Gao Wen was not surprised at all about the aristocrats and the church's arriving in the southern region. In fact, from a certain perspective, the actions of the aristocrats and the church were caused step by step by step by step.

Alchemy potion business that almost crushed the original market, subversive magic net technology, mining machinery and equipment, these things brought wealth they had never thought to the nobles of the South. But at the same time, as long as those nobles had a little brain, they would react that they were gradually being eroded and controlled by Cecil in the process. On the other hand, with Viscount Andrew in Tanzan as the "agent", almost half of the ore business in the South has fallen into the hands of the Cecil-Leslie consortium. Therefore, the suppressed noble lords happened to be the group with the greatest force in the South. After all, mastering ore is equivalent to mastering the resources for forging weapons, and it is equivalent to being able to establish and maintain a powerful army.

Therefore, the nobles in the southern border, especially the wealthiest and most powerful ones, will sooner or later regard Cecil as their enemy.

"The land of Cecil is flowing with gold and silver, and the rulers of this land happen to have 'weakness' that can be attacked." In this era, no one can reject this temptation.

On the other hand, since last winter, a large number of strange god believers in the territory who have accepted the Holy Spirit Plain are constantly stimulating the nerves of the Holy Light Church. Those missionaries will find it difficult to cause any waves in the southern territory, but if the nobles in the southern territory just happened to deal with Cecil at this time, then the Holy Light Church will have the opportunity to enter this area, which is natural.

Gao Wen was very clear that these changes were inevitable and would inevitably happen. As long as he wanted to establish his own new order in this world, he would sooner or later conflict with the original traditional forces. There was no room for compromise in this reform involving basic rules, and everything would eventually have to speak with force. So after realizing this, Gao Wen understood what he wanted to do and was silently prepared to speak with force, and then he would see when the traditional nobles and churches couldn't help but take action.

Heti is also a smart person. Seeing Gao Wen's attitude, she knew that the ancestors had been planning for the current situation, but there was one thing she couldn't understand: "Ancestor, why did you have to wait for them to take the initiative? You should know that from the perspective of legal power, you always have the reason to take the initiative without worrying about any moral problems. After all, all the nobles in the southern border occupy your fiefdom at that time..."

"It's very simple, because the land is vast and sparsely populated," Gao Wen replied casually. Seeing that Hetty still had a puzzled look on his face, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Let them gather people together. We will be done with a round of saturated shelling and ray guns. The province's southern border will be beaten one by one."

Hetty: “…”

Of course, Gao Wen's words are somewhat joking. They can despise the enemy strategically, but they must still pay attention to tactical attention, even if they are just a group of old nobles who are old and conservative, and do not know the power of Cecil's guns, the force they have at hand is still a bit threatening, so Gao Wen pulled out a piece of paper from the blank letter next to him, wrote two lines on it, and then handed it to Hetty: "This letter is given to Viscount Glen."

Hedy glanced at the contents on the letter paper, and there was only a very short content on it: "It's time to clear the accounts, and I'll take stocks in the near future."

After Hedy left, Gao Wen stood up and came to the map depicting the entire southern area, and fell into thinking.

To be honest, although he was ready to fight against the traditional forces in this world early in the morning, if it were not driven by changes in the situation, Gao Wen would not have planned to let the territory in the development stage enter a state of war so early.

According to his initial idea, he wanted to develop his territory silently, constantly explore new land to the south and build industrial areas until he had the absolute crushing power at hand, and then jumped out and beat all the traditional nobles.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. The negotiations between Tifeng and Ansu had begun. Regardless of whether the peace agreement could be signed smoothly, the relatively stable situation in the southern border would change. Needless to say, if a war breaks out, if peace is signed, then the Ansu royal family, who temporarily resolves major external troubles and frees up, should pay attention to the Cecil, who is rising rapidly in the southern border and frequently challenging the traditional order.

Francis II is not a fool. He can tolerate the Cecil family returning to the stage and tolerate the ancient family that has finally been suppressed and is active in the southern border. It is simply because internal and external troubles cannot be resolved. He does not want to add a disrespectful reputation to the already controversial "illegal son royal family", nor does he want to give new words to those nobles who do not support the royal family.

In addition to the possible variables that the royal family of Tifeng and Ansu are also the increasingly strange and crazy actions of the Holy Light Church recently, and the complex threats of various forces of all sizes in the southern region...

All these factors combined make Gao Wen realize that he must solve these external troubles in the near future, at least, completely control the situation in the southern border and make this relatively closed land a stable rear for him.

He promised in front of Francis II and all the nobles of the capital that he would not "actively" make legal claims about the existing land distribution in the southern border. Although he was the name of "ancestor", he would have to make a claim at this time, but Gao Wen still hoped to make his behavior more legitimate.

It is best to let the nobles in the southern border jump out by themselves.

Of course, they had the motivation and reason to jump out not only because of the greed of the nobles themselves, nor because of the system implemented by Cecil in his own territory really aroused their "righteous indignation", but because the fact that the Cecil family re-emerged in the southern border was enough to make ninety percent of the rulers of this land stand on their hair.

When Cecil was weak, they might not feel the threat, but with every point Cecil's strength, the hostility from the various noble forces in the southern border would become stronger. After all, they all became more developed by sharing Cecil's ancestral property. In a sense, the Cecil family had the right to claim legally throughout the southern border.

Since their hostility will explode sooner or later, Gao Wen doesn't mind helping them a little and letting them unite as soon as possible.

Therefore, the 25th Production and Construction Office under the Military Intelligence Bureau formulated a plan, and the 25th Production and Construction Brigade (passively) who is good at collecting intelligence and spreading rumors and lies about military information, implemented the plan.

Then the southern nobles who were already vigilant and hostile to the Cecil family really couldn't help it and wanted to jump out...

Those nobles who followed the ancient rites did not necessarily have the courage to fight the whole war with their ancestors, so they probably just wanted to jump and use a very low-intensity friction to demonstrate to the Cecil family, and then use the "noble game" method to defraud some benefits from the Cecil family, but...

As long as they jump out, the scale of this "friction" is not their final say.

Gao Wen took his eyes back from the map, then focused his spirit, and the downward view from the surveillance satellite emerged in his mind...

In the Chamber of Commerce, the long hall that laid the history, a document was read out by ceremonial officials from both countries under the witness of everyone.

The voices of the two etiquette officials echoed in the hall almost completely synchronously. With the blessing of magic power, the sound was not only loud and clear, but even seemed to have a certain fearsome solemn and heavy texture.

"...We jointly believe that restoring peaceful relations is the first step to jointly respond to threats, and stopping the current border standoff is the first step to ensuring peace... From the date of signing of the agreement, stop military standoff and all mutual military infiltration operations... On the basis of restarting diplomacy, restore border trade and personnel flow, and gradually lift the martial law ban... Jointly monitor the grand wall...

“…The above are all under the witness of the gods and the spirits of the ancestors, and are recognized by the great and wise rulers of the two countries…

“…In the year of 736, Ansu/Tifeng, he signed a contracting castle on the common border…

"Long live the peace."

The last solemn sound fell, and a warm and lasting applause suddenly echoed in the hall.

Regardless of whether the people in this hall are still hostile, whether they were guarding each other yesterday, and whether they would be separated from each other in the future, at least at this moment, everyone who has gone through a long negotiation is applauding sincerely and encouraging the hard-won peace agreement.

The peace agreement witnessed by everyone left the mark of the rulers of the two countries. A magician then engraved the agreement on two gold plates on the spot and handed over to the two countries to keep it together. The original manuscript of the agreement will be left in this "contracting fort" and sealed in a safe made by Mithril, sinking into the depths of a well-protected secret room below the fort.

But these subsequent ritual things are no longer what Duke Silas Loren pays attention to. He just watched the king and Emperor Rosetta shake hands and talk, and then presented each other with decorative swords. In a peaceful and eager atmosphere, the historic negotiation ended.

Next was a slightly relaxed banquet, with the grand banquet lasting until late at night.

Although the negotiations were over, Duke Silas Loren did not relax at all. He knew very well how many people were staring at this peace negotiation, and there were many people who did not want peace. Even after the agreement was concluded, as long as the king was still in the Contracting Fort and on this border, he could not relax his vigilance.

I believe that the same was true for Tifeng because during the entire dinner, Duke Loren noticed that the guards around Rosetta and Augustus were always following closely, and even had more people.

But in the end, everything ended safely.

With all the guards' nerves being tight, the two rulers spent their last night in the Johor Bahn. On the 52nd month of the 736th of the Restoration of Ansu, King Francis II of Ansu and Emperor Tifeng Rosetta Augustus left the Johor Bahn.

The Changfeng Fortress welcomed his king with a grand welcome ceremony. For this martial frontier fortress city, Fransci II, who returned from the Johor Fort, was a general in another sense, a general who charged and returned victoriously.

But the old king, who was already physically and mentally exhausted during the negotiations, did not appear in public for too long. After simply seeing some prominent figures in the fortress, Francis II returned to his resting room.

Prince Edmund was not with him, and who entered the room with him was responsible for protecting him personally, the legendary wizard from the city of San Sunil.

During the negotiations for several days, the legendary wizard always maintained a life link with Francis II. It can be said bluntly that for Francis II at this moment, the legendary wizard who had served the Ansu royal family for decades was even more trustworthy than all his children.

With the creaking stiff joints stretched, the old king sat on the wide and soft collapse. His slightly cloudy eyes looked at the old magician standing beside him, a thin, black-haired, calm temperament, wearing a purple starry robe: "Thank you these days, Master Duke."

The old man wearing a starry robe nodded slightly, his voice was low and hoarse: "This is my duty."

"End the link to life," said Francis II. "This illusion of physical energy is good, but it lasts too long and is almost affecting my sleep."

"As you wish." The old mage waved his hand, and a thin layer of magic light flashed across him and Francis II. The effect of the link to life disappeared immediately. As the body became heavier again, the old king couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He was once a powerful spellcaster, and his talent was no worse than the legendary wizard beside him. However, as a king, he was destined to not be able to take that last step on the road of magic. His body inevitably fell into decline.

"Your Majesty, I'll go outside to set up a warning rune for you." After the link to end the life, the old wizard bent down next to Francis II and said.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

The old wizard left the room, but Francis II was about to close his eyes and squint for a while, but he heard the sound of the door being pushed open.

"Master Duke, what else..." The old king opened his eyes and looked at the door curiously, but before he finished speaking, he was standing at the door that was not the legendary master wearing a star robe, but a strange man in attendant costume.

During his departure from the city of San Sunil, no strange face should theoretically appear before him alone.

Francis II's right hand quietly stroked a ring on his left hand, and he looked into the waiter's eyes: "Who are you?"

"His Majesty the King," the waiter came forward and bowed slightly, and was polite, "Thank you for your efforts to peace, and all things will eventually die."
Chapter completed!