The Knight's Journey to the Empire

As the second heir to the Kingdom of Midburg, Prince Leo II was originally weaker than the eldest prince in terms of morality and legal principles, and was also lacking in overall strength.

Now that this kind of thing has happened again, one can imagine how big a blow it is for him who has always wanted to reign on the throne.

If it weren't for this extremely lucky little nobleman who captured the eldest son of the enemy country and brought him back to his own camp, his side would have regained the initiative.

Prince Leo couldn't even imagine what kind of punishment he would receive as the royal representative and one of the persons in charge of this war.

He would not be sentenced to death, but he would definitely be nailed to the kingdom's pillar of shame and become a laughing stock among the kingdom's nobles.

And he would definitely not have the chance to inherit the throne of the kingdom.

"By the way, uncle, what reward are you going to give to this lucky little noble?" Prince Leo suddenly asked Marquis Saladin.

Actually, Soran is the private armed force of Marquis Saladin and is not under the jurisdiction of the kingdom's military.

Moreover, this war was first instigated by Marquis Saladin, who asked the royal family for help, and the royal family then sent troops to assist in the war.

Although there is a relationship of rights and obligations between the royal family and Marquis Saladin as a monarch and his subjects, the royal family is still on the away field and Marquis Saladin is the home field.

Therefore, after all this investigation, the reward for Sauron will ultimately fall on Marquis Saladin.

After all, Soran is now a vassal of Marquis Saladin, and the royal family cannot reward him directly without going through Marquis Saladin.

This is clearly not permitted under the laws of the kingdom and is a taboo among the nobles.

"Well~ I plan to give him a manor and a sum of gold coins, and then promote him to a higher officer rank." Marquis Saladin said slowly after thinking about it.

"Isn't this reward too light? It will dishearten the soldiers. After all, too many soldiers sacrificed this time!" Prince Leo frowned slightly.

"It's a little light!" Marquis Saladin was a little hesitant, but couldn't think of any good solution: "How about I give him a bigger or more fertile manor?"

Prince Leo rolled his eyes at Marquis Saladin and thought to himself: The stingy quality inherited from the ancestors of Marquis Saladin's family is really well-deserved.

"How about this, I have a small territory in the east of the kingdom, uncle, please give it to him on my behalf, and give him a baron title at the same time. And uncle, please give him more gold coins as a reward, so that the soldiers can see that we will not treat our meritorious officials unfairly." Prince Leo suddenly felt a sense of gratitude for surviving a calamity.

"Isn't this too much?" Marquis Saladin also raised the question.

Yes, there is only so much land in the kingdom, and every person has his own place. Except for some truly desolate and remote places, most of the land has already been divided up.

Moreover, over the past hundred years, the kingdom has enjoyed peace with very few wars, and hereditary nobles have not been enfeoffed within the entire kingdom for many years.

"That's it. If he can finish it well this time, it will be a great help to us. It doesn't matter if he gives us more. It can also be used to win people's hearts." Prince Leo waved his hand, looking a little overwhelmed. "Besides, we have the initiative now. We can get these back from the Principality of Glia later."

"Well, Your Highness, I can't help but sigh that the little noble is so lucky." Marquis Saladin said with a smile.

But deep in his heart, he had already drifted to the topic of how to extract more benefits from the Principality of Glia.

……

I have to say that the sumptuous lunch prepared by the Marquis's mansion was indeed unexpected.

The deliciousness and preciousness of these delicacies were indeed something that Soran had never heard of or seen before.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on him, as his background determined his starting point.

This kind of top-notch gourmet enjoyment is definitely not something a petty noble could accept.

Just preparing this table of delicious food is something that most small noble families cannot afford.

The diet of some small noble families is not much different from that of ordinary civilians in the royal capital. This is common in the Kingdom of Midburg.

It’s not that the nobles don’t make money, but they have high expenses, such as taxes paid to the royal family or feudal lords, daily maintenance of the army, and salary payments to territorial officials. They dare not spend money indiscriminately.

No important figures attended the luncheon, only a knight of the squire of Marquis Saladin and a steward of the mansion.

Of course, there is nothing worthy of flattery about Sauron and his companions, and they themselves are very clear about their own position.

All in all, the lunch ended with everyone complimenting each other.

The result is naturally that both the host and the guests are happy and well.

……

As soon as he came back in the afternoon, Soran began to re-arrange the new script and added the plot of the second prince's secret order.

Then all the people were gathered together and asked to go to taverns, gambling houses, brothels, markets and other places to continue bragging and promoting the new script.

Of course, whether it is the addition of new plots or asking them to promote it, it is all done in a very covert way.

The specific plot was only briefly mentioned without any deliberate emphasis.

The purpose is just to let people know about this.

However, later on, Soran asked Javier and Ramos to take out some gold coins to bribe some lower-class people and hooligans to help with publicity and create momentum.

The focus of these people's propaganda is naturally the second prince's "far-sightedness and good strategy".

Living in an era of information explosion, with all kinds of gossip flying around, Sauron was no longer surprised.

I have some understanding of how to create social opinion and attract public attention.

Now that things have been arranged, it all depends on the outcome.

Sauron was still very confident in the ability of these subordinates to do things.

……

In fact, what Soran didn't know was that in a place he didn't notice, there was a dark hand helping him with propaganda.

That is the palace of Marquis Saladin.

As the local boss, it was naturally easy for the Marquis Saladin's Mansion to do things on its own turf.

Therefore, when several parties took action at the same time, the overall publicity effect was surprisingly good.

Although it has not yet reached the point where all the credit can be attributed to the second prince's "far-sightedness and good strategy".

However, in the city of Saladin, at least the people had a consensus.

That is, the failure in the early stages of this war was caused by enemy sneak attacks and traitors' betrayal.

This is an uncontrollable factor, not a strategic mistake made by the second prince himself.

After all, the strength of old General Bill August was well known, and the garrison officer of Fort Antonio had indeed rebelled.

However, in the later stages of the war, it was because the second prince saw the enemy's weakness and secretly ordered a surprise attack on the enemy's rear and captured the enemy's eldest son that completely reversed the situation of victory or defeat between the two sides.

At this time, news came back from the front line that the army of the Principality of Glia had withdrawn from the territory of the Kingdom of Midburg and retreated to the White Stone Fortress for garrison, while the Kingdom of Midburg also reoccupied the Antonio Fortress.

This undoubtedly contributed to the formation and promotion of this consciousness, and indirectly helped Sauron's actions.