The Knight's Journey to the Empire

When King Chris VI saw Duke Balhamus come out to report, he sat up straighter and said with a smile, "Your Excellency, please feel free to speak up. There is no need for us to be so polite!"

The relationship between Chris VI and Duke Balhamus was actually very good, much better than that between an ordinary monarch and his subjects.

The Duke of Balhams grew up in the royal court of Essex, accompanying the eldest prince Chris VI.

Of course, in addition to cultivating the so-called relationship between the monarch and his subjects, there is actually a little bit of the meaning of acting as a "hostage" in it.

But it doesn't matter, because now these two people who grew up together can be said to be very close brothers, and they are each other's solid backing that can rely on each other.

Of course, the normal relationship between the monarch and his subjects must be maintained in the court, and proper etiquette between the monarch and his subjects must be followed.

"Your Majesty, General Bernidia, who is guarding the northern part of the kingdom, sent me intelligence a few days ago. The battle between the Kingdom of Midburg and the Principality of Glia over the newly discovered Lorraine Iron Mine is nearing its end. The two countries are in the negotiation stage, and the Kingdom of Midburg has gained the upper hand in the negotiations and is in the driving position."

Duke Balhamus slowly told the information he knew.

This news undoubtedly caused an uproar in the royal court of the Kingdom of Essex, and the ministers below began to whisper and exchange opinions.

After hearing this, Chris VI thought silently for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "My dear ministers, do you have any good suggestions on this?"

As soon as His Majesty the King at the top finished speaking, an official among the ministers below immediately stood up and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We should immediately march north to recover the lost territory and restore the glory of the former powerful empire!"

Influenced by the obsession of successive wise rulers of the Kingdom of Essex, it seems that all the courtiers of the Kingdom of Essex have an inexplicable feeling for restoring the glory of the former powerful empire.

"Your Majesty, I think this is indeed a rare good opportunity, but we should not rush it. I think we should wait until after the autumn harvest this year before launching the Northern Expedition!" Among the officials in the right-hand queue, an elderly official who was the leader stood up and made a suggestion.

Seeing this, the official who spoke first could only retreat silently.

This elderly official was none other than King Criss VI's most trusted aide, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Essex, Hein Calliot.

It can be seen from the rise of this prime minister himself that he is also a legendary figure.

Hein Calliot was born into an ordinary baronial family in the Kingdom of Essex, and was the second son of the family.

Compared with all the officials who could enter the meeting hall of the Royal Court of Essex, this background was extremely humble.

But despite this, Hein Calliot stood out among the many low-level officials in the Kingdom of Essex with his extraordinary intelligence and talent.

Eventually, he was appreciated by His Majesty the Fifth King of Essex, and step by step he ascended to the position of Prime Minister of Essex.

As the saying goes: A new emperor appoints new ministers.

But even after the death of King V of the old Kingdom of Essex, this humble-born Prime Minister Hein was still highly valued by the hereditary King Chris VI and became an important official of the country who served two dynasties.

"Mr. Prime Minister Hein, I do not agree with your point of view. I think we should seize the opportunity and send troops to the north as soon as possible to recover the lost territory." Duke Balhams stood up directly and first refuted the suggestion of Prime Minister Hein, and then put forward his own opinion.

"Now with the emergence of the Lorraine Iron Mine, the "Iron Export Restriction Order" issued by our kingdom against the Kingdom of Mideburg has no substantial effect on the Kingdom of Mideburg. If we wait until after the autumn harvest to launch the Northern Expedition, the Kingdom of Mideburg may have already converted this iron mine into military combat power, and then it will undoubtedly be more difficult for us to win this war."

There are no large iron mines in the Kingdom of Midburg, which is an established fact since the Essex Empire era.

Therefore, since its founding, the Kingdom of Essex has issued an "Iron Export Restriction Order" against the Kingdom of Midburg, not allowing any iron to flow into the Kingdom of Midburg in any form.

The Kingdom of Midburg's geographical location between the east sea and the west land, coupled with its underdeveloped navigation technology, also reduced its channels for obtaining iron resources to a certain extent.

In fact, most of the iron resources circulating in the iron market of the Kingdom of Midburg used to come from the Principality of Glia.

The Principality of Glia itself is not a country rich in iron ore resources, and its iron resources need to flow in from other countries to meet domestic demand.

Crossing such a long distribution channel, the price of iron resources that finally flowed into the Kingdom of Midburg soared and became extremely expensive.

The market price of ironware in the Kingdom of Midburg can be said to be one of the more expensive among all the countries in the entire Knight Continent.

But now, in order to seize the mining rights of the Lorraine iron ore, a rift has appeared between the Kingdom of Midburg and the Principality of Glia.

Then the Principality of Glia will definitely make some policy adjustments. Although this will not have a serious impact on the Kingdom of Midburg, it will at least disgust the Kingdom of Midburg.

Fortunately, the Kingdom of Midburg finally gained control of the Lorraine iron mine, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

Back to the topic, due to the scarcity of iron resources, the former Kingdom of Midburg’s army was far less well-equipped than that of the Kingdom of Essex.

The quality of equipment is directly related to the combat effectiveness of the army.

Therefore, this led to the fact that in the military frictions that occurred on the border between the two countries, the Kingdom of Essex was always the winning side most of the time.

Now that the battle for the Lorraine iron ore has come to an end, the winner, the Kingdom of Midburg, will certainly go all out to mine it as soon as possible.

Then they will be made into weapons and armor to replace the army's weapons and equipment, thereby improving the army's overall combat effectiveness.

Because the ruler of the Kingdom of Midburg was not stupid. He knew that with the emergence of the Lorraine iron mine, the Kingdom of Essex would definitely respond, and it was very likely that it would not be a minor border friction like in the past, but even a war of annihilation was possible.

So, to sum up, the Duke of Balhams believed that only by launching a war as soon as possible could the army of the Kingdom of Essex gain a relatively advantageous combat position on the battlefield.

Such a war would be more in the interests of the Kingdom of Essex.

[Dear readers, I am really sorry. I have had a high fever and a low fever repeatedly these days. My mind is in a fuzzy state and my body is extremely weak. Therefore, the updates in the past few days may be affected. Please understand! Thank you in advance.]