When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

#245 - The Kingdom without Land and Crown

The first snow in Thousand River Valley arrived earlier than anyone expected.

In just two or three days, the light snow turned into heavy snow, quickly transforming the entire Thousand River Valley into a cold, white world.

Horseshoes leaped through the fluffy snow, heavy iron hooves pounding on the frozen ground, shaking the snow off the bushes along the road.

A tall giant sat atop a large warhorse, two well-preserved fox pelts hanging from his waist, followed by about a dozen knights.

Their black breastplates stood out starkly against the snowy white world, but for the supernal knights, cold and heat had little effect on them.

In the mountains outside of Feiliu Fort, Prince Kong Dai carried two foxes as he headed towards his country villa.

The villagers from nearby villages had been driven away to accommodate the six Edict Knight companies.

As for the mercenaries, they were scattered in the surrounding towns.

Riding his horse through the villa's gate, he tossed the prey to the temporary steward, instructing, "Fox meat is not good, I only want the pelts."

These exquisite fox furs could be made into warm collars, widely popular among the nobles of the empire and a symbol of nobility.

If everyone else is wearing fox and bear fur, and you're wearing wolf fur, you're simply not qualified to attend the banquet.

A significant portion of Lord Nuoen of Bear Fort's trade revenue comes from the abundant fur resources in the vast forests of the northwest.

Dismounting, Prince Kong Dai couldn't help but shake his head as he looked at the ordinary mixed-breed superior grassland horse.

He still missed the dragon-blooded horse that could unleash his full potential.

Thinking of this, the man he had never met but who had repeatedly caused him trouble flashed through his mind once again.

"Sigh, the Church. Sigh, the short-haired." Prince Kong Dai stepped into the villa, the flickering fire in the fireplace bringing waves of heat to the entire room.

He tossed his bearskin coat and black leather gloves to a maidservant, heading towards the rosewood low table by the fireplace.

Wearing an exquisite high-quality black silk priest's robe, Mizam held a teacup made of pure white bone china, elegantly blowing on the steam.

A knight page, holding a teapot with red leaf swirl decorations, peeked at the letter in Mizam's hand from behind him.

"What are you looking at?" Prince Kong Dai slapped the page on the back of the head, picking up the letter from Mizam's hand, "Go get me a bigger chair."

After quickly reading the letter, Prince Kong Dai shook his head and laughed, "Naidebach is coming to Thousand River Valley? He's determined to take action against Jinijis."

"Then how should we reply?"

"Come, let him come, I welcome them."

Looking at Prince Kong Dai's unpredictable expression, Mizam skipped the topic, "King Tuomeng has left too much trouble by dividing the Edict Knights among his brothers."

"Who says otherwise." Sitting on the large chair that the page had cushioned, Prince Kong Dai casually tossed the letter on the table, took a sip of red tea.

"His Majesty is getting old, if it were him in his youth, he would never make such a risky move." Mizam interlocked his fingers on his lap, "Are we still not moving?"

"Of course."

Mizam looked at Prince Kong Dai's face, sighing silently in his heart.

John VIII had clearly and subtly requested Prince Kong Dai to support Jinijis in the letter.

But as John VIII grew older, the Church's control over Prince Kong Dai gradually weakened.

Although Prince Kong Dai still had to follow the Church's orders to some extent, such as coming to Thousand River Valley to quell the rebellion this time.

But if there was something really important, Prince Kong Dai would feign compliance, and the Church couldn't do anything about it.

For example, the coup in Changge City clearly had the Pope's shadow, and King Jinijis was the Church's intention.

But Jinijis could not gain the approval of the royal family and the great nobles, and the Pope, his only backer, might ascend to heaven any day.

It would be thankless and possibly detrimental to his own Edict Knights for Prince Kong Dai to join either side.

Unlike those great nobles, his position depended entirely on the Edict Knight companies.

Over the years, the Church faction in the Edict Knight companies had been almost completely purged, and Prince Kong Dai naturally didn't have to cater to the Pope as much as before.

This led to Mizam, who originally had the function of monitoring and conveying the Pope's intentions, losing some of his power.

"Then how should we refuse?"

"How should we refuse?" Prince Kong Dai stretched, "Isn't that easy to say? Don't you really think the rebellion in Thousand River Valley has been quelled?"

"Apart from some petty thieves, I don't think many dare to resist us."

"Stop pretending, can't you see?" Prince Kong Dai chuckled, "Moliya Ti counts as one, that Catherine counts as one, plus those nobles from the Prague Monastery in Kasha, even if they stay, they will have something to do."

"Can that lowly Thousand River Valley merchant who does business also be considered a force?" The page, as the younger brother of Prince Kong Dai's mistress, was quite close to him and asked directly.

Mizam smiled and explained, "Although she has half Thousand River Valley blood, she also has half Aier blood.

Her teacher Hu'anno's teacher is an Aier scholar from the Salin Scholars Association, and her business has several Aier shareholders.

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In law, Rapid Stream City is an imperial free city, only under the jurisdiction of the imperial emperor.

Now that the imperial emperor's throne is vacant, it is basically the city alliance that is in charge.

Rapid Stream City belongs to the Azk Alliance, and the leader of the Azk Alliance is the respected Aier Grand Judge Hadius.

See? Without a reasonable reason, we can't treat her like an ordinary merchant."

"Are we so afraid of the Aier people?" The knight page couldn't help but ask.

Prince Kong Dai and the black-robed monk exchanged glances, one turned his head away, and the other smiled bitterly.

This involved the old case when the empire was established.

In 166 of the Imperial Calendar, the Goth army's powerful minister rebelled, overthrowing the old Aier Empire and establishing their own Goth Empire.

Of course, such an empire would not be recognized by other nobles, so they all became independent, plus the Nuoen people's recovery movement, the entire empire entered a dark dynasty lasting 309 years.

Until 470, the Flesh Court launched a pincer attack from the northern passage and the southern Emerald Sea, attacking the warring warlords.

The many legions that had been fighting for three hundred years had no choice but to reorganize the Holy Aier Empire under the pressure of the Royal Court, and called for a holy war in this name.

But the embarrassing thing was that after three hundred years of slaughter and killing, a large number of Aier people were displaced, and even changed their names and surnames to become other ethnic groups.

So they could not find a large-scale Aier group to endorse their regime.

The twelve princes at the time could not find evidence to prove that they were the Holy Aier Empire, and could not subdue other disobedient nobles.

Finally, under the leadership of Hadius IV, the Pope of War God at the time, they found the Salin Scholars Association, an extremely conservative group.

In order to gain their support, the princes had to grant them a large number of privileges, allowing these surviving orthodox Aier people to recognize the newborn Holy Aier Empire.

However, "orthodox" here only refers to culture. In terms of bloodline, there are no more orthodox Aier people than vampires.

The Aier people who mastered these privileges continued to accumulate wealth in the rise of cities, and many nobles had to rely on borrowing from them to survive, their status was the unlanded and uncrowned fourth kingdom.

"It's too troublesome to explain this, go read a book yourself." Prince Kong Dai snatched the teapot from the page, driving him away, "Go, go, go."

Putting the teapot next to the vase, Mizam asked after the page disappeared from sight, "Are we going to stay in Thousand River Valley all the time?"

Prince Kong Dai rubbed his head, "Let's play it by ear... maybe if we stay long enough, this place will directly become my fiefdom hahahaha."