Leaving Golden Tree City

More than a month after the Coronation Ceremony, the citizens of the Royal Capital Golden Tree City were still talking about the grand ceremony, the city's magnificent decorations, the noble knights in their gleaming golden armor, and the flower boats on the inner lake.

Of course, the most impressive part was the booming cannon salute, which many ordinary people and businessmen who came to watch the ceremony tirelessly told others about.

However, unlike ordinary people who treated these things as topics of conversation, the Noble Faction of the Raine Kingdom were filled with apprehension towards those cannon salutes.

After all, currently only the Royal Family's direct forces in the entire Raine Kingdom are equipped with these terrifying weapons, especially since these weapons played a significant role in the recent war, making the great nobles extremely envious.

Unfortunately, the Duke Golden Sunflower only did this business with the Royal Family, and other nobles had no way to acquire this terrible weapon.

Over the past month, numerous nobles from the kingdom have approached Victor, seeking to do business with the Golden Sunflower Family.

They didn't even expect to acquire the technology; they repeatedly told Victor that they would be willing to purchase some Artillery, but Victor politely declined each time.

Victor's reason for refusing was straightforward: the Golden Sunflower Family had an agreement with the Raine Royal House that all Artillery Technology and finished Artillery pieces in the kingdom had been licensed to the Royal Family, and the Golden Sunflower Family would not continue to sell such weapons and related technologies on this land.

Victor also stated that if these nobles wanted to, they could negotiate with the Royal Family, but of course, that was impossible, as the nobles knew the Royal Family would never agree.

This matter greatly annoyed the nobles, but they were powerless to do anything about it or take any action. After all, one side was the Royal Family, and the other was the Duke of Vela. Even the most elite nobles in the kingdom could hardly break this agreement.

After such a long time, Victor was also ready to leave. After all, the Coronation Ceremony had passed, and after Duke Barick completed his coronation as Balek I, he began to take full control of all kingdom affairs.

After ascending the throne, the Duke Barick accepted the resignation of the former Prime Minister and formed a new cabinet based on his close advisors.

Under his appointment, the new cabinet began to intervene in various affairs of the kingdom, but even so, it would take at least a year to sort out all the affairs of the kingdom.

After becoming king, Balek I needed to further consolidate his control over the army, but he could not make drastic changes to avoid unrest in the entire country's military. Therefore, he could only make personnel adjustments slowly.

In this war, the important role played by Victor and the Vela Army in the border operations was valued by the new King Balek I, which further promoted the technical cooperation Golden Sunflower Family and the Royal Family.

Before Victor left, Balek I, in the name of the Royal Family, signed more contracts with the Golden Sunflower Family, ordering the construction of more factories in the Royal Domain.

However, Victor won't need to work here anymore. His appointed professionals will be stationed in the Raine Kingdom to help the Royal Family improve the construction of the entire industrial system.

According to what Victor learned from Balek I, His Majesty's plans for these technologies and finished products were quite ambitious.

According to his plan, within the next three years, telegraph lines would be laid in all provinces of the kingdom, so that the decrees of the Royal Capital could reach any part of the kingdom within a day, making it easier for him to control the country.

At the same time, most of the kingdom's regular legions were to be equipped with Artillery, although not up to the standards of the Two Rivers Legion. A Kingdom Regular Army could only be equipped with a company of Artillery at most—10 small-caliber Mortar.

Only the Imperial Guard Legion would be equipped with larger caliber Artillery, and their numbers would reach the size of a detachment.

In this way, the combined number of Artillery pieces of the five Imperial Guard Legion might not even equal that of the Two Rivers Legion, but considering the entire army, it would still be an enormous number.

By then, the entire Kingdom Regular Army of Ryan, including the Royal Imperial Guard Legion directly under the Royal Family, will be equipped with more than 2,000 Artillery.

With such a terrifying number, Victor didn't believe any country on the continent could rival the Raine Kingdom.

The reason for Balek I's radical approach was simple: he planned to launch another attack on the Central City-State Alliance after equipping all his troops with Artillery.

After all, the Raine Kingdom performed quite well in the previous battles. If it weren't for the internal turmoil, they could have taken a big bite out of the Central City-State Alliance.

However, during this period, Balek I would certainly need to prioritize domestic stability before addressing external threats, and try to suppress the Noble Faction within the country. Otherwise, if the previous problems were to recur, it could easily lead to serious trouble.

However, Balek I was not the kind of person who acted recklessly. After eliminating the traitors within the Imperial Guard Legion, he had already set his sights on key future targets.

He did not intend to exterminate the other members of the Noble Faction.

After discovering the benefits of having the sons of the Vela Nobles appointed as his royal guard Cavalry, he resolved to expand this initiative, planning to recruit noble sons from across the country to join the Imperial Guard Legion and build an army composed entirely of noble sons.

The entire kingdom has 2,000 noble families of varying sizes. Including direct descendants and collateral branches, the total number of people is several hundred thousand.

According to his plan, he could build a Heavy Cavalry legion with the help of these noble family members.

The soldiers were all sons of nobles, and each soldier was accompanied by two attendants and two servants, equipped with two warhorses, two packhorses and one draft horse, while all the horses and weapons were provided by the noble families themselves.

In this way, apart from having to set aside a sum of money each year to pay the army's salary, the Royal Family didn't even have any cost to establish the force.

Moreover, it can increase the Cavalry strength of the Imperial Guard Legion, which is a win-win situation.

The Cavalry contingent formed by the sons of the Vela Nobles was designated by Balek I as the First Regiment of this legion. The remaining squires and servants of the regiment could be recruited either from the Vela homeland or from the Royal Domain.

The king quickly announced the decree to the entire kingdom, which soon sparked heated discussions among the nobles.

No one knew whether the establishment of this army was a good thing or a bad thing, but for most nobles, it was not a bad thing to maintain good relations with the new king.

Many nobles, however, didn't see it as a loss, as they could at least plant a spy within the Imperial Guard Legion.

As for sending a few nephews and nieces to serve in the army, it was not difficult for them. Any Duke family would have no less than a thousand people in its collateral and branch branches. It was easy to select a few sons and a few servants. The family also had no shortage of horses and weapons, so it wouldn't cost too much money.

Soon, a large number of noble sons began to gather in the Royal Capital, reporting to the Imperial Guard Legion Main Camp join the Cavalry legion.

By the time Victor left the Royal Capital, the number of people who had signed up had exceeded 4,000. With their servants, the basic framework of the legion had been established. All that remained was for nobles from remote areas to arrive, and the legion would be nearly complete.

However, Victor didn't intend to pay attention to what happened afterward. He was now eager to return to Vela with his army as soon as possible, exactly six months after leaving home.

Before Victor withdrew, most of the five Vela Legion he brought with him had already crossed the sea and returned to Vela's homeland.

He was left with only a portion of the Two Rivers Legion; they stayed behind to protect Victor, Victor planned to travel to the Eastern Coastal Province and then sail back to the Vela homeland from the provincial capital Beckman City.