Chapter 284 I am not interested in the crown (1 more)
At four o'clock in the middle of the night, the lights in the royal study room of the Palace of Lordaeron were brightly lit.
It wasn't that Terenas kept getting high in the middle of the night, but that he couldn't sleep at all.
Looking at the map on the desk, the Stratholme Territory has been additionally painted in gold, and the Andorhal Territory has also been planted with a Holy Grail flag.
Duke Alexandros Mograine was an upright man. He wanted to lend the territory without hiding it from Terenas. Before making the proposal to MacDonald, he sent an official letter to the royal family stating that
My own reasons - for the people!
He, his palace ministers and the civil service group were exhausted physically and mentally during the three years of the Dark Portal that were about to pass, but there were no good results.
People need a lot of food.
Fertilizers and agricultural tools are needed to resume production.
Rebuilding a house requires a lot of craftsmen.
However, most of Lordaeron was ravaged by orcs, and the damn orcs burned down all the houses that could be burned.
Andorhal lacks everything. Due to the absence of the Duke of Stratholme, he has only received a very low level of support after sending several messages.
Sadly, the royal family has few resources to lend to Andorhal.
In the letter, Mograine wrote almost in tears:
"Your Majesty Menethil, my conscience cannot sit back and watch a humanitarian disaster that is almost certain to happen. I must guard the Dark Portal for mankind, but the people in my territory are dying day by day, and they curse the lord.
I. I am not wise enough to save my people."
"My poor wisdom is only enough for me to command the army to gallop on the battlefield. However, no matter how incompetent the general is, he knows that soldiers who are hungry cannot fight, and soldiers whose relatives have died of starvation have no desire to fight."
"So, please forgive me for my willfulness, and please Your Majesty believe in the Stratholme family's two thousand years of loyalty!"
A long article was ghostwritten by Mograine's secretary and personally stamped with the family's fire seal, which shows its weight.
Is this forced uterus?
Yes! No!
If the royal family can devote enough resources to help Andorhal overcome the difficulties, Mograine will definitely support the royal family without saying a word.
The problem is that the royal family cannot protect itself.
The savings of the royal family of Menethil for so many years were spent a lot in the war that just ended.
Not to mention anything, the legion directly under the Wang family suffered the highest battle losses among all Lordaeron troops. The five legions before and after were almost wiped out.
Although in this era, as long as you are not a mercenary, there is no pension at all.
The knight is on the street, so he can only slowly accumulate money in his own knight's collar.
If I die, I will smash him on top.
Given enough time, the hereditary fief can always restore the blood of the knights below.
But it’s still a loss!
Terenas sent Mograine and Abbendis to the south, and of course he had to take care of them.
The royal family had no choice but to support the feudal nobles who had made meritorious deeds to annex Alterac, but the orcs there were causing a lot of trouble.
The royal family has to rely on its own efforts to restore the people's livelihood in the two giant territories of Silverpine and Tirisfal, and it is completely unable to bear the burden of annexing Alterac.
Who would have thought that the time between the second attack of the orcs would be so short?
It's this moment when the royal family is stuck, and when they look back...
Huh?
Why does it seem like half of Lordaeron is gone!
Stratholme owns mines, the poor mountains and rivers breed unruly people, and the soldiers there have a reputation for being good at fighting.
Andorhal has grain, and there are a bunch of farms to the north of the city. The fields there are famous for being fertile.
If you really give Andorhal to McDonald's for ten years, you can't get it back if you borrow it for a minute. If McDonald's wants to become independent, no one can stop it.
What troubles Terenas the most is that he and McDonald had a conflict before because of Kalia's incident, and they have not yet repaired their relationship.
Seeing the psychological conflict of King Terenas, the palace minister knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, you must make a decision. Or simply agree to this matter directly, keep Andorhal Fortress, and at the same time immediately contact the Stratholme family
Marriage to show His Majesty's generosity! Or..."
The palace minister did not dare to say any more.
The muscles on Terenas' face were twitching.
Of course the palace minister is a good idea.
The bet was that McDonald would not dare to rebel, and Alsace would successfully give birth to more than one grandson.
But Terenas is afraid!
"That stupid boy from Alsace believes in everything from McDonald! Once I die, I won't even know that he was sold! Damn it, if only God had given me twenty more years of life!" Terenas was filled with resentment.
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What else could the palace minister say? Could it be that he was asked to complain about Lao Taizi's late marriage and late childbearing, which led to the decline of the kingdom's bloodline?
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Terenas is over 60 years old, which is very old in this era when the average life span of humans is less than 30 years old. Excluding the disaster of war, human life span is not long. In addition, in the past few years, King Terenas has worked hard
There is a visible decline in labor and body functions.
Let alone others, even Terenas himself did not believe that he could live 10 more years.
The most terrible thing is that in the fourth year of the Dark Portal, Arthas was only 17 years old. There were still five years left before the noble law allowed 22-year-old boys and 20-year-old girls to get married.
This is also the disgusting thing about tradition. Children who are not born after a formal marriage are not recognized by other nobles. Children born before, even if they are born to an unmarried couple, are considered illegitimate.
A formal collateral bloodline of the royal family has a higher right of succession than an illegitimate child.
Now that Kaliya and McDonald are engaged, of course McDonald can stay away for a few years. I am afraid that McDonald will waste time and cause trouble. For example, he and Kaliya just had a child, and Terenas and
Alsace died unexpectedly...
As a king with high political acumen, how could Terenas allow this to happen?
"Write to Macdonald!"
When McDonald received the letter from Lao Taizi, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The letter is full of nonsense, except for a few words that penetrate the paper and hit your face - the royal family hopes that everything will be for the people!
For the sake of the people, it is not difficult to understand. It just highlights the word royal family, which makes McDonald think it is funny.
He casually circulated the royal family's letter to the important ministers, and everyone except Rivendell and Serijek who were away on the expedition read it.
There was something weird written on everyone's faces.
When the letter came back, McDonald tossed it aside as if it were a piece of used toilet paper.
"If I told you that I have no interest in the crown of Lordaeron or marrying Princess Kallia, would you believe me?"
this……
What an impactful statement!
Most of the important ministers were shocked, but two girls were secretly delighted.
Macdonken pointed at Lor'themar, then at the three Windrunner sisters, Liadrin and Valeera.
"I've said it since the day I took you away from Quel'Thalas. The orc invasion is just the prelude to a continuous conspiracy. The great demon of the Burning Legion is leading everything behind the scenes. If you don't get it right, it will be the whole of Azeroth.
The destruction of the planet. In the face of such a big crisis, any crown or political marriage is nothing to mention."
