Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Chapter 232 Alberto's Strategic Adjustment

At this time, Cassius was hurriedly striding into the palace of Anjou.

When the palace guards saw that it was Cassius, they stopped trying to stop him.

At this time, Alberto in the hall had just finished discussing the front-line battle report with a noble when he saw Cassius rushing in.

Alberto waved his hand, signaling the other nobles to leave first.

The nobles in the hall were somewhat dissatisfied. How could His Majesty favor a jester and ignore the old ministers of the kingdom?

But the nobles also knew that Cassius was essentially Alberto's close minister, and that he was in such a hurry probably because he really had something urgent to report. In addition, the recent attack on Capet was going smoothly, so no one dared to say anything more, and they all retreated obediently.

Anjou is not without internal strife, but compared with the current chaotic situation in Capetian capital, the internal struggle in Anjou can only be described as mutual baring of teeth, and there is no actual fighting.

"His Majesty!"

Cassius handed over a thick stack of battle reports with both hands.

"The Capetian Kingdom's Northern War has ended, and the results are out."

Upon hearing the news, Alberto immediately took the battle report, but did not open it immediately. Instead, he stood up and paced in the hall.

"Who's winning?"

Alberto asked Cassius nervously.

"Linde Rolle."

Alberto sighed deeply at this answer, but quickly recovered.

This was not good news for the Kingdom of Anjou, but it could not stop Alberto's ambitions.

Judging from the previous actions of this Northern Governor, he is not a man who would settle for nothing. He only hoped that the capital would be stable because of the need to unify the North, but that is not necessarily the case now. Alberto needs to re-evaluate the attitude of this Capetian Lord of the North.

But when Alberto opened the envelope containing the battle report and read it carefully, cold sweat began to break out on his forehead.

Alberto had previously received news that the demons were able to create those monsters and defeat the gray-collar workers, but after that, the gray-collar workers' counterattack became magical. Various advanced weapons were no longer concealed and were directly and openly used in the war.

Moreover, because the white-collar workers were almost fully committed to this war this time and had no energy to control the information, the true faces of some of them began to reveal to the world.

Large quantities of ray guns, fusion weapons, and magic cannons that can fire day and night. Alberto could feel the absurdity of these weapons just by looking at the report.

Especially the so-called ancestral potion, which has reached a magical level. When combined with the advanced potions produced by the gray-collar workers, it can minimize casualties.

"What on earth is this so-called ancestral potion?"

Alberto quickly calmed down and discovered the blind spot in the battle report. Why could the ancestral potion of the Northern Governor be able to restrain the monsters of the demon clan? Could it be some kind of black technology from the old empire?

"The old empire had no similar technology."

Cassius' answer was concise, and it also showed that he didn't know what this thing was and needed to continue observing.

This is not Cassius' fault. To get a detailed battle report at such a long distance required the use of many trump cards and informants. Cassius even received the battle report earlier than Capet's capital.

Since Cassius didn't know, Alberto didn't worry about it anymore. There were so many unknown techniques of the gray-collar workers, and it was within Alberto's expectations that there would be one or two blind spots.

Moreover, the demons who can withstand these weapons and not lose in the war with the gray-collar workers are also worthy of attention. At least the destructive power of those monsters may be even stronger than Alberto originally predicted.

In the end, it was the gray-collar governor who personally came on the field to act as bait and boost morale, and finally won the battle by using the so-called ancestral potion.

The only good news is that the Gray Collars and the Demons were both defeated in this battle, the fighting was extremely brutal, and both sides should not be able to launch a large-scale war again in the short term.

In addition, due to the foolish decision of Doug, another governor before Capet, to concentrate the population and offer it to the demons, the originally fertile and prosperous northern river valley has also become depopulated. Even with more advanced weapons, the current northern Capet needs to recuperate.

Alberto also realized that his war layout might have to be replanned. Capet's northern border could no longer be considered a vassal of Capet. Now Anjou should treat Capet's northern border as a separate country.

"Will you sell those weapons in Capet North?"

After reading it, Alberto put down the war report and looked at the distant sky through the window of the palace.

This seemed to be a question to Cassius, but also seemed to be a question to himself.

"After this war, it is not impossible for Capet North to sell weapons. In the past, Capet North liked to sell its obsolete weapons to others, even to its opponents, in order to obtain more funds to develop new weapons."

Alberto nodded upon hearing this answer. This was the same as what he had predicted, but the most important thing was not the weapons of Capet North, but the technology behind the weapons.

"Have the alchemists and rune craftsmen prepare themselves. We must have the technology to imitate the weapons of Capet North. Also, help me prepare. I need to write a letter to the new owner of Capet North."

After he finished speaking, Alberto pondered for a moment and continued, "We also need to write a letter to the demons. We also need to gather the monks from the War God Church and the Goddess Church to discuss what the monsters of the demons are."

"Besides, aren't those scholars clamoring for government funding to explore the remains of the old empire? Let the parliament prepare and approve it."

Alberto has recognized Linde's identity as a descendant of the old empire, and has begun to prepare for official action to explore the remains of the old empire.

As orders were issued one after another, Alberto gradually regained his confidence and turned back into the King of Anjou who had fought for power and shed blood and looked down on everything.

Gray-collar workers are also human beings. Since they can make those weapons, there is no reason why the Kingdom of Anjou cannot do so.

Alberto immediately contacted the various nobles and began to formulate a new long-term strategy based on Capet's situation in the north.

Although Gray Collar won the Northern War, Alberto's decision was not affected too much. The high-pressure policy and attack on the southwestern border of the Capetian Kingdom continued. Alberto did not think that the relationship between the Queen of Capet and the Governor of the North was very close.

Just as the Governor of the North had said in his reply to Alberto, the warning was only because Alberto had stretched his hand too far and wanted to disrupt the situation in the North through the Capetian capital.

It couldn't be that he really saw someone teasing his sister Hong Wen, right? At least Alberto felt that the new Lord of the North was not someone who would take his so-called adopted sister seriously. This was just a title to balance and stabilize the situation in the capital, and could be abandoned at any time.

And now, Alberto planned to write a letter to the Governor of the Northern Territory to ask how far he should extend his hand. The relationship between Anjou and the Northern Territory of Capet might not be impossible to develop in a friendly manner.

As long as the scope is defined and the benefits are distributed, the Governor of the North would have no objection even if Alberto really forcibly married the Queen of Capet.

At least as far as the current situation is concerned, Alberto's judgment is quite reasonable and not wrong.