Lord of the Truth

Chapter 149 – A Little Escort Guard

"they are asking for WHAT?!" Robin stood up when he heard the patriarch's words and shouted, "Do you really give them that percentage?"

The patriarch shook his head, "Of course not.. who do you think me?! This demand has reached us about a month and a half ago, and since then the movements of all the wagons stopped.. at that time you were in isolation, so I did not tell you, and when you went out and said that you would host a meeting after your children came, I thought it would be better to wait until the day of the meeting to tell you.."

Robin returned to his seat, his eyebrows furrowed, "putting aside the issue of ten golds per individual would stop any large battalions from being moved to and from our new lands… they want to buy 10% of all the weapons that cross their lands? That's simply 10% of all our weapons production…" 

"What purchase are you talking about, they want to *take* the 10%." The patriarch corrected him

"What-?! Hahaha, what a big appetite!" Robin's angry laugh resounded in every corner of his palace 

"This.. what are we going to do? 10% of the production after increasing the number of our factories there is a large number of weapons, our losses will be enormous, our profits after deducting the production cost can't handle such heavy losses" Billy muttered.

"I WILL GIVE THEM NOTHING! not even a single handle of a weapon, these are our lands and these are our weapons, why would we give them anything!" Robin hits his seat armrest

"Things don't work like this, we have to find a permanent solution… if we keep ignoring them then we might not be able to transport anything from our new lands and all the projects we held there will be for nothing…." The Patriarch shook his head

Mila interjected, "Can't we just stop them from attending the auctions? That will put them back in their places."

"This might bring a result…  they don't seem to be caring about our reactions and they might have put such reaction into their mind… for example, what are we going to do if they completely close the borders then? 

we will have to concede and allow them to come to the auctions again, As all our factories are there, most of our veteran warriors, our knights and even three Saints from the family will be stuck there…" Billy shook his head.

After Billy's response, there were a few long minutes of silence…

Duke Donald Evren must have thought a lot and gathered a lot of information before making this move, he knows very well that he holds the neck of the Burton family in his hand…

"That greedy bastard… he wants everything for nothing!" Caesar mumbled

As for Robin's features, it becomes more uglier with every passing second, after the constant provocations and the lack of reaction from the Burton family made them more daring… 

and if they took that hit this time as well, next time they will demand half of what comes out of the factories, and maybe more!

This will isolate the new lands, the factories and every project there will be worthless if didn't come out to the world, and with the projects shut again, the rebellions will be back stronger than ever before…

The Duchy of Evren is undoubtedly the most powerful in the kingdom, the task of confronting the threat of the kingdom of Dolivar for thousands of years has fallen upon them, and they have not failed in this task once,

Also, this role made the royal family fully support them and provide them with everything they ask for, and raise the status of the Evren family alongside them through marriage and many other deals, with such deep ties, the royal family will definitely not allow anything to harm them, let alone help stop them for the sake of the Burtons… with out and extremely large price at least!

  Evren is not a family to be messed with.

But if they let them get away with whatever they wanted to do, they would no longer fear that there was some beast behind the Burton that makes the talismans for them…

they would only see the Burton family as a fat cow they could milk for their benefit.

After a few more minutes Robin's features turned from bewildered and worried to an apparent resolve, then he spoke, "Billy, how many of our new noble families members are able to fight in the new land? to be more specific.. how many of them can join our army?"

"Eh? Um… if we count only the families that took the oath, then there are about 200,000 individuals who are able to join the army, but if we count the residents of the cities they govern and the sub-families affiliated with them, I think that the total number can reach 5 million easily… Why?"

Robin nodded and then looked back at the patriarch, "Uncle Brian, hand Billy enough money to pay our workers there for four years, and to raise an army of 150,000 soldiers… I think the five million gold coins we got recently from Prince William will be more than enough for this task.

make it that 80% of all the products to be targeted towards the normal infantry and cavalry, the other 20% assign it for our new three special forces, they must be heavily equipped especially the fire forces, if the armaments for them are middle categorized then it would be better.

Alfred, tell your uncle that your 10% percent of the production will be stopped until the end of the incoming war, but I will Compensate you after that… Mila, tell your father that his categorized weapons will be delivered in full before his war begin, so he doesn't need to worry if he didn't get any from now on…"

"Huh? Robin, what are you up to..?!" The patriarch quickly asked

Robin did not reply directly and returned to Billy, "After you take the money, take General Edward with you and head to the new lands, make us an army there and arm it with the classified weapons that come out of the factories, the army must be ready for a full war within 4 years."

"Robin!!!" The Patriarch did not like this at all

Robin ignored him again and continued looking at Billy, "I will also send 50  Rune Masters with you who can make the Fire Explosion and Vitality talismans, in the four years they will fund the army with enough talismans for a long war, I guess you will have to pay 520 gold coins to cross the border? HAHAHA, It's okay it's okay… I will make sure it will be the last time we pay them…" 

Robin laughed hysterically and then continued, "After all of you have gone through, we will prevent all the nobles from the Duchy of Evren from attending any auction in Jura, let them close the border then if they want, and I'll see how long it stays closed!"

"THE HELL, I KNOW IT!" The patriarch got fed up and started shouting, "We are going to start a war against the two Marquess families in 4 years and you give orders to attack another DUCHY? We are not even sure of defeating the two Marquess families!"

Robin laughed angrily, "Haha, calm down uncle, who said anything about a war against the Duchy of Evren? They also don't want a war, it is just that they don't think we are bold enough to issue one, I really wish to know where did they get this audacity from? he thinks if he strangles of weapon source we wouldn't be able to raise our voice in front of him? even if we don't have a good standing army, for now, we still have our talismans!"

Billy intervened," I think that bastard Donald Evren is underestimating us, probably because he was with you in the counsel in the Capital during the attack on Dolivar and knows We made only less than 8,000 talismans for the conquest of Dolivar, and we would have been nearly defeated in the war if not for their misinformation, and their fear towards the unknown…"

Robin nodded, "it should be it, he does not put us in his eyes, he wants to keep testing our limits until he takes the new lands for himself, or maybe more… he wants to milk us!"

"…wait wait, you said you don't want a war with them? if you don't want one, then what is this army for?" asked the patriarch

"Oh, those? Nothing important… It's just a little guard to escort our categorized weapons all the way from the new lands to Jura City in 4 years, I want to see who would dare stop this army! …as for the announced reason, the rebels are active and we have to protect our Interests of course hehe." A devilish smile on Robin's face made those present feel a chill running down their backs