[Chapter 349: Iron Tree Castle Wants to Purchase Weapons]

If David had to choose, he would definitely farm and recuperate quietly, and wait until the strength of the Kingdom of Lordaeron is restored to a sufficient level before considering an expedition to Northrend.

It’s not that he loves peace, but he simply feels that if he doesn’t hold back his strength to a sufficient level and can destroy the enemy in one wave, it will be difficult to achieve the goal if he rushes to send troops.

“However, the threat of the Lich King to Azeroth is too great, and it is indeed not suitable to stay there forever.”

David understands that the situation is different and must make a decision based on the situation at the time.

The threat of the Lich King to Lordaeron is not at the same level as the Kingdom of Tiran, the Temple, etc. on his side. If he stays in Northrend, who knows what kind of trouble he will cause.

By then, Fording will have no advantage in the “plot” to rely on. The two sides will return to an equal situation to play the game, and perhaps an unexpected crisis will break out.

“…”

Fording did not interrupt, quietly waiting for David’s follow-up, but after waiting for a while, David did not continue.

“Done?”

It seems that he said something, but it seems that he didn’t say anything?

Fording looked at David speechlessly. Although he knew that you were already a mature lord, you should not learn to play the game of compromise like those politicians!

“Ahem~ Actually, I want to say that under normal circumstances, I would choose to recuperate and restore the kingdom to its heyday; but the enemy situation this time is special, so it is safer to eliminate it as soon as possible.”

In other words, when facing the issue of the Lich King, David supported Lordaeron to unite with its allies to conduct an expedition.

“Indeed, the existence of the Lich King is too dangerous.”

The Lich King Ner’zhul will not only lead the Burning Legion to Azeroth, but there is also a conspiracy of the Shadow Realm behind it. No matter from which aspect, getting rid of the Lich King as soon as possible is the right choice.

Fording has already made a decision in his heart. After returning, he will do his best to persuade those who oppose the expedition. After David reminded him, he also thought of a suitable reason: if the Lich King is not eliminated, the undead Scourge in the territory of Lordaeron cannot be completely eliminated, because the Lich King hiding in Northrend is the root of all natural disasters.

Only by completely eliminating the Lich King can the Kingdom of Lordaeron truly begin to recuperate and return to its original prosperous and powerful appearance.

“If you need any help, just ask.”

“I won’t be polite with you.”

Fording was calculating the forces that could be mobilized. In addition to the army of Lordaeron, Quel’Thalas and Dalaran would definitely help, after all, the harm caused by the Scourge also affected these two forces.

Ironforge is one of the most steadfast allies of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and they will still give them enough support for this expedition.

In addition, perhaps Kul Tiras can be called on. With the help of the Kul Tiras fleet, the expedition to Northrend will become much easier.

If possible, Fording wants to contact the night elves and let them join the coalition, but it is a bit difficult to achieve this goal.

As for Stormwind City far to the south, he initially hoped that Stormwind City could provide material support. After all, Lordaeron is in ruins, and many places cannot grow food because of pollution. Stormwind Kingdom has a large area of fertile land, so there should be no shortage of food.

Especially since he helped Stormwind Kingdom clean up the huge trouble of Onyxia a few years ago, so many years have passed, Stormwind Kingdom should have recovered, right?

As a result, I met Varian not long ago and found out that the situation in Stormwind Kingdom has not improved much at all. It is still full of problems. Various hidden dangers have caused King Varian Wrynn to start losing his hair.

In this case, it seems that Stormwind Kingdom cannot be relied on for the expedition to Northrend.

In addition, the ally that Fording can find is Winter City. When the war situation is unfavorable or stalemate, Fording can come to Winter City to call for a group of reinforcements.

Whether it is the Winter Knights, Spartan heavy infantry or Cybertron warriors, they are all excellent choices to break the balance of the battle.

Not to mention David, the Duke of Glamorgan, the “incarnation of the Holy Light”.

“I’m going back first, remember not to forget to attend the ceremony.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t forget.”

David casually handed the invitation to Eva who was called in by him. After checking the date, Eva directly recorded this matter in the work schedule. Two days before the ceremony, she will notify David to prepare and arrange David’s itinerary in advance to ensure that David will not have other things in those days.

Fording was relieved after seeing this. He prepared to go find his son Tyran and let Tyran take him around Winterfell.

When the time was right, he would go back to Azeroth. “I won’t come to say goodbye to you.”

“No need to go through all this formality. Just do as you please.”

David waved goodbye to old Fording and looked at Eva.

“Did anyone come to see me?”

Eva didn’t leave immediately after recording the things, which proved that she had other things to report. Most of the time, someone would come to see him suddenly.

“It’s Viscount Maloney Mansfield.”

“Viscount?”

“Well, old Mansfield passed away not long ago, and Maroni Mansfield inherited the title.”

Maroni Mansfield was an old acquaintance of David. When he first met him in Irontree Castle, Maroni Mansfield was just the inspector of Irontree Castle.

At that time, David only knew that Maroni Mansfield was of noble birth, and later he learned that he did not have a title.

But now his identity is different, and with his own good abilities, he has become an even more important figure in Irontree Castle after inheriting his father’s title.

At the same time, Maroni Mansfield is also the contact person between Irontree Castle and Winter City. The lord of Irontree Castle, Marquis Dudley Morgan, has always asked Maroni Mansfield to travel between the two places to maintain relations with Winter City.

“In addition to Viscount Maloney Mansfield, Earl Sutton Stewart is also outside.”

“Ah? Why is he here?”

After Earl Sutton Stewart came to Winter City from White Rock City, he quietly recuperated for a while, and then, like most of the Tilan nobles, he began to look for a place he liked in Winter City and built his own mansion.

In addition, David went to the Marvel Universe a while ago, and he didn’t know what Sutton Stewart was doing recently.

“He said he wanted to talk to you about the past.”

“…” David decided to meet Maloney first. This person usually came to Winter City for business, and the meeting with Sutton could be postponed: “Where is Sophia?”

“Chatting with Belfast.” Belfast came to Winter City, or settled down in Glamorgan Castle, and began to learn all kinds of things.

Mainly the various living and eating habits of the people living in Glamorgan Castle, as well as the situation and skills of all the maids in Glamorgan Castle.

At present, Belfast has written down all kinds of information, and has coordinated and arranged the internal affairs of Glamorgan Castle very well. Even if she did not use any tough means, she still became a housekeeper in the actual sense.

“Let Sophia entertain her uncle first, I will talk to Viscount Maloney-Mansfield first.”

“Okay!”

Eva turned and walked out of the office, and then Viscount Maloney-Mansfield came in.

The noble officials who David had to treat politely in the past now had to greet David first, but Maloney-Mansfield did not show any dissatisfaction, his etiquette was perfect.

When he told the purpose of his visit to Winter City, David understood why Maloney was so respectful and polite.

Iron Tree Castle has been fighting with the elves of the Iron Tree Forest recently. The long-term war has caused Iron Tree Castle to suffer serious losses. Not only did the soldiers suffer heavy losses, but the reserve troops could not be replenished, and the weapons were also seriously damaged.

Therefore, Iron Tree Castle wants to buy a batch of weapons from Winter City.

“Buy weapons?”

“Yes.”

“That’s probably not easy. Winter City is reorganizing its army, and the weapons we’re producing now are not enough for us.” David wasn’t fooling Marroni. Winter City’s weapons were indeed insufficient. Even if the entire army had been refitted, they would have to continue to produce and maintain a certain inventory to ensure that there were enough backup resources.

In this way, whether it was a temporary expansion of the army or the replacement of damaged equipment, the front-line weapons could be ensured to be sufficient at the first time.

“Besides, I’m afraid Iron Tree Castle can’t use Winter City’s weapons and equipment, right?”

Marroni was a little regretful at first, but only after hearing this did he realize that the other party had misunderstood him: “No, I’m not talking about the blizzard power armor and piccolo assault rifles of the Winter Knights, but Winter City’s training equipment.”

“Training equipment?” David realized that Winter City’s training equipment was actually the same as the ones used before, light armor and cold weapons that were infused with crystal ore powder. Was that what Iron Tree Castle wanted to buy?

“And the Garand rifle.”

Marroni-Mansfield traveled back and forth between the two cities many times, and also lived in Winter City for a period of time, so he had a certain understanding of the situation in Winter City.

Things like Blizzard power armor, Piccolo assault rifles, and Garand rifles were not secrets in the first place, and they could be known with a little inquiry.

David looked at Maloney Stanfield in front of him, and he understood that the other party’s real intention was actually the Garand rifle, and the armor, sword, and spear might all be smoke bombs.

As for power armor and Piccolo assault rifles? Anyone with a normal brain would know that these things are simply not available.

So the question is, can the Garand rifle be sold?

David thought about it and decided to discuss this matter with his subordinates. If he wanted to sell it, he might have to change his original plan to maintain the existing production line.

Maloney did not urge him, and Duke David of Glamorgan did not directly refuse, which was a good sign, proving that this matter was not beyond discussion.

As long as a batch of Garand rifles can be purchased, the loss of a large number of archers in Iron Tree Castle can be compensated in the shortest time.

After all, training a gunman is much simpler than training a archer!

(End of this chapter)