Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

At night, just as Linde was about to explain the territory's policies to Lena as usual, he received news that an elf ranger outside the territory wanted to see him.

This was the first time that Lind had seen this mysterious race in this world. After all, there was not much description of the elves in the original game. They mainly appeared as a foreshadowing for the sequel. When Lind came to this world, the second part of the game had not yet been released.

Probably because the original work has a Japanese-style worldview setting, the elves are not as aloof from the world as in traditional Western fantasy works, nor do they have complex branches such as tree elves and night elves.

But they are not like the Japanese elves, who are like perverts who have not seen a man for thousands of years, or who will be sold as slaves.

Lind's first impression of the elf in front of him was that he was like a human being who had developed another civilization.

"That is to say, half of the magic stone veins we discovered today need to be handed over to your country, right?"

Because the other party wanted so much, Linde carefully confirmed it again.

Reina, who had been listening to Lind's policy talk as a lullaby, suddenly came to her senses and slammed the table, loudly questioning, "Why? Didn't they say that the elves would only take 30% of the rare mineral deposits in the Giant God Mountain Range?"

The ranger said calmly, "The Queen said that the lord here will understand why."

At the same time, he gave Lind a look that said "you know what I mean".

Understand? Understand shit! What Lind hated most was the Riddler. Not only did he take away half of his mineral deposits without giving any reason, but he also said that he understood.

However, the ranger immediately handed a contract to Lind. After reading the contract carefully, Lind hesitated for a while, and finally picked up the pen and signed his name on the contract.

"I understand. Thank your Queen for me."

The ranger seemed to have anticipated this, and without any hesitation, he collected the contract, left the lord's tent, and disappeared.

So much so that Linde didn't even have time to try to keep the other party and find out the elves' specific attitude.

"Brother, are we really going to give the elves 50% of the magic stones?"

Although Reina didn't know what happened, she could still see that Linde had acquiesced to the elves taking away half of the magic stones.

"It was a free mineral vein, so we should take 50% of it. In fact, we should have given the elves 30%. We only paid 20% more."

"Twenty percent is not a small amount. How many things can we exchange for twenty percent of the magic stone ore?"

After saying that, Reina stretched out her fingers and counted on them. It was hard to imagine that this guy was enthusiastically discussing the formulas and theorems in Derek's notebook with Lisha Issa.

"Can 20% of the magic stones buy the support of the elves?"

Linde didn't act as a riddle teller and revealed the answer to Lena directly.

"We simply cannot mine all of this large area of ​​magic stone mines, and we cannot protect it either. Once the news gets out, life may not be peaceful. I guess many people will want to take advantage of this magic stone mine."

"The contract with the elves states that this mine is jointly mined by us and the elves. If the mine is attacked, it will be regarded as an attack on the elf rangers, and the elves will intervene directly to deal with it. Of course, those elves will not really come to mine, so we are mainly responsible. The 20% is just protection money. Other nobles may want more than 20%."

After Lind finished explaining, Reina retorted, "That's not right. With me here, who dares to take over this magic stone mine? Whoever dares to come, I will beat them if I can beat them. If I can't beat them, I will tell Grandpa. Our Lars family is not a pushover."

Reina was full of vigor, proudly putting her hands on her hips, chest and head high. Although she was very confident and handsome, Linde, who knew Reina, always felt that this action was a bit silly.

"What if other members of the Lars family want this mine?"

Lind asked back.

"Then...then."

Lena was suddenly stuck. Linde was right. The Lars family was still fighting the War of Succession. A vein of magic stone might directly affect the final outcome of the war. It turned out that Linde really wanted to help herself win the War of Succession.

"Rena."

This was the first time that Linde did not call her Miss Lars, but called Lena's name directly.

"What should we do if there is a disagreement between the development of our territory and Grand Duke Lars?"

This is a bit like the classic story of "If your mother and I fall into the water, who will you save?", except that the roles are changed.

Reina replied without hesitation: "Brother, you won't hurt me. I choose to believe you and help you explain it to grandpa."

Linde was stunned. He didn't expect that he had such an important position in Lena's heart. For a moment, Linde didn't know what to say.

After Lena left, Linde stared at the candlelight alone for a while and began to think seriously about his future plans.

There was one thing that Linde did not make clear to Lena, and that was that among the other Lars who had their eyes on this vein of minerals, there was Grand Duke Lars.

But Lena's answer made Linde understand what to do.

Although everyone thought that Reina, Lars who was abandoned by the royal family, was not qualified to participate in the War of Succession, it was different with this magic stone vein. After the news spread, Reina had no choice but to join the War of Succession.

Lind tried to put himself in the shoes of Grand Duke Lars. How would he handle the situation if he were the Grand Duke Lars?

The answer is obvious, which is to confiscate the mineral vein to the Lars family and govern it directly.

On the one hand, it can expand the family's strength, and on the other hand, it can protect Reina so that she will not become the object of competition in the war of heirs or be directly involved in the war.

As for the Gray-Collar Team, it is possible that Grand Duke Lars will directly parachute in other people to manage it, and Linde will most likely be sidelined or serve as a dog for Grand Duke Lars.

Lind could not accept either outcome. From a political point of view, the elves on the other side of the Targon Mountains were far more trustworthy than Grand Duke Lars who could remotely control the gray-collar worker at any time.

The list of Grand Duke Lars's spies in the territory that was compiled earlier finally came in handy. Lind called Lila, who was working overtime because of the discovery of a magic stone vein, and all of Grand Duke Lars's spies were taken under control.

Of course, it is not real control, but the information they pass on must be reviewed and no information about the magic stone veins can be revealed.

This alone would not be enough to hide the secret from Grand Duke Lars, but it would definitely buy time and allow Grand Duke Lars to completely control the mineral vein before he could react.

After receiving the notice, the spies did not resist much, because this matter did not touch the bottom line set by Grand Duke Lars for the spies, that is, Lena's personal safety. This operation may even be more in line with Lena's interests.

The next question is what to do after officially entering the War of Succession.

It would definitely not work just relying on the fifty knights brought by Reina, although each of those knights has their own strengths, each has their own unique skills, their fighting spirit and patience are amazing, and their secret weapons are even more unexpected surprises.

But with fifty people, they couldn't even set up a line of defense.

What's more, from Lind's point of view, the era of relying on powerful professionals to crush opponents is over, and collective legion combat is the future, especially after gunpowder can be successfully produced.

It might sound a bit arrogant to say this. After all, it has been several months since he traveled here, and Lind has never actually set foot on the battlefield.

But as Lind once thought, the advantage of a time traveler has never been the gunpowder steam, but the thoughts and vision that match the gunpowder steam.

A person in the information age may receive more information in a day than the bard of this era did in his entire life.

This is the biggest advantage of a time traveler.

In fact, after entering a period of stable development, gray-collar workers have been training soldiers.

Lowry, who had not appeared for a long time, was left by Lind to manage these soldiers.

Because soldiers receive extra work point bonuses and their welfare benefits far exceed those of soldiers of other noble lords, and even those of the nobles' private soldiers, a lot of people sign up. However, because the requirements to become a soldier are also very high, the number of soldiers is actually not much more than that of Reina's knights.

However, for a territory with a total population of more than a thousand people, the proportion of dozens of full-time soldiers is already exaggerated. You should know that some noble knights from small families cannot be completely full-time.

These dozens of full-time soldiers were trained as officers rather than as soldiers. In addition to basic training, all of them had to be literate, learn tactical planning, and be able to use and understand gunpowder.

The people in the territory who conduct daily military training are the real soldiers.