Chapter 1044

Black Swan Castle has been very lively in recent months.

Because the black swan descended on the black swan lake of the ancient castle again, the ancient castle that has been declining for a long time was finally restored to the ranks of famous ancient castles in the southern continent. Therefore, let the reputation of the already famous void principality sweep the whole southern continent again, especially the aristocratic circle of Ryan kingdom. Many nobles even came uninvited to visit this ancient castle famous for viewing.

In this regard, Cecilia did not agree to let these meaningless people in and out of the castle.

However, Diana did not know how to convince Cecilia, so the black swan castle has now become a holy land for limited time visit in the void duchy. Of course, the interior of the castle is forbidden to visit, so the workload of the shadow guard of the void has been forced to increase a lot - but this is also a part of demonstrating the strength of the void principality. In addition, the moving path to the top of the castle is strictly limited, and visitors entering the castle must abide by this rule, Otherwise, it will be triggered by triggering the private property protection act of the void principality.

Private property protection act, which is an important new decree issued by the void principality.

It clearly declares the privatization of property, that is, the nobility shall not maliciously occupy the property of civilians. It is seriously contrary to the system of "property Lord ownership" issued by the Lords of other territories - if they can't beat the empty principality, the surrounding lords want to declare war on the empty principality, because the promulgation of this decree has led to a large-scale relocation of the people in the territories of other lords, so Neil had to issue a new decree.

At the same time, it is more difficult than ever to obtain the identity certificate of the people of the Principality of void - in the Principality of void, without this nameplate to prove the identity of the people, you can not enjoy the protection of the Principality of void, but can only be protected by the vagrant Protection Law issued by the Principality of void. Although this behavior effectively stopped the relocation of a large number of foreign leaders, there are still many vagrants willing to stay in the Principality of void and try to obtain the official identity of the leaders of the Principality of void.

Of course, the empty principality has a large number of job opportunities and excellent treatment, which is also a potential factor to attract these vagrants.

Hassas zoanton, the son of a noble family from the Millennium covenant Empire, met Cecilia who was also walking when he came to visit the Black Swan Castle because of his admiration. He was shocked on the spot, so he launched a series of dating requests that he thought were romantic, but Cecilia was extremely upset. Even, from more than a week ago, this aristocratic child with very good reputation officially proposed to Cecilia.

However, his natural and romantic proposal was mercilessly and straightforwardly rejected by Cecilia without even saying any polite words.

If you are a narrow-minded and powerful aristocrat, you will be angry and choose revenge. Even if ordinary nobles are so rejected by the other party, they probably have no face to continue.

It is not clear whether hassas is narrow-minded, but the zoanton family behind him does have strength according to William. Because this is one of the few old nobles who support the new emperor of the Millennium covenant empire. It has been inherited for more than a thousand years. The highest title of the family has been included in the ranks of princes, and there have been double-digit Dukes in the whole family history. This alone is enough to explain everything.

Now the eldest parent of the zoanton family is Prince Hamson: pushus zoanton. He is over 80 years old this year. He once served as the field marshal of the Millennium alliance Empire and led the southern front army of the Empire. The most popular thing is that he has tried his best to prevent the outbreak of three dead tides in the black earth, not to mention his achievements in the wilderness - even now, the name of pushus and his black wolf flag with green background, red edge and black wolf head, It is still a nightmare for many old people in the wilderness.

After retiring from the post of Marshal of the southern front army, the Duke with legendary deeds settled in the sharp blade parliament with the highest decision-making power in the military headquarters of the Millennium covenant empire. After that, he served in this position for a full 30 years. Until two years ago, the civil strife of the Millennium covenant empire could not be stopped, and there were even signs that it was getting stronger and stronger. Then the old Lord went back to battle.

According to the investigation information of the void territory, the civil strife of the Millennium covenant empire was finally suppressed and stopped, and the old Duke occupied a very strong merit. However, because of his persistence and cut-off tactics, the old lord is said to have suffered a very serious injury - he has never entered the realm of the Holy Land in his life, and it is said that he has retreated to the bronze realm after this injury treatment.

It is also rumored that the next patriarch of the zoanton family will be selected from his grandchildren. That is, the Hassan generation, regardless of their collateral branches and lineages, can participate in the election - and unlike the patriarchal election methods of other families, those who have excellent combat talent can not run for the patriarchal position.

The selection of the patriarchal heirs of the zoanton family is not a test of personal force, but of political, military and even economic talents.

Hassas happens to be the one who has the right to compete among the younger generation of the zoanton family, and his main talents focus on politics and economy. However, he ranked third in the order of inheritance, with a sister and a brother above him. They are called the three heroes of zoanton - in other words, if there is no accident, the next chief of zoanton family will be born among them.

For many nobles, hassas is a very ideal marriageable object whether he can successfully win the position of patriarch of the zoanton family or not. If he is lucky enough to become the next patriarch of the zoanton family, unless Sean can upgrade the void duchy to an empire, even if he becomes a first-class void duchy, hassas zoanton will not have much less power than Sean.

Of course, the standard of super first-class kingdom is another matter.

This is the glory and power of the family.

And this is also that Diana will try her best to dissuade Cecilia from conflict and contradiction with hassas because of her temporary temper. However, the future fourth giant of the void principality is obviously not a kind person. She is also making arrangements in private. If Cecilia and hassas are really at loggerheads, then she must ensure that the indulgent will never return to the Millennium covenant.

The flow of people in the black swan castle has been increasing day by day recently.

Many of them are regular visitors who have been here several times - although the black swan castle is only open from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. every day, they will carefully prepare some food every time - of course, the visit to the black swan castle is not free, but the nobles who can come all the way here will not lack this little money, Therefore, it is also necessary to prepare exquisite food for these nobles.

So far, no dinner or banquet has been held in the black swan castle. Some nobles who came here have made suggestions to Cecilia, but Cecilia declined with a smile.

If it were not for hassas, a fly, there might really be a lot of people to express their love to Cecilia.

This can be seen from Cecilia when she walked out of her study to the conference room - she had to go through a public staircase to the black swan castle, so she spent almost 20 more minutes smiling and greeting many people before she could finally get out of this inferno that made her impatient.

"I think the castle must be rebuilt. We need to build a new staircase, external!" Cecilia murmured.

"I don't think so many people would come to visit if Lord Sean came back." Diana smiled and replied, "maybe Lord Sean will close the current visit day if he doesn't think it's too noisy and troublesome."

"If it's Sean, it's really possible." Cecilia thought for a moment, then smiled, and her impatience soon disappeared. "But you must have a way to convince him, just as you convinced me."

Looking at Cecilia's sincere and sweet smile, Diana smiled and then said, "I dare not Lord Sean doesn't care about these superficial images. I don't dare to refute what he decides. Only Lord Cecilia dare you say these words in front of Lord Sean. "

"You are wrong about that." Cecilia said seriously, "Sean is not that unreasonable person But he really hates trouble. Although you have been in the Principality of void for more than a year, you haven't contacted Sean several times, so it's normal to don't know him. You'll know when you have the opportunity to work together in the future. He is probably the most unlikely Lord in the world. "

Diana just kept smiling and didn't answer.

She knew that Cecilia could not understand how terrible Sean was in her mind. Because when she first met Sean, she had been severely shocked by Sean. I'm afraid she can't forget the feeling of fear and suffocation in her life. As long as she is in front of Sean, she feels as if she is naked and everything will be completely seen through. This is also one of the main reasons why she never thought of betraying after taking refuge in Sean.

Soon, Cecilia and Diana came to the door of the conference room in a burst of laughter.

Maybe she got used to it at random in the black swan castle, so Cecilia pushed open the door of the conference room and stepped in without thinking.

"Oh, my dear Miss Cecilia, your smile today is like the light emitted by the brightest pearl in the world." A pleasant male voice suddenly sounded with a little exclamation, "even the Tiffany pearl is eclipsed in front of you."

Hearing the sound, Cecilia's face turned black and her smile completely disappeared: "who is your dear? We don't know each other that well. "

The person who can say these Praise Words naturally is the number one suitor of Cecilia, hassas zoanton. He has brown hair, blue eyes and very handsome facial features. He is a rare beautiful man. In particular, his clothes are obviously tailored by famous teachers, which sets off his elite temperament unparalleled.

At this time, he was showing a sad look, looking at Cecilia, and then said, "Oh, we have met so many times and even had several meals together. Isn't that familiar?"

"Not really." Cecilia said mercilessly, "and I won't have dinner with you again in the future. You're dead."

Perhaps she had been used to the dialogue between Cecilia and hassas, so Diana just smiled helplessly and didn't interrupt. As for the several guards brought by hassas, they won't interrupt in this way, because they serve the family Knights of hassas zoanton. Even hassas didn't speak, of course, they won't be bored.

"Oh, your beautiful highness Cecilia, I treat you..."

"I came here after I heard that you had something important to negotiate with me. If it's still such nonsense, I don't have time to waste here." Cecilia mercilessly interrupted the nonsense that seemed to her to belong to the person with "brain pit", and said indifferently, "Diana, please remind me to make a sign that suitors and dogs are not allowed to enter! I'll put it outside the castle! "

The bitter smile on Diana's face was even more obvious. She might be able to discuss something with Cecilia in her study. But now in this conference room, especially in front of the man who was listed by Cecilia as one of the three zoanton heroes next to the dog, she certainly wouldn't speak so ignorant. Because Cecilia would be fine if she said so, but if she followed her words, she might become the target of revenge for the noble child.

"All right, all right." Hassas looked very sad and lost. He said reluctantly, "then let's talk about business."

Cecilia then sat down on one side of the conference room. Diana soon closed the door of the conference room, and several void shadow bodyguards stepped forward and protected the door.

"Tell me about the project you want to cooperate with the Principality of nothingness." Cecilia said faintly. Although she had seen the general information sent by Diana and knew what hassas wanted to cooperate with, she knew that she couldn't mention it first, otherwise she would fall into the disadvantage.

Hassas glanced at Diana from the corner of his eye, but saw her face calm and normal. Hassas sighed slightly in his heart, and then quickly converged to a serious look. He cleared his throat and then said, "I think Miss Cecilia should know the current situation of my family, the zoanton family?"

Husas, who converges on the courtship mentality, does have an unparalleled elite temperament and charm. When talking about business, he looked serious and solemn, and his words were clear, and even contained many tentative confrontations. It can be said that hassas at this moment was the real gesture of the third successor of the zoanton family, not the romantic man Cecilia saw recently.

However, hassas is testing Cecilia's intelligence, and Cecilia is evaluating hassas.

The information between the two sides is not equal or even incomplete. Therefore, mutual evaluation, review and temptation are very normal diplomatic means. It's just that hassas is used to strong attack, so he began to spy on Cecilia's zoanton family intelligence, which makes people feel a little aggressive. Of course, Cecilia is not a novice. Her expression remains calm and indifferent from beginning to end.

It's just like the same attitude towards hassas's proposal before.

"I've heard a little." Cecilia whispered.

The content of discourse is not much, only four words, but it can be guessed that the derived content is very extensive. Of course, it also tests the interlocutors' thinking ability and shrewdness, because different people will naturally have different understanding of these four words. Some people think it's bluff, some people think it's also an intelligence espionage strategy, and some people think it's modest.

But hassas knew that Cecilia's statement was not modest or bluff, but an attitude.

Not blind, not conceited, but sincere position.

"If I hadn't thought about competition, I'm afraid I wouldn't even believe it myself." Hassas smiled bitterly.

However, Cecilia was still indifferent, but quietly waiting for the following of hassas.

This attitude and reaction made hassas make a helpless move of reaching out and stroking his forehead - but those who are familiar with hassas's temperament and behavior know that this is a small move that will occur when hassas feels that things are difficult. He is observing his opponent by touching his forehead, thinking about the rhythm and content of the next negotiation, and can also hide some eye expressions in his eyes.

"This time, I met a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Soon, hassas decided on the next negotiation strategy, because he found that Cecilia had given him enough hint. If he didn't grasp it well, the negotiation might end in failure. "As we all know, the Millennium empire fell into a political civil strife before, and the war has lasted for a long time, It was not until a few days ago that the war finally came to an end However, the rebel party is still resisting tenaciously, so the final campaign is not going smoothly. Of course, whether it is smooth or not, the final victory is only a matter of time. "

"I received news before that the rebel party has a group of secret support, is entering the empire from the wilderness, and the March path has been found out." Hassas looked at Cecilia's gesture for him to continue, so he continued, "but what's helpless is that I'm not good at military strategy and tactics, and my command doesn't have enough troops... Or there's no team under my command that can carry out critical operations."

"So you mean you want to borrow from me?" Cecilia finally said.

"Yes." Hassas did not deny, "I have heard that there are three ace armies under the Duke of vanity. The lion of thunder who is best at attacking tough battles, the steel wing who is best at defensive warfare, and the close guard who belongs to your highness Cecilia and claims to be competent for all tactical requirements I don't expect to invite commander William to take charge of this opportunity, but as long as I can invite the lion of thunder or your Highness's guards, it's enough. "

"This appetite is not small." Cecilia let out a slight smile. Although there was no irony or contempt, the meaning in the words was very obvious: where are your chips?

"I will give half of all the supplies of the secret army to your highness." Hassas said in a deep voice without thinking about it. Obviously, he had already thought about the reward, "moreover, you can choose first without any limit According to my information, this batch of materials is enough for the rebels in the south of the Empire to persist for more than half a year again, so the material reserves are extremely rich. "

"But if this attack plan succeeds, you will gain a lot." Cecilia smiled with a soft voice, but the content of the words made hassas a little bored, "at least, your future is destined to be the head of the zoanton family On the other hand, it is our empty principality that makes enemies. On the whole, our losses are far greater than our gains this time. So if it's just such a reward, please forgive me for refusing. "