Unknown Knight

Chapter 420 Borrowing Troops for Revenge

In addition to the cession of territory and material and financial compensation, there was another gain from this war with the Three Kingdoms. The armistice agreement also stipulated that the three countries should not impose additional taxes on goods from the Kingdom of Vigia.

In some senses, this regulation is more important than the territory, money and materials gained in this war, as it means that from now on the goods from Aix will compete fairly with those produced by the three countries.

With Aix's productivity and manufacturing level being several times higher than that of this era, the products it produces will have absolute advantages, and no products from the Three Kingdoms can match them in terms of price, quality or performance.

In the long run, Aix will realize that it is like a giant sponge. By exporting high-quality and low-cost goods, it can siphon the resources of the three countries. In this way, even without launching a war, Aix can achieve the goal of weakening the three countries just by relying on commercial competition.

In addition, the three newly acquired territories are also very useful additions.

Tilburg and Lundiaburg from the Kingdom of Swadia are located on a plain with fertile land and a pleasant climate. Crops can be harvested twice a year. They are well-known grain-producing areas on the continent. They will greatly increase the territory's grain production and alleviate the constraints caused by food shortages.

Near the Turbuk Fort of the Kugit Khanate is a high-quality pasture, which has always been a famous horse-producing area in the Kugit Khanate. From then on, the territory would no longer lack high-quality horses.

The area that Aix controls, openly or covertly, now accounts for a little more than two-fifths of the entire continent.

He not only controlled the entire territory of the Kingdom of Vaegir, but also most of the territory of the Kingdom of Nord.

Now, except for the area near the city of Sagos, which is the sphere of influence of King Ragnar, the entire Nordic Kingdom follows the lead of Prince X.

His father-in-law, Old Tarzan Iaia, controls the area near the city of Wocheze, and his elder brother-in-law, Borba, controls the area near the city of Tiha. In addition to Aix's status as the son-in-law of the Nords and his reputation as the "Son of Odin", Aix's prestige in the eyes of the Nords is now far higher than that of His Royal Highness King Ragnar.

Fortunately, King Ragnar, a rough but meticulous man, knows what's going on and is a character similar to Lu Zhishen. He knows his own weight and has always been friendly towards Aix. Although he did not stand on Aix's side in the recent war, he took the initiative to provide various conveniences and is considered a friendly force to Aix.

The Tojunayan family of the Khergit Khanate was another big shot in the field of Aix. Although his family was still nominally subject to the Khergit Khanate, it had actually long been under the control of Aix, so much so that when Saiga Khan attacked Aix, he had to send heavy troops to guard against him.

Now, in addition to the Sajci Fort and Turbuk Fort directly controlled by Aix, plus the areas controlled by the Tojunayan family, the territory of the Kugit Khanate actually controlled by Aix accounts for more than one-third of the entire Khanate.

There was also the new Sultan Niza, who, in addition to controlling the area around the city of Shariz, also occupied the Gamichi Castle of the Rhodok Kingdom and the Uruzdak Castle of the Khergit Khanate.

When the overall strength of these territories, both overt and covert, is added together, there is no other force on the continent that can match Aix's power.

It’s just that Aix is ​​expanding too rapidly and needs to consolidate its existing territory, so it no longer has the extra energy to continue expanding.

Especially due to the shortage of food and fodder, Aix had to instruct Earl James to lead the Biological Research Institute to focus on studying ways to increase crop yields per mu.

At the same time, Aix also issued a special territorial decree, requiring all localities to focus on expanding cultivation and increasing production. All affairs should take this as priority and should not affect the development of this matter.

After the promulgation of this decree, the focus of the territory's work shifted from military and commerce to agriculture, and many people, especially high-ranking generals, became idle.

Although Aix asked them not to slack off on military training, the increase in farming affairs meant that military training was greatly reduced to less than 50% of the original amount.

On this day, Aix was handling government affairs in his room when suddenly his personal guard came to report that Viscount Mathilde was coming to see him.

Aix still respected his subordinate who was in charge of the navy. However, perhaps because of her personality and the difference between men and women, Mathilde seldom came to meet him alone in private.

Seeing Mathilde coming in with an embarrassed look on her face, as if she had something important to say but was hesitant to speak, Axe knew that she must have something to hide, so he patiently had a conversation with her.

Finally, under Aix's concerned questioning, Mathilde revealed to him the purpose of this audience.

It turns out that Mathilde, who had a rough life, had a miserable past. She was originally a noble lady in the northern continent. Her original name was not Mathilde, but Skadi. Her husband was the chief of a tribe of thousands of people.

She originally had an enviable status and life, but misfortune befell her when her husband died unexpectedly in a plague.

Since she had no children, her elder sister's husband, who was also her husband's cousin, had always coveted the position of clan leader, so she took the opportunity to seize the position of clan leader.

However, the new chieftain was not a good son of the tribe. Not only did he seize the position of chieftain, he also took advantage of Mathilde's childlessness to seize the property that should have belonged to her, and expelled her from the tribe, leaving Mathilde a savage without the support of the tribe.

That would not have been enough. The new patriarch also sent people to hunt down Mathilde, causing her to be seriously injured. She was then taken advantage of by slave traders and captured and sold as a slave.

After many twists and turns, Mathilde drifted to the continent of Calradia and became a gladiator for a slave trader.

However, Mathilde never forgot her deep hatred and suspected that her husband's death was also very strange, so she named herself "Matilde". This word means brother-in-law in Nordic, so that she could always remind herself not to forget the hatred she carried.

Not long ago, Mathilde, who became the master of Helusburg, also had her own power, so she sent people to inquire about all the news about her original tribe.

Through inquiries, Mathilde found out a secret that shocked her. It turned out that her husband's death was not simple. He died after being infected with the plague and then secretly poisoned by her brother-in-law.

After knowing this secret, Mathilde became more determined to avenge her husband, but Aix had been waging war against foreign countries for some time, so Mathilde was too embarrassed to speak up.

Now the main purpose of Aix is ​​to accumulate strength to develop production, so Mathilde made up her mind to come to Aix to borrow troops, hoping that Aix could lend her 300 Nord warriors so that she could lead the troops to her hometown in the northern continent to avenge the great hatred of the past.

Aix had high regard for his favorite general. Not only was she highly skilled in fighting, she was also one of the best generals under Aix, and she was also the only naval general he could use. Aix had to take her requests seriously.

After asking Mathilde about the information she knew, Aix finally decided to help Mathilde complete her revenge.

In order to prevent Mathilde from getting into any accidents and to ensure that she could successfully avenge her great hatred, Aix also decided to send her 500 soldiers, including 100 light cavalry and 50 heavy cavalry in addition to 350 Nord warriors, as well as 1,000 gold coins as operating funds and enough food and fodder for the journey.