Quel'Thalas and Lordaeron are directly bordered, so there will inevitably be some friction between neighbors.
Quel'Thalas maintained restraint and wanted to properly manage the differences with Lordaeron, but the other party didn't think so and became aggressive many times.
Kael'thas himself is a good-tempered person, but as the king of a country, he cannot show too much weakness to the outside world.
Numerous negotiations have yielded no results,
Kael'thas gave up the illusion of peaceful coexistence with Lordaeron, and took the opportunity of this reform to officially enter a state of full competition with Lordaeron.
From the perspective of the high elves, Quel'Thalas' foreign policy is all about passive counterattacks.
But from the perspective of Lordaeron, this is not the case at all. This time, Quel'Thalas was also blamed for Terenas' illness.
Many people in Lordaeron believe that it was the "rumors" spread by the newspapers that made Terenas angry.
Rumor! It must be a rumor!
How could the wise and mighty King Terenas be so easily deceived by demons? The damn high elves must be trying to slander me, Lordaeron!
However, whether it is a rumor or not, leaders of various countries have a clear idea in their minds.
Terenas himself knew this very well,
It was precisely because he knew that his image might plummet internationally that he became so angry that he fell ill.
The civil service group headed by the Prime Minister wanted to temporarily calm the conflict between the two countries before Terenas recovered.
Who knew that Prince Alsace would suddenly step on the accelerator to the bottom?
When the incident of this live-fire exercise is reported back to the King's City of Lordaeron, old and new grudges will be added together. What kind of decision will the hot-blooded Arthas make... Sarlayan can't guarantee it.
All we can say is that there is indeed a risk of war.
The first batch of ships delivered to Kul Tiras consists of five ships, the second batch of five ships are still being handed over, and the third batch of eight ships will not be available until three months later.
After calculating the pros and cons, Sharlayan planned to eliminate the scabies disease in the East China Sea as soon as possible and send all ten warships to the west coast of Eversong Forest to guard against a sudden attack by Lordaeron's North Sea Fleet.
Safety in the East China Sea?
There are just three medium-sized warships with weak firepower, so there is no need to spend too much attention on them.
The Giant Eagle Knights stationed at Yanghen Peak can go south at any time, and the air force alone can easily defeat them.
After the first round of test firing, Berryman ordered the fleet to open all the gun ports without hesitation and fired a salvo at the sea.
The range and rate of fire far exceeded that of solid artillery shells, which frightened Westwin so much that his face turned pale. He hurriedly ordered the fleet to turn around and fled toward the port in despair.
"Oh! The enemy has retreated!"
"The navy is mighty! Long live His Majesty Kael'thas!"
Seeing the Lordaeron ships that had been oppressing the port of Zul'Aman for more than half a month turning around and escaping, the originally lifeless dock burst into joy.
"I remembered!"
One of the workers was surprised and pointed at Saryan, who was standing upright on the beach.
"He is the Earl of Shadow in Unicorn Town! My wife's second uncle's aunt's son-in-law's son works as a clerk in Unicorn Town. It is said that it is the best aristocratic territory for common people in the entire Yongge Forest!"
"What? That is the legendary Earl of Little Deep Shadow? No wonder he is so majestic!"
"I heard that he just returned from his mission to Kul Tiras not long ago, and that he personally dug the five large sailing ships on the sea from His Majesty Daelin."
"Your news is out of date,
The Little Shadow Earl later went to Dalaran, and on behalf of His Majesty Kael'thas, he forgave the Archmage Modera, who had slandered the high elves, further strengthening the relationship with Dalaran."
"You can see the active figure of Little Earl Shenying everywhere. I didn't expect that I could actually see him with my own eyes."
After the Lordaeron fleet withdrew, Sarlayan asked the flag officer of Lor'themar to issue a semaphore, asking Berryman to turn around and return to the west coast to prepare to take over the second batch of warships delivered by Kul Tiras.
At the same time, Sharlayan used the emergency decision-making power given by Kael'thas to send people to Sunscar Peak to give orders to the Eagle Knights, asking them to send a flying brigade to temporarily station at the port of Zul'Aman.
After handling a series of follow-up arrangements, Sarlayan turned back and waved to the workers at the port, and thus received a wave of even warmer cheers.
As the reputation of Unicorn Town becomes more and more famous, the high elves living in the southern part of the forest hope to one day move to Sarlayan's territory.
Unfortunately, after the lords in various places have strengthened the prevention of escapees in their respective territories, it will not be so easy to exploit loopholes.
Even so, it is a good choice to work under the little Earl Shenying. Maybe he can be promoted by this big boss who is in the heart of the emperor because of his outstanding work ability.
From the moment he entered the port of Zul'Aman, Sarlayan did not act like other noble lords.
Instead of giving any form of speech, he expressed his attitude with practical actions.
Severely punishing the managers of the Drehart family who took the lead in fishing made the workers who had no intention of working feel shuddering.
Later, he gave tough orders to the offshore fleet that had not yet been renamed, which scared off the arrogant Lordaeron ships and relieved the workers' safety concerns.
LeBlanc watched all of Sarlayan's movements throughout the whole process, and his eyes were filled with wonder.
Setting an example with practical actions is obviously more down-to-earth than those false and empty speeches.
When all the dust settled, an old high elf man with gorgeous clothes and an old look arrived belatedly.
This chubby old lady is the contemporary head of the Drehart family, Lady Drehart, who holds the title of viscount.
It's quite interesting to say that an earl can actually be classified as a lord.
But when most people call Sarlayan, they call him Earl of Shadow, while they like to call Verless Lord of Shadow.
Excluding the princely title that is basically impossible to grant to foreigners, the duke is the pinnacle of all nobles and is a unique high-ranking noble.
Marquises and counts below dukes are called middle nobles, while viscounts and barons are low nobles.
Due to the strong opposition from the strength of the old nobles, none of the nobles who had meritorious service in the Troll War were awarded the title of duke, and the highest level was marquis.
After two generations of inheritance, the only few marquises have been reduced to viscounts, and were only promoted to counts again when Kael'thas ascended the throne.
Counting the two earl titles held by the Shen Ying family, the entire group of nobles only has 5 earls.
In the eyes of many people in the noble community, it was only a matter of time before Sarlayan, who had performed meritorious deeds and was highly valued by the Sun King, would be granted the title of Marquis...or even Duke.
Led by several die-hard royal families such as Sangunar, many noble families have turned to Sarlayan in advance, and the entire noble group has already begun to be led by the little Earl of Deep Shadow.
Sarlayan had previously known Lady Drehart through Viscount Sangunar.
This old fox, who is nearly 3,000 years old, is an out-and-out grassroots who will fall on both sides when the wind blows.
The neutral faction's purpose of pushing her out is very clear, which is to use the construction of Zul'Aman port to test Sharlayan's bottom line. It is best to force him, and the Sun King behind him, to give up the decision to support the common people and suppress the nobles.
In Sharlayan's view, these nobles who have been gradually corrupted by power and are too far away from the core of Quel'Thalas have not yet settled into their positions.
Yes, the decision to support the common people was indeed proposed by Sun King Kael'thas himself.
But the fact that this decision passed the cabinet vote is enough to show that there are not a few high-level officials who agree with Kael'thas' decision.
If it were just the Sun King who had his own way, 90% of the time Darkan would take the opportunity to jump out and once again serve as the opinion leader of the aristocracy, regaining its past glory.
Is Darkan stupid?
Of course not stupid.
He did not take this opportunity to jump out and commit suicide, precisely because this old fox in politics saw clearly the direction of the situation and knew that the general trend was unavoidable.
Even if aristocratic families who receive elite education from an early age cannot produce talented people, their horizons are still far ahead of those of common people who do not have access to higher education.
The nobles are all aware of the shortcomings that Quel'Thalas' political system has accumulated over the years.
But everyone is competing for food from this food bowl. If a change is made rashly and the bowl is kicked over, no one can bear the responsibility.
Among them is the Sunstrider family, the largest noble family in Quel'Thalas.
After Anastria overthrew the four major nobles, they took the opportunity to kill all the older generations of old nobles with rigid thinking, leaving most of the people left in Kael'thas to be the younger generation who are more accepting of fresh ideas.
Since the Second Orc War, Azeroth has faced many external and internal troubles, and the time has come for Quel'Thalas to change.
It was under this special background that Kael'thas's reform plan to vigorously support the common people was supported by a majority of the votes of the cabinet.
"Lady Drehart."
On the surface, Sarlayan smiled and greeted the lady with a cane gently, but there was no smile in his eyes. The sharp look in his eyes made this old lady who was good at seeing both sides of the situation a little scared.
"This is your first time to test it, and I promise you, it will definitely be the last time."
"If the Intelligence Bureau and the Internal Affairs Department find even the slightest clue..."
"snort!!"
Sarlayan's cold snort seemed to explode directly in the old lady's mind, frightening her feet to tremble. She almost sat down on the spot under Long Wei's shock. She gritted her teeth and held on to the crutches to avoid making a fool of herself in front of others.