Chapter 597 Preparing to Set off for the Elf Forest
It was the spring of the 340th year of the Holy Calendar. Rand had ascended the throne as king in the year 339, and now a year had passed.
In the eyes of outsiders, Rand worked hard to govern the country and overcome internal and external troubles during this year.
The newly established Moon Kingdom, which seemed to have an unstable foundation, gradually stabilized under the governance of King Rand.
Those problems that were originally difficult to solve in the eyes of outsiders were gradually solved in Rand's hands.
Maybe the founding king was just so unreasonable. It is hard for everyone to imagine that Rand possessed such terrible military capabilities.
His political skills are also quite impressive.
His Majesty Rand is also working today.
Today's job is to meet Viscount Red Rose.
This viscount, who was a branch of the Rose Family of the Frost Moon Kingdom, pledged allegiance to Rand with the support of his family.
Rand allocated him a piece of land and then asked him to follow Tanr to fight.
He has made many military achievements so far, and now Rand has decided to commend him and assign him more territory to manage.
Rand has not completely abandoned the aristocratic ruling model today, and Rand does not want to be on the opposite side of the aristocracy.
Moreover, there is actually not much conflict between the school's local ruling system and the aristocratic ruling system.
And now that the nobles who have joined the Moon Kingdom have agreed to accept the control of the church, Rand's ruling power is actually quite strong.
"In view of your loyalty and military achievements, I have decided to give you another viscounty surrounding your territory." Rand marked a piece of land on the map.
Viscount Red Rose only then raised his head and looked at the king who looked younger than him. He nodded and took the sash representing the land.
If it is a newly promoted noble, a more grand "sword-granting ceremony" will be held, but in this case, it does not need to be too complicated and grand.
"Okay, continue to be my sharp blade from now on. I will not be stingy with your rewards." Rand waved his hand to indicate that Viscount Red Rose could leave.
At present, his merits and loyalty cannot earn him the title of Earl, but in the future, maybe there will be a chance? Rand did not pay much attention to this. As a king, he only needed to ensure fairness.
Since there was no arbitrary reward when the country was established, Rand still has a lot of land, so there is no need to worry about the situation of too many people and too little meat.
After Viscount Redrose left, Rand, the still dignified king, immediately returned to his old ways.
He leaned over to Olenna and complained, "Being a king is so tiring."
"You've already thrown a lot of work to us, so stop complaining." Olenna poked Rand's forehead.
Rand was wondering when he would have the chance to be a hands-off manager.
In the eyes of outsiders, working hard to govern the country actually means working intensively every day.
Although you work for yourself, it still cannot change the nature of working like being in prison.
And now, a year later, Rand found an opportunity to travel again.
Now Nidhogg has gained some foothold in the Elf Forest, although it is still a very weak force in the Elf Forest.
But they can already be considered a formal force, rather than just a few rebels.
At least in the Elf Forest today, both the noble royal family and the lower-class elven villagers have heard of the rebel force Nidhoggr.
We also have some understanding of the ideas and demands of this rebel force.
However, the new king supported by the rebel forces, Ms. Vanilla, has never shown up in the Elf Forest. Now is the time for Vanilla to show up in the Elf Forest.
Rand, the sponsor behind the scenes, also plans to conduct an on-site inspection of the Elf Forest.
After all, the secrets of the Elf Forest still interest Rand very much.
According to Lysa, the God of the elves should also be quite special.
Then maybe we can find the altar of the God of Elves and try to fleece him.
Even if that doesn't work, Rand is very interested in ancient history.
There may really be some problems in the South now, and Rand wants to solve them and find solutions through some history.
"Let's go, let's go meet Vanilla first."
Rand took Olenna to Vanilla's residence.
Vanilla has always lived in the residential area of the resort.
Since becoming a full-time employee, Vanilla moved into a more exquisite stone house.
Rand quickly found Vanilla's door based on the house number.
After knocking on the door, Vanilla came out quickly to open it.
Seeing Rand and Olena, Vanilla was a little shy. She said awkwardly, "I haven't tidied up yet. My house is a little messy. Do you mind coming in and sitting down?"
Rand and Olenna certainly didn't mind.
The two entered Vanilla's house.
It is the decoration standard of a standard single apartment.
There are many decorations in the room that suit Vanilla's taste. There are several separated areas, a resting place, a small dining table and a small pot, a bathtub, some towels and clothes hanging out to dry, and a small bathroom.
Overall, although the house is small, it has everything and has a very warm home atmosphere.
Although the area is not large, it does not look cramped and is very distinctive. It seems that Vanilla has a good aesthetic taste.
But it doesn't quite fit Vanilla's current identity as the vice-principal of a church school.
It also doesn't fit the identity of the leader of the elf reformists that he will become after vanilla.
It looks and feels more like the residence of a migrant worker heading to a big city to work.
Although in a sense, this is Vanilla's identity in the holiday villa.
But now Vanilla has become a complete part of the Sanctuary, and she can fully afford a detached house or even a villa.
Vanilla still didn't spend money to redeem herself. Theoretically, Vanilla's savings were already very considerable.
Rand observed Vanilla's house and asked, "Where did you spend all your money?"
Vanilla showed a shocked look: "Will my money be confiscated when I return to the Elf Forest?"
"Of course not, I'm just asking. After all, you can definitely afford a big house." Rand had no choice but to comfort the shocked Vanilla.
Vanilla heaved a sigh of relief. It turned out that she was confused about where to live. "There are friends around me, and Fengling also lives nearby. If I buy a house and move somewhere else, it will be too lonely."
"Besides, I don't have the ability to manage a house that big. I'm still quite busy with work." Vanilla wanted to look at Rand with resentment, but was afraid that Rand would cut short her vacation, so she had to stare at the ground.
The reason why Vanilla is so busy at work is naturally because of Rand's arrangement.
"I saved most of it and deposited it in the port bank, and some of it was used to help some poor people. Most of my daily expenses were spent on traveling and eating out." Vanilla recalled for a while before reporting her financial situation.
Although Vanilla doesn't seem to need to report her financial situation in such detail.
I can only say that I've really gotten used to it.
"Okay, okay, I won't ask any more questions. You don't need to continue reporting." Rand stroked his forehead.
After finishing her report, Vanilla looked at Rand with some trepidation: "So will my seniority, benefits, and... annual leave still be available after I go to the Elf Forest?"
Rand was helpless and continued, "Don't worry, you have everything. This is considered a business trip. Benefits and seniority will be calculated normally, as will annual leave. However, the situation in the Elf Forest is more serious. Sometimes you can't take a holiday and need to stick to your post. Is this okay?"
Vanilla nodded repeatedly to indicate that there was no problem with this.
After that, Vanilla sorted out a few boxes in the room, and looked at Rand who was waiting with some embarrassment: "I'm done, we can leave for the Elf Forest anytime."
Rand looked at Vanilla, who was a little nervous and reserved.
Seriously, "I need to ask you again, are you really willing to go to the Elf Forest and try to fight for the throne of the elves?"
Vanilla took a deep breath and said loudly: "Yes, I volunteer! I want to save those people! I want to change those things."
Rand felt that he was not quite suited to communicate with Vanilla.
He felt that he needed to reflect on whether he had been too harsh on Vanilla in the past. He felt that Vanilla was like a soldier in front of him.
"Am I too harsh on you? Don't be so nervous and just relax. If there is anything I did wrong, I will reflect on it." Rand said helplessly.
"No! I am very happy working here. I think your philosophy is what I believe in and the truth!" Vanilla still stood up, answered loudly with her body and eyes very serious, "I am very fortunate to be able to work under you!"
This made Rand feel a little embarrassed.
"Okay, let's go." Rand and Olenna helped move two of Vanilla's boxes, and Vanilla also moved one herself, which solved the luggage problem.
After Vanilla locked the door of her house, she quickly caught up with Rand and Olenna.
Unlike other people who rent houses, Vanilla's house has been bought by her at full price, so she doesn't have to worry about the rent issue when she is away for a long time.
Vanilla followed Rand and Olenna, mumbling, "Your Majesty, I can move the boxes by myself. It's really inappropriate for you to help me."
"The king's dignity is not demonstrated by these things. At least the Moon Kingdom does not need me to maintain these dignity at the moment."
Maintaining etiquette is a form of respect.
It would be extremely wrong to do this in a formal setting, and it would be a major mistake in this type of diplomacy.
But now in such a private occasion, it doesn't really matter. Maintaining the king's demeanor may have some effect of enhancing majesty, but Rand doesn't need this.
Rand still often goes to the fields to study agricultural production.
At this stage, it is already very difficult to increase agricultural output, but agriculture is something that requires both quantitative and qualitative changes. Without hard work and accumulation, there will be no results.
Along the way, Rand met the big star and director Ms. Wind Chime.
The high-ranking officials of the Sanctuary, Regent Lysa, as well as some other elves and humans who are familiar with the Elf Forest.
"Our goal this time is to further understand the situation in the Elf Forest and help Vanilla solve some early problems." Rand gave instructions.
This trip to the Elf Forest will not take long, and the state affairs still need to be resolved by many high-level officials of the Sanctuary.
Therefore, the only high-ranking officials from the Sanctuary who went to the Elf Forest this time were Lysa and Olenna.
Elsa and Lady Ellie, on the other hand, stayed in the capital to deal with state affairs.
"Let's go," Rand ordered.
Then the convoy moved forward.
Then they encountered slave traders.
They were not a group of slave traders disguised as Sanctuary forces to complete tasks, but real slave traders, and elf slave traders at that.
It is hard to imagine elves selling elven slaves to humans.
These elves not only purchased human slaves, but also captured some human slaves and sold some elven slaves.
These elves should be the members or subordinates of the third faction, the Renaissance Faction, in the Elf Forest today.
Rand's men surrounded the elves.
In fact, the trade of elven slaves is beneficial to Rand. Rand is in great need of some elven population. Now after conquering the Kingdom of Borlan, Rand is no longer too short of population in a macro sense.
This "no shortage" does not mean that there is really no shortage of population, but that Rand is unable to manage a larger population, which means that it lacks control.
The lack of elven population is because Rand now has plans for the elves. Gaining more elves can gain more intelligence and can play a greater role if they can be persuaded to fight for the reformists.
But in this situation, Rand would definitely not let these revivalist elves go.
The revivalist elves stared at Vanilla and the white-haired elf Lysa, then looked at the other elves in the team, and... Rand.
"You are the parasites that suddenly appear now... and call yourselves reformists?" said the elf leader of the Renaissance faction.
Rand shook his head: "Shut up, you have no right to ask."
The revivalist elf leader wanted to continue speaking, but found that he could not even open his lips.
This seems to be a strange power of Lysa. Similar power was also manifested when she was interrogating the elven female assassin before.
In fact, Rand didn't even know the nature of Lysa's power. It shouldn't be just some archery skills or controlling plants.
The Renaissance elves' veins bulged and they picked up their weapons to subdue Rand who was in the front.
Three sword dancers, two rangers, three fighters and an elven mage.
Very good combat team configuration.
It can handle most small-scale battles, but it is definitely not capable of dealing with Rand's team.
They might not even be able to defeat Rand alone, not to mention that Rand actually has the advantage in numbers.
Olenna, who was beside Rand, easily deflected the blades of the two approaching elven sword dancers, and then punched each of them, knocking them out completely.
As for the elven ranger's arrow, it was caught by Olenna's office-gloved hand at the same time as it dealt with the elven sword dancer.
As for the rest, they were easily dealt with by Lisa.
The accompanying guards, Vanilla, Fengling and others didn't even have a chance to fight back.
"Okay, now answer my questions. Remember, you are the only one qualified to answer." Rand now had a rather arrogant attitude.
(End of this chapter)
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