people to the south to purchase grain and transport it to the northwest in case of emergency."
The nobleman stared at Fiona for a moment, and then suddenly smiled, satisfied with Fiona's response.
Then he left the window, slowly walked to the table, poured himself a cup of hot tea, drank it all, and then whispered: "The grassland is very cold, it has snowed heavily for a month this winter, countless cattle and sheep have been frozen to death, and four tribes have disappeared.
I heard that the steppe king of the Golden Horde did not live very well, and drove out three thousand old and weak in winter. ” Fiona's heart was shocked It is said that this is also the practice of the grassland, the grassland is short of materials, once there is a disaster year, even the largest tribe can not afford it.
Too many livestock freeze to death, and there is not enough food, so the old and weak can only be expelled from the tribe, just because the limited food must be left for the young and strong to eat, this is the practice of the grassland, although cruel, but it has been the case for thousands of years.
When Fiona thought of this, she breathed a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "This hellish weather, there is no snow in the northwest of the family territory, and it is inevitable that there will be insect plagues this year."
On the grassland, there was a heavy snowfall and cold disaster, freezing cattle and sheep to death, and heavy losses.
This warm and cold seems to be two heavens, but God is also fair, and everyone is not happy. ” The noble man sneered and glanced at Fiona: "Oh, this is your knowledge" Fiona was stunned for a moment, subconsciously understanding that she might have made a mistake, but after thinking about it carefully, she couldn't think of any clue.
"I don't blame you."
The noble man sighed softly and said lightly: "You have been in the inner hinterland of this empire for many years, and every day you are exposed to these transactions of goods and human relations.
If you don't know about the affairs of the Northwest Grasslands, it's not surprising.
I hope that if everyone in this imperial capital thinks like you, then my trip to the imperial capital will be much easier. ” Fiona heard a faint worry in the other party's tone, and her heart was also cold, although she didn't understand the meaning, but she was not a stupid person after all, after a little thought, she guessed a few points: "Sir, is the family facing any problems?"
"You're not in the northwest, and you don't know the habits of those steppe people.
Human nature on the grassland is like a wolf, if the water and grass are abundant and beautiful, and people can graze and live, then there will be no problem.
If you can't get by.
There has always been only one habit of the grassland people, and that is to rob" "Rob" Fiona forced a laugh: "In this way, there will be chaos on the grassland for a while."
These steppe barbarians, even if they go out to plunder, do not dare to cross the Kilimano Pass and come to the northwest to be presumptuous. ” The Tulip family has always been in the northwest of the empire, and has penetrated deeply into the steppe for a hundred years.
Then you will not be able to sit in the golden tent.
The number one of the king of the steppe is just a joke.
The name tulip is not dared to be insulted in the grassland.
Those steppe people, dare to cross the grassland and run to the northwest of the Roland Empire to rob aren't they afraid of the Tulip family's iron-blooded methods "The family generation empire sits on the northwest border, the north resists the beast clan, the west town grassland, a huge territory, the belly and back are subject to the enemy, relying on the prestige of the ancestors.
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It has not fallen for a hundred years, and it stands in the empire.
The grasslands have always been just weeds in our eyes, watching them grow a stubble.
Let's go harvest again. ” The noble man smiled slightly, looked at Fiona, and his eyes revealed a hint of school examination: "With the prosperity of the empire, with the supreme divine power of the first Duke Tulip."
If you wanted to level the grassland back then, even if you wiped out all those grassland barbarians, it would not be difficult.
But the empire just kept those aliens and let them live on that grassland, do you know why?"
Fiona didn't hesitate and immediately replied, "I heard from my teacher when I was studying.
His Royal Highness Du Wei, the first duke, said that if a country has no foreign enemies, then there will be no pressure, no vigilance, and if it continues for a long time, it will be slack, it will be deserted, and the country will not be far from extinction.
Therefore, the strategy set by His Royal Highness the Duke of Tulip in the first generation was to keep those steppe people for the imperial military training. ” The noble man smiled slightly: "If you know this, it proves that you did not slack off when you studied in the Tulip Academy, and you can be regarded as diligent and diligent." ” After a pause, he smiled lightly: "The country has no foreign enemies, and it will perish."
This is true.
However, there is a powerful alien kingdom in the north of the Roland Empire, with dwarves on Mount Kilimano, orcs in the north, and elves in the frozen forest.
If there are already these foreign enemies, why should we leave the steppe people?"
Fiona's expression changed, she groaned slightly, her voice trembled a little, and she said in a low voice: "Could it be the family?"
The noble man smiled faintly, but stretched out his hand, patted Fiona's head lightly, and said with a smile: "Raising thieves and respecting themselves, this kind of subordinate strategy, the family has never disdained, and the family does not need to use this method to fight against the royal family, you don't want to be crooked." ” Fiona was taught a lesson, but she didn't dare to be the slightest dissatisfied, and lowered her head humbly: "It's me who is stupid, and I ask Mr. for advice." ” "In the past, the first Duke set a national policy, the empire recuperated, and there would be no big war with those orcs, during this time, maybe decades, maybe a hundred years, in short, within a few generations, there would be no national war with the orcs.
My human beings are the spirits of all things, what are those orc barbarians, the first duke said, with the degree of human development, after a few generations, those orcs will be far from being able to catch up with us, and when the time comes, even without war, we can easily turn those orcs into our eternal slaves.
As for the grasslands, that's where the training was left.
In terms of grand strategy, do not start a war with the orcs, because once the war with the orcs starts, it is a race war, once this kind of war is opened, it is an endless war, but it is not different from the principle of wisdom and grass, just keep it for the grassland people, as long as we watch it closely, it will not become a big trouble for the Roland people, just like cutting weeds, every time after a while, to cut a stubble, it will be regarded as sharpening the knife Don't you see that several elite legions of the empire, every few years, take turns to draw troops, go to the grassland to go to the grassland is just a different banner every time, every time they enter the grassland, in the name of assisting the new king of the grassland to take the throne and crusade against the ministers, sweep away a few disobedient tribes, let the soldiers see blood, experience a war, and by the way, clean up the forces on the grassland again.
Why don't you keep such a useful whetstone?
If you go to war with the orcs, you can't control the scale of the war, and second, there are other reasons for this, and it's not up to you to know who you are. ” When Fiona heard the last sentence, a cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and she quickly paused, and said, "Teachable" The nobleman looked quite satisfied, looked at Fiona, and said with a smile: "I came this time, and there is one more thing, that is, I want to take a good look at you, you have taken care of the affairs of the imperial capital well."
You are not very old, in addition to the head of the family, Miss must always have some team members who are close to her age, and we people are old, and we will always fade out in the future.
Now it seems that you are not bad, although your horizon is a little narrower, it is also because you have been trapped in the imperial capital for all these years and are limited by the surrounding situation, but it can be a long time ago.
After I go back this time, you can hand over the ministry of the head of the imperial capital, and you can finish the matter in hand, and someone from the family will come to replace you in three months at most. ” Fiona's eyes flashed with joy, but she quickly lowered her head, not daring to be too public.
"Young people, rejoice when you rejoice, and you don't need to learn that kind of style of being happy and angry."
The noble man shook his head and said: "You person, I have watched it for a few days, and my mind is quite right, but sometimes my scheming is a little deeper, and if I think too much and too deeply, the pattern will inevitably not be enough."
In the past, His Royal Highness the First Duke said: If you dare to do things and can do things, don't be afraid of hiding your head and showing your tail, not the bearing of a big family.
I've read your information, you studied in the family's academy when you were young, and you were quite praised, and you have done a good job in the imperial capital for all these years of serving the family.
But in the imperial capital for a long time, how did he develop such a cautious little family spirit" Fiona immediately raised her head, no longer hiding the joy in her heart, only felt that the noble man in front of her looked very pleasing to the eye, although there was a strange problem that liked to blow cold wind, she immediately said loudly: "Thank you Mr. for your teaching and support, Fiona will not forget your kindness, as well as the promotion of the family, I will definitely be loyal to the family, and I will never give up."
After a pause, her eyes showed doubts again: "But you just said things on the grassland, but I don't know what you are worried about, if those grassland people are restless."
The noble man let out a long sigh and said in a low voice: "Last year, there was just a new king on the grassland."
Fiona is a smart woman after all, and she immediately understands the meaning of it
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