Sitting in the Shanzhen hot pot restaurant that had received a five-star evaluation in the "Food Festival" magazine and was frequented by everyone during the exam, Lu Xi had no appetite in the face of a table full of food. The conversation between the general during the day consumed a lot of his energy, and the amount of information he got was too great to digest it until now.

"Speaking of which, what the hell are Nikiantes? At this time, the sudden rebellion always feels a little subtle. "It's not just that the situation is delicate, but what is even more subtle is Lu Xi's mood at this time. I don't know why, he suddenly thought of Karin's sentence "Little Luxi, don't worry, no one in this world is a fool". In fact, regardless of whether there is the shadow of Her Royal Highness the World's No. 1 Princess behind this matter, she has already led the main force south to grab the throne, at least for a long time, she does not have to worry about the enemy from behind.

"Nikiantes? I know this! Nicole said with a smile, and then began to explain.

As everyone knows, the so-called Nords are not a single ethnic group, but the ancient people of the sky, the descendants of the ancient Nords. In fact, the real Virginian Empire, if divided by academic socio-ethnology, was a multi-ethnic state. The main ethnic group of the country, that is, the people of the Al Artoria royal family, the Vakir people, make up only about 40 percent of the country's total population.

Although these multi-ethnic countries are all descendants of Nord, they mainly worship the mountain god Atlas and the storm goddess Agila, but they are very different in language, etiquette, customs, and even appearance, even if they are all muscular brothers on the ice field. The situation of not pleasing each other is also the sea.

Arthur, the founding emperor of the Nord royal family? Pendragon is a native of Wakir, a people who are very typical of the blonde and blue-eyed snow muscles. But. The Nord dynasty also began to accept the rest of the Nord tribes in good faith after the Sword Emperor Resnat. Even a non-Nord queen or colt entered the royal family. The reason is also very simple, in order for the country to be truly united and developed, it is not enough to belong only to the Arnor royal family of the Wakir people, and it should become the Arnor royal family of the Nord people, and even the royal Arnoor of the world.

For example, Artoria's mother, Queen Elise, is from another Nordic minority, the Baird people, whose trait is silver-haired and blue-eyed, and Lim's master, St. Phines of the Ice Sword, is also from this people. Other than that. Artoria is said to have dark green eyes because her maternal grandmother, Queen Elise's mother, was an Ayman, a people rich in female warriors, and her most famous physical trait was her dark green eyes.

Such intermarriages mainly occurred on the physical lines of the royal family, but for the rest of the relatively conservative Nord aristocracy, such progress was not too great. Although the hatred brewed by thousands of years of tribal warfare in the Arel Plateau has been resolved by hundreds of years of royal efforts, it is necessary to truly become a family that loves each other. There is still a long process. In extreme cases, there may even be armed fights of varying scales or even local civil wars.

For example, the Virginia Empire's current known fighting that could be considered a civil war took place twenty-one years ago. The Duke of Brighton, the leader of the Wirts, and the Marquis of Torrenfol, the patriarch of the Scandi, sent a total of nearly 30,000 strong men, and a great battle that lasted for several days was slaughtered.

Ultimately. Enraged, Emperor Otto arrived with 5,000 Nord royal knights, separating the two sides of the battle, forcing the two lords to dismount and surrender. He had planned to execute the two troublemakers in accordance with the laws of the Empire. But at this time, the news of Artoria's birth also spread from the imperial capital Carmelo to the ears of the emperor in the army.

To celebrate the birth of the pearl in the palm of your hand. also listened to the persuasion of the title that "the princess has just been born, and the execution of the great nobles at this time is unknown". In the end, the two were pardoned. Many Nord lords who were trembling but did not dare to intercede because of Emperor Otto's might suddenly couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. For this reason, the newborn Artoria inexplicably gained the unanimous favor of all the Nord lords. Such a good feeling also grew up with the knight princess, as she became more and more beautiful and delicate and more noble and sassy temperament, and even turned into loyalty mixed with pity and love.

This is probably something that she and her daughter who inadvertently inserted willows and willows did not expect from her father.

Generally speaking, the various ethnic groups from the descendants of Nord, despite the above-mentioned historical contradictions, under the leadership of the strongman royal Arnoor, who have been led by many strongmen, have maintained the stability and unity under the same camp and the same royal flag, and can basically maintain one heart when encountering major events.

However, those minorities who are not descendants of Nord are a different story.

The Nikiantes are the most rebellious and fierce of this ethnic minority. The Nikiantes are mainly found in the hilly meadows that stretch for thousands of miles on both sides of the southern Atlas Mountains of the Lesser Atlas, also known as the Niru steppe, which is also the fiercest competition between orcs and Nords outside of the Great Lakes region in the south.

Although the latitude is almost the same as that of the Arel Plateau, it is a region with a high tradition of animal husbandry and a high number of horses due to its gentle terrain, high temperatures, and abundant vegetation. The Nechiants, though far inferior to the Nords and Orcs in terms of physical strength, were a typical people who grew up on horseback, and were especially adept at mounted archery. Sandwiched between the Nords and the Orcs of the Wasteland on the Arel Plateau, they can still maintain their independence and living traditions in the traditional sense, which shows the fierceness of this nomadic people.

In the eyes of the Nords, the Nikiantes are a typical undisciplined people, the Nords surrendered to the Nords when they came, and the Orcs became the leader of these beasts when their strength skyrocketed. It is said that this nomadic minority was the same ancestor as the orcs in ancient times, and it is not known whether it is true or not.

In Arthur? Pendragon unified all the Nord tribes and established the Virgia Empire, and in order to completely recover this foreign people, he began to use troops in the Niru steppe. Despite a number of tactical victories, decisive progress has not been made. And so. The leader of the Nikianthals has always accepted the canonization of the Duke of Neru from the Imperial Court of Skyrim, but he has always listened to the announcements. Behind the scenes, he still eyebrows with the orcs to the east, and for hundreds of years he has been doing the difficult trick of dancing on two eggs. Maybe their dancing skills have also reached level 10. I haven't gotten rid of it for hundreds of years.

As long as super-strongman leaders like the "Sword Emperor" Resnat or the "Overlord" Steemson are alive, this nomadic group seems relatively tame.

Emperor Otto, in fact, is also such a super strongman, so in his position, although the Nikiantes occasionally make small moves, they are honest, but they don't know that they will pull the flag and rebel at this time.

"The caravan of the Nikiantes came to Norda about twenty years ago. Well...... At that time, I had just picked up Lu Lu. Nicole thought for a moment and said, "They have ordered 5,000 riding bows and 300,000 elven arrows from us. Before Lu Lu helped us start the company, it was basically a big business that only happened once in ten years. ”

"I seem to be a little impressed by that......

The little girl Nicole, holding herself with the size of a baby, stood next to the warehouse in Cangbi City, curiously watching a group of strangers who had never seen before, under the guidance of the elven guards, packing the packed bows and arrows into the car, busy but also in full swing. A big man at the head saw a beautiful elf, noble girl and a cute little baby in his arms who looked at him with curious eyes not far away. bent down immediately, and quickly squeezed out a smile that he thought was particularly affable, but unfortunately it was pitifully ugly no matter how he looked at it. Nicole immediately got goosebumps all over her body, and quickly hugged herself and fled.

It was a group of small but stocky humans. It is indeed a very suitable body type for horseback riding. Most of them have blue-gray beards and gray eyes, so that the boundaries between the whites of the eyes are not clear. The lines of the facial features and face contours are also particularly rough, and the complexion has a kind of vicissitudes formed by long-term exposure to the sun and rain. In general. It does look a bit unimpressive. It's no wonder that Nicole's "kind" smile at the other party is so faceless.

"Do you have an impression? How can you possibly be impressed? Lu Lu wasn't a year old at that time, right? It's just a little baby. Nicole stretched out her two hands and roughly compared Lu Xi's size at that time.

Lim's eyes lit up. seemed to be imagining what Lu Xi looked like at that time, and Akdina was also full of curiosity, envy and longing: "At that time, it must have been very cute, right?" ”

"Cuter than all the babies I've ever seen, I'll ...... you"

Although Lu Xi cared very much about the girls discussing this kind of issue in front of him, there was nothing he could do to "Five thousand riding bows?" The bow and arrows made by the Norda elves are powerful and durable. Could it be that these Nikiantes were ready to rebel at that time? ”

"It's not that the rebellion was prepared at that time, but that the rebellion was already there." Nicole said, "After they returned with these weapons, less than a year later, with the support of the orcs, raised the banner of rebellion, attacked the nearby garrison fortress of the Nords, and did achieve some victories. However, it was soon defeated after the Virgian army resisted, and the current Duke of Niru was beheaded by Emperor Otto himself. However, for some reason, the Nord Emperor eventually spared the other rebel leaders and allowed the five-year-old son of the dead Duke of Niru to inherit the title. As a result, these people have rebelled again. ”

"That daughter should have her own considerations for controlling the ghost. However, the rebellion of these nomads did come at a delicate juncture. With their strength, it is impossible to really pose a great threat to the Virginia Empire, but if left unchecked, it will shake the ruling power of the Arnoor royal family, and more importantly, it will greatly damage the prestige and reputation of Artoria, who has just ascended to the throne. However, if it is really to be attacked, the vast and complex Nilu grassland will also drag down the Nord people like a quagmire. ”

Moreover, Karin can also completely free up her hands to clean up her uncle in the imperial capital. As long as she moves quickly enough, she doesn't care about the threat that the Virginians behind her may pose.

Well, I also think that this should be the plan of Her Royal Highness the world's number one princess......

"Speaking of which, Nicole, isn't there a Violet Chamber of Commerce lately that often does business with us?"

"Huh? How does Lu Lu know? That chamber of commerce wants to sell us the most needed salt, such as necessary materials, and will also buy our special products in large quantities, so it can be regarded as the most important gold customer of the Norda Development Group. ”

"The same includes the arms deal, right?"

"Arms deal?" Nicole thought about it seriously for a while, and then nodded: "Well, if it is a coincidence, they are also very interested in our specially designed riding bows for human herdsmen, and in the past few years, they have also purchased at least twenty or thirty thousand bows and nearly a million arrows." ”

I knew it......

Lu Xi sighed, his face full of entanglement. His own Crystal Palace member calculated another Crystal Palace member, and it was just such a big deal that he didn't know what kind of expression he should use to deal with this situation.

“…… Indeed, in this way, the Federation's floating fleet may really face the combined forces of the undead and orcs alone. (To be continued......)