Conquest

    Chapter Two hundred and twenty chapters [Frenzy aristocrat]

    From any point of view, the current Governor of the Armenia Military District, Governor Hughes General, can be regarded as the real power of the Byzantine Empire, and is still the top class.

    If you list a list of "the emperor's hateful characters", then Hughes Governor will be one of the list, and there is no doubt that it will be in the forefront.

    The Armenia Military District is centered on the capital city of Merika City, and is composed of six surrounding cities and dozens of villages and towns. Importantly, it is also rich in iron ore in Armenia – which makes the Armenia military region's comprehensive strength enough to rank into the Empire Five. The top three in more than ten military regions!

    What makes the Royal Family even more worried is that the Armenia Military District is too close to Imperial Capital Osgiliath. It is the closest military district to the Imperial Capital Territory. If you are in a smooth situation, from Merika City to Osgiliath, it takes only three days to march!

    Next to the couch, sleeping like such a big tiger, I am afraid that no emperor can sleep well.

    Hughes Governor is less than 50 years old. In the usual sense, it is the most peak period of a man's power–having enough experience and rich experience of years, and not getting old and confused. To the point.

    And the same thing that makes the Royal Family worry is that the Hughes Governor is indeed a good leader. His family has been in the Armenia military region for seventy years, and he is the third generation. Among the three generations of Governor, in his hands, the strength of the Armenia military region has reached its peak, and the Armenia military region under his rule is more prosperous than the era of Governor.

    As the third generation of the family Governor, Hughes General has considerable wisdom, and his character has the advantages of success: decisive, tenacious, ambitious, and will show enough cunning when compromise is needed.

    It is worth mentioning that this Hughes Governor has a "feature" that is widely circulated in the upper empire.

    Although his official position is "Military" Governor and also has the rank of Imperial General, Hughes Governor has never been a qualified solider. In his resume, he only experienced one war, which was in the midst of a war when the current Emperor Kontos was young and led the emperor to fight the Odin invasion. In that war, Hughes, who was still serving in the army at the time (the Armenia Governor was the father of Hughes at that time.)As a flag officer of Flag Battalion, he experienced the war and experienced the only battle in his life during the war. The battle ended with the defeat of the Emperor.

    The only thing Hughes learned in that battle was that the Odin people started to go crazy, far more barbaric than you think.

    This became a character flaw in his character: in his life, he always had an unspeakable fear of Odin, even though he kept this fear deep and deep on weekdays. It can be said that Hughes Governor is the kind: the rule of the inner iron fist, the lack of a tough leader.

    Another characteristic of character is that Hughes General seems to have an irresistible yearning for "aristocrat".

    That is, although he is nominally a solider, it is an Imperial General and is a Governor. But he seems to always want to be a true aristocrat.

    Yes, this Hughes Governor is a standard "aristocrat control".

    Even in his normal life, he is strictly demanding himself with an aristocrat standard. It can be said that if you don't know Hughes Governor, then you will think that he is only 90% aristocrat than the empire. More like an aristocrat!

    First of all, he is very concerned about etiquette, basically aristocrat's manners and he is almost completely meticulously executed in life. He likes to wear Chinese clothes, and he also learned the kindness of aristocrat. This "aristocrat kindness" is defined as: he may often show his goodness to some Low Rank people. But this kindness is just for the sake of display. It does not mean that he is really compassionate, just to properly show his benevolent side. He may occasionally say a few words of kindness to his groom or even the gardener, and even patted the other's shoulders intimately, but his politeness, the real role is to remind each other: I will always be Master, and you Always a servant. I can show my kindness occasionally, it can be great, and if you dare to forget your identity, then it is over.

    In addition, Hughes governor a special focus on the aristocrat style of life, such as his very picky about eat and wear, he likes to hold a banquet in his magnificent Governor mansion after each prayer day, inviting celebrities from all walks of life to participate in the event, in these dances or banquets, He would wear the most traditional aristocrat dresses and even wear wigs on some major festivals.

    Also, Hughes Governor is avid to aristocratic culture and civilization. Everyone knows that the true aristocrat is very focused on "traditional" and "family glory". Unfortunately, Hughes Governor's family has no tradition to be proud of: his family is only three generations away, his grandfather was the first Armenia Military District Governor, in fact his grandfather was only one when he was young. The big soldiers in the army, only by the opportunity of war, began to make their mark – even his grandfather learned to write his own name when he was twenty. In the generation of Hughes Governor, Hughes has learned at least three languages ​​and will write poems in aristocratic swashes.

    Even more, in order to satisfy his heart of the "aristocrat Dream", he once hired a large number of imperial first-class heraldry experts and historians to pass a series of bizarre evidence, trying to prove from his ancestors that their family's ancestors had a noble pedigree: under the role of the big gold coin , some scholars succumbed, and they "discovered" that Hughes governor's ancestor possessed the lineage of a certain ancient kingdom royal family. Of course, more people think that this so-called discovery is simply fabricated. However, Hughes Governor did not think so. He spent more money, let the experts test out the noble clan and various traditions, and also revised a thick genealogy – it is said that This genealogy is even thicker than the Empire Code.

    It can be said that Hughes Governor is a heterogeneous among all the military regions of the military region. On the one hand, he is the military region of the military region. He is the beneficiary of the Terma military system and must also strive to safeguard the interests of this group. On the other hand, Hughes Governor seems to be somewhat disdainful in dealing with the Governors, and he is more inclined to make friends with the aristocrat class.

    In this regard, in fact, he is a very contradictory person. Because everyone knows that the existence of the Governors of the Military Region is aimed at confronting the Imperial Royal Family. The aristocrat group is a loyal supporter of the Royal Family rule.

    So, if Hughes Governor really wants to be a complete aristocrat, then first he must really be loyal to the Royal Family.

    On the other hand, what makes Hughes Governor stunned is that he doesn't have a real aristocrat title.

    Until now, his title was just a "Lord", and the most basic title was not even recognized as a true aristocrat title.

    Everyone knows that Hughes Governor dreams that the emperor can give him a true aristocrat title – even a joke on the upper empire: if the emperor wants to lift the threat of the Armenia military region, there is no need to fight for it. Hughes's Count or Marquis title, maybe the Hughes Governor will come down.

    El Salvador and Hughes are old-fashioned, so he is familiar with the special hobby of this colleague. After killing Imperial Capital, he took the sprint all the way into the Armenia military area, got rid of the chase behind him, and finally came to Merika City and came to the Governor's house.

    Although El Salvador had an urgent need to meet with Hughes Governor immediately to discuss the big event, he was politely told by the steward of the dress in Governor's House that the Governor Lord was using afternoon tea and asked the distinguished Lord Salvador to wait. When the Governor Lord finished using afternoon tea and changed his clothes, he would come to see him immediately.

    Looking at the butler dressed like a court attendant, El Salvador endured his own anxiety.

    He is familiar with Hughes and knows that this guy's enthusiasm for aristocrat's life, aristocrat-style tea time, is sacred in this guy's heart.

    However, the El Salvador group still received the generous hospitality in the Governor's house, and everyone got the food and rest.

    In the process of breaking through, El Salvador's more than 100 elite, less than 60 people ran into Merika City. There are still a few injured among the 60 people, and they have been fully taken care of here.

    At the moment in the small conference room in Governor's House, El Salvador only took the two escort guards around, and two ladies, Adeline and Daphne, the two ladies carrying the numb wrists and sitting helplessly on the chair. Looks depressed.

    After half an hour, Hughes Governor finally appeared.

    The 50-year-old Hughes Governor, who is slender and tall, looks much younger than El Salvador, his face is slightly sickly pale that aristocrats dream of, even he is still on his left cheek There was a black cockroach on it and the beard was trimmed very neatly.

    When the Hughes Governor walked into the reception room, his first move was not to say hello to El Salvador. His eyes fell on the two girls in the first place, and his eyes suddenly lighted up. He walked past El Salvador, came to the front of the two girls, and then had an elegant smile on his face, nodded slightly, owed a debt, took Daphne's hand, and gestured to his mouth. A standard can't be a standard kisser: "I am honored to meet you, Your Royal Highness."After taking a step back, I pulled Adeline's hand and made a kiss. "I hope that the two Highnesses can enjoy a happy mood here. I promise that here, the two will get the treatment that suits your status."

    El Salvador was laughing and laughing, just watching Hughes coldly to complete his "aristocratic" etiquette. Finally, when Hughes Governor finally turned to face himself, El Salvador came forward and hugged him. Hughes seems to be uncomfortable with this kind of hug. In fact, in his understanding, the identity of aristocrat is never to say hello by embracing this slightly vulgar ritual.

    "I need to talk to you right away."El Salvador stared at Hughes's eyes. This guy who has always had some temperament, although everyone is old, but they are never friends, never.

    "I know you are in a hurry."Hughes is not in a hurry: "But, I am not in a hurry."

    Next, the "aristocrat Governor" Lord, who was pretending to be a model and two women, greeted him for a long time, complimented the beauty of the other side for a while, and talked about a few topics about the weather. Adeline and Daphne are obviously also very embarrassed. Their identity is the captive of these rebels, the lamb who fell into the enemy, but the Hughes Governor, as if to treat the two guests who attended the banquet.

    When El Salvador's face became more and more ugly, Hughes finally ended his aristocratic performance. He seemed to be satisfied with this process, and slowly raised his hand and summoned the flowered tiger's tip. Housekeeper: "With two distinguished ladies to rest, give the two best courtesies, be sure to satisfy our guests."

    El Salvador immediately frowned. He didn't think of it. When he met, the guy actually wanted to take the two important prisoners away from his own hands. However, El Salvador's heart hesitated a little, it defaulted to this move. After all, I am now at the other side's site.

    "Well, now we can start talking about business."When the two girls were taken out, El Salvador’s voice asked very lowly, and everyone familiar with him knew that this was the sign that Lord’s patience had reached a tipping point.

    "Don't be anxious, my friend."Hughes sat down slowly. He took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth. He smiled and said: "In fact, I have made all the preparations. My elite infantry group has done all the work yesterday. Prepare – hope this news can effectively alleviate your anxiety."

    El Salvador sighed and looked a little better.

    "However, I also have a problem."Hughes still has a smile on his face: "I only have 20,000 standing army, and at Imperial Capital Osgiliath, now has more than 40,000 troops, which does not include other central standing Army that heard the news quickly gathered. What do you think I should do? I can mobilize more troops, but you know that my territory just suffered a snowstorm last winter, my food shortage, and…"

    ‘Enough!El Salvador interrupted Hughes's words, and he stared at Hughes: "I think you understand what we are facing now!" The old madman with the crown is finally going crazy! Now is our best chance! The emperor wants to eradicate us all, Hughes! All This is a war, this is a formal declaration of war, all the Terma Military District Governor, will be involved! I need your army to launch an offensive immediately and attack Osgiliath! Because you are the nearest military district to Osgiliath! You must march in the first time to show our tough attitude! Let all the people in this empire know that our supporters of Terma will never compromise! ! do you understand! ! ”

    Hughes smiled.

    "I don't want to remind you that I understand, because of the location of the Armenia Military District, the old emperor will clean up Imperial Capital and he will gather all the forces in his hand to attack this place!"El Salvador sneered: "An Army of the City Guard, plus the Imperial Guard, and the second 9th Army, which has just been reorganized, add up to more than 60,000 troops! These troops will appear under your eyes at the fastest speed! The emperor will first try to level Armenia and remove the biggest threats around him. So, Hughes, you can circle me here, or pretend with me – to be honest, I hate your aristocrat accent, you are not an aristocrat at all, no! You know this in your own heart, those aristocrat hate us and despise us! In their hearts, our military regions, Governor, are a group of upstarts. ”

    Hughes finally put up a smile, he slowly said: "As you said, the emperor will gather at least 60,000 troops, our Armenia military region is not enough to face the three central standing Army alone."

    "You are not alone."El Salvador has made a pledge: "My territory is already mobilized, and my army will be the fastest. At the same time, we have all the fifty-four military regions, each of which will show their strength! Of course, as a pioneer, Armenia will get a certain degree of compensation. ”El Salvador said that he took a deep breath: "I personally make a promise that in the future, once Osgiliath is captured, the original Osgiliath and Imperial Capital Territory will be assigned to your future territory! You can get the world's greatest city as your capital! Although this is only my personal commitment, I promise that when I need to make a collective decision, my and my allies will support this proposal. I think, plus you and your allies, we are at the round table. The number of votes is more than half. ”

    "A very tempting proposal."Hughes squinted and his eyes smiled: "Osgiliath, the city of wonder…As the new capital of my 'Armenia District' future…Sounds like a very good proposal. ”